Review Hunter x Hunter Phantom Rouge

Secret attack #37 Double friendship punch

One day Gon, Killua received a call from Kirapika. Kurapika supposedly found someone from his clan, who were supposedly all killed except for Kurapika, but it ended up being a trap and his eyes ended up being stolen. Will Gon and friends be able to get Kurapika's eyes back even though the culprit behind the deed is powerful and mysterious Nen user who has another connection to his past?

Some more back story for your

Phantom Rouge is a franchise movie using the Hunter x Hunter setting. As such it is an original story that doesn't exactly fit into the overall story although it does seem to happen between the York Shin and the Greed Island arcs. The first minute and a half is spent getting new viewers up to speed so this is a movie I could recommend to general audiences.

Add a goth loli in for good measure

This movie has an antagonist that exists only for the purposes of the movie just like almost every other franchise movie in existence. Phantom Rouge also has a strong focus on Killua and the conflict between his friendship with Gon and the conditioning he received from his family (fans of the franchise will notice how this comes up early in the Chimera ant arc), making this movie a bit better than most movies like it, although not enough to warrant an award upgrade.

Overall I found Hunter x Hunter Phantom Rouge to be One of the better franchise movies and something that would be good fun for any fan of the franchise.

Rating the bronze mewtew (pokemon) for being a completely decent franchise movie.

Review Hunter x Hunter Last Mission

No let's discuss my fee

One day (probably in a break between the Greed Island and Chimera Ant arcs) Gon and Killua decide to revist the heaven's pillar battle arena to see their old friend Zushi fight in the battle Olympia. However they pick the wrong day to come as the arena is taken over by a group of powerful people who are able subdue the fighters and even capture the Hunter association president Netero.

You need a couple more minions to be a threat to them.

The Hunter x Hunter Movie is pretty much like most any other Franchise movie that is not based off of any previous material. It is a movie only for those familiar with Hunter x Hunter anime or manga. There is a new set of villains that have never been mentioned before and will never will be mentioned again after the main characters defeat them.

Not just a poor mountaineer, trying to keep his family fed

The main focus of this movie is a collection of things that most Hunter x Hunter fans would like to see and tossing them into a plot blender. I found that the plot to the movie to be decent and one that fits the Hunter x Hunter somewhat although one would have to wonder if the Hunter organization will let a psycho like Hisoka join what need they would have to have a secret section of the group.

Overall this movie tries to be a little bit of a treat to fans of the franchise and does nothing more than that.

the bronze mewtoo (pokemon) for being a totally standard franchise movie

Hunter x Hunter sometimes a boys club isn't so bad

Note this article contains spoilers up to episode 25

Notice anything missing?

In some defiance of my usual anime viewing habits I have started watching Hunter x Hunter. I say this is unusual as I don't normally pick up a nearly two years old show and I almost never mini marathon twenty five episodes of a show in about two weeks. However I found the new Hunter x Hunter series to be quite interesting as thus worth this kind of treatment. I find this series to be quite interesting for several different reasons but the one I would like to talk about now is a bit about the show's view on gender.

I think the most important thing to remember about this show is that Hunter x Hunter is a shonen adventure show. This is to say that this is show aimed at the young male demographic with the intent of entertaining the prospective audience with action and in the case of this particular show thinking puzzles. I have seen several such shows (my knowledge is not exhaustive partially because of the fact that such shows are so incredibly long) and I have noticed a few things that are different about it. Noticeably the lack of a female character in the main cast, and I think that is a good thing.

The tendency with females cast in entertainment directed at males is to label as love interests for the main character. While this is all well and good for some shows, the fact of the matter is not all shows place enough focus on the idea of romantic relationships to warrant their inclusion.

Moreover, the lack of a love interest also creates an important lesson for the boys and younger men for whom this show is targeted. Having goals and working to achieve them doesn't always net you a woman for your effort and life shouldn't always center around finding a love interest. Oftentimes critics will rankle at the idea of a strong female character getting a love interest to the point where they begin to complain when they start noticing the opposite sex. Given this wouldn't one also say that it is a good policy to have high profile chaste male characters as well?

Also there is the issue of what happens after the hunter exam in episodes twenty one through twenty five. In these episodes Killua is manipulated into returning home only only to have the rest of the main cast follow him and attempt to break Killua free from the control of his family. This is very clearly a rescue arc. I can't but think that if there was a female character in the main cast of Hunter x Hunter that she would have been placed in Killua's shoes and the story would have been viewed as a derailment of her character.

In short I think Hunter x Hunter is a stronger adventure show because it dispenses with he idea of love interests and that while diversity in a cast may be preferable in many cases the exclusion of a certain type of person (in this case female) is preferable to weighing down a story with a shoehorned character.

As a side note I do know that there is a main female character added to the cast later. I will comment further after I have seen the greed island arc when she appears.