Hunter X Hunter Episode 93
What They Say:
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Hunter x Hunter threw a whole lot of stuff at us the last time around and has shifted the balance of power a bit as the Chimera Ants aren’t quite who they were before, now that there is a King. With a far more vicious and brutal leader in play now, the show takes an already dangerous enemy that felt like it went beyond what the show would do and it leapfrogged over it by a huge degree. Seeing the King and his couple of immediate servants and what they do to keep him fed and happy was intense and makes for someone that is going to be a huge challenge ahead. One that, in the end, you hope the boys aren’t central in defeating because they’ve just made him such an opponent that it’s going to be hard to grapple with unless something significant happens ahead. And that will be only more apparent as we see the King of the Chimera Ants progress further in the human world and cause trouble.
We see more of how the King is going through in acquiring more and more understanding of the human world and how it defies logic, as well as gaining a rather attractive mansion as his new Meat Plantation where he’ll make his grander plans to deal with the cattle that is humanity that he wants to feed on. It’s a touch slow but it has the right amount of menace to it as we see him deal with the few people he’s come into contact with and as others understand how he uses his victims aura to grow. When the show shifts back to Gon and Killua, it definitely doesn’t have quite the same intensity, but there is some danger to be had as the boys meet up with Palm and she makes it clear what she wants out of Gon at this stage for her help is a date with him. That freaks out Killua of course, but Gon is pretty much up for it. Amusingly, Gon may be pretty worldly when it comes to this based on what he tells Killua about his own past, but you know there’s got to be a hitch.
The episode moves across a few different things here as it unfolds and having that aspect of it after some recent intense episodes is definitely worthwhile. The Chimera Ants are expanding their reach, Gon’s going through his plans and both of them are continuing to change. Killua is hilarious to watch as he observes the date from a distance, but the date itself is just the best since Palm changes herself from her usual appearance and it makes for a really cute time watching the two of them together. The two are just adorable as they go through some of the more standard things you’d have on a date, even a very chaste one, and it’s simply a good time in the middle of larger problems facing the world, which Killua comes into contact with all too briefly while watching them and trying to not spoil their date.
In Summary:
Hunter x Hunter brought a lot of things to the forefront in the previous episode and while there is a sense that it really needed to be followed up in a stronger way here, it’s good that we lightened the mood just a bit after all that has happened. Giving us a bit of time with the King at the start shows where he’s headed at the moment and keeps him firmly in play, but a return to the boys after being away for a bit was definitely welcome as well, and to make it light and simple for a lot of it was for the best as I suspect they have some really dark times ahead that will be dealt with. The show continues to be going in good directions here, certainly better than the last two arc, and I’m curious to see just how far it’ll go.
Grade: B
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.