This anime have episodes full of 'feels' and give you nuggets of the joys and sorrows of life. I love that it is a fantasy but it feels very down to earth do to all the slice of life moments. The story lines and characters are so rich and full of history. I was a bit surprised to discover how mature some of the topics and themes that were in this anime such as war, separation, politics, death, corruption, anguish, depression and all the negative / evil aspects that you would find in any world. However, I realized that you really can't have the intense 'joy' that the story goes through without deep sorrow/negative aspects in a story. The main Character Gon is portrayed very mature as well in which I get that you have to in order to have a story such as this.
Friendship is a huge theme that runs through the entire story. You have friendship and love not only within the main characters but supporting characters and antagonist as well. The friendship and love will move you to tears when there is a strong display of compadre-ness and connectivity. Then, there is also forgiveness, and sacrifice and acts of love that trenscends all the evilness in the story and shows you that love can conquer all.
Slice of life aspect is strong with this anime. I love slices of life anime. Many Disney and successful movies all have this aspect because it makes the story a million times more relatable and teach or remind you life lessons that you learn in your lifetime such as the life lesson Gon's father wanted to not only 'teach' but 'show' his son Gon. The lessons are going to not only going to give Gon a fulfilled life (life full of adventure, joy, fun etc) but also give Gon a goal ' meaning to Gon's life. Ging - Gon's father, wanted to show Gon what he, Ging, was passionate about in life and in turn give Gon a chance to discover Gon's own passion. Although in this story, it didn't show too much of it but it did shed light on Killua's life goals.
I always say it is not only the goals that are important but the journey as well. The journey has to be important as the goal if not more important and that's something so simple yet complex, so very crucial for us humans to grasp the meaning of our lifes. Ging really wanted Gon to live his life to the fullest despite not knowing, despite not reaching sometimes the end goal but enjoy the journey... very Carpe diem - seize the day - live life to the fullest type of deal which just highlighted the positive feeling that makes this anime such a good 'feel good' anime that you would want to write a review about lol.
Personally, I don't watch anime this long (148 episodes)... I find it hard to commit to such long anime sometimes it becomes an arduous task if the series is too long. However, this I very enjoyable. The anime is broken into 3 or 4 large arcs and a central story line... It makes the anime lot easier to enjoy and at the end of the story you feel like you went on an adventure of a lifetime alongside of Gon!
