Just finished watching all of Hunter X Hunter. Overall not too bad of a show, though it was all over the place in terms of quality. For one, it started out with a number of very anti-climatic conclusions to things, and it took 30 episodes before there was a proper fight. It seems also like they wanted to do a much bigger story, like One Piece level, but I guess because the manga is going so slow due to the creator maybe having health issues, it just won't happen. By the end, so much of the story is left unfinished. Also, I really hate Leorio lol He's completely useless to the entire story, but they keep wanting to put him into the main group as being on the level with them.
It was a show that was better than I expected, but could have been way better than that had the writing been better. Many times throughout the 148 episodes I just got annoyed at story elements, and character designs, and trying to make you care for certain characters...No, I will not care for the stupid fucking octopus character! The Chimera Ants in the NGL story arc drove me nuts. Just from design when they stopped being bug-like, to how they wanted you to feel something for these characters who are mass murderers. One or two earn it and that is it. The NGL Arc might have most of the better story stuff that happens in the show and what could be the worst. Plus they drag the crap out of the story in the later half of it. Though generally keeps better pace than a lot of the other shounen shows out there like Naruto and One Piece, who kill countless episodes with constant flashbacks and dragged out battles. They also had like one or two recap episodes in the earlier time of the series, which was nuts, but they eventually stopped that.
Would be nice for the show to be brought back eventually, but I doubt it since it seems like it'll take years for the manga to move along far enough to start up the show again.
