Quote Originally Posted by Harima Kenji View Post
He mentioned that Pitou was a monster, so I wouldn't be surprised if he needed to hide and wait for reinforcements. I really doubt Ging would have trained him to act like an amateur in this kind of situation.
He was sweating bullets when he felt the aura, so I'd say he knew he was outclassed or at least in for one hell of a fight.
In the world of Nen you just never know.
My prediction, even though I suck at them:
Looking at the intro I'd say thinking Kite is dead, Gon will go berserk agains Pitou and fuck her up.
On the other hand, that kind of plot device is very un-HxH like...
The reasons why I'm not fully convinced he's dead are: He abandoned the mission to preserve life; he's trained by Ging, like you said, so despite everything I've said I don't want him to be a fool who got killed so easily; and also because it feels like he didn't yet fulfill any meaningful role, although can be a problem caused by this new show, not the story itself (in other words I didn't feel a thing when his head was on Pitou's lap, other than hating Pitou for being so illogically strong, but Kite's death, assuming he died, didn't make me sad in the slightest). And it's true the magical girl staff he got didn't look like a weapon.

Quote Originally Posted by Harima Kenji View Post
Somewhere I don't want Gon and Killua to play an important role in this arc.. if they were they'd be on the level of Netro and the 2 dudes he picked. Going from using 'tricks' to fight the bomber and being on equal footing with Netero just doesn't sit right with me, being shounen or not.
Just let this arc for them be nothing more then see what it means to be really strong.
I wouldn't mind if Gon & Killua defeated the likes of Rammot.