After two episodes that were just a step down in quality for the first time in… well, a very long time, H x H kicks off the York Shin Arc proper with an episode that cranks the awesome back up to 11. For an H x H fan – or […] Read more

Kurapika is the proof that massive progress in Nen skills can happen just as easily off-screen as on. Honesty compels me to admit that as good as it is to see Kurapika, I haven’t found the last two episodes as compelling as I did the Heaven’s Tower arc.  In fairness […] Read more

At long last Hunter X Hunter arrives in York Shin, and I suspect we’re going to be here for a while. I don’t know if this episode marks the “official” beginning of the York Shin Arc, but it certainly seems to be a beginning and an ending.  Especially coming on […] Read more

Even I couldn’t fail to recognize the name on that memory card… I’m continually amazed at the way Hunter X Hunter keeps finding new ways to entertain me.  Perhaps as much as any of the great shounen I’ve seen or read, H x H can  effortlessly slide from one style to another […] Read more

It’d be hard to imagine two episodes more different than this one and last week’s Hunter X Hunter, but the series never misses a beat. In some ways, this episode felt almost like a reward for both the characters and audience – a chance to sit back and relax after […] Read more

The question here was always whether Hunter X Hunter could possibly follow up the tour de force display of episode 35.  The answer, unequivocally, is yes.  A resounding yes. Here’s how good the fight scenes in this episode were: I forgot to take sceencaps for several minutes because I was […] Read more

I don’t have to search too hard for a one-word review of that episode – “Wow” covers it pretty well. Not only was the match between Hisoka and Gon the subject of perhaps the most intense build-up of any event in this series so far, but there was the added […] Read more

List of people not to piss off: 2. Gon Freecss It’s interesting to muse on just who the scarier character is, Gon or Killua.  On the surface it’s easy to say Killua.  He’s an assassin by training, with what can only be called an erratic moral compass.  He’s a master […] Read more