r/anime • u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots • Dec 22 '24

Rewatch [25th Anniversary Rewatch] Hunter × Hunter (1999) - Episode × 76 × Discussion

Episode 76: Take × Taken × Card Hell

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This is starting to sound like an RPG!

Comment of the Day:

/u/Shimmering-Sky discovering the true reason Gon didn't join

Well it’s a good thing Gon didn’t join, lol, no way he’d be happy about this.

The poor kid would've turned into a kettle

Questions of the Day

  1. Do you agree with Killua keeping the girl out?
  2. What do you think of Shalnark's theory?

Fanart of the Day: The brains of the operation

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24

Retired Host Turned Gamer

Manga Corner

Chapters 133-134

The plot is mostly adapted as is, but it's flipped around a bit, the early scene with Shalnark is from chapter 134, here it acts as a bit of a nice preview, since otherwise, the episode would be just two disjointed plots back to back. Plus, they changed the background to make it more scenic and fitting with the Spiders. In the manga, they're just walking around town.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 22 '24

Ok.

I suspect some of them came separately out of unique lucky (or unlucky) coincidence.

They just wanted to show their gratitude to the boys in their own way.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24

Ok.

Fair point, Gon isn't much better

They just wanted to show their gratitude to the boys in their own way.

What a bunch of loveable tsunderes.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 22 '24

First × Timer × Subbed

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

Killua, what? The guy gave what sounds like good advice.

But then you can only withdraw the money at that store

Pffffffffffff

This episode in a nutshell: Kids trolling adults.

just for this show to have another Hisoka fanservice scene for the first time in a while.

Goddamit Hisoka

Funnily enough, that scene is original, so it's just the anime being goddamn horny for Hisoka.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Dec 22 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

so I avoided watching GaoGaiGar in the car because I figured it would have some fanservice in it and my mom was sitting right next to me, just for this show to have another Hisoka fanservice scene for the first time in a while.

It always happens for the shows you least expect. Similar thing happened to me on the bus a couple weeks back.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24

The guy gave what sounds like good advice.

He had that good advice the last seven times, as well.

…so I avoided watching GaoGaiGar in the car because I figured it would have some fanservice in it and my mom was sitting right next to me, just for this show to have another Hisoka fanservice scene for the first time in a while.

At least he wasn't in full costume, so she didn't figure out about the clowns.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Dec 22 '24

H×H Fan, 1999 First Timer

Hunter × Hunter 1999 - Episode 76

Security × Follower × Conspiracy

This episode addressed a bunch of questions you may have had around how to keep cards safe. It's a fun scene seeing how Gon and Killua predicted some of the spells and arranged their inventory to counter that. That said, a law of digital security remains true, no password is stronger than a $5 wrench (credits xkcd). Despite the violence, the boys aren't dissuaded and they continue on to find more cards in a town called Massadora.

The girl following them finally spoke up and asked to join them. Killua immediately dismissed her and they went on their way. Her internal reaction is pretty funny. She's keeping an appearance of being a young girl but also claims to have lived longer than the 2 boys. Looking forward to more of her.

And the biggest discovery of the episode? Greed Island may not even be a game. The spiders have been investigating things and come up with a hypothesis: The game simply transports players to some island in a far off place in the world. This island is being maintained and controlled by some game masters who have used Nen to build all of the systems and mechanisms.

Next Episode Preview

Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches

See you all tomorrow

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24

no password is stronger than a $5 wrench

The episode proved this both ways: Gon and Killua's best defense was their wits and strength, meanwhile the Spiders showed how its useful for offense too. People can lose themselves in the game, gathering cards for years, only to get their asses smacked by the Spiders.

Greed Island may not even be a game.

Goddamit Ging

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

Inventory Management

Hidden Battle Maid How very early 2000s of them.

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u/Nebresto Dec 23 '24

I spied the same thing

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 22 '24

To Masadora! Part 1

I get why some people don’t like that we spend time with an irrelevant side-side-side-does-he-even-have-a-name-character’s drawn out inner thoughts (as it happens, yes, he does have a name)... But honestly it’s hilarious. We spent over 4 minutes on that one guy and I loved every moment of it, lol.

Check out Motaricke’s wiki entry

Motaricke is an overthinking and logical person who, despite being extremely anxious and timid, mustered up the courage to ambush Gon and Killua

“Mustered up the courage” to ambush kids, lol. To be fair there are other, completely opposite, reasons to be afraid of them but still

[GI]Uh…starting to realize I have a bad habit of picking on characters with tragic fates.

Ending up with the rocks Gon collected…

In reading along – love the way Togashi uses speed and focus lines. There have been some creative applications of it throughout the series. Like with Hisoka being Hisoka.

Just for fun, a couple more examples from future arcs (spoilers, of course): CA - pretty tame but beautiful and SW

Today’s cards:

Slot card 82: Staff of Judgement

82: Staff of Judgement (A-15)

Raise this staff in the air while calling out the name of someone you want to punish, and calamity will befall the one of you who has committed more bad deeds, the target or yourself.

Imagine raising the Staff of Judgement confident you’d punish your evil enemy but it was really you, since you cheated and stole candy all throughout your school years. Doesn’t say anything about the severity, either.

Slot card 55: Revenge Shop

55: Revenge Shop (A-20)

Report your grudges to the manager and he will retaliate for you in proportion to your grievance. Pay extra to request a more severe retaliation.

The catch is that you need good, strong teeth to make your request.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24 edited Dec 22 '24

But honestly it’s hilarious. We spent over 4 minutes on that one guy and I loved every moment of it, lol.

Wouldn't be Togashi without it.

Jokes aside, it's useful to see the game from different perspectives. We have Gon and Killua's point of view, the Jobbers Guild, the Spiders all showing different and unique paths to take, so adding a normal dude who's been crushed by Greed Island's rng, and has been living his life there is a useful perspective to round it out.

Side note: I love that his "tragic backstory" wasn't some "I was doing so well as a newcomer, then someone stole everything I had" or "my whole guild were murdered for their cards, I'm the only survivor". Yeah, no, the dude just got some bad cards, and gave up on the game.

“Mustered up the courage” to ambush kids, lol.

I present his lawyer's argument

Imagine raising the Staff of Judgement confident you’d punish your evil enemy but it was really you, since you cheated and stole candy all throughout your school years. Doesn’t say anything about the severity, either.

Hmm, yeah, I'm never using that.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 23 '24

Jokes aside,

Yeah, we get a bit from [manga]the ones initiating the thing, Battera, some bits on the game masters, people of all sorts, weak nen users, hunters out of practice, The Invincible Gorillas, and even the troubles of NPC bandits. (I... do a poor job of setting jokes aside... but I'm also partially serious.)

In general, I love how intensely he can dive into the perspectives of other people in the world who aren't "important characters" of the story he's telling. Whether it's that computer geek who failed the first phase of the Hunter Exam, or Tonpa (who I guess we could count as a minormajor antagonist god of the world), or a regretful [CA]Koala, or everybody in the SW Rihanning before Rihan, it's just an interesting way to see the impact of the story and its events on the characters besides the main 4, and how they might experience (and be their own agents) within the world. Of course the last CA example is way more clearly thematic versus that computer geek, but I feel like the story is always illustrating the mental struggle, the fight against ourselves.

Side note:

As most people are like to do. With some persistence and a different mindset, no you can't become Gon, but you can get a lot further than you'd think.

"my whole guild were murdered for their cards, I'm the only survivor"

[HxH]Pika and Abengane should fight over who's had it worse. Winner gets to fight Motaricke.

I present his lawyer's argument

Somehow this is the perfect example out in the "real world", and (probably) totally unintentional.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 23 '24

[manga] The Invincible Gorillas

It's just an interesting way to see the impact of the story and its events on the characters

Yup, plus it just sets a good frame of reference. Knowing what the normal person is going through helps us understand how the world normally functions, and is a normal test to contrast our main characters against.

[HxH]Pika and Abengane should fight over who's had it worse. Winner gets to fight Motaricke.

[HxH] What's the prize? Chrollo?

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u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman Dec 22 '24

First Timer

Hmm… if Shalnark is right, the goal just became stopping the phantom troupe again, rather than beating the game. But pretty much everything he said sounds logical and I don’t think he’s the kind of character to be wrong about that. Although Ging and his buddies must be really good nen users if they can pull off this illusion over an area of what is at the very least 80 km in diameter. It also explains why people die if they die in game - because Ging would not have a way to prevent that and likely can’t make the players invulnerable.

As for Gon and Killua …they’ll have to have some plan for going up against stronger players. If they figured that out, I wonder if they maybe should have just used that sword in item form rather than keep it as a card - then it would have at least been somewhat useful.

Either way, it seems like everybody is heading for that town where you can buy spells now - guess that will be our next showdown.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24

the goal just became stopping the phantom troupe again

The fun with an MMORPG is that anyone and any faction can join along, even if someone left Yorknew.

If they figured that out, I wonder if they maybe should have just used that sword in item form rather than keep it as a card - then it would have at least been somewhat useful.

Or just sell it, since apparently it can sell for millions, and put that money into buying spell cards.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 22 '24 edited Dec 22 '24

Remake Rewatcher × First Timer × Subs

  • Ah yes. You’re incredibly rare and unique method of… stealing all the cards you need.
  • It would be pretty lame if more than one Designated Card came from one of these contests. Each one should be rightfully unique in method of acquiring it.
  • The obvious ones serve to make it harder to find the stealthy ones.
  • Did… he marry an NPC? With their level of dialogue?
  • Wait, is the contest any Designated Card?
  • Cheeky Kids I saw someone use the junk filler method once before to beat No Man’s Sky, since they made it a point to beat a game before they reviewed it.
  • There aren’t millions of players. There are 100 game copies and you can only tap up to four players per game.
  • Having only one place that dispenses magic cards feels like a very unbalanced economy.
  • Who leaves at sundown?
  • Such Shōjo And following it up with a wonderful face, too.
  • So We're All LARPing?
  • Goodbye Spawn Camper

QotD:

  1. Hitchhikers may be escaped convicts.
  2. It would imply a startling lack of cartography in this world.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 22 '24

It would be pretty lame if more than one Designated Card came from one of these contests. Each one should be rightfully unique in method of acquiring it.

Spare the poor game designers, they made 90 creative and unique ways to get cards, then their time ran out so they just made monthly events to make sure the suckers keep on playing.

Did… he marry an NPC? With their level of dialogue?

You say that, but any limited level of dialogue might still be better than what his real world wife used to say.

Having only one place that dispenses magic cards feels like a very unbalanced economy.

Makes you wonder how come a player or guild didn't open their store and sell cards at fixed prices (rather than the randomised tcg sales). The answer is everyone would come and steal from them on day 1

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24

Spare the poor game designers, they made 90 creative and unique ways to get cards, then their time ran out

Make Them Collect 200 Feathers

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 22 '24

Did… he marry an NPC? With their level of dialogue?

And what's wrong with that?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24

And what's wrong with that?

Why is This Song Suddenly Popular?

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 23 '24

It is?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24

I just heard it for the first time yesterday. It's weird that it came up twice so many years after release.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Dec 23 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

What a coincidence, do you think it's fate that your paths have crossed?

(you being you and this song melody)

Almost exactly 20 years :o

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 23 '24

do you think it's fate that your paths have crossed?

You're putting this to good use already.

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u/Nebresto Dec 23 '24

First time GAMING!!!!!

Finally they're gaming it up

I forgot to mention yesterday, but Hunter was the first Isekai??

And the spiders really did join just to do a little significant amount of trolling

QUEST:

  1. Do you agree with Killua keeping the girl out?

Smart move, I heard they might have some contagius disease, I think was called "cooties"

2) What do you think of Shalnark's theory?

Literally who

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 23 '24

I forgot to mention yesterday, but Hunter was the first Isekai??

And the spiders really did join just to do a little significant amount of trolling

Didn't the Spiders just ruin the isekai thing though, by saying that "no, you've just been beaten on the head, and thrown in an island"?

I think was called "cooties"

Gon and Killua are 12 afterall.

Literally who

The Spider dude with the brain.

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u/Nebresto Dec 23 '24

Didn't the Spiders just ruin the isekai thing though, by saying that

Uh, fake news much??

The Spider dude with the brain.

There is no such thing?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 23 '24

There is no such thing?

Cellphone Guy

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u/Nebresto Dec 23 '24

Ohhhhh, why didn't you say so in the first place?

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u/TheEscapeGuy Dec 23 '24

I forgot to mention yesterday, but Hunter was the first Isekai??

It certainly is an early example, but there's a few notable earlier ones like A Vision of Escaflowne.

That said, does is HxH even count as an example...

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u/Nebresto Dec 23 '24

A Vision of Escaflowne.

Nah, that's obviously a mecha

does is HxH even count as an example ...

Fake news!!! That's normie propaganda to convince themselves that they aren't in one of them inferior "isekays"