The end may be in sight, but its form remains expertly hidden. No question about it, this was a significant change of pace from last week’s emotional sledgehammer of an episode.  The last two weeks, really, and that’s in an arc that’s already over a year old and has only […] Read more

Well, now – that certainly was a thing, wasn’t it. Before I begin, a confession: I was partially spoiled as to what was going to happen in today’s episode.  First by an intentional troll comment on RC two weeks ago, and then by images on my Twitter.  I managed to […] Read more

I just had to let that one sink in for a bit. Normally the longer the buildup, the more likely the payoff is to be a letdown.  It’s an inevitable part of fiction of every stripe, anime not least.  But when you’re talking about Hunter X Hunter the normal rules […] Read more

Every so often Killua reminds us of the first line of my post from way back at Episode 33… This has been an amazing trip, this “Chimera Ant”.  I look back now and it’s been almost exactly a year since the journey started (Episode 76, to be precise) and to […] Read more

Well, damn – I hardly know where to start with that one… This is a snippet of what I wrote two weeks ago, after the blooming of the miniature rose: I’m very, very reluctant to try and dig into the deeper meaning of what we saw…  It will simply invite […] Read more

Not more damn analogies, Enzo! When literalism fails you, a writer must look elsewhere for means to get their point across.  Togashi-sensei, Koujina and Madhouse keep pushing me, forcing the linguistic equivalent of Chimera-paced evolution in the effort to communicate how mind-bogglingly good this series is.  And since Togashi himself […] Read more