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 And lo', the faithful's belief in Hunter X Hunter's return is rewarded with a new chapter. This will be followed by about a volume's worth of chapters, and then another hiatus for another two years. So it is written, so it will be done. Hunter X Hunter is a manga series created by Yoshihiro Togashi(Yu Yu Hakusho)in 1998. It follows the adventures and battles of super powered individuals called Hunters, people who seek out things like very valuable and hard to find items, rare and mysterious animals, or even dangerous criminals. Hunters are, for the most part, a pretty amoral lot, including our main protagonist, and generally make for a much more interesting and nuanced group of super people than most shonen manga contain. Speaking of our main protagonist, he is: Gon Freecss  A young boy from Whale Island who is hunting his father, Ging, a famous Hunter. Gon has gone through a lot, from gaining his Hunter license, to fighting a group of super powered thieves, to playing in the most fantastic game ever created, to battling horrible insects with a taste for human flesh and the power to take it. Recently, Gon found his father, who told him about a new world full of incredible things to hunt and discover. It remains to be seen where Gon goes from here. Other characters Beyond  The son of the recently deceased Hunter Association Chairman. Beyond is a leader of a group that wishes to go on an expedition to the Dark Continent that contains things unlike anything in the known world. This is opposed by most of the influential countries in the world as past expeditions to the Dark Continent have led to disasters for the human world. Beyond's Expedition Group  Not too much is known about them, other than they posses the determination, will, and courage to mount a journey to the Dark Continent. One of them looks like Popeye. 12 Zodiacs  A group of powerful hunters that used to have a close relationship with the former chairman. They have, except for two members, altered their appearance based on the zodiac they are associated with. In the wake of the chairman's death, they have become the ruling party of the Hunter Association. Recently, they have been gathered, sans two members, to receive an important message concerning Beyond and an expedition to the Dark Continent. So join me for the next two months for spills, chills, and all sorts of exciting Hunter X Hunter action before it goes on hiatus again and we wait endlessly for something new to come out. TNG fucked around with this message at 07:48 on May 31, 2014 |
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Mangapanda's Chapter 341 The translation for both this and Mangastream's is a little unclear on The five calamities that were brought back, one of them apparently by Beyond. The chairman wants the Hunter Association to bring back something for once that isn't a horrible loving nightmare and is instead a benefit to humanity. TNG fucked around with this message at 19:06 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 18:49
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Just wait a week and read it in Jump legally.
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May 28, 2014 19:24
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Hooray, finally a reason for me to read Shonen Jump stuffs again. Glad that HxH is finally back.
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May 28, 2014 19:29
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coathat posted:Just wait a week and read it in Jump legally. I couldn't wait to read it, but I can't wait to be able to do this because holy poo poo was that a lot of words.
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May 28, 2014 19:30
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Everytime a new chapter comes up, I have to wonder if the author would be able to finish this arc or his decling health would suddenly end all this. 
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May 28, 2014 19:39
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He's not sick though most likely. He'll be around for about 10 or 30 chapters and then he'll disappear again, so January is probably when he'll decide to take another break, unless he actually does feel like sticking around this time, which is improbable.
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May 28, 2014 19:54
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Why is he so inconsistent? Writer's block?
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May 28, 2014 19:59
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Saki posted:Why is he so inconsistent? Writer's block? Mostly  . Other valid reasons are being actually sick, having children, getting married but at this point we've most likely gone through the gamut of reasonable explanations for hiatuses.
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May 28, 2014 20:01
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Saki posted:Why is he so inconsistent? Writer's block? He's married to Sailor Moon's creator and likely will never have to worry about money, so laziness I guess.
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No one really knows for sure, though there are always people who swear up and down that the conjecture they heard somewhere is the absolute truth. However, someone posted a chart way back when of Togashi's entire release schedule, back through YYH. Even then he went on hiatus a lot, though obviously not for multiple years like he does now. Personally, I think that he is successful enough that he doesn't care to kill himself with the brutal pace of weekly manga. Hell, most weekly manga would be improved by moving to a bi-weekly or monthly format if only so that the mangakas could have a chance at a decent quality of life. I just wish that Togashi wasn't so drat good when he is on the ball. After all, who cares if a less than stellar manga comes out slowly? gimme the GOD DAMN candy fucked around with this message at 20:10 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 20:06
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I think he's basically a weird, lazy genius, just like that Otters 11 guy in Bakuman.
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I just reread the manga from the end of the chimera ant arc and i noticed that when they talk about Alluka they say he came from a different place. Nanika might be one of the five calamities they brought back from the dark continent. With the "gas life forms ai" or the "human feeding beast papu" both being possible.
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May 28, 2014 20:25
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I wonder how far this arc is going to go into "Togashi read Toriko and thought it was cool".
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May 28, 2014 20:50
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GoldenPrice posted:I just reread the manga from the end of the chimera ant arc and i noticed that when they talk about Alluka they say he came from a different place. Ai is most likely since Alluka in her Nanika form said "Ai" the same way those creatures did when it granted wishes. Speaking of the Ants, do you think the Queen counts as a calamity? I don't remember if it was established Ants come from the DC or not.
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I think it'd be cool if we could refrain from going all out with discussing the chapter until it actually comes out in SJ. Which is Mondays at 1pm EST TNG posted:Ai is most likely since Alluka in her Nanika form said "Ai" the same way those creatures did when it granted wishes. I don't think we should have to spoiler stuff that came out like two years ago at this point. I'm almost positive they mentioned the ants came from the outside world at some point.
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Serious Frolicking posted:No one really knows for sure, though there are always people who swear up and down that the conjecture they heard somewhere is the absolute truth. However, someone posted a chart way back when of Togashi's entire release schedule, back through YYH. Even then he went on hiatus a lot, though obviously not for multiple years like he does now. Personally, I think that he is successful enough that he doesn't care to kill himself with the brutal pace of weekly manga. Hell, most weekly manga would be improved by moving to a bi-weekly or monthly format if only so that the mangakas could have a chance at a decent quality of life. I think he'd be better suited to a monthly magazine but then again Shonen Jump sales spike when he's back, and the volumes themselves are a really huge seller (Only really outsold by stuff like One Piece and Naruto), so hey if it's making a lot of money then don't fix it.
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May 28, 2014 21:09
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He needs to suck it up and just get assistants to do most of his drawing if he wants to be lazy
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May 28, 2014 21:09
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Jose posted:He needs to suck it up and just get assistants to do most of his drawing if he wants to be lazy Yeah maybe he can get someone else to write it for him too.
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May 28, 2014 21:11
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Assistants do a huge amount of drawing for most manga anyway, he doesn't use them at all. I think the same is true of Berserk but I'm far more forgiving of that. I seriously doubt anyone would notice a difference except for more involved backgrounds if he purely directed the series and did no drawing at all
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May 28, 2014 21:14
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I would love to read it as a novel as well and have someone else draw it. Or just make concept skatches, I will take anything. 
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Jose posted:He needs to suck it up and just get assistants to do most of his drawing if he wants to be lazy Stop being such a whiny bitch. Togashi doesn't owe you anything. He doesn't owe his fans who actually paid for his works anything, either. Mangaka who do weekly manga get little sleep and work such long hours that they rarely get to see their families. It is a horribly unpleasant way to live by all accounts. Togashi doesn't have to live that way. He has a great contract that lets him put out chapters whenever he pleases and financial security. As for the matter of assistants, did you ever consider that maybe he has had bad experiences with assistants that made him dislike using them? Working in close quarters with strangers over extended periods of time on a deadline is the perfect recipe for drama. Alternately, he just might prefer working alone. Then again, no one knows what Togashi's deal is. He could actually be sick, or maybe he has a sick family member. He might be a misanthrope who gleefully spaces out chapter releases to the consternation of the scanlation community. It could be that Hiramaru is a perfect depiction of Togashi. Once again, no one knows.
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Unless he's become a Bill Watterson-esque hermit I can't believe he would be able to hide a medical condition for this long.
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Nate RFB posted:Unless he's become a Bill Watterson-esque hermit I can't believe he would be able to hide a medical condition for this long. Did you know that Tsugumi Ohba (writer of Deathnote) is actually a pen name and nobody knows who he really is? It's not that unbelievable.
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DrSunshine posted:I think he's basically a weird, lazy genius, just like that Otters 11 guy in Bakuman. That's the guy from Gintama, though. Also, excited as hell for this arc.
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He isn't a public figure. All of his work is done in his studio. He doesn't use assistants. Why would word of an illness get out unless he publicized it himself?
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I'm too terrified to read this. It might be the last HxH set of chapters we ever get.
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Serious Frolicking posted:He isn't a public figure. All of his work is done in his studio. He doesn't use assistants. Why would word of an illness get out unless he publicized it himself? Fandom tends to allow this type of rumors to grow like crazy. poo poo, I think that's how the whole “Sugita and Nakamura are gay for each other” rumor started.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Stop being such a whiny bitch. Togashi doesn't owe you anything. He doesn't owe his fans who actually paid for his works anything, either. Mangaka who do weekly manga get little sleep and work such long hours that they rarely get to see their families. It is a horribly unpleasant way to live by all accounts. Togashi doesn't have to live that way. He has a great contract that lets him put out chapters whenever he pleases and financial security. As for the matter of assistants, did you ever consider that maybe he has had bad experiences with assistants that made him dislike using them? Working in close quarters with strangers over extended periods of time on a deadline is the perfect recipe for drama. Alternately, he just might prefer working alone. I sympathize with both sides. I can understand Togashi not wanting to live the weekly lifestyle, but I also understand the frustration of fans who are invested in the story and want to know more or how it ends. Then I think about Eiichiro Oda who to my knowledge has never taken an extended break from One Piece which started in 1997. Unless things have changed, the last article I read about him made it seem like his life is miserable and he's been doing it for 17 years straight! I guess he must really love it though. Edit: Just read how much he makes on royalties. He can stop whenever he wants, he just really, really loves it. Kuso Meriken fucked around with this message at 23:06 on May 28, 2014 |
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Oda took a few months off at one point. This was after like 10 straight years though.Wark Say posted:Fandom tends to allow this type of rumors to grow like crazy. poo poo, I think that's how the whole "Sugita and Nakamura are gay for each other&" rumor started. Everyone is gay for Sugita.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Stop being such a whiny bitch. Togashi doesn't owe you anything. He doesn't owe his fans who actually paid for his works anything, either. Mangaka who do weekly manga get little sleep and work such long hours that they rarely get to see their families. It is a horribly unpleasant way to live by all accounts. Togashi doesn't have to live that way. He has a great contract that lets him put out chapters whenever he pleases and financial security. As for the matter of assistants, did you ever consider that maybe he has had bad experiences with assistants that made him dislike using them? Working in close quarters with strangers over extended periods of time on a deadline is the perfect recipe for drama. Alternately, he just might prefer working alone. You don't need to rabidly defend the guy, who cares.
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Genocyber posted:You don't need to rabidly defend the guy, who cares. See, I don't personally know Togashi. He might be an rear end in a top hat for all I or anyone else here knows. However, the idea that he (or anyone) should put more chapters of a manga over pretty much any sort of real life concerns for the benefit of complete strangers offends me. Complete strangers who have never made him a dime, even. It just kind of meshed with my general disgust for how mangakas have to live, which makes me favorably inclined toward people who seem to be bucking the trend.
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I was super happy when I saw it pop up on Mangastream today. Hope we get decently into the crazy murder-world before he goes on hiatus again.
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poo poo, a HxH update? Is this real life? Man, this chapter was a good one to come back from the hiatus.
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ZeroCount posted:Wow it doesn't look like poo poo either. It's actually the HxH we all know love. Those were some unpleasant stuff
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Jose posted:Assistants do a huge amount of drawing for most manga anyway, he doesn't use them at all. I think the same is true of Berserk but I'm far more forgiving of that. I seriously doubt anyone would notice a difference except for more involved backgrounds if he purely directed the series and did no drawing at all Kentaro Miura (Berserk guy) has assistants, he's just extremely, well, anal about re-drawing every last blade of grass until it is exactly right.
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trucutru posted:Kentaro Miura (Berserk guy) has assistants, he's just extremely, well, anal about re-drawing every last blade of grass until it is exactly right. Miura's biggest problem is that he has been moving the story along at a glacial place. Multiple two page spreads without dialogue or characters can only entertain for so long. HxH was at a perfectly acceptable place to end if he was tired of writing it but if he is going to keep it going he needs to actually work on it every now and then. He's wealthy enough to tell Shone Jump to gently caress off if he really wanted to. That said I'm really excited to see how crazy the outside death world is.
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