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Oct 17, 2012 2:48 PM
#101
The Chimera Ant arc was amazing. I've completely read the arc 3 times now. |
Oct 17, 2012 4:27 PM
#102
Oct 17, 2012 4:31 PM
#103
Mephz said: Imo the chimera arc was terribly boring and bland. This arc is by far the best one. Conversely for me it is bloody fantastic and my favourite arc thus far, even though the build up could have been shortened. |
Oct 17, 2012 5:43 PM
#104
Trafl-guy said: That arc is the some of the best qualities a shonen can offer (along with the follow-up arc - the election) The hate was because of the hiatuses that were along the road and weirdness of the enemies since YS offered a realistic setting so it's weird to see magical beasts after so long. People start acting as if they came out of nowhere. Compared to YS, it's really an underrated arc. A lot of hate was personal and only a few disliked it. So technically it was better received than the YS arc. As for the OVAs, I really liked them. The first OVA was really great, better than YS itself for me. It also felt more like New York lol. The 2nd OVA was good and the 3rd, while some animation moments were....retarded...and it had many changes, was still a good adaptation. :) I think Mephz said it best, it can be a love or hate type of arc. I consider HxH to be my favorite series and I know that there is more than just a few who were at least disappointed by it. I'm not saying it was bad, I'm just saying that I feel Hunter x Hunter is at it's best over these next two arcs. The CA stuff was badly paced, had some wierd stalling and tons of text without visuals. I wasn't one of the people who read it during the hiatuses, and yet I still found the same problems as someone I know who read it through the 8 long years. |
Oct 17, 2012 11:17 PM
#105
fearthebeard85 said: Trafl-guy said: That arc is the some of the best qualities a shonen can offer (along with the follow-up arc - the election) The hate was because of the hiatuses that were along the road and weirdness of the enemies since YS offered a realistic setting so it's weird to see magical beasts after so long. People start acting as if they came out of nowhere. Compared to YS, it's really an underrated arc. A lot of hate was personal and only a few disliked it. So technically it was better received than the YS arc. As for the OVAs, I really liked them. The first OVA was really great, better than YS itself for me. It also felt more like New York lol. The 2nd OVA was good and the 3rd, while some animation moments were....retarded...and it had many changes, was still a good adaptation. :) I think Mephz said it best, it can be a love or hate type of arc. I consider HxH to be my favorite series and I know that there is more than just a few who were at least disappointed by it. I'm not saying it was bad, I'm just saying that I feel Hunter x Hunter is at it's best over these next two arcs. The CA stuff was badly paced, had some wierd stalling and tons of text without visuals. I wasn't one of the people who read it during the hiatuses, and yet I still found the same problems as someone I know who read it through the 8 long years. "loving it or hating it" can be said on every arc/series. That's what it means to love/hate something. There's no arc that isn't a love it or hate it :/ As for the HxH feel, the CA had more of it than the GI/YN, it brought things back to the early hunter exams, but in a much deadlier way. I found no stalling, it was all part of the development, there's only 1 fight that wasn't that good and the rest was expanding on whichever character it was focusing on (even the bad guys) I liked the idea of narrating things, it avoids having the characters try to explain it directly in a cheesy way. |
Oct 18, 2012 6:09 AM
#106
AceIII said: Yeah. Should it be PG-15 then?Awesome episode ! I still dont get it why this is rated PG-13 lol Wow, didn't expect to get lots of thumbs up from Youtube comments by posting HxH :D |
Oct 18, 2012 6:14 AM
#107
Hyoroemon said: AceIII said: Yeah. Should it be PG-15 then?Awesome episode ! I still dont get it why this is rated PG-13 lol Wow, didn't expect to get lots of thumbs up from Youtube comments by posting HxH :D huh? :P |
Oct 18, 2012 7:20 AM
#108
Trafl-guy said: "loving it or hating it" can be said on every arc/series. That's what it means to love/hate something. There's no arc that isn't a love it or hate it :/ As for the HxH feel, the CA had more of it than the GI/YN, it brought things back to the early hunter exams, but in a much deadlier way. I found no stalling, it was all part of the development, there's only 1 fight that wasn't that good and the rest was expanding on whichever character it was focusing on (even the bad guys) I liked the idea of narrating things, it avoids having the characters try to explain it directly in a cheesy way. wrong, love or hate it is an expression used where the fans split in two seperate factions completely, there is no middle road. Most arcs have people that think, this was just "ok" or "alright". The chimera arc is kind of either you outright hate it and get bored to tears or you love it. |
Oct 18, 2012 7:27 AM
#109
Mephz said: Trafl-guy said: "loving it or hating it" can be said on every arc/series. That's what it means to love/hate something. There's no arc that isn't a love it or hate it :/ As for the HxH feel, the CA had more of it than the GI/YN, it brought things back to the early hunter exams, but in a much deadlier way. I found no stalling, it was all part of the development, there's only 1 fight that wasn't that good and the rest was expanding on whichever character it was focusing on (even the bad guys) I liked the idea of narrating things, it avoids having the characters try to explain it directly in a cheesy way. wrong, love or hate it is an expression used where the fans split in two seperate factions completely, there is no middle road. Most arcs have people that think, this was just "ok" or "alright". The chimera arc is kind of either you outright hate it and get bored to tears or you love it. According to Fearthebeard, he didn't really hate it, it just wasn't as good as YN in his opinion, that's middle road enough for me. |
Oct 18, 2012 8:03 AM
#110
Trafl-guy said: Mephz said: Trafl-guy said: "loving it or hating it" can be said on every arc/series. That's what it means to love/hate something. There's no arc that isn't a love it or hate it :/ As for the HxH feel, the CA had more of it than the GI/YN, it brought things back to the early hunter exams, but in a much deadlier way. I found no stalling, it was all part of the development, there's only 1 fight that wasn't that good and the rest was expanding on whichever character it was focusing on (even the bad guys) I liked the idea of narrating things, it avoids having the characters try to explain it directly in a cheesy way. wrong, love or hate it is an expression used where the fans split in two seperate factions completely, there is no middle road. Most arcs have people that think, this was just "ok" or "alright". The chimera arc is kind of either you outright hate it and get bored to tears or you love it. According to Fearthebeard, he didn't really hate it, it just wasn't as good as YN in his opinion, that's middle road enough for me. it's an expression, it does not mean everyone fits the definition. He is just one lad. If you look at the ratings now for example 90% of the people that watched this episode gave it 5/5. It's been a similar story for most of the other spider arc episodes. When the chimera arc comes I'm expecting a lot more 1/5 votes, just read the comments for the chimera arc in the manga section and you will see what I mean. It's either 1/5 or 5/5 for most of the chapters. Half the people are saying how bad it is while the rest is praising it |
Oct 18, 2012 8:13 AM
#111
Again, most of it was hiatus hate, and while I haven't been around MAL far back to the last weekly hxh release, most other forums consisted of that, either that or HxH haters in general. But from an objective stand-point it's way better than YN arc; The structure and development that is. Overall just like the other arcs, it has it's own fresh feel while keeping the "hunter" part present. Oh well. |
Oct 18, 2012 8:13 AM
#112
to name a example: testament chapter 318. Very mixed reviews (25% vote either dislike or hate), http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=332719 then again that one was quite....empty in content. There are excellent chapters once in a while but they dragged that story so much than many stopped bothering with hunter x hunter alltogether during that arc. It lost part of the fans it had gained with the spider arc. That is not the sign of a successful arc. But from an objective stand-point it's way better than YN arc; The structure and development that is. I don't agree, I just think he author was throwing together a mix of cliche crap in that arc trying to make it look epic, failing at it for me. |
MephzOct 18, 2012 8:21 AM
Oct 18, 2012 8:23 AM
#113
How is it cliche again? Cliche would be if Gon ended up fighting Meryem, beating him with 1) power of nakama 2) Power of feelings. I mean a lot of people WERE pissed because it wasn't cliche, Meryem died of poisoning, not killed by Ging or Gon as many people suspected. For example, " cliche crap in that arc trying to make it look epic, failing at it for me." that describes the Enies lobby arc of one piece perfectly, and it's one of the most popular arcs in the series. So yeah, the hate comes from the fact that CA didn't have the cliche battle line-ups with Gon fighting toe-to-toe, 1.5-shotting Pitou was too quick and Adult Gon didn't become a "mode" that he could turn on every now and then. So yeah, the hate comes from the hardcore shonen fans who just want the cliche part and not an actual story." |
Oct 18, 2012 8:27 AM
#114
Oct 18, 2012 8:35 AM
#115
Trafl-guy said: How is it cliche again? Cliche would be if Gon ended up fighting Meryem, beating him with 1) power of nakama 2) Power of feelings. I mean a lot of people WERE pissed because it wasn't cliche, Meryem died of poisoning, not killed by Ging or Gon as many people suspected. For example, " cliche crap in that arc trying to make it look epic, failing at it for me." that describes the Enies lobby arc of one piece perfectly, and it's one of the most popular arcs in the series. So yeah, the hate comes from the fact that CA didn't have the cliche battle line-ups with Gon fighting toe-to-toe, 1.5-shotting Pitou was too quick and Adult Gon didn't become a "mode" that he could turn on every now and then. So yeah, the hate comes from the hardcore shonen fans who just want the cliche part and not an actual story." Don't read if you haven't read the manga!!!!!! that is hardly the only way to be cliche... just to name a few: Gon = powerboost that came out of his ass the king falling in love with a human girl the death/defeat of the strong old man (very cliche and common) people getting turned into monsters mind controlled crowd Buddha ability (lots of hands) Chapters to show us how strong the bad guys are (spiders against the ants) I'll probably remember more when the anime catches up or if I think about it some more but I have to go study. Also the tables kind of got turned and hunter x hunter started ripping from dbz, naruto and bleach and not the other way around like few years ago. Kind of annoying to see him blatantly copy battles scenes, character models and alike from dbz |
Oct 18, 2012 8:35 AM
#116
pokymon said: Mephz said: Imo the chimera arc was terribly boring and bland. This arc is by far the best one. Conversely for me it is bloody fantastic and my favourite arc thus far, even though the build up could have been shortened. Agreed. It was an arc that most manga/anime should learn from. I just hope MH doesn't run out of budget money and f*** it up like every other long-running anime |
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Oct 18, 2012 8:53 AM
#117
Mephz said: Trafl-guy said: How is it cliche again? Cliche would be if Gon ended up fighting Meryem, beating him with 1) power of nakama 2) Power of feelings. I mean a lot of people WERE pissed because it wasn't cliche, Meryem died of poisoning, not killed by Ging or Gon as many people suspected. For example, " cliche crap in that arc trying to make it look epic, failing at it for me." that describes the Enies lobby arc of one piece perfectly, and it's one of the most popular arcs in the series. So yeah, the hate comes from the fact that CA didn't have the cliche battle line-ups with Gon fighting toe-to-toe, 1.5-shotting Pitou was too quick and Adult Gon didn't become a "mode" that he could turn on every now and then. So yeah, the hate comes from the hardcore shonen fans who just want the cliche part and not an actual story." Don't read if you haven't read the manga!!!!!! that is hardly the only way to be cliche... just to name a few: Gon = powerboost that came out of his ass the king falling in love with a human girl the death/defeat of the strong old man (very cliche and common) people getting turned into monsters mind controlled crowd Buddha ability (lots of hands) Chapters to show us how strong the bad guys are (spiders against the ants) I'll probably remember more when the anime catches up or if I think about it some more but I have to go study. Also the tables kind of got turned and hunter x hunter started ripping from dbz, naruto and bleach and not the other way around like few years ago. Kind of annoying to see him blatantly copy battles scenes, character models and alike from dbz 1. That was hardly out of his ass. Not only it was built up on, but the enhancement allows him to grow to an "age where he could beat the enemy", so basically that's togashi saying, Gon cannot beat an enemy like that in over 10 years. His older self could, so that explains it. 2. Falling in love isn't really cliche, 3. That's common, but not cliche, next thing you know, using humans as characters is a cliche as well lol. I mean he was old, and was experienced, so the good thing to do is ask for his help, strength and experience both, he's the whole package. Same with WB, 3rd Hokage and recently Yamamoto. A leader will most likely die first. 4 & 5, those had little to no part in the story, and served as a foreshadowing of future arcs at best. Buddastiva, yes it's inspired by a myth or historic event, as everything else out there is. Spiders vs ants, how is that a cliche? He's one of the few who do that, a cliche would just be them being hard asses against good guys until the good guys manage to beat them. Giving the bad guys screen-time is something other writers ought to do more often. My point is: If we take these standards of what's a cliche and apply them to other mangas, they would have literally hundreds of cliches, while the CA would have those 6 you mentioned (and even if there were more) and it would still be far from a cliched arc. Let's look at it this way: 1. MC did not beat the main bad guy, and the arc itself wasn't a build-up so that the MC would defeat him in future arcs after some training/time-skips 2. Meryem died of poisoning and not combat wound 3. The villains weren't graded. I mean you don't beat a villain, then advance to someone stronger, and stronger and so on as if they're conveniently waiting for you to reach them. First you get GR, then genthru who is weaker, then CAs who are much stronger than previous enemies, without even defeating GR yet, to show you the gap and how Gon is hopelessly outmatched by meryem, and how they need bigger guns for the job. 4. The rose itself, it wasn't the "good guys" who won. I could go on but this isn't the discussion for it. As for disliking it, to each his own, but the structure of CA was really well done, I think uberhikari addressed some of this in one of his videos much better than I am since I suck at using the right words lol |
Oct 18, 2012 9:24 AM
#118
Trafl-guy said: 1. That was hardly out of his ass. Not only it was built up on, but the enhancement allows him to grow to an "age where he could beat the enemy", so basically that's togashi saying, Gon cannot beat an enemy like that in over 10 years. His older self could, so that explains it. 2. Falling in love isn't really cliche, 3. That's common, but not cliche, next thing you know, using humans as characters is a cliche as well lol. I mean he was old, and was experienced, so the good thing to do is ask for his help, strength and experience both, he's the whole package. Same with WB, 3rd Hokage and recently Yamamoto. A leader will most likely die first. 4 & 5, those had little to no part in the story, and served as a foreshadowing of future arcs at best. Buddastiva, yes it's inspired by a myth or historic event, as everything else out there is. Spiders vs ants, how is that a cliche? He's one of the few who do that, a cliche would just be them being hard asses against good guys until the good guys manage to beat them. Giving the bad guys screen-time is something other writers ought to do more often. My point is: If we take these standards of what's a cliche and apply them to other mangas, they would have literally hundreds of cliches, while the CA would have those 6 you mentioned (and even if there were more) and it would still be far from a cliched arc. Let's look at it this way: 1. MC did not beat the main bad guy, and the arc itself wasn't a build-up so that the MC would defeat him in future arcs after some training/time-skips 2. Meryem died of poisoning and not combat wound 3. The villains weren't graded. I mean you don't beat a villain, then advance to someone stronger, and stronger and so on as if they're conveniently waiting for you to reach them. First you get GR, then genthru who is weaker, then CAs who are much stronger than previous enemies, without even defeating GR yet, to show you the gap and how Gon is hopelessly outmatched by meryem, and how they need bigger guns for the job. 4. The rose itself, it wasn't the "good guys" who won. I could go on but this isn't the discussion for it. As for disliking it, to each his own, but the structure of CA was really well done, I think uberhikari addressed some of this in one of his videos much better than I am since I suck at using the right words lol Don't read if you haven't read all the manga 1. Growing to an age were you can beat the enemy is my definiton of out of his ass powerboost. It was a terrible build up, unbelievable and ridiculous. 2. The leader of the enemy. Leader of the aliens/monsters falling in love with a human girl is. I've probably seen it in over thirty different anime titles. 3. Naruto has it, one piece has it, bleach has it, I can go on and on. If you don't think it's cliche you don't know what cliche is, simple. 4&5 and? it's cliche all the same, minor points, minor details and minor conversations can be cliche. 6. that exact buddha ability, when the user punches people with multiple buddha arms after the statue appears behind him has been used in multiple anime before hunter x hunter. Cliche for me. 7. "how is it cliche? He's one of the few who do that?" lol how many anime have you seen even? It's as common as the main character in a shounen anime is strong. There are hundreds of cliche, but some shows are worse than others. The chimera arc was one of the worst cliche gathering I've seen in recent years. ps: the poison was a combat wound, he recieved the damage in a battle pss: "The villains weren't graded" they were, only the generals and the leader remained at the end |
MephzOct 18, 2012 9:31 AM
Oct 18, 2012 10:12 AM
#119
Mephz said: Trafl-guy said: 1. That was hardly out of his ass. Not only it was built up on, but the enhancement allows him to grow to an "age where he could beat the enemy", so basically that's togashi saying, Gon cannot beat an enemy like that in over 10 years. His older self could, so that explains it. 2. Falling in love isn't really cliche, 3. That's common, but not cliche, next thing you know, using humans as characters is a cliche as well lol. I mean he was old, and was experienced, so the good thing to do is ask for his help, strength and experience both, he's the whole package. Same with WB, 3rd Hokage and recently Yamamoto. A leader will most likely die first. 4 & 5, those had little to no part in the story, and served as a foreshadowing of future arcs at best. Buddastiva, yes it's inspired by a myth or historic event, as everything else out there is. Spiders vs ants, how is that a cliche? He's one of the few who do that, a cliche would just be them being hard asses against good guys until the good guys manage to beat them. Giving the bad guys screen-time is something other writers ought to do more often. My point is: If we take these standards of what's a cliche and apply them to other mangas, they would have literally hundreds of cliches, while the CA would have those 6 you mentioned (and even if there were more) and it would still be far from a cliched arc. Let's look at it this way: 1. MC did not beat the main bad guy, and the arc itself wasn't a build-up so that the MC would defeat him in future arcs after some training/time-skips 2. Meryem died of poisoning and not combat wound 3. The villains weren't graded. I mean you don't beat a villain, then advance to someone stronger, and stronger and so on as if they're conveniently waiting for you to reach them. First you get GR, then genthru who is weaker, then CAs who are much stronger than previous enemies, without even defeating GR yet, to show you the gap and how Gon is hopelessly outmatched by meryem, and how they need bigger guns for the job. 4. The rose itself, it wasn't the "good guys" who won. I could go on but this isn't the discussion for it. As for disliking it, to each his own, but the structure of CA was really well done, I think uberhikari addressed some of this in one of his videos much better than I am since I suck at using the right words lol Don't read if you haven't read all the manga 1. Growing to an age were you can beat the enemy is my definiton of out of his ass powerboost. It was a terrible build up, unbelievable and ridiculous. 2. The leader of the enemy. Leader of the aliens/monsters falling in love with a human girl is. I've probably seen it in over thirty different anime titles. 3. Naruto has it, one piece has it, bleach has it, I can go on and on. If you don't think it's cliche you don't know what cliche is, simple. 4&5 and? it's cliche all the same, minor points, minor details and minor conversations can be cliche. 6. that exact buddha ability, when the user punches people with multiple buddha arms after the statue appears behind him has been used in multiple anime before hunter x hunter. Cliche for me. 7. "how is it cliche? He's one of the few who do that?" lol how many anime have you seen even? It's as common as the main character in a shounen anime is strong. There are hundreds of cliche, but some shows are worse than others. The chimera arc was one of the worst cliche gathering I've seen in recent years. ps: the poison was a combat wound, he recieved the damage in a battle pss: "The villains weren't graded" they were, only the generals and the leader remained at the end 1. How is it unbelievable? He is an enhancer, if you don't find it believable then you're probably just in denial, most likely. 2. Cliche aren't simple one-sentence statements. Falling in love = cliche, being this = cliche, doing that = cliche. That's redundant. And if we go that way...100% of everything is cliche and arguing about cliche would be pointless. Yes, he fell in love with a girl, but the how, when, why and what were all done in their own style. For a fun reference watch the South Park episode: "Simpsons Already Did It" 3. Same as #2, yes they do have it, but that doesn't make it a cliche. It's a trope, not a cliche. The overall idea is familiar, but how it plays out might be different, which is the case with Netero 4 & 5, again, same as #2, and no it's not "cliche all the same" if it's barely been on-screen, only the fodder which appeared for a few panels turned into monster and namely in the Ryodan mini-arc. 6. Again, not a cliche. Using ANY type of ability then would be cliche and all fiction would be cliche. 7. No. It isn't. At least not as common as the anime focusing on the MC 95-100% of the time. Unless you never watched any shonen jump (or any shonen) title for the past few years, I find that last statement to be very hard to believe. Since everything right now is becoming cliched as hell if it isn't already. And Hunter x Hunter is one of the few that aren't. @ps, yes but not his own power, it was basically a cheap move he pulled, something isn't far-fetched for humans. Him actually being kind of a dick (and not in the cheesy unsubtle yamamoto way, felt fresh, this was the guy who was basically a mentor for our heroes. @PSS, I'm talking about the main arc villains...GR, Genthru, Meryem, re-read the sentence and you'll see that it's true. And even if we play it your way, Hina, Brouda and Reina all survived, as well as Welfin and Bizeff (who was a mere human (midget?) |
Oct 18, 2012 12:26 PM
#120
Mikasa said: Agreed. It was an arc that most manga/anime should learn from. I just hope MH doesn't run out of budget money and f*** it up like every other long-running anime My main point of commenting which spiraled into an all out debate about that arc was that I see way too many comments along the lines of "oh if you thought that was good, so and so in the CA arc was much better" and I don't like how that leads new fans on. A lor of people were split on that arc (not just those who read it throughout the hiatuses) so to try to sway new fans like that seems unfair, especially since you're trying to downplay the two arcs that come before it. |
Oct 18, 2012 1:58 PM
#121
^agreed (though I only recall seeing people commenting on violence levels here) and to the people that want to debate the CA arc, there's a manga section for a reason.. |
Oct 18, 2012 2:09 PM
#122
fearthebeard85 said: Mikasa said: Agreed. It was an arc that most manga/anime should learn from. I just hope MH doesn't run out of budget money and f*** it up like every other long-running anime My main point of commenting which spiraled into an all out debate about that arc was that I see way too many comments along the lines of "oh if you thought that was good, so and so in the CA arc was much better" and I don't like how that leads new fans on. A lor of people were split on that arc (not just those who read it throughout the hiatuses) so to try to sway new fans like that seems unfair, especially since you're trying to downplay the two arcs that come before it. Actually they were only talking about the violence levels, if you thought that was bloody, wait for CA. Don't recall anyone talking about the story itself until you mentioned it lol :P And actually hyping up arcs like that makes people have higher expectations and some people might hate on the arc for no reason. You make it sound as if some fans are desperate and are begging people to like the CA. No. It can do well on it's own for people who come here for the story. "a lot of people were split on that arc" yeah and a lot of HxH episodes have higher ratings (90%) when they have fights and much lower ratings when they progress the story because they are "boring" and "nothing happened" despite the fact that much more happened in that certain episode compared to the one that was all about a mere fight. A lot of people here come expecting "just fights". My point is: Your bringing up "a lot of people were split" is irrelevant and doesn't really prove that it was bad. Or of lesser quality than that of YN. |
Oct 18, 2012 2:32 PM
#123
fearthebeard85 said: Mikasa said: Agreed. It was an arc that most manga/anime should learn from. I just hope MH doesn't run out of budget money and f*** it up like every other long-running anime My main point of commenting which spiraled into an all out debate about that arc was that I see way too many comments along the lines of "oh if you thought that was good, so and so in the CA arc was much better" and I don't like how that leads new fans on. A lor of people were split on that arc (not just those who read it throughout the hiatuses) so to try to sway new fans like that seems unfair, especially since you're trying to downplay the two arcs that come before it. "To not spoil anything I will put a simple comparison of violence level, this episodes is to puppies roughhousing and CA Arc is to a knife fight between two violent men..." New fans' reaction "the blood parts in this episode made me cringe a little bit i don't know if i can handle the 'chimera' (i think its called ?) arc because of what everyone has said.." So you start downplaying the CA arc, and call it overrated when people were only talking about the blood and you talk about how the old fans are trying to sway in the new fans? Sounds like you're just bitter about the arc and feel like hating on it here. And yes, the CA is the best arc, you prefer the YN arc? Or maybe an arc from a different manga? Good for you. But don't blame things on other people when you start it. Please. |
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Oct 18, 2012 3:15 PM
#124
x5exotic said: "To not spoil anything I will put a simple comparison of violence level, this episodes is to puppies roughhousing and CA Arc is to a knife fight between two violent men..." New fans' reaction "the blood parts in this episode made me cringe a little bit i don't know if i can handle the 'chimera' (i think its called ?) arc because of what everyone has said.." So you start downplaying the CA arc, and call it overrated when people were only talking about the blood and you talk about how the old fans are trying to sway in the new fans? Sounds like you're just bitter about the arc and feel like hating on it here. And yes, the CA is the best arc, you prefer the YN arc? Or maybe an arc from a different manga? Good for you. But don't blame things on other people when you start it. Please. This is correct. |
Oct 18, 2012 3:39 PM
#125
NJZanDatsu said: The Chimera Ant arc was amazing. I've completely read the arc 3 times now. Do me it seemed like bullshit. It didn't really fit. It was like everything suddenly turned completely dragonball with crazy creatures and upper power levels. Not to mention those creatures just simply came out of nothing and seemed completely irrelevant to the story as it was going. I was wondering why i was watching them fighting bugs and what happened to the story during the whole arc. It was like Togashi didn't know what to do next and then he just sat there and suddenly thought: "I know! Super bugs! That sounds cool!" . I still don't get wtf was all that mess about. |
MonadOct 18, 2012 3:43 PM
Oct 18, 2012 3:48 PM
#126
NJZanDatsu said: x5exotic said: "To not spoil anything I will put a simple comparison of violence level, this episodes is to puppies roughhousing and CA Arc is to a knife fight between two violent men..." New fans' reaction "the blood parts in this episode made me cringe a little bit i don't know if i can handle the 'chimera' (i think its called ?) arc because of what everyone has said.." So you start downplaying the CA arc, and call it overrated when people were only talking about the blood and you talk about how the old fans are trying to sway in the new fans? Sounds like you're just bitter about the arc and feel like hating on it here. And yes, the CA is the best arc, you prefer the YN arc? Or maybe an arc from a different manga? Good for you. But don't blame things on other people when you start it. Please. This is correct. I remember when I first signed up here, and HxH was back, and it was Fearthebeard and Monad themselves who'd constantly bring up how "bad" the arc" was in every election chapter until I started whining about it lol. Apparently "super bugs" are unbelievable but zombies, giants, cyborgs, aliens and looney toons characters in a pirate world make perfect sense. |
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Oct 18, 2012 4:59 PM
#127
Oct 18, 2012 5:07 PM
#128
ANT ARC SUCKS. Togashi tried too hard and failed. It came out of nowhere, had too many boring panels, overanalysis of characters we don't give a fuck about, n0ob philosophizing and it just didn't add-up together in the end. but i agree that it was fearthebeard who started this whole debate. hehe. |
Oct 18, 2012 7:01 PM
#129
Our opinions mean jack shit. When we eventually get to the arc. If new fans like it they, they like it, and if they don't like it, they don't like it. It's as simple as that. So let's just drop this whole discussion. We're not even in the Greed Island arc yet..... |
Oct 18, 2012 7:16 PM
#130
x5exotic said: I remember when I first signed up here, and HxH was back, and it was Fearthebeard and Monad themselves who'd constantly bring up how "bad" the arc" was in every election chapter until I started whining about it lol. Apparently "super bugs" are unbelievable but zombies, giants, cyborgs, aliens and looney toons characters in a pirate world make perfect sense. I don't remember this at all lol, if I did than damn that was a long time ago. I never said you guys can't like the damn arc, I know a lot of people like it but you also have to recognize that there are those who were disappointed. Do I hate the arc? No, I honestly think it will be much better in the anime than the manga, but obviously I don't hate it (look at my avatar). Like I said before, I just don't like how it gets brought up so often when we are a long way away from it. I know you guys won't drop the subject, and that's my fault for bringing it up in the first place, I take full responsibility for that. Will I call the Ant arc overrated? Yes I will because I have every right to feel that way, that doesn't mean I didn't like parts of it. I had my problems with it and will continue to have my problems with it. I would appreciate it if it didn't get brought up in every other thread though. I see at least one comment about the Ant arc in almost every episode discussion thread. I will drop the subject since I brought it up in the first place and that was my fault. I think I have the right to think the arc was overrated and voice my opinion of it, but here was the wrong place to do it. So yeah, I will stop posting about that subject here. |
Oct 18, 2012 7:59 PM
#131
x5exotic said: Apparently "super bugs" are unbelievable but zombies, giants, cyborgs, aliens and looney toons characters in a pirate world make perfect sense. EPIC CLAPS !!! XD LMAOOO IKR, that makes total sense. The ant arc IS the best arc in HxH but I don't try to push it down people's throats ( not saying you are ) :p I just don't care too much anymore. Overall if someone doesn't like something... why should that bother me ? They're HxH fans but don't like a certain arc, I'm a HxH fan but I like EVERY arc, who do you think enjoys it more ? :) |
Oct 19, 2012 12:17 AM
#132
fearthebeard85 said: x5exotic said: I remember when I first signed up here, and HxH was back, and it was Fearthebeard and Monad themselves who'd constantly bring up how "bad" the arc" was in every election chapter until I started whining about it lol. Apparently "super bugs" are unbelievable but zombies, giants, cyborgs, aliens and looney toons characters in a pirate world make perfect sense. I don't remember this at all lol, if I did than damn that was a long time ago. I never said you guys can't like the damn arc, I know a lot of people like it but you also have to recognize that there are those who were disappointed. Do I hate the arc? No, I honestly think it will be much better in the anime than the manga, but obviously I don't hate it (look at my avatar). Like I said before, I just don't like how it gets brought up so often when we are a long way away from it. I know you guys won't drop the subject, and that's my fault for bringing it up in the first place, I take full responsibility for that. Will I call the Ant arc overrated? Yes I will because I have every right to feel that way, that doesn't mean I didn't like parts of it. I had my problems with it and will continue to have my problems with it. I would appreciate it if it didn't get brought up in every other thread though. I see at least one comment about the Ant arc in almost every episode discussion thread. I will drop the subject since I brought it up in the first place and that was my fault. I think I have the right to think the arc was overrated and voice my opinion of it, but here was the wrong place to do it. So yeah, I will stop posting about that subject here. Again, YOU are the one who brought it up. People were discussing how the violence will be handled in the CA arc based on how it's being handled now and all of a sudden you're like "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" And just as much as you claim to have the right to dislike it, others have the right to like it. And since you're obviously the one who brought this topic here, you're the one who's forcing stuff down people's throats. And we're technically 1 arc away from it. From episode 1 to 39 we've heard much more about how "Yorknew will be awesome". You see a CA arc in every thread? Well I used to see YS in every thread but you don't see me complaining. And again, it was about the violence, not whatever it is you're hating on. @Chikky you're dead to me! >.< |
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Oct 19, 2012 12:24 AM
#133
I like how someone complains about people talking about something without realizing that they're the ones who started it. Feels like someone was just feeling hate toward something and needed to get it out. :P |
Oct 19, 2012 2:26 AM
#134
Oct 19, 2012 4:14 AM
#135
x5exotic said: Again, YOU are the one who brought it up. People were discussing how the violence will be handled in the CA arc based on how it's being handled now and all of a sudden you're like "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" And just as much as you claim to have the right to dislike it, others have the right to like it. And since you're obviously the one who brought this topic here, you're the one who's forcing stuff down people's throats. And we're technically 1 arc away from it. From episode 1 to 39 we've heard much more about how "Yorknew will be awesome". You see a CA arc in every thread? Well I used to see YS in every thread but you don't see me complaining. And again, it was about the violence, not whatever it is you're hating on. @Chikky you're dead to me! >.< "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" I never once said this lol, the fact that you resorted to using words I never said is completely immature. Second, I acknowledged it was my fault for bringing it up in the first place, I shouldn't have brought it up at all. That doesn't mean I am not going to comment back though when you insult me by quoting words I never said. |
Oct 19, 2012 4:24 AM
#136
fearthebeard85 said: x5exotic said: Again, YOU are the one who brought it up. People were discussing how the violence will be handled in the CA arc based on how it's being handled now and all of a sudden you're like "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" And just as much as you claim to have the right to dislike it, others have the right to like it. And since you're obviously the one who brought this topic here, you're the one who's forcing stuff down people's throats. And we're technically 1 arc away from it. From episode 1 to 39 we've heard much more about how "Yorknew will be awesome". You see a CA arc in every thread? Well I used to see YS in every thread but you don't see me complaining. And again, it was about the violence, not whatever it is you're hating on. @Chikky you're dead to me! >.< "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" I never once said this lol, the fact that you resorted to using words I never said is completely immature. Second, I acknowledged it was my fault for bringing it up in the first place, I shouldn't have brought it up at all. That doesn't mean I am not going to comment back though when you insult me by quoting words I never said. "I think a lot of you guys overrate the Chimera Ant stuff (not on the violence of course but as an arc in general). Not to say that the arc is bad, but it gets hype like it's the defining arc of HxH in a lot of these threads." "Like I said before, I just don't like how it gets brought up so often" Yes that is what you said, I'm just saying it in my own words. That's not really putting words in your mouth -_______- It's just not me quoting your exact words. |
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Oct 19, 2012 4:58 AM
#137
x5exotic said: NJZanDatsu said: x5exotic said: "To not spoil anything I will put a simple comparison of violence level, this episodes is to puppies roughhousing and CA Arc is to a knife fight between two violent men..." New fans' reaction "the blood parts in this episode made me cringe a little bit i don't know if i can handle the 'chimera' (i think its called ?) arc because of what everyone has said.." So you start downplaying the CA arc, and call it overrated when people were only talking about the blood and you talk about how the old fans are trying to sway in the new fans? Sounds like you're just bitter about the arc and feel like hating on it here. And yes, the CA is the best arc, you prefer the YN arc? Or maybe an arc from a different manga? Good for you. But don't blame things on other people when you start it. Please. This is correct. I remember when I first signed up here, and HxH was back, and it was Fearthebeard and Monad themselves who'd constantly bring up how "bad" the arc" was in every election chapter until I started whining about it lol. Apparently "super bugs" are unbelievable but zombies, giants, cyborgs, aliens and looney toons characters in a pirate world make perfect sense. So according to your ridiculous logic if Death Note continued with an invasion of space alien monkeys would have been just fine since One Piece and Dragon Ball have crazy shit too. You have to be really ignorant to not realize the difference of an element fitting easily in the atmosphere of a story and not. |
Oct 19, 2012 5:01 AM
#138
x5exotic said: fearthebeard85 said: x5exotic said: Again, YOU are the one who brought it up. People were discussing how the violence will be handled in the CA arc based on how it's being handled now and all of a sudden you're like "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" And just as much as you claim to have the right to dislike it, others have the right to like it. And since you're obviously the one who brought this topic here, you're the one who's forcing stuff down people's throats. And we're technically 1 arc away from it. From episode 1 to 39 we've heard much more about how "Yorknew will be awesome". You see a CA arc in every thread? Well I used to see YS in every thread but you don't see me complaining. And again, it was about the violence, not whatever it is you're hating on. @Chikky you're dead to me! >.< "man I dislike this arc so much people stop talking about how good it is" I never once said this lol, the fact that you resorted to using words I never said is completely immature. Second, I acknowledged it was my fault for bringing it up in the first place, I shouldn't have brought it up at all. That doesn't mean I am not going to comment back though when you insult me by quoting words I never said. "I think a lot of you guys overrate the Chimera Ant stuff (not on the violence of course but as an arc in general). Not to say that the arc is bad, but it gets hype like it's the defining arc of HxH in a lot of these threads." "Like I said before, I just don't like how it gets brought up so often" Yes that is what you said, I'm just saying it in my own words. That's not really putting words in your mouth -_______- It's just not me quoting your exact words. I never said I dislike the arc though :I .... I said it was overrated, but I don't think it's bad. If I disliked the arc so much I wouldn't have Meruem as my avatar. |
Oct 19, 2012 5:10 AM
#139
For those who're saying the ants came out of nowhere let's not forget the first page of the first chapter of Hunter x Hunter (and eventually the first minute of the first episodes in the 2011 version, which wasn't in the 1999 version iirc): |
Candor123Oct 19, 2012 6:04 AM
Oct 19, 2012 8:32 AM
#140
you know how i feel about that arc lol :( don't get me wrong, there are many parts i like (ryodan, gon killua training, first parts of invasion [really love this part actually], netero vs king and a few others). but at the same i think there were too many pointless chapters and overanalyzing. but the real the coup de grace was understanding togashi's intent at the end of it all and realizing that he failed in executing it well. |
chikkychappyOct 19, 2012 8:40 AM
Oct 19, 2012 10:10 AM
#141
Togashi planned the whole manga from start till end before he even began writing it. |
Oct 19, 2012 10:19 AM
#142
BlackListHunter said: Togashi planned the whole manga from start till end before he even began writing it. That's....not even a compliment <.< If a writer plans the whole manga then doesn't that mean he just decided to postpone the release date and get as many chances to correct things? But togashi said in an interview that after the ant arc 5-6 stories are left. Of course he hasn't written every single detail yet. |
End Zionazism |
Oct 19, 2012 10:25 AM
#143
Mikasa said: BlackListHunter said: Togashi planned the whole manga from start till end before he even began writing it. That's....not even a compliment <.< If a writer plans the whole manga then doesn't that mean he just decided to postpone the release date and get as many chances to correct things? But togashi said in an interview that after the ant arc 5-6 stories are left. Of course he hasn't written every single detail yet. 5-6 ?!?!? I heard it was 3-4... |
Oct 19, 2012 12:12 PM
#145
Mikasa said: 5-6 stories within 3-4 arcs. I knew I had heard that somewhere as well. |
Oct 19, 2012 3:04 PM
#146
Oh man... oh man.. that was epic. I'm like cringing out of excitement. This just gets better and better, no joke at all. Can't wait for tomorrow. |
Oct 20, 2012 12:04 AM
#147
oh lordy I am so hyped for tomorrow's episode. I'm sure Madhouse's version of the fight will be incredible, just like the Hisoka vs. Gon battle. |
Oct 20, 2012 4:30 PM
#148
The main reason I love HxH so much, since the 1st version, is that ppl actually die in it. There's blood, there's pain, and almost no regrets about it. I dropped Naruto and Bleach cuz I just got sick of waiting 10 Episodes for a fight, and then ... "I'll let the guy go, he learned his lesson". HxH dont have that kind of bullsh*t, ppl die when their time has come, they dont turn into water, they dont dissapear like magic. 10/10 for this episode, cuz that fish still scary. =D |
Oct 21, 2012 12:10 AM
#149
it was so beautiful that i shedded a manly tear |
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