I'm now waist deep into the Chimera Ant Arc, and indeed as promised, it is one of the best Arcs I've had to watch in a Shonen anime. I will admit though, once you're past the 106 mark (I'm currently at 115), the narration can get obnoxious real fast. I'm cool if the narrator shows up for the odd moment to add to the subtleties, but goodness! To have everything telegraphed by the narrator is really not going down good for me as it takes my immersion away and the subtle nature of some of the events are marred...
I feel like the series has always treated me like an intelligent viewer, why become so aggressive with the narration now? I'm pretty sure I can still follow without the smothering narration. If they want to really give exposition, they may as well let the characters themselves be the source of their own exposition, at least it won't completely break the immersion and it would feel a lot more authentic because I'm sure they'd only do so for the subtle moments like the *SPOILER* moment when the team meets youpi for the 1st time while also encountering the Dragon Dive, and every other character marvels at Gon's (followed up by Killua) quick grasp/analysis of the situation.*END OF SPOILER*.
Well, that became more of a rant than I anticipated
/end rant
I only rant because I love you Hunter x Hunter.





