episode 22, it really is the chimera ants saga.
episode 22, it really is the chimera ants saga.
Fucking THANK YOU. I was so angry at the bitch at the end prolonging the healing of the guy who got wounded. For once, karma striked fair and fast!
And yes, this anime is now a total ripoff of Hunter X Hunter and I'M LOVING IT, lol.
As for the S-rank hunters, the kinda appear rather weak now that they're on the island, outside of that fire attack that makes you wonder why they couldn't eradicate them before.
Can't wait for Jinwoo's epic appearance when he switches with one of the soldiers he planted in the S-ranks' shadows.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I thought they were flirting, and she's gonna ask him to kiss him or something, not that it really matters now.
they couldn't fly until recently, so it would have been possible to scorch the entire island of trees, and then have som mages (even A and B rank) in helicopters rain down spells. keep the ant population smaller, and maybe starve the colony if there's nothing to gather food from. it woulldn't have worked, and maybe pushed the ants to evolve even faster to borrow underground instead, but that's how anime logic works. I guess the ground team of weak fodder hunters are there to fight off any flying ants that go wild after the queen is dead.
yes, he'll somehoe teleport there with the 10 minutes delay and be right on time to save them.
The fact the supernatural powers sporting humans are organised rather loosely like this, in the guilds operating for nothing but personal glory and money, more or less, leads to weaknesses. While the groups in the guilds can work, at least theoretically, in small units to face stronger dungeons and bosses, it's still no military force where every detail is created and trained to function as a part of a much bigger army. The S ranks, especially, don't really need to work that much with others, and when they do, I reckon it's more a bunch of strong individuals working for a common goal, but also competing with each other, than a cohesive force. Even in this operation, which isn't the first against the ant island, the whole strategy is extremely simple, probably because anything more complicated would have zero chances of working, with such headstrong individuals. Even this isn't so efficient because the hunters, due to being strong individualistic fighters of different types, aren't genuinely combining their power. They were merely given places where to fight, but they act like it's every man for himself.
Normally I'd say Jinwoo is behaving irrationally because if the ants win and infest the mainland, it's not like his mom and sister could keep living peacefully. But at the end of the day, he could have probably cleaned the island on his own, so he doesn't need to take it awfully seriously. At least as long as he believes the S-rank hunters can pull it off, even if they need to struggle. Furthermore, like MFauli said, he can appear on the island immediately if things seem to go south.
It's another question whether he should feel so relaxed simply because he saved his mom.
That's actually something that Jinwoo is being an asshole with: He didn't tell the guild just how many soldiers he can summon, did he? Because he could literally, as you say, clear the entire island by himself, just sending his army. That would spare so many lives and be infinitely easier than what they're doing now.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Isn't that the point of his charactar? that he's an asshole, and the more power he has, the less he needs to work with or care for others?
He demonstrate his summon at his S rank revaluation and told them he could summon 100 more than he could fit in that hall. I don't think he lied about that.Originally Posted by MFauli
I was a bit disappointed that the sparring session was just strength and speed. I hoped to see a little more.
They also dropped the need for a translator in the middle of the match.
Tiger also didn't end up coming to a conclusion about whether Jinwoo grew with experience.
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If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Serious question: Why the hell doesn't she just wear a mask? It's gotta be easier than holding a cloth up all the time.
Sexy factor.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Is...holding up a kleenex sexy?
More than a mask.
Looks more feminine/princess-like. The pale/weak/sickly presentation also has its appeal at times in culture I think.
From a story perspective, a handkerchief let's her take it on/off rapidly, leading to scenes like her sniffing MC out. If an effective mask was worn, she wouldn't catch into the fact that MC didn't smell bad.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
You're not thinking like a pervert enough, Darth.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Wearing a mask means you are either sick or a delinquent. That's clearly not hunter Cha's image.
Anyone interested in watching the Korean Live Action? I am looking for to it.
Episode 10 felt like half a filler episode.
E23
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Well. Now I have to wait another week. This was pretty much a set-up episode.
Yes there was some action, but besides Cha's moves being kind of flashy, the episode was mostly seeing Choi shoot fire, everyone else more or less brawling, and then getting 1-shot by Ant King more or less.
The Korean S-classes are now second grade on the relative power scale. Goto shits on them, and it looks like Ant King will shit on Goto if the breaking weapon is an accurate tell. Jinwoo will eventually beat the ant, though whether he'll struggle is yet to be seen.
If the shadow soldiers are commanded to stop lethal damage rather than on Jinwoo's command, it's pretty funny that it waited so long.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
maybe he saw the ants coming on the live television feed?
also, they can send a camera-man down there and get live video coverage, but the reception isn't good enough for them to communicate between teams on the island?
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Currently Watching: probably a show directed at 9 years old girls, lets be honest.
You know the important distinction between Batman and me? Batman is fictional. In real life, there isn't always an alternative.
If that was the case then that's and a coincidentally close save by the soldiers.
Plus, the ending has him sitting and waiting on the roof before standing up to Exchange. He didn't have a hand-held broadcast device in his hands.
Agree about reception.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Way to show up just after the nick of time, Jinwoo.
actually, do we know what's the deal with the island anyway? how did all the super ants get there?
my guesses are either a dungeon break and the ants came through from an insect gate dungeon (in which case, the original gate should still be there, right?), or this was a research facility to study monsters and the ants escaped and now it's all classified data.
Forgetting the whole communication contradiction, the TV broadcast was delayed by 10 minutes, which obviously would prevent Jinwoo from reacting in real time, if he was only relying on that. It would explain why he was only reacting so long after things started going south. Perhaps even if he can communicate with the ants hiding in people's shadows, he wasn't doing it before, only watching the broadcast. When things turned bad in the delayed broadcast, he would then rely on the ants. That would, more or less, explain why he didn't seem to act a minute too soon. At the end of the day, since he refused to join the expedition, it would be kind of hypocritical to monitor it in extreme detail. If he's so interested, he should have been there. This way is more honest, in a certain sense.
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