The story was based on manga by Togashi Yoshihiro. The show ended on 1999 but was remaked on 2011 . It is an adventure of a very young kid who tries to find his father through joining the dangerous exam of becoming a hunter . Gon Freecs was his name . He decided to leave his aunt Mito whom treated him as her own son to find his father who is also a hunter .As Gon started his journey he befriends the revenge-driven Kurapica, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam. Gon was blessed with incredible speed and the talent of hiding like an animal hiding on its prey , so with that he luckily pass the exam and became a hunter together with his friends . But that was just a stepping stone on how he will find his father . After the exam Lerio and Kurapika departed to do what they wanted while Kilua stayed to continue to train become a professional hunter .
While they were training on a fighting match and earning money ,they learned about the ability of using Nen .It is using your own aura and make it a power to defend or fight back against other nen users . They were introduce and trained hard by there first master (Wing) . But because of this Nen , Gon's life was put into danger . He exchange his own life aura to have a very powerful skill which he use to avenge the death his friend (Kite) when battling a mutated human which they called Soldier Ants. But with the help of the powerful nen power of kilua's brother Gon got back to normal . Without Gon's knowledge he accidentally met his father on an election of choosing a chairman of the hunter's association , where his friend Lerio was running as a chairman . Finally Gon has the chance to talk seriously with his father after a very long time .
The story was not just about a father and son love but also it gave the viewers the idea what the true friendship means . Gon and Kilua was together in this whole story of Hunter x Hunter . Most of the viewers knew that especially for those who really loved it and watched it from the start.
