(CR) Hunter X Hunter Anime (2011)

[SHINOBI-03]

-EPISODE 79-

Spoiler for Part 1:

Chapter: Last two pages of 188, majority of 198

Ponzo and Pokkle scene is filler



The hug… so… :swoon


The next scene with the ants is filler as well

Spoiler for Meleoron’s camouflage:

Another filler


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This shot was often used to show Togashi’s lazy artwork

Spoiler for New clothes:

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Spoiler for Part 2:

Spoiler for How Killua rides a horse:

It’s in the manga as well

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Spoiler for Koala:

Spoiler for Koala’s kill:

I could not get how Yunjuu killed the man. One panel we see him pointing at the man, the next shot we see something hit him, but since it’s from the back we can’t tell what it is. Next thing we see is a hole on his head and fluids coming out of his eyes, ears, nose and mouth. But now I knew how he did it… he shot him with a spit!!


Don’t take pink koalas lightly! Especially when he talks with Kenyuu Horiuchi’s deep voice!!

Spoiler for I just noticed here:

Meleoron’s fingers are different. In the anime he got four normal fingers, but in the manga he got three clawed ant fingers. Interestingly enough, later he retains his three fingers, but without the claws

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Filler



Imagine if this was his brain's fluids......... creeped up yet?!


More filler



An “Oh, crap” moment!

Spoiler for Pokkle's ability:

Rainbow: Seven Spectrum Array


Red Arrow

Koala needs a hobby… unless that’s his hobby…!

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Remember kids: Playing Call of Duty does NOT make you real soldiers.


More blood shed


Who is this guy? Is this Gyro that they name-dropped in the previous episode?!


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It’s one chapter per episode again, but to be honest, I don’t mind it. The filler is not pointless and is actually used to develop the new characters and we see more of them so we don’t see them as normal grunts. Plus, it highlights events that were mentioned in the manga but never seen. Not to mention the violence levels they took here.

8/10

[Sugetsu]

Episode 79 was really good. I just get a little uneasy watching HXH now... I don't really know why but this series have turned much darker than usual; It stresses me out!

The author is playing to our emotion again in this episode, just like they did with the 2 kids. He is showing us a strong bond between the arrow guy and the bee girl (I am not good with names! )... It is only a matter of time before their union comes to a very abrupt and possibly gory end...

Speaking of emotions I was almost sure that the little kid in this episode was going to get eaten or something...

I get it... By engaging our emotions with each episode the producers are developing a stronger sense of immersion, but damn... I hope that this series doesn't air during the kid's time slot.

In any case, I am very sure that this is going to be the best arc in the series yet!

By the way, is there any other series that I is airing right now that is remotely as good as this one?

[zeniselv]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

The fact that this is considered shounen (well, that H x H is in general to be honest) rather than seinen is proof that demographics are a flexible rather than a rigid classification.

To be honest, even with everything this arc ensues HxH is hardly pushing the boundaries of the shonen classification, that job is suqreenix's , but HxH its indeed the kind of manga shueisha has moved from wsj.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

The fact that this is considered shounen (well, that H x H is in general to be honest) rather than seinen is proof that demographics are a flexible rather than a rigid classification.

The author is flexible. The target demographic of the magazine is probably pretty rigid (it varies depending on the magazine though), but because Togashi is who he is, his editor probably gives him more leeway to work with. Probably all seasoned and successful authors are given more freedom to work outside the magazine's target.

[zeniselv]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

The author is flexible. The target demographic of the magazine is probably pretty rigid (it varies depending on the magazine though), but because Togashi is who he is, his editor probably gives him more leeway to work with. Probably all seasoned and successful authors are given more freedom to work outside the magazine's target.

you forgot one detail, togashi already shown that if he's pushed too much he can just end his manga in a rush, regardless of its popularity.

[ditn]

eh i wasnt too impressed with the attacks of Ponzo and Pokkle was just scared of the grunt bugs.
Makes me fear for there lives if they meet the pink koala xd

[Dengar]

Originally Posted by ditn

eh i wasnt too impressed with the attacks of Ponzo and Pokkle was just scared of the grunt bugs.
Makes me fear for there lives if they meet the pink koala xd

Pokkle is the guy, Ponzu is the girl.

I guess... I am the only one with any real attachment to these two characters?

[ditn]

right my mistake.
Its not that i dont like them i fear that they will be eaten how the plot is going.
Those arrows could be a bit more powerfull than how it is shown here.

[Clarste]

Originally Posted by ditn

right my mistake.
Its not that i dont like them i fear that they will be eaten how the plot is going.
Those arrows could be a bit more powerfull than how it is shown here.

That was only his Red Arrow. Presumably he has different colors since it's called "Rainbow".

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Dengar

Pokkle is the guy, Ponzu is the girl.

I guess... I am the only one with any real attachment to these two characters?

I'm trying to become unattached since I see nothing good happening to them. I mean they are nice enough characters, and Ponzu has a cute voice. But I just can't see this ending well for them. Pokkle's Nen ability isn't all that impressive and he can barely handle grunts. They come across anything remotely strong and they are dinner.

[Student no.0]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

I'm trying to become unattached since I see nothing good happening to them. I mean they are nice enough characters, and Ponzu has a cute voice. But I just can't see this ending well for them. Pokkle's Nen ability isn't all that impressive and he can barely handle grunts. They come across anything remotely strong and they are dinner.

Yeah and that's pretty sad too. Doesn't seem like Ten is that much of a fully reliable defense against them, or least that's the impression I'm getting. Now I wonder what potential these Chimera Ants have on Nen proficiency.

[Dengar]

^To be fair we haven't actually seen anyone use Ten yet.

[Student no.0]

^Very true, just Hatsu so far. Perhaps Killua would've been able to avoid injury at the beginning of this arc by using it, but it's not like they're gonna have it on 24/7 anyway.

Still confused on the Emitter and Transmuter category. Pokkle's Red Arrow almost seemed like a Transmutation Nen to me while Razor's 14 devils made me think of Conjuration.

[HybridBloodsZak]

Originally Posted by Dengar

^To be fair we haven't actually seen anyone use Ten yet.

You don't "use" Ten like you would a Hatsu

It's a fundamental skill for a Nen fight all practitioners use. It actually has been put into use to establish the Nen system many times already such as Heaven's Arena and Yorknew. Just look at Gon's fights especially Gon vs Hisoka where there's aura around both their bodies the entire time except for Gon's Zetsu at the end to hide in the rubble to sneak in his punch.

Also the second half of Gon vs Genthru implicitly shows Genthru's Ten when he's processing what happened after he blew Gon's hand up when Gon kicks his chin

Originally Posted by Mare Boy

Still confused on the Emitter and Transmuter category. Pokkle's Red Arrow almost seemed like a Transmutation Nen to me while Razor's 14 devils made me think of Conjuration.

Examples
Emitter- Franklin's Machine Gun Hands, Silva's Energy Balls
Transmuation- Hisoka's Bungie Gum, Killua's Lightning

Nen abilities can be more than one category. Genthru's bomb countdown(the one he puts inside people) is a mixture of Conjuration, Transmutation, Manipulation and Emitter

Pokkle's Rainbow would most likely be a mixture of Emission and Transmutation

[Ryonea]

Originally Posted by Mare Boy

Still confused on the Emitter and Transmuter category. Pokkle's Red Arrow almost seemed like a Transmutation Nen to me while Razor's 14 devils made me think of Conjuration.

Transmutation is about mimicking a property of something into one's aura, while emission is about controlling the aura when being separated from the user's body. I believe Pokkle is using transmutation to give shape of bow and arrow to his aura. The emission ability would be the arrow's effects, I guess...

But I agree that sometimes it's difficult to specify the category of certain nen users for example, Biscuit.she's classified as a transmuter, but her body transformation doesn't look like it's done by using aura to me.

I also think Razor's 14 devils were actually a conjuration ability. The devils are "manifested" after all, not in aura form like transmutation and emitter abilities. A quite similar ability would be Tocino's 11 black children, but his ability is clearly emission since he infused his aura into 11 balloons and controlled them using manipulation ability.

[Dengar]

Originally Posted by HybridBloodsZak

You don't "use" Ten like you would a Hatsu

It's a fundamental skill for a Nen fight all practitioners use. It actually has been put into use to establish the Nen system many times already such as Heaven's Arena and Yorknew. Just look at Gon's fights especially Gon vs Hisoka where there's aura around both their bodies the entire time except for Gon's Zetsu at the end to hide in the rubble to sneak in his punch.

I stand by my statement, since no one has actually tried to attack a Nen user directly.

[HybridBloodsZak]

Originally Posted by Dengar

I stand by my statement, since no one has actually tried to attack a Nen user directly.

All I was doing in my previous post was clarifying the concept of Ten

You'll see some Ants vs Nen soon enough though don't worry

[Student no.0]

Originally Posted by Ryonea

Transmutation is about mimicking a property of something into one's aura, while emission is about controlling the aura when being separated from the user's body. I believe Pokkle is using transmutation to give shape of bow and arrow to his aura. The emission ability would be the arrow's effects, I guess...

But I agree that sometimes it's difficult to specify the category of certain nen users for example, Biscuit.she's classified as a transmuter, but her body transformation doesn't look like it's done by using aura to me.

I also think Razor's 14 devils were actually a conjuration ability. The devils are "manifested" after all, not in aura form like transmutation and emitter abilities. A quite similar ability would be Tocino's 11 black children, but his ability is clearly emission since he infused his aura into 11 balloons and controlled them using manipulation ability.

Thanks! Though on Razor's supposedly conjured devils, manipulating them shouldn't be much of a problem since Manipulation is right next to Emission, but shouldn't the quality of the manifested devils be cut down to 40%? Wasn't using a category that's too far from your innate one something a Nen user should avoid?

[Dengar]

^He's just that good.

[Student no.0]

Anyone know a good timeline without manga spoilers that follows with this adaption?