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New Hunter x Hunter Anime |OT| of Hunters and adventure and NO MANGA SPOILERS
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Definitely. His weapon roulette was one of the coolest Nen manifestations so far.
Especially his scythe was doin work.
I liked how he had to use it no matter how deadly/shit it was so cool.
I just thought the chimera arc end was a great demonstration of Hunter x Hunter's biggest strength, which is to surprise us with the complete opposite of what our preconceptions of the shounen fighting genre are leading us to expect. I was also an interesting reflection on the human condition (spoiler tagged for people who haven't finished the arc):
Meruem is "perfect" being, born with limitless power and intelligence, who initially believes that power is everything, but as he develops and eventually faces death, he realizes that power is empty and meaningless compared to love and peace of mind. Meanwhile, Netero (as representative of humanity) is the real monster, he completely refuses to discuss peacefully with this new form of sentient intelligence when offered the chance, and appears pretty happy with himself when he nukes Meruem out of desperation.
You're making up an issue that doesn't exist except in your own head. The adaptation change affects the nature of Gon's relationship, not the reader's.
Wolf Akela
Member
It does affect the viewer's appreciation of
Gon's reaction regarding Kite's fate though. Some would even ask "why is he overreacting? They only knew each for a short time".
Even then, he still safed his life when Gon was a kid. And has a deep connection to Ging.
I don't really see how it's hard to understand why Gon would feel strongly about his fate.
Jex
Member
It's an overblown mess of an arc, that's for sure.
RE: Kite and Gon, I don't have much to add beyond saying that this conversation wouldn't even exist if they hadn't butchered the introductory arc in the name of expedience. I've always felt like that was a complete and utter mistake, one that's far harder to forgive considering some of the horrendous padding later on.
GAF died.
Turin Turambar
Member
It's starts being uninteresting. A mere bug hunt...
But it will grow slowly but surely in a bigger ball of plot, new characters, new situations, complications, new views in the enemy side, etc.
Then it will change direction to a big, a huge encounter, so big it will need lots of setup, lots of plans, and a huge focus on tension and the calm before the storm. Then the storm will be done, and it will be great, but the author will show it to you with a exacerbated detail, each lightning and each drop of rain. Too much and too slow for some people.
There is a big payoff in the end, both in emotional and spectacular ways.
umop_3pisdn
Member
Gotoh is too cute to die 
Turin Turambar
Member
Hunter x Hunter 142
Hisoka doing Spiderman is great
Killua is serious fighting against his own brother
Needlezombies run in a funny way
I like Bushidora design, and it's ingenious how the election arc and the Alluka arc seem to mix
Hisoka doing Spiderman is great
Killua is serious fighting against his own brother
Needlezombies run in a funny way
I like Bushidora design, and it's ingenious how the election arc and the Alluka arc seem to mix
Gotoh... ¬_¬
Dominican Power
Member
Seirin? Wtf
The puzzle pieces are starting to fit together, I also thought it was pretty genius how it happened.
Tsubone and Amane are the secret best new characters haha. I was surprised when they showed Canary knows about Nen, kinda caught me off guard but makes total sense considering her introduction.
Tsubone and Amane are the secret best new characters haha. I was surprised when they showed Canary knows about Nen, kinda caught me off guard but makes total sense considering her introduction.
SliceSabre
Banned
Hunter x Hunter 142
Ahh fuck it all. Note to self: Stop getting attached to characters in this show.
Ahh fuck it all. Note to self: Stop getting attached to characters in this show.
Dominican Power
Member
when
Dammit,
Really great episode. The election facet of the arc seems to be coming together in a nice way with the whole Alluka thing. I feel that people wouldn't feel too hot about Killua given that fourth commandment if they knew who he was protecting and what he was trying to do, though.
Also, that smile at the end of the next episode preview's pretty good.
Hisoka. Logically, I guess the clown's too powerful to have died in that fight, but damn.
Really great episode. The election facet of the arc seems to be coming together in a nice way with the whole Alluka thing. I feel that people wouldn't feel too hot about Killua given that fourth commandment if they knew who he was protecting and what he was trying to do, though.
Also, that smile at the end of the next episode preview's pretty good.
Turin Turambar
Member
When they were to use the bike and explained it would use their nen, I imagine.
It's very likely, yeah, although it may have been there before the series ever started.
No it would have ended with Netero's Zero hand finishing him or something about friendship.
What were you watching.
Meruem wasn't offering peace he straight up said he was going to put the human race in a zoo (basically a wildlife reserve), instead of just killing everyone. And that was after he came to respect him.
No. Killua needle was just self preservation. He killed Bodoro because Illumi fucked with his mind and he wanted to be disqualified. Simple manipulation.
Yeah went back and read it. Seems like he was manipulated.
Beaniedude
Member
Can someone explain to me what the deal with that Seirin thing was?
Are they just forming a coalition? Or are they splitting off from the Hunter organisation?
I'm confused.
Are they just forming a coalition? Or are they splitting off from the Hunter organisation?
I'm confused.
It seems like a more combat-oriented version of the Zodiacs. Possibly some kind of police to track down rogue Hunters.
Beaniedude
Member
Oh OK, cheers.
I guess I'll give it another watch, I may have zoned out halfway through.
Just to be clear I haven't read the manga, so I might be talking out of my ass here.
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Deleted member 284
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I freakin hate that the episode after we see Gotoh using his nen ability, Hisoka murks him. I was at least hoping for interference
Also, another team? How many is that now. Let's see:
Hunter examiners
The Spiders
The loose knit team from theGreed Island arc (they don't really count)
Ant generals pre Mereum
Royal guard and King
Zodiacs and now Serin?
I mean holy shit, Capcom could make Hunter vs Hunter game right now if they wanted to. And that's not even including the main chars, Bisky, Zushi, Kite, etc.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Solid episode, but Gotoh...
I was seriously expecting him to get bailed out or injure his foe enough for a stalemate... But should've known that Hisoka does not fuck around.
I was seriously expecting him to get bailed out or injure his foe enough for a stalemate... But should've known that Hisoka does not fuck around.
titiklabingapat
Member
That's what makes Hisoka so good to me. You never underestimate him if your favorite character has an encounter with him. I expect the same treatment from Togashi for Hisoka, though so I never got too attached to him.
heliosRAzi
Banned
Gotoh is GOAT(UH)
Greatest Of All Time Until Hisoka
He's essentially the show's version of Hannibal Lecter.
canary is from meteor city so you better believe she knows about nen.
umop_3pisdn
Member
Gotoh was moe.
I'm pretty sure that all Zoldyck butlers know about Nen.
The real big plot hole is how the hell did Killua live his entire life in a closed environment full of superpowered Nen users and still not know what Nen is after all this time.
Anyway, the entire HxH world as a whole doesn't make sense regarding the secrecy of Nen. There's no way in hell that such an incredible power that everyone has the potential to tap into could not be public knowledge. It's mentioned that the Hunters are the primary enforcers of the secrecy of Nen, but there are waaaay too many non-Hunter Nen users for that to be realistically enforceable.
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Deleted member 13876
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I never got how they are supposedly able to keep Nen a secret when you've got the Heavens Arena broadcasting matches where dudes clone themselves.
Killua was using Nen abilities, he just didn't know what they were.