immortal-joe
Member
Yusuke is the best example of the "likable arrogant asshole" that I can think of, certainly in anime.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
New Hunter x Hunter Anime |OT| of Hunters and adventure and NO MANGA SPOILERS
- Thread starter Crash Station
- Start date
Yusuke is the best example of the "likable arrogant asshole" that I can think of, certainly in anime.
generaldane
Banned
Hell in any fiction that I can think of, sure there has been others but Yusuke is just so good
Wolf Akela
Member
Edward Elric is a pretty likable arrogant asshole.
chicagocubsfan
Member
What about Onizuka?
I agree, onizuka is the best.
umop_3pisdn
Member
Yeah it was the dub.
Exactly! I like people that are a bit rude in a good humored way, I think characters like that aren't very common, or at least it isn't common that they're so believable and easy to root for.
And Kurama is like the complete opposite personality, a shonen protagonist that's very psychologically complex or introspective, while still being believable and a total badass.
I do believe Yusuke to be amongst the GOAT shounen protagonists. Definitely one of my favorite.
Is this your first time? You're in for a wild ride. FMA is probably the best shounen that ends appropriately when it needs to.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
FMA is one of those shows that I really enjoyed.
And then they came out with another series(FMA:B) with an alternate "True"(cannon story) ending.
2 different paths and endings, and 2 movies.
As a fan of the IP I couldn't complain.
But like people have said about HxH's remake, I wish the first half of Brotherhood, didn't rush thru the episodes that the first FMA series already covered before they caught up and split off from the source material. Ruined a lot of character reveals/development and events because FMA:B just assumed you knew them already. Plus the first series style was higher budget and more cinematic than FMA:B's sketched manga look
shalnark and he's the troupe member with the gameboy power.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks.
I can't think of any that are better.
bobbychalkers
Member
I just got to the Chimera Ant arc and I'm five episodes in.
All I gotta say is
All I gotta say is
......fuck....
Passive Assassin
Member
have fun with the animated version of the chimera ant arc! reading it was terrible :l
The point where people realize that no, Hunter X Hunter isn't for kids.
I'm thinking it'll technically go on a real long hiatus, and basically be over.
Is that the Gyro episode? It's only gonna get more real from here.
Nah, not yet. It's probably the Reina and Colt stuff.
chicagocubsfan
Member
I doubt it. It will come back in 2017ish with the Dark Continent.
bobbychalkers
Member
Nah it was Gyro, his backstory got to me but by the end of the episode
they just straight up killed off the 2 characters from the exam arc. Bee girl was hard to watch with the chimera ant just unloading on her corpse with it just shaking with every shot.
Yeah
Ponzu
I always assumed that Gyro was fed to the queen in order to give birth to Meruem. I thought that was the point of his backstory. I thought "Fuck, the king is gonna get THAT personality?" But Welfin kept going on about how he needs to find Gyro and he'll never be loyal to Meruem. I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be irony because Meruem is Gyro or if I was just wrong.
There's less ambiguity in the Manga regarding his fate:
Gyro left immediately upon being resurrected as an ant due to his insane willpower. He is indeed out there.
I don't quite understand the decision to leave it hanging in the anime.
Oh wow. That is strange.
I always figured they'd save that for the last episode, use it as some kind of cliffhanger, or tease.
Go right to 136 before doing anything else.
No, Hunter x Hunter is a shounen series, it's totally for kids. This is a bit of a culture shock for us, but the Japanese have a very high threshold on what is appropriate to show to kids.
I love that the show seeks to educate kids on such diverse topics as:
How to haggle in open-air flea markets.
Auctions.
The nature of the totalitarian state of North Korea.
The ways in which sexual dimorphism in ants differs from people.
Transgenderism.
Darts.
You forgot compound interest!! Knuckle is the most educational character in the show!
If
doesn't
in next episode I will be severely disappointed.
Looking at the state of his hand I wonder what Gon's condition was. Killua thought it was never to use Nen again but it was clearly more than that.
Decent ep, I don't much care for Leorio but the reunion was touching.
--Gon---
falcon punch --Ging----
Looking at the state of his hand I wonder what Gon's condition was. Killua thought it was never to use Nen again but it was clearly more than that.
They better have not killed Killua off. I hope he just chills somewhere with Alluka for some reason.
ShaoranWright
Member
And presidential elections
Togashi secretly plotting of conquering Japan thanks to his fan's votes.
His "Nen over time" graph essentially got its X and Y axis inverted. He was using his remaining lifeforce in one gigantic burst instead of over the course of his natural lifespan, leaving him in the husk-state Killua saw him in due to him having exhausted his gas tank. (This is why when Gon grows up, he's not going to be Super Saiyan Gon.)
I loved Ging's friends trolling the crap out of him at the end.
Episode 145
I'm a bit bothered by how
Great episode, though. Always love "just as planned" moments. Speaking of which, it seemed like one of the rare times
I'm a bit bothered by how
Gon is back, but is his smiling, childlike self like he was pre-Chimera ant arc. It's a nice moment, and it makes sense because he's recovered and everyone's happy to see him, but I would have appreciated at least a bit of tension in his expressions.
Great episode, though. Always love "just as planned" moments. Speaking of which, it seemed like one of the rare times
Pariston was talking sincerely.
SolarKnight
Member
We have 3 more episodes right? Either the pace is gonna slow the hell down, or we'll get a pretty lengthy tease of the current manga arc that we'll finally see animated in 2100 maybe
It's still going to be a brisk pace- that "silent" chapter is going to eat up a good chunk of airtime.
Dominican Power
Member
Great episode. Good to see Gon and Leorio reunited.
Turin Turambar
Member
I can only suppose the last one will be a pure epilogue maybe also summary of the entire series.
Dominican Power
Member
How do you know that he won't be able to reach his potential in the future?
Because Super-Gon only appeared due to him throwing all of his future Nen potential into the afterburner tanks and blowing it in one battle. His normal potential was going to be spread over the course of his entire lifespan. (Resulting in a normal-sized person.)
Turin Turambar
Member
It was always the same Gon,
imo Gon is the type of character that can always return to his ol' big smile self once the danger or the enemy he was fighting is gone. Like, he is too dumb to be traumatized in a long-term way, if you know what I mean. He can get angry, but that's more a short-term temperament.
Slight MANGA spoilers, nothing that really reveals plot but does describe what the next few episodes 'are':
The next few episodes are the transition between this and the next arc, unless they whip up an anime-only ending for some reason.
Yeah, that's true. I guess I can see that.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Still not really sure how to feel about the
Episode was great though.
Gon healing.
Episode was great though.