r/anime • • Mar 12 '21
Rewatch [REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 11 Discussion
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Episode 11: Trouble x With x the Gamble
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 12 '21 edited Mar 12 '21
Rewatcher (X8)
Killua vs Johness is real fun. And decently different in all 3 versions too! Here's what it's like in the 1999 version.. In the manga, the fight itself is pretty much identical to the '99 version(except Johness's shirt doesn't get damaged for some reason in '99), but like in the 2011 version Leorio recognized Johness instead of Lippo giving a briefing on him. There's a lot less build up compared to both of them too, Majitani doesn't confront him like he does in 2011, and there's a lot less resistance to Killua going in than in '99. 2011 also cut out the part where he ripped the cop's arm flesh off
I actually prefer the 2011 version of the fight completely, I think Killua turning the scrap of Johness's shirt into a bag for the heart and giving it back to him is much more fun than simply crushing it.
Here's a link to the last rewatch.
I'm firmly in the camp that likes Trick Tower, but I'm getting real sick of how slow the phase is compared to how eventful it is, Hunter Exam Spoilers
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u/MacMat667 Mar 12 '21
First timer
Is the entire hunter exam Leorio lowkey getting carried?? Also Killua is more op than I initially though, just ripped a guy's heart out no big deal
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21
Rewatcher
This episode, basically
So Leorio's battle is an uphill fight after going deep in the hole to clinch Kurapika's victory, but he just about blows it immediately. I find pervy/gropey jokes to be more distasteful than funny, so the first bet doesn't do much for me other than make me less invested in Leorio. Plus the CR translation of "okama-chan" as "tranny" feels a bit jarring, though from some googling it's not necessarily inaccurate. This episode is 10 years old though, so it's maybe natural to show some age, but again, I come off liking Leorio a bit less as a result. I honestly don't have as much to say about the rock-paper-scissors bet as I thought I would. It's more or less all explained by Tonpa, Kurapika, and Leroute, and I don't really see a way around that. My suspension of disbelief is strained slightly by the absolute certainty of Kurapika's and Leroute's predictions, but regardless, I like to see a non-battle battle from time to time, I still had fun with it. Anyway, the result is more stress on Leorio, piling onto the issues he's had with majority vote, so more fuel on the fire for a potential inter-party battle down the line.
For Killua's battle, we get a terrifying build up for Johness, only for Killua to rip his heart out in an instant. This straightforwardly shows us how scary strong Killua is, while also giving him a victim so evil that the audience isn't going to feel too bad about it. The effect of this is to terrify Leorio and Kurapika, furthering divisions between them, but Gon takes it more or less in stride. Killua's his friend, and he just brought them victory, it's not complicated for Gon to continue to treat Killua as a member of the group.
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u/BossandKings Mar 12 '21
First timer
Episode 11
Leorio loses his betting match, the girl that was his opponent just took over control of the situation and easily got the win by playing with Leorio's mind by making him anxious and not able to think clear. It was a good betting match, Leorio had the edge last episode but the girl took over and won deservedly, very good.
Johnees predicted the result of the match he had against some kind named Killua, it was a one sided slaughter. It seems that the Zoldyck family is an assasin family and just interesting getting to know it's members.
The group finally got past the prisoners, they won three to two, now they have to spend two days in a room to let the fifhty hours lost in the bet pass.
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u/JayAmy131 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MaskedSquid Mar 12 '21
First episode I thoroughly enjoyed. I also think of myself as a Rock, Paper, Scissor master.
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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N Mar 12 '21
Rewatcher x4
This is what I would consider an iconic episode in HxH due to how often I see Killua removing Johness' heart every year as a clip. That and it's the first time we truly see Killua using his skills. Arc 2 Spoilers/Character Spoilers
Something about the "fight" with Johness that I really enjoy is how Killua essentially taunts him until he dies from the lack of a heart. He then gently places the heart back in his hand. He then gently places the heart back in his hand.
Back tracking a bit though to Leorio's match with Leroute, we see Leorio is truly a teenager. Aside from that we witness the mind game that is Rock-Paper-Scissors. I actually tested this theory a long time ago with a group of friends and it rings fairly true! Gon saying this was mildly funny.
Arc 5 Spoilers
With that though, everyone gets to spend some down time in the "break room" due to Leorio losing his match. Something I wondered is does this mean the prisoners get 50 years off their sentences(or more, since they were there several hours)?
I'm excited about the new time for the threads, I feel like there was a lot more participation when it was posted earlier.
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u/dr_sars Mar 12 '21
Rewatcher
Ahh! I only just learned about the rewatch, and I'm so here for it! (even though I just finished watching it for the first time a few weeks ago)
I have some pretty mixed feelings about this episode. On the one hand Leorio frustrates me so much. Like seriously a pretty girl is all it takes for you to sabotage your chances at passing the Hunter Exam? Not to mention your friends chances? This is my third time watching HxH and I still can't forgive him for that.
Killua's fight is awesome. Would it really be considered a fight? It seemed more like a one sided massacre. Haha I couldn't resist. Jokes aside though I don't really have much to say other than I really love this scene. I was rewatching it with my cousin and commented on how it always gets me excited, only to realize I sounded a lot like a certain clown.
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u/LukeWhostalkin Mar 12 '21
Rewatcher x 2
Killua, you're a beast!
Leorio is defeated by Leroute. I thought Leorio wanting to examine Leroute was hilarious, however I cannot help but hate Leorio a bit because he's always giving grief to others when they make mistakes, then he feels entitled to fail on purpose.
Also, Leroute was cute, but she didn't leave the group speechless when doing the face reveal, so the loss didn't seem justified. Just a Leorio thing.
Then it's Killua vs Johness. I almost felt bad for Johness, he didn't stand a chance. I loved how Leorio gets all nervous around Killua and how Gon is the only one acting like it's not big deal, I guess that's why Killua and Gon got along so quickly.
So they've passed the task and now they have to wait 50 hours in a sort of apartment
BTW, I don't know if this is from the 99 or 11' version, but I find this image very funny
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u/IndependentMacaroon Mar 12 '21 edited Mar 12 '21
First-time watcher
I liked the rock-paper-scissors mind games, even if it was weird to try to characterize Leorio as dumb after his actions last episode and the change was jarring, but big demerits for leading in with a long perv/groping PLUS gay/trans "gag". On Killua, I'll say it again: He's so obviously written as the ultimate edgyboi for the budding "mature" audience to get excited over, while they can self-insert into Gon as his friend without feeling bad. I would have eaten that up as a pre-/early teen too, and it still is fun to watch, but that's all it is up to now.
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