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HxH Eps 96-99 FULL REACTIONS! (Patreon)

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2024-03-29 18:31:44
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2026-06
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Some very sexual episodes....

96-97 Reaction

98-99 Reaction

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Daamon

been waiting for this!

noya22

Ange bro it seems like you lost weight. 0.0

Roboton

She sucked him dry... Really is a sexual episode

Holorence

I want to comment on Ange saying he lost some momentum with the arc. Without going into spoilers, see everything that's happened (even the stuff with kite fighting pitou and the birth of the king) as very elaborate setup. As you know the arc is very long but there will come a point when it's essentially all ''momentum''. We're STILL in the preparation stages but there's a reason the chimera ant arc is pretty much everyone's favourite. The criticism for these episodes is valid though the reason why the payoff will shine so much is because we've spent so much time on the setup even if some things may seem unrelated or minor in the grand scheme of things. I'm excited to see you two reach the point where you'll understand why this arc is so beloved!!

Kaiser the Elitist

I get Ange's comment about the arc losing momentum. This is intentional and normal on Togashi's part. There are multiple plot threads with their own elements which each have their own story structures. Ep 85 could be considered the climax of an element of Kite's plot thread, and now we have the the revenge of Kite element interwoven with the invasion of the Royal Palace. We are in the rising action portion of the story after that heart-pumping ep 85 climax, so it will naturally feel like a slowburn for a few episodes (admittedly too slow for my liking in some places). But this steady and gentle slope of buildup only serves to make the climax (and indeed multiple climaxes, no sexual pun intended) that much more satisfying. The structure of this arc is quite unique and I've not seen any other shounen do it in this way, so it is a new experience for you but I think one that will take getting used to.

Edward Chireno

About your comment of the arc losing momentum for you ange, give it time, theres a bunch of stuff building up here, take it as it comes cause when togashi start cashing bills for the things he build up its not going to stop until the end of the arc.

Astor Lefflinker

Just a couple of clarifications: -Morel and Knov's conversation - None of them were being frustrated with Netero or his plan. It can be hard to catch from all the dialogue about politics, but what's happening is that the Vice Chairman of the Hunter Association and his faction are the ones who's sending hunters that weren't recommended by Morel and Knov. Morel and Knov talked about the possibility that the Vice Chairman is intentionally doing this so that their mission would fail and all the blame will go to Netero, and that will be a plus for the Vice Chairman's faction in the next chairmanship election. -Morel and Knuckle didn't finish off Cheetu because they judged that they couldn't, and that placing APR on him to track him would be enough. With Cheetu's speed, he could easily escape them, which basically what he did, he ran tf outta there fast. That's why Morel told Knuckle that they'll let another hunter who would be better suited for Cheetu's speed handle him. But as we got from Morel and Knov's talk, the Vice Chairman didn't send the hunters that they requested.

Veya
>>133725404

Eh he has a point though and he’s hardly alone if you were following discourse around the show when it aired and other reactors to this show. This arc DOES have the worst pacing of all the arcs. The reason it’s so acclaimed is because it’s thematically more complex and it has the highest peaks of the show and some of the highest peaks in anime in general. But everything being built up isn’t really the best defense for poor pacing because there has been plenty of slow burner buildup shows that managed momentum and buildup better. Hxh has an issue with prioritizing what they should be focused on in a given moment in these particular episodes. Like they could have gone into more detail surrounding the politics behind the association and why they have like no allies but 90% of dedicated to the mechanics of gon’s fight. Stuff like that. That being said, yes at a certain part of the arc the momentum doesn’t stop (mostly) and the peaks make up for the pacing but it’s a valid complaint and one of the flaws of the arc.

Holorence
>>133725404

Absolutely a valid criticism of the show! Personally I don't think the pacing is as bad as it's sometimes made out to be but I can definitely see why people have this criticism. I do want to argue that I think keeping the politics somewhat minimal works well because of what comes later (cant say more than that in case Carlie & Ange read this comment but im sure you'd know what i mean ). If we spend too much time on fleshing out the political aspect I would imagine the arc itself to suffer even more since there's already lots of little story threads being dealt with. That said there could've been a better way to handle it because I agree that some fairly important imformation is kinda just handed to us in a way that makes it not seem all that important. I think it's clear from how things are going from a story perspective, with the whole ''x days untill the selection'' stuff that's constantly being repeated in the show that we really are in the buildup arc. It's almost like a countdown, and a very obviously implied one at that imo, for the bigger parts of the arc. EDIT: As such when I personally watched the show for the first time many years ago I didn't flip that switch of ''the buildup is over'' untill, well, you know what starts. Tho I will admit as someone who wasn't there when this arc came out I can imagine the pacing to be especially noticeable, like you mention, when the show was airing a single episode a week. I think it works well when binging. Not so much if you don't.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133725404

I also personally never thought that the pacing of this arc is as bad as some people make it out to be. I think Kaiser below explained it really well. I think it's also because the show is labeled as a shonen, and that this arc, especially, is so hyped up that people getting into it might be expecting some JJK Shibuya type thing where fights are basically just spammed, but HxH is very different in a sense that fights get set up a lot first, in many cases with a lot of subterfuge and psychology, and when the fights do happen, they're pretty short. Keeping in line with the "hunting" theme of the show. In that sense it's closer to a seinen rather than the typical shonen that we've come to know, i.e. demon slayer, jjk, mha, etc where fights happen always and when they do, they're long. That's also why I never joined the hyping up of this arc, because all the hype makes people subconsciously put it more into a microscope than they'd normally do instead of taking the arc as it is. So when we have slow setup episodes like these, people who've heard of the hype tend to lose patience and engagement and are wondering where are the fights or hyped moments that all the hype made them expect. I also don't agree with what Veya said that the show could have gone more into detail about the politics and why they're being screwed up by some players in the Hunter Association itself. If you paid full attention to Morel and Knov's discussion, you could get all the context you needed. I think any more political talk would have bored or disengaged the audience even more than many already were during that scene, sadly, and more people would be complaining about the pacing of the arc.

Veya
>>133725404

The politics stuff was just an example and i think they could go into details for it here because (***SPOILERS so carlie/ange don’t read further***) it wasn’t gone into much detail in the following arc as well lol. It was present but hardly textured and i wanted to learn even more about how to association works. It’s stuff like Gon Killua training to beat Knuckle/Shoot for multiple episodes which is already a shonen beat this show has done before. It didn’t have to be as long as it was and could have established the core players and abilities in less time. Then use that time to flesh out other parts of the arc, like again, the politics behind why there like 6 hunters total for a mission where millions of lives are on the line, or more about the chinera’s ants goals and process back at the nest/palace or w/e. I do know togashi had health problems while writing this part of the arc so I think the lagging and relative aimlessness can be attributed to that. And yeah you’re right, i watched this week by week when it aired. I think it does work better binged, but the momentum loss is still noticeable, as ange has commented on here.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133725404

Gon and Killua training to beat Knuckle and Shoot only took 4 episodes, but you're talking like it was like 7 episodes. In most shonens, even 1 fight can take 4 episodes. The fact that Killua and Gon's training to go back into the fight with Chimeras can actually be argued as quite a short time and people could question if that training is enough for them to face the ants. The anime is actually going quite fast in the plot and is omitting some stuff from the manga to get to the "meaty parts" because they know that people's attention span are short. Admittedly, I didn't get all the politics stuff going on during my first watch. But on my subsequent rewatches, I've noticed that all info that the audience needed are presented there. Imo, if they put more of that, it'll be like bombarding the audience with information, and even with C&A watching Morel and Knov talk alone, you could tell that they're trying to absorb what they can but it's a lot so they missed a lot and may have lost engagement with the dialogue. Putting more details there about the politics would have created an even slower episode. I also don't agree that this arc was aimless. As Kaiser below explained really well, there's a lot of elaborate setups, and if you missed those or did not realize they were setups, then it might be understandable why you thought they were indication of aimlessness in writing but very little in this arc were not used later on. For example, the killing of kids in the beginning of the arc, many reactors thought that it was just for shock value, but even with Colt's birth alone, we know that it wasn't just for shock value.

Holorence
>>133725404

(SPOILERS FOR CARLIE & ANGE IN THIS COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)I know it was just an example but you did raise a solid point about the logistics behind this whole operation seeming very off because of the threat they face. You're totally right that they could've fleshed out the following arc in that regard more as well. In fact I think if they left out most, if not all of the politics from this arc to next arc and used the Chimera Ant arc as sort of a catalyst for this conversation to look back on would make for a lot of fun ''oh!! so that's why x and y in chimera ant was like that''. In that regard I think Netero's comment earlier in the season saying; ''We don't need help, we only want the strong because sending the weak would only strengthen the enemy.'' towards Killua would've sufficed. Because as we know capable hunters can easily be pit against our main team if they are caught by the ants. We also don't know of the existence of the zodiacs yet at this point in the show who would almost certainly be incredible help, if not by sending elite fighters under their respective faction rather than just getting morel/knov from Netero's. Another thing next arc could've expanded more on now that you brought it up. i do think the training arc was done as well as it could've been right after that episode with kite, What specifically did you feel take too long? Unrelated question but how are you able to seperate your text with paragraphs? Pressing enter auto sends the message for me and spacebarring till the end doesn't make me go to a blank line lol..

Veya
>>133725404

Again, ***SPOILERS so Ange/Carlie don’t read on*** 4 episodes is a lot for a beat and dynamic we’ve seen before. Saying it’s 4 and not 7 is a terrible defense. If 4 is poor pacing then 7 is super poor. It’s not a good defense. There’s also future fights that were unnecessary, did we really need two morel fights right after a certain character appear and made a certain plotline easily the most compelling of the arc at that point? One to establish more flexibility in his abilities was enough (which we got out of combat anyways). And also you missed the part where i said prioritize. If we got more politics, then gons fight didn’t have to last as long. Or if we got less scenes with gon and killua training again, we can get more texture and flesh out more ant characters and their processes back home. Prioritiy was the main emphasis. It wouldn’t be a slower episode it would be episodes that focused on less redundant parts of the story to add more texture to other important parts. A lot of reactors questioned the logistics behind the mission and that never really went away even up till the end of the series. And about the politics, i’m not simply talking about overt exposition that comes out of a few characters (which is a poor writing technique in of itself) mouths. When i say texture and detail, i mean they could add more plot beats to it that fleshes out the situation without even without needing to spoil the appearance of characters in the next arc. You can use mooks or red shirts for that. Basically stuff that’s more dynamic and a but less vague to actually paint again, why there’s like 6 hunters in total for such a big mission. They don’t even do a good job of explaining this in the next arc outside of a line of morel and knov being below the job. There are a lot of setups but they are often more superficial or things that don’t always have thematic significance. Yes, the colt thing had significance…but was muddled anyways because he’s not even a significant part of the 3/4 of the arc and it clumsily came back at the end (the mother just accepted an ant-looking creature as her daughter? Does that seem organic, that’s something that should take a looong time or we should see more of a struggle for it.) The stuff setting up the royal guards and their separate dynamics and how it plays out during the back half is genuinely good but I wouldn’t say a majority of the other elaborate setups were particularly remarkable. There were some, yea, but not all. And the aimlessness comes from what was prioritized, not that things didn’t have payoffs. This isn’t even mentioning to two phantom troupe episodes, which were good but aids the aimless part. Also again, togashi did have health problems.

Jason Serrano

please make a cover of the next endingggggg :D

Astor Lefflinker
>>133725404

If their training arc to go back to the chimera ant fight was any shorter, you'd now have people complaining about it being rushed and that their power up isn't realistic, considering that it's too short. Highlighting that it's only 4 episodes where most shonen training arcs and even fights go for much longer is of course a good defense because you made it out to be in your statement to be longer than it really was. Besides, a lot of other things were happening in those episodes aside from training if you were paying attention. There were a lot of character development, both little and huge, and the introduction of Knuckle, Shoot, and Palm, as well as their powers, which will play later on in the arc all happened within the span of those 4 short episodes. Even the King was born within those 4 episodes. The two Phantom Troupe episodes being described by you as aimless is really telling. It was already set up in the prior episodes that the chimera ants split up to be their own kings and queens, so having the Phantom Troupe deal with the ant that set up her base in their hometown is a good way to address the situation - that those ants that scattered would be met by resistance. If we didn't have those Phantom Troupe episodes, then you'd have people complaining about what happened to the ants that scattered to build their own nests. It could have been addressed through through some short monologue or info bomb (if that's what you want since you seem to be really rushing), but that won't have the same impact. Especially since some of the ants that were dealt with has caused a lot of grievances - the ant that killed Ponzu, and Pike and Zazan who captured Pockle which allowed Pitou to learn much more about nen. I think it was really good world building and to show the audience that things are moving in the world even outside the main areas of East Gorteaeu and NGL. I'll be blunt. Calling those two episodes as aimless and like they don't add to anything is ridiculous.

rryutie

ep97: ange its crucial that you remember that pike's asshole twitches twice before firing webs. very important information. bonolenov's scene was always a little weird to me (bandage guy) i thought he didnt drop a literal planet on the bug & that it was just imagery to show how powerful of a crushing force his sound attack had. but ppl be saying he literally conjured it lol. I always felt that it kinda took away a bit from how cool Feitan's ability is since now they're utilizing the solar system as you've pointed out lmao. will save 98 for later : D

Veya
>>133725404

Okay so we’re just going in circles here, like you’re not even addressing the part of priorities adequately then low key trying to suggest i wasn’t paying attention when i have indeed noticed a lot of small things in the arc (i even listed the royal guards developments and shifting dynamics later in the arc as genuinely good). It’s one of my favorite anime arcs. The power up complaint is stupid because killua powered up during fights in the arc and gon relies far more on something that I can’t say. The extended training justification is just poor rationalization for poor pacing. The phantom troupe “world building” is largely an excuse to show off their admittedly cool abilities that we didn’t get to see during the yorknew arc but had zero semblance of cohesive story structure. They appear in these two episodes then drop off the narrative. No hints or foreshadowing to their appearance, no thematic throughline to the rest of the arc’s storytelling. And your point about "addressing other ants that spread out"...they literally only showed Zazan. What do you mean address? Why wouldn't they put more details if they're going that route and only show one? Show more and enrich that world or show less and streamline it. Did we only get one homunculus resolution in FMA? Explore one then arbitrarily ignore the others? No. Honestly the type of glazing I’ve seen here and typically from hardcore fans of the series are usually from people who don’t watch much things outside of anime so they see this as masterclass slow burn. I mean it’s very telling that Ange noticed a sharp momentum drop right off the bat and i’ve still yet to see a valid retort to the priorities part of the writing. I’m watching another reaction to this series and they’re further up and there are still priority issues down the line (***spoilers*** again, don’t read further if you haven’t finished the arc) like large chunk of episodes focused on elevators in the middle of the invasion, again, you can keep that in, put *less* of it to flesh out other things). Look again, i think it’s a great arc and a peak of the anime, easily. But it’s not without flaws and it’s not the masterclass of slow burn storytelling that people who mainly watch anime but not much else outside think it is. This other channel i’m following happened to react to the wire in the same schedule along the bulk of hxh episodes and you can see a sharp contrast in how to manage slow burn in terms of streamlining and priorities (and it’s even denser and manages more character and plotlines). Honestly, venture outside of anime a bit. I think this anime is good but the glazing of this arc is overbearing especially to any slight criticism of a far from perfect, but still strong anime arc. I’m not gonna continue the discussion after this because i think we’re gonna gonna go circles and i’m having to type out spoiler warnings and don’t want to risk keep typing about future stuff in the arc. If you still don’t see my point about priorities then agree to disagree.

Trav
>>133725404

Fwiw I agree with Veya. This arc starts well and ends well, but as a result people gloss over how much of the middle is just aimless meandering. I'm not saying you can't enjoy this middle segment on its own merits. That's completely valid and it just means we like different things, but I think it's a little silly to argue that EVERY little detail is vital setup. Did we really absolutely need an entirely self-contained mini arc to see what the Phantom Troupe was up to? They don't even show up again for the rest of the arc!

fresh

I don't know about the whole losing momentum thing. The show does a great job of building and limiting what we should know as an audience. My guess as to why you think this way is simply a disconnect with the episode's premise. Even with the end discussion, you two were fixated on the simple things, not digging into what was happening. I don't know, but I get a sense that there's a misunderstanding on your part. If so, it would be best to be honest so we can help you clarify such details. I'm not saying that you guys have to fully decipher every detail, but for example, Knov and Morel's conversation had so much to it. It wasn't just about the innocents dying. The hunter association is plotting against Netero to put him in the bad spotlight.

Dune
>>133754174

Yeah I think sometimes they can miss the importance of a scene and just take everything they see and hear at face value but with hunter x hunter I feel like things should rarely be taken at face value since it's not that kind of show.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133725404

Personally I just prefer not rushing over things. I seriously doubt this arc would have been as acclaimed as it is if they just rushed over to the King and the royal guards and have the battle as fast as they could. Maybe some people would have preffered that, but I'm also sure there are also people like me who appreciate slow burns with a lot of build ups before the main thing. Specially since it adds a lot of context to things. It was good to see the Phantom Troupe crushing chimeras that set up their base in their turf, which was something that needed addressing since it was said and shown in the prior episodes that the ants scattered after the original Queen died. If we had gotten instead just an info flash that those ants were defeated in some way, with just some slideshow showing how they were defeated, it wouldn't have felt that impactful. I think it would have felt rushed. For me, those two Phantom Troupe episodes were more world building and not filler, and to me at least who love those stuff, it makes the fictional universe feel more alive, as it shows movement outside the main area of focus. So I strongly disagree that middle part of this arc was just aimless meandering. There were a lot of important stuff that were sadly underappreciated by many.

Aizensalami

I used to watch HxH weekly, so I was really feeling the unnecessary time wasting in this arc. Building up an arc to its peak is always welcomed, but some stuff were really just a waste of time... I think they were catching up with the manga so they needed to cheese the arc. For example, the content of these 4 episodes could've been delivered in 2 or 2.5 episodes max... same for the entire arc in general, we can easily reduce the total number of episodes by 10-15 episodes, then it would've been perfect. But still, the peak is sooo high, so you eventually will enjoy it to the max!

Astor Lefflinker
>>133766037

All that happened in these four episodes happened in the manga. They weren't fillers. Not really sure how they could have condensed these 4 episodes into 2 without it feeling rushed. There weren't really unnecessary long staring into the sky or nothingness or something like that. And I'm not confident about them liking this arc as a whole (which is okay), especially now that some people basically told them that the show just wasted their time. That might just make them pissed off at the show, and we already saw Ange getting pissed of at "time wasting" with Knuckle passing out of Gon's punch. I don't agree that the show was just wasting time at this point though. Not everything is a setup, yes, not everything is needed, but to call these episodes waste of time, I just don't agree with that. Not everything has to be important for it to be good. Killua just recently killed the first major ant in Rammot, basically signaling the humans' counter attack, and now we saw the Troupe demolishing ants that set up base in their territory which addresses the issue of some ants scattering in other parts of the world. We also saw Gon handling ants on his own and Meloreon stalking him which means something. We saw the thing that's glowing gold aura. Morel and Knov talking about politics in the Hunter Association and why they're not getting the necessary help they need. The characters also talked about the selection of 5 million humans and why it's important, as well as how Pitou is controlling the soldiers. If these things didn't happen or was shown, the show wouldn't be as good as it was as a whole. The show is just slowly building up momentum from the point that the first ant who got nen got killed. I don't know if they'll ever rewatch this, but I think they'll appreciate it more on a rewatch just like how they appreciated JJK season 1 more when they rewatched it.

Aizensalami
>>133766037

You're partly right to be honest. Maybe I was a bit salty when I said it could've been 2 eps... [SPOILERS ALERT]! but honestly, some episodes in this arc (especially later on) are too stretched... some episodes were almost fully in slow motion with the narrator speaking for the entire episode to explain how the characters are thinking/feeling ...even though the viewer can easily get these feelings without it being in slo-mo with a verbal explanation. The arc could've been better without giving few eps to the likes of Bruvoda, Wolfin, Pike, etc... I mean, the arc is 61 EPs... could've been 50 to be honest.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133766037

I mean it's just really depends on your taste. I understand if those slow stuff isn't to your liking. They can be divisive and it's easy to understand why some people will not like that. The only thing I'm disagreeing with is calling them waste of time, especially in HxH, because most, even the little things, in the slow build ups are used later on. The "could have been shorter" arguments can be applied to almost every other show really, but would have they been better if they were shortened? Not necessarily. I'm sure a lot of shows will, but I disagree with HxH being one of them. One of my favorite moments in DBZ was when Goku, Gohan and Krillin were just chilling by the river and Krillin decided to test Goku by throwing a stone at him while he's sleeping. That scene didn't play a role at all in the plot but it's one of my most cherished moments in DBZ, and I'm sure to a lot of fans too. In JJK did we really need the time spent on the girl who liked Yuji back in middle school? It was never used later on in the anime, but I still personally liked that they included it. A lot of these little kind of things that may seem unimportant add a lot of nuance to the characters and to the fictional world they belong to if you just have patience to pay attention and absorb them.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133766037

If they skipped those things to get to the hyped parts and only showed the most important moments, it will just not be in HxH's style. Personally, I think it'll feel rushed, and it would actually go against the whole message of the show which is the very final line said in the anime. If you know, you know. The slow burn can be a turn off to many people, understandable, especially to people expecting fights after fights since the show is labeled as a shonen. But I'm personally really glad that they stuck to the writing in the manga instead of rushing things because of people who can't stand slow burns in a shonen. I mean the 2011 version did rush the first arc and the Zoldyck family arc to get to the nen part and look what happened. Most people who's seen both versions prefer the first arc and the Zoldyck arc in the 1999 version even though it was more of a slow burn and even added episodes that weren't in the manga.

Aizensalami
>>133766037

I'm not against slow burns. In fact I liked most slow burns used in HxH. HxH is one of my favorite anime by the way. I liked the slow burn in the battle arena arc, and in the Yorknew arc, and in some parts of the Chimera Ants arc as well. Even in other anime shows... Bleach has a lot of slow burns and I still love it... My problem with this arc (even though it could be the best arc or the 2nd best) is that they took that "slow burn" to another level. I was watching weekly... and I was honestly feeling that it surpassed the level of slow burn into the level of cheesy stretching. [SPOILERS]: I mean for example, did we reaaaally need that Wolfin episode (123) after waiting a FULL YEAR WEEK BY WEEK to get to the awaited interaction in Ep122?? Wasn't that enough for a slow burn??! screw him man we waited more than enough 🤣🤣 Anyway, I'm sure we both love the arc, and I'm sure it'll end up being one of Ange's and Carlie's favorite arcs as well.

Astor Lefflinker
>>133766037

Again, the "do we really need this or that" arguments are very subjective and can be applied to almost every show, book, or possibly everything. I think comparing the 2011 and 1999 versions first arcs is a good example. There were so many things that can be argued that we didn't really need that were added in the 1999 version's first arcs, but they were superior compared to the rushed 2011 version. Do we really need all the descriptions of medieval food in the A Song of Ice & Fire books, or all the long descriptions of trees in The Lord of the Rings books? Probably not, but they add a lot of nuance and world building, at least those who appreciate those kind of things, and I doubt those books would have been as good as they were if those things were removed. Same thing can be said for all the things that you talked about HxH. You may have hated them, but a lot of others appreciated them and what they add to the show as a whole, and if they had been removed or rushed, would HxH have been received as well as it has been? I'm of the opinion that the answer is no. Anyway I wish I share your confidence about them loving this arc. My personal prediction is Carlie will, and Ange won't because of the specific things/scenes you mentioned. Which is totally fine, we all consume media differently, and what I love with this channel is that they're always honest.

Aizensalami
>>133766037

Yes. I love hearing their honest opinions. You're right. Most shows have some unnecessary stuff in them. The viewers choose which of those they like and which of them thry don't. It also depends on timing. Anyway, good chat 👍🏻

The Great Santini
>>133754174

Nah this is my second time watching this arc and this part is definitely a slow part. Two somewhat cool filler episodes with the Spiders and now two episodes in which Gon fought some dumb looking enemies (my number one complaint with this arc, btw) and WAY TOO MUCH exposition. The key to good storytelling is SHOWING and not TELLING. The beginning of the episode with Killua telling Gon about the region's politics was just unnecessary. The country isn't even in control of itself anymore so what was the point of that political explanation? The ants are running shit and have been since they showed up. I thought the end of this arc was great but the beginning was trash (when we first start learning about the ants) and this part is slow if not bad.

The Great Santini

This is DEFINITELY the slow part of this arc. I was genuinely bored rewatching these 2 episodes with you guys. I truly do not care about Gon fighting some stupid-looking animal hybrids but what was even more boring was when the author had Killua explain the absolutely unimportant politics to Gon. If you have to turn an exposition dump into a "gag" by having your MC steam from his ears then the way you're doing your exposition is probably not ideal. Love this show. Like this arc (not as much as the Spider arc, however) but it definitely has some slow parts.