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** It gets worse when you realize that [[spoiler:the [[NukeEm Miniature Rose]] is ''mass-produced'' and has the known world stuck in the equivalent of an unspoken, silent Cold War deadlock. The implications of the story are that any terrorist looking to make a bang, or any dictator not afraid to do a culling, can just toss a bunch of these around and cause immeasurable amounts of damage.]] At that point, forget Nen, forget the nastiness of individual Hunters or Nen-powered killers and the like, because for all the danger and power it can hold in the right hands, it has ''logical rules and limitations. [[spoiler:The Miniature Rose could wipe a nation off the face of the earth within minutes and not even a proverbial PhysicalGod can survive it compared to the beatdown from Netero [[NoSell hs shrugged off.]]]]

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** It gets worse when you realize that [[spoiler:the [[NukeEm Miniature Rose]] is ''mass-produced'' and has the known world stuck in the equivalent of an unspoken, silent Cold War deadlock. The implications of the story are that any terrorist looking to make a bang, or any dictator not afraid to do a culling, can just toss a bunch of these around and cause immeasurable amounts of damage.]] At that point, forget Nen, forget the nastiness of individual Hunters or Nen-powered killers and the like, because for all the danger and power it can hold in the right hands, it has ''logical rules and limitations.limitations''. [[spoiler:The Miniature Rose could wipe a nation off the face of the earth within minutes and not even a proverbial PhysicalGod can survive it compared to the beatdown from Netero [[NoSell hs shrugged off.]]]]
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** It gets worse when you realize that [[spoiler:the [[NukeEm Miniature Rose]] is ''mass-produced'' and has the known world stuck in the equivalent of an unspoken, silent Cold War deadlock. The implications of the story are that any terrorist looking to make a bang, or any dictator not afraid to do a culling, can just toss a bunch of these around and cause immeasurable amounts of damage.]] At that point, forget Nen, forget the nastiness of individual Hunters or Nen-powered killers and the like, because for all the danger and power it can hold in the right hands, it has ''logical rules and limitations. [[spoiler:The Miniature Rose could wipe a nation off the face of the earth within minutes and not even a proverbial PhysicalGod can survive it compared to the beatdown from Netero [[NoSell hs shrugged off.]]]]
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* The thought of someone like [[TheCaligula Tserriednich]] winning the Succession War and becoming the next ruler of [[TheEmpire Kakin]] will definitely send shivers down your spine. Not only is he a [[SuperpowerLottery Specialist]] but he is also a potential Nen prodigy with the [[CombatClairvoyance ability to see the future]], but he is [[AxCrazy sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial killer]] who is best described as [[TheSociopath pure evil]] to all who know his true colors.

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* The thought of someone like [[TheCaligula Tserriednich]] winning the Succession War and becoming the next ruler of [[TheEmpire Kakin]] will definitely send shivers down your spine. Not only is he a [[SuperpowerLottery Specialist]] but he is also and a potential Nen prodigy with the [[CombatClairvoyance ability to see the future]], but he is also a [[AxCrazy sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial killer]] who is best described as [[TheSociopath pure evil]] to all who know his true colors.
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* During the Airship ride to the second phase Killua is confronted by an applicant believing that he is her fathers killer. During her assassination attempt Killua almost kills her but shows mercy. The same could not be said if she confronted Illumi who was disguised as Gittarackur.
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* The thought of someone like [[TheCaligula Tserriednich]] winning the Succession War and becoming the next ruler of [[TheEmpire Kakin]] will definitely send shivers down your spine. Not only is he a [[SuperpowerLottery Specialist]] but he is also a potential Nen prodigy with the [[CombatClairvoyance ability to see the future]], but he is [[Sadist sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial killer]] who is best described as [[TheSociopath pure evil]] to all who know his true colors.

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* The thought of someone like [[TheCaligula Tserriednich]] winning the Succession War and becoming the next ruler of [[TheEmpire Kakin]] will definitely send shivers down your spine. Not only is he a [[SuperpowerLottery Specialist]] but he is also a potential Nen prodigy with the [[CombatClairvoyance ability to see the future]], but he is [[Sadist [[AxCrazy sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial killer]] who is best described as [[TheSociopath pure evil]] to all who know his true colors.
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* The thought of someone like [[TheCaligula Tserriednich]] winning the Succession War and becoming the next ruler of [[TheEmpire Kakin]] will definitely send shivers down your spine. Not only is he a [[SuperpowerLottery Specialist]] but he is also a potential Nen prodigy with the [[CombatClairvoyance ability to see the future]], but he is [[Sadist sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial killer]] who is best described as [[TheSociopath pure evil]] to all who know his true colors.
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* This overlaps with FridgeBrilliance but, Chrollo comments that Neon's fortune teller ability left his book. This only happens when the original owner of an ability stolen dies. He never states when he noticed this but given that Hisoka knew about the ability and who Chrollo got it from, it's reasonable to assume that Hisoka probably killed her before or after his fight with Chrollo at the heaven's arena though after is more likely as Hisoka's view on fighting changed and he will no longer allow his opponents the opportunity to prepare when he faces them. He killed Kortopi and Shalnark to deprive Chollo of their abilities which were integral to Hisoka's defeat (also because he wanted to be a dick and hurt Chollo emotionally). Since fortune telling would be the ultimate tool for prepping against an opponent, then Hisoka proabably killed to make sure Chrollo couldn't read and tea leaves so to speak.

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* This overlaps with FridgeBrilliance but, Chrollo comments that Neon's fortune teller ability left his book. This only happens when the original owner of an ability stolen dies. He never states when he noticed this but given that Hisoka knew about the ability and who Chrollo got it from, it's reasonable to assume that Hisoka probably killed her before or after his fight with Chrollo at the heaven's arena though after is more likely as Hisoka's view on fighting changed and he will no longer allow his opponents the opportunity to prepare when he faces them. He killed Kortopi and Shalnark to deprive Chollo of their abilities which were integral to Hisoka's defeat (also because he wanted to be a dick and hurt Chollo emotionally). Since fortune telling would be the ultimate tool for prepping against an opponent, then Hisoka proabably killed to make sure Chrollo couldn't read and any tea leaves so to speak.
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* More {{Foreshadowing}} in the greed island arc, Genthrus explosive based ability is named Little Flower, we later find out that the HxH equivalent of the atom bomb is called Miniture Rose, in universe Genthru likely named his ability a synonym of the deadliest explosive he could think of, and out of universe his other ability is a bomb linked to the victims heart beat, and the Miniture Rose later is detonate when Meriums heart stops beating

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* More {{Foreshadowing}} in the greed island arc, Genthrus explosive based ability is named Little Flower, we later find out that the HxH [=HxH=] equivalent of the atom bomb is called Miniture Rose, in universe Genthru likely named his ability a synonym of the deadliest explosive he could think of, and out of universe his other ability is a bomb linked to the victims heart beat, and the Miniture Rose later is detonate when Meriums heart stops beating



* Hunter being allowed to get away with murder might seem extremely careless especially as while the Hunter Associations arent exactly moral paragons most seem to still disapprove of such pointless killing, until you remember most people cant see Nen, take for example if Zeno attacked a hunter with his dragon lance, to a nen user its clearly self defense to fight back and kill him, but to a non nen user it looks like they just murdered an old man for pointing at them, so of course they need the extra layer of legal protection.

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* Hunter Hunters being allowed to get away with murder might seem extremely careless careless, especially as while the Hunter Associations arent aren't exactly moral paragons paragons, most seem to still disapprove of such pointless killing, until killing. Until you remember most people cant can't see Nen, take for example Nen. For example, if Zeno attacked a hunter with his dragon lance, to a nen Nen user its clearly self defense to fight back and kill him, but to a non nen Nen user it looks like they just murdered an old man for pointing at them, so of course they need the extra layer of legal protection.

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* Hunter being allowed to get away with murder might seem extremely careless especially as while the Hunter Associations arent exactly moral paragons most seem to still disapprove of such pointless killing, until you remember most people cant see Nen, take for example if Zeno attacked a hunter with his dragon lance, to a nen user its clearly self defense to fight back and kill him, but to a non nen user it looks like you just murdered an old man for pointing at you so of course they need the extra layer of legal protection

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* Hunter being allowed to get away with murder might seem extremely careless especially as while the Hunter Associations arent exactly moral paragons most seem to still disapprove of such pointless killing, until you remember most people cant see Nen, take for example if Zeno attacked a hunter with his dragon lance, to a nen user its clearly self defense to fight back and kill him, but to a non nen user it looks like you they just murdered an old man for pointing at you them, so of course they need the extra layer of legal protectionprotection.
* A bit of Fridge Humor: why does Kite have the clown as part of his Crazy Slots ability even though he thinks it's annoying? The clown is just so irritating to him that it counts as another restriction that actually makes his Nen ability more powerful.



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* Why does Kite have the clown as part of his Crazy Slots ability even though he thinks it's annoying? The clown is so irritating to him that it counts as a restriction that actually makes his Nen ability more powerful.

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* Why does Kite have the clown as part of his Crazy Slots ability even though he thinks it's annoying? The clown is so irritating to him that it counts as a restriction that actually makes his Nen ability more powerful.

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* Hunter being allowed to get away with murder might seem extremely careless especially as while the Hunter Associations arent exactly moral paragons most seem to still disapprove of such pointless killing, until you remember most people cant see Nen, take for example if Zeno attacked a hunter with his dragon lance, to a nen user its clearly self defense to fight back and kill him, but to a non nen user it looks like you just murdered an old man for pointing at you so of course they need the extra layer of legal protection
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* This overlaps with FridgeBrilliance but, Chrollo comments that Neon's fortune teller ability left his book. This only happens when the original owner of an ability stolen dies. He never states when he noticed this but given that Hisoka knew about the ability and who Chrollo got it from, it's reasonable to assume that Hisoka probably killed her before or after his fight with Chrollo at the heaven's arena though after is more likely as Hisoka's view on fighting changed and he will no longer allow his opponents the opportunity to prepare when he faces them. He killed Kortopi and Shalnark to deprive Chollo of their abilities which were integral to Hisoka's defeat (also because he wanted to be a dick and hurt Chollo emotionally). Since fortune telling would be the ultimate tool for prepping against an opponent, then Hisoka proabably killed to make sure Chrollo couldn't read and tea leaves so to speak.
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* In the Chimera Ants arc, the way that Mereum is defeated is by [[spoiler:Netero exploding a Miniature Rose inside himself, while it doesn't immediately kill the King and the royal guard, it is enough to give them radiation poisoning, killing them later. One of the points that is constantly repeated is on how the miniature rose is cheap and ubiquitous. If the Hunters failed, the ants could simply be defeated by carpet bombing East Gorteau, Netero made sure to bring Mereum into an isolated area to not kill the millions of peoples around the palace.]]
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* One thing regarding Alluka healing Gon. Why were his Nen abilities gone afterwards despite being completely healed from all the injuries? Well, remember back in the Heavens Arena arc that the method by which he had gained access to Nen was because he had his aura nodes shocked into opening, described as an “attack” by Wing. Alluka probably healed the effects of the Nen Baptism! This might also explain why Ging described Gon’s current state as “normal.” Because Nen itself is not a natural thing for a creature to do.
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* Netero's hatsu seems weird for an enhancer. That is until you figure 2 things. His deal has always been how fast he is, he made a difficult condition of always praying before he attacks, which would greatly improve Guanyin's capabilities, then trivialized it with his sheer speed. Another thing is to consider that it's possible he develop it on his voyage to the dark continent, a place filled with gargantuan monsters and creatures that you want to keep your body at a distance from.
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** There’s also the fact that the purpose of Pakunoda’s Memory Bomb is not to deal damage, but to transmit memories that Pakunoda has between her allies. Also, they seem to have the efficacy of regular bullets, which probably isn’t all that great considering the caliber of most nen-users. Even Zushi could withstand chops from Killua when he first debuted, and Killua could break steel chains and push the first three testing gates before learning nen, so his punches likely far outstrip regular bullets.
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* More {{Foreshadowing}} in the greed island arc, Genthrus explosive based ability is named Little Flower, we later find out that the HxH equivalent of the atom bomb is called Miniture Rose, in universe Genthru likely named his ability a synonym of the deadliest explosive he could think of, and out of universe his other ability is a bomb linked to the victims heart beat, and the Miniture Rose later is detonate when Meriums heart stops beating
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* A minor bit of brilliance and good {{Foreshadowing}}: When fighting Binolt, Gon uses big '''Rocks''' to beat the '''Scissor'''-using SerialKiller. Yeah, Rock beats Scissor. And Big Rock Attacks are basically Gon's deadliest attack.
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* Why does Kalluto look so feminine despite being a boy? Considering he's jealous of Alluka, he could intentionally be dressing up more feminine to be more like her.
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* A minor bit of brilliance with Pitou's character design. What's with those knee joints? They seem like an irrelevant detail until you remember that Pitou's a Nen puppetmaker, and joints like those aren't unlike ones you'd see on a marionette. And then [[spoiler: they literally become their own puppet after their death...]]

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