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Oct 30, 2013 4:19 PM

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Omg it gets spoily here, well it's ok since the anime spoiled it too... I kinda feel bad for people who didnt read the manga.
Oct 30, 2013 6:07 PM

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Lol, I Thought she was a boy.. Fuck you Togashi, I can't tell anymore the sex of any character.. Maybe Meleoran is a girl :o nah, Togashi draws girls like the girls and boys like the girls.. Anyways, I wanted to say something about the king, it's not really something, I wanted to tell him how badass he was when he killed that fat man, every time I watch the king scenes in the shows I keep asking myself how the hell they will manage to take this monster down.. God! I want to see that but first of all they must take the royal guards down and there's a reason why the word "royal" put in their title.. Gon and his ugly friend can't make any damage to the king.. I think Togashi is planning to make the king destroy himself or something like that, but there's noway to anyone to kill him..

I feel sorry that killua didn't appear at all, I wonder what's goin with him... I think that he'll keep focusing about getting better and kick some ants asses with his new powers.. I think.. Anyways it was another good episode.. I should stop calling them that because there's no such a bad HXH episode exists,
5/5
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Oct 30, 2013 6:17 PM

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Somebody give that blind girl a Kleenex!! Yuck!!

Meleoron is WIN! I really like him. I want a Meleoron action figure now.

Still missing my boyfriend, Hisoka. When's he coming back?
Oct 30, 2013 9:46 PM
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Rendio said:
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Come on MH, you're already in a bind with the time slot change, stick with the pacing of three chapters per episode and cover as much ground as possible. That aside, awesome episode. 4/5


Just because you read the manga doesn't mean it's slow paced; to be honest if I'd just sit there and wait for these "good parts" I wouldn't really watch the series on a weekly basis.

We have 1 arc left, and you really want it to be over as quickly as possible? A lot of shizzle happened this episode, and if you're not contempt with this much per episode, please just do yourself a favour and have it on hold till you can marathon it.

If you're going to defend that they actually should pack in another chapter, I'd love your opinion on the 5 minutes of this episode they should skip.

I didn't find this episode boring at all, if I did, I wouldn't have called it "awesome". I don't find the pacing slow either, two chapters per episode is standard for shonen titles and is even fast by the standards of long running battle anime (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, etc). However, it is "slow" by HxH standards, the anime has made a name for itself for adapting material at a fast and refreshing pace. I've liked the overall pacing in this arc and I'm happy that they sped it up perfectly in recent episodes, I just think that it could have been done better. The anime has been able to cover 58 chapters in 27 episodes, that's 2.15 chapters per episode. If Madhouse stuck with the fast pacing of three chapters per episode initially, even adding five episodes of two chapters per episode for allowance, we would have covered 18 more chapters by now, making the previous episodes "meatier" even more enjoyable and placing us at the start of the invasion. That said, this is only a minor issue I have with the anime and I could have easily embraced it had the time slot change never happened. Even if MH slowed down the pace early in the arc, I can't remember a single episode in particular that was badly paced besides episode 79 (which was atrocious). Of course, there were episodes that I thought could have covered more material and a few scenes that could've been paced better but they were by no means bad. For example, I liked how they chose to prolong the Queen's death scene but they did extend it a bit too much. Overall, while they did slow things down they did a good job in doing so, that's why were lucky to have Madhouse.

You're right though, this is probably one of those episodes (like episode 98) that couldn't have adapted three chapters. I guess my impatience can be attributed to both the time slot change and that I really wanted to hear Komugi speak and was disappointed when she didn't (reiterating what I said earlier, I wasn't impatient because I was getting bored). There are some chapters that have lot of information and can only be adapted at a fast pace at the expense of storytelling and no one wants that. Although anime viewers won't be able to notice this (I sure didn't, I only read the manga recently), I know a lot of manga readers who were irritated by the pacing of Greed Island since a lot of important scenes and details were skipped.

As I said earlier, I would've have easily embraced the "slower" pacing earlier in the arc if it weren't for time slot change but since HxH is now airing at midnight on Wednesdays, I wan't it to end as soon as possible. With less revenue from ratings and ads, many people believe that a drop in production values will happen in the near future. Some are worried that the show won't finish the CA arc and even more are worried that the anime won't adapt the next arc. I'm one of those people who had pessimistic leanings ever since news of the time slot change came out and the many negative posts that I've read since then have only made my fears worse. I wan't HxH to finish as soon as possible, maintaining at least decent production quality throughout the remainder of its run and the longer the series goes, the less the chances of that happening become. However, I don't like MH to go "Greed Island pacing" either so from here on out, I want Madhouse to cover as much material as possible without sacrificing much storytelling quality. I hope that cleared things up.
Oct 30, 2013 11:07 PM
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That's why Peggy always carried that book around ;W; this arc is amazing
Oct 30, 2013 11:15 PM
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SergioSource said:
That's why Peggy always carried that book around ;W; this arc is amazing

I wonder what you will say when the anime reaches the palace invasion..lololol
Oct 30, 2013 11:16 PM

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Komugi rocking those brows.
Oct 31, 2013 1:19 AM

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Noooo why did it end there?
Oct 31, 2013 2:57 AM

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argh, i want more ep. how would the girl influence that bastard king?? 0.0
Oct 31, 2013 5:59 AM

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GoGo_Dominatrix said:
Still missing my boyfriend, Hisoka. When's he coming back?




And with the introduction of Ikalgo, Meleoron and Komugi the stage is set for this awesome arc :D
Oct 31, 2013 6:50 AM

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everything in this episode was totally AMAZINGGGG!!!
especially her first appearance <3
Nov 1, 2013 4:52 AM

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Got fucking goosebumps at the final scene. So she's finally arrived.
Nov 2, 2013 5:25 AM

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huntx said:
HxH always delivers the best episode of the week.


word!
Nov 2, 2013 7:42 AM

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nice episode ..things are escalating smoothly
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who knew that gungi is not an real board game ...but an imaginary game created by mr.togashi .
Nov 2, 2013 9:35 AM

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Whoa Meloran learned Shogi, Chess, and Go. Gungi looks interesting to play

Chills and Goosebumps!!!! Who is she?? Influence his fate???
Nov 5, 2013 12:02 AM

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I don't like the "Capitan Obvious" Narrator. I didn't read the manga, but It's quite obvious that girl from the ED got a big part in the series (Otherwise she wouldn't be there). The Narrator kills a suprise....
Nov 5, 2013 1:02 AM

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I don't like the "Capitan Obvious" Narrator. I didn't read the manga, but It's quite obvious that girl from the ED got a big part in the series (Otherwise she wouldn't be there). The Narrator kills a suprise....


If it's obvious, then how would the narrator telling you make it a surprise?
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Nov 5, 2013 2:59 AM

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Insan3Heisenberg said:
c0rti said:
I don't like the "Capitan Obvious" Narrator. I didn't read the manga, but It's quite obvious that girl from the ED got a big part in the series (Otherwise she wouldn't be there). The Narrator kills a suprise....


If it's obvious, then how would the narrator telling you make it a surprise?
Whenever the narrator restates the painfully obvious/gives out hints, you can bet that it's anime-only dialogue most of the time.
Always remember that anime is a niche medium in Japan. Manga sells way better
Nov 6, 2013 8:13 AM

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Insan3Heisenberg said:
c0rti said:
I don't like the "Capitan Obvious" Narrator. I didn't read the manga, but It's quite obvious that girl from the ED got a big part in the series (Otherwise she wouldn't be there). The Narrator kills a suprise....


If it's obvious, then how would the narrator telling you make it a surprise?


Not everyone are watching ED, so for those who not, Narrator tells "yes, she's important". And I'm kinda pissed, because I don't like this kind of obviousness..


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Whenever the narrator restates the painfully obvious/gives out hints, you can bet that it's anime-only dialogue most of the time.


But sometimes that anime-only dialogue is not necessary at all.
Nov 6, 2013 1:47 PM

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Whether it's obvious or not doesn't matter. The point of the narration was to build interest and hype for the coming events. It seems alot of people think that once you know something will happen that it lessens the value. I disagree, as wondering how she will change Mereum is interesting in it's own right.
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Nov 6, 2013 9:47 PM
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Insan3Heisenberg said:
Whether it's obvious or not doesn't matter. The point of the narration was to build interest and hype for the coming events. It seems alot of people think that once you know something will happen that it lessens the value. I disagree, as wondering how she will change Mereum is interesting in it's own right.


Exactly sir! Not to mention of the fact that the narrator always chimes in the end of the episode to say something. Were people expecting him to just go say something like "the king is about to face another player" xD
Nov 11, 2013 9:03 PM

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let see what kind of influence caused by that girl
Nov 12, 2013 12:41 AM

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Nice episode, even if it had no action. Looking forward to that girl's significance.

Nov 15, 2013 5:00 AM

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Meleoron's power reminds me of Guldo. Who also was weak apart from his ability to freeze time when he holds his breath, also the King playing games (Cell Games lol)
Nov 27, 2013 2:32 PM

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I liked this episode.
After the last 2 episodes that I was so bored by, I am back to being interested in the series again.
I take interesting dialogue over boring fodder fights every day of the week. Thank you...
Dec 12, 2013 11:57 PM

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i like the chameleon dude but have this feeling hes gonna die. he's put himself right in the line of fire but has no mc-shield to protect him.

also hopefully this doesnt mean im psycho but mureum kind of grew on me. i dunno, it just seemed poignant and lonely, how hes studying human games and trying to beat world champions. kind of indicates he's looking for purpose, driven to conquer but finding no satisfaction in it
Jan 5, 2014 2:18 PM

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I'm wondering what the heck this girl is gonna due to change the king's fate, probably gonna woop his ass in that game xD
Jan 9, 2014 1:36 AM

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I take back what I said in one of the earlier episodes.. Chimera Ants do have a future.. provided they recover their memories when they were a human.. I'm already liking that chameleon dude.. besides I don't remember seeing him kill anyone..
Jan 31, 2014 3:55 AM

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Barion-Zara said:
Really nice ep.

Got goosebumps when Komugi entered with the narration about how she'll change his fate.


I wanna cried ... :'(
Meleoron's ability is really as godly as ability of the King ...
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Apr 22, 2014 8:36 AM
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Hmm what will that girl do? Does the mangaka have a thing for girls affecting the strongest villain as in how the phantom troupe's leader met that rich girl who could tell the future~

n holy cow that light was coming from Chairman Netero! omg he's a beast! <3 I wanna see it - him fighting n all!

tbh I thought Gon would call chairman Netero to be the chameleon's partner~
May 27, 2014 1:56 PM

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Meleoran smoking, lol. Anyway, good episode, she finally appears! This is the Gungi I have been hearing about, eh. Gotta see how they play it out first, for now it sounds kinda meh with the stacking pieces rule. Gotta start catching up after 131 release
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May 27, 2014 6:13 PM

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It's not really the Gungi matches themselves but the events that occur around them that make these episodes so memorable, imo.
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Jun 20, 2014 4:08 PM

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First Ikalgo, now Mereolon : too many bros among the Chimera Ants.

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Lmfao at the king's face at the end
Glad I'm not the only one who cracked up at his face. He looked so fucking angry for no reason lol

Anyway, let the long awaited King development begin. On a side note, whitout the narrator I never would've guessed the blind kid was a girl. Someone fetch her a damn handkerchief, plz.
Also Meruem, I hear your talking about disrupting your opponent's rythm, but did you ever consider the fact that you looking like a horrible mix between Cell and Frieza coupled with the constant threat of insta-death might already be doing most of the work for you?

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Hmm what will that girl do? Does the mangaka have a thing for girls affecting the strongest villain as in how the phantom troupe's leader met that rich girl who could tell the future~
Well to be fair, it's not like Neon influenced Chrollo that much (even though their little chat about believing in ghosts was neat) : he was just there to steal her ability, after all.
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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.
Jun 30, 2014 11:46 AM

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Such an exciting cliffhanger.
I wonder if it's possible for a surprising twist in a positive direction.
That has yet to happen
Jul 2, 2014 2:11 AM

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Also Meruem, I hear your talking about disrupting your opponent's rythm, but did you ever consider the fact that you looking like a horrible mix between Cell and Frieza coupled with the constant threat of insta-death might already be doing most of the work for you?

Hence why a blind girl may fare better? Maybe.

We're finally introduced to the girl from the ED. This should be interesting.

I like Mereolon for some reason. Maybe because of the opportunity he represents? (Tbh, a lot of these Chimeras don't seem as bad after they regain their memories.)
Jul 4, 2014 9:22 PM

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i wonder how many times ive failed to figure out if a character is male or female on this series
Jul 18, 2014 10:23 PM

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Komugi<3.[spoiler]Ohh,she'll definitely change The King's fate.
Jul 19, 2014 4:56 AM

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Sapewloth said:
Also Meruem, I hear your talking about disrupting your opponent's rythm, but did you ever consider the fact that you looking like a horrible mix between Cell and Frieza coupled with the constant threat of insta-death might already be doing most of the work for you?

Hence why a blind girl may fare better? Maybe.

I was mainly talking about his previous opponents.
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Kellhus said:
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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.
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Sapewloth said:
TripleSRank said:

Hence why a blind girl may fare better? Maybe.

I was mainly talking about his previous opponents.

Aug 16, 2014 2:47 AM

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Considering how tricky Meleoron is, I have reason to believe Gon is playing into a trap.

Aug 22, 2014 11:41 AM

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I always thought Komugi was a dude, even in that one chapter I read from the manga. Oh Togashi you trickster you

I'm really liking Meleoron more and more. His whole conversation with Gon was great
Sep 12, 2014 2:59 PM

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It's good to have a few Chimera Ant's as allies.
Mar 22, 2015 7:33 AM

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Meleoron is great, haha. The girl appears to be blind so she won't be intimidated by Meruem like all the other champions.
Apr 30, 2015 1:57 PM

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Time is not a measure of trust.... Say "Ho!"

Ho!

Sep 30, 2015 2:19 AM

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Oh oh. I'm gonna be an excited un-spoiled fan and see enjoy with my own eyes what does this girl mean for the arc.
Jan 18, 2016 3:06 AM

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King got some skills.
Jan 22, 2016 5:32 AM
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Gon is scary. I can trust you because if I'm wrong I can crush you without hesitation. Chill man chill.
May 9, 2016 3:31 PM

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Killua and Gon's 2 new buddies are both cool as fuck.

Meleoron ability is OP as fuck.
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May 31, 2016 7:55 PM
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Wow The King wanna be The Best of The world in The games, He should try some ESL games, such LoL, Dota and CS. xD
Jun 7, 2016 2:56 AM

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Even with no prior knowledge of anything that happens beyond this point (besides the fact this girl plays an important role in the show- although I have no idea what role), I began to tear up a little at the end of the episode because I didn't expect her to be blind. I can't imagine how this arc will unfold past here but I can just imagine it will be a feels trip.
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