The Biggest MYTH In Hunter X Hunter!

[@DanVerbatim]

Real life dark continent being Australia isn’t too far from the truth lol

[@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451]

No, it's Africa. At least according to Magi.

[@campreestie6092]

@@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451 mate we have a plant that stings you so bad people commit suicide. Gimpy gimpy plant

[@mnonodzilala8508]

Chimera ants definitely from Australia

[@ides966]

There's a ton of beasts lol

[@junejune4850]

Or Florida

[@MrJoshdude101]

My 'read' for Ging leaving Gon with Mito was to give Gon the chance at a regular life. I like to imagine he believed that if Gon wanted the hunter lifestyle and the dangers it presented, Gon should choose that himself before proving he can handle it.

[@Vraii25]

Nah the biggest myth is “how is Liam still have things in HxH to talk about?” This man made 200+ videos about hxh already (Jk, idk if it’s actually 200 + but he made shjt ton of videos already )

[@one.2622]

Ging said he was being selfish though...

[@SilverMontegiu]

Biggest myth is thinking that the Succession War is a manga ark, when in fact it's a novel with occasional illustrations

[@RaffyART1995]

lmao hahaha

[@Dash-lx4ng]

Dang

[@phoenixwrightirl]

That is the truest thing I’ve heard today.

[@thewakandankingtchaka5331]

and it's better for it. Though this is coming from a book reader lmao

[@idirbouchdoug1567]

If you read all of it you would know there only 4 panels like that in the whole arc . the rest is standard HxH .

[@lucystarlight8887]

Whether Ging abandoned Gon or not, it's not like he had much interest in raising him either way. We saw the way he acted during the Chairman Election Arc, he didn't even want to visit his son who was in a coma.

[@johnathanguerad8531]

He ain’t wanna visit him bc there’s nothing he could do Nd he knew that he also knew he wouldn’t die

[@darkmeruem992]

He knew gon would survive

[@lucystarlight8887]

Idk man if my son was in a coma I would still visit him even if I knew he would survive

[@extonjonas6820]

He knew he would not die? Let us not forget that he did not recover due to his own power. There was only one force in the known world that could save him and. He just happened to be friends with the guy who could use it. Ging did not know a thing. He probably did not want to face the fact that he is a pretty terrible father

[@jonathancruz915]

Ging was the boar "pig" for a reason. This is also why Gon never calls him "dad" when he finally meets him.

[@kibijuice]

I honestly think 2011’s “I need to find Ging to know what was so amazing about being a Hunter that made him abandon me” is way more interesting than Gon wanting to find Ging just because

[@HovektheArtist]

It just hit me as too close to yasopp and usopp

[@PerformanceMatrix]

Did you not pay attention??? A hunter must stay on the Hunt and ging was thee best he was to busy doing missions and he always know Gon would follow in his footsteps just like he didn’t go to the hospital because he knew he’d survive. Maybe you should go watch it again.

[@itachi-dm7wk]

dawg what is the attitude for lmao there was 0 reason to be hostile at all

[@zachabsher8546]

Same

[@snapeinvader]

@@PerformanceMatrix He couldn't pop in at least once to show some kind of affection?

[@XiaosuRCT]

I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion of this video. Ging's first impressions weren't just straight up revamped(except for the 1st chapter dialogue in the anime), his character is shown not to be the virtuous hero he was talked up to be, but part of the point is exactly that yes, Ging is the dude with the feats and absurd power, who has done some major wholesome stuff, but he's a morally sloppy wildcard just as well. It makes his character have this duality between ''the impression of the people who he has helped with his power and goals'' and ''the people he bothers with his sloppiness and egoism''

[@deletedTestimony]

Agreed. I don't really see a contradiction.

[@Mr2dmonkey]

I agree as well. It's true, Mito did lie to Gon, but Ging did abandon his child. He never made an attempt to see him, nor fight for custody. He even tells gone via recording how he doesn't want to see him. So, again, he did abandon Gon. 😂

[@Dash-lx4ng]

I'm sorry I must be stupid because that sounds completely like nwr said it was do you mean he puts a different attitude on with different people? But I mean that's the same thing still, he's being completely different from what we are told I'd understand your point if there was other people who saw him like kite and gang but no literally every one in the Association doesn't like him even though they don't know him or is never constantly around him maybe if everyone in the association except the zodiacs saw him like kite and co did I would agree but it seems more like toghashi liking another idea other than his previous one and going with that.

[@dwayneadamsii4602]

I also never got the impression of morally good from the way ppl talked about Ging, just that he was impressive

[@Matty80822]

yeah I'd prefer if they don't sugar coat his character into having some righteous motivation. I like him as the selfish curious jackass that he is

[@atenji6725]

Like father like son.

[@DL-idk]

Even if Mito makes Ging give up his son, he could still choose to visit them tho. He could even do that in secret if she doesn't like his presence at all-he's THAT great hunter and she's just a normal woman. It's not like she would know if he comes to see his son every now and then. I remember reading about another father-son relationship in another fiction work. The father has been an alcoholic and an a* before the son starts his journey. But as soon as the son leaves home, the father kind of follows him in secret to provide some kind of protection because it turns out that he's one of the legendary figures in that world and he's worried about the son's safety. He only indulges in alcohol after the death of his wife. He's not that great as a parent, but the act does show that he actually cares about his son, just not in a cuddling way. Meanwhile Ging is being like: yeah Gon's in ICU I know alright... he's not gonna die tho because he's MY son. Nope, no need to get a glimpse of him because I'm busy- Being absent that entire time is largely Ging's own choice I'd argue.

[@Bernatoxico]

Now I wanna know which manga/anime u talkin about.

[@ingang8817]

If in that case, Gon had no reason to become a hunter. Ging wanted Gon to become a hunter and left enough hint for Gon to hunt him.

[@ShinseiX]

@@Bernatoxico I think it is dolou dalu. The webnovel is the best format. The comic is okay the cartoon I wouldn't recommend. It is chinese.

[@sethcourtad8733]

I don't know why, but I always thought that she made ging leave forever because he wouldn't stop adventuring. Like he'd come to raise gon for a few months then go off to a dangerous part of the world and do some crazy missions before coming back who knows when. Also Ging's abandonment is actually a Buddhist virtue, which is represented in the story in the way it causes no harm to gon.

[@Ludro45]

150%. Thank you for this comment.

[@codyh8186]

Yeah that was my thought while watching the video. Allows both versions of the story to coexist and make sense.

[@hydrocy.9165]

So never coming back is better than coming back after irregular intervals?

[@Ludro45]

@@hydrocy.9165 Considering the type of person Ging ended up being, yes. If you're asking about the Buddhist tradition though, I'm not sure what the thought process behind that is. And in light of what another commenter has said, if Mito took custody of Gon from Ging then it was obviously because there was evidence to support the notion of Ging not being a good father. It's clear he was not made to look after a kid.

[@ThatBoldStatement]

Mito used the court system actually. Sure you can argue "Ging ain't scared of the po po or people coming at him" but then the story is something entirely different. Imagine he did take Gon regardless. Suddenly Ging is a wanted man who kidnapped a kid and is basically on the run. If he isn't running he is beating up the police or whoever comes and it looks even worse. Once it was portrayed that she used the court system to take Gon the story would be a mess if he still wanted to be with Gon. Why did a court do that? Good question. We'll never know. In the best light Mito said Ging is getting into dangerous situations and its no place for a kid. In the worst light he was a deadbeat who was terrible. But both are completely speculative

[@PlagueOfGripes]

So Jing was made to give him up. All right. But... why? If it was because he was irresponsible and selfish and was not equipped to raise a kid, maybe it's not much of a difference?

[@louyki]

I think it’s because aunt didn’t want gon to be in danger because of jings adventures

[@coral3831]

Who is Jing

[@heyhowfang]

but theres a lot of difference in that. if what u said is the case Ging was still willing to take care of Gon but he wouldnt have a stable home and up bringing because Ging would've been still doing his thing. Mito and Ging basically gave Gon a chance on choosing what he wants to do instead of birthing him into the world of being close to a hunter.

[@tonyjr7986]

*Ging

[@zafiruzoma6234]

@@coral3831 sorey he meant GEENG

[@evcd4839]

Biggest Myth is that Hisoka put a condition on his bungee Gum, if someone knew about his power, his nen power increases

[@adamsabra2683]

He has to explain that it has the properties of both rubber and gum in every battle or it loses effectiveness.

[@niyasakyzoldyck1986]

when was this tell ?

[@adamsabra2683]

@@niyasakyzoldyck1986 (it was a joke)

[@akale2620]

@@niyasakyzoldyck1986 it's said in battle arena

[@julesrules5685]

@@akale2620 i forgot if it was said aloud but also in the dodgeball battle with razor

[@tatsusama3192]

Well, if you get down to it, in either the manga or the anime, Ging did abandon Gon. In the anime it was flat out and in the manga he was told/forced to. Different reasons. Still happened

[@SamTheGumMan117]

And still worst dad

[@snapeinvader]

@@SamTheGumMan117 I think that might go to Yujiro Hanma. Baki would love to have a dad like Ging instead.

[@liveraid3125]

I hope ging hired his adopted son razor in their field trip to the dark continent.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

What?

[@broidk8291]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 what don’t you understand?

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@broidk8291 I didn't know Ging had an adopted son.

[@mk_-8794]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 I hope he hires his entire greed island team. Aswell as Lerio since he likes him.

[@jonathancruz915]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 🤦

[@rusty2304]

The biggest myth is believing Hunter X Hunter will return. Edit: this age poorly

[@nd1106]

Ouch

[@emptyptr9401]

:(

[@pizzahut8482]

So pretty much bleach

[@petiteexplication6249]

After bleach's return ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

[@Daviyah_yisrael]

@@petiteexplication6249 you do realize the bleach manga was already finished since 2016 the succession war arc began in 2011 and 9years later still on hiatus and arcs barely even started ain’t no way anime’s coming back

[@sir.raphimrevelator8644]

HxH 1999: Kite is introduced in episode 1. HxH 2011: kite is introduced at the end of Greed island. Me: 2011 is inferior..... Y'all can @me! 😎 😂

[@luci4463]

And 1999 version kinda looks gloomy horror type which complements the story of hxh . 2011 version just has covered more story , and arguably the best arc was covered in this version of anime . However 1999 is just superior

[@Colorlightt]

Im kinda just blown away by how much can be said about one mans work. it really is amazing

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

Art bro👍👍

[@papayawasamoah816]

There are lots of inconsistencies

[@lexiferenczy9695]

12:04 I'm not sure if I can agree with you here. I think it's one of Togashi's greatest strengths to combine the former established with the new and unforeseen in a very satisfying way, with none necessarily contradicting the other. I mean even Mito saying that she made Ging to leave Gon doesn't clash with this still being Gings decision, which was probably still very much his own - knowing Ging as being this extremely self-reliant character.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Biggest myth is that Netero wasn't a furry but he clearly was just look who worked around him XD

[@dtri5592]

what ?

[@SamTheGumMan117]

@@dtri5592 Well I mean do you not remember the zodiacs

[@manguy01]

Mind Blown

[@SonGoku-nv5dl]

Dirty old man……..

[@Attsnor1]

if I remember correctly they dressed as the animals as respect to Netero and not because he wanted to.... Granted your version sounds funnier so lets go with that

[@PabloAntOyarzo]

Im amazed on how much content can you make with HxH while still being on hiatus

[@yg2373]

Fr😂

[@geni_fetahu]

When it comes to HxH ive only watched the anime and for some reason ive always felt there was more to why Ging abandoned Gon than what is shown in the anime, this explains a lot.

[@VeteranLekgolo]

How could Mito have made Gin do anything? She's not his wife. Gin gave him up, Mito pushed for him to do it, simple.

[@BellGrattz]

ging did not abandon gon, he just went to get some dar continent milk.

[@drawbyyourselve]

I still feel like ging isnt even gons dad. He probably snagged him from the guy writing the book.

[@broidk8291]

Too bad they look so similar

[@Eli-yk4ht]

They are literally clones of each other...

[@jonathancruz915]

Once face to face Gon never calls him "dad" . I guess that says something

[@drawbyyourselve]

@@Eli-yk4ht i think gon is the author of the dark continent books who ages backwards and forwards to stall time for writing, but he doesnt remember it.

[@ozark209]

@@drawbyyourselve close to myth or Gon is a disaster came from dark continent.

[@nd1106]

1. As an anime-only-viewer (until DC arc) I honestly do not remember having any issues reconciling the early myth of Ging and his actual introduction, also, it is unfortunately typical to mock great humans during their lives and then give them credit after their demise (e.g. Michael Jackson), so Ging being praised and hated is not difficult for me to believe

[@jumpnit3121]

The way I viewed it was Ging was a great hunter and a terrrible father so the two ideas are not in conflict in my mind at all. If you view only his acolaides from a hunter perspective he would be well regarded but as a human he is deeply fault not only to his son but to his closest friends.

[@NoobPlayMC]

Cutting the kite scene imo is even worse. It gave so much sense to him going completely mad in the ants arc after the kite incident, in the anime it’s like yeah ihnen you are mad but you don’t even really know kite wtf

[@meowww2707]

That changes my perspective a bit. First as if Gon know that Ging didn't abandon him it means that he's not just wanting to be a hunter but he also likes to know his father. In 2011 version Gon portrayed not caring on his relationship with his father he just want to know what reason a father abandon his child.

[@logical6317]

You should read the manga, its more informative than 2011 anime

[@TheZackofSpades]

So…the real myth…is that Ging needed any prodding to completely forget that he had a child. Gotcha. Ging may be a 3* Hunter, but he’s a 5* deadbeat.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

F U

[@TheZackofSpades]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 if that does happen and I become a father, I’ll be sure to be a better one than Ging.

[@voxomnes9537]

@@TheZackofSpades LMAO

[@jonathanpierre7193]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 ratio

[@Carlos-ne3zf]

@@TheZackofSpades not a very high bar to jump tho xD

[@dylcor]

“Like everything in existence ever, there are still problems” HxH stans hearing this: HRRRGGGHRRRRRR GRRRRRRR NO!! NOOOO NO NO AGGRHHHH NO! LIE!!!

[@zachrensberry2463]

I love your videos. I haven't read the manga yet but I like how you compare the anime/manga. Brings a whole new perspective on an already amazing story.

[@psychodryad]

Ging still abandoned Gon, there is no getting around that. Mito said she forced Ging to leave. You're telling me that Ging unwillingly let Gon go just cause Mito demanded it? If Ging really wanted to be in Gon's life, there would have been no force strong enough to stop him. In both manga and anime, Ging abandoned Gon. The difference is that in the manga, he did WANT to be a dad. That's the only difference.

[@christopherrivera1673]

I wouldn’t say he wanted to be a dad but that he was going to be one reluctantly. Knowing how well he reads people he may have expected Mito to take Gon off his hands, or he at least expected the possibility and hoped she would.

[@AstralTaurus]

I agree. Ging is one of the strongest hunters on the planet so i doubt mito who is a regular woman could do anything to "force" his decision. At the end of the day Ging wasnt done playing pretend with his buddies and was too selfish to share his life with Gon. Even stuff like greed island he partially made for the lols of it all.

[@christopherrivera1673]

@@AstralTaurus when Ging wants something he will not stop until he gets it. That “gleam in his eye” - determination - is what Gon gets from him.

[@killuel6578]

That's true, but it's also kinda of the translation's fault. In the original, Mito says: 私が　裁判であなたの養育権を　ジンから　奪い取ったの… Which would be more adequately translated as: In court, I took away the right to raise you from Ging. Which shows that external forces were involved (even though I doubt a person as powerful as Ging couldn't revert that). I started to learn Japanese because of hunter x hunter, cause I wanted to experience the original manga which I possessed, and now that I'm finally able to do that, I started to notice a lot more things, since I have only watched the 2011 version prior to this, and I have gained a lot more appreciation for this begging cause of that.

[@ThatBoldStatement]

Mito used the court system actually. Sure you can argue "Ging ain't scared of the po po or people coming at him" but then the story is something entirely different. Imagine he did take Gon regardless. Suddenly Ging is a wanted man who kidnapped a kid and is basically on the run. If he isn't running he is beating up the police or whoever comes and it looks even worse. Once it was portrayed that she used the court system to take Gon the story would be a mess if he still wanted to be with Gon. Why did a court do that? Good question. We'll never know. In the best light Mito said Ging is getting into dangerous situations and its no place for a kid. In the worst light he was a deadbeat who was terrible. But both are completely speculative

[@befrugalwithus]

Thank you for doing this! Not everyone knows this either. Ging left Gon in his grandma care not Mito. Mito was 14 when she first met Gon. So fun to know a 14 year won custody over the dad. Or could been more later on. But still kind of cool still.

[@charliemay3804]

Sounds like Ging was looking for an excuse to give up his kid.

[@RuneMedHelm]

See I took it as Ging was still helping Gon by giving him clue on how to find him and bringing him in contact with people who would enrich his life and help him grow. Ging sucks, but he definitely helped Gon a lot.

[@kakashisenpai2366]

Hey, I really like the way you explain and the hard work you put in the videos well thanks for explaining and decoding so much about different animes I really like your one piece 101 series nice work 👍👍🙂🙂

[@mk_-8794]

People always talk about morality as if it’s black and white. Morally good for one culture can be consider completely evil for another. That’s what Hunter Hunter is all about. Our hero’s that we follow are the bad guys for the chimera ants. I remember one scene where a human is pleading to Mereum and begging for his life and Mereum tells him when have you humans ever spared an animal being slaughter by the millions for our own selfish desires. We really think we are morally superior but no we are just as bad as the hunters or chimera ants in the anime.

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

I mean in general, basic morality is pretty similar everywhere. Be honest, don’t steal or hurt and all that stuff is pretty universal. I get what you’re getting at though.

[@mk_-8794]

@@JeffersonSteelflexx it’s not tho. Some places praise the theives and hate/disoby the law. Especially in poverty struck inner city’s.

[@snapeinvader]

Considering that humans don't feed on other sapient species, we might have one up on the Chimera Ants...

[@mk_-8794]

@@snapeinvader we steal, kill and rape each other. Used other humans for free slave labor. We bomb/nuke each other. To this day we still have children sold and used for cheap labor and sex traffic. Also some humans do eat other humans so we don’t have much on the ants.

[@technus147]

@@snapeinvader we eat basicaly everything and some other species are sapient though

[@briel0008]

Gon who was raised in a simple island still scares the shit out of a boy who was raised by a family of assassins. What would happen if he was raised by a strong hunter from the start?

[@asumi_channn961]

The biggest myth in HxH is that it’s coming back

[@anubhavsoni7620]

One day really soon hunter x hunter manga and anime back soon

[@WesternHypernormalization]

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[@Manticorpse]

The biggest Myth in the series is that some people still don't know that Bungeegum has both the properties of Rubber and Gum

[@sl1003]

Damn, that picture of Togashi made me realise that I never knew what he looked like until now.

[@rice_frying_shrimp]

The face reveal was really unexpected, holy moly, never went too far into your social media or other channels so I didn't know what you looked like haha.

[@one.2622]

Same

[@user-tz4yj2bz8w]

You never go agaisnt the official canon story, that's basically saying F Togashi, Madhouse dropped the ball there and screwed up the 2011 anime beginning. The 1999 anime even the 98 pilot episode adapted the beginning the way it was suppose to be with Gon meeting Kite first. Best way way to watch Hunter x Hunter will forever be the 1999 version and all the ova's up to the end of Greed Island and then switch over to the 2011 version for the Chimera arc forward.

[@ThatBoldStatement]

I've seen both. 1999 had a bit of filler that wasn't overwhelming. It also built tension and intrigue in a lot better way. The originals phantom troupe Chrollo capture arc was better and explored the psychology and moves more in depth. Unfortunately the Greed island arc wasn't done as well as the prior arcs in the original.. Both the ova original and 2011 made changes or neglected things in Greed Island. Actually I feel the 2011 version was an overall better Greed Island. Such as mentioning Aiai lightly for example. Also the originals Greed Island animation was pretty weak unfortunately. In the manga the Bellam brothers were mentioned as a possible issue as well. Mentioned by Genthuru and Goreinu. In the anime they showed up after Genthuru was defeated and glossed over.

[@silvastone1691]

When Liam called Australia the real life Dark Continent my brain was immediately like "sounds accurate." lol

[@THATguy-dx6bg]

Man you smooth with that ad in. Great work.

[@manguy01]

The 1999 anime explicitly states that Mito won legal custody of Gon. Certain manga translations also state this.

[@МагжанЖаксылык-м1с]

Sooooooo Ging was going to raise gon during his adventures ? Interesting scenario

[@p.o.p5570]

Actually the biggest one is that bangee gum has both the properties of rubber and gum

[@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451]

When will this end

[@PrasoonDwivedi08]

@@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451 the days togashi ends hxh. So never basically

[@coral3831]

Bungee*

[@tededcaluag2978]

I can't wait for the dark continent so we can watch the real deal and not just rely on theories and conspiracies, you make great contents tho

[@rainismmoon963]

Can't wait in 40 years 😭😭😭

[@lesvernornvienas8232]

I know I'm late but to be entirely fair. Ging really wants a kid, to the point he makes something as amazing as greed island as a toy for gon, He manages to raise one for two years while still hunting, and comes home to wail island to ask his grandmother to babysit while he does something dangerous, this results in him losing legal custody of his own son and being forced to leave him behind. now his own family (even worse that it's mito someone it was said he was incredibly close with) and the law considers him a lousy father unfit for looking after a child, and the person who took your child has made it clear they don't want to see you ever again. Can't really blame the dude for being a grumpy rude man over ten years later, and for not wanting to see the son he probably feels really guilty about having to leave behind cause no one thought he was good enough. i mean what happened would be soul-crushing to a loving parent which tbh we have no reason to believe he isn't.

[@theoriginaljean3917]

Togashi probably has 4 different timelines and explanations to fix and do justice to this riddle. It must be tricky fixing plot holes and inconsistencies the deeper the story gets, sometimes you’re forced to create asspulls or act like something was just a joke.

[@Souseitatsu]

I hope you and Grandlinewaifu are doing alright. Seems like Australia is running aground right now (even worse than America)

[@maneshwar9377]

Plot twist Gon is actually Don Freecss and Ging found him after Don went through an amazing nen operation that can happen only in dark continent to renew life so that he can finish the East Book for Dark continent. Gon will grow up and get the news from Ging when he's ready. I

[@agentchaos9332]

Problem with this is his adult form nen bargain would've had lasting effects if he was already an adult who'd reverted to childhood. Maybe he'd start having memory flashbacks or maybe the transformation wouldn't even impose the price of destroying his body since he'd basically be reverting back to his old self. Either way an adult who was turned back into a child using nen to rapid age into an adult..

[@coral3831]

Yeah no

[@zj989]

tbh i think it would be even funnier if the anime built up gings image, and then he ends up being deadbeat ging lol

[@Michael-uo8yv]

I like the changes to your channel ie. showing your face and congrats on the sponsor you deserve it!

[@rubikquitous8482]

Hi, im a new member. :) just recenetly came upon your videos Anime 2011 watcher here, obsessed with it. seen it over 10 times through and through Never read the manga.. now i will though. thanks yo

[@zahev]

I couldn't see the Full T-shirt, but your T-shirt is awesome, kudos for you Liam!

[@phoenixd2489]

Episode 14 of the greed island arc at 10:45 remaining on the episode if ya look in the background there's a guy that looks like Gign going into the card shop.

[@arcturusnight5670]

Don't let this distract you that hisoka's bungee gum has both the quality of gum and rubber

[@jumpnit3121]

Basically both are a distinction without a difference, Ging was not there thru his own choice to not be. They were not in hiding nor did anyone have the ability to keep him away if he so choose to come.

[@TheZackofSpades]

Yep. No parent gets points for not being there. History is littered with monarchs that provided all sorts of resources to their offspring…yet never got around to parenting. It’s not the same as a deadbeat, but it’s shoddy parenting all the same.

[@theyoungknight.3119]

Knowing Ging he probably gaslighted Mito into thinking it was her idea.

[@mrbruh5791]

U see I typed hunter x hunter and watched the old series for 😐 until exactly to where kite tell gon about search for ging and all the gon and fox stuff, becoming hunter, catch fish , I left at that point ,started watching hxh 2011 by again typing hxh and got really confused as to why it's different and looked it up and found they were different, they 2011 was better but I can understand why some may ,or may not agree , my impression was ging was a role model .

[@cynthiawu7170]

Ging can (consistently) be both likeable and despicable. It has nothing to do with Togashi changing the character. - Some people had a god like memory of him (Kite, Razor for example). These are people who felt they were "saved" by him. - Some people are irritated by him (most of the Zodiacs for example). These people have to work with him and thus rely on him to responsibly carry out whatever duties he would have been assigned. He doesn't even show up to meetings so one can assume he was very sketchy on his "responsibilities" in the Zodiac group. It would matter very little to these people if he has god like Hunter abilities and saves other people's lives if he drags down the Zodiac's jobs by not carrying his own weight. - Some people are enraged by him (Leorio lol). These people have seen him through their friendship with Gon. A kid who has not once heard from his father even while lying dying in the hospital. Mito is not strong enough to make Ging do anything. He could have easily snatched Gon out of her arms and walked off. He did actually leave Gon on Whale Island and never once contacted him directly. He may have had his reasons, but he definitely did abandon his son. - Some people like him AND dislike him (for example Wdwune, or Dwun - who starts by introducing himself as Ging's friend and then angrily calls him a jerk and rants for many frames about it because Ging bullied him into changing his name). These people have experiences with Ging that touch on both his good points and his bad points. This is not poor writing or forgetfulness or retconning a character. This is actually a very realistic way of portraying a multidimensional character. Depending on who you are and how you have interacted with someone, you will have your own impression of him or her. In fact, Ging is not even the only character in Hunter x Hunter for whom multiple characters have entirely different impressions. It seems like Togashi has deliberately written many of the characters like this. It's one of the many reasons why I think HxH still allows for so much discussion. :)

[@TDay-uk6dq]

hey man your awsome and sorry i can’t pay more for subtember also can you do a logia fighting tournament against someone else like a civil argument with another one peice youtuber

[@delvinn9871]

So Jing was made to give him up. All right. But... why? If it was because he was irresponsible and selfish and was not equipped to raise a kid, maybe it's not much of a difference?

[@eliack95]

6:54 You keep using this picture for Togashi and I still don't believe that's him.

[@TenebraeXVII]

Gon absolutely would not resent Mito for insisting that Ging leave him in the care of his grandmother and aunt because he knows that they both love him very much and took care of him and Gon's warped morality would cause him to view Mito as "a family member who helped me by raising me and enabled dad to go and do amazing things unhindered." As to the Ging who's built up versus the one we see, he's a mixed bag, split between the two ways we see people regard him. Kite and Satoz think the world of him as close student and dedicated colleague in the same field of study. Members of the HA in other fields tend to despise him because he usually makes no effort to interact respectfully with them and sometimes goes out of his way to antagonize them if he doesn't like them. The rest of his friends on the Greed Island team all greatly respect his vision and achievements but some of them (Dwun especially) can still be exasperated by his willingness to be completely unreasonable and arbitrary in pursuit of whatever he wants at that moment. Most of the people we see discuss Ging prior to his actual appearance have a slanted view of him emphasizing what's important to them about him where the real Ging as we see him operate isn't really any of those Gings but rather the split difference of all of those feelings about him.

[@low_vibration]

A always felt like ging definitely supported gon and mito financially from afar

[@obi_oma]

I find it hard to believe that Mito can "make" Ging do anything. Mito could have told him to leave, but at the end of the day, it's Ging's choice to leave. No matter which medium you consume I believe Ging did abandon Gon, but maybe just the reasoning changes.

[@killuel6578]

That's true, but it's also kinda of the translation's fault. In the original, Mito says: 私が　裁判であなたの養育権を　ジンから　奪い取ったの… Which would be more adequately translated as: In court, I took away the right to raise you from Ging. Which shows that external forces were involved (even though I doubt a person as powerful as Ging couldn't revert that). I started to learn Japanese because of hunter x hunter, cause I wanted to experience the original manga which I possessed, and now that I'm finally able to do that, I started to notice a lot more things, since I have only watched the 2011 version prior to this, and I have gained a lot more appreciation for this begging cause of that.

[@obi_oma]

​@@killuel6578 | oh that's interesting. I think that gives Ging a bit more credit. Despite that, he did still abandon Gon since, A. If he, being someone with so much power physically and likely socially, wasn't even legally allowed to raise Gon, he must really not have cared enough about Gon to be an actual father, and B. just because you aren't legally allowed to raise your child, doesn't mean you have to vanish from their life. Ging basically went "you beat me in court, so I give up. Good luck raising him, I'm out." which is pretty bad. This is probably a result of HxH becoming a much different world than Togashi had initially intended because I can't imagine the Ging we know today in a court battle against Mito over Gon, and if he did care enough to even participate, there's no way he'd lose with the amount of power he probably has.

[@NeXus49]

Great video as always... And I have a suggestion for another HXH video. That would be about how exactly works conjuration. I know you already made a video about this nen type, but conjurers can enchant their creations to some extent and I would like to know what the extent is. I literally studied nen for many hours but I didn't find anything like an exact definition. It seems like you can create things that have the same capabilities as some specialist abilities. (steal chain... I know the ability has to be equipped with using the dolphin ability... but stealing alone seems like specialization. I have a theory about how conjurers can create these abilities, but I would like to know your opinion on this topic.

[@olivergreenwald2083]

I would actually say Ging's character is pretty consistent in the story. If you view it from a casual observer perspective where if you only know the surface level of his character (brash, blunt, and aloof to put it lightly) you can only see the rude irresponsible Ging. As you get to know him more you can't help but be in awe of his drive and ability. This is shown with the eventual acceptance from Beyond's team where Ging started off having the worst first impression. As somebody that had an actual mentor relationship with Ging, it would make sense that Kite held Ging in high regard as well. This falls apart a bit as Satotsu from the hunter exam had quite the high impression of Ging despite having never met him.... but can be explained if he only heard of Ging's achievements or heard about him from somebody else that had more intimate knowledge of Ging. Or his opinion was so high because he never met him. In any case. Great video. Love the content as always.

[@magmahypnosis]

Thor throws the ball... "That's what shonen," falls over... gets back up, "heroes do"

[@c-jay2042]

I think I get WAY too much satisfaction from getting these questions you give right

[@ilyanmorjane4929]

Always here for the story

[@chelsymcclinton8799]

😂 I love ging and our sweet liam here😂

[@stormcutter59]

Even Togashi himself isn't a 100 percent perfect writer it seems.

[@E6PO1]

“I come from the real dark continent….Australia.” ROFL that was so real, like he wasn’t joking look at his eyes

[@Austin-fh2ui]

I don't think it's as much of a change as you think it is. If Ging didn't want to give up Gon, he didn't have to. What was Mito going to do, rip him from the arms of one of the strongest hunters alive? She told him to give her Gon because of how dangerous his lifestyle is, and he gave him to her. She didn't force him to do anything, she couldn't. Ging willingly gave him up.

[@clintflippo917]

Am I the only one who found it extremely underwhelming that Gon traveled on this world spanning adventure to find his almost mythical living legend of a father finally to reunite...at chairman election committee.

[@somethingneeddoing021]

Lol whenever I try search up your channel now it just gives me reviews of the game 'New World'.

[@drakobby6418]

Been waiting 😭

[@acenovaYT]

I hope hunter x hunter will become some sort of rpg basically for some reason killua and gon meet up again to set out to the dark continent and they just keep exploring and stuff getting powerups and debuffs fighting creatures in there. I know im taking it lightly, but if you stretch it out it could work like that its larger than the continent everything up untill now has happened and for all that we know time, space, physics, nen could work diffrently, so if they get stuck there anything could happen, like for example they meet netero on one of his expeditions or they find the same fight he had vs meruem, his actions get changed somehow and he has the choice to return back into the world (if ite the fight against meruem he gets to choose it might be even cooler as evil meruem might get introduced even saying komugi survived and he spend his last moments with her wouldnt help as he killed her due to his radiation they would actually have to beat him) Hopefully its like an infinite anomaly the further down you go the wierder stuff gets, since everything is random stuff that can help you out exists (like super armour nen potions or like a pet or something), but it would be hard to survive and find it. The dark continent might even be scaled to how strong you are when everyone enters or the way gon gets trapped in there is special so gon not having nen wouldnt be a problem he might be shown the entrance to it and get transported by accident, some new nen mechanic could be nice like perhaps having his refined and super strong aura blocked makes him not age as its one of its abilities, so with time dialation by the time killua and everyone else make an expedition he could have been fighting dark continent creatures for an undefined amount of time barely alive by the end of it as he wouldnt have much to eat drink unless he finds something in the dark continent. By that point Gon has unlocked the use of his nen surpassing all humman limitations basically he can use the amount of aura he used against pitou without struggling his anti ageing stops as his aura is unlocked depending on how it happens he might have aged a little during the time he spent regaining the use of nen. Gon could then push and train nen even further since he would be that powerfull by just letting his aura out, without using any of the more refined nen concepts or pushing his limmits. What happened to gon could be used as a new training method (not sure how anyone trying it would forcably block thier own aura but i could see it happening) This would not only make killua catch up (timeskip perhaps), but would put the dark continent within the reach of other hunters in a few years (either timeskip till here or after gon and killua have thier first aproved expedition after killua catches up to gon in terms of nen ability and he would either deduction or gon telling him why he thinks he powered up to that extent, to do so he could use his almost life long friendship with gon as a nen rule to gain power the same way gon did and with the use of alluka restore his body just like it happened for gon basically recreating what happened to gon, then he trains untill he regains nen perhaps there is a reason he needs to do this relating to the dark continent and they set out for an expedition when killua first starts to regain nen).

[@Moltar666]

Love your videos, glad to be here!

[@enriquemerino8244]

This has been the most impactful video I’ve seen of yours, I had no idea mito originally lied. Honestly this was really important (forget that Ginn is portrayed as a bad person because of the change). For me, it affected my whole view of Gon’s initial rationale to embark on his dangerous potentially life altering journey. In the real world if someone cheats on you or abandons you and doesn’t want anything to do with you, you forget those people because you don’t need them in your life. Gone could’ve stayed in whale island fucking bad bitches and taking care of mito (which moto is both his mom/dad). The only way I was able to keep watching the anime even though this bothered me, was because I kept reminding myself that he’s just a kid that doesn’t know better.

[@aurid6838]

does Liam know the existence of HunterxHunter 99? The way he mentions the year 2011 everytime seems like yes but haven't seen it maybe? The feeling i had when i watched it was that yes, i knew Mito won the custody but also his father abbandon him?I don't remember the exact reason for making me see it this way. Plus that anime has a very dark tone from the start, which i liked. I remember being very disappointed at first watching hxh 2011

[@Mhopson968]

Its funny because i read the manga first and had a pretty favorable impression of ging, i think he's a great character for all the buildup he got. All my anime only friends just think he's a deadbeat though 😂 I didnt realize it was an adaptation difference

[@Mhopson968]

The removal of kite bothered me because it makes gon make way less sense during chimera arc. It goes from the first character we meet in the story dying brutally, to someone who's kind of a stranger in the anime

[@Kalernor]

But the first episode of the 2011 originally aired in October 2nd 2011, while the first chapter of the chairman election arc (chapter 319) came out in October 8th 2011, so that couldn't have been the intention of the anime producers with this deliberate change. Also, with regards to Ging's character "changing", I think chapter 1 still fits with what Ging ended up becoming, because it justifies Mito's behaviour of forcing Ging to leave Gon (because he was a bad dad).

[@forkpapi]

148 eps in 6 days, impressive

[@Teddy_Gautier]

The answer is rather simple. You gotta go off of the character Ging ultimately became, so yes he did. You said so yourself, we can’t take whatever Togashi designed, in terms of a character, at the beginning of the story to mean much because he changed it up later on to be closer to what he really wanted to do. So yes, Ging did abandon his kid. Still, I enjoyed this video. Good work

[@smooth6837]

I like the face cam! Nice change in the last couple videos

[@ms_go_away6129]

I actually have a small theory/head Cannon myself. I like to believe that gene had multiple children since he wanted multiple kind of successors so they can go to the dark continent or at least have a greater chance of going to the dark continent, at the end of the series, he says that he wants what he doesn't have, and it's most likely he did have multiple children so he could at least have a better of chance of going to the dark continent, plus, he said that he wants what he doesn't have, and if we're going with actual Canon here, gone is his only child, and son, most likely that he doesn't have a daughter, he would have a daughter since she doesn't have that or have multiple children in order to increase his chances of going to the dark continent. He didn't say what limits he has when going to the dark continent, he would have multiple children in order to increase those chances if one of his children doesn't end up going to the dark continents his life would have been for nothing. Well, of course, this is my theory. When referring to the anime a, of course, I have not read the manga, but gene in them, Anime seems like someone who is willing to accomplish his goal at any means necessary, no matter how long it takes, and even if that means having multiple children with may be multiple different women, he would do that in order to accomplish his goal.

[@ShuOgawa]

I literally just watched gone with the wind 2 days ago. Never wouldve recognized the reference if i didnt

[@tess4940]

But… ging’s character was the same when episode 1 of hunter hunter 2011 aired… it was only different thereafter.

[@JO-sj6iy]

I'd have to disagree with the conclusion that it was a good fix because it was "a better reflection of Ging as he would become." They just flattened his personality to "selfish asshole." He's a great hunter and a great person, but he's also abrasive because he's so independent and does whatever he wants/feels is right. When you have a character like that their reputation should be dependent on how close people really are to them. Those who only know his deeds will recognize his greatness without knowing his flaws, people he works with (especially people who may be a little full of themselves like the zodiaks) may dislike his stubbornness or resent his ability, but the people who REALLY know him (like Kite and his Greed Island friends) will be able to see past the abrasive exterior and recognize who he really is. When they change the story to tell us a firsthand account of him being a scumbag that isn't a good representation of what we had before, it was a reduction.

[@Chaos3183]

The problem I always had will be the lack of just writing the story and finishing it... this story effectively started in late 90's you can't expect the story or the characters to stay "true" to their nature when the writer is inconsistent and takes these insanely long breaks. Whether this is a good thing or a bad things depends on whether or not the story ever comes to a conclusion. But the characters and their motivations even their initially story arcs are bound to go off their original course because the writer is no longer the same person. ina way it is upsetting

[@dash-gt7dm]

i started the franchise with the 2011 anime, and when i saw that scene in the 1999 anime i was pretty shocked, lol. i loved the foxbear tho

[@sephytcd8349]

Eeeeeeeehh... i dont know... I like the idea that in the beggining Ging's made out to be so great but then when you meet him he's not at all that gleaming hero you hoped for. Infact thats a little more in line with hunter x hunter, where you just... dont get a happy ending, the world doesn't move in a straight line or is anything you ever expect and I think idealized Ging vs real Ging does that very well, but that doesn't really hit if we already know Ging is kind of an asshole. (I also think this creates some neat thought like how after the fact Ging avoided Gon possibly due to what happened and is coping with it like that and or once he lost custody... he was like fine. I'll be out of my sons life. And just accepted it which seems like a kinda Ging thing to do, to me. And thus only leaving things behind for Gon without actually stepping in. And when the election arch came around, no one really knew, but to him yeah he wasn't apart of his sons life so it was just him dealing with it without anyone knowing how it was. Does this mean Ging didn't do the wrong thing? No he definitely didn't, but it's interesting to think about)

[@asor020]

That's why u have to watch the 1999 version of the anime, not just because its infinitely better in visuals, but because it also gives a lot more foundation to the story and a more dark adult atmosphere to scenes instead of relaying in flashy colorful fights or cute uwu characters for 15yo kids

[@Bradman1978]

I may need to relook at the last few chapters, but I thought the Dark Content was the Northern Content which is Antarctica. I'll have to go back and see.

[@GustavGuero]

While I don’t necessarily think the theories are incorrect that there was some change in intent on Togashi’s part with respect Ging’s character and how that relates to the beginning of the series, I do think there’s a more generous reading of the initial chapters and as such less good reasoning for the change in the anime. Mito’s motivations may not have necessarily been so negative, it’s possible she recognized Ging’s character and aspirations wouldn’t lend themselves well to raising Gon, and as such forced Ging to let her raise him. This wouldn’t necessarily absolve her of the guilt she would seem to feel. And there’s still a way to write Gon in that scenario that doesn’t make him seem overly emotionally intelligent, he trusts his Mito as she’s effectively his mother, and still has genuine drive to seek out a rose hued image of Ging from both his meeting with Kite and learning/realizing he wasn’t quite technically abandoned (even if effectively so).

[@gooseman1011]

Liam I've been tell people that that initial HxH anime was just perfect in every way

[@Studdmufin111]

One of my absolute FAVORITE things about hunter x hunter is the OST which is really saying something considering it’s unique to just that adaptation in 2011

[@hiatusxhiatus]

"I come from the real life dark continent, Autralia" LMAO that is so true

[@KuroKazeZX]

gon with the wind animation was nice