First time watching hunter x hunter after many attempts
Hi everyone, huge YYH fan here. Heard about HxH about 8 yrs ago, came up in convo as I had mentioned Yu Yu Hakusho is my all time favorite anime.
In the past 4 yrs or so, I've tried to watch the 2010s version of the show and it was such a struggle to get past episode 3. Not sure what it is, but first 3 episodes didn't hook me in so I kept stopping there.
On my 5th attempt last week, I finally made it past episode 3 and am currently ep 34 (Heaven Arena newbie fighters).
How did any other YYH fans stop themselves from comparing both shows? Obviously they're not 1 to 1 comparisons, but given it's the same creator you can see influences from YYH and updated scenarios that were fun to watch.
I'm definitely enjoying the anime (subbed) and the Heaven Arena arc is right up my alley. Def would have preferred this as the first arc, but I digress.
Also is it just me or did anyone really dislike Leorio in the beginning? Idk what it is, but I really don't like his character so far. Not because he seems the weaker of the 4, but he comes of annoying to me, not in an endearing way.
Gon and Killua are so fun to watch, naive vs realistic chemistry.
Loving the time skips and pacing of the show too. I felt Hunter License Arc went on a bit too long for my taste, but I read that the 90s version was even longer!
Hisoka reminds me of Kefka from FF6, probably a common comparison.
I enjoy the "power" system so far with Nen, Gyo and all of those disciplines.
I'm hoping the show doesn't dip in quality in later season. Would love to see a bit of a dark turn down the line, but hard to envision given the cheerful nature of Gon.
No favorite character yet tho.
Sorry if this post isn't allowed, I didn't see any pinned posts for "daily anime" discussions or anything like that and I wanted to interact with other folks who like this show too.
Edit: they be talking a lot about aura being another word for life force/energy on the show. Given some have hinted it will have some darkish turns, my guess is someone expends life force/aura, is too weak and dies (or injured a la Guy from Naruto), because of the inherent risk of using your life force for a power boost.