"It's in black and white, dudes. It's in black and white!" Meanwhile, the tragic implications of this episode and what it means for Gon from now on? Going whoosh over his head.
I love how the others eventually caught on on how the transformation isn't meant to be celebrated tho, not many reactors get that at any point, let alone halfway through the episode
Some clarifications: 1. Pitou's body attacked Gon, because her nen activated after death. Remember the time when Kurapika put his chain into Chrollo's body, and later Phinks told Gon and Kilua that the Phantom Troupe members weren't going to try to kill Kurapika, because nen has the ability to activate after its owner's death(especially when the owner of that nen had strong emotions towards somebody or something). And he said that if Kurapika was to get killed by the Phantom Troupe, his chain might've activated and killed Chrollo. 2. I'm going to leave specific details out, but Gon made a restriction to gain a lot of aura in order to fight Pitou. I don't know if his hair becoming longer has anything to do with him aging, since if it was due to him aging, then his nails were also going to have to become much longer. 3. After Gon crushed Pitou's head, he said "Kite... i finished the job the way you taught me to", because Kite told Gon and Killua to crush chimera ants' heads to kill them. 4. Gon saying "you may have my arm" to Pitou after impaling her body, is similar to Pitou saying "you may also have my right arm" to Gon when she was healing Komugi. (I don't know if this connection was done on purpose or if it was just a coincidence, though) 5. A lot of other things that happened during this episode, were foreshadowed in some of the previous episodes, but it's going to take too long to list all it.
A bit of clarification on the first point. It wouldn't have been Kurapika's chain to kill Chrollo if he were to die, it would have been Kurapika's residual Nen that is fueled by his hatred of the PT to attack and potentially kill Chrollo, because Chrollo at this point in unable to defend himself against postmortem Nen.
I think his nails didnt grow because it wouldnt have been very pretty on him. Another example of nen after death. It is implied that after Ubo and Paku's death, their nen might have attacked him and caused Kurapika to go ill for a few days.
It's an anime about 12 year olds saving the world, no body acts according to their age, so no, for a fictional character, that's just a number, nothing more.
@@monish2011 maybe if someone's a bad writer and can't portray characters correctly it may seem that way, but you're wrong for hxh, these "12 year old savung the world" don't save the world once, its always been handled by more experienced and likely characters
@@ozyssah I mean the reason most of the anime MC's are teens because that's their target audience and characters are easier to draw, but no one really acts according to their age because for a fictional character that's just a number, and for a good reason, it's not needed to make everthing work according to our world to make it seem realistic.
@@monish2011 The only thing that separates him from an average 12 year old is his superpowers which allow him to go on adventures where he can brute force his way through most situations, but the point of his behavior in this arc is to show what happens when the situation is too morally complex to just "punch away". Gon is 12 and has no frame of reference for how to handle something like this so he goes into emotional breakdowns. Killua is only slightly better because of his upbringing but even then the arc clearly takes a huge mental toll on him and he breaks down in tears during like 3 battles. They're kids and they're written like actual kids, with superpowers.
its like Nahid's said, transformations are usually colorful and epic. Gon was just dark, sad and looked like a monster, no cliche shounen transformations here because its was not for the greater good, it was because he was mad
Just Cameron I can see the resemblance, but the thing about mob is that strong emotions are his gimmick, we never saw Gon act out of pure rage to the point of punching someone to death
@@Just_Cameron Admittedly, it's a really cool sequence but its definitely also really somber. This is Gon at his lowest point who's willing to give up everything just to kill Pitou - his nen, his life, his friendship with Killua, his dream of finding his dad - none of it mattered and its just really sad to see from our once happy go lucky protagonist
Sad, yet very poetic at the same time. For you to be able to sacrifice EVERYTHING to just be able to kill one person. It’s truly a depressing state to be in. Gon basically signed a blank check, without caring what price he would have to pay to get that power. A kamikaze mission.
There are so much parallels in this episode that proves Togashi's masterclass storytelling 1. When Gon transformed his face was skull-like, it's abstract and it's scary. It's reminded of the time on Netero's final moments that the King felt fear where he said "Don't underestimate humanity's infinite potential for evolution/malice" 2. Gon didn't stop punching Pitou's head until it was completely smashed. When Gon fought one of Yunju's men with Kite, he used Scissors to cut him, but it almost got him killed. Kite reminded him to completely destroyed the head to make sure the chimera ant is dead. But he forgot one detail on the next one 3. Gon hasn't fought any chimera ant that knows Nen. So he forgot Nen can activate after death, as what Phinks said at the end of York New City. 4. Gon was happy his arm got cut off, he's the same as Kite. But he also relate to Pitou because to heal Komugi, Pitou broke his arm and said the same words "You can have my arm" like Gon did when he impaled Pitou's corpse.
Point 3 is null because he legit watched pitou use nen and asked her to use her nen to heal kite Point 4 is a stretch, it could easily just be a coincidence
@@Just_Cameron Point 3 is viable because even with battle experience, he is bound to make mistakes. Which is why the chimera ants almost killed him. Yes he may have been "aware" of her nen abilities but he is also in a state that he wasn't completely there. These points that Dragonitedla makes are very viable. I don't completely agree with point 4, but the first half of it fits the narrative/story
@@46corazon Gon didn't give a shit about that 3 seconds later wdym, Killua was the one that stopped him from killing them both. But I see your point, he was shook for a sec
that’s why the yorknew arc is very important since they explain a lot about nen, but most reactors forgot about what they explain about nen and when they reach here they don’t “understand” how gon can turn to that and how dead pitou can move. But since reactors don’t continuously watch every episode (they watch other stuff too), unlike normal anime watchers and manga readers, so it’s ok. Just hope they (most reactors) read comments since someone always re-explain how nen works.
That's what kind of sucks about comment sections. Because one would naturally want to read the explanations in the comments, but scrolling down and reading the comments is like playing "Spoiler Russian Roulette"
Muchui Mwithu I think a better way would be a moderator just tell them to read certain comments without scrolling down for more, that way they won’t get spoiled but at least they be able to interact with the viewers. But I agree that the comment section is a double edge sword, too many people spoil too much.
@@samuelmaingi6365 Fr. It's a mix of spoilers and people being assholes about ANY fallacy the reactors had. Hell, even as small as not noticing something that was onscreen for a second or mistaking one character for another. There's very few comments that will actually give polite and helpful pointers/reminders. That's just the comment section for you, though...
I think most of the people can deduce that but everyone forgets about that golden philosophy of this show of this arc to be precise individuality(humans)vs group mindset(ants) I think thats the reason gon fought alone to further explain that phenomenon or mindset
I just reached s2 slowly slowly becz its boring when its gonna interesting so i watch whole season in one day😂😂😂or whole series like s1😂help me sm1 coming here to see whts interesting 😂😂😂
@@adrianpg4460 yeah its kinda boring till now.i kinda liked anime like aot death note or naruto shippuden so tell me its really get better like intense and dark
@@steveman9668It's the peak of anime But not in the manga. The greatest fight in the entire series might never get animated 😭 Also the current arc is 🔥🔥
It's well developed and a very balanced system. It doesn't tend to suffer from power bloat a lot of other shonen concepts do, and Togashi writes drawbacks and/or cost many Nen abilities have.
@@clarev.377 100% agree, i wouldn't ascribe resolve to maturity since maturity involves an understanding of the forces and morals that drive that resolve. I've been meaning to share this vid with yall Normies, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1XnqUDIxZhw.html and it couldn't be timed better since the channel is finally back (as the author had copyright strikes to dispute). It's an excellent breakdown of exactly how simplistic and self serving gon's attitude towards the numerous cast of people he encounters; such that it truly is childish.
@@fearstreak7462 Self serving? He literally gives all his money and the shirt off his back to the sick villagers in Greed Island. Gon is the epitome of selflessness.
@@SSS-ie6mh Yeah nah lmfao. His selfishness is made a point of throughout the anime, moments of "selflessness" as you put it aren't totally incompatible when he was playing a GAME with npcs, and had ulterior motive behind that.
Gon using his severed arm to impale Pitou reminds me of Hisoka using his severed arm to punch Kastro in the Heaven's Arena. Gon was like: "I learned this from Hisoka."
That I think about it, he probably poured Nen into that arm to make it hard enough to pierce, just like Hisoka does with his cards. ... Or it was just that tough from those “years of training” LOL
"Liar" I just love how Gon, sometimes subconsciously, knows when someone is lying. He still goes on with whatever they are up to, because as he told to Meleoron it benefits him if they lie because he then will have a reason to obliterate them. He deliberately lets people lie to him to justify his actions against them.
@D S Pitou did bold face lie at the end of 116 when Gon told Pitou "after you heal Komugi you're coming with me to peijing to heal Kite" to which Pitou responded with an "I swear" ...I don't think the OP of this thread is correct tho as Gon does genuinely believe Pitou is telling the truth, he doesn't pretend to believe stuff just to get angry.
@@gonefreaks4677 Pitou didn't know who Kite was by name, and when Gon first showed up and started screaming at her the narrator said that she couldn't hear a word he said due to only thinking of a way to escape the current peril... So she didn't actually lie, at least consciously
@D S I didnt say if he was correct, he said "liar", I quoted. From his perspective she lied that she will return Kite back to normal, but as I said, I just quoted him. edit: I think subconsciously he knew that Kite was dead
@@mapleunix1 Exactly, Pitou had no idea who Kite was because no one ever said his name when she showed herself to them in episode 85 and I doubt Kite told Pitou his name before they fought. Hell, she didn't even remember who Gon was till she saw Kites corpse.
He may not have had the “talent” Killua has, but it terms of raw power (aura quantity), I do not think anyone we have met in the series (not dark continent related) with the potential Gon had. Enhancers are about power and Gon really was the peak briefly.
...Geez, Nahid's reaction was tone deaf. "Yeah, dudes, a little kid is essentially killing himself to get revenge. This transformation is so cool!" Made it almost funny when Pitou chopped off Gon's arm and he was just so confused. "Wait, no, he transformed. He got a new form, he's supposed to win now. That's what happens in DBZ, right?"
Just a heads up (though they might be finished by now). The whole "his power is equal to the King" is just an incorrect translation, what it says in Japanese is his "fangs can now reach the King", meaning he has the ability to harm him (and that was before the Rose). I just love the parallels between Gon's negative character arc and Meruem's positive one it REALLY shows in this episode.
I mean they essentially mean the same thing. Fangs in animals which this hole arc has been making allusions to are a method of death. As far as pitou was concerned gon in this form was capable of killing pre rose king. It’s not 100% sure he’d actually manage to kill him but he is capable of it now.
@@ia285 I think so too, I mean, combats in this anime are too complex to predict who would have won (It would be Meruem imo) but I think Pitou thought they had a similar strenght at least in terms of aura
This part hit harder when you read the manga and met Kite since chapter 1. A lot of theories of the time included Kite before him appearing again so fans had him on their minds the whole time.
This is Gon's potential power if he had continued training and refining his Nen throughout adulthood. He Made a covenant and condition (like kurapika scarlet chain which can only be use on phantom troupe, the harder the condition the more powerful the ability) Gon sacrifice his life force in order to reach his peak potential and wield it for a little while.
There was someone who once said that it wasn't his peak potencial, that he very well could have achieved that power by sacrificing his nen even if he was never gonna turn that way in the future.
@@ctvuniverse4414 The body and nen gon gains in this episode its what he could have achieved if he had lived life without never stopping his nen training, after decades of training, much like netero
+CTV Universe Well potential doesn’t mean he was guaranteed to become that. That’s why it’s called potential. It’s only if he had never stopped training. It’s also worth mentioning that this was the potential of his raw strength as an enhancer. He couldn’t possibly bring out what ever experience and knowledge he would’ve gained throughout his life, which of course matter a lot in this universe
Now that they’ve gotten here. I can safely say this without worry of spoilers. This transformation is basically the culmination of gon’s character throughout the entire show. In earlier arcs and throughout this one, gon has been seen to make very childlike, immature decisions based on a juvenile sense of morality. Many characters such as zepile, wing, bisky, etc. have called into question how simple minded he is and how gon doesn’t care about right and wrong, but moreso what is important to him (like a child). Togashi purposely made this aspect of his character stand out in the very ADULT ruthless world of hxh. In this arc, we see gon descend into morbid madness, yet he still remains a childlike hope that kite is still alive. When all of this is crushed at pitou’s revelation of kite’s death, gon loses that childlike innocent thinking, hence that ADULT GON transformation.
@@fadadapple Here's a list of some scenes where Killua's steps were audible: Episode 03 17:25 Killua walks to Tonpa to get a new juice Episode 05 12:23 Killua walking ahead and realizing Gon is not with him anymore Episode 05 18:30 Killua complaining about Gon not being there Episode 11 16:29 Killua walking ahead to confront Johness Episode 25 11:35 Killua entering the hall to see Gon and friends playing with Gotoh and co. Episode 25 20:09 Killua drawing a line on the ground Episode 27 12:42 Killua passes by Zushi, whom he has just knocked out Episode 27 15:10 Killua steps out of the elevator (also walks ahead a few seconds later) Episode 27 15:40 Killua's steps are shown and then he stops Episode 27 18:15 Killua walks to Gon in the room Episode 29: Literally every time Killua walks in this episode, which is too many times to list Episode 48 06:31 Killua walking with the stuff has bought. credit goes to u/texturesurprised on reddit.
This episode is the best written piece of anime ever, and HxH is not even in my top 10 manga, but THIS (Well the entire arc) is probably the best written thing ever. It is slow, built, developped. You love, you hate. You feel depression to the highest level. You had such a connection to the characters that a single glance means so many things, a single sentence has deep meanings.
@@Glacius91 He didn't age, he used his Hatsu and enchaced his body, he sacrafised his Nen for powerfull aura by conditioning only to use it until he killed pitou, and that let him do it.
@@Glacius91 I never saw it as aging. It merely appears as he did since he is a child after all. To me its more like he used all his life force to enhance everything about him. Which is why he grows taller to accommodate his growing muscles, hair gets longer but he doesn't necessarily grow a beard or nails like you said. He basically just enhanced all his current characteristics to their limit. Which what enhancers do like for example Palm is able to enchance her hair to be stronger and long enough to cover her entire body to both attack and defend or like Uvo could bite through someone's skull or enhance his voice enough to damage your ears. Or it could've be a just an aesthetic choice from the mangaka for the sake of the viewers and nothing actually changes about Gon other than the power he's gaining in exhange for his life which alters his appearance. (Kinda like Ichigo's Final Getsuga Tenshou which makes his hair black and long and even alters his eye color but as soon his powers are gone, all that disappears.)
@@Glacius91 well true but I think gon would just look weird with long nails. Im pretty sure Togashi that this too so the best way to represent this would be just with hair.
I had the privilege to have caught this episode as it premiered. I started late but caught up to the show midway through the chimera ant arc. Never have I ever been more blown away and felt such raw engagement and excitement than this moment. This transformation. Growing up, seeing Goku go super saiyan changed my life. But I have grown and have seen much more character-rich anime both action and non-action and I never thought that a "power-up" would make me feel like that again. But this time, the transformation had so much narrative and thematic weight, and it was presented in a god-tier episode thanks to the music and art style. I remember pausing mid transformation to pace around my room because I couldn't even contain myself into a still, sitting position. Simply put, it was N U T S.
Not sure how credible this is, but I heard his hair is that long as a representation of how long he’d need to train to obtain that power on his own. So he’s most likely 50 or 60 and it’s his powerful Ten that’s making him look like he’s 20
If you’re wondering how pitou was able to attack even after it died. It was said in the yorknew arc that nen becomes more powerful (or evolves) after death. That was the reason the troop couldn’t kill kurapika because he pit his nen in chrollo. Also SPOILER WARNING ⚠️... I’m pretty sure in the manga during the chrollo vs hisoka fight chrollo used an ability that he stole from a dead person that was incredibly more powerful. Don’t quote me on that last part tho I’m not 100% sure.
Here's another tear jerker, at 14:37 u can hear killua's footstep for the first time because thats all that was on his mind was to save his friend Gon.
The long hair is bit of a reference to Yu Yu Haksho, Togashi's other work as Yusuke when transformed as a demon his hair grew extremely long. Also a bit of a cultural thing as having extremely long dark hair has been portrayed as demonic in Japanese media..
Long hair is demonic in our media?? First time hearing that... and I been a jp man for almost 40 years. You sure about that being a "cultural" thing? Also, since Gon literally aged his body, his hair becoming long is only natural. Without any references.
@@user-un-known I think so from what I've seen with how extremely long dark hair is portrayed in Japanese media at least when certain characters get really creepy or dark, the long hair gets played up for effect. Then again it may be more of a trope.
This is my single most favorite episode of anime. It put Hunter x Hunter not just at the top of my anime list but at the top of any show I have ever watched period! This episode kills me. To think back of our sweet kid Gon to this monster he becomes.... still brings a tear to my eye and this has to be the 10th time I’ve seen it haha.
after sooo long, i finally get to see you guys react to one of the greatest episodes in anime history imo. the music in the background, the transformation, the whole setting of it was top notch.
I love her reaction; i think the whole situation gon was in was overwhelming, also for kilua, seeing his friend like this, the one who saved him from his own darkness...
The most sad thing about this episode is what Killua says when he sees Gon, that this grown up Gon (Massive Aura) version would have inevitably happen decades later in Gon's life if he had been training regularly. meaning Gon sacrificed all that talent and potential along with his Nen for revenge. P.S.: Their Master (Wing) who taught them Nen also said at one point: "Master, I think I may have awakened a MONSTER".
Glad you guys understood that this was basically a nen contract, some people don't get that at first. Generally nen contracts and restrictions give power proportional to whatever you're sacrificing or restricting, so just think about how strong Netero was and he still couldn't beat the king, yet Pitou says Gon is as strong as the king, so he has to give up A LOT to get this kind of power.
This is one of the best subversions of anime tropes. Usually a big power up is presented as triumphant, light and earned (the greatest example is the Super Saiyan transformation). Here, Gon got the power in exchange for his own life, he got the power he would've developed in years of training (in contrast to Netero, who did do that), wich came at enormous cost and is presented in a frightingly dark and depressing way. He got the power he wanted at the biggest cost possible.
I remember the first time I saw this episode... When I did, I didn't want to watch anime for a while. I couldn't shake that strange bittersweet feeling. So, after 2 weeks of not watching anything, I watched the episode again and understood everything. I realized that it was my favorite episode in history! And to this day I haven't counted the times I've seen it.
@@fatmisami4213 Netero is the strongest hunter. Not all Nen users are hunters. In fact, the majority of the strongest Nen users don't belong to the hunter association like The Zoldyck family and phantom troupes. We know of a few people probably stronger than Netero. For example, Netero at his peak lost against Killua great great grandpa (Zeno's grandfather).
Just one thing I would like to point out, because of all the comparisons with Bisky, Gon actually never saw Bisky in her muscle form so he didn't take it from that. He came up with this power by himself.
Lol Everyone at the end too shook to speak and Nahid just jumps straight into hype talk. My man was given the anticipation from his Jump Force spoiler that Gon's transformation would be hype, like Goku going Super Sayien. It stopped him from seeing that its all actually quite tragic.
Idk if this needs to be said but when Pitou said Gon was as powerful as the king, they meant the King before he was reborn (since Pitou doesn’t even know anything happened to him)
"This is my favorite episode" "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT" Same girl, same... 14:43 I like how Micky said "nooo" with his playful voice and then it change to pure indignation 🥺
Basically, the "Riskier" your condition, the more power you gain. Gon took the ultimate risk. Bartering with nen is kind of like going to a store, and going "I have this, what do i get for it?" like saying "I promise i won't use this for anyone but the Phantom Troupe, how much power do i get?". Or Netero being "I have to pray, and i get stronger when i connect to my opponent and feel thankfull, what do i get?". But Gon did the opposite, he went to the store, saw "The power to kill Pitou" and went "I'll take this, price doesn't matter". Gon gave Nen a blanko check for this power, and that's why he's so insanely powerfull after this. I guess this is probably the ultimate enhancer technique, enhancing your entire body to the peak of it's performance. Gon just didn't care what the price was, and in a way that's scarrier than what anyone else did, because at least they always set the price themselves, Gon said he literally doesn't care.
