About the complexity and insane amount of characters part. I personally believe if you have literal 10 years for it you can create great things without lot's of pressure. Which togashi clearly had and is still doing . Maybe he took time to calculate and finish base work for all the things and people and how things will handle... Now he is starting to draw
This just made realize just how well structured and big this arc really is. It's pretty much the second act of Hunter x Hunter with characters and groups introduced in the past arcs all coming together to explore the Grand Line of the HXH world. Truly unfortunate Togashi will most likely never finish it because of his health problems. Edit: He's back
Maaaaan this sounds so awesome, I can’t believe I haven’t continued the series after watching the anime. Togashi must love this series to stick with it for over 20 something years. I just hope his health is good because I heard takes a lot of hiatus’s nowadays
@CNgotham yea heavens arena is nice too. And yea I really have no idea why they changed kite meeting gon in the 2011 anime. Kite is literally why gon started his journey but no one really knows that because how the 2011 version did it. It’s so weird
@Khai W. It makes sense for the manga to some degree because you only got so much to show on a page but the animation can literally just show what happening on screen instead of describing every little sec in narration. For me it ruin the arc for me also in the anime since gin barely even knows kite he comes off more as a dick more then anything is why I don't care for the arc.
@CNgotham yea I get that. I loved the arc but personally I still have yorknew city over chimera ant. idk if you’ve read the manga but it’s even more text lmao although we kinda need it because there’s so much going on now. I’m really hype for its return
It’s kinda crazy how insanely fascinating the mystery behind the Dark Continent is. There is just so much potential and unknown about it that can’t be put into words.
@SeaGee I also think that’s the issue. He made the story too complicated and had basically expanded the universe to the a similar scale as one piece. And not every author has the drive to flush out a world that deep and complicated like oda. Also his health but also his laziness.
there's a reason why they called chimera ants, ants. indeed, in Dark Continent, those are just mere ants compared to the other gigantic, horrifying, and deadly creatures. there's so so so much things going on right now, but it's unfortunate that we're not going to see it end. togashi, please make a story draft instead so that your assistants can continue your work.
@Nicholas Leclerc Meruem in his post-rose state is by far the strongest in the HxH universe. I put him in A+ class danger level and he can definitely destroy/fight equally against other monsters from the Dark Continent pretty easily
@/// Nah it depends on opinion there is no "one and only peak fiction" all depends on people's opinion. someone can watch both naruto and HXH and think naruto is better than whole HXH, and it's fine just let people enjoy what they like...
I personally find it hilarious how Togashi made the chimera ants an absolute world threat, only then quickly made them just the human world's child's play by introducing the Dark Continent.
@Lemonade Man There are at least 600 hunters with more experience than him with nen plus all the other individuals like the phantom troupe who also know nen. Like i said before killing Cheetu would probs be ranked D-C in terms of difficulty.
@FiNe Kaotic well yes but there called “rares” for a reason, meaning there’s only about 100 or so humans in existence who are stronger than pokkle even though he seemed weak. The ants were just really really powerful
It's perfectly build up for an insanely great conflict and conclusion, there's a lot of parties involved so it reminds me of Game of Thrones. The Hisoka vs Phantom Troup was probably the best part in the manga, but it's all carefully though out and I really love it. It's sad how it's probably not going to finish any time soon, or maybe at all. I think it's also about the time we meet Ilumi and explore him well.
@Cameron Hunt i've read somewhere that he made a script of what happens for her wife to take over in case something happens to him so, i am inclined to believe that's the case, althiugh i cannot confirm this affirmation but it makes sense
“Perfectly build up” Yeah, don’t agree there. To me perfect build up is introducing characters, building the world, while introducing themes and developing the narrative. I feel like the narrative has literally not moved at all since they got on the boat. The whole thing has just been explaining new characters, their backgrounds, their nen abilities, who their enemies are, what their enemies might hypothetically be doing, etc. All of that stuff is surface level, it affects only the surface plot and has very little thematic significance whatsoever. This can make it very boring for some people like me. After just coming off of the narrative monsters in Chimera Ant and Election, this current arc feels like it’s totally missing something. I find it very frustrating to read.
@SeaGee i’ve only heard great things about 20th century boys, looking forward to it. i watched a bit of ye olde toriko anime and it is mostly a hot ball of garbage, especially with the early version of toriko being a cigar smoking mad man and getting little development at that point in the series. seeing the bleach “reboot” is making me want to see toriko get the same treatment, especially with the big boi monster kings. it gets very shadow of the colossus/aot and lends itself to emulate that animation style/technology used for the 3d fights in aot. but again, it’s just not something that should happen/financially benefit the mangaka. i have similar reservations about made in abyss. it’s a cool concept, the story is fairly compelling, the anime is beautiful and lately the manga’s art is incredible. but the author will suddenly goes out of his way to put the characters in pseudo sexual situations and in dialogue. ordinarily this wouldn’t be a problem, i’ve been consuming japanese media for the majority of my life so i can take the weirder shit in stride. but if you’re familiar with the series, you know why this is a major issue. at first i gave it a pass, i thought i was just being overly sensitive. it’s an engaging story but the instances are so jarring that i’ve walked away from the series a few times. i will never recommend it to anyone.
Don't apologize! Love long comments. I'm actually working on the big 20th Century Boys video atm which is full of time skips so good to get more perspectives. I liked your original idea of having Kurapika be blind after the timeskip. Give him a blindfold so we're not sure if he still has his eyes under there. I think there's ways to keep him interesting there. I think it's a tough thing to land, jumping into a new plot with new main characters. Keeping Kurapika out after giving his this development makes us want to see him more than anything else. Again a great reason for a timeskip to get him back into the story. I'm honestly expecting some sort of MacGuffin in the dark continent. Some "thing" that everyone wants to get to first that'll kick off all the tension. but who knows if we'll even get there anyway. I was thinking of Toriko too! I've only read it through once a while ago now but I was feeling the similarities between the two. Particularly when one of the examiners in the hunters exam is a "gourmet hunter". That stuff about the author has been the main reason I'm hesitant to pick it up again. I remember enjoying a lot of the start though yeah some of those ending reveals and pacing are super rushed. Particularly that final power up for Toriko. Ill add Bartender to my to-read list! Could use a nice chill manga to read after all this 20th Century Boys
HxH definitely has a lot of potential and one of the best written story unlike any other anime who only fight stronger enemy and then the MC also get stronger. I hope Togashi well and can continue the HxH manga series.
@Brrr rrrb of course. I've been rewatching it recently and Im surprised how well planned the story is. Season 3 and 4 outshine most pf the television I've watched. But hey, that's just my opinion. You aren't obliged to agree.
HxH is the anime that, at 33 years old, finally got me to appreciate anime beyond things like Akira, Berserk, and Cowboy Bebop. Since then I've binged SO much stuff from so many different genres and whilst there's been some incredible shows, none have hit me like HxH did.
@Redapple I finished Death Note a while back. Really enjoyed it! FMA I pick at now and again. It's good but for some reason it never captured my full attention enough to commit to 200+ episodes in the way Naruto/HxH/Black Clover have.
@Mister Monologue I'll be sure to check them out! After watching all of Black Clover and hearing "it's basically naruto" over and over, I decided to commit to watching it (although TBH now that my watched list is past 50 shows I can honestly say every Shonen follows the same sorta formula. Young kid with low/no ability develops/is gifted great power and through hard work and friendship uses said power to beat the big bad. Usually said youngster has a dream to be the king/hokage/wizard king etc). Now near the end of Boruto and I gotta say I think overall Naruto and Shippuden are actually tied with HxH for me now. HxH hit me hard with Meruem and Komogi's final game but Naruto hit me that hard MULTIPLE times. Particularly his first time meeting Minato and Kishina. Not ashamed to say I blubbed like a baby lol
If you enjoy those you would love Beet the vandal warrior. I'm like you, those were hard favorites and I just started pushing my thirties haha. Claymore is more series but I enjoyed the stories/power scaling.
It is basically confirmed nanika is ai. There is a panel where she says "i am from the dark continent". She says "ai" constantly and her great grandpa is one of the survivors of the dark continent.
Zigg zoldyk, killuas great grandfather, was on of the 3 survivors and he most likely brought back Ai and gave it to Alluka. How he escaped the disease we don’t know. Probably from some kind of nen condition where his bloodline had to pay the price.
honestly, I think that Togashi has been working in secret on hunter x hunter to make this arc the best arc in all of the anime without a died line, and honestly, it's just a matter of time before hunter x hunter is back there is no way that he hasn't worked on something all this time. he said hxh is like his kid nobody leaves their kid unless it's my dad that went to get the milk and never came back
@Brrr rrrb mangz manuscript ??? What do you mean ? Is he writing a light novel ??? Cuz for the amount of text he is giving lately he should , instead of doing a manga .... even tho their fan again overrrated his work, his writong skills are messy and mostky are just he describing new nens that dont matter cuz they kill the character he instroduce like e pages after .... so no sense
@Dorian Pompa i agree, im a fan, i bet he does that just to remember people "hey i have a manga" buy it, to keep loyals fan interested, to spark new fans into the series and obviously rise sales... the dude has been doing this for years.... he is sturbon and clearly dont care about fans enought to give them a constatnt work... im sorry but even tho i love this manga and his ideas i dont respect him at all, as well as i didnt respect miura i guess is called, bersek creator , neither i consider their work masterpieces. A masterpiece is something with an ending .... im not saying hey give me 15 days work, no, it can be montly and thats fine or even 3 months o bi montly work, MANY MANY MANGAKAS have work this way, bi montly or 3montly, and is SLOW but is consistent He just have ideas, great ideas but he doesnt execute them, thereford he isnt as important or special as he think he is , he is just full of ego ..... many new mangakas when their work got serialized and becime gamous have more abd more helpers and they accept it .... HOW ON EARTH THIS DUDE THINKS IS OK OR BETTER TO PRODUCE A CHAPTER every 6 minths o 3 yeras better than let it work by assistances ????
@Dorian Pompa Yea,, he update us the manga manuscript on twitter daily. I assume his health is ok and doing good, which i'm glad💕. I hope this will continue,, and tbh i'm more concerned on his health more then anything
i really dont think its gonna end after an expedition type arc....at this point its actually really hard to guess where it could possibly end...since gons story and future remain unresolved....i guess he could incorporate gon by making an arc specifically about how he got his nen back and where he would head for next....at this point his destination can be The Dark Continent too.....its all really exciting...the possibilities are endless but only Togashi knows....
@Daily Fight Videos I don’t think togashi will get that far and if he does I think the ending of the gyro arc will be gyro wins like thanos in infinity war
@Port Kurapika's scarlet eyes revenge escapades for one, Hisoka's quest to fight strong opponents is another, Killua's family drama with wanting him to get stronger and take over all while he's trying to protect nanika from them is another, Ging's off doing stuff, The phantom trope is constantly robbing and executing people.
The explaining of the v5 and kakin is done so well and easy to understand here compared to other videos. I would love to see you dissect further into hisoka vs. chrollo and the logistics of that battle with this ease.
I just finished this anime after putting off watching it for years. It's so much better than I ever imagined and I can't believe that it's not going to have a conclusion. It has potential to be one of the best anime/manga ever!
Keep up the great work SeaGee! I also super appreciate any content that takes place after the anime because it feels like the world just opened up a lot more.
Great overview. The only thing i wish you mentioned was that Netaro, Zig Zodlik, and Adoble were the 3 survives and that is why Netaro gave the book by Don Freecs to Gin and how the Zoldiks have Nanika.
I would’ve been contempt with HxH anime ending and endless hiatus if they Togashi never introduced the dark continent which is the biggest blue balling ever. For real it’s insane how many questions I have.
Whats crazy is the humanity on hxh is just in a small archipelago on a *LAKE* (Lake Mobius-Where the kniwn world of hxh is located). Imagine the real ocean, how deep or big would that be and the insane water pressure
@Ibu Helda I think the trees grow in sparsity from the sheer size, trees compete for nutrients in the soil and sunlight stunting the growth of other trees which might explain why there isn’t a forest as tall as the atmosphere blocking the sun.
HxH last season was empty honestly.... and had too many story lines to continue!!! It was just a Gon healing quest and pointless (if its a last season) chairman election!!! We didn't even see Leorio full abilities and Kurapica and triple spiders just disappeared... so many cool story lines and possibilities! Especially after Chimea ants cool arc last chapters were kind a empty.... not to mention Gon and others never even went to unique places where only hunters can as was advertised during hunter exam...
I was born in the year the anime first started. And I have been diligently following it ever since being introduced to the series by one of my older brothers. I really wish Togashi can finish because he poured so much into it so far. All wishes for the health of the author.
Damn. It's crazy that I watched HxH (2011) as it released weekly, and over 10 years after that version came out I'm still so interested in this world. I hope Togashi comes back to the manga before it's too late. Great video!
this was insanely helpful, I was thinking about getting the whole mange set but I didn't know if it was worth it since I've watched the whole series and am now, currently caught up on the manga as well. I might just wait and let time decide for me whether I get the manga.
A couple years back I carried on in the manga where the anime ended and it was so interesting but there was waaaaaay too much reading to do so I kinda stopped but the way you described it makes me want to go back and read it again
If togashi required us to pay a certain amount to get production started on animating these arcs and finishing them, I would gladly take part and donate as much as I could
If they'll animated DC and SW, it's mostly on respect on Togashi. Anime industry is still an industry about money. DC and SW is technically set up arcs to a bigger arc we should've gotten that we didn't get hence animating it will not produce that much money.
I hope Togashi gets better. Even if he's unable to do it himself... I hope he lays back on his chair and narrates the story while his assistants write it down and his wife draws the manga
This is like a history lesson awesome video, I rememeber I didn't think the Chimera ant arc could be topped until I started reading this arc it has so much potential just sad I doubt we'll ever see it be finished properly theres so much to go on it
it would be amazing if the old studio decided to animate the whole fight even if the manga never continues. would be cool as an anniversary OVA or something
Lets just accept that HxH will not be continuing anytime soon because of the authors current condition. The one thing I hope will happen one day is that someone will continue the HxH (asides from his wife) and to have a proper ending.
Just caught up to the final episode of hxh but damn I hope they animate more of the story. Madhouse now gone so I only see Mappa or studio bones taking the job
You just reminded me that dark continent was setting itself up to be the most bonkers amazing part of one of the most bonkers amazing manga ever written. Honestly at this point I’m content with the state of HxH, I’ve kind of soft accepted that it will remain where it is right now, but if it does comeback one day and lives up to its premises I would be so so happy
It's a massive build up for the dark continent arc. Damn! hopefully the manga and anime return anytime soon also I'm crazy enough to believe that Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho coexist in the same world although after seeing how the dark continent is described I don't see how Yusuke and company can live in such a peaceful city among all that madness.
Man I'm really hoping Togashi manages to complete this manga, I assume he would have some sort of storyboard for future parts of the manga his wife can take of just in case. That aside the thumbnail for the succession war arc faintly reminds me of obata's (death note) art like the left guy really reminds me of kira
Great video!! I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the amount of dialogue put into these chapters is so much information at once that I get so confused during the read. This video was much needed for a better understanding
Thanks! And don't worry, it's not just you. There's a heck of a lot of dialogue in these chapters. I needed to make this video to put it all together myself!
Can he not write out his ideas and have other people draw it out? Heck, even just talk out your ideas and record that for a team This is the best show ever and it feels like its just getting started
I would love for Togashi to either finish this story or pass it on to someone else with them helping him, but I understand he has back issues so I’ll just enjoy all the content he has already made.
There’s also a cool theory that basically boils down to the illumi that’s on the black whale is actually hisoka pretending to be illumi to get a chance at killing more troupe members
My biggest problem with HunterXHunter is it feels a lot of really big plots weren't intended at first. Nen abilities is basically magic and regular people witness others fighting each other in blood sports using Nen yet somehow it's a secret part of the hunters exam. Something like Nen seems like it would be common knowledge with how often regular people see its effects. Then the entire idea of hunters hunting certain things is completely forgotten and abandoned for new world discovery. We don't really see the characters become hunters for something except Kurapica with his scarlet eyes. It's a fun story, but I liked the idea of them dedicating themselves to a hunt.
@Khamazon true, I believe it was stated in the manga, that Gentruu(the bomber in greed island arc) was considered a terrorist in real world, when he blows up things there were no traces cause it's entirely made of aura.
@Dizzy Dial What is your definition of hunting? Because if an entire arc dedicated to destroying a group of monsters isn’t hunting then idk what is. And it’s very possible that people don’t know what nen is. Something you have to remember is that you can’t actually see the nen abilities if you are not a nen user yourself. The most they would see is people being weirdly strong/fast/durable
@Khamazon So, instead of really hunting, the story is focused on other things? That's kind of my major gripe with it. Why even call it HunterXHunter if hunting isn't even the main focus anymore? We can only speculate on the future of this series but the point is hunting or being a hunter has taken a back seat in favor of other elements. It could be a setup for something but so far, it's as I said. And general society wouldn't know about nen? Please. The tournaments are televised. Someone is bound to put the pieces together for the general public to understand. Either that or explain nen some other way (magic, martial arts techniques, etc. would still explain whats happening without really knowing it's nen).
Very nice synopsis. There’s also other mafia families. Crazy nen abilities and nen beasts. Togashi I am beginning you get healthy and give us more story. The manga is getting super interesting.
Honestly, the "Dark Continent" idea is genius for expanding the world and its lore. Imagine that true map of the world makes your current map look like a small archipelago. How exciting. "Strange beasts, hidden treasures, unchartered frontiers... " Now it is, truly.
amazing video! havent read the manga, i dont really like to read so this was very helpfull in understanding what happens after the anime, will probably read it eventually.
I wish I wouldn't have watched this because now I effing want to know what happens next. I also want this manga to be animated. I want to see or read the hunter x hunter story😭
the best part was left out, the prince number 4, he is the biggest threat on that boat and it's pbly gonna be a big part of the story's future, on the boat at least with kurapika, and I think he is the one that will kill kurapika, leaving killua and gon to avange him... oh boy if this happens it will be crazy... and hisoka... both stories and ging... omg, someone pls fix togashi's back, ffs
Gosh it’s SO GENUIS how he brought EVERYONE TOGETHER but they’re all cot-angled in their own little plot Phantom tripié hunting hisoka Kirapika hunting the eyes, NOT KNOWING THE TROUPE IS THERE the princes and king murder war AHHH ITS SOO GOOD even after retiring Killua and Gon ahhhh one day this will get completed
This is interesting I got done watching the anime already and this dark continent is pretty cool a large world I hope togashi does not put a yu Yu hakusho and rush this like with three kings
Man what a cliff hanger. I haven't read Hunter because I know there is no conclusion, and had I read up to there and it ended I would have been extremely unsatisfied. Thanks for this video
Imagine if Hunter x Hunter pre-Dark Continent is just the intro and setup for the real saga and the Dark Continent arc is actually where it all begins.
I want to see Gon from ep 131 (fight with Pitou) so badly... I hope if manga will continue, at some point will be huge time skip where we will see Gon as an adult. Just imagine the plot: Ging and Gon went to the dark continent and Ging died from the veeeery powerful creature to protect Gon. Gon goes back, realise he is weak and starts training like Netero use to, but even more intense, and then timeskip happens... Oh i have chills imagining that
Hunter x Hunter is my favorite manga/anime and the introduction of the Dark Continent by itself basically means endless potential of the show. What's even crazier is that since the ant arc, so much fucking shit happened and we're not even close to the beginning of the DC arc. The boat trip is literally an arc by itself with 3 sub arcs going on. I'm certain that Hunter x Hunter won't end because quite frankly, Togashi has created one of the most intricate and expansive stories to ever exist.
I was kinda surprised to hear about the Dark Continent in a show like HxH but then I remembered Togashi made Yu Yu Hakusho, so yeah he’s more than capable
Its funny how the show is still interesting even when there is no Gon or ultra instinct goku mini Probably cuz our boi Kurapika is here Eager to find out the next threat surpassing King
