Morena's Negotiation Game Explained (What You Missed!)

[@varietyveritegaming]

Can't wait for the next chapter when Morena reveals that there are several expansions as well as card packs and we spend the rest of the manga doing card rips for super rare cards.

[@JoNarDLoLz]

That's just Greed Island lmao

[@azraeldusk2154]

Then it is revealed that Morena wants to destroy humanity because, when she was in highschool, a wealthy heiress from a rival mafia faction ripped her grandpa's priceless card.

[@stevegfx9312]

I will say I just read it and it did NOT disappoint

[@aaronrowell6943]

Morena OP pls nerf next expansion

[@MorglortheMangler]

Borkson: “I summon pot of greed.” Morena: “Wrong game.” Borkson: “Ok then I summon Pikachu.” Morena: “Also wrong game and you can only ask me a question.” Borkson: “Will the curse of Melodussy ever go away?” Morena: “No.”

[@SargonsEye]

Morena grows angry, finally losing her super cool kinda-high-looking facade, Borksen thus wins... death, brutal as Togashi demands, Tserri find this eventually and find some more of his humanity as he fucks Morena up with his perfectly timed Zetsu-driven Hatsu. Togashi is my second uncle.

[@jayku1624]

Activate pot of greed you mean💀

[@apcrothon6047]

bro had me read that whole and sneaked in the curse of melodussy in there sly fox

[@dragon101woof8]

@@SargonsEyebros just spoiling the arc now

[@smplchmp]

😭

[@Mystic_Shiki]

Watch Togashi make this the most intense card game of all time

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Fo Real. 😂😂🤣🤣

[@uptowndadeboi7925]

Definitely gone be 10 chapters long but we gone get backto the game because it's 50 other miscellaneous things too cover

[@malcolmmcnab9254]

Nah fr 😂😂😂😂

[@dr.latency34]

Battler and Beatrice pfp, i know what you are *ahaha.wav*

[@dualinline7867]

Pot of GREED!!!

[@SuperSupper2]

Normally, I'd think a character like Borksen overconfident for thinking she could just read Morena's verbal cues, but she did immediately pick up on the deep anger and fury sat right before her

[@christophersantiago76]

She probably can see it in the fourth prince and that’s why she doesn’t give him a nickname

[@cantuz557]

I think Togashi is showing the game with Borgsen for us to understand how Morena wins and how the game works in her favor and later Crollo will play the game and it will be much more satisfying when Crollo wins and Morena loses. I hope we get to see what plays out in detail in both cases and Togashi is able to write as much as he can.

[@jhonviel7381]

I think the zodiacs will take her down right before she kills the spider troupe, who then help kurapika take down the 4th prince, which causes beyond to act and then nasubi. Finally Melody will sing Binks sake and the story ends.

[@koopakape]

The amount this comment section goes on about melodussy one would think they're obsessed with it...

[@uuh4yj43]

why wouldnt you be 🤤...😮‍💨

[@WyllBG3]

"- What's your answer?" ( ) Yes ( ) No (X) Melodussy

[@falloutb4088]

😩☝️

[@CorpusSans]

Don't let this distract you that Melodussy has the properties of both Melody and

[@Clonopol]

P

[@ramasama]

U

[@NeilsonBuntowa]

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[@vanshdeepak6955]

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[@antoniorojascortez135]

Y

[@cinamon351]

I'm a simple man I see man on the internet I'm happy thank you Liam

[@Hecarim420]

Some could even say that this Man on the internet is some Dude in the roomツ

[@jumpman0562]

Man on the internet is so Liam coded😂

[@Portfelio]

Spends a week throwing together a card game and it's still less toxic than YGO.

[@HeadbutKneecap]

One of the most interesting about togashinis in knowledge in so many various fields and how he integrates it into the manga, which is a world building tool that’s underrated for sure

[@heracrosssimp4655]

Melo D. Ussy

[@Tomiwa101]

Y'all need to let this joke rest for a bit. No?

[@terry8557]

​@@Tomiwa101 never

[@Keyel-k9r]

In what video he is saying that?

[@ramasama]

@@Keyel-k9r in the video of the breakdown of one of the earlier chapters of this batch, where Kaiser is simping over Melody. Chapter 402 or 403, I don't remember exactly.

[@Keyel-k9r]

@ramasama Yeah its 402 review thx

[@umbralryu]

I was just under the assumption that yes or no would be bad answers because the request didn't have to be ask until the last card which means it could be formed in the negative or positive. I.E. "Join me" for Yes or "Don't join me" for No.

[@SanPoMoJi]

Morena will "not cheat" because her game is rigged. The goal is that Bork doesn't say "no", no on what exactly? The final request or "small request". If her goal is actually to get the "small request" fulfilled, making the other party to focus on wanting the "deal" card to get a card back would do it. The final goal is an illusion while her real goal is actually out in the open but just at mid point of said final goal.

[@YankeeYankeeYankeeYa]

If it really is a nen game. Them choosing X either wipes her memory or steals or seals her nen ability. Since those would keep melodussy safe. One by not divulging the information and the other by taking the nen skill she needs or just sealing her off. Meaning she has no use for her anymore

[@MildWilliam]

Hisoka would love this game. He’s smart enough to win, and if not, he’s got Texture Surprise.

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

It's utterly amazing how in a series where people have amazing superpowers, one of the most useful and powerful abilities is literally just photoshop.

[@montessaurus]

12:49 stuff like this is why Liam is almost singlehandedly carrying the HxH fandom to the Dark Continent with the occasional assist by Togashi

[@Hanepkaparekoy28]

1 thing is for sure, In the next chapters we might witness a major fight, And death of one of the major characters. Lots of build ups here,. 1. Netero's babies 2. Halkenburg/balsamico 3. Hisoka/benolenov, spiders and hynrich 4. Chrollo plans to tier 1 robbing the sacred treasures and acquiring rare nen ability to kill hisoka for good, dogman on the crowd of burial of halkenburg 5. Tserrednich practicing nen and mastering zetsu 6. Kurapika incoming nen masterclass 7. Zengli nen beast and his secret motives 8. Melody, kaiser plan to assasinate lazarus 9. Negotiation of morena and borksen 10. The potential martial law 11. The fast levelling up of morena's pawn. 12. Halkenburg's burial in general 13. Tubepa's move and longi's nen contracts. 14. Benjamin's next move in general 15. Beyond netero request to bill 16. What is the significance of the oyster transformed back to a transmission device? All in recent 7chapters. And there are still more unresolved plots from the previous chapters 400 down, 1.the silent majority 2. Ilumi and kaluto 3. Tyson and the other princes 4. What's now the current condition of theta after her ailment caused by tserrednich nen beast 5. Leorio and the zodiacs 6. Kurapika's side motives/progress with his secret alliance team with biscuit, hanzo, his nen teacher, etc. 7. Where's machi, suzuko, franklin? 8. Ging and pariston rivalry 9. The chimera ants collection of pariston 10. When will be the saraza death and sheila involvement in life of chrollo, kurapika and possibly tserrednich intertwine? 11. Melody's invitation from different princess including tserrednich. And many more. Can you add more plots here? And your theories how's it gonna end?

[@KG-qm7pb]

Melodussy**

[@uzioxix]

Great breakdown. It’s insane how many ongoing threads there are without it feeling like a total mess

[@Hanepkaparekoy28]

@@uzioxix and i wonder, if kurapika will meet the spider unbeknownst to him that are also in the blackwhale. Does he still have the fire for a revenge? Chrollow is heading up to tier 1! Or he would go to collect the remaining eyes against tserrednich?. Plus his primary goal to protect prince wobble against all remaining princes.

[@azraeldusk2154]

The only plot points I think will not have an immediate pay-off are Leorio, Ging and Pariston's rivalry, and the whole Sarasa/Sheila/Phantom Troupe/Kurapika/possible Tser. And by immediate I mean before we're near the end, or the end, of the succession contest. All the rest seem either directly or indirectly very relevant to what's going now. Not that the 3 above aren't per ce. But: Leorio's time in the spotlight will come much later - probably when nearing the New Continent or when they reach it. Maybe even whilst en route (after New Continent) or *on* the Dark Continent. This is more of a hunch - based on his low screen time so far. Ging's and Pariston's rivalry is, currently, using the Dark Continent expedition as its stage - for lack of better words. I reckon it is too early to delve into that. As for the last one - it is heavily tied to Kurapika's story. He if currently in the focal main character position, and as uncovering all these questions will shed a ton of light for us to reach the conclusion of his current story arc - I think it is a bit early for that as well. But, even if we do not get pay off, I think we will get additional build up. Especially about Sarasa and Sheila. And I am saying this because we already got a red herring that the Sarasa incident was avenged: we learned that the Troupe had killed the one who most likely ordered the whole thing! But I consider it a red herring because we *know* tattoo artist guy was involved there, and is currently aboard Black Whale One. And if Chrollo knew who ordered the dude, there's no way he didn't know about him existing and being there.

[@Hanepkaparekoy28]

@@azraeldusk2154 yeah very interesting, some plots were intended to be solve in a spectacular way possible in a grand finale of this arc.

[@glodazkaloopablenakirium3692]

so this is the life purpose of playing yugioh, to understand morena's game

[@malcolmmcnab9254]

Lmfao the entire premise of one anime is just an ability for someone in another? That shit is lowkey OP if so 😂😂😂😂

[@justgamingbro1305]

fr if you don't have that yugioh background you def getting banished🤣

[@coenpelsrijcken8530]

4:22 I was not ready for this animation. Those dead eyes pierced my soul

[@georgebegley1065]

It could be Morena doesn't want Borkson to select no because if she did Morena would have to dispose of Borkson which Morena doesn't want to do because it may be hard to find another person like Borkson. Where as if Borkson selects X then there is still a chance Morena can get Borkson to their side. Perhaps X doesn't actually end the game and merely delays it allowing Morena to activate the ability again on Borkson but perhaps with different restrictions.

[@OK25000]

Togashi nerding out all over again. Love to see it❤

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I believe one of the mini requests would be to kiss morena, and her actual request would be to kill tseriednich. I believe she may reveal his crimes to get her to agree.

[@gabrielgoes0]

How tf would they kill him tho

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

​@@gabrielgoes0they won't lol. They'll prolly fail

[@Prrojiya17]

​@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd i see u again

[@azd685]

My theory is that, since Borksen has inferred her win condition is to get X, Morena's clever enough to have actually made X HER win condition. Maybe X, Yes, and No are all the same outcome, which is Borksen going back to her soldier friends, and all Morena actually wants is to get Borksen to use deal. Then the "small request" is a lil kiss, and Borksen can return thinking she won the game an unaware she's infected. We know from the rules that this will be the outcome. Deal allows Borksen to choose a specific card from her graveyard, so it appears to give her a ton of power. When Borksen's down to two cards left, unless those two happen to be X and Return (a 1/10 chance), Borksen knows that there's a chance of Morena picking her winning card next round causing her to lose the game. Since Morena goes last, then for Borksen to be 100% certain she can be left with X or Return, Borksen will have to pick Deal when she's down to two cards. Morena's set it up so her own actual goal is to get Borksen to complete the small request, NOT to have Borksen be left with Yes.

[@MechaNoodle]

Answering with Yes just seems like a cherry on top while no is less optimal but still an outcome Morena is fine with

[@alecneal602]

I agree! I think we're looking at a setup where Borksen ditches the "power" card (is she even certain this game is supernatural? Is she even aware of the possibility?), and is placed in a situation where she must either give Morena the smooch, or forgo her Deal card, both of which set her up to be contaminated.

[@azraeldusk2154]

But what does Morena get from this? Simply infecting Borksen with contagion doesn't ensure that Borksen will play the game. The only thing she'd gain - and this is only implied - is to be able to tell Borksen's location. There's no need to go through the card game for this. She could have just kissed Borksen and released her.

[@mahmouddagher5127]

Togashi is a big fan of card games he was even friends with kazuki takahashi the author of yugioh to such an extent where the authors note in chapter 391 was him reminising about laughing together about each other series

[@jawsh5628]

Yeah, the nen system lends itself perfectly to card games too bc there's so many rules and restrictions that could be applied. Someone in this universe likely has a Poker ability that's probably one of the most powerful abilities in the game lol. LET'S GO GAMBLING

[@longrua1231]

>Togashi introduces new card game >Most of the options in it are an excuse for exposition Many people have been complaining about the text dumps, so I guess he wanted to make it more entertaining in a way.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I don't think he cares about the public opinions, or else the manga would be radically different than it is. Since the beginning he makes some decisions that are not the potentially most pleasing one to the public... and we have to assume he does it on purpose because he is a genius and a manga veteran. His breakthrough was YYH, that made him rich (for manga author standards in the 90s) before even starting HxH. He breaks some "conventions" that are easily expected from this kind of work that is action adventure with energy powers, and as he is getting older he is caring even less about delivering the "ideal shonen" that the average audience wants to see.

[@azraeldusk2154]

@@carlosaugusto9821 The "ideal shonen that the average audience wants to see" isn't even what the average audience wants to see. It is what Jump (and every other Jump) are sure will sell numbers, without risk. But it is not like we don't know that publishers care for what will safely make money, and not for what will necessarily make for a good story. Cause, even if they can overlap, the former isn't identical to the latter. Despite the long hiatuses, HxH is still among the best selling manga ever. And it is no secret that letting an artist cook can yield better results than restricting them. That said, Togashi *does* care what his audience wants, and he has said he is willing to cater to that by making creative choices they will like. But he will still make his choice from among stuff *he wants* to write. That's why YYH ended prematurely, because Jump was not allowing Togashi to do what he wanted with the series. This was even mentioned in his apology letter (aimed to the readers) after YYH ended. Even though, in hindsight, the audience would have loved it. It is this hindsight that Togashi takes advantage off now with HxH - Jump fucked around and found out that allowing Togashi to do what he does best is a win win for both. He also was insanely rich even for modern day standards due to YYH. His net worth in the 90s was in the 1-10m USD range. His current net worth is over 30m. His wife's (she made Sailor Moon) is over 10m USD. Togashi has been writing HxH purely for the sake of creating art.

[@BeatEngine-qr7if]

I love how comfortable Borksen is in this situation. She’s just chilling on the couch while the mafia plays games with her life. It’s like Morena is on a first date with someone she met off Bumble

[@RoboBoddicker]

Morena: If the girl says No, then the answer is obviously No! But the thing is, she’s not gonna say No....because of the implication.

[@ofwolves1532]

I woke up like, did my nigga drop something for us today? Hell yeah he did. Let’s eat.

[@Dougurasufilm]

Who does the artwork for this channel, especially the style at 2:09 (and at other points in the video too of course). Do they have an instagram or something?

[@mrbriteside]

Would also like to know!

[@Kohle-c1y]

I know they use to shout them out on GLR a lot, pretty sure they use the same artist, and one of them sells prints/stickers Im pretty sure@@mrbriteside

[@LurkingLeviathan]

Same! I've been wanting to support them individually for a long time now and hope they have a patreon where we could purchase custom art

[@bluemassgamer17]

Perhaps Merina is like komugi. She instantly knows every possible outcome.

[@Duo_Fish]

Man oh man, how crazy would it be if it turned out that Contagion Game was actually the ability of someone that really doesn't like humanity... Someone like say, Gyro? If we ever get a focus on Gon again, having him pitted against Gyro and having to relearn nen would certainly be interesting, especially if Contagion Game is an ability currently being spread back on the mainland. I know it's a shot in the dark, but that's what Hunter X Hunter fans are here for!

[@renren5394]

MIND BLOWN

[@strawberrymins]

I love how he can set up a bunch of things and then be like nah bruh and create a whole new scenario throwing out everything you thought would happen 👌🏾

[@sparkysatellite]

Don’t remember where I heard this but the QA card never mentioned that you couldn’t repeat a question twice, it was only softly implied by the rules of the QB card but since we’re all about semantics in games like these it could be a pivotal loophole.

[@Fushgy]

3:56 That background looks like the mansion from RE1 Remake

[@husam_abakar]

The thought the exact same thing

[@ryanchristenson1059]

I have a feeling Marena might end up being the crashout of the century, there’s no way that calm persona can be maintained forever with so much hatred

[@stick9898]

1:00 Morena Prudo meets Kyoraku Shunsui

[@pandanigg4]

*borksen ends up with the X card* Borksen: guess this is your defeat Morena Morena: Oh yeah......i forgot to explain this card........THE UNSTOPPABLE EXODIA 👹

[@sonicducktheinoccent]

Its crazy that an entire chapter was dedicated to learning about the ins and outs of a nen ability, and i still feel like i dont fully get it

[@carlosaugusto9821]

It's not certainly a Nen ability yet. If it isn't then the situation will be even more funny and crazy. But that still can be called typical Togashi.

[@Yodah97]

Welcome to hunter hunter. I've read the hisoka vs chrollo fight twice and I still get lost on some of the details.

[@Austib_]

I just dont see a world where Borkson walks out of this fine. Kinda feels like the card game is a symbolic representation of Morena’s experience with the world. From the moment they enter the “game” children are screwed over by their parents and have no chance of safety.

[@MrUnderlord666]

so glad every time i get a notification from you, dose of HxH right when i needed it

[@jawsh5628]

Morena seems very comfortable with this game. That makes me think that she's had this ability for a long time. Maybe this is her ability from the first time she played the contagion game, then she reached level 100, and now she's just unlocked a 3rd hatsu ability not yet revealed. That would be bad news. Who knows? Worst case scenario, maybe Contagion is Gyro's ability and he's started the beginning of a worldwide catastrophe.

[@lynxwilliams4839]

I was thinking along similar lines.

[@Dillanger]

Omg i just realized what the hair reminds me of, its Guile from streetfighter 🙏

[@azraeldusk2154]

Fun fact: the dealer in card games, in Greece, is called mother.

[@Zenaltra]

Greed Island is my favorite arc, so I'm all for more card games

[@Lamsan02]

Hisoka: can I like... Use the cards to kill someone? As in... With the edge of the card. Morena: no, but you use the "transition" card. This card gives you the chance to ask me a question. But it also makes the game transition to an entire different game of shogi. Then, if you win that game, you have to flip a coin. But the coin has to ALWAYS land standing on a side. If it doesn't... Well, armageddon. Hisoka: man this boring af. I'm vanilla. When do I fight someone? Gon: I feel you bro.

[@aceclover758]

I can see why Hisoka doesn’t like facing against abilities like this Gon would’ve been at a huge disadvantage this arc since things can’t be solved as simply “raw power”

[@johanbostrom4825]

I do belive she has already been kissed, and granted contaignon. The game they are playing is Morenas other abilety to enforce rules to participants of contaignon, seems as an appropriative condition. In this case the game would exist only to speedrun Volksens Levels

[@xManzi]

So we had card games while sitting, card games while standing completely still, card games on motorcycles and now we have card games on boats🥳

[@heyclore5728]

a sofa vs a good gaming chair

[@tonocruz2729]

Bro Togashi is killing it but you my guy, props for keeping up with everything Japanese and all

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

This game made me remember the hxh mobage cards. I'm surprised you haven't made a video covering them.

[@demkadeem]

the deal card is also a catch, because we assume bork would use it to try and revive the X or revive card, but depending on which is in the graveyard morenas request could be “i request that you don’t revive the x card” which also amounts to a wasted turn

[@noahwilson3809]

Morena out here making the most violent leper colony to ever exist, lol.

[@blaky626]

Yall think the Melodussy makes Mac n cheese noises into a melody

[@Pyronek]

….

[@Weisior]

Borksen: "Am I going to die if I quit the game" Morena: "NO and YES"

[@ahmedayubkhan1361]

9:22 i was thinking the "being efficient" part might be referring to the troupe members headed to the Heil-ly hideout, since presumably these guys already know that through the mole

[@Stads100]

Thanks again for the great breakdowns Liam, especially the deeper meaning behind the original Japanese release of the manga - this is stuff us English speakers would never pick up on without your help. I had a crackpot idea - Is it possible that part of the Heil-Ly Family's plan is for Borksen to get manipulated into joining the Heil-Ly via the negotiation game and then killing some of the other members present in the base? As part of Contagion's ability, a member killing a nen user gains 10 levels. and from the end of Chapter 405, Level 51 appears to be some kind of special Nen power spike. If Borksen joined at level 1 and was forced to kill the 5 non-Morena members of the Heil-Ly family, she'd instantly get a Nen ability and have it power spiked at level 51. Borksen getting this ability might be enough to trigger some terrible event during Halkenburg's funeral, and ignite the powder keg that is the ship. In terms of evidence, note there are exactly 5 non-Morena Heil-Ly members present at the negotiation game - probably just a coincidence, but it would fit. Also, it may justify what Morena wants to "Make sure she doesn't say No" - if she says No, they might be forced to just kill Borksen, while Borksen leaving the game via the X card might allow for other options. It sounds completely insane to imagine the Heil-Ly family members offering themselves up for death like that, but I'd consider that most members of family seem committed enough to Morena to die for her, and probably don't value their lives too strongly having joined the family in the first place. Plus, it's possible that they themselves may be psuedo-coerced as part of the negotiation game themselves. It certainly would be a crazy moment to reveal just how much of a puppet master dedicated to the destruction of the world Morena is!

[@Rakoru]

Honestly I skimmed through the explanation in the manga and was waiting for your video 😂

[@thecollectiverisk]

3:15 in and wondering if Killuah and all his siblings are just nen conjurations now

[@THATGUYKAii]

When the world needed him the most, he delivered!

[@mek42434]

This arc might be the best anime arc ever if it happens

[@Yodah97]

Hey, all the talking and thinking will do wonders for the budget. They can probably get 24 episodes out of this for the price of 12.

[@twoquarterz]

Reading this chapter immediately reminded me of Power Pros Baseball, a HUGE Japanese franchise known for its deep RPG mode that utilizes a card-based system to select dialogue options. I cant help but wonder is this is the inspiration behind Morena's negotiation game...

[@MightySuki]

We need Gongi as Board Game, we also need Greed Island as PC or PS game :) And now this card game as TCG :)

[@gabrielgoes0]

This doesn't make sense as a TCG since there are only 12 cards tho

[@MightySuki]

@gabrielgoes0 Oh my bad haha

[@someshs4379]

Is it just me or anyone else thinks parallel future is hard counter to this Ability. Especially if 4th prince breaks 1 sec barrier.

[@TJ_Leaf]

I think the restriction on Morena's ability is that to play the card game, you have to put your opponent in a situation where you can easily kill them. That's why Borksen is surrounded by Morena's disciples, even though she can't use Nen, just to guarantee that the condition is met. If Morena wins, she gets what she wants. If the opponent wins, they get to leave unharmed or Morena runs the risk of dying or losing her Nen if they didn't, something like that.

[@cacodemon9219]

Ahem. Melodussy.

[@Adolfkitler-u9u]

What the fu-

[@shamaniccolonic777]

Get out

[@guanglaikangyi6054]

Give it a rest, will ya?

[@aleksanderzaremba9695]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@elegantlechonk]

​@@guanglaikangyi6054 can you explain pls

[@blxknxir]

That new game plus analogy was exceptional. Well played

[@ribonder]

I like the fact that after Morena explains that she is the parent and Borksen is the Child, she gives Borksen the order to turn the cards on Borksens side around in a specific order. That could be a condition because why would they be not face up as Morenas cards when she has to explain the rules first anyway?

[@JLaboss65]

I love the way Borkson and Volkson are both valid translations

[@gibarel]

I think selecting the "explain power" and stalling for time might be the best option, especially since you can find out why they are in a hurry.

[@WarriorVeldoren]

The yes, no, or silence parallels pre Hunter exam Doki Doki Quiz so well.

[@sophisticatedEnjoyist4102]

If only the negotiations game properties had the property of rubber and gum😂😂

[@salvos98]

i'm just waiting for the question "how do i win this game?"

[@Kudos2me11]

Or Morena is Gyro, whose Hatsu is to transform into people he's killed, and then he was infected with contagion, reached level 20, and developed a second Hatsu aka the negotiation game, and then he/she reached level 100, and became a patient 0 and started his own game of contagion. Effectively giving him 3 Hatsus.

[@aimilioscomics]

Great video!!

[@gabrielgoes0]

The small request being a kiss is a very smart move and I really like this idea, let's see if it wilk happen or if maybe Borksen will find a way to perceive Morena's intention and find a way out of it (though I don't see what it could be right now)

[@xuhiken]

I have the feeling that the request will be, not to join the family herself, but to directly do the thing that she is supposed to do. Like kill the fourth prince for example. I'd see that as a way easier thing for Morena to convince Borksen then the vague proposition of joining the Heil-Ly . But idk...

[@bluegetsuga8396]

2:55 Kinda like in Astro Royale. Maybe not. The word "adopt" was used.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

The "No" card likely causes backlash towards the dealer or allows the player to reject the request and leave the game with impunity from the dealer and their allies, so it would be the worst outcome for Morena under both these theories. The "X" card for no answer probably causes no effect and ends the game, allowing other means to be applied to coerce or use Borksen for their purposes still, but it would be more difficult and less likely to be effective or some other undesirable reason.

[@Hambuga97]

Been looking into double speak and lying without lying for this new chapter I really hope Togashi continues their conversation

[@mRboylls]

If morena is ever animated I’m gonna be so down bad.

[@Dylan-vd4qy]

Maybe also the time issue, might be that the longer she takes to come back, the more suspicious the others guards will be

[@reapersilthos2]

just a thought I don't think he will ever return in the series but I could see Gyro working with someone like Morena since they have very similar goals of upending the world in some fashion.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I'm so ready for the inner monologuing and action in 408

[@mohammednabil9429]

Thank you Finally someone explain the game for me 🤩

[@Ryukeshun]

Love your videos, hxh the best

[@kvandenburg]

Weekly Melodussy update: i hate it

[@Tomiwa101]

Give it a rest.

[@bluecocacola]

*taste ​@@Tomiwa101

[@sabel119]

morena might have more than one plan according to the final card, maybe if borksen got the x card they will let her go but apply a surveillance ability on her so they can spy on the military, maybe they even want her to go back and inform the royal army as a part of their scheme, also borksen joining them wholeheartedly after learning about morena's goals isn't that far fetched

[@jebbush6657]

Not sure why people think there's a time limit or time consequence to the game itself, i thought it was pretty clear that the time limit is external - Morena wants to finish and recruit Bork before either the Troupe busts in or something changes dramatically otherwise with all the other events going on

[@jasonbolding3481]

a veteran nen user seems unlikely to immediately go "power". They would know that some of the most powerful abilities have conditions of explaining the ability so it would seem like a trap.

[@drewg6092]

Forget the melodussy comments im obsessed with morena. Shes one of the most interesting and appealing characters any manga has been blessed with.

[@JustJakeTravel]

Togashi's troupe & V drake shoutout! Great assets to hxh fandom

[@brettwallace7687]

I would love to find out that contagion was not originally Morena's ability. It could have fun implications (but maybe make the arc longer indirectly).

[@cjizzle1001]

Typical Togashi writing the most complicated kiss ever

[@ابوجدوع-ق6ث]

‏‪12:47‬‏ it's not grand line review it's new world review book asset

[@NotToBeConfusedWith]

Man. Thanks for this

[@zcyrapdx]

Plot twist: Giro is the one who passed contagion to Morena.

[@Lloyd00]

I have to believe Morena fully dominates this situation then later she uses it again against Kurapika, Chrollo or 4th prince fully confident and gets decimated

[@lynxwilliams4839]

I’m so glad he said that Contagion might not be her ability because I’ve been thinking the same and I felt like I needed a tin foil hat. My personal theory is that it is Beyond’s ability and she is unknowingly helping him. I also wonder if the request could be something like “Help our mafia faction by protecting the 4th prince” then is she ends with the “Yes” card she has to help them and that’s super vague but if she ends with “No” she can no longer protect the prince. Or maybe something else with that kind of double meaning that makes both “Yes” and “No” equally bad options.

[@Tortilla.Reform]

Missed opportunity to call it “Nen-Gotiatian”