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It's kind of humanizing to see real emotion from him, but it's also a good example of his sociopathy or whatever that the guy who can chop people up for fun and seethe at a woman about how much he hates "lying bitches" can't possibly imagine why someone, particularly said woman, might try to kill him. It's kind of funny really; at first that feels like a moment where you might feel some sympathy for him or start seeing him as more than a flat monster, like some people here did, yet if you start thinking about it it's a reflection of just how messed up he really is.
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That he is able to display positive emotions towards people that don't involve murdering them does make him even more monstrous because of his other behaviour and that makes him far more interesting than if he just remained the hyper competent serial killer he was just portrayed as being before.
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I mean he’s capable of productive behavior, one of three mafia groups is under his thumb, it’s the messed up ritual murder group I think?
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Let's not forget he is one of the favorites siblings for Halkenburg, so Tse is supposed to be a pretty cool guy to hang out with, if he isn't interested in murder you horribly.
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I didn't realize Tse was a soccer fan. I'm guessing Lazio or Real.
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Eej posted:That he is able to display positive emotions towards people that don't involve murdering them does make him even more monstrous because of his other behaviour and that makes him far more interesting than if he just remained the hyper competent serial killer he was just portrayed as being before. how to verbally express our motives... is that the key to understanding myself?
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Wild Horses posted:I mean he’s capable of productive behavior, one of three mafia groups is under his thumb, it’s the messed up ritual murder group I think? Turin Turambar posted:Let's not forget he is one of the favorites siblings for Halkenburg, so Tse is supposed to be a pretty cool guy to hang out with, if he isn't interested in murder you horribly. He has largely given that impression so far. The way he talks and acts make him seem like an intelligent affable, and funny guy, however he is a horrible person who enjoys murdering people for fun and collecting body parts.
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Does Tse actually namedrop a bunch of real world things or is that just the translation?
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MonsterEnvy posted:Yeah it's not under his thumb he is just their benefactor and allied with them. However the whole murder group thing is new. Morena just recently took control of the group (And appears to have had most of it killed off so she could do her murder thing.) Oh, so Tse works in marketing.
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Dias posted:I didn't realize Tse was a soccer fan. I'm guessing Lazio or Real. Yeah I missed that, so does that mean Spain and Italy are canon in HxH
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Dias posted:Oh, so Tse works in marketing. Lol
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Stairmaster posted:did we go back on hiatus No, chapter translation is just delayed.
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Stairmaster posted:did we go back on hiatus Im guessing the walls of text are truely marvellous in this chappy
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https://readms.net/r/hunter_x_hunter/388/5466/1 Jesus just write a novel at this point.
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Meme Emulator posted:Im guessing the walls of text are truely marvellous in this chappy ahaha
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Mulderman posted:https://readms.net/r/hunter_x_hunter/388/5466/1 lmfao 
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Just write a novel at this point should be the threads title page 18 has more text in it than other battle mangas entire volume
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Meme Emulator posted:lmfao  Just make that page the thread title
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Every time Rihan shows up he has a massive internal monologue. It makes sense given his ability and personality and stuff, but jeez, I think maybe a quarter of the pages he's on have almost nothing besides him except words. Chapter is very interesting though. I was thinking that Kurapika's two week Nen training would involve using Steal Chain to awaken people, but I didn't think he'd actually be this open about it. His training regimen makes sense though; get them able to grasp the basics, then forcefully awaken them to fast-forward their training without risking them just collapsing and losing consciousness. That was a risk of "baptisms" from the first time we heard of them and a thing Killua and Gon had to overcome back in Heaven's Tower, and most of these people shouldn't pick things up that fast. I want to see another group's translation, though, as a few parts seemed questionable and I know there were at least a few mistakes, like Seiko being referred to as a prince rather than a queen and Woble once again being referred to as male. Same for Tubeppa actually.
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You all shut the gently caress up, I'd rather Togashi drew a couple of images an issue and kept writing than he went into yet another hiatus.
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Dias posted:You all shut the gently caress up, I'd rather Togashi drew a couple of images an issue and kept writing than he went into yet another hiatus. Im laughing at it but I also love it.
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Meme Emulator posted:Im laughing at it but I also love it.  Gonna need another group's pass to figure out where Rihan thinking on page 19 ends and Tubeppa thinking begins though
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Oh, I'm fine with it myself. It's just noticeable to me that one character in particular has such massive internal monologues in most of his appearances that he has a few pages where most of the panels are just words. The manga is dense at times, but Rihan's moments are especially egregious.
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Kurapika just gave everybody a gun in the hopes that it would make them safer
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Whooping Crabs posted:Kurapika just gave everybody a gun in the hopes that it would make them safer MAD is effective
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Man, those last three pages were tough. The 'problem' is that there are three inner monologues in a row, not one. First one is from Rihan, second one is from Rihan but he switches to thinking about his work mate being killed (the soul-controlled Benjamin guard who killed himself) without any 'warning' and got me confused, and third one is Tsubeppa.
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Whooping Crabs posted:Kurapika just gave everybody a gun in the hopes that it would make them safer That was an interesting insight from Bill: this power he is conceding now may fire back on the long run. People are greedy with power.
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Chapter was wordy as gently caress, but drat that was satisfying. Togashi really knows how to build suspense.
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Meme Emulator posted:lmfao When I saw the raws for this I knew it was going to be a doozy for the translators  Still waiting on 7sama as I have given up on using Mangastream.
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This chapter was perhaps the weakest one of the current batch. Usually slow chapters like this serve to build suspense, but in this case the chapters had lots of meditation about things the reader know the real truth. Bibamaina and the other guy meditating about Kurapica's TRUE intentions... we know already his true intentions. Rihan meditating about what TRULY happened with the death of the guard who shot himself... we know already, he was possessed by Sumidori. So not that much suspense gained.
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Turin Turambar posted:This chapter was perhaps the weakest one of the current batch. Usually slow chapters like this serve to build suspense, but in this case the chapters had lots of meditation about things the reader know the real truth. Bibamaina and the other guy meditating about Kurapica's TRUE intentions... we know already his true intentions. Rihan meditating about what TRULY happened with the death of the guard who shot himself... we know already, he was possessed by Sumidori. So not that much suspense gained. fake news
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Mulderman posted:https://readms.net/r/hunter_x_hunter/388/5466/1 on the one hand, writing is easier than drawing and togashi is made of glass on the other hand, lmao
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Turin Turambar posted:This chapter was perhaps the weakest one of the current batch. Usually slow chapters like this serve to build suspense, but in this case the chapters had lots of meditation about things the reader know the real truth. Bibamaina and the other guy meditating about Kurapica's TRUE intentions... we know already his true intentions. Rihan meditating about what TRULY happened with the death of the guard who shot himself... we know already, he was possessed by Sumidori. So not that much suspense gained. Knowing what they think explains what theyre going to do next in response. This is an arc thats essentially an information war and about who knows and who doesnt, and what they'll do to protect or gain it.
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I actually liked Rihan's textdump, because he's being deliberately left in the dark and having to figure things out on his own, and while he's arriving at mostly-correct conclusions we already know, him questioning his orders and wanting to go for other targets is an interesting development. On a tangent from that, I also like that the obviousness of Kurapika's chains is actually working in his favor; all three of Benjamin's guards who are trying to figure him out have assumed that he has five abilities, one per chain, and this knowledge is forcing them to be cautious because, well, gently caress, who knows what he has? A Specialist with five abilities? Even with what they've figured out about one (and they've only guessed at its side-effect rather than its actual purpose) it's gotten them almost nowhere. I just thought it was neat, because for all his secretiveness, Kurapika's chains are right there, so anyone who knows about Nen should realize they're not just a fashion statement, which seemed like he was tipping his hand a bit in the past. Turns out it gives his opponents just enough information to trip them up. Roland Jones fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Nov 9, 2018 |
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If Kurapica's nen course ends here (even if it seems to really continue in the backdrop, between chapters), maybe next part will be Kurapica's collaboration with Tsubeppa, it will be a chance for this Prince to have time on the limelight. I remember there was a youtube video with an interview with Togashi a the start of the arc, and you could see a big sheet of characters, and there was one for Tsubeppa faction, with a pair of rows of characters who haven't appeared for now, of scientific-looking nerds. Also, that will give a chance to have a great duel of analytic minds: Kurapica vs Rihan.
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Turin Turambar posted:This chapter was perhaps the weakest one of the current batch. Usually slow chapters like this serve to build suspense, but in this case the chapters had lots of meditation about things the reader know the real truth. Bibamaina and the other guy meditating about Kurapica's TRUE intentions... we know already his true intentions. Rihan meditating about what TRULY happened with the death of the guard who shot himself... we know already, he was possessed by Sumidori. So not that much suspense gained. I actually LOVE when Togashi shows smart characters reaching wrong conclusions with incomplete information, because it really emphasizes the factional nature of the problem. Same reason why Welfin was one of the best characters in Ant Arc - him figuring out "Komugi" doesn't feel like an asspull at all, because we know so much about how his mind works already.
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