This is where Killua truly gets to shine without Gon, temporarily assuming the role of protagonist and putting his near-140 episodes of growth to the test. I’ve already written about how Killua Zoldyck is the best character not just in Hunter x Hunter, but in fiction at large, and I think he’s the main reason as to why the Election arc trumps all of the other stories in Hunter x Hunter. Every episode is constructed with depth in mind, as opposed to some sort of visual or narrative pizazz - a trap that Chimera Ants often barely hovers over.
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However, with the entire premise of the series behind it, it’s able to tackle its subject matter with immense brevity. The Election arc is far shorter, containing just 12 episodes. With the pretext of Chimera Ants in your mind’s eye, you can carefully place the Election arc on said tee and smack it into the stratosphere.
While I’m a big fan of Long Gon and recognize the high caliber to which the Killua vs Youpi and Meruem vs Netero fights are written and animated, Chimera Ants, for me, is just a very competent tee for the Election arc that follows it.
Many people consider this exceptionally long arc to be Hunter x Hunter writer Yoshihiro Togashi’s magnum opus, although I’m inclined to disagree. This is important, because after seeing Gon and his pals use their newfound knowledge of Nen in Yorknew City and Greed Island, Gon and Killua are tasked with battling the nefarious Chimera Ants in NGL. The Hunter’s Exam adroitly introduces us to our main cast, while Heaven’s Arena - despite its short runtime - explains the mysterious properties of Nen, which serves as the core foundation for the power dynamics we witness over the course of the next 100+ episodes. Anyway, the ridiculously high quality of every episode means that pretty much every single Hunter x Hunter arc is exceptional in its own right. I’m a firm believer that Hunter x Hunter (2011) has no bad episodes - except for episode six, which simply does not exist.
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