The BEST episodes of Hunter x Hunter season 1
Every episode of Hunter x Hunter season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hunter x Hunter season 1!
Gon's father, long believed to be dead, is still alive and was once one of the greatest Hunters in existance. Gon believes he will be able to meet his father once he himself becomes a Hunter. However, before he can become a Hunter, he has to pass the Hunter Exam first, an exam made of numerous tasks and dangerous trials.
#1 - Spider Reunion X Zoaldyeck Family X Final Battle
Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 3/17/2001
Some assassins battle Kururo but in vain. Mafia dons become impatient, and the Zoldycks calm them down. Zeno extends his En to 100 m radius, searching the building to find Kururo. Other Genei Ryodan members advance, easily slauthering the entire mafia force. Kuraptika notices Neon's pictures on Internet (on hunters-only website) and reports this to Nostrado, who also arrives at the auction.
#2 - Spider's Nest X Captured X Assassin Technique
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 3/3/2001
Gon and Killua are questioned about the "chain dude" but cannot give any answer, being unaware that he is Kurapika. Gon and Nobunaga are armwrestling, and the latter cries, mourning the loss of Uvogin. Finally Nobunaga asks Gon to join Phantom Troupe. He promptly refuses, but Nobunaga insists on keeping him until Chrollo arrives.
#3 - Kurapica X Secret Assassins X Zoaldyeck
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 3/10/2001
Gon and Killua escape from Nobunaga. Killua tells Gon about Kurapika being the "chain user", they try to call him but get no answer. Neon runs away and is found by Chrollo Lucilfer who pretends to be friendly to get her prophecy. He helps her to sneak into the auction, then hits her unexpectedly and tells the security to call the emergency.
#4 - Scarlet Eyes X Final Battle X Cost of Life
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 2/10/2001
Killua remembers that his father once was paid to kill a Phantom Troupe member: he succeeded but said it was too hard and advised his sons to stay away from them. Gon, Killua and Leorio spend four hours searching with no results, and Gon decides to get a loan of 100 million jenny for his Hunter License. Kurapika and Uvogin fight with the latter going from 20% of his strength to 50% and finally to 100%, yet Kurapika has the upper hand due to a deadly oath and finally kills him.
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#5 - Kurapica X Friends X Spider's Doom
Season 1 - Episode 62 - Aired 3/31/2001
Zeno and Silva injure Kuroro, but do not finish him off because of the call from Illumi who manages to kill the mafia dons. Having no client, the professional assassins have no reason to fight and just leave. Fake bodies of Kuroro and all other Genei Ryodan members are found, calming the mafia community, and the auction takes place as planned. Kuraptika calms down a bit and meets with Gon, Killua and Leorio. In the last seconds of the episode Hisoka sends a text message to Kuraptika telling him the corpses are fake.
#6 - Bungee X Punch X One Round Match
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/30/2000
Gon and Killua learn their types of Hatsu; Gon is an Enhancer and Killua is a Transmuter. Gon fights Hisoka, and while over-matched, gets a punch in and gives back the number badge that Hisoka gave him during the exam. After that, Hisoka fights with his full power.
#7 - Training x Hound x Concerted Effort
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 7/1/2000
Gon, Leorio and Kurapika stay in the Zoldyck family's servants' quarters at the security guards behest. Zebro lets them in through the Testing Gate (weighing tons), and Gon feels he should have been able to let himself in. While they stay there, the guard trains them with weighted brooms, water buckets, slippers, cups and whatnot. They end up extremely strong. After 20 days they are able to open the gate themselves, and they start walking through the grounds towards the house. Gon and Kurapika can push the first gate of 2 tons open, and Leorio is strong enough for the second gate.
#8 - Hisoka's Love X Fight X Gon's Real Strength
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 10/21/2000
Gon and Hisoka continue their fight. Hisoka has attached his "Bungee Gum" to Gon's face and can pull him in to punch him. The referee awards points fast, leading to the quick win for Hisoka. At the end Hisoka is shown to have some connection with Phantom Troupe; he has a spider tattoo on his back that he can remove. Machi tells them her boss won't be pleased if he doesn't make it to Phantom Troupe meeting.
#9 - Nen X Nen X Ren
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/9/2000
Killua and Gon learn about Nen from Wing, Zushi's teacher. Nen involves using your body's aura while fighting. On their way to register for the fights on the 200th floor, they're stopped by Hisoka. He doesn't think they're ready to fight at a high level. He uses his Nen to block them, and they have 3 hours to learn enough Nen to get past him, or Killua can never fight in Heavens Arena again.
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#10 - I'm Home X Welcome Home X I'm Killua
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/18/2000
Gon and Killua take a ship to get to Whale Island where Gon grew up. Killua is surprised that there is no bus and they have to walk, and that the house is really small. Mito, Gon's aunt, welcomes them and asks about the exam. When they go camping in the forest, they hear a shot and come running, seeing a bunch of poachers attacking the fox-bear and his cub. Easily beating them, they take the cub home. Gon wants to save him, but Killua insists on stopping his sufferings by killing him. Finally, they heal him with their Nen.
#11 - Ryodan X Iniyuu X Community
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 1/20/2001
Mafia people attack Phantom Troupe, but in vain: they are not Nen users, and Uvogin is able to catch a bullet with his teeth and withstand a point blank shot from a bazooka. Four members of the Shadow Beasts arrive, they are noticeably stronger than Kurapika, Melody, and other hunters, but even they are defeated by just one Phantom Troupe member.
#12 - Technique X Registration X Combat Begins
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/16/2000
Gon and Killua are able to make it past Hisoka's Ren and enter the fights on the 200th floor of Heavens Arena. Gon immediately wants to test his new powers and fights against a man who uses his Nen and toy taps as weapons. He initially beats up Gon, but Gon learns to use his Zetsu to sense the tops and avoid them.
#13 - Two Months X Rest X With Nen Restrict Nen
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/23/2000
Gon is finally healed as he and Killua continue working on their Nen. Kurapika is shown looking for work, and being turned down. The girl who would hire him tells him if he can't see something invisible in the room, then he's not ready for a job. Leorio is shown studying medicine and looking at a picture of him and the other examinees. Hisoka begins a match with Kastro.
#14 - Slimy x Stingy x Inside a Cave
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/22/2000
Gon, Leorio and Kurapika become trapped in the cave with Ponzu. Leorio has been poisoned, and Gon gets bit numerous times to retrieve the antidote. Gon uses Ponzu's sleeping gas to put the snakes to sleep while holding his breath and rescuing everyone. Leorio takes Ponzu's number badge while she sleeps and Gon retrieves the number badges given to him by Hisoka, reasoning that it's OK to use them so that he can remain with his friends. The fourth stage ends.
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#15 - Waste X Decision X Exam Results?
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 11/4/2000
Gon and Killua master their Nen abilities and show them in perfection against matches with the other two guys that Killua talked to. Wing talks with them and tells Gon that he has passed the Hunter's Exam. Lastly, Gon and Killua venture out to Whale Island.
#16 - Restriction X Oath X Chain of Punishment
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/11/2000
Kurapika's flashbacks with his master are seen here. The flashbacks tell how Kurapika passed his hidden Hunter exam and got his chains, what Nen type he has, and how he's changed. After he got his first job, Kurapika gets on the train where meets someone that is clued to be a future ally.
#17 - Tour x Tourist Attraction x Killua's House
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/17/2000
Gon, Leorio and Kurapika take a train towards Killua's home on Kukuroo Mountain. The last leg of the trip is spent on a tour bus that takes them to the Door to Hades, a giant gate that hides the path to the estate. A monster named Mike (pronounced "Mekay") waits behind the gate, so Gon asks the security guard, Zebro to call Killua and have him open it from the inside.
#18 - Heartbeat X Kurapica X Dousing Chain
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 12/9/2000
Gon and Killua order a Joystation and see that the card they have contains data for Greed Island game that cannot be found on Internet. Killua calls his brother who is a devoted gamer, but even he doesn't have that one (however, he provides some information in exchange for the data from Gon's ROM card). Back to Kurapika, they manage to identify two spies: Shachmono Tocino and Squala, who already work for the same boss and were asked to test the four rookies.
#19 - Chat x Excuses x Comparing Guts
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/20/2000
The next fight is between Hanzo and Gon. Although Gon tries his hardest to combat Hanzo, it is obvious he is no match for the ninja. Hanzo severely injures Gon and breaks his arm, but Gon will not admit defeat. Gon feels that if he is ever to find his father, he must pass the Hunter Exam now.
#20 - Dismissed x Party x Enemies are Bound to Meet
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/10/2000
Gon is determined that Killua has left against his will and Gon is going to find him. He fights Illumi for information and Illumi is about to kill him when Hisoka shows up. Illumi instead tells Gon that Killua is at the Zoldyck family home. Leorio is about to go to medical school and Kurapika is about to leave on his first job when both change their minds and decide to follow Gon as he looks for Killua.
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#21 - Giant Wave x Cannon x Huge Rush
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/2000
The group works together to separate the battleship/hotel from the island before the second wave of the storm hits. Leorio gets stuck on the bottom of the ocean in a diving suit and Gon helps him escape. Gon is then saved by Hisoka. Kurapika is knocked out but the steering is done by a mysterious examinee who seems to be Hisoka's ally. They separate the ship just in time, and a blimp comes to pick them up.
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#22 - Pride × Stormy Water × Duel
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/1999
A storm strikes at sea and takes out more than half the Hunter contestants, while the captain of the ship (a Hunter) chucks the rest overboard. Leorio and Kurapica begin to fight, but Gon interrupts them to save a drowning crew member. At the end of the voyage, only Gon, Leorio and Kurapica remain.A storm strikes at sea and takes out more than half the Hunter contestants, while the captain of the ship (a Hunter) chucks the rest overboard. Leorio and Kurapica begin to fight, but Gon interrupts them to save a drowning crew member. At the end of the voyage, only Gon, Leorio and Kurapica remain.
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#23 - Father X Secret X Confession
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/25/2000
Gon and Killua try to repair an antenna and a computer to set up Internet. Mito tells Gon all she can about his father Ging and hands over a mysterious box Ging left. Gon manages to open the box with his Nen and finds a ring, a tape and some piece of electronic equipment there. He and Killua listen to the tape where Ging introduces himself and welcomes his son to find him if he can.
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#24 - Killua X Punishment X Family Conference
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/22/2000
Killua's mother Kikyō and brother Kalluto knock Canary out. They tell Gon that Killua doesn't have time to see them and they should leave. When Canary wakes up, she and Gon's group head to the house of security guards. Meanwhile, Killua has a talk with his father Silva, who makes Killua promise to never betray his friends. He then lets Killua leave to find Gon. Later, Silva tells Kikyo that Killua will be back because he's his father's son.
#25 - Good Boy? x Bad Boy? x Killua
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2000
Killua stops trying to take the ball from Netero because his killer instincts are surfacing. Anita escapes her handlers and attacks Killua, who comes close to killing Anita, but lets her live because otherwise Gon would get mad at him. Gon is never able to get the ball, but makes Netero use his left leg and both hands once, and is satisfied.
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