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The Stream - The Killing Fields

Time's running out for the calamity to be stopped, but at this point, who's really left?

I'm not entirely sure how many episodes this series is slated to run.

Another on the other hand has become really, really silly. It's like they are trying to make up for the relative boredom of the first couple of episodes with over the top horror action now. spoiler[At this rate there won't be a need to find 'the extra' anymore ecause everybody will already have killed each other (or themselves) anyhow... ]

Since this season is ending, I'd like to say that it might be more useful to readers in the future if so many shows weren't dropped. Out of what Bamboo started of the shows still airing, only half remain, and then there are the shows she never even picked up (like Symphogear). Some stuff picks up a lot a little later in the season (Brave 10, Highschool DxD, Papakiki [this wasn't dropped but it still applies]), so more patient viewers who are willing to go through a slow start won't get any help from so many shows being dropped.

I realize this may be difficult, but don't we all want the panel to be as good and useful as possible?

Oh, don't think I'm saying that nothing at all should be dropped. If a show is just downright horrible, like Guilty Crown, that's fine, but it should be limited.

Chihayafuru has been getting better with every episode, definitely the big surprise hit of the season. I'm not really expecting any kind of grand resolution for the final episode, though...

Another on the other hand has become really, really silly. It's like they are trying to make up for the relative boredom of the first couple of episodes with over the top horror action now. spoiler[At this rate there won't be a need to find 'the extra' anymore ecause everybody will already have killed each other (or themselves) anyhow... ]

Bamboo, the anime producer for Hunter x Hunter pledged ti remain as close as possible to the source material, the manga, with no fillers. The pacing is how it is in the manga, so you should blame the real culprit, the Manga Artist, if you need blame anyone at all.

On that matter, perhaps you were not aware that the source material is a Shounen battle manga. It is what it is, but it does it way better than your average battle manga. That doesn't change the fact that some elements are necessary to keep it from getting so overly complex that the target audience, 10-16 year olds, gets turned off. Would you prefer the endless, overly-detailed narratives that explain all of the characters' unnatural abilities, which seems to infect certain other series? Or even worse, where pseudo and junk science that tries to rationalize the occurrences? So what if he only worked on one arm at night? It makes enough sense that the little amount of strength he gained was enough to tip the scales such that the doors opened with the primary forces being the other two. You have to have some suspension of disbelief, anyway.

In any event, you should be warned that these sorts of tests and challenges to overcome are far from over. They are a staple of Shounen battle manga. And yes, there will be some superhuman powers to gain, as was shown by Hisoka during the exam. You should make peace with the fact that there will be regular occurrences of Gon and company trying to develop unnatural skills necessary to achieve their current goal. Progress will seem extraordinary at times, but sometimes it is necessary so as not to bore the audience. In the first anime, they spent an entire episode where Gon was learning to swing his fishing rod. It was stuff like that which fans were quite disapproving of.