| naruball said: Just wanted to say, thanks a ton for this! It helps a lot. I wish I had never watched DBZ/Naruto/Bleach and Agame GaKill because I find myself being unimpressed with every fight scene in all the other anime I watch. But you're right. It's a completely different kind, so I definitely had the wrong mindset. Still a fishing rod as a weapon? Eh... |
No worries. I love me some shonen action too, but I think Hunter x Hunter really needs to be watched through a different lens. I remember it being kind of a slow burn for me too...I was mostly watching it because a friend talked it up constantly, so I knew it would go in a more serious direction later on. I thought the biggest appeal for me was the character relationships over the fights, though the suspense and some of the dark themes later on also kept me engaged.
The fishing rod is definitely an odd weapon...but I like to think of it as Gon's connection to his childhood on Whale Island. As he grows up and becomes a more powerful Hunter, you stop seeing it, with a few expections here or there (I can only recall him using it once after the Exam arc, but I might be wrong about that).
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