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logger
Jun 28, 2008

...and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his own Country.
Soiled Meat
Luzurus' Nen Beast is definitely modeled after an antlion nymph(aka a doodlebug)

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Aoi
Sep 12, 2017

Perpetually a Pain.
Luzurus definitely got a lot more interesting after that weed session with Bashio. He's got actual ambitions and interests for improving the lives of citizens in Kakin, which is more than you can say about the vast majority of the other princes. He's got far more of a brain than previously demonstrated, too.

I'm rooting for him as a dark horse 'not killed off early' candidate.

Roland Jones
Aug 18, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
He also was one of the ones with a mafia family allied with him, alongside the third and fourth princes. That seems like it should count for something. But yeah, his scene with Basho was good and made him much more interesting than he had seemed previously.

Turin Turambar
Jun 5, 2011



sharktamer posted:

Might have missed something real obvious but does fuu just think it's actually her ability but it's actually kachin's?

Like people have said this stuff is way hard to follow so I may have just forgotten kachin already showing her ability or something.

Yeah, that is a possible twist: it was really Kachin opening up a portal, she was looking also at photos and thinking on her sister.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Turin Turambar posted:

-Tubeppa. This is one of the weirdest abilities. The fact it needs a companion to be used (like a few others abilities we have seen, for example Golem or Killua's escort grandma who could transform in vehicles) hints it could be a powerful ability, but needing a partner, and one who can use nen to be able to see he guardian beast to use it, it's a big disadvantage for her. As she can't see it, she can't even give instructions to that potential partner. Even worse if the user needs to be both a nen user and a scientist. The possible effects aren't clear, if includes drugs and chemicals with magical effects (without equivalent to the real world, imagine a drug that makes you invisible) it could be very good
This one could be more interesting because we don't know if the "partner" has to be able to use nen, or even directly interact with the nen beast to function. It could just be whenever Tubeppa engages in any research the beast starts to manufacture chemicals according to Tubeppa's desires or the beasts inclinations. And with how rare a combination of scientist nen user is, if that is a requirement than Tubeppa is a way to get the Zodiacs into this arc on a narrative level since most of the actual researchers from the association would qualify.

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!
The weirdest part is he shouldn't know his nen beast's power so it I don't understand how it would ever work.

Wild Horses
Oct 31, 2012

There's really no meaning in making beetles fight.

MonsterEnvy posted:

Fuu and Halkenberg seem nice.

if halkenburg was truly committed to his making things better he would try a lot harder to win over the other princes. Since he is at heart a principled liberal in bed with a (unknown to him) psycho, it makes sense that his stance would be one of compromise.
I mean he's not a bad guy but pacifism really is not the answer right now. Maybe he'll change, and if he does take a more proactive stance then he might be the 1# good guy of the arc.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

Wild Horses posted:

if halkenburg was truly committed to his making things better he would try a lot harder to win over the other princes. Since he is at heart a principled liberal in bed with a (unknown to him) psycho, it makes sense that his stance would be one of compromise.
I mean he's not a bad guy but pacifism really is not the answer right now. Maybe he'll change, and if he does take a more proactive stance then he might be the 1# good guy of the arc.

Kurapika speculated he is feeling conflicted right now.

Becoming King is the the best chance for him to make his political reforms. But he is heavily opposed to killing his siblings and having a death match go on. Momoze's death just makes him want to stop things even more. But he views the only possible way right now is to appeal to his father for things to stop as he likely does not see himself as strong enough to beat the older princes.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
even if halkenburg felt confident in beating the older princes he's aware that his younger siblings would probably all die in the process. he knows that he's not strong enough to beat everyone else while also protecting the children.

Cephas
May 11, 2009

Humanity's real enemy is me!
Hya hya foowah!
What's the go-to way to read the latest HxH arc? Is it officially released in English or is it a scanslation deal? I finally finished the anime and I don't want to get off Mr. Togashi's wild ride.

Silver2195
Apr 4, 2012

Cephas posted:

What's the go-to way to read the latest HxH arc? Is it officially released in English or is it a scanslation deal? I finally finished the anime and I don't want to get off Mr. Togashi's wild ride.

The Dark Continent storyline begins near the end of Volume 32.

HxH runs in English Shonen Jump, but the volumes released in English so far end at volume 33, only covering up to chapter 350 of 374. Volume 34, containing chapters 351-360, will be released in English March 8.

Roland Jones
Aug 18, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

even if halkenburg felt confident in beating the older princes he's aware that his younger siblings would probably all die in the process. he knows that he's not strong enough to beat everyone else while also protecting the children.

Yeah, Halkenburg is extremely principled and idealistic; there is no level of innocent lives other than zero that he would consider an acceptable loss or sacrifice. To him, every dead child, if not every death in general in the game, is a failure on his part, no matter how unreasonable it actually is to blame himself. He wants to find a way to stop this altogether, not just determine how to best minimize the damage.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

drjuggalo
Jul 26, 2014
i really feel togashi will keep this up through the year and maybe even get to the DC

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND


Relatable, sometimes you get lost and you forget your cellphone. Sometimes you do so in your refrigerator.

drjuggalo posted:

i really feel togashi will keep this up through the year and maybe even get to the DC

I wish I could have your optimism.

drjuggalo
Jul 26, 2014
maybe if we all wish that hxh wont get cancelled the strength of togashis will (and back) amplifies

Hitlersaurus Christ
Oct 14, 2005

I accidentally threw my cellphone in the trash once

FanofPortals
Sep 22, 2006

BILL FILLMAFF'S GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT

Does his phone now have nen?

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
Is there anything preventing Bill from being the assassin?

Turin Turambar
Jun 5, 2011



drjuggalo posted:

i really feel togashi will keep this up through the year and maybe even get to the DC

Heh. I will be happy with just a shorter wait period than usual. Anything less than 12 months will be positive.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Cephas posted:

What's the go-to way to read the latest HxH arc? Is it officially released in English or is it a scanslation deal? I finally finished the anime and I don't want to get off Mr. Togashi's wild ride.

If you want to read it live, the official viz translation is the only way it'll make any sense whatsoever

Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo
If Togashi and Miura are updating their mangas while MHW just came out, there's still hope we'll see the ending of both series before the heat death of the Universe.

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

TurkeyFried posted:

Is there anything preventing Bill from being the assassin?
The assassin is keeping the fact that they can use nen a secret. Bill has openly used nen, so it can't be him.

Also how dare you.

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

TurkeyFried posted:

Is there anything preventing Bill from being the assassin?

His heart of gold.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Bad Seafood posted:

The assassin is keeping the fact that they can use nen a secret. Bill has openly used nen, so it can't be him.

Also how dare you.

That's only if you assume the assassin is one of the hidden nen users though. The thing is, that all evidence points towards the assassin most likely being a member of Wobble's entorage since the first victims should be Woody and the original group of guards and the operator of SM seems to have every reason to remain near the doll/snakes to observe it's actions. Now that we've partially cleared the other maid, Bill is the only person left who would have been present to deploy/redeploy Silent Majority.

This could be a twist where Bill is the guy picking off students, and this unknown nen user is someone else entirely. Although I'd like for Bill to not be a guy who summons snakes and I'm still convinced that the Maid found one of the ways stated to trick Kurapika's polygraph test.

Wild Horses
Oct 31, 2012

There's really no meaning in making beetles fight.
which one of those guys is hisoka though?

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
I don't want Bill to be evil, but both he and Shimano fit the Butler role in this murder mystery, and I like her too!

Then again, if it's not Bill, he'd be Kurapika's Watson.

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUYyaI_qy-U

i think this is gonna be awesome when they finish it

grieving for Gandalf
Apr 22, 2008

I forgot that's what their big dumb ship looks like

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Dias posted:

If Togashi and Miura are updating their mangas while MHW just came out, there's still hope we'll see the ending of both series before the heat death of the Universe.

Togashi is Dragon Quest and Miura is Idolm@ster iirc. I don't recall them every getting distracted by Monster Hunter.

Tarodia
Jan 13, 2008

Winners don't do drugs
Thankfully DQXI has been out long enough in Japan to be beaten.

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
Volume 34 is $6.35 on Amazon US

Kild
Apr 24, 2010

TurkeyFried posted:

[url="https:////smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1421599481"]Volume 34 is $6.35 on Amazon US[/url]



thicc

Can Of Worms
Sep 4, 2011

That's not how the Triangle Attack works...
Sometimes you gotta put a smartphone in a fridge to defeat an enemy stand.

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Brought To You By posted:

That's only if you assume the assassin is one of the hidden nen users though. The thing is, that all evidence points towards the assassin most likely being a member of Wobble's entorage since the first victims should be Woody and the original group of guards and the operator of SM seems to have every reason to remain near the doll/snakes to observe it's actions. Now that we've partially cleared the other maid, Bill is the only person left who would have been present to deploy/redeploy Silent Majority.

This could be a twist where Bill is the guy picking off students, and this unknown nen user is someone else entirely. Although I'd like for Bill to not be a guy who summons snakes and I'm still convinced that the Maid found one of the ways stated to trick Kurapika's polygraph test.

Kurapika already polygraphed Bill offscreen.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Pewdiepie posted:

Kurapika already polygraphed Bill offscreen.

Well then, maybe someone found a way to erase their memory and dupe Kurapika's dowsing chain. I really think that assuming that the user of SM is one of the students is a red herring.

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
It's that time of the week again: https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/815i2n/spoilers_chapter_376_translation_by_veraciouscake/

Yeah, the Kakin royal family is just naturally predisposed to nen

As we approach a full volume's worth of chapters, please join me in prayer:

https://twitter.com/OfficialHxH/status/968260169422528512



Edit: After reading the whole spoiler, I don't think Belerainte's Hisoka anymore. But oh well, another interesting character's good too.

TurkeyFried fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Mar 1, 2018

dazoner
May 17, 2006

White People!

TurkeyFried posted:

It's that time of the week again: https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/815i2n/spoilers_chapter_376_translation_by_veraciouscake/

Yeah, the Kakin royal family is just naturally predisposed to nen

As we approach a full volume's worth of chapters, please join me in prayer:

https://twitter.com/OfficialHxH/status/968260169422528512



Edit: After reading the whole spoiler, I don't think Belerainte's Hisoka anymore. But oh well, another interesting character's good too.

you will need to throw 10,000 punches and pray after each punch. You must also complete the task in an hour

turboraton
Aug 28, 2011
Jesus. I know he will never finish the series but I'm glad he has the freedom to put Gon and Killua aside and write Detective Kurapika, this poo poo is getting better and better and I love how this feels like a Battle Royale where everything matters.

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Turin Turambar
Jun 5, 2011



turboraton posted:

Jesus. I know he will never finish the series but I'm glad he has the freedom to put Gon and Killua aside and write Detective Kurapika, this poo poo is getting better and better and I love how this feels like a Battle Royale where everything matters.

Few people knew, but Togashi stopped playing Dragon Quests time ago, now he is with the new hotness, PUBG...

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