10 Times Hunter x Hunter Challenged Everything Gon Believed

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Most shonen protagonists grow stronger and kinder in equal proportions. Their beliefs are further confirmed rather than continuously tested by the world around them. Gon Freecss starts his journey looking exactly like that kind of typical hero: cheerful, optimistic, and having a childlike moral compass. Hunter x Hunter patiently distorts that image through the consequences of Gon’s own choices and beliefs.