@@grendelbacani445 yeah but Kite is still not the reason gon wants to be a Hunter. It’s the idea that Ging decided to be absent to pursue being a Hunter that made Gon curious and want to be one. He wanted to know what was so good about it that would made Ging never be there. So ig technically kite is the reason why cuz he told him about Ging but not really.
@@codeblueopinions2908 Actually, in the manga, Mito was the one who forced Ging to give Gon up. Gon even says he knew. So, yeah, Kite is why Gon wants to be a hunter, Ging is just the goal.
When kite died I was confused af why gon felt so connected to him. Dude almost took his life for a dude who we only knew for a few episodes. It bothered me so much.
I just finished episode one of HxH 1999 and it was much better introduction than the 2011 version. We could see Kite in the first episode already and he was the one who told Gon that Ging is alive and that he is a Hunter and what is a Hunter. Kite was the reason Gon began his journey and everything. So that's why he was so angry
I figured a Hunter was just something we were supposed to figure out later in the series, and in the beginning, not even Gon knew what a hunter was, he just wanted to find his dad. That’s what I got from the first time I watched HxH.
That's because the 2011 version screwed up. The 1999 version started with Gon's childhood and Kite's introduction and him teaching Gon what hunters are before he goes to catch the king of the lake.
Which is another reason I recommend watching the 1999 version over the 2011 version. At least up until after the Hunter Exam arc. Starting with the Zoldyeck Family arc, the 2011 is the better version. But the 1999 has some REALLY good filler in the hunter exam. Stuff that fits PERFECTLY. It also arguably has far better music.
@@Xeno455 I find more interesting the 2011 version's take. Not actually knowing what a Hunter is or does and gradually finding out, is more interesting. They could've solved the Kite problem pretty easily though by showing him in the first episode and omitting the explanation of what a Hunter is.
For me, the death of Kite made an impact through Gon in the 2011 anime. It felt like he thought that he'd failed Kite for not being strong enough to help out properly. As if his death could have been prevented if he'd been stronger. That's why he denies it at first, because he doesn't want to face his failure. He's a naive kid after all, so that made sense to me. BUT knowing what I know now about Kite, this would have made it even more impactful
@@wepainc.811 yeah you should. It have more deep profound feeling than 2011. It' story vibe is more dark and bizzare. Especially the music and soundtrack is so blended beautifully with the story way better than 2011 version.
Idk, Gon in the anime had the reason “he missed out on raising me, so being a Hunter must be really amazing!” and that was enough to get me to believe in his drive. So to say he “caught fish and decided to leave” is inaccurate because he had the drive to find his father because of his curiosity and being born an ingrain natural hunter. I think that it was a smart decision to move past it. Also Gon would have totally went into that psycho because Kite was the first person he is close to that he has ever lost. Thats huge for any child. Especially one with insane natural talent.
I believe so too, Gon kept saying 'being a hunter must be so amazing for him to leave me as a kid', and that really pushed Gon and the viewers to watch. It's not entirely lacking tbh.
John Jordan you speakin facts tho, i hate that character trope “oh his anger can stop anything, no matter if his opponent is leagues above him in skill, he just one angry boi” shits such a cop out.
rich polit if you really understand nen system, it would make complete sense to why gon was able to defeat pitou. It was not an ass pull. I don’t like the character neither but still, his power up was complete logical
Right? It was a cool powerup after the realization of his death and great stortytelling afterwards, but Kite meant nothing to me, I felt more emotional connection to the death of Ponzu #Neverforget
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I can see this hapening, but since I watched the 90s version before watching the 2011, I felt so shocked and emotional seeing Kite's head on Pitou's lap. I was so angry at Pitou after that episode.
6:13 Yeah, that's probably what bothers me the most about the Kite situation. It's not just the fact that they skipped Kite being the first character and real reason behind Gon's motivation, but also how they totally downplayed their reunion. The fact that Gon couldn't even recognize Kite by sight and that he didn't even mention him before made it hard for me to believe that his attachment to him was that big and deep. It's a shame because Madhouse truly knew how to portray Gon's emotions during the CA arc. They could have made it 1000x more impactful had they followed the manga more closely.
I also think that people who simp really hard for hxh (like aleczandxr) add fuel to the fire. In one of his videos he says that it doesn't matter that Kite wasn't at the beggining arcs because you can see Gon getting more and more depressed. I have no idea how avoiding the root of the problem fixes it but ok. He's also overhyping and praising it way too much for very trivial reasons, I think this sort of makes you feel bad for thinking that it's not perfect and you start to pretend to like aspects you previously had mixed feeling about. In conclusion it is absolutely necessary to watch the first episode of 99 before moving onto 2011 version.
Sky I think it's sad that you have to call his clear love and appreciation of his favourite show "simping". Just because someone doesn't see the flaw in a certain plot point that you might see doesn't make them wrong or an idiot, people just have different perceptions and that's okay. My first watch of HxH I never questioned why Kite was so important to Gon, since the series had already explained to me that he was the closest source to finding Ging, that was all I really needed to know. it isn't hard to figure out whether you watched episode 1 of the 99 version or not
@@Symora When you say diffirent preception I don't know how broadly you are speaking but every time i see people use words like preception or opinion it's always used to avoid thinking about their beliefs and just justify them with the "diiffirent point of view" argument no matter how wrong they are in actuality. And did you honestly have a deeply emotional reaction while watching episode 131? (I didn't watch the first episode of 99 btw did you?)
Sky I'm speaking in the sense of people perceive everything differently, whether that's art, a storyline, moral views, everyone's brains are wired to look at things and consume differently to others. HxH is one of those stories that have plenty of subtle hints, foreshadowing, development and plot direction that can be taken in and looked at in several different ways. For example, when people claim the Chimera Ant arc was drawn out or poorly written, I disagree because to me the development and plot-thickening was insane and had me hooked for the whole experience. Perception is varied and the sooner people start to accept that the less we will argue over the inevitable nature of opinions. It starts to become a problem, though, when people state their opinion as fact and that anyone who disagrees with it is stupid
and yes, I cried watching episode 131, 116, all of Gon's pure rage envoked emotions from me. I was witnessing our first-introduced character who was seemingly pure and kind becoming an opposing version of himself
They should’ve really spent at least one episode expanding the relationship between Gon and Kite to make up for taking out the beginning part. Would’ve really made Kite’s death more memorable and Gon’s decent more understandable. Still one of the greatest arc’s in all of anime tho
The Shanks comparison was an excellent way to highlight what Kite could’ve been. If Shanks died in front of Luffy like Kite did in front of Gon, then Luffy might actually forsake his dream like he did after Marineford. But the way that I saw Gon going into that place of darkness was because he was powerless to stop a friends death. It stopped being an adventure after Kite died on Gon’s watch. With this context, however, it makes the Kite death so much more meaningful.
I couldn't really decide who my favorite character was until I got to Kite in the 2011 version. I had watched the 1999 version, but he didn't really make an impact on me there. But in the 2011 version, he became my favorite character and then died 15 minutes after I decided that he was my favorite character...
Wow. Thank you for this. I’ve always been baffled about the unexpected importance of kite and the impact his death had on the series. That’s one of the reasons this series didn’t become one of my favorites. Thanks for the clarification. I probably will give the manga a read now
To actually integrate Kite later on they could have had them recognize each other and Killua could have asked "you know this guy?" And Gon could have launched into the story of how he met Kite and that he's the reason why Gon started this journey. But instead they made him ~mysterious~ and it was very annoying. I love Kite, but like you I didn't understand Gon's motivations until I read the manga.
Kayla J its a good thing in i watched the 1999 version, then read the manga. i have a better understanding of who kite was and his relationship with gon and to his whole adventure
I liked the idea of maybe Gon Explaining to Killua why he is so driven to become a hunter during satotz's endurance run part, plenty of time to talk and walk. You could even have had a short more ambiguous intro for episode 1 where a shadowy figure is shown saving little Gon, and he does his little info dump on hunters(which informs the audience as much as Gon) and then he leaves the license saying, if you become a hunter, you find your father, I've been hunting him for years. I hope we meet again Gon. No more than 2 minutes, and the real encounter can be more fully expanded when he and Killua finally meet Kite. Seems easy enough to me. I also got a little confused about how quickly the pace with Kite went, but I chalked it up to how loyal Kite was to Ging and that Gon had respect and love for this man who was on another level as a Hunter and had a connection to Gon's past, and Ging, and that by looking for Ging, both were united and bonded by the goal.
I'm an anime only fan, and felt the same when Kite was introduced and died. Like cool, he's was a badass heroic figure, but the show doesn't lack for them. The manga introduction as a "call to action" makes so much more sense plot wise.
I initially thought Brotherhood was a sequel! Than I thought, alright let's relive the Meas Huges moment in a lil different way.. Than it sucked!! Brotherhood was tough to go through before it became the roller coaster ride it is known to be..
Perhaps... Personally I didn't think that the pacing at the beginning of Hunter x Hunter 2011 was too negatively impacted by Kite's removal. A chunk of the story was missing, yes, but the rest of the beginning didn't feel nearly as rushed. The gripe I hold with FMA:B Episode one is that it spoils the mid-series twist by introducing large-scale geographic alchemy into Central City, where in the manga the reveal of an alchemy circle overlaying the country hits differently due to the personal scale in which all alchemy had operated on up to that point. I fully expect my thoughts on Kite to be much more contentious, however. As I see it Kite in chapter 1 is a smoking Chekhov's gun showing Togashi's intent to tie Gon's personal progress as a Hunter to Kite as a measuring stick. Removing Kite removes the expectation for the audience that Kite exists at all and that Gon will meet him again, which I perceive as a trade-off to strengthen the illusion that Gon lacks protagonist plot armour in the close battles and frequent losses the he faces. At least in Hunter x Hunter, I find perceivable benefit to the creative trade-off that it makes, even though it cannot be to everyone's taste. FMA:B fares much worse in my eyes. Although you may not be surprised to know that I read FMA's manga first, where Hunter x Hunter's 2011 anime adaptation was my introduction to that series. If you feel like that invalidates my feelings as some self-justification for my enjoyment of those series and of how I first consumed them such as I did, then you are free to do so.
hunter x hunter's first episode was definitely better, with the main characters being gon, leorio, and kurapika (maybe mito a bit), and it started the series off moving much faster. If they had later included kite in a flashback (maybe during the hunter exam when he was upset after getting hisoka's tag, when talking to his mom about ging, or in the episode where him and killua are talking to each other on whale island)
ok facts fma had stories where u actually see & go more in depth between the relationships of al and ed, how much they want to get their bodies back and what they would do for the other- without the distraction of love interests. like i remember there were more “filler” eps in the beginning of fma, where there was 2 brothers posing as ed and al & they mirrored their own relationship and like the relationship between alphonse heidrich & ed which shows ed’s love for al extends past the universe they were in & that he was willing to sacrifice both his alchemy, his entire existence and his future in that universe for the gamble of possibly getting his brothers body back and its so ironic how fmab has “brotherhood” in the title cus i swear original fma focused more on the brothers than fmab did
Having not read the manga or watched the old anime, definitely blew my mind. I will say the reason the first impression of Kite is mysterious/hostile in the anime is because they appear right next a Chimera nest. He practically saves their lives just like he had when Gon is a kid. This realization is what is supposed to show how significant Kite is. BUT after watching this I also believe removing him from the first episode was a mistake. Though a rare one in the case of this show.
@Vegito Black That's exactly why it is the same. Yes, at the start of the series Luffy knows about Sabo, just like Gon knows about Kite. Sabo has the exact issues as Kite has in the HxH 2011... both are characters of paramount importance wedged into the story late. We don't have to imagine how Shanks would be diminished by such a thing, we just need to look at Sabo. He stinks of cheesy retcon.
Luffy might have thought Sabo dead, but that doesn't mean he isn't an inspiration to both him and Ace. Dead mentors are even better for that than live ones. So it's inspiration with Inspiration. But you're thinking on the wrong level. This has nothing with what the characters would do or say in story. This is meta-level... what the author and directors decided. Gon doesn't have to say "oh btw i met a Hunter that knew my father years ago" because we have two examples of it being simply shown up front, so it's clear it doesn't need to be told (and those do it right at the top of the first act, where these important hooks really belong). So Luffy doesn't have to say anything, because there's a million other ways for a creator to get that information in. With Sabo, though, his introduction is indistinguishable from an ass pull. Sabo needed to be introduced well before Ace died to avoid that... because doing this anywhere close makes it look even more like Oda's just pulling a switcheroo. And as I say above, Ace has the same problem... Alabasta might be well before his big scene, but it's still too late. Both these characters should have been somewhere in the first act to do them justice.
The first time I watched HXH 2011, I didn't really feel the connection between Gon and Kite tbh. I was disappointed that Gon gave up his ability to use Nen for someone like Kite (I imagined it would be for someone close like Killua/Kurapika/Leorio). Kite barely had any screen time and got introduced so late into the story. It makes sense now why Gon lost it if we're going off of the 1999 anime and the manga. Madhouse dropped the ball with Kite by not mentioning him in the first episode
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That's something I noticed with the remakes of some shows. Hellsing Ultimate pulled something similar and I honestly hate that. It's like the creators believe they're justified in omitting important details because it existed in the previous iteration of a show. It's annoying.
King my friend texted me this right after I went to sleep so I woke up this morning with news of his death sooo.... you can imagine the kind of morning I had
Same, although I watched up to the heavens arena arc and then I switched to the 2011 version by accident, didn't even know there was a newer version. Glad I made that mistake lol.
honestly, full prequel spinoffs of kurapika, kite, and hisoka would be amazing, but that's asking for a lot ooooor other authors doing the work, but considering sui ishida really knocked it out of the park with hisoka's backstory i really think he'd be a great mangaka to have for if that ever gets fully fleshed out
For My luck, I went to reddit to see which was the best hunter x hunter to watch it first, and some nice random guy said that the best option is to watch only the 1st episode of the 1999 HxH and then you begin the 2011 HxH, that really helped me a lot!
because Gons' motivation would change from "finding his dad whom he never met and wanting an answer to the biggest question of his childhood; why he left him" to "finding a random dude who was nice enough to save him/become a hunter because....no reason" xD
I finished HxH (2011) today, and I think my biggest confusion with the Chimera Ant arc was why they allowed Gon to just sit in an empty room for about 20 episodes. With this context I understand his sentiment much better. That problem was a bit downplayed for me though, since the Chimera Ant arc has so many POV characters that at times I found myself forgetting that Gon was even a player to begin with.
Thankfully I read the manga first because I had slow internet at the time and only fast enough to load up the manga. Them once I found out there was am anime I never did understand why they didnt have that at the beginning because that's what pushed me into reading it. When kite told him about pain of losing someone like that bear thing lost his mother being killed by kite. Really hit hard in those few pages and changed gon after that.
Many get this wrong, so i thought i spread the good News: You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such. A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one) without your Control, ya know? Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted; you made the Nen-Ability. Controlling the Tree or its Properties needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Trees is not your Control.
Finally the comment I've been looking for. I started with the 99 one first so the newer one was more like a continuation albeit with updates/variations
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@@Anne-oo1py The 1999 version does a lot of things better but does a lot of things worse... I do think that overall the 2011 version is better, but the 1999 version captures the dark tone of HxH way better. Similar to how they cut out Kite, they also cut out most of Leorio's backstory. In the 2011 version, they show him as nothing more than a funny comic relief character. But in the manga (and in the 1999 version), Leorio's troubled past is shown in greater detail. In the 1999 version they show Leorio's hallucinations which showcase his dark past, and they really drive home the point that he's not just some funny comic relief character, they really make us feel for him and grow more attached to him. But in the 2011 version, they completely cut this out.
Tbh I never would’ve understood why kite was so important if I never read the manga, I was always wondering why the death of one person made a character like Gon Change so much but after reading the manga it all made sense
Amazing how this world works. I just finished the 2011 adaptation yesterday and shared the same confusion over why Gon went absolutely berserk over Kite’s death. And today, this video shows up in my feed. Thanks for the explanation. However, I’m now a little upset knowing what the series could have been if they just followed the manga a little more closely. Still loved it though
I absolutely get your point. When I was recommended to watch HxH I first search for a version with Latin American dub (I'm Latino) and the 1999 was the only one, so I saw all that anime until the end of the greed island arc, when they meet Kite and then continued with the 2011 one. This let me see the importance of the character, but I still think Gon's reaction to Kite's death was mostly due to his personality and not his relation with Kite. It makes more sense that way, but is still a ver Gon like thing to do.
This makes so much more sense! I always wondered why gon reacted so strongly to kites death, even going so far as to push killua and his other friends away[because in the 2011 anime it looked like gon only had a slightly stronger connection,seeing that he had encountered him once before] .but I agree that it was an unnecessary and even detrimental change to the story. The motivation seemed unnatural and even selfish, putting himself in danger and plunging himself into such darkness , anger and revenge for the sake of a man who he could not even recognize in the at first glance (thus not seeming that important or impactful in his life).
I’m so glad you made this video. I felt the exact same as you when watching the 2011 anime, I didn’t understand why Gon was so attached to Kite when he really only knew him for a few episodes. His death wasn’t that impactful to me and Gons rage didn’t seem logical. It didn’t sit well with me at all and I’ve been confused about it ever since. Now knowing about this first manga chapter everything makes sense now and I’m actually really frustrated that he was taken out. If the first manga chapter had been the first episode then I think the Chimera ant arch would have been 10 times better and made much more sense (I loved it anyways don’t get me wrong). Thanks for clearing this up.
Just started rewatching HxH with my friend who hasn't watched it before. I showed him the 1999 clip of Kite to hopefully make the future events more impactful than it was for me, hopefully it works!
@Lionard Kirsch hahahaha about that... he didn't like Gon's transformation full stop, I've never seen someone so against it 😅 I think even with the Kite stuff though, being convinced of their connection is tough when Gon doesn't mention him at all in the 2011 version. So while you can be told how important he is, without really feeling it through the series like you would in the manga, there's still that barrier and it's much harder to genuinely buy into
Oh I knew Kite was introduced early but I had no idea it had this impact. Gon's reaction makes a whole lot more sense now. That guy was a rock in Gon's life.
this is why i still prefer the 90's anime. not only it includes kite as the main motivation of gon, just the whole darker tone of the anime makes it a lot more menacing story, the slower somber music, darker color palette, and the slower more intense pacing makes the 90 HxH just sooo goooodd.. it's a shame that it ends after the york new city arc..
Very good point, I had the same problem of not really "getting it" about Gon's obsession with Kite in the Chimera Ant art and becoming a bit annoyed and detached from him.
Although this is still my favorite anime, the sudden attachment Gon created was a huge problem for me. Never knew the source material actually had done this correctly. Wow. HxH could have been even more beautiful :(
Despite the lack of Kite screentime, he was still my favorite character and I didn't question the lack of screen time he got initially and Gon's reaction to it and didn't lesson my approval of the season as it was still my favorite. Then I find out about the manga and I grew so pissed about it because I could have gotten more of him. It's why I want to read the manga now because I get more of him. I knew the original 1999 version had Kite in it and later found out it only went to the greed island arc and not the chimera ant arc, i don't know how i didn't notice that. I plan on getting the manga soon though for Christmas or around it, and maybe I have low hope that they'll remake it again as it'd be a third time but it'd be nice to dream.
I watched the 1999 anime's first episode because it was the first thing that came up online, and then started watching the 2011 anime (because I had seen the 2011 artstyle before and figured I was watching the wrong one) and just skipped to the boat scene there. I hadn't even realized anything was off, and that the 2011 anime hadn't included the beginning scene with Kite. It made perfect sense to me, and I didn't even realize it would have been difference had I started with the 2011 anime.
I was mind blown once i read the manga. I didn’t think much of Kite because like you I only started with 2011. Someone told me why Kite was so important and Gon’s downwards spiral make so much more sense.
Hey man, if youre trying to expand your HxH content. I have an idea for you. You could pit nen abilities against their shonen counterparts to see which one stacks up better or which one would win in a fight. Im thinkin along the lines of luffy gum gum fruit vs hisokas bungie gum. Or shalnok vs lelouche from code geass. Something like that. It would be interesting to see the analysis of two similar yet different abilities going against one another. SECONDLY You could grab abilities from other shonen and see what nen categories they would fall into and whether or not they would need/ currently have any restrictions. For example Luffy gear 2nd ability shortened his life at the beginning of his use. That could be a condition of the ability like emperor time. Also he could be an enhancer. Etc... you get the jist.
To add to that. You can take other anime abilities and see how they would translate to nen. Like would Luffy stretching himself be enhancement or manipulation or a combination etc
Thank you for doing this video. The first time I watched Hunter x Hunter, I was legitimately confused with the Gon and Kite stuff. I remembered liking Kite fine, but seeing Gon get so angry felt unearned, at least in the anime. Like Kite had only been there for like 10 episodes, yet Gon was ready to give up his life to avenge him. The fight with Pitou was still visually amazing, but I don’t think it hit the same emotional beat that it was supposed to.
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Well, it's a good thing I recalled watching that Kite scene from the 1999 version from when I was little and actually went back to watching that 1999 version before going into the Chimera Ant arc.
i finished watching the chimera ant arc 3 days ago and i felt the exact same way, i was really confused as to why Gon was so out of character (in a sense) when seeking revenge for a character he only briefly knew, to the point of hurting Killua. It makes so much more sense now!
I watched the 1999 version first so I knew who Kite was. I agree with what you said in this video Kite was like a big brother figure to Gon and really set a standard for what a hunter should be. Seeing him again was like going through all the trials of the previous arc and getting to show someone you looked up to how far you’ve come. I really wish more people had just watched that first episode of the 1999 version so they would have had that emotional connection during the war with the ants.
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Many get this wrong, so i thought i spread the good News: You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such. A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one) without your Control, ya know? Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted; you made the Nen-Ability. 'Programming the 'Attributes' is not Manipulation: The Manipulation-Type only gives you 'Control'. So making a Tree that drops a certain Fruit; lets say Banana; that has extra many Calories, is a PURE CONJURATION Power. Pure Conjuration, i say! Only controlling the Tree or its Properties needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Trees is not your Control.
I'm rewatching and noticed that Kite is the central silhouette into the introduction to the world at the start of the very first episode, when it says "...as Hunters!"
Yeah smh, it would have made a ton more sense if they integrated the kite and gon story in the first episode of the show. Also fixed their meeting after greed island. Everything would be perfect.
I binged the entire chimera ant arc in like three days just because I was desperate to see kite come back (I was certain he would be okay since we didn’t get to see enough of him)... I was absolutely devastated like straight up ugly crying when Pitou says he’s gone. AFTER ALL OF THAT HOPE !!! RIP my heart
Thank you very much, as someone who only watched the anime I didn't realize why kite was so important and found it so weird that gon was so infatuated with a guy we just met while caring little about people around him that been there for 3 and up seasons
When I started watching hunter x hunter for the first time, I really didn’t understand what a hunter was and I didn’t really think much of Ging. I thought as I go in the show I would figure out what it means to be a hunter.
I just want to say that I’ve heard a lot of people talk on youtube, in fact I’ve been one (not a very good one, but it was fun😅) and that’s why I wanna say that you speak very, very well. Your videos are entertaining, don’t get too bogged down in practicality even while factoring it in (after all, anime isn’t reality and it gets wiggle room there), aren’t too dialogue heavy, are visually appealing, bring something new to chew on, and I have been watching your videos in a binge-esque fashion due to the overall experience they provide. I think your nen user evaluation videos were pretty damn plausible, especially where Gon and Killua ended up in the rankings, and you made the most out of what the show gave ya to evaluate some great and lacking characters. This Kite video in particular really gave me a lot to think about in terms of the 2011 anime potential, because I am a watcher and reader of HxH and the opening with (and without) Kite never really stood out until you brought it up. I don’t subscribe much, but here we are. And now excuse me while I consume the rest of the entertainment you’ve uploaded for the general public. Thank you, truly - especially if you read this long thing of a comment. I wish you the best on the youtube platform ^^
I felt the same when I first watched the 2011 anime. I didn’t understand why Gon felt so attached to kite, who in my eyes, I didn’t even treat as an important character until the show started treating like that later on. I had another friend who started with the 1999 version and he told me what happened. I was very shocked to hear how the first episode went but it made a lot more sense to me. I wish hunter x hunter would’ve added an episode, if not in the first, then maybe during the hunter exams where we see flashbacks of Gon’s time with Kite
I think a good place to fit the Kite episode would have been when Gon was knocked unconscious at the end of the exam arc. We would learn why he’d gone through all this trouble and pain, and then the next episode he wakes and finds out he made it to his goal, he got his license. The only problem with this placement might be that the episode he wakes up in is also sort of a flashback, with Satotz telling Gon about what happened to Killua, but I wouldn’t have minded. It would’ve allowed the show to jump right into the action, and then given the story a moment of important reflection within the same arc, and at a moment when it seemed natural for Gon to be remembering why he was going through this.
I honestly think that they don't tell you anything in the beginning, to me it leaves this since of mystery and ambiguity which blends well with Gons childish optimism. It feels like your going on a journey with these people learning about a world they even they themselves know little about. I was also confused by his connection to Kite and the breakdown that Gon had, but I understood it as he just lost the one link that he has to Ging. Kite was the closest hes ever got to meeting Ging and it as taken from him. Not only was that taken, the closest thing his father had to a friend was taken,
YES!!!! the 2011 anime was my first introduction to hxh as well, and i didn't understand gons breakdown as well, i thought he just was fed up because the ants were cruel and were killing a lot of people in ngl, and he felt guilty for kite's death, but other than that it felt kinda empty. I read the manga afterwards and it made a lot more sense
I know you’ll probably never see this, but I would just like to thank you for creating a video like this, it’s been really helpful and I appreciate it greatly. I started watching hunter x hunter late last year, and I started with the 2011 version since it was more well known at that time, so I saw nothing wrong with it. I didn’t know there was OVAS, or Movies, or even a 1999 version. All I knew was they had a manga and the 2011 anime. I remember watching it, and immediately when Kite was shown I felt some kind of thing between him and Gon. Yes it was more confusing since gon didn’t remember him from childhood, and at the time I knew nothing about what Really happened, But watching gon be just so attached to Kite like he was actually his father dug deep into my heart, there was obviously a blank spot for something missing there, but I could tell the 2011 version really did try and express their feelings. Now it makes so much more sense , and I appreciate it greatly. I’ve watched the 1999 version as well along with the two movies. I have yet to watch the OVAS but I am starting to read the manga. But I’m the 1999 version, i believe from now that it could’ve been portrayed much better then the 2011 version with Kite and Gon, if they made more episodes.. I’m a little disappointed they didn’t, but I understand rightfully so, As with this, Kite will always be my favorite Character from the series, even if he didn’t get much screen time. Now I know, and felt, perhaps he was a bigger person then showed. It makes me really happy that he’s getting recognition, I look forward to watching more content from you! ❤
Besides the suggestion from many fans who recommended watching the first episode of the 1999 anime (which I haven't seen yet but I'll consider it now, thanks comments) before the entirety of 2011, I have a nice simple way to weave in the story of Kite. I would love to see the montage just sort of interlaced with the first episode in sort of flash back form, starting with when Gon is quietly sitting and waiting for the fish to get hooked. Then as he runs around town getting ready for his journey we could see that relationship with Kite and also understand Gon's obsession with his father. Just a thought
i mean, when Gon got all super pissed at Pitou, i was kinda like: "Okay, i get that Kite is ur friend and like a mentor kinda, but like you barely know him, why u so pissed?" so i feel like a flashback and a bit more introduction would ya know, make more sense.
Many get this wrong, so i thought i spread the good News: You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such. A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one) without your Control, ya know? ...Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted; you made the Nen-Ability. 'Programming the 'Attributes' is not Manipulation: The Manipulation-Type only gives you 'Control'. So making a Tree that drops a certain Fruit; lets say Banana; that has extra many Calories, is a PURE CONJURATION Power. Pure Conjuration, i say! Only controlling the Tree or its Properties needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Fruits is not your Control.
Honestly I find the 2 version cool, because in the anime the hunters stay a mystery for us since the beginning where we just have the pre opening scene who talks about them, and Gon a mysterious kid who decided to find his father for an identity quest, although in the Manga that scene with Kaite explain to much in the beginning and a part of the mystery would have gone (lol) but that stratified their relation for the chimera ant arc which is very important... Also me and my brother found that meruem and his evolution was the main interest in the chimera ant arc, not Gon and Kite relationships, which was essential but more of a parallel for the evolution of our main character... Sorry for my English I'm from France
@@bandeYT98 yea but they are just theorys, this resurrection devalues Kites sacrifice to save Gone and Kilua, Hisokas death I can understand but Kite for me was a bit too much of an ass pull, non the less I love the series,I'm glad Gone does not have his powers anymore because if that gets changed, it will trow HXH from my 2nd favorite anime to 5th
I don’t know how almost every manga writer is an absolute genius in story telling like they got the art talent and the writing talent like it’s amazing ong
The Kite return in the Manga weekly was took months because of breaks in the weekly release. He was more playful with Gon and not as harsh in the anime. The fight where Kite dies was took a month or so. Kite's loss of his arm saving Gon and Killua was far more significant in Kite's death. Reading the manga as it was released increased the anticipation of events. The Chimera arch was far more emotional all around. The story of the blind Go champion was fat more depth too. The chiameras butchery of the humans were far more tragic. I think the Show runner intionaly toned down emotional aspects of that series.
Well there are a few reasons, though none of them really "good", of course. Much like One Piece, the beginning of Hunter x Hunter wasn't as bombastic and entertaining to the audience. I do not think it's a wild guess to say that it was the weakest part of the series. Which is why they wanted things to move quickly to get past the most "boring" part. Because Madhouse didn't know they were going to go for the Chimera Ant arc when they started, unfortunately the plans were already laid out, so they skipped everything that wasn't deemed essential with what they had at the beginning. It's a big shame because Kite was way too important to be treated like this, when it comes to storytelling, it is a major flaw in the story's flow. It wasn't made clear that Gon saw Kite as his father figure, thus making his sacrifice feel out of place for certain segments of the audience. I'm just going to put another name out there when it comes to anime adaptations, and that name is Medaka Box. They tried really hard to speed things through because the beginning of the series was the worst the manga had to offer. They failed horrendously, despite teasing the best parts and throwing in their most popular characters. The companies know that when you have cases like these, you need to be careful and sometimes make more cuts for things to work out. For HxH it was a bad call, in Medaka Box's case, they should have cut way more.
I just watched HxH for the first time this year and caught up in the manga but I was never confused at all by the anime. It’s a kid going on an adventure, and what happens along the way is what’s important. You learn hunters are bad asses pretty quickly. I do agree putting in the little backstory at the beginning would’ve been cool but they expected people had all ready seen it in the previous anime. It’s like FMA and FMA Brotherhood. And I don’t think FMA Brotherhood is worse because it didn’t put in the little backstories, pacing really is important in anime.
I literally just tweeted about this. By the end of the CA arc, I felt a little cheated because the apex of Gon's arc is inextricably linked to Kite. But then the anime didn't do the character work between the two to sell Gon's turmoil. I really like the CA arc, indifferent towards the Yorknew arc and didn't like the Greed Island arc. Because HxH saved the best for last, it was hard to like the overall product.
I like how you made the comparison between Kite and Shanks, because it's the first thing that popped on my mind when you were talking about how Kite appeared in the first chapter of the manga but not in the anime, and they both had the same impact on the protagonist of their respective series
They can fix this in Hunter x Hunter 2050
veriloq lmaooooo
Or 20 never
yah,and also bring back elevator girl and nen healing
youre a thousand years too early
it will have a whole wopping 5 new episodes as only 3 new chapters released
Imagine meeting Neil Armstrong as a young child, and forgetting to mention it when your parents ask you why you want to become an astronaut.
That's probably the best I've ever heard anybody put it!
But Ging is the reason that Gon wants to be a hunter, not Kite.
@@codeblueopinions2908 Kite is the one who told gon about ging.
@@grendelbacani445 yeah but Kite is still not the reason gon wants to be a Hunter. It’s the idea that Ging decided to be absent to pursue being a Hunter that made Gon curious and want to be one. He wanted to know what was so good about it that would made Ging never be there. So ig technically kite is the reason why cuz he told him about Ging but not really.
@@codeblueopinions2908 Actually, in the manga, Mito was the one who forced Ging to give Gon up. Gon even says he knew. So, yeah, Kite is why Gon wants to be a hunter, Ging is just the goal.
ngl, first thing I heard was "alright crazy sluts" and I thought wow these intros wildin
😂😂😂😂
Same here lol
I swear tats what he said
Lmaoo was gonna comment this too xD
Deadass bro lmaoooo my boy grandline wildin
When kite died I was confused af why gon felt so connected to him. Dude almost took his life for a dude who we only knew for a few episodes. It bothered me so much.
Well Kite was friends with Ging, which means Gon wanted to be friends with him.
Kite saved him from bear when he was a kid
They knew each other for a while yet they shared a strong bond
read the manga.
I just finished episode one of HxH 1999 and it was much better introduction than the 2011 version. We could see Kite in the first episode already and he was the one who told Gon that Ging is alive and that he is a Hunter and what is a Hunter. Kite was the reason Gon began his journey and everything. So that's why he was so angry
I figured a Hunter was just something we were supposed to figure out later in the series, and in the beginning, not even Gon knew what a hunter was, he just wanted to find his dad. That’s what I got from the first time I watched HxH.
That's because the 2011 version screwed up. The 1999 version started with Gon's childhood and Kite's introduction and him teaching Gon what hunters are before he goes to catch the king of the lake.
Which is another reason I recommend watching the 1999 version over the 2011 version. At least up until after the Hunter Exam arc. Starting with the Zoldyeck Family arc, the 2011 is the better version. But the 1999 has some REALLY good filler in the hunter exam. Stuff that fits PERFECTLY. It also arguably has far better music.
Brandon K. yea nobody is gonna watch the 1999 version for that shitty voice acting and art
@@Xeno455 I find more interesting the 2011 version's take. Not actually knowing what a Hunter is or does and gradually finding out, is more interesting. They could've solved the Kite problem pretty easily though by showing him in the first episode and omitting the explanation of what a Hunter is.
@@Xeno455 Get out 1999 is trash
For me, the death of Kite made an impact through Gon in the 2011 anime. It felt like he thought that he'd failed Kite for not being strong enough to help out properly. As if his death could have been prevented if he'd been stronger. That's why he denies it at first, because he doesn't want to face his failure. He's a naive kid after all, so that made sense to me. BUT knowing what I know now about Kite, this would have made it even more impactful
Shout out to people who recommended watching 1st episode of 1999 anime before tackling entirety of 2011 adaptation!
You're welcome.
Who would forget its opening and the iconic melancholic harmonica version
Should I try the 1999 version? I only watched 2011.
@@wepainc.811 yeah you should. It have more deep profound feeling than 2011. It' story vibe is more dark and bizzare. Especially the music and soundtrack is so blended beautifully with the story way better than 2011 version.
big brain
Kite: "Battles with strong Neferpitou"
Slots: *Here's a stick*
A op stick
His power actually knew Kite is going to die so it gave him a way out. LMAO
@@amateruss what do you mean
@@TS-ko1dk Ging said that there was a number that would show up if Kite was in grave danger
@@KawaiiLolipop216 what would that do though
RIP Leorio's voice actor Btw
Yep :(
Dub or sub?
A part of the enjoyment I receive from HxH just kinda died
That is so sad. He absolutely killed that role. made it into so much more than it was
we may never see another hxh sequal cause of this idk maybe.........
Idk, Gon in the anime had the reason “he missed out on raising me, so being a Hunter must be really amazing!” and that was enough to get me to believe in his drive. So to say he “caught fish and decided to leave” is inaccurate because he had the drive to find his father because of his curiosity and being born an ingrain natural hunter. I think that it was a smart decision to move past it. Also Gon would have totally went into that psycho because Kite was the first person he is close to that he has ever lost. Thats huge for any child. Especially one with insane natural talent.
I believe so too, Gon kept saying 'being a hunter must be so amazing for him to leave me as a kid', and that really pushed Gon and the viewers to watch. It's not entirely lacking tbh.
Though i'd say, the death of kite, and relationship with Gon in 2011 anime seems shallow
John Jordan Aww, did your dad and mom left you too? God, talking about taking a FICTIONAL character so seriously lol
John Jordan you speakin facts tho, i hate that character trope “oh his anger can stop anything, no matter if his opponent is leagues above him in skill, he just one angry boi” shits such a cop out.
rich polit if you really understand nen system, it would make complete sense to why gon was able to defeat pitou. It was not an ass pull. I don’t like the character neither but still, his power up was complete logical
Kite and Shanks actually have the same Japanese voice actor, who I guess only plays long-haired badasses that lose an arm protecting a kid
But shanks hairs aren't that long
@@Asim-nm1bc *cool hair badasses that lose an arm protecting a kid
@@flayncele ok that's true
Damn nice
Atleast shanks is still alive 😅 (Hopefully this comment ages well...)
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that was thinking "why is Kite so important?" When watching the 2011 adaptation.
Right? It was a cool powerup after the realization of his death and great stortytelling afterwards, but Kite meant nothing to me, I felt more emotional connection to the death of Ponzu #Neverforget
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I can see this hapening, but since I watched the 90s version before watching the 2011, I felt so shocked and emotional seeing Kite's head on Pitou's lap. I was so angry at Pitou after that episode.
Monger oh, my goooooood. Get the fuck out of here, you annoying self promoters.
Meruem and Kumogi dying was more heartfelt than Kite.
6:13 Yeah, that's probably what bothers me the most about the Kite situation. It's not just the fact that they skipped Kite being the first character and real reason behind Gon's motivation, but also how they totally downplayed their reunion. The fact that Gon couldn't even recognize Kite by sight and that he didn't even mention him before made it hard for me to believe that his attachment to him was that big and deep.
It's a shame because Madhouse truly knew how to portray Gon's emotions during the CA arc. They could have made it 1000x more impactful had they followed the manga more closely.
I also think that people who simp really hard for hxh (like aleczandxr) add fuel to the fire. In one of his videos he says that it doesn't matter that Kite wasn't at the beggining arcs because you can see Gon getting more and more depressed. I have no idea how avoiding the root of the problem fixes it but ok. He's also overhyping and praising it way too much for very trivial reasons, I think this sort of makes you feel bad for thinking that it's not perfect and you start to pretend to like aspects you previously had mixed feeling about. In conclusion it is absolutely necessary to watch the first episode of 99 before moving onto 2011 version.
Sky I think it's sad that you have to call his clear love and appreciation of his favourite show "simping". Just because someone doesn't see the flaw in a certain plot point that you might see doesn't make them wrong or an idiot, people just have different perceptions and that's okay. My first watch of HxH I never questioned why Kite was so important to Gon, since the series had already explained to me that he was the closest source to finding Ging, that was all I really needed to know. it isn't hard to figure out whether you watched episode 1 of the 99 version or not
@@Symora When you say diffirent preception I don't know how broadly you are speaking but every time i see people use words like preception or opinion it's always used to avoid thinking about their beliefs and just justify them with the "diiffirent point of view" argument no matter how wrong they are in actuality.
And did you honestly have a deeply emotional reaction while watching episode 131? (I didn't watch the first episode of 99 btw did you?)
Sky I'm speaking in the sense of people perceive everything differently, whether that's art, a storyline, moral views, everyone's brains are wired to look at things and consume differently to others. HxH is one of those stories that have plenty of subtle hints, foreshadowing, development and plot direction that can be taken in and looked at in several different ways.
For example, when people claim the Chimera Ant arc was drawn out or poorly written, I disagree because to me the development and plot-thickening was insane and had me hooked for the whole experience. Perception is varied and the sooner people start to accept that the less we will argue over the inevitable nature of opinions. It starts to become a problem, though, when people state their opinion as fact and that anyone who disagrees with it is stupid
and yes, I cried watching episode 131, 116, all of Gon's pure rage envoked emotions from me. I was witnessing our first-introduced character who was seemingly pure and kind becoming an opposing version of himself
They should’ve really spent at least one episode expanding the relationship between Gon and Kite to make up for taking out the beginning part. Would’ve really made Kite’s death more memorable and Gon’s decent more understandable. Still one of the greatest arc’s in all of anime tho
But is there a problem with Hisoka's nen? It does have the properties of both rubber AND gum, not everyone can actually understand what that means...
@@ashitk2412 go away you are no fun
gum means to stick, rubber means to expand and contract. Stretching and unstretch is the same as expand and contract
XeroTheLegend thank you
But can he use it like a pistol?
how does he name his abilities and attacks?
The Shanks comparison was an excellent way to highlight what Kite could’ve been. If Shanks died in front of Luffy like Kite did in front of Gon, then Luffy might actually forsake his dream like he did after Marineford. But the way that I saw Gon going into that place of darkness was because he was powerless to stop a friends death. It stopped being an adventure after Kite died on Gon’s watch. With this context, however, it makes the Kite death so much more meaningful.
I couldn't really decide who my favorite character was until I got to Kite in the 2011 version. I had watched the 1999 version, but he didn't really make an impact on me there. But in the 2011 version, he became my favorite character and then
died 15 minutes after I decided that he was my favorite character...
To be honest I never liked Kite he was just to much of a stern distant person that could only be liked because Gon liked him
@@vorkarb2825 to me he was that cool mystic op character that alot of shonens have
As someone who started with the 2011 anime, he immediately became my fave bc I thought he was cute 😅 (+ his VA!)
To be fair it wasn't that hard to see death flags over his head, but becoming a ant waifu was definitely a surprise.
Maybe because on the 1999 version, you only saw him once, on the first episode. 😏
Wow. Thank you for this. I’ve always been baffled about the unexpected importance of kite and the impact his death had on the series. That’s one of the reasons this series didn’t become one of my favorites. Thanks for the clarification. I probably will give the manga a read now
To actually integrate Kite later on they could have had them recognize each other and Killua could have asked "you know this guy?" And Gon could have launched into the story of how he met Kite and that he's the reason why Gon started this journey. But instead they made him ~mysterious~ and it was very annoying. I love Kite, but like you I didn't understand Gon's motivations until I read the manga.
Kayla J its a good thing in i watched the 1999 version, then read the manga. i have a better understanding of who kite was and his relationship with gon and to his whole adventure
Yeah it explained why Gon was So pissed regarding what happended to Kite. Lol
@@geraldreyes2714 Same, I don't regret watching 1999 version one bit. Music, style, it was simply beutiful.
Awesome! Not everyone decided to Google it and find out there's another version. We're talking about the 2011 rendition lol
I liked the idea of maybe Gon Explaining to Killua why he is so driven to become a hunter during satotz's endurance run part, plenty of time to talk and walk. You could even have had a short more ambiguous intro for episode 1 where a shadowy figure is shown saving little Gon, and he does his little info dump on hunters(which informs the audience as much as Gon) and then he leaves the license saying, if you become a hunter, you find your father, I've been hunting him for years. I hope we meet again Gon. No more than 2 minutes, and the real encounter can be more fully expanded when he and Killua finally meet Kite. Seems easy enough to me. I also got a little confused about how quickly the pace with Kite went, but I chalked it up to how loyal Kite was to Ging and that Gon had respect and love for this man who was on another level as a Hunter and had a connection to Gon's past, and Ging, and that by looking for Ging, both were united and bonded by the goal.
I'm an anime only fan, and felt the same when Kite was introduced and died. Like cool, he's was a badass heroic figure, but the show doesn't lack for them. The manga introduction as a "call to action" makes so much more sense plot wise.
It’s the FMAB problem. Previous anime makes them rush through the beginning of the series. I understand why they do it but it hurts the shows imo
I initially thought Brotherhood was a sequel! Than I thought, alright let's relive the Meas Huges moment in a lil different way.. Than it sucked!! Brotherhood was tough to go through before it became the roller coaster ride it is known to be..
Perhaps...
Personally I didn't think that the pacing at the beginning of Hunter x Hunter 2011 was too negatively impacted by Kite's removal. A chunk of the story was missing, yes, but the rest of the beginning didn't feel nearly as rushed.
The gripe I hold with FMA:B Episode one is that it spoils the mid-series twist by introducing large-scale geographic alchemy into Central City, where in the manga the reveal of an alchemy circle overlaying the country hits differently due to the personal scale in which all alchemy had operated on up to that point.
I fully expect my thoughts on Kite to be much more contentious, however. As I see it Kite in chapter 1 is a smoking Chekhov's gun showing Togashi's intent to tie Gon's personal progress as a Hunter to Kite as a measuring stick. Removing Kite removes the expectation for the audience that Kite exists at all and that Gon will meet him again, which I perceive as a trade-off to strengthen the illusion that Gon lacks protagonist plot armour in the close battles and frequent losses the he faces.
At least in Hunter x Hunter, I find perceivable benefit to the creative trade-off that it makes, even though it cannot be to everyone's taste. FMA:B fares much worse in my eyes.
Although you may not be surprised to know that I read FMA's manga first, where Hunter x Hunter's 2011 anime adaptation was my introduction to that series. If you feel like that invalidates my feelings as some self-justification for my enjoyment of those series and of how I first consumed them such as I did, then you are free to do so.
Except Alphonse and Edward are interesting and Gon isn't. It's extra material of Gon being a dumb shit.
hunter x hunter's first episode was definitely better, with the main characters being gon, leorio, and kurapika (maybe mito a bit), and it started the series off moving much faster. If they had later included kite in a flashback (maybe during the hunter exam when he was upset after getting hisoka's tag, when talking to his mom about ging, or in the episode where him and killua are talking to each other on whale island)
ok facts fma had stories where u actually see & go more in depth between the relationships of al and ed, how much they want to get their bodies back and what they would do for the other- without the distraction of love interests.
like i remember there were more “filler” eps in the beginning of fma, where there was 2 brothers posing as ed and al & they mirrored their own relationship
and like the relationship between alphonse heidrich & ed which shows ed’s love for al extends past the universe they were in & that he was willing to sacrifice both his alchemy, his entire existence and his future in that universe for the gamble of possibly getting his brothers body back
and its so ironic how fmab has “brotherhood” in the title cus i swear original fma focused more on the brothers than fmab did
Having not read the manga or watched the old anime, definitely blew my mind. I will say the reason the first impression of Kite is mysterious/hostile in the anime is because they appear right next a Chimera nest. He practically saves their lives just like he had when Gon is a kid. This realization is what is supposed to show how significant Kite is. BUT after watching this I also believe removing him from the first episode was a mistake. Though a rare one in the case of this show.
Like if Shanks was introduced halfway into the story and Luffy suddenly remembering him
That's an odd way to spell "Sabo". Really Sabo, and to a slightly lesser extent Ace, have a similar problem to what is discussed in this video.
@@musifter9126 I think he meant shanks not sabo
@Lord Jacob Whoosh. I was just pointing out that you don't have to imagine things with Shanks, Sabo shows you what that's like.
@Vegito Black That's exactly why it is the same. Yes, at the start of the series Luffy knows about Sabo, just like Gon knows about Kite. Sabo has the exact issues as Kite has in the HxH 2011... both are characters of paramount importance wedged into the story late. We don't have to imagine how Shanks would be diminished by such a thing, we just need to look at Sabo. He stinks of cheesy retcon.
Luffy might have thought Sabo dead, but that doesn't mean he isn't an inspiration to both him and Ace. Dead mentors are even better for that than live ones. So it's inspiration with Inspiration.
But you're thinking on the wrong level. This has nothing with what the characters would do or say in story. This is meta-level... what the author and directors decided. Gon doesn't have to say "oh btw i met a Hunter that knew my father years ago" because we have two examples of it being simply shown up front, so it's clear it doesn't need to be told (and those do it right at the top of the first act, where these important hooks really belong). So Luffy doesn't have to say anything, because there's a million other ways for a creator to get that information in. With Sabo, though, his introduction is indistinguishable from an ass pull. Sabo needed to be introduced well before Ace died to avoid that... because doing this anywhere close makes it look even more like Oda's just pulling a switcheroo. And as I say above, Ace has the same problem... Alabasta might be well before his big scene, but it's still too late. Both these characters should have been somewhere in the first act to do them justice.
The first time I watched HXH 2011, I didn't really feel the connection between Gon and Kite tbh. I was disappointed that Gon gave up his ability to use Nen for someone like Kite (I imagined it would be for someone close like Killua/Kurapika/Leorio). Kite barely had any screen time and got introduced so late into the story. It makes sense now why Gon lost it if we're going off of the 1999 anime and the manga. Madhouse dropped the ball with Kite by not mentioning him in the first episode
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That's something I noticed with the remakes of some shows. Hellsing Ultimate pulled something similar and I honestly hate that. It's like the creators believe they're justified in omitting important details because it existed in the previous iteration of a show. It's annoying.
Gon will get his nen back, but he has to train very hard again to even be able to use nen
@@puncakerygaming1548 no matter how hard he trains is impossible
@@AJ-og4ru no it isnt, Ging could sense Gon's nen, he just needs to re-discover it
R.I.P Leorios voice actor 😭
King my friend texted me this right after I went to sleep so I woke up this morning with news of his death sooo.... you can imagine the kind of morning I had
Nooooooooo
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King was he the same V.A. of Maes Hughes from FMA? ‘Cause I heard he died.
Didn’t have that problem, had watched the 99 adaptation and picked up where the series had left off (Kite).
Same, although I watched up to the heavens arena arc and then I switched to the 2011 version by accident, didn't even know there was a newer version. Glad I made that mistake lol.
Kite prequel
If we ever finish the actual story
Tonpa origin story.
@@hankjones7054 Y E S
honestly, full prequel spinoffs of kurapika, kite, and hisoka would be amazing, but that's asking for a lot ooooor other authors doing the work, but considering sui ishida really knocked it out of the park with hisoka's backstory i really think he'd be a great mangaka to have for if that ever gets fully fleshed out
For My luck, I went to reddit to see which was the best hunter x hunter to watch it first, and some nice random guy said that the best option is to watch only the 1st episode of the 1999 HxH and then you begin the 2011 HxH, that really helped me a lot!
That shanks analogy brought it home for me. OP would be flat without that impactful first character arc
Ur stupid
@@agentdickemdown what-
One of the only few flaws in HXH 2011 , Why would they even leave that out .
because Gons' motivation would change from "finding his dad whom he never met and wanting an answer to the biggest question of his childhood; why he left him" to "finding a random dude who was nice enough to save him/become a hunter because....no reason" xD
@@croviktorija No it wouldn't? What are you talking about?
I agree that Gons hatred for Pitou never truly made sense to me until I read the manga.
To this day I can not forgive Pitou and it boils my blood.
the whole situation just felt so absurd, i was rooting against the humans at that point
I finished HxH (2011) today, and I think my biggest confusion with the Chimera Ant arc was why they allowed Gon to just sit in an empty room for about 20 episodes. With this context I understand his sentiment much better. That problem was a bit downplayed for me though, since the Chimera Ant arc has so many POV characters that at times I found myself forgetting that Gon was even a player to begin with.
Watching this got me curious about what other changes the 2011 anime made from the manga. Why not do a video on that?
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Heavens Arena and Phantom Troupe Arc in the 1999 version.
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Kite's staff is the greatest anime character in the history of anime.
His own character, sadly underrated. 😞
Thankfully I read the manga first because I had slow internet at the time and only fast enough to load up the manga. Them once I found out there was am anime I never did understand why they didnt have that at the beginning because that's what pushed me into
reading it. When kite told him about pain of losing someone like that bear thing lost his mother being killed by kite. Really hit hard in those few pages and changed gon after that.
Many get this wrong, so i thought i
spread the good News:
You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured
Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such.
A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one)
without your Control, ya know?
Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops
a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control
anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted;
you made the Nen-Ability. Controlling the Tree or its Properties
needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Trees is not your Control.
The 99 anime actually portrays this perfectly
Finally the comment I've been looking for. I started with the 99 one first so the newer one was more like a continuation albeit with updates/variations
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Im gonna watch the 99 anime now
@@Myron90 How is it? The 1999 version to you?
@@Anne-oo1py The 1999 version does a lot of things better but does a lot of things worse... I do think that overall the 2011 version is better, but the 1999 version captures the dark tone of HxH way better. Similar to how they cut out Kite, they also cut out most of Leorio's backstory. In the 2011 version, they show him as nothing more than a funny comic relief character. But in the manga (and in the 1999 version), Leorio's troubled past is shown in greater detail. In the 1999 version they show Leorio's hallucinations which showcase his dark past, and they really drive home the point that he's not just some funny comic relief character, they really make us feel for him and grow more attached to him. But in the 2011 version, they completely cut this out.
The first thing kite taught gon was actually how to get NWR videos straight to his feed by clicking the red subscribe button
Gon was clobbered by Kite because after watching NWR video he forgot to hit that subscribe button. Hopefully Gon has learnt his lesson.
Kite is the reason Gon’s journey begins and the reason it ends ❤️
I’m so sad to hear Leorio’s VA’s passing.....he played some amazing characters that won’t be forgotten
Tbh I never would’ve understood why kite was so important if I never read the manga, I was always wondering why the death of one person made a character like Gon Change so much but after reading the manga it all made sense
I did always feel like it didn’t make sense how much Gon cared about Kite. This makes Gons whole motivation make so much more sense
Amazing how this world works. I just finished the 2011 adaptation yesterday and shared the same confusion over why Gon went absolutely berserk over Kite’s death. And today, this video shows up in my feed. Thanks for the explanation. However, I’m now a little upset knowing what the series could have been if they just followed the manga a little more closely. Still loved it though
I absolutely get your point. When I was recommended to watch HxH I first search for a version with Latin American dub (I'm Latino) and the 1999 was the only one, so I saw all that anime until the end of the greed island arc, when they meet Kite and then continued with the 2011 one. This let me see the importance of the character, but I still think Gon's reaction to Kite's death was mostly due to his personality and not his relation with Kite. It makes more sense that way, but is still a ver Gon like thing to do.
Same actually. I was very curious of who Gin was cuz I watched the 1999 version first. Thank God I did that.
This makes so much more sense! I always wondered why gon reacted so strongly to kites death, even going so far as to push killua and his other friends away[because in the 2011 anime it looked like gon only had a slightly stronger connection,seeing that he had encountered him once before] .but I agree that it was an unnecessary and even detrimental change to the story. The motivation seemed unnatural and even selfish, putting himself in danger and plunging himself into such darkness , anger and revenge for the sake of a man who he could not even recognize in the at first glance (thus not seeming that important or impactful in his life).
The starting of HxH 2011 is similar to the hurried start of the FMA 2009 anime !!
I’m so glad you made this video. I felt the exact same as you when watching the 2011 anime, I didn’t understand why Gon was so attached to Kite when he really only knew him for a few episodes. His death wasn’t that impactful to me and Gons rage didn’t seem logical. It didn’t sit well with me at all and I’ve been confused about it ever since. Now knowing about this first manga chapter everything makes sense now and I’m actually really frustrated that he was taken out. If the first manga chapter had been the first episode then I think the Chimera ant arch would have been 10 times better and made much more sense (I loved it anyways don’t get me wrong). Thanks for clearing this up.
Just started rewatching HxH with my friend who hasn't watched it before. I showed him the 1999 clip of Kite to hopefully make the future events more impactful than it was for me, hopefully it works!
@Lionard Kirsch hahahaha about that... he didn't like Gon's transformation full stop, I've never seen someone so against it 😅 I think even with the Kite stuff though, being convinced of their connection is tough when Gon doesn't mention him at all in the 2011 version. So while you can be told how important he is, without really feeling it through the series like you would in the manga, there's still that barrier and it's much harder to genuinely buy into
Oh I knew Kite was introduced early but I had no idea it had this impact. Gon's reaction makes a whole lot more sense now. That guy was a rock in Gon's life.
this is why i still prefer the 90's anime.
not only it includes kite as the main motivation of gon, just the whole darker tone of the anime makes it a lot more menacing story, the slower somber music, darker color palette, and the slower more intense pacing makes the 90 HxH just sooo goooodd.. it's a shame that it ends after the york new city arc..
the 1999 version ends at the end of the greed island ark, right after or before they meet kite iirc
@@b3nd0_ver86 that's the OVA, it's horribly animated. The artstyle looks bad
Very good point, I had the same problem of not really "getting it" about Gon's obsession with Kite in the Chimera Ant art and becoming a bit annoyed and detached from him.
Although this is still my favorite anime, the sudden attachment Gon created was a huge problem for me. Never knew the source material actually had done this correctly.
Wow. HxH could have been even more beautiful :(
Despite the lack of Kite screentime, he was still my favorite character and I didn't question the lack of screen time he got initially and Gon's reaction to it and didn't lesson my approval of the season as it was still my favorite. Then I find out about the manga and I grew so pissed about it because I could have gotten more of him. It's why I want to read the manga now because I get more of him. I knew the original 1999 version had Kite in it and later found out it only went to the greed island arc and not the chimera ant arc, i don't know how i didn't notice that. I plan on getting the manga soon though for Christmas or around it, and maybe I have low hope that they'll remake it again as it'd be a third time but it'd be nice to dream.
Just in time for my morning release on the toilet!
Cheers NewWorldReview!
I watched the 1999 anime's first episode because it was the first thing that came up online, and then started watching the 2011 anime (because I had seen the 2011 artstyle before and figured I was watching the wrong one) and just skipped to the boat scene there. I hadn't even realized anything was off, and that the 2011 anime hadn't included the beginning scene with Kite. It made perfect sense to me, and I didn't even realize it would have been difference had I started with the 2011 anime.
Guts fought with a huge slab of iron. Fighting with a huge slab of subscribe button doesn't seem so bad.
Ah of course who could forget guts. The navi with incredible strength
Not everybody can be Guts
@@justinthompson6364 very true
As a reader of both berserk and hxh I cry everytime I think about how they always be on haitus
I was mind blown once i read the manga. I didn’t think much of Kite because like you I only started with 2011. Someone told me why Kite was so important and Gon’s downwards spiral make so much more sense.
Hey man, if youre trying to expand your HxH content. I have an idea for you.
You could pit nen abilities against their shonen counterparts to see which one stacks up better or which one would win in a fight.
Im thinkin along the lines of luffy gum gum fruit vs hisokas bungie gum.
Or shalnok vs lelouche from code geass. Something like that. It would be interesting to see the analysis of two similar yet different abilities going against one another.
SECONDLY
You could grab abilities from other shonen and see what nen categories they would fall into and whether or not they would need/ currently have any restrictions. For example
Luffy gear 2nd ability shortened his life at the beginning of his use. That could be a condition of the ability like emperor time. Also he could be an enhancer. Etc... you get the jist.
To add to that. You can take other anime abilities and see how they would translate to nen. Like would Luffy stretching himself be enhancement or manipulation or a combination etc
Star Platinum: The World ooo thats good!!!
Star Platinum: The World do you mind if i add that to the main comment?
@@salvsays be my guest
@Alex Kalinin that's a good one too
Could be retconned with a good OVA adaptation in preparation of the anime's return, only God knows when.
It wouldn't be a retcon since its from the source material.
Thank you for doing this video. The first time I watched Hunter x Hunter, I was legitimately confused with the Gon and Kite stuff. I remembered liking Kite fine, but seeing Gon get so angry felt unearned, at least in the anime. Like Kite had only been there for like 10 episodes, yet Gon was ready to give up his life to avenge him. The fight with Pitou was still visually amazing, but I don’t think it hit the same emotional beat that it was supposed to.
I just discovered your channel about a week ago and I think my favorite thing is your consistent creativity with your subscribe plug.
Thanks for the kind words! :D
Kite feels more like a Sabo asspull in the anime
I love this channel for many reasons but the main one is that Theres no fucking click bait. Not even in the thumbnails, this has become so rare nowadays that I genuinely respect you for not wasting my time. Thank you sir and keep up the great great content
bro i KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP
when i kinda wasnt rlly crying for kiteee ahhhhhhh
Well, it's a good thing I recalled watching that Kite scene from the 1999 version from when I was little and actually went back to watching that 1999 version before going into the Chimera Ant arc.
You always have the best intros bro 😭
i finished watching the chimera ant arc 3 days ago and i felt the exact same way, i was really confused as to why Gon was so out of character (in a sense) when seeking revenge for a character he only briefly knew, to the point of hurting Killua. It makes so much more sense now!
I wish they would re release this series with an extended episode 1 inserting the original kite stuff
Yeah that would've been perfect for the blu ray or something
There is one . But it is in a filipino language
I watched the 1999 version first so I knew who Kite was. I agree with what you said in this video Kite was like a big brother figure to Gon and really set a standard for what a hunter should be. Seeing him again was like going through all the trials of the previous arc and getting to show someone you looked up to how far you’ve come. I really wish more people had just watched that first episode of the 1999 version so they would have had that emotional connection during the war with the ants.
Kite is one of the disappointments In the show
Lacks depth. But characters like pariston and chrollo reveal Togashi true writing ability
Why would you need Pariston or Chrollo for that? We get a great example of Togashi's character writing right away within the first few episodes
Thraben Innistrad ehhh? Idk chrollo and pariston are actually some really well written characters.
togashi been writing good stuffing since yu yu hakusho hxh just capitalizing on that
KingNothing Yu Yu Hakusho is pathetic
Terrible cliche series
@@godlike3591 Most clichés that are problematic to the shonen genre now came from YU YU Hakusho and not the other way around... You might not like it but you really need to check yourself on this, Even if you hate the ever living shit out of the series it would still be one of the most important (if not the most important) anime for most of the shonen genre readers.
GLR, I don't know how you keep coming up with so much content so fast but we love it!! We love your formula, the same music, the same tone of voice! So plasant to listen to! Never change (if you don't want to) !!
They could easily release an Episode 0 for the Hunter x Hunter 2011 anime, it would mostly fix this problem
Many get this wrong, so i thought i
spread the good News:
You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured
Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such.
A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one)
without your Control, ya know?
Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops
a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control
anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted;
you made the Nen-Ability.
'Programming the 'Attributes' is not Manipulation:
The Manipulation-Type only gives you 'Control'.
So making a Tree that drops a certain Fruit; lets say Banana;
that has extra many Calories, is a PURE CONJURATION Power.
Pure Conjuration, i say! Only controlling the Tree or its Properties
needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Trees is not your Control.
I'm rewatching and noticed that Kite is the central silhouette into the introduction to the world at the start of the very first episode, when it says "...as Hunters!"
I've always wondered why gon got so mad at pitou when he hardly knew kite.
Yeah smh, it would have made a ton more sense if they integrated the kite and gon story in the first episode of the show. Also fixed their meeting after greed island. Everything would be perfect.
i actually loved the intro of the anime a lot because of the fact you just get thrown into the story with no expectation
I binged the entire chimera ant arc in like three days just because I was desperate to see kite come back (I was certain he would be okay since we didn’t get to see enough of him)... I was absolutely devastated like straight up ugly crying when Pitou says he’s gone. AFTER ALL OF THAT HOPE !!! RIP my heart
i know i’m two years late but you still thought Kite was alive after seeing him decapitated?
You do know he was reborn right? As that little girl. Lol
Thank you very much, as someone who only watched the anime I didn't realize why kite was so important and found it so weird that gon was so infatuated with a guy we just met while caring little about people around him that been there for 3 and up seasons
When I started watching hunter x hunter for the first time, I really didn’t understand what a hunter was and I didn’t really think much of Ging. I thought as I go in the show I would figure out what it means to be a hunter.
I just want to say that I’ve heard a lot of people talk on youtube, in fact I’ve been one (not a very good one, but it was fun😅) and that’s why I wanna say that you speak very, very well. Your videos are entertaining, don’t get too bogged down in practicality even while factoring it in (after all, anime isn’t reality and it gets wiggle room there), aren’t too dialogue heavy, are visually appealing, bring something new to chew on, and I have been watching your videos in a binge-esque fashion due to the overall experience they provide. I think your nen user evaluation videos were pretty damn plausible, especially where Gon and Killua ended up in the rankings, and you made the most out of what the show gave ya to evaluate some great and lacking characters. This Kite video in particular really gave me a lot to think about in terms of the 2011 anime potential, because I am a watcher and reader of HxH and the opening with (and without) Kite never really stood out until you brought it up. I don’t subscribe much, but here we are. And now excuse me while I consume the rest of the entertainment you’ve uploaded for the general public. Thank you, truly - especially if you read this long thing of a comment. I wish you the best on the youtube platform ^^
Hunter x masterpiece
I felt the same when I first watched the 2011 anime. I didn’t understand why Gon felt so attached to kite, who in my eyes, I didn’t even treat as an important character until the show started treating like that later on. I had another friend who started with the 1999 version and he told me what happened. I was very shocked to hear how the first episode went but it made a lot more sense to me. I wish hunter x hunter would’ve added an episode, if not in the first, then maybe during the hunter exams where we see flashbacks of Gon’s time with Kite
I'm still mad we didn't get to see all of Kites weapons
same. i really wonder what the other slots are.
I think a good place to fit the Kite episode would have been when Gon was knocked unconscious at the end of the exam arc. We would learn why he’d gone through all this trouble and pain, and then the next episode he wakes and finds out he made it to his goal, he got his license. The only problem with this placement might be that the episode he wakes up in is also sort of a flashback, with Satotz telling Gon about what happened to Killua, but I wouldn’t have minded. It would’ve allowed the show to jump right into the action, and then given the story a moment of important reflection within the same arc, and at a moment when it seemed natural for Gon to be remembering why he was going through this.
I honestly think that they don't tell you anything in the beginning, to me it leaves this since of mystery and ambiguity which blends well with Gons childish optimism. It feels like your going on a journey with these people learning about a world they even they themselves know little about. I was also confused by his connection to Kite and the breakdown that Gon had, but I understood it as he just lost the one link that he has to Ging. Kite was the closest hes ever got to meeting Ging and it as taken from him. Not only was that taken, the closest thing his father had to a friend was taken,
YES!!!! the 2011 anime was my first introduction to hxh as well, and i didn't understand gons breakdown as well, i thought he just was fed up because the ants were cruel and were killing a lot of people in ngl, and he felt guilty for kite's death, but other than that it felt kinda empty. I read the manga afterwards and it made a lot more sense
This can be a ligit call for ''episode 0'' some sort of a trailer or even a proper episode, why not!
I know you’ll probably never see this, but I would just like to thank you for creating a video like this, it’s been really helpful and I appreciate it greatly. I started watching hunter x hunter late last year, and I started with the 2011 version since it was more well known at that time, so I saw nothing wrong with it. I didn’t know there was OVAS, or Movies, or even a 1999 version. All I knew was they had a manga and the 2011 anime. I remember watching it, and immediately when Kite was shown I felt some kind of thing between him and Gon. Yes it was more confusing since gon didn’t remember him from childhood, and at the time I knew nothing about what Really happened, But watching gon be just so attached to Kite like he was actually his father dug deep into my heart, there was obviously a blank spot for something missing there, but I could tell the 2011 version really did try and express their feelings. Now it makes so much more sense , and I appreciate it greatly. I’ve watched the 1999 version as well along with the two movies. I have yet to watch the OVAS but I am starting to read the manga. But I’m the 1999 version, i believe from now that it could’ve been portrayed much better then the 2011 version with Kite and Gon, if they made more episodes.. I’m a little disappointed they didn’t, but I understand rightfully so, As with this, Kite will always be my favorite Character from the series, even if he didn’t get much screen time. Now I know, and felt, perhaps he was a bigger person then showed. It makes me really happy that he’s getting recognition, I look forward to watching more content from you! ❤
Intros > Content.
I unsub just to resub after every one.
Ok furry
@@drmago69 ok weeb
@@kaiseramadeus233 ok anime profile pic dude
@@drmago69 ok 4 subscribers in 2 years dude
@@kaiseramadeus233 ok weird ass videos dude
Besides the suggestion from many fans who recommended watching the first episode of the 1999 anime (which I haven't seen yet but I'll consider it now, thanks comments) before the entirety of 2011, I have a nice simple way to weave in the story of Kite. I would love to see the montage just sort of interlaced with the first episode in sort of flash back form, starting with when Gon is quietly sitting and waiting for the fish to get hooked. Then as he runs around town getting ready for his journey we could see that relationship with Kite and also understand Gon's obsession with his father. Just a thought
@NewWorldReview, I know these 2 characters aren’t that important but let’s talk about Pokkle and Ponzu. They deserve a video
Are you talking about chimera ant food?
hero of injustice bro plz, if you don’t care about them then shut the fuck up. The comment wasn’t necessary
I always read the beginning of Hunter x Hunter as a manga, i didnt know kite doesnt show up in the beginning
i mean, when Gon got all super pissed at Pitou, i was kinda like: "Okay, i get that Kite is ur friend and like a mentor kinda, but like you barely know him, why u so pissed?" so i feel like a flashback and a bit more introduction would ya know, make more sense.
Many get this wrong, so i thought i
spread the good News:
You dont need Manipulation ot make Conjured
Things 'do Stuff'. Cause things have 'natural attributes' and such.
A Vacuum Cleaner is doing the Vacuum Cleaner Sound (you know the one)
without your Control, ya know?
...Means: You can conjure a Tree that drops
a certain Fruit once a Week. But you dont control
anything; you just controlled that this is the Hatsu you wanted;
you made the Nen-Ability.
'Programming the 'Attributes' is not Manipulation:
The Manipulation-Type only gives you 'Control'.
So making a Tree that drops a certain Fruit; lets say Banana;
that has extra many Calories, is a PURE CONJURATION Power.
Pure Conjuration, i say! Only controlling the Tree or its Properties
needs Manipulation. But the Tree growing Fruits is not your Control.
Honestly I find the 2 version cool, because in the anime the hunters stay a mystery for us since the beginning where we just have the pre opening scene who talks about them, and Gon a mysterious kid who decided to find his father for an identity quest, although in the Manga that scene with Kaite explain to much in the beginning and a part of the mystery would have gone (lol) but that stratified their relation for the chimera ant arc which is very important...
Also me and my brother found that meruem and his evolution was the main interest in the chimera ant arc, not Gon and Kite relationships, which was essential but more of a parallel for the evolution of our main character...
Sorry for my English I'm from France
I really did not like how he returned from death,if he did not come back, it would have been much batter
I think that's great actually, there are many theories about how his nen ability made the resurrection possible
@@bandeYT98 yea but they are just theorys, this resurrection devalues Kites sacrifice to save Gone and Kilua, Hisokas death I can understand but Kite for me was a bit too much of an ass pull, non the less I love the series,I'm glad Gone does not have his powers anymore because if that gets changed, it will trow HXH from my 2nd favorite anime to 5th
@Lalrivunga Hnamte people are forgetting that ants were remembering their past. It aint no asspull.
@@zantosd.dreamer981 1 in 1000 or even more, and Kite had to be the one who remembered,plus they don't remember right off the bat, unlike kite
@@LeoArmada Gyro can remember right off the bat tho
I don’t know how almost every manga writer is an absolute genius in story telling like they got the art talent and the writing talent like it’s amazing ong
When you’ve seen the Hunter x Hunter (1999) version and saw Kite on the first episode 😎
The Kite return in the Manga weekly was took months because of breaks in the weekly release. He was more playful with Gon and not as harsh in the anime.
The fight where Kite dies was took a month or so. Kite's loss of his arm saving Gon and Killua was far more significant in Kite's death. Reading the manga as it was released increased the anticipation of events.
The Chimera arch was far more emotional all around. The story of the blind Go champion was fat more depth too. The chiameras butchery of the humans were far more tragic. I think the Show runner intionaly toned down emotional aspects of that series.
Well there are a few reasons, though none of them really "good", of course. Much like One Piece, the beginning of Hunter x Hunter wasn't as bombastic and entertaining to the audience. I do not think it's a wild guess to say that it was the weakest part of the series. Which is why they wanted things to move quickly to get past the most "boring" part. Because Madhouse didn't know they were going to go for the Chimera Ant arc when they started, unfortunately the plans were already laid out, so they skipped everything that wasn't deemed essential with what they had at the beginning.
It's a big shame because Kite was way too important to be treated like this, when it comes to storytelling, it is a major flaw in the story's flow. It wasn't made clear that Gon saw Kite as his father figure, thus making his sacrifice feel out of place for certain segments of the audience.
I'm just going to put another name out there when it comes to anime adaptations, and that name is Medaka Box. They tried really hard to speed things through because the beginning of the series was the worst the manga had to offer. They failed horrendously, despite teasing the best parts and throwing in their most popular characters. The companies know that when you have cases like these, you need to be careful and sometimes make more cuts for things to work out. For HxH it was a bad call, in Medaka Box's case, they should have cut way more.
I just watched HxH for the first time this year and caught up in the manga but I was never confused at all by the anime. It’s a kid going on an adventure, and what happens along the way is what’s important. You learn hunters are bad asses pretty quickly. I do agree putting in the little backstory at the beginning would’ve been cool but they expected people had all ready seen it in the previous anime. It’s like FMA and FMA Brotherhood. And I don’t think FMA Brotherhood is worse because it didn’t put in the little backstories, pacing really is important in anime.
I literally just tweeted about this. By the end of the CA arc, I felt a little cheated because the apex of Gon's arc is inextricably linked to Kite. But then the anime didn't do the character work between the two to sell Gon's turmoil.
I really like the CA arc, indifferent towards the Yorknew arc and didn't like the Greed Island arc. Because HxH saved the best for last, it was hard to like the overall product.
I like how you made the comparison between Kite and Shanks, because it's the first thing that popped on my mind when you were talking about how Kite appeared in the first chapter of the manga but not in the anime, and they both had the same impact on the protagonist of their respective series