#hxh blind liveblog

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 406 - Sacred Treasures

It seems the chapter was released early today.

I'm just excited to see some action with the phantom troupe and the Heil-yi both are so fun

Oh, the name of the chapter suggest that we are going to maybe see the ability Chrollo seeks out.

Nobunaga can't have his weapon ???? noooo

hide it

I hope everything goes well then

Does Phinks have a weapon ? Apart from his fists ?

OH WOWWWW

SO COOL

It's nearly giving me vertigo

Poor tier 5 people, under the sewage, do they get their waste up then ? Or does it just go into the sea

It's true a lot of the Heil-yi base kinda looks like that

this is fun

and morbid

The lawyer is going to be a pain in the ass

Soooo Nobunaga wants to interview the waste processors on tier 5

and the other will only be two to kill at least 20 people

Well, now they can find it

and people are hunting Hinrigh anyway

Anyone can be an assassin in this crowd

Poor Lynch, I hope they find you soon

Well...

I wasn't expecting this soon

Well, at least they know now

OH GOD

THAT NECK IS TWISTED

BONOLENOV CAN DO A LOOT OF HARM

We knew she was weaker than the troupe but still, Bonolenov is a conjurer and she was an emitter, yet, he completely destroyed her neck

Ohhh, Hinrigh thinks it's the Heil-yi ? They're not that skilled, they're mostly amateurs even

Ah, yes, indeed that's logical from Zakuro's point of view.

OH ! A SHAPESHIFTER

THEY KNOW

but will he deduce it was the troupe

and that they're acting in a way to avoid getting mislead by the mafia

Who would it be indeed ????

A conjurer could, but it's indeed harder than expected

I didn't know changing height was so rare but it's true the only one we saw able to do that were Pouf and Youpi. Biscuit can switch between two heights at wille though

Well Bonolenov didn't want you to suspect he wasn't Hisoka at all

but he was too skilled at killing

AND THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG

Well, only the troupe fits that stereotype

Hinrigh is good

They'll die

well I can't blame them

ANYWAY CHROLLO

AHAHAHAHHA

random people with nen just trying to look for love

then Chrollo steals it and just wants to find his target with it

No chance to you Chrollo

your love life will have to wait

AH YES FINALLY, THE KAKIN TREASURES

We know this one, the pot that Zepile replicated

Why would you keep it ? Just for fun ?

OOOH, that must be what keeps killing people if they escape. Not very useful to Chrollo either

That could be useful depending on what its abilities are.

Well, you're one step away from succeeding. Kurapika may be on the first floor but he doesn't know what is causing the ritual to exist.

Also none of those relics look like the sarcophagus room where the king was. So there is definitely something more

Oh, so is that one of the new conditions to set up before stealing something now that you have the bookmark ?

Stealing a treasure of equivalent value to what you want to steal ?

Or is that just a weird way to improve your ability as this translation suggests ?

WHAT DID HE SET UP FOR HIS SUCCESSION ??????

SOMETHING AKIN TO THE SUCC WAR OF KAKIN ????

Murder on a large scale ? Technically, the Heil-yi fit that description

WAIT, all those people are Halkenburg's original guards, nobody in there got transferred, or they are back in their body now ?

OOOOOOOOO big procession here

So Chrollo has an ability to locate someone in a certain range

He has limited calls per day too

WHAT ALREADY FINISHED

NO ACTION

well, we'll have to wait for the action

as always

We're beginning to get death flags for Chrollo though

[icharchivist]

OKAY FOLKS

THAT’S IT

IM OFFICIALLY ENTERING THE DARK CONTINANT ARC

Which means this time, I’m liveblogging blind, ie, I have no idea what’s going to happen (aside from a few things I’ve been spoiled about)

So not only it will be considered spoilers, but ye, this time, it’s even less clever commentary from me (I know we were already really low on the clever side so it gives you an idea of how bad it’ll be)

ANYWAY! If you don’t want to be spoiled on the DC arc, it’s the moment or never to blacklist “ichablogging hxh”!

HERE WE GO.

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 409 - Negotiations (3)

Well, what will the cards tell us today

I'm sick, it's beginning right for the week-end

I'm not lucky

Typical autocracy

now they can shoot their citizens

What happened on tier 1 ? Halkenburg tried to kill Benjamin ?

I didn't think about narrowing down the hideout location argh

let's continue the game with the army screaming in our ears

BIG BRAIN MOOD

Oh,; of course

it's not the only condition so she wants to gain time

wait ??? Can she actually keep searching for a specialist around ?

Maybe she HAS TO take Borksen in

Okay so :

She playes the game with everyone, most likely before organizing the battle royal

Condition 3 will be a pain in the ass for Borksen. Except that she's a soldier although being bystander to an innocent's death is a lot

AAAA

SMART

well we don't know again

KISS KISS KISS KISS

KISS AND BACK TO THE GAME

OH SMART

I agree with Morena.

Now, No and R

What are you going to do ?

LET'S GOOOO

RIP X it'll be yes then

the questions will be :

Are you on tier 1 ?

Are you on tier 2 ?

...

HAHAHHAA

SHE'S IN THE WALLLS

SMAAAAART

well, we knew the teleportation between rooms was made through a nen ability

Oooof, this will be annoying to find

HAHAHAHAHA

I love Borksen

she has all the questions in her head and she's going to guess how many of each category there is

sidenote : that "YES." in replies to "will you kill me." is not giving a good vibe

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Poor Borksen, she looks so defeated here

will she just accept death ?

I'm scared

I SAID SCARED TOGASHI

I'm getting anxious

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ???????

do you mean she cheated ? Or is she doing a new card with the R ?

WELL

SHE ACCEPTED

Now, please don't let her die at the end of the PT

The negotiations ended

I wonder what will happen next chapter

is it going to be back on hiatus ????

Most likely yes, but this time it should be a quick one although we never know how long they can end up even when material is nearly ready

Well, please don't be a cliffhanger such as : THE PT IS AT THEIR DOOR

or

HALKENBURG IS GOING TO KILL BEN

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 408 - Negotiations (2)

Are we going to finish the parent-child game this chapter ? Most likely. Will it be stopped by the troupe ? I don't think yet

GUNGI FLASHBACK

STOP IT TOGASHI

I would have done the same hahahah

HAHAHAHA

nice going, ignoring Morena

No surprise here, nobody acknowledges her questions

Spill the tea Morena, what's your purpose (killing everyone)

WE KNEW THAT

also Borksen is smart we know that

they judge using not words but demeanor and expressions and other tells

sooo fun

FIRE REVELATION

with a bland face too

so not from the royal family, not fit to lead a mafia

and I guess, her parent got killed during a festival because they looked funny at someone

So, they're all festival children

and as "meat" I guess we're talking about prostitution (even worse considering her age)

Are they all bastards then ?

Borksen really picked up on something, did Tse do something awful ?

That would not be surprising

OKAY WHICH CARD

WAIT, Morena is not asking anything ? Did I misunderstand the game ????

will just the final card count for Borksen ?

THE power card would also be my choice

MORENA ??? BLUSHING ????

This did feel like a date before, buit it's getting worse

ignore the bodyguards tho

Yes it's a nice summary Borksen

I always love when smart character learn about nen

To be honest, I assume I would be a conjurer and most likely would end up wanting a symbiotic and parasitic ability (of course, it depends if it would be for me irl or as a hxh character). But using other to develop nen and account for how their personality would affect the development of an ability and sharing nen with other always seemed nice to me. I wanted that and wrote something down before the succ war was out and we learnt about all these new types of category.

MY HATSU IS COMMUNISM

SMART Morena

really hinting that you must want to kill to awaken your abilities

Borksen will pick up on that quick

and it's also a nice way to sell yourself Morena

Yes Morena is a smart manipulator

and is Borksen the one thinking that ? Or is she just thinking that once Kakin is destroyed, "children" goals won't matter to them ?

Or is she just saying she doesn't care about Kakin as long as she fullfills her goal ?

BORKSEN FOR THE WIN

PLEASE TOGASHI

let all the smart women make it out of there thanks to their brain

Theta and Borksen first

also, I agree with Borksen

actually comitting murder is way out of what everyone wants, just a tranquil life without making too much waves is fine

and just be happy

think about the great thinker and dictator Diego : "life is complete with the sun, land and poetry".

I really hate specialists being "very rare"

but anyway

Borksen rules

She's a smart woman and she's going to go places

OH FUCK

I'll theory craft for ages with this

this also means that there is about 3 to 4 specialists in my 11000 inhabitants hometown

and about 50 in my current one

indeed it's not much

Enhancers are the most common with a bit above 1/4 people

then emitters with a bit less

Transmutation is 1 in 5

and Conjuration and Manipulation are 1/7

Most people on the usual quizzes end up with manipulation, conjuration or specialization

it's fun seeing how Hisoka's personality is a bit fucked, of course he must have nuances about it.

Also we did learn from the exhibit that people aren't always purely from one category

this is fun

Nice way to say : "we'll kill you where you stand if you don't come with us"

NICE BORKSEN

very nice

give me ideas Morena

because specialization is the most annoying one

like finding something not already covered by the other 5.

And Dogman met Chrollo, funnily enough, the troupe could team up with the Heil-yi

and Chrollo is bound to have an ability they seek

but also, it's a bad idea to go around and announce people you know their nen type

I HATE THAT

it means, they aren't bound by traditional limitations

and does it mean emperor time is just average specialist power ?????

that's dumb

like EMPEROR TIME

It would be fine if it just meant, most specialist have just a unique skillset. Like some are better at enhancement, others at transmutation and manipulation

Yes Morena, kinda like the seen urn

but parasitic nen also feeds on aura from different categories so it's different

but indeed, Morena grants an ability to her members in a sense, it's not "them" that awaken it through "skills" developed

YESSSS ?????

WE KILL YOU

is what hapopens next

also Borksen is so smart, everyone wants her to join their little killing gang

YES it's a trap where they kill you if you don't say yess

HIGH RISK? BIG NEN REWARDS MY GIRL

PLEASE TOGASHI MAKE BORKSEN A BEAST AND THEN MAKE HER DEFEAT TSE WITH THETA AND KURAPIKA

and everyone is happy and fine and this always how HxH was and nothing bad ever happened

YES INDEED

HAHAHAHA

well next week Borksen survived and joins the Heil-yi before the soldiers find them I guess

when will the troupe find them tho ???

Very fun chapter

I love when women just chat about potentially dying but it's actually a death game and they're just smartly strategizing to trap the other one

TWO WEEKS LEFT

untill the usual next hiatus

UNLESS ?????

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 407 - Negotiations

Soooooo the procession of Halkenburg begiiiiiins

the troupe is trying to kill some Heil-yi while some Heil-yi are trying to kidnap some of Tse's childhood friends.

Ah yes, for some reason, everyone is back in their body

WOW, the quantity of people there

soooo many

It's a prince after all

I still love every panel with the black whale even though they make me anxious eveytime because this is day 12 out of 56

Oh no, one girl is missing

I'm all for seeing the girlsquad dealing with their own problem but they don't have nen so I'm scared

I don't remember their name too

Oh wait I think I just remembered that they're not all girls and some are men

My brain just wants them to be butch lesbians but alas Togashi didn't think so

Very on point, except theywant her to cooperate I think. They definitely used manipulation to abduct her tho

So they won't be doing anything until the end of the ceremony, well shit

does this mean we'll switch point of view again ?

She was indeed manipulated and is in front of Morena now

well this is going to be fun

She's way more calm than expected

well she must know she can't do much and they expect something out of her

their might also be room for negotiation

"It's not mandatory"

I'm pretty sure you'll kill her if she refuses but you want her to willingly follow you

They're future Kurapikas if they awaken nen

smart and calm

I love them

Saying yes before you know the conditions is fucked

it could also be a way to trigger a nen ability

very annoying

CARD GAME ????

TOGASHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !?!?

did you just invent a card game for fun and then wanted to put it in a chapter somewhere ????

that's quite a huge restriction if Borksen loses

OKAYYYY

weird game

so this will be an interrogation as a game then ?

These negotiations are negotiating hard

I agree with Borksen, I don't see her leaving this without agreeing

WELL FUCK

you have to play knowing what you want to answer and you light get forced into servitude or death

I agree that both yes and no cards are awful, Joker makes you choose between yes and no but it's not better and the R card technically means you have to reuse a card you might not want to keep to the end

Terrifying

Okay what's the third trap ?

OHHHHH this is getting interesting

Oh so it's only for closed questions

it can be useful but I have no idea what I would ask too

most answers would end in the "yes and no"

I LOVE HER

So a lot of words on language to mean she won't cheat as she answered No as her own subject which mean Yes would mean she would cheat.

I thought Borksen only had one yes and one no card

oooooh, joker counts too and this means it's the last one between joker, yes and no in her hands

Deal with the devil, got it

Well, Togashi likes to edge HxH fans a lot

but it's fine

I'm used to it

I really hope we get something fun in the last 4 chapters.

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 405 - Masquerade

At the end of this chapter, we'll probably be halfway up to the next hiatus

It's going to be fine most likely as Togashi has some chapters ready for the future. It'll be Shueisha's choice

So now we switch to the troupe and the mafia

I've been missing the Heil-yi plot though, I love their weird relationship to murder and nen. For them it feels like a videogame. They'll probably not have nice death (like Luini)

Cashew might survive for a long time though. AND she is most likely a specialist.

Is that Hisoka ?

it would fit him

IT IS

Very pretty chapter cover

look at him !

So will it be about Hisoka then ????

VANILLA ???? YOU !?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

just ants ? I think you would have loved them my dude

I can understand Halkenburg too

Hisoka is vanilla in the sense that he isn't a monsterfucker then ? HAHAHA

And he likes simple one to one fights without too much covenants.

HAHAHAAHHA I love this chapter

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait two Hisoka's ? I can only see Illumi masquerading but Illumi isn't the vanilla one. Unless he is trying to get in character ? Roleplay isn't vanilla my dude. THE NILE IS A RIVER IN EGYPT, YOUR HUSBAND IS GAY

So is the Hisoka hiding behind a pillar Illumi ? The one that talked with Hinrigh ? Noooooo, I'm thinking too much

We'll know soon enough

IT'S BONOLENOVVVVVVVV WHAAAAAT

HAHAHAHA

So the Hisoka that talked with Hinrigh was actually a fake as I supposed.

And it was a plan for Chrollo to let the troupe roam free

nice

he smort

CHACHACHA

Now he's Owl

did that guy see him transform ???? At least go to a toilet or somewhere private. Oh I forgot about Korutopi, maybe it's a bad idea too

Oh interesting, is it a time limit forever ? It doesn't get reset after each transformation ? Because how long did Bonolenov discuss with Owl

This Owl is fun looking too

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YOU KILLED HER

YOU BITCH

SHE WAS COOL

At least the scrawny blood manipulator is alive

Lynch died

Zakura lives

Well, she did kind of dig her own grave there

SMART BONO

I'm actually enjoying spending some time with Bono

I hope he won't die

But he probably will then, bad match-up since Bungee gum can just cancel his dance moves and basically seal his nen. And now he's getting a focus chapter.

And he's alone near Hisoka

So smart to also disguise your murder,I guess Bono isn't an amateur at killing and hiding bodies

Well, everyone knows Chrollo's very saaaaaad

I'm scared

But this is going to be fine

Oh ! Who's ability then ? A zodiac's ? Beyond's ?

Was 9 Shal or Korutopi, Wasn't Shal 6 ? Or maybe it was Paku's

Oh noooooo I bet this guy was part of the snuff movies industries

"underprivileged chidren" were not properly taken care of I bet

Please Chrollo don't say sheeple because that will make you use like all your charisma. You're not a weird alt right incel or a trump voter. Media are mostly just neo liberal and capitalist since most journalist come from that class. It makes them very bad at handling information and makes them more prone to tolerating far right ideas and then want to censor left-wing ideas more critical of the actual problem that capitalism is.

I get what he meant though but also people won't believe undocumented claims. A forum isn't the best place to get informed dude. If that guy was actually influent and did such bad stuff, I bet you could have easily exposed him with your brain. Some actual field journalists or victim associations probably got wind of such things too.

Anyway, I'll say it here for the united statesians around, go VOTE. Sorry if this seems insensitive. Your country has a lot of reach in global geopolitics and if it became an autocratic fascist christian state based on lies. Then it will fuck up a lot of stuff. Your election system is fucked with two parties and single round elections. Don't make me begin on the supreme court. Voting isn't supporting someone, it's a tool to make the system suck less so you can politically organize at bettering it. It's just a paper with names. Also from what I understand you also vote for counties and state representatives who have also some form of power and maybe suck less. Not voting will just lead to you brooding that "everyone is the same, nothing ever changes". Not voting just leads to less people being involved in politics. If you can't put a name on paper, you won't do much more.

All of that just because Chrollo said Sheeple LMAO

Smart NOBU

they clearly are not really mafia anymore, they're more akin to the troupe

rogue killers that do as they want

Nobu will agree with me I bet,

he kinda likes them

I LOVE YOUUUUUUU NOBU

YESSSSSSSS

AND

they be real revolutionists. I kinda like them know

Guillotine the ruling class. Kings don't need their heads. Educate the people, let them become their own guiding lights.

Am I a french cliché ? MAYBEEEEEEEEE

They're just psychopaths though

so I doubt they've real ideas behind what they're doing. They're also killing passengers

and such people will just bring ruin to a country

They won't build anything out of the ruins they create.

And yes mafia are also bad because they just seek to maintain the "balance" in other words, the system in place. They just found an ecological niche where they can thrive and keep a priviledged role

Indeed what will you do my guys

Hahahaha, so the Heil-yi are already in the Char family

Did someone kill this guy and morph into him like Bono ? Or was this guy on their side the whole time.

OHHHHHHH

interesting enhancement ability

I know this guy is after the royal guards

to kidnap them so that they have someone close enough to kill a prince as a Heil-yi

And Tse's childhood friends were prime targets for that.

But now he's talking about nen. And if he snifs their head, he can identify what ? their nen ability ?

Ah yes, Sodom is a manipulator I think

Well they'll definitely bring back someone

Oh so they indeed want to have non nen users

then does it mean Dogman can identify the nen type and proficiency of people unable to use nen ?????

"Grinding" hahahaha

they're horrible

Hum

their names are Demon for the black haired guy I think

The blond guys fled Hinrigh did he not ?

I checked and Quorolle (black coat) is an emitter that indeed fled against Hinrigh

Tevelares did too and is an enhancer

did they change their fit too ?

Want to feel like they upgraded ?

Good luck Hinrigh

Ah just some teasing, I see you Togashi.

Well I've missed these plot lines

it was fun

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 402 - Letter

Okay so chapter 402, we'll probably switch away for Beyond for a few chapters.

Okay so this is why Longi was crying ? Because Tsubeppa can't be King anymore (is the title of king also gender neutral in Kakin ?)

This is such a strong alliance, two of the first five prince together means a lot of ressources together

Ridan will be sooooooo stressed we might have an entire chapter of his inner monologue

Oh Tenfutori gets a second coin, the number will rise then ?

Oooh Zhang Lei is finally figuring out his power further

And Tsubeppa just wants him to get killed by Benjamin before her. Good idea to forget about colluding with Tse too

Is Tsubeppa relaxing because of the alliance ? Her nen beast reappeared.

Or Ridan is right and it's a beast that works well with diplomacy. But what kind of substance would it create then, I was expecting more of a poison kind of substance. Oh that's true it needs a partner. So would that partner be Kurapika or Zhang Lei ? I thought it would be Longi or Maor

OH NO, biological warfare is a big NONO

would they care about Geneva convention ? A Bactery too ???? Well it's sooo risky and it might even mutate and not act as you thought ???? I hope we won't have an epidemic on the boat. Even with Cheadle and Leorio it would have time to spread on the first floor before they can do anything. Maybe Tsubeppa's beast could create a substance that counteracts it.

Oh Halkenburg is a nice target for infections but you might also die before you can approach him.

Could Balsamico be one of Beyond's children ?

Tse is learning zetsu too

Though Gon and Killua learnt it before ten and were more proficient with it I think. Maybe because they learnt it before we can't really know how long it took them, especially for Killua but I do believe they learnt it faster. Not everyone learns everything as fast. Maybe Tse is just relatively bad at zetsu which would make sense with his personality.

And another of Beyond's children is revealed.

AH TRUE, he will focus on Melody now. shiiiiiiiit

Well at least his nen beast power is getting analysed and deduced somewhat.

THETA DEFINITELY DIDN'T LIE

Oh noooo

she got injected already ?!? But isn't she away from Benjamin's guard now ? His ability should be deactivated.

Make her get far from him if he's still around, let her be detained.

Oh so she wasn't just delirious, someone else put an ability on her

I can only think of maybe LMuzurus nen beast that would fit the description.

Bull's eye ?!

So the plan is to let Fugetsu visit Melody ? Or Melody would just be visiting the tunnel from the exit ?

OOOOOH ! This is an assassination plot and not just "let tire Luzurus so his nen beast stop targeting Fugetsu"

Melody is really getting wild now although the urgency of the situation makes drastic measures the most logical ones.

That plan seems a bit unreliable but it could work

Giving yourself more options is always a good idea, this is very smart.

But they should be targeting Benjamin, he is the actual danger here I think.

I doubt they could do much though

DON'T TRUST THIS MAN, I AGREEEEEEEE

USE HIIIIIIIIIM

Melody is soooo good

Kacho is so smart too

Oh wow, they're already pulling up !?!!!

Fugetsu is not looking good shit

GOD

EVEN BENJAMIN ISN'T FEELING GOOD ABOUT THIS

Did he give her some reprieve ?

Okay normal letter thus far

Musse is goo

Oh, so this was a sidequest for this guy too

To ensure Benjamin would go against a court of law if he became ruler or even before

having a military leader as a ruler is always a bad idea for democracy and justice after all

Zhang Lei and Tse didn't care

Tsubeppa did of course

Taithon is sooooooo worried

Luzurus took the bait

OKAY WHAT LEAK ?

Will Luzurus believe it then ?

OHHHH Luzurus is doing good. He is calm and collected

He must be good at leading his mafia

I don't believe he'll take the bait, they'll have to force him into the escape pod, if they succeed

Her evil spirits dissipated ???

Well maybe she's feeling better then ?

Oh, of course it's Basho ! What a nice guy

does he know they want to kill his prince and weed buddy ? Does he even know he's a mafia leader. Oh, it's true he's also mafia hahahahha

I doubt he would agree to kill Luzurus though

Okay so this is progressing fast

Benjamin's soldier ability must be inactive now so why was there still an injection mark ?

Balsamico apparently succeeded in infecting Halkenburg and he must have fled his body during the night to infiltrate the judiciary department ?

Was it just for survival ? No, he must also have some other goal. Is it to target Tse ? And is he Beyond's child then ? What is Ben's secret though ?

So we might have one or two prince death coming soon : Fugetsu, Luzurus, Halkenburg or someone else.

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 401 - Moonlight

I'M SO HYPED ABOUT THIS RETURN

Well I already read the chapter but I took notes and I'll potentially had new thoughts from that second reading

For once I didn't reread the whole arc beforehand although I'm such a simp I still remember a bunch of random characters name.

We love Morena

Very pretty art

YAY LONGI

we love our middle aged lady here, my favourite character is Biscuit for anyone wondering

Thanks for the reminder that she's the actual fake nen user

new thought : Furikov really is hoping for a big treason here. Someone from Tsubeppa's guard wouldn't be so crude

Sooo, is she revealing her ability right away ?

Okayyyyy, what a girlboss, we stan

Is this a map ?

Okay, classique manipulator but with consent for once

there is some kinky potential here that I won't dwelve on

Will this be a contract similar to : "you can't harm prince Tsubeppa" ?

Kurapika is definitely going to use dowsing chain to judge of her honesty

Okay so Tsubeppa doesn't know and she wants to insure the alliance treaty will be followed by one side. This means Tsubeppa is a very honest woman and Longi might have been doing that to protect her for a long time. This is cute.

Dare I say I could ship that ? (crack ship season begins)

The twink chain gun combo again

I love this

I love that she's like "please don't threaten me with a good time" too

"we're adults don't point that toy at me"

What kind of power up ? Allowing Kurapika to teach even more people ?

The whole truth about what when ? Why is Kurapika on the ship ? What are his abilities ?

(I did misunderstand this here hahaha, so far from the bombshell that this revelation was)

Oh so she's part of Beyond crew ? Does she want to slow down or impair the Zodiac ?

But Kurapika won't be very useful on the DC. I think Leorio will be the "MC" from our four protagonists once we reach it.

I didn't expect someone from Netero's family to have such a "simple ability"

This also confirms Beyond is quite old, Netero was above 110, Beyond shoulmd be like 70-80, Longi appears to be above 40 so Beyond might have some grandchildren. Maybe great grandchildren too

That "Go on..." is so fun. Kurapika won't shoot you, yet...

So Beyond just cucked a bunch of people and then wanted his children to be part of the military

Then, why have children if they don't even know Beyond is their father ? Unless he has an ability to somehow control his lineage

Awakening someone at birth is crazy, you need to learn ten quickly then ? A baby could probably learn it instinctively I guess, they can learn fast.

I guessed correctly it seems

Her parents really are crazy about Beyond, I guess since they agreed to have his child they were but still. He did guarantee her access to positions of power though.

Oh shit a curse !

Silent Majority might be part of his children then

Wow I did miss that Beyond wants to unite the world in my first reading. Maybe she meant in order to explore the DC ?

Okay so Prince Carmilla did good.

Maybe it's a curse that targets the prince they cherished in life ?

BEYOND THAT IS FUCKED

FUCK ! AFTER DEATH ? This is scary and fucked up Beyond.

Okay soooooo a strong one per prince, and there is even more weak ones ?

So if it's not the prince they guard maybe one they despise then ?

Fugetsu might be the target of one of those weak pawns then ? Which nen user died recently and could have lead to that ? I can only think of Benjamin's guards.

Oh shit not Tse, please not Tse, PLEAAAAAAAAASE

NOT TSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

SHIT SHIT SHIT

Well that's a really weird condition then. But okay I guess

So Tse didn't know zetsu before but the only prince I can think of that had nen before are Camilla and nobody else ? Maybe awakening nen at birth somehow stunts your own growth ?

NICE TAMPERING KURAPIKA

give 'em a little treat to think about

Okay fine contract, I would definitely agree

What boon were we talking about then ?

Oh so she's doing this for herself too ? Nice Longi, you're not just a devoted guard, you have your own goal. Probably revenge against Beyond.

Oh a nice little new ability for Kurapika that doesn't require ET to be activated thank god.

And less annoying than Judgement chain and also could make the guards of Ben that it's what he wanted to use on Vincent.

Thank god this won't make Kurapika take more risks !

.

What is Longi's true objective then ? I love her btw

Oh wow, this is my favourite panel from this chapter

I AGREE LONGI

FUCK YOUR DAD AND FUCK HIS PRINCE

OH !?! She is crying because Kurapika agreed right ? RIGHT ????

He has no reason to refuse or object ?

Very nice analysis Furikov, too bad you won't get any answer anytime soon

What is it Babymaina ? Are you crying too ? A little pensive are you ?

Are you one of Beyond's children ?

For now I think this is a very nice ability that he'll probably use against Babymaina. For some reason he doesn't seem to share Benjamin's objectives, he could be one of Beyond's children

OH WELL FUCK YOU BEYOND

Yes Tiger, you're fun, I can't seem to guess if he's just being unserious about Beyond's threat and doesn't take him seriously or if he's really not scared and thinks Beyond couldn't bash his skull even if he wanted to ?

I mean, we know he must be among the most battle oriented Zodiacs and Netero must not have chosen to "spar" with him in an intellectual field

Very fun new chapter, not what I had in mind but we have more scheming added to the plot.

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 410 - Negotiations (4)

Well, Borksen said yes, Morena gains a specialist and we'll now know why ?

WAIT WHAT SHE CHEATED ?????

OOOh, did Borksen cheat

like last time she mentioned she damaged a card by accident so maybe it was that ?

Well, what will Morena say ? The game is the game

Well, I knew there was going to be some nen shenanigans

What happened ?????

ANOTHER ABILITY ???

Okay, so is it Morena's phone that could be broken ?

I knew she had access to some data on the members of her "nest" but not as much as that. I guess, she is the one giving abilities to people then ?

WELL, SHE IS FUCKED

I mean reasonably, could she kill a bunch of people ?

she didn't seem as someone that could easily do that. With her friends, maybe they can find a way and go rogue, making her a new member 0

GOOOD SMART

She will manage something

she is already thinking this through

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO NICE

I'm happy she'll stay alive a bit more

What happened then ?

Weren't Illumi and Kalluto on tier 3 ? Or a Heil-yi ?

OoooooOOOOoooo

HAHAHA

Please Heil-yi, kill a bunch of these men. Weakening a potential future military dictator is not something I would discourage. At least, their fucked up goal can benefit some people in the short term

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

THANK GOD HALKENBURG IS A GENIUS

Ben's nen beast could still reveal its ability at any point. I think it was a manipulator one but I'm not sure

WHAT

what do you mean four princes left ?????

Well, what illegitimate child ?????

This is moving on fast

will the rest of the arc be a fucked up dystopian boat ride ??

HAHAHAHA

well, the hunters might not take part in this

but you would be cooked if you tried to fight two zodiacs, even with all these armed men.

Well, thank god we have some people with degrees on Kakin rights there

I mean what's the actual guy from the judiciary branch doing ????

OH, HE HAS A PLAN ?????

well, really happy about this batch of chapter

we're fucked it seems

I want to see some Heil-yi violence against their new dictator's soldiers

But not MY SOLDIERS

Borksen gang

which should all be safe

and back to hiatus, for a short time it seems. I HOPE

But Ben's guardian spirit beast might finally act

I'm scared.

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Hunter x Hunter 404 - Speculation

So today, we might meet Kurapika's new students

or Zhang Lei discovers his ability

or Melody and Kacho kill Luzurus

or Halkenburg dies

or Benjamin dies

or Fugetsu dies

I'm afraid of what has been prepared for the last few chapters

or maybe it's just going to be more set up

I AM AFRAID EITHEY WAY

OOOOH ZHANG LEI

and Kurapika accurately guessing what lord narrator told us a while ago

I guess Zhang is still wary of Pika and believes his coin could be a form of harming his whole entourage at once.

OH YEAH

manipulation, I didn't think of that

well interesting that the design changes

I'm interested in what Kurapika thinks about it

he seems to have guessed the same thing as Zhang, that it would be truly useful only after he becomes king

Kurapika is soooooo smart

I love him

okay so awakening nen is a nice counterpart but I do think waiting isn't the way to change value

I thought it would be earning more coins but I'll go with Kurapika's speculations for now

Good idea but then what do you suppose would happen to someone who already uses nen ?

Awaken another ability ?

A doucle edged sword

or a poisoned gift

I doubt Zhang thinks this could lead to manipulation of coin owners so it should be fine

Maybe his beast can use Zhang's coins to defend him

Zhang Lei is really inquisitive at times, Shimano guessed right. He's being so passive agressive there (as a prince should)

I hope we see more of her soon

Zhang lei has ties to the mafia after all so I doubt he could do much on the first floor but it's best not to antagonize them. Especially has the boss of the Nostrade clan

TRUE

I didn't think about that

thanks Togashi

Oh no Anxiety Kurapika is back on track

BUT TRANSITIONING TO HALKENBURG I GUESS

Look at our boy Leorio, working hard

Well I doubt any doctor can heal a new pathogen on its first description, especially one as agressive as the one used on Halkenburg but Cheadle is a three star hunter specialized in medicine.

Can Halkenburg ability transfer memories ? Like does he know all the details about the pathogen he used ? Cool

Well, but why does he want to let his og body die if Balsamico will regain control after one day ?

Will Halkenburg die for real then ? Does he want to transfer his soul again ? Just for a shot at Benjamin ?

Oh so you will stay in Balsamico

but aren't you done then ? If you go to sleep he'll most likely kill himself

OH I FORGOT,

this is Halkenburg's own ability used as an extension of his spirit beast enhancement ability

So Maybe he can actually try to assassinate a prince like that

but most likely not

What happens then Halkenburg ?

So they die ?

shit, poor guys

Well

Halkenburg, you are scary indeed

and your guards too

OH, so your body ahs to stay alive in order to maintain the control

Well smart to take sleeping pills Halkenburg but you're also going to be taking a lot of risks

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

LET CHEADLE DO HER WORK

Well rip Halkenburg body then

Will we see all princes just to hype the next chapter then ?

RIP MY GUY

you have two weeks left to live

More hype

I didn't tear up but this clearly slightly destroyed me

Can I hug them ?

OMG, BABY MARAYAM IS BUILDING SHIT

his death will be so sad

in the meantime Biscuit is being the cool aunt, older sister she wanted. Poor Marayam, he lost his big sis and now must project so much on Biscuit.

Oh yeeeeees, more Kuramaina our Babypika shipping ongoing

I mean awkward talk stage for now

they so want to kiss

(this is clearly a crazy ship)

Oh yes the crazy butch that wants to kill herself in front of Wobble

Well Babymaina isn't looking forward to it

and Ben seems to have some intel on these curses.

But good thing Kurapika is onto her

Gooooood ideaaaaaaaaaa KURAPIKA (the theme of the chapter)

he's going to be so anxious, poor boy

SHIMAAAANO, please Togashi, let her do more cool stuff, she can learn nen too

It seems we'll stop on Halkenburg's death then

RIP

What an ass doctor, they let him die too

WELL

Ben is a nice guy

somewhat

because he would kill a bunch of people to be king

and doesn't really care a lot of the time

what a prick

But Halkenburg is grateful

is it because it will further his plan or just for the nice gesture ?

So we'll switch to the troupe next chapter ?

I WANTED TO SEE PIKA'S CLASS

I love the Heil-yi though

so it's fine

I can watch them be massacred

it'll be fun

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 403 - Results

Well I'm afraid of this chapter, too much could happen

or maybe nothing

let's dig in before I have a panic attack

IT SPEEDS UP ? THE SUCC WAR ?

Well, I think we are going back a bit to see what happened between Halkenburg and Balsamico before he tried to infect him and before Halkenburg fled his own body

Okay low pandemic risks

BUT WEIRD DRAWING

Oh yeaaaaah VIKT

with the attack shield ability

he got got by Halkenburg I think

OH YAY team Halkenburg on the way

WHAT A BEAST

Oh yeaaaaaah

Is Balsamico now Halkenburg ?

It's fun to see Benjamin try to guess what Halkenburg ability is

I am not sure that rule of manipulation can be beaten unless maybe it's a stronger type of manipulation, like from solliciting to coercive

Like I bet Shalnark's ability could bypass what befell Sairid

Well' see soon anyway

I don't know if it's Halkenburg or Balsamico, gooooood

poor Benjamin

this is the right choice but depending on what happen when the possessed or the possessee dies, this could allow for a wider range of possibilities to Halkenburg

Well

this is going to be fun

last time a chapter like this happened Tse didn't die

IS THAT UNMA ?????

I thought Halkenburg was Duazul's son

Is that the weird thing about his birth and not Beyond ??

It's true he looks more like Unma though he did look like Tsubeppa

I WAS RIGHT WTF

Well this was logical and to be expected

13th prince is isolated, Tse is a bitch and Halkenburg is sick

OH YEAH

let Kurapika explain some nen bullshit we didn't think of

Maybe it means that actually escaping could break the whole system like he mentioned several chapters ago ?

ZHANG LEI ?

What do you want to do with Zhang Lei ?

Or maybe Kurapika wants to endanger Wobble somewhat ?

SMARTY SMART ZHANG LEI

well the coin gain value when someone else holds them ?

Halkenburg is putting in the work ???

Infiltrating neutral organizations and a group fainting at this time ????

what's he planning, he initally didn't want to kill anyone but appeared to change his mind later so maybe he'll actually kill someone soon

I doubt meeting that guy who's actually a guard from Halkenburg will reveal anything but he's welcome to try

Nevermind, I didn't say anything

this will be worthwhile

So their plan is in action

Fake Halkenburg's death ? Or actual death ? He would be ready to do that for his ideas

As expected Balsamico is controlled by Halkenburg

and Ben might die sooner than expected

RIP HALKENBURG

SMARTPIKA

okay so this is way less dangerous for Wobble than expected

cool

Something will happen soon but this chapter was mostly catching up on Halkenburg's plot

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Hunter x Hunter new chapters liveblog

I was away for two weeks. With the new chapters being released, I’ll continue the blind liveblog. I did read the two chapters while I was away but I took some notes

Here is a little reminder

The tag will be #hxh blind liveblog to distinguish it from #hxh liveblog

and I’ll also tag it #hxh spoiler

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 201 - Reunion

HEYLLO

I really need to advance in this liveblog and the golden week gives me some times to do it

Let’s goooo

Chrollo’s nen has been freed it seems

Abengane did a good job, too bad we won’t see this pay off for a while

KNUCKLE

I love him, sooo brash

forgetting the most important details hahaha

Same Killua

NICE FIT THOUGH

look at him

I like the couple that went by him too, nice outfits too

Quite similar to Nobu and Machi’s plan in Yorknew

Yep Knuckle was definitely 100% serious but Shoot took advantage of that and was probably watching

HE STRONK

this profile is intense !!!

I agree with Killua too, you can’t just go in blinds, Morel was definitely having survivor bias I think. 

“WhAt Do YoU mEaN, a LoT mOrE pEoPlE dIeD dOiNg ThAt ThAn SuRvIvEd” ?!?

They’re so cute eating together

I agree with Killua wholeheartedly

Gon has a point too, you need the strength to adapt quickly to your opponents style with little to no data on them

DUMBASS GON 

KNUCKLE STRONK

Killua’s face is priceless

I feel a bit bad looking at Gon though, you can clearly see he’s worried about Kite and wants to help him as fast as possible

BISCUIT’s best fit

I love her so much, probably my favourite character

I like the rabbit thingi too because that’s my chinese zodiac sign, it’s an hare in some countries and a cat in vietnam

It’s also related to the moon so it feels quite esoteric compared to a lot of other asiatic zodiac signs

Also we can all agree rabbit character are sooooo cool usually

Biscuit, Mirko (my hero academia), Megumi’s rabbit escape (jujutsu kaisen), that one girl from bloody roar.

I still don’t know how Palm used her ability to find her knowing the details we get later

Me when I need to get back on tracks, just repeating what I previously did hoping my brain will find the path to the thought back

Yeah Gon, remember that ball game in the hunter exam

Don’t underestimate Knuckle

Thanks Biscuit, put some sense into him

Ken endurance seems so hard to train, the only thing I could compare it to in my mind would be the planck

but those two wouldn’t struggle maintaining the planck for three hours

LEZGOOOOOO

this is going to be brutal

Biscuit, please read something a bit more serious, I bet her fyp would be full of naked men and women on insta

Once again, Killua is better than Gon at something

Like with the enhancement training, ryu, ken, gyo

Definitely always a bit ahead (I definitely mentioned when I liveblogged those parts)

Biscuit, you know positive reinforcement actually helps more than roasting your students ?

Their clothes seem so damp, I feel it from a universe over

HERE HE IS, BEST BOI

DOGGO BOI

sorry i’ve got no brains, just dogs

the way people treat dog sometimes, I wish there were more Knuckle in real life

NICE Biscuit !

Don’t you need to sleep ? How long can you go, like in GI, we never saw her sleep too

not against Binolt, not during the training, not ever

Also can you summon two Cookie chan ? because there are two people here 

Anyway we know she’s more massages, and I WISH we’d see them, because this one is broken already

Definitely top nen ability I’d pick in my life

Why wouldn’t it be free ? Like not free in term of money ? Or like there is a secondary effect ?

Palm being weird

you need to see a therapist, like you are definitely trying to manage it in your own way, but that’s not normal, seek help

like at this level, you need some medicine 

PALM DON’T

The worst part of HxH

is THAT crush if you can consider this a crush

Biscuit is worried about Netero ;_;

GOOD PLAN

very nice

and fuck

rip everyone

IT’S HER BEST GIRL !

Nice chapter, I might do another one or two today, see ya !

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 392 - Intel

FINALLY

I am still confused a new chapter is coming already, my brain was already for another 3 years of waiting

Okay so did Hinrigh flee

Morena goons certainly did

Wait, STILL ALIVE

What

I AM SO CONFUSED

Did Hinrigh just not kill him to avoid drawing attention ?

Is it the intel from the chapter’s title ?

Poor guys got killed after a job well done

Seems like a decent enough intel

I hope Hinrigh isn’t puppeteering this guy from afar

like are bodies object to him ? Can he transform a body into a living being of itself that he can control

Okay love her, what a nice asset

A manipulator most likely or maybe a specialist ????

I’d say she took care of them while alive and wanted to keep going

a nen genius with a sad ending

Poor Kaccho, this reminded me of her

I wonder if she can dispose of several body at the same time or not ?

Oh yes, the cute blooooooood

Hisoka doing a black face ??????

I doubt he’s draw the line at that after killing and getting excited by kids

BUT Killua drew the line at underage drinking

Poor guy

How can you explain that to him after ?

“Sorry I saw a mosquito on you”

Money is a good peace holder

Another dud incoming

My bad, I hope you survive

Nice outfit though 

You like her nen Hisoka ?

Oh noooo

please don’t be dead

Not dead ???????

Just flee man, you probably can’t outrun him though

NOT ZAKURO

So he seems to be on a good mood

Okay so you’re gossiping

I don’t remember if this guy is a Heil-ly

Because needing autograph paper that badly is fishy

Just a troupe fanboy

probably a Shu-arr then

Nice, I’d probably never use this kind of delivery anyway on that boat but good to know it’s feasible

Can you deliver Zoldycks ?

I enjoy the rose tattoos guys

Hope they don’t all die

Well they are the one who risk an ambush at anytime

Yep deal with Hisoka, they’re just going to nicely wait for preys to come to them

You remind me of Gotoh. I’ll probably not be very fond of you anyway

Your goons on the other end, I like them. Pitting the troupe against Hisoka is a good idea anyway, they’ll all cause trouble in the long run

Well you did your research well on Hisoka

I think he’s grown past his enjoyment of fighting an upward battle but we never now

old habits die hard

You have less info on the Heil-ly than the Xi Yu do. They already now there is 23 of them and all are nen users

I like depressed bobcut and bearded guy the most here

Chilling in the Shu-arr’s place

Who would attack a room with three troupe members honestly

maybe a dumb rookie but there isn’t a lot that are this dumb

It’s a trap !!!!

LUINI

WTF

Is he that quick at disposing of people and their bodies ?

LUINI is going to appear

Well fuck you too

they can do what they want and it’s protecting themselves

What a dumbass

How high is his level now ?

You’re gonna die badly and I’m here for it Luini

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 397 - Foundation (3)

I came across a very early translation ! I’ll try to liveblog it before work 

I feel bad already, Sarasa had a bad caretaker too ? I’m using past tense because it’s a flashback not because she’s dead (but we all know she probably is)

Phinks looks so worried, noOOOOOOO ;_; 

“Yeah, I can’t come to work today, a bunch of kid in need of help (and hugs) came by, they lost their friend and need help”

Happiness no more

They get it at least, now, make a search party !

FUCK, someone, hug them 

LEZGOOOOOOO (i’m dying inside)

You know, it’s too bad Shizuku isn’t there because her power is the closer to a power cleaner among the troupe. She might have been a fan. Chrollo is so touched

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

That bag is ominous FUCK FUCK 

Chrollo, no, you’re too young, can anyone even read this language 

Can you read it under the rain ?

I winced 

This is excruciating 

NO MORE LOOKING 

IT IS

What do you mean, there are two papers. You don’t need to know really 

I doubt Uvo ever learnt what was written then 

I think it’s the first time Machi sides with Chrollo over Uvo.

NOW I’M UGLY CRYING, please they’re just kids. I don’t remember if Kurapika saw his whole clan dead too because someone else found them but he might have had it worse at the same age. FUCK, crying and sobbing

Wow, you have a great mortician 

Nice design of embalmer, was it nen ?

Machi’s a nen genius ! That’s why she learnt sewing and made her ability into nen threads. Someone please hug her 

Nen training time ???

So Chrollo was 11, as old as Gon and Killua at the beginning of the series. Travelling the world is the only dream left to Chrollo. He was older than most kids of the troupe back then too

Chrollo is an early 80s internet nerd 

A snuff movie was made, who watched it later to get clues ? I don’t want to know 

Oh no you created a website for snuff movies on the dark web

And Sheila left while the troupe was assembling and getting ready for revenge  

Of course, you need a way to deter future murders. Thus was born the “we will accept anything so don’t take anything from us” motto

Definitely a lot of people. You’ll have to apologize 

Well a legal system isn’t really there to punish people, Most offenders aren’t murderers or rapists and even most of those will get better from somthing tat isn’t just cruel to be cruel to “bad” people. Innocents can be convicted too. Anyway, this kind of person needs to be locked up but not for punishment but to protect people from them.   

Uvo did that 

9 members of the OG troupe 

I was wondering the whole mini arc but that’s Chrollo at 14 then. Shalnark hair here wasn’t like that last time we saw this flashback. Machi too looked different. Feitan (what happened to your hair ?). Nobu hasn’t aged a day since then. Anyway, probably the end of the founding of the troupe, next time we’ll go back to Nobu, Phinks and Feitan vs the Heil-yi. Bye bye Paku, Shal and Uvo, I’m not religious but I hope you found Sarasa and are waiting for the others. Some might join you later. Kinda fucked up that they did the same thing to the Kurta. We’ll definitely get more on that later with Sheila    

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 395 - Formation (1)

Well I didn’t get spoil but I saw people talking about the chapter and tried to avoid them like the pest. So let’s gooooo, it’s the first chapter of several one 

Camcat proved useful. Well they were already aware of teleportation shenanigans but now they can analyze patterns and try and select areas to investigate

Definitely not a secret passage 

So they’ll track Billé and the enhancer that attacked Hinrigh ? 

They are going to just go through it and kill everything in sight right ?

Are you pretending to have prostitutes in there ????? Or is that the wrong door

Well they’re smart but if it’s Bocconte’s door ability, it’s probably just the door that’s a trigger

Nobunaga can’t swim for several weeks noted (we never know with HxH world)

Best panel ever !

even BETTER 

NOTHING ?!? A fake lead ? 

Because some are a bit smarter

Nice little bit of characterization there

FLASHBACK TIME in meteor city

OH MY GOD BABY FRANKLIN, SHAL AND CHROLLO ! ! ! ! Yep Machi will beat you up even worse than Chrollo. I miss Shal, please don’t bring Paku, I’ll cry

Machi best lil gremlin ! ! ! ! !

GREMLIN FIGHT ! ! !! ! ! Uvo was already a good thrower

We are missing Paku, Fei, Phinks and Nobu ? 

MORE GREMLINS ! ! ! ! Fei looks amazing

HaHa nice trick !

Wait why is there a big synagoguechurchmosquetemple from all religions. It looks rich

Fuck people 

Is that how you learnt nen ? From the elders

PAKUUUUUUU ! only Nobu left, she’s soooo cute

Academics, good, Paku continues on being the best spider

CUUUUUTE super sentai 

Yeah paku, best translator around, that’s true anime culture

DUUUUB even better, do it ! And bring you friends who probably died young and sent you on a rampage too

CUTE

THAT SHEILAAAAA, fuck is it why the troupe attacked the Kurtas ?!? NOOO She was fine there you fucker and Kurapika loved her with Pairo. I don’t recognize Sarasa. And Sheila’s book isn’t Don’s journey to the west or east.  

Let’s gooooooo

They’ll get kidnapped won’t they ? Well first chapter about the formation of the PT. Definitely wasn’t expecting it could be interesting and answer some question we had about the Kurta’s massacre. This won’t end well