Hunter x Hunter - Page 43

On May 30 2014 02:37 Raneth wrote:
Again unless im mising something, in the anime the bomb has not killed him, he seems pretty alive

On May 30 2014 02:39 Forikorder wrote:

you might want to avoid this thread to avoid spoilers

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On May 30 2014 03:03 Raneth wrote:

That is some old bullshit, who makes a bomb that does that? o.o

On May 30 2014 00:30 Forikorder wrote:


he wasnt defeated by Netero he owned Netero and got defeated by some never before mentioned bomb that is aparently stronger then the strongest human ever (much much stronger)



there was just no way at all to possibly think that it would happen and there was no other way to kill the king



well i completely missed them

On May 30 2014 11:23 BLinD-RawR wrote:
gungi not shogi.

On May 30 2014 22:41 rei wrote:
they mention poison, but that's just the description the ants use to describe what happened, because they didn't know about the science behind a nuclear weapon and how radioactive particles destroys cells when exposed to it.

Like I said before, the King was dead as soon as he left the palace away from all the hostages. Even if he goes all out to kill netero without hesitation from the very beginning and instagib the shit out of netero within a milisecond of the fight he would still be dead thanks to the miniature rose neclear weapon.

Now let's look at this from netero's point of view. As soon as he see the king with his own eyes for the first time, he knows the difference in strength, and he knows there is no way he can defeat the king with the vest difference in strength. The king even tell him that he doesn't look like someone who can judge the strength difference,so why fight when the difference is this huge? What netero really did was a set up using himself as bait. He use psychology to trap the king into fighting him and not run away from him. He knows the king is smart from their conversation, which means logically (with their strength known to each other) the king would become highly suspicious when the landing spot where they choose to fight has no ambush waiting for him there. The king would think this guy so much weaker than me must have something that will be able to deal with me. and at this point Netero had to do everything in his power to convince the king that that something is netero's skill in nen, and he need to show confidence in his own skills to trap the king in one on one combat with their pride on the line. The king could easily said you are not worthy of a serious fight and just left and the whole plan would had been for nothing.

That's why at the end when the neclear weapon went off, the king said to himself that he thought he had netero checkmate, but in reality he had already been checkmated as soon as he left the palace.

On May 31 2014 02:37 rei wrote:
In the same time it is also that very same pride that prevented him from fighting netero in equal footing. They both knew how the fight was ganna end before it started, and for the king to fight Netero would be like taking candy from a little kid. Netero had to talk the king into fighting him by using his name as lure. The king was prepared to just sit there and let netero beat on his ass till netero tires out and then walk out of there. "the only thing you can exchange with me is words" the king said that after netero started attacking. the king's pride won't allow him to pick on the weak.

After talking to the king, netero also realize this about the king, and if the king doesn't fight, he couldn't have done anything to the king with his own power. And he has no confident that miniature rose would kill the king if the king is not caught up in momentary false sense of security after a satisfying victory.

On May 31 2014 12:14 Forikorder wrote:

Netero said it in the latest chapter, that he cared about strength that has victors and losers which is why he never stayed in the new world because the biggest enemy is the weather that there is no victory over

he wanted to lose to the king first, Netero wanted the satisfaction of the fight and to go all out against someone one last time he didnt want to just walk up to the king and explode the bomb (which would have killed the King no doubt)

On May 31 2014 17:16 17Sphynx17 wrote:


So we go back to, then what the hell is wrong with how Togashi did the story? You are not making sense.

We all knew the king was too strong. Too strong at least for anyone within the arc to be considered a real threat fighting wise.

We knew Netero wanted to go all out and saw how futile it was/will be. The Rose bomb was the only way for Netero to surely fulfill his obligation as a last resort.

He still used his trump card first (Zero) before resorting to the rose. At least he gave it his all but it was still for naught. And since he was the only one with the opportunity to defeat or incapacitate the king, he made the call, which for me made sense in terms of his responsiblity to the world as we know it in HxH.

Since you have complaints with how the story went, how "should" have it gone in your eyes really? Gon's dad suddenly coming into the picture? How would that work plot wise? The way the story went was the one that made the most sense. And it wasn't a deus ex machina wherein the villain just lost and the heroes won. We lost Netero for Christ's sake. There is no dragon ball wishing shenanigans that is gonna happen here where Netero just pop back up again as we all saw him stop his own heart.

The closest we have to a deus ex machina is Alluka but that also served a significant purpose which was not related to a villain but allowed the story to get back on track at least.

On another note, I am curious whether Netero has used Zero in battle before and against whom. I don't think it was used against the Zoldycks so it just peaks my interest when this technique was used and against whom if any.

On May 31 2014 17:16 17Sphynx17 wrote:


So we go back to, then what the hell is wrong with how Togashi did the story? You are not making sense.

We all knew the king was too strong. Too strong at least for anyone within the arc to be considered a real threat fighting wise.

We knew Netero wanted to go all out and saw how futile it was/will be. The Rose bomb was the only way for Netero to surely fulfill his obligation as a last resort.

He still used his trump card first (Zero) before resorting to the rose. At least he gave it his all but it was still for naught. And since he was the only one with the opportunity to defeat or incapacitate the king, he made the call, which for me made sense in terms of his responsiblity to the world as we know it in HxH.

Since you have complaints with how the story went, how "should" have it gone in your eyes really? Gon's dad suddenly coming into the picture? How would that work plot wise? The way the story went was the one that made the most sense. And it wasn't a deus ex machina wherein the villain just lost and the heroes won. We lost Netero for Christ's sake. There is no dragon ball wishing shenanigans that is gonna happen here where Netero just pop back up again as we all saw him stop his own heart.

The closest we have to a deus ex machina is Alluka but that also served a significant purpose which was not related to a villain but allowed the story to get back on track at least.

On another note, I am curious whether Netero has used Zero in battle before and against whom. I don't think it was used against the Zoldycks so it just peaks my interest when this technique was used and against whom if any.

On May 31 2014 23:33 Forikorder wrote:

the bomb we had no idea existed, that was born from science we had no idea was so advance, and killed a king noone could touch is a deus ex machina

Alluka was introduced a good time before actually solving the problem, power was well explained and was well within the rules weve seen of Nen

all im saying is its very unsatisfying for the king to get so hyped then have no real fight and just randomly die with his guards

On May 31 2014 23:33 Forikorder wrote:
all im saying is its very unsatisfying for the king to get so hyped then have no real fight and just randomly die with his guards

On June 01 2014 00:32 Nayolbi wrote:


Togashi does that all the time... he gets u hyped, then he slaps u back to reality. Remember the exams (Gon gets knocked out and u never see the rest of the battles) or the Hisoka vs Chrollo fight (he cant use nen) etc.

Plus the komugi - king chapters were some of the best in the manga.. It's still satisfying