I was starting to feel pretty comfortable with dropping HxH from the blog rotation, but I have to admit this episode was quite good – easily the most entertaining of the three. Shounens are notoriously slow starters and it feels as if things are really starting to heat up now (and faster than in the original, too) – the exam has started, and two more major cast members were introduced – the twisted shotacon magician Hisoka (Namikawa Daisuke) and the kid I think is destined to become Gon’s BFF, Killua (Ise Mariya). We also met the “Rookie Crusher” who’s failed the hunter exam 34 times and tried to give Gon and his pals the trots with laxative juice. It was quite fun, and the charms of the series are starting to show themselves. Decisions, decisions…
leokiko
October 17, 2011 at 4:27 amIf you think it's gotten good now, wait until past the Hunter Exam ^^
Mirage
October 17, 2011 at 5:10 amI would be happy if you decided to blog HxH! And yes, HxH is going to become a lot better as it goes. It's one of my most favorite series ever.
Kim
October 17, 2011 at 11:53 amHmm since Hunter X Hunter is probably going to be a good number of episodes why not just blog it by arc (or by individual episode if one really strikes your fancy)?
totoum
October 17, 2011 at 12:17 pmI hadn't had the time to check out HxH reboot yet,but they're at the exams already?They've indeed sped things up quite a bit.
Might have to check it out just because I'm a huge Hisoka fanboy and would love to see him in action again,hopefully you'll like him as well.
Anonymous
October 17, 2011 at 12:32 pmI dunno whether its just me but i feel that this reboot is a bit more light hearted compared to the original series so far
the original series had a darker tone to it which i thought, made the characters much more interesting
it feels as if their rushing through arcs really quickly at the moment =/
Anonymous
October 19, 2011 at 3:19 pmit follows the manga, this one is better, the first serie was too slow ^^