Truly a master piece when it comes to shounen clean of stereotypical bullshit. Actually characters progress and are not some kind of special snowflakes that are OP af since ep 1. The main characters are still strong but compared to others later on they look like babies. Great and intense fight scenes not your stereotypical after 10 episodes I will use my strongest attack to one shot you because you hurt my tomodachis and I will never forgive you but when this happened it was actually done right. The world itself on terms of fighting is balanced. There are those fuckers that fuck shit up for seconds and are badass (the spider/netero meruem not included since he ain't a badass just a turtle with a tail) but most of the hunters are not some kind of power houses that are like OPM. They rely solely on their nen abilities and nen is expression on the натуре of the character manifested in a kind of power. They use tactics/power/items/manipulations which gives the fights actual real life consistency. You can have this mofo that can punch like a nuke*insert never nuke a country twice joke here* also part of the group that has the strongest members alive who can aid him and then there is this boy? who uses chains and has red eyes. Guess who wins and how. Any one who complains that the anime is slow simply has watched too many one shot with casting after 10 episodes attacks anime. Just because the villain wasn't defeated in one attack and it actually took some real progress to get to/fight him doesn't mean the anime is slow paced.
The world in term of diversity has it all. Imagine the WoW map up to the WotLK expansion. it's not as diverse and epic as one pieces world but it still has a lot of things to be explored. It gives a vibe of adventure. There are many creatures that are different from each other. And oh boy do I wait for the Legion (Dark Continent) expansion to come.
Now let's talk about character. As for the main characters I only like Leorio but no screen time ffs. Machi is definitely my waifu and any one who trash talks her doesn't deserve to live. Hisoka is this shotacon vibe kind of guy who is simply amazing and he isn't even that overpowered. Netero is the power house of the anime. This nigga be old af but when it comes to it he fucks up shit like no other. Zoldyck grand daddy has a dragon. Chrollo reads a book while fighting (real chill guy). Meruem gets his ass whooped buy a blind girl with white hair. Kite is no kite so his name is a lie. Illumi has no screen time so meh. And I want to comment one more character but let's not spoil it shall we?
Madhouse does the animation just right for its time and since I'm no art expert will give it a 9 (my 10/10 is all drawn style just like one piece 1st episode for a comparison).
Sound sounded just about right and fitting for me so will give it a 10.
Was a bit annoyed at how slow the ant arc went but in the end it was actually worth it because it had very in-depth details which most anime lack so i can't really give it as a con. Just a matter of taste. Rather than that neutral for me speed of an arc I felt like a kid waiting for christmas with each episode. And trust me every one of it was like one.
A must watch if you want a detailed adventure/shounen anime that doesn't overlook anything.
