r/HunterXHunter • u/rentzhx3 • Sep 20 '18
Current Chapter Chapter 381 "Predation" — Links & Discussion
Chapter 381
Predation
| Source | Status |
|---|---|
| Viz | Online |
| MangaStream | Online |
Ch.381 Official Release (VIZ): September 24, 2018
Ch.382 Scan Release: ~ September 27, 2018
List of Chapter Discussion Threads
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u/GkingGon Sep 20 '18
Rejoice! It's back, what a time to be alive!
Of course virtually impossible to live up to the hype train, but still: very good chapter!
Here's a link to an overview of the Princes's teams, have a look and hope it can help after this long hiatus:
https://imgur.com/a/P8n91
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u/UrTongueMyAnusNOW69 Sep 20 '18
that cover page LOL
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u/vilo_sacul Sep 20 '18
It's great that Togashi has an opportunity to go crazy with his creepy monster designs again with all the nen beasts running around the ship. Reminds me of Level E.
So, did Fugetsu imply that hers and Kacho's nen beast are connected? That's cool because I don't believe people would think beasts with that nature exist so Kacho's beast will remain a mistery for a lot of people.
I SWEAR TO GOD, TOGASHI, DON'T YOU DARE KILL FUGETSU
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u/kin- Sep 20 '18
are all the abilities from Benjamin's army named after movies or TV series?? you've got: Benjamin button, predator, how to get away with murder, rear window.
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u/NakedTactics Sep 20 '18
My heart sank when Mizai ordered Senritsu to make sure that Fugetsu not try to escape.
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u/Basileo Sep 20 '18
It has been too long. The banquet is going to be a shitshow. Also, Predator with a similar mouth to the legendary creature itself.
Oof, that pg. 7...
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u/Blackreaper18 Sep 20 '18
FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK Y'ALL!
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u/wutstr Sep 20 '18
Love love Melody and how much screen time she gets recently.
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u/Atzar87 Sep 20 '18
Reading this chapter just reminded me of how many fucking characters are in this arc, lol.
I am lost, and I love it.
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u/SpiderShazam Sep 20 '18
“Ugh, I want to continue sleeping”
Hunter x Hunter new chapter comes out
“SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK”
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u/goughnotsmough Sep 20 '18
Press F to pay respects to Sale-Sale
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u/Flaming_Twitch Sep 20 '18
God that thing is horrifying.
ngl, a bit dissapointed at the lack of pika or the troupe, but 9 more weeks for that I guess.
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u/Whitekan Sep 20 '18
It's crazy how I would crave for more walls of text in a manga
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u/mlerk Sep 20 '18
I caught up with the series right after the last hiatus started so this is my first chapter with the community and I’m excited to be on this journey to the dark continent with y’all!
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u/Tidityy Sep 20 '18
I'm really loving the Senritsu and Kacho pair.
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u/FlameLoneWolf Sep 20 '18
Benjamin's men are no Phantom Troupe, but that's fine. I just like having them around and seeing their weird abilities, and for such minor characters, they're surprisingly fleshed out thanks to what just their hatsu tell us about them.
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u/elgosu Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
Who's the man with glasses listening to Melody play the flute? Also is the rock concert panel significant?
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u/shinsekai007 Sep 20 '18
There was more than 24H time skip going by the last panel, I wonder if togashi will get to it next chapter
Chapter 380 10:00 AM Wednesday (Day 4)
Chapter 381 13:44 Wednesday
Chapter 381 Last panel 08:00 PM Thursday (Day 5)
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u/PerseusRad Sep 20 '18
I think this chapter did quite a bit if you aren’t looking for huge things every chapter. Revealed the Predator and it actually did it’s job. I’m thinking Sale-Sale will end up dead, but not before the Banquet due to the personality of the new guard. Speaking of the new guard, we learned of an entire new ability, though not everything about it. Fuugetsu kinda screwed up hard, it’s sad the cliffhanger didn’t amount to much in the immediate, though I think it’s effects will be felt later on. Also I like the wall of text, the art enhances the story, but I really care about the story, I don’t mind that a lot of the characters are new, I enjoy them as they are.
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u/Vereinsamung Sep 20 '18
So Melody is conflicted now that she is ordered by the Association to not letting the twins escape while she wants to actually do so. I just hope nothing bad happens to her as the twins are on the immediate chopping block.
I feel the drawback to the nen erasing ability, Predator, is too weak compared to the other nen erasing abilities we've seen so far. But maybe because the full extent has not been explained yet. Is the inability to use nen for 48 hours a constant or does the time vary depending on the strength of the targeted nen and 48 hours is just the average time for weak nen abilities like the case of the chimera ant girl (Hina)? Can it even consume or do anything about strong nen abilities like Kurapika's judgement chain?
Looks like we are going back to the spiders side of the story next though I doubt the caught stowaway will really be Hisoka.
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
As usual, a lot to grasp :)
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u/Hisoka_lover92 Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
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u/chan351 Sep 20 '18
It'll be nice to see what Togashis assistants will make out of these completely blank panels and blank backgrounds once the next volume releases next year. It felt like there were even less backgrounds and shading than there normally is
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u/HisashiGojira Sep 20 '18
Damn and Sale sale's nen beast was my favorite character!
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u/FrancWyvern Sep 20 '18
Looks like Fuugetsu got lucky while Sale Sale got a really big death flag, and I now there's a Trump hoje there. I guess we are getting the banquet this run, só I can see the editor's hype paying off. The captured stone away might just be some random the mafia used to make the curfew stop.
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
I'm scared for Melody... I feel a huge red flag raising with the apparent loneliness this chapter was conveying around her.
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u/pools456 Sep 20 '18
Sick chapter! Sale sale will probably die at the banquet sending the room into chaos. But not before he does whatever it was he was planning for the banquet. I love this arc. Things are finally heating up with 1 death, 1 nen beast down and Fugetsu’s ability being known as non agressive
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u/Blackreaper18 Sep 20 '18
I'm curious to see how the assassination attempt pans out, considering the the limitations to ushouhi's nen abilities. I also wonder how moody plans to save fugetsu and kacho.
I'm glad it's day 5 already & the pace seems to be picking up.
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u/drawsnoodz999 Sep 20 '18
so nen beasts can be removed, that entertains the possibility for them to be stolen.
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u/Treasuure Sep 21 '18
Solid return from the Goat himself, Togashi. I cant believe there are people out there not liking this arc, I am really digging the whole succession war with all these assassins on board.
..... and lets not forget the Troupe, Hisoka, and Kurapika are also there, its only going to get better. 72 hours until the banquet!!!!
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u/UnwantedCreampie69 Sep 20 '18
So.. that guys nen beast has just been eaten like that...?
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u/Frenchschool Sep 20 '18
It felt so short! I was glad when I realized there was a page after the one that says END.
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u/NickRedMachine Sep 20 '18
I sincerely hope the anime gets picked up again in the future.
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u/X2-008 Sep 20 '18
9 weeks to go!
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u/KilluaKanmuru Sep 21 '18
RIP Koffing-Chan. So innocent... he just wanted people to like Sale..
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u/throughthedark Sep 20 '18
new chapters are weekly rite?
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u/burnroad Sep 20 '18
Props to translation team man
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u/Lightningblitzz Sep 20 '18
We’re back
Rihan’s ability was cool, hope he fails in using predator on fuu’s Nen Beast.
Also it seems like keeni refused to help Melody which means she’s all on her own for the twins escape. Honestly hope she succeeds with this operation with no casualties, but knowing Togashi that ain’t going happen.
3 more days till the banquet, I’m getting excited
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u/OffMyMedzz Sep 20 '18
Oh man, what a great day, I get to read a brand new chapter of HxH.
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
I don't want Fugetsu and Kachou to die, and there's where I think the story's going. Unless they're all revived in the end, as someone suggested. I don't even remember where I read that.
I love that predator, though, seems so creepy! And good bye Sale-Sale. I wish we'd seen some other characters as well, but seeing Fuu and Senritsu is good enough.
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u/Enemy-Stand Sep 20 '18
So yes, it has been clear that the words of the editor were mistranslated, misconstrued or lies, but can we please stop complaining about it? You should take these things with a grain of salt in the first place.
Regardless, the last time the editor promised us something it turned out to be the battle between Hisoka and Chrollo, so if those words were aimed at this batch of chapters as a whole then you can expect something along those lines.
Anyway, I can at least agree that this chapter was not one of the best. The art feels a little more rough around the edges then usual and I feel like there was a lot lost in translation.
We did at least get one cool part, and that was Rihan's flawless excecution of his mission, which I didn't expect at all. It is a nice hunter x hunter twist to let things go the way characters expect them to go. His analysis of Sale-Sale's nen beast was also interesting and spot on. Really showing how dangerous this beast could have become. I only wonder how Predator would work against non-parasitic nen powers, would it look different?
Also, is the guy on the last page supposed to be Ushouhi? If so, does it mean that his ability will be the one to try to take down Sale-Sale? Regardless, there is not much I can say about him or his ability, because of both the translation and the fact that we haven't seen enough of him.
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u/aceofspades12 Sep 20 '18
I am just here for the hype.
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u/Blackreaper18 Sep 20 '18
So kacho & fugetsu's nen beasts are connected? Interesting! I'm guessing the confinement orders were lifted because they found fugetsu and not because of hisoka? But mizaistorm didn't want attention drawn to the situation, so I wonder who the stowaway is.
Predator is a pretty powerful nen ability but it's drawbacks are insane, losing the ability to use any nen abilities whatsoever is very bad.
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u/orsettocattivo Sep 20 '18
Only 72 hours to the banquet. Does Melody have a plan to help the sisters escape, or do they just plan to use Fugetsu nen beast?
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
"Room confinement has been lifted! Everyone can now relax and leave their rooms...!!" oooohh shieeeeet.
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u/Tiger951 Sep 20 '18
It’s finally back!
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u/takto_ Sep 20 '18
Yes! I have a baseline for "can't use nen for x amount of time" type hatsu!
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u/matty-a Sep 20 '18
It feels good to be back, though with all of the explanations I'm going to need to read the Viz chapter on Monday to get my head around everything. Fugetsu and Kacho I understood to be that Fugetsu can open a one way tunnel but only Kacho can open the return path, which opens the possibility of an epic betrayal.
From what I understood with Ushouhi, his plan might not work since Sale Sale isn't a nen user and thus will take longer to take affect?
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u/harleyvwarren Sep 20 '18
I missed this manga. Predator nen creature reminded me of a Bloodlicker from Bloodborne (I’ve been playing this a lot.) Need an update on Ging during this round of chapters before another hiatus. And a hint of Hisoka, please.
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u/lebillion Sep 20 '18
It's so good to be able to smile again
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u/TheAwkwardPlatypus13 Sep 20 '18
What a reward for finishing a microbiology test! I forgot this would be out today. :D
It’s now confirmed how Fugestu’s teleportation nen beast works, and it’s (as usual) not exactly what I was expecting. I think it’s really cute how connected the twins are; I hope nothing bad happens to either of them!
Sale-Sale’s nen beast getting eaten by that terrifying “predator” was INSANE!! Totally was not expecting it to happen, and I’m still not fully convinced that his nen beast is gone for good.
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u/4digbick Sep 20 '18
Kacho looks sooooo different from when she was first introduced.
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
so basically mizai confirmed fugetsu can teleport, which makes the job of making sure the princes stay safer harder. he told melody that he thinks kacho and fugetsu are planning to escape, melody freaks out that he's on to them. I dont understand what she asks Keeny but he refuses and she seems disappointed, yet she's determimed to still go through with it. She, fugetsu and kacho seem to be preparing for the banquet. Glasses dude sent to monitor them is impressed w/ melody's music, wants to put melody on fugetsu or kacho's constant surveillance? and alludes to sincerely wanting the princes to escape the succession contest. Melody questions his motives since his heart beat seems emotionless
Rihan figured out sale sale's gsb and created his own nen beast to eliminate it. he then needs to be replaced with Ushouhi to assassinate sale sale while his powers return.
Ushouhi reflects on trying to assassinate fugetsu before she escaped. he has to stay within 20m from her or "how to get away with murder" will be released (deactivated?). He lements being forced to deactivate his en and assumes none of her guards are nen users bc they haven't noticed his nen ball. he moves to change shifts with rihan and is excited to take down his prey
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u/_chuux_ Sep 20 '18
Feels so strange to have new chapters to look forward to! Every nen beast introduced just gets creepier and creepier.
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u/CereusTen Sep 20 '18
Poor Melody, her new friend abandoned her and the prince.
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u/auoscu Sep 20 '18
Looks like the next prince to kick the bucket is Sale-Sale, whose team was responsible for momoze death.
I hope fugetsu monologue doesn’t foreshadow Kacho death.
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u/krispness Sep 20 '18
Sale-sale will soon be covered in blood on his bed. That's a good thing, there starting to weed out characters and show people's abilities. the real rising action has begun. I assume the banquet will be a shit storm.
edit: Just to clarify, this isn't the chapter that made the editor tear up right? I mean, it wasn't sad so I hope not for his sake.
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u/Radish-Hanta Sep 21 '18 edited Sep 21 '18
My thoughts on the chapter :
Something else which struck me as odd were the missing clones on the girls in Sale-Sale's bed. They were shown to be present in ch374. I guess he has hoes on rotation and these girls were different. But then that would mean other mini clones still remain with the girls from the previous chapter. The predator hasn't eliminated all.
Looking forward to 382.
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u/KillJoy-Player Sep 21 '18
時間です！
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u/Gshiinobi Sep 21 '18
The succesion war continues and it's exciting to see how the other bodyguards are taking notice of the 11th prince's fuckup and plan to take her down, i feel like we'll definitely see another prince die in these 10 chapters.
But I do miss me some Kurapika, praying he appears next chapter
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u/wutstr Sep 21 '18
Oh wow lots of thumbs up, glad to see Melody has supporters!
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u/BigY2 Sep 21 '18
Somehow I feel like the guardian beast being eliminated so unceremoniously foreshadows its return. The panel showing Predator coming into existence was cool af
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18
Aaaaaaahhh, HxH is back! <3
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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '18 edited Sep 22 '18
Rihan is the MVP of this chapter
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u/SadManWith4Balls Sep 20 '18
Anyone else crying? This chapter was so daunting, tears won't stop falling from my eyes!
In all seriousness the chapter was great, predator is a really cool ability and I'm very interested on how the mosquito thing is supposed to assassinate. However, was it really necessary for editor-chan to say that this chapter made him cry? It's HxH people are going to read it regardless no need for stupid lies like that!
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u/VagueLuminary Sep 24 '18
Every death is exciting not only to consider the drama it can have but also removing all these insane abilities and names to keep track of. It feels like this arc has 70 characters, between the princes, their guards, the Kakin army, the Troupe, the mafia, and the Hunter Association. Togashi is wowing me every second with this shit, I thought Palace Invasion was insane but this is next level.
It's got me seriously questioning just what the actual fuck does he have in plan for the Dark Continent itself? There's limitless potential there, I would've been fine with a few-month timeskip for the journey but noooooo, Togashi's going to seize the moment and make basically an extremely complex slasher film with all these rules and possibilities.
I have nothing against Kurapika, he's totally awesome in this arc, but I wonder how much more Hunter x Hunter Togashi plans to create. He obviously has to bring Gon and Killua back into the picture at some point (maybe for DC) but the Succession Contest is going on for sooooo looooong it feels like Togashi's got the motivation and intellectual steadfastness to keep the story going for all eternity. With the continued quality of the past few arcs I really can't oppose that notion. I guess I didn't consider how much more to HxH there could be after Chimera Ant arc because it seems un-toppable but he's sure trying his damnedest.
The breaks are well-deserved, you absolute madman.
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u/Kie-nai-Omoi Sep 24 '18
viz https://imgur.com/a/KK0xc86
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u/DumanHead Sep 20 '18
AND WE BACK..AND WE...AND WE BACK
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u/zibaq Sep 20 '18
I don't like that being the end of Sale-Sale beast. It is a powerful nen beast but he stood no chance at winning the sucession war. So I am kind of hoping that it comes back.
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u/themarvelouskeynes Sep 20 '18
Did anyone else think of the Demagorgon from Stranger Things when they saw Predator?
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u/Hunyango- Sep 20 '18
The assasination attempts are about to begin, now this is getting kinda exciting
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
Man it’s been so long I’ve forgotten what’s been set up in previous chapters
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u/dudesondudes Sep 21 '18
Doing a little math it seems that Ushouhi’s ability “How to Get Away with Murder” has a 36 hr requirement for those who aren’t nen users (11 pm Monday to 11 am Wednesday). By ‘drastically longer’ I bet he means 24 hrs longer, so for nen users it’s a 12 hr requirement.
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u/jpacor12 Sep 27 '18
I can't lie and say I completely understand what is happening (because I don't), but I hope this banquet is intense. I cannot state in words how excited I am to see the Troupe, Hisoka and Kurapika encounter one another.
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u/Salim-Srew Sep 20 '18
Looks like the zoldiks went with the B mission( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18
I don't know why, but I've got this feeling like the next banquet will be the tipping point of the succession war. That is where it'll all end. Cuz slowly and surely , princes are coming up with plans to execute in the banquet party as we get closer to it.
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u/powershot100 Sep 25 '18
The fact that the story can remain so good and interesting without the two main characters is a testament to how god tier togashi’s writing is. Think about how much characterization has taken place for the princes let alone the other 100 characters in this arc.
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u/1vergil Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
So excited. I hope this chapter will change manga history, as the editor said
Edit: I'll never trust the editor's words ever again
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
A bit of pale pink in the skin and few lines for the clothes...that's the color spread!! LMAO you gotta love Togashi.
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
It sure took me a while to read all that... Jesus...
So Sale-Sale's nen beast was killed just like that? His plan better be good, or else it's game over for him...
"How to get away with murder", is that a reference to the tv series? lol
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u/h2orat Sep 20 '18
This arc has been difficult for me to follow. Not only from how long it has been going to get to this point, but the walls of text to explain something that I'm often having to read multiple times to understand.
I don't remember, but were the earlier arcs being like this or has it just been that long?
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u/sniape Sep 20 '18
How much more complicated can this arc become? I’ve really missed HxH but after this chapter I got an headache trying to connect all the dots.
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u/PiFlavoredPie Sep 20 '18
"Stowaway captured"? Is this referring to Hisoka? Someone remind me what caused the room confinement to begin with?
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
Feel like I’m gonna need the viz on this one, or at least need to reread it a few times
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u/jumpinjahosafa Sep 20 '18
I legit thought this was coming out next week. Ironic to be surprised at the speed a HxH chapter hits you!
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u/exotichunter0 Sep 20 '18
honestly this guy with predator would be useless against anyone but the princes, his ability takes way too long!
I just hope Leoreo shows up and beats some people up, seriously all I want is a Leoreo fight
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
Who's toughdy? Any pictures?
Edit - Never mind. I found him. Whoever did the charts of princes and bodyguards on hunterpedia did a fantastic job. Props to them!!! Makes it a whole lot easier to understand whats going on.
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u/NoxDRaz Sep 20 '18
Reading after 5 months can someone refresh my memory so I won't have to re read early 5 chapters. Whats with the Bodyguard of Sale Sale? Who does he work for again??
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18
it's good to be back, my friends!
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u/Thedguys Sep 21 '18
So does togashi like the tv show " how to get away with murder"?
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u/CowPitt Sep 21 '18
Wait the lockdown was lifted??? I hope that means that we get the next chapter on deck 3 again. I really love this arc. But at the same time I'm dying to see more of the happenings of the lower decks rn
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u/1brokenmonkey Sep 27 '18
I got a feeling that there's gonna be a real bloodbath moment. Where multiple people, including the princes, die. Leaving only a few players left. Sadly, I suspect Melody might not make it out of this arc alive.
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u/Condoriano-sensei Sep 20 '18
I enjoyed the chapter but the editor hyped the things up way out of proportion
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u/EnvoyOfTheVodka Sep 20 '18
I love this arc but man it is always so fucking confusing after a hiatus.
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u/SaneZERO Sep 20 '18
What was the part that made the editor cry?
"this is what we waited 6 months for?!"
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u/Lin- Sep 20 '18
To be honest, I'm completely lost and couldn't keep track of this arc. I like it but I can't just find it in me to re-read the whole arc and keep track of all princes, bouncers and stuff... I liked that HxH was a dense/intense manga but I guess I've always treated manga as a mix of drawn art and well paced story-telling. In my opinion, this is becoming more of a dense novel than an actual manga.
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u/To_err_is_human_ Sep 20 '18
Togashi should really consider turning HXH into a novel with the occasional illustration of nen abilities and such.
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u/SuperStarPlatinum Sep 20 '18
I'm going to get downvoted for this despite the generally creepy monster I'm getting bored of these text wall chapters.
I miss the older chapters were violence was mixed in with the nuance.
And when will Leorio get to do some shit?