Fun Hunter x Hunter Hangout Thread [01]

[smurfclassic]

Could be the news I've just read on a manga page about assassination classroom getting a anime

 

[Nii]

Spoiler: Only for people who read the manga

 

[Manta33]

So there are approximately 3 seasons worth of anime episodes remaining. Sailor Moon is slated to restart in winter with a new plot...I bet Togashi is reworking the series with Naoka....Can you say, "money in the bank." Based on the past he feels zero pressure to have the manga come out in time to develop new anime. So I am guessing there will be no more anime beyond the manga we already have. The manga won't restart till March or later. It would be really nice if Madhouse would do a season a year after that to keep things going...But the manga ended in such a choice place, I just don't see it. 7 months to go for a new chapter...

 

[Diivil]

So there are approximately 3 seasons worth of anime episodes remaining. Sailor Moon is slated to restart in winter with a new plot...I bet Togashi is reworking the series with Naoka....Can you say, "money in the bank." Based on the past he feels zero pressure to have the manga come out in time to develop new anime. So I am guessing there will be no more anime beyond the manga we already have. The manga won't restart till March or later. It would be really nice if Madhouse would do a season a year after that to keep things going...But the manga ended in such a choice place, I just don't see it. 7 months to go for a new chapter...

I Hope you're wrong , even though you probably aren't

 

[Kaido1337]

Ok guys i've just read the manga till the last chapter. Here are some things that bothering me and i want some explain about them:

1- So apparently Meruem the ant king died .. seriously?? i mean his death has drama and all but come on .. i wanted to see him die in a fight not like that! by dying that way that means he's the strongest in the series unless someone beat him.

2- Whats with the hax ability that Alluka possess .. it ruined the series! there are plenty of ways to save Gon instead of this ridiculous plot.

 

[KingOfNight]

Ok guys i've just read the manga till the last chapter. Here are some things that bothering me and i want some explain about them:

1- So apparently Meruem the ant king died .. seriously?? i mean his death has drama and all but come on .. i wanted to see him die in a fight not like that! by dying that way that means he's the strongest in the series unless someone beat him.

Well, that's just the point. Togashi made him disastrously powerful with almost no weaknesses. A character that can best him does not exist in this manga, at least not yet. So he had to get rid of him with this ridiculous method.

2- Whats with the hax ability that Alluka possess .. it ruined the series! there are plenty of ways to save Gon instead of this ridiculous plot.

Fair point.

 

[baboysai]

That was the only way Mereum could die, IMO. otherwise, it would feel too Dragonball for my taste (not that I'm dissing DB).

Besides, his existence was a freak of nature that there were bound to be consequences, no matter how strong he was. An example: Ligers- scary looking, ginormous creatures that are a mix between Lions and Tigers with thrice the eating capacity than either of the two. They are, in a way, chimera- and they just can't live long because they're not normal. So Mereum dying like this sounded plausible to me.

Even Gon's "freak-of-nature" transformation had serious repercussions too. And I liked that part of Togashi- okay, so Gon "can't die", but he made sure that with that much abnormality in strength (so much that his body couldn't keep up), there had to be serious consequences.

re: Alluka, I haven't internalized that part of the manga yet, ahaha. I'll need a second read of those parts up to the election and world tree arc.

 

[Kaizou 10]

Hunter x Hunter The Last Mission Poster:

 

[kindredxiuxiu]

While I agree that Alluka's ability is hax and that arc wasn't the best writing from Togashi, I actually like the way the ant arc ended (aside from the crack chapter). Meryem was nearly unbeatable, and we got an AWESOME fight between him and Netero.

I don't mind that Meryem and Komugi died together from the effects of the rose; it's a very bittersweet ending. Right when he was beginning to become more human himself.

 

[Kaido1337]

Giving that Tagoshi is giving us some non sense plot and abilities, i hope he atleast bring Meruem back somehow, because for now, no matter who's the next villain gonna be, i won't be impressed unless i see someone is actually stronger than Meruem.

 

[syx]

Oh god, please no!

Reviving the dead is and will always be, I repeat, is and will always be one of the worst things a manga author could implement in his/her series.

Why is it that you or anyone else who thinks the same can't be impressed by fighters weaker than the strongest introduced character? Not to mention that Meruem wasn't just the strongest character, he was leagues above everyone, which not only ruined his character for me but also gave the whole arc a bad taste in my view.

I actually don't want to see someone stronger than Meruem. There is really no need for that. An interesting and impressive fight (which is your point I guess) isn't determined by the level of the fighters but rather how the actual fight is written/executed by the author. There are tons of characters in this series - all of them inferior to Meruem in every aspect - I would like to see fight more than another fight of Meruem or someone stronger.

 

[baboysai]

Exactly. And we have enough chimeras on the loose as it is. >.> Togashi will have to tie up that loose end too, somehow.

 

[Kaido1337]

Well it's the author's fault for killing the strongest character in the middle of story. Remember we thought Kite was killed, later on, Gin revealed that Kite has an ability to make him survive somehow so basically he is not dead, and many of you actually assumed that Kite is not died because you guys didn't see his fight. and Gon was also survived by Alluka's ability by no sense plot.

So i don't see why it is not possible for the author to pull up something to bring Meruem back, Meruem has Neferpitou cells which means its possible to heal himself by her healing ability, the author showed us that Meruem got all his royal guards abilities when Meruem used that cannon attack he got from the big guy (he's a royal guard, i forgot his name).

We didn't see Meruem die, He said that he will come back and thats it. And also i won't be surprised if the dark world they are talking about is actually dead people's world so it's another way for Meruem to show up if he's dead.

For me, and i believe many people would agree that the Manga's excitement is to keep the strongest villain till the end.

 

[GalekC]

So i don't see why it is not possible for the author to pull up something to bring Meruem back, Meruem has Neferpitou cells which means its possible to heal himself by her healing ability, the author showed us that Meruem got all his royal guards abilities when Meruem used that cannon attack he got from the big guy (he's a royal guard, i forgot his name).

No, Meruem only absorbed some of Pouf and Yupi with their Nen abilities.

 

[Kaido1337]

No, Meruem only absorbed some of Pouf and Yupi with their Nen abilities.

Why the author would rebirth Meruem, "He is clearly even more powerful than before" Yupi said, and then he kill him again? .. The author must be trolling, bad writing in many ways.

 

[kenosecon]

This is hunter x hunter not dragon ball... Why would we want a more powerful enemy? What we want is a smarter one, an enemy with experience, like that netero's son. He seems to be pretty fucking strong in my opinion.

We don't want another stupid children with like couple month old and wanting to live like a human at the very end... Bullshit

 

[GalekC]

Wow, quite a bit of complaining suddenly on this page of the "fun" hangout-thread.

I'm simply -okay- with how the Ant arc ended (possibly due to being spoiled a lot before reading it. My own fault). But, at the same time, I highly anticipate how it'll be conveyed in the anime.

 

[kindredxiuxiu]

I don't think we'll have anyone as strong as Meryem, but still strong. The Zodiacs seem strong. Beyond Netero seems strong. But none of them seem to be as strong as Meryem. Which is why I'm hoping we have fights where it's not just between powerhouses...

...if we even get a next arc.

 

[zzigg]

Why the author would rebirth Meruem, "He is clearly even more powerful than before" Yupi said, and then he kill him again? .. The author must be trolling, bad writing in many ways.

why he revived him??? first he wasn't dead yet when netero blew the rose...
second you need to read the chapters carefully again to know why togashi kept merum alive ...and made him die a more peaceful death in the hands of komugi..

---------- Post added at 07:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 AM ----------

Ok guys i've just read the manga till the last chapter. Here are some things that bothering me and i want some explain about them:

1- So apparently Meruem the ant king died .. seriously?? i mean his death has drama and all but come on .. i wanted to see him die in a fight not like that! by dying that way that means he's the strongest in the series unless someone beat him.

2- Whats with the hax ability that Alluka possess .. it ruined the series! there are plenty of ways to save Gon instead of this ridiculous plot.

-merum's death was epic...and not every death should be due to Devastating battles...he died in peace.
-alluka ability isn't as hax as you think ..it's based on equivalence.. the bigger you wishes are the bigger her next demands become..
at some point she told a butler to gives her his spinal column...

 

[Nii]

Just quoting myself about the whole Meruem business:

To be honest I never enjoyed the Ant Arc that much. It had it's awesome moments but I never really got attached to the Arc as a whole. Didn't have much interest in any "villain" besides Pitou so yeah, I was rather so-so towards the arc. Me reading through the arc too fast and the amazingly long breaks towards the end probably did the rest.

Looking back on it now (I actually realized it months ago) I have to say that I was totally in the wrong. I haven't even reread the Ant Arc but when the anime started I thought about what's ahead of us and then had a discussion with another MH fellow over in my thread. He bashed the arc, calling it really bad. Then I started reflecting on it, for some reason I thought about it really hard instead of just agreeing or disagreeing. Then it came to me that the arc is way more amazing than what I thought about it years ago. Maybe I wasn't mature enough to realize it, I dunno. Maybe I even was too action-focused too.

Thinking about it though, I have to say Togashi really put a damn lot of thoughts onto this arc. It's nothing for a fast read, you have to use your mind and realize all the themes he's scratching, the astonishing character development (and I'm not just talking about Gon and Killua here but a lot of the Ants too) and the detailed fights. I doubt I've seen that much strategy being used in such a short span of chapters. Sure Pitou, Yupi, Pouf and Meruem were/are so extremly strong that there was no way to beat them, none. We don't got a lame powerup for the protagonists though, but an intense amount of strategy used. Not just your masterfully planned out strategy, where the hero totally overhelms the villains and puts on a confident grin at the end, but a desperate struggle to win with your wits, if everything somehow works out and you have a damn lot of luck. That's what made the fights so stunning.

Well, that's only a small part of it but I just wanted to say that I feel like a fool downgrading the arc back then. I would always recommend to not just read HxH like your everyday action shounen but rather really sit down and think about it for a few minutes. That probably makes you realize a lot of things you didn't notice at first, at least that's how it went for me. I'm calling it and saying that Togashi is just that amazing. A lazy genius but still a genius, no matter what you think about how he's handling the serialization of Hunter x Hunter.