#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 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 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 

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 396 - Formation (2)

Second part of the troupe gremlins story. I’m really excited for more cuteness

Whas it a nen screening ? Or maybe for the first suicide bombers ? Unless the PT is the result of some tvreality show like the ones creating girl and boys band ? That’s how I see them, Meteor city got talent vibe. I’m dumb it’s for the super sentai -_-

UVO YOU CREEP

Stop pestering my man ! Fei not being in a panel because of his height is always the funniest thing.

Sarasa is so cuuuuuute and Phinks is a softie

LET THE SHOW BEGIN

I’m so happy for these kids, a bit of happiness is good for them

Chrollo should have been a voice actor 

OH NO

OMG CHROLLLOOOOOOOOOO YAY gooooo don’t care about the future cringe you’ll have ! BE YOU

I LOVE HIM

Uvo is shook

GON ?!? Anyway this is wholesome PT content and I’m here for it

Chrollo is definitely a good actor, raising in my favourite characters ranking right here

NOBUUUUUUU

CHROLLO is awakening his nen right now ?????? Joking, probably just the dark vibes

This is really bringing back fond memories of my youth and supersentais

I’m tearing up

All that for a show about cleaning

Kids being kids

Uvo probably won’t mind and just give you all the tapes he can find

He didn’t say it himself, that’s toxic masculinity for you, COME HERE BIG GUY AND GIVE ME A HUG 

CUTE KIDS

TROUPE ORIGINS, a team of voice actors of an obscure show in an obscure language

TEARS ARE COMING !

More dub work, anyway when can we see the troupe acting as a super sentai with transformation sequences and spandex 

Machi’s no princess, just a little gremlin

THE PHANTOM TROUPE, what a cute bunch of people 

I love them, I’m really caring a lot more about the trope now, FUCK

Welp, that didn’t age well

Bad idea, well bye bye Sarasa ? your death will be the origin of the troupe’s secondary goal after its inception

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK, well next week for more children adventure !

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 399 - Departure

Okay so it’s 1am and I’m a bit sleepy but let’s do this !

I got spoiled the title and man I hope everything goes well

We’re one chapter away from chapter 400 and I hope I can SMILE again

Okay so another translation of the title, I’ll keep it as departure for now

No sign of Montblanc or Chiffon or even Dogman. I hope it’s not a fake murder room and they just bailed

Bailed it is

Weird translation ? I guess Nobu just talked about the two random guys they sent before talking to the Heil-yi about who sent them ? And it alerted them ?

I’m with Hinrigh there

Anyway probably a warp door

WAIT why are they just chilling there ????

I’m pretty much lost, this is pretty weird they are unbothered. Is there a trap ?

Well yep probably a warp door

I don’t remember the category of this guy, he talked to Chiffon and Montblanc

Interesting ability ? Conjurer ? Like he can convert stuff into his own body ? 

Oh Emitter then and probably a counter type, I love a little mind game battle

Another knife or another Heil-yi ?

Oh that’s the enhancer that fought Hinrigh before

I think those two are enhancers

Fuck the manipulator

Please don’t agree with him, I don’t trust him at all

REALLY ! Nobu doesn’t give a fuck

So why couldn’t he transfer it to the table ?

Why are you talking ? Are you expecting him to leave hints without wanting to ?

I guess Emission because it teleports the damage ?

The more I think about it the less I can consider Knuckle’s aura lending as anything other than emission despite him being a conjurer

Yokotani is pretty weird but I don’t trust him

Pretty nice ability there, but useless to kill, it’s weird.for an Heil-yi member

Can it be considered a counter type ? I would say yes and level 5 is their maximum

Hinrigh is the GOAT

Are you sure about this Nobu ? Well probably, you’re pretty nen smart, what can you do without your katana though ? Your nen must be weaker with another one if you don’t care about it enough ?

This went way less bloody than expected but pretty cool, Heil-yi are smart

NIIIIICE

pretty cool chapter I’m going to bed now !

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 400 - Concealed

FINALLY the 400th chapter ! Before the hiatus, we learnt they were thinking of changing the schedule for Hunter x Hunter serialization. It’ll probably stay at Shueisha though but probably not in the Weekly Shounen Jump, I doubt, they’d let it be on the Jump Ryu since it’s only online and Hunter x Hunter definitely help selling some jump issues. Monthly would cover the amount of chapter we had before 2018 before Togashi tried to be more active. We’ll see but I think something bimonthly  like One Piece could be possible but we’ll see

Back to Phinks and Feitan, sooooo the hideout is not on the 3rd floor but on the 4th or 5th floor. 

I thought tier 2 wasn’t an option but maybe it’s. Phinks’ En can reach 100 meters it seems, pretty good. Of course,processing all that could be hard, fuck. And we’ve got confirmation that En really lowers defenses.   

Nobu’s BACK ALREADY ! He found them pretty quickly in this crowd too. They’re really convinced it’s on tier 2, we’ll see

Oh so there was a nen space not just a regular space protected by nen ? But you did think transmutation was a possibility ? Yep something feels off

It’s true there wouldn’t have been any problem if Morena was on the higher floor, away from her turf. But we know her office was empty so where is it ? Franklin is a good option to get rid of them from the doorway but wouldn't he risk targeting a counter type ? 

OH FUCK, an emergency announcement is bad news. 

WTF, don’t tell me Taithon taboo has been breached. We’ve got a liar little bro without a scar, all of them seem so weird

This is fucked up can she rewrite personality, please no, I’m scared. Juliano seemed so cool

Okay I freaked out for nothing seems Taithon’s beast can bring happiness, maybe they’re just all high on serotonin

Izunavi really wants a shipwide reading brainwash, OH FUCK, is this the emergency announcement ? Taithon looks more endearing here. I know she has nearly no chance to survive this trip so I feel bad

Wait how do you know about Kaccho, did you see the corpse in the ship that was retrieved ? 

This is still Kaccho, maybe she told everyone ? But would she be draining so much aura, death should be a sufficient condition to lower the burden even if it wasn’t nen after death that usually seems to run indefinitely. 

I agree to everything there, it’s good to see Kaccho back, but her death really wasn’t hidden long then

Melody is resolved then

I guess For Tsubeppa and Luzurus, Duazul is the main readon they can leverage amnesty. Well, please let Melody be okay, She’s even protecting a ghost’s feelings about Keeny’s death. She’s so kind 

Okay so yep, Melody’s ability is best to heal mental health issues and the body can be affected a bit too. Giving away a counter measure against her ability is a bit reckless in this war though

OOF that would be hard 3 nen users in there who are quite dangerous

A CONFESSION !?!? CUUUUTE, but your plan is still so dangerous

Is that why Melody thought his heartbeat always felt weird and calm ?????

Or maybe not, yeah maybe he’s dangerous. melody, how many fucked up manipulators have you met ? Beside Morel and Zushi it’s pretty much the Slytherin category

MELODY TIME anyway, I’m so happy !!! Is there any reason to not kill Terrorsandwhich ?  I can’t see this guy being affiliated to Camila, Taithon, Halkenburg or Marayam ???? Melody must be annoying to interrogate if she just flexes her right to remain silent non stop, pretty efficient though

This guy just really seems to be after everyone being as safe as possible, maybe Halkenburg’s men control him ? Maybe not 

More political fuckery, martial law is the worst, the army is the least trustworthy branch of the government and it’s lead by a prince anyway there

Where did she goooooooo ! PLEASE DON’T BE DEAD 

Probably went to confirm your death

WAIT WHAT, Is Kaccho giving you energy ? Like nen after death aura tank ? Or maybe you’re just unwell Fu  

Or what I feared she’s exerting herself too much

I can’t cry I just feel bad and worried, like I’m really getting anxious for her

Yep she’s weird but let her sleep

What’s this BZ BZZZ BZZZ

What ?!?!?

Camila’s men didn’t commit suicide ? It wouldn’t have been powerful enough unless it was close to her anyway

WHO DID THAT TO FUUUUUUUUU

I love Zhang Lei, really a nice guy ready to give out his coins

Urgh never accept, even if it could maybe help Kurapika

Yep get out, Melody big brain time

This is Camila’s doing right ? But when ??? Granted the overuse of her ability could help weakening her but still

The last one that knew nen was Longiiiiii OKAY, well she didn’t sound like the user of Secret Majority, who it’s then, Cleapatro seemed weird but maybe it’s a judge. 

BACK TO HIATUS, I am anxious as fuck, a lot will be happening in the next batch, I love these chapters spent on catching up on various plot and princes shenanigans. melody chapters are always welcome. It was so nice to see Kaccho again. AND WHAT was THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT. Nice hiatus everyone

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 398 - Search

Some people are very quick to translate. Let’s go back to Morena and her goons

I love character wildly theorizing and being completely wrong. I can empathize ! Phinks doesn’t know it’s two abilities of course but I saw some people (including me) who thought the old guy could be some sort of trigger. Or that the door ability needed a trigger.

I love them, bickering

Of course the old guy was close to his double and the one hiding in the secret room, I’m sooooo dumb for not noticing before. 

I definitely wasn’t expecting more theorizing on the old Heil-ly but here we are

That’s when you’d disappear my guy, good luck !

Well bad idea my dude Feitan is fast

One more kill to the Heil-yi someone will awaken from this 

Correct ! Interesting new subtypes Togashi must love nen ability crafting.

Fei, be careful tho

I mean Fei is perfect for a suicide mission with pain packer. If he’s in a pinch he can use it without worrying about potential friends being around. Let’s hear the mafia proposition ! 

Because you don’t know his ability 

RAW OYSTER ! Definitely wasn’t expecting that kind of animal but good choice. 

Even weirder to have to eat it ! 

I’m with you guys, oyster is just too alive and viscous for me to be able to swallow. 

DUDE NOOOOO YOU’LL DIE ! well, it was nice knowing Hinrigh. He didn’t prepare weapons beforehand I needed more weaponized pigeon mafia hancuffs (those words can be put in any order and still rock, I love them) 

Here I thought Nobu was into enhancers but I guess Conjurers are also his thing. Mission : Save Hinrigh !

HURRRYYYYYY the fuck on ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 

WOW ! IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND WITH A KNIFE. Skills

Who now !

FUCK NOBU CAME TO HELP HIS NEW CRUSH !!!! Let’s play coop indeed          ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Nobu is a softie and wants to fuck. TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE 

I’m such a fan of this duo 

What’s that ? EN ?

Nobu learnt about going through wall from Gon and Killua and look at him now ! He loves this trick 

Transmutation seriously ? Anyway it’s a good ability, so this is not a nen space but just protection of an existing space 

Morena’s ability ? Or are they just implying she’s the one that hinted someone the nen protection ability ? Some real estate agent maybe ?

TWO BROS CHILLING IN A HOT TUB 5 FEET APART CAUSE THEY’RE NOT GAY. 

Each door is definitely a different passageway, hinted at by the symbols 

Processing room ? Well, I’m Hyped for next week for sure

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Hunter x Hunter Chapter 394 - Plan

Well the chapter was a bit late so I’m liveblogging it at 9 am (french hours)

Poor Heil-ly guy, you won’t be able to escape like that my man

Well deserved anyway

A clone ???? Or maybe some protective under garment since he jumped in front of cars ? 

Clone it is, probably since he was a con man he’d like to have a body double to perform for him. Way to go clone ! “It was better before now, OK BOOMER”

RIP Tasshi

Sharing intel is cool, yep Luini dead and they might have a bunch of teleportation abilities since they love emitter so much. It could be fun  

Brillé level 21 ?

Malloteve is a transmuter ? HAHA told you nen would fuck with you. So A conjurer and a lot of them are left handed ?

They are way more cooperative than I thought they would but it’s nice. So Torebelm ?

Montblanc and Chiffon, okay, got it, both conjurers and dispose of bodies. They will end up with a Frankenstein related ability, won’t they ? 

Sodom serious ????? Anyway Morena can infect more people if people in her colony die it seems. 

Okaruji and Yokotani, okay, You might all die soon if you guard the door, especially if Tse’s involved too GOOD LUCK 

Nôtre and Soufflé, okay I’ll try to remember a fucking pronoun and another “cake” name. Like Nôtre is “ours” (felt like writing bear) in french and Notre is “our”. Soufflé is weird to described but it means blown and they are usually very “light” cakes anyway.  

DogMAAAAAN ? Enhancer and already a bit dangerous but he’s gonna be even more.

Any interesting intel on that cat cam ?

Soldiers now

LEGAL shenanigans time. Yokotani will fuck you up guys

Those soldiers seem cool, hope they don’t die, which they probably will, in horrible circumstances

You really should switch princes girls, Tse’s the worst

Fuck you ma Terrorsandwhich deserves death and only death

So many girls, is that something about Tse ? Only liking smart girls and dumb violent guys ? I mean Danjin is fine but Myuhan and the corporal are really dumb. I’ll remember you Shin !

TRUE TRUE AND TRUE, let’s get Mizai involved

This’ll degenerate a lot

Momori x Shin !!!!! LEZGOOOOOOOOOO ! They are quite aware of Tse’s tendencies, hope they stay far from him. 

Yep they have more chances of surviving this than you my guy

I feel so bad for them, but they seem smart enough to avoid the big battles

FUUUUCK NOOOOOO, let him die girls, don’t become other Theta, my heart couldn’t take it

VOLKEN ! Finally, I was hoping to meet you after hearing so much for a few pages 

THETAAAAAA ! yep Tse is the worst

Oh no don’t tell me you’ll get contaminated

NOOOOO, this’ll be heartbreaking and it’ll happen

Girls, you’re smart, just don’t get close to Tse WOOOW, what a chapter, as if we needed more characters.

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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 !