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Hunter x Hunter hot take

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#1
rud

just read all 410 chapters and i don't get why it's rated so highly.

the succession contest arc was a chore to read. 90% of the page is walls of text. people brag and say this means HxH has good writing but it's honestly the opposite, since Togashi is failing as a writer to make his story clear and digestable. it's like writing 20 pages when your professor asked for a 2 page essay. the art is nothing to ride home about either despite most of the page being text.
there are also way too many characters and its killing the pacing. Togashi feels the need to give us every character's perspective, no matter how minor they are, making us track like +100 characters all at once. its impossible to follow and i don't care for 90% of the characters. like do we really need to spend 2 chapters on like the 4th prince's 6th guard's pov? the chimera ant arc had this same issue but at least the dynamic between ant and human nature made even the side characters interesting.

final rating of each arc:
hunter exam: 7/10
heavens arena: 7/10
yorknew city: 9/10
greed island: 4/10
chimera ant: 10/10
13th chairman: 6/10
succession contest: 2/10

expected a 10/10 manga but overall it was like a 7/10 for me

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Dark continent giga banger

#3
DrudaL
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because its old manga that still ongoing, so the fanbase grow solid

not even close to 10/10

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Notbaka
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That’s why Yu Yu Hakusho is goated and togashi‘s greatest work

#6
rud
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better to watch or read it?

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Notbaka
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Reading is better but watching it is amazing tooo , the tournament arc is 11/10 Goated watch it

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Ryandr
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I don't think people rate hxh manga that high tho. Majority of the hype for it is cause of it's anime. I haven't read the manga but anime was just absolutely amazing. First ever anime I ever watched that I knew was anime and Top 3 anime oat for me so bit biased.

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rud
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that’s fair. unfortunately, I doubt the anime will ever adapt the new stuff though cause of all the internal monologues and heavy dialogue but we’ll see

#9
Netero
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Heavy dialogue is better for anime compared to manga no? I can't imagine someone trying to read Oddtaxi lol

#10
rud
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idk cause in a manga you can kind of skim through the text but in an anime it’s unskippable so you’ll just have to sit there listening to a side character blabber for 2 minutes

#11
fanofzmjjkk
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I don't mean to be rude but this manga isn't suitable for people who read slowly.
I recommend Bleach.

#12
rud
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read it already, solid 8.5/10 for me

#13
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Can heavily agree with you on the succession arc, at this point I’ve stopped pretending to remember the characters in this arc, it’s almost impossible especially with all the hiatuses.

Reading one chapter feels like reading two chapters of an actual book too, definitely a chore with all the text. If I wanted to read that much text I’d read a light novel, not a manga

I still highly rate all the other arcs though

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