Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Kraco]

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I didn't like this episode much. Not much at all. The scene I wanted to see the most was Killua introducing Alluka to Gon, but instead we got a long scene of the koala ant telling his meaningless life story and the great philosophies of an eneducated hitman. Kite not saying anything was in fact a good decision direction wise, but it doesn't change the fact the whole thing was meaningless. Maybe it wouldn't be if the Kite arc was ahead of us, but it's in fact behind us now, and we already knew Kite cheated death, so that should have been enough. Gon meeting Kite of course was needed. But I still wanted to see his first meeting with Killua's sister far more. Gon would have been the first truly friendly person with no duty bound attachment or anything of that sort that Alluka met in her life, in addition to being the second most important to Killua. The scene could have been really good. Instead we got the Memoirs of a Random Killer...

I guess I wasn't in any proper mindset to judge the episode after that, but it did leave me distinctly unsatisfied.

[DarthEnderX]

It was a weird choice of character to spend a bunch of time on, unless Koala is going to be important later.

Kinda like how I thought Welfin kept getting such an inordinate amount of screentime for such a secondary character, but then he ended up being really important in the end.


At first, I was worried that getting to the top of this tree was going to be a whole nother story arc, but that doesn't look to be the case.


It's weird that the 2nd to last episode is the one that gets the special credits sequence. Unless the last one also gets one.

[Crash]

I agree the Koala scene seemed unnecessary, but who knows maybe this leads to some arc where he and kite 2.0 go on some adventures. That's another thing i don't quite get though, how did kite end up as an ant? As far as we can tell none of him was eaten. I suppose there was that vague insinuation from Ging that somehow his nen ability did it? That's no crazier than any other ability, but it kinda leaves a bad taste for me. I liked that Kite was dead. It was an important event that hopefully was going to force Gon to grow up as a Hunter. Kite's resurrection kind of cheapens the whole thing a bit, but it is what it is. Great show is still great. Looking forward to Gon talking with Ging.

[Kraco]

That's another thing i don't quite get though, how did kite end up as an ant? As far as we can tell none of him was eaten.

His brain probably was eaten, in the hopes of creating a powerful nen using ant for the colony. Pitou hardly needed a brain for the zombie warrior. Maybe other internal organs as well.

[DarthEnderX]

I agree the Koala scene seemed unnecessary, but who knows maybe this leads to some arc where he and kite 2.0 go on some adventures.

Spinoff series of Those Wacky Ants starring Kite, Colt, Koala, Meleoron and Ikalgo.

His brain probably was eaten, in the hopes of creating a powerful nen using ant for the colony.

I'm curious if we'll ever see Pokkle or Ponzu show up as Ants.

Although I suppose if we were, it would have happened already.

[Crash]

His brain probably was eaten, in the hopes of creating a powerful nen using ant for the colony. Pitou hardly needed a brain for the zombie warrior. Maybe other internal organs as well.

Hmm, yeah i suppose that's could be the case. it never occurred to me since they always just chopped up whole bodies. I stick by not liking it though.

Spinoff series of Those Wacky Ants starring Kite, Colt, Koala, Meleoron and Ikalgo.

I'd watch it. Kite, Meleoron, and Ikalgo were all enjoyable characters.

[DarthEnderX]

I'm kind of wary of the fact that this episode makes it seem like Gon and Killua will be splitting up for awhile.

I am not okay with that.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm kind of wary of the fact that this episode makes it seem like Gon and Killua will be splitting up for awhile.

I am not okay with that.

Could be for an arc or two.

Or in our time, 10 years.

Maybe it's simply been so long since we've seen Gon been cheerful, but he seems so much like a little kid - even more than usual. It tested my tolerance after being used to Killua's maturity.

[shinta|hikari]

He acted more like a kid in this episode than he has the entire show.

I'm fine with them splitting up. I want to see how their characters act without depending on each other.

Gon was really calm when he met Kite. I expected some tears at least. It was like his vengeful mode never happened. Jarring.

[DarthEnderX]

It was like his vengeful mode never happened. Jarring.

Well, the reason for it pretty much never happened, so that fits.

[shinta|hikari]

That's the point. The relief from that contrast should be proportionately large.

[DarthEnderX]

Of course, who knows what Something really did to him.

On face value, it appears she simply healed him, but it's possible Something's power could have simply reset him somehow instead in order to remove his injuries(like how Inoue in Bleach doesn't actually heal people, she rejects the reality in which they were ever injured). And who knows what else might have been reset along with his injuries.

[shinta|hikari]

I think you should remove the "of course" in your statement, but that is a possibility, yes.

[MFauli]

Unlike others, I found this episode to be surprisingly satisfying for a last episode (or is there another? It wasn´t quite clear. There was something like a preview, but there were also recap-credits, like it was all over). The Koala part was weird, but it kinda established the Chimera-arc as THE end part of the HXH-anime, it gave closure to that. That´s better than ending with this weird chairman election.

And Gon going to meet his dad, well, that´s an end for this anime I can live with. It´s not like other anime that end before a real ending, and have to change from the manga-source OR end with a cliff-hanger.

Almost cried when Killua told Gon he´d always protect Alluka and then Gon looking at him with a manly smile. Fantastic.

[DarthEnderX]

Unlike others, I found this episode to be surprisingly satisfying for a last episode (or is there another?

There's one more.

I assume it's just going to be Ging and Gon talking the whole time.

[shinta|hikari]

No, 3/4s of the episode will be about a child that got lost on his way to the store.

[Carnage]

Wow they used one chapter for this entire episode, that is some quality pacing. Togashi said he would probably have 2 arcs after this, but yeah that's going to take 10 years to finish. Maybe at the end of that we'll have HXH Shippuden.

[DarthEnderX]

Wow they used one chapter for this entire episode, that is some quality pacing. Togashi said he would probably have 2 arcs after this, but yeah that's going to take 10 years to finish. Maybe at the end of that we'll have HXH Shippuden.

That doesn't seem like an apt comparison.

After all, Naruto never actually stopped airing. Shippuden was just a way to mark the in-series time skip.


It's more like Hajime No Ippo, where the series just ends for years at a time, and then comes back later right where it left off.

[DarthEnderX]

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Well, that certainly was a good stopping point. They didn't even really set up what Gon would be doing next. If anything they set up what Ging would be doing next.


I can't quite tell if the "larger world" Ging was talking about was literally just other continents across the sea, or if it was simply a metaphor for other planets/planes of reality or something. Because he made it sound like getting there was a lot more complicated than just taking a boat.

[shinta|hikari]

Aliens....