Courthead said:
Mikasa said:
And superhumans out-running an explosion blast is hardly a "seemingly unsolvable problem" in this context. Shoot and Knuckle did that a dozen times during their fight against Youpi. They are hypersonic, even if not invincible. This means that while the explosions are still a scary thing, doesn't mean they're unescapable.
There are always liberties taken with the art to create the illusion of close calls. (For example, I have no problem with Hisoka dodging the exploding ref in the first chapter of this fight.)
But I draw the line at things the characters themselves say. If Hisoka says, "I can't fall to the floor or the puppets will blow me up", and then he falls to the floor, and then he says, "I'm going to die", then I expect him to die. Either Togashi is making him lie to the readers (which would be a cheesy gimmick to heighten the suspense; no way Togashi would do that), or Hisoka really does believe that his abilities are inadequate to save himself (in which case he will either die or be saved via deus ex machina).
Once again, this is HxH, a more realistic story. Just because someone says something doesn't mean it's some universal law taking place. "If I'm gonna die either way" is just him musing and weighing his options. You need to look at the actual facts and not be distracted by these monologues. Fact is, he is still a hypersonic character (one of the best), who can also be rendered MUCH faster with the bungie gum effect, and he's simply trapped among a lot of explosives who went off simultaneously. We didn't even see him being consumed by the blast, he could have disappeared even before the explosion was triggered, in which case we wouldn't even have to debate how fast he is. It's like simply stepping aside and having the gun miss before having to deal with how to dodge the bullet.
