Hunter x Hunter

Hunter x Hunter looks like a standard shonen adventure and then refuses to behave like one. Yoshihiro Togashi's manga, represented here in its collected volumes, keeps reinventing its rules as Gon's search for his father pushes the story into genuinely dark territory, with combat governed by the elaborate Nen system rather than simple power escalation.

The property spans manga, two anime series, films and a fighting-game cameo. The 1999 adaptation is fondly remembered, but the 2011 series is the definitive version and arguably the best-paced shonen adaptation ever produced, faithful to the manga's structural ambition. The theatrical entries Phantom Rouge and The Last Mission are minor by comparison, and a Jump Force appearance keeps the cast in the crossover-fighter rotation. The catch, as ever, is Togashi's notorious hiatuses, which leave the source story perpetually unfinished.

The Hunter x Hunter franchise spans 2 series, 2 books, 4 films in the CrossBinge catalog.