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Hunter x Hunter Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
A Boy Setting Out for a Journey X Leaving Behind the Sound of the Wind
Sun, Oct 2, 201123 mins
Gon decides to take the Hunter Exam and become a professional Hunter, but can only do so after catching the Master of the Swamp to convince his aunt Mito. Despite her feelings after Gon catches it, Mito allows him to begin his adventure.
Episode 2
Encounter x Intimidation x Departure
23 mins
Gon's aunt Mito gives him the go ahead to take the Hunter Exam after he has successfully passed her test, using a special rod from his father. Gon goes to town to catch a ship to the exam.
Episode 3
Pride x Stormy Ocean x Duel
23 mins
On the ship to the exam, Gon and Leorio meet Kurapika. The captain asks each for their reason to be a Hunter. Gon wants to find his father, Leorio wants to be rich, and Kurapika wants to be a force for justice.
Episode 4
Decision x Shortcut x Long Way
23 mins
The ship's captain recommends to go towards a tree on the top of a mountain instead of directly at their goal. Leorio takes the bus and head towards the tree. The bus is a trap, so Leorio abandons it and catches up with Gon and Kurapika.
Episode 5
Lie x Truth? x Kiriko
23 mins
Gon, Kurapika and Leorio continue on the test, arriving at a cabin in the woods. A husband and wife say they have been attacked by beasts, when a beast shows up and kidnaps the wife.
Episode 6
Steak x Marathon x Exam Begins
23 mins
Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio reach the first stage of the Hunter Exam, a seemingly endless forced run through a tunnel leading by the examiner named Satotz. They are befriended by a man named Tonpa, , and meet another entrant named Killua,
Episode 7
Trauma x Limit x Sweet Trap
23 mins
Tonpa has placed Leorio and another examinee near hallucinogenic sap. In a dream state, he explains that he wants to be a Hunter to get money so he can become a doctor who doesn't charge for his services. Gon and Killua bond.
Episode 8
Magician x Smile x Wild Animal Warning
23 mins
Hisoka determines the real examiner by flinging deadly playing cards at each man, reasoning the true Hunter will live, and it's Satotz. Later, he plays at being an examiner and kills many examinees.
Episode 9
Menchi x Seriously Pissed x Second Exam?
23 mins
The group starts stage 2 of the test, which is to satisfy Gourmet Hunters Buhara and Menchi with their cooking.
Episode 10
Failing Score x Panic x Voice from Heaven
23 mins
While one of the examinees, wrestler Todo, criticizes Menchi and all Gourmet Hunters, Netero, the head examiner and Hunter Association's president, arrives and asks Menchi to give everyone another chance.
Episode 11
Explore x Sport Spirit x Stowaway
23 mins
The protagonists and others have passed the second stage, and they fly towards the next stage on a blimp. Anita, a girl who failed the earlier test, sneaks aboard to get revenge on Killua for the death of her father.
Episode 12
Good Boy? x Bad Boy? x Killua
23 mins
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.
Episode 13
Agreement x Disagreement x Trap
23 mins
The objective of stage 3 is to get down from a tower alive. The group is forced to team up with Tonpa, and their test is to win 3 out of 5 matches against tower prisoners.
Episode 14
Candles x Principle x Internal Feud
23 mins
Gon faces the next prisoner, Sedokan, in a match to see who's candle can burn the longest.
Episode 15
Transient x Life x Majitani
23 mins
Majitani feigns unconsciousness in an attempt to run out the clock. Leorio and the leader of the prisoners bet on whether he's faking. Leorio holds the man above a long drop, and Majitani wakes up.
Episode 16
Rock x Scissor x Heart
23 mins
Leorio goes next. His opponent is Leroute, an attractive woman. He loses ten hours in bet to her so that he can grope her. He then loses the rest of their betting hours to her in a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Episode 17
3 People? x 5 People? x Last Choice
23 mins
The last test to get out of the tower has two paths: one is too long and the other will only allow three of the five to enter. Leorio and Tonpa start fighting to see who will stay, when Gon thinks outside the box.
Episode 18
Treasures x Rememberance x Hotel's Small Room
23 mins
The successful examinees are taken by blimp to an island hotel. In order to pay for the rooms, they dive to collect treasure from sunken ships.
Episode 19
Separated x Diary x Water Inmerese
23 mins
The hotel owners leave the examinees stranded on the island. A map is found indicating another island nearby, and part of the group sets out immediately to find it, dying when a storm hits.
Episode 20
Giant Wave x Cannon x Huge Rush
23 mins
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.
Episode 21
Fourth Exam x 44 x Number of Death
23 mins
The fourth stage of the Hunter Exam is a manhunt on Zevil Island. Each examinee must collect 6 points; their own number badge is worth 3, the number badge of their target is worth 3, and any other number badges are worth one point.
Episode 22
Found Him! x Hide! x Catch Up!
23 mins
Gon and Killua continue their search for Hisoka in the Arena. They know that time is running out, as the tournament is rapidly approaching its final stage. They come across a group of shadowy figures who are also looking for Hisoka.
Episode 23
Hisoka x Crash x Gon
23 mins
Gon finds himself in a tricky situation. He's trying to get to the location of the next phase of the Hunter Exam, but he's lost in the wilderness and running out of time.
Episode 24
Damage x Resume x Fake Smile
23 mins
A weakened Gon recuperates by resting and with some help from little animals, Killua is challenged by a group looking for his badge, Leorio's search for badge continues as the last day begins.
Episode 25
Slimy x Stingy x Inside a Cave
23 mins
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.
Episode 26
President x Interview x Paper Test
23 mins
Chairman Netero interviews the nine remaining examinees in preparation for the final test. He asks each who they are interested in, and who would they least like to fight out of the nine.
Episode 27
Hisoka x Kurapica x The Spider's Whisper
23 mins
Hisoka and Kurapika fight in the first fight of the final stage. Hisoka toys with Kurapika at the beginning, but when Kurapika becomes angry they are on similar levels. This causes Hisoka to force himself to calm down.
Episode 28
Chat x Excuse x Comparing Guts
23 mins
Hanzo and Gon continue fighting. Hanzo is easily the better fighter, but when Gon won't concede, Hanzo is forced to accept defeat. Hanzo decides he'd rather lose than kill Gon, because he likes his attitude.
Episode 29
Passed! x Failed? x End of Exams
23 mins
Hanzo and Gon continue fighting. Hanzo is easily the better fighter, but when Gon won't concede, Hanzo is forced to accept defeat. Hanzo decides he'd rather lose than kill Gon, because he likes his attitude.
Episode 30
Killua x Drop Out x Turn Back with Force
23 mins
Satotz explains to Gon that Killua failed the final stage. His opponent turns out to be his older brother Illumi in disguise. Illumi questions Killua and determines him unfit to be a normal person.
Episode 31
Dismissed x Party x Enemies Are Bound to Meet
23 mins
Gon is determined that Killua has left against his will and 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.