Milennin said:Agafin said:
Why wouldn't they? They did let the examinees run through a forest with traps and creatures more dangerous than those criminals could ever be. This is the Hunter exams, not a child play. All the participants know that they may not come out alive of it.
Okay, the bigger problem I have with this is the fact they're reducing the prisoners' sentences for doing well (but I see you addressed that in the next part).
Agafin said:
I think you're confused about what it is to be a Hunter. These guys are not some superheroes or arbiters of peace or whatever. There is no set moral conduct or ethics that prevents them from using convicted crimininals. Remember that some of the guys running for the exam are serial killers like Hisoka? His motivation to become a hunter (which shall be revealed later) even has to with the fact that in this World, people who get this license can generally get away with that kind of stuff. Netero (the chairman) is the one who assigned each an examiner to each stage, and the one selected for the Trick tower is a type of hunter who specifically deals with criminals (black list hunter) and decided to use them for his tests. Nothing prevents him from that. The reduction of the criminals' sentence was probably done to make them more determined/motivated to stop the candidates sent to them thereby increasing the difficuly of the phase.
The fact that known serial killers are running for the exam makes me wonder why they don't have police or soldiers scanning the participants. You'd think it'd make for some easy criminal hunting. Prisons do exist in this world, so it's not like nobody has a sense of justice. Why exactly are people okay with letting serial killers run free and taking these tests? If Netero deals with criminals, why doesn't he do anything about those participating in the exams?
Agafin said:
What exactly was he supposed to do? Refuse the game? Did you forget that Gon's group were the ones who needed time? If he refused and proposed a fight to the criminal instead, then said criminal could have just as well refused his proposition and they'd start arguing and wasting time (just like what happened in Kurapika's turn), which would be in the criminals' advantage (as their job was to waste as much time as possible till the end of the 72 hours) and Gon's group disadvantage (since they need to save as much time as they can to reach the Tower's bottom).
Outside the base rules, they were allowed to use any means necessary to win, meaning there was no need to establish any kind of special challenge to begin with. But I can see what you're saying. Then I also wonder how that criminal got his hands on four candles and the material to sabotage two of them.
Agafin said:
And if you really think that it would've been the first thing to think when playing the challenge, then I think the mistake is yours and you'll need to rewatch. It would've actually been a dumb thing to do at first. Why? because there was a breeze in the room as mentioned by Gon himself so trying to blow out your opponents' candle (which means moving towards him) would've likely resulted in your candle being extinguished first. That's why both had to try to keep their movements to the minimum while trying to protect their flame from the breeze. It's when Gon's candle started burning powerfully that it became an ingenious idea to blow your opponents' candle since the powder that Gon's opponent put in it to accelerate its burning also ironically made the flame powerful enough for Gon to move with it or even leaving behind without fearing it being extinguished (by the criminal or the breeze).
Yeah, that makes sense.
Agafin said:
Nobody prevented him from going to check? I'm mean didn't you watch it? He's the one who refused to do so moving away from the arena (that was quite stubborn of his admittedly).
The fact he didn't check made me think they wouldn't allow him to, but I guess it had to do with his stubbornness then.
Agafin said:
That guy wasn't an armed non-participant. He was a previous examiner that was seeking to take revenge from Hisoka due to scars he inflicted on him the previous year (which resulted in Hisoka's exclusion that year). So obviously, as an ex-examiner and someone who was already a hunter, it was easier for him to to go wherever he wanted to. It was said in the manga and I'm sure in the anime too (will have to check again).
He might have been a previous examiner, but he's not this year, nor was he participating this year, thus making him an intruder.
Agafin said:
The best parts are yet to come. If by episode 35, you still haven't found anything you like it then it may not be for you. The two arcs that are generally considered as the best are still a bit far (the first starts at episode 38 and the second at 76 or thereabouts). Have fun (if you haven't dropped it by then).
I think the parts on the island so far have been a lot better already, so that's promising.
Just go to the Hunter x hunter forums already and asked them those questions, they will sure as hell know what to say