Is this a coincidence or Naruto copied Hunter X Hunter?

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I just finished watching Hunter X Hunter (2011) and yeah is one of the best series ever and I noticed so many similarities with Naruto.


Kurapika who comes from the Kuruta clan, however he is the last survivor because his clan was massacred. He lives for revenge even if it would cost him his own life. The Kurta clan has a special ability called "Scarlet Eyes" their eyes turn red (similar to sasuke)

- The main protagonist Gon has a father who is basically a legendary Hunter (Minato was also considered legendary.)

- Gon best friend Killua is a prodigy and very skilled, he is similar to Gon but with a more dark attitude, Killua's Nen type is electricity. (similar to Sasuke's lightning)

- The concept of special moves are quite similar, Nen requires chi, while Jutsus require chakra.

- Gon is considered special by everyone throughout the anime by his ability to change people and make people believe in him. (It's the same thing with Naruto.)

- Gons fighting style is more of a hand to hand fighting, while he gets beat up all the time he never gives up.

- The Phatom Brigade is a band of extremely powerful criminals, similar to Akatsuki. The leader of Phantom Brigade Chrollo Lucifer has a special nen ability to copy and use any Nen ability no matter what type of Nen it is. The leader of Akatsuki has the special rinnegan which lets him have complete mastery over all types of chakra element.

- Gon and his friends enter the hunter exam to become hunters, which is quite similar to the chuunin exams: there are different parts to the hunter exam, each having their own special Hunter examiner.

-In the hunter exam there was a swamp part where the hunter examinees survive going through a swamp, some of the examinees died there. (similar to the "Forest of Death" part of the Chuunin Exams)

- The last part of the hunter exams had the examines face each other in one on one matches. (similar to the preliminary matches of chuunin exams)

- Hisoka is a creepy guy with a weird voice who is extremely powerful. He joins the hunter exams just to scout for kids who have potential (Orochimaru joins the chuunin exams and scouts Sasuke)

- Hisoka is part of the Phantom Brigade, but has always had his own secret agenda, and eventually leaves the Phantom Brigade. (Orochimaru was part of Akatsuki, and also leaves)
 

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That's why I love Code Geass - no copying.
 

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That's why I love Code Geass - no copying.

Technically, everything copies something from SOMETHING. We call it inspiration, sure, but....I doubt the people that decided to have Boruto and Naruto combine Rasengan never watched the end of the Cell arc.

OT: Some of those seem legit, but others....having a legendary father, for example. I could pick out a dozen works of fiction that follow the same trope. Because Naruto did it and HxH did it, it doesn't mean one copied the other.
 

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Yea Kishi drew inspiration from hxh initially. I don't see it as a bad thing really, although personally I prefer hxh(hate the hiatuses though)
 

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There's literally no similarities between the two, and this is coming from someone whose third favorite is Death Note.

Well I like both of them but, Code Geass is more like a synthesization of Gundam (the mecha), Death Note (the "powers") and Final Fantasy Tactics (the characters and environment). Code Geass didn't exactly rip off Death Note, but it's basically parts of different things combined. Code Geass isn't original, I've seen everything it has before, except they weren't all from one show/game..
 

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Didnt Kishi say that he took inspiration from HxH? Or was it some other Anime?
 

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Well I like both of them but, Code Geass is more like a synthesization of Gundam (the mecha), Death Note (the "powers") and Final Fantasy Tactics (the characters and environment). Code Geass didn't exactly rip off Death Note, but it's basically parts of different things combined. Code Geass isn't original, I've seen everything it has before, except they weren't all from one show/game..

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Interesting find I can't believe I never noticed those connections but usually things that are popular usually share certain elements with other popular works either it be intentional or not
 

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I'm not surprised what do you expect from a uchiha fanboy, he likes copying other peoples shit :lmao:
 
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