There are four main characters in the show- the aforementioned Gon, Killua Zoldyck, Kurapika, and Leorio. However, the real hook, the part of HxH that gets you into the show and keeps you enthralled right through to the end and beyond, is the characters. Not what you’d expect from this type of show normally… Yorknew City, for one, has an action-thriller feel, with hints of noir thrown in.
In terms of narrative direction, the arcs are not at all shonen. What I mean by saying this is that while Gon and other Hunters in the show gain a special power called nen, it has specializations and drawbacks and ultimately, the characters are still human- highly skilled, but never able to outright overpower an obstacle- and in the rare cases they do, there are terrible, real consequences that follow. It is after this point that the show begins to shift rapidly, from the high-stakes training ground that is Heavens Arena, to Yorknew City, and later into the insanity that is the Chimera Ant arc, and what all these disparate locales share in common is a sort of real-worldliness that doesn’t exist usually in shonen. Gon is a shonen protagonist in the traditional sense, and this is evident especially during the first arc of the show (the Hunter Exam) where the possibilities of the world begin to be revealed and a great deal of foundational character building takes place. Hunter x Hunter succeeds better than any other shonen out there chiefly because of its characters and story.
It starts with the absolutely fantastic characters, stretches to a story that flips skillfully to different genres and even narrative styles in a way that flows cohesively preserves the original vision of Yoshihiro Togashi, the manga writer and creator of HxH, and does it with aplomb and essentially no filler despite 148 episodes of action-packed, narratively exciting goodness. It’s certainly in the top 3 anime I’ve watched and unequivocally the best shonen for a variety of reasons, and I say this not only because I absolutely love this show and franchise, but because it merits the praise, wholeheartedly and without conditions. And I’ll be the first to say that I was beyond excited to write about this fantastic, fantastic show. Skip ahead to the grading section if need be.)ĪniB’s thoughts: If you’ve been reading the comment sections of different articles on this blog, or popped over to the Twitter feed, you might have figured out a Hunter x Hunter review was coming at some point. Nothing too big, but I mention some arc names and certain characters. This review is also unaffiliated with the 1999 series, or its subsequent OVAs, despite covering all of the same material, and then some. Studio (Network)/ Years aired: Madhouse (Adult Swim-Toonami), 2011-20-ĮDITOR’S NOTE: This review encompasses the 2011 reboot of the Hunter x Hunter series, and is considered the definitive version of the anime. Show: Hunter x Hunter (pronounced simply as “Hunter Hunter”)
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