Hunter x Hunter 2011

[DarthEnderX]

I guess they're just changing their relationship to cover the fact that this anime has never even mentioned the character before.

I kinda wish they'd have just shown that flashback now instead.

Incredible! Totally feels like back when Dragon Ball Z was finally shown on German television, after years of reruns of Dragon Ball (small Goku).

Are you sure that's not just because the bugs and the other guy in the intro look a hell of a lot like Cell's various forms?

[MFauli]

Are you sure that's not just because the bugs and the other guy in the intro look a hell of a lot like Cell's various forms?

That helped greatly, sure

This will be so great, damn. I read some of the Chimera-arc as manga, but stopped after a few chapters, since anime >>> manga.

[Buffalobiian]

Hmmm....I just remembered the part with Kite from the old anime. I guess they cut it out of this one.

Didn't...didn't Gon totally know Kite from that time? That's how I remember it. But they're playing it off like they barely know each other here.


Anyway, the new intro does not give me confidence that we're going to be seeing any Kurapica or Leorio any time soon...

That's how I remembered it too, so I was pretty damn surprised and confused when Gon didn't go "Kite-san!"

It was Kite in the old series that really inspired Gon to become a hunter and find Gin, from memory. The other surprising thing was the ant. I always knew queens were the boss in ant-world, but I never actually associated a female voice with their faces.

[Kraco]

I always knew queens were the boss in ant-world, but I never actually associated a female voice with their faces.

Haha. I felt sorry for the voice actor...

But I guess these ants have more than a regular insect's nervous system. It's actually so big that it needs lungs to get enough oxygen, so I suppose it could speak as well.

[DarthEnderX]

Also, what's with Ging and his little pubescence stache?

[Carnage]

Yeah I have no idea why they cut out the first episode in this series. Kaito is the reason Gon took the Hunter Exam in the first place.

[DarthEnderX]

I mean, I can see why they did it. For pacing. But they should have just put it in NOW as a flashback, instead of completely rewriting the character's relationship.

[Carnage]

I mean, I can see why they did it. For pacing. But they should have just put it in NOW as a flashback, instead of completely rewriting the character's relationship.

I think they should have included it in the first episode, and simply sped up the pacing for the first 4 episodes to fit it in. Its a different feeling to see Kite again rather than for the first time.

[DarthEnderX]

I think they should have included it in the first episode, and simply sped up the pacing for the first 4 episodes to fit it in. Its a different feeling to see Kite again rather than for the first time.

*shrug* I don't have a problem with it if it doesn't effect the storyline. But rewriting their relationship almost certainly does that.

I also might not care if I thought he wasn't going to be around again, but the intro gives the impression that he's going to be a primary character in this arc.

[Archangel]

The intro gives too many impressions, i suggest anime only viewers don't watch it too attentively.

[DarthEnderX]

Well I can't UNwatch it now can I.

[Buffalobiian]

The intro gives too many impressions, i suggest anime only viewers don't watch it too attentively.

Dude, that's like saying "In case you were wondering, the OP spoils." >_>

[Carnage]

For anime viewers only its fairly impossible to put anything together, so I wouldn't worry about it at all.

[Archangel]

For anime viewers only its fairly impossible to put anything together, so I wouldn't worry about it at all.

As an anime only viewer allow me to call you out on this bulshit. I put way too much together off that opening.

[Carnage]

Fine. Correction, anything important. Its no more giving than the last opening, if not less so. Trust me you'll never know whats going to happen in this arc, it's batshit crazy.

[DarthEnderX]

There's an army of ant people. And that guy that looks like Cell is probably their king. And Gon, Killua and Kite are going to have to do stuff, probably fight the ants. And then suddenly, beast people show up! Then the Chairman looks concerned after hearing about it.

Arc summary complete!

*dusts off hands*

[Kraco]

Since they were called chimera ants, I almost expected Killua to be in deep shit when he was bitten. Because it visited my mind that getting bitten, or contaminated, by the ant would turn a human into some sort of human-ant hybrid. But I guess it wasn't the case, after all, since Kite didn't think much of it.

[Carnage]

There's an army of ant people. And that guy that looks like Cell is probably their king. And Gon, Killua and Kite are going to have to do stuff, probably fight the ants. And then suddenly, beast people show up! Then the Chairman looks concerned after hearing about it.

Arc summary complete!

*dusts off hands*

Even knowing rough elements of the plot won't prepare you for the particulars. It would be like predicting the Phantom Troupe arc by knowing what the members look like and that Gon/Killua/Leorio/Kurrapica are involved.

[David75]

Since they were called chimera ants, I almost expected Killua to be in deep shit when he was bitten. Because it visited my mind that getting bitten, or contaminated, by the ant would turn a human into some sort of human-ant hybrid. But I guess it wasn't the case, after all, since Kite didn't think much of it.

Maybe the point is that something that seems as powerless as an ant was able to catch Killua offguard.
You could always say that he was concentrated on other matters, still I do not remember him making such a blunder that much.

[shinta|hikari]

That makes perfect sense. A kid that can sense enemies hundreds of meters away and can create clones of himself just by moving getting bitten by an ant... Super ant ftw.