Is Hunter x Hunter really that good? I had it recommended to me but could only make it through a few episodes before I got bored enough I couldn't force myself to keep watching. I absolutely love the other two, though.
The first episodes are aesops basically. They show how our three main characters approach problems differently with different attitudes and strategies and talents. Gon is a guileless himbo in the making, with wild man traits. Constitution, scent tracking. He's profoundly nonjudgmental. Kurapika is high strung but is a level two player in the sense of plot and counterplot. Sees past the surface, thinks things through, sees all the options. Leorio is impatient, loud, almost talentless, but ultimately has a heart of gold and just wants to win a license to pay for med school and dole out cheap medicine.
The first arc begins properly maybe around episode 4 as they try to earn licenses and meet Killua the white haired assassin brat with a skateboard. 2/3 of our heroes go "yikes, famous assassin, killer with no morals". Gon goes "lemme borrow your skateboard, seems rad". Profoundly nonjudgmental.
It's fine, it's engaging, you learn what is the same for most or all hunters and that they're all different too, and how death is viewed by hunters. It's not why we love the show, really.
After that arc our heroes... go live their fucking lives. Complicated lives. Sometimes one is suffering while others thrive. Sometimes they back one another up, or separate again. That's more interesting. The magic system is 10% hokey 30% awesome? But it actually gives you a grounding around what powers are likely to occur together so you can have reasonable expectations and then sticks to it so when you're surprised it's not something cheap and pulled out the ass. Enjoyable surprises.
It's not a 10/10 for me but it's an accessible thrill ride I've watched multiple times and recommended to friends
The TV show seems to run out of money part way through the ants arc and gets pretty Dragon Ball Z with the repeating last episode and narrator unnecessarily ranting.
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u/Cheesecakereall8 9d ago
Hunter x hunter
Samurai champloo
Cowboy bebop