CHROLLO VS ZENO & SILVA ZOLDYCK!!! | Hunter X Hunter Ep. 52 REACTION & REVIEW!!

[@Vextipher]

Nen is such a rabbit hole, especially with new info from the creator expounding on it even more. That said this was one of those great episodes where you get to see favorite/top characters taking on eachother.

[@BairyHall]

A thing that's easy to miss in the fight between the zoldycks and chrollo is while Silva has his inner monologue going, he mentions that Chrollo dodges at the last moment, leaving no opening for attack So what does Silva do? He fakes him out by amping up with Ren, making it look like he is about to attack & distracting chrollo, and that lets Zeno catch him - it's so subtle, yet so brilliant

[@Hissingace110]

I think I've seen HxH start to finish at least 10 times, plus watched countless reaction videos, and I've never noticed that. Nice!

[@Hissingace110]

@@pokemontobias9721 Silva doesn't know anything about the specific conditions for Chrollo's ability, as far as we know. Zeno only figured out that it would take 4-5 conditions. Meanwhile, basically any attack at all could benefit from Ren.

[@Arkayjiya]

​@@pokemontobias9721 Spiking up your Ren doesn't mean you're charging toward a conjurer item. Silva is an emitter, he has no way of knowing that "seeing the ability" is a condition, but he did catch Chrollo's attention not by faking using his hatsu for him to steal, but simply by faking an attack. If he uses Ren, it's logical to think that he's going to use a strong ability, and since he's an emitter that means he's probably not gonna charge recklessly into the cape. So Chrollo had to watch to make sure he could dodge and Zeno synchronized his attack perfectly with the fake out because Zeno knows his son perfectly. Silva had no way of knowing "seeing the ability" is a condition. He might suspect because it's one of the obvious possible conditions but he wouldn't base his strategy on something he merely suspect. And if he knew the condition, Zeno would know too and would have mentioned it. So Tyler is right.

[@Arkayjiya]

​@@pokemontobias9721 "so we agree, he was going to use his emitter abiltiy hatsu which Chrollo can steal, but he faked it." Absolutely. But he was doing it just to make Chrollo focus on dodging his attack. The fact that Chrollo might also want to look at it to steal it is a complete coincidence because Silva has no way of knowing that this is a condition. "my dude you talk like you know these characters better than togashi" You're the one who's inventing stuff and thinking he knows the characters better than Togashi. Togashi already explained everything to us through the dialogue: We have Zeno Zoldyck in front of us, telling us what he can deduce about Chrollo's ability. We have Silva sharing his knowledge on Chrollo with Zeno at the start of the fight. There's literally nothing to indicate they guess the fact that he needs to watch the ability. "Zeno is stupid and faked a normal attack." Silva faked an attack, not Zeno. Also there's nothing stupid about faking a ranged attack. A ranged attack is literally what Zeno did earlier and it worked perfectly as Chrollo couldn't do anything to counter Zeno beside dodging. So it make complete sense that Silva would try the same thing hence why Chrollo took it seriously. Everyone was acting smart.

[@Hissingace110]

@pokemontobias9721 At no point did I or anybody imply that Silva is stupid. Also, the scene we're talking about with Silva activating ren happens right AFTER Chrollo dismisses the conjured mantle. And more importantly, it happens just after he says that Chrollo isn't leaving any openings for him to attack. So he does the opposite, and uses a feint with Ren instead. I also think you're objectively wrong about them knowing each other's abilities. Firstly, if Silva knew anything about the specific conditions, he'd have shared that information with Zeno. Instead, Zeno was gathering simple information during the fight, and Chrollo was impressed. If he had already shown his abilities to Silva, Chrollo would have no reason to be surprised that Zeno was correct about anything. Chrollo also wasn't aware of Silva's poison immunity.

[@Plopi]

The fact that you remembered the fortune is amazing. You are correct, chrollo knew he wasn't going to die here because of the fortune, therefore he was merely trying to steal their abilities not worrying that much about dying since he knew that wouldn't happen (he was only trying his hardest to dodge since there was always the possibility of the fortune changing), but maybe, he got worried for a second when he saw that powerful emitter attack coming down on him.

[@323brooks]

True

[@flyingfetus4364]

God this show is so good, First time noticing.

[@Plopi]

@@Antonio_0722 ye that's probably why he got worried for a second there.

[@Arkayjiya]

​@@pokemontobias9721 Fortunes only work perfectly if you don't know them. Like: The fortune predicted a Requiem for Uvo. Chrollo could have just decided not to do a requiem for Uvo if he wanted to once he knew the fortune, there's not some magical power forcing him to do it. If you know what's inside the fortune, you can change your future, that's the whole point, otherwise fortunes would be useless, if they merely told you "you're gonna die and there's nothing you can do about it" it would be a completely pointless ability. As an example, half the spiders being dead by the time the York New arc was done was a prediction proven wrong. So we have seen the fortune being wrong before. And since Chrollo knows that, he probably was slightly worried, wondering if he did something to change his future inadvertently. Not worried about dying cause that's not what he fears, but worried for the spider. But in the end, nope, it was all as planned.

[@Arkayjiya]

@@pokemontobias9721 The fortunes are about the 4 weeks of a month. While it's possible that transfering the power to Chrollo might have changed how they work and Shalnark fortune for example did come true much later, this is not the case for Chrollo's fortune. Because Chrollo's fortune was written by Neon, not Chrollo, and Neon explained that it only works for the month (which she should know as she's been doing the fortune things for years). And we get a confirmation of that because Chrollo's fortune says half of the spider would die *before* it says he should go east. He did go east and found his nen exorcist which means that his prediction is over and the first part (half of the spiders died) did not come true before he went east. So the fortune can become wrong if you read them. And no, East does not refer to the dark continent because they're heading north so Chrollo's fortune was definitely about the exorcist.

[@fmb6945]

You said it correctly, both Sylva and Zeno are Emitters, Togashi confirmed it recently in a Nen diagram he created. The missleading thoughts of them being Transmuter was due to an “official” databook that contains false info, which Togashi had corrected.

[@mangalegends]

I feel like anime databooks get too crazy with their info. I remember reading some of the stuff that the Naruto databooks were claiming and some of those claims were straight up inconsistent with what the anime showed

[@Jaoken]

@@mangalegends yea the Naruto data books aren’t exactly well received 😂 I mean it’s stated in the data book you’re referring to that Temari’s wind can blow away the universe… so yea I do think they overhype a lot of shit but for the most part they have a lot of canon info… again like the dbz data books specifically the daizenshuu have wonky statements but they are based in fact and the daizenshuu is considered to be a great book for the series… I think the best dada books tho are definitely bleach’s they contain manga statements and canon material that is built upon and kubo himself had a big part in the data book making many statements to make his characters and world have more value as well as build alot of characters up and telling hidden stories we never knew

[@Arkayjiya]

@@Jaoken "it’s stated in the data book you’re referring to that Temari’s wind can blow away the universe" What the hell? I hope this is a mistranslation of a Japanese expression and not meant literally because that's one of the most ludicrous statements I've ever read.

[@bpod1113]

I always love Silva's Nen bluff at 15:51

[@nequitia4665]

Zeno and Silva are emitter, killua transmuter, illumi and milluki are manipulator, and MAHA ( you only see him in 1999 ver) is enhancer.

[@human_pog3893]

They are both Emitters, the old databooks said they were Transmuters but those where filled with misinformation like character names being completely wrong, so yeah you were right.

here is the full list of conditions chrollo must meet (this was a side note on the manga chapter and was not covered by the anime, thus not a spoiler) He must witness the Nen ability in action with his own eyes. He must ask about the ability and be answered by the victim. His victims palm must touch the handprint on the cover of Bandit's Secret. All of the above must be completed within an hour.

[@ajop2235]

I don't know if I'm tripping but there's another condition I've read somewhere that the original zetsu owner must be kept alive for their technique (s) to stay in the book

[@human_pog3893]

@@ajop2235 First, it's hatsu. Second, that is true, but there are exceptions later on due to post morten nen.

[@ajop2235]

@@human_pog3893 oh right that was a brainfart you're correct mb

[@Arkayjiya]

@@ajop2235 That's correct but it's not a condition to steal the ability, it's a condition to use the stolen ability. So there are 4 conditions to steal an ability (the ones celloh mentioned) and two additional condition to keep using the stolen ability (1. having the book open at the correct page in his hand and 2. the original user being alive). We do learn of a few more details and exceptions later on but that's not relevant to the anime.

[@gizel4376]

@@Arkayjiya well i guess the exception happening later on mean that the second condition for continuing using the ability is inaccurate, in fact it'S not really a condition, just a misunderstanding in how the ability work, he didn't steal ability, but rather take control of it, the ability is still own by its original user, but only chrollo can use it, if the owner dies, the ability cease to exist, except some ability can survive the death of their owner. for those who know well about MTG, it's the same rule when you steal card from your opponent, i mean "take control of", ownership never change

[@edralev7671]

She’s actually right when she explain specialist about crollos book. Its a conjurer book that can steal ability in any category of nen making him specialist.

[@CR-hj2hk]

9:45 I love Zeno ^^ he's complaining but can't hide a smile lol he's so cool Funny how Killua Silva and Zeno end up in the same places but don't communicate ..to each his own business literally 14:04 those geezers are killing me XDD he just told his son to kill him but he's enjoying his 'last' fight like a kid 😅 him and 'you know who' are really something else or I should they're the real ones Also the cool thing is even though Silva knew about the stealing ability he didn't know everything about it he's still learning more observing during the fight Zeno got almost everything at first encounter.. it shows the level of experience

[@luigi50518]

Someone mentioned to me that the reason he smiles like that is because deep down, he's enjoying spending time with his son, like a father taking his son fishing, playing ball, or including his son in his line of work as a pass down to the next generation.

[@ronzd27]

According to most recent information given, both these Zoldycks are emitters.

[@Shadow25071]

Recent events in the manga confirmed that Zeno and Silva are both Emitters.

[@afro8745]

It is stated that sometimes your nen affinity change depends on the user and Conjurers are the most likely to be Specialists. Thats why sometimes specialists can conjure things or items. Chrollo's book, kurapika's chain and neon angelic fortune writer and pakunoda's bullet

[@karlluigi1987]

Currently, Kurapika is the strongest overall fighter out of all the main characters, While killua is still the fastest and physically strongest, while Leorio is the 2nd physically strongest base on opening the zoldyck gate, while gon is the weakest, yet a more experience fighter and nen user than leorio.

[@joaohenriquepozzer5510]

with the new info from Togashi we now know that both of them are emitters.

[@danielpomares1044]

16:40 Recently, Togashi confirmed that Zeno and Silva are both emitters

[@Oakland510]

Why didn’t they help Killua at the Chimera ant arc? They just left after killing that cheetah dude

[@BoldCaster]

@@Oakland510 wasn’t their job. They were just there to escort Netero and initiate the battle. Silva was more there as a body guard for Zeno since his ability helped more.

[@Green-3c34y65vrbu]

@@Oakland510 that wasn't what they were hired to do.

[@Oakland510]

@@Green-3c34y65vrbu so just leave the son/grandson in deaths door ?

[@Green-3c34y65vrbu]

@@Oakland510 yea, didn't you watch the show? that's literally what happened.

[@silverfoenix]

Keep in mind Zeno "EN" covering 300 meters & that its exhausting to do for a later episode!

silva and zeno's skill most likely works by tansmuting their aura into a dragon/ball and then emitting them. Chrollo's book is likely a conjuration technique with the specialist "ability stealing" imbued into it, this makes sense since specialists have 60 percent affinity to conjuration

[@angrashadow2958]

80%, actually.

[@Afreshio]

I don't think transmuting work that way. we have seen characters mold their aura into various forms and shapes without that being called transmuting. killua and hisoka transmute their aura into other properties. i think Zeno and Silva transmute their aura into energy of some kind. But giving the shape of a dragon or balls? thats another thing. Netero was probably the greatest enhancer ever and his aura took a curious shape just by training alone. Meruem could change his aura into photon-like particles and emitt them. Does that make it a transmuter ability? or an emitter? or both?

@@Afreshio Meruem's ability was most likely both

[@oussamataali]

16:14 zeno laughing even after knowing he could die right there with chrolo i love zoldyck family they will do there job no matter what

[@ktnkm7]

When I read this chapter on a weekly magazine in a bookstore, I shouted. I saw many people shouting in that bookstore, too. Hunter x Hunter was a phenomenal

[@ajop2235]

Silva's balls are finally shown.

[@Jaraws]

12:57 Lindsay's cracked and is one of us now

[@bolt2134]

HxH isn't among my favourites but the power system is the thing that i love the most about this series and nobody can deny the fact that Nen is the absolute best power system in anime.

[@krishpache7271]

Why isn't it among your favourites .. a reason ?

[@bolt2134]

@@krishpache7271 Just personal taste so don't worry about it, there's just other series that i like more

[@execraebrown3990]

19:40 i love that you've got it also i mean that's why i love hxh than other anime because every powers, abilities, power ups were explained very well very detailed and also the guy talking about 'balance' yup that term is very known in hxh world

[@frankthatank4900]

The music in this eps sync with how the trope is killing people made this scene way better and the fight with the Boss is one of the best fights ive seen in the show by far.

[@LocTran-sc7mm]

16:25 lmao XD also, that reminds me of the dude in black adam, "i die cause of electricity" *proceed to run into a horde of skeleton demons* 💀💀💀

[@buildinasentry1046]

And I mean, zenos dragon ability isn’t really a traditional “Dragonball” ability, I guess it’s kind of close to yamchas spirit ball, in some sense, but I’d say it’s atleast somewhat more creative xF

[@beast_of_burden7762]

I’ve already seen this on Patreon, fuck it, I’ll watch it again cause you can never have Enough BoldCast!

[@Courier_Seven]

Chrollo stole that blanket cloth ability from the shadow beast they had feitan torture to death named "owl" He had used it to wrap up their car and make it small.

[@Frosty-fs1de]

It's very important to know that Kurapika is not Specialist primarily, he becomes a specialist through his ability called Emperor Time. I also don't know why the anime didn't mention that Emperor Time shaves Kurapika's Lifespan.. it was such a important detail. So the conditions Chrollo has to meet to steal the ability may be difficult to achieve but Kurapika's the one who's paying most for his abilities.

[@MagnetCrocodile]

Imagine if you activate Emperor Time and accidentally went asleep, thus shaving your lifespan unknowingly oops...

[@laurafurtwangler8848]

​@@MagnetCrocodile Spoiler: what you said happened more than once with Kurapika in the manga

[@DOkyev]

Emperor Time shaves Kurapika's Lifespan suppose to be told in later part .

[@chriscolombie4135]

He doesn’t become a specialist via emperor time , if anything emperor time is a result of his hatsu when he becomes a specialist, he turns into a specialist when his eyes turn red that’s why he trained to know how to do it on command, the ability provided by emperor time is a 100% proficiency in every nen category so technically if the drawbacks of emperor time weren’t so big , kurapika could create different specific hatsu for each nen category if he wanted

[@chriscolombie4135]

@@ds1448 the anime does say that his abilities drain from his life span though and the manga gives us more insight on just how much , I always ask myself the question of if kurapika will age away like guts or if when there is a cut in one’s life span it’s like in death note , you don’t see the physical repercussions but when the moment comes you die

[@chriscolombie4135]

Y’all should check ou the 1999 version of this fight it’s even better

[@bander-Coolb]

I would gladly sacrifice greed island for more of this fr fr

[@Blak4466700]

Dope reaction as always! Didnt like the thumbnail as much as when you both are there!

[@UltraInstinct509]

boldcast you should watch 1999 version of their fight its really cool 😀

[@bboyninjakocaceres4442]

Zeno and Silva are both emiters, confirmed by Togashi himself

[@A.J_096]

Road to 100k subs. Let's go!

[@adarsh_1211]

My fortune said I would be fine 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣... That was funny as shit 💯👌

[@karlluigi1987]

I'm still wondering why Silva and Zeno didn't teach Killua about nen, or why killua have no idea what nen is, when most of the Zoldyck family knows nen..

[@angrashadow2958]

They have a particular training strategy in mind surely, where he is meant to be at his best without Nen first and then learn it. Milluki and Illumi having Nen makes sense considering they are much older, as for Kalluto there is absolutely no reason to believe they learned Nen from their family, the first time we see them use Nen is in Greed Island, months after they left the family and joined the Phantom Troupe, for all we know they learned it on their own or through the Troupe.

[@Afreshio]

@@angrashadow2958 Dont be silly. The PT wouldn't let join Kalluto if he didn't have Nen training. Nobunaga recruiting Gon was just an irrational obsession of his and everyone doubted the boss would allow that. I think they didn't share Nen knowledge to Killua because they are just overprotective of him, because he has so much raw talent, but also is a sensitive boy. They saw him as a danger to himself I guess. Killua and Alluka share a same fate of being smothered by the same relatives but for different reasons and means.

[@kc_h7h]

@@angrashadow2958 I disagree. Kalluto wouldn't be fitted as a member after just learning nen for a month. I think the zoldycks have a separate schedule for killua and they wanted him to figure things out of his own. The rest of the children are just soldiers for the family and don't have "special treatment"

[@UltraInstinct509]

cant wait for them to react to chimera ant arc 😭

[@bander-Coolb]

I don’t get why Kurapika who always wanted revenge would care for his job more than killing the phantoms

[@gby139]

Because revenge isn't his only goal he also wants to take all the scarlet eyes back so he definitely needs this job

[@simotachti2105]

but you have to keep in mind that he didn't know (or at least wasn't sure) if chrollo was behind those doors, he was basically just searching room by room because he wasn't using his En as zeno was doing, so when his boss called him it was either he would proceed searching (not being sure if he'd find anything) with the risk of losing his job, or going back and then he would probably have another chance of meeting another Troupe member because he'd still be in the community.

[@MisaelMatute76]

As people are pointing out, its about short term vs long term. Sure, he could have gotten another fight, but no guaranteed after that, that he would ever be in a position near the spiders again. Having a shady rich boss, gives him more opportunities to meet again with them.

[@bander-Coolb]

I really want more if the troupe and the zoldyk hxh expanded more than it should all the arcs are good but I need more of this more Kurapika

[@kirathekillernote2173]

One thing people often miss is despite Chrollo & Zoldycks being on similar skill level, how hesitant and helpless Chrollo is to fight head on after their initial exchange. Being a specialist, Chrollo lies at the absolute bottom of the Nen chart. That means his Ren and Ten are the weakest part of his ability set. Both Zoldycks lie on the upper side, making any h2h fight to their advantage. This can be seen from how Chrollo's attack barely does any damage, while Siva and Zeno's attacks definitely break his Ten barrier. He even comments how he cannot block a concentrated Nen attack from Zeno using his Ten alone. Chrollo has multiple abilities which can defeat these guys, but until their conditions are met, Chrollo can at best dodge and weave in hope of survival

[@Red77788]

My fortune said I II be fine lmao

[@Arkayjiya]

Zeno is clearly stronger than Chrollo both physically (the Zoldycks are monsters in term of raw power) and in term of Nen power (which makes sense, emission is very close from enhancement so assuming Zeno and Chrollo have a similar amount of potential and both have good training, Zeno would use a lot more raw power. And Zeno probably is better trained) but what's scary about Chrollo is the amount of options he has. It's impossible to predict what he'll do, you can be about to win and lose because he has a Joker specifically for that situation so that fight could end in an instant.

[@kc_h7h]

We can't really say who's stronger cause in their inner dialogue we can hear none of them felt they had the advantage in this fight. They all thought they were screwed. It all comes down to who makes the best move in the right moment. Chrollo's objective wasn't to kill them and he became prepared to do so. and their objective was to kill him as fast as possible to ruin his preparations. At the end of the day the outcome of that fight is still a mystery

[@Arkayjiya]

​@@kc_h7h You misunderstand me. I'm saying Zeno is stronger physically and in term of nen amount, not that he's stronger as a fighter in general. Of course there's no way to know who would win in a serious fight between Chrollo and Zeno which is exactly what I said at the end of my post. We know that Zeno is stronger in physical+nen because Chrollo literally tells us so: "so much potential, I won't be able to block that". If he was as strong as Zeno he would be able to block Zeno's attack with his own nen. But he's not so he can't. And we know he's not that strong physically because of the troupe ranking of physical strength where Chrollo is around the middle (in the top half, but still around the middle). Basically Zeno has a stat advantage but Chrollo has access to so many abilities and is a very smart fighter too so it impossible to say who would win.

[@kc_h7h]

@@Arkayjiya no because zeno is a emitter who also uses enhancement. Every enhancer dont necessarily have more nen, but they are able to enhance it and so destroy defence. That doesnt necessarily mean their stats are better then the other categories. It's just the attributes of those particular affinities

[@Arkayjiya]

@@kc_h7h This is semantic. I'm not saying he has more nen in himself, I'm saying his attacks looks like they have more aura in them which is exactly what enhancement is about. "That doesnt necessarily mean their stats are better" That's literally what it means. If both characters have the same amount of aura in their Ren and you punch as a 40% enhancement, your stats are 4 while the other guy's stat is around 9 is he's an emitter/enhancer mix. Being an enhancer will literally give you better stats than being any other category at equal level of talent/training. That's the point of enhancement.

[@godspeed6980]

They were using both at the same time since zeno was emitting his aura and then transmutting it into his dragon based attacks

[@danilomolina5428]

Kuroro vs zoldyck 1999 versión plis 🙏🏻

[@dabi6383]

The title says episode 51

[@eladiobardelli3001]

Hunter x es el mejor y mas inteligente manga creado, saludos desde Chile

[@mvzin9362]

Zeno and Silva are emitors, you're correct

[@owellcabreraarellano-vt6ch]

The 1999 version was way better

[@BuBuFu]

i remember that in manga, the troupe member killed by Silva is the previous #4 replace by Hisoka

[@afro8745]

This is not true. Hisoka killed the former no.4, silva killed the former number 8. There is no way hisoka will be in the phantom troupe if he didnt kill any memeber. Hisoka killed the number 4 so hes number is also 4.

[@BuBuFu]

@@afro8745 oh thank you for correcting my mistake

[@vizman8585]

Not sure if he killed 4 or 4 died before and the position was vacant. Killing a member isn't the only way to join. All that matters is vacancy, chrollos approval and the applicants agreement.

[@FritsNMae]

​@@vizman8585 hisoka told kurapika that he killed #4 before entering the genei ryodan.

[@bimbungus]

Lmao i love that you guys just use the channel trailer thing just to shit post now 😭

[@leandrodiaz5433]

is vinland alive and well?

[@ayaneha1665]

Episode 51? Or 52? I guess 52. 🤔

[@user-ey2sx6uf6i]

Vinland Saga???

[@stillTK]

The title of the episode is wrong btw. Should be ep. 52🫡

[@iambarryallen]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@SilverShine47]

Why it said 51 in episode 52? Edits: Just so you know that I know it is a mistake.... or is it (JK), anyway it's funny either way. 😆😆😆

[@bigbrain9313]

Sure this is ep 51?

[@yep9817]

Does she have a heterochromia ?

[@karlluigi1987]

if you think the Phantom Troupe and Zoldyck family is OP, wait til you reach the next next arc..

[@crimzon5100]

I think she’s drunk

[@Oakland510]

?

[@justasprapuolenis2432]

All silver haired zoldycks are transmuters all black haired zoldycks are manipulators

[@furynvm]

hunter hunter and part 5 of jojo's at some point, i can't fuckin wait. we eating at the boldcast channel.

[@ashleycanaria9428]

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