There are martial artists in it, and they fight with martial arts, but like - it's not about that. I think the HxH comparison is a lot better, right down to setting "rules" that can empower you in some ways while restricting you in others. I think Nobara is sort of the illustrative example. If you have a character whose fighting style is "pound nails in monsters and make them explode," that's not really a martial arts series any more lol.I mean there are definitely some martial arts fights in the series.
Especially with the Yuji and Todo team up and the fight between Yuji vs Choso.
Let's just say it's a mix, but farther out there.
That Yuji fight in the bathroom is top tier though. Cannot wait until that gets animated. Gonna be jawdropping. Additional shoutout to Megumi's broken-ass dad.