I remember the first time I watched this... Ponzu was one of my fav characters from the Hunter exam and I was so hyped when I first saw her in the new saga. And then they killed her the episode right after that.
Honestly Ponzu's Death is one of the couple deaths that shook me, where I had to stop watching, go out the room and walk around to process what happened. The only other death that this has happened for was (Spoilers for RWBY)... Roman Torchwick, as that death was so sudden for me, with him being my favourite villain and just making his comeback in Volume 3. Sadly RWBY isn't a show I watch anymore and Roman's VA did some horrible things from what I remember, but I still love Roman Torchwick as a character.
@@BigFearedBalloonEven though Ponzu was already dead with the first gunshot, it was the way this ant continued to brutally violate (in a way) her body afterwards that made me feel sick... Definitely a death that shook me as well...
@@BigFearedBalloonsame here I had to pause this episode before continuing and just think on what the heck just happened but regardless imo the chimera ant arc was the best arc in hunter x hunter imo
There is missing something in this episode from the manga, a huge revelation that I don't know why they didn't add since is Sooo important. At the end of the gyro backstory, the narrator says that gyro was eaten and tranformed in an ant (" his determination for evil kept his memories from when he was a human intact. In a sense, he was reborn as simply Gyro. He was able to escape the Queen's control most likely due to his own pride of being a king himself"). The most inportant part is that the narrator says that in the end, gyro and Gon didn't meet and gyro left the town and disappeared and added "whether that was fortunate for the two of them or not, it will remain unknown until they will eventually meet". Basically, gyro will come back one day, if the manga will actually continue tho
Ah this eternal fandom debate of is Gyro the King Meruem or did he escape NGL. Or the closure was KingM/Gyro finally had the human love+connection with Komugi, that he never got from his Father, and thats why Meru stayed young at heart simply enjoying a game with his loved one. He never had a childhood til Komugi(if he is Gyro). Or maybe Gyro will be back as a villain for Gon-Killua thats on Dark C. level, and they have to defeat & surpass before following the voyage to DC. Gyro needs a closure of wtf actually happened to him.
@@iambarryallen as it was said in the manga... Gyro disappeared so it can't be anyone we know. Also, It says that gyro escaped queen's control, so again, not someone the show focused
well, i feel like the first part of that can be easily inferred. lets be real, they wouldn't give us Gyro's backstory if he wasnt going to be reincarnated as an ant, that can be inferred by anyone. the second part though, it's strange that they cut it out.
RIP Ponzu :( Honestly this episode is just sad things happening left and right. Gyros backstory? Sad. Pokkle realizing they're no match for the ants and getting captured? Sad. Ponzu dying in a devastating way? Sad. But hey, glad to see you're enjoying the show 😅
Absolutely. This episode has the one of the best sequences ever. The way the director showed us Gyro's backstory is pure art. And then the very graphic and ruthless demise of a innocent and somewhat endearing character. Just brutal. One of the best episodes of HxH and peak anime to be honest.
This is one of the unique things about Hunter X Hunter, they are not afraid to kill off lovable characters that we new, most shonen anime would just make an excuse to make their characters alive, even in ridiculous situation.
@@AnimeCritical I'll admit it took me a minute to realize you were making a reference, but in my defense I've had to explain some pretty obvious things to people lol.
I get that you're excited and want to keep watching but your discussions were the reason I enjoyed the series so much if you guys are gonna rush through the whole arc I'm worried you'll miss out on discussing important scenes. To clarify I don't think that's happened yet but just thought I'd voice my concerns.
@@Regu269 Of course I'm not gonna stop watching or anything, but they've asked for criticism in the past so I shared some. No worries wasn't trying to act all high and mighty.
My headcanon is that all the CA have silkworm genes in them. So the clothes is actually made from silk fabric. The clothes are just the way some insects are born with complex camouflage or patterns. Their genes are just reacting to their surroundings. Their clothes are part of their exoskeleton, not clothes per se.
in my defense as a Ponzu -> Hina believer, Zazan was, at least in this moment, being pretty diligent with her duty to bring the Queen her food. she could have found, scolded and ordered that ant to deliver Ponzu's corpse, or whatever's left of it, to the hive. 🥺
i must say.. that i think the author is really sick in the head. i mean. why bother to show the backstory of gyro just to show him died later ? and what is the point of bringing ponzu and pokkle back after almost hundred of episode just to kill them ? pokkle got butchered and ponzu got eaten. ot just eaten. got shot a bunch of times and eaten. dang . and that is right after a few episodes of where pokkle showed his determination as the new hunter . its like togashi wanted to say "fuck u and ur ambition pokkle" 😅. i dont think normal people would ever think of doing these things 😅..
I remember the first time I watched this... Ponzu was one of my fav characters from the Hunter exam and I was so hyped when I first saw her in the new saga. And then they killed her the episode right after that.
Honestly Ponzu's Death is one of the couple deaths that shook me, where I had to stop watching, go out the room and walk around to process what happened. The only other death that this has happened for was (Spoilers for RWBY)...
Roman Torchwick, as that death was so sudden for me, with him being my favourite villain and just making his comeback in Volume 3. Sadly RWBY isn't a show I watch anymore and Roman's VA did some horrible things from what I remember, but I still love Roman Torchwick as a character.
@@BigFearedBalloonEven though Ponzu was already dead with the first gunshot, it was the way this ant continued to brutally violate (in a way) her body afterwards that made me feel sick... Definitely a death that shook me as well...
@@BigFearedBalloonsame here I had to pause this episode before continuing and just think on what the heck just happened but regardless imo the chimera ant arc was the best arc in hunter x hunter imo
The shots after her death were brutal.
I feel like this the the point from where we can tell this show changed mood, no more joking and fucking around. Ponzu’s death was very brutal
There is missing something in this episode from the manga, a huge revelation that I don't know why they didn't add since is Sooo important.
At the end of the gyro backstory, the narrator says that gyro was eaten and tranformed in an ant (" his determination for evil kept his memories from when he was a human intact. In a sense, he was reborn as simply Gyro. He was able to escape the Queen's control most likely due to his own pride of being a king himself").
The most inportant part is that the narrator says that in the end, gyro and Gon didn't meet and gyro left the town and disappeared and added "whether that was fortunate for the two of them or not, it will remain unknown until they will eventually meet". Basically, gyro will come back one day, if the manga will actually continue tho
I’m 32 and been waiting for gyro for more than a decade since I was at college, wonder if I’ll ever see him before I get to 50 hah
that scene with gyro and gon meeting doesnt happen here but later in the next part in the city where gon and killua have to beat knuckle and shoot.
Ah this eternal fandom debate of is Gyro the King Meruem or did he escape NGL. Or the closure was KingM/Gyro finally had the human love+connection with Komugi, that he never got from his Father, and thats why Meru stayed young at heart simply enjoying a game with his loved one. He never had a childhood til Komugi(if he is Gyro).
Or maybe Gyro will be back as a villain for Gon-Killua thats on Dark C. level, and they have to defeat & surpass before following the voyage to DC. Gyro needs a closure of wtf actually happened to him.
@@iambarryallen as it was said in the manga... Gyro disappeared so it can't be anyone we know. Also, It says that gyro escaped queen's control, so again, not someone the show focused
well, i feel like the first part of that can be easily inferred. lets be real, they wouldn't give us Gyro's backstory if he wasnt going to be reincarnated as an ant, that can be inferred by anyone. the second part though, it's strange that they cut it out.
RIP Ponzu :(
Honestly this episode is just sad things happening left and right.
Gyros backstory? Sad. Pokkle realizing they're no match for the ants and getting captured? Sad. Ponzu dying in a devastating way? Sad.
But hey, glad to see you're enjoying the show 😅
Absolutely. This episode has the one of the best sequences ever. The way the director showed us Gyro's backstory is pure art.
And then the very graphic and ruthless demise of a innocent and somewhat endearing character. Just brutal.
One of the best episodes of HxH and peak anime to be honest.
Gyro's backstory is very tragic really well written even if its devastating, also Ponzu was taken so soon.
This one is always one of the darkest moment of the story. For real. 😂
17:17 “Absolutely furious”
… yeah, about that 🫣
lol didn't catch that.
Poor Ponzu, she didn't deserve such a brutal, horrible death. Happily she somewhat got "avenged" later. That chimera just got annihilated.
This is one of the unique things about Hunter X Hunter, they are not afraid to kill off lovable characters that we new, most shonen anime would just make an excuse to make their characters alive, even in ridiculous situation.
One piece
Yu Yu Hakusho
I really hope we get a Gyro vs Gon and Killua showdown in the future. The setup is definitely there for a great future villain.
I'm pretty sure they explained in the episode that Gyro has already been killed and eaten.
@@cactus6604 Yeah he is. But he's reborn as a chimera ant just like most of the people killed and eaten in the NGL.
@@cactus6604read the manga, he's not dead
"And she's like one of the first characters we ever met! So its like, a big deal when she dies!" :3
I'm sad you didn't talk about the Reina scene in the end discussion.
@@AnimeCritical Colt/Kurt's sister he mentioned her by name hinting at the ants having memories from being human.
@@AnimeCritical I'll admit it took me a minute to realize you were making a reference, but in my defense I've had to explain some pretty obvious things to people lol.
Carlson:- oh this f...king guy
Me to bruh....
Until today, it is not known who Gyro is. There are theories that he will be one of the final villains (if Togashi finishes the anime).
Gyro’s back story is so beautiful…
15:03 thats the face u do when u r watching the real hxh. Best arc!
Ah Gyro. The most mysterious villain in HxH that we may never see again. 😢
At this point, who cares about a random villain like him?
@@mray4784 idk, maybe the people who care about HxH?
@@markmywords3817 I don't think any of them remember who Gyro is.
Gyro will return. No doubt he will be a great villain in the future
@@mray4784 Pretty much every HxH manga reader remembers who Gyro is
How fcking creepy scary is that, seeing a massacre scene and realizing a human didnt do that horrible mess.
Poor ponzu man
I get that you're excited and want to keep watching but your discussions were the reason I enjoyed the series so much if you guys are gonna rush through the whole arc I'm worried you'll miss out on discussing important scenes. To clarify I don't think that's happened yet but just thought I'd voice my concerns.
It's really not a big deal dude
@@Regu269 Of course I'm not gonna stop watching or anything, but they've asked for criticism in the past so I shared some. No worries wasn't trying to act all high and mighty.
all of the Chimera Ant Clothes doesn't make sense, since they're all inside NGL
My headcanon is that all the CA have silkworm genes in them.
So the clothes is actually made from silk fabric. The clothes are just the way some insects are born with complex camouflage or patterns. Their genes are just reacting to their surroundings. Their clothes are part of their exoskeleton, not clothes per se.
Great reaction as always 👍 it's going to get crazier haha
its great to rewatch this amazing arc with you guys!
Fue triste la muerte de Ponzu y la infancia de Gyro terrible
in my defense as a Ponzu -> Hina believer, Zazan was, at least in this moment, being pretty diligent with her duty to bring the Queen her food. she could have found, scolded and ordered that ant to deliver Ponzu's corpse, or whatever's left of it, to the hive. 🥺
pure copium she got eaten right there she ain't coming back 😭
Why are your videos not getting recommended to me all of a sudden. I had to search channel few days ago because of that.
Vamossss!!
shit's going down fast
GYRO's is very sad, but has nothing to do with the main plot of the chimera ant arc..
Anime legend.. Hisoka antagonist my favorite
i must say.. that i think the author is really sick in the head. i mean. why bother to show the backstory of gyro just to show him died later ? and what is the point of bringing ponzu and pokkle back after almost hundred of episode just to kill them ? pokkle got butchered and ponzu got eaten. ot just eaten. got shot a bunch of times and eaten. dang . and that is right after a few episodes of where pokkle showed his determination as the new hunter . its like togashi wanted to say "fuck u and ur ambition pokkle" 😅. i dont think normal people would ever think of doing these things 😅..
In this episode I lost My girlfriend Ponzu :'c
Gotta be honest I was really happy when ponzu died😅 I didn't like her since the beginning😂
we gotta an edgelord over here
So edgy bro. Bet you slit your wrists and have dyed hair too 😂
She didn't deserve such a brutal, horrible death though. 😐