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Jose posted:Lol nen is a super secret thing but also regular people can go watch fights where clearly impossible stuff happens and you might get murdered unexpectedly That's definitely an issue with Hunter x Hunter's worldbuilding. There's traces of the same oddness in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but it's even more glaring in Hunter x Hunter.
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It really is hilarious in retrospect how that fight was already decided when Hisoka told Chrollo to choose the time and place he would be fighting to the death, and everything afterwards is just what we should have expected to happen. Well, except Hisoka surviving, but at least it looks like he got hosed all the way up.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:52
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Silver2195 posted:That's definitely an issue with Hunter x Hunter's worldbuilding. There's traces of the same oddness in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but it's even more glaring in Hunter x Hunter. The real weird one to me is the idea of Killua not even knowing what nen is. Come on Togashi.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:59
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Jose posted:Lol nen is a super secret thing but also regular people can go watch fights where clearly impossible stuff happens and you might get murdered unexpectedly The heaven's arena isn't really a place normal people can just go to, and past the 200th floor everyone knows what nen is or thinks it's just trickery. Not completely unfounded since this world has various magical creatures and bizarre phenomenon that are public knowledge and a giant continent everyone knows not to go to bordering them. Psychic powers are still something you wouldn't immediately believe are real in that setting. It's even pointed out that the news have no idea what happened and figured it was just Chrollo using a regular bomb and later when someone gets killed in a bathroom it's assumed some bizarre creature stowed away on the ship. Rohan Kishibe posted:The real weird one to me is the idea of Killua not even knowing what nen is. Come on Togashi.
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Feb 15, 2021 18:22
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Brought To You By posted:The heaven's arena isn't really a place normal people can just go to, and past the 200th floor everyone knows what nen is or thinks it's just trickery. Not completely unfounded since this world has various magical creatures and bizarre phenomenon that are public knowledge and a giant continent everyone knows not to go to bordering them. Psychic powers are still something you wouldn't immediately believe are real in that setting. It's even pointed out that the news have no idea what happened and figured it was just Chrollo using a regular bomb and later when someone gets killed in a bathroom it's assumed some bizarre creature stowed away on the ship. It gets even worse retrospectively when they introduced Alluka. "Nen is wild! I have never seen super powers before despite having a wish granting sibling"
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Feb 16, 2021 16:30
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Vise the Stompy posted:It gets even worse retrospectively when they introduced Alluka. "Nen is wild! I have never seen super powers before despite having a wish granting sibling" Alluka does not seem to be Nen.
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Feb 16, 2021 20:48
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I think the only way to justify it is to day it was because of Illumi's needles or something like that.
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Feb 16, 2021 20:54
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Brought To You By posted:This one however is kind of dumb. Not because the overbearing family of assassins didn't teach the renegade son Nen, but because Killua somehow could identify his grandfather's Dragon Dive ability despite never having seen it before. You could rationalize that Killua saw Zeno make a big hole in the ground and say something like, "This is Dragon Drive, one of my secret techniques. I'll explain how it works when you're older."
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Feb 16, 2021 20:57
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While I think Killua not knowing nen is a bit weird, it's 100% a thing his family would do.
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Feb 16, 2021 21:06
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recall how much the zoldyck household focused on physical strength. it isn't too strange that killua would attribute various superhuman feats by his family to a lifetime of extreme body training. heck, killua could perform superhuman feats of strength before he learned nen, too.
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Feb 16, 2021 21:14
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i mean it seems fairly in line with the Zoldyck family to train the poo poo out of Killuas physical prowess before they move onto nen.
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Feb 16, 2021 21:39
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Iirc they meant for him to learn nen when he was like six and made him go to heavens arena (presumably the fast way) he just hosed off right before the nen users showed up and they got mad and said gently caress it.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:33
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Whenever Nen was happening, Killua was in the bathroom.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:43
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Last Celebration posted:Iirc they meant for him to learn nen when he was like six and made him go to heavens arena (presumably the fast way) he just hosed off right before the nen users showed up and they got mad and said gently caress it. Silver2195 posted:You could rationalize that Killua saw Zeno make a big hole in the ground and say something like, "This is Dragon Drive, one of my secret techniques. I'll explain how it works when you're older."
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Feb 17, 2021 03:17
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The keeping in the dark seems fairly exclusive to Killua too, since his youngest sibling is a nen user and member of the Troupe at age 10.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Very mixed feelings on I Tell C. I like that it's putting a focus on the emotional strains that lead to people becoming criminals, but it definitely feels like it's more a manga about cops doing whatever they want. Guess we'll see! It's this. The whole 'this woman falls in love with criminals' is just set dressing to make cops doing whatever the hell they want appear cute and quirky. At least in Ron Kamonohashi, the actual focus is on solving murder mysteries. CodfishCartographer posted:Still also not fully sold on Elusive Samurai. The priest guy is just SO creepy. I just want him out of the picture but I know that's not happening lol. I also hate to say it, but the huge number of Japanese names and words kind of makes it a bit of a chore to read. I know that it's appropriate for the era, but that doesn't make it easier to read. Darth TNT posted:Elusive Samurai. Priest is the worst and he is ruining my enjoyment of the series. It's still early days though and I think it has potential. I wonder if we'll get a twist that creepy priest is supposed to be someone from the future. There doesn't really seem to be any magic in the setting, so it would explain why creepy priest seems to know too many details about things that'll happen.
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amigolupus posted:It's this. The whole 'this woman falls in love with criminals' is just set dressing to make cops doing whatever the hell they want appear cute and quirky. At least in Ron Kamonohashi, the actual focus is on solving murder mysteries.
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Feb 17, 2021 13:45
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Has priest guy actually predicted anything though? At first I thought those pitfalls, but then it was revealed he made the other kids dig dozens of pitfalls everywhere, so no matter where the protag ran he'd fall in one and it'd look like priest guy predicted his movements.
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Feb 17, 2021 16:11
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CodfishCartographer posted:Has priest guy actually predicted anything though? At first I thought those pitfalls, but then it was revealed he made the other kids dig dozens of pitfalls everywhere, so no matter where the protag ran he'd fall in one and it'd look like priest guy predicted his movements. Okay, maybe prediction isn't the best word for it, but there's been these instances of him mentioning things that only exist in the future:    It might be played as a gag, but it's still pretty suspicious.
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Feb 17, 2021 21:38
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The priest's name is Suwa Yorishige, which matches the name of a samurai born in 1516. The year this takes place in is 1333, so I'm guessing that's the angle.
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Zerilan posted:The keeping in the dark seems fairly exclusive to Killua too, since his youngest sibling is a nen user and member of the Troupe at age 10. Silva always viewed Killua as his successor, it makes sense he treats him differently.
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i flunked out posted:Silva always viewed Killua as his successor, it makes sense he treats him differently. Checks out as he's the only blonde child
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One plot point I hope the Demon Slayer anime eventually expands upon is the stuff with Zenitsu's rival. In the manga he just kind of appears out of nowhere, has a plot dump and then is defeated. It is one of the parts that feels like it was cut for time.
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Feb 17, 2021 23:10
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Jose posted:Checks out as he's the only blonde child lol
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Feb 18, 2021 00:53
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There have been 3 chapters of Ragna Crimson fresh out the oven. gently caress! guess I'm joining gimme the GOD drat candy in the Starlia riots. loving Chad Thundercock shows up and ruins everything.
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Speaking of Elusive Samurai's mangaka, we just got to that part in Assassination Classroom. It's kind of wild knowing that within a chapter or two, this whole plot about Nagisa's abusive mom will fizzle into nothing.
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Feb 18, 2021 11:30
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Um. Oh wow. Pretty sure that didn’t play out quite like that in the anime, at least the end part.
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Brought To You By posted:There have been 3 chapters of Ragna Crimson fresh out the oven. this is loving bullshit
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Feb 18, 2021 20:28
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lmao what the gently caress is going on in Fire Force
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Feb 18, 2021 22:42
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Dexo posted:lmao what the gently caress is going on in Fire Force It's both creepy and cool.
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Feb 19, 2021 00:08
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as things get weirder and weirder the possibility of a direct connection to soul eater becomes more likely. the moon was just the start.
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Dexo posted:lmao what the gently caress is going on in Fire Force I got no loving clue and I have no idea how to feel about it.
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Feb 19, 2021 11:45
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I wonder how the anime is going to do that part.
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Feb 20, 2021 02:36
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It would be disappointing if they didn't go just as hard and do it in live action.
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Feb 20, 2021 02:47
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I must not have been the only one who got completely lost in this meta manga power stuff in Undead Unluck since the author spent half this chapter explaining it again in the simplest possible terms. 
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Feb 21, 2021 18:53
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Enjoyed Witch Watch this week! I'm enjoying goofy magic fun times, and I'm liking the teacher too. Second chapter of Nine Dragon Balls Parade was.. Fine. I like the new girl. Lots of yaoi baiting. Magu was fun, now I wanna try DARK HOT POT. Also plot stuff may be happening? I hope this is all a bunch of buildup to a new friend. Roboco makes for the best out of context panels  Less creepy guy in Elusive Samurai this week, and when he is there, he's not creepy! What is creepy is that one dude's eye. Good "oh poo poo" moment at the end of Jujutsu Kaisen. I Tell C... Ehh....
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Feb 21, 2021 19:32
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 Sakamoto pulling out the best spread of the series so far with Hardboiled.
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Feb 21, 2021 19:37
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CodfishCartographer posted:What is creepy is that one dude's eye.
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Feb 21, 2021 19:52
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A cheap tactic, but the mangaka of Witch Watch knows what it takes to hook me. It's Hunter x Hunter jokes.
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