EmmyOk posted:

Ruggington posted:

togashi is a master of conveying action and paneling

he is extremely good at every aspect of making comics

tbp posted:

the end of bleach was so incredibly unsatisfying it may as well have been considered having sex with my wife lol.

homeless hungry plz help posted:

Hate to break it to you but the end of Bleach actually happened.

so anyway what's this about rumors of the hiatus ending on the 26th? Or was that just bullshit again considering that it was a thing about the hiatus ending?

Fabricated posted:

The only thing I kinda like about HxH is that Gon is basically the logical conclusion of a Goku/Luffy type of personality in that he's basically a high-functioning sociopath that isn't as evil as most of the people he fights only because his moral compass very barely points in the right direction so long as things mostly go his way in the end.

Alder posted:

Gon is mostly a stable boy who had a happy childhood? I mean, if you want to see someone who is pretty screwed up you can always picture Killua's childhood and life up until the Hunter's Exam.

Silver2195 posted:

A happy childhood, yes, but in some ways his background is more alien to the audience's than Killua's is. He grew up in a very rural area without a lot of other children around, and thus doesn't even know what video games and the Internet are at first.

Also, he may have been sexually abused by female tourists.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

gon isn't a sociopath. he is in fact very empathetic. however, you don't have to be a sociopath to be severely hosed in the head.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

gon isn't a sociopath. he is in fact very empathetic. however, you don't have to be a sociopath to be severely hosed in the head.

TurkeyFried posted:

In the meantime

https://twitter.com/YonkouProd/status/877130240186736644?s=09

Bad Seafood posted:

Kinda strange Hisoka's only appeared on three covers to date despite his prominance in the story.

In any case, cool cover for a cool volume. Shame past experience dictates it'll be a year before it's available in the States.

EmmyOk posted:

I really like Togashi's early covers

Silver2195 posted:

So, before HxH comes back, who do people think will die on the boat?

All the Phantom Troupe members except Kalluto are doomed, of course; they're on the same boat as Kurapica and Hisoka, along with a lot of other strong people who aren't on their side, and there's no obvious narrative role for them on the Dark Continent itself. Kalluto is relatively safe because Kurapica wouldn't kill a child, and while Hisoka has no moral qualms about it, he would be reluctant to kill someone who has the potential to become much stronger, or one of Illumi's little brothers. Then again, Hisoka might be so angry at the Phantom Troupe right now that he doesn't care about things like that anymore, or Kalluto might betray the Troupe at the wrong moment and get killed by Chrollo.

Leorio is safe because killing him off before he gets his turn to be the main character would be pointless. Kurapica probably gets a degree of plot armor as the current main character.

Most of the Zodiacs will probably survive so they can be relevant to Dark Continent stuff, but some of the more narrowly combat-oriented ones might die.

As for the Princes of Kakin and their mothers, Woble will survive and Tserriednich will die, but I have no idea about the rest.

Biscuit should be fine as long as she doesn't fight Chrollo alone or something. The other bodyguards are toast.

Roland Jones posted:

Stealing your pictures (and one from MonsterEnvy below me) to make a list of the names of and what we know about the princes. Thanks.


Benjamin, 1st prince. rear end in a top hat, might be a soldier. Has a rivalry with Tserriednich because they're both murderous egomaniacs, and also brothers. Killed a lion with his bare hands.


Camilla, 2nd prince. She's... Pretty, I guess, and wears nice dresses. I don't know. According to Oito she, as well as the others among the four oldest, are "superior princes" with more power and resources, at least. Tsubeppa, Lazarus, and Harkenberg are her siblings.


Chourai (or Zhang Lei, according to the wiki), 3rd prince. He's short and and weird-looking. Another "superior prince". No direct siblings.


Tserriednich, 4th prince. Big bad dude of this arc and the reason Kurapika's involved. Has the last remaining Kurta eyes. Is a pretty boy, a genius, and a serial killer.


Tsubeppa, 5th prince. Seems to be a scientist, given a previous scene where she was in a lab with a test tube and wearing a labcoat.


Tyson, 6th prince. Arrogant and likely to choose bodyguards based on looks, according to Kurapika. No direct siblings. Izunabi (Kurapika's teacher) is one of her bodyguards.


Lazarus (MS calls him "L'Souris"), 7th prince. Was first seen smoking, has an impressive collection of what are either incense burners or bongs. An idiot, according to Tserriednich; his soldiers were among the ones screened by Kurapika's dowsing. Basho (haiku guy) is one of his bodyguards.


Saresare, 8th prince. Has a harem. ...That's it. No direct siblings.


Harkenberg, 9th prince. Extremely intelligent, but doesn't get along well with others, with Tserriednich being the only person among the royal family he considers a friend. Openly critical of the royal family's actions and policies; his reformist attitude has earned him both supporters and enemies. Probably the most powerful of the non-superior princes, a lot of the others have hitched their hopes to him; if the nature of the death match got out after he became king, it would ruin his reputation, so the weaker ones have witnesses ready to blackmail him and are thus hoping for him to ensure their survival through the expedition.


Kacho, 10th prince. Seems interested in jewelry and fashion. Like Tyson, Kurapika considers her to be arrogant and likely to pick bodyguards based on looks. Sister of Fugetsu, who she's been seen with a couple times. Melody is one of her bodyguards.


Fugetsu, 11th prince. She was doing flower-arranging when we first saw her. Unlike the other younger princes she didn't get a bodyguard via website, so unlike the rest of the people at 10 and lower she doesn't have a protagonist or friend thereof protecting her. Sister of Kacho.


Momoze, 12th prince. She was seen sewing once I guess. Is pretty dang young. Sister of Marayam. Guarded by Hanzo.


Marayam, 13th prince. Has some pet hamsters. Was once seen playing a Game Boy or something. Also a kid. Guarded by Biscuit.


Woble, 14th prince. A baby, so Oito, her mother, is the one making all the decisions regarding her. No direct siblings. Guarded by Kurapika.


All of them have nen beasts from the weird pot thing, but none seem to have their own nen. Their nen beasts are influenced by their personality and other factors, and MS's awful translation says something about the host's "affinity for the dead" affecting the beast, so I expect lunatics like Benjamin and Tserriednich to have especially powerful ones, but the beasts aren't under the control of those who spawned them. Judging from the king's words they're supposed to protect the princes, but a "weak vessel" will presumably make a weak beast, resulting in that individual having low chances of survival.

Roland Jones posted:

Okay, let's see. My bets are on Woble living, while Tserriednich and Benjamin are probably hosed. Chourai is almost definitely dead too. Camilla I don't think will fare well either, though Tsubeppa might have a chance. Harkenberg I can see going either way; I both really want to bet on him becoming king and on him dying, so I can't really call him. If he doesn't die early on and throw things into chaos, he's going to be a major player, at least. Momoze and Marayam I want to live, but the Ant arc showed that children aren't safe here so I can't say for sure. I want the sisters to live too but I don't really know enough to say either way. Lazarus/L'Souris is almost definitely dead I think.

I wish I could tell now if this is going to be a bloodbath or not; while it's obviously going to be chaos, what with all the competing factions, Yorknew was rather light on named character death while the Ant arc (or Greed Island really) massacred a ton of people who received small, medium, and even large amounts of characterization. The king's desire for it to be a massacre and the presence of the nen beasts has me leaning towards bloodbath, in which case I'd be betting on almost everyone dying, but a few things have me not entirely certain it'll work out that way.

Silver2195 posted:

So, before HxH comes back, who do people think will die on the boat?

Crain posted:

The boat dies first. Then everyone over 6' tall, then everyone under 4'3".

TurkeyFried posted:

http://www.bakadata.com/manga-spoiler/hunter-x-hunter-361-spoiler

Spoilers are out

ooooh boy

Tunicate posted:

there's no reason they'd be on a boat unless it's gonna get shipwrecked.