2012-04-01, 14:11 | Link #1022 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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I think that it's because they loved him so much. Gotoh said that he saw Killua as his own son--he had to see if Gon was worthy enough to be friends with Killua. It's a Zoldyck Family staple. You get the sense that in this family, the ones you love are the ones that you never betray. Gotoh wanted to see if Gon was the real deal or not. It seemed like he was testing Gon's resourcefulness and insight with this game. |
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2012-04-01, 14:55 | Link #1024 |
One-Eyed Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NJ, USA
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Lol Gon wanted to play instead of train. Thought the butlers would actually try to fight it out, but good thing Killua got there first. So the group will be reunited in September. Wonder what the heaven's arena is. Sounds like a place to fight.
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2012-04-01, 15:25 | Link #1025 | |
Amor Fati
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Also, some brief news. Starting from 4/15, there'll be an omake corner in every episode of the Madhouse version. It's called "Gon and Killua's Huncyclopedia." |
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2012-04-01, 15:32 | Link #1026 | |
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But my real problem is having Killua let that happen. It felt... contrived, I guess, the way "walking down a mountain takes time" never did. |
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2012-04-01, 15:46 | Link #1027 | |
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I think it's moreso that Killua had no idea what Gotoh was planning on doing. Even Kikyo tried to lie to his face last episode--that Gon and his friends had "already left." Killua had no reason to wait in the lobby of the butlers' quarters since he has his own room in the building--they aren't his friends. They're workers. The scene itself didn't take too long in the first place; if you consider it to be real-time, then Killua waited for fifteen minutes before he got impatient enough to see what was going on. |
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2012-04-01, 15:57 | Link #1028 | ||||||
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2012-04-01, 16:34 | Link #1029 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 37
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I also disliked Gotoh lying to Killua. It felt kind of pointless and undermined the uncertainty of whether he was actually playing a game or not. Leaving things ambiguous is often a very important storytelling techniques, especially when it comes to characters who are liars. And, well, given the parting advice he gives Gon that's supposed to be the entire point of the scene. Not everything is as it appears to be.
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2012-04-01, 16:43 | Link #1030 | |||
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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True, but Hunter x Hunter is a series where most of the characters are psychologically flawed in some major way. I'm more inclined to believe that Gotoh is more of the violent sort than he is the militant straight man. His demeanor in later appearances also kind of indicate this.
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Not well. The only one whom gives him hope is Gon. But he doesn't know for certain that Gon wants to see him. Remember that conversation he had with Illumi? Killua was plagued with self-doubt at their friendship. His brother's words are in his head. Gotoh could have sold the lie that Gon and his friends left the mansion or decided not to come. And then hearing that would have stamped out any remaining hope that Killua ever had of making a friend. Quote:
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He probably would have been bored. I mean, he has his own room in the house. Gotoh is basically telling him to relax until his friend arrives. |
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2012-04-01, 17:31 | Link #1031 |
Adeptus Animus
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 36
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Hmm, interesting changes to the 1999 series this time. I like the events from this version better.
Also, given that my main complaint about this remake has always been the music, it's only fitting to give credit where credit is due and note that this new Zoaldyck theme is made of pure awesome. |
2012-04-01, 21:48 | Link #1033 | |
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As far as the recaps go, at least they're TV-only. It seems that Madhouse isn't putting any of them on the Blu-Rays/DVDs. |
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2012-04-02, 01:14 | Link #1034 | ||||
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I think that, like the last coin trick, it was a kind of warning. "See that kind of shit? If you stick with Killua, it's the sort of things that happen. Are you ready?" Quote:
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2012-04-03, 01:45 | Link #1038 | |
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Yet seems like some people tend to subscribe to the 1999 series's version where they made the butlers seem 'safer' and nicer on the surface. Just read the manga. |
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2012-04-03, 01:56 | Link #1039 |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
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(I don't remember the 1999 version, and I don't care about it. I've read the manga much more recently, though.)
I think I've put my finger on what bothers me. In the manga, a big part of the threat was that he could kill whoever he wanted and have the corpses disappear without a trace, all before Killua arrived. Even if it doesn't change the perspective for Gon and the others, it means that we readers really don't know if he'd have done it or not. Here, with Killua in the next room and liable to come in at any time, it's a lot less true. Another thing that bothers me: it's one thing for the butlers to "entertain" the guests while they've got nothing better to do but wait anyway. It's another to purposely waste their young master's time, who gave them a direct order to be informed immediately on Gon's arrival. |
2012-04-03, 02:00 | Link #1040 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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I'm not comparing it to the 1999 series anymore. Besides the much lighter animation(the 1999 version scared me, the dark tone was so awesome), pretty much everything is better adaptated so I will just skip whatever discussions are going on comparisons from now on.
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