Category: HunterxHunter
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On Shounen and Transformations
*This article contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Z, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, and Hunter X Hunter. Got it? Good.* Transformation as a concept is all but synonomous with the shounen genre. Ever since Goku traded his black locks for gold, every series in the genre wanted a piece of that pie. Who could blame them?…
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Gon Freecss: The Twisted Morality of Children
The Hunter X Hunter manga is finally coming back! Joyous day, oh joyous day! We have to celebrate! Gon is one of the most unique protagonists in shounen anime or manga. Like the rest of HxH, he’s deceptive. He seems like a perfectly ordinary shounen hero; a tiny green Goku clone among thousands of Goku…
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Isaac Netero (Hunter X Hunter): He Who is Human
The old-man mentor. Or as I like to call them: the not-Roshi. A staple of shounen anime that has endured almost as long as the genre itself. Generally, they fit a few personality traits. They’re usually very silly, highly perverted, and goofy all around; this is done to make their wisdom, knowledge, and power all…
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Killua Zoldyck: An Awakening of Heart
Hunter X Hunter has a lot to appreciate. A vibrant world. An incredible power system in Nen. Remarkably memorable villains. Incredible fight scenes. On and on and on. It’s easy to see why it’s considered one of the best manga/anime of recent times, and easier to see why people want to see a proper end…
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Hisoka: The Wild Card
Antagonists are the second most important characters in any story, right behind the protagonists themselves. After all, they are the ones that drive the conflict. And without conflict, do you even have a story? The answer is no. Hunter X Hunter has a lot of incredible villains. There’s the cold genius Chrollo and the Phantom…
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