#koala hxh

[s0ftand0nly]

Some more ants. I probably should have standardized a short body type at some point

[stingray-art]

A Chimera Ant themed search and find colouring page that I initially made for @greedislandchallenge card #95, Secret Cape. It will be featured in Volume 1 of the Greedy Zine!

Answer key below the cut 👀

Did you find everyone?

[sharknark]

killua koala parallels || how i imagine their getting to know eachother convo went

[theclearblue]

The mark of an exceptional shonen to me is if it can make me love an m/f ship.

[skkortysoup]

smash bros announcer: MIDDLE AGED MAN!

[llycaons]

'I can't tell if koala is a major character who we're building up to do something sinister and uncomfortable with, or if he's just ONE OF THE CHIMERA ANTS who we're going to see occasionally.' the answer being 'both' is genuinely incredible I love this weird show

[i-heart-hxh]

I saw a poll about bad writing moments in the CAA and a lot o people think Kite's revival is bad writing, I can see why some people might think it was bad writing, but it looks like some people didn't understand that Kite's revival taking off importance of Gon's arc in the CAA is the whole point, I think Togashi wanted to show that Gon's rage and self-destructive behavior was a big mistake, Ging even tells Gon that Kite would never sacrifice for him if he didn't have an ability to survive.

Yes, I definitely agree!

I think my first time through the series I was a little disappointed that Kite "survived" after all of that, but my opinion on this changed later. Even as someone who tends not to like fake deaths very often in fiction, I feel like the way they're done in HxH, they usually have enough foreshadowing/set up in advance and purpose in the storyline that I don't take issue with them.

In the case of Chimera Ant Arc, characters being reborn was a major theme throughout the entire arc, so to me Kite's rebirth doesn't feel like a stretch. Also, because I feel like second chances is a major theme of the series, Kite's rebirth strikes me as part of that. Both Kite getting a second chance at living, and Gon getting a chance to "make things right," between them (in Gon's view--of course Kite doesn't see things the same way as Gon does). After his rebirth, Kite gives Koala a second chance to live a meaningful life, too.

I also agree that the fact Kite was reborn helps emphasize the pointlessness of Gon's revenge and throwing his life away. As I've said before, I don't feel Togashi condones bloody revenge, and having Kite ultimately survive after what Gon did on his behalf helps make what Gon did that much harder to justify as a "good thing."

[nynyhaha]

Souls are canon in the HxH verse.Kite is proof.

His body

His new body AND soul.

He was NEVER EATEN.

His ability was most likely what cause him to be reborn.But others are also reborn regardless of their choice,like Colt and Reina.Somehow,Kite ended up being born looking similar to Reina and a girl the Koala mafioso ant shot.How is a mystery,since the ant queen chewed everyone up,some people were consumed as MEAT BALLS

Possibly,the wish to live on is what made some people be reborn as ants,like Gyro.But was EVERYONE reborn who was eaten?We know some ants have human memories,but the guards and meruem are made of a sum of humans and animals.

Meruem alone must’ve required LOTS of energy,meat,gene material etc.And somehow,in his case and in the case of his three guard siblings,the queen actually CREATED NEW SOULS.

Did she do this with mere soldiers too?If not,does every ant have a human past,but not everyone is able to remember?So many questions.

BUT THAT BRINGS US TO

UVO SAN WHO CAN HEAR CHROLLO!!!!

Chrollo asked neon,if she believed in souls.He does believe in them,now more than as a kid when he said he doubts the existence of a JUST afterlife,so he must purpose the killers of Sarasa and get revenge.It seems he now very much hopes there is some part of a person that lives on.

He might not think the afterlife is fair.Or he might not be sure Uvo will be fine,even tho the poem says “rising up to heaven”,not hell,haha.Maybe because it’s directed at Chrollo who cares about Uvo.Either way,Chrollo seems to be spiritual but not religious.

He’s existentialistic and does what he CAN do to fulfill Uvos will.

You’re right,Chrollo.Souls exist.And Uvo can probably hear you.

[timeskip]

One paragraph from each scene in this HxH WIP wheeee

1:

Kite taught Gon everything he knows about himself, whether he knows it or not. The string tying them together has never been Pitou, or Kite’s death—there’s something bigger there, in the heart of Whale Island where they first met. And Gon is okay with that being forgotten by Kite, the same way he has to be okay with Kite being a chimera ant without all his memories.

2:

“They really are,” Gon says, his feet in the shallow part of the stream and watching Kon, his beautiful first-ever friend amble along without him with a fresh catch of fish. “I ended up leaving the island for so long that I was afraid we’d never have any connection anymore, since he’s king of the forest now, but sometimes I find fish that he leaves here.”

3:

“I’ll miss you,” Gon says in a lapse of silence—the two of them are good at that, he’s found, sitting next to each other in nature and letting each other breathe. “The time went by really fast. Are you going to keep traveling?”

4:

Right above an email update from Killua sits an email from Kite, asking if he’s free in the spring.

5:

Thinking about Killua makes Gon wish he was here. He’s never really gone anywhere without Killua, he realizes suddenly—there was the World Tree, but it had been so soon after he left Killua that he hadn’t even realized that there was a hole left. Ever since they met, Killua was always waiting for him, somewhere.

6:

Gon feels alive for the first time in a long time. He steps on huge roots of towering trees, looking upward and thinking about climbing them to get a better vantage point. He wants to look out on the world, this isolated forest which supposedly has high potential for new species—and some species of known magical beasts, too.

7:

He waits for a long, long time, but ultimately he texts Killua apologizing for the sudden call while he’s busy, and that Gon is going to get supplies in town and then go back to Kite. And all the while, he hopes that Killua might call before he leaves or sends a last text saying not to call him back, even though the sun is sinking faster than Gon wants it to.

8:

“I know. I just don’t know what to say.” Gon runs his finger along the edge of his jacket. He doesn’t want to hurt Kite, and he doesn’t want to drag up the worst memories they share. “I don’t want you to be a stranger just because things are different now.”

9:

Gon keeps repeating things for his entire life. His mistakes are things Koala has no idea about—it’s in his bones where Hanzo broke them, and then they healed just so that he could break them again.

10:

“Oh,” Gon says, freezing. “I’m in love with Killua.”

11:

Gon wonders if Killua really does know. Killua wasn’t there when Kite came to Whale Island, he didn’t watch the way Kite stood by the stream and watched the world unfold with so much perseverance it made Gon jealous that he has to start over and Kite is already there, back to being someone cool and important.

12:

Gon rests his chin on his knees. “I’m frustrated,” he says, finally. “Just really, constantly frustrated in myself. I can’t do anything I want to do. I can’t be the Hunter I’m supposed to be. Ging told me to go back to Whale Island, but I kept wanting to leave again, to find my Nen and leave somehow—I wanted to come with you because I’m selfish and I want to repeat what happened the first time.”

13:

“You could stand to relax, you know,” Kite says, following behind him and grabbing an extra bag to throw over his own shoulder. “You’ve done a ton of work for us already, and it’s the last day. How did you enjoy it?”

[arcaladiwoompa]

Greed Island Server challenge: Koala. Another poem on the theme of regret, this time about Kurapika.

[noisepartythumpingmusic]

HxH Questions! Ideal end/future for your top 5 hxh characters? Which hxh character most likely to win in hot dog eating contest? Which 3 non-main hxh characters would you enjoy seeing a spin off for/chapters focusing on them? Which character(s) do you think would be most difficult or most easy to therapist to?

Fun questions! Thank you friend, sorry about my delay answering.

Ideal end for top 5 characters:

Gon - Wildlife photography, amateur drummer, married to Killua

Killua - Successfully kills his dad, retired early, married to Gon

Alluka - Fashion design school, marries Zushi and Amane and Canary

Leorio - Kills Ging

Kurapika - THERAPY

Hot dog eating contest: Oh it's Uvogin no question easy easy easy

Spins offs for Rat Kite, Koala and Zepile! Do some kind of like...Inside man stealing nazi gold from nazis or something.

Easy to therapist to - Mito really needs a kind empathetic ear that will help her bury a body

Hard - Killua would be a nightmare disaster in the therapy room. Too smart and too stupid simultaneously.

Thank you friend!

[bootlickerhawks]

i usually like fast paced writing but i admit i really like the slow buildup of the threat the chimera ants pose

and i really like that we get to see the chimera ants POV and the evolution of their colony (plus the implication that the chimeras might remember their past lives as humans is *chef's kiss* delicious)

[snowshinefivez5]

Who is the last 🧁 for?

[froglegsz]

my favorite thing about hxh is that every chimera ant had a name but this guy was just named fucking koala

[thecrow1994]

"I'm sorry... for wishing things were easier, and for trying to run away from them. I'll live, even if it hurts. So when I die, I'll be able to say: I gave it my all"

This is such a beautiful quote and it was said by a goddamn koala. Hunter × Hunter is unreal.

[phantomchaos]

Well everybody, I finished hunter x hunter. The first viewing was better than anticipated. As a huge yu yu hakusho fan, my friends and coworkers told me all the time that I had to watch hxh, but I put it off. After watching it, it's definitely one I would rewatch. It's better than I thought it would be. It's a great anime.