Hunter x Hunter Chapter 63 Discussion

Nice fight and this arc came to an conclusion. Gon is heading back together with killua to his home now.

Aww, a loss by points and the judge, but I guess i agree with his assement a bit, but still he should have let the match happen properly. Looks like the Heaven's Arena arc is over, I enjoyed it a lot.

I like the panel work in this one, fire fight

               

and now Gon return home!!!

The Heavens Arena arc has its ups and downs and the best thing is definitely the introduction of nen. Nen is, as some other also have said, my favourite battle system in all of manga. Nen feels just complex enough, but you can still understand all different aspects of it. And there's just so much you can do with it.



The focus of the arc is Gon and Hisoka and it makes perfect sense to finish the arc with the fight between them. The actual fight is one of my favourites (I will probably say this about a lot of them...). It's interesting that that the best fight in the arc is one where Gon loses.



Even looking at the other fights, I think the second best in this arc is Gon's first against Gido. A fight he also loses. Togashi is really good at making these losses feel important, more so than Gon's victories.



This is the first time half of the main characters are missing, and it's nice to see that Gon and Killua can carry the weight. Wing and Zushi are also great side characters.



The biggest flaw of the arc are the three new antagonists. They are just not very interesting and Gon and Killua surpass them very quickly. The whole 200th floor thing is built up and then we only see these three, Hisoka and Kastro.

Definitely a great fight & a perfect illustration of the power gap between Gon & Hisoka, as well as a way to build anticipation for an eventually rematch.



In conclusion, I didn't love this arc as much as I did in the anime. At least, Madhouse's version. The source material wasn't bad, far from it. Nen is the best battle system that I've seen and I think that's the case at this point already & we've just touched the tip of the iceberg on the juicy parts of it. I love that Nen has building blocks, a foundation outside of just special abilities to derive techniques. People have their distinct abilities but an extra dynamic is added with the inclusion of Zetsu, In, Gyo, etc.



& of course, some awesome moments were included here, Killua's threat to Sadaso, Gon vs. Hisoka, the reveal of Hisoka in the Phantom Troupe, all excellent stuff. The biggest disappointment for me was how Hisoka's method of victory was revealed here but outside of that for the most part, the main reason I  prefer the Madhouse version is that it's animated. Probably obvious but the difference in reading the opening segments of Gon vs. Hisoka just does not compare to watching those exchanges. This makes Heaven's Arena the first arc I preferred in the Madhouse adaption.



But not much point in discussing how it compares to Madhouse I guess, especially when I'm trying to be vague about it. This arc is really solid & probably my second favorite so far. I really enjoyed learning more and more about Nen as the arc progresses & most of the fights have at least a cool moment in them. Both of Hisoka's battles are within my favorites of the series & the relationship between Gon & Killua is always a joy to see. I don't particularly find the antagonists outside of Hisoka to be interesting but they serve their purpose fine so its not a huge deal.



Pumped for Yorknew. I ordered all the volumes covering Yorknew on Amazon not too long ago & once I get them, I'm going to blast right through them.

Heavens arena arc



A good introduction of nen.

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                        Great fight. It showed how far Gon has come while making us readers understand how far ahead Hisoka is. Though the fact that we know Hisoka's abilities makes it possible for him to lose.....someday.