HxH is the anime that most pissed me off. Not for the anime itself, but for how people describe and think of it. Nothing and I say nothing of what I read in reviews from 8 upwards is true. Many things are subjective but others are clearly huge, full-blown lies.
Let's start by saying that the overall quality of the anime drops steadily from episode 1 to the end. It seems that the writer wanted to surprise viewers with something unexpected, even if it is senseless.
I've always criticized Naruto for the high number of filler episodes but in HxH it's not the episodes that are fillers, BUT THE DAMN ARCS
Apart from the first 15 episodes which, together with another arc are ok (yorknew arc), the rest is the essence of complete uselessness.
Arc after arc you keep thinking the previous arc was better but it's actually like comparing sh*t to sh*t with powdered sugar on it. You think the arc was better before just because what you are seeing now sucks even more.
It must be said that the arc of the mafia (ep 37-58) was not bad but then, in episode 80, the arc of the ant chimera begins.
80 f**king boring training episodes where the protagonist doesn't even know how to use a single skill just to throw me into the chimera arc?
(They talk about ants but in this arc I only see a panda and a f**king penguin in the middle of the desert.)
Finally someone dies (it seems they do it to show you that the anime has now matured)
I did not believe it when I saw it .. the bad guys who make proud disagreements before they die when you don't even know they are and you empathize with them as you empathize with a fly when you accidentally step on it.
Apart from the fact that you can find a better story in Dragonball and Naruto,(which are pretty much the same but done well xD - there is an arc that is basically sao lol ?why? ahah) it must be said that it sucks more than these two for one simple reason. Where the anime begins, that is, in episode 80, in a f**king battle shonen there is only ONE FIGHT. IN 50 EPISODES. ONLY ONE FIGHT IN 50 EPISODES nonononono ...
Then they give you a beautiful explanation on how the fights and techniques work and then you put only one? (bad among other things, except the animations that were there) A single fight where they don't even use the techniques they explained to you before breaking your balls.
The characters are all flat, especially the villains. The only nice one I have to admit is Kurapika. Leorio is actually a nice character but he never screentime. Gon is annoying and Killua is the usual stereotype of a dark eleven year old when he's with friends, and badass op when he has to fight.
Meruem is a hideous villain. He is the classic villain who wants to take over the world (classic bad that becomes good). And then is shamelessly copied by Cell from Dragonball.
The graphics in general are not bad, apart from some cringe and useless character designs. The arch of the mafia remains the best in this field too.
The Ost are horrendous apart from one
The ending is the worst and most obvious I've ever seen in an anime
Overall it is a childish anime, boring, useless and clearly badly copied from other more famous works.
Watch Dragonball or Naruto if you want to see such a thing, but done right.
Peace
