HISOKA IS ACTUALLY BACK!! | Hunter x Hunter Chapter 405

[@stonebrakerio]

Bonolenov turned into Owl, the Shadow Beast from the Yorknew City Arc with the Fun Fun Cloth (the ability that shrinks things inside it). Owl used this to remove the auction items before the Phantom Troupe could steal them, and Chrollo stole and used his ability while fighting Zeno and Silva. It makes sense to become him because he was kept alive for a while so Chrollo could use the ability in his fight. Bonolenov can probably remain transformed into Owl for a long time given the explanation of how Metamorphosen works.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

Ah okay! Thank you so much for telling us that. I knew he looked a little familiar.

[@FinalFormKeith]

Did not remember that dude AT ALL and was hoping the boys would remind me but they didn't know either 🤣. Thanks man

[@stonebrakerio]

@@FinalFormKeith No prob! I'm the official unpaid intern around here (not really).

[@FinalFormKeith]

@@stonebrakerio 🤣if you're the unpaid intern then i gotta be their secretary. I've been here since episode 2!!😂

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@FinalFormKeithwe love all of our (unpaid) employees equally here at the hunter association

[@Lope_o]

I think the reason bono wants phinks and the others to kill Hisoka first is because Chrollo plans on finding a suicide ability with a guaranteed way to take Hisoka out. The way he talks about Chrollo it feels as if Chrollo blames himself for shalnark and kortopis death and has always had no regard for the value of his own life.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

100% agree with this. I actually intended to talk about that line more in the episode but I guess it slipped my mind in the moment. You mirrored my thoughts almost exactly. -Kaige

[@Edogawa199X]

100% true.

[@FinalFormKeith]

Happy Birthday Dylan! hope your day is better than bonolonov's is about to be

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

Nobunaga considering calling all the other Spiders AND Hinrigh is kinda funny to me since they're just against mafia. well, they're high level thanks to Morena's ability, but these guys don't know that lol. so it gives me the vibes of Gon going "I need to make a death contract, guys, this is Gido I'm up against." lol

[@pbtenchi]

They’ve already said Dogman’s mission is to capture one of Terror Sandwich’s guards to use as a spy.

[@Drakecurry_0]

Bonolenov is cooked

[@FinalFormKeith]

it's bonolonover i fear

[@Tomiwa101]

Nah, Bonolenov IS COOKING

[@PatrickCWalters]

Like the Turkey on Thursday

[@SolidSnake240]

I'm not counting him out yet. He might end up surprising us if he does run into Hisoka.

[@Drakecurry_0]

@SolidSnake240 ok good luck with that 😂 you'd be a terrible gambler

[@themorningstar8450]

Been enjoying these early Monday on my way to work

[@tiagosoares9699]

Aaahhh I was expecting you guys would recognize the Owl from YorkNew Arc

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@tiagosoares9699 I’m sorry we failed you 😭

[@Museko]

Happy birthday! I would really love to see some shenanigans. Hisoka taking a twisted yet typical joker roll would be amazing. I.e. him controlling someone with bunjee gum to spar with Tserri to activate his nen beast's ability to turn them into something non-human would be horrifying yet funny in a way only Hisoka could do. I guess how Tserri/his beast interprets what an attack is would be important as well. That is, if Tserri isn't just a zetsu legend at that point and Hisoka would actually be interested in doing so. Halkenburg doing a wild swapfest would be very entertaining too. I feel like princes getting swapped to each other's bodies willy-nilly would be quite a sight as well. We might need the narrator to step in à la the Palace Invasion to make sense of left from right though.

[@Emerardo]

Crazy how I remembered the exact character Benolenov transformed into despite them only making a very brief appearance and me having terrible memory lol

[@UltimatePower01]

Safe to say, that Wang won’t be calling up Hinrigh or the other troupe members given the next page confirms he’s working with Morena. Sets up a potential red flag for our trio of troupe members.

[@Tomiwa101]

Bonolenov ain't getting killed by Hisoka. He's moving around in public...ON TIER 1. If Hisoka makes a move publicly (which may result in casualties), he's done for. He'll be the enemy of Kakin and also be hunted down by The Zodiacs. Classism exists in the HxH world, so no one, including Hisoka, is going guns blazing in the midst of the elites.

[@edwards.s.s6073]

HAPPY BDAY DYLAN AYYYYY

[@WyllBG3]

Dogman is after a guard. Morena asked him to capture one many chapters ago. Let's remember Tse "friends" taking about what to do in case of their capture. Ps: I believe they are after a emitter for a simple reason: Teleportation is crucial to Morena plan and one of their members with this kinda of ability was killed. A specialist is a wild card, it's very risk to capture one and expect him to have a very particular ability. Emitter, Enhancer, and the other nen types, are way easier to mold (and faster). Not everyone is a genius like Tse to have such a insane learning curve.

[@nicolasarroyo1746]

Tserri, not Tse,

[@WyllBG3]

@nicolasarroyo1746 Do you live under a rock? It's a shorten version of his name, everyone calls him that

[@Tomiwa101]

​@@WyllBG3You're on your own, bro. Tserri is what we all say.

[@WyllBG3]

@@Tomiwa101 And what's the difference?

[@WyllBG3]

@Tomiwa101 The most voted post on the hxh reddit calls him Tse. And in other channels. You two are a bunch of weirdos.

[@BakiBallsHD]

Radman should be a regular guest. The episode he was in was the best one! He's really into HxH and he's knowledgeable.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@BakiBallsHD He will be! Already in talks to have him on again before the end of the year :)

[@FinalFormKeith]

I second this

[@thisisme2014]

Happy Birthday Dylan

[@baseball_tomorrow-sv9tk]

A channel called Extra Otter uploaded a video 2 weeks ago theorycrafting about Kaiser and the Justice Bureau's role in SW, such as Kaiser+Bureau's possible connection to Morena or King Nasubi. I thought I'd suggest the video since you seemed to respond positively to another comment that mentioned the theory.

[@LathropLdST]

"A channel called Extra Otter" 🙄 "One of the best HxH channels in YT with The Overthinker and other two more" perhaps... At least you didn't quote the narcissist garbage channels (nwr, zhoniin), smh.

[@porkysugrim]

Bro this chapter was wow 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@aspenlog7484]

Bono about to get killed as soon as Togashi made me start to like him. Also, although it looks very over, I have complete faith in pidgeonless Hinrigh to clutch

[@nicolasarroyo1746]

Hinrigh will make electric eels to put them in bono's holes

[@laquanlucas6953]

I been liked Bono when murk gun slinging ant that killed ponzu

[@Bashbekersjiw]

Pigeon guy Is cooked

[@ncorasaniti4868]

King Nasubi's ability has to be famous and powerful, there's a decent chance Crolo will target him.

[@thebubbleblower]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLANNNN

[@faze_rex12thegamer94]

happybday dylan

[@Lope_o]

Thanks for including me! My response to y’all’s response to my comment (lol) is that how would Hisoka know about halkenburg’s ability if morena sent him to floor one? However, I agree that a prince could still be a red herring. I’m starting to think someone close to the first queen or the first queen herself contracted Hisoka- perhaps to deal with any especially talented nen using princes in the future. Hisoka is a floor master, so it would make sense that he loves battling strong opponents. It would also explain how he knew about halkenburg’s ability, he could have asked about it and she told him

[@porkysugrim]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN!!

[@Gadzs_]

Did not notice when I read the chapter that Nobunaga had his sword back. This has to be an ability of his. No way he could have retrieved it.

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

correction! Kite IS a Hunter Exam arc character! he's in chapter 1, that's why he's in the new Togashi illustration!

[@HunterAssociationPod]

True! I guess I separate chapter 1 from the hunter exams in my head but I suppose it still counts.

[@nicolasarroyo1746]

There's a reason Ken'i's mouth wasn't showed, probably he smiled so one of the phantom troupe is gonna die

[@stonebrakerio]

Happy early birthday Dylan :)

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

placing bets now: next time we Bonolenov, it's going to be his corpse beind held by Hisoka. I bet we wont even see their fight, it'll be glorious.

[@kojirod.dragon3724]

Nah we gotta see some Hisoka action lol, but I fear you maybe right😬

[@andrewjackson6933]

There has to be some kind of restriction for Camillas ability that we don't know about

[@dylanvscomics8138]

To be honest, I don't think the "Joker" is going to be anything too mind-blowing. I'm 99% sure it's just DogMan. Boring answer, but that's just how I read that scene. As for how Hisoka got up to tier 1 and whether a prince invited him up there, who's to say that one of the princes watched Hisoka's performance in Heaven's Arena? Heck, maybe Tssereidnich got a kick out of Hisoka vs Chrollo and saw it as a "work of art". Considering some of the similarities between Tssereidnich and Hisoka we got this chapter, I think making those two characters have a connection like that makes some sense. I also think Hisoka being on tier 1 is going to make it all the more inevitable that he runs into Kurapika again. Maybe before that happens Hisoka runs into Benolenov, and that's how Hisoka ends up spilling the beans to Kurapika about the Phantom Troupe being on. the ship? Just some ideas.

[@insertname5371]

Dude's after kurapika ability. Chain Jail combined with other abilities is a viable option. Kurapika has a nen contract to make an agreement with him now as well.

[@waifuconnoisseur4789]

Chain Jail doesn't work on non troupe members, and it all depends on Kurapika's definition on "troupe member"

[@pbtenchi]

Happy Birthday

[@pbtenchi]

In order to use Camilla’s nen ability you need to be in Zetsu. If Chrollo used Zetsu it would deactivate Bandit’s Secret causing him to lose the borrowed ability. I think he literally can’t use it.

[@isaiasrach7503]

Oh noo its horrific It is a Massenburgggg!!!!!😂😂😂

[@Hank_Honk]

this was insane to read 1st time

[@Yokoso-kj7ij]

4:15 but.. but Bono can summon Jupiter 😢

[@Tomiwa101]

I'm calling it now: Haukenbueg vs Benjamin is gonna be a Oberyn Martell vs The Mountain moment. We are so spoilt by common tropes that we incapable of thinking otherwise. I believe Togashi aims to use many minor characters to subvert expectations.

[@isaiasrach7503]

Oke so if you wanna say the full name its like saying: esiajas But kaige says 3 times the short name and the 3e time he said is the perfect way to say it!🎉🎉 Yall are great, really fun and you two plus the viewers say so much smart things i will keep watching this hxh podcast Get big !🎉

[@HunterAssociationPod]

Thank you! We’ll nail it next time.

[@getschwifty1197]

How could you forget Owl!???

[@shirakage_]

I think ''joker'' might be kaiser. Kaiser is a wild card who might be helping anybody on this ship actually lol. But Heil-ly registered their members as civilians and with that they bypassed justice bureau. Kaiser can easily help them without getting caught since they are not some shady mafia members on paper. Kaiser also basically wants to destroy everything, I mean have you ever seen him rejecting an idea of killing someone lol. Another thing is that we know ''new'' heil-ly room or office is on tier 2 and justice bureau too. I might be forgetting other connections.

[@HunterAssociationPod]

Brilliant. That feels so obvious in hindsight but somehow we didn’t even consider it as an option. This is my personal favorite prediction now. -Kaige

[@shirakage_]

​@@HunterAssociationPod yeah even whole bureau might be heil-ly members. There was a weird moment in chapter 400 where kaiser says to steiner ''if benjamin's soldiers come here press this button''. That button might alert heil-ly etc. etc. there are lots of possibilities with justice bureau generally. I don't think they are as innocent and neutral as they seem to be

[@Yunakimi8]

Is Emperor Time genetic? Kurapika in scarlet eyes turned him into a specialist (ET is his special hatsu) and Chrollo is already a specialist. I wonder..... A Chrollo and Kurapika meet up will be interesting. Chrollo must have known Kurapika is in BW bcuz of the Dark Web where Tserri posted his scarlet eyes collection and Pika's after it. Chrollo is a very intelligent guy. He could have figured it out like Mizai?

[@stonebrakerio]

@@Yunakimi8 Well, Kurapika becomes a specialist when his eyes turn scarlet, and he even gets a huge boost in his total aura output when that happens according to Izunavi. I'm sure Chrollo already has enough aura to use a hatsu like that, but that isn't the issue. Kurapika's condition for using Emperor Time is that it activates when his eyes turn scarlet. What if someone who doesn't have Scarlet Eyes steals the ability? Would they be able to use it at all? Would they never be able to turn it off and just burn out their life until they die? I have no idea. Regardless of whether the ability is actually able to be stolen, there are too many questions about how it would even work for someone like Chrollo.

[@Yunakimi8]

@stonebrakerio The scarlet eyes turned Kurapika into a specialist. He doesn't necessarily activate ET when his eyes turn red. I find it confusing. Anyway, there's no way he can steal anything from Kurapika unless Chrollo has a hold on him.

[@stonebrakerio]

I believe there is a possibility that the ability's condition requires it to activate when his eyes turn scarlet. It adds to the danger (and therefore the power) because if he gets emotional his life will automatically start draining. That would explain why he trained to control his eyes on demand. I would have to reread parts of the series, but I remember there being details leading me to believe this was possible or even likely. You are definitely right that it isn't confirmed though.

[@LathropLdST]

Can the real Hisoka please stand up? Please stand up?

[@JCF1259]

bonolenov and shizuko are the top candidates to die first because their abilities really doesnt have a chance against hisoka.

[@WyllBG3]

My wild guess is the succession war will ended without we knowing if the future king is himself/herself or is possessed by Halkenburg. I don't like the ideia of woble winning the succession war. It's cheap and way too "happy".

[@FinalFormKeith]

does that mean you think woble is gonna die? no way bro

[@stonebrakerio]

@@FinalFormKeith ​ @FinalFormKeith Woble being a baby does not eliminate the chances of her dying in my opinion. One of the first things Meruem did was go out and kill a lot of random innocent people. Pitou then gave him advice not to crush the brain because it is the tastiest part of a human, so he proceeded to impale a little girl and eat her brain. I really don't think killing Woble would be some kind of red line for Togashi. I agree that she probably won't die, but that's due to Kurapika moreso than how dark it would be.

[@FinalFormKeith]

@@stonebrakerio man yeah not a bad point. I guess my hang up with it is that it would probably be a human killing a baby in this case rather than an ant. would just be so fucked up idk if togashi would go that far but who know man he's unpredictable fr

[@308saw]

I really need the anime to come back

[@stonebrakerio]

@@308sawIt's gonna be a while. There is literally no point until at least this arc is completed, and even then they might want to just wait until the series is over (assuming Togashi is able to continue with the Dark Continent story if that's how the manga proceeds). I will say, I would love to see an OVA of Hisoka vs Chrollo.

[@308saw]

@ oh absolutely understandable, yeah the fight would be a great OVA

[@mii_nin1824]

I think I know how Halkenburg can swap into Benjamin guaranteed, alright so halkenburg gets his followers around him he pulls back the bowstring and then his followers all commit suicide leaving halkenburg the only one who is left to possess Benny, not only does this reinforce halks downward spiral of morality. We see he is willing to sacrifice his followers earlier in the ark with the suicide in front of luzurus's room BUT the big problem with my theory is that grimmel might not work if halks followers die, BUT it could also bolster this theory as the succession war has touched on post-mortem nen constantly. Also happy bday!!!

[@anthonylee5541]

i mean the nen ability already relies on their willingness to die in and of itself, them actually committing suicide would just further strengthen the ability imo

[@rhinoceros2469]

Does anyone remember where Hinrigh is currently while all this is happening? I lost track of where he is and how he’s gonna come back into play

[@HunterAssociationPod]

Last we saw of him he was trying to pin down the location of the Heil-ly hideout by using a transmitter that he planted there with his ability. So, we don’t know exactly where he is but we do know what he’s doing.

[@rhinoceros2469]

@@HunterAssociationPod ahhh thanks

[@binkiebrew]

I think he's in hiding cuz he said after he placed the transmitter, he used too much of his nen so he has to go hide. Probably somewhere in tier 2

[@edwards.s.s6073]

Adressing your question regarding bonolenov kaige. This is a long comment so bear with me haha: My journey with hxh started with the 99 anime. So bono was really only on my radar because he was a completely unknown member of the troupe. Following the 99 anime I watched the 2011 anime and again he did nothing in yorknew, but his aesthetic being two contrasting things: boxing gloves and mummy wrapping had me really curious. Then Chimera Ant really caught me off guard. Expecting some power representative of those two themes, togashi blindsided me with a musical aspect instead. So he had the screen presence, he had the shock factor and he had the design to go with it. Also helps that his opponent killed ponzu which yielded a very satisfying fight. Moving on to his ability which is musically based. It's in reference to the composer Gustav Holst who composed a piece called Jupiter. In fact, the scene where he uses this ability the anime plays the "rhapsody on the theme of holst" ost from the soundtrack. It was just so epic and awesome that he had an ability that, in my assumption, is him actually performing the piece Jupiter that is actually translating to a large scale nen attack in the shape of the titular planet. That was when I knew his character was my favorite. I have odd picks in general for long running shows. In OP my favorite was always kizaru even just from his introduction, and my fav strawhat is brook (funnily same va who does Bonolenov's voice). It's just in my brain to always lean towards the "outcasts" or odd balls of shows. Bonolenov definitely fit that role perfectly. Though in hindsight I understand why he wasnt used in Yorknew given the utility of his abilities wouldn't really help them that much. Him not being shown in the troupe riot montage (uvo's requiem) probably meant togashi hadn't made his mind up about his powers yet haha. Great podcast as always!

[@baseball_tomorrow-sv9tk]

I thought the "hisoka is actually x" theories were dumb but I'm OK with it since Togashi did it lol

[@HunterAssociationPod]

@@baseball_tomorrow-sv9tk LOL, yeah that’s pretty much where we’re at too.

[@mfgrobin9657]

Feitans and bonolenov can cause wide range damage but the ship is designed for a rough voyage. so long they sont launch such an ability at the motor or on the ships spine or lower haul it should be recoverable damage. Hell the way the ship is designed the poor and most "disposable" would drown first. frankly this is pretty low on the "we are so fu***d" list on this journey. Togashi also doesnt go out of his way to nerf orremove strong characters like he did with knov and morel in CH. All relevant characters and monsters are set like a giant 4dgungichessgo collected arround here.

[@leerock1791]

It does look tolerable and FUN for sure but the facial expressions..they could use a LIL work..just my opinion. I think it looks frickin fun tho like mvc3 kinds of fun lol

[@pacificador4225]

cool

[@hxh5eRPG]

Hey guys! Your channel is really cool! I also have a channel that is purely focused on HxH in BRAZIL, but mine is an RPG that I created based on Togashi's work. Would you be interested in learning more about it? I'm planning to release the official book translated into English in the future.