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Putting this under spoiler tags not because of any actual spoilers, but because I don't want to trigger anyone.
'''TRIGGER WARNING: HIGHLIGHT AT YOUR OWN RISK'''
[[spoiler:The scene on the Filler Ship Hotel where Leorio walks out of the bathroom naked after a shower and Kurapika flips out on him is probably meant to be PlayedForLaughs, but this troper finds it [[FridgeHorror absolutely chilling]]. In Leorio's angry grumblings later, it's even spelled out that Kurapika was "assuming weird things" and thought that Leorio was planning to "attack" him.]]
[[spoiler:Think about what it means, that Kurapika's automatic first interpretation of the situation of Leorio (who is his friend, and someone he trusts) walking into his bedroom naked as being a sign that 1) Leorio intends to rape him, and 2) he must defend himself by punching Leorio in the face until this is no longer true. That is an extreme enough reaction to the situation that it's probably a learned behavior, meaning that, at some point in Kurapika's life, a man walking into his room naked ''did'' mean that he was about to get raped.]]
[[spoiler:It also puts Kurapika's apparent preference for sleeping either in a hammock or sitting up with his back to something solid (even when there was a perfectly good couch available, as in when they were waiting in that room for 50 hours) in a disturbing new light: When sleeping sitting up like that or sleeping in a hammock, it's very difficult for someone to climb on top of you without waking you up first.]]
'''TRIGGER WARNING: HIGHLIGHT AT YOUR OWN RISK'''
[[spoiler:The scene on the Filler Ship Hotel where Leorio walks out of the bathroom naked after a shower and Kurapika flips out on him is probably meant to be PlayedForLaughs, but this troper finds it [[FridgeHorror absolutely chilling]]. In Leorio's angry grumblings later, it's even spelled out that Kurapika was "assuming weird things" and thought that Leorio was planning to "attack" him.]]
[[spoiler:Think about what it means, that Kurapika's automatic first interpretation of the situation of Leorio (who is his friend, and someone he trusts) walking into his bedroom naked as being a sign that 1) Leorio intends to rape him, and 2) he must defend himself by punching Leorio in the face until this is no longer true. That is an extreme enough reaction to the situation that it's probably a learned behavior, meaning that, at some point in Kurapika's life, a man walking into his room naked ''did'' mean that he was about to get raped.]]
[[spoiler:It also puts Kurapika's apparent preference for sleeping either in a hammock or sitting up with his back to something solid (even when there was a perfectly good couch available, as in when they were waiting in that room for 50 hours) in a disturbing new light: When sleeping sitting up like that or sleeping in a hammock, it's very difficult for someone to climb on top of you without waking you up first.]]
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It also puts Kurapika's apparent preference for sleeping either in a hammock or sitting up with his back to something solid (even when there was a perfectly good couch available, as in when they were waiting in that room for 50 hours) in a disturbing new light: When sleeping sitting up like that or sleeping in a hammock, it's very difficult for someone to climb on top of you without waking you up
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[[WMG: Genetic and body modification technology is well understood and relatively easy to obtain.]]
* Explains the circumstances behind some of the more "unusual" Hunters.
* Explains the circumstances behind some of the more "unusual" Hunters.
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[[WMG: 'Aunt' Mito is Gon's Mom.]]
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
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[[WMG: 'Aunt' Mito IS Gon's Mom.]]
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
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He knows of her existence, which is why he's so sure Gon will live. We know Ging became a hunter because there's something he wants, and Alluka can grant anything he wishes for. Perhaps the true reason he wanted to choose the election's format is because it will inevitably result in candidates desperate for votes as the elections proceed; if he were to then leak the nature of Alluka's ability, perhaps after Gon has been healed, he could take advantage of the subsequent chaos to seize Alluka for himself. This would neatly bring the two storylines together and reveal much more about Ging's nature and motivations.
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He knows of her existence, which is why he's so sure Gon will live. We know Ging became a hunter because there's something he wants, and Alluka can grant anything he wishes for. Perhaps the true reason he wanted to choose the election's format is because it will inevitably result in candidates desperate for votes as the elections proceed; if he were to then leak the nature of Alluka's ability, perhaps after Gon has been healed, he could take advantage of the subsequent chaos to seize Alluka for himself. This would neatly bring the two storylines together and reveal much more about Ging's nature and motivations.
motivations. Since this would make Killua hate Ging and perhaps want his head, his relationship with Gon could take an interesting stormy turn.
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[[WMG:Ging's target is Alluka.]]
He knows of her existence, which is why he's so sure Gon will live. We know Ging became a hunter because there's something he wants, and Alluka can grant anything he wishes for. Perhaps the true reason he wanted to choose the election's format is because it will inevitably result in candidates desperate for votes as the elections proceed; if he were to then leak the nature of Alluka's ability, perhaps after Gon has been healed, he could take advantage of the subsequent chaos to seize Alluka for himself. This would neatly bring the two storylines together and reveal much more about Ging's nature and motivations.
He knows of her existence, which is why he's so sure Gon will live. We know Ging became a hunter because there's something he wants, and Alluka can grant anything he wishes for. Perhaps the true reason he wanted to choose the election's format is because it will inevitably result in candidates desperate for votes as the elections proceed; if he were to then leak the nature of Alluka's ability, perhaps after Gon has been healed, he could take advantage of the subsequent chaos to seize Alluka for himself. This would neatly bring the two storylines together and reveal much more about Ging's nature and motivations.
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[[WMG:Biscuit is Gon's mother.]]
The main, concealed reason she participated in Greed Island and helped Gon and Killua was to see how her son was doing. Remember, Greed Island is over a decade old and Biscuit is in her late 50s; if she really wanted that gem so badly, wouldn't she have gone after it sooner? That she waited until Gon entered the game, and then proceeded to help him and his friend, is pretty suspicious! She acted like she wasn't familiar with Ging, but she's a natural liar and for whatever reason decided to conceal her relation to him and Gon. Of course if I'm right this raises some questions about Ging's sexual preferences...
[[WMG:The leader of the Kurata clan was responsible for creating Meteor city; the Spider exterminated them for revenge as well as for treasure.]]
The history of the Kurata clan hasn't been explored in series. We learn that they were reclusive, but not why. It's possible, considering the great power their eyes confer them, that they were previously part of the ruling class of a country. If they were opposed by another group of people with similar power, perhaps the ancestors of the Spider, it's not unfeasible they would try to destroy this group and isolate all who supported them. They and the international mafia are the Spider's only revealed targets so far. Considering the vast legitimate auctions that coincided with the mafia community's, isn't it a bit odd the Spider only targeted criminals? Perhaps they have a modus operandi of only targeting those they consider evil. It would make for a dramatic and fascinating plot development and would help explain why so many members of this band of vicious killers come across as pretty normal and even empathetic.
The main, concealed reason she participated in Greed Island and helped Gon and Killua was to see how her son was doing. Remember, Greed Island is over a decade old and Biscuit is in her late 50s; if she really wanted that gem so badly, wouldn't she have gone after it sooner? That she waited until Gon entered the game, and then proceeded to help him and his friend, is pretty suspicious! She acted like she wasn't familiar with Ging, but she's a natural liar and for whatever reason decided to conceal her relation to him and Gon. Of course if I'm right this raises some questions about Ging's sexual preferences...
[[WMG:The leader of the Kurata clan was responsible for creating Meteor city; the Spider exterminated them for revenge as well as for treasure.]]
The history of the Kurata clan hasn't been explored in series. We learn that they were reclusive, but not why. It's possible, considering the great power their eyes confer them, that they were previously part of the ruling class of a country. If they were opposed by another group of people with similar power, perhaps the ancestors of the Spider, it's not unfeasible they would try to destroy this group and isolate all who supported them. They and the international mafia are the Spider's only revealed targets so far. Considering the vast legitimate auctions that coincided with the mafia community's, isn't it a bit odd the Spider only targeted criminals? Perhaps they have a modus operandi of only targeting those they consider evil. It would make for a dramatic and fascinating plot development and would help explain why so many members of this band of vicious killers come across as pretty normal and even empathetic.
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[[WMG: 'Aunt' Mito IS Gon's Mom.]]
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
When we get peeks into Gign's childhood, there's a few things to it that seem just a little 'off.' Mito seems to care for Ging A LOT, and appears to have had that kind of nervous crush attitude around him in flashbacks. What little interactions we see between them give off this sense of a very deep sense of connection between the two, with an odd sort of attempted distance that seems to imply romantic feelings one or both of them is afraid to pursue. She gets VERY distant and evasive when the subject of Gon's mother is brought up, and in general it feels like there's something she and her mother just aren't telling us.
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* The powers he stole came with a curious side-effect. It forces him to experience the feelings of whoever he stole powers from. The feelings overload has caused him to be so numb, that he cannot experience joy or sadness or anger or love. Aquiring new powers imparts a small measure of satisfaction, which is why he persists in stealing new ones, but otherwise anything he feels is either very muted, or non-existant.
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* The powers he stole came with a curious side-effect. It forces him to experience the feelings of whoever he stole powers from. The feelings overload has caused him to be so numb, that he cannot experience joy or sadness or anger or love. Aquiring Acquiring new powers imparts a small measure of satisfaction, which is why he persists in stealing new ones, but otherwise anything he feels is either very muted, or non-existant.non-existent.
[[WMG: In at least the first anime, Kurapika is a survivor of at least a sexual assault, and probably longer-term sexual abuse.]]
Putting this under spoiler tags not because of any actual spoilers, but because I don't want to trigger anyone.
'''TRIGGER WARNING: HIGHLIGHT AT YOUR OWN RISK'''
[[spoiler:The scene on the Filler Ship Hotel where Leorio walks out of the bathroom naked after a shower and Kurapika flips out on him is probably meant to be PlayedForLaughs, but this troper finds it [[FridgeHorror absolutely chilling]]. In Leorio's angry grumblings later, it's even spelled out that Kurapika was "assuming weird things" and thought that Leorio was planning to "attack" him.]]
[[spoiler:Think about what it means, that Kurapika's automatic first interpretation of the situation of Leorio (who is his friend, and someone he trusts) walking into his bedroom naked as being a sign that 1) Leorio intends to rape him, and 2) he must defend himself by punching Leorio in the face until this is no longer true. That is an extreme enough reaction to the situation that it's probably a learned behavior, meaning that, at some point in Kurapika's life, a man walking into his room naked ''did'' mean that he was about to get raped.]]
[[spoiler:It also puts Kurapika's apparent preference for sleeping either in a hammock or sitting up with his back to something solid (even when there was a perfectly good couch available, as in when they were waiting in that room for 50 hours) in a disturbing new light: When sleeping sitting up like that or sleeping in a hammock, it's very difficult for someone to climb on top of you without waking you up first.]]
Putting this under spoiler tags not because of any actual spoilers, but because I don't want to trigger anyone.
'''TRIGGER WARNING: HIGHLIGHT AT YOUR OWN RISK'''
[[spoiler:The scene on the Filler Ship Hotel where Leorio walks out of the bathroom naked after a shower and Kurapika flips out on him is probably meant to be PlayedForLaughs, but this troper finds it [[FridgeHorror absolutely chilling]]. In Leorio's angry grumblings later, it's even spelled out that Kurapika was "assuming weird things" and thought that Leorio was planning to "attack" him.]]
[[spoiler:Think about what it means, that Kurapika's automatic first interpretation of the situation of Leorio (who is his friend, and someone he trusts) walking into his bedroom naked as being a sign that 1) Leorio intends to rape him, and 2) he must defend himself by punching Leorio in the face until this is no longer true. That is an extreme enough reaction to the situation that it's probably a learned behavior, meaning that, at some point in Kurapika's life, a man walking into his room naked ''did'' mean that he was about to get raped.]]
[[spoiler:It also puts Kurapika's apparent preference for sleeping either in a hammock or sitting up with his back to something solid (even when there was a perfectly good couch available, as in when they were waiting in that room for 50 hours) in a disturbing new light: When sleeping sitting up like that or sleeping in a hammock, it's very difficult for someone to climb on top of you without waking you up first.]]
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* Looks like this one is officially [[spoiler:Jossed]] now, since the last we saw of them [[spoiler:they were dying together]].
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* And there's still time, by the looks of it.
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[[WMG: Chrollo is a DeathSeeker]]
* The powers he stole came with a curious side-effect. It forces him to experience the feelings of whoever he stole powers from. The feelings overload has caused him to be so numb, that he cannot experience joy or sadness or anger or love. Aquiring new powers imparts a small measure of satisfaction, which is why he persists in stealing new ones, but otherwise anything he feels is either very muted, or non-existant.
* That why is he has the [[CompleteMonster Spiders act like they do.]] He hopes that that somehow he'll piss off someone strong enough [[ICannotSelfTerminate to put]] [[SuicideByCop him down.]]
* His relationship with the Spiders is that they used to be his friends, and any action he takes on their behalf is to honor the memories of what they once had.
* The powers he stole came with a curious side-effect. It forces him to experience the feelings of whoever he stole powers from. The feelings overload has caused him to be so numb, that he cannot experience joy or sadness or anger or love. Aquiring new powers imparts a small measure of satisfaction, which is why he persists in stealing new ones, but otherwise anything he feels is either very muted, or non-existant.
* That why is he has the [[CompleteMonster Spiders act like they do.]] He hopes that that somehow he'll piss off someone strong enough [[ICannotSelfTerminate to put]] [[SuicideByCop him down.]]
* His relationship with the Spiders is that they used to be his friends, and any action he takes on their behalf is to honor the memories of what they once had.
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[[WMG: Why [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld blimps are the dominant source of travel.]]]]
* The [[GiantFlyer giant flyers]] in this setting tend to mistake planes for their favored sources of prey. They don't make the same mistakes with blimps, so these are [[CrapsackWorld far safer in comparison.]]
* The [[GiantFlyer giant flyers]] in this setting tend to mistake planes for their favored sources of prey. They don't make the same mistakes with blimps, so these are [[CrapsackWorld far safer in comparison.]]
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Think about it. He's got that inverted cross motif going on, along with that tattoo/birthmark on his forehead, he's got 12 followers, his organization is made up of a total of 13 people, he has a positive opinion of Judas, his book has a {{Red Right Hand}}print on the cover, and he's an {{Expy}} of Sensui, whom we know Togashi-sensei piled tons of religious symbolism and numerology onto (special thanks goes to SirPsychoSexy for his essays on the subject, without which this EpilepticTree might never have been grown).
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Think about it. He's got that inverted cross motif going on, along with that tattoo/birthmark on his forehead, he's got 12 followers, his organization is made up of a total of 13 people, he has a positive opinion of Judas, his book has a {{Red Right Hand}}print on the cover, and he's an {{Expy}} of Sensui, whom we know Togashi-sensei piled tons of religious symbolism and numerology onto (special thanks goes to SirPsychoSexy Tropers/SirPsychoSexy for his essays on the subject, without which this EpilepticTree might never have been grown).
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** THIS. Oh Haruhi, THIS. Also, the cover for the 14th volume of the manga shows Kurapika-from-the-hips-up, naked, and looking ''nothing'' like the way Togashi-sensei draws his males. There's no definition to the chest, and ''very'' womanly hips. [[PigCatapult I]], personally, think that "Kurapika" might have actually been the name of [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v13/c117/7.html that black-haired person in that one flashback]], and the Kurapika we know assumed the "real" Kurapika's identity after their clan was wiped out, possibly because she felt that ''he'' would be a better or more worthy avenger than herself. Alternately, she was always named Kurapika, and assumed the role of a male when she decided to become an avenging her kin. There could be several reasons for this, up to and including the possibility that only men were supposed to be fighters in their clan.
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* It's stated in canon that the colour of them is considered the most beautiful shade of red in the world, and this is treated as an objective fact, or at the very least a universal consensus. That in itself is bizarre; beauty is supposed to be something subjective, and eyes are a body part that humans are supposed to instinctively find disturbing by themselves (e.g., floating in jars, as they're usually sold). Severed heads (the other form of 'packaging' for them) have the same problem, and yet the appreciation for them isn't as fringe as you'd expect from that. Quite to the contrary, the Scarlet Eyes are considered one of the seven wonders of the world for their beauty. Even though the Hunterverse is a CrapsaccharineWorld, this is a ''huge'' departure from what would be expected, all things being mundane. Therefore, there must be something else about them that's strong enough to universally shift people's perception of them towards "Wow, that's gorgeous," even when a pair of normal eyes in the same context would evoke revulsion.
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[[WMG:At the end of the Chimera Ant arc, it will be revealed that [[spoiler: Komugi is pregnant with the Ant King's child.]]]]
([[PigCatapult I've]] been sitting on this one for a while, but I want to get it up here now, ''just'' in case I'm right, because this is probably going to be either {{Jossed}} or [[IKnewIt confirmed]] in a few chapters)
* You know how they were in that [[spoiler:tower]], ''alone,'' and she was only wearing a nightgown when [[spoiler:Zeno's dragon barrage]] hit?
* And you know how they mentioned [[ChekhovsGun way earlier]] that a [[spoiler:Chimera Ant King]] can impregnate females of [[spoiler:''any'' species?]]
* And you know how it's been pretty obvious for a couple chapters that [[spoiler:the Ant King]] is probably not going to survive this arc, despite [[spoiler:having become a reasonably sympathetic character, in a BlueAndOrangeMorality sort of way]]?
* [[RuleOfThree And you know how]] those two have been having subtext almost since she was introduced?
[[WMG: How the fight with the Chimera Ant King will end...]]
[[spoiler: Netero is losing. There is only one person more powerful than Netero...ergo, Ging appears, kills the King, and leaves.]]
* That'd be ''horribly'' anticlimactic, if you ask me. I'm hoping that [[spoiler:the rose thing]] does the job.
* Oh come on, every important fight Yoshihiro Togashi has ever written played out that way until the end. He'll pull it off.
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[[WMG: The Scarlet Eyes are actually an entirely ordinary shade of red. Their supposed beauty is entirely supernatural in origin.]]
*It's stated in canon that the colour of them is considered the most beautiful shade of red in the world, and this is treated as an objective fact, or at the very least a universal consensus. That in itself is bizarre; beauty is supposed to be something subjective, and eyes are a body part that humans are supposed to instinctively find disturbing by themselves (e.g., floating in jars, as they're usually sold). Severed heads (the other form of 'packaging' for them) have the same problem, and yet the appreciation for them isn't as fringe as you'd expect from that. Quite to the contrary, the Scarlet Eyes are considered one of the seven wonders of the world for their beauty. Even though the Hunterverse is a CrapsaccharineWorld, this is a ''huge'' departure from what would be expected, all things being mundane. Therefore, there must be something else about them that's strong enough to universally shift people's perception of them towards "Wow, that's gorgeous," even when a pair of normal eyes in the same context would evoke revulsion.
It's also stated elsewhere that they're the same colour as flames, but fire isn't really given any special significance re:beauty outside of that comparison, and if fire had the same visual appeal as the Scarlet Eyes, Kurapika's clan wouldn't have died. While it could be argued that looking at a fire isn't the same as looking at someone's eyes, that would be ignoring that, every time the beauty of the Scarlet Eyes comes up, it's always stated that it's the ''colour'' that's so attractive. Yet, there's no significant trade in other items of the same or similar colour, and the salamander charm Kurapika found in the filler ship test (which, admittedly, is of dubious canonical status) was a very similar colour to the Scarlet Eyes, but was not considered very valuable. If it was the colour itself that made the Scarlet Eyes so precious, so worth killing for, then any other object that same shade should evoke the same effect, but that's not what we see at all.
Therefore, I think the best conclusion is that there is something inherently preternatural about the Scarlet Eyes' beauty.
[[WMG:'''The following WMGs contain spoilers for the Chimera Ant arc, up to and including Chapter 310''']]
[[WMG:At the end of the Chimera Ant arc, it will be revealed that [[spoiler: Komugi is pregnant with the Ant King's child.]]]]
([[PigCatapult I've]] been sitting on this one for a while, but I want to get it up here now, ''just'' in case I'm right, because this is probably going to be either {{Jossed}} or [[IKnewIt confirmed]] in a few chapters)
* You know how they were in that [[spoiler:tower]], ''alone,'' and she was only wearing a nightgown when [[spoiler:Zeno's dragon barrage]] hit?
* And you know how they mentioned [[ChekhovsGun way earlier]] that a [[spoiler:Chimera Ant King]] can impregnate females of [[spoiler:''any'' species?]]
* And you know how it's been pretty obvious for a couple chapters that [[spoiler:the Ant King]] is probably not going to survive this arc, despite [[spoiler:having become a reasonably sympathetic character, in a BlueAndOrangeMorality sort of way]]?
* [[RuleOfThree And you know how]] those two have been having subtext almost since she was introduced?
[[WMG: How the fight with the Chimera Ant King will end...]]
[[spoiler: Netero is losing. There is only one person more powerful than Netero...ergo, Ging appears, kills the King, and leaves.]]
* That'd be ''horribly'' anticlimactic, if you ask me. I'm hoping that [[spoiler:the rose thing]] does the job.
* Oh come on, every important fight Yoshihiro Togashi has ever written played out that way until the end. He'll pull it off.
*It's stated in canon that the colour of them is considered the most beautiful shade of red in the world, and this is treated as an objective fact, or at the very least a universal consensus. That in itself is bizarre; beauty is supposed to be something subjective, and eyes are a body part that humans are supposed to instinctively find disturbing by themselves (e.g., floating in jars, as they're usually sold). Severed heads (the other form of 'packaging' for them) have the same problem, and yet the appreciation for them isn't as fringe as you'd expect from that. Quite to the contrary, the Scarlet Eyes are considered one of the seven wonders of the world for their beauty. Even though the Hunterverse is a CrapsaccharineWorld, this is a ''huge'' departure from what would be expected, all things being mundane. Therefore, there must be something else about them that's strong enough to universally shift people's perception of them towards "Wow, that's gorgeous," even when a pair of normal eyes in the same context would evoke revulsion.
It's also stated elsewhere that they're the same colour as flames, but fire isn't really given any special significance re:beauty outside of that comparison, and if fire had the same visual appeal as the Scarlet Eyes, Kurapika's clan wouldn't have died. While it could be argued that looking at a fire isn't the same as looking at someone's eyes, that would be ignoring that, every time the beauty of the Scarlet Eyes comes up, it's always stated that it's the ''colour'' that's so attractive. Yet, there's no significant trade in other items of the same or similar colour, and the salamander charm Kurapika found in the filler ship test (which, admittedly, is of dubious canonical status) was a very similar colour to the Scarlet Eyes, but was not considered very valuable. If it was the colour itself that made the Scarlet Eyes so precious, so worth killing for, then any other object that same shade should evoke the same effect, but that's not what we see at all.
Therefore, I think the best conclusion is that there is something inherently preternatural about the Scarlet Eyes' beauty.
[[WMG:'''The following WMGs contain spoilers for the Chimera Ant arc, up to and including Chapter 310''']]
[[WMG:At the end of the Chimera Ant arc, it will be revealed that [[spoiler: Komugi is pregnant with the Ant King's child.]]]]
([[PigCatapult I've]] been sitting on this one for a while, but I want to get it up here now, ''just'' in case I'm right, because this is probably going to be either {{Jossed}} or [[IKnewIt confirmed]] in a few chapters)
* You know how they were in that [[spoiler:tower]], ''alone,'' and she was only wearing a nightgown when [[spoiler:Zeno's dragon barrage]] hit?
* And you know how they mentioned [[ChekhovsGun way earlier]] that a [[spoiler:Chimera Ant King]] can impregnate females of [[spoiler:''any'' species?]]
* And you know how it's been pretty obvious for a couple chapters that [[spoiler:the Ant King]] is probably not going to survive this arc, despite [[spoiler:having become a reasonably sympathetic character, in a BlueAndOrangeMorality sort of way]]?
* [[RuleOfThree And you know how]] those two have been having subtext almost since she was introduced?
[[WMG: How the fight with the Chimera Ant King will end...]]
[[spoiler: Netero is losing. There is only one person more powerful than Netero...ergo, Ging appears, kills the King, and leaves.]]
* That'd be ''horribly'' anticlimactic, if you ask me. I'm hoping that [[spoiler:the rose thing]] does the job.
* Oh come on, every important fight Yoshihiro Togashi has ever written played out that way until the end. He'll pull it off.
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* Or it could be her true form is 10+ ft tall and covered in muscles, and more than double the size of her opponent. Heck, even [[BloodKnight Ubogvin]] probably wasn't that big.
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[[WMG:Ging Freecss brought the Chimera Ant Queen where she was.]]
Chimera Ants are normally under the strictest quarantine, yet one not only broke loose, but washed up on shore of the country least prepared for such a threat. This couldn't have been accidental; someone must have taken the Chimera Ant Queen to Neo Green Life. I suspect Ging Freecss. He may be testing Gon the way he did with Greed Island or allowing him to become stronger, and he is also the only character seen thus far who can take on the King in his current state in case something goes wrong. Seeing the way Greed Island works, he seems to be either extremely confident in Gon or somewhat reckless, and considering the nature of Greed Island, he has little to no concern for human life. Unleashing the worst Chimera Ant outbreak ever would be perfectly in-character for Ging, as much as we know about him.
Chimera Ants are normally under the strictest quarantine, yet one not only broke loose, but washed up on shore of the country least prepared for such a threat. This couldn't have been accidental; someone must have taken the Chimera Ant Queen to Neo Green Life. I suspect Ging Freecss. He may be testing Gon the way he did with Greed Island or allowing him to become stronger, and he is also the only character seen thus far who can take on the King in his current state in case something goes wrong. Seeing the way Greed Island works, he seems to be either extremely confident in Gon or somewhat reckless, and considering the nature of Greed Island, he has little to no concern for human life. Unleashing the worst Chimera Ant outbreak ever would be perfectly in-character for Ging, as much as we know about him.
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** THIS. Oh Haruhi, THIS. Also, the cover for the 14th volume of the manga shows Kurapika-from-the-hips-up, naked, and looking ''nothing'' like the way Togashi-sensei draws his males. There's no definition to the chest, and ''very'' womanly hips. [[PigCatapult I]], personally, think that "Kurapika" might have actually been the name of [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hunter_X_Hunter/117/07/ that black-haired person in that one flashback]], and the Kurapika we know assumed the "real" Kurapika's identity after their clan was wiped out, possibly because she felt that ''he'' would be a better or more worthy avenger than herself. Alternately, she was always named Kurapika, and assumed the role of a male when she decided to become an avenging her kin. There could be several reasons for this, up to and including the possibility that only men were supposed to be fighters in their clan.
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** THIS. Oh Haruhi, THIS. Also, the cover for the 14th volume of the manga shows Kurapika-from-the-hips-up, naked, and looking ''nothing'' like the way Togashi-sensei draws his males. There's no definition to the chest, and ''very'' womanly hips. [[PigCatapult I]], personally, think that "Kurapika" might have actually been the name of [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hunter_X_Hunter/117/07/ mangafox.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v13/c117/7.html that black-haired person in that one flashback]], and the Kurapika we know assumed the "real" Kurapika's identity after their clan was wiped out, possibly because she felt that ''he'' would be a better or more worthy avenger than herself. Alternately, she was always named Kurapika, and assumed the role of a male when she decided to become an avenging her kin. There could be several reasons for this, up to and including the possibility that only men were supposed to be fighters in their clan.
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[[WMG:Machi is half spider demon]]
Now, the her being part demon would only work if the "Kuroro is Satan/the Antichrist" part is true; it would explain why she doesn't seem to care about anything/anyone other than him.
The spider part is where it gets interesting.
* First of all, and most obviously, she makes incredibly strong thread with her nen, which comes out of a very specific part of her body (her fingertips).
* Second of all, her preferred method of killing is to set a trap with her thread and then wait for her victims to come to her. She hates unnecessary movements, and doesn't appear to get at all bored when on surveillance, which involves a lot of watching and waiting.
* Third, her "intuition" is really more of an extremely versatile SpiderSense. Her speech bubbles even do little double-exclamation marks in the places where Spiderman would get his tingle SFX.
[[WMG:Machi isn't allowed to call coin flips, because she always gets them right.]]
I know that we've only seen her participate in one coin flip, but it would make sense, what with her "intuition".
Now, the her being part demon would only work if the "Kuroro is Satan/the Antichrist" part is true; it would explain why she doesn't seem to care about anything/anyone other than him.
The spider part is where it gets interesting.
* First of all, and most obviously, she makes incredibly strong thread with her nen, which comes out of a very specific part of her body (her fingertips).
* Second of all, her preferred method of killing is to set a trap with her thread and then wait for her victims to come to her. She hates unnecessary movements, and doesn't appear to get at all bored when on surveillance, which involves a lot of watching and waiting.
* Third, her "intuition" is really more of an extremely versatile SpiderSense. Her speech bubbles even do little double-exclamation marks in the places where Spiderman would get his tingle SFX.
[[WMG:Machi isn't allowed to call coin flips, because she always gets them right.]]
I know that we've only seen her participate in one coin flip, but it would make sense, what with her "intuition".
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*** This makes that one Japanese fansite with "Fem!Kurapika" fanart ''really'' awkward to me, because, female or not, Kurapika simply should ''not'' ever be depicted with boobs. You know?
[[WMG:Killua's grandmother is a {{nekomimi}}, a bakeneko, or some combination of the two. By extension, Zeno Zaoldyeck is a [[FurryFandom furry]].]]
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* Killua and Illumi both have what are functionally retractable claws.
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*** Except that chakra is first shaped within the body, stored within chakra coils, and distributed around the body by a series of small tubes. Nen is generated inside the body at a constant rate, and then pumped out of it at a constant pressure, unless one uses ren to accelerate that. There is no indication that nen production is centralised in any way, and you can't do anything with nen until it's exited the body through your shouko. You can put nen back into the body and have it do things (e.g. healing, Kurapika's Judgement Chain), but it has to come out first.
***TL;DR version: In order to use chakra, you first start with the energy inside you and bring it out. In order to use nen, you first start by keeping the energy outside of you from escaping into the air.
***TL;DR version: In order to use chakra, you first start with the energy inside you and bring it out. In order to use nen, you first start by keeping the energy outside of you from escaping into the air.
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* If the "Chrollo is Satan" WMG above is true, it's entirely possible that he can somehow reincarnate himself if killed.
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* We [[CatchPhrase also]] [[PigCatapult also]] have evidence of there being a "Devil" of some kind in the [=HxH=]verse, who penned the sheet music for the [[BrownNote Dark Sonata]], which cursed [[spoiler: Senritsu]] after having heard just one note/verse, and killed the man who played it.
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* We [[CatchPhrase also]] [[PigCatapult [[Tropers/PigCatapult also]] have evidence of there being a "Devil" of some kind in the [=HxH=]verse, who penned the sheet music for the [[BrownNote Dark Sonata]], which cursed [[spoiler: Senritsu]] after having heard just one note/verse, and killed the man who played it.
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Now, before any of ya'll give a knee-jerk "WTFNO!" reaction, let [[PigCatapult this troper]] explain herself. This epileptic tree isn't supposing that Shizuku is an idiot, only that her mental/emotional age appears to be much lower than her physical one, which ''fits'' the medical definition of retardation. Behold my reasoning:
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Now, before any of ya'll give a knee-jerk "WTFNO!" reaction, let [[PigCatapult [[Tropers/PigCatapult this troper]] explain herself. This epileptic tree isn't supposing that Shizuku is an idiot, only that her mental/emotional age appears to be much lower than her physical one, which ''fits'' the medical definition of retardation. Behold my reasoning:
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* There's also the fact that she seems to be the ''only'' person who doesn't appear to notice at all the [[HarmfulToMinors Aura of Molestation]] that [[CreepyClown Hisoka]] radiates, which tends to make everyone around him want to keep at least two arms' length away. In most group shots of the Ryodan hanging out in the York Shin arc, Shizuku is usually drawn sitting next to Hisoka, completely unbothered, and giving the book she's reading her full attention, but no one else will sit anywhere near him.
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* There's also the fact that she seems to be the ''only'' person who doesn't appear to notice at all the [[HarmfulToMinors Aura of Molestation]] that [[CreepyClown [[MonsterClown Hisoka]] radiates, which tends to make everyone around him want to keep at least two arms' length away. In most group shots of the Ryodan hanging out in the York Shin arc, Shizuku is usually drawn sitting next to Hisoka, completely unbothered, and giving the book she's reading her full attention, but no one else will sit anywhere near him.
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* Or it could be just a case of WhatMeasureIsANonSuper.
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* Or it could be just a case of WhatMeasureIsANonSuper.
BewareTheSuperman.
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[[WMG:Chrollo believes [[InsideAComputerSystem he inside a computer game]]]]
* Where he's the {{PC}}, and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential everyone else]] is an {{NPC}}.
* Or it could be just a case of WhatMeasureIsANonSuper.
* Where he's the {{PC}}, and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential everyone else]] is an {{NPC}}.
* Or it could be just a case of WhatMeasureIsANonSuper.
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* Oh come on, every important fight Yoshihiro Togashi has ever written played out that way until the end. He'll pull it off.
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*** It could be that Chakra-usage uses the same power source as Nen-usage, but uses less refined techniques to harness it. Or it could be that Naruto takes places before Netero trained in the mountains and setup his martial-art school. It would be the same difference as as D&D Ninja Wizzards to Hunter Sorcerors. Applying the same energy in different ways.
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*** It could be that Chakra-usage uses the same power source as Nen-usage, but uses less refined techniques to harness it. Or it could be that Naruto takes places before Netero trained in the mountains and setup his martial-art school. It would be the same difference as as D&D Ninja Wizzards Wizards to Hunter Sorcerors. Applying the same energy in different ways.
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*** It could be that Chakra-usage uses the same power source as Nen-usage, but uses less refined techniques to harness it. Or it could be that Naruto takes places before Netero trained in the mountains and setup his martial-art school. It would be the same difference as as D&D Ninja Wizzards to Hunter Sorcerors. Applying the same energy in different ways.
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* . . . SoYeah.
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* Sounds like a HeWhoFightsMonsters moment.
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Kurapika, as it is know, uses chains for attacks. The thing is, these chains are attached to his fingers, ''except'' his [[strike:thumb]] index finger. For now, there are only 4 chains (in one hand), but it is entirely feasible that he will get more 4 chains, or 8 in total. I think that, in his final battle with Kurolo Lucifer (by then, the last spider), there will be a scene where Kurapika looks like a spider, with his arms outstretched and ''eight'' chains (metaphorical legs) fully extended. Even his outfit looks like a spider's main body!
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Kurapika, as it is know, uses chains for attacks. The thing is, these chains are attached to his fingers, ''except'' his [[strike:thumb]] index finger. For now, there are only 4 chains (in one hand), but it is entirely feasible that he will get more 4 chains, or 8 in total. I think that, in his final battle with Kurolo Kuroro Lucifer (by then, the last spider), there will be a scene where Kurapika looks like a spider, with his arms outstretched and ''eight'' chains (metaphorical legs) fully extended. Even his outfit looks like a spider's main body!
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Kurapika, as it is know, uses chains for attacks. The thing is, these chains are attached to his fingers, ''except'' his [strike:thumbs] index finger. For now, there are only 4 chains (in one hand), but it is entirely feasible that he will get more 4 chains, or 8 in total. I think that, in his final battle with Kurolo Lucifer (by then, the last spider), there will be a scene where Kurapika looks like a spider, with his arms outstretched and ''eight'' chains (metaphorical legs) fully extended. Even his outfit looks like a spider's main body!
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Kurapika, as it is know, uses chains for attacks. The thing is, these chains are attached to his fingers, ''except'' his [strike:thumbs] [[strike:thumb]] index finger. For now, there are only 4 chains (in one hand), but it is entirely feasible that he will get more 4 chains, or 8 in total. I think that, in his final battle with Kurolo Lucifer (by then, the last spider), there will be a scene where Kurapika looks like a spider, with his arms outstretched and ''eight'' chains (metaphorical legs) fully extended. Even his outfit looks like a spider's main body!
