Hunter x Hunter Chapter 401 Discussion
- Thread starter Eren
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- #13
Spent all day catching up on this arc and I'm sure glad I did!!
We get a couple interesting revelations in this chapter, and some nice returning characters that literally haven't been seen in years.
First of all, one of Tubeppa's guards is BEYOND NETERO'S CHILD.
She introduces the concept of what I believe I understand are 10+ children of Beyond that are cursed and tasked with taking out a specific Prince, but unlike the 14 half-something-or-others that are under Prince Camilla's orders, they don't know specifically which Prince they're cursing.
Side-note, love that we come back two years later with another group of 14 or so new characters to keep track of...
First of all, taken way off guard that this is Beyond's kid. We haven't really heard from him since he boarded the ship, and now we're being told that he is trying to put a stake in the Succession War!??! As far as we knew all this time, he was just along for the ride, so this is interesting!!
The other huge thing is that one of the Princes might be Beyond's child as well. I'm not sure what they imply a loophole in the contest could be, in terms of how that's possible, but we did get that revelation a few chapters ago that Third Prince Zhang Lei is the son of the Xi-Yu leader. So this isn't crazily out of the blue that *another* Prince isn't Nasubi's child. Then again, though, how is this possible?
As for my guess on who the Prince is that is Beyond's child, I think that Halkenberg looks the most like Longhi, but in terms of like, who in the plot it would make the most sense for it to be, I think either Benjamin or Tsereiddnech.
We also get an actual appearance of Beyond as well as the Tiger Zodiac guy, which is funny because the Zodiacs are like totally not involved in this arc at all. Mizaistom was in one chapter a while ago talking about the disturbance from one of the Heil-Ly characters and that was it.
Now we see Beyond 10-days into the journey and he wants to meet with someone... Possibly his child AKA one of the 11 princes left?
Awesome chapter!!! So glad we're back!!
- #14
Starting off with an awesome color page featuring Morena and the Black Whale, I heard Togashi has a difficult time with color pages these days but I'll be damned if I say they don't look beautiful when he does them
This was a great chapter with lots of new plot points and we're finally starting to get a sense of what Beyond is planning here now that we know he's got all these children that are planted as Royal Guards, and the possibility of one of the Princes actually being his child as well. Tserriednich? Who knows. It also was exciting to finally see Beyond again as he hasn't appeared in what feels like ages.
I was thinking Tserriednich was going to be the final villain of this arc but maybe it's Beyond.
Apparently we're still weekly so the schedule hasn't changed, at least not yet. Great to have peak once again!
- #15
It's beautiful, isn't it? How it just keeps flowing, like not a single break has ocurred. The man knows his art, his craft, his narrative. Now we have hopes to receive up to 30 chapters, reaching up to chapter 430 in the following months. How can we not be overjoyed, hopeful and grateful to be living this life? I am hoping for the best.
The plot gets deeper and darker. At least I used to think of Beyond Netero as a psychotic adventerous hunter, willing to do all sorts of vicious and nefarious actions to reach his goals and ambitions, now we see a glimpse of what he truly might be: just another cold, ruthless monster in human flesh, not to be admired or held up as a role model, he´s just another villainous freak that must be put down, who cares and thinks little of human life, to whom his children are just toys. I guess that's why he easily buddy-buddies with King Nasubi.
Thank you Togashi for making your return. Myself and probably millions of readers are always hoping for the best in your health.
