Halkenburg is INSANE | Hunter x Hunter Chapter 403 (w/

[@R7dman]

Thanks for having me on guys!

[@damega621]

Hi Fuji

[@stonebrakerio]

Halkenburg: They may experience effects similar to mass hypnosis after meeting me, but don't be alarmed. The joy of basking in my presence, combined with the sudden release of anxiety from the anticipation, will do that to some people. They'll recover soon. Bro is just like me fr.

[@jesus2109]

Another goated episode and chapter like Jesus. Halkenburg was one of, if not my favorite of the Princes and now he's becoming infinitely more intriguing in one chapter, I'm convinced this is a one-way trip from here. I think Halkenburg is going for the major blow to the war by taking out Benjamin while he can. The quote of him delivering results seems like he found out if the soul swapped bodies or not. This was a dilemma in Chapter 386, after Sumidori kills himself in the body of the Shikaku, Halkenburg questions him, if the product of this suicide resulted in Shikaku awakening in Sumidori's body he may be in Might's body and not be able to transfer back. He may then be committed to somehow killing his original body and returning to gain Benjamin's trust back. I also found his Nen Abilities name pretty fascinating (We have to talk about Kevin), it's almost a testament to the length and resolve he's achieved up to this point if we compare it to the themes of the book it's derived from. A massive theme is nature vs nurture and how his parent's actions affect him as an individual along with his nature. The most defiant Prince who wanted no piece of the war is now one that's taking incredibly frightening strides in the battle of Succession all due to his Father's refusal, we also know from Kurapika surmising before all of this in CH.350 that he suffered from angst and alienation and has had the miss fortune of not really having a great relationship with his Mother or siblings with his only real relationship being with Tserri (HUUUH INTERESTTTINGG). I wonder if we will touch on if Halkenburg is really this monstrous or if he is being groomed or nurtured in this way by the actions of his Father, Mother and his siblings in the past and present. I wonder if it will get to his head in some way where he still has good intentions but somehow overreaches. I think Togashi is setting up Halkenburg to come full circle if he takes Benjamin's body. In a way Halkenburg will then literally and figuratively become the thing he hates so much. Sorry for the long one, excited for the next chapter and episode!

[@sopapiglobo]

3:55 Funny experience because I do the same with my little sister, now my brother is 4 and he knows thr main 4 names lmao he's going to watch it when he's older ofc

[@jundossantos]

Love your podcast! The ending music always scares the crap out of me with the sudden loudness though. Lol.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@jundossantos LOL my bad. I didn’t think it was that loud. Is this consistent across all episodes? I’ll lower the volume from now on regardless, but I’m still curious.

[@jundossantos]

@@HunterAssociationPod oh. Don't change it because of me! My hearing is going bad and I turn up the volume to hear the vocals clearly, so the end music just startles me. But this probably isn't the case for everyone.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@jundossantos Nah don’t worry about it. It’s an easy fix and I really doubt anyone will complain about making it quieter lol. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

[@joaomachado853]

Hey guys, love your job here on youtube! I have 3 theories about what's happening right now in the manga. I promise I'll be brief, but I think you'll like them. It's because they talk about 3 different characters. First, with Benjamin. I think his nen beast is capable of performing exorcisms. Maybe it has an additional ability, right? But if it's an exorcist beast, it will be a perfect counter for Hawkenburg. And he's screwed. Second, I think Prince Tyson has a stronger ability than we think. And maybe he has done some kind of nen mutation, giving some type of ToonForce, on his servants. Third, I was reading the manga recently, and I think there's a line from Illumi, which is kind of a meta-commentary, quite funny actually, where he says everyone is on the boat. I thought, hey, maybe he's also talking about his family, the Zoldyck family? So, I think it’s possible that everyone from the Zoldyck family is on the boat, right? The characters we already know. And if everyone from the family is on the boat, maybe Killua is too. And if Killua is there, maybe Gon is there as well, right? That's what I'm thinking from the manga right now. ❤❤❤

[@mii_nin1824]

Calling it now Halkenburg is going to try to take over Benjamins body and win as him, probably going to start by replacing Benny's soldier with his via possession arrow

[@xKillerx92x]

He can't use his ability against a prince, guardian spirit beasts can't attack someone with another guardian spirit beast and even Benjamin and Balsamico talked about that

[@Emeraldtheblackdavid]

​@xKillerx92x he can the feather thing is his beasts doing, the arrow is his own nen ability it seems. So just like Camilia he can use personal nen on other princess

[@xKillerx92x]

@@Emeraldtheblackdavid only the bow is from Halkenburg

[@knightcommander5694]

@@xKillerx92xarrow is both Halkenburg’s and Beast’s nen. So it’s 50/50. Maybe he can use it on princes or maybe he can’t. We will see

[@hejti3894]

@@knightcommander5694 its prob gonna be way weaker

[@New2Haven]

I don’t think people realize that halkenburgs guard killed himself in the enemy body and returned to his own body. Halkenburg is gonna die in Bals body attempting to kill Benjamin then return to his own body, so it will be interesting to see what happens with Halks body next chapter.

[@shirakage_]

it was never mentioned if he returned to his body or not. His ''body'' woke up but we don't know who possessed the body

[@luizrafael7939]

I would be on that

[@Tomiwa101]

I understand a lot of things have been set in motion, maybe a prince or two will die soon. But I feel Kurapika will succeed in ending the war without total massacre, destroying Beyond's plan to take over Kakin via his child. This will set up the main protagonist vs the main antagonist in the dark continent: Kurapika vs Beyond Netero. This will also form two main factions (team Kurapika vs team Beyond) going against each other in the dark continent. Who joins which faction amongst the grey characters? That will the interesting part.

[@knightcommander5694]

I also like the idea that this arc is the set up for a next arc’s conflict: Kurapika vs Beyond

[@WyllBG3]

Great video as always guys. I have just one commentary: I'm inclined to believe that the sucession war will end without we knowing if the future king is possessed, or not, by Halkenburg.

[@FinalFormKeith]

BANGER EPISODE boys. Never heard of radman before but I'm gonna check him out now. amazing guest with great insight 🔥🔥

[@isaiasrach7503]

Theory time: Off the 3 brothers from the first queen, i think tcheri would be the only one of them of not using martial law and handeling it himself so that would be the best change togashi could give to leave it more open. Allso that togashi is going for chapter 420 feels for me like the opposite of what 420 should be instead of happy blowing time there will be things blowing up for unhappy times 🎉 Quick edit: i was thinking about this a little more and i feel i got the answer on to how the ship will blow up for unhappy times We know the princes cant get off the ship or they will die, kurapika got word of this and will share it with everyone. The woman at tier 3 that got her people infected killing people to rank up and get a nen ability, she just wants to kill and destroy everything because she is so bitter. She will get word of the princes not being able to leave the ship and she will do something so the ship blows up from below. Most of the people thought all the carnage from tier 1 would go down and effect tier 5 but my prediction the terror will start in tier 5 with explosions and will effect tier 1. 🎉🎉🎉 i feel like this could be a real possibility

[@smoovbynature]

I'm loving this content

[@shirakage_]

why duazul agreed being halkenburg's mother in paper makes sense if you remember that guards of the first and second queens work together and share information. That might not be their deal but it is an high possibility. Also about kaiser, I think he's being manipulated by one of beyond's expedition members. I have no evidence or anything but they might trying to clear the path for beyond's escape or help the beyond's child since kaiser accepts plots against princes easily and ready to kill every one of them.

[@New2Haven]

The sad news that the Spiders hear must be Kurapika announcing Kachos death and the contents of the letter

[@Lope_o]

I really reccomend you read the entire hxh manga. You would be surprised how much you can still get out of it even after already watching the anime. The dialogue is much less dumbed down and I think it’s always good to stick as much ti the source material as possible especially when both animes changed a lot of things

[@SolidSnake240]

Yea I plan on reading it from the beginning soon. There's a lot of little details that were cut from both versions of the anime.

[@baseball_tomorrow-sv9tk]

It feels a bit soon for Benjamin to die and I figured he'd be saved for a mid-arc finale of sorts like a confrontation between him and Tse but maybe not. Anyway, I'm hoping the "main event", or whatever is comparable to the palace invasion, will be the whale boat sinking+mayhem between the Troupe, Hisoka, Kurapika, Morena and the last surviving princes.

[@smoovbynature]

Ok ima say it...fuugetsu is a "weaker sacrifice" child of Beyond

[@gulbarutcu7425]

Benjamin gets the Abilities of his fallen Soldiers-so what if Halkenburg dies as Balso.. would he get Halkenburgs Ability? since he's in Balsos body and Balso having no Ability at all?

[@luizrafael7939]

Im going to call right now what will happen with Halkenburg and Benjamin: Halk inside Balsamico will try to k1ll Benjamin with that bioweapon (how he knows that is there, dont ask me). Benjamins beats will protect him. This traitor threatening will make Bejamin institute martial law. Halk after failure will pop Balsamico head off and returns to his body, resurrecting and increasing his overall blessed chosen aura.

[@shirakage_]

Also, I would like to see another recap video from you when all 30 or more chapters are released and togashi finally stops or slows down. Your recap video was probably my favourite hxh related video on youtube and every second of it was really entertaining. But it is probably hard to make so If you won't, that's ok too!

[@HunterAssociationPod]

We definitely will do an updated video like that at some point. Can’t exactly say when but, if I had to guess, it would probably be whenever we have a significant break again.

[@thisisme2014]

Great episode guys... Loved the discussion with radman And I am seeing alot of people saying that halkenburg will take Benjamin's body But is that even possible??? Cus princess cannot attack each other And GSB cannot directly attack other princess too

[@manumaster1990]

nice

[@brysonbhatti3561]

The baby thing is a Mobile

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@brysonbhatti3561 Nah, I think it’s called a “baby thing” 🥱 jk lol, thank you.

[@Page_max]

Do we have an audio podcast of the show?

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@Page_max Of course! We’re available on pretty much any podcasting service you can think of.

[@finnianfanning3136]

Can Halkenburg even kill Benjamin? If he’s in Mites body does that count as Mite killing him or Halkenburg? If it counts as Halkenburg wouldn’t it violate the rule of princes not being able to kill princes?

[@knightcommander5694]

Princes can kill each other if they aren’t caught. Their nen-beasts can’t

[@finnianfanning3136]

@@knightcommander5694 oh interesting, thanks.

[@hejti3894]

@@finnianfanning3136 yeah thats why Camilla rushed to kill Benji, she expected him to kill her and for her cat to end her

[@finnianfanning3136]

@@hejti3894 okay so Succession War won’t kill them if they try like how Kacho was killed

[@hejti3894]

@@finnianfanning3136 they die if they try to leave the ship, however since this chapter it seems they dont really have to kill each other, Kurapika is cooking something

[@linkinparkgus]

I want to see Leorio again 😅😅😅

[@isaiasrach7503]

I think togashi is keeping leorio far away from this story so he doesnt have to make excuses why he didnt die on the ship

[@Yokoso-kj7ij]

404 please

[@stonebrakerio]

Btw guys, I just reached the listener comments, and Radman pronounced my username correctly to my surprise. It's Stonebraker-I-O. The last two letters are separate. No worries if you don't remember, but I wanted to mention it since I will be commenting in the future. I know Dylan struggled with it a bit last episode lol. Thanks Radman :)

[@HunterAssociationPod]

Haha yeah as soon as he said that I realized that was probably the correct pronunciation. We will remember, I promise. Thanks for always writing in!

[@stonebrakerio]

@@HunterAssociationPod Thanks brother. I'll always be here for peak content.

[@worduser899]

You two seem nice and passionate but, due to misophonia, I can't get through 10 minutes of your videos.