![]() In many ways, Gon and Killua are the glue which holds this series together, as the storyline itself is absolute madness. While these four could be considered the main characters, and appear together on all of the promotional art, Gon and Killua are the only characters who consistently appear throughout the entire story and the main emotional crux of the narrative is focused on their relationship. On his way to becoming a professional Hunter, Gon befriends the vengeance-seeking hard in the paint mofo Kurapika, and the goof with a heart of gold Leorio, shortly before meeting his instant best friend and arguable life partner, the child assassin Killua. It’s kind of like mensa for people with superpowers, and to be a Hunter basically means being one of the biggest badasses on Earth. Hunters, in this story, are essentially mercenaries, although being a hunter gives one access to all kinds of faculties and abilities outside of taking on mercenary missions. Gon wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a Hunter, so that he can eventually meet him and try to get some insight into why he was left behind. Hunter X Hunter is the story of Gon Freecs, a twelve year-old boy who grew up with his relatives on an island in the middle of nowhere after being abandoned by his father as a baby. Did I mention there’s a lot of death in this? Protagonist threatens sincerely to kill an inocent character to assist his vengeance varied and complex world views and social structures 28 year old perving on (at the very most) 9 year olds 50 year old (in 12 year old body) perving on 28 year old Secondary protagonist kills someone for refusing to answer a question Secondary protagonist brutally tortures another character Cannibalism (between humans and between pseudo-humans) ![]() Massacred clan who’s eyes are cut out to be sold Graphic whipping scene of a 12 year old named character Blood lust and battle lust (many instances) Secondary protagonist slices up two guys because he’s a bit upset 28 year old prevuing on our 12 year olds Death death death death death death death death death death death death death List of Reasons Hunter x Hunter isn’t a kids show (in somewhat chronological order) How people can rip on shows like Sword Art Online, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, or One Punch Man, then praise garbage like Hunter x Hunter and Fairy Tail is beyond me. I hate to say it, but this show is probably objectively worse than Bleach, which is sad considering how much I loved Yu Yu Hakusho. I mean they might as well throw in Liam Neeson and let him rescue his kidnapped daughter again since they're going with the theme of overused tropes. Protagonist who is an assassin with a dark past? Kiritsugu from Fate Zero does this without being a Gary Stu. Protagonist seeking father? Fuu from Samurai Champloo does this better. Fans excuse this as focusing on story and dialogue, only those consist entirely of tropes and stereotypes which are common in other anime, and often done better. Hunter x Hunter is a battle shounen with very few battles, and the few it does have are terrible. It would have been a lot more believable to have the old sea captain use that line, it felt forced and out of place to have a 10 year old kid spouting words of wisdom to someone much older and more experienced than him. Then for some reason when Leorio and Kurapika are about to get into a fight, which in this anime I guess just means glare angrily at each other and spout angry remarks, Gon talks down to the old sea captain trying to act all wise and stuff. Big deal, I can do that with my arthritis. ![]() The only interesting thing about him in the first couple of episodes is that he predicts the weather. Reminds me of anime like "Kill la Kill" that try to be all dark and edgy but mostly only appeal to dorky 14 year old girls.Īs for Gon, he should just become a meteorologist. ![]() Putting kill in his name makes it even worse. Started training at 3, entered a tournament at 6. Kurapika is the "my clan got murdered so I want revenge" guy. Leorio is the stereotypical anti-hero motivated by greed. After watching two episodes and glancing at the wiki anyone could summarize them perfectly. The characters are just so bland and shallow. No, I'm not going to watch X amount of episodes waiting for it to "get good." If they can't hook me in the first few episodes then really they failed to accomplish what an anime is supposed to do. I gotta say though, it seems very boring, generic, and juvenile. So I figured this has to be good, and tried to watch it. I also heard the anime was made by the same people who did One Punch Man. People kept saying that this is the best anime out there, and after looking into it I saw was made by the same guy who made Yu Yu Hakusho, which is actually one of my favorites.
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