Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 18

book did not come damaged or ripped, one of my favorite mangas❥

Hunter x Hunter is a really good manga and the quality of these volumes hold up to its standards, its a completely worthwhile purchase to own this series.

Excellent condition, arrived fast!

The cover wasn't perfect but the rest of the pages were in very good condition.I enjoyed reading and catching up with the series.I recommend the series to those who like Shonen manga.

This series is great.

thank you so much and i recommend it a lot, you should buy it quickly you are going to enjoy it

Hunter x Hunter #18 marks a turning point in the series. The "Greed Island" arc ends, and the "Chimera Ant" arc begins. Gon, Killua, and Biscuit clear Greed Island, getting all the cards; they receive their prize... but will Gon's prize lead him to his father, Ging? Meanwhile, a giant ant washes up on the beach south of Yorknew. Gon and Killua join a team of zoologists that is tasked with finding out about the ant.Not everything is great about this volume. The artwork begins to become a little more sketchy. Other than that, though, it's excellent. The battle sequences are well thought out and surprising in their own ways. I've been told that the first 17 or 18 volumes can be seen as a setup for the “Chimera Ant” arc, but I think that's a bit of an oversimplification, as the first 17 volumes are very good on their own.What makes this volume a ***** volume is how much it makes me want to read more. It's 10:00 P.M., around my normal bedtime, but I have half a mind to make some espresso and stay up until 1:00 A.M., reading well into the next arc. Togashi Yoshihiro has created a great work, perhaps one of the finest series in the history of manga. It makes me want to revisit his earlier work; I only got four volumes into YuYu Hakusho, but it isn't as bad as some people say it is.So, what is my recommendation? Buy this series; buy all of it. If you die without issue, will your money to Togashi Yoshihiro and hope that it will make him happy enough to continue this series. Fleetwood Mac got back together because President Bill Clinton said that they should. If you have the means, run for president of a country – any country – but a big one like Japan or America, and once you become president, tell Togashi Yoshihiro to start drawing Hunter x Hunter again.

It's a long battle to defeat Genthru and his partners but they'll have to if they want to complete Greed Island.Highlights; Genthru versus Gon and Biscuit's 'reveal' XDA very good read with a great setup at the end. I couldn't wait to pick up the next volume!

18 volumes in, Hunter x Hunter need not seek to attract new readers--an understanding that Yoshihiro Togashi could convincingly be accused of, owed not to weaknesses in the story, but in the artwork--and all the conflictions therein.Vexingly, the backgrounds are rarely the problem; the scenery is often meticulously depicted, with peripheral, nameless characters sporting thin lines and cleanly effective designs--a clearness atypical of the first number of volumes in the series. Ostensibly, Togashi's artwork is elevated beyond prior ventures--yet it is this refinement which exacerbates the central flaw in production: the main characters. The most integral entities--the focal points of each panel--are painfully perfunctory and blunt, creating such a marked juxtaposition with the backgrounds that the two cannot be effectively synthesised. The lines of important characters are frequently thick and ugly, and the artist's failure to utilise screen tones--which are used less than sparingly in this volume--generates empty models. Main characters lack the detail of most minor renditions, and this bluntness hurts the action sequences which comprise the first half of the volume. Gone is the swift and potent flow of lines that typified volumes 7, 9 and 11: the battles--something Togashi offered that few other contemporary artists in Shonen Jump could peer--now feel mundane in their presentation.And yet the story endures ever so strongly. Enthusiasm permeates each chapter--if not in the artwork, then in the thought suffused through the story. The mathematical precision of manoeuvres and tactics is genuinely satisfying--and, in their complexity, there are very few superficial contrivances. Togashi realises his world fully, and communicates its intricacies fluidly to the reader--a testament to the strength of his writing in the absence of any effective visual aid. Volume 18 delves deeper into the mechanics of Togashi's realm--and even after 18 volumes, Togashi convincingly instils the impression that there is a greater reservoir of ideas he has yet to tap--an impression thoroughly etched by revelations that occupy the latter part of the volume, which indicate a dark departure from recent proceedings.Yoshihiro Togashi may perhaps, then, not seek to attract new readers with promises of vibrant, uniform artwork--but his story-telling dynamic is more than ample to keep his current install-base enthused.

Perfect condition xSome editions are cheaper than others , so hard to find in decent price range and condition x

As advertised

Ho recuperato anche la versione digitale di questo meraviglioso fumetto. Personalmente vi sono affezionato e lo trovo uno dei miei manga preferiti. Purtroppo con l'andare avanti dei volumi la qualità di disegno è calata, e soprattutto speriamo che l'autore si decida prima o poi a finire la storia!

Lieferung war wie gewünscht, alles top!Der Comic selbst.. nun.. war ein Lückenbüsser meines Regals,da ich den in dt. releaseten Band nicht mehr bekam.(Ist nun *immer* und für *alles* eine Rezension nötig? Amazon bat mich drum.. )Alles ok, jeder Mensch, der die Serie verfolgt, wird und sollte auch zu Band 18 greifen(wenn auch nur noch grad erschwinglich auf engl. erhältlich.)