Hunter X Hunter (Original + Remake)

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Nah it's totally fine, I'm happy to read your thoughts on it! I suppose I'll go ahead with the new series first but still plan to check out the old one later (which I've already seen about 15-20 episodes of and liked, only put it on hold because I got busy with school/work). You know I love Raimi's Spider-Man and the Deen Higurashi anime (which is also hated by many purists) more than a large chunk of the source material, and I'm honestly super interested in alternate takes on the same stories in the first place. And thanks for explaining about the arc names!

[Lord Dalek]

The first episode of the 1999 series was actually an anime original filler (that later got worked into the manga) so that's why it isn't in the remake.

[Mustang]

I wish there was a way for me to watch the 1999 version. I remember liking the animation a lot more than Madhouse's animation. Anyway,

Having finally caught up with where the anime I supposedly ended at and re-watched it up to where the king was born, I will say this is a favorite, but at the same time this could be a honeymoon phase, so I'll give it another week to before I fully commit. Where do I even begin with this? Overall show is goated, and it might be better for me to do another watch and give my thoughts on each arc since I'm going off memory at the moment.

I see where Psyren came from. I remember when I first got into Psyren and was trying to make a comparison of what it was like, all that needed to be said was a cross between HxH and Persona. Anyway, I think all the characters are good, but there's not one in particular that really stands out as a clear cut favorite to me. Characterization on the other hand is top notch. I think the only character I had a problem with is Kurapika and that's only because certain moments during the Yorknew (?) arc he came off as a spoiled brat, almost like Edward Elric, but they are kids so, lol.

As far as the arcs, hmmm, I think Yorknew might be the one I enjoyed the most. Greed Island, I don't know how I feel about this one. I don't think it was weak, but I felt like some things were just off here, especially the villain. He reminds me of a filler villain before that transition to the next baddie. I loved the training. I always love the training portions in this series. Yeah, something about that villain just throws me off lol. Chimera Ant is peak characterization. The election stuff and seeing Ging, meh, but Killua going to get Alluka (sp?) was tugging on the heart strings a bit. I don't know what to make of that arc either to be honest lol. Obviously it's not done, but still.

Jumping around a bit and not saying much lol, seeing and hearing about Nen is probably my favorite thing throughout the entire series. A counter for a counter for that counter is fascinating to me and reminds me of rock x paper x scissors (no pun) aspect in fighting games. The characters abilities are one thing, but the mechanics of Nen and seeing how characters use it in general carries hard.

Like I said, honeymoon phase and we'll see where I'm at next week-ish and closer to the end of the year. Right now, Jujutsu Kaisen > all at the moment. Jokes aside, I do prefer JJK at the moment though.

[Daikun]

Greed Island, I don't know how I feel about this one. I don't think it was weak, but I felt like some things were just off here, especially the villain. He reminds me of a filler villain before that transition to the next baddie. I loved the training. I always love the training portions in this series. Yeah, something about that villain just throws me off lol.

The problem I have with Greed Island is that it feels generic. Hunter x Hunter is known for subverting shonen tropes, yet Greed Island has a straight-forward story with basically zero twists. Gon collects all the cards, fights the bad guy, and wins with a super-charged ki blast. Eh...

[Mustang]

Yeah, generic sounds right, especially after watching it a 2nd time.

Speaking of watching a 2nd time, that Chimera Ant arc, correcting my earlier post in terms of tugging on the heartstrings, I started cracking towards the endgame.

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Basically when Knuckles ability wore off on Gon

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. After that, I think I broke with the last episode of the arc, and was wrecked when Alluka came into it, and I'm certainly not an emotional guy.

I wish I was warned not to watch this with a group of crybabies lol