Chimera Ant: Mom Pick Me Up, I'm Scared [Hunter x Hunter]

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[gwbryce]

Merphy started reading Chimera Ant & Togashi said "I gotta come back to finish" we baaaack 🔥🔥

[azazazazaz]

Cool part about Colt is that he remembers Reina(queen in Spanish). So his loyalty transfered from queen to queen

[dakotarandolph]

Merphy is the one true prophet. She catches up to One Piece and the biggest reveals happens. She begins HxH, it returns

[ibg_music]

coming from one piece and saying "nah, too weird" is saying something 😂

[ethanhunt]

I don't think Bisky underestimated killua's loyalty to Gon, or that she thought Killua would literally choose to leave Gon to die to save himself
You gotta keep in mind the rest of Bisky's assessment before she said that, she points out that a weakness Killua has, is that once he assesses someone as "stronger" he also assumes that everyone is batting at 100%, 100% of the time, which isnt true for anyone..and the lesson she was trying to teach him was that if he fought stronger enemies with the same brutal efficiency as he did weaker enemies his chances of survival would be alot higher than he expects, because strength alone isnt the deciding factor in most fights
So to me, she made the assessment that there would come a day where Gon would dig in his heels and refuse to run, and Killua's flight nature could become a distraction that could cause Gon to die in fight he had a chance of winning if he fought to win instead of trying to drag Gon away even if the enemy was stronger
Which this last fight proved what bisky was saying, once Killua removed his brother's hypnotic needle and he stopped trying to escape.. it was over for Ramon because now Killua is trying to win, even though on a scale Ramon is "stronger", Killua is a far better fighter and grabbed the W pretty easily once he decided to fight with the same efficiency as he would a weaker foe
I don't think she was "wrong", but I do believe she chose her words deliberately because she truely understood Killua's loyalty to Gon and knew Killua would latch onto those words, and since its a thought at the forefront of Killua's mind he has 2 options, either work to overcome it (which has become easier with the needle removal ) or stay out of Gon's way
That was my take on it

[LocallyConstantDuck]

Merphy reading The Chimera Ant Arc and Memories of Ice at the same time is either the bravest thing i’ve ever seen or the dumbest

[declanm]

I have to say, I love the introduction of Knuckle’s nen ability. The contrast between this super straightforward and upfront guy, and his ridiculously complicated nen ability that takes multiple panels to even try to explain will never not be funny (especially with Gon’s reaction to the explanation)

[brunoxd]

I don't know if you will mention it, but i think the concept of ants, wich are collective creatures who do everything for the well being of the queen and the colony being corrupted and becoming individualisct when they merge with humans is GENIOUS. They became enemies of the humans when they gained humanity.

[medium-sizedbear]

I always interpreted the ants disobedience as stemming from their human side. Humans are more individualistic and have their own goals, thus being less ant-like which are traditionally like the gold standard for living creatures working together.

[Pensadordosceus]

The way Togashi is able to discuss war, animal cruelty, dictatorships with its despicable rulers (Diego) and coward servants (Bizef), the duality of how someone can blindly get absorbed with hate but also feel saved through love, it's truly amazing. Not only that, but his iventiveness of how he connects panels in some page are unique, as also how easily he can draw characters in any pose and angle he wants.

Since Heavens Arena, he takes his time to devolop Nen every arc but still following the original rules he created. In this arc, like the others, he just doesn't develop a little further, but creates unique impressive scenes that are ONLY played that way due to Nen understanding (Like the infiltration and invasion scene, for example).

If it was just that, it would be an amazing arc already. But how he connects everypiece naturally from the start to the payoffs it gets in the middle and the climax are simply superb. I highly encorauge everyone who appreciate manga and comics in general as an art form (not only as an appendice of animation) to try reading Hunter x Hunter. And if you had, I beg you to reread this arc through the volumes, without long hiatuses. It's definetily one of the great sagas of comics.

[ikariiprince]

In defense of Biscuit’s analysis I believe she’s realizing that Gon might put Killua in a situation where he can’t just pick him and flee like what happened with Pitou and Killua will have to choose between staying by Gon’s side or saving himself

She’s not doubting Killua’s loyalty but saying that circumstances will be different one day and questioning if he can stay by Gon’s side when he can’t make him leave

[riccardocastiglioni]

Knuckle's ability is so interesting, and reflects so much of his character: it puts an handicap on him against every foe because he "lends" his Nen to them, its really elaborate which reveal his intelligence despite his demeanor, and its ultimate goal is to render someone powerless rather than kill him.

Also a small correction: Cheetu is not forced in a state of Zetsu for 30 days because he didn't hit Bankruptcy, but since he can't get rid of it he can always be tracked by Knuckle.

[neilcherian]

And thus we begin what I can only describe as not just the single best arc in HxH but one of the greatest arcs in all of manga. As good as everything was before this point, it's the Chimera Ant arc that cements HxH as a classic IMO.

[therethan-family]

Killuah's reaction to the needle in his head was just pure relief. He wasn't that soulless monster that would abandon Gon, his feelings were genuine and the voices that tell him to run were not his.

[chaosexceed]

If I remember right, the Threat level thing is just meant for normal Chimera Ants, not this unprecedented case of humanoid monstrosities, more like the "Potential" to be dangerous for the normal Ants. The threat level also doesn't reflect the strength of individuals, so I don't think anyone in their right mind would look at the king and say "Yeah, he's like a "B"."

[nasteay]

Many of the fans didn't appreciate kites value just, because madhouse decided to exclude kite from 1st episode of 2011 version. If luffy has shanks, gon has kite. That's why gon cared so much, because kite is the one who told him about his father, and kite is the reason about gon curiosity of his father being a hunter.

[haydenuchiha]

On the Biski thing, I'd say you have to take into account that Kite was there so it was possible for Kilua to knock Gon out. I think Biski was more so talking about scenario where Kilua has to choose between himself and Gon, he'd pick himself. The situation in this instance was do we all 3 die or do me and Gon escape. I think it would've been very different had kite not been there tbh

[johnathanfrank]

We need to find the subscriber who got Merphy into manga because she’s gotta be one of the best things that has happened to the community. First One Piece, now Hunter. And the content is just so well said and dissected.

Great job Merphy and thank you commenter that got her into manga. 🤝

[Shinntoku]

One of my favourite things about the Chimera Ant Arc is how it uses the trope of "Humanity is contagious" in both a positive and negative way. The Chimera Ants in the wild are violent and dangerous, but essentially neutral and just doing what animals do. Once they gained human intelligence and emotions though...

[PhantomGreyfire]

00:00:00 ⟾ Intro – ‘The Technical Troubles of Merphy’
00:00:11 ⟾ Format – Part 1 of 3
00:00:35 ⟾ Characters – Chimera Ants
00:01:11 ⟾ Chimera Ants – Chimera Ant Queen: reproduction
00:02:17 ⟾ Chimera Ants – Colt: origins, loyalty, memories
00:03:29 ⟾ Chimera Ants – violent-detached nature, job
00:05:00 ⟾ Characters – Kite: previously, care for Gon-Killua, vs. Rammot*, setting tone, advice
00:07:25 ⟾ First Kill – Gon, Killua, Kurapika (shovel)
00:09:45 ⟾ Gon vs. Rammot* – introducing Nen to Chimera Ants
00:10:27 ⟾ Characters – Gon: foreshadowing
00:11:27 ⟾ Sense of Dread – Neferpitou, Pokkle
00:13:05 ⟾ Fights – Kite vs. Neferpitou: arm, escape, Gon/Killua, Biscuit comparison {Out-of-Context: Merphy expresses unreasonable anger towards biscuits}
00:15:37 ⟾ Gon-Killua Strength, Kite’s purpose
00:17:17 ⟾ Plot – Gon naivete, Kite vs. Neferpitou conclusion {cat plays with a kite}, Neferpitou ability
00:18:27 ⟾ Plot – Netero, Morel, Knov, Knuckle, Shoot
00:18:59 ⟾ Characters – Knuckle: passion, dogs, reasoning
00:20:37 ⟾ Characters – Shoot: timid, pairings
00:20:52 ⟾ Characters – Palm: warnings, romance
00:21:34 ⟾ Characters – Gyro: flashback
00:21:50 ⟾ Fights – Gon vs. Knuckle: training, abilities, inexperience
00:24:21 ⟾ Fights – Killa vs. Biscuit: training, tendency to flee, leaving Gon to die? {hysterical rant}
00:28:57 ⟾ Plot – Gon bankrupt {hysterics continue}
00:29:26 ⟾ Characters – Meruem: birth, attitude
00:30:20 ⟾ Plot – Colt: loyalty, Chimera Ant Queen, white flag, arc structure, Royal Guard
00:33:01 ⟾ Characters – Gon/Killua: staying behind, weakness
00:34:04 ⟾ Plot – Chimera Ant Queen, Meruem, tiny baby, Morel
00:35:39 ⟾ Characters – Meruem: philosophy, strength increase
00:38:42 ⟾ Plot – Kite {on strings}, Gon optimistic, Palm date
00:39:18 ⟾ Characters – Killua: vs. Rammot*, Illumi needle, Killua’s will, Zoldyck family
00:42:32 ⟾ Characters – Killua: needle scene
00:43:54 ⟾ Fights – Knuckle-Morel vs. Cheetu: speed, bankrupt
00:44:36 ⟾ Plot – Kite {on strings}, Gon, Killua, Neferpitou
00:45:50 ⟾ Plot – Gon strength display
00:47:30 ⟾ Overall – dread, love, hate
00:47:54 ⟾ Schedule – back to back
00:48:24 ⟾ [Promo] [Credits]
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