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SetsukoHara said: tankoubon-feind said: this to me transcends this one fight and touches on one of the main themes and motifs of this arc and that is how much worse are the ants then us? is meruem really any worse than the psuedo kim jong il that was in charge before him? From what we've seen, Meruem is actually way worse than that kim jong il guy. And ants in general are worse than human too. Well, it's their humanity that makes the evil ants evil. It's also their humanity that makes good ants good. So I'm not sure it's a fair statement to say that generally the ants are worse than humans. I'll agree that the ants are monsters for the most part, but it's not because they are ants. Of course, I'm pretty sure that's what Togashi was going for. The whole scene with Pitou and Gon and their role reversals of sorts is pretty cool. That said, I still would like at least one of the Royal Guards to die so this mission can be at least a little successful. So far, it's looking like Pouf will be the only one to die. |
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| Fucking Knuckle! I can't believe he removed APR! That made me mad even though I didn't want Morel to die. |
| good stuff. |
| A very good development of Youpi and too bad for Morel. I really shout at Knuckle when he turned off the power on Youpi, I hoped 'til the end that he lost his Nen, but I was surprised that this didn't happened. The most beautiful thing, however, I saw it in the anticipations. That incredible thing behind Netero is something wonderful. Can't wait for the next! |
| Never would've thought that I'd actually end up somewhat liking Youpi. Knuckle on the other hand has been getting more annoying since the invasion started. I mean, I can understand that things happen in the heat of the moment and he's a particularly soft guy but giving up your one chance to take down a tremendous threat, on the possibility that he MIGHT spare your friend to kill you instead...damn did he get lucky that Youpi grew to respect them. |
| The whole youpi fight was amazing. If only the series would have focused more on it and not drag all the other parts (like the ikalgo part) out so much the series would have been so much better. This episode purely focused on it though, which made it an excellent episode. |
| woah Youpi became a big boy, maturing so much xD but yeah, I could definitely see how Knuckle now has respect for him. |
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| Youpi... has earned my admiration. Also, the preview for the next episode was really, really, really cute! |
| Nice Youpi development this episode. And godammit Knov, what did they do to you?! |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| Surprisingly few deaths, at a stalemate. |
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| I like the character development with Youpi... but I'm getting irritated with Knuckle constantly making stupid decisions and getting away with it. What would have done if Youpi killed Morel anyway? There's next to nothing he could have done to stop Youpi from killing Morel or himself with APR removed. At that, if he could remove it on a whim, why didn't he remove it from Gon during the month before all of this happened? Knov is suffering a lot worse than I even expected. It's easy to take the aura stuff for granted when watching this. I think he's a case-in-point of just how dangerous it is to others. |
| Good point about Knuckle taking APR off of Gon, but this is Gon we are talking about. I could easily see him not wanting APR to be taken off as a sort of punishment or something, much like how he let Zombie Kite punch him repeatedly in episode 95 or wanting to force Hisoka to take the tag back after being saved by him in the Hunter Exam. Perhaps it would have been nice if Madhouse would have added a scene where he said something like that to Knuckle, though. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Actually he couldn't. He can take off Potclean (APR), not Toritaten (IRS) |
| Ah, hell. I somehow forgot about IRS when replying....... |
Ston3_FreeN7Jul 3, 2014 4:21 PM
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Ah. That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying that part. |
akihikosama said: Knov looked like he aged 50 years. lol he really did thoooo!!! Good episode! It feels good to be back and to marathon this. I haven't watched it since March. should be a fun ride! |
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| not sure what to think of it, i was hoping this fight to end for about 2 eps ago but the development of red guy, i mean Yupi was decent during this ep... i wanted Morel to die though, he has been there enough an so far i havent care for any death the series had so far, Morel dying d ve made the ep much better imo |
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| Holy crap Knov please get your shit together already. Even the others aren't that stressed like you are. |
Kakuei said: Holy crap Knov please get your shit together already. Even the others aren't that stressed like you are. He got hit by a massive, malicious aura while in Zetsu state. That would nearly destroy anyone, even powerful nen users like Netero or Ging. Your judgement is misplaced. |
| Bad x Decision |
| Youpi ftw. I cannot believe how far his character has gone, and before starting this arc he was the royal guard I expected the least from... But after hearing his thoughts on nen I have to wonder, would not allowing Youpi to use nen through APR whatever really stop him enough to take him out? Is he using nen every time he transforms or is that his ability from being born from "magical beasts"? And even so there's his immense strength. I would look more into his abilities, but I don't want to spot anymore spoilers by accident. Raito said: How can good character development (not Knuckle obviously) be a waste.For fucks sake Knuckle, YOU HAD ONE JOB, ONE JOB! Now it feels like the entire Youpi fight was a waste -_- |
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Monochrome said: Youpi ftw. I cannot believe how far his character has gone, and before starting this arc he was the royal guard I expected the least from... But after hearing his thoughts on nen I have to wonder, would not allowing Youpi to use nen through APR whatever really stop him enough to take him out? Is he using nen every time he transforms or is that his ability from being born from "magical beasts"? And even so there's his immense strength. I would look more into his abilities, but I don't want to spot anymore spoilers by accident. Raito said: How can good character development (not Knuckle obviously) be a waste.For fucks sake Knuckle, YOU HAD ONE JOB, ONE JOB! Now it feels like the entire Youpi fight was a waste -_- Good question, actually. I imagine that Youpi would still be absurdly strong but they'd have an easier time fighting with him because Nen is still such a strong and valuable thing to have. |
jreginald said: Monochrome said: Youpi ftw. I cannot believe how far his character has gone, and before starting this arc he was the royal guard I expected the least from... But after hearing his thoughts on nen I have to wonder, would not allowing Youpi to use nen through APR whatever really stop him enough to take him out? Is he using nen every time he transforms or is that his ability from being born from "magical beasts"? And even so there's his immense strength. I would look more into his abilities, but I don't want to spot anymore spoilers by accident. How can good character development (not Knuckle obviously) be a waste. Good question, actually. I imagine that Youpi would still be absurdly strong but they'd have an easier time fighting with him because Nen is still such a strong and valuable thing to have. Couldn't they use malice to kill him? With his nen sealed, he wouldn't have any way to protect himself. |
| Wow, idk if I should be scared for Knov or if that was just comic relief. I'm gonna hope the latter because it'd be so weird to see Knov die early 0_o The episode previews never fail to amuse me ;D |
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| All the royal guards are unharmed; still no coverage on netero vs king; what was the point of the last 11 episodes?! ;-; Knuckle WHYYYYY did you remove APR I get that Knov aged the first time because of intense fear of that aura; but i dont see why he is still rapidly aging. |
~my list| ^ Palace Invasion... Gon meeting Pitou... I know you're not serious with that question but there's a wiki for HxH on Google if you missed the point of the episodes. Anyway, just a few more eps and you'll see everything else progress. |
| I'm not gonna lie, I'm losing interest in this more and more with each episode... |
| Wow is didn´t expect Knov to look like that. Poor guy. Why Knuckle why??? You had the chance to beat Youpi, but in that case impossible. But what will Youpi do next? |
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| Well, that could have gone worse... |
| Why Knuckle Why? |
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zat-bust said: Why Knuckle Why? Why, indeed. |
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| Noo Knov man wtf.. He lost that cool, mysterious thing about him |
| Lol, Gon telling Pouf to shut up was hilarious! But damn, what the hell happened to Knov?! |
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TonyTonyStark said: Actually he couldn't. He can take off Potclean (APR), not Toritaten (IRS) Still wanna know where this was mentioned. I hate forgetting about details like this X_X |
| God, looking at Knov is painful. Hang in there, bro. |
| Seeing Knov like this now I understand Palm and her extreme makeovers. They're really master and student aren't they. On another note this episode did play with my feeling a little bit. All the encounters with Royal Guards except Showerpuff have hooked us on very non conservative hangers. Which have their own good as well as bad points. The increase of narration and exposition being the latter. If only they quickened the pace a bit by removing those and try to explain with action alone (no need to be that clear, really) I guess tension would have been able to be maintained in a high level. |
| Didn't expected that from youpi. Damn i feel bad for knov. |
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| Knov, man, what even. He went from cool and mysterious to 'I can't even handle dem auras and now in depression' lol. |
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| Knuckle doesn't want to kill the genocidal ant anymore because he praised him! What a character, he cares more about his ego than about humanity. This show has a really weird sense of morality. Also what's up with Knov? The aura thing is so terrible but it wasn't even mention again when the other characters begin to fight. I think is fair to assume he was the only pathetic weakling out of the bunch, which is really weird because he is not some random hunter, he was supposed to be elite. |
| Dammit Knuckle... |
| Gon is a badass. Smh at Knuckle. Holy shit! Knov got worse. He went beyond his spirit being broken. I don't recall(by heart) a breakdown of a character like this before. |
| If you see that my post is exactly 1 month old (or more) from when it was posted... Don't waste your time, especially when you want to reply with something petty & insignificant. Assume that I've moved on (because I have). |
| Youpi prob legit the one you expect to be the most scariest of the three Royal Guards cause of his looks but dam he's actually a nice guy. I have nothing to complain about Knuckle releasing the APR off of Youpi. But damn Knov is such an old relic of his former self & so sad how Morel is now out of the game but the adventure continues... |
| Poor Knov! I wonder if watching the battle from afar made him that stressed out. Thank God he didn't take part in the fighting. |
| HEY! |
| Knov has changed so much! :0 Tbh I don't know what to think about Knuckle'a choice... |
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