THIS Is The Ultimate Anime Music Gem! | HxH Theme of Kage & RASETSU 

Yoshihisa Hirano is just 10/10 on this. This piece was.... this just took me out! Was not expecting this at all!

To put it simply, without spoilers, this scene is the narrative build-up of more than 100 episodes. so yeah, a big moment.

The episode this ost plays in has engraved its spot as one of my favorite anime episodes ever....

The composer of Hunter Hunter is the same one who made part of the Death Note soundtrack. what you can clearly hear with him.

This track was just used once in the 140+ episodes of this show. Absolute masterpiece of a song in a masterpiece of an episode. Absolutely horrifying stuff.

its impossible to really describe the scene without spoilers, but its like the pinnacle of the main characters story arc Would also recommend "Kingdom of Predators" and "In the Palace - Agitato" / "In the Palace - Lamentoso"

The scene were this OST is played is the epidomy of the entire show where everything that happened for the past 120+ episodes lead to that very moment. The emotions I felt during that scene were a mix of sadness, anticipation, shock, sheer disbelief and excitement. After the scene I felt as if everything was complete yet it was so empty. It felt as if you finally undersood everything there is to know but your newly gained knowledge took your ability to have any new thoughts, since everything is so obvious and laid infront of you that you can't do anything else except to just look at it and appreciate it.

I really love the Ost made from Hxh, since i love Classical (Orchestral) Music, some i would recommend would be: Hxh - Ansatsu Ikka No Yakata Hxh - The Last Mission Hxh - Ost 3 - Kingdom of Predators Hxh - Restriction and Pledge Hxh - Ost 3 Riot Hxh - Legend of the Martial Artist Hxh - Ost 3 Elegy of the Dynast Good ol' times when an Anime Ost/Songs could turn into a Masterpiece Orchestral Music

I'm just going ro say this piece plays in a very tragic, terrifying and at tbe same time epic scene, I'm not gonna say anything less, the scene is as good as the music

This is the Pinnacle of Anime… nothing has topped HxH yet

Yeah, this track is deep in the run of the series, so it’s tough to contextualize without spoiling, but here’s my best shot: We always hear the “triumphant hero” theme in stories because we’re following the hero’s side of things and that cues us in that this is good for our character. In a fight where the hero wins, if we were watching from *the villain’s* perspective, we might get a more somber track instead, because we aren’t getting a good result for the character we’re attached to. This track is what plays when what is happening is not good for *anyone* involved.

Finally! One of the best OST in anime! You should check out more of HxH OST. It has at least 3-4 more worth hearing. Kingdom of predators at the top.

The scene where this is played is where a character faces complete despair, rage and resignation. The soundtrack makes us feel it together with said character.

I totally agree with this piece standing out from basically everything else you’ve heard. With minimal spoilers, that’s kinda the point. It plays during a scene that in retrospect, totally makes sense, but when you first watch it, it’s a sort of “I always expected something messed up, but I never expected THIS”. It’s easily the most fitting piece of music for the scene it accompanies out of any show I’ve seen, and it’s hard to say much more without major spoilers.

Lets just say that the scene had alot of build up and when it finally happened it was intense asf. Top tier animation, voice acting, and of course MUSIC

The episode this plays in is often mentioned when people talk about favorite anime episodes. The anime as a whole is already very well appraised, but this episode is what people usually think of when they think about this anime. In every youtube reaction this episode always has waaay more views than every other episode. But you can't feel the full emotion of the episode without watching the rest because it's the climax of something that has been building up for a long time. I was getting goosebumps hearing this. This music always hits so hard.

this anime will propably be my favorite of all time. i don't think anything will top this one.

Now it's just time for you to hear this with the amazing voice acting this scene had. One of the strongest anime scenes with so much build up to this moment.

A no spoilers context: A character in a moment of pure despair and rage, has decided that revenge is worth more than their future or humanity.

All I can say is the music is so fitting to the scene. Truly a scene to never forget.

The best part of this piece, is that what is happening on screen is just as perfect and amazing as this music. It's criminal actually, the fact that a lot of people will never experience this...

Anyone else heard him scream "PITOUUUUUUUUUU" at THAT part?

What happens here? Without spoiling I'd say this is the climax of the best HxH arc. Great direction, great dialogues, built up for close to a hundred episode and this was the music.

Hey Tony, congrats you're almost at 200k! It's been so cool seeing your channel grow, I think this video illustrates why it's been happening. Your personality feels super easy to watch and your experience as a coach makes the viewer feel like they're getting a free tutoring session lol, feels like I'm always learning a lot without trying. Thanks for uploading, I hope you keep sharing stories or anecdotes, it really added a lot to this vid

if you liked these pieces you should really hear more from HxH, it has an absolutely amazing soundtrack

You should 100% listen to Kingdom of predators(HxH). Honestly one of my favorite pieces of orchestral music of all time.

it feels like levitating between heaven and hell. and it suits the scene.

Kingdom of Predators is the track from HxH soundtrack that always stands out. They use it quite a bit in the anime, but it feels like it never gets old.

I love how Tony comments on the “everything is not okay” theme of the still frame Indeed, everything was NOT okay 💀

Since you mentioned it, there actually is a 'Dies Irae' in this anime. It's called 'Riot'. I remember back in University I'd show other students some of the HxH tracks, one memorable reaction was: 'Wait, that's from a TV series?' This show probably has the single greatest soundtrack in anime, in my opinion at least. I'd recommend the whole thing, but that's like 120 tracks. Still gonna recommend a few that stand out: 'Riot' of course. 'The world of adventures' describes the mood for the more lighthearted half of the show pretty great. 'All I need is MONEY' and 'Kijutsushi no Baire' ('The Mad Bailaor' as a different version) 'cause they're thematically very different character themes. 'Beyond the Seas' cause just listen to that pedal point, '闇夜を告ぐ者' and that dissonance. 'Requiem Aranea' and 'Gyakujuuji no Otoko' 'cause Aranea. 'Latent Power' and 'Auras' are the same, one's instrumental the other vocal, both very ethereal. 'No no Haru', very obviously inspired by the beginning of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and 'Rhapsody on The Theme of Holst' by Holsts 'Jupiter'. There's a lot going on in 'Realized Capacity'. 'Kinpatsu no Gankou', listen to the strings! 'Dirge from the Dark Side' and 'Hunters ARE evil' are both choral works I enjoy very much. The arc in which 'Theme of Kage & RASETSU' resides also has 'Kingdom of Predators', 'Hegemony of the Foodchain', 'Capture', 'The Prey', 'Elegy of the Dynast', 'Soldier Ants', 'Hopeless War', lots of very dark, in places very dissonant orchestrals, culminating in the simple but beautiful 'Understanding', which can only be fully appreciated when having watched the series. 'Restriction and Pledge' should be listened to directly after 'Theme of Kage & RASETSU', but on its own it's also a great orchestral piece. 'In The Palace', cause I'm a violinist. I'm very bad at recommending only one or two, don't think anyone will read the full comment and listen to all of these...

One of the best tracks from one of the best Anime ever made. Thanks for covering this. It's only used once in the entirety of the anime and that makes it even more impactful than it otherwise would be. Gotta go rewatch some of HxH now lol

Hey Tony! I'm a big fan and have binged nearly all your content! I'm also a massive HxH fan! I appreciate this a lot. I enjoy watching your videos because it helps enrich the experience of listening to music. You point out sounds that I would've otherwise bundled with other sounds in my head, and it really helps me listen to music in a more critical/"present" sense. It's a lot like an English teacher providing you the tools to better analyze literature and extract more value from the words on the page than what's present. I hope that makes sense, and I hope you get to see this! I hope your channel goes to the moon!!

Woow! I’m glad you were introduced to this OST!

I absolutely love how you encourage us to listen more closely to elements of a musical piece that would otherwise go unnoticed! Love your channel man! Keep it up!

This moment, this song, its everything to me. I think a lot a of people who organically lived that moment can relate that we were all on the edge of our seat at the very brink of perfect befalling in front of us

I still remember the day that I heard this song for the first time. I had been binging hxh during finals week and this was the last episode that had come out so I would have to wait one week for the next episode and I just sat in my room sobbing at the end because of the overwhelming and sorrowful horror I felt after watching this. I hope this song encourages you to hear more and check out hxh this song is a thousand times more impactful within context. Thanks for talking about my favorite show!!

I can hear gon scream "PITOU" everytime and it just hits me so hard I start to get tears.

By just seeing the thumbnail, I already knew you were gonna love the timpani section. This track is one of my fav anime OSTs. Without spoilers, this piece plays after a huge moment of anguish. Then comes despair and power.

The timpani part is soooo good! Thanks for drawing attention to that! My headphones aren’t the best so it’s pretty far down in the mix for me, but it’s epic.

I haven't seen this episode yet, but when I hear this song I feel deep anxiety and it sounds like a requiem for something important. These dissonances give me goosebumps... Those deadside motives are destroyed me. I want to cry and immediately hide. This is really deep.

“A requiem”…pretty accurate for the scene. Hxh is my favorite anime and you’ll enjoy it I’m sure.

RASETSU- One of many alternative names for Rakshasa- A demon or evil spirit in Hindu mythology. Perfect description for the MC in this episode

Hunter x Hunter is simply a underrated masterpiece, The story, The characters and their development, The Sad OSTs and outros If only it never went on hiatus

This is the scene that put HxH in top 5 anime of all time. Beyond amazing.

One of the things that impress me from manga, are the emotions that are drawn in a paper. Its so difficult to link emotions with a piece of paper without context and there is where music comes in. Epic scenes as these ones in anime are the perfect mixtures between story, music and emotions on the voice of thw characters, each one by themself wont give you the whole picture, but together, ... dude... could become masterpieces.

As others have said, the track plays during one of the arguably most important episodes not just in HxH, but in all of modern anime. I actually cry every single time I watch it, it is an absolute masterpiece. As some have said, the voice acting (JP) in this episode is a perfect complement to the music as well. In terms of what is happening...it's essentially the protagonist's descent into a form of despair and misguided self-sacrifice as a result of intense rage and guilt, leading to a "power up" moment that is the antithesis of such moments and transformation in contemporary anime

You are a unique gem. Pls keep doing these videos. I love them. :)

This song is life changing. This episode is life changing. This SHOW is life changing. Incredible reaction as always. Really excited seeing this in my sub box.

It's so interesting to learn that this track is a lot more complex and interesting than I ever though it was as a casual listener, learning music and understanding these things is probably so cool

This is the gripping climax to a journey you didn't think you signed up for, but then looking back you can't deny that it was always the only way for it to end. You were just foolishly hoping for it not to turn out this way. If ultimate victory is also the ultimate tradegy, this is the score for it. Most definetly in the top 5 of the most legendary anime moments of all time.

i love when you talk your thoughts out

The composition of what's happening in the show in this exact moment, plus this OST, can really make you forget to breath.

"I don't care, if this is the end, so i'll use everything." - Someone

when you see the scene and you hear this with the voice acting man, Goosebumps to the moon

"Understanding" its another masterpiece, its really short but I think it's the best piece of music to describe the deep conection between humans

I almost cried. This is such a powerful scene and apart from the build up, it’s just pure music. They absolutely take you on a ride through all the emotions going on inside the characters mind (no spoiler lol), completely awe inspiring

Oh my god, finally! The Hunter x Hunter OST needs more love on youtube. The show itself gets a lot of love...but for some reason people always skip out on the OST. Kevin Penkin and his Made in Abyss OST is my undeniable favorite anime OST out there...but Hirano never fails to deliver some stunning work. Hopefully you listen to more of the HxH OST soon; I got so excited when this video popped up.

I love when I see reactors on HxH music and chapters because of the always unexpected turn of events. HxH is such a master piece.

Awesome analysis! Seen a couple people recommend kingdom of predators and i totally agree.

This scene represents the complete accumulation and destruction of an emotion spanning a lifetime. This is a contender for most powerful scene in media. Listening to it, even with your breakdown, put me in a state of emergency depression and I subconciously broke my fast/ diet and had to have 2 bags of chips as is my coping mech. for Trauma. The song itself evoked a truama response in me... Is it possible to have PTSD from such a scene if you have a lot of empathy?

When you keep trying to ignore the fact the math tests were hard and tell yourself you and your friends still gonna pass at the end of the year and have fun like always... but eventually an heartless teacher reveals an hidden final test that makes some of your best friends fail... "Ah... I don't care... if I fail math anymore "

"I'll throw it all away... I'll use everything... PITOOOUUU! 👹"

This scene and music has never failed to give me chills even experiencing it for the upteenth time. Absolutely magnificent 👌👌

the complete and utter shattering of a child's perspective of the world in the most despairing way possible

when u get to watch the actual scene it will give u the chills for real peak thriller

without spoiling whats going on. its the climax of the show. "beeing consumed by the darkness", losing against your emotions, stages of grief. all of that made hxh to my favorite. its the most unpredictable show.

without trying to spoil anything... this is the soundtrack of a moment of pure anger, sadness, madness, and dispair. All in the one person. (a very beloved one).

HxH is my favorite by far because of how unique it is, But this episode....this episode is bay far one of the best pieces of ART you could ever witness while watching anime, The music, THE LACK OF AUDIO, the visuals, the "color palette", the emotions. this episode delivered everything. There's too much going on in this episode and anything said about it would be a spoiler in some way. You're in for a treat with this series

Came from your top 10 of 2023 video. Wow that was crazy. On my first listen to (4:12 - 4:54) I had this feeling of despair and dread due to what I think is dissonance but like you said, on the second listen, it was completely different. I wasn't even sure what section caused the emotional response anymore. It's really weird and kind of sad how the intensity was gone after the first listen. Interesting experience.

The scene this track is used for is basically a line being crossed into an unknown-yet-certain doom, for very human, very sympathetic reasons. At this moment in the story, no one - none of the characters in the story nor the audience, only the author knows what will happen next. Yet the nature of what is happening in the scene, coupled with a deliberate and recurring foreshadowing since almost the start of the series, leaves the audience with very little hope that anything good will come out of the scene. I really love how well the music communicates this dread and foreboding.

My first watch through was years ago... i still get chills

Tony! So glad you reacted to this!!! HxH has my favorite OST of all time and yoshihisa hirano is my favorite composer ever. He's the absolute goat. You gotta check out "kingdom of predators" also from HxH. One of the best songs I've ever heard, man.

Kingdom of Predators In the palace lamentoso/agitato Elegy of the dynasty Hegemony of the foodchain The last mission Sono kyoukan Riot Are all must listens from HxH's ost

You need to listen more from Yoshihisa Hirano!! He's one of my favorite anime composers!! His music in HxH is amazing, and so is his work on Death Note Soundtrack along with Hideki Taniuchi

To put it simply tragedy, horror, and sadness mixed with epic triumph and success.

Highly recommend Elegy of the Dynast and Kingdom of predators from the same anime, its orchestral soundtrack is insanely good for an anime. love your content btw! -an orchestral violinist

99% of HXH soundtrack is effin bonkers. Easily the best i've seen in anime, especially a very unconventional show compared to more thematic shows like Cowboy Bebop and others with good soundtracks, that helps immerse the viewer. The last mission is one i'd add tot he recommendations from HXH, that accompanied another iconic episode in the series.

A climatic confrontation where somethings being sacrificed on all sides to win

Peak writing, peak music, peak animation .. HxH is just the greatest anime of all time.

You got it right when you said it sounds like a requiem. The context where this is played totally asks for that

I listened to Theme of Kage and I watched the entirety of the plot arc of the show. I didn’t know the connection until now because the version of Theme of Kage I listened to was essentially a hip hop converted remake of the highlight of the OST. Legendary

absolutely NEEDS to listen to Kingdom of Predators now i would love that breakdown. what a beautiful piece of music

Without spoiling, this masterpiece of music is playing when someone struggles internally on the verge about to maybe lose their soul and humanity. That's how I would describe it anyway 😊 I hope you check out other OST from HxH so many masterpieces ❤

Definitely need to check more HxH themes. SO MANY good ones. Dare I say ALL of them are phenomenal.

This piece plays during a peak fight of one of the best anime arcs ever written. There's a lot built up here in terms of character development and motivation, and this is the point where the metaphorical zit pops. This is currently one of the last arcs of the anime but hxh is absolutely worth the watch and read. I would recommend the Spider's Requiem from this anime as well, but honestly I think it's best experienced while watching the anime with the full context of what's going on.

Haha "what is going on *without spoilers*" is damn near impossible to answer for this one, I'm afraid I'd also recommend just staying out of the comments for this one to be safe

This OST goes along with my favorite moment in anime. To me, it’s THAT good.

This scene can be described in one word RAGE

Tony, I hope u watch this anime soon and i hope u feel what we all felt until that moment and only then u will realise what these comments were about👍

What’s going on in this scene? Without spoilers; disorder, confusion, fear, regret, survival, surrender, rage, despair, and resolve.

I would highly recommend you listen to Kingdom of Predators OST 3 from HxH. Probably one of the most iconic OSTs in all of anime.

"I don't care if this is the end" ominous vibes

Can't wait for the inevitable HxH watchthru someday to see ur reactions!

I am not sure if you remember, but you actually listened to the opening for this anime in one of your other videos and you said it was the best one out of the bunch! More must listen HXH OSTs I hope you get to eventually! 1. Kingdom of Predators 2. Hegemony of the Food chain 3. Restriction and Pledge 4. In the Palace Lamentoso 5. In the Palace Agitato 6. Riot

The first half of this song isn’t actually used in the anime, it starts at where 8:33 is in this video as the build up, and that last final part is where the actual transformation happens

One of the most impactful scene in anime, maybe ever, no joke. Main character, who was a cherish, optimistic and happy kid, got sucked by the consequences of his own actions and descend all the way down to darkness. This piece is the sound that represent his transformation into a monster.

I love this piece, the episode it plays and the anime. Believe it or not, but the feeling it brings me is deep chilling sadness.

This piece is sampled throughout if I'm not mistaken, there's plenty of eerie feel to go around in it. That said, it's featured almost in it's entirety in a particularly anticipated scene later on.

So ungodly happy that a music youtuber/streamer agrees that this is a masterpiece!!!

Never thought about it but you’d probably enjoy a lot of hxh, there’s so much variety to it