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Originally Posted by Clarste
Once again, you're assuming he's a sadist. He has no reason to hurt Gon. Torture is just a means to an end, and Gon proved basically immune to pain and intimidation, so it was pointless. Sounds to me like you just wanted to see Gon suffer. Aren't you the only sadist in this picture?
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The thing is, Hanzo
could have been a sadist. He
could have been someone who'd break all of Gon's bones just for the lulz. In this kind of scenario, Gon would have properly faced the consequences of his decision to not give up no matter what. And that's the point, people want characters facing the consequences of being the way they are and making the choices they make.
The only thing one can say in defence of HxH here, is that if one wants a story where the protagonist does not constantly get bailed out by the author, then shounen is
not the place to go. Battle shounen protagonists always get bailed out and never face the consequences. If you want to watch a shounen show, then you simply have to accept that, or you'll spend your time hating the protagonist.