![]() He accepts the cost it will have on his body to guarantee success in this fight, with no concern for the superior King and his ambitions. Kite was killed and defiled by Neferpitou, and Gon is the only one that can do anything about it. Gon tosses aside his self-imposed limits in the name of sheer power, because getting revenge is worth forfeiting his life for. This wasn’t a Dragon Ball Z episode where the enemy is destroyed with determination and the support of friends it was an anger-fuelled, heart wrenching display of a young boy losing restraint. This wasn’t just Gon winning a fight with an extremely capable enemy it was the complete and utter destruction of that enemy in the name of revenge. Quite simply, Hunter x Hunter #131 is one of the finest shounen anime episodes I’ve had the pleasure of seeing. After all of the awful things he’s been up to, it feels good to see him unknowingly assist the hunters.īut let’s get to what really matters. ![]() This intervention may very well have saved Gon’s life, due to Killua pushing Gon out of the way of an attack a little later on. What I didn’t realise at first is that while it’s likely Killua was going to leave the palace and assist Gon after Palm notices the situation he’s in, it’s Pouf’s conversation with them in this episode that really gets him moving. He’s a fantastic bastard of a character, but it’s about time that the tide turned in favour of the good guys for the first time in a while. ![]() There’s very little of Pouf in this episode, which certainly makes for a nice change. Gon is overcome with grief over Kite’s death, causing him to push his body to its limits to take down Pitou.
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