Nah Killua was always a human surrounded by monsters, that's the entire reason Illumi planted that needle in him. while Gon was a monster surrounded by humans. Gon would've been the most ruthless member of the Phantom Troupe if he didn't have Mito.
How insane is 131 man, the episode is pure chills. The animation, the score, the va, everything is just epic. Also can't believe McKay hasn't seen past 131, eps 134 & 135 are absolute peak as well. The ending to this arc is simply beautiful.
Weirdly I think I actually like 136 better than 134/135, I feel like it fully solidifies the other half of what Togashi was cooking through the whole arc
I remember when this part came out in the manga I was disappointed because it was a lame transformation and I didn't realize how tragic it was because I was a dumb teenager who only cared about power levels. After growing up and rereading the manga noticing all the little things that led to it it became my favorite manga
"With a power of the King, why would it take so much" - reminder, King once tried to decapitate Pitou for speaking out of the line, but Pitou took the hit and only got a little bloodied. King even complimented Pitou on being really strong in that moment. So yes, even if Gon's strength was equal to the King, it still conceivable that it would take a dozen or so punches to completelly crack Pitou's head.
tbf yes he said he tried to kill her but that still does not mean he was giving it 100%. At that point he had easily clapped everyone he hit so he probably didn't think he would need to hit her very hard.
it's also pure speculation on Pitou's part if Gon is actually equal to Meruem since she never saw post rose Meruem who is by far and away the most powerful nen user we've seen. She just has to take any threat extremely seriously, even if they realistically can't do much to the king. The anime made it sound like a statement of fact when it wasn't written that way in the manga.
@@SolidSnake240ofcourse post rose king is more powerful. He literally healed and took two other royal guards powers, he gets power by consuming nen users . But before rose king might be same as adult gon , because they both were made parallels .
If one punch made a Royal Guard unconscious I think Gon could harm the King consistently and beyond of the damage dealt by Zero Hand of Netero. Enhancers are op, imagine a Uvo much more powerful. At the end Meruem would win because his body is more resistant though.
Gon completely casual kick pitou up into the sky and pitou completely lost it . Something even neteros 99 hands attack couldn't do . Netero only punched pitou far away , while slight attack of gon to pitou destroyed her / him . Gon just lifted his left leg and send pitou flying unconscious.
I don’t know if you guys realise but at 15:04 was the first time killua made a sound by walking or running in the whole show. If you pay attention killua always run in silent mode 😂. Even melody said that
Funnily enough, I think he would be very disappointed, he wanted to see Gon get to that point naturally, not "cheating" (although I do think there's a chance he will still cream his pants)
@@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541 I don't know. It's very hard to say with Hisoka, he could go either way. Biscuit and Wing would be disappointed because they want Gon to have a stable and "earned" power but Hisoka? Hisoka doesn't care about stability, he cares about one good fight that will end with one of them dead anyway and this form provides exactly that. But then again, he might be disappointed because this form is too strong for him to put up much of a fight. Or he might be happy. It's really hard to say with Hisoka. Don't forget that Hisoka sees people as toys, he objectifies them. So that means all he cares about is what they can do for his pleasure. Would the way Gon achieved this power really affect the pleasure Hisoka took in fighting him? Then again Hisoka is a human, he has moments that contradicts this character trait of his, like when he tried to make Gon happy with the way they won the volleyball match (although that might just have been an excuse because Hisoka himself wanted a clean win and Gon happened to reflect that desire). So yeah, hard to say for sure. Hisoka is generally easy to understand, but in extreme cases he can be full of contradictions.
@@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541Yeah, I also think Gon gaining power like that would disappoint him. Hisoka always says how he likes to watch "fruit ripen". Lol even if he treats people like toys, I think he really likes Gon somehow and seeing him like this, I don't think it would satisfy him. He would probably be impressed, but I think he appreciates gaining power more naturall, by experience
@@Emilia-em5cz To be more accurate, for Hisoka, it would be like downloading a hacked version of a game you love just so you can up your stats and see how it is to be so many levels ahead. It feels great at first but quickly, you tire. So either Hisoka will die quickly from the fight, or he will loose interest from how quickly Gon got to that point.
I'm a 40 year old Japanese and you guys have been the best travel companions I've had the pleasure of spending the last few months with. I never imagined that I would be reminded by the reactions of young people from the other side of the world of a story that I was obsessed with when I was in high school. Having read hundreds of MANGA, I can tell you that this is the peak of history. Enjoy!
@@Psykotik_ you are right! Togashi sometimes takes long vacations during the serialization. As a result, it took us Japanese 10 years to complete a few arcs of his manga. This chapter lasted from my teens to my twenties. lol
Same here, I first laid my hands on it when I was 14 or 15. I‘m 37 now and it’s literally my favorite piece of fiction, bare none. Thoughts to Togashi, he is the ultimate legend!
@@JamesBond-cr4xw not true, Netero has been around for atleast hundred years and still going strong Much older than Zeno It's obvious that Netero found something in his DC expeditions that made him prolong his life, along with the oldest hunter and Maha Zoldyck And Gon used all of his future potentials, Nen usage, future powerups and years of his life combined
@@JamesBond-cr4xw gon literally used all of his nen that he will ever get in his maybe 60-80 years left in life and compressed it all into one moment to never use again, netero merely used the nen he had saved up as the comment said
Fun fact, the reason Gon's hair is THAT long is literally because he traded for the point of his adulthood at the point of his potential where he was stronger than Pitou to defeat her. So he essentially transformed into his body as if he trained in that same spot for DECADES. So that is the length of his hair having never cut it for decades, like his muscle, nen, strength and reaction time his physical features like his hair was transformed onto him too. Cool detail from Togashi!
@@rexibhazoboa7097we’re also in an anime where a 12 year old boy gives his soul essence away to train multiple decades. Idk if questioning hair length is the hill to die on
Usually in other anime, transformation for MC is always a positive thing, After struggle for some time MC rages and beats the Villain after power up and everyone celebrates without any huge consequence for it , but HxH didn't do it like that and left the viewers in shock and horror. Harsher the power greater the consequence is, and they nailed the Ost, silence, animation it was just beautiful. "Morality of Gon Freecs" is an amazing analysis video which I believe everyone should watch, Who thinks Gon is a boring mc or a typical shounen mc
what i love about gon's transformation is that it isnt bullshit. its not some random new form power that he unlocked like other shounen anime. the price he paid is equal to the power he got.
and this is true throughout the anime/story. Yes there is "magic" in the world so it is fantasy but within that fictious world it is always explainable/believable. I love that about HxH. Even "why would Gon ever do something like that?" is explainable by his purity and recklessness. The power he got is explainable with the potential that he had in him but not yet achieved due to his young age.
@@6666Imperator its called a "Hard Magic System" Meaning that it isnt like harry potter where it doesnt make sense. Harry potter would be called a "Soft Magic System" on the contrary.
@@6666Imperator now just use the right "Know" and you'll be getting somewhere. Word of advice, don't brag about status as a writer and then have a typo in that same sentence 💀
I think I must have cried the first time I watched episode 131, not just because of how devastated Gon was and how he basically sacrificed his future to kill Pitou. Many people have explained his transformation as this: He essentially gave the universe a blank check, and told it to write whatever price it wanted from him, in exchange for making him so powerful that he can defeat Pitou. As Killua points out, this form that Gon assumes is what he would probably have looked like in the future at his peak, after all the training that he would have over decades/years. It's so incredibly sad because you see the contrast between Gon and Killua, and how Killua was so worried for his best friend, and what would happen to him after he did all this crazy stuff. Watching your best friend turning into what Gon turned into and seeing him suffer like this must have been such a punch to his gut, which is probably why it makes people shed a tear or tear up.
Me too, all I'm thinking watching Gon rage like that, is that he gave up his future for this one moment. And I felt bad for Killua, I know he is blaming himself for allowing Gon to be like this
I think the strength of nen that you get back from whatever conditions is also connected with how convicted and determined one is in achieving their goals. Gon is so strong not just because of the condition, but also because he’s as strong willed and stubborn as they come.
11:18 No, Biskys NORMAL form is the hulk, she uses nen to get into her cute small form. Gon made a nen pact like Kurapica with his chains. But instead of having a condition, like "If I use this power against anyone that isn't a spider, I'll die." he just paid the price upfront. "I don't care, if this is the end." was what he said, so he just threw his life away on the spot, meaning this pact is "Give me enough power to kill Pitou and in exchange I will die." without any conditions, he just paid with his life to gain this much power out of nowhere. Any nen user can do this technically, so fighting someone with nothing left to lose is especially SCAAAAAAAAAARY in the HxH world.
I wouldn't say every nen user can do this. You need a lot of potential and to be in the right headset to make the condition as strong as possible, which works best when you REALLY believe in the conditions you set. SPOILERS WARNING: I suspect Gon's condition wasn't as simple as "I need to kill this thing that's stronger than me, so ill just die afterwards". For the amount of power he gained its more likely his condition was even worse than death.. to be a 24/7 hospitalized raisin suffering in pain for his entire life.
@@sayit8ntso I stand by what I said, TECHNICALLY every nen user can do this is what I said. You can use nen? Then you can make pacts. That's just factual. I said myself that a person with nothing to lose would be scary, because obviously you gotta be in an insane mindset to do this. And the resulting power would vary based on the individual persons potential, that's obvious. So, I don't disagree with anything you said, I'm just confused why you phrased it as a correction, as my statements literally agree with you 🙃
Well, every nen user could technically make the pact, but they wouldn't gain any more power than they would have through natural means. We've been shown that Gon's potential is 'one in ten million;' not even regular prodigies in nen would stack up to that. Also, it's important to note that Gon would *not* have achieved that much power when he was grown up. The power he gained was essentially his maximum possible potential if he had endless training. I doubt any nen users reach their ceiling other than someone like Netero.
@@sayit8ntso I disagree with the spoiler part. The reason why he was hospitalized was because Gon is a child. His body was not able to keep up with the rapid growth and thus had shriveled up after he lost the power. I would argue that an adult who makes the same pact, although obviously not gaining the same level of power, would not have been in the same state afterwards. Additionally, Gon's transformation was likely that due to the fact the he's an Enhancer. I bet that it wouldn't really be a physical transformation for any other nen category.
It's really funny to watch Jack react to something he hasn't seen before, his mind goes a million miles an hour so whenever something shocking happens he's immediately ready to discuss theories (like with the Bisky comparison in this ep) while Cannon and Carter are still processing what just happened so they just sit there mouth agape 🤣
It's fun to rewatch the show too cuz you realize that most of the nen masters who meet Gon refer to him as "dangerous" or "a monster", this exact reason is why Wing is so careful with who he teaches nen to.
Yeah I only watched the anime last year and surprisingly didn't get a single spoiler til then. Really appreciate how the HxH community stays lowkey and chill. Definitely one of the chillest fandoms out there.
23:38 it's postmortem nen -> stronger cuz it's the last wish of the dying nen user. It has been explained by chrolo once when he said the chain user can not be killed before exorcising his nen cuz maybe it gets stronger after death. If you ever read the manga you will come across an even better example😉
My takeaway is that Gon was trying to redirect his rage on blaming Pitou, prepared to die, and hopefully his Post-Mortem Nen would latch on Pitou and kill her.
10:13 "Beware you who kill monsters to not become a Monster yourself, and when you Stare into an Abyss, the Abyss stares back at you" Thats why the CHimera Ants arc IS the Arc where a Beast becomes a Man, and a Boy becomes a Monster.
Just a remember: The that Pitous said "I knew it... he's power is now equal to that of the King" is a mistranslation for the english subs; the original is "I knew it... his fangs now can reach the King's throat"
Cannon getting teary eyed and not understanding why... I was so upset the whole time watching this episode, I was crying the whole Gon/Pitou fight or whenever it has anything to do with the conflict between Killua/Gon's friendship... Their friendship is so beautiful so every time something sad happens around it, I'm in shambles lol
@@lelecoleco_bangu6924The Japanese have a concept of "honorific titles" and add "san" or "sama" to superiors. Many Japanese readers who saw "ボ" were afraid to call Gon by his name and unconsciously respected him as "ゴンさん…"
pitou died in the first rock paper scissors. gon was literally bashing a corpse. but pitou's ability + her devotion the the king made possible that her nen controlled her body even after death. that's why gon literally obliterated her body at the end
I remember feeling something was missing from the kite story. And then I found out there’s a lot more in the manga about him. But the scene still works and hit me like a ton of bricks. Gon is alone and scared. He’s jeopardized his relationship with killua and now he longs for him. The closest thing to a father he’s ever had is dead. The closest LINK to his father is dead. On top of that he feels like he failed his dad by getting his friend killed. He was willing to sacrifice everything to find his dad, and he failed, so he’ll use everything. It’s perfection.
The king tried to kill Pitou with one hit to the head as well earlier in the arc. Pitou is not that easy to kill off, not even for him. So it makes sense that it took Gon a few blows to finish her.
Just imagine the fact that Gon's kick was enough to incapacitate her to the point where she couldn't retaliate. The king tried to end her life but pretty much unbothered. She was correct in her deduction that Gon could literally reach Meruem's throat granted pre rose.
feel like this was Togashi's answer to the standard Super Saiyan-esque power up that so many Shonen MCs get in their time of need, but completely flipped on its head. That's what makes me feel that Gon is essentially supposed to be the true horror of Shonen protagonists: a tunnel-visioned youth whose unwavering innocence, childishness, and selective forgiveness really is just horrifying when put under the right lense. Gon really is just a horrifying yet more understandable take on Kid Goku.
Throughout the show, time and time again, people would look at Gon and think "he's a monster". Meleoron, Bisky and Wing are some of them. And this episode shows the reason for that perception. Gon has always had trouble accepting anything other than his way and this is what happens when this side of his is tested to the limit.
Remember Phinx mentioned at the very end of YorkNew, that the whole reason they stopped chasing Kurapika was because Chrollo no longer had Nen and if they killed Kurapika his intense vengeful Nen would still go after/kill Chrollo even after death, which Pitou did here to attack Gon.
For context, when Pitou died, her love for Meruem caused her to activate post mortem nen. Since death is the ultimate condition, she’s able to do the impossible and keep fighting while dead in order to protect the king
You guys should absolutely listen to that spooky theme for Gon's transformation all by itself. It's called "Kage to Rasetsu" and it's so haunting but so amazing. Absolute chills
when Pitou cut off Gon's arm she was already dead, but as we learned in Yorkshine City with the fantom troupe, nen after death can be very powerful if the dead person had a strong will to fulfill his desires, Pito's desire to protect the king caused her puppet ( Terpsichora, so the puppet that put her physical strenght at 100% ) to control her body to kill Gon even after her own death
I like how netero and gon are so much alike. Both losing their humanity and turning into monsters. When gon loses his arm he acknowledges that he is now like kite and is redeemed. During Netero’s battle he loses his arm and acknowledges the fact a prayer comes from the heart in which he doesn’t need 2.
When Pitou attacks afer loosing her head it is because of the concept of "Post Mortem Nen" when someone have a great resolve die using Nen his Nen becomes more powerfull and praticly limitless becoming able to do something that we can consider impossible (ex: Nen can curse someone, reviving someone , of like here in this scene it can make a dead body fight)
“Hxh is a show that I wouldn’t considered to have super good animation…” blud is just waffling! HXH till this day still has one of the best animations.
They’ve been too spoiled with the JJK and Demon Slayer animation that they don’t realize that HxH’s animation is actually really good for being 10+ years old
@@comeatmebro8120 Those 2 are not even better. Unexperienced people think that flashy colors are "good animation". I bet you if they see a Cowboy Bebop episode (which is in fact 10 times better animated than any anime today) they'll think its outadated, because of the old school color palette
@@comeatmebro8120 it’s generally more consistent than some shows but like it’s not outstanding for 2011-14, for reference Soul Eater which has better animation came out in 08, and OPM in 15
It took that much to destroy Pitou’s body because she’s a royal guard. They’re *very* tough. Remember when Meruem tried to kill her with his tail slap? She took it to the chin like it was nothing.
@@randomchips7099 Wow, way to miss the point. Did I ever say Pitou took no damage from jajanken like she did with Meruem? No. Did I ever say Meruem’s tail slap was comparable to jajanken? No. The point of the example is to show Pitou is extremely tough. Meruem tried to kill her like he would any other ant, and it did next to no damage. He didn’t go all out, but that’s still impressive. So when Gon tries a lot more emphatically, we shouldn’t expect her to just explode. We expect her to be instantly incapacitated (like she was), but to assume her body will just be decimated in one hit doesn’t make sense because of how tough she is. And for the record, Gon’s last jajanken was WAY more powerful than the others if we go off the visuals. If he kept using normal ones, I doubt it would ever destroy her body completely (or would at least take a very long time).
The tragedy unfolding in this episode brings me to tears every time. HxH is one of the shows that on the secound watch just gets you so heavily in the feels at random moments, because with the knowledge of this every hint to this episode stings your heart with a knive.
The juxtaposition between Meruem and Gon is what makes this arc goated. Meruem is a monster who gradually gains human qualities, whereas Gon is a human who becomes a monster. Gon and Meruem sitting in the same exact position in front of their adversaries and constantly having scenes cutting between foreshadows this moment perfectly. Then you also have Netero/Gon being drawn to look like demons during the fights to represent humanity's endless malice, whereas Pitou/Meruem are pitiful and levelheaded (more human qualities) respectively. Pitou's portrayal also took a 180, as they started off the arc being depicted as a stoic menace, but gradually devolved into a pitiful, helpless victim when confronted with Gon's malice. Straight peak.
I love this because this is like the opposite of Goku going super Saiyan. While Goku does the heroic act of surpassing his limit in order to a avange his friends and save the world, gon sacrifices everything just so he can express his rage. He sacrificed all of his training, talent and future just to be able to hurt someone who hurt him.
I genuinely love that this episode plays out with a "rage powerup" moment like many other shows but the power system itself is so robust that not a single moment doesn't make sense within the bounds of the system they're locked into. For many lesser shows this would come in the form of a weird lineage thing or just some random powerup but in HxH it actually makes logical sense within the confides of the power system. Technically any Nen user could theoretically do this (with varying results). One of the single most well thought out power systems in all of media.
I'm at 27:57 - one thing for sure: you CANNOT predict how this arc will end. I can assure you of that 100%. Togashi is really good at going for the unexpected outcomes while also having built it up for a loooong while.
I think Gon blames himself for what happened to Kite, that's why he's glad that pitou actually cut his arm, it's like he redeemed himself and able to let go of the guilt that he's feeling. Bro, when i saw this episode way back, i was screaming like a lunatic 😂
Remember the scene when Kite said what if there are Ants who care about other like human to Gon in his mind? The moment when Gon knows Pitou was healing Komugi and realized what he was doing are wrong, the conflict started from his inside. This show mentioned Light and Shadow a couple times. I thought that was refering to Gon and Killua. But in fact that was about Gon. Funny how Netero and Gon were purely satisfying their own personal reasons, but the King starts walking toward the human side because of Komugi. Just like Netoro said "Meruem, king of ants, you understand nothing... of humanity's infinite potential for evolution." Fun Fact: In the Manga, the ruby (振り仮名) of "evolution" was "悪意" which is "malice". Which means evolution (malice). "you don't understand a thing... of mankind about the limitless malice."
I could write a thousand words about this episode but one important thing I can say, HunterXHunter is a Masterpiece. Just one thing to point out is the fact that Pitou was sorry twice in this episode, she clearly grew as a character, even Pouf pointed that out before. Also if Gon ended up defeating the King that would have been very cliche, main character gains power up and defeats the main villain, that is absolutely the opposite of what HxH is, the way the writer ended this arc is so amazing and genius. Also, Yorknew isn't really the end of the Phantom Troupe and Kurapika's story so if you keep that in mind the ending of that arc is pretty great.
After episode 131, I finally learned why his name is "Gon" because his mind was "GON" after he saw Pitou wouldn't heal Kite. The ant arc is literally 90% the reason this anime even has the psychological genre tag
Prior to Pitous nen after-death, Gon hit her a total of 9 times since cats have 9 lives, and despite his appearance he still has the nature and naïveté of a child. Also I can’t remember specifics that foreshadow his twisted mindset on this other part, but when he loses his arm it both makes him glad that he can be like kite, but he also says “you can have my right arm” as a call back to Pitou giving him her right arm when healing Komugi, and now in his mind they’re even.
I always feel so bad for Kill in this arc. The way Gon treats him... These are emotional and perhaps ill-considered texts, but they make Gon look like an asshole
Most watchers see a kid who lost his humanity, but I see a broken/traumatized child who has been pushed to his limit by man eating ants. He felt a deep emotional connection for kite how the royal guards revered the king.
Gon going JOJO Mode is one of the Greatest Moments in Anime History for me, It's so well done that no matter what anyone says i can't help but feel bad for Pitou which is just Insane 🛐
Wow this is a shock i didn't expect them to upload hxh today 😮 BUT what a MASTERPIECE ep131 is BEST episode of hxh and this and ep135 are one of those Anime episodes I'll never forget this episode will go down in history and I also feel 135 has the same potential to be best episode of hxh DAMN. It was heartbreaking to see Gon like that little cheerful, innocent boy became this 😭 and Killua has to see this realising that he might loose his bestfriend forever so many emotions.
I forgot that his power matches the king when he's in that state. I still got chills eventhough this is not the first time I watch this. so happy that I could watch again with you guys! thank you.
There were so many hints and foreshadowing from other characters about Gon’s mindset and how his “pureness’’ was both refreshing and terrifying. There’s no balance in Gon cause he has no filter in his pure and extreme emotions and a lack of care/thought about the consequences.
i’d say that hxh’s animation stands to current date as very good simply because every episode stays the same consistently nice quality which is actually much harder to maintain especially in such a long running show, nowadays much shorter anime struggle with switching between occasional godly action scenes and choppy/lackluster animation and art inbetween 🤔
Just to clarify, Kaito isn't a random for Gon. The 2011s remake skipped the beginning of the manga where Gon encounters Kaito. It's after he met him that Gon heard about his father and it's there where Kaito gave him Ging's hunter card
I love the contrast of Those Who Know, and Those Who Are Finding Out. The sense of fulfilment watching someone finally understand the thing you witnessed however long ago.
Misconception, Pitou was dead a long time ago. Gon was just smashing her face in out of anger, he solely stopped because Killua was there. We don't know how many punches it took to kill her but she was dead a LOOOONG time ago.
Remember that gon is an enhancer, he enhanced his body to a point of no return with all the cost that has. And yeah, is going to cost. And guys... the reaction was amazing, you kept the music really high wich i love, amazing. You get a new patreon.
I waited to see the reactions of this episode forr sooooo long and omg i feel u guys i was so confused and mind blown at the same time like what's going onnnn w gon and all and oh my god wtv happened next almost made me cry
It almost feels like I'm watching it for the first time again seeing you guys react to this moment. I was on edge and sweating with you guys even though I'd watched this scene so many times. Thank you for hanging on and holding hope that you would see greatness in the Chimera Ant arc. One more peak to go, 135.
Gon made a nen contract with himself that he will sacrifice his life for getting the peak potential with respect to Enhancement only and that in return resulted in physical growth as well. Adult Gon is what Gon would've looked like physically and raw aura wise in his peak, remember Netero over mountains? That age all nen users reach their peak around 50s. But he still was our 12 years old psycho cutipie boy.
It’s understandable that you compare it to Biskys adult form. But the difference is that Bisky built that form over many years of training, it is her true self, her normal form. This form of Gon however is just something he POTENTIALLY could have reached in the future, if he would have trained that hard. But he needed that power now. Think of it as some sort of condition, a pakt, he made with himself (like Kurapika did regarding his nen-ability): reach your highest potential right now … but ofc this comes with a cost. Biskys form-change has no cost since it was achieved naturally over a long time
Netero's Zero Hand blasts his opponent with all of his raw aura reserves. Gon sacrificed his future aura and life potential to get access to his full potential at once
Yeah. Also to make it easier to understand, what technically happened was that the resolve was strong enough to allow Gon's aura to reach its maximum possible potential, and due to him being an Enhancer, allowed his body to grow.
This is the arc where Killua becomes a real kid, his emotions and mental state alligns with a child his age, and Gon becomes a monster. There's so much mirroring between Gon and Meruem, Monster vs Human. It's amazing. Togashi excels at story telling, so many casuals thought this came out of nowhere but it's been there the whole time, in all the ways in which Gon is dismissive. So many people think of Gon as one dimensional and one of the worst MCs, but I consider him the best kid MC. He reacts like a kid, he acts like a kid, his morality depends entirely on whether he likes you or not, just like a kid would. I've seen HxH so many times, you have no idea. This has been my favorite animanga since I was eight years old and I watched the 1999 version in 2004, then when this came out in 2011, it was done so well, I've never loved an anime more than this, close second would be Jujutsu Kaisen I think. This scene made me cry the first time I saw it, and it made maaaany reactors and other fans cry as well. I cried at the end of this arc as well, you'll know why. Also, the fact y'all guys realized that was residual nen was such a breath of fresh air, so many people forget about residual nen by this point.
i love the contrast between killua and gon, how killua is gaining humanity, while gon loses his
same goes to the king too
Yupp
It applies more to Meruem and Gon
I would say the ants especially the royal guard in general unlocked their emotions and became more human, while Gon and Netero lost theirs
Nah Killua was always a human surrounded by monsters, that's the entire reason Illumi planted that needle in him. while Gon was a monster surrounded by humans. Gon would've been the most ruthless member of the Phantom Troupe if he didn't have Mito.
How insane is 131 man, the episode is pure chills. The animation, the score, the va, everything is just epic.
Also can't believe McKay hasn't seen past 131, eps 134 & 135 are absolute peak as well. The ending to this arc is simply beautiful.
Yeah it was worth the wait
Peak fiction.
Weirdly I think I actually like 136 better than 134/135, I feel like it fully solidifies the other half of what Togashi was cooking through the whole arc
i think you enjoy it because it shows the repercussions of the conflict, which i really enjoy in a story as well@@adius256
I remember when this part came out in the manga I was disappointed because it was a lame transformation and I didn't realize how tragic it was because I was a dumb teenager who only cared about power levels. After growing up and rereading the manga noticing all the little things that led to it it became my favorite manga
"With a power of the King, why would it take so much" - reminder, King once tried to decapitate Pitou for speaking out of the line, but Pitou took the hit and only got a little bloodied. King even complimented Pitou on being really strong in that moment. So yes, even if Gon's strength was equal to the King, it still conceivable that it would take a dozen or so punches to completelly crack Pitou's head.
tbf yes he said he tried to kill her but that still does not mean he was giving it 100%. At that point he had easily clapped everyone he hit so he probably didn't think he would need to hit her very hard.
it's also pure speculation on Pitou's part if Gon is actually equal to Meruem since she never saw post rose Meruem who is by far and away the most powerful nen user we've seen. She just has to take any threat extremely seriously, even if they realistically can't do much to the king. The anime made it sound like a statement of fact when it wasn't written that way in the manga.
@@SolidSnake240ofcourse post rose king is more powerful. He literally healed and took two other royal guards powers, he gets power by consuming nen users . But before rose king might be same as adult gon , because they both were made parallels .
If one punch made a Royal Guard unconscious I think Gon could harm the King consistently and beyond of the damage dealt by Zero Hand of Netero. Enhancers are op, imagine a Uvo much more powerful.
At the end Meruem would win because his body is more resistant though.
Gon completely casual kick pitou up into the sky and pitou completely lost it . Something even neteros 99 hands attack couldn't do . Netero only punched pitou far away , while slight attack of gon to pitou destroyed her / him .
Gon just lifted his left leg and send pitou flying unconscious.
I don’t know if you guys realise but at 15:04 was the first time killua made a sound by walking or running in the whole show. If you pay attention killua always run in silent mode 😂. Even melody said that
During their training with Binolt, you’d hear Killua’s footstep.
Gon and Meruem has the loudest footsteps, did u noticed loud footsteps of meruem after zeroth hand?
nowayyy what? damn
@@arsadevara it's false, but for the most of the series you don't hear him walk/run.
great catch
Hisoka would have died from dehydration if he saw adult gon body.😂
Funnily enough, I think he would be very disappointed, he wanted to see Gon get to that point naturally, not "cheating" (although I do think there's a chance he will still cream his pants)
@@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541 I don't know. It's very hard to say with Hisoka, he could go either way. Biscuit and Wing would be disappointed because they want Gon to have a stable and "earned" power but Hisoka? Hisoka doesn't care about stability, he cares about one good fight that will end with one of them dead anyway and this form provides exactly that. But then again, he might be disappointed because this form is too strong for him to put up much of a fight. Or he might be happy. It's really hard to say with Hisoka.
Don't forget that Hisoka sees people as toys, he objectifies them. So that means all he cares about is what they can do for his pleasure. Would the way Gon achieved this power really affect the pleasure Hisoka took in fighting him? Then again Hisoka is a human, he has moments that contradicts this character trait of his, like when he tried to make Gon happy with the way they won the volleyball match (although that might just have been an excuse because Hisoka himself wanted a clean win and Gon happened to reflect that desire).
So yeah, hard to say for sure. Hisoka is generally easy to understand, but in extreme cases he can be full of contradictions.
Not his body, but his power, he's not homo or something
@@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541Yeah, I also think Gon gaining power like that would disappoint him. Hisoka always says how he likes to watch "fruit ripen". Lol even if he treats people like toys, I think he really likes Gon somehow and seeing him like this, I don't think it would satisfy him. He would probably be impressed, but I think he appreciates gaining power more naturall, by experience
@@Emilia-em5cz To be more accurate, for Hisoka, it would be like downloading a hacked version of a game you love just so you can up your stats and see how it is to be so many levels ahead. It feels great at first but quickly, you tire. So either Hisoka will die quickly from the fight, or he will loose interest from how quickly Gon got to that point.
I'm a 40 year old Japanese and you guys have been the best travel companions I've had the pleasure of spending the last few months with. I never imagined that I would be reminded by the reactions of young people from the other side of the world of a story that I was obsessed with when I was in high school. Having read hundreds of MANGA, I can tell you that this is the peak of history. Enjoy!
You were in High School at 28 years old? The Chimera Ant Arc in manga form was released in the 2010's lol
@@Psykotik_ you are right! Togashi sometimes takes long vacations during the serialization. As a result, it took us Japanese 10 years to complete a few arcs of his manga. This chapter lasted from my teens to my twenties. lol
Same here, I first laid my hands on it when I was 14 or 15. I‘m 37 now and it’s literally my favorite piece of fiction, bare none.
Thoughts to Togashi, he is the ultimate legend!
@@Psykotik_
Chimera ant started in the manga in 2003 and ended in 2011. This dude was 19 back then in 2003.
So cool to see that I’m not the only one obsessed with HxH
I wish have the power to forget the history just to be able to watch over and over again 😅
Netero’s zero hand used his saved up aura. Gon used actual years of his life.
There's no real difference other than Netero having very little years left of him anyway. Nen is life force.
@@JamesBond-cr4xw not true, Netero has been around for atleast hundred years and still going strong
Much older than Zeno
It's obvious that Netero found something in his DC expeditions that made him prolong his life, along with the oldest hunter and Maha Zoldyck
And Gon used all of his future potentials, Nen usage, future powerups and years of his life combined
@@JamesBond-cr4xwvery much not true
@@JamesBond-cr4xw gon literally used all of his nen that he will ever get in his maybe 60-80 years left in life and compressed it all into one moment to never use again, netero merely used the nen he had saved up as the comment said
Fun fact, the reason Gon's hair is THAT long is literally because he traded for the point of his adulthood at the point of his potential where he was stronger than Pitou to defeat her. So he essentially transformed into his body as if he trained in that same spot for DECADES. So that is the length of his hair having never cut it for decades, like his muscle, nen, strength and reaction time his physical features like his hair was transformed onto him too. Cool detail from Togashi!
99% of people's hair stops growing after a certain point. Around ass level. Guess he is the 1%
@@rexibhazoboa7097 troll
@@rexibhazoboa7097we’re also in an anime where a 12 year old boy gives his soul essence away to train multiple decades. Idk if questioning hair length is the hill to die on
w head cannon
I think it's just a design choice because he doesn't get a beard which wouldn't make sense..
This is why Wing told Gon not to follow the nen contracts that Kurapika person was doing. These nen contract conditions are dangerous
and he did it willingly out of despair. Gon's just too reckless (you saw that during Wings training too)
Usually in other anime, transformation for MC is always a positive thing, After struggle for some time MC rages and beats the Villain after power up and everyone celebrates without any huge consequence for it , but HxH didn't do it like that and left the viewers in shock and horror. Harsher the power greater the consequence is, and they nailed the Ost, silence, animation it was just beautiful. "Morality of Gon Freecs" is an amazing analysis video which I believe everyone should watch, Who thinks Gon is a boring mc or a typical shounen mc
what i love about gon's transformation is that it isnt bullshit. its not some random new form power that he unlocked like other shounen anime. the price he paid is equal to the power he got.
It's been foreshadowed(?) From the point they mentioned conditions and prices. It's the same thing as Kurapika, but worse.
and this is true throughout the anime/story. Yes there is "magic" in the world so it is fantasy but within that fictious world it is always explainable/believable. I love that about HxH. Even "why would Gon ever do something like that?" is explainable by his purity and recklessness. The power he got is explainable with the potential that he had in him but not yet achieved due to his young age.
@@6666Imperator its called a "Hard Magic System" Meaning that it isnt like harry potter where it doesnt make sense. Harry potter would be called a "Soft Magic System" on the contrary.
@@user9999-z thanks but I as a fantasy writer I know what a hard and soft magic system is 😉
@@6666Imperator now just use the right "Know" and you'll be getting somewhere. Word of advice, don't brag about status as a writer and then have a typo in that same sentence 💀
Hxh is peak shounen. 131 was insane. The black and white, use of silence, and the ominous tone. Top-tier
I think I must have cried the first time I watched episode 131, not just because of how devastated Gon was and how he basically sacrificed his future to kill Pitou. Many people have explained his transformation as this: He essentially gave the universe a blank check, and told it to write whatever price it wanted from him, in exchange for making him so powerful that he can defeat Pitou. As Killua points out, this form that Gon assumes is what he would probably have looked like in the future at his peak, after all the training that he would have over decades/years. It's so incredibly sad because you see the contrast between Gon and Killua, and how Killua was so worried for his best friend, and what would happen to him after he did all this crazy stuff. Watching your best friend turning into what Gon turned into and seeing him suffer like this must have been such a punch to his gut, which is probably why it makes people shed a tear or tear up.
Me too, all I'm thinking watching Gon rage like that, is that he gave up his future for this one moment. And I felt bad for Killua, I know he is blaming himself for allowing Gon to be like this
I think the strength of nen that you get back from whatever conditions is also connected with how convicted and determined one is in achieving their goals. Gon is so strong not just because of the condition, but also because he’s as strong willed and stubborn as they come.
11:18
No, Biskys NORMAL form is the hulk, she uses nen to get into her cute small form. Gon made a nen pact like Kurapica with his chains. But instead of having a condition, like "If I use this power against anyone that isn't a spider, I'll die." he just paid the price upfront. "I don't care, if this is the end." was what he said, so he just threw his life away on the spot, meaning this pact is "Give me enough power to kill Pitou and in exchange I will die." without any conditions, he just paid with his life to gain this much power out of nowhere.
Any nen user can do this technically, so fighting someone with nothing left to lose is especially SCAAAAAAAAAARY in the HxH world.
I wouldn't say every nen user can do this. You need a lot of potential and to be in the right headset to make the condition as strong as possible, which works best when you REALLY believe in the conditions you set.
SPOILERS WARNING:
I suspect Gon's condition wasn't as simple as "I need to kill this thing that's stronger than me, so ill just die afterwards". For the amount of power he gained its more likely his condition was even worse than death.. to be a 24/7 hospitalized raisin suffering in pain for his entire life.
yeah i dont know why people have so much trouble identifying a suicide in front of them xd
@@sayit8ntso
I stand by what I said, TECHNICALLY every nen user can do this is what I said. You can use nen? Then you can make pacts. That's just factual.
I said myself that a person with nothing to lose would be scary, because obviously you gotta be in an insane mindset to do this.
And the resulting power would vary based on the individual persons potential, that's obvious.
So, I don't disagree with anything you said, I'm just confused why you phrased it as a correction, as my statements literally agree with you 🙃
Well, every nen user could technically make the pact, but they wouldn't gain any more power than they would have through natural means. We've been shown that Gon's potential is 'one in ten million;' not even regular prodigies in nen would stack up to that.
Also, it's important to note that Gon would *not* have achieved that much power when he was grown up. The power he gained was essentially his maximum possible potential if he had endless training. I doubt any nen users reach their ceiling other than someone like Netero.
@@sayit8ntso I disagree with the spoiler part. The reason why he was hospitalized was because Gon is a child. His body was not able to keep up with the rapid growth and thus had shriveled up after he lost the power. I would argue that an adult who makes the same pact, although obviously not gaining the same level of power, would not have been in the same state afterwards. Additionally, Gon's transformation was likely that due to the fact the he's an Enhancer. I bet that it wouldn't really be a physical transformation for any other nen category.
This was the peak of the peak, nothing can beat this episode in anime, 10 years later is still one of the best scene ever
Fr I have 126 slightly higher but still fax
I don't rate them 1 to 10, but the scene in OPM with Mumen Rider and the Seaking was *Hype AF*
It's really funny to watch Jack react to something he hasn't seen before, his mind goes a million miles an hour so whenever something shocking happens he's immediately ready to discuss theories (like with the Bisky comparison in this ep) while Cannon and Carter are still processing what just happened so they just sit there mouth agape 🤣
It's fun to rewatch the show too cuz you realize that most of the nen masters who meet Gon refer to him as "dangerous" or "a monster", this exact reason is why Wing is so careful with who he teaches nen to.
Although a lot of people always hint at gons transformation, I think it’s remarkable how little spoilers there are on mainstream anime media!
Yeah I only watched the anime last year and surprisingly didn't get a single spoiler til then. Really appreciate how the HxH community stays lowkey and chill. Definitely one of the chillest fandoms out there.
I love that you guys realized from the go that this transformation is not a good thing, it doesnt come from a good place.
Did they tho?
131 is probably my favorite anime episode of all time, everything about it is perfect imo. Excited to see the rest of the reactions, especially 135.
23:38 it's postmortem nen -> stronger cuz it's the last wish of the dying nen user.
It has been explained by chrolo once when he said the chain user can not be killed before exorcising his nen cuz maybe it gets stronger after death.
If you ever read the manga you will come across an even better example😉
It was phinks that said that I think
@@SpiralFlip op... I got bad memory then i guess
"Even better example" like someone need to adapt that fight already. Make it a movie or something
@@regalroyn1011 agreed dude 😭 how damn long do we got to wait.
My takeaway is that Gon was trying to redirect his rage on blaming Pitou, prepared to die, and hopefully his Post-Mortem Nen would latch on Pitou and kill her.
10:13 "Beware you who kill monsters to not become a Monster yourself, and when you Stare into an Abyss, the Abyss stares back at you"
Thats why the CHimera Ants arc IS the Arc where a Beast becomes a Man, and a Boy becomes a Monster.
Solo leveling reference?
@@jomarfelisilda9679 Nietzsche reference
@@Tri1o139 Bro said solo leveling what the fuck💀
@@jomarfelisilda9679 bro ain't no way 💀
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Just a remember: The that Pitous said "I knew it... he's power is now equal to that of the King" is a mistranslation for the english subs; the original is "I knew it... his fangs now can reach the King's throat"
Yes. I don't like how the anime just flatout says that he's equal to the king. All Pitou meant was that Gon is dangerous and he can't get near Meruem.
The amount of damage this mistranslation has done is crazy lmao
In french , they says that is fang now reach the king throat
Yeah sucks they mistranslated it but even if it was true it wasn't true at that point because of Mureem being even stronger than before.
That’s actually insane that they messed it up sobadly
Cannon getting teary eyed and not understanding why... I was so upset the whole time watching this episode, I was crying the whole Gon/Pitou fight or whenever it has anything to do with the conflict between Killua/Gon's friendship... Their friendship is so beautiful so every time something sad happens around it, I'm in shambles lol
We respectfully refer to Gon in this state as “Gon-san”
Gone-san maybe? Gon is done.
Gone-san maybe? Gon is done.
noone ever said that shit
@@lelecoleco_bangu6924search any fanart of this form on japanese sites the tag they use is always gon-san lol
@@lelecoleco_bangu6924The Japanese have a concept of "honorific titles" and add "san" or "sama" to superiors.
Many Japanese readers who saw "ボ" were afraid to call Gon by his name and unconsciously respected him as "ゴンさん…"
pitou died in the first rock paper scissors. gon was literally bashing a corpse.
but pitou's ability + her devotion the the king made possible that her nen controlled her body even after death. that's why gon literally obliterated her body at the end
I remember feeling something was missing from the kite story. And then I found out there’s a lot more in the manga about him. But the scene still works and hit me like a ton of bricks. Gon is alone and scared. He’s jeopardized his relationship with killua and now he longs for him. The closest thing to a father he’s ever had is dead. The closest LINK to his father is dead. On top of that he feels like he failed his dad by getting his friend killed. He was willing to sacrifice everything to find his dad, and he failed, so he’ll use everything. It’s perfection.
The king tried to kill Pitou with one hit to the head as well earlier in the arc. Pitou is not that easy to kill off, not even for him. So it makes sense that it took Gon a few blows to finish her.
9 hits for a cats 9 lives, but nah pitou died probably after like the second hit and then her nen activated after death
Just imagine the fact that Gon's kick was enough to incapacitate her to the point where she couldn't retaliate. The king tried to end her life but pretty much unbothered. She was correct in her deduction that Gon could literally reach Meruem's throat granted pre rose.
Some legendary shit right here
Tru tht
Fun fact: when Killua is running towards Gon, it is the only time in the entire series you can hear Killua’s footsteps.
Nope, you hear his footsteps many times since the Hunter Exam.
feel like this was Togashi's answer to the standard Super Saiyan-esque power up that so many Shonen MCs get in their time of need, but completely flipped on its head.
That's what makes me feel that Gon is essentially supposed to be the true horror of Shonen protagonists: a tunnel-visioned youth whose unwavering innocence, childishness, and selective forgiveness really is just horrifying when put under the right lense.
Gon really is just a horrifying yet more understandable take on Kid Goku.
DBS manga recently used this principle of sacrificing your life to gain power too
won't spoil who did it or how though
Throughout the show, time and time again, people would look at Gon and think "he's a monster". Meleoron, Bisky and Wing are some of them. And this episode shows the reason for that perception. Gon has always had trouble accepting anything other than his way and this is what happens when this side of his is tested to the limit.
Absolute CINEMA
Legendary shit for 200k subs
Remember Phinx mentioned at the very end of YorkNew, that the whole reason they stopped chasing Kurapika was because Chrollo no longer had Nen and if they killed Kurapika his intense vengeful Nen would still go after/kill Chrollo even after death, which Pitou did here to attack Gon.
This is one of the Goat episodes in all anime..I’ve seen the series a couple times and still get chills when I reach this point 🔥🔥🔥
For context, when Pitou died, her love for Meruem caused her to activate post mortem nen. Since death is the ultimate condition, she’s able to do the impossible and keep fighting while dead in order to protect the king
You guys should absolutely listen to that spooky theme for Gon's transformation all by itself. It's called "Kage to Rasetsu" and it's so haunting but so amazing. Absolute chills
when Pitou cut off Gon's arm she was already dead, but as we learned in Yorkshine City with the fantom troupe, nen after death can be very powerful if the dead person had a strong will to fulfill his desires, Pito's desire to protect the king caused her puppet ( Terpsichora, so the puppet that put her physical strenght at 100% ) to control her body to kill Gon even after her own death
THE EPISODE WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cannon was quite literally speechless watching it LMAO
I went back and rewatched it immediately after😂
I like how netero and gon are so much alike. Both losing their humanity and turning into monsters. When gon loses his arm he acknowledges that he is now like kite and is redeemed. During Netero’s battle he loses his arm and acknowledges the fact a prayer comes from the heart in which he doesn’t need 2.
And how the King is the opposite: he starts as a purely evil monster and transforms into a human.
Cried again for the nth time, no matter how many times I’ve watched this episode
Same. I was crying and laughing watching this 😂
When Pitou attacks afer loosing her head it is because of the concept of "Post Mortem Nen" when someone have a great resolve die using Nen his Nen becomes more powerfull and praticly limitless becoming able to do something that we can consider impossible (ex: Nen can curse someone, reviving someone , of like here in this scene it can make a dead body fight)
Madhouse did this incredibly, the choice of music at the perfect times, just goated
This is the best reaction you guys have done to this classic so far. Its a classic episode with epic moments.
“Hxh is a show that I wouldn’t considered to have super good animation…” blud is just waffling! HXH till this day still has one of the best animations.
Some people don't even know what animation is
They’ve been too spoiled with the JJK and Demon Slayer animation that they don’t realize that HxH’s animation is actually really good for being 10+ years old
@@comeatmebro8120 Those 2 are not even better. Unexperienced people think that flashy colors are "good animation". I bet you if they see a Cowboy Bebop episode (which is in fact 10 times better animated than any anime today) they'll think its outadated, because of the old school color palette
@@comeatmebro8120 it’s generally more consistent than some shows but like it’s not outstanding for 2011-14, for reference Soul Eater which has better animation came out in 08, and OPM in 15
@@comeatmebro8120 compositing has gotten better over time but realistically animation hasn’t seen crazy improvement
I love gon n killua so much. It hurts me so bad see them like this after everything they've been through. They dont deserve this man
The score for that scene!!!
I always get chills
Edit: I just noticed that you guys are almost 200k🎉🎉
It took that much to destroy Pitou’s body because she’s a royal guard. They’re *very* tough. Remember when Meruem tried to kill her with his tail slap? She took it to the chin like it was nothing.
bro that was a tail attack without any nen so comparing that with jajanken is🙄
@@randomchips7099 Wow, way to miss the point. Did I ever say Pitou took no damage from jajanken like she did with Meruem? No. Did I ever say Meruem’s tail slap was comparable to jajanken? No. The point of the example is to show Pitou is extremely tough. Meruem tried to kill her like he would any other ant, and it did next to no damage. He didn’t go all out, but that’s still impressive. So when Gon tries a lot more emphatically, we shouldn’t expect her to just explode. We expect her to be instantly incapacitated (like she was), but to assume her body will just be decimated in one hit doesn’t make sense because of how tough she is.
And for the record, Gon’s last jajanken was WAY more powerful than the others if we go off the visuals. If he kept using normal ones, I doubt it would ever destroy her body completely (or would at least take a very long time).
When gon said he got the job done as kite asked him to, it was to pulverize the ant’s head. He actually respect kite a lot
The tragedy unfolding in this episode brings me to tears every time. HxH is one of the shows that on the secound watch just gets you so heavily in the feels at random moments, because with the knowledge of this every hint to this episode stings your heart with a knive.
The juxtaposition between Meruem and Gon is what makes this arc goated. Meruem is a monster who gradually gains human qualities, whereas Gon is a human who becomes a monster. Gon and Meruem sitting in the same exact position in front of their adversaries and constantly having scenes cutting between foreshadows this moment perfectly. Then you also have Netero/Gon being drawn to look like demons during the fights to represent humanity's endless malice, whereas Pitou/Meruem are pitiful and levelheaded (more human qualities) respectively. Pitou's portrayal also took a 180, as they started off the arc being depicted as a stoic menace, but gradually devolved into a pitiful, helpless victim when confronted with Gon's malice. Straight peak.
We were speachless too...
The parallel between Gon and Kurapika is crazy in terms of making a nen contract
I love this because this is like the opposite of Goku going super Saiyan. While Goku does the heroic act of surpassing his limit in order to a avange his friends and save the world, gon sacrifices everything just so he can express his rage. He sacrificed all of his training, talent and future just to be able to hurt someone who hurt him.
131 will always be the one of the best if not THE BEST rage moments in all of anime
SINCE EP 1 I WANTED TO WRITE THE NUMBER "131" HERE!
The animation, all the build up until this point, his resolve, THE MUSIC!!!
NO WORDS!
I genuinely love that this episode plays out with a "rage powerup" moment like many other shows but the power system itself is so robust that not a single moment doesn't make sense within the bounds of the system they're locked into. For many lesser shows this would come in the form of a weird lineage thing or just some random powerup but in HxH it actually makes logical sense within the confides of the power system. Technically any Nen user could theoretically do this (with varying results). One of the single most well thought out power systems in all of media.
I'm at 27:57 - one thing for sure: you CANNOT predict how this arc will end. I can assure you of that 100%. Togashi is really good at going for the unexpected outcomes while also having built it up for a loooong while.
I think Gon blames himself for what happened to Kite, that's why he's glad that pitou actually cut his arm, it's like he redeemed himself and able to let go of the guilt that he's feeling. Bro, when i saw this episode way back, i was screaming like a lunatic 😂
man, i remember when this ep was released! it LITTERALLY BROKE the internet! it was such a moment, much like luffy and the drums of liberation.
some of the best storytelling in anime history imho. so so good.
Remember the scene when Kite said what if there are Ants who care about other like human to Gon in his mind? The moment when Gon knows Pitou was healing Komugi and realized what he was doing are wrong, the conflict started from his inside.
This show mentioned Light and Shadow a couple times. I thought that was refering to Gon and Killua. But in fact that was about Gon.
Funny how Netero and Gon were purely satisfying their own personal reasons, but the King starts walking toward the human side because of Komugi.
Just like Netoro said "Meruem, king of ants, you understand nothing... of humanity's infinite potential for evolution."
Fun Fact: In the Manga, the ruby (振り仮名) of "evolution" was "悪意" which is "malice". Which means evolution (malice).
"you don't understand a thing... of mankind about the limitless malice."
McKay couldn’t stop his smile throughout the reaction 😄 he can’t hide his excitement
Most anime transformations are an "I win" button, this one was a "I lose, but I'll take you with me" button.
I could write a thousand words about this episode but one important thing I can say, HunterXHunter is a Masterpiece. Just one thing to point out is the fact that Pitou was sorry twice in this episode, she clearly grew as a character, even Pouf pointed that out before. Also if Gon ended up defeating the King that would have been very cliche, main character gains power up and defeats the main villain, that is absolutely the opposite of what HxH is, the way the writer ended this arc is so amazing and genius. Also, Yorknew isn't really the end of the Phantom Troupe and Kurapika's story so if you keep that in mind the ending of that arc is pretty great.
After episode 131, I finally learned why his name is "Gon" because his mind was "GON" after he saw Pitou wouldn't heal Kite. The ant arc is literally 90% the reason this anime even has the psychological genre tag
Fun fact: George R.R. Martin made a tweet with a comment about this episode and Togashi
Can I see?
Prior to Pitous nen after-death, Gon hit her a total of 9 times since cats have 9 lives, and despite his appearance he still has the nature and naïveté of a child. Also I can’t remember specifics that foreshadow his twisted mindset on this other part, but when he loses his arm it both makes him glad that he can be like kite, but he also says “you can have my right arm” as a call back to Pitou giving him her right arm when healing Komugi, and now in his mind they’re even.
I have literally been refreshing youtube for an hour hoping this would drop. Early grats on 200k fellas it's been quite the journey
I always feel so bad for Kill in this arc. The way Gon treats him... These are emotional and perhaps ill-considered texts, but they make Gon look like an asshole
Most watchers see a kid who lost his humanity, but I see a broken/traumatized child who has been pushed to his limit by man eating ants. He felt a deep emotional connection for kite how the royal guards revered the king.
Man... 131 is an absolute masterpiece
Gon going JOJO Mode is one of the Greatest Moments in Anime History for me, It's so well done that no matter what anyone says i can't help but feel bad for Pitou which is just Insane 🛐
Wow this is a shock i didn't expect them to upload hxh today 😮 BUT what a MASTERPIECE ep131 is BEST episode of hxh and this and ep135 are one of those Anime episodes I'll never forget this episode will go down in history and I also feel 135 has the same potential to be best episode of hxh DAMN.
It was heartbreaking to see Gon like that little cheerful, innocent boy became this 😭 and Killua has to see this realising that he might loose his bestfriend forever so many emotions.
Peak! You guys are strong leaving it off there, I was in shambles and had to binge another episode 😂 awesome reaction as always
I forgot that his power matches the king when he's in that state. I still got chills eventhough this is not the first time I watch this. so happy that I could watch again with you guys! thank you.
WE'RE FINALLY HERE!!! THE EPISODE! THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT!
I had to put Cowboy Bepop on pause for this
Lol
There were so many hints and foreshadowing from other characters about Gon’s mindset and how his “pureness’’ was both refreshing and terrifying. There’s no balance in Gon cause he has no filter in his pure and extreme emotions and a lack of care/thought about the consequences.
i’d say that hxh’s animation stands to current date as very good simply because every episode stays the same consistently nice quality which is actually much harder to maintain especially in such a long running show, nowadays much shorter anime struggle with switching between occasional godly action scenes and choppy/lackluster animation and art inbetween 🤔
Just to clarify, Kaito isn't a random for Gon. The 2011s remake skipped the beginning of the manga where Gon encounters Kaito. It's after he met him that Gon heard about his father and it's there where Kaito gave him Ging's hunter card
Gon finally got his get back 😔
It’s crazy that he gives i just to kill pitou. Wastes his life truly
damn I forgot the clock moved so the video up an hour earlier LETS GOOOOOO
I love the contrast of Those Who Know, and Those Who Are Finding Out. The sense of fulfilment watching someone finally understand the thing you witnessed however long ago.
🥲 I love it when anyone gets to this part of the story. And shit just keeps getting crazier!
That was the first time we hear kiluya footstep
Misconception, Pitou was dead a long time ago. Gon was just smashing her face in out of anger, he solely stopped because Killua was there. We don't know how many punches it took to kill her but she was dead a LOOOONG time ago.
懐かしい🥲
これが放送されたのはもう１０年前だ💧リアルタイムで観てた📺
今は大人になったゴンより俺は成長してしまったよ・・・👦🏻
The dude in the middle made a lot good point that i never thought
Remember that gon is an enhancer, he enhanced his body to a point of no return with all the cost that has. And yeah, is going to cost. And guys... the reaction was amazing, you kept the music really high wich i love, amazing. You get a new patreon.
I waited to see the reactions of this episode forr sooooo long and omg i feel u guys i was so confused and mind blown at the same time like what's going onnnn w gon and all and oh my god wtv happened next almost made me cry
It almost feels like I'm watching it for the first time again seeing you guys react to this moment. I was on edge and sweating with you guys even though I'd watched this scene so many times. Thank you for hanging on and holding hope that you would see greatness in the Chimera Ant arc. One more peak to go, 135.
The episode we’ve been waiting for
Absolute legend of an episode, 131, even this many years later
The music, the animation, the tone shift, the ending
carters reaction at the end of the episode never gets old
Gon made a nen contract with himself that he will sacrifice his life for getting the peak potential with respect to Enhancement only and that in return resulted in physical growth as well. Adult Gon is what Gon would've looked like physically and raw aura wise in his peak, remember Netero over mountains? That age all nen users reach their peak around 50s. But he still was our 12 years old psycho cutipie boy.
It’s understandable that you compare it to Biskys adult form. But the difference is that Bisky built that form over many years of training, it is her true self, her normal form.
This form of Gon however is just something he POTENTIALLY could have reached in the future, if he would have trained that hard. But he needed that power now. Think of it as some sort of condition, a pakt, he made with himself (like Kurapika did regarding his nen-ability): reach your highest potential right now … but ofc this comes with a cost.
Biskys form-change has no cost since it was achieved naturally over a long time
Netero's Zero Hand blasts his opponent with all of his raw aura reserves. Gon sacrificed his future aura and life potential to get access to his full potential at once
Yeah. Also to make it easier to understand, what technically happened was that the resolve was strong enough to allow Gon's aura to reach its maximum possible potential, and due to him being an Enhancer, allowed his body to grow.
This is the arc where Killua becomes a real kid, his emotions and mental state alligns with a child his age, and Gon becomes a monster.
There's so much mirroring between Gon and Meruem, Monster vs Human. It's amazing. Togashi excels at story telling, so many casuals thought this came out of nowhere but it's been there the whole time, in all the ways in which Gon is dismissive. So many people think of Gon as one dimensional and one of the worst MCs, but I consider him the best kid MC. He reacts like a kid, he acts like a kid, his morality depends entirely on whether he likes you or not, just like a kid would.
I've seen HxH so many times, you have no idea. This has been my favorite animanga since I was eight years old and I watched the 1999 version in 2004, then when this came out in 2011, it was done so well, I've never loved an anime more than this, close second would be Jujutsu Kaisen I think.
This scene made me cry the first time I saw it, and it made maaaany reactors and other fans cry as well. I cried at the end of this arc as well, you'll know why.
Also, the fact y'all guys realized that was residual nen was such a breath of fresh air, so many people forget about residual nen by this point.