Hunter x Hunter Chapter 352 Discussion

I laugh at the people who think that mid battle explanations are out of place here.



It's like they completely forgot the personalities of two of the most major characters of the story.

I'm scared for Hisoka this isn't looking good, Chrollo seems to have everything planned, hoping Hisoka can come up with some inventive ways to counter him.

targa said:
xieghart said:
targa said:
strider98 said:
targa said:
MadaraZoldyck said:
Why is Chrollo revealing how his abilities work?

Usual shounen cliché

To be honest , this chapter wasn't really necessary .





It was necessary. In fact, you won't know how chrollo has turned HA into basically a minefield without this chapter.



MadaraZoldyck said:
Why is Chrollo revealing how his abilities work?



Skill Hunter requires the explanation to grab an ability, and I guess Bookmark requires the explanation to use it.





And I don't care . For me there are just texts after texts after texts without a point and trying to get the fight to continue for a long time because shounen.

If they would just get to the action without any explaining abilities and monologues it would be a way better series. But of course that implies a lot of deaths



Chrollo explained his abilities because he's just ridiculously confident that he will win over Hisoka. He even said this isn't meant as a taunt, so he merely thinks of Hisoka as a dead puppet, and Chrollo has no problem telling Hisoka what he could do because he knew Hisoka can't win. This might also hint that Chrollo has used Lovely Ghostwriter to predict the outcome of this match.



Another because HxH is a series that place huge emphasis on strategy and planning on the battles with rare exceptions (mostly from Chimera Ant). You want more mindless fight scenes and action, Dragon Ball Super board is that way.

You see that was not my point.I like strategy battles, but if you want strategy fights, this is the worst strategy.Telling your enemy your abilities.You are not confident, you are an idiot .

Also standing there 10 minutes without doing anything is not really a strategy.How much Chrollo talked , i am sure Hisoka could have just killed him instantly without any problems.Well , we are talking about Hisoka who want adrelaline , but i was saying in general.

@strider98 In my opinion , you are wrong.The whole explaining ability and fights stoping because of monologue happens in most( not all of course ) shounen . Examples: all big 3 ( bleach, naruto, one piece ), dragon ball( don't know about super) , fairy tail, gintama ( here is the best example during the "serious arcs") etc.goral said:
It's stupid for Hisoka to listen to Chrollo's  explanation instead of attacking him right away and not giving him a chance to breathe. The only reason he did that was because Togashi had to explain this to the audience. You can't justify it by saying that Hisoka was being cautious because if he doesn't have a move that could reach Chrollo he would be dead anyway. Waiting for Chrollo to finish his explanations put him in a disadvantage because either he didn't hear the whole truth or thanks to it Chrollo fulfilled conditions he needed for it to work. Plus Chrollo has dozens other abilities which I doubt he will explain so WTF?



There has been a decline ever since Greed Island started (and in bug arc plot turned to shit). Election arc was much better but this manga will never again reach York Shin level if only for the fact that Togashi himself is tired of HxH.



Drake1000 said:
(...) As expected Chrollo used Neon's prophecy ability and already knows the outcome of the fight, I call bullshit if Hisoka miraculously reverses fate without reading the prophecy. It should be either Chrollo's win or him sparing the clown. (...)

Firstly, he can't tell his own prophecy. Secondly these prophecies are only tips and not absolute truths. Hence mafia could take treasure away before Chrollo and co. attacked and only Pakunoda died (instead of 4 more Spiders).



It totally fits in with Hisoka's character though.



Hisoka loves a challenge. There are two things that Hisoka loves: killing- and fighting. If Hisoka just wanted to kill someone period, then useless fodder are there to do that for him (he could kill people ala Hunter exam).



-but no. He wants to do this the hard way. He enjoys a fight as much as the culmination of the fight. If he only wanted Chrollo's death in itself he might as well have done a sneak attack on him without fighting, and there are many opportunities where he could have done that in the manga.



He wants Chrollo to give his best. And once Hisoka has figured out Chrollo - once Chrollo has given everything he can give - only *then will Hisoka kill him.