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I don't check for new threads as often as I should because I missed this one. I have a lot of words I'd like to say about this series but it's 4 in the goddamn morning so another time. For now, best arc is Chimera Ant, best ED is 1, best Hisoka is any Hisoka, and every single character is a horrible monster except Leorio, Colt, and Knuckle. Dark Continent arc will come... one day...
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Kurapika may be an edgelord but after Chimera Ant and Gon letting himself fall so far down the path of revenge that it very nearly killed him, Kurapika working as a bodyguard for the Mafia is basically like taking a bunch of puppies out for a walk. What Gon did was with such passion and hatred that he just lets himself go without caring about the consequences for him or his friends. Kurapika's revenge is cold, calculated, and strategic. He knows taking out every member of the Spiders is a monumental task so he goes out of his way to test the strength of his chains against Uvo, the physically strongest member, because if he just goes in guns blazing he knows he's going to get stomped into the dirt. If he wants his revenge, he has to do it intelligently. Now obviously how that wound up playing out is a different story but I appreciate a revenge story where the character in question isn't doing it out of a single moment of passionate hate, but years of planning and preparation while you stew in it.
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Dec 30, 2015 23:30
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Alder posted:Gon's final battle with Pitou You might as well just stop with the anime because the things the next arc sets up are some of the most interesting I've ever seen in any manga or anime but most likely we're not going to get to any of it in the near future.
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Jan 4, 2016 00:01
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Alder posted:But I have to know if Gon wakes up and where Killua is going later By "stop with the anime" I meant keep going until the the final episode but don't bother continuing on because the anime leaves off with a satisfying conclusion that has the possibility for more, but if you read the 10 chapters after that (yes that's really all there is) then you'll be hyped for some poo poo we won't see for 2 or 3 or 5 more years.
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Jan 4, 2016 01:05
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Boogaleeboo posted:Nope, there was never a year where he produced nothing before, and he produced absolutely nothing in 2015. This is already the longest break ever. The longest break was 06/07 where there were a handful at the start of 06 and then a slightly larger handful at the end of 07. The current one is still about 9 or 10 issues short of topping that one, despite a full calendar year of no HxH, because the last batch was closer to the end of 2014.
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Jan 4, 2016 04:33
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Ytlaya posted:In both cases you're 100% aware that the protagonists aren't going to win against their enemies with a burst of shounen righteous fury or something. And then the one time it finally does happen, well....
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Jan 4, 2016 06:41
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Wasn't the stated reason for not including Kite in the beginning that Madhouse didn't think they'd be able to make Chimera Ant due to the way darker tone and increased violence?
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Jan 5, 2016 22:05
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To be fair Pitou was literally performing surgery, Kurapika's chain was some magic senzu bean bullshit.
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Jan 6, 2016 19:28
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Having an ability that powerful you kinda gotta have some drawbacks. Even Specialists have limits (except for special snowflake edgelord kurapika)
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Jan 8, 2016 04:00
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I don't remember him ever stating Emperor Time had a time limit beyond "it's only active while my eyes are red" which, depending how pissed off he is that day, could be hours.
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Jan 8, 2016 04:08
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Clarste posted:Speaking of Genthru, I've always found it kind of hilarious that one of the conditions for his time bomb ability is to explain his powers to the target, under the assumption that no one would ever interrupt him when he's giving out useful information. This is something that makes me really like Knuckle. It's got nothing to do with the conditions of the ability, but rather explaining his ability takes a long time because it's so complicated, and by the time he's through it's already ticked up a number of times. He took a terrible shonen trope and made it a legitimate strategy.
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Jan 8, 2016 09:55
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For whatever reason I have a real fondness for that moment Shoot starts using his hands as platforms and ties his collar over his eye, which the Narrator says "he had no clear reason to do so." Something about that part gets to me.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:09
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Also keep in mind, according to Morel, he and the others were by no means the best people for that job. Netero and Pariston's little game wound up making Pariston actively hinder the Hunter Association's ability to deal with the Ants, which says to me there are a number of other Hunters near or possibly above Netero's level when it comes to fighting or dealing with threats, or at least people whose abilities were more suited to such a task.
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Jan 21, 2016 12:28
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I haven't read the manga but I'm guessing it's essentially just a play on cutesy girl characters whose speech bubbles always include a heart at the end of every sentence.
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Jan 23, 2016 02:32
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Momomo posted:Alluka's entire existence is a pretty big retcon, but since she ended up being her own character instead of just a plot device, I can mostly let it slide. Killua's backstory makes a bit less sense now because of it, but I don't think it matters that much. His character is more about his development now, and not really about his past. I think any weird discrepancies or plot holes Alluka existing in Killua's backstory might create can be waved away with Illumi's needles. Same way he used them as an excuse for being a poo poo to Nanika.
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Jan 26, 2016 10:21
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The way Wing explained it, people with straight forward personalities generally tend to be Enhancement anyway, so that usually works itself out.
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Feb 2, 2016 00:17
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Those recap episodes make me think the HxH2011 team at Madhouse kept assuming the show would be ended at the close of the season but when they got told to keep going they were like "OH poo poo" and had to scramble to put together an episode.
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Feb 4, 2016 03:04
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YYH was a Very Good Standard Shounen™ that ran out of steam by the end. I think by the conclusion of the Dark Tournament, Togashi probably wanted to move on and do something more creative, hence the Sensui arc with the cool psychic powers. Definitely worth watching, though. I've actually been considering a rewatch lately myself.
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Feb 23, 2016 04:44
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Hunter x Hunter is really really good.
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Mar 27, 2016 03:47
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The Yorknew City arc might be a tad violent and kind of a sudden tone shift but I think if a 12 year old can handle FMA he can probably handle that well enough. It's mostly the stuff involving Uvogin, with occasional moments here and there with others. Greed Island is a nice little refresher arc after that. Once you get to Chimera Ant things start to get pretty grim. It goes through a few different mood shifts over the course of it with the last 1/3 or so being mostly about the strength or fragility of the human psyche across an array of different characters in different incredibly stressful situations. Which seems a little heady for a 12 year old, but hey, maybe he's into that.
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Apr 9, 2016 21:20
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pinegala posted:Seriously how this series has had discussion for all these years is beyond me. The anime airing for 3 years and being Really Really Good probably accounts for a good chunk of continued interest. HxH also just owns in general, so yeah.
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Apr 15, 2016 02:05
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Tunicate posted:Saw the dub on toonami. Overall I think they did a pretty good job. Impressive how Kurapika somehow comes across like even more of an edgelord in English. But yeah it was good.
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Apr 17, 2016 17:46
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Heavens Arena is weird because you think it's going to be some standard-rear end shonen BS, even introducing the fake magic power system to the protagonists, but there are like 4 fights total and then they just leave. Turns out it was actually just a way to ease people into the concept of Nen, and it does that rather well. Shows you the basics, the different classes, properties of each, the negative effects of fighting a nen-user while untrained, various uses at the basic and advanced levels, as well as how it can be super strong when used correctly and attuned to your personality (Hisoka) and how you can squander your own potential if you don't do it right (Kastro). It's a good introduction, to be followed up with poo poo getting very real shortly afterward in Yorknew. Heavens Arena is basically where Togashi said "gently caress you I'm not just making another shonen punchcomic, I already made Yu Yu Hakusho and it was great. MOVING ON."
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Apr 21, 2016 23:11
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Apr 26, 2016 09:04
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few things in this world are as golden as Pariston's smile
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Apr 26, 2016 09:11
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Hisoka is going to win because Kurapika doesn't deserve that kill.
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May 3, 2016 23:41
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HOLY gently caress
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Jun 9, 2016 12:56
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If you're down for a long haul I would recommend the anime, if you just want to blaze through it all at once then the manga would probably be the way to go. You can't go wrong with either, really.
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Jun 10, 2016 23:40
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Wild Horses posted:i'm just saying you miss out on stuff like I thought they handled that moment specifically really well.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:04
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Literally all you have to do is mention to an anime-watcher "oh yeah there was a scene in the beginning with Kite where he meets Gon as a kid but that got cut for the anime" and there you go, the story is told.
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Jun 11, 2016 03:19
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Serious Frolicking posted:On that topic, I don't really know what to compare nen beasts to. I'm trying to think of something similar to a creature born from a person's mind that isn't directly controlled by that person, but I'm coming up blank. Stands aren't autonomous. Tamed monsters aren't innate. Maybe something shoujo? 
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Jun 11, 2016 20:14
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Josuke Higashikata posted:So this whole Chimera Ant arc, it's a teeny tiny a lot drawn out as gently caress huh The Chimera Ant Arc takes a very very long time to get going and for awhile it's unclear where things are headed but it is most assuredly worth the journey.
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Jun 15, 2016 08:51
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I think the Spiders' Gaiden would've been less jarring if it weren't the only one of its kind, or if Chimera Ant weren't such an absurdly long arc. I didn't mind checking in on them to see what they were up to, because they're important characters and I like them, but I also would've been interested to see a few other characters running across Ants out in the world like they did. Have Leorio studying in his room or something and looking up and seeing Leol on the news or some no-name Ant trying to kill or steal from the Nostrade family and Kurapika stomping him in 2 seconds. Even an Illumi appearance would've been fine for something like that, honestly. Just a short little "oh the Ants are becoming A Thing out in the world now, thankfully all the strongest ones are still in one place" to break up the NGL and Mansion Invasion sections.
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Jun 15, 2016 20:27
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Genocyber posted:Lol @ the three effort posts about the princes. man this is a confusing arc I kinda need it
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Jun 17, 2016 06:07
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Roland Jones posted:
I'm thinking it'll be this guy.
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Jun 17, 2016 11:26
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EmmyOk posted:Being besties with the most evil prince is a huge red flag. Yeah he's either super dead or is going to betray the hell out of Tserriednich and give Kurapika some kind of info on him.
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Jun 17, 2016 11:41
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I am going to need to reread this arc, possibly twice, in the very near future just so I can fully understand all the layers at work here.
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Jun 23, 2016 15:17
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I honestly hope Gon doesn't show up for the entirety of the arc. Killua and Alluka I could accept but definitely not in more than a minor or lategame plot device role.
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Jun 23, 2016 20:13
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Well at least he made it to double digits this time.
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Jun 30, 2016 10:35
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I really really like Hunter x Hunter and hope Yoshihiro Togashi gets better both because back problems suck major rear end and even just having had the occasional minor achiness that comes along with everyday life I feel for him, as well as because he's a tremendously talented storyteller whose work would be missed dearly if he were forced to retire early.
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