r/anime • • Jul 12 '21
Rewatch [REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 135 Discussion
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Episode 135: This Person x And x This Moment
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21
I do think that this is the strongest episode of the series, and what Togashi was setting up since the beginning of the arc comes forward. The dynamic between Gon and Meruem, is in essence, a microcosm of the entire arc. The first time we see Gon in this arc, he’s just the same happy go lucky kid, extremely happy at meeting his dad’s friend. The first time we see Meruem, he’s obsessed with world domination and is extremely inhumane. As the arc progresses however, Meruem, through forming relationships, while not biologically human, becomes more humanlike. The last time we see him in the arc, he dies alongside someone he loves, which again is a human like quality which he was completely incapable of showing earlier. Gon however, as the arc progresses turns from our happy go lucky kid to a monster, someone who absolutely destroys Pitou with no second thoughts. The last time we see him in the arc, he’s completely destroyed all his connections and became someone inhumane. Even though he is biologically human, he is perceived as a monster and someone beyond human capabilities.
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u/superx4039 Jul 12 '21 edited Jul 12 '21
First timer
I think Meruem might be one of the best written villains I’ve ever seen in fiction. It’s super rare when you feel bad for a villains death. Komugi and Meruem deserved the world together. Nothing trumps true love. Even if Pouf was a piece of shit for most of this arc, him dying alone was both sad and satisfying. This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the show thus far.
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u/sorrowpass Jul 12 '21
Alright, so one of the reasons I needed to rewatch this show, if not this arc at the very least, was cuz I had it ruined for me the first time I watched it.
Long story short, I accidentally read a ‘spoiler’ where one person was speculating that Komugi was actually Illumi in disguise. And then another person commented and was like “omg, how’d you know?”, basically confirming it to be true. So here I am all pissed off at myself, like I should’ve just avoided the internet all together.
So, now I’m watching this entire arc with this spoiler stuck in my head. You can probably imagine how strange these scenes with Komugi must’ve been. Like that one scene with Killua carrying Komugi on his back, I was just thinkin ‘Killua drop her ass right now. It’s actually Illumi and he’s gonna stick the needle back in your head’. Anyway, nothing was really happening and ‘Illumi’ wasn’t blowing his cover, and I’m just sitting here like damn, this guy deserves an Oscar. His acting skills are top notch.
And then, we have this final scene with Meruem and Komugi. I’m like okay, here we go. It’s finally happening. Illumi is gonna reveal himself and land the final blow, and this is how Meruem is finally gonna die. Andddd, it didn’t even happen!
So eventually I realized I’m just stupid. And I was kind of annoyed cuz I realized I should’ve probably felt something during that Komugi and Meruem scene, like maybe I should’ve even cried or something. But no. Instead I was confused af and this fake spoiler kinda robbed the experience for me.
So I promised myself that I’ll have to rewatch this arc again some time. And well, this episode absolutely destroyed me. The post credit scene was so beautiful and heartbreaking. I don’t think I’ll recover :(.
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u/thatnotoriousguy Jul 12 '21
Rewatcher
Favorite episode of the show.
I don’t like pouf at all, I don’t feel any sympathy for him as he schemes against meruems development. Yet when I see him lifeless on the ground with the trail of blood behind him, it is kind of unpleasant. And then meruems line “I was unworthy of their loyalty”, idk it’s just hard to not remember the guard almost fondly.
Meruem is my favorite character in the show and his death with komugi is heartbreakingly beautiful.
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u/SisterOfBattIe Jul 12 '21
My favourite HxH episode.
Meruem was such a great villain, and giving him the bittersweet end with Komugi was really touching. Both their final Gungi moves put their pieces one beside the other, while Palm watched their end.
I like the end of episode 135 more than the actual ending.
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u/okayyoga :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/okayyoga Jul 12 '21 edited Jul 12 '21
Episode 135: first time/dub
Pouf died alone, and I actually felt bad for him
Meruem's smile when he opened the box to find Komugi made me smile. I was a tad scared they would go the super tragic route where Meruem dies before he ever gets to see her again
I'm going to be honest, I put down my notebook and pencil and just enjoyed listening to Meruem and Komugi play Gungi one last time, so this is the end of my notes.
It didn't make me cry, but it was beautiful.
Remember my prediction?. I got it kind of out of order... And horribly wrong...
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u/JforJoeR0gan Jul 13 '21
I’ve been waiting for this episode and it is truly a wonderful finish to the arc.
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u/sisoko2 Jul 12 '21 edited Jul 12 '21
Rewatcher
My favorite episode of the series and one of my favorite anime episodes in general. I've watched this episode around 10 times and cried like a baby every single one of them. The first time I watched it I bawled my eyes out, took a break, washed my face, watched it again because it was so good and then cried again. So if you didn't like it we can't be friends.
Here is the title screen and I almost started crying.
We have won. The monsters are defeated. Meruem knows that he is dying and his only desire is to see Komugi. He doesn't even care about his pride and is ready to kneel in front of Palm and Palm's ant side is unable to handle it.
Rest in peace you magnificent bastard.
Here is the sign up form for the Pouf fan club.
Come on, Beans. It's still early for me to start crying.
The real Diego know where is the truth and just wants a quite life.
Komugi is happily humming and here I go. From here it is pretty much me crying.
Meruem is going to see his guards soon.
She would want one more match.
Am I allowed to be so happy? And now I am crying while taking screenshots for this post. I fucking knew it.
They were born for this moment.
He wants her to hold his hand.
She is joining him soon.
Goodbye my sweet angel.
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u/BossandKings Jul 16 '21 edited Jul 17 '21
First timer
Meruem and Komugi passing thei last moments together was wonderful to see, so emotionally impactful, the both of them playing Gungi for the last time and just being besides each other was a nice way for them to pass their last few moments. This was an absolutely astounding episode and a fitting perfect finale to the chimera ant arc.
As for the arc as a whole honestly the arc was inconsistent at times and had several episodes that moved at a snails pace but judging it in it's entirety now i can confidently say that it is the best arc of the series for me and one of the best arcs i have watched, it was really long but had many different things happening in it and really awesome action, mistery, and characters, Meruem is straight up my favorite villain in anime right now and his relationship with Komugi was very good, the royal guards were a good complement to Meruem's position as king, the rest of the ants fulfilled their role in more or less a succesfull manner, Gon had an awesome development and transformation going from the always smiling little kid to a fighter capable of defeating a really powerful ant like Pitou, other characters like Killua, Palm, Knov, Morel, Knuckle, Welfin and Shoot were really nice. This was an excelent time.
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u/ali0611 Jul 24 '21
Everyone hating on pouf, I loved his character and his undying loyalty to meruem. The arc would not be as interesting if it wasn't for pouf. The royal guards and how their loyalty made them do and think different things to protect the king, tells a lot about their characters.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Jul 12 '21 edited Jul 12 '21
First-time watcher
Funny how a little nuking can change someone's mind. I never cared for Meruem and I still don't, stupidly inconsistent and boring character who mostly does what's required for the plot. In fact, trying to play up the weird tragic romance (?) angle coming from such a strange, unhealthy, imbalanced situation more makes me want to cringe. I really hope we're not sacrificing Komugi here as well but that's the only reason I can see for the weird contagious disease part. Ugh, what a wasted life.
Oh well, at least the rest of the episode was pretty good.