They're having some pretty huge pacing issues with this part of the arc due to the original manga jumping around from scene to scene to scene. They definitely stretched this material today as much as they could.
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ThatCrazyGuy
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It didn't feel stretched to me. It seemed logical on the progression of what was going on and dealing with the emotion ofmehst happened.
Butterfly boy scenes seem like the stretched out ones if there are any. Just my perspective on it.
Butterfly boy scenes seem like the stretched out ones if there are any. Just my perspective on it.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Shiiiiiiiiiuut this episode
MASTERFUL
makes you look at both sides differently
Great to see the main protagonist be the one in the dark in a Shonen series
Very rare in common Shonen
MASTERFUL
makes you look at both sides differently
Great to see the main protagonist be the one in the dark in a Shonen series
Very rare in common Shonen
titiklabingapat
Member
Just saw 116. Haven't read any comments yet but wowowowow.
This episode exemplifies why I love this series so much.
Character development in this series is amazing. I love how I actually felt fearful for the villains. That's,,,just incredible.
This episode exemplifies why I love this series so much.
No fighting happened but so much happened!!! Wow!!
The Pitou stuff wasn't dragged out- the recap was in order to not have to hyper-extend the confrontation.
Yup. He split.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
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I didn't say the pitou stuff was dragged out? I was just kinda talking to RoyalFool who said he feels the arc is dragging its feet sometimes and you saying they stretched the material today and there is general pacing issues from the manga from jumping scene to scene.
I am just giving my impression of what I am seeing at face value and how it feels to me. I don't have the manga as a point of reference (haven't read it) and what should be where and how things were sliced up.
If this episode was stretched out compared to the manga, then they did a good job in my eyes, because to me as a person that has not read the manga, it didn't feel that way. It felt right and natural and made sense.
In just general terms, lately, to me, the pouf stuff with morel and the hallway scenes with Killua dragged to me and felt like stretching. And maybe those were exactly as they were structured in the manga and made to feel that way, but those scenes dragged to me, faithful to the manga or not.
Just my opinion on what I am seeing, no big deal.
Watched the episode again right now. Loved Gon's anger. Gave me the feels, haha.
No, they spent an entirely appropriate amount of time on this confrontation. But in order to get the timing right (since the episode ran short, time wise), they had to make a ridiculously long recap video.
You're right about the hallway bit being stretched- it's just a general issue with this part in order to get the episodes to end at good stopping points. They can't just throw a few chapters together, so there's a lot of compression and lengthening going on to get the series to flow.
You're right about the hallway bit being stretched- it's just a general issue with this part in order to get the episodes to end at good stopping points. They can't just throw a few chapters together, so there's a lot of compression and lengthening going on to get the series to flow.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
Oh, I was never talking about the episode as a whole being stretched to fill the needed time window. I was just talking about the specific scenes and how they felt. I really don't count the intro recap in the flow of the episode, personally. If it's only a 16 minute episode or whatever, so be it. I'll judge it as that. I would rather they make the intro longer that stretch scenes out unnecessarily.
WOW that was tense i hope gons voice actor got paid twice for this episode
and killua again with the feels T_T
Seriously. The past few episodes have been top notch with delivering the emotion. You could feel how frustrated Gon was. Do they give awards for anime and voice acting? They certainly deserve awards for what they've done.
Was floored by all the internal conflict and emotion. Stunning, really.
Gon's lost his damn mind, man. He even seemed more compelled to seek revenge than even having the possibility to see Kite again during that one moment.
"Killua, I'm asking the questions"? Dude should have slapped Gon right there.
Edit: Best episode in a while. No action, but it obviously doesn't need it in moments like these.
"Killua, I'm asking the questions"? Dude should have slapped Gon right there.
Edit: Best episode in a while. No action, but it obviously doesn't need it in moments like these.
Yep, that was excellent work.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Kind of a pointless episode as plot advanced not even a gram of an inch/meter. As is the case Killua always has the best head on his shoulders and made this something to keep watching. It just kind of showed that he really deserves his own spinoff and such.
Hopefully next episode is actually exciting as a whole.
Major fault with the writing was making Gon an antagonist in this case and pretty heartless in not even wanting to let Komugi be saved. Komugi proved to be a bad plot point as indicated numerous episodes ago so the recurrence of it here only enhanced the same feelings, and unfortunately Gon's development had to be sacrificed for her sake. At least Togashi did what Togashi does best in making the antagonists actually characters who you do want to see succeed, so to see Killua aligned with the thought of saving an innocent was something worth praise.
Hopefully next episode is actually exciting as a whole.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Yep she's perfect for Gon.
Are you saying she's the voice actor for Gon? Wow. Had no idea it was a woman. Although I shouldn't be that surprised since women do voices for men in anime a lot.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Yep
umop_3pisdn
Member
Dude it's DTL, it would be more alarming if he liked it.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
hmm, know that I think about it, is there like an Oscars for anime, or voice acting, or a screen actors guild award and things of this sort.
All I see are these Seiyu Awards or something.
All I see are these Seiyu Awards or something.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Hunter X Hunter episode 116
incredible.
incredible.
ThatObviousUser
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And the wait for Gon to punch the fuck out of Pitou continues.
Obnoxious recap aside, this episode might be my favorite on this arc. But I still have some blue balls.
FIGHT ALREADY
When Gon was starting his Jajanken I was like
"Gon I'm a wimpy prissy and wah wah we can't kill Pitou because reason"
Obnoxious recap aside, this episode might be my favorite on this arc. But I still have some blue balls.
FIGHT ALREADY
When Gon was starting his Jajanken I was like
"Gon I'm a wimpy prissy and wah wah we can't kill Pitou because reason"
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
I wish Gon broke the other arm, and said like something I am holding you to the promise, don't back out. But him saying that is too long, then kneeling there with the dehumanizing/rage stare while waiting was awesome, haha.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Hunter x Hunter 116
AOTY
GOOOOOOON
AAAAAAAAH YES GOOOOOOOOOOOOON
GOOOOOOON GOOOOOOOOON GOOOOOOOOON
KEEP BEING THIS AWESOME. AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO HOLD BACK.
KEEP MAKING THAT FACE
AOTY
ThatObviousUser
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I wonder if Gon could take out Hisoka at the point. Probably.
Gon's rage seems to actually be spiking his aura, right? Maybe this Gon could give him a fight, not sure about standard Gon. Honestly never got a good idea how powerful Hisoka was.
We've never really seen Hisoka in a fair fight, have we?
The Silver
Member
the sign of a true excellent epiosde
If he was this angry, maybe. I don't think so usually.
Goddamn, I must have lungs like Gon since it felt like I was holding my breath the entire episode. So damn intense. The inner struggle in Gon was great, and the voice acting was award-winning like some said. The OST in this episode was something else too. It's just way too easy to give this episode a 10/10. Loved it.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Well they had to try and make Gon human. Nobody thinks rationally when they're emotional, that's human nature. But seeing him not smiling or being super positive is a nice change of pace.
All of Hisoka's fights so far have been fair. His weapon is psych and deception, that's how he rolls. If this Gon tried fighting him, I don't think there will be enough frames per second in the show for the amount of times he gets tricked.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
Boys not men.
Jigolo
Member
You know as well as anyone we haven't seen Hisoka get serious in a fight yet. We were about to and then :|
ThatObviousUser
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Not many guy voice actors can sound like a 13/14 year old, and from what I know the ones that do are like Kaji Yuki, and, um... yeah. Most men in anime are voiced by men, but for pre-teen/teenagers women are usually do the voice acting.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
He straight up hit puberty this episode.
There are cases where the "cool" kid characters are voiced by men.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
yeah and they sound 10 years older than they should still even when the guy is trying to imitate a younger voice.