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That would be too clean, this arc isn't clean. I'm expecting Kite to be revived as some sort of atrocity, or maybe just completely catatonic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Yeah but then what would be the point of them even going? It's already pretty much been established that anything below royal guard is trash tier, even with Nen i don't see the Chairman and his posse having any issues with them.
Hmm... Well, there is of course a possibility that the other two royal guards aren't as big fighting monsters as Neferpitou. However, if even Netero doesn't want to face Neferpitou, I don't see how Gon & Killua could reach the needed level of power in a couple of weeks. Maybe if we had two Killuas who could devise a nefarious plan, but we have Gon who's too stupid for anything but direct face to face confrontations - and such confrontations happen to be Neferpitou's forte.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
The Chairman's team might only have trouble against the Royal Guards, but that still leaves 24 captains that would interfere if given the chance. Gon/Killua/whoever would still be helpful in keeping other people out of the fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ark
My only solution: Gon (and maybe Killua, too) develop a special technique akin to Kurapikaīs, where you have to vow with your life, this gaining an incredible boost in power.
Thereīs simply no other way, outisde of bullshit insta-upgrades. And this series has done a good job so far in presenting power levels in a semi-realistic manner.
I guess that some way out of this mess would be having one of the strong ants become an ally.
It wouldn't be a stretch to think that even if they are "designed" to be under the orders of the Queen/King or whoever, they still have human characteristics and Nen.
We've already had some lower grades ants do whatever they feel. Why not having one of the top chose to rebel against their kind?
It's not impossible because very fine/precise nen control can probably affect your own body, maybe cells and why not DNA. Netero wouldn't be something like 160 years of age if not for that kind of reason.
So why not change your own DNA to free yourself from your King/Queen Tyranny?
Somehow, Colt could be a great candidate, not the strongest, but at least he could help wipe most of the place.
Why would any of the ants do that? Rammot was ready to rebel when he thought he's the shit with his new, pesky nen skills, but then he fell onto his knees before Neferpitou. However, even rebelling against the Queen wouldn't make any ant an ally of humans. They consider humans food or prey for sport. Any ant that could be fooled into becoming an ally wouldn't amount to much.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
Besides, they are probably depending on the Queen's pheromones as much as a crack addict on their dealer.
Colt seems to have some kind of ghost "ā la GITS" from his human part. Add human traits, nen fine DNA/body/cell tunning and why not... Or any other plot tool you can think of.
I think the human ghost already played its part by making Colt just as fussy, meticulous, no-nonsense, and protective as the kid was.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
Well, after all we'll just have to watch what has been chosen for us to enjoy ;)
Iīd hate it if any Chimera ant decided to join the humans. Thatīs just super dumb.
slow episode
Yeah, I haven't really cared for the last couple episodes.
Going back to being trained by Bisky again just feels like they're going in circles.
I think it would be if it happened in the middle of the arc, but if any of them are still alive after the King and Queen are dead, I don't think it would be stupid at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
After all, it's not like they can reproduce on their own, and without a chain of command, there's really no reason for them to keep doing what they're doing.
If Colt is defeated, but not killed, and recovers to find the King and Queen already dead, then I would fully expect him to give up his current path.
Episode 88 is out!!
I honestly cant figure out what Gon and Killua are missing according to Biskeīs words. In case of Gon it could have been typical stuff like "the will to kill" or whatever, but Killua certainly wouldnīt be missing that. So, Iīm left without an idea.
Netero killing those lowly squadrons and being all content with himself feels wrong. Even Gon and Killua, prior to their training, maybe could have beaten the squadron leaders. Cant wait for the clash between Netero and the Royal Guard.
Oh, and I absolutely want to see Pitou put in place. Dat pussy is to arrogant for my liking :>
Well, there's nothing wrong with killing enemy units and knowing things are according to plan. He's "warming up" at the moment as well. He's also done enough to instill fear and discomfort in the less-than-Royal ranks.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
I'm pretty disappointed with this episode. All that time wasted in flicking back and forth such that we didn't see anything real happen.
Let's just hope this is the silence before the storm.
I think Netero, even though the opponents are weak, is getting better in shape because of this.
Knowing they are at a disadvantage against the ants it's the best thing to do. Thin out the number of enemies while training at the same time.
I can't tell if turning Kite into a puppet is Pitou's power, or the guy paying the violin.
I'm going to assume it's the other guy since she's an Enhancer and that's definitely a Manipulator power.
She's a specialist. Rammot is the enhancer one. Although I understand that you don't remember which one was it because Rammot is as badass as Pitou.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Does everyone on gotwoot have Alzheimer's or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
I don't know if it's actually going to be one of Gon's weaknesses since it's more like a shounen trope, but it can't be denied his special attack is far too transparent. Even if he can "surprise" more idiotic opponents by cutting it short and using scissors instead. But nevertheless the beginning alone is too obvious and undynamic. Kite's technique also required the opponent to grant him a moment to summon a random weapon in a goofy manner, but I don't think most of the badasses had any such weaknesses.
The obvious answers would be that he's standing still through the whole power up, which in itself takes a while. It's like a telegraphed version of the spirit bomb. Doesn't help how he's calling out the name of the attack, Killua already called him out on that bulshit last time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Maybe that's why Bisque picked this training method, so they can have sort of a more explosive Nen? Or maybe for the technique to work instantaneously and in movement he just has to go at 100% all the time.
Did anyone noticed that the last royal guard has the same voice as kenpachi*from bleach? And he kinda reminds me of the guy. His entrance was very kanpachi-like.
The punch worked on Rammot since Killua paralysed him. Gon has to make his attack instantaneous, or develop one that will disable his opponents first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ark
Yeah, Gon's obvious weakness is his long-ass windup/attack calling.
Not sure what the second one is.
Oh right.Quote:
Originally Posted by antiravage
Attack range?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Bisky was giving Gon emission training while Killua recovered from his damaged hand in GI. If attack range was the issue, telling him directly should be more effective. This seems to be something that the kids have to "realise" and apply right away - she also said tonight was the last chance. Emission wouldn't be something they'd simply figure out.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
We already know paper is gonna be a Hadoken.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Having to "realize" something is a stupid shounen training method. It will always be easier if someone tells you what you lack, especially if you actually trust that person.
If the weaknesses actually include something as obvious as attack speed and/or predictability, why doesn't Bisky just tell them that too?
Keeping them in the dark about the goal and effects of their training is also stupid. Gon and Killua are going to work hard and not cut corners anyway.
Considering he's following the same path as Uvo, things like an attack range aren't necessarily anything that really needs discovering or thinking. He can simply pick up a rock and throw it at a speed of 800 m/s. It would deal with any opponent that wouldn't need an awesome, thrilling fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Killua has his yoyo and Gon has his fishing-rod if attack range is what needs solving. :p
edit: had* his fishing-rod.
Have I complained about that yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
What ever happened to that thing? Seems like enhancement could make that thing awesome.
He left it back at the island last time they went to visit.
And no, no amount of Nen can make a fishing rod awesome. Fishing rods are lame.
I really don't care about the fishing rod much, but I actually want to see more of Killua's yoyo attacks. It's too cool to be just a one-off thing for him to use while his hand was stuffed in GI.
Not when it's flipping up concrete slabs to crush you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
Episode 89 is out!!
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Good episode, but I have to wait another week to get what I wanted! :(
What the... who the fuck deleted my post? This fucking shit should be against the rules, if you want to delete a post you warn the user and justify your fucking decision.
ugh, slow pace strikes. well, no, this ep was necessary, but damn, bring on the real fight!
most emotional moment: when bisuke told killua, that as things are going heīll leave gon to die at some point. he looked so poor when he heard that :(
Yeah, it sucked for him. That outcome wouldn't be entirely his fault either. It'll be a combination of both Killua's practice of running away AND Gon's will to stay for the fight. If they would both run, then it doesn't sound as bad as it did.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
Now the situation she's proposing now is that Killua fight with Gon - with the outcome being that they'd both live, or both die.
Funnily enough, Killua's matched up against the "coward" as well. I just hope it won't be a stare-off next week.
Episode 90 is out!!
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OMFG! I can't take this waiting anymore..
The anticipation is killing me.
The preview suggests that they both lost however.
I thought Killua's situation was exaggerated too much. Perhaps it's partially believable in the sense that Biscuit apparently hammened his weakness in pretty forcefully and thus he can't get over it, but otherwise it feels like the plot is forgetting he's a fricking assassin who has slain god only knows how many people. And it's not like he was a total stranger to more demanding fights either. Yet now he's suddenly too scared to stop his knees from shaking and can't take a step forward. If he really was consistently like that, we would have seen this behavior before. But it seems like it appeared out of nowhere in this arc.
In other news the much anticipated king looks like a clown. I expected him to look like a cool badass, but instead he looks worse than many of his underlings.
It does seem a little like that. I wonder if it has to do with the number of strong people that are coming up in this arc though. We've been introduced to Killua's way of assessing situations before. I think Pitou "shocked" him into running for his life, and the whole Gon thing is pushing him now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Honestly his fighting before was pretty smart, and it prioritised being alive above all else. What it doesn't help with, is when you're trying to save the world, which protagonists tend to do. As a simple pay-to-kill assassin and fighter, Killua's doing just fine. A noble warrior, he is not.
True, but we have seen the Zoldycks are also hired to off quite powerful targets. Maybe they can afford to default once or twice against especially tricky opponents, but if they fail (run) too many times, that's it. Nobody serious is going to hire them anymore. But I suppose his brother wasn't even training him to be an excellent assassin, just to stay alive no matter the cost. It simply hasn't been shown too well in the show before this arc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Like when? Togashi has been almost entirely consistent. I can't think of one time Killua has not tried to run away from a stronger opponent. The only point I can give you is that this theme has only come up now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I'm not accusing the story of significant inconsistency, far from it. We have seen, for example, Killua's flashbacks of the cowardly teaching by his brother before, plus it's true he has certainly put a lot of priority on escaping before. However, he has rarely been scared next to witless in front of an opponent he can't really judge but that shouldn't be anything impossible compared to his current state, like Neferpitou. He was so relaxed fighting the bomber sidekick that he could experiment new techniques at leisure. He was perfecly calm when they were captured by the Spider in the hotel, and far from this when they were captured for the first time. What I considered a slight inconsistency is how the contradiction in him now seems so concentrated suddenly. If he had always been like this, he couldn't have worked as an assassin in the first place nor pull off the adventures with Gon. He might now be more distressed for personal reasons, but his life hasn't exactly been a bed of roses up until this point either.
I know what you mean.
After all, he even killed that ant that was supposed to be better than average, with ease and even with letting it make their moves on him... to the point he even let himself inject some poison.
How was he so over confident at the time is a mystery... or not.
I guess the very difference comes from Nen powers. Killua never rationnalized that power before he started training it with Gon/Wing.
But deep in his body and subconscious, he had been trained to fear it deeply by his brother. His brother did a good job instilling utter fear, without waking Killua's nen powers. I wonder what were his motives. Was it so that he isn't exposed to threats he would not overcome due to inexperience and young age, so the family needed to seal his powers and wait for Killua to overcome that barrier and show his monstrous powers?
Or was it just jealousy, brother sick love?
Maybe a mix of all that.
Then of course, there's the pitou meeting. I guess he felt an aura that triggered the instilled fear. And now he meets people with really strong nens and that fear is still there. He now needs to overcome that hurdle, the fight is more against himself, rather than against Shoot. And of course, the story is made so that Shoot is in a similar situation, having to first fight his fears so that he goes another level.
I think the knee-shaking comes from trying to forcefully break the habits, as opposed to "fearing" the opponent per se.
In the current fight, Killua will run and dodge as he finds out more about his opponent. He's also careful not to overpersue so that he won't fall into a trap. As Shoot pointed out, those are very good reactions and fighting skills. There's nothing wrong with that.
In trying to overcome his habits (and by extension: his thoughts - sometimes it's hard to say which follows the other), Killua is trying to do things he previously considered dangerous and suicidal (overpursuing, not backing out after taking damage) - and that scares him.
As for the stinger-girl before, I thought he overestimated the girl - it just turned out to do no damage. He really did screw up there. If we look at the beginning of that fight, he was dodging and sussing her out.
I get what Kraco's saying, and I think David's point about the current fear having to do with Nen may have something to do with it.
I think the implication they are trying to give is that he could easily tell everyone before was weaker than him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Being an Assassin has given him an excellent sense of his enemies strength, and he's completely collected when he already knows he's going to win.
I think what you're seeing is a result of his inner conflict with himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
We've seen him do what she's described all the time. When facing the Spiders, with Neferpitou, his brother. He simply bolts the instant he thinks he can't win. But he was at least confident that that was the correct course of action.
I think the reaction of this fight is a result of his instincts and training trying to force him to flee, but him forcing himself not to. And it's this that's causing him to look so unsteady. Because he's completely unsure.
Episode 91 is out!!
ugh, felt super short.
the ants dont make sense. isnt the kingīs goal to reign over his kingdom? seems like he doesnt care about having any underlings.
also, damn, feels like watching knuckle walking right towards his death.
So Colt really did turn to humans for help. Motives are a bit dull considering what he's been doing until now.
What does it change if there's a chain of command or not when you're similarly killing everyone/everything around?
The only difference would be speed/level of mass murder.
I do not think Colt cares for ecosystem balance...
It might suggest though, that hormonal control was a key factor. You could always think that when the Queen's reproductive organs were destroyed, she also lost hormonal control over her ant army, freeing them... even Colt who can now let some of his human parts take over.
It seems to me that the best thing any really serious professional hunters and other heavy nen users could do would be to gain a technique to purge foreign nen. Considering that I find it unbelievable such skills apparently are rare. I know if I was now in Killua and Gon's shoes, seeking out and learning that would be among the first priority, no matter how many years it took. They have certainly seen enough to know the uber value such a technique would have.
The development in the ant colony seemed logical. It's not all up to pheromone control anyway; the ants are too intelligent for that. So, it was a combination of such chemical control and a chain of command. Even with the queen still alive, we already saw the chain of command was shaky at best, but it somewhat held together until the king was born. The king, naturally, doesn't give a shit since his purpose ought to be to move elsewhere and create more queens and thus more colonies. Well, going by real insect analogy he should breed with queens from other colonies, but I doubt he could find one close enough to a human, so I assume he's just going to rape human women and wish chimera ant queens were born from such unholy copulation. Unless he's so genetically flawed he can only kill and not breed at all, which honestly wouldn't surprise me at all after his introduction.
I don't see why the hunters would want to spare a single chimera ant. They have no human ethical qualities and only view humans as food. Although listening to Colt makes sense since it's free intel.
He does in a way. During their forages, he was strict on taking only enough food for the queen and discouraged recreational killing.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
It'd be cool if Pitou is actually the strongest out of the royal guards to offset her lack of flight. I'd suck for her to get the shit end of the stick just because she was born the earliest.
I really don't like how close to Cell the king looks, tail and all.
The King looks like Cell to pay homage to DBZ. So it is deliberate.
Penguin! Noooooo!!!
Gotta say, did not expect Gon and Killua to lose. For a second I thought I had missed an episode somehow.
As much as it is the commanders' goal to serve in the best interests of the queen and the hive.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
But like the rest of the ants, the King is now made up of shithead humans.
They explained this already.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
The soldiers, commanders and royal guard serve the queen until she gives birth to the king, at which point the king and the royal guard leave to found a NEW hive.
But the queen and all the lower level ants are supposed to stay and keep the current hive thriving.
I don't think you're allowed to pick a whole bunch of unique nen abilities you can create. Most people seem limited to one, or at least, variations on a theme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
If you choose your ability to purge other's Nen, you're giving up your ability to have any other kind of ability.
I think you DO choose the ability, but it depends on whether or not it falls into your original type.
You build your own ability based on your type and your fighting style, it should be something comfortable to you.
Why are you discussing facts again? This has been explained by Kurapika's teacher, go rewatch that episode.
type, yes. I don't think he specifically talked about fighting styles however. Kurapica never used a chain before he started Nen training. He used sticks prior. I agree with the comfortable bit. Pitou for example just developed her technique based on what she wanted after she learned what type she was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
Kurapika based his ability around his needs, he wanted to trap the spider. Your ability is what you make of it, this is a not my opinion but something that we've been explicitly told.
You obviously choose the ability.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
My point was, if you choose your ability to be "I purge other people's nen" then you have an ability that has almost no combat applications.
Given that most Hunters choose their abilities for fighting, it's not at all surprising to me that Nen purging is rare.
I think you people are looking at this far too stiffly. Far too. We have already seen two specialists whose abilities allow them to use techniques from any category (Kurapika in her spider hunter mode and Chrollo the technique thief). That alone reveals that a human body is perfectly capable to overcome the religious sounding dogma that the few teachers we have seen have been preaching. That whole system is inherently flawed with the specialist category being thrown in there, so it seems like it's taught to serve the needs of the averages who greatly benefit from being able to believe in something systematic that allows them to focus on one or two things and actually get good at them, in time, instead of wasting their time infinitely trying to be masters of everything.
Gon and Killua are, however, one in a million people. If they just forgot the diagram and pushed forward, they'd probably discover there's nothing holding them back and find out Gon's old man is waiting for them beyond such doctrines. In the first place, there's no single technique to purge foreign nen. You can already reject, to a degree, some nen attacks simply by concentrating your own nen to the part of the body getting hit. For all we know, there might be some very simple guru technique of purifying your body from all nen, be it your own or someone else's. Mainstream dogmatic people just would never realise such a thing, being bound by their own rules. It would probably take someone as eccentric as Ging to discover the whole truth.
What are you trying to say? You can choose, or you can't? I'm saying that you can choose your ability, and the closer it matches your natural affinity the easier/more powerful it will be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
The whole idea of a nen-purging ability isn't to make it good for combat. It's to make the other person suck. You give yourself a nen-purging ability while training your own fighting ability without Nen. If Killua had Nen-purging as his ability, he'd turn other people into normal folks while he remains a top assassin. Imagine Rock Lee with an ability that seals Ninjutsu/Genjutsu.Quote:
Originally Posted by DE
It's not useful against non-Nen beings (say, physically strong chimera ants), but it specifically makes you a Nen-user assassin. In the regular human world, strong nen users are likely to be the strong people around.
I'm sure the system was discovered by some Nen Sage of the past and not some mainstream Hunter Administration Hotline. The categories are designed to tell you what you should do to maximise your potential. You're right that Killua and Gon are 1-in-a-million progidees and can do different things. If Gon went to become a specialist instead of an enhancer though, he might as well be a normal specialist instead of being a 1-in-a-million Enhancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
As for the "specialist" thing, specialists are people who don't fit into the aforementioned categories. You use the water divination technique to find out. They're the outliers. As far as we know, while Gon and Killua are good they aren't these "outliers" who do weird and wonderful things. They're good - but a specific type of good.
Because they're Specialists. And Specialist abilities don't have to follow the rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
We've only seen one Nen-purger so far in the series, and his abilities are completely unusable in combat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
If increased limitations = increased power, given how complicated the limitations on his ability are, I think it's safe to say that Nen-purging is considered an incredibly powerful ability. And creating one that you could actually use mid-battle would probably make the limitations on it ridiculous.
Episode 92 is out!
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The ongoing dramatic irony of Gon still believing that Kite is still alive is pretty gloomy...
the moment i watched gon going on about kite still being alive, it went back to super depressing again :(Quote:
Originally Posted by enkoujin
but damn, this anime is so fantastic, and ill repeat this as many times as i need to. i want a hxh-fighting game, an action-adventure game, and then an mmorpg. such a fantastic world/setting.
btw. isnt it all over now? chimera ants are spreading all over the planet now.
next week gives the impression of being filler.
No matter how I look at this, the Hunters utterly failed in their operation. Although I'm not even sure anymore what their operation was. Apparently it wasn't to stop the chimera ants. But then again, it's nothing but a single private association, so it's not like it would have had any particular duty to stop the ants. I guess it's now up to each country's armed forces to stop the invasions, as would be natural. But then again, considering how DB the King looks like, I guess armed forces would be nothing but fodder and this King will rule the world unopposed until somebody comes with a can of Raid.
Since the King is homage to DBZ's cell, coult it be that powerless little baby is meant to be some kind of Goku?
Just saying, from how Goku was so weak at birth compared to Brolly (I think)
Enough with DBZ.
So the association really teams up with Colt.
Netero too weak to fight the King... and calling some mysterious acquaintance.
Somehow that ep was a little weak. It happens once in a while
Btw. Iīd gladly accept Scorpion girl as my queen :>
Based on anime plot patterns, Netero will do something incredible before this arc is over, so yeah, I am not worried about the world at all.
Just be careful with your a$$, unless you like it like that of course :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
The original operation was espionage and assassination. Now that the king is born, it should move to:
a) Containment, and/or
b) Search and Destroy.
Netero said that it's been ages since he was amongst the strongest Nen users. Being chairman though, I bet that even if he's not one of the strongest - he knows the strongest (ones).
That girl looks like Palm after a Bisky-makeover. Still not as good as Bisky though. I thought Killua would have had to defend Gon from Palm and prove himself that way since she's so murderous and all, but it seems that he'll have to do it against some ants instead. Perhaps it'll be against Rammot since he has a bone to pick with them.
Netero was being modest. He is probably at least in the top 5, if not 3.
Assuming he's not lying when he said he's currently less than half his prime strength.. you'd hope the are currently some "Prime-time Neteros" running around the planet that you can call upon to fill the top spot - and everything in between.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
I have a feeling you could be right (top 3 and top 5 would correspond to having 2 generations of "Netero-class" youngsters ahead of him, along with their rivals [one each]).. but if all we've got are 2x Young Netero class, 2x Middle Netero class and 1x Old Netero class (<50% strength).. that's pretty sad.
He is the leader of the association, and obviously not by some political tactic. He must be right up there. Him being at half strength is also a lie. Fake modesty is something even real people do all the time.
If fricking days old ants can be super strong in nen, it would be statistically utterly impossible for there not to be super hyper strong nen users among humans. All things considered, there wouldn't be any reason for them to hang around the Hunter association bureaucracy, rather they would be chasing their own ambitions and dreams wherever, like Ging, so it's natural Netero wouldn't have had them at hand when they went to hunt the ants in a hurry. Even if their raw potential wasn't as big as the monster ants have, they would have years of research, meditation, fighting, and drinking under their belts, making them far more deadly even with less hp. The King even has such a rotten personality that it will surely backfire sooner or later.
I agree. I think this arc is trying to show the audience that Nen aura is not enough to judge the fighting ability of a being. Netero will probably have some imba skill that will compensate for the difference in raw power. Even Knuckle's skill is incredibly annoying and effective. Just cast it then run to the ends of the earth. Eventually, the enemy will lose due to the interest and won't be able to use Nen for a month.
unless itīs like dragonball, where boo was trapped in another dimension ... and simply used enough raw energy to blast a hole back to the original dimension :oQuote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Except they could be physically faster than you.. and have an inhumane output that isn't bottlenecked like humans.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
I'm not convinced that he's lying. The other two certainly don't think so either.
I was making a comparison with Netero using the Knuckle example. Knuckle is a disciple of a hunter who views Netero as "special." Needless to say, Knuckle and Netero are not even in the same dimension when it comes to ability. If even someone who faints from Gon's punch can have some cheap ability like that, it is only logical to assume that the head of the organization (along with all the shounen character build up) is going to have something much more powerful.
Yeah, I was totally getting the impression that this arc basically just ended, and the Chimera Ants are going to end up being a problem for some future arc now.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
Or at the very least, Meurem will be a future big bad. But the other commanders will probably just be an ongoing part of the HxH world from now on.
Compulsive rapist/murderers all over the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
well, nothing new then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
lol
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
The world already has plenty of beings like that(this arc along introduced us to an entire country built around drug trafficking), it doesn't really change the status quo of the series that much.
I think an army of unstoppable mutants raping, pillaging, and eating humans is a little different than organized drug crime.
I don't understand why that bonus ant wasn't in an egg.
The rest of them though aren't really a threat on a global scale because they aren't powerful enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carnage
What will happen is some squad leader will go on a rampage in some area, and some hunters will show up and kill him. They were so dangerous before because there were hundreds of them all in one place. Now they're going to be spread out all over the world in groups of, like, 1-3.
Containment was important before because their entire society was built around expansion of the colony.
But now that they've started absorbing humans, all of them have just become shitty humans. Super strong humans, but humans none the less. Most of them don't even CARE about creating a new generation of ants. They just want to kill, or eat.
Absorbing humans, while making them more powerful, has made them much less of an ecological threat.
The bonus ant was in an egg. I think it hatched inside of the Queen. I faintly remember seeing egg fragments from where it popped out, not sure though.
There were indeed egg shells.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
And as for the ecological threat thing.. don't forget that the raped women/animals will give birth to new queens, who would start a new army. If the ants are as human as we say they are, then what's a "king" without a harem (or at least, his queen)?
*shrug* Again, this world has dragons the size of mountains. It really doesn't seem like the world is going to be that much worse off than it was before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Alien 4: Ressurrection :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Episode 93 is out!!
Haha. Gon is pretty awesome in his own way. He's certainly very natural and doesn't need to put up an act, which gives him that much more impact.
It doesn't look like the ant king found an overly prosperous country if the ruler was such an idiot and the soldiers had no military training whatsoever. But then again, in less developed countries the lower standard of living generally means a high birth rate, which of course would be optimal for the ants' purposes.
I reckon in more developed countries there ought to be special forces with heavy nen users. Otherwise great many countries would be dictatorships ruled by nen users as nobody could stand against them. After all, the Hunter association doesn't seem to amount to much based on this arc, and, as opposed to the grand image the beginning of the story gave to it, seems more like an interest group for likeminded people, plus a few freeloaders who join just to get visa exempts, database accesses and such, like Hisoka & Killua's brother. So, it's certainly no world police against super criminals or dangerous beasts.
like, every scene was cruel and gruesome, wow. dont know where to start.
the king telling the bunny-girls that theyīre no more than cows or pigs to him, was fantastic. i had thought Gantz did that kind of theme well already, but HXH does it way more "in your face", and itīs great.
the cheetah eating fingers like fries, oh my. and just how cruel his appearance in the town felt to me as the observer. I KNOW what a monster he is, but all those civilians just look at him curiously, even enjoying it. And yet, I know theyīre all as good as dead.
last but not least, I keep wondering about Kiteīs "life status". Is he gone or not? If heīs dead, then this elaborate lead-up to finally finding out about it, will have been the most cruel shit Iīve ever seen done to an innocent shounen-hero. Gon keeps happily annoncing how Kite will be okay, how Knuckle will bring him back and all. And then ... dead? omg. Heīll go all "NO KRILLIN!" -> BAMM!
And now Killuah versus an old "friend". Iīm not sure how to judge eitherīs strength. Both got significant upgrades. The chimera-guy went from "no nen" to "nen". Killuah underwent the whole nen-endurance training to raise his base nen power, and we know how hard it is to improve here. Still, .... Well, being one of the heroes, Iīll give Killuah the upperhand. And he has a lot to prove by defeating this monster.
Palm is now my waifu. Cutest girl in the whole series. You Biske-loli fans can suck it! :P Weird date, though. Sitting next to the shore and watching a tree without saying anything. if only dating was that ease.
Killua could probably defeat the dude with relative ease if he didn't have his psychological barrier installed by his dear brother and brought to the edge by Biscuit. Rammot is just a beast, even if equipped with rudimentary nen this time, but a beast nonetheless. Killua is a highly trained killer plus with decent training in nen as well. Unfortunately you could see from his expression already that he started to hesitate and get full of doubt immediately. Rammot won't hesitate, being a beast.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
Considering Killua and Gon did beat Rammot to the brink of defeat during the previous meeting, I find it troublesome Killua didn't look confident at all. Biscuit really did wonders to crush his self-esteem utterly. Hunters prefer quite Spartan training methods...
That was the point though.. that Rammot didn't die from Gon's punch. And now the guy's back - with Nen.. and without Gon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
He didn't die but he would have been dead the next moment had Colt not rescued him. It doesn't exactly make somebody tougher if he needs to be saved by somebody else; normally, it makes a fighter look more pitiful. If Killua wasn't so obsessed with his own imagined weakness, he could very easily get under Rammot's chitinous skin by asking who's going to save him this time when things get tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Killua hasn't exactly been sitting on his hands since the last meeting. He has been training very hard, much much harder than Rammot for sure, since Rammot never even had an instructor, unless you count one loser who had sticks jammed into his brain to spill the very general beans.
yeah, but i think the point is that gonīs jajanken-attack is insta-fatal normally. yet rammot survived it, without nen.
Says who? I think it would be pretty arrogant for mere brats to think they have mastered nen to the level of having sure bet one-hit-kill attacks. Jajanken is nothing but Gon's strongest attack. Who knows how high it would rank, at the moment, among all the nen users in the world, but I very much doubt it would be anywhere near the top 10. It's not even anywhere near Uvo's similar attack, I reckon. So, Gon still needs to work hard to make it insta-fatal.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
rammot didnt have nen back then. yet he withstood a powerful nen-special attack. thatīs what i meant. i didnt say that jajanken was a onehit-ko-attack against nen-users.
Kraco: the "Without Nen" part is of particular importance.
Gon's punch was about the same as Razor's decapitating, back-breaking spikes. Knuckle got knocked out when he guarded with Nen. There's no denying that it's one damn strong attack. I doubt Killua has anything like that in his arsenal (not that he necessarily needs something like that, but it shows you that it's not a raw damage output that is easily attainable).
Shit, Palm cleans up real good ;)
Is Palm related to Hisoka or something with the whole weird pedo-crush on Gon going on lol
What...the fuck...did I just watch.
I guess the ant thing isn't over for now after all.
I feel so bad for Gon, he's so happy about Kite and I just know he's gonna be devastated when he finds out he's some kind of zombie puppet.
I bet Bisky used her Nen stylist on her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penner
It's not them. It's Gon. He has Shounen Hero magnetism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penner