Hunter x Hunter 2011

[David75]

I'm a little surprised Leorio or Killua not reacting to the 5 million subscription when getting a single target only gets you 2 million.
Even without knowing the dangerosity of the targets, you know it's a pyramidal scheme to rob money from a group of people.
Who would be strong enough to get 3 of those targets to start gaining 1 million over their subscripion? Also meaning you'd probably need to fight against other bounty hunters?
Everyone is a little too dumb here. I can understand Killua is very confident in himself and only wants to have fun, I'm a little surprised Leorio is back to the dumbass he was during the hunter exam. There isn't anyone else reacting too.
Very strange.

[Penner]

If i read correctly, getting a single target gets you 2 billion, which is why they made such a fuss about it :P

[Archangel]

Indeed, 2 bilion.

The 5 mil is retarded though, i'm sure they'd still get the money if they simply captured them outright.

[DarthEnderX]

I'm a little surprised Leorio is back to the dumbass he was during the hunter exam.

At what point during the series had he ceased to be a dumbass in the first place? You can't go back to something you never left.

[Kraco]

The 5 mil is retarded though, i'm sure they'd still get the money if they simply captured them outright.

I called only paying it retarded, because considering we are talking about professional criminals here, for all we know the big mafiosos only ordered their underlings to spread the wanted posters of the bounties, yet those underlings came up with a nice way of making some dough on the side by collecting those five millions from hopeless dumbasses. It's good business.

[enkoujin]

I thought it was pretty funny how Leorio got tricked by that when he ironically haggled for a couple of cell phones while he puts down $5 million without raising an eyebrow. It was the only non-tense scene in the episode.

[David75]

My bad, the bounty is a tad better when read correctly...

[TwisT]

Is it just me or is everything involving Uvogin (and perhaps all Spinders) that much better in the original anime? He was basically Luffy, except he kills without remorse.

Things that was better that springs to mind:

Uvo's voice actor
Uvo's whole attitude and demeanor
Uvo going down to face the mafia
Uvo fighting the Shadow Beasts
Nobunaga & Co talking about Uvo's Big Bang Impact
Uvo getting interrogated
Uvo and Shalnak researching the Nostrado family
Uvo finding Kurapica in the hotelroom

Example Uvo and Shalnak in this episode. In the original there was much more warmth and comradely feeling between them with the whole playful kiss on the mouth and their entire conversation. And the fight with the Shadow Beast was so drawn out. His Big Bang Impact too forever to load and then he just levitated in the air instead of the few second charge up and mega explosion that only lasted a few seconds. How he took forever to fill his lungs to shout and blow that skull fragment. And make the sound of a vacuum? Seriously? Feels like they try to take away all the loving qualities and portray him as a big brute and nothing more. Maybe they don't want kids watching to actually like a bad guy like Uvo that snaps necks and shit.

I just fear that this fight between Uvo and Kurapica next episode will be drawn out and fucked up like the Shadow Beast one. I really hope not. Anyways am i the only one that feels this way?

[Kraco]

I don't remember the first anime in such high detail, but in all honesty what use is it to make a new show if it's a carbon copy of the old one? You are better off by making another take instead. I don't particularly see why Uvo should necessarily be any different from this, nor the other members. In the end they are all murderous, vile criminals who can't afford to trust anybody.

[MFauli]

As for the "why pay 5 million for a fee" problem:

It´s rather simple. The mafia wants the spiders dead. No matter if you subscribe or not, the mafia will benefit from dead spider members. Now, they tell you "only who subscribes will be granted the reward". What it comes down to is that i wasn´t stupid on Leorio´s side to pay the fee. Rather, it´s dumb of the mafia not to simply make it a public announcement so that thousands and millions of idiots would go after the spiders. THAT is what should be questioned here.

[Kraco]

It´s rather simple. The mafia wants the spiders dead. No matter if you subscribe or not, the mafia will benefit from dead spider members. Now, they tell you "only who subscribes will be granted the reward".

The mafia won't benefit as much from a spider member dead but not in their possession. In that case they couldn't even be sure the target is truly dead, and thus couldn't spread the message this is what happens if you screw with us or they can't torture a living captive they don't have for information. Plus the big bosses won't believe until they get the corpse, which they wouldn't get before paying. Like I said earlier, they can't simply claim the body (or even a living target) from somebody who is stronger than the target they couldn't take down in the first place.

All this led me to believe the whole five million wasn't there originally but somebody just decided to make some cash in the middle.

[David75]

Thought about this a little:
Getting 5 million from each subscriber is a beneficial source of money. They can spend that in anything regarding the targets and/or other goals.
They also get a shortlist of people having at least those 5 millions (or more) AND who think they are strong enough for the job. So they know that in that shortlist they get fighters that did earn quite a sum with their abilities, which is valuable information too.
Obviously, you'd still get lousy people in that shortlist, but not that much since this is quite a sum to begin with.
With that money, they can even start getting intel on the subscribers.
Now that doesn't mean successful fighters, having those 5 millions are strong enough to do the job, but even then they can be useful if hired in the organisation (some of them at least)

[Kraco]

A good point, but putting your name down on that list just became even more dubious, with that in mind. Unless you were dead set on seeking a lifetime of servitude on mafia's payroll, you certainly shouldn't pay them millions and have your name recorded.

[David75]

A good point, but putting your name down on that list just became even more dubious, with that in mind. Unless you were dead set on seeking a lifetime of servitude on mafia's payroll, you certainly shouldn't pay them millions and have your name recorded.

You know how google makes billions with your data, mafia just is even more clever

[MFauli]

Random thought: Do we have any figures about this anime´s success? I just wondered how likely it is that we´ll get to see all that stuff that comes after the end of the original anime-version in animated form. And I figured that the more successful, the more likely it is they keep producing.

[animus]

I've fallen behind on the new series, does anyone happen to know of a batch download for at least 20 to 30 episodes?

edit: Actually I realize this is a bad place to put this, a PM would suffice I guess?

[Penner]

Fuck yeah, ep 47 is out! Kurapika badassery!

[Uchiha Barles]

That was crazy good, but for some reason, I recall the original being more exciting. I'm gonna check that out now, not a bad way to spend a few minutes xD.

[Archangel]

Kyaa~~ Kurapika~

[shinta|hikari]

Why is Kurapika not the main character of this story?