The Genius of Hunter X Hunter

He's back! Togashi please don't leave us again sensei, we've been good!
Sources:
YuYu Hakusho Resignation Letter Translations:
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Ending D translations:
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[@alexenterprises1]

Yooo - WE ARE BACK!!!

[@KalleVilenius]

Judging by the new layer of complexity added to the Succession War in the new chapter, Togashi's not planning on ending this boat ride any time soon. May his back be strong and his life long.

[@pandanikos]

togashi is well know that he close arcs suddenly and without a warning , i expect a quick death for many new chars in this war

[@jzwadlo]

Or indeed, Whale ride! 🐋

[@Archon139]

Amen. Long live Togashi and his back 🙏🏼

[@alexmaculan3190]

Bro.. this new info about beyond will accelerate this war a Lot!

[@tinyrick2921]

I think he realized that for sure, that he's not gonna live forever. Sure the back issues are valid but somehow it's becoming more to him of an excuse. Thank god the hiatus is 'kinda' over. Pray that HxH won't be another unfinished masterpiece like Berserk and Vagabond and more like One Piece, whose conclusions are beginning to dawn to us.

[@Archon139]

I hope Togashi understands how loyal his fans are. Anime/Manga like HxH or Berserk have become exceedingly rare

[@ivanbluecool]

The genius of hxh is how subversion is a part of the story and not an excuse for bad writing tactics. Gon doesn't care about becoming a floor master. In a normal story he would same with meeting neon and her saying the line "I don't believe in the bad fortunes" if she got one for gone. Togashi truly understands how shounen tropes work and works that into his world being more human and realistic in everyone having their own goals and sub stories within stories

[@thebuddah1253]

People pretend subverting expectations is inherently good writing when in reality it's just an excuse for the writer getting lazy. When a bad writer subverts your expectations they just replace what you expected to get with nothing at all. When togashi subverts you he typically actually gives you a massive curve ball

[@ivanbluecool]

​@@thebuddah1253The massive curve ball that is also very expected if you pay close attention to all the details Example. When hawkenburg from succession war used a bow. I thought ok it's just a weapon. Go back and read he was doing archer and boom blew my mind at the details hidden in plain sight. York new how the phantom troupe constantly have anime protagonist scenes which only hit harder when they Stary dropping like flies. It's basically if fairy tail gang were the bad guys but we'll written

[@thebuddah1253]

@@ivanbluecool yah good subversion includes good foreshadowing

[@mattb.7079]

True, but your second paragraph is incomprehensible

[@fakesmile172]

You have to learn the rules before you break them, that's what Togashi's doing. He learned the rules with Yu Yu Hakusho and now he's breaking them with Hunter x Hunter.

[@khurramjaved7301]

Hunter X Hunter has one of the best combat systems (Nen), characters that actually develop from events, World that is just as mysterious as it is big, A story that cares more about it's plot then the main character, It gets dark and properly explores all introduced tropes to show reality, and the interpersonal relationships between characters and personalities are unique giving all side characters a special persona of there own making them rememberable. It gives villains dept making them have there own character development and makes us understand there reasoning and position. The initial final goal of the story was for gon to meet his father and be a hunter just like him. But, it goes way further and makes you as a reader want to know about the world and it's mysteries rather then the main character. You get absorbed and start wondering who is the strongest, what will happen next, and then finally it brings in political intrigue on a world scale with shifting power figures making moves. This is what I call a masterpiece that truly outshines all other works! This is me solely talking about the story, I can go deeper into the 2012 adaptation which in itself is a master piece.

[@allenalphonse4962]

The upload timing was COLD!

[@fan4every1lol89]

401 further cements how much of a genius writer Togashi truly is. His writing is completely unpredictable yet he still manages to lands the execution.

[@Chainsaw-Man]

Togashi is basically a fusion of Akira Toriyama and Urasawa Naoki.

[@borquise]

Fax

[@louayker4249]

One of the best and most accurate description of Togashi !

[@JimboS1ice999]

Chainsaw man is terrible.

[@Naan_Gang]

Lol no Togashi is a hack He doesn't even touch the greatness of Urasawa

[@fliproleluwu5602]

@@JimboS1ice999 I agree with u but what does CSM has to do here? lmao

[@charanbangari]

We are soooo backkkkkkkk

[@viniciusvinum]

I can't comprehend how togashi handles all these characters in his mind and keeps adding more complex elements and plot lines to the story

[@MemeinAndDreamin]

Video is automatic A+ for having some Digimon World music in the background. Especially appreciate you going over Studio POT and the legality of the series.

[@fakesmile172]

I doubt he'll be able to keep it up for a long period of time, but he's been doing the basic sketch and inking for about a chapter per week, I think that's a fantastic pace.

[@JuliusCaesar103]

Yorknew ending in one of the most hyped up battle between the 2 biggest villains at the time, only to end up in an anticlimax. In Chimera Ant, the big bad not even being acknowledged by the MC whereas in other shonen the MC is the strongest in the universe. One of the good guys being scared shitless by the villains (Knov iirc, the portal scout guy). And many other examples, Togashi knows what the audience expects and flips it around in a spectacular manner. If it weren't for Berserk, HxH would be an easy nr. 1 pick for me.

[@D13MONstudios]

Even if he doesn't finish the series, I'm glad that he got the chance to tell the story he wanted. To me, HxH has become a series that proves you can start with a normal setting, then change it up to make it more interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what he does in future arcs and hoping he somehow gets his health better as time goes on.

[@alexenterprises1]

Put beautifully well my dude 👏🏼

[@D13MONstudios]

​@@alexenterprises1 Anytime my friend.

[@darthdab57]

this is so well done thank you! i have also been comparing grrm to togashi for years and the two stories are by far my favorites! this video is amazing

[@zef1o338]

Yk I never understood anime KZbinrs that are self aware of them butchering names but does 0 effort on trying to atleast pronounce it correctly

[@snowxcrowe]

That was just beautiful, man. I actually got more out of it than I expected.

[@localsassboi]

a video about my favorite thing in the world by one of my fave tubers? PRAISE THE LORD (Togashi)

[@GrassesOn97]

Killua and Gon are amongst the best bromances in animanga.

[@jackyha9445]

I was happy that Chapter 401 came out; I fucking read it, and "Oh. My. God." What a fucking chapter to come back to from hiatus, I was just happy before that it came back. After reading 401; fucking hyped, can't believe he dropped that exposition, fucking togashi, got me hooked

[@kqool4295]

the ishida and togashi being the same person was a magical time and wished it was real despite how ridiculous it was

[@alexenterprises1]

Honestly same lol

[@biawakstruus]

Gon was an old school MC like Son Goku

[@exeledusprince9165]

I think people may be misunderstanding what Adult Gon actually is. I'm pretty sure it isn't "Gon at his peak", it's more like "All the aura Gon has and ever will have converged into this one moment."

[@yarn1471]

This deserves way more views ❤

[@spencerfoote6977]

New chapter soon

[@kamalfareed1264]

What a beautiful day when I see the video about hxh in your channel many thanks bro

[@blahblahgdp]

Honestly better to ignore when people call something "mid" since its usually a preference thing. Obviously if 90% of people say its mid, then it probably is, but not in this case.

[@numb0999]

It deconstructs the power system of shonen, you dont see many mangas explaining how some powers work with complete understanding of it. I genuinely think people who call it mid are in denial that its better than their fav anime lol

[@jzwadlo]

I just loved how he does stuff like casually invent a game called 'Gungi' where me and the boys were like we gotta learn how to play thi... wait it's not A REAL GAME?! What a genius. I bet he even legit made the game where it totally works and is real but just brushes that off as 'extra detail' Protect him at all costs!! If he can finish HxH it will for sure sit in the top 3 of all time! I don't think there's anyone out there writing how he does, and there probably won't ever be again (I could go into this but I'll leave it to the pros!

[@KIKAN_THE_RAT]

Bro been holding the video for years

[@Xtraterstrial]

The Digimon music earned you my like!

[@abdelwahedothman8290]

Great video as always! Thank you

[@RexVergstrong]

To be fair, though. Gege Akutami has been co-opting Togashi's drawing style more and more as time passes. If only he could copy his writing prowess...

[@bonessxd1774]

U people are annoying LOL

[@alexandriteqween9760]

@@bonessxd1774 not wrong

[@alexandriteqween9760]

Togashi's art is better because he understands the fundamentals of proportions and facial expressions

[@bonessxd1774]

@@alexandriteqween9760 gege also understands it also, why are u even comparing art styles in the first place. They both have drastically different styles that both service their stories in different ways We can praise both without tearing one down to prop up another

[@coreylavery7465]

Jjk feels like if hxh had 4/10 writing instead of 10/10

[@Comicbroe405]

So glad you're back AND with a Hxh video! Beyond excited for the return.

[@iansantiago7545]

If Togashi miraculously finishes HxH without big damages, he should write the next manga Dragon Quest title

[@herobrineapril8451]

A great example of a manga with great art, story and characters that will finish its story at the pace its going is Vinland Saga.

[@rizaadon]

The new chapter was so good 😩

[@Eggroll3s]

I love that HxH has something for everyone. If you want something surface level and cool, you can watch it like that. If you want to delve deeper and analyze everything down to the subtle complexity of something as grandeur as the Poor Man's Rose and Togashi's thoughts on global issues through that or the human condition all the way down to something as small as how certain things in the show and manga mirror other things (Don't remember the thread, but there was a huge and amazing Twitter thread that delved into how something as small as one character using their left hand for a task their opposite used for their right creates such amazing symbolism and that's such an amazing thing to me) Edit: I get why you're saying Nen Impact is "middling" just from visuals alone, but the game, gameplay wise, is incredible. It plays like a mix of Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Tatsunoko vs Capcom since it's made by the same devs. It's such a cool looking game, and the general power level allows the game to flourish in terms of Nen expression. I implore every HxH fan to check it out. The community is great and the game is going to have rollback netcode, allowing for cross continental matches.

[@jordkinsmith3588]

You’ve misunderstood quite a lot of the themes and tone of the manga but yes HxH is certainly genius

[@adityakesar9572]

LEGEND.. 🙌

[@ayamylautrec7065]

What a great video essay.

[@allenalphonse4962]

WE ARE SO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sednadragon929]

The Chimera Ant arch is beauty and the beast done right!

[@Zer0_was_taken]

INSTAND SUBSCRIPTION WHEN I SAW THE BUNGEE GUM QUOTE

[@gibarel]

We have, in fact, seem nen beasts in action, like goreinu's gorilas. Unless you are talking about the spirit guardians, the ones from the kakin ceremony, those are new territory for us.

[@alexenterprises1]

Ah I suppose I should have specified the urn ceremony Nen Beasts

[@MegaRay220]

I used to desperately wish that Togashi would just let someone else write the manga so it could release more often and a lot of fans have echoed this sentiment. However, ultimately Hunter x Hunter is Togashi's art, and he should be allowed to do whatever he wants with it

[@Yuki-po7fd]

one of my top favourite manga of all time

[@bigmoneyshmoneymaker7697]

dude you dont even explain the nen techniques right xD. zetsu is not charging up energy to go fast or escape xDDDDD it just hides your aura. Gon knows it because its similar to what animals do when tracking pray, hiding their prescense. Gon learned it from them.

[@yukinae_here]

welcome back !!!

[@djentlee9064]

33:22 I could've sworn that you made a mistake here. Wasn't this just Togashi estimating from what he THINKS the fans would rate the endings? Not that he actually revealed all the endings and had them rated

[@goldengamerhd4469]

Calling nen impact mid actual set me for a loop, I went to evo this year and the game is amazing, but I do get if your saying it’s mid if your looking for more Hunter x Hunter story but as a game it is phenomenal and gets the idea of how Hunter x Hunter fights are since traditional fighting games have that aspect of strategy and reading your opponent, I will admit though that it does make me mad that they don’t have the budget for better graphics but that’s the least important part for me

[@imadkhan398]

GOAT UPLOADED 🦍🔥

[@onomatopoeia5540]

When mifpiece fans proclaim op the best anime/manga, face slap them with hxh

[@zeallexandre]

Both mid

[@onomatopoeia5540]

@@zeallexandre midpiece and your anime are🤣

[@mundusmamon5834]

Yea!

[@guiledazen44]

4:10 Goddammit not again.

[@nothanksthough]

DO NOT DISS NEN IMPACT JUST CAUSE YOU ARENT HOT ON FIGHTING GAMES

[@nothanksthough]

but fr the people who have played it like it and it got a delay we should be excited it has a god tier selected roster

[@8bitmike361]

What is the music used throughout the video? Really love how they all sound!

[@4dxl]

Hello, where did you find those beautiful artworks at the beginning? Like the one at 0:42

[@alexenterprises1]

All on his twitter :)

[@4dxl]

@@alexenterprises1 Oh I will check that out then! Thank you.

[@Jewel_Ting]

more more hxh content pleaseeee

[@NaglfarCommando]

Rewatching this series.. holy fucking shit the amount of exposition and random people explaining shit at inappropriate times, Batman.

[@JimboS1ice999]

Wow...my man just comapred any decently written character like gon to denji? Denji?! lmao it's over bro's brain is cooked.

[@raccoonologist9059]

Denji is well written character and actually can be related more than any other shonen mc

[@JimboS1ice999]

@@raccoonologist9059 it's not a Shonen it's porn, and poorly written porn...the fact people relate to denji when a better example like shinji exists really says something about how thirsty and horny lonely incels are. "He just liek me fr" jesus.

[@JimboS1ice999]

@@raccoonologist9059 I can't Imagine embarressing myself that badly by admitting Denji is a relateable character. That's like extreemly sad. Not that Denji is perticularly an empathetic or even sympathetic character....but because you see yourself in that loser.

[@cubbwatch]

I need to know what background songs these are!! Please...

[@jordkinsmith3588]

HxH is by far the best manga ever created. Berserk is second.

[@jordkinsmith3588]

Blade of the Immortal >>>>>>>>>>> Vagabond

[@spiderzilla7o7]

Is it good guys should I watch this

[@charanbangari]

30 mins of a man praising hxh ??? Best thiing ever

[@raccoonologist9059]

This is just a history telling of hxh and it's games and current status, didn't see anything that talks about the genius of hxh

[@alexenterprises1]

First 20mins is straight up analysis of character writing, power system and world building being genius man, just listen to it.

[@GusEdison-m8m]

Melisa Islands

[@0xAsterisk]

ellloooo

[@genxgen1368]

4:10

[@ScottMartin-w5s]

Johnson Margaret Young Mary Jones Donna

[@jordkinsmith3588]

Oda aint defying shit, his series dropped off hard about 12 years ago. Its nowhere near the level of HxH, Asoiaf or Berserk

[@Agamerfr0zed]

One Piece is a lost cause, I've already given up on that dogshit manga.

[@jordkinsmith3588]

One piece stopped being good after 2012

[@sopapiglobo]

I fuckin hate that stupid ass ending, why you ended the video with that shit 😭😭😭

[@alexenterprises1]

It’s pretty bad isn’t it. But it’s all we got lol 😂

[@sopapiglobo]

@@alexenterprises1 sadly 😿

[@thebuddah1253]

HXH is 90% amazing 10% Togashi getting lazy or worn out. Not a fan of how the art dips out of nowhere sometimes. Especially for that chapter that finishes off some of the chimera ant characters arcs. Once i finish Toriko i might reread all of HXH. Anyone who hasnt already should definetely read Toriko.

[@alexenterprises1]

Yeah the craziest fun fact I know is that the last chapter of Chimera Ant arc STILL looks like that in the published volume! It never got touched up!

[@charanbangari]

@@alexenterprises1 someone said that it was intentional because the character in that chapter talked about the power of human DNA annd will and there's a line saying " when I die I want to people to think I did my best " ( or something like that ) so it was in the original way because that was Togashi speaking through that character

[@rifway22]

For a battle shounen, sure. But that's a low bar.

[@BlackMageLozi]

The truth is that I never really liked it to much, he should have dedicated it to being a novel instead of a manga, I always thought it was very silly that there were pages of text only, and quite a lot of it. Besides, if he can't draw like before, he should just write the story and someday a studio will adapt it.

[@sindoesfake5641]

why cantt it be a hybrid of both manga *and* novel. there are quite clearly scenes and subtlety that cannot be told through text alone, and information that cannot be told through images alone

[@Archontasil]

am i the only one who dislike meruem's death? he was a horrendous monster, an arrogant ant who has no value of life or anything else. yet he never get his comeuppance, he died in he arms of the woman he loves. never paid for all the destruction and horror he caused. never regret the suffering he caused,

[@charanbangari]

@@Archontasil Meruem was a born king, always surrounded by people who said he was destined to rule then world . He was above human species , humans were just food for him . But once he met komugi he understood that humans are more than just food . Netero basically forced him to fight despite Meruem trying to negotiate that he acknowledges both the good and bad people. Humans in power are almost always horrible people so he wanted to rule and take humanity in the right direction while being mindful about him appetite. But he was killed by Netero showing the true malice and cruelty of humans. After rebirth he dropped the world domination plan , respected royal guards even when they were hiding the truth from him . He let welfin go , bowed in front of palm and died in the arms of his lover . He never " paid " for his actions because the world is doomed either way . And with the limited time he had he made sure to not hurt anyone and only spent that time with komugi

[@Archontasil]

@@charanbangari he didn't want to take human to the right direction. He will only save the "special" humans while eating the rest. Just because you changed you don't have to face the consequences of your previous action?? I wanna see him dying in pain, squealing, begging for mercy, begging for death after all the things he's done. But no, he died peacefully in the arms of komugi

[@MrBrown-q7p]

@@charanbangari imagine aliens attacked this planet and killed us indiscriminately. Then, the leader of the aliens changes its mind and decides to rule over us instead. It tells us it’s for our own good. Then after nearly dying it decides to just leave us alone and dies in peace with its loved one.. Now would you feel sad for that alien’s death? I doubt it, and that’s the problem. Meruem was evil but bcus he “changed” the story rewards him with an emotional send off which doesn’t feel deserved

[@charanbangari]

@@Archontasil That would've been satisfying to see but the chimera ant arc is written as a commentary on humanity . It doesn't say that ants are bad and humans are good ( Thus the line " we human are not so different from the ants , infact we are far worse ) so narratively, a monster dying peacefully is more appealing than him just dying . Also he DID die coughing blood . It's just he accepted his death and CHOOSE to be with komugi . He did get what he deserves, he never ruled the world and his life span was like 3-4 months

[@charanbangari]

@@MrBrown-q7p I won't feel sad for the Alien , but here the chimera ants are the product of nature . Eating humans for them is as natural as eating chicken is for us Also it's a fictional story , " Alien bad vs human good " plot wouldn't be as interesting as Meruem vs Netero

[@cggc5871]

Hxh art is c tier and and the world building is C too

[@Lorry_Draws]

Weak bait

[@Archon139]

Then your pfp is F tier

[@Naan_Gang]

Yu Yu Hakusho negs this overhyped boring ass series wtf

[@onomatopoeia5540]

Dont mention that trash. Even togashi dont like it😂

[@Naan_Gang]

@@onomatopoeia5540 Togashi has brain damage after making peak I guess and insists on ass piece aka hunter x hunter

[@onomatopoeia5540]

@@Naan_Gang sad yuyu fangirl🤣

[@Naan_Gang]

@@onomatopoeia5540 this shit still boring h x h snooze bullshit

[@doctoranimationda5491]

26:54 Nope no NAH NOPE. they ain't the same. One is a asshole cynic with only ideas of deconstruction and hate of his own work core and need for a true end. The other is Togshi.

[@applekid02]

It is believed that Togashi was heavily influenced by Arc the Lad Ⅱ. You can see a lot of overlapping factors with Hunter x Hunter. I mean hunting is a profession in the game, and the main character (Elc) is literally Ging in his younger years and he's a hunter himself. There are many other shared elements, such as the airship design, ethnic cleansing, chimeras...etc Tbh it's strange only a few people notice this similarity for some reason, although Togashi himself has never spoken about it...but given his love of games and the JRPG vibe that permeates early Hunter x Hunter, I'm confident that he definitely has played the game before since it was popular in Japan as one of the three major early PS1 RPGs along with Wild Arms and Popolocrois.