Hunter x Hunter Chapter 397 Discussion

Poor Sarasa T^T I was prepared for something tragic and I got it

This was an excellent chapter, peak Hunter x Hunter

I'm not usually one to write reviews though this hunter x hunter chapter in particular really caught my eye. It truly represented a clear visual of the phantom troupe's purpose in life. This chapter has revealed why the phantom troupe is what it has become now which I found very intriguing since I've been waiting for a backstory for 2 years now. I've finally gotten just that and now I'm fulfilled with even greater satisfaction.

Basically Chrollo knows that the murderers will eventually upload the video of them killing Sarasa which will give them the time to get stronger and also give them leads. He knows that just getting revenge wouldn't be enough to rid of them so making Meteor City the haven of criminals will be his AoE on them.



Intrestingly enough during the Vagrant Incident and the Kurta Clan massacre a note was also left behind. I wonder if the same note has any resemblance to the note that was left with Sarasa.



Pariston Hill, I mean Shiela had almost no reaction to Sarasa's death. Very mysterious character.

We all knew what would become of Sarasa but it was still a sad thing to see. Such a shame that this terrible environment turned an innocent group of kids into a group of killers. This backstory on the Troupe has been great.

Well done by Togashi, this unexpected flashback is great, I hope next chapter we'll see the other side to the Kurta massacre that he teased awhile back. This chapter was the first chapter he posted on twitter, https://twitter.com/un4v5s8bgsvk9xp/status/1529260655236091904?s=46&t=dCXnFRlnc_-fXzXRlyX8-w the tree matches up perfectly with page 7

I think the flashback is over. It seems we went full circle with that reunion flashback scene we saw back in Yorknew.



Ofc, Sarasa had to die in such a brutal way. Togashi never holds up on that stuff. At least her body was restored instead of seeing "what" she looked like in that bag...



Kinda disappointed though that we will probably not get anything regarding the Kurta clan massacre.



Most likely we will have only three chapters left and need to see more of the succession war too which has been tossed aside for the mafia war's buildup.

Damn dude, an expected dark turn.



Enjoyable chapter. Interesting to see how the Troupe slowly gets stronger and learns Nen abilities, particularly Machi.



"I will not forgive those killers for as long as I live" feels weird coming from Chrollo. He then proceeds to brutally murder an innocent Kurta clan... The cycle of hatred continues! Shoutout to Naruto lol.



Is that timeskip at the end really only 3 years?? They've grown SO much. Look at Machi.

4/5



We knew this was coming. Something awful was bound to happen because of what the last 2 chapters had set up and it wasn't easier reading this chapter fully knowing what was about to transpire



Troupe members realize that Sarasa had been missing and searched everywhere for her in the city but to no avail. Chrollo tries to post-pone their performance for the search but seeing all the other kids wanting to help him breaks him because he's too smart for himself. He can already make out what had happened and I just loved his expressions this chapter



The troupe finally get to this unnerving forest where eventually they come upon a hanging bag with a note on a huge tree. Chrollo's expression in that panel tells the readers everything. Togashi still managed to portray the dread in a very authentic way even though we readers might've known what's to come. They lower it and confirm what they had been dreading. It's Sarasa's chopped up body left with a note which probably described what was done to her in details. Uvo asks Chrollo to translate the note which he doesn't. You can only imagine what was written in that note. Everybody starts bawling especially Paku who seemed very close with her



They take her body back to Meteor city and it is embalmed by this lady Renko. Maki is very interested in her powers and inquires about Nen. Her powers are to assimilate people back so it can be speculated that this particular incident inspired her nen abilities, not only hers, I think each & every original troupe members. Chrollo then declares that it is his life duty to string these murderers out via slowly luring them to their web. You can also say that the troupe got their violent tendencies from all those tapes they must've watched to identify the killers. Especially Feitan and his torture techniques. Chrollo then finally reveals his true motivation behind forming the troupe, to never let meteor city get overran and destroyed by the mafia again which they succeeded in doing by getting more violent themselves. This was  trivial but a fantastic reveal nonetheless.



Sheila is seen leaving the troupe after they had supposedly turned evil but we still need a closure with her character and her role in the Kurta massacre and speaking off which I can't help but notice the various parallels between Chrollo & Kurapika after this chapter. Tserri can still be related to this particular incident and it would be great if Togashi tied it back to the current story but we'll have to see. The chapter ended with troupe members after 3 years. Don't know if we're gonna get one more chapters to fill in more blanks but id be content if it ended here

oof, my heart... now it makes sense why they're called the Spider lmao kinda like,,, dark web or whatever... idk lol i just saw it in another comment and I was just making the connections. This is definitely not the end of The Founding flashback, there's still a lot more to their story.



Also,,, WE FINALLY GOT THE TREEEEE

Rexnihilo said:
Making art out of people seems like something Tserriednich would do. Anyways great chapter and I wonder if we'll know what the note said?

I saw someone on Twitter right after the time 395 released that the killer we particularly recognize looks the same as one of Tserri's personal guards. I couldn't really determine if both were the same person even to this day but it wouldn't be far fetched to say that now considering the info we got this chp

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

Its gonna be a long time before we know what the note says, isnt it?