#hyori ittai

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Two sides of the same coin

[heliianth]

i think its infinitely funny that hxh 2011 decided that nagareboshi kirari should go 76-98 and hyori ittai should go the rest of the series until the end of chimera ant bc like. like

listen i get it. i understand why those songs were chosen for those parts of the arc. hyori ittai is the most thematically fitting so it gets put during the climactic second half and nk is a love song they mostly use as a killua leitmotif so it gets put at the start during a lot of emotional build up

but its hilarious bc hyori ittai is a huge bop and it plays right after some of the most emotionally devastating scenes in the world so ur just sitting there watching the banging ed like. 😨 dont get me wrong if i had to watch nk after smthn like 131 i wouldve killed myself but u understand right. its so funny

[duckiemimi]

which jjk's opening song is your favorite?

ao no sumika 😭 i tear up as soon as that chorus hits, this is pavlovian in nature

[jfkisonthemoon]

The Hunter x Hunter art you reblogged earlier made me want to listen to the opening song again! I don't listen to the Japanese version a lot but I'm always surprised to hear how hyper it is compared to the Arabic version (which is the version I grew up listening to and am way more used to)

I really like how peaceful the Arabic opening is so I wanted to share it with you

https://youtu.be/67t5vikUfhI?si=W0egV19C2SgBckwh

omg thank you!! ive heard this version of the intro before, but i always love to be reminded of it since it really is so peaceful.

personally, i think even the japanese 99 intro is pretty calm, but departure (2011 intro) is definitely upbeat.

[seldomsee]

It kills me that Hyori Ittai is considered The hxh song when Kaze no Uta is right there…

[storybookprincess]

everyone give it up for hyori ittai!!

[besiresmith]

Thinking again about the moment Meruem remembers Komugi in the Chimera Ant Arc. Welfin is there to say her name because Ikalgo spared his life and inspired him with his own bravery and loyalty to his friends. Ikalgo was there to spare Welfin because Killua showed him mercy and offered him friendship. Killua was there to spare Ikalgo because Gon offered him friendship and fought to help him get away from his family. The thread of causation stretches back all the way to the start of the series, if you really look for it. And it's like. Komugi was the one to make Meruem reevaluate his worldview on strength and mercy and humanity, to learn care for another being. A nuclear bomb, the pinnacle of human evil, was what made Meruem forget her and everything she symbolised. So the fact there is a tangible line of small acts of human kindness leading to the moment Meruem remembers her again and finally gives up on everything he once stood for... hyori fuckin ittai or something, you know?

[ernestinapickman]

Ok so, this is the Hyori Ittai theory of Hunter x Hunter.

It’s more of a literary analysis-type thing than a lore/worldbuilding theory, but that’s what my background is in. It’s also at least 30% a joke.

Spoilers through the end of the anime ahead!

The Hyori Ittai theory of Hunter x Hunter states that there are just two characters in Hunter x Hunter: Gon and Killua. Every other character in both the manga and the anime can be categorized neatly as either a Gon or a Killua.

There are a few ways to identify what category each character falls into, but the simplest version (imo) is this: Killuas have suffered in the past, but generally speaking, both morally and in terms of their personal happiness, things are looking up for them over the course of the narrative. Gons, on the other hand, generally start in a better place than they end up; things get worse for them before they get better. They also tend to travel in pairs: for every Gon, there are almost always one or more Killuas.

Other potential traits of Killuas include:

All-consuming devotion to their friends and allies

Risk-aversion

Better at verbalizing their feelings, either in their own heads or out loud

Plan before they act

Direct foil to Killua

General deuteragonist energy

Other traits of Gons include:

Act before they plan

Inexplicable amounts of charisma

Ruled by emotion

Tend to avoid verbalizing their feelings, or don’t understand them

Direct foil to Gon

General protagonist energy

Sometimes whether a character is a Gon or a Killua might be obvious (Hisoka is obviously a Gon, and Illumi is obviously a Killua), but sometimes the parallels are a little less obvious. For example, despite surface-level similarities to Killua, Kurapika is actually a Gon. This is most obvious in his prequel chapters of the manga (see the post I just reblogged), and when you look at his relationships with Leorio and Melody (gee Kurapika, how come Togashi lets you have two Killuas?).

This is also why Kurapika gets to be the protagonist of multiple arcs. He’s the Gon in situations where Gon himself is absent and/or less relevant!

Other notable Killuas include:

Kalluto Zoldyck - While Kalluto’s arc hasn’t finished yet, the fact that they’ve moved away from the Zoldyck household and into the Phantom Troupe (who are shown to be very devoted to one another) points to Kalluto being on a Killua-type trajectory (to paraphrase Sylvi Bullet, this kid could get Killua’d about friends).

Mito Freecss - She was Ging’s first Killua, and was very devoted to him.

Kite - Very much the mild-mannered counterpart to Ging.

Palm Siberia - While I waffled a bit on this one initially, she’s very much a Killua foil who ends up in a better place than she started.

Shoot McMahon - Obviously.

Biscuit Krueger - The two are both transmuters, and while we don’t know much about her backstory, the way she latches onto Gon and Killua is similar to how Killua latches onto Gon during the Hunter Exam.

Komugi - I also waffled a bit on this one, but her nasty home life is what solidly put her in the Killua category for me.

Other notable Gons include:

Chrollo Lucilfer - Chrollo is a direct foil to Kurapika, and therefore by transitive property this makes him a Gon as well

Isaac Netero - A lot of Gon’s counterparts could be described as “if Gon went sour”, and his fight with Meruem pretty directly parallels Gon’s fight with Neferpitou.

Uvogin - Nobunaga was right on the money with this one.

Knuckle Bine - Knuckle is the opposite of Ging, Hisoka, Netero, and Uvo: he’s a Gon that’s doing okay for himself.

Ging Freecss - Ending D proves it, unfortunately.

Menthuthuyoupi - He’s the most straightforward of the royal guard, and the only one who isn’t a direct foil to Killua.

Meruem - Like Komugi, I waffled on this one, since although he’s got major protagonist vibes and dies badly, like Killua, his morality and happiness improve over the course of the story. However, I think he does get worse before he gets better therefore making him a Gon.

A few more notes: first, there are more Killuas than Gons in this story, which makes sense because you almost always have more supporting characters than protagonists. Second, you might be wondering if there are any characters who do not fit into either category, or if there’s overlap.

Yes and no. While there is overlap in some cases (see Palm, Komugi, and Meruem), all characters tend to lean one way or the other. There are a few who have not received enough page time to sort them, especially characters who are newer. For example, Pariston’s position in the narrative slots him into the role of one of Ging’s (or Netero’s) Killuas, but his personality is much more Gon-like. Likewise, Alluka seems to have started out in a Killua-like position, but I could easily see her developing into a Gon should she ever return to the story and get her own arc.

Finally, there is one character who is neither a Gon nor a Killua, and that’s Gon’s unnamed great-grandma. Good on her for being the only normal person in the whole story.

[meltymoth]

listening to hyori ittai again and explording

[i-heart-hxh]

What is your favorite ending theme for hxh? For me, it's reason, mostly because I love the instrumental that kicks in at pivotal moments like the dodgeball game or killua ripping out the needle. It's bombastic and I love the rock like theme that plays, kind of like a hero breaking their chains and realizing their true strength all along (literally, in Killua case) but it's also soft and sentimental and sensitive in its own way, particularly in the beginning. (Sorry, I don't know anything about music, I wasn't paying attention during class, so I'm not sure I described it correctly).

It's a tie between Reason and Hyori Ittai for me!

Reason is such a fun and stirring song, it has a nice refreshing feel to it, I adore the visuals in the ending theme and never get tired of them, and I like how it represents the highest point in Gon and Killua's relationship before everything gets much more complicated. Even though it was also used after the separation.... But we don't need to talk about that. I agree that it's nice when used as background music as well!

(Side note, but the orchestral version of Nagareboshi Kirari from the "You are Light" scene kills me every time.)

Hyori Ittai tends to give me flashbacks to the intensity of watching Chimera Ant arc for the first time and how riveting and intense that experience was. Every now and then when I'm listening to it a strong memory of that feeling will hit me and give me shivers! It's surprisingly upbeat sounding for such a painful arc, but it fits perfectly at the same time.

Also, not one of the 2011 endings, but I just want to give a shout out to Wanna Stay, Wanna Go? from the 1999 anime, which is just so unbelievably fruity (complimentary) that it must be seen to be believed:

[moonscape]

maybe this is just the hxh fan in me speaking and the fact that i always go insane over the use of wedding bells in nagareboshi kirari and funeral bells in hyori ittai but being able to hear bells in the tree of life (roots) is making me go hogwild. i don't even think the bells have any symbolic meaning in tol just hearing them at all is making want to start barking

[kitty999]

HYORI ITTAI 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[duckiemimi]

ao no sumika is my favorite jjk opening so far. but i really can't stop being sad whenever i watch the op because someone pointed out that it was geto in the hallway walking away from gojo :(

i wish i didn't find that out because im sad now. just typing it is making me sad again god i hate satosugu 😞

oh i feel u 😭 i can’t hear it without tearing up either! the only thing that tops ao no sumika is its matching ending, akari,,,i bawled my eyes out my first time hearing it and pair that with the visuals?? oh. pain.

[animemusicbrackets]

Anyone alse submiyted hunter x hunter endings?

There are 14 currently:

6 hyori ittai

4 hunting for your dream

2 for each just awake and reason

[typenull]

Hyori ittai or whatever