Board 8 > Just started Kill La Kill

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My top anime period, is are currently:

1. Yu Yu Hakusho
2. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
3. Hunter X Hunter
4. Rurouni Kenshin Seasons 1-2
5. DragonBall franchise ( Had the biggest impact on me and what i fanboy over the most, I recognize its flaws though)
6. Cowboy Bebop
7. Trigun
8. Samurai Champloo
9. Assassination Classroom
10. Gurren Lagann
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A very American broadcast focused list, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that!
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

I think HxH is massively overrated.

:/

It's not even really that popular.

Over here in the west*
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Waluigi1 posted...

ZeldaTPLink posted...

I think HxH is massively overrated.

:/

It's not even really that popular.

Over here in the west*

You can't mention it in any anime forum and not get cornered by a horde of fans who think it's the best work of literature since Shakespeare.

Heck depending on where you go you can't mention you like stuff like Naruto and One Piece without the same funs showing up and snobbing you because you don't know real art.

There is something about HxH that makes its fans feel like intellectuals. I think it's the huge amount of subversions and anti-climaxes. The same thing doesn't appeal to me as much, though, because I actually like shounen.
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What you need to understand is that every forum on the internet sucks except this one.
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Like HxH is an anime for people who want to feel superior for not liking anime.
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LapisLazuli posted...

What you need to understand is that every forum on the internet sucks except this one.

This is true.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Like HxH is an anime for people who want to feel superior for not liking anime.

This is not true.

It's just a super good anime with great characters, action, and story. Sucks you've let the fanboys affect your opinion of it. :/
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Since others are doing it though, I wanna list my top 5. Let's see...

1. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
2. Fullmetal Alchemist (I just really really like it ok <_<)
3. Soul Eater
4. HxH
5. TTGL

Maybe? I'm probably forgetting some lol
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I just went through HxH recently and no yea it lives up to its reputation. It's not gonna be my favorite EVER but it's fucking great.
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

Like HxH is an anime for people who want to feel superior for not liking anime.

C'mon, dude.
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I know that is not the intent of the author but yeah the fans really sour me on it.

It probably cracks a top 20 of mine maybe. It is good. Specially the fighting system. Though I really think it has too many anti-cllimaxes.

It has some fantastic moments, though. Like the recent chapter where the two princess tried to escape the ship. Holy shit what a chapter.
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What do you mean by anti-climax? I'm not really sure what that's referring to.
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I look at it more as subverting expectations and tropes
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It when you get really close to the climax but then stop and repeat over and over until you eventually climax
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Oh so edging
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foolm0r0n posted...

It when you get really close to the climax but then stop and repeat over and over until you eventually climax

Thats...probably not what HunterxHunter is doing. More that it gets bored or fed up of where its going, and decides to toss the flagpole somewhere else.
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Waluigi1 posted...

What do you mean by anti-climax? I'm not really sure what that's referring to.

You set the arc up to be resolved with a certain fight or resolution and in the end solve it with a far less flashy or epic way, usually with the characters going "meh" and just leaving.

It's fun every once in a while, but in HxH it happens almost every arc, sometimes more than once per arc. Feels like the entire manga is building up to something that never happens.
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

Waluigi1 posted...

What do you mean by anti-climax? I'm not really sure what that's referring to.

You set the arc up to be resolved with a certain fight or resolution and in the end solve it with a far less flashy or epic way, usually with the characters going "meh" and just leaving.

It's fun every once in a while, but in HxH it happens almost every arc, sometimes more than once per arc. Feels like the entire manga is building up to something that never happens.

Thats a pretty valid point, and they do pull the switcheroo quite often.

However, for me personally, they knew when to do it and when not to. The ending of the Hunters arc blew my mind and made me realize anything could happen which really pulled me in further ( I was won over by episode 6)

However, I would have been pissed if I never got Ant King vs Netero and Gon vs Pitou and I got exactly those in all their glory.

I also loved the surprise earlier matchup of Hisoka vs Gon in the Nen arc.

I know the show ended at a good point and the manga has been kind of boring since, but all I really want is the show returns is one final Gon vs Hisoka.
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