It's not my favorite arc in the story but for me I think it was during the Greed Island arc. Particularly during the dodgeball game. That **** was kino.

I don’t want to be grouped with the pseudo and elitists but the current arc. Hunter was already my favorite before The whole DC stuff, but I’ve read 1000s of manga So to me it was just preference what you rate at the top. But I do think the DC saga has trumped everything I’ve read so far, but it’s not too late for it to crash and burn.

>>279707418 (OP)
Hunter x hunter is over.

>>279708266
Yeah the current arc really kicks ass. I can't wait for more of it.
>>279707418 (OP)
Razor's game was great. But for me, it was Meruem's relationship with Komugi. Brings me to (manly) tears every time.

1999 anime was just so cool though, it had such a great style and atmosphere. The whole thing was kino. The remake feels like soulless plastic most of the time.

>>279708493
>current arc kicks ass
Yep. I’ve said for years now but it’s not weird to see chimera ant arc or yorknew in someone’s top 10 battle Shonen arc (or even manga arcs).
Succession war is above both of those easily for me. I know simpler stories can be just as good but when you combine top ambition with top delivery it’s hard to beat.
But Togashi gets a lot of vendors writing wise by being one of the mangaka who can freely go on hiatus whenever they want without social expectations to continue or money worries/

>>279708601
Gets a lot of benefits*

>>279707418 (OP)
Greed Island. Specifically when Patch of Forest was revealed to be an SS rank card.

>>279707418 (OP)
I really like when we have alternate conditions like this for conflict, even if they're still as deadly as combat. It's what makes yugioh kino, and davy back fight the best arc in OP.
GI is overall kino, Bomber's arc in particular had it all.

>>279707418 (OP)
>shonen adventure series
what else even is there that can even compete in that category? and when I say compete i really mean it, like stuff that isnt so bad it makes me violently ill. early jojos maybe?

>>279709078
Just going through Adv shonen Series I think have a similar baseline level of quality and/or peaked close enough to Hunter writing wise, while being strict with what falls under adventure :
>one piece
> jojos when it was Shonen
>FMA
>frieren
>d gray man
>Pandora hearts
The list would’ve been much longer if it was expanded to non adventure action and/or fantasy shonen

Honorable mentions for fun
>claymore
>magi
>Sengoku youku
>zatch bell
>negima
>tsubasa reservoir

>>279709078
Pre-timeskip One Piece hit many of the same notes. Yu-Gi-Oh!, Gash Bell and Kekkaishi come close too.
>>279709258
I kinda think D. Gray Man, FMA, Magi, and Frieren feel more lecture-y than HxH, which makes pacing worse IMO. SY isn't my favorite from the author but it's the one that fits adventure the most.
What is the qrd on Pandora Hearts and Tsubasa?
I'd say SBR is the best adventure in JJBA.

>>279709422
>Pre-timeskip One Piece hit many of the same notes, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kekkaishi
Hell no
>Gash Bell
Yeah maybe

>>279709258
>d gray man
>Pandora hearts
Those manga are fucking nuts psychological dramas, not really like hxh, which has psychological elements but nothing like those

Yorkshin is quite rewatchable

>>279707418 (OP)
>shonenslop
read a real manga

>>279710898
like what, i read a buttload of manga

Gash Bell is super overrated.

>>279710906
Times up coward lol

>>279711079
If you say so, but this is an hxh thread

>>279707418 (OP)
Vinland Saga > Vagabond > One Piece > Chainsaw Man> Monogatari > HxH

I decided my top 5 longrunning manga recently, and HxH barely did not make it.

HxH is good but outside the Yorknew/CA arc, can you really compare it to manga with several legendary arcs?

If we include long running novels/anime I also put Zaregoto, Mushoku Tensei and ASOIAF above HxH

Im just not that invested in it compared to the 2016-2018 period. And I'm not going to lie, the latest batches did not live up to the wait time, the flashback sucked balls and the lower decks are less interesting than the upper decks.

And shit like shit like Greed Island is just trash that takes up too many chapters.

>>279711382
I am a big time monogatari fan and I cannot stand the manga. They screwed up so much stuff from the novel/anime.

If Togashi is able to finish this arc (which will take 70 chapters at the very least) it will probably be my favorite manga arc I know (currently Falcon of the Millenial Empire).
I reread it before the current batch and this is such an incredible build story so far if you pick up one stuff in the earlier chapters that will matter later.
Many plotpoints at the moment that feel like they will lead up to much tragedy and chaos (Hei-Ly, Zhangcoins, Martial Law, Tserri,...) and the characters are so incredible likeable. I wouldn't have thought at the beginning of the arc that Benjamin will have such a interesting arc.

Load of intriguing side characters and I think at least some of them will get a surprising amount of depth like Welfin back in CA.

The big question is if he can finish it. I hope only the best for Togashi.

>>279711382
Is Vinland Saga really that good? Any other anons perspective on this?

>>279707418 (OP)
It's a soft seinen not a kiddy SHIT like shounen.

>>279707418 (OP)
I'm probably in the minority where I kind of enjoy Gon vs BEASThru more than the dodgeball

>>279707418 (OP)
Yorkshin

>>279707418 (OP)
>that killua
would

>>279709078
early jojo was good because it was funny and still had interesting battles, when part 5 decided to get serious, it became really fuckin' boring

>>279713200

None of them. Hunter X Hunter is great but has wasted potential because the author is retired. It could have been one of the greats if he gave a shit

>>279713348
It sort of already is considered for "one of the greats", it makes like Top 5 or Top 10 on almost any kind of poll for "Best Shonen"

>>279708452
It is not

>>279712326
he's out of his mind.

>>279707418 (OP)
Hunter x Hunter is soft seinen thoughever

>>279713752
It consistently makes Top 5 or 10 for "Best manga", not just shonen.

>>279709258
DGM and Pandora Hearts are just fujobait shit disguised as shonen.

>>279714719
>fujobait shit disguised as shonen.
This is an hxh thread

>>279713752
>>279714662
>one of the greats
The HxH manga is ranked #48 on Mal

>>279714815
That is indeed impressive.

>>279707418 (OP)
Hiatus x Hiatus

>>279714815
>Caring about MAL

>>279714815
and solo leveling won anime of the year at crunchyroll

>>279715100
Do you not like berserk or something

>>279715320
I like Berserk, but it's not MOAT material.

>That **** was kino.

>>279715424
What would be really? That's always debatable. There is no perfect manga. At this point I think MAL has better taste than 4chan honestly. Pretty much everywhere else does.

To answer OP's question, this is the exact panel where HxH surpasses kino and becomes kino+

>>279714815
Are you retarded? Hunter is ranked 31 on MAL for top manga. Not to mention they have Nana, Frieren, kaguya sama above it.
MAL also ranks Freiren anime as the GOAT anime with a 9.3 with the next best being a . 9.10.
Do they birth retards like you in a toilet? You don’t even know how to use the website you’re talking about.

>>279715937
>MAL also ranks Freiren anime as the GOAT anime
tbf this is the case across alot of different sites, not just MAL

>>279713023
I got you anon. It's a fucking masterpiece.

>>279713300

Reading HxH is like reading a webcomic where the author slowly loses interest in his own premise

>>279716187
>Reading HxH is like reading
Shonentard admits that he has no frame of reference for the concept of reading.

>>279707418 (OP)
I've been messing around with nen on AI platforms. Using them as an impartial judge for nen abilities and to parse abilities with lots of restrictions/conditions.

My conclusion is Nen breaks down on abilities with 15+ restrictions. You can basically justify / do anything in any situation with enough conditions.

>>279708493
People have expressed doubts, but I think it'll work just fine in an anime adaptation. HxH 2011 already relied on a bunch of narration and inner monologues to pad out the action, and there's plenty of stuff happening each chapter, you need at least one happening per ep to be satisfying.

>>279718512
I think it would work better as an anime because adding color will make characters easier to remember.

My biggest problem with Hunter is that 50% of it feels like training arcs. Yes, they’re well written training arcs, but training arcs nonetheless.
Greed island is often touted as the best arc by people who want to be “different”, and on reread it has the same things. Side characters with less interest or presence than SW whos, spending a whole amount of time on training nen basics, lack of urgency because we know Bisky and Hisoka are capable of being bail out options, and lack of depth for the main villains.

>>279719297
It’s also why the arcs that focus on nen professional situations (Chimera ant, SW), or serious conflicts (yorknew) are ranked the highest most often. Between the rest of the arcs, I’d say Hunter exam and election are about equal, maybe with a slight edge to Hunter exam because I love its early whimsical Shonen flair.

>>279719345
Greed island could’ve easily been better if the dynamic focus and conflict between Gon group and the bombers was increased, but the way it was written is more logical (there was no real reason for Genthru group to directly focus on Gons group till the end.).
That’s Togashi’s biggest heel. Often times he writes stuff that’s simultaneity creative, logical, and entertaining. But he often times writes stuff that’s creative and logical, but not entertaining.

How's it going with the storyboarding, Togashi?

>>279716145
subarashii

I knew since 2002 when I downloaded the 1999 anime and the York New OVAs. I was reading the manga eagerly and caught up but then the hiatuses turned me off.

I haven't gone back to the manga since Hisoka finally had his match with Kuroro. What are they doing now?

>>279712326
It's nardo but with aot's edge
>>279713023
Love 99, but Hiroyuki Yoshino really delivers peak with this guy.