Discussion Who's going to win the election?

[Host Samurai]

I wanted Pariston to win but from the looks of it Leorio will probably win.

and I think Pariston is fine with that.

That's not the impression that I got from him. He wasn't smiling when Cheadle turned the tables because he didn't anticipate her move at all. That's why I think that he will show his true nature really soon and that will make the election more interesting.

 

[mrsticky005]

That's not the impression that I got from him. He wasn't smiling when Cheadle turned the tables because he didn't anticipate her move at all. That's why I think that he will show his true nature really soon and that will make the election more interesting.

Yes but he's smiling confidently when he's about to give his speech.
He doesn't look the least bit worried and that could be because
he doesn't actually care who wins probably because he has bigger plans.

 

[Tame]

From Ging's conversation with Cheadle, I got the impression that Pariston doesn't care much about being Chairman, but he does care about winning the election. The election is fun to him, and winning will bring him the most satisfaction. That's just speculation, of course, and I could be proved wrong at any minute.

 

[Host Samurai]

Yes but he's smiling confidently when he's about to give his speech.
He doesn't look the least bit worried and that could be because
he doesn't actually care who wins probably because he has bigger plans.

That could also be his pokerface.
I personally think that he is about to get a little more serious due to him getting way too comfortable with his decisive advantage. Let's wait for the chapter and see for ourselves, how Pariston is going to resolve this matter.

 

[junjun2]

LOL　so finally it goes on to the last election. My hope for Morau disappeared?? Nooo.
If Leorio wins, he will resign his chairman post soon and restart an election again!

 

[Phantron]

Pariston obviously has a good poker face, but like Chidol pointed out, you can still read the difference between him smiling and not smiling. You won't see him looking worried but anything that's enough to make him stop smiling means he's at least feeling pressure. Remember, he was always smiling even when confronting Gin, so the fact that he stopped smiling indicates the Chidol's plan, at least initially, put a lot of pressure on him.

 

[junjun2]

I don't think it's poker face, his smile is just his natural expression. I mean he is a real good guy. Anti-Pariston groups put pressure on him for no reason and no evidence but for allergy and prejudice.

 

[Uriel]

I don't think is his pokerface or his natural expression, but He's genuinely smiling because HE KNOWS how to do this shit.

 

[~Andrew~]

You know what my very first thought's were when "It"'s power was felt by every skilled hunter? I thought about Leorio's speech and then I wished he had said a little bit more instead of speaking about Gon's recovery. Something like ...I don't know random things which the audience wants to hear, because now Pariston will reveal that Gon's healed and the sole reason Leorio wanted to be Chairman is out of the window. Would've Leorio said something else he could talk his way out of this situation.

Even though this election is crazy as fu**, I'm rather interested/worried about Gon's condition and Illumi's next steps, because he scared the shit out of me. It looks like he turns into a crazy maniac O_o While the family rules always provided some kind of safety for Kil and Gon, but now he talked about "useful tool when tamed" and that isn't good.
He's about to break rules if he really want to have "It" "No matter what/AT ANY COSTS", because he has to fight seriously against Kil and Co. in order to capture Alluka. Considering that if he talks ever again of Alluka as a tool Illumi wouldn't be Kil's brother anymore, one would think he should let things go (Killuah said this to Illumi).

But in his eyes he would save Killuah and lessen his pain with control needles...well, I'm also worried of the "H"-word...you know...Hi...*cough*atus*cough*, Togashi could leave us alone for half a year with an unbelievable cliffhanger °___°
Sorry, I'm in fanboy-mode right now, so excuse me.

 

[Sea Hunter]

Nope not a poker face i think Pariston really knows what he's doing. His smile only disappeared for a panel and it's right back up again, show he's an unbelievably good tactician.
Pariston for best villain next year

 

[Phantron]

Leorio is obviously grossly underqualified to be the chairman in terms of experience. If he talked about anythng other than Gon's recovery, it'd simply reveal his lack of experience and make his position look worse. It's not like he's going to reveal a great vision to improve the Hunter's Association.

 

[mrsticky005]

I don't think is his pokerface or his natural expression, but He's genuinely smiling because HE KNOWS how to do this shit.

Agree.

Pariston may have been surprised by Cheadle telling everyone to vote for Leorio
but I don't think he was stumped. He just wasn't expecting Cheadle to act that way
since he probably thought Cheadle wanted to win the election herself or perhaps
even have people vote for Ox.

 

[Captain Sicarius]

Pariston obviously, or we won't get a darn cool plot for the next arc, or in the future...

 

[~Andrew~]

Leorio is obviously grossly underqualified to be the chairman in terms of experience. If he talked about anythng other than Gon's recovery, it'd simply reveal his lack of experience and make his position look worse. It's not like he's going to reveal a great vision to improve the Hunter's Association.

Lol Of course he's undergualified. xD But the one's supporting him could've talked about this matter and so on...they would've had a "CHANCE", but now they're pretty much doomed.
And Leorio's lack of ...pretty much anything in terms of being a chairman will make him look like an idiot when Pariston reveals Gon's healthy.
I could imagine Leorio just running to the hospital right after hearing about Gon's condition and not caring one bit about the elction anymore. That would be Pariston's epic win and the others are left without votes, because Leorio just leaves the whole Association for a personal matter. Something like this could be said about him.

I guess I'll wait and see what Togashi prepared for us next week. :]

 

[Phantron]

Lol Of course he's undergualified. xD But the one's supporting him could've talked about this matter and so on...they would've had a "CHANCE", but now they're pretty much doomed.
And Leorio's lack of ...pretty much anything in terms of being a chairman will make him look like an idiot when Pariston reveals Gon's healthy.
I could imagine Leorio just running to the hospital right after hearing about Gon's condition and not caring one bit about the elction anymore. That would be Pariston's epic win and the others are left without votes, because Leorio just leaves the whole Association for a personal matter. Something like this could be said about him.

I guess I'll wait and see what Togashi prepared for us next week. :]

Leorio basically is running on a 'save my friend' slogan. But obviously he has no experience to back it up. He doesn't even know how to save his friend. It'd be like if I run for president on a slogan like 'no more taxes' and maybe people thought that's awesome and support me, but if I actually have to talk about how that can possibly work out, of course I'd end up looking like a fool. Leorio probably doesn't even know what sub organizations are in the Hunter's Association right now, let alone being able to come up with a cohesive plan to lead the organization. The only thing Leorio might be able to talk about is say he wants a world where expensive medical surgeries can be done for free, but like he already knows, that kind of stuff is basically crazy talk because you need crazy amount of money to pull it off.

 

[~Andrew~]

Leorio basically is running on a 'save my friend' slogan. But obviously he has no experience to back it up. He doesn't even know how to save his friend. It'd be like if I run for president on a slogan like 'no more taxes' and maybe people thought that's awesome and support me, but if I actually have to talk about how that can possibly work out, of course I'd end up looking like a fool. Leorio probably doesn't even know what sub organizations are in the Hunter's Association right now, let alone being able to come up with a cohesive plan to lead the organization. The only thing Leorio might be able to talk about is say he wants a world where expensive medical surgeries can be done for free, but like he already knows, that kind of stuff is basically crazy talk because you need crazy amount of money to pull it off.

Yeah, thats right.

If he becomes the Chairman then he'll be a mere marionette and Cheadle (and Co.) would be the supporter/the one pulling the strings.

I still guess that my prediction is good, because Leorio's reaction after hearing about Gon's regeneration is obvious at this point.

He's very impulsive and he doesn't even care about the relationship eachother has in the Zodiac Twelve nor does he know about it (Or like you said: "Leorio probably doesn't even know what sub organizations are in the Hunter's Association right now, let alone being able to come up with a cohesive plan to lead the organization") . And running away Leorio would leave an Election in progress with Pariston in charge, again.

That's my point. And that's what most people are thinking anyway, right?
Pariston will win, if no one has a trump card to play.
And me saying Leorio is/will be looking like a fool doesn't imply that I see him as such, but rather that Pariston will make one out of him. Just in case someone got it wrong (because of what I said in my last posting). :]

I think that's it or did I miss something?

 

[Phantron]

Actualy even if Leorio talks about whatever he knows about politics and end up looking like a fool, it might not even be that important. It's kind of like how people said Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize for being 'Not Bush'. Obviously most people are voting for him just because he's not Pariston and not a Zodiac (Teradin's faction is anti-Zodiac). He's not going to impress anyone on the politics end, but I really doubt people are voting for him because they actually think Leorio will be anything more than a puppet.

Pariston talked about how one of the quality should be 'is this someone you can trust?' Of course you can trust Leorio. The worst that can possibly happen is he gets in some sexual scandals with women. People obviously don't trust Pariston, and a lot of people don't even trust the Zodiac. But you can certainly trust Leorio because it's clear he doesn't have any ulterior motives.

 

[mrsticky005]

Leorio basically is running on a 'save my friend' slogan. But obviously he has no experience to back it up. He doesn't even know how to save his friend. It'd be like if I run for president on a slogan like 'no more taxes' and maybe people thought that's awesome and support me, but if I actually have to talk about how that can possibly work out, of course I'd end up looking like a fool. Leorio probably doesn't even know what sub organizations are in the Hunter's Association right now, let alone being able to come up with a cohesive plan to lead the organization. The only thing Leorio might be able to talk about is say he wants a world where expensive medical surgeries can be done for free, but like he already knows, that kind of stuff is basically crazy talk because you need crazy amount of money to pull it off.

Speaking of the "save my friend" slogan...

Why do so many people seem to care about Gon's health? Ok, I mean I know Gon was popular in his Hunter Exam and for the most part he seems generally
liked. But I don't think Gon has actually met all 600+ hunters or even close to it. Maybe 100 hunters but not 600. So why do voters care if Gon gets better?
I mean sure it's a noble cause but then why just Gon? Why must all that resources go to one kid who might not even make it instead of many kids who
WOULD make it if they had money for the right treatment. So Gon would have to be rather important to all those Hunters voting for Leorio.
Was Gon always this important or did perhaps he gain popularity majorly after fighting the Chimera Ants?

 

[Phantron]

Speaking of the "save my friend" slogan...

Why do so many people seem to care about Gon's health? Ok, I mean I know Gon was popular in his Hunter Exam and for the most part he seems generally
liked. But I don't think Gon has actually met all 600+ hunters or even close to it. Maybe 100 hunters but not 600. So why do voters care if Gon gets better?
I mean sure it's a noble cause but then why just Gon? Why must all that resources go to one kid who might not even make it instead of many kids who
WOULD make it if they had money for the right treatment. So Gon would have to be rather important to all those Hunters voting for Leorio.
Was Gon always this important or did perhaps he gain popularity majorly after fighting the Chimera Ants?

Have you seen those stories about say a child with a terminal disease wishes to meet say, a famous athlete? Why should the famous athlete care that a dying child wants to meet him? Why should you care this dying child got his wish? Yet they show stuff like that on TV because people clearly do care even though you presumably have absolutely no idea who the child is. It's one of those feel good stories that people can rally behind. It's similar to how people tend to root for the underdog. If a candidate for presidency got shot but recovered, people usually rally behind that guy. Why should you care that a candidate got shot? It's not like getting shot improves his ability to lead (in fact it can only worsen it), but people support that guy because there's some human tendency to support the underdog.

It's not the fact that Gon is a celebrity amongst the Hunter world (all of Gon's friends would probably vote for Leorio just knowing he's a close friend anyway) that gets him support.

 

[Uriel]

The thing here is not saving or not saving Gon, but that Leorio proved that He had the needed attitude. He did not won the Hunters due pity, but for his ressolve to use HxH Association for whatever thing He need, the fact that He NEEDS every hunter to achieve that.

It's not the speech, it's the meaning that lies beyond that which made Leorio gain all those votes.