[Discussion] Does Narutobase concur that Hunter X Hunter 2011 is the greatest

Is HxH the greatest Shounen anime ever?

  • Yes, easily

    Votes: 6 10.9%
  • Yes, but by a small margin

    Votes: 6 10.9%
  • Great but there are some better

    Votes: 9 16.4%
  • Great but many Shounen are better

    Votes: 3 5.5%
  • Tied at best with other anime

    Votes: 6 10.9%
  • It's good but nowhere near the best

    Votes: 8 14.5%
  • Overrated as hell

    Votes: 10 18.2%
  • Terrible

    Votes: 4 7.3%
  • One Piece is better

    Votes: 6 10.9%
  • Dragon Ball Z is better

    Votes: 6 10.9%

  • Total voters
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Lelouch Le Brittania

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I really don't care about the new dragon ball because it really died on me but DBZ deserves at least a 6 in my opinion.
Objectively speaking the only thing Dragon ball's got going for it are epicness, badassery, creativity and humor. Otherwise the story is just a cartoon. Nothing wrong with that, but it can't be called anything but nostalgic and epic entertainment.
 

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The fights are just punching and kicking and blasts. There's no nuance, no variety of techniques, no strategy, no skill, just power levels. I find that boring. Goku vs Frieza and Vegeta vs Goku were epic, but the overall fight structure in DBZ can get boring.
First, you said cliches, how could DBZ be a cliche when it practically created all those "cliches"? It's original because it was one of the first to do what it did.

You can argue that the fight structure is boring but to me, it's awesome, because it's raw fighting. Few anime do that. They also manage to give you all that in a surprisingly intelligent way.

It deserves a 10/10 not because it's the best Shonen but because it made Shonen.

Everything after DBZ is just milking though.
 
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Hunter X Hunter Anime is easily top notch if you're talking about Production and Quality wise but in terms of storytelling its meh until near the end of chimera ant arc...
 

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Hunter x Hunter is probably the best shounen (or one of the best), and no it is not overrated. An overrated anime would be Steins Gate or Code Geass (to a lesser degree).
 
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