Chimera ant arc is overrated

Dec 23, 2024 2:06 PM

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It was solid and took the most time, but if you really take the time to process it, it's definitely not as incredible as people might say. I really enjoyed it though

Dec 23, 2024 4:04 PM

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Chimera Ant arc is the second greatest arc in literature. You're going to have to elaborate on your opinion even further if you think this is even close to being adequate

Dec 23, 2024 4:05 PM

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Otakupervert890 said:
That arc alone is why I put at 4/10 took me 2 months to finish and had me remove hair from my head with the leap in logic the arc go through.

A fellow Nasuverse fan having such ass taste is a tragedy

Dec 23, 2024 4:31 PM

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Ashikhi said:
Chimera Ant arc is the second greatest arc in literature. You're going to have to elaborate on your opinion even further if you think this is even close to being adequate

It's an opinion just like how your claim is an opinion. It varies with each person.

Dec 23, 2024 5:05 PM

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This arc is the best arc and sets HXH aside from other battle shounen imo 🤷‍♂️ yeah it takes long but no other arcs have the same stakes or development

0/10 rage bait

Dec 23, 2024 5:32 PM

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this is the best arc in the history of shonens and one of the best arc ever made (the best in my opinion) so wtf are you talking about...

Dec 23, 2024 6:01 PM

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I love Hxh with all my heart but the chimera ant arc is definitely my least favorite too. I binged the show at the speed of light until that arc began. It's not bad by any means, but it stretches itself thin with an exhausting runtime and far too much attention given to characters that barely matter (at least for me)

Dec 23, 2024 6:32 PM

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Confused_100 said:
The only problem I see from the arc is how dragged on it went especially after Mereum is revived (because wow that part sucked imo). Anything else? Nope, the fight scenes are the best the series gave. It was not about how op the powers are but how they are used to outsmart even a stronger opponent. The character developments alone in this arc was 10x more than any other arc in the series (yes even more than phantom spider arc).

It’s what solidified to me that HunterxHunter isn’t just any other shounen, where it focuses on just main villain and main characters. It focuses on even newly introduced side characters and makes them as good as the main characters. The main villain’s development in this arc was phenomenal, where even when he [spoiler]dies, I was sad[spoiler]. It elevates shounen genre and no other shounen replicated this arc or got even close to it.

You could see alone by what I said is that it’s my favourite arc but still Yorknew city arc is a close second for me. I know why some would see it as the best one and also see why some may dislike this arc.

So is it overrated? No 100% lol

The only complain majority of the haters have about this arc, is that it's too dragged out. i also felt the same way and I honestly thought chimera ant arc was very OVERRATED, until I came across meruem's character development, his fight v netero, pitou v gon etc.So in the end, even tho it was dragged out making the arc unnecessarily long, it massively paid out at the end

Dec 23, 2024 6:34 PM

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Fuck you

Character limit

Lol

Character limit

Dec 23, 2024 7:17 PM

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you are dumb that's why

Dec 23, 2024 8:29 PM

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I didn't like it personally, but at the same time, I think it does deserve a lot of the praise it gets. (from an objective look)

Dec 23, 2024 10:07 PM

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Cammell said:

I can name 3 arcs in Hunter x Hunter that I enjoyed more than this one, also dragged out for too long

3 🤣 mabye 1 ( York new) that's it

Dec 23, 2024 10:10 PM

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Bruh how are you gonna say that Chimera arc is bad when Greed Island is arguably the most boring part of HxH

Dec 23, 2024 11:59 PM

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10/10 rage bait man 👏

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Dec 24, 2024 12:20 AM

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Rinrinka said:
Chimera Ant arc has both many haters and fans of it so I don't think it's considered overrated.

Personally I love it since it has nice worldbuilding, tension, plot, and fights.

Since haters always be hating and lovers always be loving I don't think I need to explain in detail why I consider it a very great arc :

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Dec 24, 2024 12:45 AM

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Otakupervert890 said:
That arc alone is why I put at 4/10 took me 2 months to finish and had me remove hair from my head with the leap in logic the arc go through.

A fellow Nasuverse fan having such ass taste is a tragedy

@Ashikhi I don't follow you so not liking hunter x hunter is a tragedy? A tragedy is the like of Titanic or Pearl Harbor not liking something it's inherently inevitable as everyone experience life differently and because of it won't experience the same media the same way. So no idea why you go with the tangent of tragedy but I find it a little hyperbolic on your part regardless that I like Nasuverse or not.

Dec 24, 2024 12:52 AM

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Ibtehaz_mahmud said:

Confused_100 said:
The only problem I see from the arc is how dragged on it went especially after Mereum is revived (because wow that part sucked imo). Anything else? Nope, the fight scenes are the best the series gave. It was not about how op the powers are but how they are used to outsmart even a stronger opponent. The character developments alone in this arc was 10x more than any other arc in the series (yes even more than phantom spider arc).

It’s what solidified to me that HunterxHunter isn’t just any other shounen, where it focuses on just main villain and main characters. It focuses on even newly introduced side characters and makes them as good as the main characters. The main villain’s development in this arc was phenomenal, where even when he [spoiler]dies, I was sad[spoiler]. It elevates shounen genre and no other shounen replicated this arc or got even close to it.

You could see alone by what I said is that it’s my favourite arc but still Yorknew city arc is a close second for me. I know why some would see it as the best one and also see why some may dislike this arc.

So is it overrated? No 100% lol

The only complain majority of the haters have about this arc, is that it's too dragged out. i also felt the same way and I honestly thought chimera ant arc was very OVERRATED, until I came across meruem's character development, his fight v netero, pitou v gon etc.So in the end, even tho it was dragged out making the arc unnecessarily long, it massively paid out at the end

Is it the only complain of haters? No. Do haters use it as an excuse to say it’s overrated? Maybe. I hope you read the rest of what I said because it is my favourite arc

Dec 24, 2024 1:12 AM

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Chimera ant was the only reason why I binged HxH so I gotta disagree

Dec 24, 2024 1:13 AM

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Agree. This arc has some good moments (like Meruem being a great villain), but as a whole it just doesn't work. It's mainly because of the pacing and the narrator, but it's also about small stupid moments like

Imagine normies saying: "Peaky Blinders is mid and overhyped. Just another typical crime drama show. Breaking Bad is much better lol.".

Dec 24, 2024 2:01 AM

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I think you should sleep on it and read the manga of it objectively. I was also not a fan because of the way people hyped it up. I read it a few years later and found it to be much better. Rewatched it 3 years ago with hindsight, REALLY liked it. Read it again recently, loved it.

Dec 24, 2024 3:29 AM

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I think it is the arc with the best HxH moments, but the unecessary length, the boring 1st half and the purposeless side characters do make it the less consistent and maybe worse arc for me. And the narration should have been reduced or just removed in the anime.

Dec 24, 2024 4:44 AM

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Agree. This arc has some good moments (like Meruem being a great villain), but as a whole it just doesn't work. It's mainly because of the pacing and the narrator, but it's also about small stupid moments like

@Ki11grave what makes meruem a great villain? the fact that he is bipolar and changes his mind consistently, contradicting himself more often than not

what is the ant in him? they say there is something ant in him, I don't see what is that

plus he has such a weak design, nothing about him screams he is supposed to be the ruler of everything

at one point meruem talks about how weak humans are and pathetic but they are literally what they are because of humans and eat them specifically because they are superior in helping them evolve compared to everyone else, they ate them because they want to become like that

I don't think humans are superior to anything, I'm just talking from ants prospective in the anime

Dec 24, 2024 5:13 AM

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Nah lmao this arc had what it takes to be a good one…… nice hard hitting moments and crazy fights too TOGASHI DID GOOD

Dec 24, 2024 5:34 AM

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totally overrated arc 😡
i since the end of the arc greed island when they found out the island Where actually in the real world and they took out magic cards and used it to find kite in real world
why the hell didn't the hunters used magic cards to get rid of the f****** ants instead of being killed, destroyed and really being f***** by the ants
lf they didn't want the anime to continue as a magic one then why in hell did you made greed island in the real world and not just a game and also why using the magic outside the game
that's the main reason for me to say it's an overrated arc and rate the anime 6/10

Dec 24, 2024 5:50 AM

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ajw215799 said:
For me, Chimera Ant is the worst arc of the series.

Agreed. It has its moments but the animal human hybrid thing felt forced when I watched it the first time. Lots of boring episodes as well. Handful of good fights tho

Dec 24, 2024 6:52 AM

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ajw215799 said:
For me, Chimera Ant is the worst arc of the series.

Agreed. It has its moments but the animal human hybrid thing felt forced when I watched it the first time. Lots of boring episodes as well. Handful of good fights tho

@DoctorBryce for me, the series went downwards after Heavens Arena. The series had been set up as revolving around the core four characters but then they just go their separate ways and it just loses something

Dec 24, 2024 7:23 AM

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And you’re wrong

No hes defs right! Way too long and very over-rated.

Dec 24, 2024 9:11 AM

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Lowkey I found Yorknew to be miles above Chimera ant arc but the ending to the arc was a 10/10

Dec 24, 2024 9:38 AM

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Character limit

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Dec 24, 2024 12:05 PM

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Chimera ant arc was pretty bad. I find The whole concept mid and I also personally dont like the art of the characters from that arc.
The best to me was the spider gang thing where kurapika was super strong and completely useless in the chimera arc (but really anywhere else). I really hope they will bring back the videogame and spider company thing.

Ps: the only thing I really enjoyed from that arc was the dialogue and relationship between the main villain and the little girl throughout the game that they were playing before the final fights. Surely not the animation nor the fights itself. Overrated is a good provocative word.

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Dec 24, 2024 12:38 PM

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Very true, and to each their own, a lot of people don't speak up about how the arc got boring at the beginning as they where teleporting to the palace and the only good part being the gon fight, and some other fights, but holistically I can see the point

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Dec 24, 2024 12:42 PM

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Chimera arc was cringe since I don't care for "serious" arcs. The Greed Island though was probably the best. I didn't care for "The Spiders" groups either so...
I enjoyed more of the comedy part of this series.

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Dec 24, 2024 2:24 PM

#83

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Didn't love it, didn't hate it... Kinda enjoyed Meruem's relationship with Komugi... but yeah it was a bit too dragged out

Dec 24, 2024 2:31 PM

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Cammell said:

I can name 3 arcs in Hunter x Hunter that I enjoyed more than this one, also dragged out for too long

I mean, you can name them for sure. You'd just be wrong.

Dec 24, 2024 4:06 PM

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I liked the York New City arc better.

Dec 24, 2024 4:53 PM

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I speed ran the first 75 episodes of Hunter Hunter, which I found to be pretty good. I am now on episode 118 and am yet to see what the hype is all about. The pace is slow, action is a bit boring, there is barely any character growth and the narrator narrates half the episodes. If this is the best Arc in Shonen Anime, then I guess I have outgrown anime.

Dec 24, 2024 11:20 PM

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I speed ran the first 75 episodes of Hunter Hunter, which I found to be pretty good. I am now on episode 118 and am yet to see what the hype is all about. The pace is slow, action is a bit boring, there is barely any character growth and the narrator narrates half the episodes. If this is the best Arc in Shonen Anime, then I guess I have outgrown anime.

@AnimeIsABubble that's what I'm talking about, for me this doesn't compare to other good shounen arcs

chunin exam in naruto, can also name few bleach arcs that are better than this - soulreaper arc, aizen arc and whatever is going on now;

even one piece has some arcs I would consider to be more hard hitting than this

Dec 24, 2024 11:52 PM

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Yall dont like when a show builds up something. Attention spam problems

Dec 25, 2024 6:29 AM

#89

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people in this fandom to each other: "please fuck off and kill yourself"

Dec 25, 2024 6:44 AM

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nah it's perfectly rated, admit that it went above your head

Dec 25, 2024 6:46 AM

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Makotofan said:
Yall dont like when a show builds up something. Attention spam problems

Couldn't agree more, these kids these days, I wonder how they gonna watch OP, no patience at all, no attention span, want anime to end like how a reel ends in 60 sec, grow up

Dec 25, 2024 8:13 AM

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I think this arc is fine. I quite like it.

Dec 25, 2024 8:13 AM

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ProGoddess

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I think this arc is fine. I quite like it.

Dec 25, 2024 8:47 AM

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Makotofan said:
Yall dont like when a show builds up something. Attention spam problems

Couldn't agree more, these kids these days, I wonder how they gonna watch OP, no patience at all, no attention span, want anime to end like how a reel ends in 60 sec, grow up

@SkyboltSenpai OP actually builds up to something worth spending episodes on. Most of chimera ant arc events ended up being completely irrelevant by the end of the arc.

Dec 25, 2024 11:42 AM

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You're too young and naive to understand. If you find yourself in a situation where everybody thinks the Earth is round and you're one of the few who think it's flat. It's you who's in the wrong.

Also, LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Dec 25, 2024 1:43 PM

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You're too young and naive to understand. If you find yourself in a situation where everybody thinks the Earth is round and you're one of the few who think it's flat. It's you who's in the wrong.

Also, LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

@phantom346 earth being round or flat doesn't depend on anyone's opinion of it

Dec 25, 2024 2:41 PM

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It's the best arc of the anime by far.

Dec 25, 2024 4:18 PM

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I thought otherwise. Yes, the pacing could have been better but the characterisation and the clutch moments made the Chimera Arc worth watching. If not, this Arc made HxH from good to great.

Dec 25, 2024 6:12 PM

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I honestly thought it went on for too long, but if they'd cut the training sessions (unnecessary since they'd already trained so much in Greed Island), the scenes with some of the lower chimera ants, and parts of the battles, then I think it would've been absolutely brilliant. But, in a way, I also appreciate how long it was because it felt much like a war. Like Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Dec 26, 2024 12:11 AM

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Agreed but I get hate for saying that 😂

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