So far HxH, a bit at a time

hobbywhelmed · Post by **hobbywhelmed** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:03 pm

If HxH is old news, just skip this. This is neophyte, new-show primer ponderings!

It's been one - or two - of *those* weeks, but I've been inching (or centimetering, for the Euro crowd) my way into the series. I've seen up to ep 7.

It's a damn good thing they brought in some sympathetic background for Leorio, because I was getting really annoyed with him - he was like the Bill Paxton character in Aliens, all complaints and no redeeming qualities. (Did I miss it, or did they mention the badges were stick-on? Because it was really distracting with him wearing his badge on his bare chest!)

Gon is like - Bambi. But I like him alot (better than Bambi, in fact), he's just too ingenuous not to like. He's like little Goku (DB), but without a tail!

Like Kurapica. It's actually funny how much he intellectualizes about everything. Good for exposition, besides. Such a contrast, actually, because his statement about why he wants to become a hunter and that he's afraid his rage will fade was so emotional, and yet he's obviously well-educated and a rational observer by nature.

Killua is pretty - and interesting. He was so unemotional, unemotional, - and then the expression on his face when Gon talks about tracking Leorio by his cologne!

I'm watching (listening to?) subs, so I was intrigued by what voice they'd give Hisoka - deep and lethal? No, tenorish, but it suits him. I'm surprised they didn't give him that really (to our ears) effete type of voice like they gave Pegasus in Yugioh (and one of the Princes in Basara, who was a really oily, murderous pr*ck too).

The eps seem a little slow-paced, but I'll let that pass, since they're building a pretty complex world and that takes time.

That swamp they had to cross was something - LOVED the "face" in the grass that ate 'em up! (And very glad my lawn is much more well behaved.)

animeobsessed · Post by **animeobsessed** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:16 pm

Well, I just finished the OVAs and have to say I am definitely a fan of the series. Yes, I will agree with others that GI3 was little much, but I still really liked it.

I did like all the characters in this series....except for the random bad guys who you are not supposed to like along the way. Probably why I like the series so much.

I think my favorite would have to be Killua. Hisoka was the character that I least liked in the beginning but my opinion changed more and more as the series progressed. I really wish there would have been more with Kuroro. Gon's stubborness and Kuripica's angst were a little much, but I still really like both characters.

I just want more....they didn't finish it...which is so common in anime!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:38 pm

Well, as I have announced several times, Killua is my favorite character. I love the whole story of growing up as an assassin and not being able to have friends. He seems so cold but really deep inside he's just a kid who wants to have fun. I like him the best because he's the deepest of all the characters. His character design is great too!

Kurapica is my close second fave. The whole mystery of whether he's a he or she's a she. Seriously, I can agrue more that Kurapica is a female than I can male. But as I've stated before in other threads, it really doesn't matter.

Although since those threads, I've thought about it a lot. I go with "she" after having revisited the series.

I wish they would build on Leorio's character. I liked him because for me he was the comic relief. He thinks he's so great and then these kids beat him all the time. He thinks he's such a loner and yet he "needs" Kurapica. He thinks he hates kids but Gon and Killua latch on to him as does he to them.

Gon was the only character I kept thinking "okay enough's enough". He was very annoying. I don't like those kind of characters. He was so naive and so pushy and so stubborn. I kept wondering if he had ANY good qualities.

I don't care one way or another about Hisoka. He's just there. But I was very intrigued by Kuroro. I want to see more about him too.

kira · Post by **kira** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:07 pm

i never thought i'd watch the series. hell i could even pass up the cels.

*points to minions sale*it's her fault.

i'm addicted now!

i have the 1st episode downloaded. downloading 2-5 at the moment.

does anyone know where to find ep 11 and ep 12. i can find all the others but i dont see those.

i havent even watched all this yet. already my statement is correct. i like the evil/psychos first. my favorite already is hisoka.

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:11 pm

It's the BEST SHOW EVER!!!! It takes a while to build up, but at least it's a cute buildup!!!

Greed Island was kind of boring though >_>;;

And Kurapica's a BOY!!!! For CRYING OUT LOUD they show him shirtless in the shower!!!

GAAAAAAH!

kira · Post by **kira** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:13 pm

yay for the nakedness in this show.

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:15 pm

Lynxa wrote: And Kurapica's a BOY!!!! For CRYING OUT LOUD they show him shirtless in the shower!!!

GAAAAAAH!

Girls have clavicles too.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:52 pm

Seriously from that angle, I look like that too. And if you notice in the anime, they don't go that far down. I don't see "his" adam's apple.

BUT it doesn't matter . . . viewer's choice.

My choice - girl.

kira, I got my episodes from box. Did you try there?

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:48 am

Actually they do show his entire chest

Someone around here has a cel of it (which I covet greatly

:) I think it might be Jenn-b?

kira · Post by **kira** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:34 pm

i looked over on box. said nothing found. looked though isohunt and mininova, didnt find them there either.

have ep 1-5. bless you dsl. heh.

i'm getting ep 1-10 from anime influx. animenfo shows where to get the rest but ep 11 and 12. that's why i asked.

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:11 am

Lynxa wrote:Actually they do show his entire chest Someone around here has a cel of it (which I covet greatly :) I think it might be Jenn-b?

Here is jenn-b's cel:
http://jenn.rubberslug.com/gallery/mast ... 847&Page=9.

Kurapica's chest is shown on the cover of manga vol 14, but it's blank, without markings for a boy or a girl. It doesn't even have a line drawn to delineate the right arm from the torso.

kira · Post by **kira** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:52 am

*points above*

so he's unisex like nataku from x.*ducks the flying objects*

hobbywhelmed · Post by **hobbywhelmed** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:38 am

Why is there such doubt about Kurapica's gender? Someone told me it's because of the hair that he seems girly.

Well, fair play in this series, considering there are several females with distinctly penis-like hair bondage going on!

kira · Post by **kira** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:48 pm

lol, hobby!

yay, found eps 11 and 12. what i've watched so far 1-10, i love it.

i'll shut up now.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:00 pm

Congrats on finding your lost episodes, kira!

Enjoy!

Yeah, I have no idea how the question of whether Kurapica is a male or female started. I know when I was watching it I never even thought about it. It was only after I posted here I was watching HxH that people started giving me their opinions. Well, then I had to wonder myself. It was the shower episode that made my decision for me that Kurapica is a female. They don't show that far down. (Remember, cels are painted more than what appears on tv.) And if you're not well-endowed ie flat, the cel cuts off about where you would start to notice. (Boy, that's hard to write pc on the w w w.

)

It was really the moment after the shower when Leorio comes in that put the nail in the coffin for me so to speak. Kurapica's reaction was ALL female.

But as I stated before, it's viewer's choice so kira decide for yourself and no one will try to change your mind.

I think it's fun how a character can be taken in completely different ways. And from the look on the manga cover, sounds like the author is having fun with "the big question" too.