The Morality of Gon Freecss (Hunter X Hunter)

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Music used:
Song 1 - The Dark World (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Song 2 - My Home China (Ping Pong The Animation)
Song 3 - Mechonis Field (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Song 4 - Sacred Grove (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Song 5 - The Vagabond (The Witcher 3)
Song 6 - Ancient Sorrow (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
Song 7 - Kyubey's Theme (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Song 8 - Nagareboshi Karari (HxH 2011)

[rodneyize]

"nothing is as pure and cruel as a child"

[KlebsWrld]

I just realized Gon & Mereum sat the same way leading on one knee, but gone was using the opposite leg

[skytstrax]

After watching the chimera ant arc i have to admit Gon Freecss me out

[annaamariaa]

I once read that Gon and Killua are the perfect depiction of nature vs nurture.

Killua was nurtured to be a cold blooded killer but in his core - his nature - he was a good, friendly/sociable person.

Gon, on the other hand, was raised to be good, friendly and kind — but he was naturally selfish and only wanted to things which benefitted himself or those close to him.

If Gon were in Killua’s position, i fully believe he would have became the Zoldyck heir that Killua’s family wanted *him* to be. Whereas, if Killua was raised by Mito, i think he probably would have grown up to be just a regular kid.

[MrHitmancheg]

"HunterxHunter is probably going to end as a story without a distinct hero"
What, Leorio isn't good enough for you?

[BlackMDawn]

Gon: "I don't want to make my friend have to kill someone."


Also Gon: "Killua, murder this girl if the cat tries anything."

[qanh]

Killua, a natural-born killer raised and trained in a family of legendary assassins, looks like a saint next to mad Gon. Nuff said.

[familyguysofunny]

Remember when Wing said that he probably awoke a monster when he taught Gon nen

[aliyahnicole]

i once saw a post that makes a lot if sense after this video;
Gon is a Nice person, not a Good one and lacks the emotional maturity to realize it
Killua is a Good person, not a Nice one and lacks the confidence to realize it (pre-saving ikalgo at least)

[TrojanPiece]

"Keep this in mind Gon, a hunter is a beyond selfish, human trash." -Ging

[kasv]

You say kids have no morals, but do they have knuckles?

[movavee]

“togashi has crafted a nuanced and somewhat creepy character just by making him a genuine child”
WOAH..

[connoredward]

I just realized that if Gon had met the phantom troupe before meeting the gang, he absolutely would have joined the troupe

[joaovaranda]

Gon is like a wild animal. He grows attached to people he spends time with but doesn't care about other people. If they help, its a friend, if it hurts is an enemy, and if its indifferent, its irrelevant. Animals don't know what's right or wrong, only whats good or bad (from their point of view).

[Emajenus]

He's not a hero. He's a protagonist.

[lemxn_ice_tee]

I just noticed that Gon considered Killua, an ex-assassin (never the less a killer), as his friend only because they were the same age and was helping him pass the exam and completely disregarded any of the evil deeds he mentioned to have committed before meeting in the hunter exam... No matter how many times Killua told Gon that he did kill people and he did hurt innocent individuals beyond necessary measures, he still saw him as a good person.
Pretty messed up, right?😂

[stanleymaximillian]

Gon to Phantom Troupe: “How can you kill people that have nothing to do with you”

Also Gon: befriends an assassin that maybe has killed people more than Phantom Troupe

[morgangibson]

I love how the author wrote it so that Killua's true side was shown through his relationship with Gon, but Gon's selfish attitude didn't rub off on Killua.

[phillh.]

I now realized that Nobunaga was actually sorta right with how Gon would've been a great fit for the Phantom Troup since how you describe with how Gon really only cares for those closest to him and has no care at all to those that have nothing to do with him, which is how a lot of the Phantom Troupe members work and feel

[alalcrumo]

Your analysis was impecable, and what I find most interesting about Gon is the way he justified Ging from being absent and how this affected his personality. A child who was abandoned by his father would probably grow with self esteem problems, following the idea that he wasn’t good enough, but if the child decided to think of his father as just another human being with his own life, and separating him from the concept of a regular father, then in his own mind Ging didn’t leave because he didn’t love Gon, it simply was because Ging had his own “reasons”. It shows in how he won’t call him “dad” and refers to him by using his name.

It also justifies why he doesn’t seem to hold any resentment against Ging, but more than anything it molded his strong sense of individuality. This is why a completely selfish behabiour isn't alien to him, and more than anything it is praised, given that it was indirectly fomented by Ging, who Gon sees as a figure of freedom and personal fulfillment, as a role model.