I've seen a lot of anime like this, some were really interesting and some are better forgotten. I would love to forget this piece of animation. I honestly tried to see at least a bit of what I was promised by numerous reviews, tops and reviews. Several times I dropped and resumed watching this episode, cherishing a faint hope “It will be better further! A couple more episodes and I will see those exciting battles that I have heard so much about, another episode and the main characters will begin to really open up, change and move on. A couple of minutes more and an interesting monologue, a thought, at least a word, will sound from the mouth of another ripped-eyed character! ". Yes, powerfully I was so wrong, it’s just a shame.
The first thing I want to do is go through the characters:
Main characters:
1) Gon - When watching the first thirty episodes, I got a clear feeling that the author periodically forgot about this character. This little boy (super creature, mega talent, one in a billion, but that's not the point) from the point of view of the banal logic of behavior, jumps back and forth like a table tennis ball. At one moment, he does not tolerate murder, at another, with a perky smile, he asks to teach him how to pull out the heart at lightning speed. Either he can calmly watch the death of other people during the qualifying tournament, then he is turned back from it so that he cannot watch. At certain points, he is ready to forgive even a maniac killer that a minute ago he wanted to cut a little girl into pieces with scissors (even if she was not defenseless and in fact was much older than the villain, which he did not know), then he smears the killer of his acquaintance into mush (the fact that he spared the maniac demolition that during the whole story arc he blew up people in batches, some of whom were also Ghosn's acquaintances, purely for fun, a separate article altogether). I would also like to note as a separate point that his initial motivation (to find his father) cannot justify the risk to which Gon exposes himself and his friends, since he and his dad are essentially not connected with anything. At the beginning of events, Gon has no idea what his father is like, other than the fact that he abandoned him as an infant for the life of a hunter.
2) Killua - Gon's faithful friend and partner, who shared a similar ailment, his character throws from side to side like a boat in the middle of a storm. Unlike his partner, this ailment is justified by the plot. For the most part, the character is not bad, there is an interesting internal conflict, development and, in general, a memorable appearance. This character is also remembered for me by the fact that at one point he himself draws attention to the truly incredible number of pianos in the bushes, which the main characters stumbled upon.
This creation has a rich caste of minor characters of varying degrees of quality, from so-so to "damn it, why the story is not about them?" Most notable:
• Kurapika - “Hey! I have motivation, character, development, rich backstory and incredible potential for disclosure, and my storyline can be safely turned into a separate series, but I’ll probably stand on the sidelines, or rather drop out of the narrative altogether! ".
• Leorio - “When I was a child from the slums, my best friend died of an incurable disease, which prompted me to become a hunter because for people like me this is the only doctor with an education! Hmm! To grab a prisoner who is clearly deceiving me and risk the dream of my life or act smart and achieve the intended goal, which I have been striving for from young nails? Madam, my name is Leorio! "
And there are similar characters here in a wagon and a small cart from the pretentious head of a dynasty of the world's best assassins to a huge ant-man-alligator in wrestling tights (This guy didn't surprise anyone? When I saw him, I whinnied for thirty minutes and didn't care about giant cannibal beetles. By the way, do they take clothes?)
Logical holes at the level “Even if the devil himself appears for the exam, he has to pass all the tests, and he will receive a hunter's license” a few episodes later “The hunter exam is designed to weed out weak participants and prevent the hunter's license from falling into bad hands (Three professional killers in the room is probably good people, the one with pink hair is probably just a magician at children's matinees) ”occur so often that it is more difficult to remember the place where the plot begins to follow at least a ghostly logic.
Remember the episode where the queen of chimeras died? There, the Hunters were almost crying looking at her dying body, SERIOUS? LOOK AROUND THERE ARE NOISETTES OF PEOPLE WHICH SHE EATED LIKE SEEDS AND MOUNTAINS OF HUMAN SKULLS ARE YOU SAD ABOUT HER DEATH? And the king's guard does not matter at all, only Neferpita was shown from several sides, and the other two can only indulge in orgasms looking at how good their King is.
Well-staged fights? There were a couple, but I’m not lying, even about six, but for one hundred and fifty episodes this is not enough.
Now the fight of the King of Ant, having forgiven the head of the hunter's association, what abilities have we shown? YES, NOTHING BUT A MANY-HANDED STATUE NETERO and the fact that the king of ants can tolerate well and that's it! 0 hariography 0 tactics. And in the end, SUDDENLY we are faced with the fact that Killua has a sister (brother) who knows how to fulfill wishes! WHAT A TWIST! Do you realize what it is? IS ABLE TO FULFILL DESIRES! DESIRES! That is, you can wish anything!
The result is a dull under-anime with a lot of potential for horrific performance. There are so many jambs and missed opportunities in it that there are so many pages for ten handwritten text, from which high marks from viewers and critics seem incomprehensible to me.
