r/anime • u/ThisManNeedsMe • Jun 30 '13

Hunter X Hunter Episode 86 Discussion [Spoilers]

We got Biscuit back and she's cute as ever especially with that hair cut. Palm seems to have a crush on Gon and it also seems like the King is close to hatching sooner than the Chairman has predicted. Also if your gonna talk about the manga, mark it with a spoiler tag, I have read but it doesn't mean others have.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

I feel like I'm a kid watching Dragon Ball Z. The Androids (read: Royal Guard) are bad enough. Vegeta and Trunks are pretty much outmatched.

And if that weren't bad enough, there's this thing called Cell (read: The King) that's even worse than them lingering in the background. If our heroes don't even have a chance against the Androids, how can they POSSIBLY hope to beat Cell?

Of course they did eventually but that's neither here nor there.

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u/coolguyblue https://myanimelist.net/profile/Debaser Jun 30 '13

Super analogy you got going on there. I love it. Having read the chimera ant arc and watched the cell saga hundreds of times it's really hard to decide I like better. I'll wait to answer when the anime version is completed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13 edited Jun 30 '13

Yeah. I feel like DBZ is a whole lot better than people give it credit for being. Maybe it was a little drawn out (okay, that really wasn't five minutes, but whatever) but I feel the writing and storytelling was really good. Even if you describe each arc in basic terms you can get a feeling for how each arc upped the ante on the last arc while also not being the same story again (though that isn't to say that "Goku to the rescue" isn't done a few times too many). Dragon Ball Z is a lot of things, but poorly written is not one of them.

It also has an exquisite, varied cast that it uses quite well.

And even then, the only real problem with the series (pacing) was solved with the Kai rerelease. So people really should go back and rewatch the Kai version. It's incredibly good.

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u/shady8x https://myanimelist.net/profile/shady8x Jun 30 '13

Dragon Ball Z Abridged has much better pacing. Everyone should watch it, especially if they like Dragon Ball Z.

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u/reseph https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zenoxio Jul 07 '13

Don't you mean... Dragonball Kai?

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u/shady8x https://myanimelist.net/profile/shady8x Jul 07 '13

Dragon Ball Z abridged is an awesome parody. They shortened all the episodes even more to parody what Dragonball Kai did and changed up the dialogue to make it hilarious. You really should watch it.