Early Access - HH133
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I think I like Youpi’s death for that exact reason. It’s striking and disturbing. You have this devoted being, who’s developed nothing but honor and decorum and become the most noble possible version of himself in servitude to the king…. All to just be an unceremonious bug splat Granted, it’s only the second time it’s happened to any character of magnitude - but I really have grown to appreciate how unsettling it is and the intentionality I imagine Togashi is expressing in leaving us with that feeling
Spider #13
2025-02-02 16:10:42 +0000 UTCLess goo
بدر
2025-02-01 07:31:57 +0000 UTCfavorite episodes coming up, don't worry Togashi always sticks the landing!
Marlon
2025-02-01 04:33:39 +0000 UTC134 is my personal favorite, absolutely slaps on rewatch
Marlon
2025-02-01 04:01:11 +0000 UTCRip to a real one... I definitely understand your feelings and perspective on the whole Gyro/Youpi death. I both agree and disagree on the Youpi stuff so yeah just subjective as you said. The end is near...
Jay
2025-02-01 03:21:25 +0000 UTCThink this is the very first time I disagree with you on hxh. I was genuinely really curious how you would feel about the CA arc ending episodes cause it is very unique in its approach I would say. It is very much Togashi-like. I will say though that I really needed time to appreciate a lot of the decisions Togashi makes in hxh. I would even go that far to say everyone has to go through that and it's part of the hxh experience. I think there is much you could say is weird but I would have least expected you to have such a take on the Youpi death scene. The suddeness of his death really elevated for me the shock from Pouf were he slowly realizes his hopelessness rising and being more agitated cause he has no idea what is happening. He underestimated the whole situation same as Youoi. A emotional ending to Youpi would be to tropey for me. We had that already with Pitou and I personally didn't need another one. Youpi was the furthest away of understanding human nature and therefore it felt even more quite fitting for him to die in such a sudden nature and in a way he doesn't understand. There is something that you can't really think about cause of all your theorizing and discussing the nature of the shows through your videos in such depth. But to a lot of people this was the very first time they were knowing what is going to happen in hxh. That is something that a lot of other reactors talk about multiple times during these episodes. Cause every other time they were catched of guard by the twists and turns in hxh and the deaths on the other hand of these prominent chars was so plainly obvious. That is something quite uncommon for Togashi in hxh. And the reason for that is obviously cause we know human history. Quite depressing tbh the more you think about. It's also so funny to me that the last few participants in the palace invasion from the suicide squad are all non-human. Perfect for the end of the ca arc. Can't wait for the next few ones. Gonna be really interesting how you see the things. I knew there would be something you wouldn't like but that's Togashi for ya. You can really feel in his writing that he does it the way he wants. Togashi sometimes stated that there are a lot of moments were he would have liked to go a diff route but couldn't do it cause he knows the readers wouldn't like that. Despite that I would say there are a lot of decisions were you can see him doing a lot in his own way. And I think as a writer you need some balls to do that and have so much faith in you to pull these things of. Really impressive stuff
Sloopgamer
2025-02-01 00:53:17 +0000 UTCI'd also like to add a translation note thing on "no, we are much worse". Its not translated badly but its slightly off. a more literal translation would be "no, we CAN BE much worse". Basically that humans have the potential to be far worse than the ants, but they also have the potential for good.
Shrump
2025-01-31 19:53:58 +0000 UTCI imagine he has watched at least up until 135 but try not to set expectations for future episodes since we don’t actually know what he has watched :)
Jay
2025-01-31 19:42:28 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to the next few. 135 is my favourite episode, and I think 134 is on par with 116 and 131. 136 is very underrated imo too.
Shrump
2025-01-31 19:30:30 +0000 UTCHUMANS TOOK YOUPI AWAY FROM U, IM!!! a great character reduced to a dead bug....
Ryuma
2025-01-31 18:33:02 +0000 UTCAside from my personal thoughts on Youpi's death, I'm happy that you're comfortable to express things you don't like in the story. HxH is one of my favourite manga/anime. Reaction content is a lot more interesting when you get to hear well-articulated critiques from different perspectives, rather than just praise. Looking forward to the next episode!
Mykel
2025-01-31 18:30:35 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the next few!
oerwhat
2025-01-31 16:42:18 +0000 UTCAppreciate your insight, great discussion!
Ves
2025-01-31 16:25:33 +0000 UTCExecution of Youpi's death aside, there's something quite sad about him, the least human of the Guards, being the first to fall to the poison of human malice unleashed by Netero. As for Gyro, I think part of why they included it is because they wanted to avoid another Kite situation where they skip over something that at the time hasn't come back, only for it to become important later.
Tortoise Of Legends
2025-01-31 11:53:58 +0000 UTCI agree the death doesn't feel like the right kind of send off for Youpi, which Togashi probably knew while writing. I can only assume he intentionally wanted people to not even draw that kind of satisfaction from his death. To me, his body laying there kinda invokes the image of... a dead fly. An insect many of us have probably stumbled upon dead in some corner somewhere, but rarely actually witnessed die. Was this the right way to handle his death? I don't know. As an enjoyer of story telling, i struggle with accepting that off-screen deaths are the way to write out well beloved characters (at least not in most cases). And i also believe there probably was a way for Togashi to invoke certain feelings with his deaths, while still giving him a proper end. At the same time, i can understand why he wanted to 'guarantee' a certain reaction. I can also see he wanted to point at the themes of this arc in a very specific way. At the end of the day, i can at least subjectively say that i don't think the death was 'flawed'. I won't point at this as a great example to handle a death, but personally i also don't hate it.
C&C
2025-01-31 11:44:32 +0000 UTCThat frame of Palm is so underrated.
Antique-Item
2025-01-31 10:34:16 +0000 UTCWell yes, it’s certainly quite intentional, I get all that (as I’ve mentioned during the vid) I just don’t think this particular moment was the time to go for that. Especially given what I’ve seen for the other Royal Guards and Mereum.
FILMBuFF
2025-01-31 06:11:17 +0000 UTCNot the first time Togashi makes an anticlimactic and even off-screen endings for conflicts and characters. Take Hunter Exam or a few things in York New arc for example. I had mixed feelings about that approach on my first watch, subverting expectations is a double-edged sword after all. But with a few rewatches and a bit of reflection I always ended up liking Togashi's approach in the end. Here with Youpi it makes for an especially gut punch feeling if you ask me. It makes you feel taken a back and unsatisfied but I think that's what Togashi was going for. It's not everyone's cup of tea though.
KotBegemot
2025-01-31 06:04:35 +0000 UTCLife sometimes is unsatisfying, cruel and random. I feel Togashi conveyed that quite well through the portrayal of Youpi's death. The emotions it elicited in us were intended through writing. Beautiful storytelling is sometimes painful.
nabeel
2025-01-31 05:54:50 +0000 UTCI don't know how to feel about Youpi's death. On one hand it feels realistic and cruel, which I like for the story, on the other hand it feels unsatisfying. I can't imagine the pain Pouf felt stumbling upon his friend, his brother! like that. It feels like an undignified death, and yet its almost deserved (for Pouf not for Youpi) to suddenly lose someone he cares about. Edit: I think I am satisfied with Youpi's death, I do not like it, but I am satisfied. I think that's because of Togashi's writing; If this was another author I might have thought they did this simply for the sake of subverting expectations, as if to simply create shock. However, with Togashi this was done with purpose, again I do not think I like it, but I am satisfied to be reading the story that Togashi wrote.
Business Goose
2025-01-31 04:48:40 +0000 UTCbeautiful
Tnv Madhav
2025-01-31 04:29:23 +0000 UTC
