Manraj

“Hunter X Hunter is the perfect adventure fantasy show. It starts off as a generic shonen anime with a hopeful, kind hearted and heroic main character but it gradually descends into psychological horror, existential dread, human cruelty, crime and trauma.

The pacing is perfect and the character depth is phenomenal. Even side characters and villains are given motivations and backstories (shoutout my boy Ikalgo).

Chimera Ant and Yorknew City arcs are masterclasses in storytelling, fight sequences and slow, deliberate tension building. Yorknew City is my favourite arc in the show, but my favourite episode is Zero X and X Rose, which comes out of the Chimera Ant arc. Zero X and X Rose is my favourite episode of any show, ever.

This show is a complex masterpiece that flips traditional shonen tropes on their head. It has 148 episodes (with a couple skippable recap episodes) which could be considered long but not a single second is wasted in my opinion. Must watch.”