How Gon vs Pitou Changed Everything | Hunter X Hunter

[@DrakeFellwing]

There is actually cultural significance to Gon sacrificing his life for revenge too. "When seeking revenge, dig two graves."

[@machina5]

More philosophical than cultural, but I catch your drift

[@ranganathansathyanarayanan1116]

I believe it's more of a way to avoid plot armour issues that I believe the series is completely devoid of

[@machina5]

@@ranganathansathyanarayanan1116 He's talking about the philosophical meaning

[@DrakeFellwing]

@@machina5 Philosophy is a part of culture.

[@sephiras8089]

@@DrakeFellwing Yes but Philosophy isn't culture itsself. It's afterall a philosophy which can be found in many different cultures.

[@mihajlobisenic8456]

I got spoiled about Gons transformation before watching HxH and it still shocked me, goes to show how incredible it was.

[@robf1557]

Same, I was simply not aware of how incredibly strong this form was. I just knew he would eventually have it

[@user-rd7jv4du1w]

I was spoiled about Adult Gon and I thought there was gonna be a timeskip, was VERY surprised

[@ReallyWinterz]

Adult Gon was the reason I started watching HxH, so I guess IGTV actually did me a favor

[@rafazardly]

i did not got spoilers but if you analyse it... when gon almost "killed" moral I already thought: man, pitou is gonna dance here; and this does not diminish the shock really!!!

[@josegregorio4135]

I was like "i already what and how it happens" and when the moment finally arrived i shiver like crazy... This escene is absolutely incredible...

[@mister_chewy]

When you mentioned Kurapika vs Uvogin, I remembered that Kurapika brought a shovel to a fight

[@BankkeyAoshi]

Cyrork 😭😭

[@TetrisKing]

Biggest flexes in anime

[@jakovhrga5619]

He conjured it with his ne you stupid speedreader

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Jakov Hrga in order to conjure it he has to familiarize himself with the item first, meaning he planned to conjure the shovel smart ass

[@sink9035]

ngpdreamteam2k4 study the shovel... understand the shovel... be one with the shovel...

[@thabokgwele5268]

How Gon vs Pitou changed everything: Gon can no longer judge people for seeking revenge lol.

[@fawwazfarid5458]

Would be very interesting if he were to meet Kurapika again, I want both of them to sit down and have a talk about their life experiences.

[@thabokgwele5268]

Kurapika would slap the shit outta him if he found out about Pitou lol.

[@Prinxce3_]

Gon is such a garbage fucking character I swear

[@salem3560]

I bet he is going to apologise to kurapika if he saw him

[@thabokgwele5268]

Sexy Love Cook Sanji do you mean that he's a terrible person or a poorly-written character?

[@Q_jujutsu]

Son: Dad, why is my sister’s name Rose? Dad: Because your mom loves Roses Son: Ok, thanks dad Dad: No problem, Hunter x Hunter episode 131

[@mmusthofa8900]

Wait the mom love nukes then

[@fluff5]

Kimetsu no yaiba episode 19

[@lenosflarrethedragonking4300]

@@mmusthofa8900 Hahahahaaa

[@waluigi3515]

@@fluff5 why? Just why? This has nothing to do with demon slayer.

[@dondoukhan4942]

HxH ep 111

[@yusikillah6175]

Remember when Gon fought with a fishing rod? lol

[@SolidSnake240]

He would've been a much more unique fighter if he kept the fishing rod. I have so many ideas for the way he could've used it lol

[@WestonEvans]

Fuck. Yes. Easily my favorite line in the series when he -tells- shows Wing the premise of his strategy going into the rematch.

[@anchitkumar8963]

That fishing rod is the key to him getting his ren back. He'll be training a lot with it on his journey to get his ren back.

[@crustykeycap5670]

Who knows he might go back to using it one day

[@caccac2412]

Hxh went totally dark when killua and gon didnt used their skateboard and rod respectively

[@yurikuki]

The anime did a great job adapting this part.

[@Delicashilous]

The whole fucking Anime did a great Job, and that Sounds underhelming. It's a Masterpiece Animation. But this was sure absolute Destruction of doomnes in Hystory, of darkness.

[@TT-xq5rg]

Top tier studio MADHOUSE 👏👏👏👏

[@eliack95]

Literally the only substantive element the anime failed to capture was Gon and Kite's relationship. Everything else is perfect.

[@eliack95]

I feel more robbed watching HxH without the proper Kite setup than I do having been spoiled about Gon's transformation.

[@bernardocarneiro1982]

Of course I love this episode,but in the manga the impact of the attacks felt way better,in the anime you doesn't get the sense that "holy shit, pitou is getting brutalized" the same way as you feel in the manga

[@dzregah]

To be fair gon is like 13 I can understand him being childish and throwing his life away

[@swagman2001]

Facts people be thinking he is a grown ass man

[@NewWorldReview]

I'm not saying I don't understand why he did it or that he should have known better. That doesn't change that what he did was ultimately meaningless and needlessly harmful though.

[@WestonEvans]

This. Dude never had a father either so I can’t blame him. Lotta inner city kids the same way. For every one that makes it out there’s 10 that don’t. Gon’s final nen ability is a metaphor for the destructive behavior in children who grow up with no direction.

[@urippe]

You say that like 13 year olds commit suicide or throw their lives away fully thinking about it and coming to a path they choose with no one being able to change it when in fact they do not do that. They're not at that stage to do things either for no reason when they don't REALLY want to or actually choose to do it when thinking about it.

[@AzizS.]

@@NewWorldReview He was about to die anyway. Pitou wanted to kill him and she said it by herself "Sorry, but I have to kill you'". Can't blame him honestly she lied to him he trusted her.

[@sebastians6081]

Mereum was gaining his humanity while Gon was losing it

[@trashreaygan4950]

zeno What an original comment hoho

[@orangecherryart]

Ouch

[@rizahki]

oh so original

[@sebastians6081]

@@trashreaygan4950 thanks

[@sebastians6081]

@@rizahki you too

[@aylimasmusic6800]

Hunter x Hunter was never about Good Vs Evil, it's about conflict.

[@alexz.8302]

And what is good vs evil? A conflict.

[@BH-ix7nq]

Good vs Evil are concepts and subjective ones. The author shows that beautifully

[@sanketkumbhar3471]

Carl Marx laughs

[@Koyomix86]

Kal-EL Wayne all good vs evil is conflict but not all conflict is good vs evil so op’s point still stands

[@davighidetti8947]

Oh yes the series don't give a damn about good vs evil lol

[@Rizu-kc3ze]

Thee is a scene where Wing contemplates where he created a monster or not by teaching those two after they left Heaven's Arena

[@Protoassin]

This is exactly what came into my mind the moment Gon sat down when Pitou was healing Komugi.

[@keithgarcia7470]

Gon had to kill Pitou there, she was going to kill him and he wasn't going to get saved. That sacrifice saved his life even if that wasn't the reason he did it

[@rodneywarren1905]

Was coming into the comments to say this! Regardless of his reasons, Gon did the right thing. There was no other decision that would have resulted in a better outcome.

[@ciscosoto5737]

keith Garcia Yea, that’s a good point. Even so, the thing that mattered at that moment is what was driving him to transform, and it wasn’t to survive and stay alive for his loved ones, to protect humanity from Pitou, it was purely for revenge. Also, I’d argue that what Gon did wasn’t the “right” thing: it was the necessary thing at the time.

[@keithgarcia7470]

@@ciscosoto5737 I said in the orginal comment that his survival wasn't his reasoning for transforming but either way it saved him, also never said what Gon did was the right thing

[@jhonanteloanez]

I too came to that conclusion that there is no other scenario that gon would have survived but I think that the point that his quest for revenge ended him it’s the many things he did to end up in that position, because he neglected killua’s or any other companion at the time out of pure anger, he wanted to be the one to kill pitou, I know it looks like he wanted kite back and he obviously would want that, but that anger for pitou didn’t go away even if she says she can save him and you can see that, in the end it was not the transformation but the cloud of revenge in his head that made him do very stupid choices out of anger to lead to him losing all his potential. Just my piece of thought

[@orions2908]

I swear I felt a bit of sadness in Pitou's voice when she told Gon no one could save Kite. I think she was also becoming more human, just like Meruem, and she was going to let Gon survive.

[@turtle-ot2qc]

This showed how even a child can be pushed to the edge.. And sacrifice everything.

[@madathmdlla]

That's the whole point. Gon is still a child, yeah he's strong because of he was always hunting in forest. But still he's just an ordinary child, with unstable emotions. The whole Gon vs Pitou was just Gon's tantrum

[@Delicashilous]

@@madathmdlla Bra, it was Gon in "shut the fuck up, I kill your whole Existence!" Mode.

[@Delicashilous]

@@Mia_2512 cause I'm German, and That's the actually "Bro", but in a louder, euphoric way.

[@YoutubeAccount07]

He was 14

[@treemane0]

@@madathmdlla I wouldn't use the word tantrum

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Ah yes, when Gon *rejected his humanity*

[@GordonLambsauce870]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache ah yes a quality JoJo reference

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

Goodbye Pitoouu

[@yushaare]

PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOU PITOUUU

[@idreadFell365]

Will I have to reject humanity to be able to steal all your clout?

[@xhale671]

You are the weeb version of Justin Y

[@karlazeen]

The fact that togashi chose the villains to be ants in this arc already shows a metaphor for humanity and their place in the wolrld.

[@Jstar95175]

As much as i compared humans to animals within this arc, somehow my brain never specified ants but the meaning is so much more powerful that way

[@javrami4883]

It’s incredible that the ants went from mindless soldiers before the queen ate a man, to cunning evil beasts when they had human dna

[@yugh2]

Actually, he choose ants because they are the most intelligent species. They collectively are smarter than a computer. Togashi is a genius in hindsight.

[@jakovhrga5619]

@@yugh2 no lol, he chose ants beacuse of their complex hierarchy system, beacuse they are eusocial insects

[@karlazeen]

I just thought that pinning human beings with ants was clever cause it's supreme predator (humans) vs weakest prey (ants).

[@aboundedsumo7984]

This is one of those moments where your wife's reviews on Hunter x hunter really shine. The darkness that she talks about in Gon that is shown in those early episodes are the building blocks for this one moment. And the fact that she is able to discern those building blocks that early without having the context of the later episodes like the ones with this moment in it really shows Yoshihiro togashi's ability as a character writer(and your wife's ability to discern characters).

[@rengokufan123]

Could you link the video? I would like to see it

[@aboundedsumo7984]

@@rengokufan123 kzbin.info/aero/PLqPDtPdtSNis0VeqtSMhL8iVP7B7QfdRn Here's the playlist. I can't specifically point them out. But I'm sure if you go through the videos you'll be able to find the moments I'm talking about.

[@anttibra]

Sure, she sensed some darkness within Gon, but I wholeheartedly disagree with her when she described him being psychopath. Her bringing it up so often does sour her reviews at least to me.

[@JessieLynn27]

I absolutely love her reviews, it's like seeing it again for the first time!

[@WestonEvans]

I was thinking she should really come up with an online handle but I’m starting to grow on “nen world reviews’ wife.” So it’s probably fine if they stay landed there.

[@jarredj5699]

I just love how HXH isn’t your typical shonen anime where the protagonist defeats the antagonist and is considered the good guy out of the two. Honestly I don’t view Meruem as an evil person because although his actions are evil, did he even know what “evil” really mean? He didn’t have any intention of doing horrendous actions, I think it was just his instincts, same thing as wild animals. Animals that can kill humans aren’t evil.

[@chickenstripz1961]

I wouldn't say he didn't have any intentions of doing "evil things" he clearly knew what he was doing. In the anime he even takes a few minutes to think about the child he killed. And shows a bit of regret.

[@Drekromancer]

@@chickenstripz1961 I think he changes with time. He certainly knows what he's doing, but he keeps doing it because literally everyone encourages him to be a domineering asshole. Over time, though, Meruem starts to question the life he's been born into. That's when things begin to change. This is why Meruem is such a tragic character. By the time we got to Meruem vs. Netero, I was straight up rooting for Meruem. After he started protecting Komugi, I really believed that the King deserved to live.

[@chickenstripz1961]

@@Drekromancer yeah I agree.

[@kaichen3830]

@@Drekromancer I wasn't rooting for him by that point. Man wanted to only leave certain humans alive in a certain zone. I like his character and he may not be considered evil but hes a threat to people's lives.

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

At some point I actually wanted him to survive 😭 He was, like, 4 weeks old? And he talked to just two human beings If he had more time maybe he would've become "Meruem", "the light that illuminates everything"

[@droidflamingo5478]

Oh yeah...when Hunter x Hunter got really real really fast

[@slevinchannel7589]

It boggles the mind how Kite is left out of all Discussions and Lists for new Protagonists, or even out of Hunterx-Hunter-Videos overall. On this channel, but also on KZbin overall, all Analysis and Theorys seem to mysteriously end with his Death - even though he literally survived it!! Even Hisoka is consideres a possible new Protagonist, when Kite is so much better in any regard. People, even Hunterx-Hunter-KZbinr, seem to have forgotten about Kite. Colour me confused about all this.

[@sebastians6081]

Pitou was domned the moment she sayed that she can't heal kite

[@YoutubeAccount07]

Kite

[@rizahki]

don’t worry Zeno you’ll learn to construct a better sentence just focus working at home and you’ll improve your spelling

[@sebastians6081]

@@rizahki ironic comming from a 9yr old

[@sebastians6081]

@@KZbinAccount07 i fused kaido and kite lol

[@rizahki]

zeno I’m not 9 I was just telling you nicely to fix your grammar without actually correcting you because I’m not a grammar nazi

[@Rairyuujin]

You’re severely understating Gon’s motives for revenge against Pitou. Kite is connected to everything Gon does on his journey. It is because of Kite that he developed his dream of finding his dad & becoming a hunter to see how great it is. So much so that one would abandon their family. This in turn lead to the deep bonds with Killua, Leorio, Kuripika and many others. Without Kite, the story would have to be told differently. While it might seem like just murder, it has the weight of the entire story behind it.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Kaminari Ryū Senshi 雷竜戦士 your 100% correct. Also it cant be murder tho. It’s self defense. Just because he was stronger doesn’t change the fact that pitou initiated the fight by swinging first, and threatened to kill him which caused him to make the contract. In the court of both law and common sense gon would be found not guilty for murder.

[@vissac4]

Honestly said it better than I thought it bro, cause I almost changed The video, I don’t think Gon lost himself, I believe he found himself in such a sense that he would sacrifice himself then continue

[@andrejosue98]

@@ngpdreamteam2k4 No, Gon would be charged of first degree murder dude... The court would say: We have Gon that has planned to kill Pito since several weeks prior to the story. We also have Gon that made the "contract" before Pito even tried to attack her... we also have Gon that even though had already defeated her... kept punching her until he destroyed her head... He would also be chaged with atempted murder of Komugi an innocent civilian. Gon´s actions are not self defense dude...

[@andrejosue98]

@@vissac4 No, Gon lost himself... We just have to see the pre greed island... Gon talked to the phantom troupe and told them: How can you guys kill innocent people and feel nothing? and he was willing to kill Komugi just because he did not like Pitou...

[@andrejosue98]

Kite was irrelevant to the story... You take Kite from it and it would still go the same. Gon would still want to become a hunter and he would still want to find his dad and everything. I never cared for Kite´s death because I never felt his character was necesary. Kite was just a plot device and that is all.

[@Han-ey6yc]

Personally I feel that Gon should come back because of this fight. Gon had always had this problem of a child where he was too emotional and never really considered about the consequences or his companions. And this fight with Pitou marked the first time Gon was not stopped by his friends and the first time Gon actually was able to fully embrace the consequences of his actions. And so I feel it'd feel lacking for me in terms of character development and growth to see Gon just exit so tragically without seeing how Gon really may have matured into. Also this fight kind of makes me wonder if Gon seeing his father can really mark the end of Gon's story. Like if HxH or at least Gon's story was all about Gon meeting his father, why would Gon have been willing to sacrifice everything for Kite even before reaching his ultimate goal of seeing his father. The fact that vengeance for Kite's death held much higher priority for Gon shows that Gon's story actually never have been simply about meeting his father and shows that Gon had many more things he cared about. So I feel that Gon's story cannot end here.

[@carlhastings9486]

well said

[@AJ-kt5zo]

@@carlhastings9486 ❤

[@d121893]

Han it’s not over for Gon. Leorio is going to the dark continent for an arc, where he will discover breakthroughs in medicine. One of those medicines will be healing Gon’s nen so he can be the main character again.

[@Lionsheartification]

Agreed. Way to much potential for Gon and Killua to exit here. Wouldn't make sense unless they are really rushing to end the story

[@AJ-kt5zo]

@@d121893 💜

[@FatherFoxtrot]

Even though it would've been a lot more difficult to animate, I kinda wish they would've had gon fight in that black/ white monster nen form. It just seemed so Lovecraftian.

[@jwizdum2103]

Isha Boi Abe yeah that black and white form was insane, but it was almost more scary to see an adult Gon wit that demonic bar tbh

[@wallybonejengles5595]

The moment Nen was introduced the series turned into something else. Something more complex and changed the entire vibe of the series. I feel like this is aslo one of those moments.

[@antonostrovskyi9996]

you are damn right

[@iHurdle_4Life]

I disagree with this entire video: 1). Gon truly cares about his friends. That much was shown from the beginning. 2). Gon is 13 year-old...and didn't have a father growing up. 3). If Gon does have a "selfish" desire for power, it's so his absent father will accept him. 4). Pitou killed Kite, the one father figure Gon had 5). Pitou also killed innocent villagers for no real reason. 6). If not for Gon, Pitou definitely would've killed him and everyone else. There was no one left alive that could match Pitou before Gon transformed In summary, it's very short sided to say "the ants gained humanity while Gon lost his humanity", because the ants are the ones who pushed Gon to the breaking point where he didn't care anymore. If anything the ants TOOK Gon's humanity. Pitou deserved what she got.

[@irabiel1]

💯

[@tyleranderson1347]

This comment should’ve gotten the most likes tbh

[@OriginalOC02]

36 It was between life or death, he was pushed into a corner, if you’re going down either way, then you might as well bring Pitou down with you. The creator of this video completely left this part out and I feel as though it’s one of the most important factors.

[@Xmexican61]

36 that’s how much he cares about his friends, thats his main sense of purpose

[@IAMvonte-2518]

Oscar Perez Gons transformation against Pitou was NOT motivated by protecting his friends. It was completely selfish.

[@TiramiSoul]

Gon: “I don’t care any more, even if this means the end ...” Togashi: “#me2, even if this means indefinite hiatus ...”

[@jokertm6889]

TiramiSoul lmfao 😂😂😂

[@DinoDays703]

I'm dead XD

[@davighidetti8947]

Maybe that's why he did that lol

[@casstom]

They both got what they wanted out of that fight. She took him out of the fight, he destroyed the thing that killed his friend. Gon just wanted the animal that killed his mentor to disappear from existence and he got exactly that. It was his consolation prize for not being able to revive Kite. Also, regardless of his motivation, she would have killed him had he not killed her. If he hadn't had the resolve to do what he did, she would have slaughtered him, and there was no one who could have saved him from that other than himself.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Thomas Cass exactly. Best perspective I’ve seen in the whole comment section.

[@law6115]

Facts

[@timiwithane]

Here many years later but facts.

[@yuryverduga3945]

You're smokin crack if you think we weren't rooting for Gon during this fight

[@slevinchannel7589]

It boggles the mind how Kite is left out of all Discussions and Lists for new Protagonists, or even out of Hunterx-Hunter-Videos overall. On this channel, but also on KZbin overall, all Analysis and Theorys seem to mysteriously end with his Death - even though he literally survived it!! Even Hisoka is consideres a possible new Protagonist, when Kite is so much better in any regard. People, even Hunterx-Hunter-KZbinr, seem to have forgotten about Kite. Colour me confused about all this.

[@capo7049]

I wasnt rooting i was still on gons side but i wanted him to stop for his own sake once it was clear he was ahead

[@dalaciaj]

@@slevinchannel7589 kite is one of my favorite characters...I’d wish we got to see more of their story. I hadn’t seen the 99 anime or read the manga before this one but when I learned of the relationship between kite and gon upon their first meeting it makes these episodes even more heart wrenching

[@Justdean7]

Yeah I rooted for pito f gon

[@Supernova-gq8uf]

Gon vs. Pitou was one of the best damn anime fights I’ve ever seen.

[@CapelloYT]

well it wasn’t really a fight

[@YuhZnuyi]

Capello bro when gon turned around to killua and started crying you could tell he was a broken upset soul that was lost he didn’t care anymore that hit me hard

[@tokoykey1033]

It wasn't a fight it was Gon smashing pitou around

[@flippycrip3556]

I feel like something different would've happened if Gon didn't transform. Because Pitou wouldn't have to decide to kill him if she didn't see the angered aura around him which triggered him to turn to his adult form. I feel she would've spared him without a doubt if she didn't see that he was out of control.

[@derpixelite]

it was more like a massacre

[@yoda497]

Pitou was going to kill Gon, what he did was absolutely necessary. Gon threatening to kill Komugi is a better example of everything changing.

[@d-skullgaming696]

That really had nothing to do with his transformation. Even if they didn't threaten to kill him, he would have transformed regardless

[@octobsession3061]

I was shocked when gon said that. He really turned into a monster after kite's death

[@yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114]

@@octobsession3061 He was based for that

[@digitalcthulhu143]

I would say taking the girl hostage was still acceptable (it gave them a bargaining chip against the king). Obviously threatening to kill the girl was wrong but when it came to killing the cat he was justified in taking it out.

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

I still don't think Gon and Killua are completely written out... 2 reasons: The Gyro narration that said he'll meet Gon some day Ai, and the Zoldycks are probably relevant to the Dark Continent too

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

@MerrazHQ in the manga at the end of Gyros backstory I think

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

@MerrazHQ 204 but I guess I misunderstood it, it's sort of "whether or not meeting him would be a good thing" Sooooo my bad on that one :v

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

@MerrazHQ Here's the actual quote, the anime left out showing Gyro reborn, being in the same town as Gon with the line "Gyro left town without encountering Gon, whether this proved fortunate for either party will remain unknown until they ultimately meet"

[@nicholaswourms9933]

Why would it say directly they were absolutely going to meet? This is how Togashi foreshadows, by using vague narration.

[@KatieKat3388]

Also, Gon's promise to Kite that he'd protect them next time.

[@misters6749]

So let’s say that Gon didn’t transform into an adult and kept his anger bottled up after Pitou said that Kite couldn’t be brought back. What would of happened to Gon Doesn’t anyone really think that he’d escape from Pitou?

[@jobsidian4219]

Gon would die

[@law6115]

@@jobsidian4219 exactly.. people tend to avoid this.. Gon couldnt just smile and let her take his life

[@shlomoshlomo963]

Gon would die ,killua would die , all those hunters and good ants would die , possibly the entire hunter association would collapse cuz who would kill pitou if not gon

[@williamthekiller7219]

Gon has plot armor... Do you honestly think that he would die....?

[@flippycrip3556]

I feel like something different would've happened if Gon didn't transform. Because Pitou wouldn't have to decide to kill him if she didn't see the angered aura around him which triggered him to turn to his adult form. I feel she would've spared him without a doubt if she didn't see that he was out of control.

[@mitchelldonnick9484]

Gon sought to save Kite. Pitou couldn’t do it and said “sorry I have to kill you now.” Saying the battle was pointless is wrong. Gon was the only one left with a chance to defeat Pitou. And she needed to be defeated. Gon was part of the team hired to take out the ants. And he did so. Without making his reckless decision to wager his life force to strengthen his nen, he likely would have been struck down by Peto. No one else had the strength to defeat her, and she likely would have wanted to avenge her fallen king and continued wreaking havoc. Saying Gon is a monster for killing her the way he did is very odd. Gon and Netero saved humanity by defeating the ants that were the most powerful beings on earth. Netero sacrificed himself the same way Gon did. Each had a job to do and they did it. Gon just wore his emotions on his sleeve because he was assigned to take out the one that killed his friend and mentor.

[@stormcutter59]

I agree I think people overly herald this moral "complexity" thing as a way of sounding smart.

[@mitchelldonnick9484]

Stormcutter 59 agreed. Saying Gon abandoned his morals and trying to paint Peto as a victim are reaches. Peto was saving her own ass by saving kumogi, she hadn’t gained morality. If Gon had interrupted the operation, then I’d say he went too far. As is, he waited for kumogi to be saved, talked a little rude to Killua, tried to save Kite, and then did what was necessary to kill the ant to that threatened the world, and complete the job he and his team were hired to do (not to mention avenge his mentor).

[@stormcutter59]

@@mitchelldonnick9484 Not to mention Pitou was a threat. Let's not forget if Gon hadnt changed his form and killed him he would have been killed by Pitou and likely more of his friends would be killed by Pitou if not checked. Pitou wasnt a saint, it's almost like the author of this video forgets the REASONS Gon is the protagonist, the side that's actually in the RIGHT in this story, but I guess that wouldn't be enough of a smart thing to talk about would it? Noral complexities and all that shit are way cooler and more Galaxy brain than the truth i guess

[@talesofgamersxx7903]

I completely agree with that statement. That's what I was thinking about throughout the whole video. Pitou was just too strong to be left alone. And if not for Gon, very few individuals if not none could have killed him.

[@asam1881]

Mitchell Donnick in the anime it’s clear that the reason for gon transforming is to get revenge. if Gon has transformed for the sake of defeating him then you would be right but that’s not the reason why i transformed. i agree that it may be a stretch to say that pitou was the victim, but he was essentially defenceless compared to Gon’s power. Gon beating her corpse after she was dead was testament to the fact that he did it because of rage

[@berserkgoat5815]

Gon can’t be out of the series permanently. He’s supposed to meet Gyro

[@WestonEvans]

Zoumiazga that was before talk no jutsu became the biggest trope in all of anime.

[@WestonEvans]

So instead of following Gyro- togashi created Parriston Hill as an *antagonist who specializes in using talk no jutsu.*

[@berserkgoat5815]

Weston Evans what does Pariston have to do with Gyro being introduced? No correlation whatsoever

[@michaelm6600]

Weston Evans talk no jutsu was an asspull for naruto. What does that even have to do with Gon meeting Gyro or hxh in general?

[@alfa01spotivo]

@@michaelm6600 im currently watching through naruto (im on the war arc now) and every time hes used it like against gaara and nagato I honestly really liked it. It made sense to me and even then it doesnt work all the time like Sasuke

[@lowbridge4080]

Some people's comments that I've read on the internet that was based on the fight between Gon and Pitou was that they felt unsatisfied. Like they had this expectation where the two of them would duke it out like Goku vs Vegeta or Gohan vs Cell to make it clear but what they got wasn't their expectation. Because of that some of them actually didn't like the somewhat "Deus Ex Machina" Gon pulled out. I was like, what the hell were you expecting about. I think the series has already established that it is not going to be a cliche type of anime. It gives the viewer of the anime suspense of what Gon might actually do to Pitou or better yet, how far will Gon do to attain revenge. That was the whole point of this fight. It's not about some flashy fights or choreograph hand-to-hand combat, no, it's what a realistic person who has a drive to actually fulfill it by any means necessary. The way I look at this fight is how a person, a human being, with enough drive whether to improve themselves or self-hatred can do and their willingness to sacrifice everything even if its their own humanity. That's the whole point of this arc, right? To see how the human race, though, can be a blessing to some or others while on the other side of the coin, we can see the horror, the evil, and most of all our ability to just sacrifice our own kind, our flesh and blood, to attain or to grab what we truly desire whether for it to be happiness, true meaning of life or just simply vengeance.

[@noahrubin7680]

I have to disagree, after rereading today it seems clear to me that it was Gon’s loyalty to Kiato, not his bloodlust that led him. It’s an idea that’s reinforced by Killua after in the hospital. While in his transformation Gon exclaims “ Now I have finally become just like Kaito was at that moment, and just a little I’ve been saved” Gon’s desire was to sacrifice as Kaito sacrificed, to embody his teacher, and yes, to enact vengeance, yet this vengeance was an extension of his loyalty, yes, a break of his control of his emotions, but not of his humanity. I think with this lens, this fight becomes much more consistent with the story of Gon as a whole.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Noah Rubin damn that’s a interesting take. Never even thought about that

[@IAMvonte-2518]

Noah Rubin The only thing this doesn’t explain is Gons willingness to end Komugi’s life and the animators not putting kite in the story early

[@danielm5535]

Gon also had the burden of guilt that Gon was weak and slow to respond to Kite when Pitou first attacked (remember Killua had to knock him out and drag him away?) In his mind, Kite’s lost arm meant he was doomed to death, and entirely his fault. Postmortem Terpsichore severing off his own arm was penance and self-forgiveness.

[@dearrationals]

@@IAMvonte-2518 Kite is introduced in the 1999 version in the first episode I think (or at least in one of the early episodes). Don't know which one is more consistent with the manga. The 1999 version did it better introducing Kite

[@adnanemoussaoui6821]

What do you mean Gon didn't gain anything? That's plain insulting to him as a hunter. You have to remember that he was on a mission and defeating the enemy was priority. If he didn't do what he did he wouldn't have survived and neither all of the other hunters because I don't see anyone of them defeating pitou.

[@stefmac]

I find this statement true. He still fulfilled his role even though he sacrificed too much for it. Pitou would for sure be too much to handle and the fact that the Zoldyck's didn't stick around would leave that whole squad in trouble. I do think eventually they would've gotten to kill her via the poison from the bomb, but who's to say that she would'nt have killed Gon and rush over to protect Meruem?

[@kilogreene8738]

Your statement is very true but we have to be honest, Gon fought and killed pitou for selfish reasons and not out of saving others. Gon lost himself even though he defeated the enemy, and that's kind of the whole point in my eyes. Definitely not saying you're wrong though

[@stefmac]

Kyle Jackson I feel like his reasoning doesn’t really matter that much. They initially planned for Gon (and Killua) to be the ones to defeat Pitou anyways. Regardless, he played his role in the grand scheme of things and ultimately they’d be in trouble if he didn’t resort to that. But you’re absolutely right.

[@kilogreene8738]

@@stefmac Very true as well lol. And this is really the genius of the story as a whole to me as well. There are so many layers to all of the situations! Which makes it feel all the more real and can hit all of your emotions at once. Thanks for your input!

[@OnenessAwareness]

To be fair Gon didn't actually snap until Pitou told him that "she" would have to kill him until that point I think he was just going to only sulk and feel like he had no place to vent his anger since Pitou was being visibly empathetic to him and his situation

[@WestonEvans]

Camartin yeah it’s not unfair for Gon to think her nen could heal him and lead to a happy ending however selfish. It’s hard to say but I think the fight was mutual at that point. I lean towards Pitou instigating it but as the viewer that’s what we expected. So maybe I’m biased.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Weston Evans selfish? To want to bring your father figure back to life is selfish? And you don’t know who instigated the fight? Lemme guess you think hitler was the victim in WW2, and the allies were the evil ones. Please stop it.

[@axisboise]

ngpdreamteam2k4 omg here we go with the Hitler fallacy.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

I Am The One Who Knocks exactly. and then after fixing her arm she says she’s gotta kill him? Like wtf? That’s when gon snapped. Gon was even blaming himself until that happened. It blows me how ppl can’t c this

[@hakwonhawkins3891]

Just say ‘they’ damn lol their gender is never specified. it’s not that hard...

[@noraa1991]

I feel like Zepile's words are really underrated in this regard when he said, "He (Gon) doesn’t care if something is right or wrong he judges things on whether it’s interesting or not." Showing a glimpse of why Wing was so scared of already teaching some of what nen was, once he began to realize the type of students he was teaching the technique to.

[@hariman7727]

Yep. Gon is an actual child protagonist with a child's mentality, which makes him actually kind of terrifying in some ways.

[@kaledov]

This actually turned the convention of a deus ex power up and turned it on it’s head. The thing that stuck out to me most about adult Gon is how the level power he had was equal to the level of effect it had on the series moving forward. Everything from the character focus, genre and scope of the world got changed. We saw what Gon was suppose to achieve at the natural peak of the series but all the story that was left to put into that in order to acquire it was skipped over and now Gon is effectively taken out of the story with everyone else left behind to go on without him.

[@narfd.8837]

Well, I fear someone that willingly becomes an almost lovecraftian monster just to kill shouldn't be sympathized for, but I did nonetheless, even though it hurt to see Gon like that.

[@WestonEvans]

Narf D. I mean that’s basically the Chimera Ants too. The government had to cover it up in the end. Left unchecked they could’ve taken over the world.

[@WestonEvans]

I’m saying that like Gyro ain’t still out there...

[@muhammadnajib2291]

@@WestonEvans The Chimera ants weren't even a threat. I mean they got killed by one bomb, one angry boi and one boomer.

[@Jstar95175]

​@@muhammadnajib2291 the chimera ants only existed for a short time, yet absolutely would have taken over the whole nation without the assistance of literally a nuke. If they had access to bombs, nukes, more guns, and just general human technology, they would have been a massive threat for humanity and honestly I can't imagine them losing if they had a nation with technology.

[@muhammadnajib2291]

@@Jstar95175 The thing is they didn't. The fact that they only existed for a short time shows us that they couldn't stand a chance against human technology

[@oliviertoublanc9146]

I hear sometimes that Meruem and Gon follow an opposed character arc. They are great nemesis without even meeting. I don’t think there is really a difference between their fight with Pitou and Netero. At the end, the four of them died for all that matter, we don’t know (or I can’t remember) if Nanika could have simply resurrect Gon. His fate was even worse than death (that’s how I read it). There’s probably some parts that I am missing.

[@theflashgordon193]

meruem start as a monster but become very human at the end and show us the good part of humanity while gon is the exact inverse.

[@keithgarcia7470]

Gon was in a coma like state and Nanika brought him back to normal without his nen.

[@spiritbreakermlbb]

@@keithgarcia7470 we don't even know what exactly did Killua wished

[@williamthekiller7219]

Meruem was born sort of evil because of the evilness of humanity mixed with him like all evil chimera ants But he's a grown up baby who was still learning... In the process of searching for his true identity I wouldn't exactly say that he's a true villain or the greatest villain when his mom and her soldiers are the one who mostly did the evil acts He was acting like a king that he was programmed to but he doesn't exactly have a clear goal on it until he met the girl

[@hariman7727]

@@spiritbreakermlbb we do know that the wish restored Gon to full health, but completely reset his Nen to before it was awakened. Completely removing the nen and repairing Gon's body was likely the only way that Nanika could heal him.

[@NaturalHypertrophy]

I know so many people who hated that fight and thought that Gon's power up was an asspull, even thought it had been foreshadowed for a long time...

[@SolidSnake240]

Those people are idiots and don't know what an asspull actually is.

[@salem3560]

They say its an asspull because of nanika not because gon was too powerful

[@enricobersani8948]

Tbh when I first watched it didn't cross my mind the "murder" theme, because, sure, gon seeked revenge but I don't think pitou would have spared his life anyways so survival instinct is involved

[@yurikuki]

Next video should be "How God Tonpa's exclusion in the Chimera Ant Arc changed everything."

[@WestonEvans]

Uriel honestly I think a Tonpa’s motivation video could be interesting. Could include traits about those who don’t make the cut or the overall difficulty of the Hunter exam. Or you could just go into deep theory about how Tonpa is the hidden 6 star hunter with mastery in all 6 categories of nen.

[@WawaSC]

I'm sure Sensui saw that fight in the "Black Chapters" tape. That pitou v gon fight shows just how brutal humanity can be.

[@rockOkilla7]

Bruh🤣🤣🤣

[@Koraxus]

Netero's bomb moment should also be there

[@WawaSC]

@@rockOkilla7 Makes sense now why Sensui snapped. lol

[@WawaSC]

@@Koraxus Could be.

[@jobsidian4219]

*13 years old boy kills cat* sensui : ALL HUMAN ARE EVIL!!!

[@OkRoomer123-]

When Gon made Pitou look like Courage the cowardly dog with the punch he gave her that made her teeth go all missing will always be badass and Funny as hell

[@KeenanRuffinEl]

That shit was disgusting

[@Carlama]

This man actually thinks Gon’s character is done in Hunter x Hunter lmao

[@Koraxus]

Nah, there are loose ends to tie still. I think he's going to be out for the whole Dark Continent related arcs tho.

[@Daviyah_yisrael]

Carmanitan CC it pretty much is tho lol gons goal in his life was to find his father Ging. and now that he has he pretty has no other goals in his life maybe meeting gyro which was foreshadowed in the manga but I doubt that togashi will even get that since we only get less then 5 manga chapters a year he can’t use his nen Ging said it could be reawakened,but the chances of that happening are very slim.they should just end Gons story here he has no other purpling life.

[@Carlama]

Davis Okeke Gon is the main character though. Even when parts focus on other character they always end up connecting to him

[@tristencrockett]

Davis Okeke Gon still cares about his friends and might want to help them if they get in trouble and I think he’d still like to travel with Killua at some point and he would need Nen to be able to fight alongside any of his friends at this point

[@Koraxus]

I think Gon and/or Killua will eventually have to come back since I doubt Kurapika will survive this succession/dark continent arc. As a matter of fact most of the people going there likely aren't going back alive. Are you saying Leorio alone will be carrying the story? Of course, I'm willingly ignoring the very palpable possibility of it never getting there due to extra hiatus

[@trunks9233]

I saw the clip of gon transforming before in memes before I watched HunterxHunter but when I started I never thought that would be gon and I was suprised when I found out it was him

[@thebonfireofgains]

In manga history, this was Reverse SSJ transformation

[@FrizFreddy1994]

Perfect description.

[@abdullahsulaiman545]

How?

[@willianyano8596]

@@abdullahsulaiman545 super saiyan -1

[@hariman7727]

@@abdullahsulaiman545 super Saiyan transformation is a raised based transformation that makes the hero strong enough to overcome the obviously evil villain in a triumphant victory. Gon transforms from rage and destroys himself along with his enemy, gaining only the death of his enemy at the cost of his own life in a pyrrhic victory.

[@Ankit-vl8hb]

The worst/best part of the chimera ant arc was that fans were confused whom to cheer Meruem the monster who we saw becoming a kind and loving human or Gon the innocent child we saw becoming a monster willing to kill a blind and injured girl

[@williamthekiller7219]

Lol He said those out of anger but never meant it Pretty normal reaction to me He's a monster if he acted on it

[@flippycrip3556]

@@williamthekiller7219 I don't think it's a pretty normal action when threatening to kill someone. People can joke about and it could be true but he was dead serious.

[@kenbrando4906]

Gon: I’m gonna give up everything to become the hottest male stripper Pitou: HIS THICCNESS ITS TO POWERFUL

[@H_ammer]

Best comment AHAHAHA

[@slevinchannel7589]

It boggles the mind how Kite is left out of all Discussions and Lists for new Protagonists, or even out of Hunterx-Hunter-Videos overall. On this channel, but also on KZbin overall, all Analysis and Theorys seem to mysteriously end with his Death - even though he literally survived it!! Even Hisoka is consideres a possible new Protagonist, when Kite is so much better in any regard. People, even Hunterx-Hunter-KZbinr, seem to have forgotten about Kite. Colour me confused about all this.

[@misbaah-ul-haq4253]

Gon is only 12 while pitou is not even 2 months old. So sir, FBI open up!!!

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@misbaah-ul-haq4253 If you say so.

[@richgoldendoor4240]

Gon never lost this fight. Gon's only goal was to kill pitou and he succeeded at that. Its not like Gon had the goal of going on to kill Meruem and Pitou was trying to stop him from doing so, no Gon never had the intentions to face Meruem in the first place which makes the whole argument that "pitou won by achieving their goal" well that whole goal of theirs was pointless, them hands were all for them. Pitou wasn't giving a self sacrifice, they had no choice to begin with, Gon was giving them the hands regardless, and had no intentions to do otherwise. Pitou lost because they were taken out by something that actually wasn't going for the king, meaning they died not to protect the king, but because of their own weakness. Pitou lost through and through, and what they did never changed a damn thing, it was a wasted effort to begin with.

[@richgoldendoor4240]

@Alvaro Moran Pitou never even sacrificed themselves to begin with. Pitou wronged Gon and paid the price for it. Gon was never after the king, so whatever Pitou thought Gon might do to meruem is irrelevant. Pitou died because of an action they themselves took, and because of that Pitou would no longer be able to protect meruem over something that didn't have to happen. Pitou's defensive instincts got them killed, nothing more. Nothing from their prospective actually matters because that wasn't the reality of the situation, Pitou only thought Gon was after the king because that's all Pitou knew how to think. Gon however achieved his own goal in this situation in the reality of it all. He wanted revenge to cope with the events that just transpired (even states "I'm going to kill you Pitou"), and he got revenge successfully, whether or not he was in a crippled state after, he still avenged the death of his friend. If Gon was after Meruem next, there would actually be some weight to such claim, but he wasn't, those hands were 100% for her cheeks only, and she died protecting jack shit.

[@DrMDHyde]

Why Gon is my favorite.

[@frederickgrandison3609]

And one of my favorite protagonists to this day

[@soul9706]

it’s not fair to equate gon deciding to transform into a beast to kill pitou to making a deal w the devil to enact revenge on an animal bc the animal in gon’s situation would have easily killed him had he not transformed. also, it is true that the repeated jajanken on pitou’s skull was a clear indication of gon’s unbridled bloodlust, but, as gon said, he was also just heeding the advice of kite and taking out the head to make sure that she’s dead

[@d-skullgaming696]

Yeah, Pitou would have killed him had Gon not transformed, but that's a non issue im Gon's mind. He acknowledged Pitou's threat, but barely paid any mind to it. The fact is, his sole reason for transforming was to murder Pitou. Pitou have simply walked away and Gon still would have transformed.

[@soul9706]

@@d-skullgaming696 idk i think there's a solid chance he would've still been sitting in anguish, bc he was having an internal conflict in which he was wavering between completely hating himself and completely hating pitou. pitou saying he's going to kill him seemed to make up his mind about where to direct his hatred

[@windowwax]

Two characters who simply wanted to protect important people to them. Its sad it couldn't have ended another way.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

window wax pitou was planning the genocide of 500,000 ppl. Killing her was like killing hitler.

[@williamthekiller7219]

Most of the ants are born evil because of the human evil mixed in them... How else would Meruem become the villain when he had no reason to become evil He had no evil Master plan He literally just woken up from existence.. A grown up baby He killed a child because he thought humans were his food.. That's how he was fed and became stronger The rest of the evil deeds was done by his mother(indirectly) and her soldiers

[@flippycrip3556]

@@ngpdreamteam2k4 Lmao when was a genocide mentioned. And stop with the Hitler shit; comparing the 2 is like being blown up and stubbing your toe.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

@@flippycrip3556 they were sacrificing 500,000 ppl for mereum. That’s what all those zombified ppl were standing outside the castle. This is factual information that can be easily found. Did you skim the anime or something?

[@d-skullgaming696]

@@ngpdreamteam2k4 The Hitler comparison doesn't work because the ants are a different species. Their genocide isn't an act of evil, as Meruem points out, its no different from us slaughtering pigs for food; some humans would be transformed into ants, others would be eaten. The Ants were set to become the new dominants species on the planet, which is why they needed to stop them, but the genocide they were planning on committing is hardly evil when compared to humans.

[@DoeboyFreshNESS]

One of the biggest foreshadowing of Gon becoming like this, was when he and Killua were in the Spiders hideout. He got irate when he couldn't understand how the spiders could morn there friend Uvo, but lack compassion when it comes to murdering innocent people. Gon even shows incredible strength as he flips out to win the arm wrestling match against the spider.

[@peirces.1696]

it was said that shizuku was left handed, so if it were the other way gon would have lost

[@delz5863]

@@peirces.1696 Hes talking about when he beats nobunaga boi

[@williamthekiller7219]

Not exactly the same with pitou but Gon misunderstood Pitou was scared what the king would do to her if she can't heal the king's favorite pet

[@cyrusdoce9896]

While Gon is transitioning on becoming a monster. At the same time, Meruem is becoming more and more human in nature.

[@jamesholden5587]

I like how togashi made them parallel to each other very cleaver

[@williamthekiller7219]

Lol... When everyone says human nature They completely discard the bottomless malice of the human heart

[@flippycrip3556]

@@williamthekiller7219 Lol you know nothing. Not all humans have a bottomless heart either they are forced to, or it's their own fault for making themselves that way.

[@hariman7727]

@@williamthekiller7219 we have a bottomless well of darkness on one side of our heart, and an infinite wall of light on the other. "I offer you the blessing and the curse, life or death. Therefore choose life." (Paraphrased.)

[@unknowncharacter6102]

I will never forgive the person that showed me this fight before I watched Hunter x Hunter. I specifically asked them if it was an important fight and they straight up lied to me. I saw it coming a mile away and I never got to actually experience one of the best anime moments. Thankfully Netero vs Meruem took some of the pain away.

[@grapy83]

Wow. Your analysis is so good and logical. I just admire my judgement of subscribing to this channel for these great insights. I had similar feelings to this fight but boy, u took that analysis to a higher dimension... Or two. I have begun to admire Togashi even more. What a master piece of anime this is?

[@NewWorldReview]

I most certainly admire your subscription skills!

[@grapy83]

@@NewWorldReview haha. I had a feeling I might get a response from you. Thanks. Any way do u really feel Hunter x Hunter is so deep on purpose. I was thinking, how can an anime be so deep and well designed all the while touching depths of human emotions and humanity. That's some art work at another level

[@johnlindsay7301]

You really can’t call it a murder as the “fight” started with Pitou turning to Gon and telling him she was going to have to kill him. That’s when Gon did the whole grow into a Greek God and tare Pitou apart thing.

[@JessieLynn27]

I never thought of Pitou being the winner and Gon being the loser in this fight, but the way you articulated it made a lot of sense. "Subverting typical shounen tropes" is widely regarded as being one of this series greatest strengths, and i feel like this fight really exemplifies that. Great analysis, as always.

[@NewWorldReview]

True that! I think that having the guts to truly turn your protagonist into a proper monster is one of the better examples of Togashi taking a narrative risk that paid off big time. And thanks for the kinds word! :D

[@rauwolovlosti3635]

Pitou wasn't huminized she was following her royal gard instincts

[@flippycrip3556]

You can tell when she had her instincts kicked in it's when she's happy and has that look but in the scenes fixing kumangi you can tell her expression has changed and she had realized something that Gon hadn't even thought about yet as in empathy and controlled power.

[@thomasdavies850]

He is also a child who doesn't think about consequences

[@Someone-vz1uq]

Don’t let this video distract you from the fact that bungee gum has both properties of rubber and gun

[@Jolfgard]

"Who managed to balance their Nen powers quite well, like Kurapika." Meanwhile Kurapika is throwing years of his life away by keeping Emperor Time up for days.

[@undergroundspotlight93]

"Hunter X Hunter as we knew it is Gon(e)" Did I just hear the best pun ever? 😯

[@SWAGTVmusic]

5:40 Is what I've been telling people and my friends for years! Pitou actually won that fight because she actually cleared her objective (saving The King and Komugi), where Gon, after losing kite had no objective and just wanted raw murder. Even potentially losing his life and friends. 💯#Masterpiece #GOATTogashi

[@adnanemoussaoui6821]

Lol, if Gon didn't tank pitou, all the other hunters wouldv died (including him)

[@SWAGTVmusic]

@@adnanemoussaoui6821 IDK killuas god speed with APR is a MF

[@thevipez8740]

well no she didnt win, thats not what winning "that fight" means, but sure hxh was made from togashi, and togashi is god basically, and hxh is a flawless masterpiece (sorry i want to use really big smart words but i dont have any atm)

[@SWAGTVmusic]

@@thevipez8740 Well you didn't refute my statement you just said no she didn't win lol

[@SWAGTVmusic]

@@thevipez8740 Also physically yes she was destroyed, but at the time she accomplished her objectives while Gon didn't. He didn't get Kite back... Kite did! Gon didnt stop the ants reign... Netero did! All gon did was kill Pitou at the cost of his life/nen which Pitou was more than happy with. If it was just them two He won the battle but lost the war.

[@codoroki]

I don’t really feel that this fight “humanized” Pitou. Pitou accepting death at Gon’s hands was Pitou fulfilling its original duty to protect the King. Killing Kite in the first place was done to fulfill that duty as a Royal Guard. Pitou knew that Gon’s gamble for power would also simultaneously strike him down, and Pitou was satisfied with that fact because it meant that this formidable force would never clash with the King after he burned out. Maybe you could say that Pitou was humanized in this fight if it felt fear of or even sympathy for Gon after he realized Kite was never coming back, but Pitou is just like “I’m glad he’s using this one-use trump card to kill *me* and not the King.”

[@williamthekiller7219]

@Aashir Mohammad not really Pitou suddenly turned to like a beaten dog was because she was overwhelmed with someone more powerful than her When the king threatened her life if she can't save the girl Gon scared the shit out of her Her character when she faced Kite was brutally murdered by the two

[@williamthekiller7219]

@Aashir Mohammad he didn't say it in words but his aura did.. Pitou is scared of the king The narrator said so when he explained why she completely ignored the animosity of Gon at the beginning

[@wontonsoup9339]

I already knew this moment was coming up because how much it is talked abt. But Jesus christ I still got goosebumps

[@coco_jumbo]

Dude every question i find myself having you answer them so thoroughly, thanks for these videos man! Can't wait to see more!!

[@princessdyn]

What's the definition of "owning" someone? Dictionnary: Gon vs Pitou

[@RamzaBeoulves]

"It's crucial that Nen doesn't fall into the wrong hands" Beginner : Gon Oopsie : Parristan Oh hell no : Meruem Beyond f*cked : Prince Tserriednich

[@hariman7727]

Tserriednich = doomed. My theory is that he will join the spiders once he finds out about their goal to steal everything and what they're capable of, allowing Kurapica to use his binding chain and other special abilities on him, which means that there will be a very bloody mess in the succession war Arc because of that. Well... Bloodier mess. Because the succession war is already insane and the conflict between the spiders and hisoka is only going to add to that.

[@RamzaBeoulves]

@@hariman7727 I like your theory, this is getting hella dark one way or another Well, if we ever get the chapters that is

[@hariman7727]

@@RamzaBeoulves honestly, even if we never get any more chapters of Hunter Hunter, I will still be happy because it is such a great series already. No matter how much I want more chapters the author's health and sanity comes first. Admittedly, I do hope that if there aren't any more manga chapters then we'll get light novels that finish the story instead. Here's hoping!

[@Jj_2723]

Crazy how this show got people talking about scenes and arcs like High school teachers analyzing Shakespeares plays. Regardless , I see so many people over analyzing this to the max. Gon needed to take that step to take out Pitou. These moral standards that everyone is trying to place pin on him make no sense. He’s a kid, a sheltered kid at that. Kids contradict themselves all the time, and not only that but Kite is one of the reasons that Gon was on this journey in the first place. He did the right thing in this situation.

[@sonicducktheinoccent]

Well, now I have to rewatch every fight you mentioned.

[@DWIcarlo]

Kurapika seemed to have been lacking humanity from the start of the series, we were introduced to him through him saying “I do not fear death, I only fear that my rage will fade over time.” From his introduction his sole motive was to kill the phantom troupe and avenge his clan.

[@melancholyman369]

Everyone saying that Gon threw his humanity away. I think he just embraced the darker shades, Chimera ant arc showcases the worst side of humanity, even the Chimera ants are influenced by the human spirit(both good and bad sides, and literally being reborn humans). Think about it

[@williamthekiller7219]

It was just a normal reaction Everybody except him to be pure hearted which can never be tainted cause it's the norm for Shonen protagonist

[@salem3560]

After you watch gon vs pitou you cant help but appreciate kurapika even more

[@synesthesia2699]

Dude the way he left pitous face had me SHOOK

[@Dachikami]

HxH will always have a special place in my heart because i thought the chimera ant arc was gonna be something small but it kept growing and getting better which i never expected. It was great.

[@keno4770]

I was gonna do a video essay on this, but fuck it I'll just write it here. I believe that the Gon Vs. Pitou “fight” serves as the climax to Gon’s emotional journey, but it most prevalently sheds light on one of the main facets that not only guides him as a character, but also plagues him as the tragic flaw that will lead to his eventual downfall: *Childlike Delusion* *ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝟙 - 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕩𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕣* To present the primary example of this, one can easily go back to his first meeting with Kite at the tender age of 10. Even before he Kite saved him, his entire predicament is caused by his fabricated deduction that the foxbear was lost. This introduces the common theme found in almost every decision that he makes of Gon trusting his instincts completely and ignoring whatever lack of knowledge or hindsight he has about the situation (just as a child would typically do). This is only exemplified when Kite attempts to kill the Foxbear, knowing that it will most likely retaliate in reaction to the death of its mother, only for Gon to rush to its rescue, claiming that he will protect and raise it whether or not it wishes for his death. As a whole, this scene not only provides the first notable example of the various logical fallacies (mostly the Hasty Generalization fallacy that will eventually devolve into his use of the False Dichotomy as well as his use of Circular Reasoning) that Gon employs to judge what is good and what is right and what is wrong in life, but it also foreshadows the reaction that he will have to the revelation that his father is alive, as told by Kite. Instead of retaliating in anger that his father is alive and abandoned him to pursue a life as a hunter, he instead develops a new level of respect and admiration for him, making it his life’s goal to understand why Ging would do such a thing. _[As an aside, the reason why Gon cares so much for Kite is not simply just because he told him the truth about his father, but also because he is the first loving paternal authority that Gon has come into contact with, essentially serving as his father. The vicarious love from Ging showed through Kite coupled with the fact that Kite literally gave Gon purpose in his journey through life caused an unfathomably deep bond to form between the two.]_ However, this also provides the audience with another brief glimpse at another point that must be made. Up until this point, Gon has been living with the belief that his parents were killed in an accident, and he has believed it because it is what he was told by those that he loves the most (namely his aunt Mito). When the truth is finally realized to him, instead of resenting his caretaker, he simply ponders why she would feed him this falsehood and quickly continues to love her because she is the woman who has raised him and loved/cared for him so deeply. While Gon sees the truth and the lies about Ging as a very black-and-white scenario (telling the truth = good; lying = bad), we know that Mito only did this in his best interests as to protect him from the truth of his father’s unforgivable neglectfulness. The contrast between Gon’s binary mindset and his aunt’s more complex and multi-faceted views serves as a clear illustration that Gon is a child that is forced to deal with very mature problems that he does not fully comprehend thrust in an Adult’s world who, throughout the series, is forced to mature faster than anyone of his age possibly can (and because of this, makes many irrational, even incomprehensible decisions based on the semblance of infantile innocence that he still wishes to retain onto). Put simply, while he sees the world as a child wood, where the line between bad and good is obvious, he lives in a world where, as William Shakespeare said famously in his play Macbeth, “Fair is foul and foul is fair”. Later cases will be posted as replies

[@LeoArmada]

Nen is really something huh?i have a power system similar in my manga,its like you sacrifice a part of yourself and more you sacrifice the more power you get for a shot time,but at the same time it destroys your body,and mind,that's just the foundation of it but there are 3 more layers to it,elements,deviation and style,cant really reveal anything else since someone might copy it

[@LeoArmada]

the power system is inspired by HXH but different enough that its its own thing

[@machina5]

Link? I'm interested

[@LeoArmada]

@@machina5 im glad that your interested but the thing is,its not out yet,i was planning on realising it this month but thanks to corona its delayed for a while,i have 100 pages worth of script ready(its like half the story)and I've been posting character art on my twitter,sorry for getting your hopes up and then disappointing you,but whenever the first chapter(I'm planning on realising 10 chapters per realise,i will make sure to tell you,its going to be an Action adventure seinen vampires psychological,its about a man on the road of revenge but the more he persue that goal the more he loses his humanity and more,and its about him getting over his PTSD and he's anger and sorrow,its inspired by Berserk and HXH,if you like those 2 you will like my manga,the name is going to be Crimson heir, thanks for being interested and for reading this.

[@pytrem]

@@LeoArmada awesome man, where and when can I read it?

[@LeoArmada]

@@pytrem well it's not out yet, but when it does come out it will be on webtoon, in the mean time I post character art on my Twitter if you wanna check out my art

[@Priceluked]

I know how we were supposed to feel when Gon was enraged, but the whole time until Killua arrived I was hyped and loving Gon laying into Pitou.

[@legendary3952]

Just rewatched hunter x masterpiece chimera ant arc yesterday and gon scared the crap out of me 😂

[@dj-yf9jg]

Examples if Gon not being fully sane, or the innocent boy we thought he was. 1. Him not being shocked by Killua ripping out Johness's heart, and even smiling in the 1999 version. 2. Him threatening Meleoron. 3. Him sacrificing his hand just to get a hit on Genthru. 4. His verbal abuse to Killua. 5. Him threatening to kill Pitou and Komugi 6. Him threatening Gido to never touch Zushi. I bet there's more lol...

[@jacksonmundy308]

It’s amazing one moment in anime sparks this much conversation and different perspectives. HxH is arguably the best anime

[@DyXXed]

I was incredibly excited when my friend told me that Gon would become an "anti-hero" at some point in Hunter x Hunter. I was looking forward to this moment badly. I was theorizing on what he will do in order to become an anti-hero, I was thinking he would maybe murder Komugi. My point is, I WANTED Gon to be an anti-hero, I thought that would an incredible plot twist. But I was a little, not that much, but still a little disappointed with what I saw. You talk about how he became a "monster". Why is brutally murdering Pitou so wrong? Pitou herself is a monster who murdered and even ate countless of human beings, including Kite who is a father figure to Gon. Why do you think carrying out an act of revenge, killing someone who murdered your father figure is so wrong? I don't see revenge being an inherently wrong thing. And even if we agree it's not the most moral thing in the world to do, I don't see how it makes you a "monster". Did Kurapika become a "monster" because he killed Uvogin? I don't think so. Was Goku a monster because he killed one of Piccolo's subordinates for no other reason than revenge for killing Krillin? I want to think Gon is an anti-hero, but I just don't see it. I challenge you to change my mind. Threating to murder Komugi, using her as a hostage, in my opinion, are far worse actions than brutally murdering Pitou, and yet even that I don't see how it makes him an anti-hero. Those are certainly some anti-heroic MOMENTS for Gon, but he didn't do anything iredeemable or permanently hurt someone who didn't deserve it. Therefore, when the entirety of his character is considered, this threatening statements and so forth, don't nullify the fact that he's a good guy overall. At least that's how I see it.

[@EnnMobes]

I’d make an argument that Gon’s downfall paved way for Killua to develop a stronger connection with Alluka.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

Nolan Moberly what downfall? He killed a genocidal maniac and saved the human race from extinction.

[@williamthekiller7219]

Alluka the human dragon ball Killua will develop his relationship with her at some point even if Gon wasn't comatose

[@mahniwave]

Lol that’s cap..Pitou ain’t deserve no sympathy..Gon was wildin tho😂

[@t3cchan]

I can't get enough of your and your wife's videos. Such great analyses of all my favorite series

[@MrDeworDie]

This anime is so different than the typical anime and is so deep. I cant get enough.

[@derpyboi8591]

Pitou was a messed up monster who deserved it

[@percyjackson1744]

Who else’s sleep schedule is just like Ging... Gon(e)

[@victorvillanueva124]

I disagreed with just about everything in this video, and never more vehemently than when the Uvo vs Kurapika was brought up as a comparison and Uvo isn’t given the same benefit as Pitou. He’s more complex than an ant biologically manipulated to act in whatever manner their King chooses, imo. Also, there was nothing completely satisfying about Kurapika killing Uvo, and I still mourn Uvo, because he was cool as hell,, and the way it clearly warped Kurapika.

[@JasonBRhoades]

Whenever I see or think of the hideout where this all went down. It feels surreal. Like mythological on a biblical level. Like "something dark happened here a long time ago, something forbidden that no one should witness." Honestly the fact that the only person who personally saw the transformation sequence was brutally murdered almost makes this feel more like horror folk tale than an action plot.

[@KrizaIid117]

4:43 "After transforming into a being with power comparable to that of Meruem..." That was a mistranslation by the English sub. Pitou really says something like "His fangs can reach the King now," or something along those lines, which doesn't necessarily mean he's as strong as Meruem... Nice video btw.

[@vilemuse]

I still cant get over the fact that she said that he's par with meruem....

[@doodoobrah]

Cackling Muse pitou didn’t meet post nuke meruem. Pitou had no idea how strong meruem was.

[@nemo-fl6ki]

I guess she just compared the amount of aura he had. But adult gon was technically still a child in his head. He had tons of aura but he was still pretty bad at using it. Meruem on the other hand had become a master tactician by playing gungi with komugi.

[@williamthekiller7219]

@@nemo-fl6ki Meruem is technically a grown up baby... Who was searching for his identity

[@samuelcox9656]

Yeah, only pitou turning kite into a inhuman doll made me feel absolutely no pity towards her.

[@williamthekiller7219]

It's a failed experiment

[@LoganWH8]

After Kite and Pokkle, I couldn’t feel sympathy for Pitou.

[@adarshpradhan4213]

It is due to Gon's Talent and Potential that he is able to do his "Transformation" otherwise an average person would have died. His "Transformation" is similar to "Evil Techniques" in Manhua or Manhwa comics that uses the users Life as fuel.

[@jonasolonovas5107]

Beautiful analysis and theory here! I would have never thought of both character psychology and the intricate story telling shown from the entirety of the series leading up to that point. Wonderfully made!