#hxh361

[xyliane]

don’t mind me these panels just left me a mess on the floor.

[kittytalkshxh]

On Mangastream’s Translations

i’ve been seeing the same post pointing out errors in the mangastream’s scanlation of Hunter x hunter 361, and i wanted to make my own post about the issue.

last year, mangastream had a note posted to their blog regarding the accuracy of their translations. the poster noted that Hunter x Hunter usually takes longer to translate than most of their other series; each chapter is extremely text-heavy, but often also worded very ambiguously, with complex grammar and vocabulary (i’ve seen enough people analyzing one certain scene in particular to believe this wholeheartedly). in order to release each new chapter as fast as possible, some accuracy is lost in the initial translation.

however, the series is a favorite of many translators on the site, so usually several of them work on each chapter over the course of the following week. they try to have the updated version of the chapter out by the next thursday, and they highly recommend rereading the previous chapter for a better translation before moving on to the new one.

(this post was on their website last year, and i’m paraphrasing heavily from it, but i assume the policy still holds true for these new translations.) 

[icharchivist]

oh my god,,, so the new chapter is actually out huh

[xyliane]

I think what worries me the most right now is how dolphin is warning kurapika about how long he’s been in emperor time and kurapika basically goes “not now got things more important than me to deal with.” because it means a few things: first, kurapika built in something of a failsafe for his own nen to remind him not to overdo it (or at least know when it’s about to expire), and second, he’s willfully ignoring said failsafe. he’s not even at a point of self-destroying anger right now, he’s just going on a low boil simmer, and he’s still consciously ignoring his own warnings.

at least it’s a cute dolphin?

[icharchivist]

Holy fuck no but seriously the more i think about it the more fucked up Steal Chain is, Kurapika cannot desactivate Emperor’s Time until he can use the Stolen Nen, that’s actually what is said. Like, last time he stayed too long in his Emperor’s Time mode he was in bed with fever for days. 

Can Pika like, chill

[icharchivist]

omg u have a tag for kurapika's dolphin? respect meuf

┏┓┃┃╱╲ In this ┃╱╱╲╲ house ╱╱╭╮╲╲ we love ▔▏┗┛▕▔ & support╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ ____ Kurapika’s dolphin____╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔

My Kurapika bae maybe make questionable aesthetic choices But I Love And Support Him and His Dolphin Thanks

[icharchivist]

@kimievii replied to your post“omg u have a tag for kurapika's dolphin? respect meuf”

I just thought about it but... YES ANOTHER COMMON POINT WITH CLOUD

MR DOLPHIN

KIMIE HOLY FUCK

I THINK YOU’RE INTO SOMETHING

This wouldn’t be the first time there are common things with Cloud like??: --Smol Villages Boys -Mass Murder of his Loved Ones -Ressentment over the people who did it and seeking for revenge -Eyes changing colors when confronted to an enemy -Crossdressed once to get closer to enemies

AND NOW THE DOLPHIN. Cloud rode a Dolphin up a tower, and Kurapika has it as one of his Chain now

And like maybe we wouldn’t mention it if, yknow Meteor City wasn’t an actual name in the saga (Meteor City for the origin of his enemies I mean C o m o n )

And of course this:

which has for cover, sure, not the same ff, but: 

ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED.

No but joke aside i wouldn’t even be surprised Togashi, being the video game dork he is, and who already made reference to FFVII, would have done this on purpose.

This is it. Good luck stopping me from believing Dolphin-chan was inspirated by Junon’s Dolphin, Cloud’s best friend.

[icharchivist]

Listen I found the dolphin stupid too at first but look, some weapons in hxh involves a fart, spinning tops, yoyos, coins, confetti, the actual floor, holes in your own bodies, and making Haiku. In an universe were the strongest folks are furries and a life-or-death video game allows you to do mpreg.

I think we’ll survive the dolphin.

[icharchivist]

Help,,, Kurapika is so pretty,,,

[kittytalkshxh]

Chapter 361 Reaction

Spoilers under the cut:

Kurapika’s final power has been revealed! And it’s a cute dolphin syringe that “steals” other people’s abilities lol. I wonder if Kurapika had this power all along, or if the disastrous events in Yorknew led him to create it? So he wouldn’t have to put anyone else he cares about in danger. 

I’ve already heard a few people call him too overpowered with this ability, but I think it’s pretty well balanced. He can only use the power once before it is sent back to its original owner, and he’s stuck in Emperor Time mode while its active, which tires him out severely (using it for one night in Yorknew left him bedridden for days.) The little dolphin even had a failsafe to remind him how long he had been using it (which he completed ignored, lol Pika never change). 

It’s interesting to note that the guy who got killed had a similar ability to Tsubone’s in which he could turn into a boat and relied on other people’s nen to fuel him. I really wish we could see more abilities that relied on teamwork, but with Kurapika in the spotlight, we probably won’t for a long while (RIP Carton).

We also learned the culprit behind the fuzzy mind control nen beast...Momoze! She has no idea she was complicit in three murders, but honestly I don’t think she would care too much if she knew. I get the feeling she is planning to kill her mother and little brother, but her intentions were a little ambiguous. I’m a bit nervous about Hanzo being moved to Maryam’s guard by their mother (and Biscuit, who is already on his team). I don’t want either of them to get caught up in whatever she has planned! Although I am rooting for her a little bit, because cute girls who can kill you are awesome.

(Quick note: we’ve seen in past chapters that Prince Maryam had a pet bug in a littler terrarium, so maybe that will come into play with Kurapika’s temporary insect ability.)    

Lastly, Prince Harkenburg is withdrawing from the succession war! And the Kind is surprisingly alright with it? Or is he? Maybe he recognizes his son has a strong nen beast which may act for him when things start getting real? Or he’s leaving it to his other children to kill him one way or another? Either way I’m excited to see what happens next!

[icharchivist]

Me: The chapter was nice but eh I guess I am not sure about that new chain. But I’m buying it so far I just wish a bigger backlash.

Me: *sees posts kinda against this new chain in a rude way*

Me: Anyway I love Dolphan-chan and I’ll protect him and care a lot about him and Pika is the best have you see how good he is and how understandable it all is I’m shook, best chapter ever.

[icharchivist]

lkdjlkdf i’m so fucking petty, somehow youtube recommanded me a reaction video for the last chapter of hxh and i watched it, I was smiling bc they were super excited and all, and then mid video they called the chain’s design stupid and i closed the window without even thinking twice

I’m.... a mess....

[icharchivist]

Anyway  I’ve been thinking about that new chain a lot and since I’m seeing people being negative about it I feel like i should write out my thoughts.

It’s seriously not as bad as it sounds somehow.

I was really wary when I read the spoilers that Kurapika had “a stealing chain”, I guess for about the same reasons as everyone. It’s a little op, too close to Chrollo.

But I’ve been thinking about it for a while now at least.

-First considering the Dolphin calls him out over the use of Emperor’s time, he still needs to have his red eyes activated to do that, and it is therefore pushing his limits. When he used too much his Nen in Specialist Mode, he was always exhausted. The only fact that he was warned right away makes me think this technique is probably heavier than the others ones when it comes to using it.

-Unlike Chrollo, it’s one stealing ability at a time. Besides, once it’s used one,it goes back to the person it belongs. And then there’s the attitude around it, unless maybe when Chrollo used Korutopi’s technique in his fight against Hisoka (and I’m still convinced he didn’t take Shal’s), Chrollo doesn’t exactly spell out that he’s going to spell someone’s Nen. Kurapika at least talks about it with its owner. Even if it does look like Chrollo’s (and it isn’t helped with the reversed cross on the chain) I think that the fact it’s more borrowing than stealing can be an interesting contrast (and it’s kinda dull to complain about it now since there had been tons of contrast building up between Chrollo and Kurapika, already into the YN arc.)

-It’s also not confirmed if the power can remain inside the Chain for a long time. As it seems, Kurapika seems to have to keep Emperor’s Time activated as long as he doesn’t use the Nen inside the Dolphin (ie back to point 1), and then the Nen goes back to its user. The Zetsu mode is temportary, and it seems to ask for an imediate use.

-It doesn’t seem like it’s a power he will use a lot. And honestly at this point it makes a lot of those chains. Chain Jail can only be used against the Spiders so he never uses it outside of his revenge quest. Judgement Chain puts the person he does it to in a Life or Death situation which for the most part, Kurapika tries to avoid. Now I’m not sure he’ll use Steal Chain all that often. 

-also ye we were aware that with the dc arc most of Kurapika’s fighting chains, unless he runs into the troupe, will be useless, and I honestly don’t think this chain will help him all that much. Like if the Dolphin is empty when he wants to attack someone he won’t go far. Besides, we don’t know how easy it is to actually steal it, and we only saw him steal from an easily immobilized adversary (same for Judgement Chain btw). It is possible it won’t work that easily on a Real Fight.

-And Like often with Kurapika’s powers, it seems a little more to be a Morality question than an actual Power question imo. In that case how he refuses to get help from people, even of his closest friends. And frankly i’m personally more interested in how Kurapika isnt found of seeing people as pawns (there was a mistranslation in the common scans) and how Kurapika think about “and that’s why I want to fight alone” while thinking about the group, than to the actual chain tbh. Ending up isolating the power from the individual seems to be a way to distance himself from the closeness an Ally would be during a fight, from the closeness Izunavi was reproaching him of trying to avoid, allowing him therefore to fight alone. Meanwhile he also put his distances with his Real Allies, the people who are actually there for him, by putting the accent on how he would rather work alone, because “Reality isn’t that simple”.

-Oh and by the way, it also fits the canon description of Specialist, which are that they are charismatic loners who will mostly handle things by themselves. (and frankly we accepted far more OP Nen those last few arcs.)

-And finally, we have only seen it once for crying out loud. Even all I say can be utterly bullshit. So far it was shown once, in a “Look at what he can do” way, but give Togashi some credits, when did that kind of set up didn’t lead to an eventual “and that’s how it can go wrong”.

I’m personally really hoping for more in text violent consequences as well, I sure as hell didn’t expect a Nen Stealing new Chain and honestly hated the idea, but the more I think about it the more likely, with hxh’s usual writting, it will be far more interesting.

I’ve ranted for ever over how the others chains of Pika had consequences, and I still hope that it will get in that direction textually as well. 

So now at least you guys know where I stand.

[icharchivist]

huh hello,,, i want to thanks not only t.ogashi but god for those panels of l.eorio, k.illua and g.on while k.urapika is thinking about his allies,,, bi es

[icharchivist]

Oh no the spoilers were true about the new chain

[icharchivist]

see i already saw someone calling kurapika’s powers op i’m never escaping this curse this is not helping

*lays down to the ground* damn