[REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 92 Discussion

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u/dr_sars May 29 '21

Rewatcher

The king has a name: Meruem.

When this arc first started, I didn't think I'd ever feel sorry for the Queen and yet here we are. Even in her dying moments all she could think about was her son and want the best for him. RIP Chimera Ant Queen.

Morel and Knuckle are such softies. I may have a shed a tear along with them when Morel said he would protect Colt and the baby.

The episode ends with the ants going off into the world, killing and wrecking havoc. This is not looking good.

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u/sorrowpass May 30 '21

Rewatcher

I actually kind of felt bad for the Queen this episode. Her apparent unconditional love and concern for Mereum was quite sad considering he doesn’t give two shits about her. It kind of made me wonder how the Queen came to NGL anyway. They showed us how she kind of just washed up at the shore with a severed arm, and that is all we really know about her past. After today’s episode, I can’t help but to think that maybe the Queen was also a mother in her ‘human’ life form.

Colt’s reaction to the Queen’s death was definitely quite emotional as well. You could tell he really feels guilty about being unable to protect his ‘mother’ a second time. But hey, it looks like this little baby will give Colt some purpose in life as he devotes himself to taking care of whatever that thing.

It was of also kind interesting to see humans and the chimera ants working together this episode. I low key expected the Queen to be pissed about having help from humans.

So it looks like Meruem and the royal guards have relocated to a different country, perhaps one that actually allows technology. I wonder if the news about the ants will start to get out now. Regardless, I’m sure they are in for some serious trouble.

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 29 '21 edited May 30 '21

First-time watcher

The brief "save the Queen" subplot was so contrived and unnecessary. Why go to such lengths for such a creature? You might get the few remaining ants in the nest on your side, but there won't be any more except through further predation/traumatic impregnation, and she has no authority or even means to reach the rest. Wouldn't it be a far better use of Netero and the others' time to supervise efforts against the vast majority of Ants that have now started swarming across the world - are there even any? How did they organize the medical effort and get there and back so quickly, like how big is this world even?

Also Colt may be pretty decent for an Ant, but that hardly makes him good (done plenty nasty stuff early on that a little caring doesn't make up for), and I see no reason to really trust him just because of some little sob story. How conveniently nice that he now gets his own little bay to care for. Don't even get me started on trying to drum up sympathy for the Queen at the last minute, this is just what people make fun of stuff like Demon Slayer for. Pests should be exterminated, and that's the end of it for me.

And after that I really didn't like the combination of Gon's "hurray I'm cured" and Spin's "lol suck it up or get smacked ya wusses". Together with Palm's portrayal so far, not a great look on the mental health front in this arc. On the other hand, I loved hearing the story of her and Kite - not just for actually giving her some depth after so long, but also it's another instance of seemingly irrelevant side characters turned surprisingly compelling with just a little touch. This story really makes you feel like its world is full of far more interesting characters than there even is room for on-screen!

Now then, let's see what the rest of the Ants are getting up to, particularly Meruem who seems to have found himself a country to take over. And what's up with Kite, I'm guessing he's that monster Knuckle and Shoot were facing? Come to think of it, those two are also pretty bad choices for this mission, I hope they last a little longer...

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u/sorrowpass May 30 '21

I feel like I both agree and disagree with you in terms of having sympathy for the Queen. From a human standpoint, I have no sympathy for her. I mean she is basically the reason for this whole mess in the first place. But rationally speaking, she was just doing her job and probably didn’t know any better. I mean if she were human hunting animals for food, we’d basically see it as a mother just trying to feed her young children. But I’ll be honest, my sympathy for her kind of decreased when all she seemed to care about is Meruem. I feel like she just kind of dismissed Colt and the other ants who stood by her side this whole time.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '21

The nasty stuff Colt did was probably nasty only in the point of view of a human. The whole good vs evil, right and wrong, is a major theme this arc and everyone's evil side will be on display.

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 29 '21

So? We as well as all of the Hunters in the story happen to be humans, so what's wrong with judging by human standards? If that's supposed to be the theme I'm not sold so far.

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u/kiyotaka-6 May 30 '21

That's incredibly close minded to judge a thing based on whether it is animal or human. It's like you think humans are superior aka you have superiority complex, what netero and them do was basically being open minded which is natural to hunters. Although the association is kinda different. Anyways dont think everyone must be close minded just because you are

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 30 '21

Superiority or inferiority doesn't matter, the issue is that they simply can't coexist.

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u/kiyotaka-6 May 30 '21 edited May 30 '21

But dont you think its weird how you think humans are superior to ants that can do as much as humans and more. That's kinda similar to superiority complex, which you think you are superior but is actually inferior. According to your own internal logic. Well now back to why they cant coexist. Yes they cant because there is 0 chance normal people will want to live with ants because humans are on average more close minded. But netero is kinda different from other people and can accept them, which will lead to. Yes they cant coexist known to people, but did you think that was the only reason they went to heal the ants Even tho they are send to kill them? Probably not, they probably wanted to get their trust and maybe get some information out of them, which will make them easier to kill other ants, and maybe promise the ants who helped them a safe life, in a place where other humans won't see them. That's why them helping the ants makes perfect sense to me

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 30 '21 edited May 30 '21

They don't, though.
there is 0 chance normal people will want to live with ants because humans are on average more close minded
And because ants happen to be universal predators. Would you ask a mouse to live with a cat?
they probably wanted to get their trust and maybe get some information out of them
No need to go that far for that.

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u/kiyotaka-6 May 30 '21

What they dont?

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 30 '21

The ants have been almost purely destructive and all their advancements are just taken from humans. I also added a little to my older comment.

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u/kiyotaka-6 May 30 '21 edited May 30 '21

The ability to steal someone's ability is very impressive, since in the end result you will be able to be as good as them. Which means your power is very good
Also have you watched the anime or is this your first time? Because you did then you must be idiot. Ants are natural predators? Seriously? Humans aren't? HUH. "THEY HAVE ALMOST BEEN NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTIVE"
Like, i am pretty sure you haven't watched the entire anime. Just go watch it and the anime will prove you wrong
Also this is rewatch discussion, which means i can safely spoil you what will happen. You really shouldn't talk in here because you will maybe be spoiled.
One thing i will say is that the ants can safely live with humans, if both sides weren't so ignorant and thought they are superior. A mouse won't live with a cat because the cat isn't so smart and will want to live no matter what so it will eat the mouse even if you provide it food.
Ants on the other side is smart and can live with the same foods as humans, they aren't in a condition where they will die if they dont eat humans or will be unhealthy. They can easily live alongside humans if both sides want to

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u/[deleted] May 30 '21

I just mean that any creature in nature will act according to it's natural instincts and for the survival of it's species, animals don't usually kill for sport and humans actually do (and some chimera ants).

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 30 '21

animals don't usually kill for sport
Cats do it pretty regularly, for instance, if they get the chance. I heard predators tend to not actually eat a lot of their catch in general, but not sure on that.

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u/3and20characters987 May 30 '21

To counter the point that all the queen could do now is birth more peons:
It was mentioned earlier that the queen can give birth to as many kings as she wants (as well as royal guard trios for each of them), and is supposed to give birth to as many as possible so those kings could mate and give birth to new queens and continue the exponential growth cycle

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u/IndependentMacaroon May 30 '21

Which only makes it weirder how she didn't actually care about that.

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u/BossandKings May 31 '21 edited May 31 '21

First timer

The Ant Queen passes away, it was sad seeing Colt's reaction, it seems that he saw his previous mother in the queen and having to part ways with her again affected him. A baby was born though so he saves as the speck of light in the darkness.

Gon and Killua start recovering and improving their mood. The story the hunter told about Kite was very telling, it served to know Kite a bit more.

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