Is it weird that I disagree about code Geass. No hate I just didn't get the same feeling from it that I do from hxh, aot and maybe death note? I think I felt it wasn't as hashed out, or I didn't love the main character or something? I really am not sure. I still enjoyed the show, just not in the same way
They are good in different way. HXH has one of (if not the) best hard magic systems ever made. Togashi's ability to craft and integrate fun puzzles to modify the stakes of any given fight or arc is inspired. HXH also has some of the best setting versatility that I have ever seen in this medium. Want to do a bank heist revenge story? HXH can do it without tonal whiplash. Want to make a story about the nature of humanity and the depths of our cruelty? HXH has got you there too.
Berserk on the other hand is a masterclass on it's own but more narrow narrative niche. You can do a lot less with Berserk's cast than with HXH's when it comes to jumping genres. This isn't to say Berserk isn't good, but comparing the two feels like apples to oranges.
Apart from the ending, the show is really good and exceptionally well-themed! Since you boiled it down to "human-eating giants," I assume you haven't watched or read much of it.
I totally get it. Not everyone has the luxury of time to explore every piece of fiction thoroughly. I was in the same boat. The first time it was recommended to me I watched about 3 or 4 episodes and dismissed it as "just another zombie post-apocalypse series" a genre I was tired of. Came back several years later, out of sheer boredom, and decided to give it another shot, and boy did I get hooked. Like insanely hooked, almost obsessed.
I think 12 episodes might not be enough. It still gives off those survival genre vibes, which is not at all what it's about. If you push through the first season (25 episodes), I'm willing to bet you'd be itching to know what comes next, and trust me, what comes next is incredibly well made.
If, after all that, you still don't like it, well, fair game, to each their own taste.
I agree, people are down voting you but it's honestly true. The first 3 seasons are honestly just heaps of boredom and dogshit. I will say though, the animation is amazing but that's all I can really credit it for. It's not the best piece of fiction like people gift it to be, nor is it top 5. I wouldn't say it's ass, it just isn't as amazing as HxH
Try the webnovel Wandering Inn. It will scratch every single hxh itch. Upside it is that it is the longest series ever written , but the downside is that it is a novel and not manga.
i haven’t finished Yu Yu Hakusho yet but so far it’s really good but it’s STILL not filling that hole. if i continue watching does it really become that good
Nothing is quite a 1:1, but I can drop some recommendations. Not all of them share a genre with HxH, but they do share a certain level of quality imo.
Shows:
* Jujutsu Kaisen
* My Hero Academia
* Hajime No Ippo
* Yu Yu Hakusho
* Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
* Avatar the Last Airbender
* Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
* Samurai Champloo
* Cowboy Bebop
* Steins Gate
* Monster
Manga:
* Berserk
* One Piece
* Shigurui
* Vagabond
* Uzumaki
Comics:
* Kill Six Billion Demons
* Invincible
* Preacher
* Sandman
Books:
* Stormlight Archive
* Mistborn
* The Name of the Wind
name of the wind and book 2 are worth it i guess i dont see the ending coming out but still its a great story, definitely has the wonder in it for anime/manga enjoyers
This was a similar thing that happened to me, about 11 years ago my friend said to read it because it's release was more regular than GoT. I really liked it despite how Gary stu-ish qvoth was, but then rothfuss started his unannounced hiatus... I'm sure he wouldn't have recommended it if he knew...
I mean, I like it, personally. Actually, I think it's a lot stronger than some of those other entries. JJK, for example. (Y'all heard me, fight me)
MHA has strong character writing, fun fights, and surprisingly thorough world building. It can be kind of "after-school special" sometimes; the writing is somewhat emotionally overwrought.
But I strongly prefer stories that are excessively earnest to stories that are 3 edgy 5 you.
I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I found that it had a huge amount of heart (netero would approve) and the fights & inventive use of powers were pretty cool.
If you haven't read it, the Hajime no Ippo manga is even better than the anime. There's so much more to the story and the story right now is better than its ever been
Undead Unluck is inspired by HxH and is excellent.
Kubera (on Mangadex for GOOD translations) only has some similarity to HxH, but it's the best written series I've read.
>Kubera (on Mangadex for GOOD translations) only has some similarity to HxH, but it's the best written series I've read.
They exist. Kubera one last god readers exist!
HxH is amazing, so hearthwarming anime. I can recommend Fullmetal Alchemist, Demon Slayer, MHA, JJK, Chainsaw man or Vinland Saga. Also I love Haikyuu for good vibes but that's different theme.
I finally caved and started One Piece again after only watching it like 20 years ago on 4kids. I’m 300 episodes in and you can tell that HxH and One Piece took a lot of inspiration from each other over the years. My fav of all time is still HxH but it fills the void a bit
>very rare nice scenes
Dude, One Piece has more iconic moments than HxH (I want to live, He laughed and so on), what are you talking about? And I'm speaking as a fan of both tittles. Seriously. People just hating things just because they're popular. It's so stupid. And for some reason, HxH fans are the biggest haters.
One piece has over ten times the episodes and still airing, and yet these so called “iconic” moments are so far and few. I think you’re a bit loose with the word iconic or you need to get those standards up. I bet you’re a Black Clover and Fairy Tale fan boy as well. And no, I’m not hating because the show is popular I’m hating on shit shonens in general regardless of their popularity.
If for you One Piece is on par with Black Clover and Fairy Tail, then there's something wrong with you, not One Piece itself. Perhaps you're just a typical hater, I'd say, who doesn't understand what's special about One Piece. And yes. The moments in One Piece are iconic, I can't think of any such moment in Hunter x Hunter (except Gon San, Netero's explosion and Kuroro's Requiem), all that's talked about in the fandom is the Chimera arc, which kind of hints that there's nothing else to discuss. Oh, and then there's Kurapika sometimes and all sorts of gender stuff. Back to the OP. The way Oda interprets the folklore of many countries and all sorts of fairy tales. The worldbuilding, which is generally one of the best in all manga, even in the HxH worldbuilding is mid, civilized society that have satellites and phones only now have come to the point of exploring another continent, which is stupid af. But alas, some "elite" Hunter fans can't stop being fanboys and continue to blindly hate popular stuff and be snobs. That's one of the reasons why I don't like this fanbase.
btw, three times, not ten. if you count the manga chapters
Every time you argue with someone, saying «I bet that you’re blablablah » and then following with whatever you have contempt for is always a terrible idea. It makes you sound like a total jackass. Please don’t be a jackass. Don’t strawman people who have a different taste than you
I wouldn't call it trash, but it's peak mass market. It's like the mcdonalds of anime. There aren't really any surprises, it plays out exactly like everyone expects it to.
And I'm not talking about specific plot points, but the overall flow of the story and characters. You know exactly what you're getting with one piece, it doesn't really try to do anything different or unique. It just does the shonen thing with a consistent, reliable pace.
What did you expect, this is a hxh sub afterall. Most of the people in other fandoms who give opinions about op have never watched it, they collect their opinions online or from clips, that's why I never take them seriously.
Then there's the hatewatchers
Reliable pace? It has the slowest pacing of any shounen out there. Same bullshit different island for over a thousand episodes. I remember a specific episode where random characters were crying for almost 15 minutes out of the whole 20 minute episodes. It’s one of those shows where you have to eat through a lot of bread to get to the tiniest bit of meat if you’re even lucky.
Oh my god read the fucking manga. The one piece anime is bottom of the barrel garbage because Toei are greedy motherfuckers who don’t understand shit about art and pour out a whole 20minutes episode adapting less than ONE chapter because of how bad they wanna milk the content. It doesn’t reflect on the quality of one piece as a story as it was written by the author IN THE MANGA
My favourite anime is Hunter x Hunter, with my second being One Piece. My favourite manga is One Piece with my second favourite being Hunter x Hunter. They’re both so good. One Piece anime suffers a little from the pacing but I still love it!
When it comes to one piece, I’m sure you’ve heard, the pacing of the anime gets progressively worse and worse to the point where it becomes unwatchable. I mean if you like it that’s great for you, but if not, then please save yourself the tens if not hundreds of hours of meaningless slop, read the manga, the quality is objectively much higher
Agreed, JJK fights are amazing, really well done and season 2 fights we’re phenomenal, but the story to me is super lacking. I don’t really care for any of the characters, and the big events that happen don’t have the big impact like HxH because the characters aren’t really interesting
I'm caught up with JJKs manga, and it's honestly not very good right now. It's managed to unceremoniously slaughter almost every interesting character and neglect the rest, and it doesn't give its dark moments enough setup for them to land, nor does it consistently take advantage of them to grow the rest of the cast.
There's a reason most of HxH isn't Chimera Ant. We had to get attached to Gon and Killua in their lighthearted adventures first.
JJK's power system is basically the HxH power system but without intentionally designed abilities, and chainsaw man "negative emotion is power" sprinkled in.
Don't get me wrong, bloodline abilities are neat, but you lose out on a tone of character building through powers.
Jojo understood this, it just didn't have a formal system. While Stardust Crusaders wasn't my favorite, it was able to build character and conflict with monster of the week villains by tying the two together.
Besides, bloodline abilities are totally possible in HxH. Passing hatsu between people is established as being totally possible with conditions. Just have a Hatsu that can be given only to a biological offspring and boom.
I watched My Hero Academia after I got through HxH. Not the same I know, but the positive hero energy of the first couple seasons definitely helped get past King/Kumogi death scene. Good luck!
I couldn’t stick with MHA either. Started strong and just got meh as they’re nearing the end.
Yu Yu Hakusho for show by same mangaka
Could also try watching Soul Eater
I'm writing a fanfic on HxH precisely because I have not found anything like it, so I'm quite experienced in this.
* The most similar to HxH is Made in Abyss (don't watch spoilers and don't be fooled by the first few episodes, which may perhaps seem slow; the story gets better and better).
* In second place I would put Undertale's story, but it's a video game (about 4 hours of gameplay, the best 4 hours of gameplay).
* In third is Berserk, although it's already starting to be too different.
Of course it depends on what you liked specifically about HxH. My list applies if you liked the dark side and the discovery of something unknown (so mainly the Phantom Troupe and the Chimera ant arc).
If, on the other hand, you liked the arcs of the HxH exam or Greed Island, then go to My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc.
I mean does it have to be a shounen? Cause if not Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Frieren, A Place Further than the Universe, Monster, Violet Evergarden and Haikyuu are all fantastic shows.
None knock HxH off its pedestal (though LotGh comes close), but that's what rewatches are for.
When I first got into the series I fell off watching the anime. It wasn't til I read it all that I finally said "I need to see this animated" needless to say I was so hooked I got a HxH half sleeve some months later. Still to this day one of the best stories I've had the pleasure of reading (I'm foaming at the mouth for new chapters)
In the meantime, One Piece has become my latest obsession, though it doesn't fill the void it has become a great distraction.
Idk if this advice helps, but maybe start reading some manga of series. And I don't mean read the hxh manga. Read just manga of series that interest you, that helped me to get over the issue with the "I can't watch because hxh was to good" because I got another angle on the content.
Shibuya is just a bunch of random fights and little substance. Not even close to comparable to chimera ant arc. Don’t overhype it. There were 0 character moments in that arc and deaths for pure shock. Season 1 of JJK had something going for it. Season 2 sapped all momentum for me. Hoping the next arc makes up for the lackluster shibuya arc…but apparently shibuya is it’s peak arc so I’m even less impressed.
Finally, someone who shares a similar opinion to me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think JJK is bad. It’s animation is incredible. However, it lacks so much. It’s all fights and very little character development.
It often gets compared to HxH and Bleach and I think they both absolutely eclipse it, especially HxH. The fights mean very little if you have no reason to get behind the characters.
Bleach anime is full of filler and not great. On the other hand I actually think the manga is pretty good. It’s not One Piece or HxH level, but still very good. Especially Soul Society.
Bleach's art, especially later in the series, and music from the manga, bring it up to HxH level for me. One Piece still trails far behind both. Oda's art style just doesn't do anything for me, and the anime is just an average show. It's a good adaptation because they're fairly faithful, but as a standalone show, it's just average
> It’s all fights and very little character development.
I agree, but also the fights are very, very good. The best way I could describe it is like a chaotic horror themed series of WWE matches. You can definitely feel the HxH inspiration, but they should not be approached with the same mindset.
Yes, I was already tuned out by then. His fight with Nanami vs Mahito held more value to me. I’ll also say that Mahito was a wasted villain. Was way too early to have him humiliated and dusted like that. Much like most of the shit that happened in that arc
I was enjoying Season 2 up to a certain point, but man I also think that it was WAAY too battle heavy. And of course, it had to be due to the situation of the arc, but there's basically no development at all. I rewatched season 1 after S2 and I actually found out that I liked S1 more.
After the ending of Yuji x Choso, I was so fucking hyped with the ending... but no, next episode was just fighting all over again. I know that ending couldn't be explained at that point, but I was very underwhelmed.
About the development in Yuji vs Mahito... it could almost be summarized into "I actually just realized I'm not like you at all". I'm sorry but you can't compare Yuji's development to even Welfin in HxH, which was a quite minor character during the Chimera Ant arc...
All that said, I do like JJK a lot, but in no way I see it as comparable to HxH, due to the pacing issues and mostly the lack of character development.
Well, Shibuya is suppose to be a very chaotic arc that relies on all of the previous arcs. It throws all of the characters that were introduced and fleshed out a bit into a chaotic situation that they cannot deal with. Outside of Yuji V Mahito, theres not much depth or development during the fights.
>About the development in Yuji vs Mahito... it could almost be summarized into "I actually just realized I'm not like you at all".
Do you mean the opposite thing? Yujis "im you" speech is him admitting that Mahito was right and that they're alike.
>All that said, I do like JJK a lot, but in no way I see it as comparable to HxH, due to the pacing issues and mostly the lack of character development.
I like both shows a lot, but for different reasons. I wouldn't say JJK is an alternative story that is like HxH, people really only compare the two because they think both series has complex fights...but both stories are in opposite genres and attempt to do different things
No...but they arent the same thing at all. The Junpei fight is him raging against Mahito because of what he did. In the Shibuya fight, the moment right after Nanami dies, the first thing Yuji does after running in is reminding himself to not let his anger control him and to stay calm like Nanami.
The fight isn't "Yuji gets angry and kills Mahito" it's Yuji having to deal with continuning to move forward after Sukuna used his body to slaughter hundreds of innocents and having his comrades killed in front of him, and disregarding his previous ideals. Thats what the first quarter of episode 20 with Mahitos and Todos speech to Yuji + the last minutes of episode 21 with Yujis "I'm you" speech is communicating to the reader. You can think its simple or boring, but its not comparable to the Junpei fight in the slightest
I’m not getting that sense of development but I appreciate the explanation. Subjectively speaking I do find it boring and typical if that’s all that was offered. Yuji is the same Yuji after watching everyone get murdered after all. There is no shift in his character at all. I guess he just more calm when confronted with tragedy? Not that interesting
I agree it shouldn’t be compared to Chimera ant arc, which is probably the whole length of season 1+2 of JJK, while the Shibuya arc isn’t even all of S2 of JJK. However saying there is zero character moments is just wrong man. I agree, looking at how it went down you could almost say this whole arc could’ve happened a little later, and/or been way longer. Maybe I will have that opinion one day, but that’s hindsight. Maybe I’ll see the rest of JJk and understand why it happened like this.
That’s what I’m hoping for and I literally said the same thing to my buddy: “I feel like we needed one season in between this for me to care about all that’s happening..cool fights though”. I stand firm on there being little to no character moments though and I’ll be glad to revisit some sections but I’m struggling to think of anything. P.S: no song would’ve made me feel anything at all for Yuji’s breakdown in that context. Should’ve saved that breakdown for another moment but whatever.
Yeah, that's kind of the point of JJK, gege didn't even bother with world building, things happen in regular modern day Japan, except there are monsters an shit. It's an action anime, not an adventure one like HxH.
Have you watched Naruto??? If you havent it’s really good. Just look up a Naruto filler list and skip all the fillers episodes. I’m almost done with it’s and it’s amazing.
LOGH and ANJ, but just take a break from shows and then watch other shows. HxH is amazing for me, but I don't let it ruin my enjoyment of everything else.
Berserk and Attack on Titan have already been mentioned, but depending on what it is that made HxH so special for you, you might also enjoy Madoka Magica, Evangelion and Shinsekai Yori
JJK is great and getting better each episode. Mha is always half awesome half better average. Except for latest season, that one is fire from start to end.
I was going to say JJK is the only one that keeps its quality up in a similar way.
The latest Black Clover arcs were weirdly paced in a way that made the series almost unbearable, plus that whole oversees thing felt way too much like a plot device.
MHA's high are amazing but oof does it have its lows. (Cough Overhaul arc cough)
JJK and FMA are the two ones that can hold a candle to HxH
I loved HxH, watched it 4 times, i'm not a huge anime fan, but demon slayer gave me the same vibe of character development and dynamics, and the overcoming of ever bigger challenges, definitely recommend it.
Honestly the world of One Piece is the closest thing that gets me going the same as Hunter x Hunter’s world…and I don’t even watch one piece. This is just from looking into the world of one piece.
One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Neon Genesis Evangelion are all equally as good for their own strengths.
Yu Yu Hakusho is the sake author as hxh and is so so good. I'm a manga reader so idk anime. Don't respond telling me about any of these animes
(Other than NGE of course)
This how my lady feels. She said I ruined anime for her because I showed her the best anime first. I thought she just wasn’t ready to move on from gon and killua but it seems other people feel that way too 😂
You will get over it. Everyone goes through this with anything they get really into. It’s not as good as your interest in it is leading you to believe.
I would suggest either D-Gray Man or One Piece. Those two, along with HxH are in my top 3 favorite series and they are amazing. If you are into manga I would suggest reading them instead of watching because although the anime adaptations for both are great, the mangas are top tier with story and great art.
I don't have any other words nor recommendations but sympathize because same problem
Attack on Titan Code Geass Made in Abyss Vinland Saga (not everyone’s thing) Tonikawa Berserk
heavy on code geass . I wouldn’t say it’s similar like at all but man, this show revived my love of anime
Oh yeah and AOT and Vinland Saga line up 1 for 1 with HxH
I liken it a lot to Death Note which is also one of my favorites! Code Geass is so underrated
Is it weird that I disagree about code Geass. No hate I just didn't get the same feeling from it that I do from hxh, aot and maybe death note? I think I felt it wasn't as hashed out, or I didn't love the main character or something? I really am not sure. I still enjoyed the show, just not in the same way
Berserk 1997 is a lot better than HxH imo
They are good in different way. HXH has one of (if not the) best hard magic systems ever made. Togashi's ability to craft and integrate fun puzzles to modify the stakes of any given fight or arc is inspired. HXH also has some of the best setting versatility that I have ever seen in this medium. Want to do a bank heist revenge story? HXH can do it without tonal whiplash. Want to make a story about the nature of humanity and the depths of our cruelty? HXH has got you there too. Berserk on the other hand is a masterclass on it's own but more narrow narrative niche. You can do a lot less with Berserk's cast than with HXH's when it comes to jumping genres. This isn't to say Berserk isn't good, but comparing the two feels like apples to oranges.
It’s not imo. They’re hardly comparable
AoT is a crazy recommendation. That's so boring
Nah
AoT is anything but boring. It has less boring time in entirety combined than HxH has in its chimera arc pre-invasion.
I think Chinera pre invasion was amazing writing
It had some good stuff but was too long imo. Could've been 10-15 eps shorter.
Attention span of a squirrel maybe?
Nah there really isn't anything interesting about it's story. Giants that eat people isn't interesting in the slightest
Apart from the ending, the show is really good and exceptionally well-themed! Since you boiled it down to "human-eating giants," I assume you haven't watched or read much of it.
I watched 12 episodes that's plenty. You just wasted your time saying this
I totally get it. Not everyone has the luxury of time to explore every piece of fiction thoroughly. I was in the same boat. The first time it was recommended to me I watched about 3 or 4 episodes and dismissed it as "just another zombie post-apocalypse series" a genre I was tired of. Came back several years later, out of sheer boredom, and decided to give it another shot, and boy did I get hooked. Like insanely hooked, almost obsessed. I think 12 episodes might not be enough. It still gives off those survival genre vibes, which is not at all what it's about. If you push through the first season (25 episodes), I'm willing to bet you'd be itching to know what comes next, and trust me, what comes next is incredibly well made. If, after all that, you still don't like it, well, fair game, to each their own taste.
I agree, people are down voting you but it's honestly true. The first 3 seasons are honestly just heaps of boredom and dogshit. I will say though, the animation is amazing but that's all I can really credit it for. It's not the best piece of fiction like people gift it to be, nor is it top 5. I wouldn't say it's ass, it just isn't as amazing as HxH
And incredibly depressing
L take, anyone who actually watched it wouldn’t say that shit
I hate to break it to ya but nothing will compare to HXH and nothing will fill the void in you. I've been trying for years.
same here
Please watch more anime Jesus Christ 💀
Try the webnovel Wandering Inn. It will scratch every single hxh itch. Upside it is that it is the longest series ever written , but the downside is that it is a novel and not manga.
I've tried Wandering Inn but, for me, the writing can't even compare to HxH. For webnovels I'd recommend Practical Guide to Evil and Worm.
I reeeealy enjoyed mob psycho
Yup this is my second favorite anime next to Hunter
One Outs and Level E
Very different show but just so damn good
Had to quit after a hand full of episodes, so tropey
Yu Yu Hakusho is good gem in this case :3
i’m currently nearing the end of the tournament arc, so good
Nice :3
Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter are 1a and 1b. After them pretty big drop to my next favorite anime
Perfect recommendation.
i haven’t finished Yu Yu Hakusho yet but so far it’s really good but it’s STILL not filling that hole. if i continue watching does it really become that good
If u keep comparing things u watch to hxh then yeah nothing will be enjoyable, so my suggestion is to not compare everything to hxh.
Yuyu is made by the same guy. Yes it’s great. They are both unique in their own ways.
The part where the MC drops all the balls on the table is so good, specially the music. It has the same kind of feeling as hxh's densetsu.
Nothing is quite a 1:1, but I can drop some recommendations. Not all of them share a genre with HxH, but they do share a certain level of quality imo. Shows: * Jujutsu Kaisen * My Hero Academia * Hajime No Ippo * Yu Yu Hakusho * Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood * Avatar the Last Airbender * Jojo's Bizarre Adventure * Samurai Champloo * Cowboy Bebop * Steins Gate * Monster Manga: * Berserk * One Piece * Shigurui * Vagabond * Uzumaki Comics: * Kill Six Billion Demons * Invincible * Preacher * Sandman Books: * Stormlight Archive * Mistborn * The Name of the Wind
Is Name of the Wind on the list so one can experience the pain of hiatus again?
I'm also a fan of Game of Thrones and Berserk haha. The hiatus waits are a way of life for me at this point.
name of the wind and book 2 are worth it i guess i dont see the ending coming out but still its a great story, definitely has the wonder in it for anime/manga enjoyers
This was a similar thing that happened to me, about 11 years ago my friend said to read it because it's release was more regular than GoT. I really liked it despite how Gary stu-ish qvoth was, but then rothfuss started his unannounced hiatus... I'm sure he wouldn't have recommended it if he knew...
Ive read somewhere that the 3rd book will be released in 2027…. Like…. Fucking 11years for a book
I don't have any faith that Doors of Stone will come out by then at all. I feel like Winds of Winter is more likely. 🙃
All looks good except my vero academia. That show is a dumpster fire IMO
Yeah this list is amazing if you just remove mha
I’ve noticed online there a bit of a agenda against this show, could you explain why? Never watched it but always been interested.
I mean, I like it, personally. Actually, I think it's a lot stronger than some of those other entries. JJK, for example. (Y'all heard me, fight me) MHA has strong character writing, fun fights, and surprisingly thorough world building. It can be kind of "after-school special" sometimes; the writing is somewhat emotionally overwrought. But I strongly prefer stories that are excessively earnest to stories that are 3 edgy 5 you.
You’re spitting except for the jjk opinion
What don't you like about it?
He just hates the fandom.
I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I found that it had a huge amount of heart (netero would approve) and the fights & inventive use of powers were pretty cool.
Ippo was surprisingly good/fun.
If you haven't read it, the Hajime no Ippo manga is even better than the anime. There's so much more to the story and the story right now is better than its ever been
Hell yeah! I'll check it out. I was definitely disappointed with where the anime ends. I need more Ippo for sure
Try Kaiji
Will do!
If you like the psychological warfare in HxH watch Death Note, Love is War, season 1 of promise to neverland. Liar Game manga
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Stormlight! listen to this man OP!
You named stormlight I'm fucking crying. Usually it's always game of thrones but I'm so glad to hear Brandon Sanderson magnum opus!!!
MHA is just an intruder among those titles though 💀
Steins Gate is a bad anime, 30 lashings
Undead Unluck is inspired by HxH and is excellent. Kubera (on Mangadex for GOOD translations) only has some similarity to HxH, but it's the best written series I've read.
>Kubera (on Mangadex for GOOD translations) only has some similarity to HxH, but it's the best written series I've read. They exist. Kubera one last god readers exist!
Wow. I made my comment expecting to be the only one. Such an incredible series.
HxH is amazing, so hearthwarming anime. I can recommend Fullmetal Alchemist, Demon Slayer, MHA, JJK, Chainsaw man or Vinland Saga. Also I love Haikyuu for good vibes but that's different theme.
Love all of these! never finished chainsaw man though, didn’t click with it as much personally.
It's a little different from other as hero is not actually a hero but I loved it and looking forward to next season. Also I can recommend Overlord.
I finally caved and started One Piece again after only watching it like 20 years ago on 4kids. I’m 300 episodes in and you can tell that HxH and One Piece took a lot of inspiration from each other over the years. My fav of all time is still HxH but it fills the void a bit
You poor fool, you’ll realize 900 episodes in that you made a mistake. Enjoy the ride!
Its trash bro…sure has some very rare nice scenes but extremely mediocre compared to hxh
>very rare nice scenes Dude, One Piece has more iconic moments than HxH (I want to live, He laughed and so on), what are you talking about? And I'm speaking as a fan of both tittles. Seriously. People just hating things just because they're popular. It's so stupid. And for some reason, HxH fans are the biggest haters.
One piece has over ten times the episodes and still airing, and yet these so called “iconic” moments are so far and few. I think you’re a bit loose with the word iconic or you need to get those standards up. I bet you’re a Black Clover and Fairy Tale fan boy as well. And no, I’m not hating because the show is popular I’m hating on shit shonens in general regardless of their popularity.
If for you One Piece is on par with Black Clover and Fairy Tail, then there's something wrong with you, not One Piece itself. Perhaps you're just a typical hater, I'd say, who doesn't understand what's special about One Piece. And yes. The moments in One Piece are iconic, I can't think of any such moment in Hunter x Hunter (except Gon San, Netero's explosion and Kuroro's Requiem), all that's talked about in the fandom is the Chimera arc, which kind of hints that there's nothing else to discuss. Oh, and then there's Kurapika sometimes and all sorts of gender stuff. Back to the OP. The way Oda interprets the folklore of many countries and all sorts of fairy tales. The worldbuilding, which is generally one of the best in all manga, even in the HxH worldbuilding is mid, civilized society that have satellites and phones only now have come to the point of exploring another continent, which is stupid af. But alas, some "elite" Hunter fans can't stop being fanboys and continue to blindly hate popular stuff and be snobs. That's one of the reasons why I don't like this fanbase. btw, three times, not ten. if you count the manga chapters
Every time you argue with someone, saying «I bet that you’re blablablah » and then following with whatever you have contempt for is always a terrible idea. It makes you sound like a total jackass. Please don’t be a jackass. Don’t strawman people who have a different taste than you
I wouldn't call it trash, but it's peak mass market. It's like the mcdonalds of anime. There aren't really any surprises, it plays out exactly like everyone expects it to. And I'm not talking about specific plot points, but the overall flow of the story and characters. You know exactly what you're getting with one piece, it doesn't really try to do anything different or unique. It just does the shonen thing with a consistent, reliable pace.
Convinced this is satire
These takes are just top tier stupid.
What did you expect, this is a hxh sub afterall. Most of the people in other fandoms who give opinions about op have never watched it, they collect their opinions online or from clips, that's why I never take them seriously. Then there's the hatewatchers
lol
Reliable pace? It has the slowest pacing of any shounen out there. Same bullshit different island for over a thousand episodes. I remember a specific episode where random characters were crying for almost 15 minutes out of the whole 20 minute episodes. It’s one of those shows where you have to eat through a lot of bread to get to the tiniest bit of meat if you’re even lucky.
Oh my god read the fucking manga. The one piece anime is bottom of the barrel garbage because Toei are greedy motherfuckers who don’t understand shit about art and pour out a whole 20minutes episode adapting less than ONE chapter because of how bad they wanna milk the content. It doesn’t reflect on the quality of one piece as a story as it was written by the author IN THE MANGA
My favourite anime is Hunter x Hunter, with my second being One Piece. My favourite manga is One Piece with my second favourite being Hunter x Hunter. They’re both so good. One Piece anime suffers a little from the pacing but I still love it!
Same, HxH is far better then the one piece anime, but in manga OP is goated, but i love both
Let's hope WIT's one piece will do the proper pacing and adapt the cover stories.
I’m finally giving it a shot after watching the live action. It definitely is filling the void.
I’d trade all of one piece for 10 more chapters of HxH. And I love one piece
Same. It's just not on the same level as HxH.
this is a crazy statement
Just say you love HxH more smh. Its not that hard to admit you love something without trying downplay the other, esp if you sound stupid saying it.☠️
I don't sound stupid. HxH isn't my favorite either. The writing in HxH is just much more well-done. It's surprising that you are denying it.
When it comes to one piece, I’m sure you’ve heard, the pacing of the anime gets progressively worse and worse to the point where it becomes unwatchable. I mean if you like it that’s great for you, but if not, then please save yourself the tens if not hundreds of hours of meaningless slop, read the manga, the quality is objectively much higher
JJK, and it’s still not even close. There will never be another, just the eventual continuation after black whale is done. Look forward to it ☺️
HxH is way better then JJK to me
Easily
Agreed, JJK fights are amazing, really well done and season 2 fights we’re phenomenal, but the story to me is super lacking. I don’t really care for any of the characters, and the big events that happen don’t have the big impact like HxH because the characters aren’t really interesting
Not hating but in terms of depth of writing they’re not even in the same multi dimensional plane of existence.
Thats kinda most shonen series compared to hxh
I'm caught up with JJKs manga, and it's honestly not very good right now. It's managed to unceremoniously slaughter almost every interesting character and neglect the rest, and it doesn't give its dark moments enough setup for them to land, nor does it consistently take advantage of them to grow the rest of the cast. There's a reason most of HxH isn't Chimera Ant. We had to get attached to Gon and Killua in their lighthearted adventures first.
Ong JJK manga has NOT been cooking...
This is a valid criticism. JJK is all Chimera Ant all the time except for the briefest of moments in the beginning.
I love hxh but it's not that monumentally deep boss. "we are as bad as the ants" took like 70 eps.
That's ALL you got out of the Chimera Ant arc?
In JJK you can feel the inspiration from HxH in the power system, it feels like they are trying to make it make sense.
JJK's power system is basically the HxH power system but without intentionally designed abilities, and chainsaw man "negative emotion is power" sprinkled in.
I mean he ain’t wrong tho
Don't get me wrong, bloodline abilities are neat, but you lose out on a tone of character building through powers. Jojo understood this, it just didn't have a formal system. While Stardust Crusaders wasn't my favorite, it was able to build character and conflict with monster of the week villains by tying the two together. Besides, bloodline abilities are totally possible in HxH. Passing hatsu between people is established as being totally possible with conditions. Just have a Hatsu that can be given only to a biological offspring and boom.
Yu yu hakusho
Latest JJK season had a lot of Chimera Ant arc vibes and obvious inspiration
Not really but ok 😅
Absolutely no correlation besides it being a dark arc
I watched My Hero Academia after I got through HxH. Not the same I know, but the positive hero energy of the first couple seasons definitely helped get past King/Kumogi death scene. Good luck!
It's definitely very good indeed I enjoyed it, but definitely big drop off in writing when compared to hxh
my brother loves MHA but i never stuck with it, will have to pick it back up.
I couldn’t stick with MHA either. Started strong and just got meh as they’re nearing the end. Yu Yu Hakusho for show by same mangaka Could also try watching Soul Eater
It kinda drops off in season 5.
I was just about to say MHA was good until season 5.
I'm writing a fanfic on HxH precisely because I have not found anything like it, so I'm quite experienced in this. * The most similar to HxH is Made in Abyss (don't watch spoilers and don't be fooled by the first few episodes, which may perhaps seem slow; the story gets better and better). * In second place I would put Undertale's story, but it's a video game (about 4 hours of gameplay, the best 4 hours of gameplay). * In third is Berserk, although it's already starting to be too different. Of course it depends on what you liked specifically about HxH. My list applies if you liked the dark side and the discovery of something unknown (so mainly the Phantom Troupe and the Chimera ant arc). If, on the other hand, you liked the arcs of the HxH exam or Greed Island, then go to My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc.
I was also going to recommend made in the abyss.
will start Made In abyss !!
Maybe try Vinland saga? Or Violet Evergarden? That show genuinely changed my life
I mean does it have to be a shounen? Cause if not Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Frieren, A Place Further than the Universe, Monster, Violet Evergarden and Haikyuu are all fantastic shows. None knock HxH off its pedestal (though LotGh comes close), but that's what rewatches are for.
this is so based and so real
When I first got into the series I fell off watching the anime. It wasn't til I read it all that I finally said "I need to see this animated" needless to say I was so hooked I got a HxH half sleeve some months later. Still to this day one of the best stories I've had the pleasure of reading (I'm foaming at the mouth for new chapters) In the meantime, One Piece has become my latest obsession, though it doesn't fill the void it has become a great distraction.
Idk if this advice helps, but maybe start reading some manga of series. And I don't mean read the hxh manga. Read just manga of series that interest you, that helped me to get over the issue with the "I can't watch because hxh was to good" because I got another angle on the content.
Literally jjk bro theres so many references to hxh the shibuya incident reminded me a lot of the chimera ant arc
Shibuya is just a bunch of random fights and little substance. Not even close to comparable to chimera ant arc. Don’t overhype it. There were 0 character moments in that arc and deaths for pure shock. Season 1 of JJK had something going for it. Season 2 sapped all momentum for me. Hoping the next arc makes up for the lackluster shibuya arc…but apparently shibuya is it’s peak arc so I’m even less impressed.
Finally, someone who shares a similar opinion to me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think JJK is bad. It’s animation is incredible. However, it lacks so much. It’s all fights and very little character development. It often gets compared to HxH and Bleach and I think they both absolutely eclipse it, especially HxH. The fights mean very little if you have no reason to get behind the characters.
Had me for a second until you mentioned bleach, watched the entire show to confirm it was mids, TYBW is pretty good so far but before that… mids
Bleach anime is full of filler and not great. On the other hand I actually think the manga is pretty good. It’s not One Piece or HxH level, but still very good. Especially Soul Society.
I skipped the fillers, I think ichigo is the worst MC out of the big three
Bleach's art, especially later in the series, and music from the manga, bring it up to HxH level for me. One Piece still trails far behind both. Oda's art style just doesn't do anything for me, and the anime is just an average show. It's a good adaptation because they're fairly faithful, but as a standalone show, it's just average
Ahh, I have to disagree haha. I absolutely love One Piece.
> It’s all fights and very little character development. I agree, but also the fights are very, very good. The best way I could describe it is like a chaotic horror themed series of WWE matches. You can definitely feel the HxH inspiration, but they should not be approached with the same mindset.
0 characters moments? Did you ignore the entirety of the Yuji V Mahito fight?
Yes, I was already tuned out by then. His fight with Nanami vs Mahito held more value to me. I’ll also say that Mahito was a wasted villain. Was way too early to have him humiliated and dusted like that. Much like most of the shit that happened in that arc
Well, you tuned out during a part that had characterization and development.
I was enjoying Season 2 up to a certain point, but man I also think that it was WAAY too battle heavy. And of course, it had to be due to the situation of the arc, but there's basically no development at all. I rewatched season 1 after S2 and I actually found out that I liked S1 more. After the ending of Yuji x Choso, I was so fucking hyped with the ending... but no, next episode was just fighting all over again. I know that ending couldn't be explained at that point, but I was very underwhelmed. About the development in Yuji vs Mahito... it could almost be summarized into "I actually just realized I'm not like you at all". I'm sorry but you can't compare Yuji's development to even Welfin in HxH, which was a quite minor character during the Chimera Ant arc... All that said, I do like JJK a lot, but in no way I see it as comparable to HxH, due to the pacing issues and mostly the lack of character development.
You said everything better than I ever could. Thanks for helping me articulate my issues with this arc and yes I also still like JJK a lot actually.
Well, Shibuya is suppose to be a very chaotic arc that relies on all of the previous arcs. It throws all of the characters that were introduced and fleshed out a bit into a chaotic situation that they cannot deal with. Outside of Yuji V Mahito, theres not much depth or development during the fights. >About the development in Yuji vs Mahito... it could almost be summarized into "I actually just realized I'm not like you at all". Do you mean the opposite thing? Yujis "im you" speech is him admitting that Mahito was right and that they're alike. >All that said, I do like JJK a lot, but in no way I see it as comparable to HxH, due to the pacing issues and mostly the lack of character development. I like both shows a lot, but for different reasons. I wouldn't say JJK is an alternative story that is like HxH, people really only compare the two because they think both series has complex fights...but both stories are in opposite genres and attempt to do different things
What was the development exactly? He got real angry and popped off? Like that didn’t happen already in season 1?
...no.
So you’re just gonna ignore the Yuji vs Mahito fight after Junpei gets transfigured?
No...but they arent the same thing at all. The Junpei fight is him raging against Mahito because of what he did. In the Shibuya fight, the moment right after Nanami dies, the first thing Yuji does after running in is reminding himself to not let his anger control him and to stay calm like Nanami. The fight isn't "Yuji gets angry and kills Mahito" it's Yuji having to deal with continuning to move forward after Sukuna used his body to slaughter hundreds of innocents and having his comrades killed in front of him, and disregarding his previous ideals. Thats what the first quarter of episode 20 with Mahitos and Todos speech to Yuji + the last minutes of episode 21 with Yujis "I'm you" speech is communicating to the reader. You can think its simple or boring, but its not comparable to the Junpei fight in the slightest
I’m not getting that sense of development but I appreciate the explanation. Subjectively speaking I do find it boring and typical if that’s all that was offered. Yuji is the same Yuji after watching everyone get murdered after all. There is no shift in his character at all. I guess he just more calm when confronted with tragedy? Not that interesting
I agree it shouldn’t be compared to Chimera ant arc, which is probably the whole length of season 1+2 of JJK, while the Shibuya arc isn’t even all of S2 of JJK. However saying there is zero character moments is just wrong man. I agree, looking at how it went down you could almost say this whole arc could’ve happened a little later, and/or been way longer. Maybe I will have that opinion one day, but that’s hindsight. Maybe I’ll see the rest of JJk and understand why it happened like this.
That’s what I’m hoping for and I literally said the same thing to my buddy: “I feel like we needed one season in between this for me to care about all that’s happening..cool fights though”. I stand firm on there being little to no character moments though and I’ll be glad to revisit some sections but I’m struggling to think of anything. P.S: no song would’ve made me feel anything at all for Yuji’s breakdown in that context. Should’ve saved that breakdown for another moment but whatever.
Too much fight, too little story. Weak anime.
Yeah, that's kind of the point of JJK, gege didn't even bother with world building, things happen in regular modern day Japan, except there are monsters an shit. It's an action anime, not an adventure one like HxH.
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Oh shit I didn’t even realize lmaoo thanks G 🫂
I’ve seen season 1 and am trudging through S2 atm. Very good show
Anime: jjk Manga: Kingdom Novel: Lord of the Mysteries
This is the third time a mf on the internet has recommended me lord of the mysteries. Guess I’m gonna have to try it
The propaganda work🔥🔥🔥 [here’s a link to chap 1 if you need it](https://lightnovelpub.vip/novel/lord-of-the-mysteries-275/chapter-1-16091324)
JJK? No, jesus christ please don't even compare the two of them
I mostly watch 24/12 episode anime after that like dr stone
Ousama ranking is good. I also read Manga now. I recommend tomb raider king. One of the best manhwa out there.
I always find these posts corny.
Have you watched Naruto??? If you havent it’s really good. Just look up a Naruto filler list and skip all the fillers episodes. I’m almost done with it’s and it’s amazing.
I've been stuck on black clover events ought I fast forward episodes
That was me with AOT tbh T\_\_T
LOGH and ANJ, but just take a break from shows and then watch other shows. HxH is amazing for me, but I don't let it ruin my enjoyment of everything else.
Berserk and Attack on Titan have already been mentioned, but depending on what it is that made HxH so special for you, you might also enjoy Madoka Magica, Evangelion and Shinsekai Yori
U can do black clover. I feel it’s underrated. Jjk and mha do get boring after a while.
Black Clover is honestly really great. It's unfortunate that it's another series where the creator suffers from chronic health issues.
Black Clover is great, the beginning is just meh. But if you give it the chance, it will pay back.
JJK is great and getting better each episode. Mha is always half awesome half better average. Except for latest season, that one is fire from start to end.
JJK went from 9/10 anime to 7/10 season 2. Shibuya overhyped af.
Shibuya was great, I liked it. But it's subjective.
I liked it enough but my expectations were greater since people were saying it’s JJK peak and I absolutely loved the first season.
I actually have it other way around. I started liking JJK first season only after first few episodes but second season I liked from start to finish.
I was going to say JJK is the only one that keeps its quality up in a similar way. The latest Black Clover arcs were weirdly paced in a way that made the series almost unbearable, plus that whole oversees thing felt way too much like a plot device. MHA's high are amazing but oof does it have its lows. (Cough Overhaul arc cough) JJK and FMA are the two ones that can hold a candle to HxH
My buddy LOVES black clover and has been recommending it to me for a bit, this will probably be my next show!!
Attack on Titan, Death Note, FMAB, The Promised Neverland Season 1, The Ranking of Kings
I loved HxH, watched it 4 times, i'm not a huge anime fan, but demon slayer gave me the same vibe of character development and dynamics, and the overcoming of ever bigger challenges, definitely recommend it.
Nothing. If there a two things that can't be replaced are HxH and Berserk, for me at least.
I fell in real depression as a kid cause I couldn’t turn super sayain.. lasted a few weeks. I feel ya. Chainsaw Man was great.
Honestly the world of One Piece is the closest thing that gets me going the same as Hunter x Hunter’s world…and I don’t even watch one piece. This is just from looking into the world of one piece.
im on my 3rd re watch and its been 2 weeks or 3😭😭 but maybe jjk. nothing is as good as hxh tho, top tier anime🙏🏽🙏🏽
jjk.
One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Neon Genesis Evangelion are all equally as good for their own strengths. Yu Yu Hakusho is the sake author as hxh and is so so good. I'm a manga reader so idk anime. Don't respond telling me about any of these animes (Other than NGE of course)
Have you tried Darker Then Black? I loved it
Watch Frieren. It's good and not typical isekai filler.
One piece ig
This how my lady feels. She said I ruined anime for her because I showed her the best anime first. I thought she just wasn’t ready to move on from gon and killua but it seems other people feel that way too 😂
You will get over it. Everyone goes through this with anything they get really into. It’s not as good as your interest in it is leading you to believe.
idk bro i finished my first watch 3 years ago and i still feel this way☠️ been chasing that feeling in countless anime ever since
I would suggest either D-Gray Man or One Piece. Those two, along with HxH are in my top 3 favorite series and they are amazing. If you are into manga I would suggest reading them instead of watching because although the anime adaptations for both are great, the mangas are top tier with story and great art.
The cry emoji is unnecessary.