The World of Hunter x Hunter is a Massive Whale

[@R7dman]

Some things I'd like to have included in the video: ● The whale I'm theorising the Hunter x Hunter world is on top of is a part of an even bigger world/ocean, a framework in an even bigger framework, essentially hammering home the message that the hunt never ends. ● This theory isn't as exciting or compelling as many others you'll see across the internet but it speaks to me as 'the best I've seen' because of how it complements the themes of Hunter x Hunter, it is perfectly consistent with Togashi's writing style and the various ideas scattered throughout the story. ● A mobius strip creates an infinite loop, fitting for this theory as I'm arguing that everything within the world of Hunter x Hunter is a part of a bigger thing,, a framework in an even bigger framework, infinitely.

[@guiik_]

turtles all the way down... I mean, whales xD

[@Erick726]

Considering Togashi already drew a huge portion of the current world and dark continent (in an abstract way) and satellite technology exists I doubt such a farfetched theory could be true. Characters in Hunter X Hunter also have an understanding of other planets (Jupiter). From my perspective the world is huge but it is still a planet.

[@elixthenese1469]

Its very "realistic" approach, and not that it is possible, its based of the approach that most likely describes our own reality. What have been done here is just the colors that author of the story used were reversed back to their lower factor. What we consider the Greatest story, for the most part at least, is how well it replicates the functions of our own reality while repainting it into a new color. The better the author approaches replicating our own reality, the deeper and profound the story gets. Berserk will be in very similar category in my experience, only it focuses on psychological word, rather than physical which I assume HxH is trying to work around.

[@hotwinters2221]

You are reaching so hard it’s so cringe

[@lanceknightmare]

I have had this theory for many years concerning the Pikachu in the cartoon Pokemon. The theory is this Pikachu is the reincarnation of a skilled trainer. Pokemon do not usually stay out of their Pokeballs. It also is unique compared to other Pikachu in the world.

[@DurvalLacerda]

Imagine if Hunter x Hunter pre-Dark Continent is just the intro and setup for the real saga and the Dark Continent arc is actually where it all begins.

[@SailorTortilla]

What do you mean by imagine? 😂

[@673RRR]

Lol you better hope not, you'll never see the end in that case

[@abrardaiyan4268]

​@@673RRRyou mean the beginning

[@Rikisballs]

I can believe it. If Togashi hadnt taken such huge Haituses, it and continued with normal weekly release, it would've taken about 7 years to reach where we are now in the story arc (Ch. 400), and by now We'd probbaly be in at around 1000 chapters, which doesnt seem too insane considering there's stuff like One Piece, that has that much story to it.

[@earlridleniv5110]

pretty sure that was the goal the whole time but then the author got sick

[@king-xl3667]

Hunter x hunter isn't about a singular individual or their dream because they're small in the grand scheme of things. It is simply about exploring this vast and mysterious world and what it has to offer. This is why Togashi is capable of creating an intriguing cast of characters and being able to easily replace them at moments notice. Because whether their involved or not the story/native continues. Hunter x hunter has no END.

[@R7dman]

Beautifully said. I wanted to include something like this in the video too. The message is “yes, you are tiny in the grand scheme of things, but that doesn’t make you any less important.” Like Koala said, DNA is so tiny but it carried incredible amounts of information. HxH preaches this idea, we may be tiny in the world but we carry incredible amounts of value. As long as we enjoy the journey, enjoy the detours, and don’t waste our lives obsessing over truly invaluable things.

[@mobilevideoviewer2610]

Until they pull the funding because people are horny for killua and his artistic integrity wouldn't cave before he'd abandon his project.

[@royalfun1031]

@@R7dman Ging's char

[@royalfun1031]

@@mobilevideoviewer2610 huh

[@palmtreemojo5878]

You do know this is a THEORY right. Yall gotta stop taking everything for face value. And EVERYTHING has a end buddy. Weather we'll be here to see it or not, is the only thing that's absolute

[@UndergroundRose]

Something I haven't seen anyone else mention is how, in japan, the whale is seen as the manifestation of the god Ebisu, the god of fishermen and luck. The first scene in HxH is of Gon catching the "Master of the Swamp" Which resulted in Gon being allowed to take the hunter exam, at the same age as Ging. So the very first scene is of Whale Island, and Gon being a lucky fisherman. The name of the whale that Hunter x Hunter resides on, may just be Ebisu/Hiruko.

[@theradionicrevival8068]

This unintentionally explains a plot point in beastars as well funnily enough Thanks for that^^

[@UndergroundRose]

@@theradionicrevival8068 Lol, I've yet to watch/read that. Guess I'll go into that prepared then haha.

[@jamie8703]

I have a feeling togashi didn't even realize he was setting this up and then has just rolled with it. everything in HXH seems to be planned out but he's very open about the fact that he's an improvisational author he just makes shit up, changes his mind on a whim Machi is alive because he decided she had more interesting things to do in the future

[@Puerco-Potter]

Yeah, Togashi is good at writing because he takes really long to do so. He basically examines every chapter in his head and comes with the best solution that ties the random stuff he did earlier. So, I think the world could be a whale in some ocean, but at the end of the day he won't be hinting towards it.

[@voice-less]

You're taking what Togashi said out of context, in the same author's notes where he mentioned that he left machi alive, simply because he thought it could create a better more interesting outcome later on, he also said that he, just like other authors, has a general idea of where he wants the story to go. Basically, just common sense, it's impossible to simply write the entire story with every single detail and event in one go, authors generally have a certain framework they want to follow, they might create the world, and then establish a certain timeline of events that are constant, with a possibility of adding more later down the line, and as they write, they can think of the small details of how they travel that said timeline as they go. Togashi has stated before that he had already ideas of 3 to 4 arcs future arcs back when he finished the chairman election arc, which is a natural thing to do as a writer, as a good writer that is, it's always best to establish the bigger picture first before writing out the smaller details. So to simply call it improvisation and ''making shit up" is undermining to his writing capabilities, it's more so a combination of thinking ahead, while also being flexible and fluid, able to connect the general themes of the show in ways that can flow seamlessly without contradiction, creating a coherent realistic stream of events.

[@jamie8703]

@@voice-less nothing about what I said undermines his abilities the story is incredible all the same he makes shit up and leaves plot holes because the core of the story is about the characters and their internal conflicts. If he chooses not to kill Machi it's still an improvisational whim because he had planned the original interaction with Hisoka to end in her death. He improvises and the story is better for it

[@wizcatcheslightning]

Someone should catalog all of the tarot card references in the manga and plug them into a tarot reading, if you will. The tarot references, if interpreted as a reading, could spell out potential plot points for where the story could go in hxh

[@YangyChaddyDad]

That's such a cool idea

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

And the fact that all the princes represent the 12 steps of Christ to the crucifixion and Genei Ryodan always involves a religious issue, the chief literally called Lucifer and having two cosplays of Evil Jesus on the whale ship who work together one being a bastard and the other legitimate son of the king of Kakin.

[@wizcatcheslightning]

@@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 wait what? Tell me more!

[@ironspiderlink3652]

@@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 Bro this could predict major plot elements later on!

[@zach8501]

yeah why not try

[@UnyPhi]

My best theory is Gon losing his access to nen is part of the same journey Gene went on and is a vital part of unlocking true nen knowledge. Because he lost his SIGHT of nen, he will have to find another way. Like Komugi who has no knowledge of nen but has one of the best abilities. Don is probably on level with nen where it’s not Nen to him it’s just what he does. The world got nen from this dude but couldn’t understand it like he did. Gene can use many different nen abilities because he also understands something different about nen that Gon will find out

[@sonzak9179]

this idea is nice because it could allow gon to be a “specialist” because nen specialization is the result of human understanding of it. if gon can see nen not as an ability to master, but as an extension of energy inside of him, that would be sick as fuck

[@EmbraceTheInevitable]

Who’s this Gene you speak of?

[@nhojleahcim47]

@@EmbraceTheInevitable probably Gene Hackman

[@EmbraceTheInevitable]

@@nhojleahcim47 wow he’s still alive?

[@Crooklyn7]

@@nhojleahcim47 highly doubt that, he prob just wrote ging out however it sounded to him.

[@Dewkeeper]

The link between explosions and and flowers is a lot more natural in Japanese because the term for fireworks is effectively 'fire flower'

[@Puerco-Potter]

Yeah, is a word play, not a reference.

[@OfficialDjTalksick]

@@Puerco-Potter huh 😂

[@reichen609]

@dewkeeper Good catch! I've always liked that word---'Hanabi' !

[@rafazardly]

kudos for in 14:00 calling attention to that conversation with the koala dude. nobody seems to take notice of this scene AT ALL, and its SO important, it is during the election arc but it thematically pertains to chimera ant arc

[@baratacom]

I suppose this is a foreign concept for most people, but flowers and explosives being tied together, compared to one another or serve as a metaphor is actually pretty common in Japan and, likely by proxy, in Brazil In Japanese "fireworks" is "hanabi" which translates to "fire flower" and, here in Brazil, we have a poem about the events that marked the end of WWII called "Hiroshima Rose" which I would be very surprised if it had absolutely no bearing in Togashi's choice to include the Poor Man's Rose there, given that the international relationships between Japan and Brazil are actually much closer than one would think

[@papomarcial-kobathepunk1085]

sim, eu pensei exatamente nisso quando assisti a cena.

[@StripedJacket]

Nukes create a mushroom which the Hiroshima “Rose” comes from

[@jutton11]

The concept is certainly more popular in Japan and such, but its still not that uncommon here in the west.

[@reichen609]

@baratacom Nice! Also, would you happen to be a Brazilian-japanese mix? That hybrid is probably the coolest, most epic hybrid of them all and I die of jealousy inside just thinking about it! 🇧🇷😤🇯🇵

[@king-xl3667]

Finally a hunter x hunter theory video. Can't get enough of these.

[@MapleNyte]

it's my understanding that "magical creatures" such as the kiriko are able to achieve their magic with an innate nen ability. It's not created by the individual creature, it's inherited and doesn't necessarily abide by the same rules as a personal nen ability. The kiriko for example are able to use conjuration to look like different things, and Ai is able to use specialization to grant any wish. Since nen is the lifeforce of all living things in HxH, it makes sense that at some point some creatures would manage to subconsciously tap into the nen reserves, and i feel like this'll happen more on the dark continent where survival of the fittest dictates that only the strong survive, so perhaps only creatures with innate abilities, thus magical creatures, are able to survive in the dark continent

[@danielsepulveda5852]

well, its kinda confirmed that creatures do have a conection and can use Nen to a certain degree. For example, Gon is able to use Zetsu instinctively during the Hunter Exam, and they said that he achieves that just like animals that knows how to hide their presence the same way Gon did. So its basicaly confirmed that animals do have access to Nen and Nen abilities since from the start of the series. Also the god like creatures in the dark continent are basically just animals AND plants with weird ass crazy magic powers, probably derivated from Nen, so yeah, I think prety much everything in HxH world has Nen and some animals could have been able to achieve a better specialized form use of Nen depending on their evolution and life conditions.

[@laughtale1837]

I remember some asian relligion belive that the world is carried by a whale and that whale swim in an even more bigger ocean maybe togashi used this

[@Toadallyawsome]

What if this entire world with its cities and continents is conjured by a certain nen user who keeps taking hiatuses. What if the hiatuses are just a condition for his nen ability.

[@abedemad3682]

Hahahahaha best comment!

[@Speculector]

The only questions i have about HxH are surrounding how Kite "came back" The last weapon we see him get is a magical girl wand. When Gon apologizes to his dad for Kites death, Gons dad cuts him off and says something like "Calm down, he's not dead. Crazy Slots gives Kite a weapon when he really doesn't want to die." So is this weapon the Magical Girl Wand? How does it work? Based on Gons dads response, has he witnessed Kite using this ability before? Since Kite came back looking different (a red haired girl) does that mean the Kite we know also isn't how he's always looked? Why was Kite birthed from that chimera ant queen? What are all the other weapons Crazy Slots can give Kite?

[@Yonkage-ik5qb]

I never liked Ging's explanation for that, because it's not even required. Several people "came back" as Chimera Ants who didn't even know nen when they were alive. The only difference is Kite wasn't eaten by the Queen. But when a person is killed and their long-dead body is chopped up into meatballs before being eaten, digested, and the constituent proteins used to make offspring, the method of how their "soul" gets into the resulting newborn ant is a completely supernatural one anyway. There's no reason Kite's soul couldn't just hang around his corpse a while and then float over the Queen at some point; everyone else's did.

[@ancientknowledgeworld]

i think that the weapons Kite drag to the fights are in some way scripted, just think with me, a scythe its a great weapon to slay a large number of enemies, and a gun a great weapon to keep the distance (the anthill, Yunju and the other ants),he cannot choose his weapon but will come the most suitable one. To me, the weapon he dragged to face pitou doesn't have any attacks due to his size and shape but if the user dies when using it, he will rebirth in the nearest pregnant creature. so he was not worried to fight pitou Its a theory that i've thought that make sense beacuse the Queen didn't eated Kite's brain so he couldn't remember he was Kite when he reborned as a girl

[@mattb.7079]

No, the mace is a "normal" weapon since Kaito fought Pitou all night long

[@supremeraizen561]

Imagine if when the Black Whale arc is animated, Beyond has Blackbeard’s VA. I think it would fit him well.

[@Crooklyn7]

1000%

[@Crooklyn7]

I can hear it already😂

[@gyro5808]

Anything thing about recurring imagery in hxh is that kurapika outfit in yorknew has a similar shape to lake mobius

[@user-11Il10I1]

Hisoka: We live in a society.

[@jutton11]

Immediately what I don't like about this theory is the constant stretches of logic. The human painting who is "no longer human" is clearly different from the immortal, the human painting was done as punishment for incompetence, whereas the immortal man is a sick person. Little flower as a nen ability could have easily been Genthru being inspired by a pre-existing explosive, its a link with so little significance it means nothing. The concept that HxH is constantly ""referencing itself"" is called preference. An author will have specific ideas of what a "mystical jar" looks like, so two mystical jars will probably look similar. Characters being on top of animals is even more of a stretch, they're not even canon they're usually volume covers. This whole video is extrapolating from nothing, seeing things that don't exist because you're looking too hard. No Radman, Jesus wasn't in your rice, you were just looking too hard to meaning and saw something that didn't exist.

[@articeaglezero]

Brilliant theory! Everything made sense and ofcourse it's all up to the future of the series to run its course, but admire that this also served as a thematic breakdown and how u emphasize this is the most important of all, it truly makes a theory have a lot more sense, or rather say makes it an analysis itself, which is more important. Tremendous work for u and the theorist

[@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht]

Wow! You really know how to craft a compliment!

[@articeaglezero]

@@MichaelRodriguez-zr2ht thanks I'm flattered

[@R7dman]

Thank you for the kind words!!

[@articeaglezero]

@@R7dman you're welcome. I'm much more thankful for u making the video and I'm delighted to send appreciation ♥️♥️

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

I feel like it's easily fair to say that Togashi and Oda prolly on the same shit and get lit with each other every weekend. I need whatever ZA they got cause they STAY cooking like a Hispanic Mother!

[@hankhill2154]

Imagined if each was given a chance to tweak the others story. Would be crazy

[@josephsalah647]

Never put Oda with Togashi, Oda is way below that league 😂 When he finished Wano is when he lost all his credibility is a writer. Now he is milking One Piece for all its worth 😂

[@Non-Exist3nt]

Lol Dont ever ever compare TOGASHI to ODA. ODA is shitttttt😅😅😅😅😅😂 a clown!

[@Archontasil]

This video is such a stretch i feel like i was doing yoga

[@ragg232]

11:50 Do people really not realize that creatures that use nen naturally are a thing in hunter x hunter? The people in the story call them “magical beasts”. Supernatural abilities within the story are the product of nen and magical beasts are just creatures with nen abilities. The page with Yuupee describing his genetic Make-up even says he’s made of of magical beasts.

[@2KEY2KEY2KEY]

As the name suggests a lot of things are mirrored in the story from the plot to the world, and i believe that greed island still has to serve a purpose in the sense that the whole arc might be a setup or a mirror for something later in the story

[@Jacob-ldk]

The HxH Planet is on an Super Sized Extraterrestrial Mega Planet

[@cynthiawu7170]

Never thought I would see the day that Hunter X Hunter and Discworld crossed connections :D I do love theories about Whale Island and the Black Whale though as I have also wondered about why Togashi specifically picked island sized whales at least twice in the story. I wondered if perhaps in some crazy world Whale Island was actually a prototype ship like the Black Whale (maybe even the one Don Freecs sailed to the DC) and over 100s of years of disuse or perhaps under deliberate disguise, it now looks like an island :)

[@The.Will.]

The real theory is will we ever see the end of hxh I pray everyday that I'm alive to see the end of hunter x hunter

[@king-xl3667]

Hunter x hunter has no END.

[@The.Will.]

@@king-xl3667 starting to believe so

[@gentlesavage2068]

Does anyone think it's possible that the story and themes of hunter x hunter may be inspired by pinocchio? What if gon wanting to become a hunter and his transformation are inspired by pinocchio wanting to and becoming a real boy which in pinocchios case is meant to symbolise his maturation) in the case of gon when he transforms, his realisation that life isn't fair, the good guys don't always win and the world can be a cruel place, and when gons realises this and transforms he feels a sense of freedom and relief because he doesn't care anymore about life and this may be a dark twisted way of mirroring pinocchios transformation and pinocchios desires to not want to be a puppet and to have no strings attached, not only gon pre chimera ant is portrayed as being a naive happy go lucky individual very similar to how pinocchio is before all the lessons he learns, and in the pinocchio book and film pinocchio is deceived by a talking cat (multiple times in the book and on one ocassion leads to pinnochios dying and him having to be resurrected by the blue fairy) which is similar to how gon feels like pitou a talking betrayed him by not healing kite qnd how gon defeating pitou also led to gon essentially dying and needing to be resurrected by a wish granting being (meaning maybe allukah could represent the blue fairy from pinocchio) and at the end of pinocchio in order for him to become a real boy he has to save his father from a giant whale qnd ging is currently on the black whale ship, so if my theory is true then maybe gon has to rescue at some point in the story in a way that involves him getting to the dark continent. Kites death and reincarnation as a chimera ant which gon blames himself for maybe a reference to pinocchio hanging around lampwick who was a trouble maker and bad influence on pinocchio who ended up getting turned into a donkey qnd getting killed and eaten. Kites death being used to show gon that the chimera ants are no joke and are serious threat maybe a reference how lampwicks fate was used to show pinocchio he needs to take his life seriously. Also in another one of my theories I said that gyros animal /ant form could be based on a self aware like a dolphin and a dolphin is essentially a bootleg whale so maybe the proverbial whale gon may have to save his father from is gyro. Also the whale symbolism doesn't just stop with the black whale ship, but is furthered by the fact that gon is literally from "Whale" Island

[@Hensley_Jb]

Honestly it sounds like the heros journey. I think thats the connection you’re seeing

[@Terpex]

No one: Not a single person: Absolutely no soul: Togashi: *WHALES*

[@abyssal113]

I think the HxH world/Earth being alive does sound plausible and most of the valid points in your theory kinda point to that. I could kinda see a reveal in the Dark Continent arc leading to the characters making that conclusion and calling back to many of these elements you mentioned. Most of the rest of the theory seems to be very much stretching things.

[@magnuserror9305]

The theory is definitely not true. For many reasons. But chief of which is because of how Togoshi writes. Which can be best described as "current whim".

[@FrostyPalmer]

Cool theory but why though? How does this make the show more interesting? It doesn’t matter where the story takes place if it doesn’t play a part in the story. And up until now HxH story would’ve remained the same if it took place on a real land mass or on top of that whale

[@mattb.7079]

Yeah, that's just gratuitous theorizing

[@KurapikasChains727]

You make fantastic HxH videos, lad. Just found out your channel recently. I always thought you were just one of Brago’s homeboys from those hilarious discussions.

[@arcepasm]

B--but you haven't provided any vidence to this whale theory... I'm still waiting for the 400 IQ Theory. Man, I'm disapointed.

[@Puerco-Potter]

"This theory is true because it would be cool" vibes.

[@psycheedellic]

Why togashi chose to call it "Mobius"? My Brain: It's Moby Dick! short for "Mobius" Dick you know, The Whale 🐋

[@anonwalkerr]

Amazing analysis. HxH feels so complete.

[@aqilamuthmainnah5961]

Best hxh theory i've ever encountered. Brilliant!!!

[@eduardozappi9]

Considering Ging was able to make the game for Gon I believe it would make a lot of sense for the whole world to be nen as well. Also, there has got to be something going on with the nature of the Chimera ants and the external world, their "desire to evolve" is for sure something to do with the overarching theme the creator is going for. Can't wait to experience the rest of this story.

[@lonelyshpee7873]

It kind of reminds me of a play called Iona (Jonah in English) by Romanian author Marin Sorescu where a fisherman is eaten by a huge fish. When he escapes from its belly, he finds himself inside an even bigger fish. This repeats for a while until he comes to realize that he's in an endless row of bellies. He later realizes he "started off well, but chose the wrong path" and that he should've gone "the other way". The play ends with Jonah killing himself while saying "somehow we'll find our way to the light". I think this fits the themes of Hunter x Hunter quite well.

[@justasiggurk4614]

This might be really obvious but I thought it would be nice to mention that lake mobius also kinda looks like a blowhole and might also be tied to the name Moby.

[@dendenkushi]

Man's seen my OP theories by any chance?? Whales all day. Bad boy vid, keep em up don

[@comediuslund2543]

The reason i think its called mobius lake, is because the characters and everything is literally a part of this whale, an infentessimal part of its consciousness being spread across everything which is the power known as nen, the mobius part of the lake references that everything is as above as it is below. The universe that is the whale encompasses infentessimal parts within it, but also itself as its main component so its a returning loop where if you go infenetly down you end up at the "outside" or at the whale which encompasses all. The mobius part now referring to that the whale may be a fifth dimensional whale, which from this third dimensional perspective seems to have a shape with moebius properties. In the same way that the ship Black Whale is a vessel for the characters to get to the dark continent, perhaps Yoshihiro Togashi is like this whale of creation that creates the charaters , where even the whale is created; in which case a whale creates a whale which creates a whale which houess the characters... Maybe its whales all the way down and all the way up, maybe not even necessarily whales, just each living being creating their own universe within themselves based on how they utilize the all prevailent force nen, so maybe the whale is like an ascended nen being existing as a sort of demigod creating unconsciously using the power of nen?

[@breanna6257]

Not exactly related, but kinda fun to mention. Often, in Canada's indigenous creation stories, Canada is called Turtle Island.

[@joeaverage8156]

This is the most beautiful thing I heard in a long time. It correspond with me in a deep level I can not discripe with words. Thank you for this video.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Idk after the level E cameo in H x H I just assume Yuyuhakusho, Level E and HxH take place in the same universe. Spirit energy is just what nen is called on earth. However, I do like space whales.

[@jeanbob1481]

A popular theory a decade or so ago was about how the mobius continent is actually part of the Demon world in YuYu Hakusho. Only thing that does not fit is that the sky is red in demon world. Maybe mobius and the entire HXH is just an experiment with people in it?

[@oldmandancinv2]

Togashi: nope it's just a planet

[@mthom0516]

If nen is simply the dream of the World Whale, then Gon can come back. Gon can find power within his self as an independent being, uncovering new modalities of power. He’s stubborn enough to pull it off.

[@CleoIsSly]

Haven't finished the video yet but just want to point out that little flower and poor man's rose - are reminiscent of hanabi, the Japanese word for fireworks or literally fire flower

[@thanosal-titan]

I just realise that we also called fireworks as fire flower in Indonesian, "Kembang Api"

[@suneater1962]

Togashi likes the movie alien --> a French cartoonist worked on alien ----> that cartoonist drew people on animals ----> hunter hunter is on a whalw

[@Puerco-Potter]

Hahaha pretty much my reaction. If we makes this reach then we can make this reach and this allows us to make an even bigger reach. I felt like the whole world went crazy while reading the comments. Thanks you for writing this comment, I needed it.

[@INYO121277]

The funny thing is that this theme runs in the Freecs family. Gon searched for his dad in the known world and Ging may search for his ancestors Don in DC. What if Don is searching for his dad, Ding as well in DC?

[@MisterRorschach90]

They should make a hxh game with such detailed mechanics that you can create almost any ability.

[@byronsanchez1113]

This is why I love Hunterxhunter and why I say it's God tier in writing. Its unbelievable how much thought goes into the writing that u find so many things in between the lines

[@fromrawn9303]

Gon chasing Ging - then Ging chasing Don. Great video.

[@achingpluto]

for some reason it took a really small amount of convincing for this theory to click with me

[@dedahvsjihad6790]

Gon And Gin Went To The Top Of The World.. It's A World, Not A Tree, Or A Whale

[@pixussb7524]

The day this dude watches Evangelion we'll lose him

[@R7dman]

Evangelion is my favourite anime :p

[@pixussb7524]

@@R7dman based

[@oppiy]

Togashi unfortunately is one of those artists that sets these things up and when he gets to them. When the payout needs to be paid. He’ll ditch it entirely for something else. It’s what makes his story telling incredibly fun to read and experience. But really frustrating for people who like to theorize.

[@stasiunkucing]

Agree this whale too boring for him.

[@StripedJacket]

Aye I said something similar due to his writing style just being spontaneous

[@jutton11]

Togashi hasn't set up shit, you people are just making shit up based on no credible evidence.

[@fedewyt]

not really. if you rewatch / read HXH you'll find A LOT of foreshadowing for future events (for example, the existence of alluka, meteor city, the devil's song, the chimera ants being from the dark continent, gyro, etc)

[@StripedJacket]

There’s a fine line between foreshadowing and just hinting & worldbuilding. If he left out Gon’s mother & we all know she exists and when she eventually enters the story does that = foreshadowing? I would say no, same with Alluka. They weren’t foreshadowed. There needs to be more tangible evidence, for example if Killua had stated something about how Alluka may be the only person in his family that is reliable. Bam when they’re revealed and we go back we see the breadcrumb that damn SHE WAS RELIABLE, VERY MUCH SO. But we only knew they existed from the picture

[@rippercyclotron3803]

One of my theory is Isaac Netero is based of Isaac Newton. Aside from having the same name, Newtons first law of motion is very similar to Netero's Nen.

[@LegendMac]

This video made me want to call Nenmac lmao Goat Hxh content

[@R7dman]

LMFAO my guy!

[@prorokdc]

Love me some hunter content, subbed

[@chriscutler7588]

This was more rehashing old information and rambling than pitching the thinnest of theories I've ever heard.

[@ManeDMoon]

This is a Great theory and well done video

[@AeyakS]

My favorite concept for why the Dark Continent seems completely seperate from the known world and why the world looks spherical despite possibly containing more mass than could possibly exist in a world of its size is this: Sort of like how in Lord of the Rings, the world has conventional physics when it comes to the planet, but at a certain point, it connects to the otherworldly plane of the gods, actualized in the existence of a singular strip of the planet known as the Narrow Way bending off into the cosmos to Valinor. I think that the "true" map of the world is a visualization of the world that cannot be interpreted in its true form. While the planet is contained within Lake Mobius, it's possible that by impossible geometries, the planet wraps and completes itself like any other, but at certain points it intersects the plane that the Dark Continent exists on. The gatekeepers explain that there's only a single channel that there is passage to the Dark World, which makes the Narrow Way concept seem possible. This also explains how over thousands or perhaps millions of years, the chimera ant that found its way to the planet is one of the only natural world-ending calamities to occur. Since if it was really just an endless sea between the Dark Continent and the known world, it wouldn't be so uncommon for a calamity to swim its way or fly to the known world.

[@aspenlog7484]

The reaches on these videos is always wild

[@dodozinha1508]

I once saw a theory that HxH is just a big scissors, rock and paper metaphor. Knowing Togashi? I dont doubt ANYTHING!!

[@RigoVids]

All I’m gonna say is 1) the argument that the world is a whale is unconvincing, and 2) youpi has human genes since the chimara ant queen who gave birth to him has human genes in her. That’s why she’s human sized.

[@bigjake360t]

I don't know, this seems a bit farfetched.

[@DeepSolid43]

IWOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSES THAT THE WHOLE HXH WORLD WAS CONJURED BY TONPA'S NEN Great theory, this was really eye opening, it sounded like BS at first, but you made just enough good points to be convincing

[@AzmiKamarullah]

Dark continent is universal unconscious, the character is personal unconscious and conscious, the whale is ego. Killua meet nanika is meeting with his anima (repressed feminine) that live in unconscious realm.. I think hxh is referenced of carl jung in mind of neglected child (gon, killua, meteor city, phantom troupe, etc)

[@1stclone479]

my theory is that bungee gum probably posseses properties of both rubber and gum

[@matthewking7571]

HxH is such a beautiful and inspiring story. No other manga drives people to create, so much in depth content. This world, is the world everyone wishes our world could be. Grounded, but still full of mystery. Not every question, will be met with an answer

[@nicklane607]

same thing with One Piece imo.

[@rikkosmappouros9494]

One piece has more theories than hunterxhunter has words written in every page.

[@matthewking7571]

@@rikkosmappouros9494 ok? I like one piece as well. Also this wasn't about "having the most theories". It's about how the world is written, so much uncertainty, so many things to question and ponder. I think one piece does a lot of things well, and is a fun vibrant world. But I think hxh has it beat in quality, though one piece has a great amount of quality as well.

[@matthewking7571]

@@nicklane607 I think there are some things that separate them, but I'm sure it's not far off

[@rikkosmappouros9494]

@@matthewking7571 You quoted " No other manga drives people to create, so much in depth content." I Didnt say one piece is better, but rather it has HxH beat on the aspect of fans involvement of wanting to create theories and learn about the secrets of One piece.

[@TheLastCrow5150]

Tserriednich can tinker with time using nen. So nen goes much deeper than life aura. I'm sure we're going to get some crazier reveals as the series passes on

[@benkrauss5041]

If the series passes on

[@TheLastCrow5150]

@@benkrauss5041 Sadly enough... 😢

[@benjystrauss2524]

I don't think you have enough hard evidence…

[@Noja2]

Yeah the evidence was too soft...

[@ANI-DEEZY]

Damn big Fiji with the 100k 🫡

[@R7dman]

You soon fr

[@emanuelzbeda1420]

Excellent work.

[@sacha2048]

The link with the author moebius is a stretch. He draws people on top of animals like togashi --> the world of HxH is a whale ? Saying that a whale world would "perfectly fit" meobius style without any other reference is just speculative. I like your videos but the theories are kinda stretchy in my opinion. Of course it is possible to find links between small details among dozens of manga tomes, but it doesn't mean that everything is linked and makes a whole coherent sense ! Same thing with the whale nen part, it's similar to saying that it's all in Gon's head and that he dreams everything : impossible to prove/refute therefore it is not a valid theory. Beside what would be the point of the whale world ? Togashi already did the world within the world twist with the dark continent reveal. That's great because it explains a lot and drives the plot etc. but puting all that on top of a whale, wouldn't it be too much ? Anyway just nitpicking keep up the great work :)

[@Page_max]

Anything hunter X Hunter should get a million views at least. They will get 100 from just me at least. If the video involved Hisoka and succession war character then I am going to watch it 1000 times by myself.

[@t-dollas5442]

Man I love this, thank you

[@Taanstafl12]

This is why we need at LEAST 12 more seasons.

[@theyoungknight.3119]

It was explicitly stated that all living things have aura and therefor are hypothetically capable of nen.

[@Alex.T1]

your take about the world of HxH being on the back of a giant whale reminds me of how in Hindu mythology, the earth is supported by four elephants standing on the back of a turtle... and the whole thing about "everything" being created by said whale unconsciously also reminds me of the Cthulu mythos and how the universe/multiverse is basically Azazoth dreaming it into reality...

[@Tyreeceholmes]

This wreaks of scrambling for depth and patterns to establish ones opinion as profound... "Sometimes it's a Boat, and sometimes it's more of an Accident. It all depends" His introduction of ideas is always hyper deliberate. The bloom, the urn they were all set pieces introduced in such a obvious "this is going to be important later" slap you in the face story telling. There's litterally nothing in this manga that was subtly introduced to pave the way for later integration, it's just things that most people miss because they're hardly paying attention, also I refuse to believe as great of a storyteller as togashi is he'd go through hack "ITS ALL A DREAM " but nen idea...That would be soooooo bad

[@KingOpenReview]

This feels like some Elder Scrolls shit.

[@StripedJacket]

I feel HxH theories hold no weight at all, cause Togashi just does whatever he feels like almost spontaneously for a lot of main plots points

[@consolesnugs8547]

2:59 i remember watching the anime and it was at the part where they met that guy that saved them from being scammed basically, Thats actually crazy to think that same guy made this object, i didnt notice that untill this video😮

[@KevinBeal]

Instead of jumping straight into the theory, I wish you’d have spent 3 minutes drilling into our heads how significant and mind blowing you thought the theory was.

[@sahayavyahulkennyamalan7384]

There could be other planets or beasts lurking in space with entire eco system on top of them

[@bienzoo]

"the size of a thing has nothing to do with it's power" you hear that ladies???

[@natenajor9834]

The ging scene is by far the biggest mystery in the entire series. Where was he? What was he doing? It seems as if Ging has been up to something for a while.

[@OfSunFlowers]

I can see the game ‘beyond good and evil’ in moebius’ art

[@HazeFrederick]

13:45 just want to say Europe and Asia in our world is connected Euro-Asia and Europe is TINY compared to Asia when it comes to land size.

[@Mooglatan]

It's likely that if the world is a massive whale that lake Mobius is the spout.

[@houssammiara7076]

York new city arc was made on 1999 Pakunoda number 9 of spiders and uvo number 11 of spiders died on september The auction's bulding looks like the twin towers and at the attack 2 helicopters down on the building and Togashi put Neon nostrad (maybe u know who is nostradamus) And before that on the haven arena's arc Togashi put a building looks like the khalifa's tower in Dubai But Togashi draw that (1999) before they start working on khalifa's tower (2004)

[@osmane.ferguson3102]

Your friend for sure is creative and has lots of free time xD But the only way we can valdiate this theory and just have it as a really cool head cannon. Is if the Whale is a god of sorts, that created the world, but exists out side of it, like Azathoth from HP Lovecraft or the Turtle from Stephen King's IT mythos.

[@EnzoDraws]

The ship is a whale, the dark continent is a bigger whale, and it's all on top of an even bigger massive whale that makes up the world. It's whales all the way down.

[@coballard5334]

Remember Kastro... the enhancer who conjures a double and manipulates it to attack. Then here comes Netero an enhancer who conjures a bodhisattva statue and manipulates it to attack.

[@BunchaNothing]

was expecting a lot of mysteries to be solved XD, i love this theory tho

[@Cl0udn1n3]

And if it's a Whale, it is Yog-sothoth in the form of the 40,000 eyed bull whale. Which makes hunter hunter world connected to ours :D

[@trascendentalsunset]

There is always a bigger fish.

[@Niggurath-n4h]

Actually it is a “Kun” one of the many mythological beings in ancient time.