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I am not a big fan of romance or melodramatic shows, because I am a sensitive person. I tend to build a world around me through straightforward flashes or delusions. I feel very uncomfortable seeing multiple relationships going on, especially if there is nothing there to take my mind off of it. I want to become a part of what is going on, by projecting myself onto the themes; by design, this would distract me from many things that other people see, since their point of view is probably different than mine; therefore it makes me ignorant.

A fantasy world, built around the invisible and ... unrealistic themes revolving around human emotions and relationships. As someone who is inexperienced in these realms, talking about love and friendship confuses me and sets me off. But, from what I can see, love is seen as either a holy light in respect to personal attachment, or a blinding darkness that sets people off from what original opinion they have and completely changes humans. I hope that these 2 are what people worship from love, and to what people refer to when they either explode, or succumb to whatever light or darkness there is that sprouts from impulses.

Decisions are quick to occur, and we often mistake the effects for the causes and vice versa. We always manage to avoid pain, discomfort, anxiety; we say that we have contracted a disease just as we have hidden or escaped from it, only to feel its aftermath or memories that remind us of that pain. YOU didn't actually 'enjoy' reading the book, rather you felt touched upon by a mysterious inanimate object. The joke never 'grows old', but we say it and therefore it ages.

What we can forgive is the beautiful, and this is a jarring effect, because the light we see is what we are drawn to, and therefore, the darkness from love is a black hole. The light blinds, and time goes by as a flash, leaving invisible wounds, the residue of a person that has changed. Yet, we want more of this, and we open up to the 'open mind,' but close up to the 'closed mind.'

Personal attachment determines how certain things are interpreted, so whatever criticism is invalid for what future opinion holds for the genre entity. So, you should keep and hold dear whatever darkness or light that you hold, or picked up, from watching this show. This is another show that adds to the mind a new opinion, or enhance the already fixed mindset.

Story - 5 - I tried not to mistake stories for other elements such as 'relationships,' so not much substance here.

Characters - 6 - Not sure what defines a good character, whether a realistic element is meta defining, or the personal attachment that resonates with the individual.

Art - 10 - So beautiful that we are blinded to whatever flaws could have been here. Goes with the music very well and we shift our perspectives to the beautiful. I could write forever, about how beautiful the sea is, and the world built around the beauty.

Sound - 8 - Some of the best music I have ever heard, goes with the art very well. I listen to the soundtracks on Youtube occasionally when doing homework, depending on what mood I am in.

Enjoyment - 7 - Despite how beautiful the artwork was, the beginning was sort of slow and may annoy the impatient audience who is in anticipation of something that is quick paced
Overall: Of course you know what studio did this art....despite how under-appreciative I sound, this show made me cry in the second half and I spent half a day thinking about the show, rolled up in layers of blankets.

Recommendation: Watch if you are extremely lost/bored; watch a couple of happy shows to prepare for this one, or wait a few months and soak in some research. Commitment to this show only, I felt like dropping at first but second half made it worth watching. If you hate it, please drop it; but if you feel annoyed, keep watching.

I feel newer to the whole anime community the more I watch anime, and this creeps me out. I feel that I watch a lot of anime, but then there are people who have lives and are able to watch 100x more stuff than I could. Wait what? Where does this come from? Do you ever get tired of watching the same kind of stuff hundreds of times? These questions always pop up whenever I check someone's mal profile. I feel pathetic, any delusion I had for myself is nullified and I pull myself into a state of this emotional fuzziness... I have no social ... life anywhere in real life, since I go to school. I always complain about having homework, but there are people here who manage to work multiple part time jobs, and watch anime at the same time.

Hunter x Hunter -2011- is 148 episodes long... I project due the next day. I could never imagine anyone able to sleep for an hour and wake up before I could ever wake up, even if I had ever slept early. I managed to finish HxH 2011 in about a week, probably pretty average for anyone on this website. Lets check the math...148/7....hmm...21 episodes per day, my record for any existing series I had ever watched in my life.

But what is the secret behind this attachment? Shouldn't I be focusing on what is in front of me, like the project? Even I had no idea what I was feeling, and I probably still don't understand my attachment to this show today.

Shounen is for kids...Naruto is dumb hahahaha...elitist criticism is pretty common among younger anime fans-including myself-, and I see evidence of this everywhere, like Youtube comments, and comments on certain websites that turn into cat fights. I occasionally butt in into these certain online 'conversations,' just to act upon my youthful impulse of releasing tension that builds up in me.

' I grew out of the Shounen genre a long time ago.' As someone who is not yet considered as an adult, I do not understand the meaning behind this statement. I see these comments in reviews, claiming that a series is unrefined because it contains certain childish elements that make the series seem cliche, or not thought provoking and especially: frustrating. Younger fans such as myself would be enflamed by the sense of freedom, being able to establish an opinion for the first time, but the upbringing completely messes up any sense of sophistry

But what defines certain tastes? Do tastes even exist, or is really just the upbringing and regional/generational gaps that define what opinions everyone has in comparison to each other, on controversial issues? I feel very uncomfortable when I see such a divide, I want it to end but at the same time I contain an extremely high level of hypocrisy. Attempting to answer these rhetorical questions-ironically I'm calling -- rhetorical-is egotistical in respect. Unfortunately, I am also confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience.


{{{{{Your senses are ablaze, and everything hits you at once. Tears roll down your cheeks, you feel wide awake while battling against the droop of your eyelids, trying to keep them open while the sky starts lighting up and the birds begin their routine chirping. What a sensation it has been...but has it really ended? It feels all too real to come to a close. In 30 minutes you have to walk to the bus stop, but the feeling of leaving something you love behind is heart wrenching. The memories created are irreplaceable, the young soul feels at ease. Shounen is the next step in exploration, the medium expands your horizon, Hxh 2011 is the nutrition that fuels what your future tastes will become, and this can apply to whatever your 'first love' is.}}}}}


I feel that I grew from watching this show; although many people who have not had the fortune of watching this show in the early peak stages of adulthood, or those who are too young to understand what it means to 'form one's opinion,' may think otherwise while watching this show in their respective time periods of their life. The young mind is constantly absorbing 'wisdom and experience' while the adult has a rather 'fixed mindset'. Learn from experience rather than from the 'sages and bards,' that chirp their 'conventional wisdom.'

Opinions on this show are split into 5 categories
1.HxH 2011 is a sophisticated take on the Shounen genre, and is not cliche in a certain sense..{insert list}...
2.The music and art, the characters, the plot, would smash 10/10.
3.Childish in the sense that Hxh is a shounen series, something that everyone can grow out of rather quickly.
4.OMG the best series ever, despite the flaws, the good stuff about the series makes up for the flaws.
5.Meh, its alright; I don't really see anything special here, not my cup of tea, because I have watched so much anime and the feelings I would have had if I had watched this series early, is nullified so I cannot rate this anime high.


And finally, here is what -I- enjoyed about this show.

Story - 6 - mainly because the story isn't completely new, but it is most certainly creative in a sense of how many episodes that the series is able to tell the story in, and not drag it on for too long.

Art - 7 - Bet everyone knows who studio MADHOUSE is...the series isn't completely trying to be flashy, the art is respectable in the Shounen sense.

Character - 8 - No, I do not ship anyone in this series; I like to see the characters interact, and the interactions are gold...this show elevates friendship to the next level, but only on the emotional level.

Enjoyment - 10 - This show has been the most enjoyable series I have ever watched, I mean, I binged watch this series for a whole week so that is saying something


Recommendation: I highly recommend this series.