| Kuksenkov said: Yup. I was enjoying the original Hunter X Hunter for a few dozen episodes, until it became obvious that the writing/plot would keep on stumbling upon itself whenever it needed Gon to succeed. Gon started to become the generic "cheerful and somewhat ignorant male lead, which happens to be fearless and the universe wants him to be great at all costs". I got fed up with that type of narrative when I was a teenager.
"Let the lead character beat up everyone else, though the heavens fall". |
That...is a very poor assessment of Hunter x Hunter. If anything, the narrative makes it clear that Gon is one of the weaker characters in that universe. Looking at the story as a whole, the only big fight he objectively wins was in the Greed Island arc, and a tragic fight later on that I hesitate to call a victory. Most of the fights he's forced to flee, or ends with him scoring a moral victory before he's utterly dominated by his opponent. That cheerful personality is created to be a sharp contrast to the struggles he's forced to deal with later on...and reaches a breaking point in the Chimera Ant arc. The events of that arc sting much more when you realize how carefree he was at the beginning of the series.
Admittedly, this isn't for everyone...but Hunter x Hunter isn't even close to your standard Jump battle manga. It's easily one of the most unique stories in its genre.
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