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Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
hunter x hunter is better than yuyu hakusho even if it never ends

its a shame because there was an ending right there and he decided to start another arc and then decide to never make any more. he should hire a bunch of assistants and direct the series if its not writers block causing the problem

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Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
its a shame the hisoka/kuroro or whatever he's called fight is never going to happen imo because hisoka being confident enough to take him on + 2 ryodan members owns

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I liked that he added another character with a power similar to Chrollo's that had huge drawbacks to use just like his but because the character wasn't a specialist using the nen ability was a one time thing. He generally did a good job of showing why a character is a specialist without having to explain it

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Roland Jones posted:

Tangentially, his ability is kind of interesting in how simple it is. It's just basic Emission, done well and done a lot. He's like the Enhancer of Emitters, just taking the basics to their utmost extreme and getting a lot out of it.

emission is like enhancement in that if you're a stronger nen user you'll beat the other person using simple methods so long as you can hit them, him cutting off his fingers massively improved this simple method. I think people are putting too much into him killing a bunch of normal people and poo poo nen users easily using a basic attack though and most of the nen users seen in the series wouldn't be hurt by it since its just a basic attack.

leorio's/the boxer on greed island's kind of attack would probably be better for Gon than someone who has emission as their best nen since he can then punch them in the face with an enhanced fist

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Genocyber posted:

When Bisky is assessing them, she even notes that Killua is the stronger of the two, with Gon making up for it with sheer bullheadedness or something like that.

Killua is the better fighter but gon has more raw power i think. Which makes sense considering gon was left in the jungle and killua was trained

its a real shame this is never being finished

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Serious Frolicking posted:

Yeah, meaning he liked them each based on their own merits and not how far they went with body modifications. Netero was a pretty cool dude!

also a terrible father

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

But another part has to do with the fact that not every nen power is about fighting. Like, Greed Island had a dude whose ability was using a radar.


i wish we got to see more non-combat nen abilities they're cool

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Nen abilities that force the opponent into zetsu require really hard conditions to happen which makes sense

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

ninjewtsu posted:

I don't think transmutation or specialization factor into netero's power, but that's still a hell of a lot of nen fields that he has mastered

he's old as hell so its fine

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
its emission with a very minor amount of transmutation to give it shape surely. conjuration would be something normal people can see

emission is a bit odd because teleporting punches counts as emission

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I guess its because i was thinking of the lessons on greed island that involved making numbers with nen that counted as transmutation. For me, making it into shapes is really basic transmutation. Changing the properties to something else is what is actually hard and requires affinity

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
it makes sense as they're all manipulators and there is surely a reason people get that

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
conjuration/manipulation/transmutation are all bad because if you're not creative you're hosed while emission/enhancement are basically about how strong your nen is

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
specialisation has been shown 5? times and only one of those was for combat

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
binolt? i mean the rest i get even if its not explicity stated and alluka is just weird all around but none were combat focused other than kurapica really

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Bad Seafood posted:

Gonna go back in time and convince Togashi to include the line "Some nen abilities can fall under multiple types" in Wing's initial explanation just so we never have to have this argument again.

you should go to togashi now and convince him to finish the series instead imo

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
are you sure it was illness and he just couldn't be bothered to keep going

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
he's rich enough to afford the serious opiate addiction required to keep this regular

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
the big shame in HxH never getting proper releases anymore is we won't see anymore hisoka fights but in particular the chrollo fight. he should just release a volume dedicated to that and be done with it

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
he should just direct the series so everyone wins

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
my 12 year old nephew has finished FMA on netflix and was after another series so i looked at HxH and netflix only gives it a g?

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Oxxidation posted:

It's kind of eerie how Togashi just picks up all the pieces of this convoluted scenario so easily after such a long gap. Some of the stuff here reminds me of Liar's Game.

i think this is proof he's not got writers block and can direct the series so we don't have to suffer

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Roland Jones posted:

Man, this has so much potential to be amazing and crazy. I am incredibly hyped up for this.

lol we're getting another 9 chapters if we're lucky this time and never seeing the end of this arc

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I'm glad we're getting the fight and its probably why its off hiatus and togashi is actually dying so he would at least just make this but alternatively its all going to be a dream

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
its going to be a dream and the ultimate troll

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
it seems extremely unlikely that kurapica would know if his nen was removed and we've never seen that before this fight

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

NecroMonster posted:

Anyway, it's extremely unlikely that the Spiders will go after Kurapika because its impossible that any such attempt, even including all of the Spiders working together at the same time, doesn't end up with at least a small handful of dead Spiders.

I really doubt any of the Spiders wants to be one of the dead Spiders.

they don't care and thats the entire point of the spiders. pakunoda betrayed the spider by considering chrollo more important than the spider

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
hisoka wasn't an option so its a flawed poll

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
hisoka was willing to take on the entire troupe at once just to ensure he could fight chrollo he owns and this is all a dream

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

TWIST FIST posted:

i still cant believe this is happening

i think togashi is dying so is just getting the bit everyone cares about most finished

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
imagine not having total faith hisoka is going to win

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
not why this double post got through

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
there is no proof netero was the strongest human

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
this fight is funny because it would be meaningless to the ants and i'm hoping hisoka is so powerful its the same to him and he just restricts himself for fun

he was genuinely up for fighting the entire troupe at once purely to fight chrollo

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

Yeah, the founding members are from a place where a bunch of residents suicide bombed every single person who had led to the unjust death of one of their own.

well they were possibly forced to

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
he should go see a doctor and/or get a heroin addiction he can afford to finance

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

readingatwork posted:

Really? Thats a pretty bold statement. Should I be reading World Trigger then?

so long as you forgive the really dumb setting and millions of characters you can't remember it does very good team battles which most shounen is bad at

was gon scary for the sheer amount of nen he was capable of releasing because that could also be a factor with hisoka being very close to enhancement

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
i'm glad the last volume we're ever going to get is him just making sure this fight happens

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
just like in baki


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Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Begemot posted:

But he's too young to buy tobacco so he has to turn to a life of crime to keep using his nen :ohdear:

the hunter license gets you out of most crimes

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