Hunter x Hunter 280

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Hunter x Hunter
#280: Direct Hit
[side text: I will never give up!! // It's time for the killing!!!]

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Knuckle: (Hakoware has been activated for nearly five minutes now!! // So the amount of aura on loan must be approaching seven thousand!!! // But there's still the danger of him paying it all back in a single attack, right...?! / If I can just... avoid taking a direct hit...!! // The worst-case scenario... would be for me to take an attack so powerful that it wipes out Hakoware and inflicts damage on me as well. // Considering that, clearly by far the best tactic is to just keep on buying time and just wait him out. // But... / That would mean just waiting around and doing nothing for over ten minutes...!! // Shoot won't... / ...he won't hold out that long...!! // I have to get him to do another one of those explosions...!! // If I don't... I won't make it in time......!!!)

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Knuckle: (Before I've even settled this fight... // ...he'll die!!) // Lively, aren't ya. // Little monster.

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Yupi: Oh, I've been waiting for you... // (He fell for it...!! My trap has been sprung......!!!) // Little cockroach. // (My fake anger... drew him out......!!) // I think it's time I swatted you, annoying fly!! // (Now...!! If it's an explosion you want, that's what you'll get!!) // This thing's been pissing me off, and I was wondering where you'd got to! // (Hahahah... though in truth, I'll only be pretending to explode...)
Potclean: It's time. Now adding interest.
Yupi: GUAAAAAAAHHHHH!! / SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!! // (The build-up just before the explosion occurs...... he'll be sure to try and take advantage of that moment of weakness. // However!! If I keep calm and composed even as I release this anger, I know I'll be able to control the expansion!!!)

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Yupi: (He'll come at me, thinking he's taking advantage of my moment of weakness, but then I'll...) // You get this stupid thing off me right now!!! // If you don't... // (...take advantage of his!!!) // ...I'll kill you!!! // I'll smash up every single one of you pieces of trash until there's nothing left!!!
Knuckle: I don't think so, you blockhead... // You're the one who's going to go to his death, grovelling on the floor. // (The next one.........!!! The next interest announcement is the signal...!!!)

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Knuckle: Then we'll see which one of us is the cockroach.
Yupi: Hah... // Hah... // Hah... / Hahahahahahah...

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[no text just uh-oh]

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Knuckle: (I can do this!!! The timing's all right... I can get in one... // ...no, two hits!!! I can smash this idiot's face in with all my might and still get away before he explodes!!! // Take this, you stupid pig!!! // The first one's for Shoot!!! And the second is for Shoot, as well!!! // But man, how did I end up like this...? I don't remember ever liking the guy all that much... hell, to be honest, I always thought he was kind of creepy... when did he somehow manage to become such a close friend that I'd go all this way just to avenge him...? // Well, I say "avenge", but it's not like he's actually dead yet (probably)... Ah, well - we've been through life-and-death situations together... when you're risking your life together with a guy, I guess it's only natural that you end up with a powerful bond. And this absolute asshole... stamping all over Shoot's resolve... Shoot came at him perfectly ready to kill or be killed, and this lowlife ignores him...?!!)

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Knuckle: (Don't you even care about a warrior's pride?!!! // You stupid ant!!! // Agh... the more I think about him, the more pissed-off I get!! // I'm gonna put all my anger into this punch, and all!!! // But man, this is crazy... I've gotta be thinking faster than I have in my whole life... // Am I still in the middle of pulling back my fist...? Hell, I must've thought two or three hundred words already...?! ......Wait... // Could this be... that? They say time slows down... // ...and everything seems to move at a crawl... // ...the moment before you die...)

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Knuckle: (The expansion... // ...he suddenly... // ...stopped it......?!)

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Knuckle: (He got me... // He was totally calm... all along!! // I can't......... stop him......!! // Shoot...!! I'm sorry... I've failed you...!!)

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Knuckle: (This...... isn't just going to wipe out the interest... // It's over...!! // Shoot... // Boss...)

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Knuckle: (Everyone... // It's up...... to you now......!!!)

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Killua: NARUKAMI!!!!


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Yupi: GUAAAAHHHH!!!
[insert text: Time for the beast to die!!!]
[bottom text: Starting from next issue, this series will be on hiatus. We hope you understand. We will let you know as soon as the continuation is scheduled.]

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I'll do my best to make sure the series gets continued as soon as possible... // Yoshihiro