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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- great episode!! |
| I figured they weren't really dead. 7.5/10. Not rounded to an 8. Sure, the last 15 (or so) episodes were good, but the beginning just dragged on having few highlights. |
GrimmmMar 3, 2010 12:27 PM
| The end felt a bit rushed. Kurapika turned into an emo snob and there were just so many threads left. The series did peak my interest enough to watch the ova's and I might just read the manga as well. I'd give it a 7 or maybe an 8 even though the end left me a bit dissatisified. |
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| well i would also rate this anime a 7.5/10 if i could but i ended up rounding it to an 8/10 will have to watch the OVA's some time later because i really didnt like the anime series's ending! |
interlude said: is there a continuation after the greed island episode?... For the anime, no, not yet. Idk why you'd ask here in the 62 eppy anime discussion when that has it's own forum, lol. |
| when the hunter x hunter will release their new video?.... i love to watch it...... and i follow every new episodes in manga.... |
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| damn can someone tell me when will be the next new release in anime?? |
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| so I guess Kurapika never bothered to learn Gyo |
| "the bodies...were FAKE-ku" as if you guys didnt make it anymore obvious. SO wtf will the OVA's take care of the other stuff!?!? i feel so...empty wit this ending. |
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| It ended right after finishing the arc, plus we have the OVAs next. Nothing wrong with that. I personally found Hunter x Hunter to be an intelligent, complex, and entertaining battle shonen. The Nen stuff is ridiculously complicated too. I still feel like I don't have the strongest grasp on it. So, props to Togashi there. Yu Yu Hakusho has always been one of my favorite shonen, so I was pleasantly surprised when Hunter x Hunter turned out to be just as good, if not better. 9/10 |
| A very good series, though I will say that the series was pretty damn uneven. As an example the first, I dunno, arc was pretty weak aside from the part where Gon faced Hisoka in the forest. In fact, I'd say the only strong arc as a whole has been this Spider arc which was just on an entirely different level and has to be one of the best shounen plot lines I've ever seen with honest to god interesting villains. I'm leaning towards a 7 rating, I think. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| What did you find weak about the Hunter Exam? With the exception of the cooking part(gourmet hunters), overall, I thought it was fun and served as a nice introduction to the series. Even the tournament at the end of it all was neat, especially with how only the loser of each match continued on. Perhaps the entire exam was a little too long, though. What did it last, like half the series, I think? But yeah, Spider arc surpassed everything else. Even the fight between Hisoka and Gon in the Heaven's Tower paled in comparisoin. |
| Crap, I totally forgot about that awesome fight between Gon and Hisoka...I guess that's what I get for taking a short break before starting this arc. I'll also give you the second half, starting with Tsunami where Hisoka saved the group, of the Hunters Exam as a whole as a very good stretch of the series. It just took me a while to really get into the series, and the Nen system felt very jarring to me with how it was implemented. Not to mention, the short visit to Killua's home felt kind of like a waste (though it did introduce Killua's family like a bit) and could have had more to it. Also, to me, Kurapika is easily the most interesting of the leads (aside from perhaps Killua) and that Heaven's Tower arc suffered because he had no role what so ever for a while. Makes me dread the upcoming Greed Island arc, to be honest. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Oh yeah, the Tsunami part was great. It allowed the participants time to breathe(uhh...barring the hectic storm they had to deal with) and not worry about competing against each other, since they all ended up working together to get by. The Nen system is complicated, and the training did mess with the pacing, so I'd definitely agree with you there. I've never been a fan of training arcs myself. Fortunately, it wasn't too long. I've seen a lot worse... Same here. I'm a big fan of Kurapika and Hisoka mostly. I've heard bad things about the Greed Island OVAs. I'm also worried about them. Supposedly, though, the next OVA is really good. Which reminds me, I should get around to watching that soon. |
| Just the sort of cliffhanger/open-ended ending I was expecting. Up until the final 10 or so episodes I was set to give this 8 or maybe 8.5/10 at a push but the last arc was great so I'm going to give it a 9/10 overall. It was nice to see Kurapica smiling at the end too. Also, Hisoka's trolling after the credits was epic. |
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| I love Hisoka :') Forever a troll :3 |
| Not the best shounen I've seen but it was fairly entertaining especially during this last arc. It's a shame that it ends rather abruptly without any explanation at all. I'm not really motivated in watching the OVA so I think I'll just wait until this part of the show is animated in the 2011 remake. |
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Yokurama said: i really didnt like the anime series's ending! Ditto. That was hardly an ending... Sorry to be harsh, but seriously? Gehh. And I certainly didn't need Hisoka to tell me the corpses were fake (no, duh!). Then again, perhaps a super open-ended conclusion was necessary, due to the episode limit (they could have extended it but... anyway). I think I would give this a 7 or 8 out of 10, too. |
| This isn't the ending, so why are y'all complaining? Just watch the damn OVAs if you want to see how it ends. |
| “Money can't buy dere” |
| As others have said, the ending was "empty", although it was a good episode. Fortunately there are OVAs that will continue this, so the story itself is not exactly over. |
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| Well, I'm quite disappointed that the spiders simply ran away and there was no real ending. I hope OVA will make up for that. In any case, the show itself was really interesting and enjoyable. |
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| That was a really cool fight at the start there. Didn't expect to see Illumi as well, but him getting rid of the 10 dons saved Chrollo's ass. Solid 8/10 for me, but a final score may be different depending on the three ova installments... |
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| So everyone complaining about a lack of closure is doing so from 2010 onwards, 8+ years after the continuation OVA came out. Aight. Nice of them to fit in just a little more Hisoka trolling before the ED. XD |
| Got a good laugh out of the moment when Illumi calls Zeno and they just casually part ways with Chrollo. I was wondering where they would stop. It's a shame the show was cut short during its time but I'm glad they pulled through with the OVAs and of course the 2011 remake wouldn't have happened either. Overall it was nice to see the original adaptation and served as a rewatch from a new (or rather older) perspective. If I had to break down my thoughts: Hunter Exam: 1999: 8/10 2011: 9/10 I'll just spoiler my thoughts on each arc so fair warning to any passerby that these will contain HxH 2011 spoilers Zoldyck family: 1999: 7/10 2011: 7/10 Heaven's Arena: 1999: 7/10 2011: 8/10 York New: 1999: ?/10 2011: 10/10 I'll have to wait until after the OVAs to comment but so far it's shaping up to be the same. Just hoping the next 8 episodes deliver. So overall I'll have to say an 8.5/10 for the original Hunter x Hunter although I'm leaning more towards an 8. |
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| I hated all 4 of them at the start. But after watching all of it, I can honestly say they developed great. Surprisingly dark for a shounen. 8/10 |
| I'm not sure if this exceeded my expectations or not, but it definitely gave a lot more than I thought I was gonna get. As in, it started off at a good note and it slowly got better from there. I think the thing that I liked the most was how the main characters were actually really weak compared to the crazies of theiir world. They're always being tested or placed in pressing situations, and simply escaping and surviving were victories in of themselves. Not everything was solved by brute force, as they were, at times, not viable options. A lesser show would have given them power ups at the last minute, so I really appreciate that. |
| Hmm.. I far as i can say, the 1999 ver. is good in its own way. It could've done better if they didn't overdo the dark aura of the series. ( it didn't felt adventurous and literally the lighting. Where the heck is the lighting when you need it most?! ) Animations were inconsistent too. The thing about the 1999 ver. is its good fillers. Characters are fleshed out. 7.5 / 10 ( time for the ovas ) |
| Phew....FInished....fun series! |
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| We knew that already, Hisoka... |
| "The weak get washed away by the tides of fate...The strong drink it up."-Godot |
| Went in with no expectations and came out actually enjoying myself for once! Not bad~ I knew it was going to just end due to this series' infamous hiatuses, but I thought it ended well for an adaptation of original material that remains incomplete. A good cut for if they decide to continue; beats an anime original ending! Too bad they decided to remake the whole thing... ...Though, I'm going to be the black sheep and say I didn't care too much about the Spider arc. My favorite arc was actually Hunter Exam arc. Sure it's overdone (and I like the tournament style - Togashi is excellent at it), but there was something about it that it had that the later arcs didn't (except Killua's rescue arc). And I think that is, for me, the teamwork between the 3/4 characters and how they interacted with each other and everyone else. The Hunter Exam arc also had more interesting fillers, though I wouldn't say other the fillers were bad. The fillers added a charm; back when fillers weren't automatically terrible and could be used effectively. With the HA arc, even though Gon and Killua were cute to watch (esp. if you're a shipper lol), I could really tell they were having trouble making it fun and wacky and serious like the HE arc. The Nen explanations were hard to follow and the fights, barring Gon vs Hisoka, were just okay. Necessary, but not an arc I'll go back to unless I want to see Killua being a cool assassin (my favorite part, ofc). Lackluster. The Spider arc, my goodness it take forever to get good; not until the Spiders made an appearance, specifically that Uvo guy, did I start caring about what was happening. It felt overly dark and showed how uninteresting Kurapika is as a character without the other 3 to work off him. I get why he's so serious, but it was just hard to watch. Even more so when the anime kept cutting to Gon and Killua (then Leorio) who were more entertaining. The whole "make billions of money" got old really fast too and pretty much went nowhere; I'm glad it was there so I didn't fall asleep at watching Kurapika being uninteresting, but I can't deny it felt pointless. But, the fights were definitely cool (Killua's grandpa and dad are badass and I want to see more of them!) and easily my favorite part. Heck, I'd say this arc had the BEST fights, they were that good. 7/10. It did have cool characters, nice interactions, and awesome fights. I liked the animation a whole lot too. Buuuut, the story is too up and down. It sorta loses itself once the HA ends. And I dunno if that's because it's too busy trying to be different or if Togashi doesn't know where he wants to do with this or something else entirely. |
| Pretty solid ending of this first season to be honest, I do really wonder what the sequels will offer, especially on the whole Greed Island! And well if I'll ever watch the 2011 version I'm sure am wondering how it will compare to this. In general I quite like the overall progression, especially the character development. While the pacing wasn't always the best, it did had it's good moments. So all in all I sure had a great watch! Up to the sequels! |
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| That was an absolutely good ending. I won't say that this ending is rushed because... Well, the arc is not finished yet! This is why Hisoka texted that the corpses are fake. It's clear to me. How to watch Hunter X Hunter: (HxH 1999) > (HxH OVA) > (HxH OVA Greed Island) > (HxH OVA Greed Island Final) Then finally... (HxH 2011) Gotta watch em' all!!! |
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| What a good conclusion, for now. I never thought Lucifer had his own agenda to kill the 10 dons so that he would escape. What a brilliant bastard. And Kurapika got his happy ending, even if it was for atleast 1 day. The spiders were actually able to pull this off. Definitely best villains. Also, that Kurapika with the scarlet eyes. It almost looked like he put those scarlet eyes on his own. And that fight between Lucifer and Zoldyck was really cutting it close. But it is nice to see Hisoka keep up his end of the bargain. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| Meh, the Zoldyck family is disappointing, just cancelling the fight like that. Booooo... Also Hisoka I really did not need you to tell me that those were fake bodies, that was pretty obvious. Overall it was better than I thought and I'm actually looking forward to the OVAs. 6/10 |
| Unpopular opinion : Kurapika (12:53~) red eye scene is worse in the 2011 version. |
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Sephyros said: Unpopular opinion : Kurapika (12:53~) red eye scene is worse in the 2011 version. It's definitely on another level in this version.It was so fucking powerful,I felt chills down my spine. |
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hydro said: So everyone complaining about a lack of closure is doing so from 2010 onwards, 8+ years after the continuation OVA came out. Aight. I swear some people in here are so goddamn dense, complaining about an open ending when there's a sequel OVA that answer most of the questions. That's like someone whining about Season 1 being open ended when Season 2 is right there to answer everything. Just a 1 minute research and you would know that they had to stop here because they caught up to the Manga and it was either this or a shitty filler ending. |
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| Lot of things happened this episode, but it was great. Interesting to find that the tv anime finished at this point, not even the arc is over, but I know about the OVAs. The Zoldycks were running a race to see who finish first. It would be interesting to see a Zeno vs. Chrollo. I was kinda impressed that Kurapika didn’t notice the Phantom Troupe was alive, but I don’t have any idea how he could guess it, Hisoka told him in the end. |
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| 2.9 billion Zeni for fake Kuruta scarlet eyes......damn I guess I this is the downfall of the Nostrade family.... |
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