A review by cesspool_princess
Hunter X Hunter, Vol. 33 by Yoshihiro Togashi

4.0

Ok there are sooo many moving parts here. Also coming from CSM and Dorohedoro I'm used to relatively short volumes so I was not expecting just how much they pack into this volume and how long it was. I love when we get into the geopolitical stuff in HxH but in the first 1/4th I was a bit lost just with all the allegiances and factions being explained. HOWEVER once I started to get a handle on that aspect and once everything came together this was BRILLIANT. This volume has like Game of Thrones level political intrigue and its sooo fun keeping track of the schemes and allegiances. I'm actually rly liking Kurapika in this one and its nice to have some of our favorite characters like Bisky and Melody return. In the second half especially this was the perfect set up volume. Now that I know where the cards lie (on the surface atleast) I'm so excited for the succession stuff. The relationships and family politics of the royal family are so interesting to me and I love that Kurapika got assigned to protect the lil baby (i was so worried about her when she was first introduced). Anyway I can't wait for this arc to actually get underway!