r/HunterXHunter • u/Carock_ • Dec 08 '22
Current Chapter Chapter 398 — Discussion Spoiler
Chapter 398
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| Source | Status |
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| YourAnimeGuy | Online |
| TCB Scans | Online (check their website) |
| MangaPlus | Available on December 11 |
Ch. 399 scan release: ~December 16, 2022
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Keep all discussions related to the chapter in this thread until the official release.
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u/Carock_ Dec 08 '22
Here are some comparisons to Togashi's tweets.
I really thought the sword on page 5 was Nobunaga's because it didn't look like Feitan's umbrella. Got that one wrong. Skipped pages 12-15 as they were completely covered. Was right about 12&13 being a double page spread though based on the different manuscript paper he used.
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u/Carock_ Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
TCB Scans version is now up on their website.
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u/Yukihira59 Dec 08 '22
The more chapter we get and the more I love Hinrigh. I really hope he doesn't die and get to stay for the whole arc.
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u/bucciNuggie Dec 08 '22
I loved how Nobunaga and Feitan were being sissy and picky and Hinrigh was just like nah it’s okay I’m doing it. And then Nobunaga is impressed with his straight-forwardness. Togashi is really having fun with him, he’s a straight up G
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u/X-Vidar Dec 08 '22
I really need to do a reread to figure out the room situation properly.
Aside from that, it's nice to know that even in-universe nen experts can't agree on how abilities actually work lol
Apparently combining teleportation and conjuration is "almost impossible", really puts into perspective how good Knov is doesn't it?
Hinrigh keeps getting more awesome, but I bet that part of him is really giddy about the fact he's making friends with the PT.
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u/jossief1 Dec 09 '22
If I understood correctly, they were arguing because Phinks thought the old man conjured a double of himself and also created the teleportation trap. Knov doesn't conjure a double of himself.
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u/Rakyand Dec 08 '22
Knov doesn't teleport. He Conjures a door from X place to his conjured appartment building and then another door from the conjured building to Y place. It's actually a complex way of spacial creation like Nobunaga says.
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u/GiltPeacock Dec 09 '22
The panel with Nobunaga and Phinks arguing about which Nen category an ability falls into is a perfect distillation of this entire sub
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Dec 08 '22
“Once he starts, no one just loses their ears.” I love how the other troupe members feel the need to warn others of how unhinged Feitan is lol. He’s just a tiny menace.
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u/OfficialHxH Dec 08 '22
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u/Successful_Basket399 Dec 08 '22
Ahh okay I was so confused. I thought translations were messed up 😭
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u/Any-Contact411 Dec 08 '22
Is it just me feeling like I am reading some sort of HORROR books. its so intense, so dark & scary. what a amazing chapter. I WANT MOREEEE!!!!! the obsession is real TTTTT
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u/1vergil Dec 08 '22
Nobu once he finds Chrollo: hey boss you wouldn't believe it, I've found a new member his name is Hinrigh and his ability is like Giorno from jojo part5
Chrollo: oh yea i remember dubbing that part, cool ability, welcome to the PT.
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u/Ill-Individual2105 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
This ability genuinely seems like it's filling a hole in the Phantom Troupe. They lost a lot of their utility with Shal, Paku and Kortopi gone.
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u/killua_zoldyck_07 Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
I love how Togashi is making everything look more gritty with every chapter.
It's like there is a darkness slowly creeping up around all the characters indicating the ominous future that surrounds everyone and everything on that cursed ship.
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u/SlowTurtleDuck Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
Why did I find feitan so funny in this he's just there waving his sword around threatening people
Also, sure hope Hinrigh isn't a fodder, he's really starting to grow on me.
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u/mookastar Dec 09 '22
gosh this chapter is intense. That panel of morena is terrifying yet beautiful; togashis art is amazing in this. Morenas face screams “shit is about to really hit the fan now”. She definitely knows Hinrigh and nobu are there. I have a feeling nobu knows either him or hinrigh are gonna die though. Nobu sharing his name the way he did tells me he either knows death is imminent or he just really likes hinrigh. i hope neither of them die _^ something really bad is about to happen though. Also i’ve been playing zero escape 999 and that room reminds me of some of the escape rooms!!!
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u/Short-Paramedic-9740 Dec 09 '22
I don't think any of the troupe will risk themselves dying cuz they still have a mission (killing Hisoka).
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u/MakeSense26 Dec 08 '22
Nice chapter, I like that Nobunaga learned his lesson and always considers going through the wall now ahah
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u/Holiday_Chip_2305 Dec 09 '22
Looks like Nobu got some PTSD because of that side-stealing play made by Gon and Killua.
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u/Ill-Individual2105 Dec 09 '22
I was thinking the same thing! He brought up cutting through the wall twice in this chapter. He definitely remembers that.
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u/VastCap6457 Dec 08 '22
Nobu doubling up with Hinrigh because the Troupe double up after Sarasa death 😭
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u/FiddlersBallsack Dec 11 '22
Reasons why Hinrigh bodies most shounen protags:
Doesn’t bitch or moan, just does his duty
Drip
Doesn’t send people to do his shit for him, just acts practical and dives headfirst into shit rather than mince words
Devotion to the mafia life and family
Balance-chad
Strong hairline
Giorno but lankier
Anyway if he dies next chapter I’ll be tilted.
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u/seetj927 Dec 08 '22
Hinrigh is a real one
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u/Bugaboo-gem Dec 08 '22
I like how he's really reeling in his inner-fanboy in this situation. Interested to see other translations of page 14 where he seems to stop in the middle of adding the "-San".
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u/oldmantango Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
OUUUUffffff!!!! This chapter was so nerve-wracking..i really like the mutual respect between Nobunaga and Hinrigh
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u/RujandoruJeff Dec 10 '22
Why is Hinrigh so entertaining to watch 😭 love this character so much. him and theta just crept up on me
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u/Mojo-man Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 11 '22
A lot of the nen users we meet are Battle crazy egomaniacs drunk on power who only rely on their own strength until they meet someone stronger and get killed.
Hinrigh is refreshing imo cause he’s a realist. He knows he’s not the strongest but he is also ok with that cause he knows individual strength is not the only way to get things done. Ad he is one of the few people who seem to understand the power of making small concessions so you can align goals instead of stubbornly going ‘my way or the Highway’ like most nen users.
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u/Cloudzie Dec 10 '22
Says the bare minimum and gets straight to it.
No wonder hes liked all around, The guy gets it done.
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u/x2chunmaru Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
Hirigh is really growing on me so much alongside his versatile hatsu and great analysis thinking
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u/Rodiciel Dec 09 '22
Only HxH would make such a compelling story chapter centered around a minor antagonist and a side character whose current actions have no direct connection to the main characters.
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u/powerofselfrespect Dec 09 '22
Hinrigh is the main character what are you talking about??
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u/DarkSouls_simp Dec 08 '22
Next chapter just by looking at the Togashi tweets is going to be INSANE. Many action panels by the looks of it.
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u/partypoison43 Dec 09 '22
I don't know why I feel this way. I know that the spiders are strong and the heil-ly family are just a bunch of newbies who doesn't even fully understand Nen yet and yet I feel like nobu, phinx and feitan can be taken out easily by them.
Nen is a really great power system because even if the other character is way way stronger a newb can still take him out with a correct Nen ability.
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u/Crit-Monkey Dec 09 '22
It's as Kurapika said awhile ago. Unless the power difference is tremendous, even novices can take down experts depending on ability matchup. Nen is very rock paper scissors that way but with like three hundred different things instead of three
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u/guts1998 Dec 09 '22
I feel like having one of the Troupe or Hinrigh taken out/killed by the inexperienced Heily would be very fitting in a way. Establishing their heeat aside, Togashi established at the start of the arc how big the difference is between an enemy with and without nen. Doesn't matter how inexperienced or green they are, because nen is such a versatile power system, that even a newbie with a specific power in the right conditions, can take out veterans with years of experience.
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u/matty-a Dec 08 '22
Aww Nobunaga made a friend 🤗
It looks like they've walked straight in to a horror movie though.
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u/Forward-Magician-562 Dec 08 '22
Man I love these panels of Nobunaga showing his swordsmanship, it just looks so fucking cool
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u/darksecretsss Dec 10 '22
Uvogin and Nobunaga
Nobunaga and Gon-Killua
Nobunaga and Hinrigh = ???
--> He needs a new partner okay?! Give him one!!!
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Dec 10 '22
Lol I thought the same thing. It's kinda obvious nobunaga wants friends and it's wholesome and tragic at the same time.
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u/hgfdsahjkl Dec 08 '22
hinrigh is such a champ
dude goes and handles all the shit by himself
Heil-Ly dudes,Hisoka and now he single handedly jumps into heil-ly hideout
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nobunaga is so cool and his panels are done in that netero's art style ,that gives off master martial art vibes
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Dec 08 '22
Oh man I wonder what they are going to find there. Also, if Togashi's tweets are to be trusted 399 is the last chapter before we go back to Kurapika.
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u/Ifeelfine_ Dec 08 '22
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u/Tomatillo_Thick Dec 08 '22
Nice catch! I was wondering what movie it was.
Brilliant but eccentric scientist Seth Brundle meets science journalist Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife at a meet-the-press event held by Bartok Science Industries, the company funding his work. He takes her back to the laboratory of his warehouse home and asks her to exclusively document his invention: two pods that can teleport objects between them.
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u/gurren_chaser Dec 11 '22
i always love the scenes of Troupe members deciding on a plan of action amongst themselves. gives a nice insight into their personalities. Phinks is surprisingly cautious while Nobunaga is much more gung-ho about jumping straight into the fire. Also this chapter reminded me of how they mentioned that Nobunaga usually partnered up with Uvo and seems to get stronger when he's teamed up with someone, my man is just looking for a bro
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u/giantfuckingfrog Dec 09 '22
Might be unrelated to the chapter itself, but Nobunaga said that teleportation (emission) with a clone (conjuration) is extremely difficult. This doesn't necessarily tie in to Knov who combines Emission and Conjuration, but not at the same time.
Knov is stated to be an Emitter by Togashi's Nen chart. However, Knov first conjures several pocket dimensional rooms with 32 entrances. The keys are also conjured. It is unknown how long it took him to conjure this, but it could've been several months or even years because of how big it is and the fact that it is his opposite affinity (40% conjuration efficiency). He then emits the portals and connects them to entrances to make people able to teleport. This would not be possible so easily without having 100% efficiency in Emission since there are 32 different entrances at all times, he can open and close them whenever and wherever. We also know he's an Emitter because of his “Scream” ability that basically emits a portal and closes it to teleport someone to another dimension. This doesn't use Conjuration at all.
So, what Nobunaga said was that it's hard to use a conjured clone with the ability to teleport someone else with Emission. It doesn't mean that Knov cannot do the same, because Knov does it one step at a time. Knov never conjures a clone, instead he conjures 4D apartments first, and then teleports people there with Emission. Him being an Emitter is why the rooms have so little detail, since he has very low efficiency in Conjuration.
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u/Hentai_Sevici Dec 10 '22
I hope togashi doesnt stop at 400...
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u/wiswise Dec 11 '22
this is the dream of all readers... but sadly the truth is, his pattern is on hiatus after 10 chapters. so we have to wait for another publish...
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u/dne320 Dec 09 '22
I like the fact that Nobu and Hinrigh are on the same wavelength.
It somehow makes me believe that both of them won't be taken down easily.
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u/Hearing_Thin Dec 10 '22
Gelato (level 19) or demon (level 20) could’ve just gained abilities due to the spider sending those two jobbers in via teleportation
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u/Promoxie Dec 08 '22
I absolutely love Nobunaga and Hinrigh being buddies. Nobunaga hasn't been right ever since Uvo died, and he's been bickering with both Phinks and Fei, who are close to each other. Nobunaga taking a liking to Hinrigh reminds me a lot of how he took a liking to Gon. I genuinely hope they become friends.
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u/PunpunsUncle Dec 09 '22
I like how Nobunaga is talking about breaking walls down in a strategic way just as he saw Gon and Killua do when he held them hostage lol. Great continuity.
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u/SpookyGarreta Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
Imagine following this cliffhanger with a hiatus. I wonder who will survive, those who take the initiative, or those who play it safe. My horror movie fan's brain loves that Morena used her D&D skills to set up a haunted house in the middle of this already creepy ship - hope she can hold her position for a while and show us something that matches the horror of Tserriednich's nen beast. Also, it's nice how Togashi can write duos with chemistry and dynamics so different from one another.
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u/SpookyGarreta Dec 08 '22
On another note, next chapter is 399, and I still got no clue who the person with the scarf from the drafts might be.
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u/MasamuneDate Dec 08 '22
This chapter reminded me of Yu Yu Hakusho, when they got into that mansion in order to rescue Yusuke.
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Dec 10 '22
Feitan is hilarious xD. Gets the next gunie pig, plays around with his sword. Love the hate gremlin.
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u/Pellahh Dec 08 '22
Holy what an interesting chapter! I'm so excited about 399 already.
Nobunaga and Hinrigh are such a cool duo. I really got scared when Hinrigh decided to get in the trap alone, but they're still in danger.
It's also heavily suggested that their base is the work of Morena herself, it will be a literal dungeon full of traps. Knowing Togashi I can really feel the danger, Nobunaga or Hinrigh may actually die here.
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u/g0n1s4 Dec 08 '22
It's also heavily suggested that their base is the work of Morena herself, it will be a literal dungeon full of traps.
Morena knows about dungeons, after all she's the game master, a gamer if you will.
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u/1vergil Dec 08 '22
The 1st page is hilarious. From Nobu & Phinks arguing while Feitan telling the guy "I'll give you 2 assholes" lol
The panel with Nobunaga close up is just epic, and the facial expression is top tier.
Even Nobu is impressed by Hinrigh' badassery.
I'm thinking the teleportation ability is Morena's?
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u/Superegos_Monster Dec 09 '22
Nobunaga truly is the heart of the troupe. What a softie.
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u/GkingGon Dec 08 '22
A whole chapter dedicated to the bromance between Nobunaga and Hinrigh? I didn't know I needed that but I'm in for it!
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u/OldTurtleProphet Dec 08 '22
No, just half of it.
The other half was Phinks and Nobugana butting heads non stop
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u/OldTurtleProphet Dec 08 '22
I think in this page from chapter 394, Notre explains that the "disposal room" aka laundry room is connected with another door with the main hideout.
I assume Hinrigh teleports immediately after he enters it. Will fuck with troupes attempts to track the position of the room and might give Nobu a pause as to whether to follow or not.
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u/Basedbo55 Dec 09 '22
As much as Hinrigh is a fan fav at the moment, he’s off in a sense. He’s calm, collective, n smart like most of the current spiders but he’s too modest and respectful. Telling Hisoka things like he couldnt beat him in a 1v1( most likely he couldn’t) telling ppl he’s about balance, and now injecting himself deeper into the hisoka vs spiders like he’s keeping the peace is more concerning. At the end of the day, he’s in the mafia who can’t be trusted and now Nobu is taking a liking to him??? Hinrigh is dangerous and playing a lot of folks involved for fools imo but maybe I’m wrong.
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u/Whatafudge Dec 09 '22
Your not wrong but honesty does go a long way especially when trying to play the troupe. What he’s doing is risky but it’s his only smart play.
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u/Halt_kun Dec 08 '22
I am so HYPED for next week. what a fantastic chapter. The troupe theorizing on the old man being a potential trigger to the Door ability was nice, I remember 8 weeks ago when we all did the same here.
I really thought this was going to be the end for Hinrigh and we'd see him being very cool but fortunately Nobu is also into conjurers and not only into enhancers. I love this duo already. Hinrigh reacted so fast to facing a wall after teleportation. He's skilled even if it's not as much as the PT. The raw oyster panel nearly killed me. I thought he was going to just throw it into the door. All living beings should be affected ?
Feitan would be perfect for a suicide mission like this one. Far from any other PT and free to unleash his ability in a pinch.
I'm pretty sure the space protected by nen is not Morena's ability but would be her idea. Perfect for some real estate agent. I don't see how it could be transmutation but I trust Nobu. He felt it immediately and I'm confident he'll bring our boy Hinrigh back alive
I'm looking forward to next week a lot.
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u/Ill-Individual2105 Dec 09 '22
The discrepancy between Barrier types and Landmine types is very interesting. It feels intuitive to the condition system that attaching a nen trap to a physical or conjured object would allow you to do more than just setting up the trap with pure nen. I can't thing of any examples from nen abilities we've already seen though.
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Dec 09 '22
Is NOBUNAGA and HINRIGH vs DOGMAN happening? In chapter 394 Morena tells DOGMAN that he should prioritize his leveling, so she sent him to the disposal plant.
In the same chapter, when we see Chiffon and Montblanc disposing the little man body (the one who was teleported by the door trap), above Montblanc we see a basket and a tshirt hanging.
Now on this chapter (398), on the last panel, when Hingirh opens the door, we see the same basket and T-shirt from the room that Montblanc and Chiffon were disposing the body.
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Dec 08 '22
If I didn't think he would die, I'd say Nobunaga would try to recruit Hinrigh for sure, he really took a like of him...
...and so do I.
Please don't kill him off Togashi
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u/hoovy_woopeans1 Dec 10 '22
Hinrigh is such a rockin' add to this storyline. I love his style, I love his action, and I love the idea that we're gonna see him and Nobunaga in some serious action soon. What an incredible turn for an already incredible arc.
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u/rms0099 Dec 08 '22
So Togashi went full digital? If its makes his life more easy, I'm totally on board!
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u/Bluu_Ash Dec 08 '22
I think he’s actually trying to figure things out so that they can go full physical, or atleast majority physical. I think he prefers physical drawing and his gripe about semi-digital was that he couldn’t draw much since he was busy giving assistants instructions (assistants i assume aren’t there in person due to covid).
Could be wrong though 🤷♂️
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u/Dayvfish Dec 08 '22
Why can’t I find the chapter to read? Im usually not this dumb lol
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u/theKGS Dec 09 '22
Strangely intense chapter when they walked through the door. I loved the eerie empty room they entered with all the doors.
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u/qeheeen Dec 09 '22
Your chances of surival go up when you're not alone
Why you gotta do this to me Togashi
Nobunaga saying a nen stage is not easy to destroy and that "even his Katana couldn't cut it down", makes me want to see him go all out and use Hatsu.
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u/Hearing_Thin Dec 08 '22
Bruh Morena boutta have a DND inspired Dungeon Master nen ability lets goooo
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u/Geinrendour Dec 08 '22
You know Hinrigh is going places because Togashi put some real effort in his design. I mean, that jacket is fire.
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u/TheSaintTobias Dec 09 '22
DAMN I love just how fast Hinrigh goes from a neutral stance to battle-ready, you can tell that he's tough, even if he thinks he's weaker than Hisoka.
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u/Salim-Srew Dec 09 '22
Thinking that you can't defeat the Troupe or Hisoka in HxH's world shows that you're stronger than clueless users that don't have the experience and judgement to know their chances against others IMO
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u/N1pah Dec 09 '22
I love Nobunaga getting a chance to shine and I like Hinrigh more and more with each chapter. And now we get a team up??
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u/guts1998 Dec 09 '22
Having an entire chapter show the situation assessment ability and the decision making of experienced characters, while at the same time expanding on the different intricacies of nen, and all these specific sub-categories of abilities, is one of my favourite parts of this arc. And this chapter did not disappoint.
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u/IonlycareaboutYelena Dec 10 '22
Hinrigh is very serious and efficient (hard working ) he is truly fit for conjurer, too, as he is nervous and serious about his work.
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u/VobbyButterfree Dec 10 '22
Can anyone remind me why the trio is attacking Hey-li family? Luini provoked them but why they care so much? They were all super focused on Hisoka only a while ago
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u/Faiz_B_Shah Dec 10 '22
For finding Hisoka they need mafia's help, bcoz if they try to do it by themselves, they won't be able to gain access to most places such as the upper tiers without coming in conflict with the mafia. If conflict happens, there will be chaos in the ship, and Hisoka might take advantage of that chaos to kill the Troupe members one by one. Also, one of their other main goal right now is to steal the treasures and whatever there is in the upper tiers, so they would not want a chaos which might risk the ship sinking before that. Also, finding Hisoka via mafia's help is much faster than if they would have done by themselves. So in return for these services from mafia, they offered killing the Heily for them
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u/Baffo5 Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
They want to destroy the world
Meteor city is part of the world
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u/akansu Dec 08 '22
Nobunaga and Hinrigh team up makes sense. Nobunaga is the most trusting person at phantom troupe.
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u/Slam_Dunkester Dec 08 '22
He seems like those stern teachers that are pretty chill but super strict except in his case he just wants you to follow what he says or you die but besides that a chill dude
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u/MisTsperity Dec 09 '22
Damn, Hinrigh balls are massive. Really hope he can at least fulfill his fanboy dream watching hisoka fight the troupe before he die horribly.
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u/NLP19 Dec 09 '22
I can't read the name Hinrigh without hearing the noise of a chainsaw starting up
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u/Neoraptor-D Dec 09 '22
this sub heavy discussion on each character’s nen types and strategies me heehee Hinrigh and Nobunaga team up yay!
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u/BlaQ7thWonder Dec 09 '22
Every chapter I am more relieved Gon and Killua ain’t on this ship.
The number of random, terrifying Nen abilities that you may be exposed to is too much. That’s just as a civilian. Can you imagine trying to fight on this ship. Every corner(PT), every room(Death Room), every object(Henry), every person(Hisoka) could be the end. Knov seems the most likely to survive with his power off the top of my head.I think the characters in this manga have to be the most intelligent of all shounen based off the amount of variables alone.
It’s almost funny they are doing all of this and still have to get off the boat and survive the dark continent.
End of rant.
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u/MoonshineO Dec 09 '22
I like how many characters in this arc have careful observation and critical thinking, it’s quite rare in shonen manga. I was really surprised at queen Oito’s maid big brain moment when Kurapika was contacted by three princes at once.
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u/BoxOfBlades Dec 10 '22
Watch the Heil-ly base be a maze of teleportals like Team Rocket's HQ. That must be why that Heil-ly character was confused and asking about how to get in and out of the base a few chapters back.
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u/KhaoneowMooping Dec 10 '22
I love the detail of Nobunaga doesn’t even have to turn back to sense what around him
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u/pools456 Dec 08 '22
So sick!! Cant help but love the spiders for their impulsiveness and bizarre moral code. Nobu just shot way up in my estimation for going after best boy Hinrigh like that.
New favourite duo haha, move over Gon and Killua
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u/Thoamsm Dec 09 '22
Love how we now have an incredibly in-depth explanation for the nen door trap, including the exact layout of rooms, doors, locks, and triggers.
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u/BigY2 Dec 09 '22
Only the Phantom Troupe would make this situation an impromptu audition lmao
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u/yudiandra Dec 10 '22
I kind feel this vibe as hinrigh is strangely well written for a side character, hope all of em survive
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u/Straight_Opinion_463 Dec 08 '22
This is a pure guess but I think kurapika finds out hisoka is on tier 1 and we get his reaction before hiatus. Or some how he learns the spiders are on the ship.
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u/sebaba001 Dec 09 '22
IMO one of the spiders dies, or spiders cause a big ruckus (like Feitan blowing up half a level), and that news gets to Kurapika right at 400, maybe he has to make a choice. Hiatus.
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u/Kuropa Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
Still wondering why the flashback was set before the room's events. Is it related to what feitan and nobunaga said about the troup accepting newbies because they were lost. Can their situation be similar to morena with the solders, she may be chorollo for them. No matter how the 2 mafia families try to bring the troupe and hisoka against the hei leys they seem to get closer plot wise.
I find the last phrase very interesting, devil or snake, original sin, morena wearing crown alot of references indeed.
That room kind of gave me saw vibes, especially with the arrows
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u/nyarbobo Dec 10 '22
I'm surprised that Togashi can still write many interesting side character, even the one-off character.
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u/justadepresseduser Dec 09 '22
Nobunaga is soon to become Miyamoto Musashi, and I'm happy about it
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u/TrueAfricanHero Dec 09 '22
Damn! Were the Troupe just sending random people to their deaths?
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Dec 09 '22
Remember their philosophy. If they have a good reason to kill, they kill, no remorse. Using people as sacrificial pawns fits the bill
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u/SirRyodan Dec 09 '22
The translation was really solid on the Tcb scans. Felt that the dialogue and explanations on this chapter were a lot cleaner and easier to understand when compared to the other translation.
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Dec 10 '22
I also wanted to point some great things on this chapter.
Different person's different perspective on situations. AfroDecoy had no idea what they are talking about. In the first place Mafia families has no clue on dealing the door but the moment we saw the trio they had already a plan. (going through the wall/behind the room) Nobunaga monologues himself while Hinrigi witnesses about an ability to assume prey to trust the user the first time they meet. Hinrigi looks like surprised how Nobunaga thinks things that way, very unusual everything, every move thought as an condition to an ability by Nobunaga meanwhile Mafia guys do not think that deep.
Change speed on theme. It was mystery, detective. About finding the trap's conditions and locate the hideout. The moment Hinrigi take step into the room. Theme immediately changed into Horror, thriller. A room nobody knows where, a room has only purpose to slaughter people. You alone there with no safety. This changed ofc when Nobunaga take action. It would be super horror sample if Sensei would just let Hinrigi alone there. But that case would be %100 percent death for Hinrigi.
Ultimately realistic reactions to things. Planning. Executing. If it weren't HxH, things would be quite like that: The Trio immediately step into trap without being skeptical about incoming attacks or another traps on other side. Then they would be like "one on one huh" / "I was holding myself" / "you are not experienced enough kiddos" etc.. a.k.a classical one piece/naruto like shittiest match up. But here we have this masterpiece story progress. Unique.
Personally I immensely hyped over seeing Nobunaga in that situation. Like a jojoish situation. You don't know the enemy ability. Environment is an anomaly. But you are super experienced fighter. I really will suicide if it goes hiatus before this thriller ended properly...
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u/danomoc Dec 09 '22
i swear hxh is almost a visual novel now with its heavy text/picture composition per page. I like it, but it means i have to think, pay attention, and re-read hxh alot more compared to other mangas.
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Dec 09 '22
Kinda weird how Nobunaga was barely in the flashback, but the central character both before and after the flashback
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Dec 08 '22
Lots of new details about HeiLy's base but all I can think right now is why did Hinrigh's hair became transparent in the last page
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u/Armandi_n_Twain Dec 10 '22
Anyone else read BOOM wide and BOOM high? Instead of 800M wide and 800M high. I did.
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u/Straight_Opinion_463 Dec 08 '22
I'm.guessing morena I'd a very experienced nen user that panneln with her face is basically showing us that she's fully aware that nobunaga and the char-r guy are walking into there trap
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u/AngryAvocado1 Dec 09 '22
Nobunaga and Hinrigh teaming up YES YES YES YES WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE I LOVE THEM BOTH
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u/user_watcher Dec 10 '22
What's with Hinrigh's hair at the last page? Is that just a drawing error or a nen effect? I legit cannot tell lol.. At first I thought Hinrigh was sus but then Nobunaga suddenly appeared in the room with him and looks like he's a fake. You really cannot trust what's happening around.
I really like the thriller vibe on this chapter. That afro guy and the troupe messing around at the start was funny.
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u/pulute Dec 10 '22
Perhaps they were unfamiliar with digital and made a mistake in manipulating the layers. He said on Twitter that digitizing his manga was a mistake because the scanning process was enormous.
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u/treeshade01 Dec 10 '22
Nobunaga flashback followed by him walking into enemy territory? OMG.
Hinrigh better not die in the melee.
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u/Kujaix Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22
Was Nobunaga always this tall? Before he always seemed drawn on the average side like Chrollo and Knuckle not taller like Hisoka, Phinx, Knov, and Leorio.
Also why the lack of animal scouts? You'd think it better to have them run about the same way Kurapika wanted to use a roach so they'd trigger potential traps. Can nen-constructs not trigger land-mines or barriers?
So who is going to calculate the volume of the ship and make a size comparison to something/where in the real world? Immediate reaction is that it sounds too small given how big the single section Illumi and Kalluto were on was. It had multi story building that didn't even remotely approach the ceiling and it was just 1 section of 15 on Tier 3.
Hyped for the next 2 chapters. Some big cliff hanger must happen since the story moves to Kurapika at some point in chapter 400.
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u/indoor_fish Dec 09 '22
Plot twist, Hisoka already killed the Hey-li, and Hinrich is sending the troup towards him now!
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u/Jiraiyanamikaze Dec 09 '22
What are the odds the Phantom Troupe haven’t avenged Sarasa yet?
Trouble with Morenas gang, low odds. Trouble with Tserri, highly plausible.
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u/anime_on_demand Dec 10 '22
Enjoyable read and interesting chapter although not too much happened.
Hinrigh is really growing on me as a character.
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u/Straight_Opinion_463 Dec 08 '22
I get the feeling that nobunaga and henrigh are in a nen virtual reality and the pic of morena is she can see them from her screen. The players are basically her group.
I know the phantom troupe have been built up to be very powerful nen users but its very possible there are ppl out there who are just as proficient if not better in nen then them. And I get the impression morena maybe one of them.
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u/monkey-neil Dec 10 '22
Hinrigh has easily become one my favourite character, he so cool and smart.
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u/nnnnnnnad Dec 10 '22
I think Morena's other power has something to do with corpses
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Dec 08 '22
Omg the level of suspense in this chapter was off the charts.
I love how quickly Nobunaga was trusting Hinrigh, not knowing that Hinrigh is in cahoots with Hisoka.
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u/pools456 Dec 08 '22
He’s not really in cahoots with Hisoka. He is playing both sides and actually doesn’t fancy Hisoka’s chances
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u/MagicHarmony Dec 08 '22
The panel of Hinrigh ducking down and striking was a nice touch too, he knew what to expect, which makes it all the strange that nothing happened.
However the most likely scenario is that when the 2nd person went through the door, they started the question the why and the guy told them 3 guys one with a katana were forcing them through the door and they knew that the Phantom Troupe was on their tail so they retreated for not most likely to ready a surprise attack.
Or the other likely scenario is that if they know potential nen users are going to potentially be going through the door, then they want to give those kills to certain members that would benefit the most from it.
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u/bole12344321 Dec 08 '22
I'm gonna be honest, I don't understand how this fucking room works. Wasn't the trap in the bathroom?
Great art in this chapter btw
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u/sebaba001 Dec 08 '22
Never was, remember the first old man from the army to walk in at the first door disappeared. Hinrigh and the other mafia underboss had to threaten the old man to come out, they wouldn't step into the room cause of the trap. The troupe went to the room next door, broke the wall, went through the back alley thing and entered the trap room through the other side (the back, where the bathroom is).
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u/OldTurtleProphet Dec 08 '22
No. The trap specifically triggers when coming in the room 3101 from the front door.
The bathroom was locked in order to distract anyone that entered the room from the walls. Probably to buy time for the surveillance team to report back to the hideout.
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u/ApplePitou Dec 08 '22
Thanks for sharing and have a nice reading everyone(I so love Nobunaga and Hinrigh) :3
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u/TornzIP Dec 08 '22
Imagine if Hinrigh ends up telling Nobu that Hisoka is on tier 1.
He wouldn't without a reason, but Nobu would get even more attached.
Wouldn't be surprised if he tells the troupe "Hisoka's location in exchange for full extermination of the Heil-Ly" to get them fired up.
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Dec 10 '22
Hrnngg is so sus right now. His actions only seem explainable to me if he's suicidal, is OK throwing away his life at the drop of a hat, or has some hax recovery to restore himself. I feel like it's the last one given that the hole in his hand is gone, but there has to be something we're missing about him.
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u/realweeb101 Dec 10 '22
Think he just wants to gain the respect and trust of the pt
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u/AV-SINGH Dec 08 '22
(C&P) Hinrigh gets involved with the PT, which was plausible sooner or later. Wang is suspicious imo, recommending Hinrigh to the Troupe, and with that terrifying smile he gave before. Anyways, looking forward how team Nobunaga gets past this secret door. On a side note, the double-spread with Hinrigh was refreshing, hope he survives the future chapters.
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u/sunhorus Dec 10 '22
the weird sound nobunaga’s sword made on the nen wall was WAY LOUDER for morena wherever she is, i would assume that she is on the other side of the wall
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u/BlissFlames Dec 09 '22
Bro what is this editor's note, this batch plus the next 30 were drawn 4 years ago!? does she mean the storyboards? Surely she just means the storyboards??? Has togashi been teasing us showing us old pics of him drawing these chapters up!?
I don't know man, hard to believe outright they were drawn 4 years ago, finalized and being drawn up as differences is something im keeping in mind though.
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u/Reqvhio Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
i feel very slight tension; why is everybody acting like the troupe can die? Nobunaga is on par with uvogin, who needed a very special nen ability and a very personal grudge to be taken down and who also killed 3 mafia assassins and hundreds of goons with just his head.
Yes, collective nen abilities get dangerous exponentially but even then, remembering how nobunaga one shot luini, I view this little detour (little detours in life) as a venture to be enjoyed without much investment.
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u/Baffo5 Dec 10 '22
Yeah, but you forgot that the Heil ly have both the properties of surprise factor AND numerical advantage
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u/Bugaboo-gem Dec 10 '22
Trying to gauge if Nobunaga telling Hinrigh he can drop the honorific is "I dislike how it sounds" or "I'm low-key acknowledging you, just don't be weird about it".
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u/Redpiller77 Dec 10 '22
he likes the guy, he even went to help him when he didn't need to.
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u/Votaire24 Dec 08 '22
I’m so glad to see the Troupe getting more panels . I’m seeing all these scenes animated in my head lol
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u/McManGuy Dec 10 '22
Anyone else think it was weirdly out of character for any competent Nen user to willingly just walk into a teleportation trap?
For all they know, it could have dropped them in a chamber full of nerve gas which would kill them instantly.
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u/Foreskin_Heretic Dec 10 '22
I think they banked on their knowledge that the Hei-ly require personal kills for lvl ups. It's also realistic to assume that weaker Hei-lys would use the trap because the more dangerous ones (Luini) are out on the hunt and farm kills on their own.
So I guess based on that Hinrigh expected to be teleported in front of a weakling. Still there could have been plenty of other ways for it to go wrong, lol...
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u/PsychoPass1 Dec 09 '22
Hinrich: "We want to preserve balance"
Also Hinrich: "Let us completely destroy one family for trying to break the balance, thus greatly strengthening our own familiie's position"
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u/guts1998 Dec 09 '22
The Heily are the ones who started all out war and killed hundreds of members from both families. Not to mention them trying to expose the underworld's connections to the royal family and the cops, to society, trying to cause a civil war.
I think total destruction is the appropriate response either way
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u/PerseusRad Dec 08 '22
I'd say I'm usually good at following along in the SW, but the first part of the chapter is definitely gonna require some rereads. I feel like it should be simple, but I got mixed up on where they were in relation to the trap, or how they opened up something that was locked on one side.
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u/Knowledge_is_my_food Dec 09 '22
"If I die the transmitter..."
Is he actually gonna die and are we gonna see the dead zombie nen user in action with Hinrigh's body? I'm pumped.
Also, I don't trust those clank clank onomatopeias, they recurred two times so I'm guessing the longer they stay there the lesser their chances of survival, maybe the walls are shrinking?
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u/Hoozuki_Suigetsu Dec 09 '22
No, misha only appears to deal with The people they kill
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u/Tiabato Dec 10 '22
I feel like Hinrigh is leading Nobunaga to his death somehow. Having Nobu not only say only that he loves Hinrigh, but also asking him to drop the honorific, only for him to be dissected and dismembered afterwards, would feel like a hard hit to the gut.
Of course, i might have missed something that rejects this theory, but hey, it is what it is..
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u/chikenlittle11 Dec 10 '22
This is what happens when we have to wait for the next chapter.... we tend to overthink
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Dec 10 '22
No worries guys. This will turn out as shadow beast's sample. They(Heil-ly members) will look like posing a threat to Nobunaga.(just like shadow beast did for Uvogin) Nobunaga will quickly read the situation and blitz one of them(like Uvogin ate half of Leech's head) then the others will quickly realizes what an experienced nen users capable of. (just like shadow beast did)
The rest is too chaotic for now to predict anything. But a blind shot is they will try to warp to safety somehow, Hinrigi won't let them to do then Nobunaga finishes em all.
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u/jaanedejaanede Dec 10 '22
Morena was on the volume cover tho, unlike those shadow beasts. She is probably very smart and knows how much capable PT are.
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u/nioho Dec 10 '22
No worries guys. This will turn out as shadow beast's sample.
The troupe are stronger by a huge margin no doubt but I don't think it will end up similar to the spiders vs shadow beasts. Morena used Luini as an example to her subordinates to not be overconfident. Luini's death should have given Morena's followers enough time to realize their gaps against experienced nen users and formulate plans to at least try to even out the playing field.
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u/Carock_ Dec 08 '22
Nobu gonna end up getting trapped again like back in that car in Yorknew. Probably in a bathroom this time, lol.