Could he beat Hisoka?

>>211587758 (OP)
No because Bungee Gum possesses the properties of both rubber and gum

Yes and hisoka would cum

>>211587782
~oh my ruuuuuubbbeeerr neennnnnn

He, and the rest of his upper lieutenants, wipes the floor with 99% of the HxH characters.

>>211587782
this guy knows HxH frfr

Hisoka is a jobber so yeah he would have lost with any of the ants

>tfw no suicidal 4/10 autistic neet gf

>>211587758 (OP)
What's that like cell 2 or something

>>211587758 (OP)
Yes, obviously. Any of his upper henchmen ants could. The old dude that struggled to fight the king ant could easily BTFO Hisoka

>>211587758 (OP)
Absolutely, that is before Hisoka came back stronger than ever from his post-mortem nen. Hisoka is now a living deathmachine with the terrifying amplified rubber and gum ability possibly known as "Bungee World". This is partially still speculation, but it is clear that Hisoka's limbs have mostly been replaced by rubber and gum limbs. And the strength of his aura and his speed have become even much more terrifying than before. This boost to his power obviously fits the Shounen rules of stronger opponents appearing after previous enemies have been defeated. But as for how powerful Hisoka truly has become, this is still open for debate. We just have not seen enough yet.

>>211587758 (OP)
Idk but Hisoka would climax from the fight, so Hisoka would win either way.

>>211588599
Hxh will never be completed

>>211587758 (OP)
He could 1v1 anyone including Ging. The zodiacs could probably beat him if they all fought him, with casualties

What exactly was the plan here, allowing Gon and Killua to face Neferpitou?

Bear in mind at this point Netero had already faced her (with Terpischora) and this is him walking out after he met Meruem so he knew first hand the top ants were in a different league. Yeah OK Gon and Killua are the 2 most competent children on earth at this point, Ging's son and a Zoldyk, but she would killed both of them instantly.

He would rape Hisoka so hard the latter would actually not enjoy it.

>>211588913
nah gon and killua would fair as well as anyone else agaisnt neferpitou, they were all there against impossible odds and the stakes were clear since the beginning

>>211588913
Netero's wiser than you or I.

>>211588996
He sent those kids to die.

>>211589052
Apparently not.

>>211588913
Netero took the Komugi situation into consideration. That's why he's confident those kids can do it.

>>211588913
But Gon stomped her like a bug so maybe he could sense a dormant power inside a fellow enhancer? I don't think it matters though because the whole plan was just to separate the guards from the queen with any means necessary. Maybe that was Killua's dad's target but he let the boys try. I think I remember him coming down and stomping that annoying tiger.

>>211588913
He stuck a bomb up his ass. He didnt give a fuck

>>211588913
Pitou is not a woman, its ambiguous, Togashi just likes writing cross dressers and non binary characters. Hes written one shots about transvestites.

The better question is this nigga with prep time or mereum

>>211589068
There's nothing to suggest Netero, or anyone, knew the nen condition Longhair Gon set was even possible or that Gon would do such a thing.

>>211589243
>Gon stomped her
As above, that was completely unforseen.

> the whole plan was just to separate the guards from the queen with any means necessary
This seems like the most plausible explanation. He knew they were gonna die, they both volunteered for the mission. He knew Gon was prepared to die and he knew Killua was prepared to stick with his friend. To that end he was willing to let these kids snuff it (of their own free will).

>>211589311
Pretty much.

>>211588913
They were expendable basically, it was a suicide mission as long as they killed Meruem with the bomb anything else was secondary

>>211589409
Forgot pic

>>211589413
We know that netero went to the dark continent. Its not out of the realm of possibilities that he met gons grandfather there and knows what the bloodline is capable of

>O MY RUBBER NEN, KILL MERUEM
There's no counter to this...

>>211589497
he would be deleted instantly

Marchi could fix a severed arm in like 5 seconds but it takes Pitou an hour

Killua not knowing about nen is retarded

>>211589536
holy headcannon

>>211587758 (OP)
Hisoka would die to any of the royal guards

>>211588913
Netero knows nen enough to know things are not simple powerlevel. Killua and Gon had a chance of at least entertaining Pitou. And even him could not have predicted what Gon ended up doing.

>>211589685
I didn't really know about nen until my late 20s

>>211588913
>she

>>211589685
he had pins in his brain

>>211589810
>Killua and Gon had a chance of at least entertaining Pitou.
If those boys were only like 2 years older that cat would have been facialabused

>>211589690
Got my ass there nigger. We will find out in 20 years if I'm right or not

>>211589311
This. For all he knew Mereum was just going to one shot him on sight and the whole palace gets nuked. No one there had a good chance to survive and for Netero it was 0%

>>211589685
They trained him wrong as a joke.

>tfw I like this and berserk

It is a curse. On western shit, at least I never read the old fat fuck's books. But hey, you can get some sort of an ending he supposedly was consulted about with the show so there's that. It sucks major balls but it's something.

For me its crippled top throwing guy

>>211589497
The full troupe (+ Hisoka + alive Shalnark) could probably beat Neferpitou in Heaven's Arena with the generous assistance of 10,000 explode-able audience members. And prep time.

Worst fucking anime I have ever watched

>>211590423
>Worst fucking anime I have ever watched
what is the best one then?

>>211590531
DBZ

>>211590570
blinded by nostalgia

>>211590423
I don’t personally like it but I can see why others do. It was a chore to read and watch, and especially not interested knowing it’s not even finished yet.

>>211590423
Did you at least finish it?

>>211590570
you have to turn on your brain in order to watch hxh anon that's probably why you got filtered.

>>211588913
you failed when you assumed netero was a hero instead of an old geezer who just wanted to have some fun

>>211589311
This. He knew no one would have survived the poison from the bomb anyway so even if Pitou killed Gon she would have died anyway.

Hxh has such kino villains

>>211589355
Pitou is a woman. YWNBAW

Im watching the anime. I just finished the chimera ant hell. Does it get better?

Watched the old school anime and up to the city part where the blonde twink chains people it was peak kino. Then it became pure muh power level muh magic powers with the insect stuff. Is the manga better? Is there anything similar? It had great vibes

>>211591080
That was the peak (of all anime) I'm sorry it went over your head, maybe try something more remedial like naruto

>>211591080
You've got one more short arc then the anime ends. The manga keeps going, but we aren't going to get more anime episodes anytime soon.

>>211591080
that's practically the end of the anime the rest is just epilogue, the manga has an arc after that's currently on going that's pretty good but that shit will never be finished

>>211591080

>>211591080
they call it hiatus x hiatus for a reason

>>211591483
>almost four year gap between end of 2018 and end of 2022
There is no way his back hurt for that long.

can someone give me a rundown on whats happened in the manga since the show ended. i'm too lazy to read manga

>>211591080
You watched like 150 episodes and only have 10 left and are asking if it gets better?

>>211591941
Gon killed Killua

>>211589685
I think it's more retarded that he didn't recognize his brother's needles on the guy wearing his brother's clothes with his brother's pins on his head

I feel like if any of the spiders or hisoka enter the 1st class cabins they will be instantly torn apart by nen beasts of the succession conflict

>>211589685
anybody not knowing what Nen makes no sense. Its like not knowing what electricity is until you're in your late teens.

>>211587782
>>211588913
I pondered this too and the answer is: everyone accepted it's a suicide mission including the children.

>>211591941
Literally everyone EXCEPT Gon and Killua got on a boat

>>211591941
There's a plot the author might get to eventually about a major expedition to a mysterious dark continent, but that's mostly just been teased with a bit of setup so far. Netero's son has showed up, and he's the main driving force of that plot. The main plot focuses on Kurapika and is about a succession war for control of a nation called Kakin, where the various possible heirs are all trying to subtly assassinate each other. All the princes are stuck on a giant boat in the middle of the ocean with no easy way of getting supplies. There are a ton of competing factions, and a lot of characters from previous arcs get hired to be bodyguards for the individual princes. Gon and Killua still haven't reappeared yet.

Also, Hisoka fought Chrollo and Chrollo killed him, but Hisoka used some nen bullshit to bring himself back as a kind of nen zombie or something. Now he's going around hunting the Spiders, who are also on the boat with the princes.

>>211588913
When Gon nearly killed the big pipe guy it probably convinced them that he could hold his own

>>211592309
Hisoka quite literally bungeed' himself back from a death state.
The entire series explains quite clearly that nen intensifies after death.
It's something only his power could've done, and only during the circumstances he was in.
He was being beaten, very very gradually, to death, by a large crowd.
He knew it was coming, and he had no other options available.
A more sudden and singular lethal blow, this wouldn't have worked.

O

>>211591941
It's still missing the details about the last 4 chapters that were mostly bork and morena playing cards and then the declaration of martial law at the very end of 410.

>>211591976
yes

>>211593736
a bit more context on the succession contest arc.

>>211587758 (OP)
Bring me that ant faggot

>>211592116
gon yes but the electric guy was just there cause he's gay for him

>>211588913
Netero says that he isn't the most powerful hunter in the world and he isnt even in the top 5 now. Why didn't he just send the better ones?

>>211593997
Why do they have guards if the only thing the guards can do is attack one another and not the princes?

>>211594140
The guards can kill princes, they just need to avoid getting caught. They can also support the princes in other ways rather than just a straight combat role.

>>211590570
mid tier

>>211594066
politics. pariston cockblocked him.

>>211591133
>>211590423
I like hxh but i don't think it's nearly as well written or high iq as people online say. It goes on these several minute long uninteresting exposition info dumps on every characters though process instead of just showing the characters thoughts through action and emotion. Let me think about it myself instead of telling me everything!!!

Gon is an extremely generic protagonist with the least interesting nen ability in the entire series. Would've been kino if he used his fishing net in combat.

>>211592108
Gon grew up in a secluded fishing town thoughever

>>211587758 (OP)
easily, hisoka isn't a suicide bombing boomer
pretty sure you would need some utter bullshit niche situational ability to beat him fair

What powers does the ant king even have? I've only seen six thousand episodes of the cartoon, but so far I've only seen the king talking, swinging his tail, or playing boardgames. I'm sure I missed a few hundred episodes where he actually used an ability.

>>211587758 (OP)
Hisokas magic gum has all the same powers luffys has which is to say he's a god so as long as he imagines a way to win hisoka would win

>>211588913
Do you remember that game they played on the blimp?

Ol' netty holds grudges.

>>211596175
Hitting really hard and having 400 IQ (only when the plot demands it).

>>211588913
>What exactly was the plan here, allowing Gon and Killua to face Neferpitou?
The invasion plan was just to distract the 3 Royal Guards so Netero could fight Meruem alone. I doubt he expected them to win, they were all expendable soldiers in a war.

Cammy will win

>>211589685
He had brain damage please understand, but yea them acting like nen was this huge secret thing was always retarded. It should have just been clumsily explained that gon is simply retarded and killua had brain damage and then the second nen becomes relevant in the story (basicallly after the first arc) its fullly incorperated into the world

>>211590164
Wow you like good things what a shame. Dont let this contrarian shithole dictate anything about your tastes

>>211589355
nigger, nobody cares

>>211594920
>this anime tells instead of showing.
but the majority of Japanese shows are like that tho? nips are just that autistic, but that doesn't mean hxh isn't high IQ since you still need to be fully engaged to understand the story.

>Want to rewatch hxh
>remember its 150 episodes and the first 2 or 3 arcs are saturday morning cartoon teir shounen bullshit
Sighhhh

>>211587758 (OP)
Go back to /a/

>>211597154
watch the 1999 version

>>211597552
The 1999 version has filler and covers the arcs i specifically said i dont give a shit about. No better shading and lighting doesnt change that

>>211597552
doesn't that end before the ant part?

>Stealing the plot from Romancing Saga 2
what a hack.
Same goes for the gook from Solo Leveling

>>211597732
Yes but it's the true Yorkshin experience

>HxH thread

>tranime

>Hunter x Hunter, but they actually hunt stuff.

>>211597983
Looks like HxHxJojo. I'm getting excited

>>211591080
Should have watched the 90s anime until the end of yorknew. It's much comfier and slightly more mature in tone. Better gon and killua VAs too fuck subs

>>211591154
Killua's tranny sister arc was pretty kino

>>211598580
For me it's Cheadle

>>211593736
Anime only fag here, how does this arc stack up to the rest?

>>211597894
Anyone only ever says 2 out of those 8 things and theyre correct to say it for one of them

>>211597706
>only likes the dragged out ant arc and greed fucking island

>>211598720
I want a mousefu

>>211598727
I may be biased but for me it's one of the most impressive works I've seen in manga in general. the komugi-meruem bit from the chimera ants is still a better human drama, but the succession contest arc is way better than all the other arcs in every other way, it's a culmination of togashi's autism, definitely not for everyone.

>>211598852
Yes the good ones, sorry im not a contrarian

>>211598852
>>211597706
Greed Island could have been way longer. That whole arc was a blast. I was hoping they would have done more card hunting.

>>211600428
Yorkshin being a high rated arc isn't really a contrarian opinion, it's usually regarded as the first great arc of the series

>>211598720
why did these fucking weirdos all get plastic surgery to look like furries?

>>211587758 (OP)
He could but he won't

>>211599909
Oh nice, sounds good

>>211596175
Highest speed, power, intelligence out of anyone while being untrained. He can even eat people to gain their nen (power levels?) but almost never uses it. But he ended up being a oneitus worshiping jobber

>>211597983
>remember when this was supposed to be the next big thing
>didn't work

I have no opinion, haven't watched/read. Probably did "reasonably" well because it's pretty long but yeah, don't hear people talking about it ever.

Still blows my mind that this nigga married Sailor Moon

>>211604300
it was born old, would have fit in perfectly if it had begun in the 90s instead of the 00s

>>211587758 (OP)
no, but this man can

>>211598505
This

>>211588913
The plan was to kill the king at all costs. Nothing else mattered.
That’s why he had a fucking BOMB in his chest.

>>211598580
it was a mini arc at best

>>211588913
This old geezer has a mega boner to fight meruem, that's all he has in his mind really. The plan is to isolate meruem to fight him, if he loses, then he bombs the fucker.
You could say the plan was perfect because that's exactly what happened.

how do we stop him?

>>211604550
an arc does not describe magnitude only shape

>>211589931
This shit bugs me.
The killua vs illumi ‘fight’ is so kino, and it’s so much better if it’s just a result of killua being gaslit his entire life and terrified of his brother, rather than some magic copout bullshit.

>>211604675
you know who else had an "arc"? Noah

>>211587758 (OP)
Yeah easily. Even the nuke didn't kill him at first.

if you were bono who would you transform into

O MY RUBBER NEN

>>211591080
No

>>211591125
This is a man who knows kino

>tfw Togashi creates an intriguing dark continent with deep lore that we'll never, ever get to see explored

>>211588637
Apparently Togashi has already earmarked the future writers for when he retires / is REALLY done. Anyone under the age of 35-40 will see the end of the series most likely.

>>211604674

>>211590531
LOTGH and it's not really close

>>211590896
>no cammie waifu ;_;

>>211606661
hopefully AI advances further and allows people to recreate their own headcanons about the expedition, as if it was a live action series.

>>211591538
Dragon Quest is a helluva drug

>>211592309
>used some nen bullshit
only low iq readers who wanted the clown to die parrot this shit opinion
it was foreshadowed from the very beginning of the series that nen amplifies after death, it was then explicitly stated later in the season
it is the main justification as to why Hisoka constantly seeks out the hardest opponents because he knows he cannot die due to his nen ability

>>211598727
Depending on how it deliver the rest seeing how we're probably halfway through it may be just below Chimera ant.

>>211607150
>Gundam has been described as being to Japan what Star Trek is to the USA. That would make Legend of Galactic Heroes (LOGH) like the Babylon 5 among anime!
true?

>>211607150
the pacing can't be as good as attack on titan

>>211601710
>why did these fucking weirdos
>get plastic surgery to look like furries?
Kinda seems like you answered your own question.

nen = haki

>>211608752
Nen is more like haki and devil fruits combined into 1 power.

>>211597081
A lot of bad shounen are that way. However, if you compare it to Yu Yu Hakusho, you can see clearly the balance. You have characters explaining and talking about their abilities, their fighting logic but then you actually see it manifested. It's a perfect 50/50 between action and exposition in the fights. When it comes to HxH, you have a 30/70 split. I honestly think its because Togashi got lazy later in life. Sure, the big fights still have the huge pop offs and crazy shit happening but if you compared its anime adaptation the Chimera Ant Arc is 60 episodes, and I dare say maybe 15-20 at most have fights. I dropped right around when Gon was having his training arc in the middle of the world threatening event because of the fact there was a clear lack of urgency taking over Togashi's writing. Its what happens when your anime becomes a meal ticket instead of writing towards an end. HxH is just worse in every way when it comes to its genre but the weeb autists that love narrators explaining shit to them and characters having inner monologues with a really epic sequence just eat it the fuck up.

>>211606661
we will see it, his wife is currently vying to take over the manga when togashi dies. cause of death? a spine breaking sex regimen

>>211606661
>deep lore
Nigga dark continent is barely explained in a couple of panels for hyping it up, everything so far has just been "holy shit dark continent is so crazy", by the time we get there he probably doesn't even know how to follow it up and it will be disappointing

>>211608837
retard alert

>>211609154
Yes, of course. What a daring counter

>>211609268
at least i didnt waste my time writing the most chickenheaded take on hunter x hunter. id swear i was on /a/ reading that feculent post

>>211609332
Take? There is no take. HxH is the most mainstream milktoast type of anime around that only gets praised from pseudo-high IQ anime faggots who like to feel smart because they're beaten over the head repeatedly by the writer's explanations of his world's mechanics. Just because something needs to be explained over and over, and you need characters spelling it out at every turn doesn't make it compelling, deep, or intelligent writing. I'm sorry your taste in anime equates to HxH and that you are somehow not the retarded one for enjoying it.

>>211609547
>t. filtered

>>211608396
doesn't matter when the content is fathoms and fathoms above its contemporaries. AoT is a pathetic example for comparison.

i find hunter x hunter shallow and pedantic. also i cant keep up with the 300 characters introduced in the latest arc

>>211609547
>the most mainstream milktoast type of anime
yeahhh anyone who speaks like this and is not being ironic should discard even their own opinion, you have a lot of reflecting to do in your life before you can start actually living it and appreciating things, good luck anon

>>211608752
Haki is one of the worst power systems out there, made worse by sharing a manga with Devil Fruits, something much more fun and unique.

>>211609787
>it's so shallow!
>there's simply too much of it!
(Yikes)

>>211604300
I watched the toriko x dragon ball x one piece crossover.
IT was fucking TRASH. This was only pushed up cause toriko guy was Oda's assitant

>>211609904
inch deep, miles wide. youre merely too stupid to understand my complaint

Watch real anime like Haganai and Toradora

>>211609974
no, im gonna continue rewatching ashita no joe and akagi and space dandy like a happy little pleb

Watch real anime like Onimai.

>>211608837
I always figured it was because Togashi's ideas and worldbuilding were improving past the constraints of the medium/his will to draw them out fully. He should just become a novelist.

>>211610819
togashi overreached. the latest arc is loosely based off the voynich manuscript

>>211610875
Is all that recommended reading meant to fill the time you'll spend not actually reading hxh itself because it's on eternal hiatus?

>>211610875
this is really lazy edit

>>211609937
You're complaining that you are a low iq liquidbrain. It's absolutely rich for you to ever call anybody else stupid anon

>>211587758 (OP)
It's weird to me that Hisoka claimed to have no interest in fighting the ants when his whole thing is getting off on fighting strong opponents. I guess Hisoka just gets off on actually beating them and he knew he'd get fucking mollywhopped by the ants and decided to stay away.

>>211589311
Kek, this really is the only logical explanation, it was a suicide mission from the beginning, best to let the weaker fighters distract each other so he can handle the king uninterrupted.

>>211606661
As much as I love HxH and Togashi, the whole dark continent thing is absolutely retarded. It's just going to lead to him rewriting the exact same bad ending that he wrote in YYH when he tried the idea the first time that he hated so much. He should have had Hisoka fight Chrollo as a side plot during the succession arc, had Gon meet Ging and then just ended it there. I think this is the real reason why he's taking so long to continue HxH, he knows he wrote himself into a corner and hasn't figured out a way to fix it.

>>211611451
They actually explain it. Hisoka doesn't want beasts or groups, he only likes 1v1 fights with humans.

>>211609547
>NOOO you can't clearly explain how your magic system in your fantasy story works to the audience because then I won't get to feel superior to other people when I give them my completely incorrect head canon explanation!!!!

>>211608837
>Its what happens when your anime becomes a meal ticket instead of writing towards an end
This is exactly what I'm talking about. The Chimera ant arc was fully written by the time the anime even started. If Togashi doesn't explicitly spell everything out then dumb niggers like you will come along and tell everyone some retarded incorrect version of his vision and make it sound unappealing to people who don't know any better. YOU are the exact cause of the thing you're complaining about.

Why is this tranny garbage still up?
>>>/a/

>>211612246
BASED sadistic dom

>>211588913
Pitou couldn't use other Nen while healing Komugi. He was pretty sure he was going to die at that point and Netero was hardly a paragon of morality, he let children join this suicide mission in the first place.

He was probably so smug because Gon could just walk in and curbstomp a largely defenseless Pitou, he had no idea how unhinged the little shit actually was. Even if Gon failed it didn't matter, because he was going to bomb the ants. If every single royal guard survived, they'd rush to the site of the poor man's rose and get hit by the toxin/radiation/virus/whatever the fuck it is.

Narrator-san spells it out for everyone. Meruem was checkmated from move 1.

>>211612602
A lot of bad shounen are that way. However, if you compare it to Yu Yu Hakusho, you can see clearly the balance. You have characters explaining and talking about their abilities, their fighting logic but then you actually see it manifested. It's a perfect 50/50 between action and exposition in the fights. When it comes to HxH, you have a 30/70 split. I honestly think its because Togashi got lazy later in life. Sure, the big fights still have the huge pop offs and crazy shit happening but if you compared its anime adaptation the Chimera Ant Arc is 60 episodes, and I dare say maybe 15-20 at most have fights. I dropped right around when Gon was having his training arc in the middle of the world threatening event because of the fact there was a clear lack of urgency taking over Togashi's writing. Its what happens when your anime becomes a meal ticket instead of writing towards an end. HxH is just worse in every way when it comes to its genre but the weeb autists that love narrators explaining shit to them and characters having inner monologues with a really epic sequence just eat it the fuck up.

>>211589355
Togashi definitely has a tranny fetish. However Pitou is actually the easiest to explain. Pitou has breasts, but is referred to as a He by the other ants. I figure it's a case of Chimera Ant holdover. All royal guards are categorically male, however due to eating so many humans you get a Royal Guard that comes out with human female traits.

>>211612712
>Pitou has breasts
Only in the anime.

>>211588913
HxH is so fucking stupid. It has amazing world building, but literally everything else is shit.

>>211612712
There's a plot the author might get to eventually about a major expedition to a mysterious dark continent, but that's mostly just been teased with a bit of setup so far. Netero's son has showed up, and he's the main driving force of that plot. The main plot focuses on Kurapika and is about a succession war for control of a nation called Kakin, where the various possible heirs are all trying to subtly assassinate each other. All the princes are stuck on a giant boat in the middle of the ocean with no easy way of getting supplies. There are a ton of competing factions, and a lot of characters from previous arcs get hired to be bodyguards for the individual princes. Gon and Killua still haven't reappeared yet.

Also, Hisoka fought Chrollo and Chrollo killed him, but Hisoka used some nen bullshit to bring himself back as a kind of nen zombie or something. Now he's going around hunting the Spiders, who are also on the boat with the princes.

>>211596175
Unironically basic nen use. He was just stupid strong.

Meruem isn't even that smart, every game champion he beat was (understandably) terrified out of their minds, which tends to negatively impact one's performance in games of strategy. Not to mention he only had the population of East Gorteau (a third-world shithole) to screen from. The minute he isn't dealing with a champ who isn't scared shitless at the evil green monster man who took over their country, he can't beat her even once.

>>211612932
As much as I love HxH and Togashi, the whole dark continent thing is absolutely retarded. It's just going to lead to him rewriting the exact same bad ending that he wrote in YYH when he tried the idea the first time that he hated so much. He should have had Hisoka fight Chrollo as a side plot during the succession arc, had Gon meet Ging and then just ended it there. I think this is the real reason why he's taking so long to continue HxH, he knows he wrote himself into a corner and hasn't figured out a way to fix it.

Literally me

>>211611451
>>211612246
He also casually dismissed them as a threat at all saying
>they're just ants after all
It implies he thinks he could roll them, kek I know he could be wrong but this would also imply Netero is just some old hack if he's not

>>211614127
Hisoka is dead wrong if he thinks he could roll them. He's either being sour grapes about it, or them not being "people" means he wouldn't get off fighting them.

>>211588913
Everyone else's answer is retarded. Let me explain the real logic behind Netero's actions.

Netero already accomplished his goal, which is a battle with the strongest being, the moment Meruem agreed to fight him. Any obligation he feels towards humanity/the greater good is also satisfied because he knows that he has a bomb in his chest, and that Meruem is never leaving the battlefield alive. He's already achieved everything he wants, and any further interference he gives will have nothing to do with his goals.
Gon has not accomplished what he wants. His goal is different from Netero's (a good fight), as well as Morel and the other hunters(defeating the ants to protect humanity). Gon's goal is revenge against Neferpitou for the enslavement of Kite, at any cost. Being a hunter is all about seeking the thing you want, even when it's selfish, and as the head of the Hunter's Association, Netero respects Gon's drive to accomplish his selfish desire. Netero likes Gon, and because Gon exhibits a lot of qualities Netero respects, so Netero points Gon to the place his hated enemy is at, at the time when that enemy is most vulnerable.

Obviously, within the story, Gon going off the deep end, taking Komugi hostage, and throwing his life away is framed as a bad end. But Netero is a hunter and is beyond such petty moralisms. He respects people who pursue what they want, and would view Gon's fate as the natural consequence of Gon's choices. At the same time, Killua tries to protect Gon from his own instincts. The reader is left uncertain whether or not Gon is a victim by the arc's end. The tension between Hunters as selfish adventurers, and Hunters who feel responsibility towards humanity and morality, is part of what makes the series so great.

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>>211614864
all wrong, Hisoka is 1000% about psychological warfare, he needs to win by getting inside his opponents expectations and twist them. And all the ants for the most part (even the "smart" ones) weren't that bright. Tricking them and solving their win condition would have been too easy for Gum man. Even if he had trouble with the strongest ants it would have been due to extreme differences in power level not mental which would have been boring for him anyways.

>>211598727
Pure kino, it's only flaw is that it's unfinished. I really hope Togashi is able to bring it to a close, and maintain its level of quality to the end, it's easily my favorite arc in the manga.

>>211608837
>I dropped right around when Gon was having his training arc in the middle of the world threatening event
It's not like Gon could actually challenge the ants at that point

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>>211612246
Waiting years for this
>>211615942
On a slightly related note, I like how this recent batch of chapters sort of opens the possibility that the Chimera ant invasion was potentially Netero's sons doing

>>211616151
complete and utter headcanon

>>211608837
YYH dark tournament is probably the best single arc of anime of all time

>>211609869
haki became necessary when Logias were introduced in order for characters without fruits like Roger and Shanks to be effective, the only alternative was to give them all seastone swords and bullets and at that point theres functionally no difference

>>211609974
way cringer to be a man that watches girl anime, naruto fans deserve more respect than you

>>211587758 (OP)
He may be a child, but Hisoka isn't interested

>>211588913
They volunteered and Netero already had an ace in the heart, he wasn't above sacrificing kids and they were hunters so it was on them to prove their worth.

>>211619234
>On a slightly related note, I like how this recent batch of chapters sort of opens the possibility that the Chimera ant invasion was potentially Netero's sons doing
I figured them getting the chimera ant sample from Kakin was basically confirmation that it was a Beyond/Kakin/Pariston plot to put Netero in a death situation and open up travel to the dark continent

>>211612246
>he only likes 1v1 fights with humans

that went out the window quick enough when Chrollo battered him to death. Now he lives for hiding in public toilets and killing spiders before they have a chance to even engage him.

>>211615942
Nice answer, I enjoyed the tie in with what it means to be a Hunter.

>>211623250
DTs biggest problem is probably some plot armor issues for the main cast but it is a nice arc

The real question is whether 99 Machi or 11 Machi is best girl

>>211624015
forgot pic

>>211623796
When did that happen again, was that at the beginning of the arc? I know that the theory has been around for like 10 years but getting Beyonds motivations in chapter 401 really cemented the behind the scenes conspiring stuff

>>211624015
They're both pretty perfect but I feel 99 gets more detailed art / sakuga stuff more often, though 2011 does have some really good shots too

>>211624203
Kind of. At the beginning of the arc they were collecting samples in Kakin for Kite, and when the job is done a Kakin official notifies them of the queen's arm that the big auction house is holding.

>>211624317
>though 2011 does have some really good shots too
especially this one

>>211624360
I liked the other sort of joke theory of Ging being involved in all of that and set the forces in motion when he heard Gon cleared Greed Island but it doesn't seem super inline with his characterization
>>211624669
Zamn

>show opening makes you think its about treasure hunting and giant mystical beats
>entire thing is actually just fightslop with long arcs
I was expecting new strange adventurs eevery episode

>>211625292
I want her to viciously murder me and suck up my remains with her vacuum
if you know what I mean

>>211588031
>He, and the rest of his upper lieutenants, wipes the floor with 99% of the HxH characters.
>All killed by a group consisting of two children, two apprentices, one faggot who couldn't even show up, one good hunter who was exhausted after fighting for days, and an the old man who only gave a fuck about fighting him and only him.
Reminder that the only death on the group with literal children was a suicide.

>>211625292
same, huge letdown after the city arc

>>211588913
>What exactly was the plan here,

To kill the King.

Remove the most powerful enemy who his lieutenants are instinctively driven to obey. If he died there's a good chance the rest of them would just off themselves. At the very least you've taken the most dangerous piece off the board and taken out their leadership.

Is that not enough of a contribution to the war for one man?

>>211624067
11 looks like killua with a wig (not bad)

I know people will disagree but I'm almost 100% sure that Yorknew city arc somewhat inspired Dark Knight

>>211626465
They got really lucky. Shoot only lived because Knov could summon enough will to play rescue. Morel would've bit the fat one if Knuckle did throw against Youpi and Youpi didn't happen to develop a sense of honor mid-fight. Gon would've died horribly in the hospital from his nen crashout if not for the asspull that is Alluka in the next arc.

Honestly it's my biggest issue with Togashi. He can't decide if he wants his writing to be really bloody and dark or not. So in the same arc you have Ponzu getting unceremoniously shot in the head and eaten and Pokkle getting horribly tortured and eaten after hiding under a pile of human corpses, you have nearly the entire extermination squad surviving.

>>211627090
Knuckle attacking Youpi to avenge Shoot's honor was the best part of the arc

>>211627153
I do love his internal monologue there. Doesn't even like Shoot that much but feels obligated to avenge that insult against him, against all humanity.

>>211615942
Holy shit, what an horrible take. Why do people over analyze that shit. It's so simple. the old man wanted to fight the king, so he payed a shitload amount of money to the best people possible to remove the guard for him, and then let the kids join just for the lolz. The zoldyck would obliterate the guard if they were payed to do so.

>>211627090
>blah blah blah
Let's be honest, the clown would have covered the ground full of blood against that kind of group. Yet 3 of the "most powerful" beasts couldn't even kill one of them?

>>211627652
Hisoka wouldn't have beaten Netero lmao.

>>211627847
The guards didn't face netero you stupid fuck

>>211624067
It's 99 Machi seiyuu bday tomorrow

>>211592108
Seriously, why is finding out about nen supposed to be a "test" when they already broadcast nen tournaments on television?

>>211629534
It's unclear what people who can't use Nen are seeing when watching Heaven's Arena matches on television, or indeed physically inside the arena. Or rather, they can still see the fighters but any sane spectator must be questioning their sanity watching these Nen fights take place.

Like, what does a normal human spectator think is happening when they witness Hisoka tug the bungee gum fixed to Gon's cheek? What does a normal human spectator think is happening between Chrollo and Hisoka (before the spectator himself turns into a doll and explodes)?

>>211629733
At the very least they should be able to tell superpowers exist and there's a bunch of people. Anyone risking their life to take a hunter exam is retarded if they don't try to get super powers first, especially if they've taken it multiple times.

>>211626918
I'm on part 5 of Jojo and seeing what an inspiration it was for HxH

>>211630016
>and there's a bunch of people
-that have them.

>>211589453
>"Hm, I may not be able to accomplish this mission without sacrificing someone..."
>dies himself, everyone else lives

You don't understand Netero.

>>211608752
spirit energy = nen = haki = ki = hamon = chakra = spirit pressure

I watched the original HxH from the 90's and it randomly ended in the middle of the story and they never finished it, so that pissed me off and now I refuse to watch the new HxH

Lol Hisoka would fucking destroy these pathetic ants, literally none of the big players were even interested besides Netero who just wanted to retire anyway