Really hope that togashi is doing well enough that we can start getting chapters next year. His new tweet was a good sign and it'd be a great way to start 2024.
@@Robobotic Except in this scenario his wife has been given the information about the series and it's intended trajectory and conclusion and the green light to continue development should that terrible outcome occur. With the help of his staff, they would continue to develop the series to its conclusion. Of course, not the best case scenario but we must lean towards the light or be overtaken by the dark.
He finished 401 7 months ago, and posted that he was starting again a few days ago. Seems like they (Togashi and the editors) want to release in batches rather than whenever a chapter manages to get finished. It took about 5 month to get 10 chapters ready previously, IIRC, so it should be close to that to get the 9 needed to complete the set.
Everyone calls gon’s ability simple, but no one remembers the whole point of when he fought knuckle. It’s a psychological ability, because during the charge up, you don’t know what he might use, and you have to try and figure out a good solution. If he’s far away, it might seem like a paper, but as soon as you jump in, Gon might use a rock and obliterate you, and if you try and dodge, he might use paper and hit you from far away. The fear of Rock is so much you can play your opponent right into your hands. Gon only lost because he ran out of aura, and then because he was too worried about APR to think up a good strategy.
He's the definition of a "mixup" character in fighting game. He forces you to guess the outcome of his stance, and you either have to bet heavily, or choose the optimal risk/reward answer
That's the thing. It's the other person who ends up way over-thinking it. Gon isn't setting out to play mind games, he just wants versitility. The reason he is so good at actual Rock,Paper, Scissors is that he doesn't try to use psycology to predict his opponents, he is just observant about subtle clues that give away what is about to happen. That's why he always beats Killua. It is also how it plays out in battles too. While the opponent is trying to figure out Gon's attack choice, Gon is just going to use the one that that works best because his super senses clue him in on the enemy's next move. The best counter to Gon is to turn your brain off and relentlessly attack so he cant charge up.
Even if his ability is simple: thats the point. Hes an enhancer and enhancer hatsus are best if they are simple and draw on the basics (unlike specialist abilitys wich are at the best when they throw the basics out the window like that book that steals hatsus)
It's mad to me how well this dude can theory craft more than 10 years after HxH dropped (not to mention how long manga has been out), always new ideas, suggestions and thought provoking discussions
Me and my partner were just discussing this. It's both a testament to both him and togashi. Him for having so many creative ideas for content and Togashi for developing such a deep and complex story with how little episodes/chapters there are.
I think Gon losing his rod was probably one of the few bad decisions to make for the series. There was just so much uniqueness to it that caught me off guard, like how he stole Hisoka's badge. But after he lost it, he became pretty easy to read. I don't think it would've been of much use in the Chimera Ant arc, but it would've been really nice to see him use it in Greed Island (I would've been much more fine if he gave it away at the end of that arc rather than the beginning).
For emission I actually really like the idea of him emitting nen beasts which take the form of forest creatures that fight alongside him. If he really wanted to he could even splash a bit of manipulation to control them during combat. But the idea of Gon just being surrounded by woodland creatures feels so natural
It does sound natural but I wouldn't say that it is his personality, its hard to imagine gon fighting that way and since nen is also linked to psychology I think that may not happen.
I encourage everyone to think about their own Nen-Aliity: ITS FUN, to say the least. But the question is if you can cheat the System (to a reasonable extend :) Wouldnt even want anything more) so i ask your thoughts on this: What about a catalyst-ability whose sole purpose it to be Useless and even HIGHLY Restrictive and then multiple more Abilities that all have the teeny tiny Restriction 'Can only be used while the useless Ability is active'. I can think of countles ways how this will not work but a few where it would actually work: You just gotta have 3+ Ability-Slots but more importantly have Restrictions that 'act on you' as long as its activated or even outright all-the-time. Kurapika, i think, gave me the idea cause i wondered if Emperors Time extreme Cost only helps Emperor Time or them all
Manipulator Gon has a decent chance of making his ability manipulating his own body. Pushing his body to fight even when injured, or hurting himself by hitting harder than he should be able to would be very Gon. A passive ability like the Trust Seed could be forming concurrently without his knowledge. He manipulates others, but not often consciously.
A manipulation Gon would be able to have some kind of support ability? Instead of inflicting his will, which is very much unlike his personality, inspiring targets in a paranormal level to enhance their own abilities and or get stronger as they get closer to him, leaving their will free, but rewarding with power through his manipulation people who gets closer to him
Imagine it like an nen ability restriction, if the one manipulatine is helping Gon it will have acess to aura it will ever have if the manipulated is against Gon the aura can be out of control or start to leak and can the be controled until Gon die or he stop the curse
@@gabrielrasilvaeven though nen restrictions make you powerful, it better that gon trains like netero and doesn't use them since it limits his options.
I always wanted Gon to enhance the fishing rod, by it self it was a pretty useful weapon/tool, with a bit of aura and the deep conection he had with it, it could have been amazing
Nah dude his strength would have always been reliant on the rod and it wouldn’t have been very useful at close combat it’s good that his fighting style is all him
With the Power to pull/fish a nin beasts that will imbue Gon with various effects and each with their own conditions. But as part of Gon's journey these ninbeasts are his unconscious creation connected to his current experiences, and he has to overpower/subdue them the first time he catches them. Otherwise they'll disappear forever or maybe randomly pops out while Gon is going to pull an already tamed ninbeast, antagonizing him in addition to the enemy he was supposed to used the power against. ☺️
I feel like Manipulator Gon might end up looking more like Kalluto? Instead of controlling people, he used it to control his own environment to his favor in fights.
Gon losing his nen opens up the opportunity to explore the rare change of nen affinity. Post mortem nen was discussed in Yorknew and not seen until the Hisoka/Chrollo fight. Knov could easily connect Gon and Kurapika and have his Nen reawakened to assist.
I think it would be interesting if Conjurour Gon didn't conjure the whole fishing rod, but only the fishing line, because that would be the part of the rod he's used to replacing. Also through the restriction of using his own favourite fishing rod it might boost the power of the line and whatever he conjures at the end of it that much more
Killuahs interaction with the newbie eliminator was by far the funniest. K: Can I have another juice? N: (thinks: Can I actually give him another one? I don't want to actually perma end him...) K: Come on, don't worry about the laxative! I can take a lot more!
Pretty good speculations I can see Gon having these powers. To add to the fishing pole; add a bit of transmutation to make the fishing line extra sharp or sturdy. If he is able to tap into manipulation he can make the line move as if it's alive.
I think it would be more interesting for Gon to conjure only the fishing line for the rod. The restriction on only using his rod combined with the multi-purpose nature of fishing line that can be further manipulated leads to creative outcomes. He would be able to cast multiple bobbers and hooks out while retaining the ability to change which "line" he was using. Combined with bells and vibration via contact with the taut line, he could track/trap nearly anything. Manipulator Gon also can be fishing pole based, with a restriction revolving around the fishing hook making contact. In fact, this somewhat solves the emission problem, as emitting from the fishing bobber is technically not outside your aura if extended along the length of the line.
I feel that if Gon was a specialist, his desire to find Ging would make it more of a "Once Gon gets your scent, he'll be able to track you from [insert amount] distance." Somewhat like Wolverines ability.
Just on the side note relating to defeating the king and royal guards. There is 1 person, who is dead already, but who could easily defeat Meruem and all royal guards. Baise, whose ability was 180 min love slave, when she kisses person, he becomes her slave. If she was alive, team puts her on Meleoron, they rush to the King, while he sits and do nothing, play Gungi, for example. She kiseses him, and King will not even notice or be able to dodge, because when Meleoron power activated, noone feels their presence, even when touching. After Meruem becomes her slave, she orders him to kill all the royal guards and then kill himself. Easy.
I wish Gon could come back into the story, it would be cool to see him more mature less stubern but could use his witts more than just running in head first. Also to see him develop a new nen ability would be nice to see
Ging told him that he simply lost his ability to perceive New, so he'll probably come back. It's just that his character isn't relevant to the current arc
I can't imagine our lord and savior would cast away Gon. I think he should come back with the opposite affinity to enhancement, so he'd come back as a specialist after developing some form of genius obsession and develop his nen from the other side of the tree.
@@kaipakta817 I can't see why he wouldn't bring him back into the story but I don't know. If Togoshi is willing to bring him back. I know the gyor story line is still out there. But that could just be incase Togoshi ever felt like writing for Gon again. He might not ever go back to that story line.
Great Video as always! One thing I would mention is that Aura Type doesn’t seem to be Random. For Example: Killua’s Family all have a pattern for Aura Type which could be Herediatary or could be from an individuals Character. I believe the Ladder is the case because of how the Zoldycks raise their children and manipulate their development. And if that’s the case, Gon wouldn’t have the same Characteristics and Personality Traits of the Enhancer Gon we know. So the Close Combat idea wouldn’t neccesarily always be the case. Oh and Hisoka’s Personality Test also sort of verifies my theory of course too. Essentially, The Gon we know would always be an Enhancer. Manipulator Gon would likely be an entirely different person than the Gon we know.
I actually wanted gon to manipulate the bear and cub from the beginning of the Manga and have it to where he can share senses with them and the condition being he takes care of them and maintains a bond with them so it's not so inhumane lol
Love this vid. For me personally, the most interesting thought was imagining the interesting way Gon would have fought using the fishing rode as a transmuter.
I think manipulation could also move away from people, and go into nature. As you mentioned, he was raised a hunter and fisherman. I could see him learning how to control flora and fauna. That would also give him better combat abilities, something Gon would 100% always want.
Manipulating wild creatures, especially when you can do it en masse is terrifying. In just a few minutes he could bring hundreds of hawks, coyotes and snakes. Just the sheer number would be difficult to fight against, but even more so if they are enhanced with nen. But the best part is stinging insects. Fun fact: everyone is allergic to the toxins in bee or wasp venom, just some people are a lot more sensitive to it. But if anyone gets stung a few hundred times, without treatment they will still die of anaphylactic shock. Now imagine Gon suddenly summons every stinging insect from the surrounding few square miles. Ten-thousand of them. Even if you eliminate 99%, the rest are still enough to kill.
I totally agree on your ideas for Transmuter Gon, Emission Gon and Conjuration Gon. I think manipulator Gon would most likely do something with plants like Zushi. As soon as Wing explains to him how the Divination test works, he'd start thinking about other ways he can make Leaves move. He probably ends up with a leaf blade and leaf shuriken. And as far as Specialization Gon, I think he tries to create his original 3 abilities, the fishing pole, the nature manipulation and something special related to whatever happens to the cup, water and leaf during divination. Because if you are specialists something random happens to the cup of water and leaf that you're pouring your aura into. Like if it turned invisible, Gon with try to make himself and all of his attacks invisible. The reason Gon came up with Jajaken is the fact that he was good at rock-paper-scissors. It's possible when he specializes he turns the fight into a game. You lose the match you get knocked out. You refuse to play you get knocked out. Something silly along those lines
@@maxlee8780 no you said gons ability might be like a game where you get knocked. I am saying that that is not within gons personality, that would be more like Goku's ability ( from dragon ball). And since nen is connected to the psychology i don't think that gon will have that ability.
@@hydrablaze36912 did you forget that Jajaken is rock paper scissors and that's what he based his entire nen on? God doesn't have a problem with killing but he doesn't like to kill making a game out of it would give him options of knocking people out easy.
@@maxlee8780 I agree but I wouldn't say he doesn't have a problem with killing, since he only killed murderers so far. And with komugi his mind was unstable then since he lost kite.
I haven't really seen a comment on this yet, but I figured we considered it accurate to associate personality with affinity. Not to say that gon would be an entirely different person, but in many ways, he'd likely be different enough that, looking at this gon wouldn't tell us how a different gon would behave, short of developing a gon with a hypothetical different personality in the same life circumstances
tbh i don't think gon would manipulate his friends to do what he wants, even at his lowest point. gon got to his lowest point because kite, who is someone he cherished, suffered because of his weakness. i have always seen the scene where gon yelled at killua as him pushing killua away because he felt like he should be the one taking full responsibility as it was his fault and that he shouldn't involve killua in the mess he caused. that's just my opinion tho :D
I feel like Gon might use his Manipulator ability to "make friends" with animals. But... I feel like if Gon wanted to fight, he would want to do the fighting himself. So maybe he could "Emit" his soul into them and control them directly...?
If I were Gon and I were an Emitter, I'd utilize my fishing rod there too. Make a Nen ability similar to Beach Boy from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, creating tiny portals for my fishing hook & wire to go through which wouldn't tax my Nen capacity much. Being close to the Enhancer and Manipulator affinities, I could reinforce the wire with Shu and learn to manipulate its direction and momentum. A fishing line that could appear from anywhere at any direction and hook you is kinda terrifying.
Gon as a Conjurer: Behold, my Super Rod! Gon as a Manipulator: [I have no idea what he would do] Gon as a Transmuter: My Aura has the Properties of both Heavy and Sharp! Killua: That makes no sense Gon as an Emitter: Killua: Gon: Killua: Gon: Kaaaaaaaaaaa.......meeeeeeeee.......haaaaaaaaaaaaa......meeeeeeeeeeeeee...........HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Something interesting Liam didnt mention in this video is how Gon decided to use the adjacent abilities to enhancement and how if he had another affinity he would have crafted, it would be cool to theoriz what 3 abilities he would develop and use in conjunction (if i wrote that correctly) instead of just one
I think a specialist gon would take inspiration from kite. Gon would have a set of different nen weapons for each category (disregarding conjured and specialist.) Gauntlets for enhancement , a sword for transmuter, a gun of some kind for emitter, and his fishing rod for minipulator.
7:38 If gon was a conjurer and he did conjure a fishing rod it would low key work exactly like one of the side villains of jojos part 5 like how that one pineapple head guy had a fishing rod stand gons fishing rod would be so similar
I like the idea of specialist gon being "Big stick real hard" where he summons a rod with infinite razer sharp fishing line that can bop anyone into the ground with max enhancement from a distance with pinpoint accuracy or up close (I think that hits most of them)
Anyone here remember which chapter the previous hiatus began? Now the story has moved forward I'd like to start from where I left off. The only thing I recall is that it was around the end of Killua's sister arc, beginning of the shadow continent arc and the last chapter was Gon's dad's fight.
I agree with transmutation and emission although I think he’d create different versions of either scissors or paper cause Bisky would have him focus on his 80% nen types. In transmutations case I could see him using conjuration to literally just conjure immensely durable paper that he wraps around the opponent to recreate paper. In emissions case for scissors I could see him taking a non-mind control route possibly manipulating nearby materials to form a sword then sort of pupeetering the sword with manipulation to increase the momentum and force.
A really simple specialist ability could be something similar to Kurapikas dowsing chain, where gon can easily find the location of people like his dad Ging
So Specialist Gon basically unlocks Domain expansion? lol dam, thats OP... Also, You are so right in thinking his specialist Power would 100% involve something around "the hunt". Since the main reason he started becoming a hunter was to find his dad.
Gon is basically a much younger version of Ging, so I can see him being similar to whatever he is. Some speculate that Ging is a Specialist and I can see Gon being one as well. The way I see it, Gon would have eventually dropped Jajanken for another Nen ability anyway.
I like the idea of Manipulator Gon focusing on self manipulation. Perhaps something where he announces what he's going to do In a fight and then sets his body on autopilot to do the thing. Not dissimilar from how godspeed works for Killua.
'He has somehow attuned his body to poisons'... Bruh, they fkn talk about that in the show and he says he ate a bunch of poison berries and shit in the woods.
ok fishing rod Gon is smth I crave now, like imagine the different powers he can give the rod, not just in terms of strength but more creative things, he maybe simple but he's also very creative he's utilize conjuration fairly well I think
One interesting thing that is aways ignored is using a tool aways help in conservating aura, if Gon uses his fishinghod to figth as an emmiter it will solve the nen loss over distance problem.
I feel like Specialist Gon would just make something like Emperor Time."Being good at everything" is both simple & meets his needs, the real question would be what drawbacks could there be.
Maybe his version of emperor time would have the drawback of losing his natural enhanced senses and affinies that he had honed so enhhansed vision and smell he would lose his natural enhansed vision and smell and be normal or even totally lose it having to rely on others but definitely enhansing the remaining ones maybe lost senses for the amount of time that he used the ability
There doesn't have to be drawbacks necessary as long as he doesn't make a nen vow. Kurapika's restrictions is great because he chose it in exchange for power. Also I don't think the writer would reuse nen abilities.
The oversight with regard to your idea of Gon as a manipulator is that you seem to forget that manipulators are not necessarily limited just to manipulating other people. Manipulators can also develop abilities to control animals or inanimate objects, and things can get pretty wild when manipulation is combined with other affinities (like Morel). Given that Gon has a tremendous affinity for the wild and animals, it would be easy to see him having a manipulation ability that allows him to interface with the natural world in some way…like…perhaps…manipulating natural phenomena, like weather, to some extent.
Imagine a story variant with Conjurer Gon where he learns Nen in Greed Island like before but he has to give his Fishing Rod away for the sake of gaining a card like in the Manga. Than for a while he feels incomplet and dwarfed by other in battle. As his Nen Training progress and he trys to creat his Hatsu he hits a roadblock until he at one point conjurers a Fishing Rod just because he want to fish again for a change. Dense as Gon is it takes him a few days until he finally realises what his Hatsu in battle should be - a Fishing Rod with Multiple Baits and varing effects. His Final Move will than be to use the Fishing Rod to pull the Riverking out of the Ground like he did with it in the first Episode and have it as a Battle Companion and Mount.
I can't believe there wasn't a YuYu Hakusho reference in the emitter reference. Spirit Gun would be Gon's emission attack. And he would understand as hunters have rifles.
Emission Gon: just Yusuke Transmuter: I don't know Manipulation: Same as you said, someone who makes friends really quickly. Conjurer: Conjurers a fishing rod that if he can get the line around someone, he can track them wherever they go.
I get the feeling that when/if the DC arc is written, Gon and Killua will end up having to get there. This will anger The Guide since they used a punishment to their advantage. They'll become the hunted as well as having to survive the landscape. I think if Gon gets his nen back, it'll be something unique that doesn't fit any of the affilitiy we know of and that's how they'll survive. I see Togashi creating his ability to be parallel to Ging. As for Ging's ability, it'll probably be something that affects aura and, as said in a previous video, allows him to directly mess with anything that uses nen. The ability may not even have restrictions which is why it's so dangerous. Ging will be part of that rare affinity as well. Gon's confrontation with Pitou hints that he can use a special nen. His aura glowed yellow which we hadn't seen before. Ging will be in that same category. Unlimited access to nen, whether it be somebody or himself will be insane; look at Meruem. Ging can manipulate his aura in the craziest ways. On a last note, this affinity will have been derived from their bloodline that I think is from people in the Dark Continent. I believe nen will have a wild twist in the DC. This includes the Freecs, Zoldycks, and the Netero bloodline (others like Hisoka may have bloodlines that derive from the DC as well). The reason for this would probably be how close each person is to their people. Ai's nen is on a completely different level and it doesn't seem to fit any other affinty (that includes specialist). Ai also looks like it has an insane amount of nen if not unlimited aura.
I think conjurer ton is my favorite, in the beginning of the series he was well know for how he outwitted himself out of problems. His rod could be a representation of that. In a battle he could conjure a bait that he knows his opponents will not miss out on. Kinda like when he waited for hisoka to be on the attack to steal his badge.
5:20 the Emitter for the Phantom Troupe use men bullets of straight nen I think he is a pretty strong emitter strong than Knuckle at least razor at best and he seem to use emitter moves mostly I think.
As a specialist Gons a kid so i think just like we got rock paper scissors we'll get some kid game abilities like Shunsui from bleach. Basically turning every fight into an episode of squid games.
Great video, I love how much work you can put into a theory like this that’s just for fun, experimenting with different nen types and hatsu made me think to recommend The Hatsu Vault subreddit where people come up with original ideas, maybe you can use that for something
Emission is not quite as bad as you make it sound like. As range is just inherently a very good thing by itself. It would simply be the most overpowered affinity if emitters could completely negate the emission losses. I mean what would then prevent someone from just shooting ultra fast projectiles from outside any en detection radius? The main advantage of en is detecting physical bodies and anticipating the consequences of their actions. Even for nen masters actually dodging (nen) bullets would be a problem. (Which I think is one of the main ideas behind Zeno's airdrop attack. Taking advantage of the fact that people don't look up as much. Ninja tactics 101.)
The craze thing is emmiters can reduce and almost negate the emission loses if they restrict the use to something else, like an swordsman emmiting slashs every time they cut with the sword, in this case the slash can letal even if the target is 1 mile away, but if the emmiter use the same abilit without the sowrd it is onlu letal like 10 meters away.
The most simplest way is to concentrate a single thread of aura and compressed it to the point of penetrating everything. Kinda like a laser beam but more powerful. That way there would be no loss of aura as its still connected to your body. I think Togashi would do that seeing how he takes reference from Yu Yu Hakusho. A similar ability like the Spirit Gun or something
Im really hoping that after a timeskip in hxh gon grows up and develops his mind and goals. And when he reawakens his nen (if he does) he gets a new nen affinity, personally i would like to see a specialist gon, although his character doesnt really fit the category, after all hes been through he may develop differently from now on. Unlikely but would be cool to see.
What if gons manipulation ability still had its core connected to his love for fishing, you could call it "lord of the lake" after the fish he caught to leave whale island. This is similar to how I think Prince Luzurus's ability might work. Gon designates an area as "the lake" and he can emit a tiny bit of aura anywhere in the lake, which you could call "the bait", then anyone in the lake either: has attack the bait before attacking Gon, or his opponents nen is drawn to the bait and not him. He manipulates people but not in the general sense of most manipulators, more like treating people as animals and he puts out food. This might be too complicated for Gon to think up though so I dont know how likely he would think of it himself.
Back when I first read HxH after the anime wrapped up I remember thinking Gon became a Specialist since at multiple points in the series its stated one can become a Specialist under extreme conditions. Which Gon certainly went through at the end of the series. Only instead of this video's Hunting Grounds, I though of an ability similar to Prince Benjamin's only instead of getting others abilities for just himself, he can copy & paste them to others. With possible restrictions being that he needs to have a notable connection with the person he is borrowing an ability from & that the understanding of the retriever's new nen ability to proportional to their relationship with Gon and the original wielder of that ability. Also its kind of on Gon to remember/understand the specific nen ability he wishes to lend out. So sure for close friends whom have explained their ability to him he could easy lend out, but for those that he has not gotten to open themselves up to him (or he just can't understand such a complicated ability) Gon won't be able to lend out the power. So for example, Gon could give Leorio God-Speed, & since Killua and Leorio are very close friends not just with each other but with Gon, Leorio would be able to use it at effectively 100% despite his nen affinity. Though one option I also though of for this power is giving out abilities from the dead that Gon had a connection with like Pakunoda or even (if negative connections count) Pitou. But since they are dead & new people can't make connections with them, these version of their abilities would be far lesser then what their original users would be able to do. Unless one of the original members of the Phantom Trope or baby Kite got let lent these abilities. The only real thing I hate about this is (aside from how generally busted it could be) is that I never really could think of a cool name for this power. Plus I almost completely for got about it, until the video of an alternate nen affinity Gon came into my feed.
my guess is that specialists don't necessay do something that would be impossible in another nen category but rather they are born with an innate hatsu that cannot be achieved by others due to it's complexity for example a conjurer could teoretically make "skill hunter" like chrollo but the necessary aura to make it work would be way over human limits guess what i'm trying to say is that they are born with a free pass for a specific ability that would normally be too aura expensive to work
For Transmutation, he could transmute his aura into plant and poison as it could fit his background as someone has been in the forest than it been sharp
I feel more than hunting groun it would be "Perfect hunter" mostly because his main desire was to "Hunt" the wearabouts of his father, this could give him higthen senses for hunting, concealment to be undetected and something like some kind of nen tracking skill, where he sees the path to the "prey"
I feel like if he was either an emitter or a transmuter he would still make jajanken it would just be tweaked a little to match. But if he was a conjurer he would absolutely conjure a fishing rod and other simple tools he's familiar with for wilderness survival.
Knowing Gon wanted to meet his father, i would assume, if he were a specialist, to have the ability to teleport to Ging as he tried to do with the accompany card from greed island.
Honestly after the greed island training arc, as a specialist or conjure i see him recreating alot of the cards and bejng a partial magic card user. Kite would probably take interest and help him woth restrictions and better use of it and Gon would have been more useful in the entrie chimera arc. I dont even see Kite dying in these scenarios.
I really love conjurer Gon's fishing rod idea. But the thing about specialization, is that it's right next to conjurization. So speciqlis5 Gon may have a super rod as a supplemental hatsu.
When I read that gon was unable to acesso NEN, I thought "that's a chance to change his type so we don't see the same thing again". I mean if togashi live for 200 years and keep working.
Idk why but I love the idea of gon taking hunter to a new level. Imagine him being a literal hunter that has the normal weapons a hunter would have but x100000 . A rifle that breaks through any nen , and if it hit they are dead. Or a fishing rod that always lured them back in for what ever reason. Then imagine like a tag or something that he could put on the people getting hunter to track them
Basically he can get any hunting gear but raised to an unbelievable level. Like a bear trap that’s invisible that once you’ve been captured only the creator can let you go.
My dream is to see Togashi bringing Gon back as a Conjurer, Conjuring the fishing rod with various baits that can adapte to almost every Hunt like u discrib in the video. Maybe as a non Canon one shot like an episode of "What If ?"
I like the fishing pole and scissors for Gon. If not, a specialization for him could include detecting people nearby, befriending them with the neighboring manipulation affinity and perhaps conjuring a hunting tool to aid in a fight if they remained hostile.
Really hope that togashi is doing well enough that we can start getting chapters next year. His new tweet was a good sign and it'd be a great way to start 2024.
I'm pretty sure they tweeted after the last batch that new chapter wuold have come later in 2023
He just tweeted the other day "start over" so hopefully he is starting the new batches
@@Roboboticwho tf pissed in your cereal?💀
@@Robobotic Except in this scenario his wife has been given the information about the series and it's intended trajectory and conclusion and the green light to continue development should that terrible outcome occur. With the help of his staff, they would continue to develop the series to its conclusion. Of course, not the best case scenario but we must lean towards the light or be overtaken by the dark.
He finished 401 7 months ago, and posted that he was starting again a few days ago. Seems like they (Togashi and the editors) want to release in batches rather than whenever a chapter manages to get finished. It took about 5 month to get 10 chapters ready previously, IIRC, so it should be close to that to get the 9 needed to complete the set.
Everyone calls gon’s ability simple, but no one remembers the whole point of when he fought knuckle. It’s a psychological ability, because during the charge up, you don’t know what he might use, and you have to try and figure out a good solution. If he’s far away, it might seem like a paper, but as soon as you jump in, Gon might use a rock and obliterate you, and if you try and dodge, he might use paper and hit you from far away. The fear of Rock is so much you can play your opponent right into your hands. Gon only lost because he ran out of aura, and then because he was too worried about APR to think up a good strategy.
exactly, all that while he was an objectively weaker fighter than Knuckle
He's the definition of a "mixup" character in fighting game. He forces you to guess the outcome of his stance, and you either have to bet heavily, or choose the optimal risk/reward answer
wow u explain it very well how I wish I can express things like that in English too ❤
That's the thing. It's the other person who ends up way over-thinking it. Gon isn't setting out to play mind games, he just wants versitility. The reason he is so good at actual Rock,Paper, Scissors is that he doesn't try to use psycology to predict his opponents, he is just observant about subtle clues that give away what is about to happen. That's why he always beats Killua. It is also how it plays out in battles too. While the opponent is trying to figure out Gon's attack choice, Gon is just going to use the one that that works best because his super senses clue him in on the enemy's next move. The best counter to Gon is to turn your brain off and relentlessly attack so he cant charge up.
Even if his ability is simple: thats the point. Hes an enhancer and enhancer hatsus are best if they are simple and draw on the basics (unlike specialist abilitys wich are at the best when they throw the basics out the window like that book that steals hatsus)
It's mad to me how well this dude can theory craft more than 10 years after HxH dropped (not to mention how long manga has been out), always new ideas, suggestions and thought provoking discussions
Me and my partner were just discussing this. It's both a testament to both him and togashi. Him for having so many creative ideas for content and Togashi for developing such a deep and complex story with how little episodes/chapters there are.
Transmuting his aura into an animalistic features like claws or wings would be really cool
Really fun topic, though I have to say- the thought of Gon slaughtering Pitou with a fishing pole is simultaneously hilarious and horrifying
I think Gon losing his rod was probably one of the few bad decisions to make for the series. There was just so much uniqueness to it that caught me off guard, like how he stole Hisoka's badge. But after he lost it, he became pretty easy to read. I don't think it would've been of much use in the Chimera Ant arc, but it would've been really nice to see him use it in Greed Island (I would've been much more fine if he gave it away at the end of that arc rather than the beginning).
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I agree
For emission I actually really like the idea of him emitting nen beasts which take the form of forest creatures that fight alongside him. If he really wanted to he could even splash a bit of manipulation to control them during combat. But the idea of Gon just being surrounded by woodland creatures feels so natural
It does sound natural but I wouldn't say that it is his personality, its hard to imagine gon fighting that way and since nen is also linked to psychology I think that may not happen.
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I encourage everyone to think about their own Nen-Aliity: ITS FUN, to say the least.
But the question is if you can cheat the System (to a reasonable extend :) Wouldnt even want anything more) so i ask your thoughts on this: What about a catalyst-ability whose sole purpose it to be Useless and even HIGHLY Restrictive and then multiple more Abilities that all have the teeny tiny Restriction 'Can only be used while the useless Ability is active'. I can think of countles ways how this will not work but a few where it would actually work: You just gotta have 3+ Ability-Slots but more importantly have Restrictions that 'act on you' as long as its activated or even outright all-the-time. Kurapika, i think, gave me the idea cause i wondered if Emperors Time extreme Cost only helps Emperor Time or them all
Manipulator Gon has a decent chance of making his ability manipulating his own body. Pushing his body to fight even when injured, or hurting himself by hitting harder than he should be able to would be very Gon. A passive ability like the Trust Seed could be forming concurrently without his knowledge. He manipulates others, but not often consciously.
yeah I like this idea
Berserker Gon?
Basically like Pitou's Terpsichore, able to fight no matter what, even when dead.
A manipulation Gon would be able to have some kind of support ability? Instead of inflicting his will, which is very much unlike his personality, inspiring targets in a paranormal level to enhance their own abilities and or get stronger as they get closer to him, leaving their will free, but rewarding with power through his manipulation people who gets closer to him
Like a natural beacon that provides buffs to anyone who is around him for long enough or within his vicinity.
Imagine it like an nen ability restriction, if the one manipulatine is helping Gon it will have acess to aura it will ever have if the manipulated is against Gon the aura can be out of control or start to leak and can the be controled until Gon die or he stop the curse
Helping Hand the move the person
So, a bard?
@@gabrielrasilvaeven though nen restrictions make you powerful, it better that gon trains like netero and doesn't use them since it limits his options.
I always wanted Gon to enhance the fishing rod, by it self it was a pretty useful weapon/tool, with a bit of aura and the deep conection he had with it, it could have been amazing
I wish he stuck with the fishing rod. It would have definitely been a very unique weapon among other shounen MCs and made sense in-universe.
@@Jw87563it does make sense since for some people a fishing rod may symbolize hunting
Nah dude his strength would have always been reliant on the rod and it wouldn’t have been very useful at close combat it’s good that his fighting style is all him
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With the Power to pull/fish a nin beasts that will imbue Gon with various effects and each with their own conditions.
But as part of Gon's journey these ninbeasts are his unconscious creation connected to his current experiences, and he has to overpower/subdue them the first time he catches them. Otherwise they'll disappear forever or maybe randomly pops out while Gon is going to pull an already tamed ninbeast, antagonizing him in addition to the enemy he was supposed to used the power against. ☺️
I feel like Manipulator Gon might end up looking more like Kalluto? Instead of controlling people, he used it to control his own environment to his favor in fights.
Gon losing his nen opens up the opportunity to explore the rare change of nen affinity. Post mortem nen was discussed in Yorknew and not seen until the Hisoka/Chrollo fight. Knov could easily connect Gon and Kurapika and have his Nen reawakened to assist.
You saw post mortem Nen in action when Neferipitou gets up without a head.
I think it would be interesting if Conjurour Gon didn't conjure the whole fishing rod, but only the fishing line, because that would be the part of the rod he's used to replacing. Also through the restriction of using his own favourite fishing rod it might boost the power of the line and whatever he conjures at the end of it that much more
And then give to the line the properties of both rubber and gum
Killuahs interaction with the newbie eliminator was by far the funniest.
K: Can I have another juice?
N: (thinks: Can I actually give him another one? I don't want to actually perma end him...)
K: Come on, don't worry about the laxative! I can take a lot more!
True true, miss him
Pretty good speculations I can see Gon having these powers. To add to the fishing pole; add a bit of transmutation to make the fishing line extra sharp or sturdy. If he is able to tap into manipulation he can make the line move as if it's alive.
I think it would be more interesting for Gon to conjure only the fishing line for the rod. The restriction on only using his rod combined with the multi-purpose nature of fishing line that can be further manipulated leads to creative outcomes. He would be able to cast multiple bobbers and hooks out while retaining the ability to change which "line" he was using. Combined with bells and vibration via contact with the taut line, he could track/trap nearly anything.
Manipulator Gon also can be fishing pole based, with a restriction revolving around the fishing hook making contact. In fact, this somewhat solves the emission problem, as emitting from the fishing bobber is technically not outside your aura if extended along the length of the line.
I feel that if Gon was a specialist, his desire to find Ging would make it more of a "Once Gon gets your scent, he'll be able to track you from [insert amount] distance." Somewhat like Wolverines ability.
That is more of a enhancer than a specialist i think.
@@hydrablaze36912ye
Just on the side note relating to defeating the king and royal guards. There is 1 person, who is dead already, but who could easily defeat Meruem and all royal guards. Baise, whose ability was 180 min love slave, when she kisses person, he becomes her slave. If she was alive, team puts her on Meleoron, they rush to the King, while he sits and do nothing, play Gungi, for example. She kiseses him, and King will not even notice or be able to dodge, because when Meleoron power activated, noone feels their presence, even when touching.
After Meruem becomes her slave, she orders him to kill all the royal guards and then kill himself. Easy.
I wish Gon could come back into the story, it would be cool to see him more mature less stubern but could use his witts more than just running in head first. Also to see him develop a new nen ability would be nice to see
I've always wanted to see the return of his fishing pole
Ging told him that he simply lost his ability to perceive New, so he'll probably come back. It's just that his character isn't relevant to the current arc
I can't imagine our lord and savior would cast away Gon. I think he should come back with the opposite affinity to enhancement, so he'd come back as a specialist after developing some form of genius obsession and develop his nen from the other side of the tree.
@@kaipakta817 I can't see why he wouldn't bring him back into the story but I don't know. If Togoshi is willing to bring him back. I know the gyor story line is still out there. But that could just be incase Togoshi ever felt like writing for Gon again. He might not ever go back to that story line.
@@isotope_i don't think so gyro will probably have an important rule in the future
Great Video as always! One thing I would mention is that Aura Type doesn’t seem to be Random. For Example: Killua’s Family all have a pattern for Aura Type which could be Herediatary or could be from an individuals Character. I believe the Ladder is the case because of how the Zoldycks raise their children and manipulate their development. And if that’s the case, Gon wouldn’t have the same Characteristics and Personality Traits of the Enhancer Gon we know. So the Close Combat idea wouldn’t neccesarily always be the case.
Oh and Hisoka’s Personality Test also sort of verifies my theory of course too. Essentially, The Gon we know would always be an Enhancer. Manipulator Gon would likely be an entirely different person than the Gon we know.
I actually wanted gon to manipulate the bear and cub from the beginning of the Manga and have it to where he can share senses with them and the condition being he takes care of them and maintains a bond with them so it's not so inhumane lol
Love this vid. For me personally, the most interesting thought was imagining the interesting way Gon would have fought using the fishing rode as a transmuter.
I think manipulation could also move away from people, and go into nature. As you mentioned, he was raised a hunter and fisherman. I could see him learning how to control flora and fauna. That would also give him better combat abilities, something Gon would 100% always want.
Manipulating wild creatures, especially when you can do it en masse is terrifying. In just a few minutes he could bring hundreds of hawks, coyotes and snakes. Just the sheer number would be difficult to fight against, but even more so if they are enhanced with nen.
But the best part is stinging insects. Fun fact: everyone is allergic to the toxins in bee or wasp venom, just some people are a lot more sensitive to it. But if anyone gets stung a few hundred times, without treatment they will still die of anaphylactic shock. Now imagine Gon suddenly summons every stinging insect from the surrounding few square miles. Ten-thousand of them. Even if you eliminate 99%, the rest are still enough to kill.
I totally agree on your ideas for Transmuter Gon, Emission Gon and Conjuration Gon.
I think manipulator Gon would most likely do something with plants like Zushi. As soon as Wing explains to him how the Divination test works, he'd start thinking about other ways he can make Leaves move. He probably ends up with a leaf blade and leaf shuriken.
And as far as Specialization Gon, I think he tries to create his original 3 abilities, the fishing pole, the nature manipulation and something special related to whatever happens to the cup, water and leaf during divination. Because if you are specialists something random happens to the cup of water and leaf that you're pouring your aura into.
Like if it turned invisible, Gon with try to make himself and all of his attacks invisible.
The reason Gon came up with Jajaken is the fact that he was good at rock-paper-scissors. It's possible when he specializes he turns the fight into a game. You lose the match you get knocked out. You refuse to play you get knocked out. Something silly along those lines
Gon doesn't usually play with his opponents so I think that ability may not be correct.
@@hydrablaze36912 you mean the ability that Liam came up with?
@@maxlee8780 no you said gons ability might be like a game where you get knocked. I am saying that that is not within gons personality, that would be more like Goku's ability ( from dragon ball). And since nen is connected to the psychology i don't think that gon will have that ability.
@@hydrablaze36912 did you forget that Jajaken is rock paper scissors and that's what he based his entire nen on? God doesn't have a problem with killing but he doesn't like to kill making a game out of it would give him options of knocking people out easy.
@@maxlee8780 I agree but I wouldn't say he doesn't have a problem with killing, since he only killed murderers so far. And with komugi his mind was unstable then since he lost kite.
I haven't really seen a comment on this yet, but I figured we considered it accurate to associate personality with affinity. Not to say that gon would be an entirely different person, but in many ways, he'd likely be different enough that, looking at this gon wouldn't tell us how a different gon would behave, short of developing a gon with a hypothetical different personality in the same life circumstances
tbh i don't think gon would manipulate his friends to do what he wants, even at his lowest point. gon got to his lowest point because kite, who is someone he cherished, suffered because of his weakness. i have always seen the scene where gon yelled at killua as him pushing killua away because he felt like he should be the one taking full responsibility as it was his fault and that he shouldn't involve killua in the mess he caused. that's just my opinion tho :D
I feel like Gon might use his Manipulator ability to "make friends" with animals.
But... I feel like if Gon wanted to fight, he would want to do the fighting himself. So maybe he could "Emit" his soul into them and control them directly...?
If I were Gon and I were an Emitter, I'd utilize my fishing rod there too. Make a Nen ability similar to Beach Boy from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, creating tiny portals for my fishing hook & wire to go through which wouldn't tax my Nen capacity much. Being close to the Enhancer and Manipulator affinities, I could reinforce the wire with Shu and learn to manipulate its direction and momentum. A fishing line that could appear from anywhere at any direction and hook you is kinda terrifying.
The thought that there's a mutli-verse of Gons with different Nen affinities makes me smile :)
Gon's Trust Seed manipulation vs the Royal Guard's loyalty to the King could create interesting conflict
Gon as a Conjurer: Behold, my Super Rod!
Gon as a Manipulator: [I have no idea what he would do]
Gon as a Transmuter: My Aura has the Properties of both Heavy and Sharp!
Killua: That makes no sense
Gon as an Emitter:
Killua:
Gon:
Killua:
Gon: Kaaaaaaaaaaa.......meeeeeeeee.......haaaaaaaaaaaaa......meeeeeeeeeeeeee...........HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Something interesting Liam didnt mention in this video is how Gon decided to use the adjacent abilities to enhancement and how if he had another affinity he would have crafted, it would be cool to theoriz what 3 abilities he would develop and use in conjunction (if i wrote that correctly) instead of just one
Maybe he chose them because they are the most straightforward and simple to use
It is beyond amazing to see how this man creates new interesting hunter hunter videos out of literal zero new content or chapters for the past year
If you've read Jojo, you know that a conjured fishing rod can be absolutely broken
Transmuter Gon: As a simple boy, he turns his aura into food.
I think a specialist gon would take inspiration from kite. Gon would have a set of different nen weapons for each category (disregarding conjured and specialist.) Gauntlets for enhancement , a sword for transmuter, a gun of some kind for emitter, and his fishing rod for minipulator.
Goated video and idea. I would love to see more like this! Maybe one on Kurapika
7:38 If gon was a conjurer and he did conjure a fishing rod it would low key work exactly like one of the side villains of jojos part 5 like how that one pineapple head guy had a fishing rod stand gons fishing rod would be so similar
"trust seed" sounds awfully similar to the nen ability "shonen protagonist."
2:10 Ok but what does bungee gum have the properties of tho? I feel like you just glazed over that.
what if gin and all of his nen godliness accidently awakened gon's nen as an infant
Gon is literally the nen type bargain sale
I like the idea of specialist gon being "Big stick real hard" where he summons a rod with infinite razer sharp fishing line that can bop anyone into the ground with max enhancement from a distance with pinpoint accuracy or up close (I think that hits most of them)
This video was jus absolutely amazing. So brilliant and just well put together all around. Thanx man... that was dope! 🙏🏾❤️💯
Conjuration gon would also get the extra benefit of lessons from kite before his death so chimera ant fishing rod would probably be even better
gon learn to transmute himself to become invincible and he learns conjure to doppleganger himself
What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor?... "I have a gambling problem"
Anyone here remember which chapter the previous hiatus began? Now the story has moved forward I'd like to start from where I left off. The only thing I recall is that it was around the end of Killua's sister arc, beginning of the shadow continent arc and the last chapter was Gon's dad's fight.
0:34 that dark green drip is so hard
I'd see gon's attack like yusuke's spirit gun imagine gon being pew pew at people like Hisoka
I agree with transmutation and emission although I think he’d create different versions of either scissors or paper cause Bisky would have him focus on his 80% nen types. In transmutations case I could see him using conjuration to literally just conjure immensely durable paper that he wraps around the opponent to recreate paper. In emissions case for scissors I could see him taking a non-mind control route possibly manipulating nearby materials to form a sword then sort of pupeetering the sword with manipulation to increase the momentum and force.
> Gon lost the ability to use nen.
> Gon re-learn nen.
> Gon nen affinity change.
A really simple specialist ability could be something similar to Kurapikas dowsing chain, where gon can easily find the location of people like his dad Ging
That would get around whatever "super" zetsu is.
I’m Glad to see that this channel isn’t being neglected 🙌🏽🙌🏽
So Specialist Gon basically unlocks Domain expansion? lol dam, thats OP... Also, You are so right in thinking his specialist Power would 100% involve something around "the hunt". Since the main reason he started becoming a hunter was to find his dad.
Gon is basically a much younger version of Ging, so I can see him being similar to whatever he is. Some speculate that Ging is a Specialist and I can see Gon being one as well. The way I see it, Gon would have eventually dropped Jajanken for another Nen ability anyway.
I like the idea of Manipulator Gon focusing on self manipulation. Perhaps something where he announces what he's going to do In a fight and then sets his body on autopilot to do the thing.
Not dissimilar from how godspeed works for Killua.
'He has somehow attuned his body to poisons'... Bruh, they fkn talk about that in the show and he says he ate a bunch of poison berries and shit in the woods.
ok fishing rod Gon is smth I crave now, like imagine the different powers he can give the rod, not just in terms of strength but more creative things, he maybe simple but he's also very creative he's utilize conjuration fairly well I think
One interesting thing that is aways ignored is using a tool aways help in conservating aura, if Gon uses his fishinghod to figth as an emmiter it will solve the nen loss over distance problem.
4:54 Knuckle is a confirmed Conjurator.
I feel like Specialist Gon would just make something like Emperor Time."Being good at everything" is both simple & meets his needs, the real question would be what drawbacks could there be.
Maybe his version of emperor time would have the drawback of losing his natural enhanced senses and affinies that he had honed so enhhansed vision and smell he would lose his natural enhansed vision and smell and be normal or even totally lose it having to rely on others but definitely enhansing the remaining ones maybe lost senses for the amount of time that he used the ability
There doesn't have to be drawbacks necessary as long as he doesn't make a nen vow. Kurapika's restrictions is great because he chose it in exchange for power. Also I don't think the writer would reuse nen abilities.
I could see gone emitting aura with his fishing rod perhaps giving the bait at the end special attributes like heavy or explosive
I could imagine transmuter Gon using nen claws, little "scissor" for each finger
The oversight with regard to your idea of Gon as a manipulator is that you seem to forget that manipulators are not necessarily limited just to manipulating other people. Manipulators can also develop abilities to control animals or inanimate objects, and things can get pretty wild when manipulation is combined with other affinities (like Morel). Given that Gon has a tremendous affinity for the wild and animals, it would be easy to see him having a manipulation ability that allows him to interface with the natural world in some way…like…perhaps…manipulating natural phenomena, like weather, to some extent.
Imagine a story variant with Conjurer Gon where he learns Nen in Greed Island like before but he has to give his Fishing Rod away for the sake of gaining a card like in the Manga. Than for a while he feels incomplet and dwarfed by other in battle. As his Nen Training progress and he trys to creat his Hatsu he hits a roadblock until he at one point conjurers a Fishing Rod just because he want to fish again for a change. Dense as Gon is it takes him a few days until he finally realises what his Hatsu in battle should be - a Fishing Rod with Multiple Baits and varing effects. His Final Move will than be to use the Fishing Rod to pull the Riverking out of the Ground like he did with it in the first Episode and have it as a Battle Companion and Mount.
I can't believe there wasn't a YuYu Hakusho reference in the emitter reference. Spirit Gun would be Gon's emission attack. And he would understand as hunters have rifles.
Emission Gon: just Yusuke
Transmuter: I don't know
Manipulation: Same as you said, someone who makes friends really quickly.
Conjurer: Conjurers a fishing rod that if he can get the line around someone, he can track them wherever they go.
I love these videos but hate the wait for them but when you do post it is always a banger
I get the feeling that when/if the DC arc is written, Gon and Killua will end up having to get there. This will anger The Guide since they used a punishment to their advantage. They'll become the hunted as well as having to survive the landscape.
I think if Gon gets his nen back, it'll be something unique that doesn't fit any of the affilitiy we know of and that's how they'll survive. I see Togashi creating his ability to be parallel to Ging. As for Ging's ability, it'll probably be something that affects aura and, as said in a previous video, allows him to directly mess with anything that uses nen.
The ability may not even have restrictions which is why it's so dangerous. Ging will be part of that rare affinity as well. Gon's confrontation with Pitou hints that he can use a special nen. His aura glowed yellow which we hadn't seen before. Ging will be in that same category. Unlimited access to nen, whether it be somebody or himself will be insane; look at Meruem. Ging can manipulate his aura in the craziest ways.
On a last note, this affinity will have been derived from their bloodline that I think is from people in the Dark Continent. I believe nen will have a wild twist in the DC.
This includes the Freecs, Zoldycks, and the Netero bloodline (others like Hisoka may have bloodlines that derive from the DC as well). The reason for this would probably be how close each person is to their people.
Ai's nen is on a completely different level and it doesn't seem to fit any other affinty (that includes specialist). Ai also looks like it has an insane amount of nen if not unlimited aura.
I think conjurer ton is my favorite, in the beginning of the series he was well know for how he outwitted himself out of problems. His rod could be a representation of that. In a battle he could conjure a bait that he knows his opponents will not miss out on. Kinda like when he waited for hisoka to be on the attack to steal his badge.
5:20 the Emitter for the Phantom Troupe use men bullets of straight nen I think he is a pretty strong emitter strong than Knuckle at least razor at best and he seem to use emitter moves mostly I think.
I bloody love these what-if-hatsu videos.
As a specialist Gons a kid so i think just like we got rock paper scissors we'll get some kid game abilities like Shunsui from bleach. Basically turning every fight into an episode of squid games.
Great video, I love how much work you can put into a theory like this that’s just for fun, experimenting with different nen types and hatsu made me think to recommend The Hatsu Vault subreddit where people come up with original ideas, maybe you can use that for something
I just picked up vol 37 hell yes and I always love how each character you show they're shaking like they're having uncontrollable seizures lol
Emission is not quite as bad as you make it sound like. As range is just inherently a very good thing by itself. It would simply be the most overpowered affinity if emitters could completely negate the emission losses. I mean what would then prevent someone from just shooting ultra fast projectiles from outside any en detection radius? The main advantage of en is detecting physical bodies and anticipating the consequences of their actions. Even for nen masters actually dodging (nen) bullets would be a problem. (Which I think is one of the main ideas behind Zeno's airdrop attack. Taking advantage of the fact that people don't look up as much. Ninja tactics 101.)
The craze thing is emmiters can reduce and almost negate the emission loses if they restrict the use to something else, like an swordsman emmiting slashs every time they cut with the sword, in this case the slash can letal even if the target is 1 mile away, but if the emmiter use the same abilit without the sowrd it is onlu letal like 10 meters away.
Also, one of the princes has an incredibly powerful emitter ability
The most simplest way is to concentrate a single thread of aura and compressed it to the point of penetrating everything. Kinda like a laser beam but more powerful. That way there would be no loss of aura as its still connected to your body. I think Togashi would do that seeing how he takes reference from Yu Yu Hakusho. A similar ability like the Spirit Gun or something
Im really hoping that after a timeskip in hxh gon grows up and develops his mind and goals. And when he reawakens his nen (if he does) he gets a new nen affinity, personally i would like to see a specialist gon, although his character doesnt really fit the category, after all hes been through he may develop differently from now on. Unlikely but would be cool to see.
What timeskip?
HxH won't have a timeskip and Successsion War is very likely the last arc Togashi will do considering his age, health and release schedue
I'd assume after the succession war / dark continent arc. if hxh was to carry on then there would be a timeskip
What if gons manipulation ability still had its core connected to his love for fishing, you could call it "lord of the lake" after the fish he caught to leave whale island. This is similar to how I think Prince Luzurus's ability might work. Gon designates an area as "the lake" and he can emit a tiny bit of aura anywhere in the lake, which you could call "the bait", then anyone in the lake either: has attack the bait before attacking Gon, or his opponents nen is drawn to the bait and not him. He manipulates people but not in the general sense of most manipulators, more like treating people as animals and he puts out food. This might be too complicated for Gon to think up though so I dont know how likely he would think of it himself.
Great video concept
Back when I first read HxH after the anime wrapped up I remember thinking Gon became a Specialist since at multiple points in the series its stated one can become a Specialist under extreme conditions. Which Gon certainly went through at the end of the series. Only instead of this video's Hunting Grounds, I though of an ability similar to Prince Benjamin's only instead of getting others abilities for just himself, he can copy & paste them to others. With possible restrictions being that he needs to have a notable connection with the person he is borrowing an ability from & that the understanding of the retriever's new nen ability to proportional to their relationship with Gon and the original wielder of that ability. Also its kind of on Gon to remember/understand the specific nen ability he wishes to lend out. So sure for close friends whom have explained their ability to him he could easy lend out, but for those that he has not gotten to open themselves up to him (or he just can't understand such a complicated ability) Gon won't be able to lend out the power.
So for example, Gon could give Leorio God-Speed, & since Killua and Leorio are very close friends not just with each other but with Gon, Leorio would be able to use it at effectively 100% despite his nen affinity. Though one option I also though of for this power is giving out abilities from the dead that Gon had a connection with like Pakunoda or even (if negative connections count) Pitou. But since they are dead & new people can't make connections with them, these version of their abilities would be far lesser then what their original users would be able to do. Unless one of the original members of the Phantom Trope or baby Kite got let lent these abilities.
The only real thing I hate about this is (aside from how generally busted it could be) is that I never really could think of a cool name for this power. Plus I almost completely for got about it, until the video of an alternate nen affinity Gon came into my feed.
my guess is that specialists don't necessay do something that would be impossible in another nen category but rather they are born with an innate hatsu that cannot be achieved by others due to it's complexity
for example a conjurer could teoretically make "skill hunter" like chrollo but the necessary aura to make it work would be way over human limits
guess what i'm trying to say is that they are born with a free pass for a specific ability that would normally be too aura expensive to work
Gon being a Transmuter or a Specialist sounds pretty cool
For Transmutation, he could transmute his aura into plant and poison as it could fit his background as someone has been in the forest than it been sharp
Friend zone. Anyone who meets gon, loves him. Their abilities are then offered to help his overall goal of helping others.
I feel more than hunting groun it would be "Perfect hunter" mostly because his main desire was to "Hunt" the wearabouts of his father, this could give him higthen senses for hunting, concealment to be undetected and something like some kind of nen tracking skill, where he sees the path to the "prey"
I feel like if he was either an emitter or a transmuter he would still make jajanken it would just be tweaked a little to match. But if he was a conjurer he would absolutely conjure a fishing rod and other simple tools he's familiar with for wilderness survival.
OOOOH BOY!!! MORE HXH CONTENT EVEN THOUGH WE AIN'T HAD NOTHING NEW IN ALMOST A YEAR AND JJK IS POPPING RIGHT NOW!!! yaaaaaaaay
Knowing Gon wanted to meet his father, i would assume, if he were a specialist, to have the ability to teleport to Ging as he tried to do with the accompany card from greed island.
Honestly after the greed island training arc, as a specialist or conjure i see him recreating alot of the cards and bejng a partial magic card user.
Kite would probably take interest and help him woth restrictions and better use of it and Gon would have been more useful in the entrie chimera arc. I dont even see Kite dying in these scenarios.
It would be cool if Gon used his fishing rod for manipulation as a condition to activate an ability.
I really love conjurer Gon's fishing rod idea. But the thing about specialization, is that it's right next to conjurization. So speciqlis5 Gon may have a super rod as a supplemental hatsu.
Sounds like Gon's specialist ability is just sharingan on steroids for all senses... nice
Razor be like , i am an joke to you?
When I read that gon was unable to acesso NEN, I thought "that's a chance to change his type so we don't see the same thing again".
I mean if togashi live for 200 years and keep working.
Idk why but I love the idea of gon taking hunter to a new level. Imagine him being a literal hunter that has the normal weapons a hunter would have but x100000 . A rifle that breaks through any nen , and if it hit they are dead. Or a fishing rod that always lured them back in for what ever reason. Then imagine like a tag or something that he could put on the people getting hunter to track them
Basically he can get any hunting gear but raised to an unbelievable level. Like a bear trap that’s invisible that once you’ve been captured only the creator can let you go.
My dream is to see Togashi bringing Gon back as a Conjurer, Conjuring the fishing rod with various baits that can adapte to almost every Hunt like u discrib in the video. Maybe as a non Canon one shot like an episode of "What If ?"
I like the fishing pole and scissors for Gon. If not, a specialization for him could include detecting people nearby, befriending them with the neighboring manipulation affinity and perhaps conjuring a hunting tool to aid in a fight if they remained hostile.
What if like Jon Ken rock gon evolved to have a move of every affinity specialist included.
The clickbait is real but I am happily surprised about what the video actually is.
That Pokemon reference with the fishing rods tho 😂