Spoilers for episode 131.

LuFFY-Itachi said:
the MC died
HxH Episode 131 ending - " THE END"

0taku_K1d said:

The episode would be called "the x end"

Anime_god00 said:
So are we forgetting about the endings that the author gave a few months ago

KILLUA_the_G said:

that was a theoretical ending IF HE DIED before finishing the story

Hacker075 said:
Do you guys think the story would have been more interesting if Gon had died here? People often say that he's not a massively interesting MC (which I kind of agree with) and so I often wonder whether the story even needs him beyond this point and feel that this scene could have been even better if it was Gon's end. Thoughts?

Davoo said:
I haven't read the manga but when I learned that Gon lost his nen from that fight, I thought "Yeah, that makes perfect sense as his conclusion to his story." I'm over 850 episodes into One Piece and I can't help but remark on the metanarrative backing Luffy's narrative. A tale of a stretchy young man who always bounces back--a fighter who gets back up again and again and again until he becomes the King. This story is written by one of the lucky few mangaka who've managed to endure the sleepless, lifespan-shortening work Shounen Jump work schedule for 30 years without burning out until he completes the best-selling manga of all time. Both Luffy and Oda posessing seemingly limitless stamina and regeneration until both of them are crowned King.

Meanwhile Togashi tells us a different story--one of a bold and promising young man who ultimately couldn't rise fully to the "potential" the elders saw in him. Both Gon and Togashi burnt out, and had to redefine their goals and ambitions accordingly.

Perhaps I'm stretching the truth and casting rocks at nonsense--it's not like I've researched this theory at all. But it's an idea I relate to tremendously.

Davoo said:
I haven't read the manga but when I learned that Gon lost his nen from that fight, I thought "Yeah, that makes perfect sense as his conclusion to his story." I'm over 850 episodes into One Piece and I can't help but remark on the meta elements backing Luffy's narrative. A tale of a stretchy young man who always bounces back--a fighter who gets back up again and again and again until he becomes the King. This story is written by one of the lucky few mangaka who've managed to endure the sleepless, lifespan-shortening Shounen Jump work schedule for 30 years without burning out until he completes the best-selling manga of all time. Both Luffy and Oda posessing seemingly limitless stamina and regeneration until both of them are crowned King.

Meanwhile Togashi tells us a different story--one of a bold and promising young man who ultimately couldn't rise fully to the "potential" the elders saw in him. Both Gon and Togashi burnt out, and had to redefine their goals and ambitions accordingly.

Perhaps I'm stretching the truth and casting rocks at nonsense--it's not like I've researched this theory at all. But it's an idea I relate to tremendously.

lionaloone said:
if One Piece started a year earlier then HXH then HXH would have 1000+ chapters. Gon would have way more character development but we:ll never see it. I have no clue why the mangaka wouldn't just write a script for someone else to draw like Kishimoto does for Boruto. We've failed to understand Gon as his anger came out of nowhere and is a plot hole to his characterization. It's a shame, but it's a finished manga. You should treat the end as however you want it to be cause whenever see it.