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Turin Turambar posted:In hindsight, it should have been placed after the Hisoka fight and before the boat starts its journey. Here it's affecting the pace of the succession fight, yes. Then again, it's better to do it now than to wait until the Troupe find Kurapica or Hisoka.
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Nov 28, 2022 15:12
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quote:the death of Kurapika
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No Wave posted:no. I refuse. Yes, embrace it. And with his death, Leorio will assume the role of protagonist. Finally!
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Nov 28, 2022 15:23
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No Wave posted:no. I refuse.  [X] Don't be surprised when Kurapika has to sacrifice himself to save Woble's and Oito in the end.
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Nov 28, 2022 15:44
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I like the flashback but I also want to know about everything else so plz togashi don't hiatus too quickly this time. What with all the new assistants and stuff I'm kind of optimistic that it's gonna stick around for a bit this time.
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Silver2195 posted:the remaining members of the Zoaldyck family (who I assume various Blacklist Hunters will be going after now that Illumi, Killua, Alluka, and Kalluto are all away). Just wanted to add that Killua still hasn’t found out about Gotoh’s death, and we still don’t know why a Kiriko is impersonating Gotoh. So there’s definitely some Zoaldyck-related loose ends.
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Nov 28, 2022 16:33
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Silver2195 posted:Just wanted to add that Killua still hasn’t found out about Gotoh’s death, and we still don’t know why a Kiriko is impersonating Gotoh. So there’s definitely some Zoaldyck-related loose ends. Pretty sure they have a Kiriko pretending to be Gotoh so Killua does not find out that Gotoh died for him, and seek retribution against Illumi for it.
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Nov 28, 2022 16:58
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No Wave posted:well yeah, everyone's gonna die at some point in their lives! And it just so happens that the Black Whale makes the perfect coffin for some people.
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Silver2195 posted:Just wanted to add that Killua still hasn’t found out about Gotoh’s death, and we still don’t know why a Kiriko is impersonating Gotoh. So there’s definitely some Zoaldyck-related loose ends. I don't think that or the identity of the remaining Zoldyks are unresolved plot points. They're information we'd like to know as readers but they're just parts of the larger setting, not stuff set up for the main story like Gyro. In the latter's case, we got dedicated flashbacks and named characters seeking him out, and we are straight up told that Gon will meet him in the future. I think we might get more Zoldyk info on the Dark Continent in regards to how Nanika got to the inner world, as well as follow up on the two brothers in the troupe (I don't really see them dying like the rest),
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Hitlersaurus Christ posted:I don't think that or the identity of the remaining Zoldyks are unresolved plot points. They're information we'd like to know as readers but they're just parts of the larger setting, not stuff set up for the main story like Gyro. In the latter's case, we got dedicated flashbacks and named characters seeking him out, and we are straight up told that Gon will meet him in the future. I think Illumi will die, at least. Kalluto might survive due to Kurapica’s moral qualms about killing a child, but I’m pretty sure Hisoka, Morena, and Benjamin have no such principles. Edit: Speaking of Illumi and Kalluto, I’d like to see more interaction between them. It’s weird how Illumi tends to talk and act as though Killua was his only sibling. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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Nov 28, 2022 17:48
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Silver2195 posted:I think Illumi will die, at least. Kalluto might survive due to Kurapica’s moral qualms about killing a child, but I’m pretty sure Hisoka, Morena, and Benjamin have no such principles. I don’t think Illumi will die until he meet with Killua again.
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Nov 28, 2022 18:06
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MonsterEnvy posted:I don’t think Illumi will die until he meet with Killua again. Yep, Illumi has to be kept alive for the Killua + Ai arc resolution, he is playing with god mode in this arc.
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Nov 28, 2022 18:41
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I'd love to know on a power ranking where killua currently sits
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Nov 28, 2022 19:08
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While the Illumi being Hisoka in disguise theory didn't pan out I still wouldn't be surprised if they were still allied in secret. I think Kurapika's beef is mostly with the spiders acting at the time of the Kurta massacre, which would exclude Illumi and Kalluto.
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Nov 28, 2022 19:41
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Turin Turambar posted:Yep, Illumi has to be kept alive for the Killua + Ai arc resolution, he is playing with god mode in this arc.
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Nov 28, 2022 20:18
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Nanika literally has a panel saying 'I'm from the dark continent', origin already resolved IMO.
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Nonexistence posted:While the Illumi being Hisoka in disguise theory didn't pan out I still wouldn't be surprised if they were still allied in secret. I think Kurapika's beef is mostly with the spiders acting at the time of the Kurta massacre, which would exclude Illumi and Kalluto. I also think the pair are bulletproof since they are only there for Hisoka and Kalluto only joined to get closer to Killua so neither have a reason to stick around if the rest of the Troupe suffers heavy losses. Illumi is all business and the moment Hisoka dies he'll just leave because he got paid.
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Tunicate posted:Nanika literally has a panel saying 'I'm from the dark continent', origin already resolved IMO. That's from one of the between chapter splash pages in the collected volume. It is a hilariously huge plot bomb that people who only read online don't know.
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Nov 28, 2022 21:41
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oh jay posted:That's from one of the between chapter splash pages in the collected volume. It is a hilariously huge plot bomb that people who only read online don't know. I was sure it was mentioned before.
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No Wave posted:well yeah, everyone's gonna die at some point in their lives! Not if they contract the immortality disease. 
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ImpAtom posted:I was sure it was mentioned before. The connection can be made when the one official visits the V5 bunker where they store the victims of the Calamity. There are two different samples of Ai victims, one wrung up like a towel and another that is squashed flat with a hand and foot protuding from the top and bottom respectively. The Guy mentoring that official talks about how there were victims of the Ai that were found on the human side of the border and it happened in front of many witnesses. The method of being squashed flat matches the flashback where the Zoldyck's used one of their butlers who was in a relationship to test what happens when a three requests from Nanika are denied and they were similarly squashed into a bloody pulp.
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Tunicate posted:Nanika literally has a panel saying 'I'm from the dark continent', origin already resolved IMO.
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Nonexistence posted:While the Illumi being Hisoka in disguise theory didn't pan out I still wouldn't be surprised if they were still allied in secret. I think Kurapika's beef is mostly with the spiders acting at the time of the Kurta massacre, which would exclude Illumi and Kalluto. Can Kurapika even use his chain on them and Hisoka?
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Meme Emulator posted:Can Kurapika even use his chain on them and Hisoka?
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A reminder that Kurapica has: Dowsing Chain Holy Chain Steal Chain Judgment Chain Chain Jail And only the last one is limited to the Troupe. Then you have to add he is still fairly new to Nen (2 years being a nen user?), and his Emperor Time, and his genius level intellect, and man, Togashi should have kept him his power level under check. Turin Turambar fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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Elephant Parade posted:I don't see why he wouldn't be able to. They are, to our and Kurapika's knowledge, full, recognized, self-identified members of the Troupe. It's not like Kurapika's vow includes a "must have been a member for at least one year" clause. I just couldnt remember if his restriction was that he couldnt use the chain on non-spiders or non-massacre members
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Elephant Parade posted:I don't see why he wouldn't be able to. They are, to our and Kurapika's knowledge, full, recognized, self-identified members of the Troupe. It's not like Kurapika's vow includes a "must have been a member for at least one year" clause. Illumi and Kalluto, yes, but not Hisoka, who not only has quit the Troupe but also never actually got a tattoo. It’s a bit weird that he faked the tattoo, even with Deceitful Texture, since you’d think they would have Machi tattoo new members rather than making them find their own tattoo artists.
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one of the reasons this arc has been so good is that kurapika is for once a little bit in over his head and can't resolve everything with his op powers, it's a much more interesting scenario
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oh jay posted:That's from one of the between chapter splash pages in the collected volume. It is a hilariously huge plot bomb that people who only read online don't know. It's in the shonen jump online version.
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Turin Turambar posted:A reminder that Kurapica has: There’s a price for all that, though. I think Dowsing Chain is the only one he can use without Emperor Time, and Steal Chain can get him stuck in Emperor Time if he isn’t careful. Plus by developing so many techniques so early, he’s cut off his potential to develop, unlike Gon and Killua who gradually got stronger (until Gon sacrificed his potential even more dramatically).
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ken'i's smile is some byproduct of knowing when people will die, i guess? seems too weird and abstract to be a direct nen ability.
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Lpzie posted:ken'i's smile is some byproduct of knowing when people will die, i guess? seems too weird and abstract to be a direct nen ability.
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Just caught up with the recent chapters, Hinrigh's a really cool dude and I hope he makes it out of the upcoming bloodbath unscathed. Also do we know how long this Phantom Troupe flashback is going to be?
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Lpzie posted:ken'i's smile is some byproduct of knowing when people will die, i guess? seems too weird and abstract to be a direct nen ability. I don't think it's an ability, it's just likely that the dude rarely smiles and when he does people tend to end up dying, but given that the dude is next in line to lead a Mafia family, it's not like death is something uncommon in his field of work. So it's just a rumor/superstition that people have about him that gets blown out of proportion and just happens to work out sometimes, is my take.
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I think its the trigger to activate a remote ability. Making him an Emitter.
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Turin Turambar posted:A reminder that Kurapica has: It's funny how we saw the world through Gon and Killua's eyes for so long, and the people around them responding to how they're one in a billion geniuses with Nen. The absolute fastest, most absurd rise in nen capability and mastery people have ever seen. Meanwhile, in a shack haflway across the world, Kurapika mastered and developed nen to a level where he's a one man threat against the most powerful conglomeration of nen users short of the Hunter association itself. Even without the induced Zetsu thing he pulled off on the spiders, he was embarrassing Uvo before gon and killua even knew what a Hatsu really was. He's going to loving die for it sooner than later but, hey, so did Gon.
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