I loved the Chimera ant arc, one of my favorite in all of anime, even though many online do seem to think it "drags on too long".
My only thing is I absolutely hate Gon's motivation for like...everything. His whole shtick is "my father was a fucking piece of shit that abandoned his family, and me, so he could go hunt monsters. Wow, that's fucking awesome, I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HIM!"
Absolutely the worst fucking MC motivation I've ever seen. As far as I'm concerned it's Killua's story, fuck Gon.
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