Hey fox gang! Today we are starting a second series and I really hope you will enjoy my Hunter x Hunter videos as well as my One Piece ones! In case you are new to the channel, there will be more HxH content coming soon! That being said, what are your thoughts on Gon?
Remember that Gon from the beginning never blinked at death. He didn't care about anyone who was dying in the Hunter exam except those that he cared for, he was completely unbothered by Killua being an assassin and ripping someone's heart out. It's not that Gon was just a good little boy that descended into darkness over time. It's more that he always had a very skewed sense of morality, and over time he was put in situations where that manifested itself in more and more jarrying ways.
Yeah but that is also true for the majority of characters in anime. None of the other characters cared that the character died in that scene either. And to be honest, it would make sense for them not to care wouldnt it? The guy that Killua murdered was a serial killer who had killed many people, and his goal was to kill Killua too. So, it isn't suprising that Gon or the other characters didn't feel a lot of empathy or sadness in this scene. In reality, most people would be traumatized but anime isn't reality. Characters die all the time in front of peoples eyes in anime but no one is ever traumatized by it because that's just how it is in these shows. It isn't supposed to reflect reality and Gon isn't special in this case. So I don't think that shows he doesn't blink at death. There are many scenes that showcase how angry Gon gets when people kill others for no reason. Think of the time when the phantom troupe captures Gon and Killua. Gon beats Nobunga in an arm wrestle when he gets an overwhelming sense of anger when he realizes that Nobunga does have empathy but still kills people who have never done anything to him. He showcases this type of anger multiple times through HxH. To me this shows that he does think it is ethically wrong to kill others if they have never done anything to harm you, and becomes so passionate about that he has even risked the safety of his own life to fight for this personal belief that he showcases. And this is about random people he doesn't know whatsoever. I get what you're saying about how Gon didn't care about anyone who died during the hunter exam. But that is true for literally every other character too. None of the characters from my memory cared when anyone died. So that would either mean that everyone has a skewed sense of morality or that this is just typical for anime. Background characters lives do not matter much for the plot so their deaths don't either
JANthebadass No Gon is clearly different. Everyone else was shook when Killua ripped that guy’s heart out. And the story goes out of its way to emphasize Gon’s amorality. (For example, the scene where the appraiser appraised Gon.)
@@Stariiberry Two points. (1) When he heard that Killua and his family were assassins he was totally unmoved by it which even Killua thought was weird. So that alone proves my point. (2) There's a difference between knowing someone is an assassin and witnessing them rip someone's heart out. A normal person would still be shaken by that. Everyone knows Hitler was a mass murderer, but if a normal person witnessed him actually kill someone then they would be disturbed by it. Having prior knowledge that he's a mass murderer doesn't change that. Gon just isn't normal.
Throughout the series Killua is becoming more human whereas Gon is slowly losing his sanity, turning him into a monster, and I think its very interesting.
yes! i love how it portrays how strong human nature is. once gon is free and in the real world he slowly comes into tough with his true self rather than keeping the facade he had in the beginning of the story. even if he didn't know what he would become, his future is inevitable.
Nice I thought that with Meruem. Meruem at the start is all ruthless and evil. Gon starts out nice caring and a good person. In the end, Meruem is one of the most humanly character's and Gon becomes a monster.
personally I think gon was always a bit crazy, its just now that he was thrown into the real world where his friends die, the show is slowly starting to show what a terrible and selfish person gon is.
There was a comment that I saw a while back and I think it describes Gon and Killia perfectly. Killua was a boy with a good nature, raised for killing. Gon was a boy with a nature for killing, raised to be good natured.
Kinda true, I first thought that Gon's behavior just came from immaturity and lack of experience and coping mechanisms. But even if someone is immature, they would feel some empathy for someone dying, but Gon doesn't seem to care unless it's someone who he likes. He cares more about power than the actual person he's killing.
One thing I dont understand though is why people are mad at Gon for brutalizing pitou, she was going to kill him anyways, were his intentions right? Errr no, but he definitely had the right to kill pitou she was gonna kill him regardless 🤷🏽♀️
I love how Gon's transformation into his strongest form is more disturbing and uncanny, starkly contrasting the victorious and inspiring sequences in other shonen anime.
Another stark contrast is just how evident the tone shift is. It happens so naturally in the story. I love listening to the ost, because the tone shift is so incredibly jarring when you play an ost from the earlier arcs, and then play one from the chimera/phantom troupe arc. It gives me chills every single time. I always think, "Jeez, how the hell did this happen??"
Roid-Monger 101 lol I just started to watch it and the kid with the white hair says it makes him happy when he’s with gon and he’s always next to him. He sleepys with him and they shower together to ewww you can straight out tell he likes gon
@@marcosmendez8805 Its normal in japan to shower with people of the same gender. There are piblic onsens for boys and girls and its a very normal thing to do in japan. And killua is saying that because he enjoys being friends with gon, he has never had friends before. You are taking it way out of context.
@@dominikprajzner2335 greed island made it clear. we had our suspicions in heavens arena. infact except killua and leorio i feel that almost every other character in hunter x hunter is to show how crazy madness can be. leaving ur own son for what u want, giving up ur life because u were kinda wrong, having entertainment through challenge and annoyance........ revenge but being unsure to what extent........ wanting to force ur ideals on someone else, getting pleasure out getting beat up, etc. there are so many
i feel like the reason he does that is that his morals are justified. aunt mito raised gon with the mindset that lying is always wrong. they also teach him justice. gon was just a kid and couldn’t clearly define what justice is. so in a way, if a person lies, he feels justified to be able to beat the shit out of someone and he truly believes that it’s okay because they did something wrong. (although i’ve only seen the anime so if i got anything wrong please correct me)
@@imconfusedwhatisthis u r right but his morals are flawed since he let go off serial killer coz he helps him train and he gets angry at phantom troupe
@@animeuniverse5586 yeah,if it's benefits him you're automatically a good guy,but if his side gets even a bit of casualties on his side he's going to go apeshit on you. Just like rimuru but more....fucked up and rimuru is a demon Lord so.....
Great analysis. "Too bad" Gon had such an idyllic childhood before being thrown into the horrifying world of hunters. Killua, Kurapika and even Leorio were already exposed to many horrors of varying levels and had a chance to either make it or break before we see them in HxH (and so far they had "made it", so the additional horrors in the series had less of a negative impact - not none. they are not unscathed. just less, because they already figured out how to survive a lot). Sadly Gon was just progressively destroyed having developed no prior coping mechanisms to withstand the constant impact of the "real world". I agree with the importance of Hisoka on Gon and the parallels that can be drawn. I also see Hisoka as Gon's safety net and shield. I know.... sounds strange... and I don't think Hisoka deliberately acts as his safety net, but inadvertently or by circumstance (and sometimes "deliberately" but for his own self serving reasons), Hisoka's presence has ALWAYS guided and protected Gon. Think about it. In every single arc (I guess except the short Zoldyck family arc), Gon is faced with life threatening or potentially maiming moments and Hisoka has had a direct role in preventing that outcome. He helps Gon pass the hunter exam. He wards off Gon from entering level 200 in Heaven's arena until he learns Nen so Gon can protect himself. He disrupts the Spiders in the Yorknew arc. He helps Gon win the dodgeball game on Greed Island (based on Gon's personality, we all know Gon probably would have taken repeated head shots from Razor's ball trying to catch it until he died or got brain damage lol if no one stronger was there to help him do it in a safer manner). He deliberately provokes Illumi in the Chariman Election Arc so that immense aura would be released warning Killua of his presence (which helps Killua accomplish saving Gon)........ interestingly.... the only large arc that Hisoka does not show up in at all is the Chimera Ant Arc. And it is there that we see Gon get utterly and tragically destroyed.
Gon at the end of the anime didn't learn anything and didn't know the real reason Killua was so angry at him for. Killua literally wanted to die with Gon and he said no. Then Gon went and almost died and Killua went and saved him. They needed to split up to think about what they did and how to be apart from each other. Kinda tragic but one day they'll reunite.
@@liesel9443 You Gotta remember that Gon hadnt had a father and was grown in an island alone, the reason he even started his Journey to find GIng is because he met Kite who told him of how great his father is after he was saved from the bear. Also you cant judge their Relationship by the amount of time. but rather by The Quality of their time. Kite was Gon second mentor. Gon clicked with kite just like the time he clicked with Killua. so saying that he hardly spent anytime with him is an understatement
I mean....there's a one scene when Gon was in the car with leorio and he said that he's so guilty when he got angry at Killua and all that negative stuff about himself. So yeah...
I like Gon how he is and he shouldnt change that much.. The only thing he needs is learn how to be crazy but to implicate his friend to clean his mess.. Gon is basically luffy just that their aint a safety net other than his friend to catch him when he goes beyond...
gon was batshit crazy and unhinged, not even because of the chimera ant arc from episode 1 he was fucking insane, we just noticed it more on episode 110 -131
You know it's really hard to rewatch the chimera ant arc when you know what going to happen. I'm rewatching it with my sister who has never seen the show before and when she talks about how pure and cute gon is I think about the chimera ant arc and I just...
SAME. So many people complain about the greed island arc, but I love it. Because it is SUCH a breath of fresh air before you start that ungodly, beautiful, terrifying arc.
@@rhiannn3416 Same, me my sister are on the chimera ant arc the episode before gon sees pitou again and I find myself often looking back fondly at the greed island arc
In my opinion it never declined it was always that bad like from the start in the exams he wouldn’t even react to death for being a boy that was closed off in an island like if you look closely he just exploded at the end but it was always like that
@@xgullafter9590 I thought so too. Bisky even said so during the greed island arc with something along the line of "that innocence is a double edged sword".
well adult gon is prob the max power he could ever achieve so the outcome would be the same of him going into the form or he would go unconscious like luffy when ace died.
@@Peachy-k1d why? Gon met Kite before Killua. Kite was like a father figure to Gon that's why he cared so much. it wouldn't be surprising if Gon cared more about Kite.
I remember watching hxh as a kid and I was thrown off by the sudden change of gon's character. I rewatched it recently and realized that gon was like that from the start and we're just seeing a more vivid scene from the Chimera Ant Arc. He was already showing some sociopathic traits and would do things for himself. He didn't really care about anyone's backgrounds, as long as it benefits him, y'all are good. And it would get worse and worse as reality gets through him.
"Regains his humanity." So funny. His thirst for revenge and his execution thereof was probably one of the most human things I've ever seen a fictional character do.
Gon was just a child who wasn’t ready for the world. Gon had never seen one of his friends die so he ended up becoming a hypocrite because slowly his morals started to go away due to the real world affecting him and kite’s death. Gon had lost his way and was willing to give up everything for his friend even if it meant his life in a process so maybe in a way he gave everything up in hopes he might get to see kite again soon. To me in a way gon shows what would happen to a child who’d been sheltered all their life and you put them in the real world slowly they’ll become a different person. The creator of hxh just shows what would happens to most people as they experience real life problems they change.
I wouldn't say he turned into a hypocrite, but it makes him aware of how unfair the world is. Imagine this: The person who killed your loved one, wouldn't wait if you told him to wait, but now Gon has to wait to avenge his loved person, because the enemy is treating a human. It's simply unfair as the enemy would never wait, but he has to because "he's the good guy"
Joestar when you could see that at first he was just a kid with the simple goal of finding his dad. Also when he never imagined that he’d have to kill someone and when he hated people killing other people, but again as he got exposed to the real world he was affected by it. Gon’s morals were the same things that made killua hate being an assassin and ultimately changed him.
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With the last few chapters I was recently hit with emotions of one piece really is going to end in a few years. Starting to think that more people felt that way as well, especially with seemingly all the theorist I follow branching out this week
like this video but I wouldn’t say gon has a moral decline since he was never really moral at all even though he does care about his friends and is a nice boy, his reactions in the hunter exam arc show that he’s pretty insensitive to death of people he doesn’t know. I don’t feel like gon slowly loses humanity, his transformation during the CA arc is to me a result of him bottling up all of his emotions and guilt and his non existent sense of self worth (probably due to ging abandoning him). Gon is still a kid and sees his role model die in front of him and thinks it’s his fault. He feels so guilty that he tries to KILL HIMSELF during his fight with pitou! When he says « you can go to sleep too » he could probably be talking about himself and not kite. This guilt proves that he doesn’t lose humanity, he just feels extreme emotions (both anger towards pitou and guilt) because no one is here to snap him out of it, not the adults from the mission nor killua who’s too afraid of hurting gon to stop him before it’s too late. Even after he’s saved one of the first things he says to ging is « i should be the one who’s dead » so he still feels extremely guilty. Sorry for rambling i just have a lot of feelings about gon!
Yeah I agree, I think he still has a lot of growing to do in the future, and I hope he'll realize what it really means to kill. What stuck to me a lot was the line "I don't care about beings that call each other garbage" when Gon had his 'first kill', he's still growing and a child, he isn't being inhumane, but hasn't deeply thought about it yet. Kite then thought "That's a very dangerous view", which foreshadows Gons insensitivity to living beings and that he'll probably make a inhumane mistake in near future, but I wouldn't characterize him for that act as inhumane, but rather rising and falling, like the dud said those are those many stones on the path to his growth
But I don't think he should feel sad about people who died around him that he doesn't know. Everyone in this story is like that. If someone you don't know plops down dead they either run away to not get caught in the mess or just don't care. Same in IRL if you heard someone died on the tv you will be like "oh? Ok" and go about your business because eit dosnet mean anything to you. Because you aren't emotionally or morally connected to that person
Why does everyone say gon is crazy. He’s not crazy. He a 12 year old who doesn’t know how to control his emotions & experience some traumatic shit that pissed him off & since he’s so young he doesn’t understand why he can’t just get revenge on pitou & wants to kill her. people also forget he was born on a isolated island bro, where his aunt kept him peachy & green. the real world just got 2 him.
@@CaptainTripps420 yeah I felt that explanation in show was bullshit, I don’t have any source but people who are adopted at least want to meet their biological parents right? Like they’ll always have love for the guardian, and nothing will get rid off that, but it’s just something that they want to know, and he just don’t give a single shit. Like what woman did ging absolutely ruin?
@@ohdontmindme4241 and gon never cared about things that doesnt interest him, he was obsessed to finding ging because he was interested in why ging would choose to be a hunter than be a normal father, what is so good about being a hunter that it was worth it, and gon never knew anything about his mother
The theme of the story in my opinion isn't about morality or Good vs Evil at all, The real theme is about personal interest, every character is driven by a personal interest that is neither good nor evil. And all conflicts that take place in the story are only conflicts of interest. No Good Vs Evil conflicts except maybe in the dark continent arc with the fourth prince Tserriednich who is the first pure Evil character introduced in hxh.
"What is a Human?". Well, if thats Togashis Question, then he should show us more normal People. He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even feel different from each other, to be honest.
Gon was unhinged from the beginning. I think a part that not a lot of people talk about is when Gon uses someone as bait to catch Hisoka, knowing full well that Hisoka is gonna kill that person with no intention of stepping in and saving them. Gons whole plan was snatch Hisokas badge while Hisoka was preoccupied killing someone else. And the way talks about that person is the most dehumanizing thing its scary. That kid is screwed up in the head. Also, lets not forget how he had the biggest smile on his face when Killua ripped that one guys heart out during the Hunter exam. Scary
You could almost say he behaves like an actual child. I also believe most humans wouldn't feel a thing when killing a chimera ant, after seeing what they have done. Literally "feeling nothing when killing an Ant". Gon never lost someone, Kite was basically his father, so he snaps, like a child would. (or many adults really)
Well, I feel like Hunter x Hunter will naturally shift more to Kurapika like it has done for the current arc, since he already was the main protagonist of intrigue arcs, and he still has the Spiders to deal with to finish his narrative arc. It could very well become a series mostly starring the Zodiacs in the big roles at this point, considering 4th protag/background character Leorio is there too. That is, if we ever even get through the Succession Crisis Arc.
it definitely will for the next 1-3 arcs but i think togashi has already revealed the final villain(gyro) and that gon and him are going to be involved with each other. The zodiacs, leorio, and kurapika will all be more involved in the newer & final arcs probably. If anything yea, kurapika is going to get his revenge and they’ll explore the dark continent first, but i feel like there’ll be a timeskip to when gon is completely recovered and has newfound humanity & abilities. It’s going to be so long until we see it written and so much longer until we see it animated though.
@@kazkaznu9224 Oh thank fuck Gyro is comin. They amped his shit up in the anime and he never was talked about again. I loved his back story. I knew the writter wouldn't just scrap him for shits.
@@DefeatLust Uh no that Gyro stuff is pure speculation. A good speculation, but still a speculation. I think they meant that they think the author has hinted at it during the chimera ant arc by talk about his backstory and putting him on "not alive, nor dead" status. So far the manga has gone on a hiatus and is still on the arc that comes after the Killua/Nanika arc the anime ends with. Spoilers: / / / / The next arc is centered around Kurapika as guessed the OP of the comment chain, although some other characters are involved, including Hisoka, The Spiders, Leorio (finally), Ging, and Hanzo. Gon & Killua are missing in action, and we don't know what will happen with Gon since he has lost Nen.
A small thing that I loved was when Gon was learning to use his nen, his aura was white but as the Chimera ant arc started you could see it start to darken with it becoming completely black at the revelation of Kite's death. It was a nice detail because Gon is emotional by nature but this signified how dark his mindset was becoming.
Also, on a whole other note: People realize: This Nen-User is bad at Nen. Literally: Killua resembles Gon’s Father more than Gon and it shows. Killua is creative, smart, analytical, which all makes you good at Nen. Those attributes are favored, so Gon is not Favored here.
@@uuave I love how hashtag//confidentlyinccorect you are. I meann, others before you have confused or mixed-up ‚potential aka the skill gon may have one day’ with ‚acutal real power aka the thing that matters when evaluating gon’
Normal person: So how was your day? Gon: I slowly and painfully crushed a giant armadillo to death. Also Gon: But it's okay because they killed people.
I never considered the similarity between Hisoka and Gon. That was such a strong point with how they both feel the need to dominate and humiliate their opponents
@@General_Li_Shin hard agree! I won't name names but we can agree the bigger Berserk channels tend to all be dudebros with unnecesary and often offensive opinions...
I've seen a lot of people saying that gon was being selfish and yeah he was but y'all need to understand that kite was the closest thing he had to a father and the only connection to his actual dad. kite was the first person he lost during the series (unlike leorio, kurapika and killua he was naive and innocent and never lost anyone) so it got him and he lost his shit
Actually Gon is light and darkness . Which part he shows depends on situation . He isn’t bad neither is he good , he is just a immature kid with god like potential who hasn’t realised how the world works and what is good or bad.
@@4l89No, a nice one for sure, gon is extremely nice and friendly and even heroic at times, but he is a selfish friend, impulsive to the point of suicidal, emotional to the point of savageness and stubborn to the point of selfishness, his selfishness is part of the dynamic with him and Killua, obsessing over a target or goal and leaving other characters (killua) to clean the mess he makes, that's what makes the kid great anyway
Agreed. He's definitely the most realistic. He's like what you would get if we learned about the story of a child soldier. Obviously he starts off nice but has drastically changed by the time he's fighting in wars while he's still a young child.
As a youth coach for a under 12 soccer team. Gon is basically all of us when we were at that age, Togashi locked down the character very well. I don't know if he works or worked with youth at the time of writing the character but phenomenal job.
Joseph Maseko oh It’s set in 2100. In the year 2000 creatures known as draugr’s wiped out half the earths population. They wiped out humans recourses for tech. Humanity with no law, no order, and no leaders went into chaos and darkness as they murdered each other for years and years. This went on until 4 individuals gathered together and tried to create one government where humans stand together as one. But they realized they each had different visions for the planet. So they divided one side of earth into 4 factions. The Moirai who believe matriarchy is the best way to peace. The Kanonas who believe plutocracy is the best way to peace. The Eleftheros who believe anarchy is the best way too peace. And the Isotia who believe democracy is the best way to peace.
Joseph Maseko The other side of the planet is called the mainland which isn’t inhabited by humans it’s inhabitants are creatures (not dragur’s) but that’s an arc for the second half of the story. My main character Sorli Eureka is the focus for the first half of the story. He’s lived in the black graveyard which is in between the 4 factions so it’s basically a death battlefield for them. So he grew up there. And he is adopted by a woman named Rhamnusia. She trains him to be an assassin with deadly fighting skills. Rhamnusia knows sorli’s mother is in the Mainland He doesn’t remember his mother so when he grows up his mission will be to find his mother and that’s the first half of the entire story. But there’s a twist in the end tho about his mother. And he’s not a regular mc at all. Like I said he’s a mix between Kaneki, Eren, and Gon. Pretty dark. But not evil.
Joseph Maseko and he’s joined by a girl named Riza, and a chemera alien named Armel. They are friends. This is basically an entire story about all three of them finding out their secrets in life and three innocent children surrendering to the worlds darkness and cruelty. There’s 7 parts in this whole series (probably will be more)
It is safe to say that Gon is the most realistic shounen character ever. This is what would truly happen to a child who already possess sociopathic traits, from the leaving of his home to pursue his own goal, to taking brutal punishment and pain just to show off that he can do things HIS way, and to the point of not caring about hurting his friends as long as he gets the job done in his own viewpoint (Gon and Killua during the dodgeball game). Overall it just shows that morality between good and evil isn't just a one dimensional line, its multiple lines that shoot towards different points that end off where good comes and evil enters. The Chimera ants were not evil, that is just who they were, they seek out homes to multiply and grow stronger just as the Humans do.
I love his character arc so much. It shows the darker side of humanity, and how easy it is to let go of your morals once you've hit your breaking point. Most people want their main characters to be the good guy and stick to their guns 24/7, but Gon's arc is far more realistic. Nobody is ALWAYS morally sound.
Great analysis! I really liked the take on Gon's morality and his parallels with Hisoka. I disagree about Gon losing his humanity, though. The arc makes it very clear that humanity is capable of terrible acts, so his final sacrifice being so horrible doesn't really mean that he has lost it. Take Meruem, for example, a character that is clearly shown to "gain" humanity. When he's born, he's an all powerful being, with a clear purpose, will and strength that aren't questioned by him - in the beginning, there's no point of identification between his journey and the human experience. His path to humanization mostly begins when he starts second guessing himself. Gon does have moments where he feels "inhuman", but these happen when he's able to completely shed aside his emotions and questions to pursue a goal. We see this in the hunter exam, when he hunts Hisoka, and when he waits for Pitou to heal Komugi. In these moments, I feel he's (mostly) without moral and emotion, and doesn't question or care if his opponent is killing or healing someone else. I think this is what Meleoron saw in Gon that wasn't entirely human. In the final confrontation with Pitou, all the emotions he had repressed come back to him - he can't run from his humanity forever, just as Pouf couldn't hide Komugi from Meruem.
Great analysis! One character trait that I think is absolutely vital to Gon that I believe is missing is a more subtle one. He has a bottomless pit of faith, in his friends and in life itself, and his faith is so deep that he has no fear. I think that detail is what makes him a true diamond and what makes him so dazzling. Edit: changed a word so my metaphor was more consistent.
HXH is just so amazing, so many years passed and new fans keep showing up and breaking down contents from the anime, truly shows how great this anime is. truly a master piece in its category
"What is a Human?". Well, if thats Togashis Question, then he should show us more normal People. He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even feel different from each other, to be honest.
@@slevinchannel7589 the cities aren't the setting. Yorknew is the only city setting, so that's the only city he puts any effort into. Heaven's Arena is the setting, not the setting it's located in. Greed Island is a setting. The hunter exam, and it's various locations are the setting. None of them take place in a city that needs to be developed. That genuinely might be the shittiest point of contention towards HxH I've ever heard. The cities don't feel different? There's only one city setting in the entire series... World Building is about so much more than location, it's about magic systems, it's about histories, it's about the rules that make the world, and HxH is a master class of this, and world Building in general.
@@slevinchannel7589 and your point on showing us, "normal people" is also ridiculous. No story shows us normal people. The point of fiction is to show is unnatural people who struggle with natural issues. "Normal" people are boring. Killua's struggle with his identity and finding a place he belongs is something anyone can relate to. But because he's little kid assassin prodigy, he's interesting. Kurapika's struggle with revenge is a natural human struggle, but because of the unnatural situations surrounding him, that's why he's interesting to watch. Meruem's growth from infant to mature being is something everyone deals with, but if he wasn't a chimera ant, he wouldn't have been able to achieve this growth over the course of a single arc.
To be fair though, Gon tried to reason with the armadillo before the fight started. The whole reason he was able to kill that chimera without remorse was how the armadillo kept antagonizing Gon by belittling and making fun of humans as they died. This lack of any morality or humanity was why Gon easily dispatched him.
Also, on a whole other note: People realize: This Nen-User is bad at Nen. I mean, sure, some mix-up ‚Talent’ with ‚actual Ability’, so they think Meruem and Gon are Massive-Super-Nen-User-Bosses, but they are total Noobs and that is dissapointing. Literally: Killua resembles Gon’s Father more than Gon and it shows. Killua is creative, smart, analytical, which all makes you good at Nen. Those attributes are favored, so Gon is not Favored here.
This is my problem will all of these content creators saying Gon “went to the darkside”. He almost always tries to reason with the people he attacks. Like before Gon transform Pitou declares that she will kill him. Gon is sitting down crying at that point. What else was he suppose to do. He knows Pitou is stronger and is willing to kill his friends. Him saying “I need all the power I’ll ever have”, can be from the perspective that he thinks he’ll lose otherwise and then people like Killua will be killed. I feel like people view Gons transformation like Naruto into 9-tails or ichigo into the hollow. A transformation that gains power at the loss of sanity and what you value. Gon did not lose any of those things.
This is why Gon is one of my favorite protagonists of all. I like the realism in his character as well as his psychology. At least for me, he's relatable. I love him so much
To be fair pitou did say it was gonna kill gon after gon learned that kite was dead. I feel that him turning adult mode was motivated much by “well if I’m dying I’m taking you with me” mixed with his rage for pitou killing kite.
This was incredibly detailed. Excellent video. Gon & Killua are so well written. I'd die if this manga ever ends, this is a masterpiece. A clinic on character development and plot.
Gons whole character arc was really was a breath of fresh air for me. I believe he was amazing character especially for a story deconstructing shonen 💪🏼💯
Great video ohara, wish you continue your analysis of hxh. Just a little pointer which you did mention in your video, but i personally would have liked a bit more on it was how selfish gon actually is. The video would have dragged on longer for sure but that entire situation with komugi and pitou is just so masterful. Great video anyways, waiting for more hxh content.
Theory here. In like 50 years time or whenever dark continent arc is finished and gon is back i feel like he would most likely be trying to recover his nen ability, and him and killua will somehow get into trouble and then killua would command alluka to restore gon's nen since alluka is pretty much a deus ex machina at this point
Thanks for explaining the Hisoka thing because everyone gets super offended at first when I compare them. They have the same principle of doing whatever it takes to get whatever they want to achieve. Ily
"What is a Human?". Well, if thats Togashis Question, then he should show us more normal People. He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even feel different from each other, to be honest.
@@slevinchannel7589 I think Togashi is more focused on characters development rather than world building. That's actually make sense since HXH is a character driven show, if you want great world building then watch One Piece . And for the question what is a human to him, then its represented most of the characters, humans have different interests and ideas in life and when they intertwine with one another it either create something great, unique, chaotic scenarios or mixture of those. And btw you appear in every comment here spammer lol.
@@slevinchannel7589 Writing in general is hard especially in world building and characterization. It take time and effort for a writer to do so even the talented ones, many writers suffer health issues because they are pushing too hard in making stories to satisfy their audiences.
Thanks, I feel like people don't give Gon enough credit. I think he's easily the best shonen protag I've ever known, for sure the most complex one (I didn't watch all the shonen in history ofc but I did watch all the main ones). He's criminally underrated as a character mainly I think because hxh has a lot of great ones.
(Make room, Aleczandxr -- another brilliant Hunter x Hunter video essayist gets a seat at your table!) Ohara, this was a wonderful analysis, and your deep understanding of Gon's character was on full display. The one point I would have added (commenting from 7:40) is to mention that Madhouse left out part of Gon's story in their episode 1. Both chapter 1 of the manga and episode 1 of the 1999 adaptation spend considerable time in a flashback to where Gon was 9. He almost dies, is saved by Kite, and learns that his father is alive and a hunter. Kite gives him Ging's hunter license so that he may return it to him once they meet. Ep.76(2011) has to badly summarize this in like 20 seconds because they had no choice but to finally acknowledge what Togashi wanted us to know from the beginning. At any rate, the age 9 flashback adds a somber element from the very start. Since Madhouse was going for "Son Goku with a fishing pole instead of a tail", this early, non happy-go-lucky incident did not fit with the deceiving tone they wanted to use at the start. To be fair, the tonal arc they did achieve was very good, but I still prefer the beginning as Togashi wrote it.
And as Nietzsche once said: "And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you"... Amazing video about an amazingly and intricately written character. I might come late but I enjoyed a lot your video, keep up the good work 🤩
All 4 protagonists in Hunter x Hunter are representative of experience death in 4 different ways : Killua - a daily occurrence through assassination but never really lost a loved one. Kurapika - Had his entire clan massacred. Leorio - lost a dear friend to a disease. Gon - Never experienced death on Whale Island. Throughout the early parts of the story we see Gon's hypocritical view on death and killing others, criticising the phantom troupe about killing innocents but didn't even bat an eyelid when others fell to their death during the hunter exam. After his first kill, he doesn't even react because of his skewed and selfish view on good and evil - based completely on how useful people are to him. When Kite dies, he experiences his first lost and having not been raised properly(emotionally), he is unable to handle his feelings of rage and revenge, costing him greatly. It is something that could have happened to say Luffy after Ace's death if not for Jimbe (Luffy could have become morbidly depressed instead). To see Gon's character unravel so quickly was SAD but intriguing. Kurapika is on a similar path but has managed to handle his hatred of the Phantom troupe because of his goal to get back the eyes. Having this goal, to some extent, does force Kurapika to control his own emotions and I think there will come a time when Kurapika does unravel completely and well................... Also Gon has to be one of the most selfish characters of all time, rivaling even Griffith.
Wow man, I just found you're channel and I'm really impressed by the video. HxH is probably my favorite series, so I always love when another person puts in a lot of work and effort to understand how a character is written. You explain everything so eloquently so I'll be checking more of you're content out and since there's a plethora of One Piece videos I have plenty to consume until a new HxH video comes along! :)
Children are often called “mean” or brutally honest. I chalk Gons ability to become a “monster” comes from being naive. The idea that he “abandoned” his adoptive mother lol did Ash “abandon” his mother as well or did a story have to begin somewhere? This over analyzing of everything minute detail is exhausting. Love this anime and especially Gons character.
Same. Some people think that he’s sociopathic or something. He was literally 14 when he was in the Chimera Ant arc after two years of almost nonstop travel through some of the most dangerous situations full of insane people who wanted to kill him and his friends. And this all satrts after 12 years of being abandoned by a father who presumedly seeked out “greater adventure” over what the father believes is more important than his own son. That’s gonna do something to a child
Hes not mean for abandoning his stepmother... Hes a total asshole for not even caring about who his birth Mother is. When he turned that damn tape off I really wanted to drop the whole series. For all he knows his Mother could have been a great person who loved him very much but instead of learning about that he just continued to obsess over his shit-head Dad.
@@ohdontmindme4241 Because he knows nothing about him and is just curious. He even says it, he wants to know why his dad chose being a hunter over being with him. That's all, plain curiosity.
One of the reasons I thought Gon wasn't your typical protagonist when during the Hunter Exam, where he had to get Hisoka's tag while he was attacking another participant. A typical Shounen Protagonist/Hero would've tried to save that poor schmuck from getting murdered. Instead, Gon waited until Hisoka was distracted by killing someone to get his numbered tag.
but thats normal in the world of HxH. he knew what he was getting himself into. everyone did. You cant compare the morality world of HxH to others because its different.
I really have to catch up on the Manga. I finished the anime a week ago and, now that you are making videos about hunter x hunter, I need to be up to date.
to be honest, the reason I felt that Gon turned into what he became is due to 2 things. The incredible change in environment, and the loss of friends. Kite was like a father figure to Gon, because even though he had a father, he couldn't even remember his face, and since kite treated Gon like his own son, for Gon to lose kite so quickly after he found someone he could look up to and trust, it took a heavy toll on Gon. For him to be raised in a town where the biggest even happening was catching a big fish, for him to go from that to fighting killer giant ants who eat people, sometimes when they're alive, it's a dramatic change that anyone would have went through. So I think that even though his mental health was declining, it was out of his control.
It was a crazy moment when I was watching the show in the hunter exams and I had that realization “Huh, people aren’t really bothered by death much in this series.” I believe we must be seeing it through Gon’s perspective, so we get the fun music and the triumphant cheers, but damn we just turn away from the dark shit real fast. I think that’s the intent, but I never want to speak absolutely.
Gon did threaten to kill Meleoron (the chameleon Chimera ant) if he ever betrayed him and you can also see in his eyes that Gon is completely serious about it. So it's safe to say that Gon does not care for anyone he isnt close to and he is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way without a second thought.
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I feel like Gon going full murder mode on Pitou served a similar purpose to Netero's final words to Meruem "Never underestimate humanity's bottomless potential for malice." And that purpose was to hammer home that for just a few moments, the ants weren't the monsters, the humans were. For a moment, the inhuman beings had more humanity than the humans they fought.
Bullshit lmao Gon was justified in powering up or else pitou would have killed him, she herself said she had to do it. If you think Gon and Killua would have stood a chance against her without powering up I dunno what to tell you. Seeing how easy it was to kill Kite without powering up Gon and Killua would have surely been killed because pitou was not about to let them walk around to challenge the king or the other guards. At the end of the day it was a necessary sacrifice. The only thing I didn't agree with Gon was threatening to kill Komugi but even keeping her as a hostage wasn't such a bad idea after all since the rest of the squad did the same time and hid her away while Meruem was returning from fighting Netero.
@@digitalcthulhu143 You're saying this like Gon had any control over the situation, like he "wanted" to power up or "wanted" to threaten Komugi, he was doing what he always did, he was being straightforward and true. It wasn't fair that Komugi could be allowed to live while Kite wasn't given a choice.
I see a few comments saying "Gon doesn't know the world, he doesn't understand how it works and what's right and what's wrong" I disagree. I'm pretty sure Gon knows how the world works, he just simply doesn't care. If "right" or "wrong" don't work out for him, he'll just pave his own path. He literally did that the entire show. How do some many people miss that? Gon simply just doesn't care, if it doesn't fit his narrative. If it doesn't bother or impact his narrative, he has no feeling towards it, one way or another. Gon is a Chaotic Neutral Character in the role of the protagonist "Hero". The end.
Gon gave up because he broke down and honestly that can happen to anyone. Especially a little kid who has no guidance. Gon is such a unique shounen protagonist. Only other protag that I can think of that is unique is probably denji(chainsaw man).
I just finished the series with my big bro and I have never gotten that much chills before than seeing Gon, this happy go lucky yet painfully naive child, turn into a damaged soul that snaps HARD in THAT scene
The series got really deep in the chimera season.. Crazy how that played out.. Not what I was expecting.. I hope they continue on with the dept of that chapter.
As much as I love OP, HxH is awesome to discuss too. I'm here for this series, though I may need to catch up a bit... (entirely, I only watched some of the anime...)
Some of the anime? Well, I’d advise binging the Chimera ant arc heavily once you get there, like 6-20 episodes a day (at least ending on a payoff episode). It’s the best or second best arc for most but it can feel like a drag at points especially the first half (it’s 61 episodes total). Episodes most recommended to watch together consecutively are 84+85, 96-99, 110-112, 115+116, 117+118, 125+126, 129-131, and 135+136 (don’t skip credits for these). I liken Chimera Ant arc to a series of long jokes where the punchline takes a while to reach but is totally worthwhile as long as you’re expecting your expectations to be challenged. Being that the “punchlines” take a while it requires binge-watching so that their “delivery” (=comedic timing) doesn’t fall flat.
@@christopherrivera1673 man I want to watch this arc so bad but I dropped it on the Greed Island, that's why I just go into these spoiler heavy vids man.
"What is a Human?"... Well, if thats Togashis Question, then he should show us more normal People. ...Cities dont even feel different from each other, to be honest...
I also love the parallels between Meruem and gon When gon meets a chimera ant for the first time he crushes him to death but doesn't kill him completely so Kite tells him to go for the head, gon also justifies his action by telling something similar to "someone who sees his teammate as trash dont deserve to live" On the other hand Meruem kills a kid by destroying the head without a second thought At the end of the arc gon's act of revenge is shattering pitou's head and he doesn't even show an anger or pain in his face just an empty eyes devoid of soul Meruem on the other hand learns the value in life and no matter how weak a person is they deserve to live, in his last breath he stays with komugi Its just perfect, I always tear up when see that scene.
I really believe that not just Gon that was well-written, but the entire anime itself. I've been looking for an anime that has the same vibe with HxH but can't find one. An anime that gives a realistic approach - only HxH had done it.
My theory for Gon's psychology is that his father absence affected him way more than he could think himself. Dont know if it's obvious, but I think that his absence of morality is a reaction to protect himself from the pain of a gone father. If he had hated his father for that, I think he would have got a morality a bit more similar to killiua, he would have got a deep anger and sadness inside of him, but he would have do what he could for other to not suffer as him and he would have tried to be a better person than his father. But he would have been suffering a lot more, so his reaction was to deny his father horrible action. For that, he had to deny morality, so he could see his father as a good person. But of course this sense of morality can't be applied for only one person, so his whole perception of things is like that. There is no good or bad for him, just people he decided to see as good or bad that he want to protect or not. The thing that made me think of that even more was his reaction when he saw Ging for the first time. He could have cried of joy, of emotion, or he could have his sadness exploding after all this years. It would have shown that even if had hide it, he was affected, sad, and of course a bit angry at his father. But he do not cry for that and do not ask anything about him abandoning him. No, he talks to him about Kite like a friend or something. It shows that he has never seen Ging like a missing dad but like someone who he was playing with. No child could think like that and have a good sense of morality. So I dont think Gon's a monster. I think he's a child who was affected by his dad's absence, even though he doesn't see it. Plus he has to grow way to quickly for a child, obviously especially in the chimera arc, but even since the hunter exam arc, and in every arc expect the last one, if you think of it. (I've only seen the 2011 anime). He is not mature enough to react to all of that with morality.
Gon shows how the world can break someone and how loss truly destroys people at times,he is ruined innocence and how someone truly innocent can become a monster Killua on the other hand is living proof that you can always come back from that darkness and redeem yourself or at least find some kind of peace within the bloodshed,that humans can still develop even if they at one point are the very existence of depravity and bloodshed A monster becoming a kind soul under the right circumstances
Hey fox gang! Today we are starting a second series and I really hope you will enjoy my Hunter x Hunter videos as well as my One Piece ones! In case you are new to the channel, there will be more HxH content coming soon! That being said, what are your thoughts on Gon?
I want to being honest but i'm not ready for Hunter x Hunter fans
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@@axzaxz2092 I love me some Aleczandxr. Would be Amazing if him and Ohara did a video together!
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Remember that Gon from the beginning never blinked at death. He didn't care about anyone who was dying in the Hunter exam except those that he cared for, he was completely unbothered by Killua being an assassin and ripping someone's heart out. It's not that Gon was just a good little boy that descended into darkness over time. It's more that he always had a very skewed sense of morality, and over time he was put in situations where that manifested itself in more and more jarrying ways.
Yeah but that is also true for the majority of characters in anime. None of the other characters cared that the character died in that scene either. And to be honest, it would make sense for them not to care wouldnt it? The guy that Killua murdered was a serial killer who had killed many people, and his goal was to kill Killua too. So, it isn't suprising that Gon or the other characters didn't feel a lot of empathy or sadness in this scene. In reality, most people would be traumatized but anime isn't reality. Characters die all the time in front of peoples eyes in anime but no one is ever traumatized by it because that's just how it is in these shows. It isn't supposed to reflect reality and Gon isn't special in this case. So I don't think that shows he doesn't blink at death. There are many scenes that showcase how angry Gon gets when people kill others for no reason. Think of the time when the phantom troupe captures Gon and Killua. Gon beats Nobunga in an arm wrestle when he gets an overwhelming sense of anger when he realizes that Nobunga does have empathy but still kills people who have never done anything to him. He showcases this type of anger multiple times through HxH. To me this shows that he does think it is ethically wrong to kill others if they have never done anything to harm you, and becomes so passionate about that he has even risked the safety of his own life to fight for this personal belief that he showcases. And this is about random people he doesn't know whatsoever.
I get what you're saying about how Gon didn't care about anyone who died during the hunter exam. But that is true for literally every other character too. None of the characters from my memory cared when anyone died. So that would either mean that everyone has a skewed sense of morality or that this is just typical for anime. Background characters lives do not matter much for the plot so their deaths don't either
JANthebadass No Gon is clearly different. Everyone else was shook when Killua ripped that guy’s heart out. And the story goes out of its way to emphasize Gon’s amorality. (For example, the scene where the appraiser appraised Gon.)
Look up a video called “The Morality of Gon Freecs” it explains it well.
@@Stariiberry Two points. (1) When he heard that Killua and his family were assassins he was totally unmoved by it which even Killua thought was weird. So that alone proves my point. (2) There's a difference between knowing someone is an assassin and witnessing them rip someone's heart out. A normal person would still be shaken by that. Everyone knows Hitler was a mass murderer, but if a normal person witnessed him actually kill someone then they would be disturbed by it. Having prior knowledge that he's a mass murderer doesn't change that. Gon just isn't normal.
@@TurrettiniPizza yeah ur right ^^ I personally don't think gon is normal either but I also do think there's more to his character! but ur right
Killua is written to show the light within the darkness, while Gon is written to show the darkness within the light
Underrated comment.
Wise words
THIS^^^^^^
Well said
Just like Ying and Yang
I like how Gon is more crazy than his friend that’s an actual trained assassin.
It really shows the duality of human nature.
I mean an assassin would have to be calm, wouldn’t they? Or else that could compromise their work
@@imanijones54 Damn i never thought of it that way
guess what, more "common people" is really crazy
To be fair Killua did have a needle in his head that was planted in his head.
Throughout the series Killua is becoming more human whereas Gon is slowly losing his sanity, turning him into a monster, and I think its very interesting.
yes! i love how it portrays how strong human nature is. once gon is free and in the real world he slowly comes into tough with his true self rather than keeping the facade he had in the beginning of the story. even if he didn't know what he would become, his future is inevitable.
Nice I thought that with Meruem. Meruem at the start is all ruthless and evil. Gon starts out nice caring and a good person. In the end, Meruem is one of the most humanly character's and Gon becomes a monster.
personally I think gon was always a bit crazy, its just now that he was thrown into the real world where his friends die, the show is slowly starting to show what a terrible and selfish person gon is.
@@Ana-fe9im the real world is a bitch
It’s almost like Killua is feeding off Gon’s humanity 👩🦯
There was a comment that I saw a while back and I think it describes Gon and Killia perfectly.
Killua was a boy with a good nature, raised for killing.
Gon was a boy with a nature for killing, raised to be good natured.
Kinda true, I first thought that Gon's behavior just came from immaturity and lack of experience and coping mechanisms. But even if someone is immature, they would feel some empathy for someone dying, but Gon doesn't seem to care unless it's someone who he likes. He cares more about power than the actual person he's killing.
Lmao
Nature for killing?? How?
One thing I dont understand though is why people are mad at Gon for brutalizing pitou, she was going to kill him anyways, were his intentions right? Errr no, but he definitely had the right to kill pitou she was gonna kill him regardless 🤷🏽♀️
@@Thepunchthatrockedtheworld truee
I love how Gon's transformation into his strongest form is more disturbing and uncanny, starkly contrasting the victorious and inspiring sequences in other shonen anime.
Another stark contrast is just how evident the tone shift is. It happens so naturally in the story. I love listening to the ost, because the tone shift is so incredibly jarring when you play an ost from the earlier arcs, and then play one from the chimera/phantom troupe arc.
It gives me chills every single time. I always think, "Jeez, how the hell did this happen??"
Rhiannn :3 I think they are a gay couple
Marcos Mendez where in the hell did that came from lmao
Roid-Monger 101 lol I just started to watch it and the kid with the white hair says it makes him happy when he’s with gon and he’s always next to him. He sleepys with him and they shower together to ewww you can straight out tell he likes gon
@@marcosmendez8805
Its normal in japan to shower with people of the same gender. There are piblic onsens for boys and girls and its a very normal thing to do in japan. And killua is saying that because he enjoys being friends with gon, he has never had friends before. You are taking it way out of context.
I love how Gon has such a drastic change from the beginning of the story he's unrecognizable
Raftel7
It’s less drastic than you might think. The foundation for all of his crazy moments was laid within the first two seasons.
Gon was always a bit of a psyco
@@dominikprajzner2335 greed island made it clear. we had our suspicions in heavens arena. infact except killua and leorio i feel that almost every other character in hunter x hunter is to show how crazy madness can be. leaving ur own son for what u want, giving up ur life because u were kinda wrong, having entertainment through challenge and annoyance........ revenge but being unsure to what extent........ wanting to force ur ideals on someone else, getting pleasure out getting beat up, etc. there are so many
Always has been
he changes? or we just see him in diferent situations that push his basic nature as a child?
anybody else notice that Gon sits like Hisoka while waiting for Pitou to heal Komugi?
No, he sits like *Meruem* and that's even more amazing
Olam Actually, he sits like both of them
Olam when I first realized their swapping of mindsets, my mind was blownnnnn beautiful storytelling
Gon, Hisoka, Meruem and even Killua(in the first outro) have the same sitting position.
@@jjkpolskeem lil foreshadowing of the "He has enough power to rival the King" statement, good call out.
this man gon litteraly waits for you to lie so he feels justified when beating the absoloute crap outta you
FACT😂
i feel like the reason he does that is that his morals are justified. aunt mito raised gon with the mindset that lying is always wrong. they also teach him justice. gon was just a kid and couldn’t clearly define what justice is. so in a way, if a person lies, he feels justified to be able to beat the shit out of someone and he truly believes that it’s okay because they did something wrong. (although i’ve only seen the anime so if i got anything wrong please correct me)
@@imconfusedwhatisthis u r right but his morals are flawed since he let go off serial killer coz he helps him train and he gets angry at phantom troupe
@@animeuniverse5586 yeah,if it's benefits him you're automatically a good guy,but if his side gets even a bit of casualties on his side he's going to go apeshit on you.
Just like rimuru but more....fucked up and rimuru is a demon Lord so.....
@Freshoftheboat_m yeah i completely agree hope he changes
Great analysis. "Too bad" Gon had such an idyllic childhood before being thrown into the horrifying world of hunters. Killua, Kurapika and even Leorio were already exposed to many horrors of varying levels and had a chance to either make it or break before we see them in HxH (and so far they had "made it", so the additional horrors in the series had less of a negative impact - not none. they are not unscathed. just less, because they already figured out how to survive a lot). Sadly Gon was just progressively destroyed having developed no prior coping mechanisms to withstand the constant impact of the "real world".
I agree with the importance of Hisoka on Gon and the parallels that can be drawn. I also see Hisoka as Gon's safety net and shield. I know.... sounds strange... and I don't think Hisoka deliberately acts as his safety net, but inadvertently or by circumstance (and sometimes "deliberately" but for his own self serving reasons), Hisoka's presence has ALWAYS guided and protected Gon. Think about it. In every single arc (I guess except the short Zoldyck family arc), Gon is faced with life threatening or potentially maiming moments and Hisoka has had a direct role in preventing that outcome. He helps Gon pass the hunter exam. He wards off Gon from entering level 200 in Heaven's arena until he learns Nen so Gon can protect himself. He disrupts the Spiders in the Yorknew arc. He helps Gon win the dodgeball game on Greed Island (based on Gon's personality, we all know Gon probably would have taken repeated head shots from Razor's ball trying to catch it until he died or got brain damage lol if no one stronger was there to help him do it in a safer manner). He deliberately provokes Illumi in the Chariman Election Arc so that immense aura would be released warning Killua of his presence (which helps Killua accomplish saving Gon)........
interestingly.... the only large arc that Hisoka does not show up in at all is the Chimera Ant Arc. And it is there that we see Gon get utterly and tragically destroyed.
Totally agree, Hisoka is the antagonist who actually helped Gon survive up until his revival..
"Let me tell you why Hisoka is Gons guardian and why he broke when Hisoka wasn't there" lol
Great observation, I'm on board with it
Damn nice
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Gon at the end of the anime didn't learn anything and didn't know the real reason Killua was so angry at him for. Killua literally wanted to die with Gon and he said no. Then Gon went and almost died and Killua went and saved him. They needed to split up to think about what they did and how to be apart from each other. Kinda tragic but one day they'll reunite.
One day they'll reunite? HxH will have a series of hiatuses that will extend past the end of the universe
@@mentalpopcorn2304 If so, they'll reunite in our headcanons.
@@liesel9443 You Gotta remember that Gon hadnt had a father and was grown in an island alone, the reason he even started his Journey to find GIng is because he met Kite who told him of how great his father is after he was saved from the bear. Also you cant judge their Relationship by the amount of time. but rather by The Quality of their time. Kite was Gon second mentor. Gon clicked with kite just like the time he clicked with Killua. so saying that he hardly spent anytime with him is an understatement
I mean....there's a one scene when Gon was in the car with leorio and he said that he's so guilty when he got angry at Killua and all that negative stuff about himself. So yeah...
I like Gon how he is and he shouldnt change that much.. The only thing he needs is learn how to be crazy but to implicate his friend to clean his mess..
Gon is basically luffy just that their aint a safety net other than his friend to catch him when he goes beyond...
Naruto to Pain: You destroy Konoha so I'll change the world.
Gon to Pitou: You kill Kite so I'll change your face.
XD SO TRUE
gon was batshit crazy and unhinged, not even because of the chimera ant arc from episode 1 he was fucking insane, we just noticed it more on episode 110 -131
Gon, destroyed of skulls
@@yougonmakemeactup735 lol I don't disagree but I saw that video too man, can't you use your own words?
Alejandro Hernández if you mean the gon is unhinged one then sure but some people haven’t so calm down 🤨
You know it's really hard to rewatch the chimera ant arc when you know what going to happen. I'm rewatching it with my sister who has never seen the show before and when she talks about how pure and cute gon is I think about the chimera ant arc and I just...
RatyTatty literally just happened to me with my sister, I’m just sitting there like *haha just wait*
What happen next did she see what happen to gon yet?
man I almost got teary eyed reading and imagining
SAME. So many people complain about the greed island arc, but I love it. Because it is SUCH a breath of fresh air before you start that ungodly, beautiful, terrifying arc.
@@rhiannn3416 Same, me my sister are on the chimera ant arc the episode before gon sees pitou again and I find myself often looking back fondly at the greed island arc
“The creeping moral decline” summarizes gon’s arc perfectly
In my opinion it never declined it was always that bad like from the start in the exams he wouldn’t even react to death for being a boy that was closed off in an island like if you look closely he just exploded at the end but it was always like that
@@nayell7679 Making your own Nen-Ability
is Fun.
...But TH-camrs rarely support this Fun.
Odd, isnt it?
HE'S 11 YEARS OLD HIS MORAL DECLINE IS LITERALLY NOT AS DEEP AS YOU THINK IT IS lmao
@@xgullafter9590 ...Well...
...
@@xgullafter9590 I thought so too. Bisky even said so during the greed island arc with something along the line of "that innocence is a double edged sword".
If that was Gons reaction to Kites death, imagine how he'd react to Killua dying
I'd be pissed if gon actually got pissed off more about Kite over killua honestly.
Even worse than that, imagine if it was Ging
well adult gon is prob the max power he could ever achieve so the outcome would be the same of him going into the form or he would go unconscious like luffy when ace died.
@@Peachy-k1d why? Gon met Kite before Killua. Kite was like a father figure to Gon that's why he cared so much. it wouldn't be surprising if Gon cared more about Kite.
@@cabbage6400 damn I didn’t come to an hxh vid for op spoilers 😒
don't let all this make you forget that Bungee Gum possesses both properties of gum AND rubber.
................why? Just why? :p
Why did this become a thing
Shut up overused meme
GUM GUM NO FUUUSEN,GEAR FOOOOOOOOOOOURRTH,KING KONG GUN
@@shahidkarim9910 "gum gum" is fucking terribly awful. "gomu gomu" is way better
No manga can ever surpass thee "We're no different from the ants" panel 🤯
HxH surpasses it every time naked Hisoka appears
"This scenery...Freedom" 100x does
@Aidan Unzicker Berserk, the only manga that goes toe to toe with HxH...
... in hiatus.
1 sentence “Kono Dio Da!”
@@ayoubzahyo yea boy!!!! rumbling go brrrrrrr!!!!!!
I remember watching hxh as a kid and I was thrown off by the sudden change of gon's character. I rewatched it recently and realized that gon was like that from the start and we're just seeing a more vivid scene from the Chimera Ant Arc. He was already showing some sociopathic traits and would do things for himself. He didn't really care about anyone's backgrounds, as long as it benefits him, y'all are good. And it would get worse and worse as reality gets through him.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Also, I really like the music you're making, keep it up!
@@Ohara-the-Fox omg thank you so much!! i really like your content so this means a lot! 🌻
when you think about it, he really is just like his father, selfish
exactly. so many ppl miss this when watching the show and its unfortunate bc the entire point of the show is to expose human hypocrisy.
Making your own Nen-Ability
is Fun.
...But TH-camrs rarely support this Fun.
Odd, isnt it?
"Regains his humanity." So funny. His thirst for revenge and his execution thereof was probably one of the most human things I've ever seen a fictional character do.
Gon was just a child who wasn’t ready for the world. Gon had never seen one of his friends die so he ended up becoming a hypocrite because slowly his morals started to go away due to the real world affecting him and kite’s death. Gon had lost his way and was willing to give up everything for his friend even if it meant his life in a process so maybe in a way he gave everything up in hopes he might get to see kite again soon. To me in a way gon shows what would happen to a child who’d been sheltered all their life and you put them in the real world slowly they’ll become a different person. The creator of hxh just shows what would happens to most people as they experience real life problems they change.
I wouldn't say he turned into a hypocrite, but it makes him aware of how unfair the world is.
Imagine this: The person who killed your loved one, wouldn't wait if you told him to wait, but now Gon has to wait to avenge his loved person, because the enemy is treating a human. It's simply unfair as the enemy would never wait, but he has to because "he's the good guy"
His morals? Where did you see he cared about moral?
Joestar when you could see that at first he was just a kid with the simple goal of finding his dad. Also when he never imagined that he’d have to kill someone and when he hated people killing other people, but again as he got exposed to the real world he was affected by it. Gon’s morals were the same things that made killua hate being an assassin and ultimately changed him.
He's definitely not a hypocrite
dev ::: definitely is
Juicy series. Looking forward to Netero ;D
haha I hope I won't disappoint you!
@@Ohara-the-Fox Impossible :p
Im just gonna come out and say it. Yall are "Wholesome" 😆
lmao
These two co-lab! Somebody make this happen as in NOW!
Okay but why are you so underrated?
IKR!
He has only 60k subscriber and a few thousand views each video!
I really like his videos, his soothing voice and tone and the whole setup..
I wonder why no more people are watching this channel!!
@@nanamhz5295 its only a matter of time. He's definitely gonna get bigger
Because he got buster called by youtube xD
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Largely because he used to do mostly one piece theories
Every manga analyst I follow on TH-cam is diversifying their anime portfolio trying out new content and I'm here for it
Did you see joyboy doing berserk now?
@OniKaShi maybe One Piece is sucking just a little bit right now...
With the last few chapters I was recently hit with emotions of one piece really is going to end in a few years. Starting to think that more people felt that way as well, especially with seemingly all the theorist I follow branching out this week
@@bannedtalks2030 just the opposite! But I simply want to talk about other stories as well and better now than never
Yea I'm waiting for tekking to start talking abt tower of god lol
like this video but I wouldn’t say gon has a moral decline since he was never really moral at all even though he does care about his friends and is a nice boy, his reactions in the hunter exam arc show that he’s pretty insensitive to death of people he doesn’t know.
I don’t feel like gon slowly loses humanity, his transformation during the CA arc is to me a result of him bottling up all of his emotions and guilt and his non existent sense of self worth (probably due to ging abandoning him). Gon is still a kid and sees his role model die in front of him and thinks it’s his fault. He feels so guilty that he tries to KILL HIMSELF during his fight with pitou! When he says « you can go to sleep too » he could probably be talking about himself and not kite. This guilt proves that he doesn’t lose humanity, he just feels extreme emotions (both anger towards pitou and guilt) because no one is here to snap him out of it, not the adults from the mission nor killua who’s too afraid of hurting gon to stop him before it’s too late. Even after he’s saved one of the first things he says to ging is « i should be the one who’s dead » so he still feels extremely guilty. Sorry for rambling i just have a lot of feelings about gon!
Yeah I agree, I think he still has a lot of growing to do in the future, and I hope he'll realize what it really means to kill.
What stuck to me a lot was the line "I don't care about beings that call each other garbage" when Gon had his 'first kill', he's still growing and a child, he isn't being inhumane, but hasn't deeply thought about it yet. Kite then thought "That's a very dangerous view", which foreshadows Gons insensitivity to living beings and that he'll probably make a inhumane mistake in near future, but I wouldn't characterize him for that act as inhumane, but rather rising and falling, like the dud said those are those many stones on the path to his growth
Exactly! His reaction was incredibly human. What would make it inhuman was if he didn't react negatively at all
But I don't think he should feel sad about people who died around him that he doesn't know. Everyone in this story is like that. If someone you don't know plops down dead they either run away to not get caught in the mess or just don't care. Same in IRL if you heard someone died on the tv you will be like "oh? Ok" and go about your business because eit dosnet mean anything to you. Because you aren't emotionally or morally connected to that person
u r somewhat right and somewhat wrong
Yes just yes
Why does everyone say gon is crazy. He’s not crazy. He a 12 year old who doesn’t know how to control his emotions & experience some traumatic shit that pissed him off & since he’s so young he doesn’t understand why he can’t just get revenge on pitou & wants to kill her. people also forget he was born on a isolated island bro, where his aunt kept him peachy & green. the real world just got 2 him.
People tend to forget he is a kid 😶
He is obsessed with his shit-head father and doesn't even care about who his Mom is. Not sure if I'm just a mamas boy but that seems insane to me.
@@CaptainTripps420 yeah I felt that explanation in show was bullshit, I don’t have any source but people who are adopted at least want to meet their biological parents right? Like they’ll always have love for the guardian, and nothing will get rid off that, but it’s just something that they want to know, and he just don’t give a single shit. Like what woman did ging absolutely ruin?
@@ohdontmindme4241 well gon didnt since he is different the moment he was born
@@ohdontmindme4241 and gon never cared about things that doesnt interest him, he was obsessed to finding ging because he was interested in why ging would choose to be a hunter than be a normal father, what is so good about being a hunter that it was worth it, and gon never knew anything about his mother
The theme of the story in my opinion isn't about morality or Good vs Evil at all, The real theme is about personal interest, every character is driven by a personal interest that is neither good nor evil. And all conflicts that take place in the story are only conflicts of interest. No Good Vs Evil conflicts except maybe in the dark continent arc with the fourth prince Tserriednich who is the first pure Evil character introduced in hxh.
This is facts
HxH: *I have the most complicated father-son relationship in all of shonen manga*
Grappler Baki: *Hold my 15 chapters long training sequence*
Baki and yujiro relationship is very interesting
Wow...I’m seeing you everywhere lately
@@Malakai9 must mean you have great media taste!
@@chriswalker6233 its simple yujiro is mad man and baki wants revenge simple though i coukdnt understand his mom
The complex characters and non-traditional story arc are some of the main reasons why I love HXH so much.
"What is a Human?".
Well, if thats Togashis Question,
then he should show us more normal People.
He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even
feel different from each other, to be honest.
Gon was unhinged from the beginning. I think a part that not a lot of people talk about is when Gon uses someone as bait to catch Hisoka, knowing full well that Hisoka is gonna kill that person with no intention of stepping in and saving them. Gons whole plan was snatch Hisokas badge while Hisoka was preoccupied killing someone else. And the way talks about that person is the most dehumanizing thing its scary. That kid is screwed up in the head. Also, lets not forget how he had the biggest smile on his face when Killua ripped that one guys heart out during the Hunter exam. Scary
You could almost say he behaves like an actual child.
I also believe most humans wouldn't feel a thing when killing a chimera ant, after seeing what they have done.
Literally "feeling nothing when killing an Ant".
Gon never lost someone, Kite was basically his father, so he snaps, like a child would. (or many adults really)
Well this is weird, I've been thinking about gon and his personality for the last 24 hours than you suddenly post this
I see a connection !!
then*
@@whatihavelearntfrom just a mistake , plus if I correct I'll lose O'Hara's pin 😢
@@micow9951 its ok..i understand
Well, I feel like Hunter x Hunter will naturally shift more to Kurapika like it has done for the current arc, since he already was the main protagonist of intrigue arcs, and he still has the Spiders to deal with to finish his narrative arc.
It could very well become a series mostly starring the Zodiacs in the big roles at this point, considering 4th protag/background character Leorio is there too.
That is, if we ever even get through the Succession Crisis Arc.
it definitely will for the next 1-3 arcs but i think togashi has already revealed the final villain(gyro) and that gon and him are going to be involved with each other. The zodiacs, leorio, and kurapika will all be more involved in the newer & final arcs probably. If anything yea, kurapika is going to get his revenge and they’ll explore the dark continent first, but i feel like there’ll be a timeskip to when gon is completely recovered and has newfound humanity & abilities. It’s going to be so long until we see it written and so much longer until we see it animated though.
@@kazkaznu9224 Oh thank fuck Gyro is comin. They amped his shit up in the anime and he never was talked about again. I loved his back story. I knew the writter wouldn't just scrap him for shits.
@@DefeatLust Uh no that Gyro stuff is pure speculation. A good speculation, but still a speculation. I think they meant that they think the author has hinted at it during the chimera ant arc by talk about his backstory and putting him on "not alive, nor dead" status.
So far the manga has gone on a hiatus and is still on the arc that comes after the Killua/Nanika arc the anime ends with.
Spoilers:
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The next arc is centered around Kurapika as guessed the OP of the comment chain, although some other characters are involved, including Hisoka, The Spiders, Leorio (finally), Ging, and Hanzo. Gon & Killua are missing in action, and we don't know what will happen with Gon since he has lost Nen.
@@Dice-Z ohh okay, no doubt. I'll just wait the 10 years for the anime to come out, lol. Still exciting whatever happens.
What about the outside world? Will any of the characters ever make it out, like Ging? Just a random thought though
A small thing that I loved was when Gon was learning to use his nen, his aura was white but as the Chimera ant arc started you could see it start to darken with it becoming completely black at the revelation of Kite's death. It was a nice detail because Gon is emotional by nature but this signified how dark his mindset was becoming.
Also, on a whole other note:
People realize: This Nen-User is bad at Nen.
Literally: Killua resembles Gon’s Father more than Gon and it shows. Killua is creative, smart, analytical, which all makes you good at Nen. Those attributes are favored, so Gon is not Favored here.
@@slevinchannel7589 what that makes no sense
@@uuave It got 3 likes.
@@slevinchannel7589 I don’t care gon is not bad at nen you are blatantly wrong
@@uuave I love how hashtag//confidentlyinccorect you are. I meann, others before you have confused or mixed-up ‚potential aka the skill gon may have one day’ with ‚acutal real power aka the thing that matters when evaluating gon’
Normal person: So how was your day?
Gon: I slowly and painfully crushed a giant armadillo to death.
Also Gon: But it's okay because they killed people.
Underrated comment.
This perfectly describes the fault in Gon's naive thinking.
cat dude It’s okay because he lied to me.
They were not humans fella so why does it matter
I mean, that kinda does make it okay. It was just a nameless, bloodthirsty Chimera Ant.
@@Stalaktik So everything that isn't human doesn't deserve to live, aight gotcha.
I never considered the similarity between Hisoka and Gon. That was such a strong point with how they both feel the need to dominate and humiliate their opponents
Mark's doing One Piece
Joyboy's doing Berserk
Ohara's doing HxH
Heck yes variety!
But we do need more Berserk and in general seinen content (Kingdom, Vinland Saga, Vagabond and more) on the platform.
lol yeah it seems so strange but i quite like it lol
@@General_Li_Shin check out masked man hes done them all plus a couple more
@@General_Li_Shin hard agree! I won't name names but we can agree the bigger Berserk channels tend to all be dudebros with unnecesary and often offensive opinions...
I honestly hope tekking does tower if god
This was an amazing breakdown one of the best I've seen 👏
thanks a bunch!
I've seen a lot of people saying that gon was being selfish and yeah he was but y'all need to understand that kite was the closest thing he had to a father and the only connection to his actual dad. kite was the first person he lost during the series (unlike leorio, kurapika and killua he was naive and innocent and never lost anyone) so it got him and he lost his shit
Compared to most others characters (Killua, Ging, phantom troupe ect) he's really not that selfish lol
@@folo7595killua selfish? He literally dedicates his whole life to fit into the role of protector.
Actually Gon is light and darkness . Which part he shows depends on situation . He isn’t bad neither is he good , he is just a immature kid with god like potential who hasn’t realised how the world works and what is good or bad.
Copied comment but gon definitely is a good kid
@@4l89No, a nice one for sure, gon is extremely nice and friendly and even heroic at times, but he is a selfish friend, impulsive to the point of suicidal, emotional to the point of savageness and stubborn to the point of selfishness, his selfishness is part of the dynamic with him and Killua, obsessing over a target or goal and leaving other characters (killua) to clean the mess he makes, that's what makes the kid great anyway
i feel like Gon is the most 'real' protagonist in a shounen anime/manga if that makes sense.
i have to agree 100% with your statement.
Agreed. He's definitely the most realistic. He's like what you would get if we learned about the story of a child soldier. Obviously he starts off nice but has drastically changed by the time he's fighting in wars while he's still a young child.
As a youth coach for a under 12 soccer team. Gon is basically all of us when we were at that age, Togashi locked down the character very well. I don't know if he works or worked with youth at the time of writing the character but phenomenal job.
Agreed. Characters like Luffy and Goku are too naive and stagnant. Gon feels more mature and like an actual person who isn’t just happy all the time.
@@ssj4rit I'm not sure about mature, but he's definitely realistic.
Gon is such an amazing Protagonist that I’ve created my main character inspired from him, Eren, and Kaneki.
What's your story about?
Joseph Maseko oh It’s set in 2100. In the year 2000 creatures known as draugr’s wiped out half the earths population. They wiped out humans recourses for tech. Humanity with no law, no order, and no leaders went into chaos and darkness as they murdered each other for years and years. This went on until 4 individuals gathered together and tried to create one government where humans stand together as one. But they realized they each had different visions for the planet. So they divided one side of earth into 4 factions. The Moirai who believe matriarchy is the best way to peace. The Kanonas who believe plutocracy is the best way to peace. The Eleftheros who believe anarchy is the best way too peace. And the Isotia who believe democracy is the best way to peace.
Joseph Maseko The other side of the planet is called the mainland which isn’t inhabited by humans it’s inhabitants are creatures (not dragur’s) but that’s an arc for the second half of the story. My main character Sorli Eureka is the focus for the first half of the story. He’s lived in the black graveyard which is in between the 4 factions so it’s basically a death battlefield for them. So he grew up there. And he is adopted by a woman named Rhamnusia. She trains him to be an assassin with deadly fighting skills. Rhamnusia knows sorli’s mother is in the Mainland He doesn’t remember his mother so when he grows up his mission will be to find his mother and that’s the first half of the entire story. But there’s a twist in the end tho about his mother. And he’s not a regular mc at all. Like I said he’s a mix between Kaneki, Eren, and Gon. Pretty dark. But not evil.
Joseph Maseko and he’s joined by a girl named Riza, and a chemera alien named Armel. They are friends. This is basically an entire story about all three of them finding out their secrets in life and three innocent children surrendering to the worlds darkness and cruelty. There’s 7 parts in this whole series (probably will be more)
Is your story a novel or a manga or something
I love when the gleam leaves a character eye and it goes all black
It is safe to say that Gon is the most realistic shounen character ever. This is what would truly happen to a child who already possess sociopathic traits, from the leaving of his home to pursue his own goal, to taking brutal punishment and pain just to show off that he can do things HIS way, and to the point of not caring about hurting his friends as long as he gets the job done in his own viewpoint (Gon and Killua during the dodgeball game).
Overall it just shows that morality between good and evil isn't just a one dimensional line, its multiple lines that shoot towards different points that end off where good comes and evil enters.
The Chimera ants were not evil, that is just who they were, they seek out homes to multiply and grow stronger just as the Humans do.
I love his character arc so much. It shows the darker side of humanity, and how easy it is to let go of your morals once you've hit your breaking point. Most people want their main characters to be the good guy and stick to their guns 24/7, but Gon's arc is far more realistic. Nobody is ALWAYS morally sound.
Just a friendly reminder, Kurapika brought a shovel to his fight with Uvogin.
Let's not even talk about how currently Kurapika's the main character. Awesome video!
Kurapika, Leorio and Ging
So up until you analyzed my favorite manga and now you're doing my favorite anime, cool I'm gonna enjoy this
Great analysis! I really liked the take on Gon's morality and his parallels with Hisoka.
I disagree about Gon losing his humanity, though. The arc makes it very clear that humanity is capable of terrible acts, so his final sacrifice being so horrible doesn't really mean that he has lost it.
Take Meruem, for example, a character that is clearly shown to "gain" humanity. When he's born, he's an all powerful being, with a clear purpose, will and strength that aren't questioned by him - in the beginning, there's no point of identification between his journey and the human experience. His path to humanization mostly begins when he starts second guessing himself.
Gon does have moments where he feels "inhuman", but these happen when he's able to completely shed aside his emotions and questions to pursue a goal. We see this in the hunter exam, when he hunts Hisoka, and when he waits for Pitou to heal Komugi. In these moments, I feel he's (mostly) without moral and emotion, and doesn't question or care if his opponent is killing or healing someone else. I think this is what Meleoron saw in Gon that wasn't entirely human.
In the final confrontation with Pitou, all the emotions he had repressed come back to him - he can't run from his humanity forever, just as Pouf couldn't hide Komugi from Meruem.
Great analysis! One character trait that I think is absolutely vital to Gon that I believe is missing is a more subtle one. He has a bottomless pit of faith, in his friends and in life itself, and his faith is so deep that he has no fear. I think that detail is what makes him a true diamond and what makes him so dazzling.
Edit: changed a word so my metaphor was more consistent.
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HXH is just so amazing, so many years passed and new fans keep showing up and breaking down contents from the anime, truly shows how great this anime is. truly a master piece in its category
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Happy you liked it!
"What is a Human?".
Well, if thats Togashis Question,
then he should show us more normal People.
He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even
feel different from each other, to be honest.
@@slevinchannel7589 the cities aren't the setting. Yorknew is the only city setting, so that's the only city he puts any effort into. Heaven's Arena is the setting, not the setting it's located in. Greed Island is a setting. The hunter exam, and it's various locations are the setting. None of them take place in a city that needs to be developed.
That genuinely might be the shittiest point of contention towards HxH I've ever heard. The cities don't feel different? There's only one city setting in the entire series...
World Building is about so much more than location, it's about magic systems, it's about histories, it's about the rules that make the world, and HxH is a master class of this, and world Building in general.
@@slevinchannel7589 and your point on showing us, "normal people" is also ridiculous. No story shows us normal people. The point of fiction is to show is unnatural people who struggle with natural issues. "Normal" people are boring. Killua's struggle with his identity and finding a place he belongs is something anyone can relate to. But because he's little kid assassin prodigy, he's interesting. Kurapika's struggle with revenge is a natural human struggle, but because of the unnatural situations surrounding him, that's why he's interesting to watch. Meruem's growth from infant to mature being is something everyone deals with, but if he wasn't a chimera ant, he wouldn't have been able to achieve this growth over the course of a single arc.
To be fair though, Gon tried to reason with the armadillo before the fight started. The whole reason he was able to kill that chimera without remorse was how the armadillo kept antagonizing Gon by belittling and making fun of humans as they died. This lack of any morality or humanity was why Gon easily dispatched him.
Also, on a whole other note:
People realize: This Nen-User is bad at Nen.
I mean, sure, some mix-up ‚Talent’ with ‚actual Ability’, so they think Meruem and Gon are Massive-Super-Nen-User-Bosses,
but they are total Noobs and that is dissapointing.
Literally: Killua resembles Gon’s Father more than Gon and it shows. Killua is creative, smart, analytical, which all makes you good at Nen. Those attributes are favored, so Gon is not Favored here.
This is my problem will all of these content creators saying Gon “went to the darkside”. He almost always tries to reason with the people he attacks.
Like before Gon transform Pitou declares that she will kill him. Gon is sitting down crying at that point. What else was he suppose to do. He knows Pitou is stronger and is willing to kill his friends. Him saying “I need all the power I’ll ever have”, can be from the perspective that he thinks he’ll lose otherwise and then people like Killua will be killed.
I feel like people view Gons transformation like Naruto into 9-tails or ichigo into the hollow. A transformation that gains power at the loss of sanity and what you value. Gon did not lose any of those things.
@@absolute1205 Factual, finally someone who's use he's brain lol
This is why Gon is one of my favorite protagonists of all. I like the realism in his character as well as his psychology. At least for me, he's relatable. I love him so much
To be fair pitou did say it was gonna kill gon after gon learned that kite was dead. I feel that him turning adult mode was motivated much by “well if I’m dying I’m taking you with me” mixed with his rage for pitou killing kite.
I instantly feel in love with this series because of Gon
dude..this is such a good analysis video
This was incredibly detailed. Excellent video. Gon & Killua are so well written. I'd die if this manga ever ends, this is a masterpiece. A clinic on character development and plot.
Gons whole character arc was really was a breath of fresh air for me. I believe he was amazing character especially for a story deconstructing shonen 💪🏼💯
Great video ohara, wish you continue your analysis of hxh. Just a little pointer which you did mention in your video, but i personally would have liked a bit more on it was how selfish gon actually is. The video would have dragged on longer for sure but that entire situation with komugi and pitou is just so masterful. Great video anyways, waiting for more hxh content.
Good point!
Morel is one of the best character for me. Pls make a vid about him.
10:50: WAIT, WHAT?!
I never knew Binolt ATE people!
I thought he ate their Hair and killed them 'normally'!
He also is a Cannibalist??
Theory here. In like 50 years time or whenever dark continent arc is finished and gon is back i feel like he would most likely be trying to recover his nen ability, and him and killua will somehow get into trouble and then killua would command alluka to restore gon's nen since alluka is pretty much a deus ex machina at this point
Thanks for explaining the Hisoka thing because everyone gets super offended at first when I compare them. They have the same principle of doing whatever it takes to get whatever they want to achieve. Ily
I appreciate that you present the difference between empathy and sympathy in this analysis. A great analysis
Togashi is a genius storyteller. I am all telling you. He's top-notch!!!
"What is a Human?".
Well, if thats Togashis Question,
then he should show us more normal People.
He kinda fails at Worldbuilding: Cities dont even
feel different from each other, to be honest.
@@slevinchannel7589 I think Togashi is more focused on characters development rather than world building. That's actually make sense since HXH is a character driven show, if you want great world building then watch One Piece . And for the question what is a human to him, then its represented most of the characters, humans have different interests and ideas in life and when they intertwine with one another it either create something great, unique, chaotic scenarios or mixture of those. And btw you appear in every comment here spammer lol.
@@rexgeorgerodriguez7620 Fair point,
but counterpoint:
Why
do
we
have
to choose.
Why cant we have both character building AND world building?
@@slevinchannel7589 Writing in general is hard especially in world building and characterization. It take time and effort for a writer to do so even the talented ones, many writers suffer health issues because they are pushing too hard in making stories to satisfy their audiences.
@@rexgeorgerodriguez7620 so he’s not as Great as you say
Thanks, I feel like people don't give Gon enough credit. I think he's easily the best shonen protag I've ever known, for sure the most complex one (I didn't watch all the shonen in history ofc but I did watch all the main ones).
He's criminally underrated as a character mainly I think because hxh has a lot of great ones.
(Make room, Aleczandxr -- another brilliant Hunter x Hunter video essayist gets a seat at your table!)
Ohara, this was a wonderful analysis, and your deep understanding of Gon's character was on full display. The one point I would have added (commenting from 7:40) is to mention that Madhouse left out part of Gon's story in their episode 1. Both chapter 1 of the manga and episode 1 of the 1999 adaptation spend considerable time in a flashback to where Gon was 9. He almost dies, is saved by Kite, and learns that his father is alive and a hunter. Kite gives him Ging's hunter license so that he may return it to him once they meet. Ep.76(2011) has to badly summarize this in like 20 seconds because they had no choice but to finally acknowledge what Togashi wanted us to know from the beginning. At any rate, the age 9 flashback adds a somber element from the very start. Since Madhouse was going for "Son Goku with a fishing pole instead of a tail", this early, non happy-go-lucky incident did not fit with the deceiving tone they wanted to use at the start. To be fair, the tonal arc they did achieve was very good, but I still prefer the beginning as Togashi wrote it.
13:53 What is the background music here?
And as Nietzsche once said: "And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you"... Amazing video about an amazingly and intricately written character. I might come late but I enjoyed a lot your video, keep up the good work 🤩
All 4 protagonists in Hunter x Hunter are representative of experience death in 4 different ways :
Killua - a daily occurrence through assassination but never really lost a loved one.
Kurapika - Had his entire clan massacred.
Leorio - lost a dear friend to a disease.
Gon - Never experienced death on Whale Island.
Throughout the early parts of the story we see Gon's hypocritical view on death and killing others, criticising the phantom troupe about killing innocents but didn't even bat an eyelid when others fell to their death during the hunter exam. After his first kill, he doesn't even react because of his skewed and selfish view on good and evil - based completely on how useful people are to him. When Kite dies, he experiences his first lost and having not been raised properly(emotionally), he is unable to handle his feelings of rage and revenge, costing him greatly. It is something that could have happened to say Luffy after Ace's death if not for Jimbe (Luffy could have become morbidly depressed instead). To see Gon's character unravel so quickly was SAD but intriguing. Kurapika is on a similar path but has managed to handle his hatred of the Phantom troupe because of his goal to get back the eyes. Having this goal, to some extent, does force Kurapika to control his own emotions and I think there will come a time when Kurapika does unravel completely and well...................
Also Gon has to be one of the most selfish characters of all time, rivaling even Griffith.
Never Griffith
He is a kid at the end of the day who was only raised by two females and no father figure
Kaze C exactly , he literally was learning as he goes.
Griffith is in a league of his own
Uncle Brew deadass tho.Him, johan libert, orochimaru, aizen. Are all in a class of they own .
I LOVE HxH and all of your OP reviews and analysis! I’m looking forward too all of this new content you’ll be working so hard to provide us with! 😁
Wow man, I just found you're channel and I'm really impressed by the video. HxH is probably my favorite series, so I always love when another person puts in a lot of work and effort to understand how a character is written. You explain everything so eloquently so I'll be checking more of you're content out and since there's a plethora of One Piece videos I have plenty to consume until a new HxH video comes along! :)
Children are often called “mean” or brutally honest. I chalk Gons ability to become a “monster” comes from being naive. The idea that he “abandoned” his adoptive mother lol did Ash “abandon” his mother as well or did a story have to begin somewhere? This over analyzing of everything minute detail is exhausting. Love this anime and especially Gons character.
Same. Some people think that he’s sociopathic or something. He was literally 14 when he was in the Chimera Ant arc after two years of almost nonstop travel through some of the most dangerous situations full of insane people who wanted to kill him and his friends. And this all satrts after 12 years of being abandoned by a father who presumedly seeked out “greater adventure” over what the father believes is more important than his own son. That’s gonna do something to a child
Hes not mean for abandoning his stepmother... Hes a total asshole for not even caring about who his birth Mother is. When he turned that damn tape off I really wanted to drop the whole series. For all he knows his Mother could have been a great person who loved him very much but instead of learning about that he just continued to obsess over his shit-head Dad.
@@CaptainTripps420 oh boy this goes beyond the show for you huh ?
@@superdoopercooper1962 objectively his dad is a shit-head. Why anyone would wanna seek that guy out is beyond me
@@ohdontmindme4241 Because he knows nothing about him and is just curious. He even says it, he wants to know why his dad chose being a hunter over being with him. That's all, plain curiosity.
One of the reasons I thought Gon wasn't your typical protagonist when during the Hunter Exam, where he had to get Hisoka's tag while he was attacking another participant.
A typical Shounen Protagonist/Hero would've tried to save that poor schmuck from getting murdered.
Instead, Gon waited until Hisoka was distracted by killing someone to get his numbered tag.
but thats normal in the world of HxH. he knew what he was getting himself into. everyone did. You cant compare the morality world of HxH to others because its different.
@@danj8038 I mean other shounen worlds are fucking rough as well, characters just have dumb plot armor in them.
I really have to catch up on the Manga. I finished the anime a week ago and, now that you are making videos about hunter x hunter, I need to be up to date.
This was so good man. Didn’t think you’d ever post non one piece content but I’m here for it
to be honest, the reason I felt that Gon turned into what he became is due to 2 things. The incredible change in environment, and the loss of friends. Kite was like a father figure to Gon, because even though he had a father, he couldn't even remember his face, and since kite treated Gon like his own son, for Gon to lose kite so quickly after he found someone he could look up to and trust, it took a heavy toll on Gon. For him to be raised in a town where the biggest even happening was catching a big fish, for him to go from that to fighting killer giant ants who eat people, sometimes when they're alive, it's a dramatic change that anyone would have went through. So I think that even though his mental health was declining, it was out of his control.
It was a crazy moment when I was watching the show in the hunter exams and I had that realization “Huh, people aren’t really bothered by death much in this series.” I believe we must be seeing it through Gon’s perspective, so we get the fun music and the triumphant cheers, but damn we just turn away from the dark shit real fast. I think that’s the intent, but I never want to speak absolutely.
Yeah. It was Netero that made it so deadly. They're not supposed to be that way normally. Netero is kind of a psycho.
Gon did threaten to kill Meleoron (the chameleon Chimera ant) if he ever betrayed him and you can also see in his eyes that Gon is completely serious about it.
So it's safe to say that Gon does not care for anyone he isnt close to and he is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way without a second thought.
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Wow, thank you so much for this lovely comment!
@@Ohara-the-Fox I honestly didn't expect a HxH analysis from you but here it is and it's making me hungry for more😋
One word: Marvelous
This channel does not discuss NEN,
the LITERAL 'Deepness Incarnate' enough.
I mean, its PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF incarnate. Literally.
Dude a hxh video, my favourite anime, didn't expect this at all. Nice :)
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@Ohara-the-Fox 👍 !
I love seeing everyone in the comments discussing and analyzing the characters in HxH. I’ve found my people.
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I feel like Gon going full murder mode on Pitou served a similar purpose to Netero's final words to Meruem "Never underestimate humanity's bottomless potential for malice." And that purpose was to hammer home that for just a few moments, the ants weren't the monsters, the humans were. For a moment, the inhuman beings had more humanity than the humans they fought.
Bullshit lmao
Gon was justified in powering up or else pitou would have killed him, she herself said she had to do it.
If you think Gon and Killua would have stood a chance against her without powering up I dunno what to tell you.
Seeing how easy it was to kill Kite without powering up Gon and Killua would have surely been killed because pitou was not about to let them walk around to challenge the king or the other guards.
At the end of the day it was a necessary sacrifice. The only thing I didn't agree with Gon was threatening to kill Komugi but even keeping her as a hostage wasn't such a bad idea after all since the rest of the squad did the same time and hid her away while Meruem was returning from fighting Netero.
@@digitalcthulhu143 You're saying this like Gon had any control over the situation, like he "wanted" to power up or "wanted" to threaten Komugi, he was doing what he always did, he was being straightforward and true. It wasn't fair that Komugi could be allowed to live while Kite wasn't given a choice.
We need more of HxH ❤
This channel does not discuss NEN,
the LITERAL 'Deepness Incarnate' enough.
I mean, its PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF incarnate. Literally.
@@slevinchannel7589 Lmao wtf is wrong with you 😂
I see a few comments saying "Gon doesn't know the world, he doesn't understand how it works and what's right and what's wrong"
I disagree. I'm pretty sure Gon knows how the world works, he just simply doesn't care. If "right" or "wrong" don't work out for him, he'll just pave his own path. He literally did that the entire show. How do some many people miss that? Gon simply just doesn't care, if it doesn't fit his narrative. If it doesn't bother or impact his narrative, he has no feeling towards it, one way or another. Gon is a Chaotic Neutral Character in the role of the protagonist "Hero". The end.
Gon gave up because he broke down and honestly that can happen to anyone. Especially a little kid who has no guidance. Gon is such a unique shounen protagonist. Only other protag that I can think of that is unique is probably denji(chainsaw man).
I just finished the series with my big bro and I have never gotten that much chills before than seeing Gon, this happy go lucky yet painfully naive child, turn into a damaged soul that snaps HARD in THAT scene
The series got really deep in the chimera season.. Crazy how that played out.. Not what I was expecting.. I hope they continue on with the dept of that chapter.
As much as I love OP, HxH is awesome to discuss too. I'm here for this series, though I may need to catch up a bit... (entirely, I only watched some of the anime...)
Some of the anime? Well, I’d advise binging the Chimera ant arc heavily once you get there, like 6-20 episodes a day (at least ending on a payoff episode). It’s the best or second best arc for most but it can feel like a drag at points especially the first half (it’s 61 episodes total). Episodes most recommended to watch together consecutively are 84+85, 96-99, 110-112, 115+116, 117+118, 125+126, 129-131, and 135+136 (don’t skip credits for these).
I liken Chimera Ant arc to a series of long jokes where the punchline takes a while to reach but is totally worthwhile as long as you’re expecting your expectations to be challenged. Being that the “punchlines” take a while it requires binge-watching so that their “delivery” (=comedic timing) doesn’t fall flat.
@@christopherrivera1673 Thank you!
@@christopherrivera1673 man I want to watch this arc so bad but I dropped it on the Greed Island, that's why I just go into these spoiler heavy vids man.
"What is a Human?"...
Well, if thats Togashis Question,
then he should show us more normal People.
...Cities dont even
feel different from each other, to be honest...
I also love the parallels between Meruem and gon
When gon meets a chimera ant for the first time he crushes him to death but doesn't kill him completely so Kite tells him to go for the head, gon also justifies his action by telling something similar to "someone who sees his teammate as trash dont deserve to live"
On the other hand Meruem kills a kid by destroying the head without a second thought
At the end of the arc gon's act of revenge is shattering pitou's head and he doesn't even show an anger or pain in his face just an empty eyes devoid of soul
Meruem on the other hand learns the value in life and no matter how weak a person is they deserve to live, in his last breath he stays with komugi
Its just perfect, I always tear up when see that scene.
I really believe that not just Gon that was well-written, but the entire anime itself. I've been looking for an anime that has the same vibe with HxH but can't find one. An anime that gives a realistic approach - only HxH had done it.
My theory for Gon's psychology is that his father absence affected him way more than he could think himself. Dont know if it's obvious, but I think that his absence of morality is a reaction to protect himself from the pain of a gone father. If he had hated his father for that, I think he would have got a morality a bit more similar to killiua, he would have got a deep anger and sadness inside of him, but he would have do what he could for other to not suffer as him and he would have tried to be a better person than his father. But he would have been suffering a lot more, so his reaction was to deny his father horrible action. For that, he had to deny morality, so he could see his father as a good person. But of course this sense of morality can't be applied for only one person, so his whole perception of things is like that. There is no good or bad for him, just people he decided to see as good or bad that he want to protect or not. The thing that made me think of that even more was his reaction when he saw Ging for the first time. He could have cried of joy, of emotion, or he could have his sadness exploding after all this years. It would have shown that even if had hide it, he was affected, sad, and of course a bit angry at his father. But he do not cry for that and do not ask anything about him abandoning him. No, he talks to him about Kite like a friend or something. It shows that he has never seen Ging like a missing dad but like someone who he was playing with. No child could think like that and have a good sense of morality.
So I dont think Gon's a monster. I think he's a child who was affected by his dad's absence, even though he doesn't see it. Plus he has to grow way to quickly for a child, obviously especially in the chimera arc, but even since the hunter exam arc, and in every arc expect the last one, if you think of it. (I've only seen the 2011 anime). He is not mature enough to react to all of that with morality.
Gon looking back at Killua after going through with his revenge was a tear jerking moment
I love Gon, I even look forward to a dark gon future, where he is now serious and more evil like. Either way he character will still be very likable.
Would really like to see that video about hisoka and gon being more similar than we think
bro, i listen to this guys voice instead of music, he just has something there
Gon shows how the world can break someone and how loss truly destroys people at times,he is ruined innocence and how someone truly innocent can become a monster
Killua on the other hand is living proof that you can always come back from that darkness and redeem yourself or at least find some kind of peace within the bloodshed,that humans can still develop even if they at one point are the very existence of depravity and bloodshed
A monster becoming a kind soul under the right circumstances