Hunter x Hunter (2011) Episode 100 Discussion

ValeBreck said:
Also, I see the results of the time-slot change

Cresherhsm said:

Are you talking about worse animation, more gore or both? I haven't seen the episode yet did anyone else notice a drop in quality in the preview?

ShigyC said:
I wouldn't worry about that until approximately episode 105. (When this animation-team rotation is complete.) Around 7 episodes are likely to be made in advance, so that's why I say to wait until then.

Cresherhsm said:
Wow, this episode was mind-blowing. First 5/5 since episode 95, that's HxH for you.

ShigyC said:
Hm..I wonder if you would have reacted the same way to this episode if you hadn't read this segment beforehand?

Cresherhsm said:
What do you mean? If I would've reacted the same way if I didn't read the manga? Of course! This episode is the definition of BA. I haven't enjoyed an episode this much since episode 95. In fact, I probably would've enjoyed it more if I didn't read the manga since I'd be coming into this blind. I wouldn't know what Meleoron is planning or what's going to happen in next episode, etc.

ShigyC said:

Anyway, so you really dug 95, eh?
Well, you can look forward to 103. Same animation team...! =D

Flume said:


Sorry for asking but how do you find out which animation team is doing future episodes?

Kyzen said:
this is what im talking about. a fight against noob ants shouldn't last long.

Dangerr said:

He's clearly in a desperate situation; "noob ants" doesn't seem like an apt description.

confused_Imakuni said:
So far it has pretty much been getting through 3-5 bad episodes to get to one good episode. The problem with the good episodes though is that we are just getting teased in those and nothing ever gets resolved.
Episode 95 for example. That ending where it was announced that killua and gon are going to fight pitou was very exciting.
But guess what... it seems like that won´t happen until 20 episodes later.
Netero showing up very early in this arc was extremely cool too. But other than killing a few nameless ants he hasn´t done anything yet.
Wanna see the royal guards fight? Nope! I bet you´d rather see Gon go on a date right?
That is all this arc is. Almost giving you something nice just to take it away in the last second and throwing shit in your face for 5 weeks. Those 5 weeks then build up to a good episode that makes you extremely excited for the next episode. And you wait that whole week in excitement! What is going to happen? Oh it´s shit in my face again...

ValeBreck said:
Finally the 100Th episode
I'm impressed, they animated some scenes which were censored even in the manga

confused_Imakuni said:
First thing: I liked this episode.
It´s kind of a mirror episode from last week. Here we get the first half plot and the second half killua fighting "fodder" and last week was Gon fighting fodder and then the plot development.
The big difference is that seeing killua fight is just much more interesting than seeing Gon. And this weeks opponents were a lot more creative than the ones Gon had to fight.
But this episode also makes me very scared of what is to come. It seems like we will be gettin a loooot more episodes like this. Gotta take out the trash first before the fun starts and in this case it´s way too much fucking trash.

Which brings me to my second point:
What I am hearing in this forum since pretty much the start of this arc is that we just need to get through "this part" here until the "good part" of this arc is starting. I am pretty sure there isn´t a single episode discussion where somebody is bringing that up. Last week I read we just need to get through episode 99 until it is getting really good. And this week people say the bad part is starting now...
Yes, I get that it is a matter of taste and everybody obviously thinks differently about what the weak points of this arc are. For me personally it´s the whole thing.

So far it has pretty much been getting through 3-5 bad episodes to get to one good episode. The problem with the good episodes though is that we are just getting teased in those and nothing ever gets resolved.
Episode 95 for example. That ending where it was announced that killua and gon are going to fight pitou was very exciting.
But guess what... it seems like that won´t happen until 20 episodes later.
Netero showing up very early in this arc was extremely cool too. But other than killing a few nameless ants he hasn´t done anything yet.
Wanna see the royal guards fight? Nope! I bet you´d rather see Gon go on a date right?
That is all this arc is. Almost giving you something nice just to take it away in the last second and throwing shit in your face for 5 weeks. Those 5 weeks then build up to a good episode that makes you extremely excited for the next episode. And you wait that whole week in excitement! What is going to happen? Oh it´s shit in my face again...

Xvenger said:
I haven't read the manga yet but if there's anything I've learned from this show in general is that Togashi REALLY likes to troll on these predictable outcomes. Something tells me these teaser match ups just aren't gonna go down as is especially with the King's. I mean it's fairly clear that the match ups will meet but the results afterward might not be as clear cut as what most people would expect.

Some examples as to why I say this
Heaven's Arena - thought they were gonna try to go to the top floor...NOPE
Yorknew - thought Kurapika would wipe them out one by one....NOPE
Greed Island - Ging trolling his son twice by first, not being on Greed Island and second, not being the price. ( I mean jesus it was already a smart neat thing on Gon's part but meeting Kite instead puts a whole another level of trolling lol)

Dangerr said:

I would agree with your premise, if not for the fact that even these "mundane" episodes still make most shonen pale in comparison at their best. You're right; there's an incredible build up going on here, but you really can't expect resolutions so early on in the arc. The characters got to work their way into the country, each with their own secondary objectives, before actually facing the prime threat, and you're seeing that right now. If it was all completely inconsequential, I would be annoyed too, but these episodes really aren't - important stuff happens before they arrive at the capital, and if these last two episodes are of any indication, that stuff is largely happening right now. They're fighting lower-tier ants, but it's not throwing them in for the sake of filler; everything here serves to illustrate a purpose, and substantiates the story much more than it would have been otherwise. I honestly can't think of an unnecessary episode that's happened in a good while (except arguably the Phantom Troupe stuff, though I would personally disagree).

TL;DR, I guess I'm just trying to say that each episode has actual substance. The pacing may be a bit slower and methodical, but it's not bullshitting its audience. It doesn't hurt either, that it's entertaining to boot.

endlessdevotion said:


Oh, really? Which ones?

Flume said:



http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v23/c236/3.html (this was decensored later by another scanlation group)

http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v23/c236/5.html (decensored as well)

http://www.batoto.net/read/_/20867/hunter-x-hunter_ch236_by_nexgear/7

nanny96 said:
The scanlation group has nothing do to with the removing of the censorship: the censored version that you posted is taken from WSJ, and the decensored version was drawned by Togashi himself for the tankobon release.