Hunter x Hunter: The Day of Departure

Yoshihiro Togashi

Apr 2012 · Hunter x Hunter Vol 1 · Sold by VIZ Media LLC

About this ebook

Gon might be a country boy, but he has high aspirations. Despite his Aunt Mito's protests, Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter. The Hunter hopefuls begin their journey by storm-tossed ship, where Gon meets Leorio and Kurapika, the only other applicants who aren't devastated by bouts of seasickness.

Having survived the terrors of the high seas, Gon and his companions now have to prove their worth in a variety of tests in order to find the elusive Exam Hall. And once they get there, will they ever leave alive...? -- VIZ Media

Ratings and reviews

Good stuff. If you've ever been into this author's other series YuYu Hakusho, you know he can juggle a lot of characters while delivering rich story. By rich story, I mean every character has compelling motivations for their actions. This is a highly recommended series to anybody who wants to go on a rollercoaster of emotions.

If you have not seen the show (2011) then you need to if you watch it all the way through you will get sad because of how they have grown up but I have read the whole series and it's amazing

hunterxhunter is my favourite anime of all time and I'm so happy the manga are available here cause it feels impossible to find the physical versions definitely recommend if you are into shonen anime and manga in anyway

About the author

Yoshihiro Togashi's manga career began in 1986 at the age of 20, when he won the coveted Osamu Tezuka Award for new manga artists. He debuted in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1989 with the romantic comedy Tende Shôwaru Cupid. From 1990 to 1994 he wrote and drew the hit manga YuYu Hakusho, which was followed by the dark comedy science-fiction series Level E and the adventure series Hunter x Hunter. In 1999 he married the manga artist Naoko Takeuchi.