I Was NOT Ready For This

[@MrBonzeMedal]

One of the things that really hit me was when the Troupe were looking for Sarasa, how optimistic Uvo was that she was ok. Definitely reminded me of how Gon was when he convinced himself that Kite was alive. I can see why Nobunaga was so drawn to him after Uvo’s death.

[@jonathancruz915]

I noticed that too 😫

[@Gaboxxy96]

There’s also a lot of similarities between Gon and Chrollo, both of them were pure-hearted and curious kids that sacrificed all of their humanity in order to avenge a friend. Hell, Chrollo even looked like Gon when he was a kid.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

So nobunaga may have been like the killua to uvogins gon

[@thetopmotions7189]

The comment about complementing the assistants is funny because the forest is one of the rare times togashi actually DID draw the background, he was complaining on his twitter how the work never seemed to end

[@Mr.Badoogle]

@Tats McGee twitter.com/Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp?s=20&t=ajmphJHBOet5YMPf8qUacw

[@4rch0711]

@Tats McGee "@Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp"

[@IllIlIl.]

@Tats McGee @Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp

[@Weisior]

@Tats McGee Oh boy... Is Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp telling you something?

[@PanSangex]

yeah! i went back to see the tree drawing and there are a couple tweets about the never ending adding details to that scene, that was the master himself with backpain and all!!

[@DoctorrDude]

"Paku wanted to thank you" scene makes me weep uncontrollably given everything that's implied, how the PT would have reacted seeing how Gon wound up in the Chimera Ant arc after going on his own revenge tour. Probably wouldn't care at all, but the idea of them remembering the kid who Paku wanted to thank throwing away his life for revenge just like the PT might have is just very softly crushing to me

[@franki1990]

Fuck, thanks for adding another layer of pain to all of this, it is never ending, like life itself. That's why I love this series.

[@luckyseer]

One small correction, you don't need to use gyo to see aura, just need to have your aura nodes unlocked. Gyo allows you to see nen hidden by In. Still means that Machi was a nen genius though.

[@mb7626]

Makes sense with her crazy intuition that she’d also be able to sense aura I guess.

[@egusisoup1826]

@@mb7626 That makes a lot of sense. Also explains how her skill is focused on precision as well

[@chad63]

you need gyo yo see in tho

[@dontworryaboutit5490]

@@chad63 that’s exactly what they said

[@bran4422]

🤓

[@alvariuztheplug5728]

I loved how Chrollo's face was the same as Kurapika in this moment, that's a face of sorrow and deep hatred. That's the real message of HxH monsters breed monsters, and it repeats throughout the series. And throughout real life

[@slevinchannel7589]

HxH fans are uncoordinated and scattered af. Visible not only in the following of content-creators, with fans of Rion Studios or Amagi maybe not knowing the go-to KZbinr for all things hxh-related: New World Review, and the fans of that guy maybe not knowing the Amagi or Rion Studios. C'mon, people, do 'something'!

[@RamzaBeoulves]

Chrollo refusing to tell the others the content of the letters shows so much character He was a shy, frail boy who'd accept unfair punishment and now he's standing up to Uvo. This and the absolutely chilling way he was drawn in the last chapter as he was voicing the villain. Simply brilliant

[@Courier_Seven]

So chrollo is essentially the "Human and child trafficker hunter" Honestly way more relatable than I would've ever imagined. Bravo togashi, these dark, disturbing subjects need to be touched on more because in reality it happens way more than ANY of us would ever be comfortable with.

[@Courier_Seven]

What I meant was it's relatable to look at how inept the world leaders and their systems are and to then want to form a group with people you know and trust to create metaphorical webs to ensare and apprehend the most vile and wicked among us humans in the name of vengeance for the innocent that were lost to their madness.

[@ghoulishtheories7979]

@Private Weaver Where did you even read that? Stop trying to start drama to fulfill your own amusement.

[@joshshrum2764]

And we had assumed he was just the nen ability Hunter, but nope.

[@hgjhgjhjgh]

Does chrollo have a hunter.license?

[@jmal8053]

Now that togashi telling phantom troup's story at the black whale, there is no doubt the killers must be in the same ship.

[@jomarfelisilda9679]

maybe one of the 4th prince's underlings.

[@ashleycoburn9770]

They already killed them.

[@aldokurti3272]

They are literally foreshadowed as tserriednich's boys.

[@hiuer1945]

I can't help but think that they're related to Tserriednich. Dude skinned multiple women after forcing full-body tattoos on them so it'd be no surprise.

[@hcchjvdhcb]

@@ashleycoburn9770 not confirmed if they did or not

[@cinnababy6331]

One thing I’ve been wondering about for ages is why Chrollo’s reaction to Shalnark and Kortopi’s deaths was more pronounced than to Pakunoda and Uvogin’s. And I figured it was because Chrollo connected the dots and realized the latter two’s deaths were thanks to Hisoka, which made the former’s worse. Well, I think that still plays a role, but it’s also possible that once Chrollo knew Kurapika’s motive, it became understandable. Not forgivable or allowable by any means, but it made sense and was fair. Meanwhile, Hisoka is out here brutalizing the Troupe and *putting their bodies on display* for a trivial reason, just like Sarasa’s killers. Edit: I should note that he never saw Chrollo’s reaction to Pakunoda’s death. But he’s clearly functioning pretty well up until Shal and Kortopi’s deaths.

[@petargolubovic5300]

That's a brilliant find! It would make complete sense.

[@ChristUponus]

Hisoka is like sarasa's killers x10. Tseriednich x20

[@moni7803]

I was wondering the same exact thing and this makes perfect sense to me

[@lourdf0x]

Because kurapika didnt mutilate uvo's body he buried it. Im trippin

[@hariman7727]

Pakunoda sacrificed herself to protect the Troupe. Uvogin died trying to restore his wounded pride and they created their symphony of death with the various mafia forces. Shalnark and Kortopi were killed brutally and suddenly for Hisoka's fun/vengeance, and because CHROLLO had them help him defeat Hisoka in the first place. So with Shalnark and Kortopi, it's not only personal, but Chrollo hates himself because he caused their deaths with his battle plan. Also, Hisoka doesn't butcher innocents for fun... but Tserreidnich does.

[@denusklausen3685]

This backstory makes sense for Chrollo and explains why he lowkey was ready to die when he fought the Zoldycks. As it often is with these tragic villains, they fight because of some shiver sense of meaning left behind from their origins, but really they seek conflict so they can eventually be beaten and be freed from the world that hated them.

[@meepcow6848]

Reminds me of Alucard from Hellsing

[@JDWalker495]

When I saw the girls corpse and the letter of how proud the killers were of their work. I couldn’t stop thinking about the 4th Prince. If they haven’t found the girl’s killers, I keep thinking about the 4th Prince and his pride in turning women into horrific ‘art’

[@Cipher_Paul]

It could definitely have been him considering how he is a few years older than Chrollo.

[@PPKNexus]

Yep, spot on! My feeling is it was a younger and less refined Tserriednich. He was probably only just beginning his killings back then and had not yet perfected his art.

[@kapsi]

That would be a bit too convenient, I'm thinking it's some random guy that will die horribly when they find him.

[@Ryuksgelus]

Why do people think their world is that small? There are thousands upon thousands of traffickers, snuff films, and people into that stuff in the real world. It's like believing some sick Saudi Prince is directly connected to a random snuff film created 15+ years ago in Columbia.

[@chad63]

@@kapsi youre underestimating togashi it would be an excellent tie in to the whole story of the spiders and why theyre in the boat with the prince as well and not just for hisoka

[@Freefidy]

kurapika vs Uvo really hits on a whole new level now, understanding how Uvo probably felt about the questions he was asking right before killing him

[@ibrahimsurti4922]

Screw his ass Well others will join him now

[@DreamcastSummerSongs]

@@ibrahimsurti4922hater

[@LadnoMuun]

​@@DreamcastSummerSongsif @ibrahimsurti4922 is a hater, then that makes two of us...

[@shirothelacraiasempena4704]

@@LadnoMuun Corny

[@DreamcastSummerSongs]

@@LadnoMuun please shut your mouth

[@KatherinaBathory]

I loved that this episode basically told us that Chrollo created the dark web

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Bruh... 🤯

[@franki1990]

*Mr. Robot flashbacks* Damn, We're broken...

[@hunyodaisynueve]

I literally cried when I saw the little girl inside the bag. It hurts my heart deeply seeing an innocent child in that state 😢

[@lowendpotion1393]

Couldn’t agree more 😢

[@joshshrum2764]

And yet my heart rested softer knowing she at least was stitched back with nen, and given a proper burial instead of just leaving her due to it being too traumatic.

[@cheesetomeetyou]

The u.s. and mexican government work with traffickers. Sad, but the real world is just as gruesome. If the u.s. truly cared, they'd label cartels and human traffickers as terrorists and easily destroy them all in a year's time tops by using the military. They can most likely track all their locations with satellites too. The technology is there, but they don't care. Under Biden for instance, 85k/350k unaccompanied children under the government's watch (i.e. the kids and government workers made contact) were trafficked. It's so obvious which side they are on.

[@cheesetomeetyou]

The u.s. and mexican government work with traffickers. Sad, but the real world is just as gruesome. If the u.s. truly cared, they'd label cartels and human traffickers as terrorists and finish the job all in a year's time tops by using the military. They can most likely track all their locations with satellites too. The technology is there, but they don't care. Under Biden for instance, 85k/350k unaccompanied children under the government's watch (i.e. the kids and government workers made contact) were trafficked. It's so obvious which side they are on.

[@André-b3w]

Sadly they did the same AT LEAST 128 times

[@momame8258]

I’m pretty sure Togashi also worked hard on the forest panels because he tweeted two tweets about it in like two hours

[@alpacarice2304]

In the York New arc, Nobunaga(and probably other members too) said that Machi’s intuitions are accurate, so this aligns with the fact that Machi was born with the ability to sense aura and probably sense basically anything more than others.

[@panthaazmee7389]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that chrollo's first time using nen subconscious was while he was on stage, performing for and with his closest friends, as an actor, "copying" someone else

[@15Jin15]

good eye

[@kiratwo4u]

it's more like acting than nen

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Remember, a person's personality can be a big part in finding their own hatsu abilities

[@cynthiawu7170]

Amongst the large number of things that happened in this chapter to mull over, I really appreciate that Togashi did not show any of the characters unlocking aura and having a "super saiyan" moment in the forest. Instead he allowed us to fully absorb and respect the tragedy that was Sarasa's abduction and painful lonely scary and horrific death. And then he gave us (and the troupe) a quiet peaceful and actually pleasant moment where we could all say good bye to this little girl. Unlike pretty much every other anime that uses a tragic death of a close one to provoke a transformation, Togashi puts a distance between the tragedy and the transformation. This ensures that the transformation does not eclipse the tragedy and then in many ways cheapen the death. But he also allows us to see the transformation as not one forcibly placed onto a character in some contrived melodramatic fashion... but as a CHOICE. Their abilities will be inspired from this moment but not in a blast of mindless emotion. Rather, to be deliberately crafted after reflection on what this moment meant to them. Am I the only one that sees Machi's threads as a tragedy now? I mean, she doesn't create a power to PREVENT death, or to PROTECT people from harm. Instead just one to fix people up AFTER death and harm happen. Almost like she has already, at such a young age, resigned herself to the fact that kids and friends will be hurt and killed and there is nothing she can do to stop it. but at least there may be something she can do to put some of the pieces back to together after they are broken. I guess that is a result of all these poor kids growing up in Meteor City where they have already witnessed so much tragedy and are already treated like nameless trash. Chrollo clearly shows us he understands what he is doing too, that he is choosing to be the villain, what that means, he will be killing many people, how he will do it, creating a "safe haven" for criminals (promoting large volumes of evil to capture one monster/group of monsters). He chooses to walk this path in the calm after the storm and not screaming at the sky after opening the garbage bag. Then, Togashi also shows every other troupe member making a choice of their own. No one is forced into this unknowingly. No one is in a frenzied soul destroyed state. Still sad, yes, but calm and with their wits about them. They all make a choice. Sheila leaves. No one stops her or makes her feel bad about it. All the troupe members raise their hands (Machi half rose her hand... fitting? Maybe a sign that she agrees with the part about finding Sarasa's killers and not forgiving them, but does not believe that Chrollo, or anyone, can prevent this from ever happening again?). Ugovin's choice is perhaps one of the most interesting (and beautifully illustrated). He does not need to choose to be a villain in this moment. He already chose that. I am not saying he is a one dimensional meathead. He is not. But he clearly has been on the "thug" side of this life and embraces villainous roles stating his goal is to be the world's greatest villain earlier already. His choice was NOT about walking a path of villainy like Chrollo was asking the other kids to do. His choice was to give up leadership to Chrollo. Something he was not willing to do before. He was the king of his trash heap. He wanted to boss everyone else around. It was "his" tape. HE would be the villain even after the slam dunk performance Chrollo just did. But now. When Chrollo asked him to be the leader.... Ugovin chose to follow Chrollo. I am constantly amazed by how well Togashi writes stories and characters.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

If this were any other popular anime, I'm sure they would've made Chrollo look at the sky with his mouth open and eyes popping with all that screaming and drama.

[@abstrakt5809]

Love the points you make in this comment! Togashi’s ability to craft a realistic portrayal of grief and giving his characters the CHOICE to become “evil” instead of some half-baked power up from Sarasa’s death, was a great decision from a storytelling perspective. Even having Sheila leave and it never being brought up again was an amazing way to show that no one was forced in their decision. Completely agree with your points! Loved getting the Troupes backstory and now I’m feeling even more empathetic towards them. Even if they are gruesome killers lol

[@joshshrum2764]

Luffy, crashing into shock over ace dying, and chrollo, reacting with emptiness, and trauma are some of the best reactions to death in anime, though i do feel like chrollo, still unlocked aura there he just didn’t let it flow until he was ready to start hunting after the snuff killers which birthed skill hunter which makes sense I’d like to see his proper awakening to it though.

[@nanamoon2538]

@@FayeLawnKrack3dluffy💀 but I still love him

[@mekmmerkrk]

Great comment and great points!

[@joaofelipesiqueira21]

The parallels between how Killua and Gon dealt with Kurapika's vengeance and how the troupe did is so deep, Pakunoda is such a great and real character

[@KHmixerX]

I cannot begin to explain how valuable these chapter breakdowns are for me. HxH frequently goes over my head despite it being my favorite series. These videos really help me understand it all better.

[@CharTurner6928]

same

[@Leo199_2]

In chapter 95, Neon's father, Nostrade, tells Kurapika that the most important thing in this world is information, and those who has information about the future, is the ones that has the power to rule the world. And when Nostrade is saying this to Kurapika, has a panel that shows the space. In chapter 387 when Tserriednich get how his ability works, he says that with this power he will be able to dominate the world, and in this moment has a panel of the space too. For me, what Nostrade tell Kurapika, was like a warning, like: you better work for me, because you don't wanna be my enemy, cause I have the power to see the future (referring to his daughter power), and that was Togashi hinting that the final enemy of Kurapika was gonna have the power to see the future, and this person is Tserriednich. In chapter 397 Chrollo says that will create a place(site) in the internet, that at that time was in development to be available to all people in the world, and this site would be for people that consider what those fuckers did to Sarasa, as "art". This site it would be basically a trap, where they would be able to find out who did those things to Sarasa, when they shares the video that they recorded on the site. That is what I think the name of "spiders" mean, they were like people who created a "spider web" (the site) waiting for they preys fall for it. In chapter 343 Mizaistom tells Kurapika about a site in the dark web, that is a place for people that like these types of things, like body parts, dead bodys etc. people who think that these things are "art". And was in this site that Tserriednich share a video of the Kurta clan eyes that he posses. In chapter 345, we see a guy that works for Tserriednich, that keeps bringing him womens. In this same chapter Tserriednich himself says what he do with these womens: "if I'm skinning pigs and monkeys, it's just dissection. what I seek is art produced by youth with a future put in an extreme situation. a synthesis of the arts ." If you are not dumb, you get that this is basically what those fuckers did to Sarasa. In chapter 348 in Tserriednich's room, we see a guy making a tattoo on a women, and this guy has a lot of tattoos himself. In chapter 394 Tserriednich's soldiers says that these tattoo artist guy was a Heil-ly family's member. In chapter 395, in the last page of the chapter, we see the guys that are kidnapping kids in Meteor City, and one of the guys looks identically Tserriednich's tattoo artist guy from chapter 348, even the tattoos looks identically. In chapter 394, we know from Tserriednich's soldiers, that Tserriednich is evil since he was young. In chapter 397 Chrollo says that those fuckers recorded what they did to Sarasa, and they consider what they did as "art". We know from Tserriednich's himself that he likes that too, and not only he likes, but also, he do these things with a lot of womens as is was a normal day routine, and he calls this "art". The tattoo guy, was one of the guys that did that to Sarasa, and he at that time probably knew that Tserriednich likes that type of things. Those guys probably sell to Tserriednich the video footage of what they did to Sarasa. In other words, Kurapika already knows about the Kurta eyes in Tserriednich's possession, but he still doesn't know about Pairo's head. Tserriednich probably has the tape with the footage of what those guys did to Sarasa. When Kurapika see Pairo's head, and Chrollo sees the video of Sarasa with Tserriednich, they both will enter in rage mode, and they will go "berserk" against Tserriednich to kill him. Of course, probably because of the resentment that both has against each other, and how both killed people important to each other, I doubt that they will make a strategy together to take down Tserriednich. But, they both will go at the same time to kill Tserriednich, and during the battle they will see that will have to at least put aside they hate against each others for a moment, and work together to defeat Tserriednich.

[@akshatmalik5643]

Now this is a good break down

[@Wynn_The_Gamer]

This is a good theory

[@kurtmalaran8107]

that's dope!

[@mdc7081]

Good pick up on the details, but I don't agree on the Kurapika-Chrollo team up.

[@King-mz8xe]

​​​@@mdc7081 they definitely aren't gonna team up but good theory nonetheless

[@marngamarx5787]

i found the state of sarasa's body to be eerily similar to how Hisoka left Kortopi's body when he was killed, what with the dismemberment and all, which probably enfuriated and upset chrollo even more. i also thought that skill hunter may have been develoed as a result of chrollos ability to put on a wide variety of voices - being able to use lots of voices informing his skill to and use lots of abilities. very interesting writing, as expected of togashi oh and a final take away, the way Chrollo describes the murder as the killers 'art' really makes me think of tserreidnich, if it is true that the troupe / kurapika / tserreidnich are a sort of trinity destined to kill one another and perhaps even take the black whale 1 down with them, it would be equal parts fascinating and dark lol

[@uchiwamadara4614]

@x 🪐 doesn't mean it wouldn't bring back a past trauma of his dead freind when he Kortopi body. Him becoming a ruthless killer doesn't take away his past trauma.

[@kratosgow09]

True also Hisoka placed Shalnark's body on a swing for everyone to see.

[@PetarBladeStrok]

This chapter made me cry. Gut-wrenching chapter. One of the all-time best of HxH. As if I couldn't love the Phantom Troupe even more.

[@joshshrum2764]

It’s all I’ve needed really, but more kurapika in the very newest chapters is really nice.

[@DanTheYoutubeAddict]

6:32 I haven't read the chapter myself (and probably will not), but what you just said about how Uvogin refused leadership and instead nominated Chrollo made me finally understand why Uvo was so unwilling to tell Kurapika what he wanted and even sacrificed himself to keep the Troupe secrets safe. Excellent job connecting back to that Togashi.

[@caliqm2199]

Why would you deny yourself the joy of properly reading such a good manga? Experiencing a story like this through a review of all things seems like such a waste

[@BennLuvsYou24]

This arc definitely enters the realm of the dark chapters of YYH and going even darker. The Mukuro story in YYH was so effed up and these HxH revelations are challenging that.

[@fightingdreamer8681]

Yeah while reading this chapter I thought of the Black tape and I suppose what the killers did to Sarasa their actions would qualify in such content. 📼

[@Bador]

The current batch of chapters just gets better and better with each chapter. Cant wait for the next one.

[@rhaws2683]

hi

[@khaliaf]

Where are people reading these chapters?

[@slumpedjonn1878]

@@khaliaf I use mangadex for early scans bc a lot of the time the official translation is worse but i use manga plus app when the official drops

[@khaliaf]

@@slumpedjonn1878 Thank you!

[@venkateshp1609]

Uvo's Enhancer character trait (simple and determined): 1. He was the first one who said Chrollo not to cry, and assured that Sarasa might have got hurt and stuck somewhere 2. Second, when the troupe found Sarasa's remains hanging from the tree, the first one to speak was Uvo, who was implying that they won't know who it is until they check it.

[@franki1990]

That's why they grief so much after. Like Gon did.

[@josiahlikestodance]

Every time I think I know how messed up this chapter is, someone points out something else that makes it just that more stomach turning. I never even thought about the whole watching others die. Because they are all very much still young children. God the amount of trauma they all take on for the sake of their friend is both incredibly sweet and terrifyingly heartbreaking

[@mickoandrada4115]

Dude! I just realized it makes sense that Nobunaga wanted to recruit Gon and Killua in the Yorknew City, since he probably saw the innocence in their eyes just like they used to be as a kid. But we all know that after Gon have experience the death of his friend/comrade he actually went nuts and sacrificed himself to gain powers for his revenge againts Pitou. Probably the same thing why Nobunaga stopped Feitan killing both of them during the arm wrestler. It just makes sense to me.

[@everythingsfine1395]

Killua wasn’t innocent he probably assassinated more and killed more than alot of spiders members. Killua was straight up assassins

[@haafeez903]

@@everythingsfine1395 nobunaga more exited to recruit Gon killua just bonus

[@stonecrow7913]

Don’t forget Gon threatened an innocent blind girl while he was losing his shit, you can’t tell me that he would stay sane if he saw Killua sliced up dismembered in a bag.

[@alexandriteqween9760]

@@everythingsfine1395 under the influence of illumi…

[@unkown981]

@@alexandriteqween9760 bro he is still a killer

[@GULLEYMANE]

they have a great backstory so far. still cant wait to see how the kurta massacre unfolds. somehow i feel like tsereidnich is the reason for both the kurta and the troupes downfall. and if thats the case thats going to be crazyyy

[@dariov99]

this flashback is just pure pain when you connect all the dots, the troupe is so well written. Can't wait to see the next chapters

[@coversforfun31]

I missed so much on this chapter... Thanks, Liam. This was the best NWR video I've ever seen, alongside with probably the best HxH chapters I've ever read. I'm really grateful to be able to experience this story once again, especially with you around to read so deeply into it.

[@killuafreecs4058]

What an insane way to bring the trees to life. This chapter was crazy and truly believe this arc is setup to show Chrollo as a possible future for Gon and how someone whos mentality evolved from a trusting and ‘loving’ for lack of a better word, to someone who knows the true nature of the world and how dark things can really get with no apparent reparation but revenge. W togashi.

[@Jon155mt]

Enough time has passed. Chrollo is the best character in HxH. After this set of chapters is over, everyone should DEFINITELY rewatch the Yorknew City arc. I know I will. It’s gonna hit so much harder!

[@poisonkiss201]

thanks for all the hard work you do in breaking this down and bringing it to life. much appreciated.

[@mr_0n10n5]

Reading the phantom troupe chapters kinda also makes the suggestion for Gon and Killua to join the troupe by Nobunaga makes so much more sense

[@TheZackofSpades]

Liam’s smile while talking about retweeting the tree as “what have I done?” just shows how much we are all blessed by the Togashj resurgence. Oh he got us. He’s on a tear.

[@patricknez7258]

I also think about Chrollo recognizing the threat the "Chain-user" posed. And if he saw some of himself in Kurapika.. And it's so sad how talented Chrollo was as a kid and how he tried to be a bright spot for the kids there.. until he became a bottomless pit of darkness that he brought all of his friends along into smh. I guess they prob didn't have counselors there for them.. But Chrollo went from Theatre Club President to leader of a gang of psychotic marauders in like, an afternoon 😳

[@patricknez7258]

You're right thank you friend. I think psychopathic maybe is what I should have said

[@thekerminator6521]

I have hope that HxH will continue semi regularly. If togashi can keep cranking out these 10 chapter batches maybe 3 or 4 times per year I have full faith in the future of the series

[@tommy5205]

3-4 times is too much to ask for considering 30-40 chapters is what a healthy mangaka would produce in a year and Togashi certainly isn't healthy. I'd say 2 patches is the most realistic thing we could ask for

[@speedyplayz23]

Even monthly chapters would be ok

[@napoleon8017]

Thats not semi regulary, thats straight up regulary...

[@lucasrxrxx1859]

@@tommy5205 2 packs a year is even opmistic

[@GoDUsopp-gk2fx]

I'm ok with 10 per year

[@LurkingLeviathan]

I love how Liam has taught me to react to Manga over the years I described this chapter as "stupidly good God level writing" to my roommate. I love Togashi so much 😭 💓

[@bigbuddydaddy]

Makes me want to reread Yuyu Hakusho, AGAIN. I just wish he could return to it. I feel like Kuwabara deserves his wedding to Yukina... It's the most consistent character aspect besides Kurama's love for his "mother''. Also, I'd love if Yukina somehow knew all along that Hiei was her brother...

[@kinyasdemli4383]

I wonder if 4th prince will be the villain where the kurapika's and chrollo's story combines. Like 4th prince wanted the eyes and only reason to kill kurapika's whole town was to get closer to 4th prince, or something similar.

[@M1st3r.V]

I find it interesting that the one person that connects the troupe to kurapika is also the person to walk away from the troupe when they decide to risk it all. And with a disheartened worried look. My theory is she got caught and let sarasa take the fall, the troupe wont hear about it till much later. ⭐️ -.-💧

[@Waybackwhennn]

Very interesting theory, that could be how she blamed it on the Kurta.

[@ChristUponus]

When did she get caught???

[@Waybackwhennn]

@@ChristUponus He means, she nearly got kidnapped by the Mafia but she let Sarassa get kidnapped instead.

[@elyx314]

The chapter shines by its sheer simplicity. Simplicity is for me the highest level of writing after establishing yourself as an author that can manage complex and intertwined stories. Togashi is a master. Also the message left on Sarasa's Body isn't readable but at the end you can see a twisted smiley ":)" on the bottom right corner.

[@HappySourPuppy14]

Does anyone remember when that one guy survived Franklin's shooting at the underground auction? He told Feitan and Franklin that they'd get tortured and cut up for what they did, and right after he said that Feitan killed him. I think because of what happened to Sarasa, Feitan was really angry at that man for suggesting that they could do the same to them. like how dare you guys try to kill me like how you killed my friend sorta thing

[@mk_-8794]

He told Feitan we won’t just kill you but your families aswell. Feitan cut his head off and said “Family…. What’s that?” So cold

[@ezer570]

Yeah.. 👍

[@ChristUponus]

I also think the whole ability feitan created. Pain for power, is sort of relevant somehow.

[@drewpaupanekis4710]

I mean not really, he killed him because he was rambling about stupid stuff like killing their family. Feitan’s words were “family? What is that?” Like the idea of them having a family is laughable. In no way they showed anger at the gangster rambling.

[@ashadowintime7305]

he wasn't angry at all. a reason why i dislike these theory comments is people making sht up like that..

[@matthewk320]

beautiful research man. this chapter became much better after your video. This is the reason why your job here is so great. Thanks

[@sabor3541]

I am so glad I watched this video, i missed so many of the important points you were talking about! This chapter hits WAY harder now😭

[@jovan9989]

It is not only about Togashi's health, his father apparently passed away last month.

[@unkown981]

So...... hiatus X hiatus is back

[@ThatsCrazy482]

@@unkown981 Have some humanity....jesus

[@Ryuksgelus]

@@unkown981 He was 93 so good chance he didn't just abruptly die. Probably been prepared for a while.

[@Lilsonya262]

@@unkown981stop you should be ashamed of yourself

[@romdom9406]

Not cool bro wtf

[@mr.gorehowl5160]

I have finally caught up on reading the manga and wow this chapter hit me hard . Made me Sad when seeing how cheerful the group was and what they have to become in order to complete their mission 😢

[@benvanuchelen9734]

This chapter is amazing. The following only occured to me while watching your video: cutting somebody up like this, then setting up the remains in this way, delighting in the pain it both did and would cause, this sounds exactly like Tserriednich. It wouldn't make much sense for Togashi to create a flashback this well... 'impressive' unless it was to setup a crucial payoff in the succession war. Togashi has been setting Tserriednich up as an near undefeatable nen user, similar to Meruem. One who can only be stopped while they are still relatively inexperienced - if then. And then it hit me: Kurapika will team up with the spider to destroy Tserriednich. The phantom troop massacred the Curta clan to draw out the kind of people who would kill children in this way, and we can infer that Tserriednich was one of the people offering rewards for Curta eyes (as he owns quite a few). The spider's don't yet know he's Sarasa's killer. Uvo didn't even remember the Curta massacre. It was just part of the blind, unending violence they have been perpetuating ever since, to set a stage which would draw out Sarasa's killer. Just as all of Kurapika's actions are meant to place him in the path of such killers. The spider and Kurapika share the same pain, they are acting against that pain in parallel ways and, if all this is correct, their pain has the same origin. Kurapika is exactly the kind of person who would see it this way. He has to kill Tserriednich to keep Wobble alive, but cannot do it alone. It all fits! And in the long time it took to write this, my mind is still blown :D TL/DR: Theory: Tserriednich killed Sarasa. He's ultimately the reason Kurapika's clan got massacred. Kurapika will team up with the spider to destroy Tserriednich.

[@YunH827]

This chapter also explain why the troupe doesn't seem to have that much interests in finding Kurapika

[@aintijustthecutest3863]

Thank you so much for this insightful review of the chapter. I really appreciate all the things you pointed out that gave more context to the story. Especially, the one with Togashi's first Twitter post of the tree where Sarasa was hanged, that one was fucking dark, in the context of the thousands of people who liked and expressed happiness on Togashi finally continuing the story, without knowing what the panel was about. I laughed at a lot of memes concerning that damn tree, and now that I know what it is, I'm just dumbfounded. I just thought to myself, "Togashi... you sick fuck." in adoration, of course. 😂

[@jacobgallegos8762]

I just hope togashi doesn’t make the Kurta clan evil to make the spiders look less bad

[@voidnoidoid]

Same, and I think it would be better writing wise for it to be a misunderstanding.

[@airbornetortilla9489]

He would not do something idiotic like that LOL. He hasn't let us down so far come on.

[@lg77718]

This chapter really is a huge revelation on how the Phantom Troupe came together and explained their purpose of committing such heinous acts. The fact that they wanted to open up Meteor City to criminals and villains to catch whoever killed Sarasa is indeed smart, these Spiders setting up their web. Also the fact that Gyro is still being hyped by Liam is awesome. Cannot wait for the next chapters of HxH.

[@NeXus49]

I really don't want spiders to die because now I love those people more than ever, making them one of my favorite characters in hxh. :CCC

[@thunderearthfire3619]

Chrollo: So, If I ever see Sarasa someday, somewhere I'll beg for forgiveness. Sarasa: You were suppose to destroy the murders, not join them!

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

Tbh I would find a twist where someone who was a member of the Kurta Clan being the one who killed Sarasa. It would make tragic sense

[@TheAndrewPlayz]

The spiders didn't kill the kurta clan, chrollo was just talking about how he'll use technology to create a terrifying image of the phantom troupe so that the Mafia will never come near meteor city to kidnap children, and he'll become a "villain", what probably happened is that the kurta were massacred by the Mafia, and since one of the phantom troupe's friends went to live with the kurta clan (we see her leaving in the end of the chapter and we know she's a childhood friend of kurapika) chrollo got worried and went to check on her, after finding that she died he probably wrote the message to hint that they did it. So kurapika has literally been helping the real ones that killed his people (the Mafia). That also would explain why when kurapika asked if uvogin remembered killing them uvogin didn't know who he was talking about.

[@akshaymanoj5285]

I had the same Idea, it makes sense considering one of the princes has all the kurta eyes too

[@rikley8153]

But UVO remembered those eyes

[@beyond5405]

Uvo remembered the Eyes + he said they were strong implying he fought them

[@matheusgoularte5008]

@@beyond5405 or he see them fighting

[@beyond5405]

@@matheusgoularte5008 true

[@stephanhart9941]

A Requiem for Uvogin is a must-rewatch after this chapter!!!

[@kallax7172]

I assumed chrollo got the inspiration for his nen from his ability to play multiple characters in the dub. Being able to wear different masks and emulate power while having none of his own

[@André-b3w]

They must have created so many "artistic serial killers" that wouldn't have existed otherwise. So many Sarasa's besides the Children in the Kurta Massacre. They are literally worse than those murderers

[@Unknowngoldfishz]

this chapter just hit different

[@gary7846]

2 paths: - sheila is good, want to be a hunter to help people, actually teach pika out of kindness and the one reported the massacre - sheila is bad, is spider, tricked pika, is a scout to trace the kurta clan bonus: - sheila is evil, isn't spider, is pariston, hurt the things she love, tip the mafias causing sarasa death

[@jmal8053]

J.E tv content

[@zyonicyt]

Or that Sheila is good and the Kurtas killed her.

[@fatstackzthagreat9934]

That pariston theory is dead, debunked, non existent

[@gary7846]

@@fatstackzthagreat9934 fr? well i didn't expect it to come true anyway lmao since the hisoka is illumi theory

[@memb.]

im betting on the bonus one

[@JMCxNeo1225214]

Tying Sarasa's murder into the succession war: if they have not yet found her killers, I think it could be reasonable to suggest that maybe it's a certain artistic, murderous prince that is particularly fond of dismembering females. His age seems to be around that of the Spiders (or at least close enough that he could have been at the age of a psychotic child who was capable of such murder, or ordering his subordinates to do it as he dictated and watched).

[@firasabouzaki7805]

I see what you mean but in the manga it seems to me that the killers did this for there own enjoyment’ “ we’ve filled our quota for the government, let’s go on a good old fashioned meteor city hunt”

[@JMCxNeo1225214]

@@firasabouzaki7805 I mean, I think 4th prince's motivation would also be "for his own enjoyment." You make a good point about the quota for the government, though. That was a line I completely forgot about and that would seem to remove any possibility of it being Tserriednich.

[@nitrofuze6907]

@@JMCxNeo1225214 you could also look at it as the boss influences how his subordinates behave. So if the boss is fucked in the head, then most likely his subordinates could pick up on his weird habits. A crooked foundation creates a crooked building kinda thing.

[@MrLukhut1]

@@JMCxNeo1225214 The government doesnt have to mean the government of the area, just the "government" they order to. Which following orders of a prince would technically fall under "government" work in terms of their employment.

[@JMCxNeo1225214]

I guess it could still be related to Tserriednich if it was his subordinates fulfilling some twisted duty for the Kakin Empire and then moving onto something for the prince personally. Whether he was actually present or not, if it was something that he had directly ordered his subordinates to do, or just something they enjoyed doing on their own (either by influence of the prince's twisted mentality, or just being twisted themselves and thus making for perfect employees of the prince), that could still be a way for the responsibility of Sarasa's murder AND indirectly the genocide of the Kurta clan to both fall on Tserriednich. That would make for a super interesting revelation later on. Maybe even cause Kurapika and the Troupe to join forces to kill the prince. Thanks for helping me not talk myself out of my own hypothesis, y'all! 😂

[@j4nk3n]

I think this chapter gives us clues on how chrollo came up with his bandits secret ability, literally stealing the secrets of any bandits lured to meteor city in his trap

[@Universum]

This left a pit in my stomach. I'm so close to empathising with the Spiders, and I honestly should have expected it knowing Togashi.

[@trollsofalabama]

I think you only need to use gyo (enhance your eyes with nen) in order to see concealed nen, when someone is using zetsu or in, if I remember correctly.

[@husseinmasri901]

Video Idea: Make a video explaining everything we know about Meteor City. I've watched the anime a long time ago and read the mange from where the anime ended, so there r a lot of details that I forgot/don't know

[@aceclover758]

When I was reading this, I saw Gon if he didn’t have his friends or family to help steer him away. Gon is also lucky to not have lost anyone but Kite, who Gon unlike Chrollo knew Nen and just threw it all away

[@patricknez7258]

"These last few chapters have re-contextualized so much of the series." 💯 I keep thinking about Yorknew City too so true

[@capitanspoiler7393]

i'm betting the troupe already found and disposed of the killers, as in "the guys who actually DID do the deed", but they also discovered (probably thanks to Pakunoda) that the job was a commission for a certain prince of a certain empire that's currently on a certain ship shaped like a certain whale.

[@abdirahmanomar8984]

I was waiting for you to talk about this.

[@allenalphonse4962]

Troupe is so cold

[@rudypeal6489]

I’ll never reread that chapter ever.

[@allenalphonse4962]

Chrollo is goated

[@Waybackwhennn]

Uvo*

[@Gaboxxy96]

9:06 You don’t need Gyo in order to see natural aura, though. You only need it to see aura that’s been hidden with IN.

[@cnfss]

Bro just skipped 396

[@traumfan77]

For the views and algorithm. A passive chapter without with just build up wouldn’t have done that great. It’s all for the views

[@masakVT]

holy crap that video was awesome! Even tho it's actually been a while now since the chapters came out, I still like to look back at them, since i am a sucker for the phantom troupe and espeically for Uvogin- So at first it made me so happy to actually see him in the manga again but now watching this I do feel really physically ill- it's so godly written and it gives me goosebumpsall over my body. Espeically bc of the entire "they had to watch actual people getting murderd in order to find that tape"- It reminds me of the scene in which Kurapika asks Uvogin before their fight what he feels and thinks while killing innocent people and he just dryly answers "Nothing. Nothing at all" I have no words- dayum...

[@CancerSenpai]

I'm actually more hyped up to watch your take on the new chapters than I am to read them myself. Great use of you nen ability, my good sir.

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

3:55 Children are often used in snuff films.

[@gary7846]

machi is interesting cuz she has good intuition, not just women intuition, after it is revealed she can see aura. she must be talented

[@erik9243]

What is women intuition?

[@gary7846]

@@erik9243 it's like trusting your gut and being correct about it

[@maxacorn]

1:04 that panel is the one of the most chilling things i've ever seen when i first read it. i mean, you knew going in that it was gonna be bad but the question was.........how bad.

[@m3gahurtz]

Gyo is not necessary to see aura, Gyo is necessary for seeing In. As aura flows through the body (and eyes) you will automatically be able to see aura that is not hidden.

[@PepeMetallero]

these chapters were a breath of fresh air from the over explaining and introducing more characters every time a new faction is introduced

[@Jragon_Baller]

I actually cried reading this chapter. I don’t even think one piece made he feel so horrified before

[@DolphinSMG]

wtf in one piece would make you feel so horrified 😂

[@attilamert6973]

One piece?????

[@Tae-Kwon-Dovahkiin]

@@DolphinSMG Op has some pretty fucked up moments, it just has a much lighter tone than hxh. Example being young big mom accidentally eating her friends and foster mother

[@lilveltheplayer2164]

@@Tae-Kwon-Dovahkiin But it didn't explicitly show it though. HXH would have shown it or at least made it more clear like with Reina and Kurt being eaten by the Queen.

[@patricknez7258]

Awesome point about the tree tweet! I didn't even realize that holy crap. That's brilliant and twisted. Like Togashi channeling his inner serial killer or something 😅

[@TheeBigSP]

Sarasa's dëath has a lot in common with Tserriednich's victims. Would be crazy if Tserriednich's 1st mürder was Sarasa, then he contracted the Kurta Clan to bring him more victims. Kurta Clan starts taking kids from Meteor City. Phantom Troupe tracks down the Kurta, harvests their eyes, but realize they weren't responsible for Sarasa.

[@MN-fw3tk]

The Kurta are isolated and reserved people. It's possible that they were framed, but I highly doubt that they had any direct involvement in the kidnappings. I didn't get that vibe from them at all in volume 0.

[@TheeBigSP]

@M N that Kurta thought could be too much of a stretch, It just feels like the Phantom Troupe is taking a full-face turn before the fight(s) where members die.

[@SheetsInc]

We're not so different you and I trope. My favorite.

[@AlertAndStop]

Where is the ch 396 yt video :(

[@TheRealChacorta]

I love coming here, Liam, sincerely. Don’t even read the manga but I love your videos

[@bewareofgoose4509]

Where is 396

[@R.E.Pofpeace]

I think that Sheila will return as one of beyond neteros group that wasn't seen when ging first met up with paristin and the expedition crew.

[@terencejean]

i've never cried so hard reading menga or book actually the sadness which brings is like losing a dear friend weirdly

[@Yamicam.]

York-New City arc going to hit different now.

[@ronaldsteele4773]

What really hit me is that exactly what happened to their friend years ago is what is happening now with Hisoka... essentially, a crazed madman is killing them off for no reason other than for the enjoyment of it...phantom troupe members fining their comrades killed and dismembered....brings new light to exactly how Chrollo is feeling about Hisoka

[@fan4every1lol89]

Hisoka isn't really Killing them bc for the fun this time tho, obviously he loves to but its because of chrollo spoiling their fight

[@alexandriteqween9760]

The website is the Phantom Troupe’s own version of chapter black.

[@ceumadorgas9407]

This chapter really reminded me of Yu Yu Hakusho. the tape. chrollo's innocence broken just like sensui's It all comes together, Togashi probably has seem some shit as he is writting about the hideous acts of humans for some 30 years.

[@s11ramosn]

I've been waiting for this review! I was curious what you thought about it! Glad it's out.

[@andrewrobinson2187]

Is hunterXhunter your other favorite anime

[@lucaschaves5114]

bro what

[@lukassjoseph4934]

i love how everything always comes back to gyro😂

[@patricknez7258]

I agree this gives much more depth to Chrollo and Kurapika as foils. I think it shows how superior Kurapika is to Chrollo too. At least in terms of character. Chrollo went straight dark side and brought his friends deeper into the darkness w him. Kurapika is more lone wolf and hasn't needed to resort to becoming a monster like Chrollo has. Kurapika is a chad compared to Chrollo.. Also good point about Gon and Killua helping save Kurapika. And how the whole Troupe were just like, "Yep. Guess we all become murderers now." 😅 Almost immediately like wtf lol! They were already psychos I think