It seems pretty fitting that the “Hunter Vocabulary” this week was “too bad”, because that seems to be the mantra of anyone who crosses Killua’s path. There was really no way this episode was going to live up to the colossal blockbuster that was episode 16, and it didn’t really […] Read more
In the battle of epic island arcs, Shounen Sunday vs. Shounen Jump, Fairy Tail vs. Hunter x Hunter, Madhouse takes the lead over A-1 Pictures with the best episode of H x H and one of the best anime episodes of a young 2012. That was just about the culmination […] Read more
The fish hunts the fly, the bird hunts the fish, and the boy catches the bird. But in the world of the hunter, everyone is hunted. I think what I’m enjoying about H x H isn’t so much the challenges themselves, but the fact that they act as a sort of Rorschach […] Read more
Anyone who’s read “The Most Dangerous Game” will certainly feel right at home with the premise of H x H 13, the first episode of new material in three weeks. As usual, the hunter exam is really more about mind games than physical challenges, though the latter are certainly a […] Read more
Happy Holidays to all. Alas, the only present H x H left under the Festivus pole was a recap episode. With that big fat lump of coal in the stocking you don’t expect much, and indeed, boring recap episode was boring. But we did get a few shots of Mito-san […] Read more
I must confess, I’m taking a certain sadistic delight in watching fans of the 1999 series complain about this one. I can only imagine that a lot of viewers were probably turned off by the first half of this week’s H x H. To pace the episode so that the […] Read more
The key line of dialogue from this week was certainly when Kurapika said, “As long as he’s on our side…” This is what I said here two weeks ago: I really wonder if after two fake “to the death” matches Killua’s may end up as a real one – and […] Read more
Hisoka is making a case as the character who gets the most out of his screen time of any this season. You don’t see him much, but the trail of devastation he leaves in his wake is pretty impressive. I was a little surprised by the direction this episode took, […] Read more
A couple things have now been established in H x H – first, that this series is capable of being highly entertaining even without Hisoka. And second, it’s a really, really bad idea to piss off Kurapika. Episode 9 seems to confirm that this series has gotten over the hump, […] Read more
Hunter x Hunter seems to have found its stride, delivering the goods with arguably it’s most “shounen-ish” episode so far. It’s a really good sign when you’re surprised when an anime episode ends, and that was the case here. I felt as if it had lasted about 10 minutes, and […] Read more