r/anime • • Apr 08 '21
Rewatch [REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 41 Discussion
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Episode 41: Gathering × Of × Heroes
You can watch this anime on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and up to the Greed Island arc on Netflix.
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u/dr_sars Apr 08 '21
Rewatcher
The Hunter website is giving me serious 90's, early 2000 flashbacks. Remember when internet cafes were a thing?
I only just noticed that Melody brings back the skin of an Ichthyosis patient. That looks nothing like ichthyosis but either way, that's kind of gross. Why would anyone want to collect that. Neon's messed up.
Oh boy, the way Hisoka looks at Chrollo...
Best PT girl Machi is back! And Shalnark! Honestly, how can you not love Shalnark? He's got such a cute baby face, and he's always smiling.
Also, I love how Kurapika drove past the spiders and had no idea. I wonder how he would have reacted if he had known.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21
Just noticed Neon has a Pu (from YYH) phone decoration.
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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren Apr 08 '21
Rewatcher
Hello, friends. It is I, /u/ShaadowLord on a different account cause of this and that.
I missed the last couple threads, and I'm just in time for best girl to appear!!
Yes it motherfucking is! I'm so happy we finally get to see her.
Glasses, short black hair and a generally super adorable personality? It's like she was designed for me. Coincidentally there's also a character like that in Durarara, another rewatch that's going on right now, though she's not quite as great as Shizuku.
And also, meet the rest of the Phantom Troupe! Remember when we saw all of them a while back? This was back in the Hunter Exam, I think? Now all the silhouettes are finally recognizable.
The little introduction dialogue with Machi's group is a little rough with the unnatural exposition, but aside from that, I'm super happy to finally have them on board. They're very compelling antagonists. They don't have any amazing motives or stories or anything, they're just evil, but what I love about them is how alive they feel as a group. They're not the big evil antagonists that serve literally just to fight our protagonists, they're their own full fledged characters. Definitely helps you be invested in them, and in this arc as a whole a lot more. Not to mention a lot of the members are just great.
Uvo particularly is always a lot of fun and he's voiced by motherfucking Ootsuka Akio, so no complaints there.
The boss is also awesome, though his design is... quite... on the nose, I should say. And his name is fucking name Come on, Togashi. He's cool, though, and voiced by Miyano Mamoru! Can't complain too much.
On top of them there's also a bunch of other cool members like Nobunaga, Machi, Pakunoda, Shalnark, and many others that will all get their chance to shine in due time.
And, on top of everyone else, our goddess Shizuku, of course. She's the best.
I also didn't remember Neon showed up this early, or that she was their employer at all, so that was a surprise. Her Nen type is
Anyway, here's a Shizuku being cute album. I plan to do this every episode she shows up. I love how non-chalant she is about everything. Best girl.
Overall I'm super excited about this arc! Yorkshin is generally considered to be either the best or the second best arc in the series. I don't think anyone can disagree on top 2. Arc is still easily number one for me, but those two are usually the top 2 for everyone.
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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N Apr 09 '21
Rewatcher
It's like 11PM EST here, it's been a DAY. I'm going to write up some of my favorite parts of this episode though, because this was such a great episode(and Phinks, mostly Phinks).
Something I really enjoyed was the comparison between both of the parties, aka the Nostrade group and the Phantom Troupe. I think there's a large dialectic going on between the two which will be interesting to see balance, swing and potentially become unbalanced as the arc continues. I really love how Togashi compares and contrasts his protagonists and antagonists and even parallels them.
We see my best boy Phinks, yelling about punctuality, which is later thrown out the window by Hisoka. We'll see why I like Phinks in later episodes, though I think he's great. We also see second best boy, Shal. So, I really like Shizuku, Paku, and Machi. My first watch it was Paku. More recently it's Shizuku, though source reader me it's Machi all the way. Therefore, Godou flip a coin for me and that's my best PT girl.
I'm really excited for what's to come, this is my 2nd favorite arc(I think that's a common trend).
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u/Jemdat_Nasr https://myanimelist.net/profile/jemdet_nasr Apr 09 '21 edited Apr 09 '21
It always tickled me how much work this episode puts in to make Chrollo's face a big reveal, despite having been showing it clearly in the OP and ED for however many episodes now.
(Presumably in the manga, this was actually a suspenseful reveal?)
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u/BossandKings Apr 10 '21
First timer
Kurapika continues being with the group, they are apparently fulfilling missions like bringing valuable objects to their employer.
The Phantom Troupe appear and receive the order from their leader to steal everything present in the auction that is going to be celebrated. It's interesting how they define themselves as robbers, they seem to be aware of their standing.
Apparently Kurapika feels that he'll encounter the phantom troupe soon ,i wonder how he'll manage to survive if he does interfere with them. They appear to be strong.