HH146 Reaction

The beauty of HxH is that Togashi simply writes real people. Particular aspects of Ging may be detestable to the average person, but the narrative doesn't confine him to them for the sake of manufacturing a boogeyman. He still has nuanced thoughts, desires, and expertise independent of the needs of any of the main characters, and even though his relationship to Gon (or lack thereof) was the initial reason for his place as a fixation within the narrative, his utility as a character goes far beyond that when it makes sense for it to do so. The world doesn't revolve around our protagonists, and characters aren't written for the sole purpose of fulfilling whatever particular message Togashi is trying to convey. He has said that making sure his characters aren't "copies of the author" is incredibly important to him, and Ging is a fantastic example.

That was fun to watch. It's also refreshing to see that a seemingly bad father at the beginning really is a bad father. I'm curious to see how it will be with Usopp's father from One Piece. :D (I don't want any One Piece spoiler answers, I want to be surprised to see it in the Live Action Show)

I’m glad Lola said she doesn’t think Ging is an evil person. He’s definitely an awful dad (if u can call him a dad) but there is a difference. I understand the hate but I do think every time he’s on screen all they’re thinking is “I hate Ging” rather than even listening to what’s going on in the scene sometimes.😅 (I know they always listen and catch everything but yeno what I mean) I never thought about it this way but I kind of agree with Veya’s comment after reading it, that it doesn’t seem like Gon ‘needs’ a father in his life or is chasing that father figure, the fact he doesn’t call him dad is a big hint to that, and he loves Mito so much that he doesn’t need anyone else. Gon even said at the start that his goal was to find his dad because he wanted to see what was so great about being a hunter that you would leave your son, rather than actually looking for his dad. This doesn’t change the fact that Ging is a deadbeat dad and I’m not trying to make him out to be a great person either, I just think the hate is a little over the top

How strong does everyone think Ging is? I love the part where he says he’ll take everyone in the audience vs him and they’re all hunters. We don’t see any feats but it’s implied he’s one of the strongest/best hunters in the universe, do we find out anything along that line in the manga?

I also like to think that Killua's mom removing the threat level meant she had some emotional growth but it's totally possible that she only removed the threat level because Nanika said she would only grant Killua's wishes. Illumi wants to control Nanika but the rest of the family is just worried about getting smooshed out of existence from the payment of a wish. Now they know that Killua's wishes/demands require no payment and that Killua is the only one allowed to make wishes/demands. Therefore there is no threat. The two aren't mutually exclusive but it's just something I noticed this time around.

The girls brought up how Ging is a good friend. And yeah we've heard a lot of people praise him throughout the show but it never sat right with me how he has people living their lives in a video game. I know Razor has a life sentence and the game is better than a prison but what about the computer girl twins who where the greeters for the game? Are they there all the time? I guess maybe they can live a normal life and use Nen magic to appear in the game whenever a new player arrives. IDK it just seems like a lot.

This isn’t a spoiler, it’s a difference between the anime and the manga. In chapter 1 of the manga, Mito reveals to Gon that she had lied to him about Ging abandoning him. She says “I lied to you. Ging didn’t abandon you, I made him give you up.”

I personally understand your frustration at Ging because Gon is my fav character. Yall probably hate him way more than I do tho lol 😂 Gon literally become a whole new person to avenge Kite and died in the process and the attitude from Ging whether the dude has the power of foresight or not still acts rude towards Gon. But imo I don’t feel like Gon would have any reflections of what he did in the chimera ant arc because I simply feel he doesn’t regret it on Pitou’s part even how he killed her. I just thinks he wants to apologize to his friends for kinda crashing out.

I know Lola and Milena won’t see this but I’ll keep posting and hope they do one time because this show is another one that’s extremely extremely underrated on a level most people don’t understand. Hope you consider it for the long show polls one day since I doubt you’ll be having it on after this show is finished. One day I’ll bribe or keep praying that Lola and Milena will try out and react to one of the highest ranked anime of all time on AOT or even higher level. That show is Legend of the Galactic heroes but it’s old and very few have seen it but it’s got a disgustingly high ranking for a reason I would hope it gets more love one day. Until then I hope it will be a choice people pick eventually. Without spoiling it’s a show like Star Wars, game of thrones and Star Trek with politics, philosophy and history mix and amazing characters. Please consider this show at least cus I know you would like it. (Also there’s 2 movies made to watch/react to before you start the main show)

The scene with Alluka breaks me every time. It’s so beautiful how much Killua’s emotionally mature and understanding, but also so sad that he’s been forced to grow into this caretaking role to protect his sister from the rest of his family.

The girls were saying to send Nanika away just like Killua thought to do. Leave it to HH to teach even LM something about empathy.

“How they make a comedy out of this” I mean idk if they want to admit it at this point but it’s because it was never that deep. I’ve always thought this but never mentioned it until last week cause i was wondering if their perception would have shifted but there was always waaaaaay too much pain and emotional turmoil projected onto gon wanting to find ging, to the point that it was like they watched a different anime. Their hatred of ging is also so disproportionate and passed meme territory, especially when waving at other mass murderers at the same time lol. Gon wanting to meet his dad was always more inquisitive than emotional “i need a dad in my life”. There were a lot of indications. - countless times where he was portrayed as similar to ging. - he calls him ging instead of dad - his reaction to his biological mother was a big hint. He already has mito so he doesn’t need to know anything about his bio mom? That’s messed up when you think about it lol. Wholesome for mito, but messed up if you’re his bio mom. It just highlights a unique selfishness that i see from ging as well. - in his final moments with killua during the ant arc, at his most emotional bare moment, he was agonizing more about failing kite than not seeing ging. I know some people projected his feelings of ging onto kite but it didn’t really feel that way. If it was, they could have added a lot more texture and subtextual clues to that, but they didn’t. It’s all projection. Gon was always going to react like this in terms of not holding ging’s actions against him, because gon is ging. So it wasn’t shocking to me that this moment felt lighter than what they were expecting.

How much this short arc accomplishes is a testament to Togashi's writing and his ability to build on his work up to this point in the series. It achieves giving the viewer catharsis, introduces amazing characters like Parsiston and Alluka, has an incredible storyline for Killua that culminates his character growth, gives Leorio his best arc and sets up both Ging and Illumi for the future.

I love how yall were giving Ging the benefit of the doubt saying he’s probably a good friend but all I can think about is how he legally changed his friends name without consent to make the acronym of GREED ISLAND make sense 💀💀😂😂 really excited for the last two but also really sad about it

if it not to late to add suggestion for the poll i think Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) would be a good watch, or if its a longer show thats needed hajime no ippo is a good choice for a mix-up.

Maybe when Nanika/Alluka healed Gon his mental health was healed as well somehow, but just the bare, surface level memories of what happened to him and others is still there. It really makes me think about how closely intertwined memory and trauma, brain health and brain chemistry, physical and emotional health are though

I've known people who are used to supporting others like Gon did throughout the hunter exam and York New but become closed off when others extend a hand of support like Killua did to Gon , mainly because they have some trust issues and are unaccustomed to sharing deep troubles in a way they feel safe and end up bottling it up . Kite dying was the first instance in the series of Gon being hurt on a deeply personal level, he was completely overwhelmed by it and ended up become (quite literally) self destructive. Gon and Killua are great explorations of childhood trauma manifesting differently, as well as the value and complexity of giving love and being capable of receiving love to/by some one else.

it breaks me that killua said he's a bad big brother, my boy you are the best I CANNOT

pretty sure Gon said again, right there at the end, because Ging said that Kite would kick Gon again, hence Ging knew Kite had encountered Gon when he was more of a kid (younger smaller idk how to express it he is still a child lol). I might be wrong, bc im experiencing this for the first time as well, but thats how I interpreted it

i feel like gon's scene with ging was my enlightenment to realize that gon doesn't see him as his dad, he sees him as someone important maybe admirable in terms of his work, but as a father figure never and obviously he still has big traumas in relation to the abandonment because that's a big part of the chimeras arc but now gon i think is kind of in a blurry place, he doesn't seem to remember very well what happened with pitou, it's like he's buried all those big emotions because they're too much to deal with, especially at his age and clearly it was necessary to close the story in these few episodes. i'm just happy to see gon as a child again and aware that he must apologize to killua. and on the other hand I can't stand ging, I hate him so much and the truth is that these episodes feel a little bit bitter for me with his presence but he is necessary for gon and that's the only reason I can stand him.

You will end up reading the manga girls...everyone does in the end..

the crowd yelling at Ging top 5 most satisfying moments

Petition for them to react to HxH 1999 openings and endings (I will not give up)

The intro just made me realize that I'm probably going to cry at the end of this reaction series because tell me why did I get teary eyed right before they pressed play??

Milena the Hedonist

Do the FilmBuff thing and don't release the last episodes LOL

For the love of everything that is sacred I hope Monster is next.. we need some Seinen in here lol

Hahaha, couldn't help yourselves but watch it, and I don't blame you at all. How could you not watch the next one 👍

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