I know it was dragged out in the anime, but I think I prefer that version of the events of this chapter. There you could really feel how broken Gon became, along with the excellent use of his blaming Pitou vs. blaming himself. Still, I like the double page stream of consciousness, I guess it's just a matter of personal preference.
Shit is about to go down, though. No doubt about that. It will interesting indeed to see what peoples opinion of what is about to happen was when it originally happened.