Hunter x Hunter is not a series you complete. It is a series that completes you—by teaching you to love what is unfinished, to hold the farewell as beautiful, and to keep walking even when the road has no episode number.
The credits roll. Episode 148 ends with Gon and Killua parting ways at an airport. The frame freezes on Killua’s face. And then—nothing. Here is the deep cut: The 2011 anime adapted 339 chapters of the manga. As of this writing, the manga has 400+ chapters (on and off hiatus since 1998). That means: total episodes in hunter x hunter
And then, after the Chimera Ant arc, there are just of the Election arc. A gentle exhale. A farewell. Gon meets Ging on the world tree. Ging says, "You should enjoy the detours. There is no greater joy than that." Hunter x Hunter is not a series you complete
The 148 episodes of 2011 are, paradoxically, the most complete incomplete story ever told. It ends not with a final battle, but with a conversation on a tree. It ends with the understanding that the real adventure—the Dark Continent, the true nature of Nen, the secrets of Gon’s mother—will never be animated. Not because it cannot be, but because time, health, and the universe have conspired to leave it a legend. So here is my deep answer: Episode 148 ends with Gon and Killua parting