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New Hunter x Hunter Anime |OT| of Hunters and adventure and NO MANGA SPOILERS
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SolarKnight
Member
Blame Togashi for setting him up as this big thing and yet not doing anything with it at all for years
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
But there was lots of Pouf.
Hey, he'll be in the final arc, if it ever gets made
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Today's episode:
This episode was very awesome. The music and the facial expressions were top notch. You could see both sides of the King swirling violently through him. It was incredible. Pouf lost. That's all there is to it! More refreshing than seeing his head stomped in.
Also, very hyped to see how the arc ends. Cannot wait. Now I'm hoping the King doesn't die or that the chain death effect doesn't show itself in a odd way (dead komugi)
Also, very hyped to see how the arc ends. Cannot wait. Now I'm hoping the King doesn't die or that the chain death effect doesn't show itself in a odd way (dead komugi)
Yeah, half an episode was dedicated to Gyro's backstory and he has yet to make an appearance which had me really scratching my head.
Then again, One Piece pulls characters from years prior so whatevs I can deal.
SolarKnight
Member
Yeah but at least One Piece doesn't have only like 10 chapters a year on average :|
Jigolo
Member
hmm so I think my prediction was right about gyro
Ohhhhhhhh. Well that sucks.
I guess they gotta make genocide whimsical somehow
Jex
Member
Anyway, aside from that nonsense, this was a very solid episode all round and one of the very few times this arc I didn't feel the padding too heavily (besides the intro with it's shitty high school level political commentary). If the entire arc had been more consistent overall I'd probably be more forgiving, I guess.
The narrator can still go "die and a fire" though, regardless of the episode. I don't need to be told what's going on when I can already see it and the characters explain it out loud. I'm not stupid and even the kids demographic isn't that slow.
The narrator can still go "die and a fire" though, regardless of the episode. I don't need to be told what's going on when I can already see it and the characters explain it out loud. I'm not stupid and even the kids demographic isn't that slow.
SolarKnight
Member
And believe me when I say that I wish the "10 chapters a year on average" thing was much of an exaggeration since the big hiatuses started
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130824144559/hunterxhunter/images/c/c7/Hiatus_Chart.png
Jex
Member
Yikes. I feel bad for anyone who read this in real time. Real life has even worse pacing than the anime
SolarKnight
Member
Yikes. I feel bad for anyone who read this in real time. Real life has even worse pacing than the anime
Not gonna lie, I think it might be a not so small part of why some of us don't mind the anime's pacing lol
TheRealTalker
Banned
wow they did good with the beginning narration
also Welfin manned up
also Welfin manned up
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The poison will swat his ass.
And it was poison not radiation.
Anyway, very good episode. They handled Welfin's thoughts well, and the King's last line was awesome.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
(I have never read the manga.)
It was so long ago, so I don't exactly know why I think this, but I always thought that Gyro would end up being the Meruem. Human king -> ant king. And it would justify randomly spending so much time on Gyro.
Dominican Power
Member
So does the king want to be human now?
Really enjoyed this episode, loved the way certain things were adapted from the manga.
The way they set up Gyro, I assumed he was going to be incorporated into the King, and that his personality was going to make The King an absolute terror. With the manga on-going though, perhaps Gyro could easily become relevant again.
Seeing Pouf die in front of Welfin, was especially something I appreciated. Just didn't have a great mental image when I read it, what they showed was perfect though.
The way they set up Gyro, I assumed he was going to be incorporated into the King, and that his personality was going to make The King an absolute terror. With the manga on-going though, perhaps Gyro could easily become relevant again.
PSYCHOHYZACK
Member
I guess I'm the only one who actually likes pouf, not like in the sense that I want to hang out with the guy or even root for him, but he's the most interesting to watch act and react to situations of all the ants save, the king. The attack on castle sections of this arc wouldn't be nearly as interesting, and the king and komagi dynamic nearly as meaningful with pouf around. I tend to to be more drawn to the well used second tier villains who aren't dosed in main villain plot armor so the writer doesn't have to make him look cool, bad ass or even scary, he can be a wild card. His twisted love/loyalty/manipulation is so fun to watch.
He's the straw that stirs the second half of the Chimera Ant arc's drink!!
He's the straw that stirs the second half of the Chimera Ant arc's drink!!
Pouf is the only ant with his head in the game IMO. While others waver with their human side, Pouf is all ant. My favourite character of the arc by far.
I hate him, but I definitely agree with this.
Pouf despite being framed as the most "ant-like" Chimera, came across as one of the most human Chimera Ants to me. He embodied the negative aspects of humanity, and his personal motivations were entirely selfish. Not a likable character by any stretch, but extremely entertaining to observe and watch. Kinda like Joffrey to me, the more evil Pouf became, the more I enjoyed him.
umop_3pisdn
Member
I don't think so, but he seems to experience no cognitive dissonance in empathizing with them, which to Pouf and all of their instincts as chimera ants would be just as problematic.
I can't help think that the end episode will leave me unfulfilled. How can they wrap up everything in one episode? So many damn characters. Pouf will def not get to question Meleoron and Knuckle. I guess waht makes most sense is that the end simply won't address every single strand that needs to be tied up.
I think the fight with the old man and the King and Gon and Pitou were the best episodes i've ever seen on any medium. And i'm 37. I shouldn't like this kiddy drawn show as much as i do. But i'm a sucker for a story and good writing.
But really the episode where Gon went in and confronted Pitou was beyond words. Amazing.
that said, the highlight for me was anything with the Phantom Troupe. I'm gonna go back and watch that arc again. This is my 10yr old daughter first anime and i'm glad we got to watch it together. I'm ahead of her, making sure the episodes are appropriate but she's almost caught up to me. I can't wait to watch it from teh beginning again because the show has goten so far from what it was i don't even remember Gon being a powerless little kid.
I think the show, unlike Attack on Titan, wouldn't translate well into an English audience. There are episodes with just way too much narration and explanations. I loved everything but your average viewer here would blow a gasket at that.
Any word on when the next arc will start airing?
I think the fight with the old man and the King and Gon and Pitou were the best episodes i've ever seen on any medium. And i'm 37. I shouldn't like this kiddy drawn show as much as i do. But i'm a sucker for a story and good writing.
But really the episode where Gon went in and confronted Pitou was beyond words. Amazing.
that said, the highlight for me was anything with the Phantom Troupe. I'm gonna go back and watch that arc again. This is my 10yr old daughter first anime and i'm glad we got to watch it together. I'm ahead of her, making sure the episodes are appropriate but she's almost caught up to me. I can't wait to watch it from teh beginning again because the show has goten so far from what it was i don't even remember Gon being a powerless little kid.
I think the show, unlike Attack on Titan, wouldn't translate well into an English audience. There are episodes with just way too much narration and explanations. I loved everything but your average viewer here would blow a gasket at that.
Any word on when the next arc will start airing?
It is, indeed.
Wolf Akela
Member
Err, so whoever is poisoned also spreads the poison?
Does that mean Pouf just killed all those people?
Does that mean Pouf just killed all those people?
flintstryker
Banned
And this folks is the reason why the King is my favorite Shounen Viillian, the development he went through throughout this arc is even more unprecedented than Nintendo and Ea's partnership.
Dusk Soldier
Member
I always thought the point was that Gyro was reincarnated as the King.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Hunter X Hunter 2011 Episode 133
Hmm It seems they all started bleeding at the same time..the effect of the bomb and being too close to it? I dont know if they established if the bombs were nuclear or not.
Hmm It seems they all started bleeding at the same time..the effect of the bomb and being too close to it? I dont know if they established if the bombs were nuclear or not.
This is still up there I guess. I like to think of it as a low-yield dirty nuke, but it doesn't have to be a nuke. They started bleeding around the same time, but they are dying in I believe the proper order.
Shit, Youpi alone could have died the way he did and I wouldn't have any issue accepting it. He was in the epicenter of that shit, looked like hell. He morphed his body to endure it, but I knew there would be consequences.
Basically,
It's a nuke in all but name, due to how sensitive the Japanese are to them because of their history. The effects of the poison are mimicking radiation sickness.
The thing Togashi made up is actually worse, because of the contagious angle. Punishes any and all, who try to care for the survivors. Which is quite fucked up.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Hunter X Hunter 2011 Episode 134
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Yeah, my first thought when they revealed that was "Who have they been in contact with since becoming contaminated?"
Wolf Akela
Member
Off the top of my head... Meruem, Pouf, Youpi, Welfin, Knuckle, Meleoron, plus all those humans outside that Pouf had to re-hypnotize if his hypnotization thing is organic and not Nen.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Would Pouf's spores count? the horrible thing is we might be speculating over nothing cause togashi might not even put that into play for the other characters
SolarKnight
Member
I...never thought about that. I guess it really is entirely possible he caused an extra couple of deaths just by being there