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
List of people not to piss off: 1. Killua Zoldyck I can’t recall the last time I laughed so hard at something non-comedic as I did at the last scene of this episode of H x H. It wasn’t so much that it was funny, but it was just so bodaciously awesome […] Read more
How can Hisoka be so bad, but still be so good? This was a very different sort of episode for H x H, I think. Virtually no Gon or Killua, for starters. In many ways it almost seemed to play out in slow motion at times, which is actually pretty […] Read more
No arm, no foul. Considering the truly massive shadow Hisoka casts over everything and everyone in this series – our hero most especially – he’s been remarkably little in action of late. That’s the thing about Hisoka, though – he doesn’t need to fight to have an impact, his aura […] Read more
Why do I get the feeling that this series just started? Every time anime blogging begins to feel a little too much like work (and I know I’m blogging too many shows this season) it’s Hunter X Hunter I crave, because it’s like a vacation. This show is just too […] Read more
When you’re twelve years old and freakishly gifted, the line between courage and stupidity is a little blurry at times… It didn’t strike me when I was watching last week’s episode, or even immediately as I watched this week, but in a sly way I really think Hisoka was doing Gon and […] Read more
While there was an awful lot of mystical terminology thrown around this week, it didn’t stop Hunter X Hunter from being effective and unsettling – and it certainly didn’t undercut the episode’s big payoff. In a week where there’s been so much good anime my head is spinning and on […] Read more
It’s a fantastic time to be an anime fan. But an exhausting one to be an anime blogger. OP2: “departure! -second version-” by Masatoshi Ono With episode 27 the Heaven’s Tower Arc finally begins – and with it we get a new OP and ED (though the OP is only […] Read more