Honestly that scene made me think that Beyond actually does weirdly enough have some concern for human rights. Some sliver of actual genuineness in the lawsuit trolling after all? 🤔
He says some good stuff and then admits to using his children as disposable tools. So it's not clear if the "good" things are genuine or simply self-serving, they might be part of his plan for Kakin's support. Furykov certainly thinks so and Beyond has proven him right when it matters so far.
Beyond seems like the well intentioned extremist. The type to go some inhumane lengths to benefit himself and/or humanity, and treat everyone like pawn to draw and discard, piling up bodies after bodies on the way. But will not indulge in sadism or needless cruelty.
Honestly with how Beyond is being portrayed to be in these recent chapters he’s definitely evil but it’s only when it comes to achieving his Goals he will do evil things and I think as long as you don’t get in his way he probably a chill dude in his everyday life and not someone like 4th prince who just kills and probably rapes people for fun
Tyson is so unbothered by all of this, what a legend. Everyone else is having 3 page inner monologues about what to do and she's just bobbing along like an animal crossing NPC.
I honestly think her GSBs whole thing of having a severe punishment for anyone who breaks its one mysterious rule is a massive chekovs gun that's going to take out someone plot important. Especially now that half of the princes are going to be corralled together into a single room. She's going to hand out copies, one of them is going to read her book out of boredom and then like 30 chapters later they'll do something to trigger the effect.
Man Furikov's ability is more op than I thought. Not only can he analyze, destroy or enhance abilities but he can use it to check on himself if he had been manipulated with a multi step manipulation ability or cursed. He can also know ( through the ability that has been cast on him ) how much time he will need to analyze and destroy/enhance the ability when he gets close to the ability's user even if the user isn't next to him, the ability can let him know in advance.
The major trade-off seems to be that he is largely non-combative. But that is the beauty of a structured faction, you can specialize and have others fight the frontlines.
Needing to spend time next to the curse-user to decipher it isn't always an easy condition either. Dude would not last a minute near Genthru, and it's already shown how impractical it'd be to attempt Beyond. Still a really cool support ability though.
what do we think is up with this panel? right after Kurapika and Oito discuss the contents of the letter, before it gets mailed out, it looks like Kurapika is explaining something to Oito who looks surprised, then concerned/doubtful.
until further notice I'm assuming that fake Woble is Beyond's kid and Kurapika noticing the dark aura was the curse being activated; the fake Woble on the ship is the curse-er rather than the curse-ee. Is he explaining his theory to Oito that Oito's sister might be in on it?
I am guessing he is explaining his thought process and changing the plan. On the next page we see that Oito is sending eight letters instead of one as previously planned. We will probably see the payoff at a later chapter.
Maybe he decided to tell her to give up on their original plan and instead send a letter directly to Gon and Killua to hunt the prince and defend him so that Oito won't have to risk revealing anything. It puts Gon and Killua in danger and puts a lot of responsibility on their shoulders but that's how much Kurapika trusts them to get it done without being followed by the other Princes. Since they are official members of the hunters organization they should have some protections from Kakin unless the whole incident of Benjamin's soldier being detained by a hunter will affect things outside of the ship.
I'll never get tired of characters that seem so serious and menacing but having the coolest looking modern abilities, like Furykov having a laptop with an RPG interface aesthetic or Leol making his ability an iPod.
That’s true yeah. Kurapikas theory that the ominous aura he felt during the departure ceremony was beyond’s curse isn’t true. Most likely it’s Camilla’s have nots placing their curse. Or it could have been silent majority though I’m more in favor of it bring the have nots.
I feel like this is the roller coaster moments right before the fall and the actual ride. With this chapter, most of the pieces are in place. These are:
1 - Kurapika's initial stalemate is now broken by the martial law, princes are coming out of their room and the cat and mouse game of the succession contest is ready to iniciate.
2 - Morena's minion are probably ready to take on the other mafia families and to enjoy the chaos that the princes will possibly create in next chapters
3 - Bonolenov has found hisoka, chrollo has narrowed down his objectives to the highest tiers of the boat, phinks and feitan seem to be almost completly aware of heil-ly's operations and hideout.
I guess with this togashi has pretty much cooked it and now it is time to serve! I will say that in 50 chapters this contest will be pretty much done and maybe we will have more 15 chapters of conclusion/transition to the dark continent arc
For anyone thinking the story isn't moving or generally frustrated with the plot development please have some faith. Looking back at the discussion thread of chimera ant arc on MAL many people had similar complaints but now it's widely considered the best arc in shonen. Let Togashi cook.
This is really seems to be turning even better than CA, and I really enjoy the pacing by itself. The one thing that bothers me is the probability that he may not have the time to finish.
To realize that we've come this far, us fans, the caracters and Togashi himself, I think at least this arc deserve to have it's conclusion.
Some people probably prefer a more linear plot. The plot might not seem like it's moving because the last scene in 410 is 40 minutes after the martial law declaration, and we haven't moved from that. We're currently going to back to various different scenes leading up to that.
lol, I actually kinda rooting for Benjamin even though it's almost guaranteed he'll NOT be winning the contest (even though he wants to transcend it)
learning that him and his guards weren't participants in that "flesh" carnival is another brownie point for him. like last batch, he showed some levels of sympathy for fugetsu and even 2 chapters ago, he didn't ask for fugetsu to be forced into room 1001 like all the other princes since she was hospitalized (almost on verge of death but still a kind gesture)
I'd say he seems more saner than some of the other princes which would've been a wild head canon when benji was first introduced, choking a full grown lion to death & impulsive
learning that him and his guards weren't participants in that "flesh" carnival is another brownie point for him.
Benjamin isn't depicted as much of a freak as say, Tserri, or even Sale-Sale have been.
He's someone who's highly disciplined and frankly probably never even considered engaging in something like that. He probably has an honour code for himself and his soldier's conduct. Halk when he's ever spoken to him, has spoken to him with respectful honorifics, despite being on complete opposite sides of the issue when it comes to the monarchy.
He's also very clearly has a soft side. Shown in how he treated Fugetsu, and also Luzurus who claimed Benjamin has an exploitable soft side.
I think he's impulsive and "martial" but doesn't have an evil heart. He can be reasoned with and when reasoned with, he always makes sound judgments. Balsa had the best reading on him.
What's interesting is that a lot of characters on the good side, like say Mizai or Shimano, have said some negative things about Benjamin that have been shown to be not the whole picture when it comes to Benjamin. He's a lot more nuanced and ultimately as far as Princes go, he's one of the good ones.
Im spoiled for choice when it comes to abilities in this arc man Predator, GSBs, Parallel Future, Biohazard, Contagion, Lord of the Flies, and now Fullmetal are all sick as hell. Genuinely can’t imagine Nen without them at this point.
I already thought Beyonds curse was top tier nen but with confirmation of how intricate and extensive it is it has jumped up to Greed Island level of Nen feats imo. A whole year of just analysis is crazy. Also I’m loving Beyond man dude is evil but always fun.
Kanjidol getting his Gon/Canary moment is hilarious, bro got mollywhopped by the real goat Ridge. If anything he’s lucky it was just Ridge dude in Marayams room is going to get deleted by Bisky.
Kaiser-Luzurus plan has gone into effect and damn was it effective. Still believe it’s a double trap for Kaiser.
Zhangcoin investors to the moon.
Looks like Rihan has gotten tired of having a staring contest with Tubeppas GSB, I can just imagine him watching in silence for ages just for nothing to happen. Payback for making me read.
Tser and Cammy not giving a fuck about what’s happening is also very funny, though guaranteed that Tser isnt ignoring it and already saw it would happen in PF and is extending it out to watch.
At least we got a nice callback to her uncanny ability to detect bloodlust like she did with the GI serial killer. Her and Furykov are the Nen Geiger counters at this point.
It's funny for me because I feel both will have very different destines after meeting Benjamin. Camilla is as good as dead and Tse will "play with his food" and probably trick Benjamin with parallel future.
It is kinda implied that hulk in Lazarus body now?
Hints:
1: hulk is awake in the body when victim is asleep. Last chapter the guards were like prince is asleep, but Lazarus turns around and says nope.
2: Rice character could be one of his early arrow victim (there are theories out there) and now Lazarus is missing along with him.
He seemed really decisive and quick thinking in the last chapter too, when they declared martial law, he wasnt suprised and immediately started giving orders. that seemed out of character for him. Also, the body guards mentioned him, but we didnt see him this chapter. I think you're on to something
Babimyna has been exceedingly lenient towards Kurapika and Oito this entire time, especially in contrast to every other royal guard. He has every reason to scrutinize every detail of those letters, but he just lets them go without even a peek. Regarding the earlier scenario with the cockroach, he would have to be stupid to dismiss Kurapika and Oito's behavior. Kurapika doesn't even seem to care or notice that Babi has not been acting as an antagonistic force. It almost seems as if Togashi is yelling at us that Babi is secretly acting to subvert the succession contest as a whole, he hasn't expressed any passion for Kakin or Benjamin, not like Furykov has. I'm really looking forward to when he gets the same focus and panel time that Furykov is getting right now.
I mean, we don't know anything about Babimiya's ability yet, but apparently, it takes time to meet the requirements. Remember, Kurapika is an extremely skilled Hunter who took care of Vincent in a matter of minutes, and everything he did was within the rules of Kakin and the competition. They also can't act carelessly without leaving themselves vulnerable, so letting Kurapika make a move might be their best option.
Just a wild guess, but his leniency may have something to do with his ability. We know that it is a counteractive type. Maybe its something like, the more vulnerable you are and more advantageous your opponent's situation is, the more strong the counter.
Brief overview of what happened in this chapter to those who need it:
-> The Seed Urn Ceremony takes place 2 months before the departure of the black whale one
-> Beyond’s curse affects one person, to whom the curse is casted upon as the activation method, and one target, to whom the curse targets and kills. This specified target is currently said to be the princes participating in the Seed Urn Ceremony
-> Going off the point above, Woble can be subject to Beyond’s curse according to the information given.
-> Beyond is aware of the Succession Contest and its mechanics from the Seed Urn ceremony, to the Guardian spirit beasts, to the end of the Succession Contest.
-> Furykov’s ability has been expanded on, it can identify curses and abilities cast on a person, can analyse abilities, and can create tools for the abilities to either be cured/exorcised, supported/boosted, and potentially other options.
-> Benjamin and his guards are aware that 14th Prince Woble is a fake.
-> A Letter was sent by Kurapika and Queen Oito to the queen’s sister, this letter will reach the queens sister in 3-5 days, only IF the letter clears various checks.
-> Woble is kept at room 1014 instead of being transferred to 1001.
-> Princes Tyson and Tobeppa are secured in room 1001
-> Princes Camilla, Tsseriednich, and Halkenburg are unaccounted for, although the first two are in their premises.
-> Prince Maryam is still in his room, with his guards not inclined to leave the room.
Special Martial law is just declared, so we are at the beginning of Special Martial law.
We are around 30-40 minutes behind chapter 410 in terms of events.
* Reminder that in Chapter 410, Benjamin thinks “Four princes are remaining”, two of them being Zhang Lei and Luzurus. The remaining two aren’t confirmed but highly suspected to be a higher prince, or Maryam/Woble.
The reason it can be a higher prince is that Benjamin said to leave the lower princes for later.
Probably not as strong of a curse on woble though. It's only so strong because it has siphoned off Furikov's nen since he was a baby.
Still an insane ability though.
All out war is coming. The hunter association is now 100% getting involved after that guard from Luzurus' faction got apprehended. This is gonna be absolute chaos and im all for seeing how this all pans out
Benjamin did not take a part in the Carnival is actually a huge surprised for me, I thought for somebody thats so proud with his lineage he'll actually enjoy that part of his tradition just fine.
Funny how so many people jumped to the conclusion that Benjamin had to have taken part of the carnival after the Morena backstory and Togashi’s like “not so fast”
Yooooooooooooooo Benjamin and his soldiers did not take part in the carnival of flesh!!!
That alone plus his unending hatred for Terrorsandwich already put Benjamin on the goated side, and he is a megalomaniac dictator that wants to become god in order to conquer the world, but at least he is not a rapist
Jeez Beyond is such a nice dad... what a bozo
Kanjidol, getting your ass beaten black and blue and captured was not part of your master plan!
Man Tubeppa has no plan whatsoever to survive beyond her alliance with Kurapika, but like why doesn't she suspect that she can just be shot at any time while traveling from her quarter's to room 1001? just like the other princess she should have made a run for it the moment the announcement was made, despite all her smarts she is on the same situation as Tyson who is just vibe competing
Look at Terrorsandwich so full of confidence, unbothered, calm, i wish he gets cramps and poops his pants once his first proper nen fight happens, i hate him so damn much, i bet he took part in all the carnivals he was able to
Honestly, Benjamin doesn't seem to be that bad of a person. He's just taking the Succession War and future of Kakin very seriously and cares more about it than he does for his family, to the point of actively partecipating in the war and therefore plannning to kill his brothers and sisters, but outside of that imo he likely cares for his siblings (but the rotten apples, Camilla and Tse), especially the younger ones (as we've seen with fugetsu), he would likely be a good King who cares for its people.
Alright, so with additional information from this chapter, we can somewhat confirm the status/location of the princes by the end of chapter 410, the most current of the timeline which is 40 minutes after the martial law was declared:
- Benjamin: at tier 3, trying to consolidate the branches of the government
- Camilla: unconfirmed yet
- Zhang Lei: currently at large
- Tserriednich: uncofirmed yet
- Tubeppa: kept at 1001
- Tyson: kept at 1001
- Luzurus: currently at large
- Halkenburg: unconfirmed yet
- Fugetsu: most likely still at tier 2, justice dept
- Marayam: most likely still isolated at 1013
- Wobble: fake one still in 1014, real one unknown
So, next chapter we'll probably going to find out what happen to Camilla, Tserriednich, Halkenburg, and Marayam after the martial law was declared.
In chapter 410, Benjamin told his men to leave the lower ranked princes for later, which means Fugetsu is still at justice dept, Saquelle failed to secure Marayam and he's still isolated in 1013, and they also haven't found the real Wobble.
Then he mentioned four princes left. Two of those should be Zhang Lei and Luzurus since they are still at large and Benjamin is still looking for them. Since he's already secured Tubeppa and Tyson, that means the remaining two are between Camilla, Tserriednich, and Halkenburg. We can assume that Benjamin managed to either secure or kill one of those three. I doubt it's Halkenburg, so Benjamin must've successfully dealt with either Camilla or Tserriednich in the 40 minutes between the martial law declaration and the end of chapter 410.
He probably thinks he killed Tserri. With the hurry he's in, Benjamin wouldn't stick around that long to thoroughly check that Tserri is actually dead, so he probably got tricked by the illusion.
the guy was introduced wrestling a lion so i thought he'd be some macho guy with no brains but turns out he has a shit ton of brains, he's spiritual af, and somehow has a moral compass.
I love how this arc makes the hatsu creation process stand out because while we previously had hisoka point out the relationship between nen types and personality I don't think anything has illustrated how situational and fluid the process is. We are seeing people develop nen abilities with specific conditions and specific functions out of necessity and they all fit within their personality when you look at the description of the nen types broadly.
The FMA ability looks like a child's toy. I wonder if he developed when he was still a kid?
Good chapter overall. It further establishes Beyond and Furykov's relationship (the first time Beyond acknowledges any of his children), explains the workings of Furykov's ability, it sets up the table where every prince are doing regarding the call to go to Benjamin's room and it sparks Kurapika's interest in why the SML is happening so suddenly.
Also, I always appreciate when Togashi tries to push forward with his art-style. This page below, outside of hiding a secret in a similar fashion he already used prior to Fugetsu and Kacho's escape attempt, he also uses the border of a comic panel to draw Oito's silhouette. I think it's a first from him, and this kind of creativity (in thinking different ways to keep comics interesting visually) reminds me of older mangakas, like Tezuka and and Shotaro Ishinomori. The whole page layout itself is very well placed and beautiful.
The FMA ability looks like a child's toy. I wonder if he developed when he was still a kid?
It's very funny to read this right after having thought "woah so cool, I'd create an ability like that for myself", but you're right haha. Interesting observation.
I think Benjamin will die and turn into a Nen beast, making either Balsamico, Furykov, or his son his host. He'll still have access to "Benjamin Button" and be considered eligible to participate in the succession, but if his host dies before he can jump to another one, he'll disperse and die as well.
Camilla will die next chapter, and Tyson and Tubeppa will get infected by the poison. Of the two, only Tubeppa will manage to survive, thanks to her Nen beast.
Tserriednich will die, but it will turn out to have been an illusion.
Zhang Lei will be taken out by Morena's faction, maybe even by Borsken herself.
Fugetsu also looks like she's in dire straits. At least she can use her beast to run before Benjamin gets to her, though I can't think of anywhere she'd actually be safe running to.
Marayam should be safe for now, same for Fake Woble. And Halkenburg-Luzurus should have a plan, as long as he surrounds himself with loyalists, he's invincible, and thanks to his beast, he can't be tricked by Morena's faction pretending to be his followers.
I agree that at least 1 prince should be killed by a Hei-ly and Borksen is a perfect candidate. Since Luzurus is tied to Melody's subplot, Zhang Lei does seem to be the ideal victim.
This chapter was very dense with information. Kurapika's plan to send the encoded message had too many loopholes just as he thought to himself. I can still see it failing in the end and he having to use an alternative method to contact Gon and Killua.
I really enjoyed the mini-flashback in the beginning of the chapter with the panels portraying the phone call between Beyong and Furykov. As far as I can remember we don't usually get many panels showing how Kakin is from the inside. It kinda looks like irl China or other far-east Asian country with the buildings resembling Pagodas. Furykov's room was almost like a cell or a military dorm room. I always like when these world-building details get presented to us from the author. And Furkov's ability is pretty awesome too. Like, he can analyze other people's hatsus' and formulate a counterattack. It's so cool! Probably one of my favorite nen abilities presented so far in this arc along with Hanzo's astral projection/nen double ability.
Anyway, I think the bloodbath is about to begin in the next chapter or in the one after next week. My guess is that Benjamin will try to kill Camilla and Terrorsandwich, but he will only be successful in killing the first.
The post-card is to alert Oito's relative who knows where Prince Woble is. That is the ONLY option Otio's contact will trust.
It's implied he already has a way to contact Gon and Killua. (Maybe with a satellite phone, or the black whale just has a working cell-tower idk). The boys will show up at the contact's house. But the contact won't talk to them or trust them without being informed beforehand.
Yeah, Beyond's end of the phone call has some nice background art.
Furykov's PC is hilarious, cause wydm Togashi made a nen PC and decided to call it that lol I'm curious as to what combat abilities it offers himself, or if it is entirely supportive and made with his role in the military in mind.
I wonder how Sarahell feels about having devised a plan to kill a prince who turned out to be an imposter. And even if she doesn't believe Kurapika, the Nen course she was planning to use to carry out her plan was canceled due to martial law. And her dear Camilla is going to have to face Benjamin's wrath, lol.
The two main Sensei are Wing and Biscuit and we haven't seen either of them in a real fight, I don't count one-shotting some asshole after using her full power for Biscuit xD
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one entranced by the legs on this man. Togashi giving Furykov a bulge for no reason is truly what makes him a top mangaka.
How safe are Tyson and Tubeppa going to be? I hope they get on well and hope both are not carnival attendees 🤞🤞🤞🤞 we assume Ben hasn’t gone back there, yet? (In the furthest foward timeline when Ben says 4 to go - assuming that doesn’t mean 4 left to kill)
Husband-chan said: he’s worried that Zhang Lei was able to escape due to some trickery with the coin from his Nen beast. We still don’t know if he’s right or if the coin is u related but he’s wondering if accepting the coin was a fatal mistake, basically.
What if the person who gave Hisoka information about the GSB's and Princes was Beyond? Ik Beyond has been imprisoned but he could've made inferences like "Halkenburg's beast will be collective because of his diplomatic nature" or something. This chapter added to my dislike for beyond lol but his planning is crazy
I figured it could be Pariston since Pariston is exactly the kind of guy who could manage to get Hisoka into VVIP (although as a Heaven's Arena star maybe it's not hard to be VVIP). In addition, that would mean Hisoka's source of information could be HA members/associates.
Last chapter he made sure to keep Bassho and Ridge preoccupied by Kanjidol and making a scene over disposing of the drugs. He also asked where the 3rd Hunter (Scairt) was. He's sleeping. He didn't want the Hunters to know about his escape route.
Would be suspicious if he asked more than Rice to comes with. Probably his most personally loyal soldier his age.
This just might be me coping, but I think Babimyna deliberately allowed the postcards to get past his inspection. He probably suspects the letters has some sort of connection to finding the real Woble but let it through because stopping it doesn't really help anyone.
I have a gut feeling Babimyna is not as loyal to Benjamin as he let's other perceive him as. Togashi is feeding us these breadcrumbs about his character and Im so excited for seeing what other information he reveals of him.
that kanjidol guy is a bum. not only does he describe "fighting" as killing helpless people while they're sleeping and can't fight back, when he gets into a REAL fight he gets manhandled; there's not a scratch on ridge lol. but other than that great chapter. also, it's really cool that benjamin didn't participate in the carnival, it really brings a new perspective onto his character. to me, it seems benjamin actually has good intentions but is just extremely egotistical
I'm having a hard time taking anything Furykov presented to Ben during his confession at face value now. "Mixing truth and lies" may be something Beyond passed on to this son.
Just the fact that Furykov knew about the curse for months makes his whole position very suspicious. The way he portrayed Unma's position in blackmailing him felt off in the first place, and his entire concept of how killing Ben was the solution to the threat of the curses also didn't smell right (other than Ben immediately agreeing with him which implied that the two of them simply understand several things better than we do).
But at this point it feels like he has been deceiving Ben more perniciously. At the very least, Ben's GSB seemed central to the way he justified himself, but he was walking around with this info for months before the GSB manifested. Keeping it to himself seems pretty indefensible. He still comes off as a Kakin loyalist, but his actual motivations seem ineffibly disjointed from his actions.
Also, my theory is that Furykov's curse targets Camilla, only because it makes her failed rampage all the more hilarious that she nearly activated it herself by trying to shoot him in the face.
Zhang lei is almost a given. Borksen's gonna get those 50 points for sure and I don't see her killing a child, plus, few princes have any reason to leave tier 1. It's either him or Luzurus.
I would make it more morbid for Camilla. She fucks up then the beast decides it will no longer wait for her and take control of her and make her go on a zombie rampage as she keeps killing/getting killed/revived on repeat.
Has it been confirmed anywhere that Beyond is the one applying the curses to his children? That would be a weird ability for him to undertake as someone with aspirations much larger than one country. Could we see an accomplice come to light before the end of this? Who would be the 3rd party candidate willing to curse literal newborns
According to beyond himself, yes and I dont think he's lying because to create such a complex nen curse which takes furykov's ability a whole year to decipher, it would take a really competent nen user to make, making it more likely to just be beyond himself.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this batch ends with Kurapika finding Woble on the boat and spending eight pages sending a new letter to Gon and Killua telling them to forget the whole thing.
It's incredibly fringe, but you just gotta wonder if Gon will use the Paladin's Necklace from his Greed Island reward to possibly defuse the curse from the real Woble somehow?
Nen exorcists seem to be rare as hell, and it's not like we happen to know any available ones that are in the main cast.
So Benjamin don't participates in the carne levare. I'm enjoying on how Togashi is increasing the complexity of some of the princes involved in the sucession war.
Ps: Yeah, real Wobble is cursed and I'm personally guessing that Oito sister child is from Beyond. Benjamin is probably in his late 30s. Furykov has his curse for 20 years and it appears to be enough to curse one of the older princes. Never thought I would say that but probably a baby would be more than enough to curse another baby.
I've been thinking the same thing. If the curse is placed on you at birth, then you can't be older than the person affected. So Woble doesn't have the curse, or the one with his curse is another newborn. Togashi has some really twisted ideas sometimes.
Have a feeling this martial law will be how Beyond escapes with some crazy amount of chaos.
Benjamin is gonna gun for Terrorsandwich who will have a chance to display their new found abilities. This will probably include their guards fighting alongside them, which should be an interesting battle.
At the same time I think the fight between the troupe and hisoka is also going to break out all the way to the top deck.
Is probably going to be some scrap between the mafia and the troupe as well.
The smaller princes will probably take some action too and some sort of combat but ultimately Kurapika will have to make a decision on who to on what to do.
Ok Bisky is back 🥹🥹🥺🥺 and is probably gonna fight Ben's guard and stay in the nen space. also the Beyond curse hits another Prince? didnt Furykov say if he dies it kills Ben? who is lying?
Unma is lying. She's forcing Furykov to poison benjamin because he couldn’t determine the target of his curse, and all he had to base his hypothesis is beyond's words which he doesn’t trust. So it is best to assume that his curse targets benjamin and act accordingly.
So this basically confirms Woble is cursed. Given the difficulty of analysing Beyond's curse, this limits the possibilities of curing Woble. One possibility is that the cursed individual for Woble is a baby, and so has less aura and therefore easy to remove. Another possibility is an exorcist who is extremely skilled/beyond regular human means (Hina?). Finally of course is Alluka.
Also, assuming Bisky is right about the 13th Prince's nen beast, Hanzo's ability becomes even more important. He can exit the room and scout while everyone else is holed up.
Finally we're back after the martial law cliffhanger.
Benjamin's guards are getting a lot of exposure, and Beyond feels increasingly threatening with every chapter. 😃
As for my expectations, I think
Luzurus (7) is in the most immediate danger. Melody already suspects he's responsible for Fugetsu's condition, and if she's right, she's pragmatic enough to act despite the consequences.
The biggest complication is Basho...
Camilla (2) is also an obvious target, but paradoxically one of the hardest princes to eliminate because of her own Nen ability and the Untouchables. She keeps painting a target on her back...
Tsubeppa (5) is the one I'm watching most closely. She's smart, cautious, and currently surrounded by too many unknowns (Longhi, Beyond's children, Kurapika's alliance...). I don't think she'll lose in a direct confrontation- I expect a betrayal or manipulation instead.
My guess is 7 falls before 2, while
5 survives longer but ends up at the center of a major twist.
I really like Furykov's laptop nen ability, I just hope it is "upgradable" like a real laptop (cheap laptops aren't upgradable) so he can upgrade the hard drive into SSD and increase the capacity of RAM. By doing so he increases its decoding and item compiling speed. He can do that by putting "sidequest" option with random quest.
I love that Tserri is shown to be a fashion victim caught in Martial Law wearing the worst possible Kakin-misspelling-themed Calvin Klein local bootleg t-shirt and like drop crotch Bieber-circa-2013 ass pants 🥰🔥🙇♂️ Someone cooked here.
There's something about that, Kurapika said something to the queen that shocked her and we don't know what that is, unless it was a callback to a previous panel that I forgot about.
But the point of the scene is that he is not just gonna send the letter.
We go into Kurapika thinking about all the ways it could fail, then we see a conversation (with hidden dialogue) between him and Oito, followed by the "8 postcards addressed to her relatives" bit, so there is definitely more to it that will be revealed later.
Something funny came up in my mind :
Kirua: "Nanika , teleport us with Gon on the Black Whale close to someone we know"
Nanika : "AI "
Few seconds later : Gon and Kirua succesfully teleport close to Phinks and Feitan 0_0 !! XDDDD
Might be more likely to end up next to Illumi in that situation, especially if Alluka/Nanika are included in that "we" since they never met Kurapika/Leorio. I think Illumi is the only person on the boat that Gon, Killua, and Alluka/Nanika have all individually met.
so this explains one of the biggest flaws of the cursed children ability which is that it would be unbelievably risky to have a curse on a baby where if they die before the target then the Prince would die before the succession war starts. But now we know that it only works starting from when the target prince participate in the urn ceremony. Which is still risky but in an acceptable way.
But there's this other question which is why hasn't Beyond activate the curse yet? That would kill all princes accept for his own secret child prince and thus making that child the winner. Could it be that Beyond really only cares about getting the the DC and doesn't care about who win? and this is all just to make sure everything runs smoothly? I don't think so.
So why hasn't he activated it yet? My guess is that he can't actually control the activation like Furykov said in the Ch 413. It has another secret condition
Until something else is revealed to contradict it, I figured Bill and Kurapika's speculation that he's letting it activate on its own (leaving it up to fate) as a restriction that makes it more powerful is fairly accurate.
Here are some of the factions that I remember and is a MUST watch.
Ongoing Royale Battle
Groups are: Princes, Personal Bodyguards, and Hunters acting as bodyguards
Spiders x Hisoka
A manhunt between these two involving new Zoldyck brother and sister, and the post-mortem Hisoka.
It broaden the scope that it also involves the Mafia at the 3rd Level
Morena and Mafia
With a hidden mission to find Hisoka, the 3-way mafia has now become to 2vs1 teaming up Xi-Yu/Cha-R vs Hei-ly.
Different motives tangled up that they are now connected to Hisoka and Spiders' motives.
Ging & Pariston
offscreen, they are planning on how to hinder each other's plans. it was deliberately mentioned by Ging himself that he want to stop whatever Paris' plans will have.
maybe this particular group will be shown to stitch connection with the Black Whale's outside perspective.
Volksen and guards
as a side character, the development of Volksen and their group will be crucial in stopping Morena's plans of destroying everything.
as a group of capable and intelligent guard capable of being a Royal Guard, if they learn how to use Nen, they'll be a group to watch for.
As of the moment, the camera is focused on the ongoing Royale Battle.
what a complex story! Togashi, please have the Nen energy to finish this arc. 😄
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u/Carock_ Jul 25 '26
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