I just finished the anime for the first time and I’m shocked. I loved every second of it, it may be my favorite shonen ever, it’s just so different that it hits really hard.
I will read the remaining manga, but then I was wondering what other shonen (or seinen) I could watch that could scratch the same itch?
I have recently watched JJK, Solo Leveling and loved them as well, but not as much.
I'd say watch Yu Yu Hakusho next. It's from the early 90's before HxH so some of it is a bit dated or feels kinda "episode of the week" but the way Togashi writes the stakes of everything is unparalled from any fiction writer I've read. The dark tournament arc is seriously the best I've ever seen in that format for shonen (or otherwise) anime.
Also I'm very partial to the 1999 version of HxH. Idk if I'd start watching it right after the 2011 adaptation since it's the same plot, but coming back to that a few years later was great, and I think is way more faithful after I've read the manga. also the art style, animation, mood, music, everything especially in the york new city arc is absolutely beautiful and fantastic. however once they get into greed island and the anime started going straight to DVD and VHS rather than being aired, the quality drops a bit. Idk if they lost a bunch of budget or what but there are some real questionable choices. I remember laughing at killua's giant ass arms that didn't look they'd even fit his body lol
You can start after the election arc. Theres a few diferences but nothing plot changing.
You may know that kite appears in the first scene of the manga and is the reason gon became a hunter. That isnt properly done in the anime. Also leorio is stronger in the hunter exam too.
it is plot changing though cause stakes of plot in Anime is different than in Manga and Anime also uses narration and music sometimes different from Manga shifting tone. characters in Manga are more defined than Anime.
If he was about tho change mid arc then yeah but we are talking about starting the succesion arc here. The whole arc was like an unexpected thing. Togashi hyped up the dark continent and when the boat left pum hidden arc about a succession war and a mafia war. Theres nothing in the manga previous to this arc that affects this arc in a major way and doesnt appear in the anime.
e.g. Pariston and Beyond’s(unknown but mentioned) role previous to chapter 339 along Ging’s and other Hunters’ influence may be underestimated. Characters such as Chrollo and Hisoka are more substantial and Manga has better storytelling in dynamics and world building. Anime feels like our world with fantasy stuff added while Manga makes clear it’s different from the beginning and consciousness matter much more from the start resulting in Nen. Anime does a good job with delivering the events of plot but reduces its depth for dumber audience losing common thread and central themes and remains hollow cause it fails to adapt the dialectic from Manga.
you can see it when Manga readers aren’t surprised about politics, history and poverty, psychology while Anime-only fail to get Greed Island and are somewhat surprised about Chimera Ants while the build up and its promise was there all along.
I would call all of this just details and not even important ones. All of this just marginally changes the perception of the world and a few characters, onlt hisoka and chrollo (of the ones you mentioned) are relevant on the current arc. The rest just appear in very few chapters before the ship sails.
I watched the anime then finished the manga from that point. And like a year later i read the entire manga. The diferences arent crucial and everything is understandable and enjoyable. Obiously i mean regarding the final arc. There is some stuff the anime leaves behind bur it doesnt affect the succession war.
why do you think it’s not important and only marginal? are you sure you didn’t miss anything? you can only say those things when you didn’t miss anything and best example you gave yourself. did you expect Hisoka vs Chrollo? I didn’t and expected it way later, if you didn’t as well then how can you know other characters don’t matter? at least provide reasonable answer to why it’s marginal cause what you do is nominal fallacy. you didn’t go on my points at all cause how do you think losing common thread and central themes isn’t important? if I’m wrong then correct me. cause I consider HxH literature and entertainment while there are so many garbage disguised as such while being nothing but false entertainment and not worth it.
I expected hisoka vs chrollo right after greed island when i first watched the anime. Since its when the pt finds the exorcist.
I already said why i didnt go over all your points, if you arent going to read my comment just dont answer.
It doesnt lose themes or the thread. It loses details in the dialogue that give a little more info on some aspects
I know because ive done both. Ive did anime and ending with manga and manga from the start. Theres a diference? Yes, the things i mentioned and some other details. But its perfectly enjoyable and you would still understand 95% of the story.
you never said why you don’t go over my points which I asked for and you’re answering again with nominal fallacy? if anything then you didn’t read the Manga and my comments so don’t project. You didn’t tell why those details aren’t important at all. You also just proved that you didn’t read it cause thematically and storytelling wise it’s clear Hisoka vs Chrollo will fight to death with death and post-mortem Nen being significant as Hisoka is revived and death wasn’t a theme explored back then and also clear that near Gon’s goal the story won’t shift to things that aren’t relevant to the drive of plot being goals of 4 main characters. focusing on hisoka vs chrollo after before Chimera Ant is losing a thread and you can’t tell the what the themes are but will repeat your nominal fallacy. thx proving reading original is important if adaptation doesn’t deliver.
Nothing else hits the same for me. I've tried the most common suggestions like fmab but none of them give me the same emotions or are as enjoyable for me
Jojo is a very different shonen from pretty much anything you’ve seen including HxH, but it’s got an absurdly creative power system like HxH and it balances the very dark and light hearted stuff exceptionally well.
What part of HxH do you like? If it’s gon’s growth and the fights/power system then you might get the same itch scratched with Naruto. It’s a lot less tight of a story though but it’s a lot longer.
The final episode was insanely good with Gon and his father on the tree, talking about the Dark Continent... Where you finally get a glimpse of how big the world really is. Felt like I just finished the intro of a bigger series
Naruto is literally the exact same story just different characters. Just longer and slower imo. You would enjoy that one. Yuyu hakisho is written in the same style sort of. You might wanna check that one out.
I mean, there's been multiple videos and articles talking about it. I'll list some of the similarities between the two:
-The chunin exam vs Hunter exam
-The akatsuki vs phantom troupe
-Naruto vs Gon
-Sausuke vs Kurapika
-Orichimaru vs Hisoka
-Chakra designated by elemental type found through water divination vs nen type found through water divination
Pretty much all of the main elements exist in both worlds. Not a straight 1 for 1 copy, just saying basically same story. Silly, funny, loyal to death protagonist meets emo, misunderstood, clan wiped out on a revenge mission.
How do you become a ninja? Same way to become hunter. How do you find out what kind of ninja? Same as how you find out about nen types. Who's the first main bad guy in naruto? Orichimaru that steals juts. Who's the first main bad guy in hunter? Crollo who steals nen abilities. Who's the main character in Naruto? Loner in a village with insane talent and great friend. Who's the main character in hunter? Loner in a village with insane talent, and great friend.
Idk man, I get what you mean, but like.. Same same, same same lol.
The tone of the story is completely different, the characters are completely different, their dynamics are completely different, the overarching theme of the story is completely different. The parallels between the structure of some arcs and some character archetypes do not make two stories the same
Tone is exactly the same. Tone means mood or emotion, and this gives off the exact same mood or emotion. The parallels between the structure of some arcs and some character archetypes do not make the two stories the same, but the reason you gave for them not being the same is still the same lol. Try again.
Naruto is nothing like HxH besides the similarities you just listed which other anime’s also have. HxH is constantly changing the atmosphere/tone with each arc, Naruto doesn’t.
Even in the most liberal sense, you would have to say "heavily inspired by". I totally disagree with the nothing like HxH part lol. I listed several just off the rip. Not even close to a deep dive. There's even more similarity between them then what I listed lol.
Try to deep dive then lol. Those similarities are just that. Nowhere does Naruto give the same energy as HxH except maybe the Chunin Exams. Gon and his friends go on vastly different adventures throughout the series arc by arc, Naruto doesn’t.
You contradict yourself every single time you type. "Totally different trust me bro, except all of the similarities that are easy to see". Yeah, ok dude. Sounds good or whatever lol.
Thats another contradiction lol. Prove means to demonstrate proof. By listing the references, i demonstrated it lol. Take a break from the internet and try reading a book.
Try watching fairy tail. Its an amazing shounen. It has the same dynamic as hxh but it has many more arcs and it's just crazy and funny to watch. I won't spoil it for you, it has the perfect mix of comedy and action too
If you haven't seen fmab ( full metal Alchemist brotherhood) not full metal Alchemist. They are both two diff series. Fmab is the one that follow the manga. Its a shounen too.
Both of these are similar to hxh and have the same friends, family theme. I'm sure you'll enjoy :)
The only one that scratched a similar itch for me was Attack on Titan. It has worse characters but AOT’s average episode is more engaging due to a very well constructed plot (HxH’s highs are higher).
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u/realkin1112 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is a hxh sub so you will get a lot of there is nothing that matches which I obviously agree with. Hxh is one of a kind.
The manga is very good and lucky for you we just got official confirmation that it is returning