Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Kraco]

I will end by point about Uvo by saying this: Getting dragged into a one-on-one confrontation with Kurapika (the guy who demonstrated the ability to restrain him without much effort) because of his damaged pride was not smart.

Previously Kurapika had restrained paralyzed Uvo and punched him in the face once when Uvo was chained to a table. So, he hadn't shown much in the way of amazing abilities. Besides, as much as I blame Kite for being careless, getting distracted, and losing sight of the real objective, I still think he was worlds above Uvo in intelligence... Uvo was, no matter how you look at it, a musclehead. Nevertheless, Uvo never lost his own way of living, till the end. Who knows how Kite should be judged in that sense (assuming he's really dead). If you look at Ging's actions and decisions, it's clear he never had any pity left for Gon's suffering or possible death, so it's questionable if Kite was doing right or wrong by going out of his way to look after him. He might have lost his way in that. But then again, he's Kite, not Ging, so he had to make his own decisions.

[Splash!]

Besides, as much as I blame Kite for being careless, getting distracted, and losing sight of the real objective, I still think he was worlds above Uvo in intelligence... Uvo was, no matter how you look at it, a musclehead. Nevertheless, Uvo never lost his own way of living, till the end.

That being said, Kite was in a lot tougher situation than Uvo to begin with. He used his head for the most part, but ran into something completely unprecedented. Also, we never got to see Kite reflect on his actions before his death so we don't really know if he actually believed his decisions were wrong. Gon and Killua might have gotten cocky but Kite seemed to remain on edge as he kept mentioning this gut feeling of things not being right in his inner monologue. Who knows, maybe he would have separated himself Gon and Killua sooner if had come across something stronger earlier. Based on the quality of enemies he had encountered so far, he could have very well thought that the kids could serve their purpose in the upcoming confrontation (against lots of ants) and have been of some value. If Gon and Killua could handle themselves against a certain caliber of enemies, it was not a given that they would be totally useless. In fact, even now, having Killua live to tell the tale might in itself be invaluable to Netero & Co.

There was no way for him to use the sample of ants he had observed to predict something like Neferpitou. There is just too large a discrepancy and he can only plan based on the intel that he has.

[Kraco]

There was no way for him to use the sample of ants he had observed to predict something like Neferpitou. There is just too large a discrepancy and he can only plan based on the intel that he has.

Yeah. But with so many unknowns, he should have really considered sending Gon & Killua packing. Especially when he started to get the bad vibes. His intentions were nothing but good and probably he considered himself to be playing a part in Ging's grand and inhuman game to turn Gon into another monster, but logically thinking you should only bring newbies, especially underage ones, on a mission where there are no unknowns to speak of and especially no bigger threat to risk unleashing (this was a mission to stop the ants, not to train Gon & Killua, after all). This mission had nothing but unknown factors.

[Splash!]

Yeah. But with so many unknowns, he should have really considered sending Gon & Killua packing. Especially when he started to get the bad vibes.

When he started getting those vibes, they were already too close to the nest. It wouldn't have been prudent to ask them to split, if he actually cared about them as friends. What if they were targeted by an ant that could kill them off but Kite would have been able to deal with. Again, there were unknowns but he was going through the process of collecting information which is about as much as he could hope to do. Who knew that the information he collected would be so misleading.