Hunter x Hunter Chapter 313 Discussion
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- #12
Agreed about the "dark "we gotta save the world" feeling" of this arc ,which actually strays it from the previous ones. Not that I didn't like it, but I can understand that some may disagree.
As for Kurapika, if he is not fighting the phantom brigade he is of no use, would only be a hindrance and/or get himself killed in combat. It's better that he did not appear in this last arc, it would have been worse if he had ... we'll probably just have to wait for his comeback!
(the point might be that Togashi could have written a different arc, but that's off the topic whether this arc was good or not)
I think it's not the hiatuses, this arc IS long, definitely; but at the end of York Shin arc it was clear that it would have taken quite the time for Kurapika's revenge to come back in act. I guess even if this arc hadn't been about chimera ants, it wouldn't have been time for Kurapika yet! ^^
Agreed again about strong points of this arc, fights, Netero and some other things!
It's true that one must not dispute about taste, but is nice when people can exchange their views about a topic they care about! =)
Oh, and would you please be so kind as to tell me those reasons for the hiatuses? I couldn't find any, so I started thinking badly of the author ...
P.s.: if YOU have to worry about your English skills lacking anything, I just better go kill my self! ^^" Let's just hope both of us manage to get his meaning through! Btw, you pass!
- #13
Ishmael said:
Besides the hiatus this arc is just great. People just miss seeing Gon and Killua every five minutes. This is like psychological warfare. This manga has never been about action every five seconds.
You're right in the fact that this manga has never been about a ton of action. That's not why I read this to begin with. As for this arc being great, that's your opinion. I don't share it. I haven't liked it since near the beginning. Lack of action doesn't play a part of not liking it. It's just strayed too far from what it was in the beginning all the way through the Greed Island arc imo. As for missing Gon and Killua, I don't need to see them every five minutes either. There are several other characters I'd enjoy just as well. Hisoka, Kurapica, and Leorio just to name a few. After a hiatus of more than a year though, yes, I want to see those two, especially given the cliffhanger with Gon and his change and ripped off arm. Now figure how long it's been since we've seen the other characters who were once a major part of this manga. If I remember correctly, we haven't seen Leorio or Kurapica since before the Greed Island arc. So I'm going to guess and say that it's been at least 5 years. Probably longer. My whole point I guess is that I think it's a rather ignorant assumption on your part that some of us don't like this just based on the lack of Gon/Killua and/or lack of action.
A lot of detail here hahahaahaha.
I'd like to say I've been reading this manga for about 6 years now. Since Killua and Gon have become Hunters they've never actually took upon any interest in Hunter occupations. The tower (final training to be a hunter) York Shin (Kurapica's/ Ryodan arc) Greed Island (Looking for information on Gon's father) and Chimera Ant arc (which is truly the first part of the story looking deeply into occupations of some hunters Kaito). It makes you wonder if there were other scenarios similar if not different than this how much Hunters of certain caliber sacrifice loss of comrades and were not treated as heroes. It's most likely not even in the media. I feel the purpose of this arc is to show the true dark side of being a hunter it's not all adventure and fun.
These guys go through a lot more then many of us readers first thought.
I see how you guys traded opinions back to back but truly the only disappointed thing to me is the hiatuses. When you're used to reading monthly, to indefinite hiatus series like Shamo (which just came back after 4 years), Berserk, etc. I could go on forever. Any and all characters or parts of the story I miss always come back. So I feel your pain but it isn't as bad as you all may think. I find those who are used to weekly release stories are the most impatient. Good authors like to finish a story well thought out and take their time. I'd rather not have a cop out ending. :)
- #16
Yet from this post of yours I could understand only that you don't like it, and not exactly why. What do you mean by "it strayed too far from what it was in the beginning"?
Nen battles are always nen battles, and I don't think they have lost their wit. The best fight might still be Hisoka vs Kastro (that is TO ME: priceless narration), but I think this arc has had its worthy matches.
The narration was a bit poor after Kaito's death and before Gon and Killua split, but after that has improved to become stunning with the raid in the king's palace. Hardly in any previous arc the narration had reached similar levels (maybe only in the best parts of York Shin or Greed Island).
Regarding the absence of Kurapika, Leorio, Hisoka, or the Spider ... I didn't miss them, didn't miss them at all. Greed Island showed that Leorio and Kurapika were not in the main characters count, I didn't miss both of them at all back then. And as for the others, I think that one of the merits of Togashy in HxH is that he created an insanely wide world for his characters to move in: it would have been way more strange if Gon and Killua had sticked to the same persons everywhere they had gone, than that they had kept on meeting new people! Also, variety of new characters is a great asset, to me! (and I was happy that we were given the opportunity to see Netero's fighting skills in action! )
Finally, bitching about the author trying to build up suspense by postponing the chapter in which he will show what happened of the two main chara: we didn't say that you can't do it, we just say that you can't help it. It's a narrative choise ...
Again, from this latter arc I regret only the arts, the hiatus, and perhaps gon's power up. (to dragonball-esque, in a manga so different from dragon ball)
- #17
I'd like to say I've been reading this manga for about 6 years now.
I'm going to hazard a guess erring on the conservative side and say 7 for me.
Ishmael said:
I feel the purpose of this arc is to show the true dark side of being a hunter it's not all adventure and fun.
I don't think it was so much to show the dark side, but more to allow growth of character in both Gon and Killua, for them both to mature as individuals. Kinda a coming of age thing I guess. No longer children so to speak. Since there are so many different types of hunters, not all experience that darkness. But that's just my opinion, and I respect yours.
Ishmael said:
I see how you guys traded opinions back to back but truly the only disappointed thing to me is the hiatuses.
The hiatuses are understandable, but I can do without them as well. And like I said above, there WAS so much to enjoy about this arc, I just didn't care for the whole save the world theme. But I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
Ishmael said:
When you're used to reading monthly, to indefinite hiatus series like Shamo (which just came back after 4 years), Berserk, etc. I could go on forever. Any and all characters or parts of the story I miss always come back. So I feel your pain but it isn't as bad as you all may think. I find those who are used to weekly release stories are the most impatient.
I'll put Shamo on my read if/when finished list. :) Ubel Blatt just came back after maybe 3 (YAY!). As for Berserk, I read it so I know. :) But like you said, the list can go on and on. (Not to mention the ones that have been dropped without an ending!) As for impatience, suspense will do that to you. I want to know what happened NOW, not next week, month, year, etc. LOL I think we can all relate to that.
Ishmael said:
Good authors like to finish a story well thought out and take their time. I'd rather not have a cop out ending. :)
To be honest, I'd much rather have Togashi take the hiatuses than to have an ending like YYH. The way he has tied together the ending of this arc in the chapters since this one are great, and have left an overall better feeling of it for me now.
Lastly, sorry if I sounded bitchy in my original reply to you. I took offence to being stereo-typed, and was in a bad mood to boot. :)