If you have not seen this anime yet you should definitely give it a shot. I promise it will not disappoint.
For the best experience, begin the show from the 1999 version. It has a much better start than the 2011 version. You should pick up the 2011 version at episode 53 and continue till the end of the anime. All of the following things I am about to say could easily be fixed by starting out with this version and moving on to the 2011 version. Most changes from the 1999 version to the 2011 version were for the worse. I think the producers felt like neglecting the initial episodes of the anime as they were already covered in the 1999 version.
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That's all that I can find in the 148 episodes of the show. Everything other than these was brilliant. Amazing art, music and character development and once you will start watching you will find it hard to stop. I watched the whole thing in 3 days during my vacation. Just to list a few amazing aspects of this show amongst the many would be:
One of the cutest moments of the show according to me was during the Hunter exam arc where they were going to stay in an island for a week. They had to defend their badge and also get badges from others to make a total of 6 points. After everyone were given their badges, all did the smart thing and hid their badges so no one can easily figure out who their target is. It was during this time that Gon and Killua were asking each other about their badge numbers where each was a little bit reluctant to tell the other about their number at first. They had just been friends for only a few days after all. After a while though they decided to share their numbers anyways. That moment was so cute and cool. It was butchered in the 2011 version, but the 1999 version did it very well.
The scene where Meruem was starting to respect human beings, starting to realize that there are other aspects to appreciate in life other than absolute power (brute strength) from Komugi. But then he was swayed back to the dark side by his Royal Guards. After that he decides to go and kill Komugi, but as he enters he sees that an eagle is hurting her. The realization that even if he did nothing Komugi will die. Killing Komugi is not some amazing achievement. And finally to the conclusion that it is the duty of the strong to protect the weak after realizing which he kills the eagle. That scene was SO AMAZING! It alone could make this anime separate itself from any other out there.
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