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Hunter x huntr 20111/26/2024 I can only give my own personal opinion that for the most part I don't agree, and feel like the 2011 OST did a sufficient job in adequately conveying the emotional tone for each scene. Here I don't really have any counter-examples to give. That the facade happens to crack relatively early in HxH's case doesn't mean it doesn't fullfil the criteria to be a crapsaccharine world. And even when we get to the swamp part, the monsters have this whimsical design about them that makes it hard to take them seriously, and even the deaths of the contestants (as in when they're dying to the swamp monsters specifically) in this part have an almost comical feel to them.Īnd the point of a crapsaccharine world is that there's a veneer of cheeriness and niceness that hides a much deeper world of darkness, cruelty and/or corruption. Up until that point though, the tone has been nice and cheery for the most part, with some notable exceptions. For example, this one from when Kurapika was entering the Nostrade mansion for the first time: When it comes to what's more memorable, I have the exact opposite experience as you lol Throwaway tracks that were only used once in the 1999 version and didn't even make it to the official OST are still etched in my mind to this day while I remember nothing but generic guitar riffs and cheery percussions from 2011. jungly drums playing in the background while characters are discussing an ominous plan, no track or tempo switch to convey danger/urgency when there is a sudden development (an example of this is that episode where the same track plays from when Zepile is explaining boring antique scams to the kids to when they run out after getting a call from Leorio regarding a Phantom Troupe sighting), and of course, the god awful repetitiveness. But prior to that? I just didn't do it for me. What's "Crapsaccharine" about that?Īs for the soundtrack, it's ultimately subjective and I concede that the 2011 version reached epic status in the Chimera Ant arc. The show literally starts with the contestants having to run an 80km marathon through a damp tunnel and survive carnivorous predators in a swamp land from hell. The HxH world being a nice and cheery world at first is another point I don't fully get. And all of this while still managing to have a decent amount of unforgettable tracks. The tracks are almost all very well suited for the scenes in which they're played, and enhances the emotional impact of the scenes just enough, without stealing the spotlight. In fact, the '99 show as a whole fails in that regard, by having the tone and feel of the show be excessively dark in the beginning, even though that's antithetical to the setting as portrayed in the manga.Īs for not standing out enough, I think it stands out just the right amount. In comparison, the '99 OST, while it's definitely a great soundtrack (having listened to it again), fails in that regard. You're supposed to be deceived into thinking it's a nice, cheery and upbeat world at first, and the soundtrack does a great job in upholding that illusion at first. The setting of HxH is pretty much a "Crapsaccharine World". Most of the 2011 soundtrack is seared into memory for me, while I had to relisten to the '99 OST to remember them again. I've watched both the '99 anime (when I was a kid), and the 2011 version as it aired. Funimation (sub | dub | region dependent).As of episode 148, the anime has reached chapter 339.Where's the anime in relation to the manga?.Furthermore, use the spoiler button if there are spoilers inside your link/text post. You can also use the legacy code for spoilers, to make Latest Chapter Spoilers, use: (/s "your spoiler")įor link/text posts, don't put any spoilers in the post's title. To hide the spoiler with the official tag put the text between >! and !!your spoiler!<ĭo not put a space after the first exclamation mark, it will break the tag and make the text visible. important character deaths, secret identities, and major plot twists) for up to a year. And you must also spoiler tag Major Spoilers (i.e. any/all the events/information in the latest chapter) for up to a week. You must spoiler tag Latest Chapter Spoilers (i.e. Latest Chapter Discussion Latest Episode Discussion List of Official Discussion Threads | Schedule: Tuesdays ( The Dank Continent)
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