Thoughts on hunter x hunter arcs / comparisons to other battle shounen

Kuralchemist99 said:
If Yorknew hadn't caught your interest it probably isn't your thing.

MrLief said:
If you don't like HxH by episode 102 then it's clearly not for you.

boredxxx said:


Actually enjoyed the york new arc more than what im currently up to in chimera. Ill end up finishing it cuz im already invested 2/3 in it. Are the fights with royal guards and king epic?

IntroverTurtle said:
It's a very good series but it's no One Piece or Naruto. Don't expect it to surpass them. The next part is mixed, some people love it, some people hate it.

And if I'm understanding the title and your post right. It would be better to take extremist out if you really don't hate the series.

boredxxx said:


Actually enjoyed the york new arc more than what im currently up to in chimera. Ill end up finishing it cuz im already invested 2/3 in it. Are the fights with royal guards and king epic?

BlueXRam said:
Did you just say Naruto outclasses Hunter X Hunter? Talk about bad opinions. Please don't give me a lecture like you do when anyone disagrees with you.

IntroverTurtle said:
Well regarding Chimera Ant there are two big groups of opinions about it. One thinks it's the best arc in the whole anime with Yorknew right behind of it and the other thinks it's the worst arc while thinking Yorknew is the best. Maybe you're the latter.

Yes, easily. And I would say the same to you if I was the sort of person to call people's opinions bad because of what anime they like.

Kuralchemist99 said:
That does seem to be the general consensus on this site. I feel like I'm one of the few who ranks Yorknew above Chimera Ant without hating on CA either.

PoeticJustice said:
Yorknew is overrated. I don't know why people like it so much. The worst character out of the whole group, Kurapika, gets too much focus. He is too OP, his fights were boring. Chrollo was the best thing about that arc.

boredxxx said:
Im with turtle regarding Naruto, I enjoy it a lot. And i had no idea that there was the 2 opinion system with the arcs. I thought it was #chimeraantarcmasterrace type of deal. I think the phantom troupe were much more interesting the the chimera king and guards. I also didnt get too into the Greed Island arc, what do people think about that one?

BlueXRam said:


Probably the least liked arc along with the tournament.

boredxxx said:
Does leorio get more development? I feel like hes been left out of the spotlight a lot and now that Kurapika and gon have been decently grown in terms of character i cant wait to sed leorio in action.

Kuralchemist99 said:
Zoldyck family usually gets the least attention.

boredxxx said:
Does leorio get more development? I feel like hes been left out of the spotlight a lot and now that Kurapika and gon have been decently grown in terms of character i cant wait to sed leorio in action.

boredxxx said:
No i disnt say i dont like it. I enjoy killua fighing and that york new arc however the stuf with knuckle didnt excite me and niether fo the board games. I like hisoka but i hoped he wud be more like orochimaru.

boredxxx said:
Does leorio get more development? I feel like hes been left out of the spotlight a lot and now that Kurapika and gon have been decently grown in terms of character i cant wait to sed leorio in action.

YucchinZoldyck said:

So you clearly enjoyed some of the arcs except the Chimera Ant arc? Well, I understand that but I suggest not to hope for Hisoka to be more like Orochimaru. I mean, what did you mean by this? Sorry, I don't know what's going on with Naruto right now but from what I've seen, they're entirely different as a villain imo.
Hisoka is Hisoka, you know. :)

BlueXRam said:


Just wait till the election arc. Too bad it's the last arc of the anime :(.









That's more of a side arc though.

Kuralchemist99 said:
Hunter Exam arc leads right into it, and it was needed for the plot. It's just extremely uneventful and short.

YucchinZoldyck said:

So you clearly enjoyed some of the arcs except the Chimera Ant arc? Well, I understand that but I suggest not to hope for Hisoka to be more like Orochimaru. I mean, what did you mean by this? Sorry, I don't know what's going on with Naruto right now but from what I've seen, they're entirely different as a villain imo.
Hisoka is Hisoka, you know. :)

boredxxx said:


Yes so ill clear everything up. His oak is cool but hes kind of an odd duck. Hes evil and then hes helping them and it really confuses the way im meant to feel about him. I did enjoy previous arcs (mostly killuas fights) like the heavens arena or whatever was enjoyable but so far chimera arc has kinda been lame for me. I thought kite was gonna be all badass and then he dies and i feel the main char is just not strong enough.

boredxxx said:
Awsome. I know hes evil but when he helps them on greed island i feel like that hurt his character.

blessofcurse said:
Agree with the post above that the York New arc is the best of the story. Kinda odd though because that best acr is focused more on Kurapika rather on the real mc. It's exciting thanks to the mysterious spider group.
I hate the pacing of chimera ant arc and the annoying spoon feeding narrator.

BlueXRam said:


Hunter X Hunter has shown it doesn't need to focus on the MC to have a successful arc, such as the election arc. I love how Togashi does that.

boredxxx said:
The progression of the main characters strength is confusing to me. Im glad hes not super op and all but right now with the enemies at hand at what im up to, idk how hes gonna pull it off if he could barely fight knuckle. Im sure he will pull through but i just think he should be stronger and gotten to the chimera and place earlier.

boredxxx said:
The progression of the main characters strength is confusing to me. Im glad hes not super op and all but right now with the enemies at hand at what im up to, idk how hes gonna pull it off if he could barely fight knuckle. Im sure he will pull through but i just think he should be stronger and gotten to the chimera and place earlier.

blessofcurse said:
Agree with the post above that the York New arc is the best of the story. Kinda odd though because that best acr is focused more on Kurapika rather on the real mc. It's exciting thanks to the mysterious spider group.
I hate the pacing of chimera ant arc and the annoying spoon feeding narrator.

boredxxx said:
Im with turtle regarding Naruto, I enjoy it a lot. And i had no idea that there was the 2 opinion system with the arcs. I thought it was #chimeraantarcmasterrace type of deal. I think the phantom troupe were much more interesting the the chimera king and guards. I also didnt get too into the Greed Island arc, what do people think about that one?

BlueXRam said:
The first half of the chimera ant arc does not compare to Yorknew however when the Hunters invade the castle it gets miles better. Also if you are not enjoying it after watching 102 episodes, stop watching the show it's too complex for you and has too much plot.

PoeticJustice said:


Exactly why it is not the best arc. The troupe was more interesting than him. His fight with Uvo was so lame, they hyped up the troupe to be big and bad yet kurapika beats him without as much as a struggle? GTFO.

PoeticJustice said:


Exactly why it is not the best arc. The troupe was more interesting than him. His fight with Uvo was so lame, they hyped up the troupe to be big and bad yet kurapika beats him without as much as a struggle? GTFO.

jreginald said:


The majority of HxH fans do love CA and think it's either the best arc (ever) or up there with Yorknew. The ones who hate it are a very vocal minority.



K no. I don't agree that One Piece/Naruto > HxH (because I've never watched both fully) but that last statement is so dumb and is the reason why the term "Huntard" is even a thing. If people don't like HxH, fine, but that doesn't mean they can't handle it.

Kuralchemist99 said:
Alot of people think that Kurapika was somewhat OP against the Troupe, but to be fair his chain jail only works on them.

BlueXRam said:


Juuust keep watching haha. Don't want to spoil anything. Both Gon and Killua pull off some epic shit.

BlueXRam said:


Yeah it's pretty clear that the only reason he stands a chance is because of the chain jail and how huge of an advantage it gives him. Also Kurapika only ended up getting one troupe member it's not like he just destroyed the whole group. One more thing the Troupe now know of his ability so it will be a much tougher time with the rest of the members then it was with Uvo.

Kuralchemist99 said:
2 counting Pakunoda. And yeah, he's going to have a MUCH harder time now that they know his power. (Which ironically could've easily been avoided had Kurapika not revealed his powers to Killua and Gon)

BlueXRam said:


Meh, consider that more of a suicide but yeah.

BlueXRam said:


Meh, consider that more of a suicide but yeah.

Kuralchemist99 said:
Uvo knew the consequences of breaking Kurapika's contract as well, so his death could be considered a suicide too. In fact the Troupe was left in pretty bad shape after Kurapika had his way with them. Their leader is out of contact and powerless, 2 are dead, and one went rogue (Hisoka). So 4 members "gone" (although Hisoka never was a member, and quickyly replaced by Kalluto.)

PoeticJustice said:


Exactly why it is not the best arc. The troupe was more interesting than him. His fight with Uvo was so lame, they hyped up the troupe to be big and bad yet kurapika beats him without as much as a struggle? GTFO.

BlueXRam said:
Uvo knew the consequences of breaking Kurapika's contract as well, so his death could be considered a suicide too. In fact the Troupe was left in pretty bad shape after Kurapika had his way with them. Their leader is out of contact and powerless, 2 are dead, and one went rogue (Hisoka). So 4 members "gone" (although Hisoka never was a member, and quickyly replaced by Kalluto.)