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The Worst Episodes of Hunter x Hunter

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Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 26 - Then × And × After
    5.1/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Then × And × After

    S1:E26

    A letter from Gon arrives at Whale Island for Mito... (A recap of everything that has happened.)

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  2. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 13 - Letter x From x Gon
    5.2/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Letter x From x Gon

    S1:E13

    Gon decides to send a letter to his aunt Mito in order to inform her about the events that had happened during his journey. He started to narrate the story on the events starting from the preliminary Hunter exam to the point when he met Leorio, Kurapika, Killua and the other examinees.

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  3. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 59 - Bid x And x Haste
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Bid x And x Haste

    S1:E59

    The game Greed Island, which holds a clue to finding Ging, is finally on auction. Gon and Killua ask the winning buyer to hire them as players, but they're told that their Nen is too weak. They begin to work on special abilities so they can be selected as players.

    Director:Woo Seung-wook
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  4. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 48 - Very x Sharp x Eye
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Very x Sharp x Eye

    S1:E48

    Gon, Killua, and Leorio are trying to get their hands on enough money to buy Greed Island. As they pass through the market, Gon stumbles across a way to identify valuable items. The plan is to buy cheap and sell low, but someone else is bidding on all their items.

    Director:Tomonari Tanaka
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  5. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 60 - End x And x Beginning
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #5 - End x And x Beginning

    S1:E60

    Gon and Killua are trying to get themselves chosen as Greed Island players. Tsezgerra, the judge, says that he will make his decision after they show him his Nen. Only 32 of the 200 applicants will pass.

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  6. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 62 - Reality? x And x Raw
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Reality? x And x Raw

    S1:E62

    Gon and Killua set off for Masadora in search of spell cards. On the way, they run into many different monsters. However, they struggle against some of the stronger monsters. A girl named Biscuit watches as they fight their way through.

    Director:Lin Mingwei
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  7. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 10 - Trick x To The x Trick
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Trick x To The x Trick

    S1:E10

    A female prisoner claim that Majitani is only unconscious, thus Kurapika's match has not been settled. Leorio, and even Killua cannot persuade Kurapika to finish the fight for the latter refuses to fight a person who has lost the will to fight. Frustrated, Leorio decides to use the majority rule as a way out of the difficulty but no one supports him. Elsewhere Hisoka is met by Togari, a former examiner whom Hisoka attacked and is now wanting revenge. Togari attacks with four crescent blades, only to be finished with one sweeping attack. Hisoka then becomes the first applicant to pass this phase. Meanwhile, the team suspects Majitani's real condition. The female prisoner challenges Leorio to have a betting game instead. Leorio agrees and bets ten hours that Majitani is alive, which he wins. Next, he bets twenty hours on Majitani feigning unconsciousness. To confirm, he brings Majitani to the edge of the platform and threatens to drop him. Seeing that, the prisoner changes her bet to forty hours on Majitani being conscious. When he is about to be dropped by Leorio, Majitani moves and admits defeat, putting the score at 2 - 1 in favor of Leorio's team. However, they only have 20 hours left to wager

    Director:Tetsuo Yajima
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  8. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 61 - Invitation x And x Friend
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Invitation x And x Friend

    S1:E61

    Gon and Killua have finally made it inside the world of Greed Island, their clue to finding Ging. However, all they found was a message from Ging telling Gon to enjoy the game. Their first step is to find a city and gather information. There, they receive an invitation to join a group that's trying to clear the game.

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Shouji Yonemura

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  9. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 8 - Decision x By x Majority?
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Decision x By x Majority?

    S1:E8

    The airship reaches Trick Tower, the Phase Three site, which is a tall featureless pillar built on an equally high platform. The candidates are told that to pass Phase 3, they have to climb down from the top to the base of the tower. An experienced rock climber candidate tries to climb down but is eaten by some flying monsters. Later, Kurapika finds that more than half of the candidates have discovered hidden doors to go inside the tower, which Gon finds one as well. However, the catch is that there are many hidden doors, each one can be only used once and only one person can fit through a door, which means they have to split up. When they try out different doors, they realize that they end up in the same room. In the room, Gon's group are given instructions and special wristwatches for five of them to follow the majority, but they cannot proceed without a fifth member. Lippo, one of the Phase 3 examiners tells them this while explaining they have chosen the path of majority rule.

    Director:Yukiyo Teramoto
    Writer:Fumiyo Sakai

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  10. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 14 - Hit x The x Target
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Hit x The x Target

    S1:E14

    Gon learns to master his accuracy with his pole to try and steal Hisoka's number plate.Finally mastering it,He decides to steal it when Hisoka is busy catching his Prey.

    Director:Chie Yamashiro
    Writer:Atsushi Maekawa

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  11. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 17 - Trap x In The x Hole
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Trap x In The x Hole

    S1:E17

    Killua grows tired of having Imori shadowing him so he challenges Imori to a fight and quickly dispatches him. Meanwhile, Gon has joined up with Leorio and Kurapika. The three of them devise a plan for taking Ponzu's tag and track her down to a suspicious-looking cave. That is when Leorio insists on heading in alone.

    Director:Woo Seung-wook
    Writer:Shouji Yonemura

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  12. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 18 - Big x Time x Interview
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Big x Time x Interview

    S1:E18

    Gon and his friends have been trapped inside a cave by poisonous snakes. Bourbon, the person responsible for the trap, is already dead, and nobody knows how to disarm the trap. Meanwhile, Leorio, who was bitten by the snakes, is growing weak. Gon manages to get them out of the sticky situation and through to the final phase of the exam. But first, Netero wants an interview with each of the remaining applicants...

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  13. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 25 - Can't See x if x You're x Blind!
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Can't See x if x You're x Blind!

    S1:E25

    Gon, Kurapika and Leorio arrive at the Butler's Quarters, where the Head Butler entertains them while waiting for Killua. But just what game does he have in mind, and what are the stakes?

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Yasushi Hirano

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  14. Hunter x Hunter Season 2 Episode 67 - 15 x 15
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #14 - 15 x 15

    S2:E67

    Team Genthru now has 96 different types of restricted slot cards after tricking Team Tsegzerra. Gon and Killua receive an invitation from other players to team up to prevent Genthru from beating the game. They head to Soufrabi to monopolize Patch of Shore, one of the cards Genthru is missing.

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  15. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 11 - Trouble x With The x Gamble
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Trouble x With The x Gamble

    S1:E11

    After winning the bet about Majitani, Leroute, as what the prisoner is named, bets with Leorio about her gender. Despite looking conspicuously female, Leorio, much to Killua and Kurapika's annoyance, bets that she is male. Leorio thinks that team wins if he is correct; and if he is wrong, he will be able to touch Leroute to confirm. Leorio is wrong and goes on to check Leroute. Leorio then challenges Leroute in rock, paper, scissors, and loses. Killua then faces the feared mass murderer Johness the Dissector. Killua rips Johness' heart in an instant and even have it covered in a piece of Johness' cloth. The latter pleads for his heart, and Killua returned it after he is dead. The team thus gathers three points and pass the trial, but they are forced to wait the 50 hours that Leorio has lost with his bets in a small room. Meanwhile, applicants Gittarackur and Hanzo become the second and third one to finish the third phase.

    Director:Kim Min-sun
    Writer:Fumiyo Sakai

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  16. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 15 - Explosion x Of x Deception!
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Explosion x Of x Deception!

    S1:E15

    Gon is relying on Bloodcrazy Butterflies to find his target, Hisoka, before waiting for the perfect time to use his skill with the fishing rod to snatch Hisoka's tag. Meanwhile, Leorio is tricked by Tonpa and loses his own tag, but Kurapika helps him recover it. Now that Kurapika and Leorio know that neither is the other's target, they decided to form an alliance.

    Director:Naomi Nakayama
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  17. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 40 - Nen x Users x Unite?
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Nen x Users x Unite?

    S1:E40

    Kurapika and the other job candidates have to battle their way out of the employers mansion... if they ever hope of obtaining any of the items they even need for the job.

    Director:Tomonari Tanaka
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  18. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 41 - Gathering x Of x Heroes!
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Gathering x Of x Heroes!

    S1:E41

    The biggest auction in the world is about to take place in York New City. The Phantom Troupe leader, Chrollo, has instructed the members to gather in the city. For what purpose? The band of murdering thieves is about to make its move.

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  19. Hunter x Hunter Season 3 Episode 137 - Debate x Among x Zodiacs
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #19 - Debate x Among x Zodiacs

    S3:E137

    To ensure that Netero's last wish will be followed, Ging convinces the other members of the Zodiacs to procede with the election according to some rules defined by him. However, after the first round of voting, a winner is not decided and a second round begins. Meanwhile, Illumi informs Hisoka about Gon's condition and asks for his help to ensure Killua's safety as well, in a plan that somehow involves a fifth, yet unrevealed member of the Zoldyck siblings.

    Director:Woo Seung-wook
    Writer:Shouji Yonemura

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  20. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 6 - A x Surprising x Challenge
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #20 - A x Surprising x Challenge

    S1:E6

    Gon and Kurapika reunite with Leorio and Killua at the Phase Two site. Satotz leads what remains of the candidates to meet the second phase examiners, named Menchi and Buhara. The examiners declare the next phase is to test their cooking skills, much to the candidates' disbelief. The test requires pork, so the candidates are sent to find pigs in the forest. However, the pigs living inside the forest are carnivorous and tear through the candidates. Thanks to Gon, they discover the pigs' weakness and they manage to each get one for their cooking. Upon tasting the candidates' cooking, Buhara gives a pass but Menchi fails all of them. Knowing the candidates will riot, Satotz informs Chairman Netoros of the Hunter Selection Committee to make an appearance. Netoros arrives to correct Menchi's habit of getting biased whenever it's related to cooking. Netoros allows Menchi to stay on as examiner, and she gives the candidates a retest: boil eggs laid by spider eagles on Mt. Split-in-Half.

    Director:Masaki Matsumura
    Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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  21. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 12 - Last x Test Of x Resolve!
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Last x Test Of x Resolve!

    S1:E12

    The team stays inside a small room for fifty hours and keep themselves from getting bored. Then they spend the remaining time going to a series of traps and tricks. At the last room, they encountered two doors and are forced to either choose the long and hard path (45 hours) in which all of them may use or the shortcut (about 3 minutes) wherein two of them must be left behind. As disputes break out among them, Gon comes up with an ingenious idea of opening the long way and breaking through the wall to go to the shortcut so all five of them pass this phase.

    Director:Tomonari Tanaka
    Writer:Yasushi Hirano

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  22. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 38 - Reply x From x Dad!
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Reply x From x Dad!

    S1:E38

    Gon and Killua have begun to listen to the cassette tape left behind by Ging in anticipation of Gon becoming a Hunter.

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Yasushi Hirano

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  23. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 39 - Wish x And x Promise!
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Wish x And x Promise!

    S1:E39

    Having learned his Nen ability, Kurapika pursues a Hunter's work that will get him close to the New York auction.

    Director:Woo Seung-wook
    Writer:Tsutomu Kamishiro

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  24. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 46 - Chasing x and x Waiting
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #24 - Chasing x and x Waiting

    S1:E46

    Uvogin was able to escape with some help from his fellow bandits. However, after the blow to his pride, he is determined to track down and Kurapika and defeat him. Kurapika realizes that the Phantom Troupe has identified their location and moves the boss to a safe place while awaiting the Phantom Troupe's arrival by himself.

    Director:Woo Seung-wook
    Writer:Yasushi Hirano

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  25. Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episode 53 - Fake x And x Psyche
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #25 - Fake x And x Psyche

    S1:E53

    The leader of the Phantom Troupe is dead... Kurapika is shocked by the news. Unconvinced, he tries to get a glimpse of the body. Meanwhile, the dead bodies of the other Troupe members have been discovered.

    Director:Hiroyasu Aoki
    Writer:Shouji Yonemura

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Then × And × After" is the worst rated episode of "Hunter x Hunter". It scored 5.1/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Hiroyasu Aoki and written by Atsushi Maekawa, it aired on 4/15/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Letter x From x Gon".