Hunter x Hunter Manga Chapter 261+ (Spoilers)

To be honest, I'm getting more intrigued as time passes on. Mainly because of character development. How often in shonen manga is it when we see the protagonists continually growing and realizing their own strength in the miRABt of a major battle? Youpi, a major antagonist, had this exact same realization without anyone else gaining a power boost. It seemed like the inevitable that Morel would die and Knuckle would be the one to kill Youpi--but nearly the opposite happened here.

Someone made this point on another board in a negative way, but I really enjoy how Togashi tenRAB to go against traditional shonen conventions. Like with the whole situation of Kurapika against the Phantom Troupe. I started off thinking that Kurapika would be satisfied with the revenge he exacted upon them. However, he came to the realization that they don't care about their lives as much as they care about the Troupe. Uvogin couldn't care less about dying and neither could Chrollo or Pakunoda.

The enemies are so multi-dimensional in HxH--none of them are "pure evil," and most of them seemingly aren't self-interested either. They care for their comrades just as much as the protagonists do--something rarely seen in comic books in general.
 
And so, this set of ten chapters comes to a close. Knov's gone absolutely nuts, unfortunately. Though it looks like both Morel and Shoot are going to make it.

Youpi's maturation really does something for his character, and Pouf's devious side shows up a bit. Their human tendencies showing up is great--originally, I had seen them as stoic sentinels (aside from Pouf).

And finally, Netero and the King are about to begin their battle. Although considering Netero's attack did absolutely nothing to the latter, it's pretty obvious he'll end up losing. I wonder how the King is going to be taken care of?

Anyways, I can't wait until the next volume. But to quell your HxH fix, let me remind you all that the first DVD boxset is scheduled to be released in two days. Pick it up!
 
Well, now we have yet another hiatus to endure.

You know, as good as the Chimera arc has been, I would really like for Togashi to wrap it up, before it starts feeling too dragged out. Of course, its not Togashi's style to drag things out, so I'm sure that we may finally get an ending after this hiatus is finally over. Then again, if he's only doing another 10 chapters before going into yet another hiatus, then I'm not quite sure if he'll be able to finish this arc or not, by that time. I mean, it would be even worse if Togashi rushed the ending to this arc, instead of dragging it out a little bit.

Oh, and BTW, is it just me, or is anyone else seriously missing Kurapika and Leorio? Its been forever since we've seen them in action....or even seen them at all.
 
Yeah, Leorio must have improved a lot by now. I really hate how Togashi spent so much time developing Leorio's character in the earlier parts of the series, only to cast him aside as some minor supporting character. Well, at least it feels that way for right now, since we literally haven't seen Leorio since the end of the York Shin City arc. I remeraber that we at least got to see a brief appearance of Killua in the Greed Island arc, but that's really about it.

However, I have a feeling that Gon will somehow meet up with both of them again, somehow, after the Chimera arc finally wraps up, and the following arc starts getting underway.
 
Uh, Viz actually is all caught up with the Japanese releases. In fact, by the time the manga restarts, with the exception of the volume being released this Christmas in Japan, all 26 volumes will have been made available in the US.
 
My god, this is easily the best news that I've heard all year!

I have no idea how I can keep forgiving Togashi for going on such a long hiatus after every 10 chapters. I always get so pissed off when he does it, but whenever I hear that its going to end, I just get so excited about seeing new HXH that I forget all about my previous rage towarRAB him for taking so long to come out with new material.

However, since it has been so long since his last hiatus, I really do need to re-read most of the Chimera Ant arc, being that I haven't gone back to it for nearly a full year, now.
 
Well, seeing as chapter 291 is finally out and the Haitus is over (for now anyway), time to bump.

Anyway, Im surprised that Nefelpitou has brown hair and that Komugi is blond (i thought it was the other way around honestly). Anyway, we learn that the old mans only wish is to fight strong guys (lol), and they continue fighting. I bet King owns him next chapter.
 
The very 1st chapter we get after over a year of waiting, and its pretty....meh. I don't know, but I've never been a fan of any WSJ series spending most of a chapter on action scenes with little dialogue to make the chapter last long, since the action scenes themselves usually aren't drawn well enough for me to follow (which is why I prefer that the anime just do some creative stuff with the action scenes, while the manga keeps them a bit more minimal, or at least easier to follow), and because I hate it when I can breeze through a chapter in under 2 minutes (one of my biggest problems with the Naruto manga, personally).

That said, I'm sure that Togashi will be able to get the story back on track and continue delivering great chapters which will get me addicted to this series, once again.

I still need to re-read most of the Chimera Ant arc, though, since I have almost forgotten most of the events that have happened within the past 30 or so chapters.
 
Pitou and Pouf are the two most inconsistently colored characters in HxH. Pitou was colored purple with blue hair once, but I think that the consensus is that Pitou has blond hair with blue eyes--that's how it is on volume 26. Komugi's hair is blond, so I suppose that Togashi couldn't color Pitou's hair blond as well without making the spread confusing.
 
So in 293, Palm has finally come back. And yes, she's been selected...Things could go in many ways. For one thing, if Killua kills Palm, Gon will definitely misread the situation. Aside from that, Ikalgo still is in debt to Killua--I wonder if he'll sacrifice himself to save Killua's life. Gon, seeing Killua next to the bodies of both Palm and Ikalgo, still will break...

Man, I really hate the hiatuses, but the series is still so good...
 
Haha, Palm going all "Black Widow" on Killua was pretty cool. Overall, this was a really good chapter, and a restoration to the normally good quality of HXH that I know and love. Personally, I really didn't care much for the last 2 chapters, as they were mostly just action, which didn't really interest me very much with all of the other intense story elements going on, as I much prefer to see Togashi carry on the story more than the battles, which is what he finally did in this particular chapter, IMO.

Having said that, I really do hope that the Chimera Ant arc comes to an end soon, though, since I feel like it has been dragging on for way too long now (and I'm not including the long hiatuses in-between chapters when I say that, as the arc itself has literally been ongoing for over 100 full chapters now, which is just way too long for my taste).

I also hope that the next arc in HXH brings back Kurapika and Leorio, or at least 1 of the 2, as it feels like its been forever since we've last seen either one of them. I'm suspecting that we may get an appearance from at least one of them, anyways, as I recall that Killua said that once their mission against the Chimera Ants are done, he plans to split up from Gon and go his own seperate way for a while, which is a plan I really think that he will follow out, and being that the story would feel a bit too dull and boring with Gon being the only main character left after Killua leaves, I suspect that Togashi will write in a way for Gon to conveniently be able to reunite with one of his other frienRAB once Killua leaves. That's just my personal prediction of what will happen after this arc is completed, though.
 
Oh wow, the latest chapter did not turn out the way i expected, looks like Palm was strong enough to overcome the process that changed her mind. Unfortunately, because of that Pufu has other arabitions now, he doesnt need the other guarRAB around (particularly Pitou) and wants a kingdom all to just himself and the king, i sense trouble coming.
 
So, i guess since weve already have 12 chapters instead of the usual 10 that means the haituses are over at least for the time being (i hope its for a long time). Thats pretty awesome seeing as how things are heating up.

Anyway, Netero is dead, what happened after that with the king being regenerated was just ridiculous, theres just no way anyone else could beat the king, so i say hes going to have to turn good somehow.
 
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