Seriously… He better not bail out on that shit after how long all the other fights have been.
And this chapter just cements it for me that Pufu is the most dangerous one, especially since he still seems really unstable yet competent.
But being able to split up like that and reform without that cacoon bs, geez…
The Cocoon’s purpose was to distract Marou, pretty obvious man.
Oh, I know that.
I still viewed the separation thing as part of its ability though for some reason.
It makes wonder if his cacoon has any real purpose then considering he already has butterfly wings.
It probably wasn’t even a “cocoon” more like a very dense concentration of all the Pufu’s. Very possible since they’re so small, practically invisible without the use of Gyo.
Or it is a chrysalis, whose sole purpose is to distract you while he creeps behind you.
Spoilers for 285 are out…
spoiler 1
[details=Spoiler] ----------First Spoiler----------
???90???
Narrator: "Before Yupi is 90 Knuckles!!
?HUNTERHUNTER
?No.285???
?HUNTER X HUNTER
?No. 285 Survival
?
??? ???
???[A countless number of Knuckles rush onto Yupi]
???
???[Zash]
???br />???
???[With Yupi’s whip-like attack, go besides the Knuckle Bunshins.
???br />???
and cuts up a number of them. One arm skims the real Knuckle’s side.]
???
Knuckle: (Damn. This attack is really dangerous.)
???br />??
???(But I can’t leave Boss unarmed, alone.)
???br />???
???(Somehow I need to create an opportunity for Boss to run away.
???
Then I can search for Shoot afterwards!)
???
???[Knuckle faces Yupi’s back]
???
Yupi: “!!”
???
???(He’s coming!? This one’s the real one!?)
???
???Guguh
???
???[Yupi focuses his power into one arm]
???
???(Bring on your attack. Because I’ve recognized it.)
???
???(I know about my power that you don’t know of.)
???br />??
???(But because of you I made a terrible mistake, I know that well.)
???
???(I won’t become powerless)
???
???(So then!!)
???
??? Sususu
???
???[Knuckle takes the interval behind]
???
???
Pii: “!?”
???
???(He didn’t come?)
???
???(Why? The warning was rare?)
???
???Zazazazazaza
???
???[The Knuckle bunshins revolve around Yupi]
??? ??
???[Knuckle looks at Morau]
???br />???
???
???[Morau is devoting attention to operating all the Purple Smoke Machine
Soldiers, he’s concentrating and sweating a lot.]
???
Knuckle: (Why, Boss. Why this far.)
???
???Zashu
???
???Gah, Gah
???br />???
???br />??? ?
???[The Purple Smoke Machine Soldiers and Yupi fight. While one Purple
Smoke Machine Soldier disappears, one swooped down, and was destroyed when
it got close to Yupii]
???
???(Behind!?)
???
???Gasuh Hiyu
???
???br />???
???[A different one, attacks Yupi’s back, and that way, jumps back.]
???
???(Ran away.)
???
???(But, the attack is minor! This guy’s also a dummy.)
???
???(What kind of plan do they have!?)
?
???
???[Morau scowls at Yupi]
???br />???
Yupi: (These smoke guys aren’t a threat. So I’ll kill that guy.)
???br />???
???[He breaks the ground with two arms, he jumps to level ground.]
???
???[Yupi a missile-like thing draws towards Yupi.]
???
Knuckle: “This has gotten messed up!”
???
???[Knuckle runs hastily towards Morau, who grins and smiles.]
???
???“Wha!?”
???br />??
???(I’m above running away from him, and I have no weapon.)
???
???(If you survive is your concern.)
???
???“Believe, pupil.”
???
???Do Do Do Do Do
???br />???
???br />??? ?
???[In one lump, they leaves that place, the Purple Smoke Machine Soldeirs.
In that katamari, Knuckle’s arms are caught in Purple Smoke Soldiers, he’s
pulled in.]
???
???DOOOOOON
???
Knuckle: “Wha, Wait! Hey!”
???br />???
???
???[Knuckle goes to where there’s a wall. The Purple Smoke Machine Soldiers
around him fade, and disappear.]
???
???“Ah… Hey. I said to wait.”
???br />???
???
???[The last remaining Purple Smoke Machine Soldier changes into the
form of Morau, giving the thumbs up, and disappears.]
???
???[Master…]
???
???[Knuckle weeps falls down.]
???
Voice: “U…”
???
Voice: “Did you regain consciousness?”
???
???[The field of vision opens, and Palm is there.]
???
???
Shoot. “Kuh.”
???br />???
???[Crumpled in pain, Shoot is supported by Palm.]
???br />?
Shoot: “Sorry. Oh, right… How are Knuckle and master?”
???
???[Next to Palm, there’s a crystal ball.]
???
???“You saw with that?”
???
Palm: “Yes. The whole story.”
???
???“The situation is terrible.”
???br />???
???“Prepare yourself. I didn’t save you so you could rest.”
???
Narrator: “Who survived the battle to the death to the end!!?” [/details]
2
[details=Spoiler]----------Second Spoiler----------
???
Narrator: “The strongest teacher and student!!”
?HUNTERHUNTER
?No.285???
?HUNTER X HUNTER
?No. 285 Victim
?
!!! ???
Morau: (This isn’t the usual Knuckle!! What happened to Shoot?)
!!! ???
Knuckle: “Did you hear me? I said where did you put Shoot!! KORAAAAA!”
???
Yupi: “Ah?”
!!! ?
???(This guy!! He’s misunderstood something!!)
???
???(Then if I don’t use it, I have no hand!!)
???
???“Here.”
???
[Yupi points at his own stomach.]
??? !!! ???
Knuckle: “I-It can’t be, you bastard!! You ate him!?”
???
Morau: “Knuckleeeeeee!! This is cheap provocation!!”
???
Yupi: “Kuku, rare prey has good flavor.”
???
Knuckle"You!!!"
??? ???
???“Bastaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard!!!”
???
Morau: (Damn!! He can’t see his surroundings at all!! Every time, there’s
no progress!!)
???
???(He’s not even taking in the counter!!)
???
???[Knuckle goes to attack]
???
???[At the same time, several bunshins swoop down.]
???
Yupi: “You can’t see a difference!! But it’s fine to give you one shot!”
???
Knuckle: “OOOOORAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
???
???“Strike strike strike!”
?? ???
?? “!!! uuuuU!! URAURAURAAAAAA!!”
???
???Knuckle barrages Yupi"
!!!7 82223!!?
Yupi: "Guguh!? 782,223!!)
???
???(How mant strikes, KORAAAA!!!)
???
???(It’s just one, right!!)
???
??[Yupi’s right arm became huge on his moved to his back]
???
Yupi: (Aim is)
???
[The right arm on his back draws a big circle and draws near Morau."
???
Yupi: “Bastard!!”
???
Morau: “!!”
???
???[Morau is hit directly]
???
Yupi: “!? Smoke!!”
!!!& #33;???r />???
Morau: (Bastard!! With the probability of you coming one thing that’s obvious
is to choose this, right?)
???br />???
???(In this situation you would go come to me, you’re cutting the appearance
and more??!)
???
???(No?!! Too late!!)
???
???(It went past me!!!)
???br />???
???[Yupi’s left arm on his back draws a circle of 5 pairs of Knuckles
and draws right near them]
???
Yupi: (You bastards!!)
???
???(I understand your battle experience!! Only recently you were a combo,
right!!?)
???
Morau: “!!!”
!!! ???
???(It’s absolutely normal!!! I didn’t recognize the degree of the body’s
natural disposition!!!)
???
???(But there’s a blind spot there!!)
???
???(In one person’s space!!)
???
Morau: (What the hell is this!! Is this serioes!!!)
???
???(Maybe it’s over? No, it’s certain.)
???
???(Purple Smoke Machine Soldier won’t become a cusion!!)
???
???(This timing!!)
???br />???
???(The time I sent out “Purple Smoke Machine Soldier” the prediction
had already happened?)
???br />???
???(He’s seen through that the real me is hidden behind the shield of
Knuckle bunshins!!)
???
???(He’ll attack my bunshins and me simultaneously!!)
???
???(He got me!! I can’t protect myself!!!)
???br />??
???(If the exhausted me defends “hard” it’ll be useless, though.)
???
???“Hard!!”
???br />???
???[Yupi’s fist stabs into the group of Knuckles and hits to concealed
Morau]
???
Morau: “Guboohaaaa!!”
???
Knuckle: “???”
???
???[Morau is sent flying.]
??
???
Knuckle: “Whaaaaaat!!???”
???
???[Yupi’s forearm fist goes towards Knuckle]
???
Yupi: “And you too”
???
Knuckle: “Morahh!! Guhh!!!”
???br />???
???[His fist connected and sent Knuckle flying. He corrects his posture
in the air, and lands.]
???
???
Yupi: "Damn! It wasn’t a good hit, eh?]
???
???[Knuckle runs back to Morau]
???
Knuckle: “MORAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!”
???
Morau: “Heh!! What sort of face are you making, that’s not compassion!!”
???
Knuckle: “Ha! Ha!! Master!!!”
???
Morau: “OOOkay, Knuckle!!”
??? ???
???“I-If I die like this, “Purple Smoke Machine Soldier” won’t cancel.”
??? ???
???“S-So you slip into “Purple Smoke Machine Soldier” and escape.”
???
???“Don’t fight with that guy anymore.”
??? ???
???“T-This is the last stratagy I’ll be teaching you, so don’t disobey
my orders.”
???
Knuckle: “O-okay, master.”
??? ???
Morau: “It’s been fun, being with you guys!”
??? ???
???“Gooooooooooo!”
?
???
???[Morau’s power is exhausted]
??? ???
Knuckle: “M-MASTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!”
???
???[“Purple Smoke Machine Soldier” gets scattered trying to escape."
???br />???
Yupi: “WHAAAAT?? Even after life ends, nen still works? I haven’t heard
that.”
???
???(But)
???br />???
???[Among the countless Knuckles that run away, only one faces Yupi
and steps towards him.]
???
Yupi: (As I thought.)
??? ???
???(Kuku, he’s that kind of person. The one memorable thing is stupidity.
It’s a sad trait.)
???
???(If someone kills one of his allies, he must face them!!)
???
Knuckle: “Master.”
???
???“Can you hear me!!? You can’t here me, can you!!!”
???
???
???[Tears pour out of Knuckle He has a facial expression like an empty
shell.]
???
Yupi: “Kuku.”
???
???[There’s a sudden change in Knuckle’s face.]
???
Knuckle: “You bastard!!”
???
???“I’ll never forgive you. A million times a million times, I’ll kill
you!!”
???
???“UARARARARARARARARAAAAAA!!”
???
???[Knuckle Barrages Yupi]
??? ??!!?!!?
Yupi: “H!! H!!”
??? ???
??? “Just how many tens of shots? You’re beating!??”
??? ???
“I finally can’t return, farewell, you’ve done well”
???br />??
???[Yupi’s back’s Jyanken hits Knuckle, sending him flying.]
???
Yupi: “The End!”
???
???“Kuku, But it was really interesting!!? What?!!!”
???
???[Knuckle unsteadily gets to his feet.]
???
Yupi: “Impossible, there’s no way you can still be alive after being hit
with my attack with all my might!!”
???
???
Toritaten: "Keeekekeh!! It’s finally my turn!!
???“Your nen is sealed for 30 days!!”
!!!
Narrator: Morau dies!! [/details]
Damn I’m so tempted to read em :shake:
So I’ve been watching the anime and rereading the manga these past couple of days. York Shin arc is really something. Togashi is so far above all other shounen mangaka (ok maybe not in the art consistency department) that it’s almost funny.
Oh shit, shit looks epic!!!11
So,
those spoilers were fake
anyway
286 spoilers are out, http://www.nexgear.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20500&st=0
hoo things are really interesting now
man this thread is lonely
I think I’ll avoid those spoilers this time considering how fake the last ones turned out to be.
Actually these are real, pictures and everything.
I should have explained that much better: I was lucky last time considering that I read the spoilers and they were so very fake–I would rather not spoiler things for me myself “for real” this time.
Thank you for the link, though.
Started the York Shin arc in the anime, wow, the art (is really good), animation, music are all fucking great. Looks like this is where they spent most of the budget/used most of the talent, with good reason. So glad I picked this up.
The OP is seriously awesome. e- And the ED too
A lot of the classic scenes have lost their touch though. Nobunaga and Machi’s date was fine, but everything else in that part of the arc didn’t feel as powerful as they did in the manga panels. The heart-stirring tension of Nobinaga’s anger was shallow at best, Gon and Killua’s capture was down played, in the manga it really felt like shit had hit the fan. On the other hand, some scenes greatly benefited from the anime adaptation. Kurapica vs Ubo was amazing, so was Ubo’s first big bang impact and a couple of other scenes.
Either way, incredible adaptation, surpassed my (rather low) expectations.
I prefer the OVAs. Lots of small scenes that were really awesome.
Is it just me or this series has become boring?
Nothing happened, but I liked the chapter anyway.
This really wouldn’t be a bad arc if it wasn’t taking SO FUCKING LONG.
fucking boring. once i thought this was the only shonen to rival naruto as a manga. nowadayz its pretty much dead and stretched too fucking long. where the fuck is gin, motherfuckers. now its as bad as bleach, well pretty much.
Well that 1yr+ break certainly didn’t help. The future is looking very interesting, there have been a number of hints (some less obvious than the others) dropped throughout this arc.
Wow @ comparing this to Naruto and the other shounen, poor togashi :shake:
287 spoilers are out!
287
[details=Spoiler]32 ??? ?.QrIe30Kvw ?2008/11/11(?) 23:47:20 ID:ZATDtr8H0
???..???..?
Pufu: “…Shut up…?”
?HUNTERHUNTER
?No.287???
?Hunter x Hunter
?No. 287 Current Situation
???
Narrator: “With Gon’s “Shut up” tensions run!!”
???..??
Pufu: (Towards where the wind blows…?)
???..???
??“Fu… are you an annoyance?”
???
??“Pitou, I’ll entrust what’s happening here to you”
??? ???
Gon: “Don’t move, be there.”
???
??“You’re the one manipulating the scales?”
???
??“Don’t take one step from there!!”
???..???
Pitou: “Pufu…! I beg you.”
???..???..??
Pufu: “…Is this your true character…?”
??? ???
??“Without anything, just here?”
???..??
??“For the sake of this girl…?”
???..??
Pitou: “It’s for the king…!”
???
???“Please listen to what I have to say”
???
Pufu: (What happened?)
??? ???
??(It’s clear your face is entirely different, certainly)
???..!??
??(When I was locked away, just what…!?)
???
??“Let’s make a deal, “I” won’t move one step.”
???
??“Instead, I’d like to learn from you.”
???..!!?
??“Everything that happened here! The full story…!!”
???
?
??(If I hear about the king’s whereabouts firsthand, I would be warned
not to speak.)
???..??
??(Please let me float in the stream…?)
???
??(I’d like to be casually careful…)
???
??(If I fail) [It’s unclear who the subject is anymore…]
???..?
??(…)
???..???..?
??(A scene of carnage… at least that…)
???
???[North Palace Yupi]
??? ???(50091)
Potclean: “It’s time. The interest is now added.” (50091)
???..?
Yupi: “…”
???..!!! !!! ???
???(…Got it!!! The explosion control!!! That sensation!!!)
???..!!?
???(If I do it one more time…!!)
???
???(I can become my perfect self!!!)
???..!! !!! ???
???(It’s anger…!! Amass anger!! Before you forget!!!)
!!! !!! ???
??!!?
???“If one time, two times even, that waste has made me a fool!! Trash!!
Rotting Scum–!!”
???
???“NuGaAAAAAa!!”
!!! ???
???(Calmly rage!! Destruction and construction together!!)
???
???(Express that with the body!!)
???
??Yupi still isn’t noticing
???
??Why disagreeing emotions come to be
???
??And in his present condition
33 ??? ?.QrIe30Kvw ?2008/11/11(?) 23:47:52 ID:ZATDtr8H0
Second post starts here.
???
???[Yupi’s body up until here doesn’t have any monster transformations]
???
Yupi: (Anger is!!!)
???
???
???(Anger is not something scattered, it’s something to focus!!)
???
???“Hyahahahahahaha”
???
???“I’ll kill you by death through destruction tonight!!!”
???
??? ???
???[Among the many replications of Knuckle, he attacks Morau. That is
also a replication]
??? ???
Yupi: “Hyahaha okay, okay, a miss is okay!!!”
???
???“More, more!!!”
???
???“Make me madde oOOORAaAAA!!!”
???
???
??If because of Morau’s group, even with the feeling of it being and inexhaustible
supply, Yupi’s aura also
???
?
??Because of frequent explosions and transformations he certainly continues
to deplete it
???50???
??The remaining aura had been cut to 500,000.
???
???
??With Potclean’s interest current situation going up, this premise is
calculated
???
?
??With taking into account Yupi’s minimum expenditure of aura use
???11?43??
??from the start time, 11 minutes and 43 seconds. [This refers to the
"Go" not the start of Hakoware, which was at 00:03:01]
[By the way guys, this is what we’ve been trying to calculate for weeks
now.]
??? ???(60610)
Potclean: “It’s time. The interest is now added.” (60610)
???3?50??
??From now, 3 minutes 50 seconds more.
???
??Until the critical moment when he cannot use his Nen comes.
??0:07:53:49
??? ???
???[Wasteland, The King and Netero]
???
Netero: “This is a war weapons testing ground.”
???
???“We can rage without reserve.”
??..???
King: “…Why fight?”
???
Netero: “Huh?”
??? ???
King: “You have no chance. You’re just hastening to your death.”
???
Netero: “I can’t see if I’ll win, I don’t know.”
???
???“I really don’t know anything about me.”
???
???“Are you judging from appearances, building from under my feet?”
??..???
King: “It’s the opposite.”
???
?“I can’t read the state of war and can’t see the mediocre pointed hand.”
???
?“So I can control this world, I’ll live on.”
??? ???
?“At first, held obtained ideas of making humans and such like cattle and
more, but now it’s different.”
???
?“Merely though enough to take advantage, I knew of humans existence.”
???
?“That girl is right.”
???
?“I get the same feeling from you.”
??? ???
?“Now, if you lay down your weapons.”
???..?
Netero: "…:
???
King: “I won’t forgive you though.”
???
Netero: “You’re just telling this to me?”
??? ???
???“He stands high. He won’t listen to discussion.”
[The king speaks in an advanced way, lime Pufu, which makes some of this sorta hard to get, perhaps.]
???
Narrator: “Top Confronation!!”[/details]
Pufu Pitou and Gon’s discord!
Yupi’s (coming) demise!
Meruem vs Netero officially starts!
What a chapter!
Man, I cant wait. Gon is going to own hard! I dont see how this is any different than any other arc or manga. With HXH, an arc starts off good, has a whole lot of dialogue that leads up to an impressive finish. Everything else just stretches til a month later. So I still say HxH is a damn good manga, way better than Naruto.