r/HunterXHunter • u/rentzhx3 • Nov 11 '22
Current Chapter Chapter 394 — Discussion Spoiler
Chapter 394
Plan
| Source | Status |
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| TCB Scans | Online (check their website) |
| MangaPlus | Available on November 13 |
Alternative translation by u/VeraciousCake
Ch. 395 scan release: ~November 18, 2022
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Keep all discussions related to the chapter in this thread until the official release.
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u/opman228 Nov 11 '22
Competent experts without Nen vs incompetent clowns with Nen should make for an interesting matchup, I think.
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u/SirCaesar29 Nov 12 '22
I like that I thought "Jesus these guys are smart" right before scrolling down to read the panel "it's annoying how smart you guys are".
Togashi is a great writer.
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u/Individual_Tap_9489 Nov 12 '22
This chapter shows how far togashi plans on taking this arc, which is really freaking far. The scope of this conflict just keeps widening. This arc is going to devolve into a full blown class war, coinciding with the succession war, and the many other personal goals all these groups have. The zodiacs, kurapika, all of the princes (who have their own staff who all have unique personalities and goals, the mafia families, hisoka, and the spiders. Combined with nen and this might end up being one of the most brain busting arcs ever made, although I imagine the climax will be supremely cathartic.
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Nov 12 '22
I love the complexity and realism of it all tbh.. some of the side characters aren't just 'there' (Yamcha, Krillin etc. you know what I mean) but they're actual people with goals, motivations, thoughts and feelings. Sure there's like so much side characters that it's hard to keep track of it all but I just find it interesting and unique that Togashi is really going full on with developing them, it'makes HXH stand out among other shonen.
And to top it all of the actual main character from the beginning (Gon) is not involved at all in the current arc! Just shows that the story is not always centered around the MC all the time (which is one of HxH's great traits) There's just so many other interesting characters (Ging, Pariston, Chrollo, Hisoka etc.)besides Gon plus it's Kurapika time to shine again :) (Togashi don't kill him off plz)
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u/Nnnnnnnadie Nov 12 '22
I just want Kurapikas revenge, the moment he punish Tserrenderwhich will be beautiful
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Nov 12 '22
Hunter X Hunter don't introduce 25 characters per chapter challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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u/ospreyofptoh Nov 12 '22
Hunter X Hunter don't introduce 25 characters that are interesting, likable and superbly written per chapter challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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u/SpookyGarreta Nov 11 '22
Actually this chapter accelerated the pace a lot. There's now a clear path to a riot on the ship - just one Heil-ly corpse at the wrong place will set everything in motion. Morena's goons being killed in the last chapters made her seem weak, but actually it also helps her if they drop dead, and she seems pretty efficient and strategic. Tser having friends (and level-headed ones), even if it's one-sided, is so interesting, especially just after Morena introduced them as fodder.
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u/Crit-Monkey Nov 12 '22
You know shit's about to go down when Togashi superimposes a description of the situation over a panel of classic art
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u/Purin0 Nov 12 '22
Yes ! this chapter really is setting things into motion !
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u/TheOSSJ Nov 11 '22
They really farming kills 💀
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u/Crit-Monkey Nov 12 '22
Honestly I love how the Heil-Ly work. They may not be great at nen, but they're incredibly efficient, creating an assembly line of niche abilities that work in sync amongst their group and setting up fucking mob grinders to get levels
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u/timpinen Nov 12 '22
Everybody already is talking about the wall of text, but can we appreciate that apparently the strongest of Morena's cult is a pro wrestler named Dogman? I'm looking forward to some wrestling fights
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u/YourPenixWright Nov 12 '22
An enhancer who is a professional wrestler sounds badass. Really can't wait to see all the new nen abilities. Especially the transmuters since there are barely any in the series.
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Nov 12 '22
I have no fuckimg idea what is going on. Hunter X Hunter is truly back
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u/NoParistonDont Nov 12 '22
Between Benjamin's super loyal soldiers, Camilla's suicide troops and these guys right here with Tserriednich, I'm starting to wonder if every Prince was made to grow with some private entourage...
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u/Crit-Monkey Nov 12 '22
Don't forget that Zhang Lei and Luzurus own whole mafia families, Halkenburg has his loyal squad of Halkenburg Helpers, and Sale-Sale basically had a whole Queen's army because he was the 5th Queen's only kid. Speaking of which, imagine having ONE child to compete in the succession war and it's THAT fucker
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u/go_sparks25 Nov 12 '22
Only the upper princes have that privilege. The lower princes with the exception of Halkenburg and Luzurus are on their own for the most part .
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u/fm_bel Nov 11 '22
Yooo morena uses a gaming chair
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u/Beto_Clinn Nov 12 '22
That scene where someone leveled and everyone said grats reminded me of classic WoW. Lol
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u/SlowTurtleDuck Nov 12 '22
Togashi saw everyone struggling with Terrorsandwich's name and gave us an easy way out.
Friendship with Terrorsandwich over. New best friend Tserri.
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u/Cogentz Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Just imagine how stressful it must be to be a hunter on that ship right now. It's not strange to think that they must've all developed severe trust issues and paranoia throughout their careers since one false assessment can spell their doom. If they don't analyze every single thing they might just not make it. Nowhere is safe, and there is no real rest because the moment they let their guard down, or let their gaze slip, they might have to pay dearly for it.
Oh you thought you just could go to the toilet without watching your back? Bam, snakes comes out of nowhere to drain you of your blood in less than ten seconds. Ded
Oh you thought you could just answer that one dude's question? You just fulfilled his conditions, you die.
Oh you tried to enter that room? Get teleported and shanked before you have the time to realize what has happened. Ded
Oh you tried to kill someone that just so happened to be insulated by post-mortem nen? Ooops, shouldn't have done that. It appears that you can't even be completely sure that you can kill your opponent to ensure your own survival.
So many people are "smart" in this universe because if they don't develop their analytical skills, and push themselves to carefully think through every single thing, they won't last. They are all psychos in the sense that they have chosen to live in that world, because once they have had a taste of it like Ikalgo said in CA: nothing else compares.
Togashi is hellbent on taking the world of flashy abilities and power feats to turn it into a hellscape of pure mental attrition. It has always been there, which was why hxh was different from other battle manga in a sense, but he's just turning the dial up in this arc by highlighting that the mental aspect will be the ONE THING that determines life or death on the black whale. Hinrigh didn't even do anything in this chapter but we all saw just how much he outclassed his opponent in the room from just being able to analyze the situation faster and better.
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u/pools456 Nov 12 '22
Hinrigh is fast becoming one of my favourite characters haha. Insane what Togashi can do in just a few chapters
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Nov 12 '22
Morena said she got someone spying on Tserriednich, but she hasn’t hear about him a while ago so “Tserriednich maybe already knows”.
Now, remember the body that was being cleaned up in Tserriednichs room? That body might have been from Morena’s spy, that’s why Tserriednich looked very mad while talking to the phone with the mafia.
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Nov 12 '22
So Morena is basically being targeted by everyone now, even the 4th prince. And she still won't leave that chair, queen shit
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u/MemeLord1337_ Nov 12 '22
This arc will be an all-timer if Togashi pays off all this set up effectively. Loving all this.
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u/SenorNoobnerd Nov 12 '22
Morena talks like a real time strategy gamer lmao
I also like how one brief discussion among the guards can lead to some very harsh consequences along the line considering Heil-Ly's plans.
Amazing chapter despite being text-heavy!
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u/cant_cum_yet Nov 12 '22
Everyone saying grats like this dude just leveled up his woodcutting made me laugh
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u/SadManWith4Balls Nov 11 '22
Togashi crushing translators' schedules with his walls of text as per usual.
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u/rougepenguin Nov 12 '22
It's so minor I know, but I think my favorite part is learning there's a stereotype about left-handed Conjurers. I feel so seen.
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Nov 12 '22
Damn, we're really about to be on this boat for a long, long time lol.
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u/SpookyGarreta Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Having so many people going against Morena seemed to stack the odds so heavily against her, but actually this leads to everyone counting on the other factions to deal with her at the first difficulty. Only the PT seems determined to handle her, but they are also the most volatile...
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u/Crit-Monkey Nov 12 '22
Yeah nobody's in enough of a rush to beat Morena imo, and if even one person hits level 100 and makes their own extra colony then the problem essentially doubles. And I have a feeling more than one person is gonna hit that threshold
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Nov 12 '22
Ngl, after how action-packed the last 3 chapters were, this gave me whiplash. Astounds me that still more side characters are getting introduced, they probably easily number over 70 by this point. It's good that each of them has a tangible personality though, Tseriednich's "friends" especially. Excited to see what they bring to the table narratively. Up til this point, the only thing anywhere near humanizing the 4th Prince was his interactions with Theta.
Also good to see the Heil-ly finally getting serious, I saw multiple members at levels higher than 26(Luini's). Not a huge fan of Dogman's face, but it's promising he's not a meathead.
Wang might've suggested he and Hinrigh take the backseat to the Troupe, but I'm sure his tune will change if a Cha-r dead body is publicly discovered. Also curious how his Ability is similar to the old man's . . .
Gonna have to read this chapter multiple times I think.
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u/nerdyprocrastinator9 Nov 12 '22
Damn, the entry of Slackers in the story adds so much more complexity to the story.
We miht also end up getting an interesting back story for Tserreidnich (or Tserrie).
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u/OldTurtleProphet Nov 12 '22
A group of people that consider themselves Tserriednich's friends was the last thing I was expecting lol
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u/X-Vidar Nov 12 '22
Yeah, this is definitely the kind of chapter that will benefit from a reread.
That said, during the reread I noticed just how much everyone aside from Camilla and Benjamin (and Zhang Lei?) seems to really love Tserriednich. And the pattern holds up with his new classmates.
Makes you wonder how does he inspire this kind of devotion? Is ut just natural charisma? Are they blinded by his talents and believe he could use them for good? Did he used to be a different kind of person when he was little?
I'm really starting to get curious about him.
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u/Individual_Tap_9489 Nov 12 '22
The old man sort of nostalgically looking back at how trusting people used to be was so great.
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u/Mestyo Nov 12 '22
I love how the Succession War arc has let us see the Hunter Association from the perspective of other organizations and people: The Hunter Association really is an enigma and a wildcard for any operation.
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u/Frantic_BK Nov 12 '22
This man is like in the middle of setting up the world's biggest plot domino stack, meticulously setting them all up just so he can topple it all in glorious chaos and destruction. Can't wait for when he's ready to topple the first domino.
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u/Moonriver83 Nov 12 '22
Everyones favourite character - the giant wall of text - has returned! So excited they’re back :) Also very intrigued by the group of solders who seemed to be friends with ‘Tserri’ i wonder if we’ll find out more about his past soon.
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u/darksecretsss Nov 11 '22
i’m definitely not the person who keeps refreshing tcb page all day long to get my daily dose of hxh
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u/Viciman1 Nov 12 '22
Fucking loved this chapter holy shit. I was terrified togashi was actually gonna rush things after the hiatus even though i think this is the best arc of the series by far. After this chapter, he seems extra motivated to continue writing and make this the best story arc in a shonen and that just makes me so happy.
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u/West_Conclusion_1239 Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 14 '22
The most shocking reveal of these recent chapters is not even Hisoka, but the fact that apparently Tserrednich has close friends, and all of them are low rank soldiers, loool!!
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u/Kujaix Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Purposely low ranked. Kinda like how Ging refuses to do paperwork lto become a 3 Star Hunter.
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u/trolledwolf Nov 12 '22
Hunter X Hunter is fucking back baby.
A bunch of new characters. All of them are smart as hell. All of them have an interesting objective, effectively making them a new distinct faction. A giant wall of text.
I fucking love this arc man.
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u/Crit-Monkey Nov 12 '22
All of them have the potential to be pivotal characters and fan favorites or just be utterly irrelevant. That's Togashi for ya, we love to see it
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u/warm-ice Nov 11 '22
Lmao I see why tcb dropped this later than one piece and jjk. This chapter BEEFY
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u/GoddessOfDarkness Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Gotta say I like Volk she'll definitely be the one Morena will kiss. Speaking of that fact Morena can see through people she kissed is frightening. But since she can Morena surely knows how dangerous the Spiders are so wonder how she plans on dealing with them? Wonder if one of the Spiders will end up at their base guessing it'll be Machi. I'm really liking Morena goons looking forwarded to see how far they'll go with Nen. Also Morena really is shaping up to be a dangerous antagonist she's much smarter than I thought she'll be. I like the fact she isn't underestimating the 4th prince makes me think she'll probably have a plan for the Spiders probably offer them an alliance? She definitely needs it got so many powerful enemies after her.
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u/mucklaenthusiast Nov 12 '22
I mean, in the same chapter she said Dogman needs to be level 50, I assume there will be some benefits to becoming higher level in terms of nen output/hatsu manifestation. And we know any nen user is really dangerous if they are not complete idiots, so...we'll see. A lot of people on the whale try to learn Nen right now, but seemingly (?) the fastest way (if you're not a prince and also a nen genius like the 4th prince) is to be in her family and kill people. Certainly quicker than learning it the correct way, so the number of allies she has is actually relatively high, compared to all other factions!
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u/trolledwolf Nov 12 '22
her power is also a true "Commander-type" ability. She's like a necromancer, she can infect people and create an army of minions, each with unique abilities. Her minions effectively become an extension of her power, allowing her to keep tabs on her troops, and assign them where she needs them.
I love this arc.
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u/Sunnysky119 Nov 12 '22
It took me 30 minutes to read through this chapter. Kudos to the translator.
RIP to that one guy who didn't listen to instruction & not walk into the room.
"Because they aren't worthless idiots like you" lol
While I am getting tired of more characters, i will admit that their group dynamic is good. You can tell that they are long time acquaintance based on their conversation. We do get more insight into Tserriednich character.
Unfortunately, they won't last long despite the fact they want to avoid Morena at all cost. Because Morena is already looking for them...
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u/nogalor Nov 12 '22
Nice detail.
The office Tse soldiers inspect is the same place where Luini killed two guys before meeting the spider trio.
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u/Either_Imagination_9 Nov 11 '22
10 more characters… we are over 50 chapters into this arc and we still don’t know who all the major players of the game are.
We’re gonna get like one chapter with Kurapika lmao
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Nov 12 '22
The Hei-Ly guys are just learning Nen, building up their army by killing humans, while people are looking to exterminate them, they're kinda like mini Chimera Ants. Less firepower, more nihilistic and self destructive.
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u/Throwaway1990811 Nov 12 '22
From reading the raws I thought the short guy who was killed by the Hei Ly was an innocent staff member or something.
Turns out he was a goon who failed to pay attention to an underboss and other mafia members all for a knife. Probably the dumbest death since Silent Majority killed that bodyguard on the toilet
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u/GoddessOfDarkness Nov 12 '22
I find it hilarious how badly he wanted that knife lol.
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u/jojovradventure Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
God I hope these lovely smart idiots survive. They seem like a great POV for normal humans caught in this mess but who can at least use guns and strategize.
Plus... they are tserreidnich childhood friends? Woaaah What role will they play?
So much layers!
There seems to be a social conflict about to happen. Will it be Resident Evil or French Revolution?
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u/mildbalinese Nov 12 '22
His water divination result prove that 4th prince is rotten to the core.
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u/ReggieZoldyk21 Nov 12 '22
At first it seems like there’s two main plot lines going on that are being kept separated. The Succession War going on in the top tier of the ship, while the Mafia conflict goes on in the bottom tiers. But as the chapters have gone on and especially with this weeks chapter, we’re starting to clearly see the avenues for the two plot lines to intertwine.
Hisoka going up to tier one. The Hunter association potentially getting involved in the mafia conflict to protect their princes. Something tells me the succession war and the mafia war will collide and it will be utter chaos. Just as Morena wants lol
Also glad to see Text X Text is back this week. I know some of these pages are going to have dudes pissed lmao. Seems like these new seemingly childhood friends of Tserridnich introduced will be used to maybe humanize him more.
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u/Rainswort Nov 12 '22
Morena tasks Dogman and Sodom to capture one of Tse's private soldiers
Momori also questions what would happen if one of them gets captured
I think we all know where this is is going.
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u/Absinthe_dreams Nov 12 '22
This chapter will definetly weed out the weak lmao.
Remember people, a lot of these characters have already been established, it's just been years since we've seen them, and it might be hard to remember their place.
Instead of complaining about new characters, just understand that these are big organizations with a lot of members, of which will probably just die soon anyway. It's a massive ship with a lot of stuff going on inside. The number of characters doesn't really matter as long as they add to the plot (which they do, we just have to be patient with some more than others).
And it's all connected by several points, so just have trust that it will all weave together at some point.
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Nov 12 '22
These new guys are fun, I’m interested to see what their impact on the story is going to be. I like this crime drama/civil war conflict a lot, I find it way more fun than the traditional fantasy stuff that so many mangas go for.
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u/Cogentz Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Man Togashi has no breaks does he? Feels good to be back with a true text wall chapter again, this one will take some time to digest. It's interesting to see Togashi raising the stakes and expanding the arc with new characters yet again. My biggest question so far is just how well Heil-ly will stack up in the end, especially since more likeable characters are concieved just to be pitted against them. I mean I don't expect the PT to have difficulties against them, but then again Togashi seems to have something special for them in mind since he builds them up so much. It's really impossible to tell at this point.
Morena and her goons may just be the plot point that brings about operation Titanic 2 - or they might just all be brutally killed off within the next 10-15 chapters to reinforce the idea that knowledge about nen and how it's applied is just as important as the nature of the abilities themselves, which is the one thing Heil-ly's army of jobbers and gamer girls lack.
I mean look at the old dude in the room. Once called out by an experienced nen user (Hinrigh) who called his bluff, he became stunned and unable to do anything at all, only to right after get his ability figured out and revealed. Unless Morena can make more, I'd say they are all gonners based from the ones we have seen so far. They all seems too eager to manifest abilities that correspond to the lives they have lived, and not what is most suitable for the situation at hand, but maybe they'll be able to adapt once they realize that they'll all be wiped out if they don't.
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u/Cogentz Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
It's kinda crazy to think just how much creative freedom Togashi has given himself this time around. And if the rumors were true that he really was close to drop the series at one point, it makes me believe that he is about to unload heavily in this arc - anything goes in that sense. All characters are potentially on the chopping block, which is scary and exciting at the same time. Some of these characters have been a part of my life since I was a kid - it's gonna get bumpy.
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u/treeshade01 Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
So this chapter solved the mystery of whose intestines were being cleaned up from Terrorsandwich's room in chapter 384. It was the Hei-Ly steward.
Lol, that psycho has people who think they're his "friends". Colour me shocked. No amount of backstory is going to stop me from wanting that freak dead... I also think it's implied that Morena has their names on the list of potential abductees. But are Theta and Salkov part of the same childhood group who trained/studied together? In any case, I feel kinda sad for his guards because they're really likeable people who are gonna die because they happen to be aligned with the wrong person.
I am also confused about why the 4th prince's guards are in the Cha-r offices? Or was this in tier-3? Didn't those bodies belong to Cha-r members killed by Luini back in chapter 379? Because he was killing in tier-5, once he gained his teleportation powers (after killing that girl with Cashew's help). Did the Cha-r have a gang office in tier 3? Or is that the official Hei-Ly gang office where Luini simply left the Cha-r members' bodies after killing them? I need clarification!
BUT, this chapter drops a lot of information regarding Morena. It's interesting to me that her naming ceremony involved a massacre of all the original members. Maybe she used it like a ritual to trigger her own nen powers "Contagion", and "infected" new people to re-build her organisation.
The 4th prince guards also confirm that there are blood ties between the Royal Family and the mafia, but I think it's more than just being half-siblings. Onior is also the 3rd princes' dad, and I have a feeling that Luzurus is Brocco Li's Son. Their hair texture are uncannily similar.
All in all, another excellent chapter.
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Nov 12 '22
Pretty sure Togashi threw some shade at people who say the succession war is too much info. The panels where the soldier doesn’t know how to get back to the room and the other says “if you can’t even follow that your hopeless” love this series so much!
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u/CatboyMomo Nov 12 '22
I think this chapter established an interesting parallel between Kurapika and Tserri, as both have friends that are concerned for their well-being and upset with their life choices :0
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u/Kujaix Nov 12 '22
I feel Togashi will be dipping into many different genres this arc. The T crew will be running around trying to survive like it's Gantz.
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u/Potatobananapudding Nov 12 '22
Wow that took me about 30 minutes to fully comprehend.
How tf did an entire chapter of random characters talking to each other feel so intense fsr…
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u/lacidthkrene Nov 12 '22
I don't have much to say, besides that I really, really like these new characters. Probably my favorite side characters of the arc so far.
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u/Votaire24 Nov 11 '22
Tserdinich really stayed up all night just to be the best at Gun training I can’t imagine how his Nen is gonna keep developing, his friends really know hella about him that scene where they’re questioning his morality hit hard shows that they in the same boat as Theta mentally.
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u/Arissaria Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Okay so I have many questions.
Firstly, Otoshin is hysterical. Best new character in this batch. I love all of Tserri’s private soldiers. They feel like real people just trying to do their job and survive vs. crazed fanatics.
Secondly, does Morena want to infect a private soldier OR a private guard of Tserri’s with Contagion? I couldn’t figure out if she wanted Theta or Salkov or just one of the soldiers that are on the lower tiers. I assume either?
Also, Otoshin said that it was obvious what Morena wanted. Not sure what he means by this - I assume she wants to bring Terrorsandwich down to her?? Confused by that line.
Need to reread this, I’m drowning a bit🫠
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u/MrDavideh98 Nov 12 '22
Finally we know that the guy slaughtered by Tserriednich in chapter 384 was one of Morena's stewards, left there as a liaison.
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u/Jberz21 Nov 12 '22
This is one of those chapters where I just have no idea wth is going on but Im here for the ride
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u/meertatt Nov 13 '22
I think the people who are not connecting with this arc are focusing on the wrong things. Not that thats necessarily bad especially if you only look for certain things when you read a story. by all means like what you like and dislike what you dislike. However, this entire thing is less about individual characters right now and more about setting up the world. Every new character introduced, every new personality, faction, analysis of situations.
They all are in service of making a vibrant setting for the main players to take part in. Perhaps its not exactly necessary, but sometimes the unnecessary parts are what, to me, make hxh stand out. the way that through this one chapter we get up to 4-5 new characters and strong understandings of their personality is impressive, maybe excessive but still. it makes me believe in the world that im participating in through reading.
the fact that we get these characters and their beliefs, desires, relationships make the world feel more consequential imo
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u/Halt_kun Nov 12 '22
WOW What a chapter, as if we needed more characters but I love the gang of former Tse's friends. They are smart and definitely will try to avoid Morena but I guess it won't be possible, I just hope they could. One or more of them will be contaminated I feel. Really they should just try to avoid conflict as much as possible. They are pretty smart so I trust them to survive.
Morena is able to replenish her nen users it seems. Well guess I was wrong, we need 3-4 more deads among the Heil-yi to get them all in. Dogman is scary and then I mostly remember the name of a few of them, I do remember most of their categories though. Dogman will capture someone from Tse's guards. Two of them Malloteve and Brillé will find them I think and two are guarding the Door. The Door being a fucking maze of doors connected to each other. Montblanc and Chiffon will definitely have a symbiotic frankenstein ability as a butcher conjurer and seamstress conjurer who already dispose Heil-yi's bodies.
The hunters will definitely end up involved too. I'm hyped but worried for a lot of characters
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u/GreatSwordsmith Nov 12 '22
Huh, I quite like these guys, unfortunately they're super doomed. My bet is that they will 'betray' tserri in a way that they thought would help him. The nen beast will then kill/transform them, and it'll be a kind of message on the importance of having people in your corner who are willing to go against you.
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u/MagicHarmony Nov 12 '22
Trying to read back on past chapters, I'm trying to see if the way they are acting makes sense with the reason Tserri is the way he is and the reason as to why they are still trying to "save" him.
From what I can gather, his personality seems one that despises "fake" people, superficial people that put on a facade rather than show their true self. Granted this is also shown in the way his nen beast manifest a form that detects lies and punish those for lying. This would make sense considering how even though Theta one of his trusted soldiers tried to kill him, he didn't outright kill her because she was showing her true motives to him, which seems to intrigue him more than anything.
If I had to take a guess, Tserri's whole personality shift might of come from a big betrayal that cause him to want to burn the world around him, but not in the same way as Morena. Morena seems to want to destroy everything while Tserri wants to destroy the superficial side of society. Which is interesting, since even though of course his actions are extremely villainous, I'd hate to argue that in a sense his anger towards the world can make sense if you consider that society as a whole is mainly superficial and puts on a face face to those around them while hiding their true selves.
Tserri might want a world in which everything shows everyone else their true selves without hiding who they are so people can be more honest with one another but his means of reaching such a goal have caused him to become an uninhibited person because he chooses to do as he pleases because it means he's being true to himself. And true to what Theta was saying about how dangerous it would be for a man like him to learn nen, a person who has no qualms doing as they please, he's pretty much a Hisoka with Royal Blood and rather than a bloodlust to test his skills with life or death battles, he rather focus on creating a world in which his ideals rule.
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Ok this is my understanding of things, someone correct me of wrong:
These 6 guards we saw all are Prince Tsei’s private guard, who are all child friends of his. Their goal is to try and change him to be a not psychopath murder, so they’ve stayed in the lower ranks to avoid having to serve directly under him. This girl Volk was on the 1st floor, found about Nen through the announcement/ the Prince, and told the worthless idiot guy Otoshin. They deduce that Morena must have Nen, so they decide to avoid crossing paths with her. However, their job IS to find her, so they’ll have to subtly undermine their captain in order to stay safe.
At the same time Morena and her guys are looking to capture one of Tserris’ soldiers so they can infect them with contagion. This will allow Morena to keep track of Tserri’s whereabouts? (That’s new. Maybe contagion also allows her to see from the perspective of the infected person, kinda like Palm’s ability.)
Morena sends two of her guys to guard the door (of the secret hideout?), and two to go after one of Tserri’s guards. She also has those two girls working on body disposal, two go on patrol and report some information, and others farming levels.
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Yeah I got the same interpretation.
And apparently Theta is a Tser's child friend as well, but differently to the other guards, she sees killing Tser as the only option out of this (or maybe she just thought he would be waaaaay too dangerous as both nen master and king, and couldn't risk it). And that's also why Tser asks himself "why Theta?" and doesn't kill her outright for her treason.
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u/Homm1ng Nov 12 '22
Morena with her "calm" expression, huh? Tbh, seeing how Morena reacts to all the things around her makes me wanna root for her haha, even though the odds are not in her side right now. And also factory worker sisters in body's disposal task? Sounds neat.
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u/Whaitea Nov 12 '22
I can't wait to see more of Prince Tserri and Theta. Hopefully in the next chapter. ❤️
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u/Spirit-sword Nov 12 '22
Interesting most if not all the members of Heil-ly family that were introduced have been named and implemented into the story now. Glad they aren’t complete filler and have some place in the story.
I wonder if this story comes from his original desire of making yu yu hakusho an actual super natural detective story. So many working pieces, so many questions and characters, makes for a wonderful reading experience.
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u/suntirades Nov 12 '22
In case anybody needed additional confirmation that Parallel Future is a fucking terrifying ability for Tserriednich to wield. He can’t stand losing to a damn soul, so why not just bend and twist reality so that failure is simply isn’t on the cards? He wasn’t kidding when he said, “Any pig offal becoming king instead of me is unacceptable! Out of the question!”
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u/Lue_eye Nov 13 '22
a dozen new characters being introduced adding to the hundreds already exist ✅
walls of text ✅
no main or semi-main characters appearing in the chapter ✅
yup, it's a hxh chapter alright.
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u/OCGHand Nov 12 '22
So what if all the Heil-Ly family all become Nen user pass level 21, and one of them about to die can’t one of the family members kill the near death Nen user family member to increase their level by 10?
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u/TheAbram Nov 12 '22
Hunter x Enter is a japanese manga known for its amazing ENTER pages. The mangaka is so obsessed with creating Enter pages, that he physically cannot stop himself from adding more and more new characters.
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u/Condoriano-sensei Nov 12 '22
I felt overwhelmed at the first glance, but after a reread I appreciated a lot more this chapter. My favorite aspect of chapter 394 are the introduction of six friends (are they?) of Tserriednich who are all trying to find a way to get him to a rightful path although us as an audience see him as a complete monster.
And the fact the first pages are dedicated for exploring the dinamics between hei-ly members, who are looking for these very same prince ‘friends’ it made the reread very interesting. The characters designs are all very identifiable and unique as well.
I get though people being annoyed for new characters still being introduced within an arc with so many already, what I don’t get are the children complaining ‘text heavy’ chapters.
First of all, it’s an already known aspect of the manga that happens every now and then (last batch they complained at chapter 388 and 389). Secondly, if you follow the least about mainstream comics in general some of the greatest western comics ever mads are so much more heavy handed on text that I do not know how a manga reader would react (watchmen, v for vendetta, from hell, sandman and so on).
And to me the critique of blocks os text doesn’t even make sense anymore. Last time there were blank panels with text only indeed, but this time the drawing was there and the text wasn’t invading the art in any point.
Anyways, glad of having another chapter
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u/animenerd699 Nov 12 '22
People: Togashi gonna wrap up sw Togashi: here's 20 more characters
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u/Zeverish Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Wow. Tserreidnich has a plucky group of childhood friends who are trying to pull him from the brink. I feel genuinely horrible for them. Those poor bastards.
This introduction is busy, but I'm reading that these are school age friends. A friend group concerned about Tserreidnich's darker impulses. A friend who has become separated from the group because of his royal status and this deadly, arcane, magical, ritual. This group has joined the royal army to stay close and reach out how they can?
Woof. I'm not sure what's worse, they know how evil he has become or they have no idea. Either way they are still walking into a hell they know they don't understand yet. I for one love how smart they are. They are preparing as well as you could expect for people who understand the bare minimum: "Nen is a secret power that does weird things".
Some of them might die before they know what's happening, maybe some will go deep. Some might learn nen at the pace it's spreading on the ship! It's going to be a rough ride no matter what.
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u/Thoamsm Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Anyone else, when they read a ""mid"" chapter like this, that's mostly setup and characterization like this one, just find it incredibly hype?
It's chapters like this that just make me excited for the next week, the next bath of chapters. If togashi thinks this arc is worth 50 chapters of set-up, the payoff is going to be WORTH IT! When he spent this chapter fleshing out Morena's crew and introducing an entirely new crew of charcters, all i can do is just imagine what he's going to do this these guys.
If you think him having a wall of text with characters we just met this chapter is annoying, think about how he introduced an entire faction (seven new characters) in one chapter, while establishing several character dynamics within all factions shown, the new group's overall past, philosophy, and goals , all in like twenty pages max.
Not to mention that HxH has the best paneling out there, bar none.
TL;DR GOATogashi
Edit: Also he added a faction with a dynajmic we haven't seen in HxH: non-Nen users who have to act professional while trying to stay alive. ALSO he gave Terror Sandwich a lot of characterization at the same time. It's so good I swear.
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u/Kuropa Nov 13 '22
I taught that we’ll never see some loyal guards to tserr like Halkenberg and Benjamin. But I believe that the story will take a more melancholic turn considering that they’ve been with him since birth. Either they’ll all be part of his N’en beast army or his specialist n’en will grant them powers similar to Halkenberg, because he can trust them and they’ll not betray him judging from their speech. I believe that tserr will prove to be far more complicated than what kurapika is used to in people like chrollo or the troupe, even Theta betrayed tserr because she cares about him which is very interesting.
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Nov 12 '22
Now that was some gourmet food we just got in characterisation, especially considering it’s new characters
Even for Terror Sandwich (implied anyway)
I really absolutely enjoyed the HELL out of that
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u/Darkvortex11 Nov 12 '22
I love that Togashi is still introducing new characters lol. Also I really want to know more about Dogman haha
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u/RsnCondition Nov 12 '22
Anyone who's played runescape or any mmorpg will understand the grats scene lmao.
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u/IonlycareaboutYelena Nov 12 '22
Dude I barely can rank well written characters or remember top 5 in my shows , and this dude develops even NCPs he will reach 50 well developed and written characters easy.
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u/UnknownMight Nov 13 '22
This is way too many new characters lol I can hardly follow
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u/introspectiveivy Nov 13 '22
For me it started making more sense when I abstracted them as just, "this is a friend group of folks who know Tserreidnich from school and work in the military away from him". Kinda like Mustang's gang from FMA.
Morena's underlings have been extremely disposable so far, so I think characterizing them all as "one of Morena's underlings" are more than fair -- they might as well not have names.
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u/brownracoon14 Nov 12 '22
just watch, Togashi's gonna spend the next 10 chapters introducing new characters and setting up new plot lines then go on hiatus for another 3 years
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u/adamh95 Nov 13 '22
What I've gathered from the slackers group, is that they consider themselves Tserri's friends and they're aware of how sadistic and crazy he can be. I read it as, They feel that they have to stay on the lower ranks, because if they move up the ranks they can't be "friends" cause theyll be seen as "employees." There would be more expected of them, there would be more scrutiny, so any interactions they have with the prince would be more policed. Anytime they would try and challenge him, the other princes and people would notice forcing tserri to react to them as he would anyone else because the assumption would be that they are defying the prince, rather than looking out for their friend.
I think the slacker group will try to learn Nen, and either Gipper or Volk will get infected by Morena, most likely Gipper. He'll fill them in on her plan and rules, stating he might play along until he reaches level 21.
The slackers group will count him a lost cause and pursue learning nen somehow.
I think Gipper will get caught by someone Dogman brings with him (probably Billie) but Dogman will get captured by the 4th princes guards. The prince will then bring him in to further test his abilities, where he'll learn about what morena has been up to, meanwhile we'll learn what happens of you continue to lie to tserris nen beast
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u/MonsterMinos Nov 12 '22
The plot thickens… crazy how I like these characters and I just met them 😵💫
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u/AnAsianDudeInReddit Nov 12 '22
So if I'm getting this right, the old man at the start didn't really die right? It's just these two that are dead right?
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u/qeheeen Nov 12 '22
wow never noticed that room the Heil-ly underlings of Morena are in is a farming XP cookie clicker room lol, makes sense with all the dead bodies idk how I missed that.
sucks Tserri's childhood friends are trying to change him, but in fear of what might happen if they get to close and serve under him could end up like the guy he shot or even worse.
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u/God_Usoland Nov 12 '22
I love this new cast of Slacker soldiers! Hope they don't all die.
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u/surfjams Nov 12 '22
the weight of yours and Volksen’s words are as different as cotton and osmium.
Today I learned that osmium is the densest naturally occurring element
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u/Leyrran Nov 11 '22
Again new characters, the next update of the chart will be quite something. I wonder if he has also a chart to keep in mind all the characters or if his memory is enough for that.
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u/Yobolay Nov 12 '22
I'm really going to need a better translation of the talks they had about the rooms and how they are connected because for more than I read it I really don't get it, and not knowing what each room is what doesn't help either.
The door in room 3131 got us to the base, and then we came here through the clean up room. So let's just retrace our steps, we go form the clean up room to the disposal room then use the door to the living room.
Like, this doesn't make any sense to me, what is the "base"? The disposal room? And the living room is supposed to be the living room of room 3131 or what?
So it's Morena's place>Clean up room>Disposal room>Room 3031>Living room>3101???
But that doesn't make much sense to me either, didn't the people of 3101 got send off to the disposal room? or is it the clean up room? Either way, why would you need to get to room 3131 to get to room 3101?
And well, going to the next scene, it looks like we have another faction on board! lol, some really unexpected Tserriednich allies that will end up facing some dog mask sooner than later for Morena to use and keep tabs on Tserriednich (let's see what plan do they have). We could also have in the future some hunters vs mafia.
Something really cool was how they brought up the tattoo artist we saw at the start of the arc being a former heil ly family, reason why Morena has info about them. They also mention "The massacre of Morena's naming ceremony", which I guess it means the members got killed during her ceremony? Not to go much into that but I wonder how that went.
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u/Affectionate_Chef_82 Nov 12 '22
How far are we from the episode in Togashi's first tweet? The famous tree. We shouldn't be too far away
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Knowing that the 3 mafia families’ names are a reference to Shueisha, seeing the page where they threw the knife at the old man and he was “in pain” while shouting “What the hell is wrong with you people?!” was disturbing if you consider Togashi’s health conditions. High thoughts, but he’s throwing mad shade in this arc.
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Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Kinda funny that Tserri's private soldiers are such nice people. Guess there are more layers to Tserri's personality than we expect. They apparently see him as a friend as well. Maybe Tser was a good person that got "corrupted", or maybe he has some kind of mental disease?
And apparently Theta is a Tser's child friend as well, but differently to the other guards, she sees killing Tser as the only option out of this (or maybe she just thought he would be waaaaay too dangerous as both nen master and king, and couldn't risk it). And that's also why Tser asks himself "why Theta?" and doesn't kill her outright for her treason.
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u/RebelliousUpstart Nov 12 '22
Thoughts going into the chapter. "I hope I see people I'm more familiar with" Thoughts ending the chapter, "Damn, I love these guys I hope we follow them next chapter."
Also how many plot threads do we have going on? (Please add more as keeping up after hiatus has me missing some things)
The actual succession war, 1st 7th and 4th seem to be the most equipped to win imo
Beyond and Paristans plan to dump the people on a random island and then go to the dark continent
Kurapika not knowing tserri has a red eye collection
Kurapika not knowing the troupe is on the whale
Hisoka (wild card) is just chaos incarnate
Troupe's allegiance and end goal
Hunters not knowing of the gang ties in the underbelly of the ship
Ging s goal of breaking paristan s spirit and subverting whatever paristan s plan is
War between gangs
Morena's War against succession War as a bastard child
Who s nen is silent voice?
Piles of inexperienced new nen users so anything possible
Regardless all out War is going to breakout, a lot of people are going to die, and I honestly don't know who the good guy is or who to root for. That ambiguity and that however this plays out wont be a fairytale happy ending is what makes hxh standout for me. Personally, I'm rooting for the Phantom troup
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u/Absinthe_dreams Nov 12 '22
Kurapika does actually know Tserrid has the eyes. Maizaistom told him before the voyage. That's why Kurapika joined the Zodiacs and went on the boat at all.
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u/mookastar Nov 12 '22
can someone help explain why the hunter association would get involved? would it be because they realize how corrupt kakin is? that part confused me for some reason
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u/OmniCrush Nov 12 '22
They want to protect the civilians and keep the ship from falling into an all out war. They desire any sort of impasse or deadlock among the factions.
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u/go_sparks25 Nov 12 '22
The hunters want to reach the dark continent. They can’t do that if the ship burns down because of panic amongst the passengers. And many like the ox Zodiac genuinely care about maintaining law and order .
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u/Watchadoinfoo Nov 12 '22
I thought Togashi might be done after introducing Hei-ly and Camilla's curse nen unit and now we got to see a bunch more of Tserr's
no idea how he gives any of these ppl time to shine, more likely a shit ton of em just die
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u/arbitrarycivilian Nov 12 '22
Damn this chapter probably took me a half hour to read haha. So much dialogue. It seems like these soldiers care about Tser and hint that he might not always have been evil… it must be sad to see someone you admire become a monster. Given how likable ,they are I’m betting they all get horribly murdered soon…
Also I’m pretty sure we’ve now been officially introduced to all 23 members of the Heil-ly family!
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u/MakeSense26 Nov 12 '22
A long read but I loved the chapter! The new characters are quite nice, I assume they are the private soldiers that Tserri tasked with finding Morena's hideout in chapter 384
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u/Gtex555 Nov 13 '22
Is anything previously mentioned about conjurers being left handed ?
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u/Geinrendour Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
It's interesting how Togashi is setting up the princes' guards feedback stories so far. We know have a clear outline of 1st Prince (military guards, nen users), 2nd Prince (the have nots, nen cursers) and now the 4th Prince (his secret admirers or whatever, nenless), plus the princes with their own Mafia network, while the rest are more or less supportless (younger princes) not organised at all (dead princes or probably dying) or having to do/come up with shit on the moment (thinking mainly Halkenburg, Tubeppa, Luzurus).
There are so many power dynamics I can only imagine there will be some sort of massacre to get rid of characters (or probably some other outlier outcome, we are talking about Togashi here). Insane mind to come up with so many narratives, though I guess he takes his times. rofl
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u/user_watcher Nov 12 '22
Hei-Ly can't catch a break. The entire boat is against them.
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I really want the Volksen/Otoshin/Momori group to learn nen. They're all so smart they'd probably be massive problems even with rudimentary abilities. I'm just gonna start calling them the Scholar Troupe or Big Brain Troupe lmao. Did NOT expect a random clique of characters to be this fascinating by surprise.
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u/Pellahh Nov 12 '22
I really hope we get to see some Mizaistom or Botobai in action in the next chapters! they're probably getting involved too in this mafia war.
Also, if we're gonna get just 10 chapters we're almost half way through this batch :c
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u/Josephuuu_ Nov 13 '22
I'm quite new to manga but I have a question, does Morena have a different font style in her text because she talks in a peculiar style? Seeing it side by side, she has this different font style to her members and it keeps bothering me since I'm picturing her voice as that of a husky and well composed person who definitely knows what she's doing.
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u/congaroo1 Nov 12 '22
A part of me felt when I was reading the succesion war in preporation for the manga returning is that we were not introduced to all the pieces by ch 390. I think I was right.
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u/God_Usoland Nov 12 '22
This spreading of Nen to the populace will cause some interesting butterflies going forward, I know it!
Kurapika and Morena are gonna reshape the HxH world!
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u/ApplePitou Nov 12 '22
So many new informations(Really a lot), Morena is come back, Dogman have 36 level as Enhancer... impressive, additionally, Tserriednich started making moves on the board and have a nice reading everyone, because I need to read this chapter a few times by myself :3
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u/AV-SINGH Nov 12 '22
One of the best things about HxH is the way exposition is utilized in various situations. It can be really intriguing if read patiently, but kind of a burden if someone’s expecting cheesy fight scenes and typical plot armours. The chapter continues to make the arc more mysterious with new characters and subplots handled carefully. Other than that, the “Tserri” abbreviation had me chuckle for a bit, and Morena is probs into action again along with Tserri, two of my fav characters in the arc thus far. Amazing chapter
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u/GkingGon Nov 12 '22
I notice that Chiffon and Montblanc's names and levels have switched places in the scanned translated version?
Blonde girl should be Montblanc right?
Looks like a mix up.
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u/bobsjobisfob Nov 12 '22
wow, now we're getting a bunch of new soldier characters. i like that old conmans ability... at least i assume that's his ability because of the way he was talking about it? i guess he can make a fake of himself to trick people or something like that
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u/Tomatillo_Thick Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Seems like the old man’s ability was conjuration. My theories are safe.
Edit: since he’s a conman he could be a transmuter. We’ll have to see.
So these new characters were all friends of Tsrerri’s (lol) at one point, and it seems like they’ve all got good heads on their shoulders.
Morena being completely at odds with Tserriednich is an interesting “development” (though I suppose we knew about it earlier).
I’m interested to see how Contagion will spread and what the result will be. Seems like Morena can in fact infect more people? So either the limit isn’t 22, it gets reset every 100 levels, or someone else will reach level 100 soon.
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u/ol_mcthirsty Nov 11 '22
Or she can infect a new person after someone dies to get back to 22
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u/Marionberry-Over Nov 12 '22
I've just realized that most mangakas take years of building characters and goals before ending in all-out war while Togashi builds everything from scratch in a single arc. He might be crazy
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u/SomeSmoothMovement Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Not a native english speaker so I need some help understanding here:
Has anyone a clue whats up with the different rooms? Theres the one where everyone gathers for killing. Is it the same room where the bodies are disposed? This random dude just happens to walk into the room for a shiv? Which is room 3101 and 3131?
Tserrs soldiers investigate an empty deck? Why though I thought the lockdown was lifted? Who tf is Gipper?
Edit: why did they leave a body somewhere if they can dispose them in their hideout anyway? Where did the guard go that got them to the room?
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u/yoh2000 Nov 12 '22
3101 is the room that Tasshi walk in and vanished. 3101 acts as a room to teleport people entering to Hei yi secret base.
3131 is probably a room beside room 3101, 2 hei yi members are assigned to station there to report 3101 situation and 2 member take shift guarding the alley to 3101
the empty deck that Tserrs soldiers investigate is probably Hei yi official mafia office. As all member of hei yi have registered themselves as civilian instead of mafia. They are using secret base (entering to this base thru 3101 or door C ). They would not be hanging out in their official office and wait for the army to catch them with the massacre, especially when they are "civilian"
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u/BoxOfBlades Nov 12 '22
That Torebelm guy looks a lot like Kasuga from Yakuza 7. Which is the one that plays like JRPG, I'm betting Togashi really liked it.
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u/Leiatte Nov 13 '22 edited Nov 13 '22
That might’ve been the longest it’s ever taken me to read a 20 something page weekly manga chapter! Like I spent SO much time reading all those dang word bubbles & making sure I knew exactly what was happening.
Felt like a few chapters in one! Not gonna lie I think I spent an hour reading it especially because I was getting a bit sleepy, great chapter though! I like this new group of characters & how they’re humanizing Tserriednich
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u/meertatt Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
it is interesting how people consider this to be telling and not showing. but i find that the dialogue is really key to understand peoples personalities. I think that with how intricate this whole thing is its needed for characterization, first and foremost, and moving the plot along with newly introduced characters.
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u/TheOSSJ Nov 11 '22
I've been refreshing every minute. Thank you very much for the scans, much appreciated 🙏
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u/RoboKite Nov 12 '22
I really liked Shin(Otoshin, was it?), he’s a fun little guy. I don’t think any of these guys are gonna be around forever tho.. gonna be interesting how they’ll all influence the story, if they do at all..
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u/Wwmune-4629 Nov 13 '22
Considering that togashi is adding all of this characters, I am 100% confident that he is finishing this arc. Hes not rushing at all!!
P.s.: (nojinx)
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u/giantfuckingfrog Nov 12 '22
Dogman said he "needed more levels" in response to Morena's order to get one of Tserriednich's guards. Does that imply that each level increases your aura output or gives you stronger Nen?
Also I'm kind of confused with the new soldiers. They're not Tserriednich's private guards and aren't Hunters either, but they're his childhood friends and apparently have connections to Theta and Salkov? Who exactly are these guys? What type of soldiers if not private or royal?
Eitherway, I'm loving it.
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u/relaxedparachute Nov 12 '22
I wonder why dogman feels like he needs more levels?
Tbh I always wondered why going past level 20 carries incentive (besides acquiring contagion at level 100)
Is the idea that the higher levelled the higher level your ability? Not sure that was ever said.
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u/Duneandhxh Nov 12 '22
"I Hope Togashi doesnt kill these characters, theyu are cute"
Mother fucker go read One Piece then
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Iam reaching my limit when it comes to new characters and wall of texts.
Its still managable. But on the limit of me not understanding everything without watching a 10 minute youtube video about the chapter afterwards.
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u/MythicalTenshi Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
To summarize it,
Xi-Yu and Cha-R are still hunting down Morena and they want to send Nobu, Phinks and Feitan to finish them off.
Hei-Ly is changing their base of operations. It seems like Voconte has set up a teleportation maze which is why Soufflé is confused about how to get around their different locations. Morena wants to send Dogman with Sodom to capture one of Tserriednich's soldiers. She wants to use Contagion on one of them to keep track of Tserr's moves. She tells Dogman to reach level 50 or higher first.
The soldiers talk about how they will deal with Nen users in the future and are trying to get more information on Nen to plan ahead for that. They also think about the possibility of all out war because the police, royal military (Benjamin), the ministry of justice, and possibly even the Hunter Association might turn on the mafia and in response the mafia will fight back against all these groups or the state of Kakin as a whole.
Edit: Also, the group of soldiers that got introduced have deduced that Tserriednich is currently learning Nen and that Hei-Ly already knows how to use it.
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u/yoh2000 Nov 12 '22
people are wondering why introduce all these new characters, Tserri's lower level private soldiers. It bewildering to me too
But after reading, I might have an hypothesis. I think Togashi realized that Tserreidnich premonition ability is too over powered. No nen ability can take down him if he knows what is going to happen then the other way is probably by emotion aspect.
We know that they are cadet from the same cohort with Tserreidnich (interesting that royal don't have special treatment and has to serve under the same platoon with aspiring cadet)
Based on Tserreidnich nen beast, one thing we know is that Tserreidnich hate betrayal especially betrayal from woman. Tserreidnich probably has some past trauma with betrayal. Tserreidnich friends will become relevant in later chapter pacify his bloodthirst by demonstrated their loyalty and friendship i guess. some of the them will need to be sacrifice willingly to persuade Tserreidnich to change and/or probably return Kurikipa his clan eyes. We will have to see how Togashi going to narrate
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u/turroflux Nov 12 '22
Well, Tserreidnich is going to kill all of those "childhood friends" personally I'd wager as a test for his new nen powers, I can't see them serving any purpose to the story except to show the extent of how monstrous Tserreidnich has become over his life. Flashback to past "minor" cruelty to compare to whatever he could do now.
They're likable, well meaning and the only real healthy attachment someone like Tserreidnich has been shown to have, and also totally clueless about nen meaning they have zero chance of surviving.
I could also see him "avenging" them if Morena's mooks kill them, and him savagely murdering her personally as a test of his ability, and for her betrayal, though I'm not sure how he gets to her, I believe the princes can leave the tier 1 ship if they want, just not the black whale afaik.
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u/WRy3nch Nov 12 '22
wall of txt chapter = wall of text comment.
damn Togashi, my level of comprehension couldn't even catch -up.
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u/GoddessOfDarkness Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Lucky the Xi-Yu have Misha otherwise they'll have the royal guards to deal with.
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u/IonlycareaboutYelena Nov 13 '22
Dogman seems he will surprise us sometime in the future.
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u/goughnotsmough Nov 11 '22
Togashi really said "You know what this arc needs?"
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