There was a nen eraser on Greed Island. They didn't show it but he must have removed Kurapika's chain from Kuroro.
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There was a nen eraser on Greed Island. They didn't show it but he must have removed Kurapika's chain from Kuroro.
Ocarina_117
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Ah yes I recall him leaving Greed Island with Hisoka, correct?
I'm not sure who will die (if any) in the fight as it doesn't really have clear impact towards the arc. Chrollo has no end goal besides screwing the world with his troupe and Hisoka.... Well this is his goal. The reason why Chrollo showed up in the story again is maybe because Kurapika is prominent in the story again.
Either way both are not abovd faking their deaths so yeah.
Also on why Chrollo explained his powers: Chrollo admitted he's trying to look cool.
Either way both are not abovd faking their deaths so yeah.
Also on why Chrollo explained his powers: Chrollo admitted he's trying to look cool.
Yep. That's correct. His last scenes are him touching the bomber and saying the special phrase to get dispel the creature following him and then he uses a card to get to Hisoka and they leave to remove the nen.
The Silver
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I'm actually not that hyped about this(likely cause it came out of the blue), i like the super wordy murder ship and dark continent stuff better
Schadenfreude
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I had to go back and check to see if maybe I had missed a chapter. Talk about out of the fucking blue. Still, pretty hype to see Chrollo and Hisoka finally duking it out. Been waiting on this for a while. I hope Hisoka doesn't die cuz he's probably one of my favorite characters but at the same time seeing Chrollo die would suck too. A real toughie this one. And for those saying that they'd rather get back to the Dark Continent stuff, don't believe for one sec that this won't be related somehow. Togashi may have some shortcomings as a mangaka but connecting plot threads ain't one of them. Anywho, excited to see how the battle plays out. Keep on writing, Togashi! We believe in you!
PS: Did anyone else think they were fake Chrollo and Hisoka? The art style looked kinda different than usual so I thought some impostors were hanging out in the Heaven's Arena. I think the rumors about Sailor Moon wife helping out might have some merit.
PS: Did anyone else think they were fake Chrollo and Hisoka? The art style looked kinda different than usual so I thought some impostors were hanging out in the Heaven's Arena. I think the rumors about Sailor Moon wife helping out might have some merit.
hisoka dying would hurt the series more since he has a bunch of connections to various characters. chrollo only really has ties to kurapika and kurapika didn't even kill him when he had the chance. i think the spiders might end up catching a ride to the dark continent and end up getting killed there. would be similar to how they got to face off against some of the ants except this time they will mostly get killed.
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I can't believe this fight is actually happening. Good lord this chapter was hype. Just ffrom seeing Heaven's Arena on page 1, I knew this would be some good shit!
I think it's gonna take a minute. Can't wait till they get there. Shit's gonna be like a mega-dark Gourmet World lol.
I think it's gonna take a minute. Can't wait till they get there. Shit's gonna be like a mega-dark Gourmet World lol.
Ultra Numb
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Quite a while yet.
There's a lot to get through before they even reach the shores of DC.
The boat journey to DC is looking to be its own arc [the whole "Hunger Games: Prince Edition" the body guards, Ging and Pariston conflict. Then there's that whole "fake continent" stuff where they have to drop off civilians.
I don't think there's any reason to believe he was done chasing his target at the time. I would assume this isn't a flashback.
Ultra Numb
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I think that's more than enough, Kurapika is one of the leads. One of the pillars behind Kurapika's existence is to take down the troupe. I'm sure his priority will shift back to them eventually.
Hisoka on the other hand is pretty much irrelevant from an overall storytelling perspective. What does he have going for him beyond a match against Gon that we've already seen?
I wonder if Hisoka can write in Chrollo's book with his power.
Every Hisoka fight (minus Gon) has him in trouble for a good portion of the match...
Schadenfreude
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I wonder if Hisoka would be disappointed if Chrollo actually turned out to be much weaker than he anticipated. One Punch Man syndrome and all that.
I really hope so, but Togashi has a knack to bring back old character from years ago and kill him/her. What's weird is this fight, besides being cool as shit, has no bearing whatsoever to the main plot or current main character's motives.
One of the princes could be watching and hire the winner. Who knows, it could happen.
TheRealTalker
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Well hopefully we get a ton of constant chapters 
I honestly think one of these characters is dying. No one really feels safe in Hunter x Hunter. I don't want either of these characters to die too, so the tension is really fucking high. If I had to take my bets though, I would agree with you. Hisoka has more to do in his future.
They'd be absolute Nen monsters. They have so much potential.
While we agree it's impossible hisoka will die, I refuse to see Chrollo die now.
With ALL OF HIS ABILITIES he has to have some escape plan in place if things go south.
I guess some people did predict that Hisoka will use his power on the book so that Chrollo uses the wrong ability :/ .
But still, Chrollo has so much potential. Bringing him back finally, just to die ? It's kinda expected and lame.
If togashi is trying to tie up loose ends to rush the manga and to end it sure. Otherwise it shouldn't happen.
With ALL OF HIS ABILITIES he has to have some escape plan in place if things go south.
I guess some people did predict that Hisoka will use his power on the book so that Chrollo uses the wrong ability :/ .
But still, Chrollo has so much potential. Bringing him back finally, just to die ? It's kinda expected and lame.
If togashi is trying to tie up loose ends to rush the manga and to end it sure. Otherwise it shouldn't happen.
Isn't it technically not broken but someone else is carrying it?
Ultra Numb
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We already have an idea with Gon although I don't think his raw-power will be quite that extreme. Basically, the way I think the way "Gon San" worked is that he became a MUCH more powerful version of his current self - he didn't suddenly have new abilities he didn't already know. Therefore he had a stronger Ja Janken and improved physical attributes but no newer abilities. So while at twenty years old while Gon may not have as much raw destructive power, he'll make up for it in other areas.
Killua is the difficult one because we have no "Killua-san" - we don't even really know how powerful he is right now, let alone when he's in his twenties.
This is what we know. A bloodlusted Killua without his Hatsu effortlessly one shotted Rammot who had Nen. In contrast the combined forces of himself and Gon with their Hatsu merely damaged a Nenless Rammot. This was also before he developed Godspeed.
Killua's performance against Youpi isn't much of an indicator. Him not being able to damage him doesn't say much because Youpi is the most durable character in the series [besides Meruem] - this is why its difficult to place Killua. Would those same attacks of his hurt pretty much any non Royal guard/King opponent?
chicagocubsfan
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That chapter was out of nowhere lol. Excited to see what happens though.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Togashi got me on my toes. Gon might even show up soon. But I think there will be a timsekip, Togashi has got be dying to do one.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Goddamn. So tempted to catch up on this, but I hate catching up all at once and then waiting for two years
next chapter we time skip 10 years and have a short recap of everything that happened in the dark continent and the manga ends.
Jigolo
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I think he's back for a decent amount of time now. He's acknowledged his back issue enough to mention it in the Weekly magazine. He said he's been exercises and has lost the weight and feels better.
But that's just the feeling I get. For all we know 2 more chapters and he's gone again
The Technomancer
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The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Hm. I'm torn. On the one hand I like the second to last chapter a lot. Always nice to see old faces back again, and I feel like I have a better handle on the actual dynamics of the Dark Continent expedition now
On the other hand,
On the other hand,
the Chrollo Hisoka fight feels a bit...off? First off, why is Chrollo a floor master? He never struck me as the type to bother with the Heaven's Arena, unless its just been a source of abilities for him to steal. Plus, shouldn't Hisoka know a bit more about how Shalnark's mind control works? And all of the time that Chrollo spends explaining in detail all of the ways the book has changed felt weirdly paced. A bit longer than I'm used to for "haha here are how my NEW powers work!" scenes
they probably don't all know how the others powers work. Remember the last of the troupe that has a memory gun? Many of them didn't know. And same with the zodiacs. No one really seems to give out their full power information so it's possible that Hisoka didn't know much or any of Shalnarks power.
I suspect that this fight is in here as a peace offering to the fans.
He was likely hiding from Hisoka while gaining new abilities and testing his own new ones. Makes sense. The spiders don't necessarily know each other powers, just like the Zodiacs.
MetroidPrimeRib
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dont need spoiler tags in the manga thread
yeah it's annoying having to click spoiler tags on freaking theories. spoiler tagging on the day the manga releases should be done though.
Yeah if it's Abengane (The Nen Exorcist) from Greed Island then he has a conjured spirit that ate the chains off Chrollo, but it's still technically intact.
grandjedi6
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And then Chrollo peaces out and leaves Hisoka alive but powerless. Which would be pretty fascinating to watch the dynamics of since it's the one scenario that would actually bother Hisoka (both killing Chrollo and dying himself would likely please Hisoka)
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