NEW NEN ABILITY! (HXH 398+) 

What I love about hunter x hunter is that the story is so fluid that it's not centered around a single character

I feel like most Shonen authors tend to write themselves into a corner by focusing too hard on one focal point, but togashi is at the point now where he has true narrative freedom to take the story in whatever direction he wants which is truly magnificent

It’s always a possibility that Nobunaga is actually the last spider, and the only one who survives Hisoka. He gives off that last survivor/only survivor energy

My guess for Nobby's ability is pretty much what we already saw: Expands his aura, enhances his sword, and similar to Killua preprograms his nen to move his body and swing his sword towards anything entering his aura field automatically without his input.

I think the point of HxH is to explore the "human condition": so much of nen is about converting your will power into real world power, and we focus on characters with strong personalities seeking to acheive their goals. The show in some ways sets up an exploration of evil with some of the antagonists, as well as the potential for human growth (see the Troupe or the Chimera ant arcs).

Hinrigh and Nobunaga do actually make a devastating combo in combat. Hinrighs hatsu can manage multiple opponents and anyone who takes their eye off of Nobunaga for a brief second is toast. But the last time we saw the Hei-Li they were getting instructed in the basics of combat against a nen user. So hoping for some very creative tactics as a few members were close to getting their nen ability

To be more specific with Nobunaga's abilities now knowing that he's an Enhancer-Transmuter, I think his ability is likely to involve sharpening his aura, or at the very least he does it naturally to increase his overall attack potency.

I think if the spiders survive this arc, Hinrigh is the perfect replacement for Pakunoda. He is an intel gatherer like her and he appears to be trustworthy.

I can't wait for Kurapika's storyline now! him vs all the competitors is what I live for now

I for one want to see more of Feitan Edit: I also would like to see more of Bonolenov ; I was shocked whenever he first used his nen and his Jupiter was superb. I wonder if he has more to offer

I think Togashi has already stated, what the real goal of HxH is…. „You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.”

Man i love Hinrigh, absolutely love his personality and power

Since nobunaga is leaning more on transmutation, its safe to say the best bet is that he can extend the range of his sword with transmutation like gon's scissors, he could also have an enhancement hatsu that allows him to draw his sword out stronger and faster the longer he holds to his sword, and my other prediction would be that nobunaga can create a portal to teleport himself to the last guy he killed with his sword.(luini)

Im pretty sure Uvogin and Nobunaga are representations of killua and gon just as Troop members. Their friendship that goes beyond the rest of the group, even the way they fight. Nobunaga being precise and deadly with insane speed and Uvogin being a big brawler.

Nobu has become my fav in the last few years after uvo.... I think Hunter Hunter has become more about the characters than about the story anymore It used to be about a boy trying to find his father didn't want to be found now it's more about the daily life of characters so it's like friends just with abilities

I don’t want nobunaga to die 😂 I feel like he has so much badassery to offer

I’m predicting that Nobunagas ability is more like Gin’ Shikai, he probably emits aura and manipulates his sword into a new size

Togashi is def building up to something huge.

I feel like Nobu's ability is a reactive ability with his sword, almost like his own personal landmine to react to attacks. Could lightly fit his enhancer trait.

I wrote this in a narrative analysis I did of Hunter x Hunter for a uni course. Togashi has always been ahead of the curve in terms of his storytelling. I think what we are seeing now is an evolution of the hero team formula of shonen. Classically, you'd have 'n' people with different histories and goals united in pursuing a singular objective - think becoming the pirate king or rescuing Rukia. In Hxh, we're exploring the differences among the main cast. Each arc centers around a different protagonist and according to his personality and the theme of his existence, the manga seems to shift across genres over time. Therefore, we're moving away from the kind of stories that explore 1 theme from beginning to end to stories that explore one then move on to the next, meaning here is no singular "point" of Hunter x Hunter only of the arc.

Just a theory In my view, Nobunaga already uses his hatsu. Almost every time he stops to kill someone, he says something like "Don't do that, or I'll cut you", his hatsu can be just a command that if the target disobeys the next cut is strengthened.

I'm basically just expecting atomic samurai ability or a generic sword anime distance slash.

He’s not in the attack squad “cause he’s dead” made me actually laugh out loud

Your predictive analysis of the future hiatus and publication schedule is just as intricate as it would be for a complex Nen ability. Loved it.

I love the funny edits you make with gon and other characters. Makes my day so much better while learning about the show. Please continue your amazing work.

One of thing Togashi has said about Hunter X Hunter is that he's writing it for himself which is probably why it doesn't have an end goal in sight. From what I understand, he wanted to take Yu Yu Hakusho in a different direction after the Dark Tournament arc, going back to more detective type cases, but the success of the Dark Tournament, he got pushed into what the editors wanted which was more battle-punching things, so that was part of the many, many reasons why it started to take a dark turn in Chapter Black and why the Three Kings arc feels rushed. Shonen Jump was taking away his creative freedom with his story, so his only move to get control of Yu Yu Hakusho back was to end it. That way, he wouldn't be forced to write more battle-punching since back then he had to listen to what SJ wanted, but now he has much more leeway to ignore people trying to pressure him into writing anything he doesn't want to write.

To me it seems like he'll have a quick flash step type ability, one that can close any gap so he could quickly incapacitate Sarasa's killers before they even had the chance to move

The Sheila Pariston theory is as good as the Hisoka Illumi theory is/ was with the information we had then/ now.

Ifl Shiela is like the shatter point to us understanding a lot of the puzzle. I'm super curious as to what exactly her role and motivations are

I think right now the "point" of HunterxHunter is just "get to the Dark Continent." As we know both Leorio and Kurapika are on the ship, and Gon is aware of the outside world because of Ging, and is currently traveling with Killua and Alluka, who herself is possessed by something *from* the Dark Continent. Right now we're more or less experiencing the time skip that would normally be hand-waved in other mangas. There's a chance we'll meet up with the crew sometime later after the Succession War is done and everyone is safely landed.

I've always been under the impression that Nobunaga was a typical super-focused Enhancer. Given his weapon of choice, I believe he's an expert user of Shu (enveloping his tools in aura to enhance their capabilities) and his self-limited En. Unsure if Transmutation would be necessary towards this end, but it couldn't hurt to give his sword strikes some additional fanciness, or just extra sharpness. Perhaps he's like Gon, dipping into Emission as well, sending ranged slices with a sword swing. I kind of doubt this one, tbh, it doesn't seem to fit his style. Nobunaga seems more like a 'traditional' swordsman than an 'anime' swordsman.

I'm looking forward to seeing more Leorio sometime, right now he's working his ass off and I wonder how much of a better doctor he'll be once we reach the dark continent.

What if Pariston's nen ability is time reversal? Maybe the reason he's so relaxed and smart because he knows what's going to happen

It'll be sad to see Nobunaga die.

The heily base is a maze for outsiders, they probably just put teleportation at every door, so only the members can travel normally. They should be on high alert after the first guard tp'd, they must've realized to send in 2 randos after that, must've been done by skilled nen users. So there'll be trap

Spot on about the 'point' of HH. I'm just addicted to the story and want to see where everything goes. If I were to find out I had a crazy rare disease and was dying, I would just want to know what was gonna happen in rest of story before I go

I think Sheila is the woman with the two scars. It's a long shot but it could be a possibility to bring her back out of no where

I love that you’re doing these updates! I feel like I’m reading it in real time without having to read . (One day I will have time.) Thank you for your videos!❤

I'm so happy I found your channel, I'm absolutely OBSESSED with the Troupes backstory right now and nobody I know is reading hxh. I gotta say, it's so darn cute and somehow they're even more likeable now :3

Nobunaga is still looking to fill the void that Uvogin left

I think Nobunaga's ability will function somewhere in between Killua's godspeed and the instant sheath to slice anime swordsmen troupe. Perhaps he refined it to the point where he can't completely eviscerate anything that steps within his en, which is why he warned Gon and Killua in Yorknew that if they crossed he couldn't stop himself from killing them

What if Hinrigh joins the Phantom Troupe ? after all Chrollo came to the east to recruit more spiders (reminder to the prophecy)

This probably isnt a new thought. This morning I woke up and realized that there is a pattern to the portrayal of nen in the story, sort of. Heaven's Arena introduced nen as a priviliged power, Yorknew introduced the idea that Nen could be used ethically badly at scale, Greed Island introduced what is possible through nen, the Chimera Ant arc introduced what happens when the wrong beings have access to nen, and the Succession War arc seems to be showing what happens when the wrong people have access to nen at scale.

my only way of being notified there is a new chapter of HxH is when you post a video about it. by getting sick i wasnt made aware of chapter 396 until 397 came out. so thank you for giving me a double dose of HxH by getting sick

Just wanna say thank you for the consistent hunter x hunter content and were glad that you plan to create videos for every new chapter/s. Much love!!

The point is to go to the dark continent. That’s the base goal. And so many powerful people are on one ship. That’s insane. The level of detail togashi has been giving is truly awesome. He can even make the mundane interesting. But ultimately we are getting something we didn’t know we needed.

while I would be happy to see some cool Nobunanga ability largely because Togashi's creativity is unparalleled, it appears like an enhancer is best when he/she focuses on enhancing physical fighting abilities rather than creating some specific Hatsu magic. Even Netero made a non enhancer specific Hatsu and spent a large portion of his life honing martial arts skills. In fact, making Gon focus on a Hatsu might have inadvertently led to his terrible end. Togashi chose not to introduce the HxH world's power system for a reasonably long time which is a huge departure from "normal" shonen with power systems. Either it is a known system from the start (like say for example Chakra/Ninjutsu in Naruto) or it's "invisible" but rapidly revealed to the protagonists/audience (like Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen). But Nen is unknown to many main characters and to us until part way through Heaven's Arena. This allowed Togashi to showcase the creative ingenuity of Gon without Nen. A quality he unfortunately slowly loses over the course of the story. For most (possibly all) characters who develop Hatsu, it expands their horizons and makes them more versatile including with the possibility of improving their techniques over time adding extra variables (Kurapika's extra chain, Chrollo's bookmark, Hisoka's gum+texture, Killua's God speed, etc). But sadly, while Gon starts with a potentially variable Hatsu of Rock+Paper+Scissors, as the stakes increase over time and his frustration with his weakness grows, his view on his Nen/Hatsu narrows instead. I mean he has essentially always been outclassed in every single arc he enters and unlike other Shonen protagonists, he never actually rises to become the "conqueror" by the end these arcs. But at the beginning he just continues to take on challenges and use creativity to progress. However, once he focuses on just becoming more and more "powerful" and throws out paper and scissors presumably because he decided, as an enhancer, rock would get him to "strength" faster, he becomes hyper focused (as Gon does) on just making his fist more and more powerful. Until we see him incapable of using the Gon creativity we used to love and devolve into someone who can only punch over and over and over again. It is possible that other enhancers who were not child geniuses, who did not "cheat" and had their Nen nodes opened forcibly so early, developed their Nen slower and were more mature by the time they learned about Hatsu and were able to realize that enhancement skills are better used to bolster other abilities like recovery, agility, speed, etc rather than be used to concentrate a massive amount of power into one fist. I remain impressed at how cohesive Togashi is at telling stories about characters and how their unique personalities manifest through their abilities.

I would have to say even a ranged ability may not be as effective against Nobunaga as one may suspect. Remember anything within the 4m range. As in anything that enters that 4m range. Shooting at him would only give him a split second to split the projectile. A sniper like ability would have the best chance if you are relying on a ranged ability to take him out. Though I think destroying the entire area would be most effective.

was literally just watching your videos from the past 3 months and now a need upload, nice!

I don't think the first Troupe member to die will be Nobunaga, I think it will be the first Troupe member to give that one guy the signature he so desperately wants. That could be Nobunaga, or it could be any of the other members. I really wish there was an English release of volume zero. Sheila is a very important character to the past of both the Troupe and Kurapika. I really want to see what happened.

Completely unrelated but have you ever considered talking about yu yu Hakusho as extra supplementary content during the inevitable breaks? Its one of if not my favorite anime and is from Togashi. It also has lots to delve into concept wise and really laid the foundation for HxH. Even down to the protagonists team. Yusuke / Gon Imperfect MC who fights using perfected basic techniques, Kuabara / Leoreo Loudmouth with a good heart, Heie / Killua Edgy fast assassin and Kurama / Kurapika mature with a unique background and special abilities. There are also themes especially after these most recent chapters that are echoed from Yu Yu Hakusho now being used in HxH. Chapter Black tape and Sinsuie being corrupted from the darkness of humanity and the phantom troupe really seem to go hand in hand. Would love to see your analysis.

Ironically I still think illumi is hisoka theory still holds water if you think of how our favorite murder clown dress be it for battle or casual as seen with illumi during election arc hisoka always has his hair up the only times we see it down is after he takes a shower/bath with which illumi was last seen asking about

I love this manga absolutely love it, im truly just happy to see it continuing. Nobunaga is growing on me fast but i feel we seen Togashi do this before, makes us like someone then take em away. We know this shit can get dark

By the way I remember Phinks saying something on the lines of that Nobunagas Nen abilities are only effektive in a 1 on 1 duell... I'm pretty intetested in how he would do against multiple enemies as he might has to face now

9:09 fr 😭 although it’s my favorite anime, haven’t got into the manga but i did buy the 3 volumes after the animes last season

8:10 no, you can see their silouhettes in the crowd shot, followed by the change in background, they did move, perhaps very fast.

I think your right about "the point" but it could also be Ging and by extension maybe Don... Gon's mission to find his dad may b over but his Ging opened us up to dark continent and now were are exploring this world beyond what gon could ever have imagined aswell as rounding out characters like spiders and kurapika.

Thank you for doing this reviews bro, having hxh back is something special

The Nen chart Togashi drew showed Nobunaga was transmutation leaning, and considering he is much more precise than Uvo, maybe he is also able to transmute a longer blade of aura attached to his sword to assist with long range.

I should look into this manga again. Last time I read it Kurapika was on a ship, protecting an infant princess in a war of succession.

@1:20 this must be a trope for samurai in manga. In the story/manga of Vagabond one of Musashi's rivals after his biggest fight slaying almost 100 men, he explains to Musashi that his 'technique' of laying down a circle and saying "i'll only attack you if you enter my circle" is the reach of his sword. So to avoid this limitation just get a longer sword.

im just glad bro that u gave me an explanation on why we didnt get chapter 396 in ur channel, if im honest i dont have much time to read manga cuz of my work, its easier for me to just hear something while im working so videos are the way to go for me. glad u are doing better fam, keep up the good work keeping us up to date with this amazing series.

Even though Nobunaga is an Enhancer-Transmuter I feel like it would be interesting if his ability was an Emitter technique where he uses flying slash attacks like swordsmen in One Piece to compensate for his clearly close-range fighting style. It also seems like the kind of simplistic idea that he would come up with

Idk with how Togashi didn't show all of Sensui's personalities, I'm pretty sure we only saw 3. And how he didn't even show all of kites crazy slots weapons, we may not get to see Nobunagas ability.

We don't need to discount Nobunaga's as being complex or anything immediately, though I do think it is likely very simple, but it could just be a pinning down ability or simething like that with a number of other ways for the same. effect.

I can't wait for the Dark Continent Ark

Lol that theory is interesting to me. Not sure how likely it is, but would be a super twist. I like the part about Pariston being part of original Spiders that would be kinda cool imo

Totally relate to HH being dense. And then w all the hiatuses.. I'm trying to get myself to re-read all HH just to try to refresh myself w everything 😅

As an Aussie "spiders on toast is an Australian deliciously" is the best thing I've ever heard

Hearing Liam mention jujutsu kaisen makes me want to go back and watch his videos about it. If you ever go back to covering it I would click so fast, you did a great job covering it.

The leak shows that Nobunaga is still alive after ch. 399, not sure about Hinrigh tho. He said he can't use his ability anymore, that's pretty sus.

I think the only upside to Nobunaga dying is the possibility of Heinrigh either joining the spiders or continuing on into the Dark Continent. He's level headed, impartial in his judgment, and rather bold in his actions. I'd love to see a storyline, maybe years from now, where he and some of the other characters we know and love get to spend some time together, like Gon and Killua did with Hisoka on Greed Island.

I want a real like hatsu where I can conjure a notebook and pencil. And sketch object that materialize in the real world. The cut is the longer time spend drawing/detailing the more power/hardy. So fast 5 second images would break easy.

Honestly, the power system in HxH is making a lot of other Shounen-action series look cheap in comparison. I don't care how immensely popular these other series are.

ToGOATshi introduced a new character and without backstory at all he already has depth, his writing skill and vibe building is damn top notch. GOAT for a reason

Phinx talks about Specialzation just like we Fans do. As if it's not its own thing but only mimics all the other Types. If he were to see someone just summon Armor that boost Body-Strength, he'd say "This is clearly Enhancement+Cojuration... OR Specialzation."

Yes please cover every chapter from now on, there is still the Kurapika's retrieval of the last pair of eyes from the 4th prince

6:47 I think this is a topic for Dude in a Room.. Analyzing it from that perspective, rather than NWR.

aint no way they all watched that quick

Sorry for sometimes taking a piss at you with chapter 396 or raid shadows bathrooms or suggesting a Nami and Robin full size figurines for your wife xmas gift so that they are in her conference calls. I really do appreciate your content and managing 3 channels is a lot. I appreciate and look forward to your content. You are my favorite youtube creator and watching you and your wife with the goal play button unboxing made me smile and laugh so much it hurts on a bad day for me. Best wishes and happy holidays Liam.

I selected the ??? answer, because I think Nobunaga will die on the Black Whale, but I think it will be after all the Hei-Ly stuff, and I wasn't sure what the boundary of the question was

It's following the stories of Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapica, and all the people whose paths significantly cross with their paths.

I agree with the idea togashi is tying up plot lines Gyro, Periston V. Ging, Phantom Troop V Krapika. As well as the Kite situation, the zoldyks and Leorio and the New world/ secession War as the back drop but the last to may have been covered or just end like Kuabra’s arch and the series uses Gon’s hunt for Ging and Ging’s hunt for His Ancestor as book ends for the series

As for the pariston Sheila thing I have an hypothesis, it will be something like Shinobu Sensui in Yu Yu Hakusho, it will be the same body different personalities, what happened changed everybody in the troupe maybe she developed a second personality and that mixed with nen maybe result in that but we won't know until the kurtas revelation, which I think it might be related with the disappearance of the kids

The editing in this video is great, love it

Hi! I would love it if you would go back to the prophecy poem of each phantom member that chrollo did in york new i feel that there are some hints there to whats going to unfold in these new chapters.

Uvogin’s big bang fist and Gon’s JanKen are literally the same thing. If Gon hadn’t rushed his life experience to defeat Pitou, I would guess that he would’ve eventually grown to be similar to Uvo.

I wouldn't say a range attack would be a weakness for him because whatever is fired at him he will detect before it reached him when it enters his range he could cut it down or dodge.

Nen ability: bungee pudding

Well maybe nobunagas Power is very komplex to activate so his power can not be used very often. Such a power only to fight would be easy to replace too

Seeing as Nobunaga is an Enhancer with a lean toward Transmutaion I could imagine Nobunaga enhancing the sword with some sort of elemental ability to go along with it

Maaaan if they don't show Nobunaga's abilities imma cry. He's probably one of the most anticipated abilities on my list! Almost all of the abilities of the Phantom Troupe are interesting and amazing in their own rights and I just wanna know what Nobunaga's has in store for us!

I hope that with all the new chapters the anime will continue in a timely manner. It would be so cool to see the fight between Hisoka and Chrollo and the Succession Contest arc animated 🤔

I'm an Australian and I can confirm that a warm spider sandwich is a popular dish here

The Shiela = Pariston theory is fascinating to think about, though I’d be sure if it were true. It is Togashi though… ~_~

Can you explain/deep dive the whole bodyguard system and why the princes exchange them?

My theory is that shiela's expedition when she met kurapika and found the kurata clan was from some Intel she found about sarisa's killer' next target, that being the kurata clan. I'm thinking she wanted to confirm the location first,then she got injured and was not able to get back to meteor city to tell the troupe in time. It would explain why she left without saying goodbye when she got better. She then told chrollo and the others about what she found out,they go to where the clan was but was too late. Chrollo realizing that an artist whose proud enough to display their work is proud enough to not let anyone take credit to their work and that's why the troupe made it so the world would think that they did it. Maybe shiela was so traumatized by what happened,maybe she saw pairo's body and just lost it,maybe took her life or just went batshit crazy

Man... Ive seen The SPOILERS of 399 it's so fun and well done. It's a full fight episode.

Can’t wait to see Kurapika again in chapter 400. Hope we get to see queen Oito’s nen Abilities soon as well. Her power will revolve around protecting her baby.

Also remember the new nen chart where Nobunaga appears in between enhancer and transmuter