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A cool fact in this episode is that Killua’s footsteps can be heard for the first time in the show when he’s running to Gon, simply because he is in a hurry and isn’t masking his steps. God tier detail for a god tier anime.
The dynamics of the NEN are so clever that it makes a lot of sense what he did. He just made an internal vow just like Kurapica, but much more powerful because of the restriction he gave himself. Gon is an enhancer, so he increased his age through his aura and life energy. His hair is a testament to the years that have passed on his body in just a few seconds. Togashi is freaking Genious
Killua told Ikalgo “there’s a difference between risking your life and throwing it away” and that’s the difference between Kurapika and Gon. Kurapika, and the rest of the characters in the show including Killua, were risking their lives in that war, while Gon, at the end with Pitou, threw his life away because he reached an extremely low point with his self worth. It’s not supposed to be a big typical shounen victory, it’s supposed to be a tragedy.
But, if gon doesnt do this, he would survive pitou, alone? Pitou told that would kill him, So he would be dead, it worst. People forget that normal got didnt have ANY chance against pitou. So this technically was the only way to try to survive any way. Even if killua was there they wouldnt have a chance, and killua was very far away
@@0cidd0You're right, since Gon is isolated with pitou it's the only way he comes out of this alive, but if he wasn't so obsessed in taking revenge he would think logically and would never go alone with her in the first place.
I just wanted to mention that the reason Pitou's nen was able to continue fighting even after their death was an example of what Phinks and Feitan mentioned at the auction when they ran into Gon and Killuia (Post-Mortem Nen). They said they couldn't kill the chain user because of the potential of Kurapika's nen coming after Chrollo while he was defenseless. It would be scary strong considering his grudge toward the troupe, much like Pitou's commitment towards protecting the king in this episode.
Well there was also the example earlier when gon had decapitated one and it almost got him because they can survive that, but it's probably a combination of both
@@dorktriogamer2865 No, it's only post-mortem nen because Pitou was dead. Chimera Ants can survive a little while with just a head. After Gon almost got attacked by the one he decapitated Kite told him that you needed to destroy the head to be sure. Here we see Gon turn Pitou's head into literal paste and say "I did it Kite, just like you taught me" in reference to him crushing their head and actually killing them unlike what he did to the 100 armed ant.
For those that don't fully understand what happened, I believe what happened was that Gon, like Kurapika, made a pact with himself that fast forwarded his age to the strongest point in his life, in exchange for his life.
Pretty much. The riskier your vow, the stronger you become. Kurapika said "I'll die if I use this power against the wrong people". Gon said "I dont care, do whatever" which is way worse since he completely gave up control. And since Gon is an enhancer, he basically got the perfect enhancer ability, to enhance his body to the best point in his life.
My favorite episode is finally here. I know the best part for fans is seeing adult Gon but for me its seeing Gon revert back to being a naive child just moment's before he makes his transformation. What I love about this is some of the differences and similarities between this and the fights/confrontations we've seen from Gon. He's almost always driven by an intense desire to win and has no regard for his well being as long as he can one up his opponent. But with this "fight" he's driven by so much grief and guilt that he believes the only way to right this situation is to "end" it all and take Pitou with him.
My favorite part is when Gon tells Killua he's alright with the music playing and then when he grabs his arm think my favorite part is in the hospital tho
When Gon said 'I'll use everything' he literally meant EVERYTHING. He unconsciously formed a pact with himself and sacrifice the remainder of his life. Forcefully condensing any experience, strength or power he would have gained in order to use it on Pitou in that one moment. When Kilua showed up Gon had no clue how to respond because he had no intention of living past this moment. As if a persons life is a slow burning fire with a long lasting fuel source. Gon turned that slow burn into a nuke.
One of my fav episodes of any anime ever. It’s HxH in a nutshell - taking big shonen expectations and subverting them to say something profound. I will never get over a child saying “I don’t care if this is the end”. Something ab that just crushes me.
Gon was feeling so much pain that he didn't care about anything anymore. I cried a lot watching, because Gon is so innocent, but he has shattered his innocence.
@@Madmax-jg7kw The thing is, most stories, specially shonen manga, use the topic of innocence like being super duper good, with a kind heart of gold, but thats no really the raw meaning of it. "a pure, guileless, or naive person." Thats innocence, Gon is one of the most pure characters I know, as Zepairu said (the crafter guy from York shin) Gon doesnt care about moral definitions of good or evil. For us, the watchers, Gon is an hipocrat and a monster, but thats because he is pure of mind. Also, he is a child so those characteristics can be more exagerated. This is literally a tantrum from a broken little boy that felt grief and guilt for the first time A good person would have stopped pitou / A bad person would have done something either more sadistic or just the same Gon did but laughing or smiling. But if you look into it, Gon just did what He thinks is right and fair; He blew Pitous head, as kite thaught him and also with the arm thing being a call back from when pitou broke his own arm as a sign of compromise "you can have my right arm" and obviously he explicitly says "I'm happy, Im like kite was at tha moment (right-armless) I feel I've redeem some" he is pure, that means he is as good and as evil as he wants to be. Thats why he has such insane forgiveness and compasion but also merciless double standars
@@luzobsidiana Yes i agree with you, he is pure so his reaction are 100% consistent whis his mindset at the moment whether bad good or evil. That s why he is dangerous, but he is not innocent, Komogi is innocent.
@@Madmax-jg7kw totally. I agree with you. but the point is that innocent can be interpreted as pure as in gon (raw feelings good and bad) and pure as in komugi (no bad intentions at all) Both are valid, both are innocent in their own ways, just that Komugi fits better into the concept of innocence that we mostly use "pure goodness / free of sin" But to be clear, after this arc gon consolidates himself as a non innocent person. His feelings might be pure but the things he did were bad and he realizes that at the end
Remember when Killua referenced the restrictions and covenants Kurapika placed upon himself? He said something along the lines of, “Gon, we can’t afford to cripple ourselves in such a way as he has.” To put it in perspective, the restrictions on Kurapika would have been pleasant by comparison. Good job on you all realizing pretty quickly that as badass as this was, it’s also not something to be celebrated. Heartbreaking performance by the voice actors and animation teams these past two episodes
just to clarify pitou saying gon's power is equal to the king is not accurated translation, my god this came out in 2014 and 8 years later sites still use that bad translation. what pitou mean to say is that gon's fangs can now reach the king meaning he can harm him, but by no means pitou said his power is equal to the king
We actually don't even really know what that means, all we know is that nobody else was even remotely as close to Meruem as Gon-san(hell just look at Netero, who even with Zero Hand aka the whole rest of his aura concentrated in a single blast merely gave Meruem a few scratches).
Gon wrote a blank check on his soul for power right now. "I don't care if this is the end. I'll use everything." 9:30 2 out of 3 tilting their heads to the left to try and see over Pitou's shoulder. Brilliant directing.
Gon was absolutely king level. Pitou was already dead before she took off his arm. It was her Nen ability making her corpse a puppet in the event she died. It wouldn't matter how much damage she took, she was already gone. A lifeless body being thrown around by the puppet strings
Imagine going 30 years without a haircut, that's why his hair is so long. That detail gets so overlooked in anime, its unbelievable that they followed through with it to a T.
gon basically signed a suicide pact with himself, similar to how kurapika used restrictions to increase the strength of his nem, gon did the same but it was that he would never be able to use nen again and sacrificing all his immense poten tial for revenge.
19:40 Netero can't use a nen condition to trade his future potential and talent for nen cause he's too old and has none lol. Gon and Killua are basically the only ones strong enough and young (and crazy) enough to be able to do something like that.
Also, to make these conditions so extreme, the person needs to be in a negative state of mind (it's very specific). No one in their right mind would do what Gon did, it's literally suicide. Netero just reached his limit by training hard. And to be honest, I think Killua wouldn't make this pact.
Amazing reaction! Was waiting a long time for this episode! Some important things to note. Netero hime self stated that he no longer remained within the top 5 nen users in the world. And Pitou was dead when they took gon’s arm. Post mordem nen(nen that becomes stronger after death) was controlling their body.
Gon transformed because he made a covenant and restriction (like kurapika but much more restrictive). His covenant was "i will only use this power to kill neferpitou" his restriction was "after that is accomplished I will die." Such a powerful promise is nearly impossible to remove, and grants the user almost unlimited power because of the specificity of the rules he set.
This is the episode ive been waiting for you to see! Gon did this through enhancement not time travel, i would argue that even at his peak strength from training that he still wouldn't be close to this level. Its only possible because he's a child with twisted morels and very little emotional maturity, so nobody else in the show would be capable of this.
This arc is awesome, the king redeem and The benevolent kid became The monster, throwing away everything he had, his potencial in nen, his Life, his future. Luckly he got a Nice hair
Gon is the only one besides Netero that completed their mission and did not hesitate, which would have meant the end of humanity. You call that kid for wanting revenge for his friend and mentor. Gon throughout the show gave every opponent, even the bad ones a chance to change and be better, but yet people like you call him a monster when even in the end he gave Pitou a chance, but she instead wanted to kill him so wa she supposed to what.......let the real monster with no values do that?! Also Pitou litterly killed hundreds of thousands for the cocoons outside the palace. The king and royal guards to the end wanted to destroy humanity, but Netero and gon are the only ones whose actions resulted in the mission being completed. Had they shown mercy, which killua himself said to not hesitate before going on the mission, they would have died. Gon was only alive cause of his conviction to avenge/save kite and in turn saved the world. It is very disingenuous to compare gon to beings that slaughters thousands of small children and innocent families and feel ni remorse. Gon has done nothing irredeemable and infact his actions are the reason Pitou did not kill all of them after the surgery. Gon and Netero are the real heroes of the chimera arc and did their job for the greater good, whether directly like Netero or indirectly like Gon. In the end what matters is results and people like you would be the end of humanity if we faced similar situations. The king killed people cause he was bored=redeemable Gon kills the enemy that slaughtered thousands and potentially millions and also killed your mentor and friend=monster like the king was 🤣🤣🤣🤣 By that logic a father killing a serial killer that killed his daughter and countless others for his pleasure that escaoed the system and was never caught is the same as the serial killer is in terms of morality and actions. Follow your own logic and see how far that takes you.
This is referenced through out the whole show. I think zepile said he is afraid of gon cause he doesn't have a logically moral view of good and bad. And wing said he awakened a beast when he saw gon learning nen
"Why is his hair so long?" Remember he forced his body to grow up decades to that point, so his hair also grew. That's decades of not cutting his hair.
I believe Pitou saying Gon is "equal to the king" is nore meant to show how scared she is at his raoid growth and not a statement confirming that Gon was stronger than the king in that moment
It's a nen contract. He used every bit of his potential in exchange for a massive boost of power. It takes a huge toll on his body. He can never use nen again.
His hair is so long because he forced his body to grow 15-25 years, without a haircut. Hair grows at about 1.5-1.7cm per month, in 20 years, it grows about 4 meters/13 feet.
One of my favourite lines is Gon saying he finished his job like Kite told him to do. Because Kite teached Gon and Killua in the beginning of this arc that they need to destroy the head of an ant or it will come back. That´s why Gon is going for Pitous head. HxH started of like a normal shounen but definitely goes heavily into seinen territory now. Especially with the current mangaarc. Also sidenote: Pitou standing up again despite not having a head is not her still being alive. It´s called post-mortem nen, something you can see a few other examples of in the manga. It activates after death if a emotion is strong enough (can be different kind of emotions) or you already prepared for your death and put a condition on yourself that something specific is going to happen, should you die.
My favorite episode of the series and one of my favorite episodes in any show. Not only Gon's rage is one of the most hype scenes in anime, and the cliffhanger is epic, but there are some good callbacks in this episode. 1. Gon is using a nen contract to obtain more power by stablishing a condition (Just like Kurapika did in the phantom troupe arc). 2. Gon destroyed Pitou's head, just like Kite would have done. 3. Gon's losing an arm is a great paralel to Kite's. 4. Gon's transformation has some similarities with Biscky's, but as well has some notable differences.
Gon make a condition with his nen like Kurapika : i dont care if its the end, means he dont care he loose everthing, so he exchanges his force life to obtain the required nen to beat pitou. So he grew up to a point he was able to defeat her. His hair grew up with Even dead, pitou's nen was still "alive" because his devotion to the king was so strong that her nen was able to attack Gon. Like phantoup troup'explain
So a couple things, What happened to Gon (or what he used) is what they called "restriction/vow" in the anime. It's pretty similar to how Kurapika achieved his powers, he vowed or restricted himself that he will only used his powers against the Phantom Troupe members or he's gonna die and in exchange Kurapika got stronger than he would've normally if he didn't to that. Gon did the same, but the one difference is that Kurapika put a "term" for his powers. It's like Kurapika and Gon wrote a cheque to their nen but the difference is that Kurapika wrote a price but Gon gave a blank one which is actually way worse. Gon have/had so much potential and talent that the powers he's suppose to achieve is massive so the nen actually had to force Gon's body to grow so that he can handle the powers he is about to receive cause his child body won't be able to (that's why his hair is so long and going upwards because of his nen). So, Gon only got strong to kill Pitou. "Nen after death" is what happened to Pitou, her devotion to the king is so great that her nen "zombified" her to kill the threat that is Gon. And last thing, Pitou said that Gon is as strong as king but what she meant was "pre-rose" or before Pouf and Youpi gave some of their powers to the king because it is actually believed that the King got stronger after that. Sorry if it was long but I hope this helps.
THE translation was wrong what pitou said is "his fang now might be able to reach to the king's throat" adult Gon has the potenial to hurt king but thats it, his body is still normal human being.
Apparently there's a translation error when Pitou says Gon is as strong as king. I think she was worried about going after the king with his new power or something along those lines, not Gon is as strong as the king.
Yeah it’s something like the same type of aura (condensed gold level) not the total strength. Been a while thou so need to double check the translation.
I would say Gon in this state probably still wouldn't be able to beat post rose meruem. Pitou doesn't know anything that happened after the king went with Netero so comparing gon and the king isn't accurate anymore
Yeah they sadly cut that Kite is the whole reason Gon knows what a hunter is and that his Dad was alive and the greatest hunter ever (he thought his parents were dead because Mito lied). It was a big mess up that they tried to retroactively fix, he's supposed to be in episode one. Essentially in his mind he's a surrogate father and the closest connection to his father he ever had. Fun fact also Mito actually legally had Gon removed from Ging's custody, thats also supposed to be told to gon in the beginning.
Remember what Gon said in Manga: "I'll use all the power I WILL ever have" Not "I WOULD ever have". If Gon doesn't use this power he dies and never reaches his potential. So the fact that he transformed into Adult confirms that he is definitely going to reach his peak.
I can't understand why so many reactors never remember the rules of Nen that was established in earlier episodes... Gon as made a Nen Vow like Kurapika "I don't care anymore if i have to die here, i'll use everything" Wich means he used up ALL of his Nen, current AND future, forcing his body to mature. It was a One way deal tho, cause like Killua said, the Price he would have to pay for this Power up would be WAY too huge and he would probably die. Pitou Corpse puppet was explained by Sphinx and Faitan at the end of the York New arc. When a nen user dies, sometimes the remaining Nen can turn into a curse if the conditions are right and keep on being active, thats why they din't dare to go after Kurapika and kill him , since their Boss was vulnerable from Kurapika restrictions, he would have been the target of an all out Nen assault that would have been fatale. Pitou's Nen who was about using Puppeteers like conjurations, clad her corpse in Nen and turned her into an autonomous death machine going after anyone who was identified as an threat/enemy to the King.
A bit late with the Comment but in Case u didnt read it yet, in the Manga it actually say's that "His Fangs can even Reach his the king", which I suppose is not meant to say, they are actually equally strong, maybe Nen Wise but with the Tactical Genius that Meruem is/was, its hard to believe he would get beaten by Gon, imo xD
It's not that Gon doesn't need Killua, but I was far from the way Killua could save him in-time. Plus, Kite taught him to crush ant's head, and it was Pitou's devotion to the King that so great even its Nen after death persuit Gon to accomplish its purpose (to defense its King from everything Royal Guards felt that could harms their King) Other thing about Kite, he was actually the one who said to Gon that Ging still alive and he is the first person to tell him about existence of Hunter and spent time with Gon for a while. Kite was a father figure to Gon.
Why is Gon being labeled as the Monster and the one who have lost his humanity? I don't think that's the case. If he was that bad, he should've killed all his opponents in all his fights most importantly the Bomber Guy in the Greed Island Arc. He always let them live for another day. Lost humanity? Remember Gon told Pitou at the start of their fight that he wanted to fight outside because he never wanted to destroy (he cared for) the palace. That's a sign that he stiil had his humanity. Gon in this episode is just being human, in fact I believe is in its truest form. That's the most probable thing that you do or can do when you no longer take all the shit being thrown at you. Imagine putting yourself in his shoes. Imagine trusting or believing someone you knew from the start harbored ill intentions to everyone, the person who killed someone important and you really look up to, and whom you really trusted to fulfill what they had promised but in the end you still ended up being threatened to be killed on top of being deceived and lied to. Gon's action is the most realistic one. That is human nature. You fight to survive. You desperately search for justice that you deserve even if you lost everything and costs your life.
Typically we see monsters/animals as acting on instinct instead of rational. This is why it considered monstrous what Gon did, which is throw his life away based off emotion. While the King became more human even knowing what he knew, he still took a path of emotionless reasoning.
@@kennethburmeister8119 But isn't acting out of instinct also a human trait and not just exclusive to monsters? Also, isn't an emotionless rational being associated with those who are perceived as monsters (psychopath)?
@@aianjimenez7574 gon doesnt think logically. He acts out of emotions. When he feels somewone needs to die he will do it. When he feels someone needs to live he will do it. Zepile said he is afraid of gon because he doesnt have a logically moral view of good and bad. He defines himself what good and bad is
@@kc_h7h So is acting out of emotions only exclusive to those who are labeled as "Monsters"? Isn't it a human nature to do things especially bad things when we are angry, sad, or frustrated more so when we are fighting for our survival? Heck we even do things labeled as immoral when we are aroused? We do it a lot of times more than doing acts of kindness. On the contrary, those who we actually label as "psychopath or sociopaths or serial killers" most often than not tend to plan first and not just randomly kill anyone, and they always act their plan calmly. Did Gon act like them too? No, right? Zepile is afraid of Gon just because he doesn't have a "logical" moral view of what is good or bad, and he defines (by) himself what is good or bad? So what? Just because he sees Gon differently, we all see him now as different, as a "monster"? Why do we always follow someone's act or thoughts just because we think it makes sense instead of weighing it and probing it more deeply? Gon's actions were never in contrast to what society dictates as good or bad anyway.
@@aianjimenez7574 yea you totally missed the point of the show. In the whole show they been referencing gon is a beast. Wing said he awakened a beast, the magical beast in the exam said it. Zepile said it. Meleoron said it. Everybody is afraid of what gon would become. Yes youre right, acting out of emotions is a human thing. But gon only acts out of emotions, he never acts out of logic. There's a theory when gon walked towards youpi he didn't even consider the condition of knuckle and meleoron. He just wanted to fight youpi cause he was angry. The guy sacrificed his arm because he's wanted to get even with the bomber. Even the bomber said he is afraid of gon because he doesnt think like anyone else. He's like a beast that can't be tamed. Imagine a powerfull kid who can't be reasoned with. Thats a scary thing. He even tried to kill komugi along with pitou but killua reminded him that kite still could be saved. Yea gon is totally a nightmare. He even sacrificed all his nen even from his future nen just to kill pitou. He didn't kill pitou cause of the mission. He never cared about the mission or the king. He killed pitou cause he was angry. Even smashed her face in multiple times untill her head was just mush
Bro yall need to react to Donnie Darko it’s a physiological film that is really good. You have to understand the plot though. Definitely give it a shot though
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A cool fact in this episode is that Killua’s footsteps can be heard for the first time in the show when he’s running to Gon, simply because he is in a hurry and isn’t masking his steps. God tier detail for a god tier anime.
great catch bro.. this is my 7th time watching this anime and never caught that
@@cabdirahman9000 Same, thats sick
that level of detail is truly what makes this series so amazing, who would ever think of or notice something like that?
@@cabdirahman9000 9th time here, never taught of that
Wich minute?
The dynamics of the NEN are so clever that it makes a lot of sense what he did. He just made an internal vow just like Kurapica, but much more powerful because of the restriction he gave himself. Gon is an enhancer, so he increased his age through his aura and life energy. His hair is a testament to the years that have passed on his body in just a few seconds.
Togashi is freaking Genious
Thank you, someone who understands, not tryin to pack on anyone, but no one ever comprehends why his hair is so long
also togashi likes to show overpowered characters with really long hair.... just look at Yosuke's demon in YUyuhk
bugs me that he doesnt have creepily long nails lmao
@@cyonated2095 cuz it would look creep af
And it ended up having no consequences anyway because Alluka just appeared out of thin air to save him. Biggest copout ever, lmao.
Killua told Ikalgo “there’s a difference between risking your life and throwing it away” and that’s the difference between Kurapika and Gon. Kurapika, and the rest of the characters in the show including Killua, were risking their lives in that war, while Gon, at the end with Pitou, threw his life away because he reached an extremely low point with his self worth. It’s not supposed to be a big typical shounen victory, it’s supposed to be a tragedy.
But, if gon doesnt do this, he would survive pitou, alone? Pitou told that would kill him, So he would be dead, it worst. People forget that normal got didnt have ANY chance against pitou. So this technically was the only way to try to survive any way. Even if killua was there they wouldnt have a chance, and killua was very far away
@@0cidd0You're right, since Gon is isolated with pitou it's the only way he comes out of this alive, but if he wasn't so obsessed in taking revenge he would think logically and would never go alone with her in the first place.
@@0cidd0 Yes he would have died, if he didn't do this, but he transformed with the intention of dying afterwards
Kurapika's powers are a very clear indicator that he's throwing his life away.
@@rainethewitch exactly 💯
I just wanted to mention that the reason Pitou's nen was able to continue fighting even after their death was an example of what Phinks and Feitan mentioned at the auction when they ran into Gon and Killuia (Post-Mortem Nen). They said they couldn't kill the chain user because of the potential of Kurapika's nen coming after Chrollo while he was defenseless. It would be scary strong considering his grudge toward the troupe, much like Pitou's commitment towards protecting the king in this episode.
Well there was also the example earlier when gon had decapitated one and it almost got him because they can survive that, but it's probably a combination of both
@@dorktriogamer2865 No, it's only post-mortem nen because Pitou was dead. Chimera Ants can survive a little while with just a head. After Gon almost got attacked by the one he decapitated Kite told him that you needed to destroy the head to be sure. Here we see Gon turn Pitou's head into literal paste and say "I did it Kite, just like you taught me" in reference to him crushing their head and actually killing them unlike what he did to the 100 armed ant.
The manga actually touches that idea again at the start of the arc the anime ig coming back with
This had me tearing up 😢 poor gon so lost
7days?
@@graychocolate4413 Ikr shit is confusing me..
@@graychocolate4413 patreon. ppl pay to see their reaction vids early. lots of reactors do this
@@mina-min oh okay thanks !
@@graychocolate4413 I paid $100 to see this early
Nothing can prepare you for this episode, a perfect reaction!
For those that don't fully understand what happened, I believe what happened was that Gon, like Kurapika, made a pact with himself that fast forwarded his age to the strongest point in his life, in exchange for his life.
Pretty much. The riskier your vow, the stronger you become. Kurapika said "I'll die if I use this power against the wrong people". Gon said "I dont care, do whatever" which is way worse since he completely gave up control.
And since Gon is an enhancer, he basically got the perfect enhancer ability, to enhance his body to the best point in his life.
This is THE episode we’ve been waiting and building up to. Insane.
I’ve been WAITING for you guys to react to this specific episode!!!
This one should've been a premier, but glad we finally got here
Kite taught Gon how to kill chimeras by focusing on the head as a priority.
Gon made this happen the same way Kurapika enabled GodMode-but-only-vs-Spiders.
He made a contract for power.
I thought Emperor time was an innate ability of Kurapika related ti his Kurta clan and only the chains had restrictions based on the spiders.
My favorite episode is finally here. I know the best part for fans is seeing adult Gon but for me its seeing Gon revert back to being a naive child just moment's before he makes his transformation. What I love about this is some of the differences and similarities between this and the fights/confrontations we've seen from Gon. He's almost always driven by an intense desire to win and has no regard for his well being as long as he can one up his opponent. But with this "fight" he's driven by so much grief and guilt that he believes the only way to right this situation is to "end" it all and take Pitou with him.
My favorite part is when Gon tells Killua he's alright with the music playing and then when he grabs his arm think my favorite part is in the hospital tho
When Gon said 'I'll use everything' he literally meant EVERYTHING. He unconsciously formed a pact with himself and sacrifice the remainder of his life. Forcefully condensing any experience, strength or power he would have gained in order to use it on Pitou in that one moment. When Kilua showed up Gon had no clue how to respond because he had no intention of living past this moment.
As if a persons life is a slow burning fire with a long lasting fuel source. Gon turned that slow burn into a nuke.
One of my fav episodes of any anime ever. It’s HxH in a nutshell - taking big shonen expectations and subverting them to say something profound. I will never get over a child saying “I don’t care if this is the end”. Something ab that just crushes me.
Gon was feeling so much pain that he didn't care about anything anymore. I cried a lot watching, because Gon is so innocent, but he has shattered his innocence.
Gon is not innocent, he is a monster lol. An innocent Gon would never be a Hunter
gon was never innocent💀someone who willingly let’s their arm get blown off just to give someone a good scare is not innocent 💀
@@Madmax-jg7kw The thing is, most stories, specially shonen manga, use the topic of innocence like being super duper good, with a kind heart of gold, but thats no really the raw meaning of it. "a pure, guileless, or naive person." Thats innocence, Gon is one of the most pure characters I know, as Zepairu said (the crafter guy from York shin) Gon doesnt care about moral definitions of good or evil. For us, the watchers, Gon is an hipocrat and a monster, but thats because he is pure of mind. Also, he is a child so those characteristics can be more exagerated. This is literally a tantrum from a broken little boy that felt grief and guilt for the first time
A good person would have stopped pitou / A bad person would have done something either more sadistic or just the same Gon did but laughing or smiling. But if you look into it, Gon just did what He thinks is right and fair; He blew Pitous head, as kite thaught him and also with the arm thing being a call back from when pitou broke his own arm as a sign of compromise "you can have my right arm" and obviously he explicitly says "I'm happy, Im like kite was at tha moment (right-armless) I feel I've redeem some"
he is pure, that means he is as good and as evil as he wants to be. Thats why he has such insane forgiveness and compasion but also merciless double standars
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Yes i agree with you, he is pure so his reaction are 100% consistent whis his mindset at the moment whether bad good or evil. That s why he is dangerous, but he is not innocent, Komogi is innocent.
@@Madmax-jg7kw totally. I agree with you. but the point is that innocent can be interpreted as pure as in gon (raw feelings good and bad) and pure as in komugi (no bad intentions at all) Both are valid, both are innocent in their own ways, just that Komugi fits better into the concept of innocence that we mostly use "pure goodness / free of sin"
But to be clear, after this arc gon consolidates himself as a non innocent person. His feelings might be pure but the things he did were bad and he realizes that at the end
Finally! I've been waiting for this! God, love this episode and love your reaction, guys! 💪 Greetings from Italy!
Remember when Killua referenced the restrictions and covenants Kurapika placed upon himself? He said something along the lines of, “Gon, we can’t afford to cripple ourselves in such a way as he has.” To put it in perspective, the restrictions on Kurapika would have been pleasant by comparison. Good job on you all realizing pretty quickly that as badass as this was, it’s also not something to be celebrated. Heartbreaking performance by the voice actors and animation teams these past two episodes
I’ve been waiting for this forever 😭
apparently this is the first episode in the series where you can hear killuas footsteps
Do you think Gon can't use Jajanken without an arm? Bro, Jajanken comes from the heart ❤🤌🏼
just to clarify pitou saying gon's power is equal to the king is not accurated translation, my god this came out in 2014 and 8 years later sites still use that bad translation. what pitou mean to say is that gon's fangs can now reach the king meaning he can harm him, but by no means pitou said his power is equal to the king
Exactly, like she said before on a previous episode "I need to keep his fangs away from The King's troath"
We actually don't even really know what that means, all we know is that nobody else was even remotely as close to Meruem as Gon-san(hell just look at Netero, who even with Zero Hand aka the whole rest of his aura concentrated in a single blast merely gave Meruem a few scratches).
finally we are on my favorite episode🙌🏽
zuff being mind blown by gons hair is the funniest shit to me and idk why lmao
Meruem found humanity and Gon lost it
"I finished the job the way Kite taught me to."
>>>referring to when Kite told Gon to always aim for the head when finishing a chimera ant.
Gon wrote a blank check on his soul for power right now. "I don't care if this is the end. I'll use everything."
9:30 2 out of 3 tilting their heads to the left to try and see over Pitou's shoulder. Brilliant directing.
Gon was absolutely king level. Pitou was already dead before she took off his arm. It was her Nen ability making her corpse a puppet in the event she died. It wouldn't matter how much damage she took, she was already gone. A lifeless body being thrown around by the puppet strings
It was so good seeing this again and seeing your reactions to it. Legendary moment in not just HxH but anime too.
This episode is my best episode of all anime. I still remember watching this the first time at night in my room
same
Imagine going 30 years without a haircut, that's why his hair is so long. That detail gets so overlooked in anime, its unbelievable that they followed through with it to a T.
gon basically signed a suicide pact with himself, similar to how kurapika used restrictions to increase the strength of his nem, gon did the same but it was that he would never be able to use nen again and sacrificing all his immense poten
tial for revenge.
I never even thought about Palm watching the whole fight/transformation thats hilarious
Awesome reactions of this legendary episode! Greetings from Chile 😁
Wena reql
@@MrLauther La típica del chileno. Wena, ctm 👋
19:40 Netero can't use a nen condition to trade his future potential and talent for nen cause he's too old and has none lol. Gon and Killua are basically the only ones strong enough and young (and crazy) enough to be able to do something like that.
Also, to make these conditions so extreme, the person needs to be in a negative state of mind (it's very specific). No one in their right mind would do what Gon did, it's literally suicide. Netero just reached his limit by training hard. And to be honest, I think Killua wouldn't make this pact.
@@RhCp0212 if u didn't do what gon did how else would u survive lmao, that's the only way he can beat Pitou, he was dead anyways
Literally the episode every person who watches these hxh reactions waits for
Amazing reaction! Was waiting a long time for this episode!
Some important things to note. Netero hime self stated that he no longer remained within the top 5 nen users in the world. And Pitou was dead when they took gon’s arm. Post mordem nen(nen that becomes stronger after death) was controlling their body.
Gon setting a condition to give up his nen/life for the power to kill pitou
Gon transformed because he made a covenant and restriction (like kurapika but much more restrictive). His covenant was "i will only use this power to kill neferpitou" his restriction was "after that is accomplished I will die." Such a powerful promise is nearly impossible to remove, and grants the user almost unlimited power because of the specificity of the rules he set.
My gentle boy Gon transformed into a monster 😭
yes, kite taught gon to end the chimera ant by targeting its head
12:36 good job summoning narrator-san!
This is the episode ive been waiting for you to see! Gon did this through enhancement not time travel, i would argue that even at his peak strength from training that he still wouldn't be close to this level. Its only possible because he's a child with twisted morels and very little emotional maturity, so nobody else in the show would be capable of this.
This arc is awesome, the king redeem and The benevolent kid became The monster, throwing away everything he had, his potencial in nen, his Life, his future. Luckly he got a Nice hair
Gon is the only one besides Netero that completed their mission and did not hesitate, which would have meant the end of humanity. You call that kid for wanting revenge for his friend and mentor. Gon throughout the show gave every opponent, even the bad ones a chance to change and be better, but yet people like you call him a monster when even in the end he gave Pitou a chance, but she instead wanted to kill him so wa she supposed to what.......let the real monster with no values do that?! Also Pitou litterly killed hundreds of thousands for the cocoons outside the palace. The king and royal guards to the end wanted to destroy humanity, but Netero and gon are the only ones whose actions resulted in the mission being completed. Had they shown mercy, which killua himself said to not hesitate before going on the mission, they would have died. Gon was only alive cause of his conviction to avenge/save kite and in turn saved the world. It is very disingenuous to compare gon to beings that slaughters thousands of small children and innocent families and feel ni remorse. Gon has done nothing irredeemable and infact his actions are the reason Pitou did not kill all of them after the surgery. Gon and Netero are the real heroes of the chimera arc and did their job for the greater good, whether directly like Netero or indirectly like Gon. In the end what matters is results and people like you would be the end of humanity if we faced similar situations. The king killed people cause he was bored=redeemable Gon kills the enemy that slaughtered thousands and potentially millions and also killed your mentor and friend=monster like the king was 🤣🤣🤣🤣 By that logic a father killing a serial killer that killed his daughter and countless others for his pleasure that escaoed the system and was never caught is the same as the serial killer is in terms of morality and actions. Follow your own logic and see how far that takes you.
ive been waiting for this one
"Didn't even need you, Killua" My God, dude on the left didn't get it 🥱
That guy on the left is emotionally absent. Theyre having their moment and he gon be like “he looks like hes in hell lmaooo” jesus
Does anyone remember the statement made by melereone " I sense a beast inside you".
This is referenced through out the whole show. I think zepile said he is afraid of gon cause he doesn't have a logically moral view of good and bad. And wing said he awakened a beast when he saw gon learning nen
This is a first time when we can heard Killua footsteps when he rushed to safe gon from that pitou hit
"Why is his hair so long?" Remember he forced his body to grow up decades to that point, so his hair also grew. That's decades of not cutting his hair.
I believe Pitou saying Gon is "equal to the king" is nore meant to show how scared she is at his raoid growth and not a statement confirming that Gon was stronger than the king in that moment
this episode had me in a chokehold and i cannot express how much i love watching ur reactions
He basically did what his nen teacher did in the pink dress just I. Reverse
18:48 Exactly! like Netero did.
One of the greatest anime episodes I’ve ever seen so good
It's a nen contract. He used every bit of his potential in exchange for a massive boost of power. It takes a huge toll on his body. He can never use nen again.
This is top anime moments. You guys reacted exactly how I expected. Still get chills every time! The whole show is worth that episode!
It's the best, the sheer wave of emotions this episode carries and the 135 ep, it's not even a contest anymore
what kite taught to him "crush the head"
ant still can survive even without the head
GET IN HERE 131 JUST DROPPED
His hair is so long because he forced his body to grow 15-25 years, without a haircut.
Hair grows at about 1.5-1.7cm per month, in 20 years, it grows about 4 meters/13 feet.
and this is THE episode!!!!, cant wait to see the reactions for the others.
the long hair i think like in the anime ushio and tora represents him burning his actual lifeforce to be as strong as he is
Finally Gon became Gon-san!!!😂 The story goes the amazing ending from this episode.
Pitou made the biggest mistake in any shonen anime. Triggered the main character 💀💀💀
12:00 that aint a rock, that's a BOULDER
the long hair is the result of force aging himself without going to a barber shop
Top Notch episode. easily one of my top 5 transformations of all time. Gon is a beast!
Great reaction! What an episode!
I say this every time every just ain’t ready for what comes next
"I don't care if this is the end... So I'll use everything." - Gon
Also, yeah, post-mortem nen is a strong force.
Yaaaa was here for it!
just absolute chills
One of my favourite lines is Gon saying he finished his job like Kite told him to do. Because Kite teached Gon and Killua in the beginning of this arc that they need to destroy the head of an ant or it will come back. That´s why Gon is going for Pitous head.
HxH started of like a normal shounen but definitely goes heavily into seinen territory now. Especially with the current mangaarc.
Also sidenote: Pitou standing up again despite not having a head is not her still being alive. It´s called post-mortem nen, something you can see a few other examples of in the manga. It activates after death if a emotion is strong enough (can be different kind of emotions) or you already prepared for your death and put a condition on yourself that something specific is going to happen, should you die.
My favorite episode of the series and one of my favorite episodes in any show.
Not only Gon's rage is one of the most hype scenes in anime, and the cliffhanger is epic, but there are some good callbacks in this episode.
1. Gon is using a nen contract to obtain more power by stablishing a condition (Just like Kurapika did in the phantom troupe arc).
2. Gon destroyed Pitou's head, just like Kite would have done.
3. Gon's losing an arm is a great paralel to Kite's.
4. Gon's transformation has some similarities with Biscky's, but as well has some notable differences.
Oh I've been waiting for this one. Finally!
all of this would never happen if ging is a responsible father
Gon make a condition with his nen like Kurapika : i dont care if its the end, means he dont care he loose everthing, so he exchanges his force life to obtain the required nen to beat pitou. So he grew up to a point he was able to defeat her. His hair grew up with
Even dead, pitou's nen was still "alive" because his devotion to the king was so strong that her nen was able to attack Gon. Like phantoup troup'explain
So a couple things, What happened to Gon (or what he used) is what they called "restriction/vow" in the anime. It's pretty similar to how Kurapika achieved his powers, he vowed or restricted himself that he will only used his powers against the Phantom Troupe members or he's gonna die and in exchange Kurapika got stronger than he would've normally if he didn't to that. Gon did the same, but the one difference is that Kurapika put a "term" for his powers. It's like Kurapika and Gon wrote a cheque to their nen but the difference is that Kurapika wrote a price but Gon gave a blank one which is actually way worse. Gon have/had so much potential and talent that the powers he's suppose to achieve is massive so the nen actually had to force Gon's body to grow so that he can handle the powers he is about to receive cause his child body won't be able to (that's why his hair is so long and going upwards because of his nen). So, Gon only got strong to kill Pitou. "Nen after death" is what happened to Pitou, her devotion to the king is so great that her nen "zombified" her to kill the threat that is Gon. And last thing, Pitou said that Gon is as strong as king but what she meant was "pre-rose" or before Pouf and Youpi gave some of their powers to the king because it is actually believed that the King got stronger after that. Sorry if it was long but I hope this helps.
THE translation was wrong what pitou said is "his fang now might be able to reach to the king's throat"
adult Gon has the potenial to hurt king but thats it, his body is still normal human being.
Ironically, Meruem becoming human
Gon becoming monster .
Apparently there's a translation error when Pitou says Gon is as strong as king. I think she was worried about going after the king with his new power or something along those lines, not Gon is as strong as the king.
Yeah it’s something like the same type of aura (condensed gold level) not the total strength. Been a while thou so need to double check the translation.
In spanish they say Gon has the potential to beat the King, not that he is actually stronger
"He's already gone" Well, yea, he's been Gon for 131 episodes
"He looks like he's in hell" Yea, he is, an emotional hell
Think of the amount of juiced up jajankens needed to actually bust Pitou's head tho
This will always be a classic, hxh is so amazing.
I would say Gon in this state probably still wouldn't be able to beat post rose meruem. Pitou doesn't know anything that happened after the king went with Netero so comparing gon and the king isn't accurate anymore
he sure wouldn't, post rose meruem is the strongest creature we've seen in hxh
Yeah they sadly cut that Kite is the whole reason Gon knows what a hunter is and that his Dad was alive and the greatest hunter ever (he thought his parents were dead because Mito lied). It was a big mess up that they tried to retroactively fix, he's supposed to be in episode one. Essentially in his mind he's a surrogate father and the closest connection to his father he ever had.
Fun fact also Mito actually legally had Gon removed from Ging's custody, thats also supposed to be told to gon in the beginning.
Chad Gon is out of bounds
Legendary scene 🥶
Remember what Gon said in Manga: "I'll use all the power I WILL ever have" Not "I WOULD ever have".
If Gon doesn't use this power he dies and never reaches his potential. So the fact that he transformed into Adult confirms that he is definitely going to reach his peak.
I can't understand why so many reactors never remember the rules of Nen that was established in earlier episodes...
Gon as made a Nen Vow like Kurapika "I don't care anymore if i have to die here, i'll use everything"
Wich means he used up ALL of his Nen, current AND future, forcing his body to mature.
It was a One way deal tho, cause like Killua said, the Price he would have to pay for this Power up would be WAY too huge and he would probably die.
Pitou Corpse puppet was explained by Sphinx and Faitan at the end of the York New arc.
When a nen user dies, sometimes the remaining Nen can turn into a curse if the conditions are right and keep on being active, thats why they din't dare to go after Kurapika and kill him , since their Boss was vulnerable from Kurapika restrictions, he would have been the target of an all out Nen assault that would have been fatale.
Pitou's Nen who was about using Puppeteers like conjurations, clad her corpse in Nen and turned her into an autonomous death machine going after anyone who was identified as an threat/enemy to the King.
I remember when gon said pitou!!!
i pissed myself.
I watched the eng dub. It's really great but this ep is best when watched it sub.
Imagine if killua died instead of kite how far would gon go, he would raise hell 🥀
Imagine what would Gon be if Killua died.
I think gons last attack there was an emitter right
Oh this one!
A bit late with the Comment but in Case u didnt read it yet, in the Manga it actually say's that "His Fangs can even Reach his the king", which I suppose is not meant to say, they are actually equally strong, maybe Nen Wise but with the Tactical Genius that Meruem is/was, its hard to believe he would get beaten by Gon, imo xD
It's not that Gon doesn't need Killua, but I was far from the way Killua could save him in-time.
Plus, Kite taught him to crush ant's head, and it was Pitou's devotion to the King that so great even its Nen after death persuit Gon to accomplish its purpose (to defense its King from everything Royal Guards felt that could harms their King)
Other thing about Kite, he was actually the one who said to Gon that Ging still alive and he is the first person to tell him about existence of Hunter and spent time with Gon for a while. Kite was a father figure to Gon.
Why is Gon being labeled as the Monster and the one who have lost his humanity? I don't think that's the case. If he was that bad, he should've killed all his opponents in all his fights most importantly the Bomber Guy in the Greed Island Arc. He always let them live for another day. Lost humanity? Remember Gon told Pitou at the start of their fight that he wanted to fight outside because he never wanted to destroy (he cared for) the palace. That's a sign that he stiil had his humanity.
Gon in this episode is just being human, in fact I believe is in its truest form. That's the most probable thing that you do or can do when you no longer take all the shit being thrown at you. Imagine putting yourself in his shoes. Imagine trusting or believing someone you knew from the start harbored ill intentions to everyone, the person who killed someone important and you really look up to, and whom you really trusted to fulfill what they had promised but in the end you still ended up being threatened to be killed on top of being deceived and lied to. Gon's action is the most realistic one. That is human nature. You fight to survive. You desperately search for justice that you deserve even if you lost everything and costs your life.
Typically we see monsters/animals as acting on instinct instead of rational. This is why it considered monstrous what Gon did, which is throw his life away based off emotion. While the King became more human even knowing what he knew, he still took a path of emotionless reasoning.
@@kennethburmeister8119 But isn't acting out of instinct also a human trait and not just exclusive to monsters? Also, isn't an emotionless rational being associated with those who are perceived as monsters (psychopath)?
@@aianjimenez7574 gon doesnt think logically. He acts out of emotions. When he feels somewone needs to die he will do it. When he feels someone needs to live he will do it. Zepile said he is afraid of gon because he doesnt have a logically moral view of good and bad. He defines himself what good and bad is
@@kc_h7h So is acting out of emotions only exclusive to those who are labeled as "Monsters"? Isn't it a human nature to do things especially bad things when we are angry, sad, or frustrated more so when we are fighting for our survival? Heck we even do things labeled as immoral when we are aroused? We do it a lot of times more than doing acts of kindness. On the contrary, those who we actually label as "psychopath or sociopaths or serial killers" most often than not tend to plan first and not just randomly kill anyone, and they always act their plan calmly. Did Gon act like them too? No, right? Zepile is afraid of Gon just because he doesn't have a "logical" moral view of what is good or bad, and he defines (by) himself what is good or bad? So what? Just because he sees Gon differently, we all see him now as different, as a "monster"? Why do we always follow someone's act or thoughts just because we think it makes sense instead of weighing it and probing it more deeply? Gon's actions were never in contrast to what society dictates as good or bad anyway.
@@aianjimenez7574 yea you totally missed the point of the show. In the whole show they been referencing gon is a beast. Wing said he awakened a beast, the magical beast in the exam said it. Zepile said it. Meleoron said it. Everybody is afraid of what gon would become. Yes youre right, acting out of emotions is a human thing. But gon only acts out of emotions, he never acts out of logic. There's a theory when gon walked towards youpi he didn't even consider the condition of knuckle and meleoron. He just wanted to fight youpi cause he was angry. The guy sacrificed his arm because he's wanted to get even with the bomber. Even the bomber said he is afraid of gon because he doesnt think like anyone else. He's like a beast that can't be tamed. Imagine a powerfull kid who can't be reasoned with. Thats a scary thing. He even tried to kill komugi along with pitou but killua reminded him that kite still could be saved. Yea gon is totally a nightmare. He even sacrificed all his nen even from his future nen just to kill pitou. He didn't kill pitou cause of the mission. He never cared about the mission or the king. He killed pitou cause he was angry. Even smashed her face in multiple times untill her head was just mush
Bro yall need to react to Donnie Darko it’s a physiological film that is really good. You have to understand the plot though. Definitely give it a shot though