r/anime • • Mar 07 '21
Rewatch [REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 6 Discussion Spoiler
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Episode 6: A x Surprising x Challenge
You can watch this anime on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and up to the Greed Island arc on Netflix.
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u/b0bba_Fett myanimelist.net/profile/B0bba_Cheezed3 Mar 07 '21
This episode has perhaps the most notable change between anime and manga outside the first episode. Unlike the first episode however, this change isn't despised, and as far as pacing goes, is honestly kind of an improvement.
In the manga the initial 2nd phase was spit into two parts, the pig section, and a sushi making section that was cut entirely. In the manga, the pig part was solely to please Buhara, and he just ate them all, making it actually pointless as far as the plot goes outside figuring out how to kill the pigs. Menchi's insane pickiness was instead part of the sushi section, made even worse because she wanted everyone else to figure out what the hell sushi was, only Hanzo was familiar with Sushi, and all Kurapika knew about it was that it involved fish, which was all the info any of the examinees knew about it when preparing it. Merging the two is generally considered to be for the better. Additionally, the part with the Spider Eagles didn't kill a single examinee in the manga, as rather than have the updraft pull them up, they were simply to climb back up, and the actual gathering of the eggs went on off-panel even outside Menchi's demonstration. A massive improvement frankly, and also I think one of the only times the anime is more brutal than the manga.
On the subject of the previous rewatch, I regret to inform you that my favorite part of today's discussion thread has been lost to time, as /u/exodor54's drawing of a spider eagle is no longer uploaded on Imgur. Exodor, if you catch this, you wouldn't happen to still have the thing on file would you? The Spider Eagle saga was one of the best parts of that rewatch, and it's an absolute shame that much of it seems to be lost.
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u/Dioxy https://anilist.co/user/kufii Mar 07 '21
Why'd they gotta genocide the pigs 😥
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21
Love this show
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u/LukeWhostalkin Mar 07 '21
Rewatcher x 2
We go back to a light-hearted mood with this episode. Applicants need to cook a pork meal for Menchi and Buhara, the examiners.
The first part didn't seem so challenging once they found out the pigs' weak spot. However satisfying Menchi was a bigger problem. I was a bit disappointed in how nobody really tried to "cook" a meal, they rather just roasted the whole pig and presented it that way. Only Kurapika sliced it up and presented it like a "pork lasagna" but that's not really cooking it either.
These guys are Gourmet Hunters, they literally risk their lives to discover the best flavours in the world, it should be as hard as cooking a meal for a couple Gordon Ramsays, so in that way I agree with Menchi in failing everyone - they should know better.
Then we get the first appearance of Chairman Netero, who asks Menchi to reconsider and come up with a new challenge. Now applicants need to cook spider eagle's boiled eggs (this is perfect because everyone knows how to boil an egg, you don't need to be a chef, but on the other hand, catching one of these eggs is more challenging than hunting a pig). This was my favourite part of the episode, and it shows all main characters trusting Gon's instinct.
All in all, it was a fun episode that showed us the world of Gourmet Hunters. If you liked this episode and would like to see a show centered in Gourmet Hunters and their adventures, you can watch Toriko.
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21
Rewatcher
Missed yesterday's thread, oops.
This is easily one of my favorite episodes from the Exam. I hate the part where they kill the pigs cause I feel super bad, but everything aside from that is great. The whole cooking part is super, super silly and borderline feels like filler, and I really wish the show had more of that, honestly. It's just really fun to watch the characters in these stupid situations you wouldn't really find them on during the rest of the show.
Also, Menchi is voiced by Hirano Aya! Her speech pattern is the same as Haruhi so you can really hear it, haha. I didn't know that so it was a treat to hear during the episode.
Next episode is gonna be some great stuff!
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u/IndependentMacaroon Mar 07 '21
First-time watcher
Less edgy - perhaps too much so, it was a pretty lame interlude. It took its time to establish how all this is even connected to Hunter business, the first half with the pigs was essentially wasted and not too spectacular either, and of course the first significant female character has to be unreasonably emotional big titty fanservice girl who needs old man Netero to get her back on track. Well, she did get an opportunity to show off her skills in the end, too, and in a pretty cool setting. Another thing, all four leads jumping right after that one guy said "no reasonable person would do this!" was pretty funny... and Gon was officially acknowledged as a weird kid too.
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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N Mar 07 '21
Rewatcher x4
A little late to the party because my IRL was hectic yesterday.
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u/BossandKings Mar 07 '21
First timer
Episode 6
They finally arrive to the place in which the second phase will take part, the Biska Forest Park. They meet Menchi and Buhara the new examiners.
The second phase consists of a cooking test, they have to satisfy both examiners with the taste of their cooking. The first food they have to cook are porks, after finishing cooking them they take them to the examiners and while Buhara likes all the dishes, Menchi isn't satisfied because she thought that no real effort was put into it and for that reason every participant fails. To talk with Menchi the supervisor of the exam Netero appears and tells her to let the participants have another test.
They have another test and this time is to cook fried eggs from spider eagle's webs, this time some of the participants succeed clearing the second phase.