First saw the fansubs for the original anime back in 2001 & was hooked. My love for the series was rekindled when the manga came out in english, & boosted by the 2011 anime reboot.
As 2020 approaches, I eagerly wait the next chapter in JUMP & am nearing my 10th anniversary of being into this series. & this isn't even the only still-ongoing Japanese franchise I've been into this long.
Whole this series stand strong on it's own, I really can't help but compare it to its influences.
JUMP authors inspire eachother. If the works are in publication at the same time, they will trade concepts with eachother, have deeply comparible physical, ability, background story, or personaslity attributes, partly model some aspect of characters after eachother, or just straight-up break the 4th wall & reference them
Yu Yu Hakusho + Jojo's Bizarre Adventures + Dragonball Z = Hunter x Hunter. HxH Greed Island + Gintama = GetBackers.
YYH: Kuwabara + Yuusuke = Leorio. Hiei + Kurama = Kurapika. Kuwabara = Knuckle. Hiei = Killua. Genkai = Biscuit.
DBZ: Gohan/Young Goku = Gon. Trunks = Killua. Freeza + Cell = Meruem. Roshi = Netero.
JJBA: Stands = Nen. Dio = Hisoka. Diavolo = Illumi. Jotaro = Ging. Wang Chan = Xeno. Yukako = Palm. Knuckle = Josuke. (JJBA + YYH: Josuke = Urameshi. Okuyasu = Kuwabara. Hiei = Hirose. Giorno = Kurama. Killer Queen = Genthru & Karasu).
Gintama: Hisoka = Utsuro. An unkillable murderer with a death wish. Ging = Umibozu. Killua + Illumi = Kamui. Killua + Gon = Kagura.
HxH has also inspired newer franchises, like GetBackers: Hisoka = Akabane. Ban personality + Ginji powers = Killua. Ban powers + Ginji personality = Gon. Kurapika/Kurama = Kadzuki. Toriko is a Fist of the North Star/Jojo parody that rides entirely on the premise of HxH's season 1 Gourmet Hunter judges.
HxH & JJBA;IU had two of my favorite manly bromances of all time; Gon & Killua / Josuke & Okuyasu. I'd have included JJBA:VA, but Buccellati was more of a parental figure to Giorno than a true bro.
While a lot of people are sick of the long hiatuses & just want Togashi to wrap this series up after Gon found his dad, I, who have been into still-ongoing series much older than this, want it to kerp going & wrap up everything nicely. I want Kurapica to get his revenge, I want know Leorio's story, I want to read more about Ging's rivalry with Pariston, I want to know more about the past of Kite, I want to read more about Knuckle & Shoot, I want to know more about Hanzo, I want a detailed history of Buscuit, & I want Killua to feel that his youngest sibling is safe enough that he can leave & go find his best friend. I want tonknow who finally takes down Hisoka.