Hunter x Hunter has both the properties of rubber and gum

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Favorite arc?
	The Hunter Exam
	Heaven's Arena
	Yorknew City
	Greed Island
	The Chimera Ants
	The 13th Hunter Chairman Election

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

I love the sudden nuke. Hunter loves to build up some big fight and then resolve it in an unexpected but strangely satisfying way, and having the biggest baddie be killed by a nuclear weapon is both unexpected and immediately understandable. It's tragic and kind of hilarious. If that was the end of the arc it would have been a bit of a let down, but there was still so much to get to after that and it all took on a different tone. Really great stuff.

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devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

mabels big day posted:

I thought Gon turning into a giant adult man with infinitely tall hair was really weird and I didn't like it, but that's just my opinion.

IT WAS SO WEIRD AND IT WAS SO GOOD.

It would have bothered me more if it didn't have clearly terrible consequences. It also helps that the resolution to those consequences took a great power that we're only in the process of understanding, and will learn more about if we ever get more chapters of this thing.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 21:50

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

You can use him to pick your teeth.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 22:03

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Momomo posted:

I would have been alright with it if it didn't take another ten episodes for any of them to loving die. That whole thing with Pouf making the contest just made me want to pull my hair out.

They were wasting time when they were basically already dead. I thought it was great.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 23:19

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Silver2195 posted:

I liked the Adult Gon thing, but introducing a limitless genie character to erase most of the consequences was bullshit.

Though it wasn't as bad as it could have been, since Gon still ended up with weaker powers.

It also helps that Alluka is a great character. Also, I might be remembering this wrong but I think that her powers are supposed to be related to the Dark Continent, so there might be more follow ups on what exactly is going on there. That's if we ever get more chapters.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 23:26

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

I WANT TO BELIEVE

# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 23:29

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

There's still a week. I believe in Togashi.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 23:31

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Kurapika's just revenge could have felt really dark if Hunter did conventional good and evil stuff, but it doesn't, so it's intense and exciting.

# ¿ Dec 30, 2015 23:45

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

e X posted:

The more unsubscribed nature of the HxH world gives the story something adventurous that the other arcs lack.

This is true, and I was kinda annoyed when they decided to spend episodes describing their midichlorians. In the end, however, it was worth it.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2016 05:25

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

TriffTshngo posted:

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.

Time is a flat circle

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 04:55

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Kite is a deeply boring character, a completely generic hunter with no hooks for the audience to care about. There's a good reason why his first appearance got skipped over, he's basically replaced by the ten second voiceover at the start of the show. When he does show up the only thing you can remember about him is his ridiculous power.

This isn't a bad thing, for the most part. Part of the balance of the back half of the arc is that you don't really care if Gon somehow brings Kite back. As a character he's bunk, as a tool for bringing out the terrifying side of Gon he's perfect.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2016 20:04

devtesla: Jan 2, 2012; Grimey Drawer

TriffTshngo posted:

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?

YEP! I'm too lazy to dig it up but I also think they said the real Hunter doesn't start until after the exam arc so I think they wanted to rush to the stuff they liked better.

They got to make the ants by changing timeslots, the Ant arc aired late at night.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2016 22:32