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[justxtalking]

Do u think maybe when killua was stalking gon it was because he was jealous of gon and not palm for going on a date with palm or just going on a date?like what proof do we have that he was jealous of palm other than him not liking palm?and when he asked gon if he had went on a date before gon said yes and killua had a rock drop on his face😭and he kinda envied him like hes so experianced,maybe he was jealous of gon not palm

Eh, the third magical option?

The thing is, Killua doesn't show any interest in dating. Not then, not before and not after. And, as you pointed out, he doesn't even like Palm. What we do know about Killua is that he wants to be with Gon forever.

Let me explain my thoughts a bit more, with all the proof.

Disclaimer: This is how I see it. Just my perspective on this topic. Literally, just my opinion.

Before talking about the date, I think it's necessary to talk about the scenes that came before. Everything it's clearer with context, and I think it's better if we don't see the date in isolation.

Killua's conflict in these scenes (and more) revolves around his love and care for Gon. Being more specific, his desire to stay with Gon. These scenes are written mostly focusing on Killua's perspective, too.

“Gon, you are light.”

The scene is really powerful and important for Killua as a character and in his relationship with Gon. Here, Togashi focuses mainly on Killua���s feelings towards Gon, as it is shown through the art and the inner-monologue. Before, Killua was feeling down thanks to what Knov, Netero and Morel said to him. Here are some examples of what they said:

It directly links to Killua’s weakness, which is presented later in this part of the arc.

However, Gon thanks him and makes him feel better. What I want to take from this scene is 1. Killua sees Gon as light.

Togashi literally portrays Gon as light by using the white space, lines that seem to come from Gon, and adding subtle white lines to Killua’s shocked expression. To Killua, he shines so bright he can’t keep on looking at him.

If you ask me, I don't think this is the first time Killua sees Gon like this. I think Gon was bright to him since almost the moment they first met, though I do think Killua's feelings grew more and more as the story continued. However, it is the first time we, the readers, are told by Killua about it. This is the first time Togashi shows Killua thinking in those terms about Gon.

And 2. He asks himself, “But… can I still stay by your side?” This is important because Killua, here, is already questioning himself if he, being the person he is, can stay with Gon.

2. Palm

When this scene ends, we meet Palm. What I want to take from these scenes is the following.

First, Palm is introduced as a highly disturbing character, and clearly not mentally well. Her design resembles a horror character (she looks like the girl of The Ring), her speech bubbles are wobbly as if she's trembling, and her behavior is truly unhinged in more ways than one.

It's also important to take into account that Togashi loves dark humor, and he makes a lot of jokes with Palm.

Second, neither Killua nor Biscuit know how to talk to her. They are deeply disturbed by her (and rightly so) and uncomfortable. The only one who can speak to her normally is Gon. Not because he is not disturbed or because he is totally oblivious, he was weirded out at first, but he has a clear goal (train and rescue Kite) and knows how to behave around her better than the other two.

Examples of Biscuit and Killua:

Gon is acting determined and positive, which leads to Palm liking him. Killua, in these cases, is disturbed by Palm and he notices Gon is able to deal with Palm, something Biscuit and him can't do.

Third, Palm is highly worried about Gon and Killua not being able to beat Knuckle and Shoot. She's presented like a threat to the trio, and she warns them more than once about it.

If Palm gets angry, they could be killed. That's why Biscuit ends up running away.

3) Killua's weakness

Here we, the readers, are informed for the first time of Killua's weakness in battle. If we pay attention to Killua's behavior in previous scenes, we would realize that this is something that he has been doing since the beginning.

What I want to take from this is the following:

This spell takes “an enormous effort to break.”

2. Killua gets scared and worried that, if he can't get over his weakness and beat Shoot, he will have to “stay out of Gon's life” because one day he could “let Gon down and leave him to die.” Killua does not want to leave Gon and does not want Gon to suffer because of him. This is linked with the first point I explained, and Killua questioning himself about being able to stay with Gon.

What Biscuit said to him served as a wake-up call for him to try and change.

However, despite his best efforts, he still lost against Shoot. Killua feels awful about that because it means he will have to leave Gon. He made up his mind that it was for the best, but since Gon is nenless, Killua feels like he can't leave him alone just yet. He needs to protect him.

4) The date!

First, when Gon and Killua arrive, Palm is destroying dolls of Gon with a knife, and wanting revenge because Gon and Killua failed despite Gon's promise. Both react shocked, but Gon is the one who tries to make it up to her, since he was the one who made the promise and failed.

Here, Killua is clearly unhappy about the situation. He gets angry and disturbed. He understands the concept of dating and he doesn't like that Gon will have a date with Palm. He tries to object and complains to Gon and to Palm, going back and forth. He doesn't want Gon to go out with Palm, not because he wants to go on a date instead of Gon but because Gon will go out with Palm. I don't think Killua would have cared this much if another person instead of Gon would have gone out with Palm.

It's one of the cases where we could say Killua was jealous, as he is taking an active role to avoid this date from happening.

Second, the gym scene. As I mentioned before, Killua was already thinking about Gon being able to deal with Palm, so here he asks him about dating (since he made the connection between the two.)

When Gon answers that he did, as you mentioned, Togashi draws a rock drop, a device to show that Killua was extremely shocked by Gon's answer (and also for comedic effect.) Killua relaxes a bit when Gon says it was mostly with Mito, but he again reacts shocked when he hears there were others.

The fact that Killua thinks Gon “is so experienced” together with Gon saying that “They call those types cougars” while looking so innocent is a joke of dark humor. We don't know the true nature of these dates, to be honest, but it's what gave Gon the experience to know how to behave around Palm so she doesn’t hurt them.

Killua here does not act like he envies Gon, he's more shocked than anything (and a bit disturbed.) What's interesting in this scene is when Gon asks Killua back about dating, Killua answers a bit nervously and completes his sentence in his mind: “And I thought we would stay together.”

If you ask me if he's okay with Gon dating other people, I would say he isn't because of these reactions.

Killua is not interested in dating someone else, he just wants to stay with Gon. What comes to his mind at that moment is what Biscuit said to him (what I explained in point 3, Killua's weakness.) He truly doesn't want to leave Gon, but he thinks it's for the best.

And I may have no proof, but it looks as if he shed a tear or two and he wiped his face fast. Togashi did hide Killua's face when Killua was about to cry.

Third, the date. Before delving into how Togashi wrote it, we need to take into account that this date is a romance trope often found in shoujo. There is a lot to say about the shoujo elements Togashi includes in his stories, but I'll focus only on this one.

This trope is still pretty popular, but it was easily found in romance during the 2000s, especially in school romance. I believe the Hunter X Hunter chapters of this scene came out around the early 2000s (at least that's what my own volume says), so it makes sense that Togashi wanted to include something of the sort in his work.

The trope has different forms, however, Togashi follows the most traditional one. It is usually used to add drama and tension to the love story. Literally, to stir up some drama. The third person is shown as a possible threat to the main couple (typical love triangle) and helps the couple and the characters to grow in some way.

In relation to the scene, it consists of the main character going on a date or simply going out with a third person outside of the relationship (sometimes it can be the second male/female lead or someone else) while the main love interest follows them making excuses as to why but worried about them being together.

Togashi follows the same format in this scene, with his own goals. It's one of the reasons why I think the reader would think Killua is jealous, since he's acting like the love interest in hiding.

Generally, the character wears a hat, glasses, or both to go undercover. Killua wears a hat.

The love interest in hiding makes excuses as to why he's following them. During the date, Killua follows Gon and Palm (and lies about his whereabouts to Gon), and he keeps on saying he’s following them because “he needs to protect Gon,” which could sound like an excuse to justify himself. He even feels self-conscious about what he's doing, but says to himself that he's doing this to protect Gon.

It adds to the fact that from the beginning, as I've explained before, Killua feels like he needs to protect Gon. Killua, despite losing against Shoot, stayed with Gon because he would be vulnerable against the enemies and Palm. He thinks more than once that he needs to protect Gon.

3. Killua gets annoyed by Palm's new appearance, which is another reaction that the love interest in hiding usually has. In my opinion, Killua was shocked by it and he was also mad because now she looked more like a possible love interest to Gon.

Also, another thing about the trope, Gon takes Palm out for a date so he can make it up for failing her. He takes her to several places that are used for dates in shoujo (the aquarium, for example). I think it's interesting to know that, too.

During the date, I'll admit that Killua's reactions smell a bit like jealousy of Palm (at least to me). He also continues being disturbed. But I repeat, he doesn't show interest in dating. The thing is, the focus is in his worry for Gon's safety and his deepest desire, which is to stay with Gon.

To end this section, it is also interesting to mention that when the date ends, Gon rejects Palm at the same time Killua leaves to find the chimera ant. The main character (in this case Gon) rejects the second love interest (in this case Palm) since he's not interested in them.

5) The conclusion!

I know you only mentioned the date, but I think it's important to talk about how all of this ends, since it has to do with Killua's turmoil I mentioned at the beginning and Killua's stand on Palm and Gon.

Killua fights the chimera ant and finally takes Illumi's needle out of his head. This scene must be one of the most powerful scenes of Killua. After failing in his fight against Shoot, he is now fighting against a dangerous enemy, who does want to kill him and Gon. (I hate that ant.)

Killua makes a tremendous effort and is able to take the needle out because of his own strength and desire to not lose Gon. What gave him so much strength is his love for Gon. He literally frees himself.

When he returns, he's a lot firmer with Palm. He does look a lot freer than before, too. Killua doesn't have to leave Gon anymore.

I would like to highlight some dialogues in this scene. It continues to resemble a love triangle between the three of them (Gon, the main character, Killua, the main love interest, and Palm, the third character who comes to make drama), among other things.

Before, Palm already said to Killua, “Stop interfering, it's between him and me.” Killua complained but it didn't get him anywhere.

Now, Palm repeats to Killua, “Stay out of it. It's none of your business,” which in turn Killua answers, “You stay out of it. In fact, just go away.” At this moment, this Killua is able to stand up for himself a lot better than before. He's clearly showing his discontentment for Palm and her dating Gon.

Something interesting about this is that Palm notices Killua's cuts from the fight at that moment, too. Killua is also able to dodge Palm's attack with no effort and to run away with Gon.

Palm gets extremely angry because Killua is interfering in her relationship with Gon. She literally wants to find him and kill him.

She doesn't because Knov appears, lol.

Togashi finishes this whole Palm's adventure with Gon and Killua thinking how Gon can get free from Palm. Just like Killua was not interested in dating Palm, Gon wasn't either. He was just forced.

So yeah! This is how I see it. I'm sorry I can't give you a more confident answer. You're free to make your own conclusions.

I think Killua's annoyance can be easily interpreted as jealousy of Palm (the romance trope doesn't help his case lol). And I think it's safe to assume that part of the reason why Killua doesn't like Palm is because she likes Gon.

However, at that moment, I don't think Killua has still reached the point of wanting to date Gon (maybe he surprises me in the future), or anyone for that matter. Though I do think if Gon asks him to date for real, he wouldn't say no.

Killua does show genuine concern for Gon and a deep desire to stay with him. And it's obvious that he loves him a whole lot. If you ask me if that love is romantic or not, I would say that yes, but it's a lot deeper than that.

I think it's highly interesting that Togashi wrote such important scenes for Killua with Palm in mind. I can't get over the fact that he literally used a romance trope to make Killua grow. Food for thought, to be honest.

I hope I answered your question and that I'm not too late, omg. I had a good time writing this, so thank you. I got really excited when I saw your question because I love speaking about this. However, I hope I was coherent enough. For you and anyone who is reading this.

[justxtalking]

So can Nanika be present even without her eyes being black? I saw a scene where she says “Killua pat my head!” But Allukas normal eye shape is showing.

Hi, Anon! Thank you for the question.

To put it simply, Nanika can be present even without her eyes being black.

I'll try to explain as best as I can, so I hope I can remember everything. This is based on the VIZ translation, here is the full post with the addition for the anime.

As far as we know, the way we can try to figure out if the one talking is Alluka or Nanika is as following.

1. Physical appearance: Alluka with white eyes, Nanika with black eyes.

2. Killua's name: Alluka is the one who refers to him as "Killua" and Nanika is the one who refers to him as "brother".

When Killua and Alluka meet, we know the one talking is Alluka because she said Killua's name. She's present until Killua gives Nanika an order.

However, it's true that sometimes it's a bit tricky to figure it out. As I said, Nanika can be present even with white eyes. Here is an easy example (of course, here we also have the context and the famous "'kay" to know who is talking).

Killua explained that Alluka is only awake when Nanika is sleeping, which is not that often. Alluka even complains that she doesn't get to spend much time with Killua (which of course it also refers to other things in the story).

When is Nanika asleep?

1. After one of Nanika's demands fail (and people die), Nanika falls asleep and Alluka is present until Nanika's next demand.

2. When Nanika makes a demand to someone and that person leaves her side, Alluka is present until that person appears again.

3. After Nanika heals someone or something, she falls asleep. Then Alluka is awake until the next wish.

I hope this answers your question!

Alluka and Nanika are a bit complex to explain, so I tried to focus only on the switching part.

Thank you again! I love Alluka and Nanika, so it was nice thinking about them.

[justxtalking]

What if gon and killua and all the subtext are queerbait??do u think they might be

I feel like I could say a lot about this, but the easy answer is no, I don't think it's queerbait. 

My answer is based on what I know about Togashi, his work and his tastes. I believe he likes to write queer characters, he'd been hooked on it since he was young, and he does it inside a context in which he can't express it as freely as it would be in the West. However, it's still quite clear that him making queer characters is on purpose and because he likes it. 

I truly believe that Togashi wrote all the Killugon subtext (which most of the times it's just text) on purpose. I wouldn't say he had it all planned since the very beginning of Hunter x Hunter (his writing process seems a bit extravagant, since sometimes, as he explained in an interview, he doesn't even know what's going to happen next because he just lets the characters react to situations he puts them in), but it was something that he intended to write because it was something he wanted to make. Togashi is the type of author who will write what he wants, if not, he would just get bored. He's the type of author that keeps himself motivated by adding and writing things he likes. 

I understand that most fans need to be told that they are not imagining things, especially taking into account the anime and manga community, but it's all there. Togashi knows what he's doing and I highly doubt he's just doing it as bait. We could even mention that he wanted to make a sports manga with gay characters and crossdressing but he was told no by Shonen Jump because "it wouldn't sell." However, even if we ignore that information, we can tell by his work that he has a genuine interest in it. He even showed improvement on those themes since the beginning of his career. I wouldn't say that's the profile of someone who is just queerbaiting. 

But yeah, that's my brief opinion. Thank you for the ask. Sometimes, I think that so many people will believe he's queerbaiting if he doesn't make Killugon canon. I dread the time when Hunter X Hunter finishes.

[justxtalking]

I saw your recent post about Killugon's departure, don't you think Gon was feeling kind of determined to get over Killua and move on or something, I'm so sad for thinking that😿

Hi! I'm sorry for not answering you sooner. Busy week (:().

In my post, I said Gon was feeling determined to finish his quest/journey, which is meeting Ging (properly this time). I think this user here did a good job on explaining a bit more about it too. I thought, considering Gon's personality, that he would be feeling determined towards reaching his goal (aka. going to his father). Furthermore, afterwards we see him climb the tree like a little monkey. In my opinion, his determination is only related to this topic.

I think the anime showed more of this emotion at the moment Gon and Killua part.

In the manga, I think we see more of Gon's sadness for leaving Killua, though I think Gon is also trying to put on a brave face at that moment.

(The secret is on his eyebrows lol)

But I don't think Gon wants to move on from Killua at all, so please don't worry about it. Gon loves Killua. If it would have been for him, I think they would have stayed together to be honest. I read this answer someone gave you about this, and I think it was very well-said. I agree with them too.

In relation to Killua, I said that Gon was feeling the following (and I still stand by it):

Sad: Because he's saying goodbye to his best friend.

Grateful: Because of everything Killua has done. (Both are grateful of each other to be honest).

Guilty: Because of how he treated Killua during CAA.

I also thought he may be happy because Killua was with Alluka, but that's just my assumption.

I didn't explain further because I wanted to be concise and focus on the possibility that Gon, just like Killua, left some things unsaid between them (nothing bad, and that's just my own conspiracy theory lol). I also wanted to comment about Gon's way of expressing his feelings in general. I'm sorry if what I wanted to say confused you.

Here is a post about Gon and Killua's departure that I think you may find interesting too. That user is one of my favorites when it comes to hxh meta and they have a lot of metas in relation to Gon and Killua that you may like.

I hope it helps! This scene may be a bit bittersweet and there seems to be unresolved tension between Gon and Killua, but that's because this is not the end of Hunter x Hunter.

I always think of what Togashi said on this interview:

Full interview

In my opinion, it's an open ending made on purpose. We can have that ending as one if we don't want to continue reading the story, but that doesn't mean it's official or that it's the end for Gon and Killua. Specially taking into account that he's working on Hunter x Hunter as we speak. We will even have new chapters on September. We should just wait until it's Gon and Killua's turn again to see what's going to happen with them.

Please have a good day or night, wherever you are.

[justxtalking]

Good morning-day-night ♥ (?)! I'd like to ask a question about an episode of Yu Yu Hakusho. There in a comedy form, the classmates, if I remember correctly, present the relationship between Kuwabara and Yusuke. That they both play the role of a woman or a man. Is Togashi making fun of this image or is he sticking to it? I realise it's usually done for laughs, but sometimes people can't help but divide m and w.

Hi! If you could tell me the chapter this scene happened, I think I'll be able to answer you. As far as I can remember, there's no such scene in the manga, but I could be wrong. I'm not sure if it was only an anime-thing or a dubbed-thing?

Thank for the ask, I'm sorry I couldn't answer you properly!

[justxtalking]

Hi, have you heard about a more accurate translation from Japanese?

https://twitter.com/killuacore_/status/1728032573824151870?t=YSVe13AOpM0KvnbV1w42Wg&s=19

Hi! Yeah, I believe I read it earlier today. Either way, thank you for the link!

It was really nice to read a more accurate translation about what Togashi said. As a non-japanese native speaker (and a translation student), I try not to rely on only one translation, especially for these type of languages, and listen to those who actually do know, in this case, Japanese.

I still think he gave us a humorous answer (that ending is kind of a satire, which seems to be part of his humour) and we shouldn't take it that seriously. However, it is true that some fans are being really disgusting about the whole thing (especially on Tik Tok and Twitter).

And taking into account that it seems he also said the following:

I believe that most probably he's going to choose ending E: an ending he didn't even mention and it would be the most interesting of all.

[justxtalking]

Happy Birthday! (I just saw your tags) 🥳

Aw, you're so sweet! Thank you so much! It means a lot ❤ (I love your work btw I hope you know)

[justxtalking]

i think he's trolling for sure because that granddaughter has the same name as ging in japanese 😭😭 i think he's lightheartedly poking fun at people who want gon to be obsessed with his dad

If it sounds like a joke, it's because it probably is. I thought the same thing with the name, and I'll give it to him, it's really funny.

Thank you for the ask, Anon! It was really nice answering you!

[justxtalking]

Do you think Noko is gonna play a role when gon returns to the manga ?

No, of course not. I don’t know what Togashi is planning to do with Gon, but what we can gather from his answer is that his plans doesn't have to do with Noko.

If he's being serious about ending D (which I'm highly doubting right now), that ending is only going to happen over his dead body. Literally. As long as he's able to continue writing, Hunter X Hunter will end differently.

Also, Gon is busy. He needs to do his homework (all the work he didn’t do because he was searching Ging and playing with Killua), help Mito and his grandmother around the house, reflect about what he's done, keep in touch with all his friends and think what he's going to do now that he has no Nen. He needs to do all that if he wants to become a responsible young man.

Thank you for the ask, zesty!

[justxtalking]

1999 killua or 2011 killua who u perfer?

I guess it depends on my mood? Though I will always prefer Manga Killua.

2011 Killua is the softest of all his versions, while 1999 Killua is the cheekiest one, and I enjoy watching (reading for Manga Killua) the three of them!

[justxtalking]

hi hi i was the anon who sent the ask about ging and the granddaughter having the same same name. i ended up shortening my ask bc i thought it was a bit much lol so i hope you dont mind if i just write out the rest of my thoughts :>

on the topic of names, i found it funny how none of the other grandkids got names -- it was always "one of the grandsons" and so on... like the narrative equivalent of going "ok whatever you get the idea," which is so antithetical to the vibe of hxh. the whole point is that we DONT get the idea, it's a deconstruction of the genre...togashi enjoys going in weird and unpredictable directions. he'd never want us to just fill in the blanks like that. especially when he's intent on finishing the story his way.

Hello again! Don't worry, I don't mind it at all.

Well, the whole idea is hilarious, to be honest. We don't even know who they are, those friends and grandkids. I hope in that alternative universe, Ikalgo had a baby squid. And I wouldn't totally scrap the possibility that even the ABC endings were part of the whole joke. He has a weird (and dark) sense of humor, look at some jokes in Hunter X Hunter (a great example is Palm). I feel like the fact that the grandkid was called like Gon's father should have been clear enough lol

Togashi is so chaotic, I love him for that.

[justxtalking]

Im pretty sure that killua took gon saying ‘lets stay together’ on whale island as a agreement to commit shinju,because shinju is dying together so you can be together in the afterlife or in the next life,so does that mean that killua didnt want to die with gon out of his non platonic love for him but just because of that agreement,and it wasnt romantic??

In my honest opinion, Anon, I think it was romantic.

[justxtalking]

Love when you reblog and i end up loving them/their art too

Aw, so sweet! To be fair, the wonders of Tumblr.

[justxtalking]

Idk if anybody's already told you or not, but from what little content I've seen for it, Alluka and Zushi's ship name is Allushi!

Thank you so much, lovely Anon! I run and added the proper tag as soon as I saw your ask!

[justxtalking]

Imagine killua literally seeing a giant robot made out of chocolate

To be honest, I hope he actually got it for Christmas. He deserves it.

[justxtalking]

Your blog is a fucking goldmine (thank you)

Aww, thank you so much! I'm glad you like it! I always find it so nice when someone reblogs or likes something I did or rebloggued.

To be honest, it's basically a blog about my hyperfixation of Togashi's work and him as an author lmao but still