Could anyone tell me why the Chimera Ant Arc is bad without spoiling it?
At first the arc was alright as it introduced old characters again and continued on where the original left of, but after that it went down hill.
There were a bunch of new characters added with only one I really like, who is gone now, the writing got sloppy and a some of the stuff they say doesn't even make sense. The climax of the arc was (and still is) done very poorly, instead of having it play out and letting us watch it has been dragged on at an incredibly slow pace and instead of watching what happens it was all narrated. So when you'd want to see crazy fights you'd just see someone standing there and the narrator saying "and he was thinking about how this is bad and he had to do stuff" effectively milking the entire arc for as many episodes as possible.
Then to top it off it is simply the most ass-pull out of any of the arcs, it's gone the way of "that happened because I say it did" and "you can be as strong as the sun if you're mad enough"
I mean it's still watchable but the arc is pretty bland, I still prefer the original HxH by far.
On the subject of mangos, I've barely read any physical copies. I like to read them and all but once I've finished a book, which doesn't take long, I then have no need for it and they're pretty expensive.
Online is best way.