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This thread is like a wake. "He was...he was a loving great series man. A stand-up guy."
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Man we've all seen that chart. Luffy's going to find One Piece before we get enough new chapters to finish the next plot arc.
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Dec 22, 2015 22:55
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This is the first year with absolutely nothing. It's a bit of a milestone in that sense.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:00
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There's still a week. I believe in Togashi.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:31
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Following the last chapter, WSJ actually issued a release saying Hunter x Hunter would be on hiatus until further notice. They wouldn't bring it back without hyping it up first. Togashi sells magazines.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:35
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YggiDee posted:Speaking of Meleoron, God's Alibi and God's Accomplice are amazing superpower names. I love all the bizarre nen powers everyone comes up with (Knuckle: defeating his foes with the power of compound interest), or using fairly straightforward ones in clever ways. Like, how much mileage does Hisoka get out of friggin' Bungee Gum? Hisoka is a little different because he's the one who monologues about trying to learn too many powers capping your growth so of course he has like one combat ability and he just really runs with it. Then again if you're Ging you're talented enough to do everything so who knows.
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Dec 23, 2015 01:15
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Ging's likely got some sort of copy Nen going on, like Chrollo, only with different mechanics and restrictions. it's too bad we'll never know for sure.
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Dec 23, 2015 01:34
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NecroMonster posted:Ging's likely got some sort of copy Nen going on, like Chrollo, only with different mechanics and restrictions. I don't think he has a Specialist power that lets him copy other people's abilities so much as he's so good at Emission that he could recreate Leorio's techniques from scratch.
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Dec 23, 2015 02:00
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He specifically said that it's nothing as fancy as a power, just a talent of his. The idea being that he's skilled enough at basic nen manipulation to reverse engineer things like that.
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Dec 23, 2015 02:17
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I don't think Ging relies on his primary nen ability, whatever that might be. His fundamental abilities are so high that he doesn't need to. This isn't really based on any evidence.
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Dec 23, 2015 02:53
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Ah man, Chrollo versus Ging could be so good. Chrollo throwing crazy powers at Ging, and Ging just immediately learning how to use those powers himself. Chrollo killing Ging would be a way to make Chrollo more of an antagonist towards Gon, but I thought of that, so it's probably too obvious for Hunter x Hunter to do anyway. Besides, Gon doesn't care about Ging too much after meeting him. I feel like Ging might become an enboss himself or something. I can't say for sure where this series is going.
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Dec 23, 2015 02:53
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Serious Frolicking posted:I don't think Ging relies on his primary nen ability, whatever that might be. His fundamental abilities are so high that he doesn't need to. This isn't really based on any evidence. So he's like Biscuit then? With some frivolous/cosmetic ability but super good fundamentals? ^^^^ Ging can only learn "striking" type abilities like that. He can't imitate crazy conditional powers or anything. Basically, emission, enhancement, and maybe simple transformation (like Bungie Gum), but probably not conjuration or manipulation. It's a "mastery of basic nen control" thing, not a superpower. Clarste fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 02:57
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lol just noticed teh thread tag
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Dec 23, 2015 03:12
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Butt Ghost posted:Besides, Gon doesn't care about Ging too much after meeting him. It was all but spelled out, actually. I remember he was all "Neat, I got to meet my dad. I mean, I don't give a gently caress about the guy, but it was cool" before going back with the one person he actually seems to give two flying fucks about and then she dumps a bunch of books on his rear end so he can catch up with all the poo poo he neglected to do fun poo poo. e: grammar. Wark Say fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 05:01
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Butt Ghost posted:Ah man, Chrollo versus Ging could be so good. Chrollo throwing crazy powers at Ging, and Ging just immediately learning how to use those powers himself. Chrollo killing Ging would be a way to make Chrollo more of an antagonist towards Gon, but I thought of that, so it's probably too obvious for Hunter x Hunter to do anyway. Besides, Gon doesn't care about Ging too much after meeting him. I feel like Ging might become an enboss himself or something. I can't say for sure where this series is going.
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Dec 23, 2015 05:14
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This is only tangentially related to the current subject, but I just remembered that Leorio became one of the most popular candidates for Chairman of the Hunter's Association and nearly won the election because he punched Ging in the face. I decided I needed to post about it here so that everyone else could also recall this glorious fact.
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Dec 23, 2015 05:21
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I love that his name is loving Leorio Paradinight. Not just a Paladin or a Knight, no, lets dial that poo poo up to eleven. I like to imagine it was that, in addition to punching smug douche Ging in the face, that put him over the top. Hunters are a fun loving bunch, and they would want to party with *that guy*.
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Dec 23, 2015 05:26
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It's pretty cool how early on pretty much everyone seemed to like Gin (Sacho and Kite spoke highly of him, Razer respected him, and the other creators of Greed Island might have complained about him but still considered him a friend) and then we get to the Hunter exams and everyone considers him a nuisance.
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Dec 23, 2015 05:59
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Remember the Hunter Exam during the Greed Island arc that Killua goes to and immediately passes by beating everyone up before it even really begins.
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Dec 23, 2015 06:29
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I always figured Ging was one of those types where, yeah, when you look at what he's done as a hunter, what he's accomplished, pretty sweet stuff, but you meet the dude himself and he's a peon of a man, not really that great.
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Dec 23, 2015 06:31
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"To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again." - Arturo Toscanini
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Dec 23, 2015 06:34
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Hisoka is bad. Hysokya is alright.
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Dec 23, 2015 06:44
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Bad Seafood posted:I always figured Ging was one of those types where, yeah, when you look at what he's done as a hunter, what he's accomplished, pretty sweet stuff, but you meet the dude himself and he's a peon of a man, not really that great. I don't think that's quite it. I think the reasons people like him and the reasons people hate him are partly the same reasons. Remember how Razor thought it was really cool and moving that Ging wanted him to try to kill Gon?
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Dec 23, 2015 06:44
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Yeah but Razor's also a convicted murderer. Let's also not forget that it's possible for different characters to view the same person differently. Razor and Satotz seem to hold Ging in high esteem while his fellow Zodiacs all hate him.
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Dec 23, 2015 06:50
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that's just because most of the zodiacs are unfun sticks in the mud i mean, yeah pariston and ging "hate" each other but it's a little bit more complicated than the hate the rest of the zodiacs have for ging (and pariston)
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Dec 23, 2015 06:58
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I think every other member of the zodiacs was made to counteract everyone who was pissed off about gin getting in. I bet gin and the chairman were the best of pals.
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Dec 23, 2015 07:47
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I thought most people were ok with Ging until they found out what a lovely dad he was.
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Dec 23, 2015 07:59
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The Zodiacs don't like Ging because they had to actually work with him. Ging's friends also expressed their frustrations with him, but they were, you know, friends, so it's one of those "that's just how he is" situations. The Zodiacs had no such relationship, though, so they just found him insufferable. As did most hunters, really; Satotz seemed to admire him for his achievements but I don't think ever met him in person, while Kite was his student and thus looked up to him. People who weren't already friends with him or admired him for other reasons, meanwhile, seem to generally dislike him. For good reason; the guy's an rear end in a top hat, even if he's also clever and skilled and stuff. Remember, again, that Leorio almost won an election off of punching the dude in the face. He is not well-regarded by people familiar with him. Though yeah, Netero probably thought he was great. He also recruited Pariston solely so the latter could entertain him by trying to sabotage him at every turn.
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Dec 23, 2015 08:00
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Yeah, they've never met. TRIGGER WARNING: lovely QUALITY  
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Dec 23, 2015 08:05
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Yeah, they've never met. Right, thought I was remembering that correctly. Thanks.
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Dec 23, 2015 08:40
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There's also this Japanese sense of "hatred among peers", in that the closer you are to someone's level, the more you see their faults rather than idolize them. Rank and file hunters look up to Ging as a hero, but people roughly on his level (the Zodiacs) just find him insufferable.
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Dec 23, 2015 09:14
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You ever get so mad that your hair becomes three stories high?
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Dec 23, 2015 10:48
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I've always thought of Ging as a free spirited type who is really bad at dealing with responsibility in the sense that he doesn't want to stick around to see something through once his flight of fancy is over and his attention is focused on a new thing. And Gon is a darker take on Kintaro with him being more emotional animal than boy.
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Dec 23, 2015 11:10
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I really like how Ging didn't have some epic, world-shaking reason for not being around. Generally stories where a kid goes on an adventure to meet a missing parent justify the parent's absence. But no, Ging is just a coward.
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Dec 23, 2015 13:14
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Glad to see a HxH thread back in action, it's a great series and I am really looking forward to the next arc, to share with my grandchildren.
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Serious Frolicking posted:I really like how Ging didn't have some epic, world-shaking reason for not being around. Generally stories where a kid goes on an adventure to meet a missing parent justify the parent's absence. But no, Ging is just a coward. I re-read the Alluka mini-arc again because it was short and I needed a fix. Hisoka actually resembling a real human being when he just goes to a bar with Illumi like a normal person was fun. He finds out there's a very real possibility he could die, instantly, without being able to do a single thing about it, and is actually worried about it rather than HAHA ME DIE IMPOSSIBLE~ The interaction between the Zoldyc family members was cool, they feel like an actual family that care about in each other (albeit in weird ways) rather than just a bunch of random antagonists who live in the same house. I had forgotten how super-loving-creepy Nanika is drawn as when she shows up. Just a black void hanging out on that butler's shoulder, yikes. Alluka on the other hand was super-adorable. All the butlers, really. Don't be a butler for that family. Also gently caress you Togasi for that rabbit-man pretending to be Gotoh and giving us hope for like two panels, WHO THE gently caress DOES THAT Pierson fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 13:49
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TWIST FIST posted:I thought most people were ok with Ging until they found out what a lovely dad he was. Definitely. You get that in spades when Gon shows up alive and well during the last vote tally of the election. Ging is all, "Cool, I guess. We'll talk later, maybe." And the whole room just loving explodes calling him out as a lovely father, and he proceeds to start knocking heads as Gon and company are leaving.
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Dec 23, 2015 15:57
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Pierson posted:He finds out there's a very real possibility he could die, instantly, without being able to do a single thing about it, and is actually worried about it rather than HAHA ME DIE IMPOSSIBLE~ Like, yeah, on a certain level the idea that any of us could just immediately be wiped out without a moment's notice is in some ways a universal phobia, but in Hisoka's case you also get the sense it's because he doesn't want to die "In that way," as opposed to not wanting to die at all. Hisoka's all about fighting. He'll deliberately spare and even work with people he'd like to kill because he wants them to get stronger so they can put up a better fight. He lives for that rush, the chance to fight with his life on the line. If he were killed, say, by Gon, bested in battle, I think he'd die smiling and feeling fully satisfied. But to get erased in an instant? Where's the fun in that?
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Dec 23, 2015 20:09
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i mean, how exactly is Hisoka supposed to get off on it if he doesn't see his own death coming?
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Does the 2011 anime remake follow the manga completely? Just curious because not sure if I want to watch the entire series then go and read 200+ chapters all over again once I'm done. So far it's fun reminds me of why I initially liked action/adventure anime.
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