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HUNTER X HUNTER: Episodes 1-2 FULL LENGTH Reaction! (Patreon)

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2025-12-09 14:00:06
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*INAUGURAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*

00:00 Introduction 12:12 Episode 1 Reaction 34:39 Episode 2 Reaction 58:20 Episode 1 & 2 Discussion

It's a journey 5 years in the making on this channel, but I'm finally sitting down and PROPERLY going through Hunter x Hunter! I've seen "parts" of it long ago (more on that in the intro) but it's going to be SO much fun going back through what I "know" and getting to the new content with you all! I'm excited to try new things with these reactions and hope you all are ready for this show with me! Let's do this!

LINK TO PIP REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/tD6NoJjyTfcUCgPTZneNh5

Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!

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Romania Black - HUNTER X HUNTER: Episodes 1-2 Reaction! DEPARTURE x FRIENDS x TEST x OF x TESTS?!

LINK TO PIP REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/tD6NoJjyTfcUCgPTZneNh5 **INAUGURAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS** 00:00 Introduction 12:12 Episode 1 Reaction 34:39 Episode 2 Reaction 58:20 Episode 1 & 2 Discussion It's a journey 5 years in the making on this channel, but I'm finally sitting down and PROPERLY going through Hunter x Hunter! I've seen "parts" of it long ago (more on that in the intro) but it's going to be SO much fun going back through what I "know" and getting to the new content with you all! I'm excited to try new things with these reactions and hope you all are ready for this show with me! Let's do this! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #hunterxhunter #hxh #hxh2011 #hunterxhunteranime Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

Comments

L Freya

I had a great time watching these two episodes along with the discussion, thanks! I've seen the series a few times now, so I'll be careful about spoilers! I'm super excited to rewatch it again here, and get all the little details I never notice called out, especially all the fun shipping ones too! And getting two episodes a week? What is this binging we've unlocked!? I feel so spoiled, and I'm all for it! I'm definitely happy to get the 2011 version, I think if you planned on watching both back-to-back doing it in order would make the most sense, but I don't remember too much of the other version, despite seeing it once quite a while ago. Perhaps the two are not that dissimilar to FMA/FMA:B, which I have seen FMA:B many times through watching reactions, but FMA only once. These first two episodes sure cover a lot of ground (and sea!), enjoy all the call outs to One Piece, Trigun, FMA and other shows! Despite having so much to setup in the beginning, the pacing feels really good to me, and the story moves along nicely! Leorio has a bit of that Vash in him maybe with the haircut? I don't know, maybe not! It is interesting to hear the comments about the styles of all the characters not meshing together at all! Reminds me of when you play a game and they release a bonus DLC character, but they have no business in that game world!!! Only this would be like if the game was solely comprised of DLC characters meshed together, like Smash Bros perhaps! I can't wait for more next week! 😊

Whim

Let's gooo, HxH! That shot of them in the thumbnail is so wholesome! I’m grateful that we’re getting two episodes per reaction, that sounds like a good pace to me! Hunter x Hunter was my third ever anime I watched, so this series holds a special place in my heart. I’m looking forward to hearing your honest thoughts about it! Love the reaction and discussion (and shipping)! Yeah, I really like how wacky and non-uniform the HxH character designs and outfits are, like you mentioned. Togashi said “Dress code, who?” Thanks for reminding me that HxH’s mangaka is married to Sailor Moon’s mangaka, the power couple they are! I’m not sure about some of the other mangakas you mentioned, but Togashi is good friends with Kishimoto, the mangaka of Naruto. I think the Pokemon game with the dad you brought up is the Hoenn games, right? Norman? OK, I just realized that Brendan and May in Pokemon Emerald have the same color palette as Gon: green and orange haha. I could totally see Gon with a Treeko! Btw love all the Pokemon comparisons! Leorio’s actually voiced by Keiji Fujiwara, the same VA as Maes Hughes! You were spot on with saying Leorio should be in FMA. Keiji Fujiwara very sadly passed away from cancer in 2020 at age 55. RIP. The screenshots/visuals during the discussion are a really nice addition, especially when Whiteboard-kun isn’t around. Happy to dive into some voice actor info! Gon is voiced by Megumi Han - Momiji (Fruits Basket), Meimei and Young Jinshi (Apothecary Diaries), Makoto Kurume (Skip & Loafer), Miki (Devilman Crybaby). Kurapika is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro - Shion (Psycho-Pass), Daki (Demon Slayer - demon from S2 Entertainment District), Hanako Koyanagi (Wotakoi), Olivia (Pokemon Sun & Moon anime), Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall). Leorio is voiced by Keiji Fujiwara - Maes Hughes (FMA/FMAB), Hannes (AOT), Byakuya Ishigami (Dr. Stone), Sakuya Togane (Psycho-Pass), Shuichi Aizawa (Death Note), Boss (Mob Psycho - biker gang leader ghost in S1 Ep 1), Mewtwo (Smash Bros.). Mito is voiced by Keiko Han - Luna and Queen Beryl (Sailor Moon). The captain is voiced by Kenji Utsumi - Alex Louis Armstrong (FMA/FMAB), Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes).

Generation Wumbo

Since I am sure someone else will mention it eventually, just gonna paraphrase the famous tweet about HxH: Hunter x Hunter is about a boy whose father left one day to buy cigarettes and never came back so the boy is determined to head out on a grand quest. Not necessarily to find his dad, but to find out why cigarettes are so amazing. Legitimately my favorite manga/anime ever! Togashi is a genius and you are in for a long long ride! Not too much to say plotwise about the first couple episodes apart from the fact that early HxH is clearly Togashi's love letter to the classics of the genre. Early HxH does feel quite retro in a lot of mostly good ways now and while there are a handful of things that grate against modern sensitives, it has aged quite well generally. Also, very interesting to watch this after The Summer Hikaru Died. I have many Thoughts about Mokumoku Ren's choice to make Hunter x Hunter the protags favorite series in Hikanatsu, but those will have to wait lol. People often compare it to very early Dragonball (the big fish and Gon's hair are very Goku) which I think is a stated influence but it is a funny one because Togashi is actually from more or less the same generation as people like Akira Toriyama and Rumiko Takahashi although unlike them he didn't get his big break during his 20s. He is only about 10 years younger and by the time he started HxH had already written multiple commercially successful series which is a wildly unusual position to be in for a dude starting a 27+ year run in Jump. That is probably why he seems to be able to do whatever he wants while everyone else has editors breathing down their necks. That was rather infamously not the case with Yu Yu Hakusho which is why Hunter x Hunter is very much Togashi Unbound. I saw a Japanese TV program once where they visited editorial at Jump and there happened to be a new HxH manuscript and you could definitely feel the respect and deference towards Togashi. Many shounen tropes were already old-hat by the time Toriyama and especially Togashi started writing, but I do think Togashi is interesting in that he is both one of the major authors of the 80s to early 90s period that really gave us the "modern shounen manga" as it is now as well as someone who has hung around long enough to really play with the genre in ways that very few get the clout to do. They are by wildly different authors with very different interests, but that commonality is actually what first drew me to Chainsaw Man. Apart from a few quibbles early on, the 2011 adaptation is something of a miracle in my opinion. Hunter x Hunter is very fortunate for being both a remarkably consistent commercial success and also something of a creatives favorite (as in other manga artists, animators, etc.) which is perhaps why it got such a stellar adaptation compared to its less fortunate peers. Despite its inconsistent publication schedule, on a per volume basis it sells comparably to something like My Hero Academia and by all accounts the 2011 adaptation was considered a success despite being basically one of the last new non-seasonal long-running shounen adaptations (Boruto started later if that counts as new, but even that and One Piece have now dropped the format in favor of taking time off.) I work partially in Japan now and have a lot of contact with young people. Obviously, the biggest media is always whatever is currently airing or hyped, but the staying power of HxH is actually somewhat remarkable. Maybe the fact that it has never ended strangely makes it seem more approachable and modern or maybe it is the fact that Madhouse is owned by one of the major TV networks, but I definitely run into way more kids with strong opinions on HxH than Naruto or Bleach these days. It is no One Piece, but it was very striking when I first started chatting about this kind of thing and had to learn what series would get responses versus glassy-eyed stares. The other series that really seem to endure despite becoming "old" are sports series which kids presumably encounter during their club activities at school (basketball kids start Slam Dunk, volleyball kids start Haikyuu, maybe they tell their friends about them, etc.) Lastly, to anyone looking for another in-depth perspective on the series to go with your watch-along. I highly recommend the podcast Media Club Plus that just finished a long running series on HxH with four hosts, one of whom was a total newbie. It has really great lengthy discussions that remind me a lot of what Romania gets up to (intertextuality! queer readings!) It is probably too spoiler-y for Romania because while they avoid spoilers, the hosts will sometimes ask the first-timer questions in a way that is somewhat leading, but I highly recommend people who dig this kind of analysis check it out especially once it hits its stride.

Generation Wumbo

One cute bonus note about Keiko Han who voices Mito. She is the mother of Megumi Han who voices Gon!

Plore

Hello! Mod here! I absolutely adore this comment, but it's a bit to heavy on talking about the series as a whole, while romania has still only seen two episodes! But i will certainly point her back to this comment when she's a bit farther along!

romaniablack

Thank you! I'm so excited as well!! Thank you for the comment!!

romaniablack

Thank you so much for the kind words and the comment! And ahhh, I’m glad that the format worked! And yessss, I really am excited about two episodes a week! I have the same experience with FMAB and FMA - I think reading the manga after each arc will at least help with what’s left out of the 2011 version. Hahaha, ground and sea covered! And yeah, I’m honestly surprised with the pacing - it’s way better than I expected! The spiky hair and glasses does help Leorio look like he’s a Trigun character. That is so funny for the DLC bonus character - or Smash Brothers - I can so see that! Thank you so much! I’m excited for this coming week, too!

romaniablack

HXH TIME!! I love how the thumbnail turned out! And yesss, I’m glad the two episodes work out for everyone! I can already see how this series is special and I’m really getting excited about it and to shipppppp! No dress code, here! And Mangaka POWER COUPLE! That’s so interesting about Togashi being friends with Naruto’s mangaka! I love when mangaka are friends! Norman in the Pokemon universe sounds about right! And ahhhh, Gon would SO pick Treeko! That is so true; this series gives such 90’s Pokemon vibes and I’m here for it. OHHHHHH DAMNNNN - SPOT ON! That’s exactly the character I was thinking of! That’s so sad about them passing; RIP Keiji Fujiwara! I love all the VA info as well! Yes, if Whiteboard-kun is around, I probably won’t have the screenshots, but I like the idea of adding them when Whiteboard-kun takes a break, haha! So I’m glad that works out! Thank you so much for the comment and kind words!! I’m so excited for this series!

romaniablack

HAHAHA - no, that description is so perfect to describe Ging and why Gon is after him! I’m excited for the long ride and to re-discover and discover this series in full attention! I mean, we have ((Killua x Gon)) for Hikaru x Yoshiki, but yes, that may have to wait! I’m sure as we go I’ll have more comparisons to make! And yes, the early Dragonball vibes are THERE with Gon and these first few episodes! I can so see that whimsical-ness in the comparison! That is REALLY interesting about Togashi as an author, so thank you for that information! And ohhhh yes, Fujimoto you can tell with Chainsaw Man is taking a lot of “old tropes” and completely smacking them to pieces with a rake, haha! I’m excited to watch the 2011 version; it’s what I started with, so it’s what I wanted to watch. And I’ll have the manga to look at to see what was changed from the 1999 version to the 2011 version. I LOVE that you can see the staying power of HxH in Japan, still. That’s so awesome! And honestly, as someone that’s read/watched One Piece, I can attest that the One Piece draw is real and earned. And honestly, rewatching Slam Dunk right now, it’s staying power is so earned as well. :3 Thanks for the recommendation - I sadly don’t get to watch hardly any other reactors because of spoilers, but glad there’s a podcast doing long-form content that’s similar to mine! That’s awesome; thanks for that and for the comment and support!