“King x and Prisoner” Let’s face it, when it comes to “Chimera Ant” it’s really almost harder to decide what episodes not to call milestones – but I can’t include them all.  I picked this one for a number of reasons, but probably most of all because it’s a showcase […] Read more

  “Darkness x and x Light” Not even “Chimera Ant” can be relentlessly dark and morose for its entire length – that’s not the kind of series Hunter X Hunter is.  It’s not a monotone, in some measure because of the brighter emotional spectrum that surrounds Gon.  #87 an episode […] Read more

“The x Perfect x Team” Episode 71 is one of those that fans of the manga and the 1999 series had circled on their calendar even before they knew what episode it was going to be.  In short, this was the legendary dodgeball game – probably the most talked-about sequence […] Read more

“Hostage x and x Hostage” There are many different definitions of brutality – and sooner or later, Hunter X Hunter gets around to demonstrating most of them.  But fundamentally this series is about psychological brutality more than any other kind, and that’s the heart of the unbelievably tense and suspenseful […] Read more

“Kurapika’s x Darkest x Hour” There were many Kurapika-centric episode from this arc that merited a special call-out – he’s the protagonist for most of it, after all.  So why this one?  I could start by talking about what a great episode it was, but if that was the standard […] Read more

“Killua x the x Boss” So why not include this episode and #48 in a single post, since they’re consecutive?  Because unlike 35 and 36, these are milestone episodes for completely different reasons – indeed, the tone and feel of them is starkly different (especially once this one enters the […] Read more

“Dictation x from x God” There’s one main reason Episode #48 stands out so much in my memory, and that’s how much fun it is. There are certain episodes over the course of Hunter X Hunter’s run that are simply a blast, and they often come in the midst of […] Read more

“The x Eccentric x Family” Of all the episodes that’ve found their way into these posts so far, this one is probably the simplest and most straightforward.  There’s no Gon or Killua, almost no Kurapika, and no doubt what the point is – the announce to the world that the […] Read more

“Sasuga x and x Sakuga” Just as it has the finest opening episode, I would argue “Heaven’s Arena” has the best closing episodes of any Hunter X Hunter arc.  And the stuff in-between is pretty great, too. I’m including these two episodes as a single milestone, because they’re effectively one […] Read more