Togashi Just Confirmed The ULTIMATE Nen Users! 

The fact Nanika's powers are confirmed to be Nen at all is kind of a huge reveal in itself.

I like that you included that this "ranking" isn't a power scaling.

The craziest thing for me is that Meruem is already ultimate. We had always assumed he had a lot more potential for growth but he was way closer to his peak then we thought.

"We've only seen silvas two massive balls" made my day already

So Uvogin wasn't liying when he said that his goal is to make his Big Bang attack as strong as a Nuclear Bomb. If he lived longer he may very likely achieve that.

Uvogin is also a genius at shouting people to death. He's not all about punching.

Neon's motivation was mentioned in the anime, if not in the manga. She mentioned a famous fortune teller who expressed joy in being able to give people fortunes that made their lives better, and Neon told Chrollo it resonated with her. Of course, she's still spoiled to death, but there was also a scene where Squalla's girlfriend (one of Neon's servants) found out he died. Neon was so distraught at seeing her crying that she didn't fuss about the auction which I believe shows she's not just a spoiled brat.

Pariston is probably the ultimate level Manipulator, I dont think Togashi wanted to give it away yet

Just to clarify, dual affinity users aren’t ranked. From the translated notes of the exhibit, since they can easily learn two nen types at the same pace, it keeps them from reaching the peak of any one affinity. They’d need to focus on just their natural affinity to ever achieve ultimate status. Edit: Correction, they need to continue to train in both categories to reach ultimate. If they only train in their main affinity, they would no longer be dual affinity users and just fall into their natural category.

You know what's the real genius of Nen? Togashi made a great set of complex rules, and then made the real more important rule: DON'T TALK ABOUT YOUR POWER. And with this he gave himself permission to not explain a lot of nen abilities 😂

Togashi is like a genius mad-scientist

We see Komugi improve while playing against Meruem, so that leaves room for improvement

Neon’s wish wasn’t to get presents from her father, she explained to chrollo before he stole her powers that she was a fan of a woman doing a tv show and doing predictions…… she was inspired by her to help others and that’s why she only predicts tragedies; to allow people to be happy by solving them. Chrollo didn’t use her ability better than her; he used it the exact same way

I don't recall Kortopi to be the twin brother of Knuckle, also that's logic that he had Genius level Conjuration since Gallery Fake was kinda OP, being able to replicate whole buildings and producing puppets from living bodies.

It is important to make sure your audience understands that Great/Excellent/Genius/Ultimate does NOT translate to combat capabilities. PS: Zeno Zaldick's "uniform" have the Chinese letters "One Kill Per Day" in the exact form "An apple a day" phase is lettered.

To think that Mereum is an Emitter...

I love the fact that the chart is so simple, but togashi is not, so he probably put in a lot of time into this than he initially thought.

I think Killua hasn't reached his full potential because he supplements his abilities around Gon. For a person that controls lightning, you'd think he'll have more offensive abilities.

Liam is such an amazing content creator

Know a funny thing, Yusuke shoot his "aura", Kuwabara transform his "aura" into a sword, Hiei use his "aura" to conjurer flames from hell and Kurama use his "aura" to manipulate plants, Toguro use his "aura" to enhance his body.

Adult Gon, Meruem, Netero, and Alluka/Nanika could honestly make a "Four Horsemen" of Nen

The chart goal is to prove how far one goes deep into his own innate Nen category. So I'm not surprised by Morel, since he focus on different Nen type categories that aren't his. Same with Chrollo, since he is young and has lots of potential to improve his skill hunter. All in all, the chart makes perfect sense and i have nothing to argue about.

I like how this is less of a power ranking and more of a tier system that helps us better understand nen, it’s capabilities and each individuals understanding of it. Some of the strongest characters in the series are at the great level, while some weaker characters are in the genius and even ultimate level. Interested to see how this is used on other characters and future characters as well.

Gon defeated Pitou who managed to resist a "killing blow" from Meruem. Meruem managed to hit 2 times Netero, destroying his limbs in the process... so I think Pitou was actually much stronger than we might believe, so Gon killing her with almost no effort is maybe the most brutal exhibition of nen power in the whole serie.

If I were in the Hunter X Hunter world, I'd be in the "pathetic" category if I learned Nen. XD

It’s insane that Nanika can gift Killua some crazy shit, without a drawback to him specifically

I reckon the lowest rank was called great because it’s already an incredible feat itself to even be able to possess Nen. I recall during the hunter election there were only +/- 1000 hunters in the entire association, let’s be generous and double that number to include villains, assassins, unlisted nen users, mercenaries etc and it’s only +/- 2000 nen users in the entire world of what I assume has a population of several billion. If that’s not great I don’t know what is.

To think that Meruem started at the Ultimate level... Meruem had very little potential. He was born with almost all of it unlocked, and he got the rest after the Rose. It's good to know that he's the pinnacle of raw power, since his ultimate ranking precludes him from improving.

I don't think I was particularly shocked by any placements. I also half expected Chrollo to be ultimate just because of the bookmark he added to his toolkit, essentially cutting his main weakness in half (I wouldn't say completely nullifying it) makes his ability seriously scary. I guess it also makes sense from a narrative perspective, as I'm sure we will have A LOT of Chrollo in the future and we don't want to say he's reached his peak just yet.

Uvo being genius tier is a big win for me, he’s been so underated bc of the kuripika plot.

Manipulation as a nen ability is ground floor stronger than most nen powers, cause illumi and shalnark can just one shot anyone as long as they get a needle in you

After God speed I think Killua is Excellent. Bisky is OP I love her.

I would have expected Meruem to be in the lower tiers, since he's only like a few weeks old and it would advocate to his absurd potential being the strongest creature there is and not even having reached his apex.

Togashi has created the ULTIMATE power system/scaling in all of manga/anime. Simply outstanding!

Great compilation of anime clips! It's always fun to see highlights from different shows. Keep up the good work sharing these with the community.

I absolutely adore HxH but I always found it hilarious that nen is a secret! Such as killua could identify zenos dragon dive, a nen technique but didn't know about nen at the start of the story somehow?? Lots of examples of nen being used in public like heavens arena too!

Komugi being anything other than a Great Nen user is a testament to her incredible ability for growth. My girl literally awakened Nen on her own just through sheer talent and in a couple days became Genius level. How do you expect her to even have the literal time to reach Ultimate level

Thank you for the Hunter vids Liam!

Meruem had “peaked his ability” as an emitter. He was likely born ultimately proficient at converting other nen users aura and making it his own. That is his ability. He can use that ability to scale his power to an infinite degree but the question in this video is regarding nen mastery not sheer power level. All chimera ants have an amazing aptitude to master nen quickly, the king was born with complete mastery of the most op ability ever that seemingly could have allowed him to envelop every other powerful nen user and basically become a nen god. Meruem was already the most powerful before ingesting even a single ultimate nen user and became disinterested in pushing that boundary further. What he sought was never more power it was to find someone who could challenge his power. He found that in Komugi. Without her he almost assuredly would have enveloped every living thing on the entire planet in time and likely all of the other ants and royal guard as well. It was literally what he was born to do.

I personally think it would have made more sense for Nanika to be the "Ultimate Manipulator" where what she manipulates is "reality"

I still find it crazy that adult gon had it not been gained through the nen vow would've been casually throwing out all those rocks without problem any day of the week, and that would just be rock imagine if gon naturally got to that point he'd have so much more experience and skill with using nen maybe even more abilities.

07:57 Illumi has ALREADY controlled Killua since his childhood, hasnt he? So Illumi could go crazy with nen

You have very unique and interesting way with words. I don't think I've ever seen anybody speaking in such style before.

wait a second, so zeno and silva are actually emitters? i thought they were like killua as transmuters

Abengane being ultimate doesn't surprise me that much. Nen exorcism seems to be one of the rarest and most coveted abilities in the series

Just here to say that I absolutely love your 2 channels. I love the same mangas as you (but even many other as for me)

It was cool hearing about your old Razor prediction.

I think when Meruem was born he was a specialist (as it was stated in a old data book) but when he got revived by Pouf and Youpi, he became an emitter. We can see how powerful his energy blast is, he can easily destroy mountains with it

i was actually surprised by meruem being ultimate level because i figured his potential would be nigh on infinite so he would be low down despite being p much the strongest character that doesn't have omnipotent wish granting abilities

I think this ranking as not an overall power ranking, but a ranking of one's personal potential/level within their power ranges is very interesting. Its a different concept for ranking characters and that makes it interesting

I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the second part of that iceberg video

If Gon does return I think he'll have Nen but his Nen will be changed from the curse then AI removing it. Nen is so complex I can't imagine such a feat wouldn't do anything. With all that book learnin Gon's doing he'll tame his new Nen

Nanika's nen is on another level. Everyone's restriction and covenant is imposed on themselves, whereas Nanika's is imposed on the wish maker. We can maybe theorize that her restriction is zetsu when she's in Alluka form, but that's not confirmed. Even then, the restriction is so little compared to the power she wields. Furthermore, there is a lot of implications on her kind nature with her being not as adept at healing wishes as opposed to other kinds of wishes. Because even though she is not as good at healing compared to other things, she subconsciously limited the restrictions (the severity of her next three wishes to the next person) on those wishes, almost implying to wish makers that they should wish for healing, not selfish things... It's also possible that she is not as good at healing because of the limited restrictions.

Loving the content as usual. I laughed when you mentioned vegemite. Most Americans dont know or understand what that is or about. I just found out recently when my Australian friend asked me about it and i said what the hell is vegemite lol. very interesting now i know

Love the video and keep up the great work Liam

With Nanika being confirmed a Dark Continent Calamities whose insane ability revolves around using Nen to grant any wish of which he/she can choose to offset the wish's cost depending on if he/she likes you enough (ie Killua) it's dawned on me that Greed Island itself might have been Ging's way of creating essentially The Dark Continent for "babies". Because if Nanika can use Nen to an insanely high proficiency, as well as the Chimera Ants (given the right circumstances), I can reasonable assume a good chunk of creatures on the continent especially those at the top of the food chain might all know how to utilize Nen to just as high proficiency. Which is terrifying given how little equally qualifying hunters exist on the other side.

OMG I also knew about adult gon - his entire fight against Pitou in fact, I’ve watched something like “top 10 battles in anime” way back in 2014 with my friend. When I watched hxh some 3-4 years later I totally didn’t put the facts together, fortunately. But as soon as Gon transformed I remembered everything and was super terrified of what was about to happen.

Glad we're getting answers cause the rate this series is going my grandkids will be the ones with all the answers

I really like your lighting setup, did you happen to make a video on lighting by any chance.

Few seconds in and I already know one of them is Tonpa-san.

I believe Alluka is the one with the nen ability that is ultimate level and that Nanika is actually Ai. Alluka’s nen ability is likely something that allows for Nanika (or Ai) to grant wishes and have the price for that wish be offset in the way that it is. Essentially her ability allows for Ai not to be as big of a calamity as it would have been if it had not been a part Alluka

Hey, just wanted to say that in time 5:02, Kortopi's image is still Knuckle's. But, all in all, great video! 😁

Gon’s adult evolution was in the great section according to Togashi, he factored that that in. Apparently we still don’t know what Togashi is planning with the series and we might never know what he planned

Imagine If Togashi just decided Meruem was classified as Great 💀 With him in Ultimate it seems more like his power wouldn't grow much further even if he lived.

As usual, I am more confused than learning more about the series with more and more explanations.

I'm loving all the world building that has happened since the return. So many questions being answered and more questions being raised. Awesome time to be here 👍🏾

Great content as always! Where'd you get your Alucard shirt? I want one!

Tompa's so strong that his ranking is beyond that of even the most powerful creatures from the dark continent

I always thought when Zeno said "I may have killed someone who wasn't my target" he was talking about leaving netero, I don't think he was prepared/or wanted to leave netero to fight meruem alone.

Love the lines on silva. Lmao. This video is great!

Thanks for making me laugh with that "Mega Gon" phrase... 10/10

The problem with Morel is the restriction on his pipe. He's fairly useless without it and it got tossed in the river. Beyond has manipulated the entire human realm so it'd be cool if he was our showcase ultimate Manipulator.

I think it is very fascinating that its just an individual assessment of ones potential. Something like this would make people easily say "oh x would beat y because they are in different tiers" when the reality of things just looks differently. It shows only how much a person could potentially grow and Morel is probably my favorite person to look at in that way. I dont interpret it as "he is weaker than we thought" or something along those lines. Instead to me it reads much more as "his potential is nigh infinite when he puts his mind into perfecting his deep purple, because look at what he can do with it in its infant stage". It also really works well when looking at how specialized an ability is. Pouf and Youpi had very highly specialized abilites that were thought through and conceived in a way that they are easy for them to perfect, so they rank higher. While someone like Komugi underwent some major development in her ability, but wasnt forced or willing to push it too far, so she is further down but has a limited ceiling of sorts. tldr would be like its about perfection. specific skills are easier to perfect, so people rank higher. Complex concepts require a lot of time and thought to perfect, so they generally rank lower unless they are incredibly dedicated and/or old or powerful. Netero perfected his nen due to his age, dedication and adversities he overcame. Hisoka ranks quite highly, because his simple power is used in so many ways to achieve what he wants aka fighting. The more problems someone faces the more their powers get pushed to the brink, which causes them to be perfected.

So it is not about power but rather, the commitment one offered until they reached the pinnacle of their nen ability. Also the utility of their nen ability is also being considered.

I laugh hard when in conjurers you say Gentru and Kortopi and saw the image of Knuckle again xD

Please continue with the HxH iceberg !

Curious how Zodiacs, Beyond team and the Kakin royal family rank.

U are hilarious & informatively good. Thanks

I was expecting the Iceberg part 2, but this will do 😊

Togashi's emitter restitution tour continues

The only true ulimate nen user is Leorio.

It would have been cool to se meruem develop a nen ability similar to Komugi’s that could really show us what would happen if komugi went up against another nen using gungi player. Maybe then she’d be pushed passed her limits and into the realm of ultimate. Also sorta seems like Shizuku is what Gon might have become if he was a conjured that joined the troupe.

A video speculating where other characters (especially troupe members) lie on the mastery spectrum would be cool.

With all of this info, I suppose that makes you ultimate tier on delivering Hunter x Hunter content straight into my RU-vid feed.

This video reminded me how odd it was that Hisoka had no desire to fight Razor

heres my thought process on nen levels vs actual strenght. The levels just refer to affinity for that specific nen category. As well as some what correlating to strength. Take morel, or razor. Theyre not super high up on tiers but theyre stupidly powerful. I think the tiers just refer to how easy it is for that person to improve or use that specific type of nen.

I think that this power system gives a pretty important lesson on life in general: the stronger your faith (in whatever that may be), the stronger you are. If you can assign yourself to a set of beliefs and remain devout, you can cultivate your potential.

The ultimate transmuter is...Bungee Gum...Hisoka doesn't use it, it uses Hisoka. You will find, that, if you look hard enough...a secret is uncovered. Bungee Gum has the properties of both *RUBBER* and *GUM!*

I wonder what about Future Gon made him ultimate. The ability to transform and access his potential power, or the actual scaling of the abilities power?

Nen is my absolute favorite portrayal of energy/power in fiction.

That Helsing shirt is hard bro. Love it.

you always have the best anime shirts. Kudos!

This just further confirms what Togashi said about Nen in the beginning. It’s about mentality and what feels the most right too you. Yes, birth rites like natural talent can be taken into account but arent set in stone. This is seen most evident with how Kurapika is not even listed anywhere despite how useful his non middle finger abilities are and an ability that is an instant win on any Troupe member he catches. Razor is another example. Also the excorsist. An ultimate yet combat potential is likely weak. Nen is more than combat. Or how ultimate its a tier in itself. Dedicated Nen abilities connected to you are. I have the manga volume when the boys awaken Nen and Wing said an example is even though transmutation is still 80% for him, it could take him years, if ever to replicate Hisoka’s Bungee Gum since that ability is unique to him for a reason. You can copy others abilities but it will never be as strong as the original persons. Chrollo is an exception but even his stolen Hatsus are subject to the same mental rules the owners had for them.

I wanna see prime Killua because based off having the same potential as Gon except with more skill/intelligence he'd surely be in the ultimate nen category

This man is really good at drawing out 5 minute videos and making them 12 minutes for no reason

I feel like this tearless breaks down pretty obviously it's great means you have a huge amount of power but you're not great at using it yet excellent means that you understand your ability so you can push it much further beyond that someone who just has a huge chunk of power and then you have excellent which is they have both a great understanding of their power and a huge chunk and then you have the ultimates which is like excellent but they've dedicated themselves more to seeing how far they can take that power after understanding it

The power scaling system in HxH is the best in ALL forms of entertainment. Name a better one. I'll wait.

Biscy being in ultimate makes me quite happy.

I was expecting part 2 to your iceberg series, but even if the video is about a completely different aspect of the series, your videos never disappoint me. Love all the effort you put into these videos.

no one else notice at 5:00 when he says kortopi he puts a second picture of knuckle? lol