Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Kraco]

Yeah. Since Killua is an assassin, he's also very cautious and pessimistic, as we have seen numerous times. That's why I thought, when in doubt, he would naturally go for a kill instead of mercy like a normal person, perhaps. It could be hanging around Gon, and the others, have mellowed Killua. It's not like he would have had a single friend before Gon, so he likely wouldn't have earlier thought somebody, let alone an enemy, could be cool and killing him might be a waste. An assassin would have finished the defeated opponent thinking it ensures the person would never appear before him again.

[Buffalobiian]

Ex-assassin. Killua doesn't like repeating himself.

I think there was a reason he quit killing people, so I wouldn't give Gon all the credit.

You make an interesting point about the whole friend thing though.

[DarthEnderX]

Killua's explanation for catching the dart was way more complicated than I thought it was going to be.

I thought he was gonna be like, "Oh, you hit me in the spot where I had a needle in my brain until recently."

[poopdeville]

I've been watching this on and off for a few months now, and I have to say I liked the old version better. The pacing is better here, especially during the exam. But the York Shin arc was kind of weak, and that was the best part of the old one. Greed Island seems to be pretty much the same between the two, so I'll skip the Bomber fight when I get bored of watching them train.

I am looking forward to the Ant arch. Are they doing the arch after the ants?

[Buffalobiian]

I've been watching this on and off for a few months now, and I have to say I liked the old version better. The pacing is better here, especially during the exam. But the York Shin arc was kind of weak, and that was the best part of the old one. Greed Island seems to be pretty much the same between the two, so I'll skip the Bomber fight when I get bored of watching them train.

I am looking forward to the Ant arch. Are they doing the arch after the ants?

afaik, yes.

[MFauli]

new ep is out!

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I love how the final scene continues into the ending theme.
And damn, I love all these characters so, so much. HXH is really teaching how to tell a good story here: By putting effort into every single character, no matter how far on the "side" his role might be positioned. In more typical stories, I wouldn´t give a damn about someone like Meleoron, but this anime managed to make me actually are about this side character. Same for Knuckle.

Speaking of whom ... so their masters are wasting their energy on some area protection, and Knuckle and his friend want to engage in a fight with the royal guard with just Gon and Killua? Sounds reasonable ... NOT.

Also, how does Meleoron intend to get near the King in the first place? Perfect Plan only works during him holding his breath. Assuming he cant hold his breath for like an hour, he needs to get close to the King until he´s within, say, 20-seconds-breath-holding-reach. Though, even if that´d work out, I have the feeling that even a fully charged attack of Gon´s wouldn´t scratch the King.

Btw. another praise for this show: When Meleoron explained his ability with that restaurant-analogy, I though "ohoh, that makes no sense for a chimera ant to know about restaurants". Only to later reveal that he´s been regaining his memories from his human past. Nice.

Though one point didn´t make sense even then: Why does he have memories of one specific human being? The queen was eating hundreds of people, wouldnt their memories mix? Or does it mean that one human being results in one ant? hm

[Kraco]

Though one point didn´t make sense even then: Why does he have memories of one specific human being? The queen was eating hundreds of people, wouldnt their memories mix? Or does it mean that one human being results in one ant? hm

Maybe these above average ants regain memories from individuals that had at least nen potential. It doesn't otherwise make much sense to gain memories from digested brains. The only thing you normally get from digested brains are prions and a mad ant disease, which doesn't do any good to your memories, I'm sure.

This was certainly a talk heavy episode. However, it does open a hugely plausible pathway for actually defeating at least a royal guard in a believable way. If Gon gets the first punch in free, it should even the odds against the likes of Pitou considerably. Regardless, getting allies from the ranks of the ants will make their attack more plausible. Since the Hunter association is full of scumbags who only think of internal politics and their own position.

[Buffalobiian]

Though one point didn´t make sense even then: Why does he have memories of one specific human being? The queen was eating hundreds of people, wouldnt their memories mix? Or does it mean that one human being results in one ant? hm

There's always one dominant human character in each ant. The genetic mix doesn't seem to be very even, since each ant is a unique genetic bag of genes, rather than being a direct genetic upgrade from the previous batch. I would have argued that when a gene is "used" it's no longer available for another ant, but that can't be true. The royal guards and the king have animalistic appearances (genes) but the queen must have been on a human-exclusive diet for quite some time before their birth.

Maybe "character" is encoded in genes. When a batch of genes from a human makes it to a chimera ant relatively intact the original character surfaces. Combine that with the idea that memory resides in some collective cosmos outside of our bodies, and you can expect such a character to eventually find its memory again.

I'm not sure Gon is right if he thinks Knuckle is the right choice for a free punch. The interest counter can eventually seal someone's Nen, but Knuckle would have to stay alive for long enough to do that. It's also not immediately crippling, unless Knuckle has something stronger up his sleeve (he probably does, but we've yet to see it). Gon's attack on the other hand is effective immediately. It also requires a long charge-up, so it'll benefit even further from Meleoron's ability to remain undetected.

I'd say the guy can hold his breath for 3 minutes. These are super-ants and shit.

[DarthEnderX]

I was wondering when the girl in the ending was going to show up in the show itself. She must be important, but I have no idea where they're going with it.

Though one point didn´t make sense even then: Why does he have memories of one specific human being? The queen was eating hundreds of people, wouldnt their memories mix? Or does it mean that one human being results in one ant? hm

I think it was made pretty clear at this point that each ant isn't just made up of everything she's eaten.

They combine aspects of different creatures to form each individual ant.

If she has to expend the usage of one human she ate to create one ant that has human-level intellect, it means she probably can't afford to stick hundreds of humans into every Squad Leader.

I'm betting that's exactly what she did with the Royal Guards and the King however. Which is why they're so insanely powerful.

[Buffalobiian]

I was wondering when the girl in the ending was going to show up in the show itself. She must be important, but I have no idea where they're going with it.

She's the only one that beats him at least 50% of the time, if not 100%. She's also blind, so she doesn't know he's an ant and doesn't fear him for who he is. In that sense she's his only peer. No human will treat the king like a normal human, while every ant will treat him as a king. She'll also be insightful and give him a greater meaning to life than his current one. She'll probably also show him how she can be strong without physical nor nen abilities.

She will be the mysterious being that the king can not overcome and desire to be with.

[DarthEnderX]

He better blind himself first then because that is one ugly character design.

[Buffalobiian]

He better blind himself first then because that is one ugly character design.

Who knows.. maybe she turns the ants on.

The king asked why the other player didn't resign 23moves ago, and whether he was hanging on hoping the king would make a mistake. Looking for that mistake is exactly what Gon&co's "power isn't everything" philosophy hinges on: (mis)application.

[David75]

The new air day changes the subs day and I do not enjoy the show as much as when I watched it sunday mornings, when I'm at the peak of my energy. Or maybe it's because the show isn't as entertaining as it was in the previous arc, as it is only in the "building an awesome plot" phase.

[Buffalobiian]

The new air day changes the subs day and I do not enjoy the show as much as when I watched it sunday mornings, when I'm at the peak of my energy. Or maybe it's because the show isn't as entertaining as it was in the previous arc, as it is only in the "building an awesome plot" phase.

It's your energy levels David. Show's still pretty cool.

I don't like the new air date much either. Sunday afternoons were a much better time. Now I'm stuck waiting only for this show on Wednesdays.

[poopdeville]

Is it me or is the lack of blood kind of silly? I just watched the cheetah ant cut off a bunch of cops' fingers and GOBBLE THEM UP. Killua just ripped Rammot's head off. The lack of blood was actually jarring.

[shinta|hikari]

I haven't really tried to do or seen those things in real life, so I dunno how much blood should flow, so I dunno I guess.

[DarthEnderX]

Is it me or is the lack of blood kind of silly? I just watched the cheetah ant cut off a bunch of cops' fingers and GOBBLE THEM UP. Killua just ripped Rammot's head off. The lack of blood was actually jarring.

It's not like there isn't tons of blood in other parts of the series.

[poopdeville]

I haven't really tried to do or seen those things in real life, so I dunno how much blood should flow, so I dunno I guess.

I had a cooking accident once and knicked an artery in my finger. Blood was coming out really fast. I put crazy glue in it, but after about 10 minutes, that sprung a leak and blood sprayed like 4 feet. I had to tear off the glue and put a fresh layer in to get it to stop.

@Darth: Yeah, I just thought it was weird that it would stop when the Hunters are actually dealing with brutal animals.

[DarthEnderX]

They probably just didn't want to animate it.

Dynamic airborne fluid physics are a bitch.

[Buffalobiian]

Episode 103 is out!!

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That was actually pretty cute. Cheatu just wants someone to play with for 8 hours.

That was some innuendo with the Nen-exorcist, even though it didn't have to be read that way. If HxH doujinshi weren't dominated by yaoi, I would totally be expecting one detailing about how Cheatu "seeded" ARP over to the other ant. *wink wink*

Morel seems smart enough, but he takes so much time. That's what makes him appear rather average.