So, I was going to try and write up an elegant, thoughtful, thankful, post about Hunter x Hunter ending today, but I just…can’t find the words right now. I’m too overwhelmed or bummed or depressed or whatever other emotions I’m feeling right now. But I had to do something.
So, for everyone like me who is feeling a bit down about Hunter x Hunter‘s end, and about the fact that episode 149 won’t come for years, here’s a short guide to help you identify the feelings you may experience in the wake of this great anime leaving us.
Stage 1: Disbelief
Stage 2: Grief
Stage 3: Melancholy
Stage 4: Happy Memories
Stage 5: Explaining Yourself to Others
Stage 6: Relapse
Stage 7: Grudging Acceptance of Reality
Stage 8: Hiding Your Ongoing State of Emotional Wreckage by Insulting Others
Stage 9: Rewatching (aka Denial, “If I rewatch, it’s like it never ended!)
Stage 10: Moving On
Mage in a Barrel 
One minute before the end. That’s how long I lasted before I broke. Those final shots of the four boys got me. I couldn’t. I genuinely do not feel as though it’s over. There’s a genuine emptiness knowing it’s gone..
Excited for my rewatch though! That’ll be fun 🙂
And have this adorable screenshot.
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Whoops. I mean, THIS adorable screenshot.
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Alluka a cute.
What got me was the final shot of Meruem and Komugi’s hands. I was like ohgoshohwhywouldyoudothat ;_;
& yus. I plan to start re-watching next Tuesday. At approximately the same time I have for the last twoish years. At least, I’m hoping I’ll be to the denial stage by then. ^_^”
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IM EMPTY VERY EMPTY I HAVE WATCHED THIS 3 TIMES AND EACH NEEDED1 AND A HALF YEAR BREAK WHAT DO I DO NOW I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GON AND KILLUA AAAAAA
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Just finished watching the last episode. I’m still at Stage 1 😦
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I haven’t watched HxH these days. For the meantime, I will be preparing myself for these stages.
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I’m sure they’ll resume the anime once they have enough manga chapters. Well, that’s what I’m hoping.
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You and me both!
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i just remembered why i stopped watching anime back in 7th grade,
i always got too attached to the anime and the characters. Four years later and i’m still the same… HunterXHunter’s ending hit my heart real bad. THE MOST HEART BREAKING MOMENT IS KILLUA’S FACIAL EXPRESSION WHEN HIM AND GON PARTED BY THE WORLD’S TREE
i need hugs ice-cream and music.
(try pronouncing my name, sounds the same as the ant king’s. lol)
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I want to find out what Kurapika was doing the whole time. He was pretty much absent for the most part of the series.
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