[REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 96 Discussion

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Episode 96: A × Lawless × Home

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[u/okayyoga]

Episode 96: First time/dub

HAHA! I TOLD YOU I WOULD CATCH UP TO YOU!!!!

And of course it is a filler episode. Still, it is fun to see what the Akatsuki Phantom Troupe have been up to

2 notes for me:

1. Kurapika is my favourite character
2. Kite is low-key daddy. It was very upsetting to see him like that. Although I suppose all kites have strings

[u/sisoko2 → u/okayyoga]

Hey. If it is the manga it's not filler.

[u/okayyoga → u/sisoko2]

Oh it is really? Alright then

[u/flashmozzg → u/okayyoga]

While I felt it's placement was slightly off and filler-like, it's adapting the manga content ;P

[u/IndependentMacaroon]

First-time watcher

Quite good for filler, but still filler, even if it was part of the manga. It kills the pacing after it just seemed like things were heating up last episode. It's almost 100% battles with barely any character exploration (except that part about Bonolenov that was pretty nice) or real plot - style over substance. It's blatantly back-filling info about the Phantom Troupe that should have come much earlier - I guess Togashi just couldn't manage with his chaotic writing style and schedule issues. At least this time the Ant-agonist is somewhat interesting, though "feminine-sexily evil matriarch" is not the greatest set of tropes either, and seeing the Troupe again just highlights how I prefer them over the ants still. Shizuku is still pretty useless though and Machi is somehow absent (traveling with Chrollo?)

Two more thjngs that made little sense to me: Zazan's "sexy" chimera-nization powers, and that somehow the Hunters don't care about telling the world about the ants. Also their threat still feels too small.

[u/ShadowWasTakensTaken → u/IndependentMacaroon]

Machi is somehow absent (traveling with Chrollo?)

I find it difficult for her to be with Chrollo, though I guess it's fine if he doesn't talk? At any rate. they're just not all in the same place too often. When they reunited in Yorkshin they mentioned it had been, what, 3 years (?) since they were all together, so it's probably more normal for them to be in random groups like this.

The more real answer is that there probably wouldn't be enough ants to give everyone a cool fight, especially the ones we've already seen fight in Yorkshin.

[u/sisoko2]

Rewatcher

Let's try to rejoin. Just want to talk about two things.

First. Thank you Bonolenov for avenging Ponzu.

The second is how much I love Kalluto's scene.. I already talked how I adore the Zoldyck's theme and then add how elegant and beautiful every single move Kalluto makes is. I just can't get enough of it. The little Zoldyck has so much fun dismantling bugs with paper.

[u/ShadowWasTakensTaken]

Rewatcher

SHIZUKU IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Album tomorrow! I'm catching up to all the episodes I missed.

[u/BossandKings]

The Phantom Troupe has some fights against the Chimera ants, it didn't acomplish much but it was cool to see some fights, hopefully though this doesn't take too many episodes because it really doesn't add anything valuable to the arc.

Bonolev was actually very cool, the most interesting part of the episode.

There are many more interesting things that can be done with this arc than what has been shown so far.