Fun Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread [01]

[Meijin no Kori]

Okay, this is the discussion thread for all you lovers of the HxH manga (like me). To start things off, here's some info about the series to those who are new to it:

Summary version 1:

Many people in the world aspire to be hunters, for either the fame, wealth or special privileges. However, it is said that only one in hundreds of thousands can pass the test to be a qualified hunter. Gon’s journey to become such a hunter, and to find his father, who is acknowledged as the greatest hunter in the world, begins. Along the way, he befriends Killua, a member of a renowned assassin family, Kurapica, who is determined to become a Blacklist Hunter to capture the criminals responsible for his tribe’s deaths, and Lerio, who aspires to be a doctor.

v2:

In an alternate world, there are terrible creatures and vast lands and treasures to explore. Resulting from this, there are constant threats to humanity, and those people that contain these threats are called hunters.

Gon is a small boy on a small island, who has been taken care of his aunt ever since his father left him to become a hunter. But like all young children, Gon has big ambitions, and sets out on a great journey to become a hunter, and to find the dad he never met.

Expect lots of slapstick humor and thrilling action in this lighthearted manga about a young boy taking his first steps into the grand world.

Details About The Series: Ongoing at 22 or 23 volumes (at about 255 chapters). However, the author is sick, thus causing there to be long breaks between some of the chapters and the art quality of some of the later chapters to be poor.
It's also a Shonen manga, so ages 13 and up.

Where to Get It:
IRC:
#[email protected] (Packlist: http://gotlurk.net/)

Direct Download:
www.stoptazmo.com

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NOTICE​

Currently the manga is on hiatus for indefinite period of time. The mangaka, Yoshihiro Togashi, is currently on sick leave, which leave the manga on its hiatus state. As for the current time, there is no news about his condition, the date of when he will return or whether he will continue the manga or not.

As for now, please don't keep asking when he will return as there is absolutely no news about that.

 

[MangaHelpers]

Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread

This is a continuation thread, the old thread is [split]18758[/split]

 

[mrsticky005]

Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread

Oh No! I'm hurting someone even though I want to do worse than that!

Oh No! I killed someone even though I was prepared to kill them all anyway! I'm a monster! I did a horrible thing!


Oh c'mon!!

Agreed.

1999 made Kurapika too soft.

Hopefully Madhouse will give us the cold blooded Kurapika!

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Details of the series should be updated to 30 volumes and 340 chapters.

 

[SHINOBI-03]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread

Agreed.

1999 made Kurapika too soft.

Hopefully Madhouse will give us the cold blooded Kurapika!

I can see the complainers already. "Why did they make Kurapika into a cold hearted bastard? He's supposed to feel guilt and cry on his actions! They ruined the sweet Kurapika for me!"

 

[Demonspeed]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Is it now sure that the new anime will have more than 45 episodes? It is often in the top 10 but sometimes i have the impression that Madhouse hasn't enough money issue. I am anxious...

 

[Raad]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Well I don't think the 99 anime made Kura look soft, just that there's a difference between saying you'd kill somebody and actually doing it, it wasn't too inconsistent with the manga character.

 

[Akia999]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Personally ,I felt that the 1999 version made kurapika more remorse and guilty instead of soft.After killing off both Uvogin and Pakunoda ,he was guilty about killing them and was haunted by their death.(During greed island arc,when he had fever ,he kept seeing them.)

 

[SHINOBI-03]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

I finished reading the Greed Island arc. To be honest, it was mediocre. It was all more nen training and nothing stood out except for two or three events. I accepted the idea of getting into the world of a video game at first and thought it would be something like the Digital World from Digimon, but became underwhelming when they find out that they were still in the real world. The final fight was sorta cool, but it wasn't that spectacular to me. (I need some brain bleach to get rid of biscuit's "real" form...!)

Personally ,I felt that the 1999 version made kurapika more remorse and guilty instead of soft.After killing off both Uvogin and Pakunoda ,he was guilty about killing them and was haunted by their death.(During greed island arc,when he had fever ,he kept seeing them.)

There was no such scene in the manga, unless I skipped a page or two.

 

[shareme]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

I finished reading the Greed Island arc. To be honest, it was mediocre. It was all more nen training and nothing stood out except for two or three events. I accepted the idea of getting into the world of a video game at first and thought it would be something like the Digital World from Digimon, but became underwhelming when they find out that they were still in the real world. The final fight was sorta cool, but it wasn't that spectacular to me. (I need some brain bleach to get rid of biscuit's "real" form...!)

Better think of it as a 2nd Heaven's Arena arc (but in a much grander scale) both in terms of a training arc and an introduction to the next arc.

 

[Crude]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Greed Island was one of those arcs which I always thought was underwelming, especially after the Yorknew City arc, yet for some reason it's actually the arc I'm most anticipating right now. I read it again and fell in love with the whole RPG feel (I'm quite the RPG fan ) of the arc. I really want to see how the new anime adapts it.

 

[SHINOBI-03]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Pokkle and Ponzo

 

[Netero]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Pokkle and Ponzo

Ummm yep.... they were brutally killed... anyway hope you enjoy the Chimera Ant arc. It's my favorite!

 

[futurefrog]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Ummm yep.... they were brutally killed... anyway hope you enjoy the Chimera Ant arc. It's my favorite!

I think I know why it's your favourite Chairman

 

[Akia999]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

(I need some brain bleach to get rid of biscuit's "real" form...!)

There was no such scene in the manga, unless I skipped a page or two.

Good luck with that.I think the chimera ant arc will help.
It was in the anime only.

Pokkle and Ponzo

That came as a shock to me but this is how togashi roll ,killing off characters with ease.
If u are reading the redrawn version of the manga ,at least you don't have to worry about the art quality...

 

[Kamen Rider Dragon]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Man the Chimera Ant arc is disturbingly violent. Watching Pokkle get tortured was hard to see. Did Ponzo get shot?

 

[chei]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

I finished reading the Greed Island arc. To be honest, it was mediocre. It was all more nen training and nothing stood out except for two or three events. I accepted the idea of getting into the world of a video game at first and thought it would be something like the Digital World from Digimon, but became underwhelming when they find out that they were still in the real world. The final fight was sorta cool, but it wasn't that spectacular to me. (I need some brain bleach to get rid of biscuit's "real" form...!) .

I enjoyed Greed Island a lot whenever I re-read it (I rarely re-read Yorkshin) but yeah I do get tired of the training part. But I can't help loving it whenever Togashi geek out like that with his world building and rule-setting (and breaking/twisting it later). There's something really refreshing when the kids were just another players among other regular folks, they're not 'special' like in the other arcs and it's fun seeing them being noobs and concealing themselves in a controlled environment. I think the re-readability is up there for this arc (except the training part), especially the dodgeball game. The villain of the arc is among the most evil in the entire series that you just can't help rooting the heroes to beat him, which is rare for Togashi's work.

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Man the Chimera Ant arc is disturbingly violent. Watching Pokkle get tortured was hard to see. Did Ponzo get shot?

Right in her head/face it seems...

 

[TheAmericandream]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

I think Greed Island is a good arc, but it feels very uneven at times to me mostly because of all the training and rules set up for the card game. I'm looking forward to seeing if the new anime can pull it off a bit better. But Greed Island has a lot of my favorite Gon moments (who is still my favorite character) namely the Dodgeball game and the Bomber fight. Of course I think Biscuit is one of the best side characters in the series too, before Yorknew the series severely lacked females.

Ponzu's death seems almost mean spirited to me at the time, but in contrast to other Shonen series that shy away from killing likable characters EVER (bleach) its a welcome change. Togashi does a good job of making you feel concern or tension for his characters, and a big part of that is his ability to toss aside characters whenever the story needs it without much hesitation.

 

[Netero]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

The dodgeball game is one my favorite parts of the Hunter x Hunter manga, and Razor was a badass character.

 

[TheAmericandream]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

Yea Razor is a total beast! I guess in that regard for me, Razor left a MUCH bigger impression on me then the Bomber team, even though they are also scary.

 

[Netero]

Re: Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread - Part 1

We need moar Razor! and for the longest time, I've always wanted to see him fight Yupi.

Look at this beast