Hunter x Hunter Episode 138 Reaction Extended (YT link below)
Added 2024-08-22 01:00:05 +0000 UTCIn Hunter x Hunter 138, Request x and x Wish, Ging fights for a political victory in the battle for the Father of the Year award against Silva.
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YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/lYEEUfE7Q28
Comments
Something to throw into the balance of considering how Pariston is, always remember his alleged role in Morels frustration early in the chimera ant arc (discussion late in episode 99)
Spider #13
2024-08-22 20:00:28 +0000 UTCI love how biske is using black clothes this time, most likely to mourn netero's death. I heard some people saying that "the should just had asked alluka to kill meruem" but i am pretty sure the price would be the entire human race anyway.
Sonozaki Shinji
2024-08-22 16:19:00 +0000 UTCIdk if this applies to the notion of licenses possibly going missing but when Bean passes them out after the Hunter exam he says a hunters first task is making sure they always have their license on them. Hunters should be able to manage that. Not to say they aren’t a hunter without it but given what the title means to characters it’s like a honor to even call one that. So idk I guess it’s more like a prestige kind of thing.
Manny
2024-08-22 14:28:25 +0000 UTCUgh just take it 😞
Alex G
2024-08-22 08:47:34 +0000 UTCThis is an interesting confluence of events cause it's a political arc concurrent with a US election. Listening to political rhetoric these days, I keep thinking, I don't even think people even realize the best things about America. Like, everyone keeps talking about "freedom." It's not necessarily freedom that makes America special and I'm not even convinced it's all that free. But at any rate a lot of countries have freedom, and I would argue even execute it better. It's something else that you might not realize because it's so normal to us living there, it's that old parable of the fish asking "how's the water"
Alex G
2024-08-22 08:28:50 +0000 UTCI could write a book on this 😂 But some basic things that come to mind: - I was taking certain US foods for granted like pickles, bread, chips (those are all abnormally sweet for my taste here). Also food: American portion sizes are wild, and while we think a lot about sugar, we don't realize how much salt we're using. - Specifically for NYC, while I love it, it's my hometown, and an amazing city, there's a lot of kool-aid you get fed there about how it's the best in every category and the only place worth living. People coming up to you and asking you for money isn't "an inevitable element of city life," etc. I realized I was carrying a constant sort of stress there that I wasn't even aware of cause I grew up in it. Nightlife is IMHO comparatively awful there (and across the US in general). I could go on. - Living in China made me question the meaning of freedom, specifically the idea that freedom isn't a binary yes or no thing that applies to the entirely of a country. Instead it breaks down by strata. So while the government in China strong-arms information and other things that they think concern their ability to rule, people on a local street level enjoy a lot of freedom (simple examples, in both China and Korea you can just drink a beer in the park or outside a convenience store and you're not gonna get ticketed. If you grew produce in your backyard nobody will mess with you if you set up a stand and sell it). America, conversely, has a lot more focus on freedom from government, but also is extremely detailed in their "no XYZ" signs and their ticketing. (Example: I once got a ticket for being in a public park about 30 minutes after sunset). This of course has its pros and cons (and also is oversimplified), but it was interesting to think about. - This is a generalization, but Americans have an interesting sort of exuberance in their interactions with strangers. Like, people talk to each other all the time for no reason and act like they're best friends. This is often read as fakeness but I think it goes deeper than that. One simple pleasure when I visit the states is just chit chatting with cashiers. I never really appreciated that before. - Relatedly, Americas focus and generally optimistic outlook on individuality and making one's mark in the world is increasingly interesting to me. I think that's responsible for some of the best and some of the worst aspects of American culture, but the positive is noticeably outsized. - Korea and America handle interpersonal roles differently. This is interesting because it means role setting is a constant in human interaction, which I had never thought about. In America, we don't realize we're doing it. In Korea, roles are immediately determined by age and status. The negatives are probably intuitively obvious. The positives that I wouldn't have guessed were that sometimes it's REALLY NICE to just know where you stand with someone, even if it's "lower." For example, it's really cool to have a hyeong, or older brother, set by societal law (you can lean into it). When it goes right, not only does it make things more clear and reduce conflict, it confers responsibility. If I am someone's "older brother" by rule, then I am gonna do my best to older brother the hell out of that relationship. Compare that to America where often upon first meetings there's this sort of value dance of who are you? what do you do? should I take the lead in this dynamic or not? Of course, the positive of that is that you're not stuck being subservient to jerks. - Related to some of the above: working in America there's a problem of "why do I have to do this" or "that's-not-my-job-itis." In Korea it's just a given that you work really hard. But for reasons I can't quite explain, I think this is related to how America is so innovative. Massive generalization, but Korea seems to take things and really dial into them and perfect them. Americans are like, yeah I don't really wanna do that, how about this brand new thing on my own terms. Work smarter not harder (but then also sometimes be really lazy)? Something like that. - And last a very general thing. When we talk about countries, a lot of the time we're talking about the governments of those places. This is IMO a mistake. The government are connected to the people, yes. The government is not the people. Most people around the world are pretty similar and would get along with one another if they shared a meal. I think about this all the time. I have a good friend here from Russia. Not once have we ever talked about US-Russia relations, not because we're dancing around it but because it would be absurd to do so. It has absolutely 0 relevance to our connection. Similarly, people talk about "the Chinese" a lot, yet whatever criticisms (perhaps perfectly valid ones) one may have about the Chinese government... all I can think about are the students I taught there who were just kids, kids that I liked a lot. I would ideally like to see more of a mental line drawn between political problems and what a country and its people are, even if there is some causal link there
Alex G
2024-08-22 08:24:00 +0000 UTCHey, A Goodwin TV... Give me your liver? :3 Haha my cognition is fine don't even worry about it. Hey, give me your brain?
Plasma Lemon
2024-08-22 06:49:53 +0000 UTCspeaking of not really knowing a place until you leave it, may you elaborate on one or two brief examples between USA and SK if you don't mind? maybe one good one bad...
Mihail Babus
2024-08-22 05:53:05 +0000 UTCVery alluka owo
Alexandrite Qween
2024-08-22 04:53:17 +0000 UTCPredicting a future sibling: Tollui
Alex G
2024-08-22 04:31:16 +0000 UTCLeave it to Hunter x Hunter to wait until now to introduce by far the strongest and most complex ability yet. Also, with Alluka revealed we can now complete the pattern in the Zoldyck kids’ names. I-llu-Mi-llu-Ki-llu-A-llu-Ka-llu-to. Knowing this pattern you could have predicted her name earlier too, which is kinda cool.
Oak
2024-08-22 04:25:36 +0000 UTCI wonder how much Alluka would charge if you asked her for two Goodwin videos in one day.
Anya Mcghee
2024-08-22 04:22:59 +0000 UTCI did mean Ging, thank you
Alex G
2024-08-22 03:24:04 +0000 UTCI'm realizing how topical this arc is right now 😅
Alex G
2024-08-22 03:23:52 +0000 UTCNuance? When talking about politics or institutions/systems? In 2024? Reminds me why i give you money. P.s. Did you mean Ging in the description?
Douglas Davis
2024-08-22 03:09:09 +0000 UTCCan the next episode be a double drop? You may be asking why and the answer is I simply just want a double upload thanks my guy <33
Goldy
2024-08-22 02:29:56 +0000 UTCHah it's fun to think about what would be the damage tier list amongst possible wishes
Alex G
2024-08-22 02:00:09 +0000 UTC*Me ending the entire universe after asking for infinite wishes
Joey Healy
2024-08-22 01:55:56 +0000 UTCIt's impressive how the first half of the episode is almost exclusively interactions between characters that were introduced only one episode ago, but it feels like a continuation of the same story. 1) Pariston's speech pattern is amazing. He always speaks formally and pronounces the -u at the end of words like machigatte-imasu. That makes him sound that much more like a used car salesman hiding some sort of catch to the deal. 2) "Alluka" is a pun on あるか, as in "is something there?"
Ryan
2024-08-22 01:38:13 +0000 UTCVery Makima *squish*
bl0odm1st
2024-08-22 01:27:15 +0000 UTC
