Oh god... I just remembered my earliest red flag with Gon. Someone asked him wouldn't he be mad at his dad for abandoning his son to become a Hunter and Gon's reply was basically "Being a Hunter must be pretty dope if it's worth leaving your family for, I want to try it and see what it's all about" I was like "😶"
Actually in the manga, kite was introduced in the first chapter and he introduced what being a hunter is about to gon, so he also had kite as a reason to be a hunter.
“Besides, if your lying that will actually make things easier for me” “I wont have to show you any mercy.” *”Ill be free to destroy you”* Holy fuck I just shit my pants
I just see him and hisoka as 2 sides of the same coin. They're opposites and yet still completely the same. And thats probably why hisoka took an interest in him.
That isn't exactly the case. Hisoka has lied to Gon multiple times during the series, yet Gon has never tried to kill him for it. Gon didn't kill Pitou just for lying to him.
// Gon can’t kill him, and Hisoka is more like a good challenge for gon rather than a legitimate enemy, Pitou killed kite which at the time was the closest person he had to ging that meant a lot to him and so he when ham. Perhaps if Hisoka did something similar we’d see a similar result
I feel like an early sign nobody talks about is on the Hunter Exams arc where he deliberately uses someone as bait for Hisoka--knowing full well Hisoka is going to kill them--with no intention of stepping in to stop it. His WHOLE PLAN was to attack and swipe the badge while Hisoka was *too preoccupied killing* and the language Gon uses when thinking about this person is so dehumanizing its scary. It was at that point I knew for certain something was fucked up in this kids head
@Oneironaut it was less about him being mad at them having emotions, it was about them not caring about all the people they killed. It's kinda hypocritical coming from him, but whatever
Gon was A LOT more similar to Hisoka than we give him credits for. Which also explains partially why Hisoka was so interested in seeing him hit his full potential
@@slxck. which makes total sense considering the people he hangs around and people hes had to interact with. His best friend is an experienced assassin, and hisoka has been toying with him ever since they first met. Gon picks up everything very fast, and hes had multiple outstanding teachers. Wing even questioned if he had made a wrong move when shocking gons aura on
The earliest sign that Gon wasn't mentally sane was when he used an actual human being as bait to lure Hisoka just for a goddamn tag. Think about that.
@@foziabouamri2609 it was during the hunter exam, first season. Gon knew his only oppurtunity to get the tag would be to get it right as hisoka launched his first attack, so he waited until hisoka found someone to kill, then struck as hisoka did.
@supreme.dreams55☁️ Not really, it would've been impossible otherwise. It's the Hunter Exams people are going to die, Hisoka already scared him beforehand so fighting was out of the question.
This is precisely why I love Gon's character, he's so different from basically every other protagonist, he's both innocent and not afraid to do morally questionable things that most characters would never even consider. I like to compare him to Deku just because they're visibly similar and both very "innocent." While the classic protagonist like Deku never wants to hurt anyone, respect his opponents, and be a true hero, Gon has none of those qualities, and will not hesitate to kill someone if they get in his way or threaten his goals. Incredible character design.
Ya forgot how the yellow slanty-eyed monster from the exam arc almost killed Gon and Gon's first reaction was, "hey, you're not the same dude from before"
This reminds me of the analysis done for psychopaths. The monsters’ reaction was complete disbelief and awe at Gon. We know that psychopaths are usually charismatic people so this was really well underlined throughout the series.
Adult's reaction to seeing a kid literally steal a man's heart from his chest: 😰😱🤮 *_~GWUUAOOUGHHH!_* Gon's reaction: "Huh! That's neat! My friend is neat!"
Thinking back now Killua seems to be more sane because we see how logical his mind works off the field for his character on the other hand we don't see Gon's perspective on things. Gon basically do what he think is right and try to find a way justify his actions in the process.
True but killua grew up in such a fucked up way and really seen the worst of the worst he’s just kinda use to so he can think clearly meanwhile gon grew up pretty much a normal kid but obviously is mentally unstable with very lil experience of the worst of the world
I don't think it's that killua is more logic I think he's just more mature in general. He went through hella shit I'm sure mentally he's much older than gon
Remember that Adult Gon is just raw power, because it doesn't take into account the experience and knowledge he would've gained if he actually trained during those years he aged. Now imagine Gon as an actual adult with all the tecniques, fighting and Nen experience of years of training... If his "fake" adult form was as powerful as the Ant King, imagine him with the experience of all the tricks, techniques, hatsus he would've created after decades of training...
@_DRawP _ hes 15+ years old, hes BEEN used to that shit unlike gon that's lived in a island and the most exciting thing happening there is a big fish getting caught.
Just like Killua is written to show the light in the darkness Gon is written to show the darkness in the light. I personally believe that's why Killuia has white hair and Gon has black.
Its basically sorta reversal of roles Killua was supposed to be the dark side and Gon on light side but just like the lyrics of the song Hyori Ittai has phrases like "a coin flipped" , "is it black or white" and "2 sides of a same coins" kinda gives a spoiler on how their parts interchanged Killua became the light and Gon fell down into darkness
I really admire that interpretation of his interaction with Pitou. He KNEW that Kite was dead already and he wanted to end things right there, but he felt guilt because if he killed Pitou, he'd indirectly be killing Komugi. If the ant has feelings and is capable of helping people, then he'd essentially be in the wrong. So he let Pitou lie to him about saving Kite, he let Pitou try to attack him, and then he let her try to ambush him again, so that it would justify him brutally beating her to a pulp. Also spoilers: I believe I read somewhere that Gon is actually from the Dark Continent. Which would explain his indifference to right and wrong. He just wants to kill, but he was raised not to, so he searches for an excuse.
I believe that was from the manga. The anime never makes it to the dark continent just bits and pieces. It's also a stretch to say nanika and alluka have a connection to it since the thing has alot of nen and can grant wishes.
Everybody be saying hes making excuses to kill them but if he is giving people chances and they going out their way to be malicious right after then "damn you had the peaceful option but you chose to catch a fade" foh
@@SifuPuma nah he obviously knows they're gonna be malicious after so he knows hell have a chance to murder them he just gives a second chance knowing they won't take it do he has reason to beating their shit 😭 but just a theory
@@SifuPuma there was literally nothing pitou could have done to not be killed, they go to kite: same scenario as anime She attacks him after healing komugi: he kills komugi She attacks as theyre going to kite :he kills her or killua kills komugi. She didn't have many options
WE HAVE THE MAIN FOUR! Gon: Mentally Unstable and Insane Killua: Mentally Unstable and Insane Kurapika: Mentally Unstable and Insane Leorio: Mentally Stable and Sane
@@higachaka true but his best friend's death deeply affected him and i'm surprised but glad that leorio is not like the other protagonists, it shows how strong he is
If hunterxhunter ever picks up again, they’re probably gonna come into conflict over this very issue one day. And I have no doubt that Hisoka will be involved somehow. It just goes to show how “good” is a point of view
Raging Potato it would be an interesting plot twist since the classic shounen rivalry usually has the main character as the good guy... but then again, I wouldn’t put it past hunterxhunter. This anime is full of surprises
This is why I love Gon's character so much. He may be a sociopath, but that doesn't mean he's evil. Unlike most sociopaths portrayed in the media as a horror villain. Gon varies between Good and Neutral.
Your comment is the most truthful comment ever because even if Gon was born and raised by the Zoldyck family to being the perfect Assassin without any help at all; he’d still be a sociopath that’s good or neutral in the story of Hunter Hunter.
Yes. At his core he is(well, he thinks he is)an innocent child. Most sociopaths and psychopaths actually don't end up being serial killers, but normal members of society with a twisted morality(more common for aspd though). Gon was a very sheltered kid. His morality isn't based off of how bad a person is, but how bad they are to him. He thinks with his heart and not his head, making decisions off of his feelings and not considering how it may effect others. This, of course, can definitely be fixed if you get help from a young age, so it's not completely hopeless. Even if it's not fixed, he's not a bad person. He's still happy and cares for the ones he loves. I believe his innocence is what makes him so likeable, but also so terrifying.
the thing i love about how Gon is written, is that he’s completely supposed to be the “ying” to Killua’s “yang”. This never changes despite what you might think in the series. Gon is supposed to be the light, Killua the dark. but as you know with ying and yang, each has a little bit of the opposite with in them. Killua has a sweet protective side to him, hed do anything for Gon or to keep Gon safe, but ONLY Gon. It’s expressed many times that Killua really does not give a shit about anyone else as much as he does Gon. Killua also is in the opposite as he’s a trained assassin and can and will kill anyone. He’s even seen killing two hunter examinees for mf BUMPING INTO HIM- but GON- Gon needs an absolute justifiable reason to kill you. Even if he has to make it up himself. As Gon is a very emotional person, and tries to view everyone equally at first, but the harsh realities of the hunter world change his perspective on the person. this is seen to be the opposite for killua, who was raised to see people if theyre beatable or not. Most if not all regular people, killua can beat/kill, so he has a certain arrogance to him in the beginning of the series, but as we get to really tough Nen users later on, killua has to go against his gaslighting family and take on unbeatable opponents anyways and most of the time he does it for Gon’s sake. A lot of Killua’s “good deeds” or breakthrough moments were for Gon. But Gon’s breakthrough moments were always about someone else or for silly reasons, but his moments were next to nothing, because Gon is pretty stubborn about changing his way of thinking. Togashi really wrote these two besties as complete opposites on almost every level. But the thing they have in common is that they care about each other. Like A Lot. Yes Gon is a little unhinged, but he’s probably the best damn friend you could ask for and he’d go to the ends of the earth for you. This has been my TedTalk thanks 💗
I mean, I thought we all knew Gon was unhinged this entire time, he just wasn't *violently* unhinged until they gave him a reason to be. Little kid stared death in the face without blinking more times than the author has had hiatuses.
I feel like Killua and Gon would be good examples of the nature vs nurture thing, Killua was nurtured to be a remorseless killer but it's in his nature to be friendly and well meaning, all he needs is a friend. Gon, on the other hand, was nurtured to be kind and friendly but deep down it's in his nature to manipulate and beat the shit out of people
I like seeing insane gon, it's so emotional because you can tell he was waiting to unleash something like that lmao. He had to keep his feelings inside about kite for a while and waited for denial and lies so he could fuck up the person who messed with his homie while it was justified
Y'all forgetting the part in the beginning during hunter exams when gon faces hisoka for the first time in that swamp and afterwards tells kurapika that even though he was scared , it somehow felt exciting.
@Silly And clumsy ave good point but I wouldn't know but they useally are young boys around 12-17 knowing shounen But I feel that that line is kind of childish anyway childish as in something a child would most probably say
@@sugarzblossom8168 well Deku doesnt really like fighting but he'll do it Itadori doesn't and was actually traumatized from having to kill someone Ash likes too but thats different Eren im not sure since I quit after s3 Soul eater maka and soul both like it however its mainly maka doing the fighting Noragami yato used too but doesn't anymore
@@weirdcarpetthing97 , a person that’s based purely on adrenaline, instinct, and pure murderous intent would be a person like Eustass Kid from One Piece whereas Gon is the most sociopathic Shonen protagonist ever.
Humans are animals after all and those who can't their biological instincts are no different than the animals, actually they are far worse. Most of them are stupid and cant control themselves, tehy don't think about their decisions and products of them, or about how will they affect somobody. They don't think about science, arts, philosophy, life, discovering. They can not control their desire for food, drink, sex or some other primitive animal's joys. They can't stand working hard, feeling cold, hurt, hungry. They are manipulative and stereotypical. They fight and insult each other and see the situation from one pov which is wrong. Their brain is so primitive that most of them die with no wisdom about life or evidence that they ever existed. Yet they are a big majority and the ones destroying this world. Far worse than the ants, as narator said.
An overlooked red flag for me was Hisoka’s obsession with Gon. Since Hisoka is attracted to power, you would think following that logic he would be just as obsessed with Killua, who is at the same, if not, higher power level then gon. But, in the show, hisoka is by far the most obsessed with Gon. Maybe, in his own twisted way, Hisoka thinks of gon as a younger version of himself
Wym. Hisoka shows great interest in Killua but his relationship with Illumi makes that shaky, he has expressed his longing to fight killua before to illumi on like two seperate occasions
Remember right after Gon’s first encounter with Hisoka, how he said, with a bright smile on his face, how he was terrified, since he was 100% sure Hisoka was going to kill him, but that also made him excited?
He's one of those people that really likes fighting. The more skilled the person is, the more enjoyable the fight would be. It's similar to MMA fighters; their bones would break and they'll bleed, but they still want to go on.
It think its because of the thrill knowing someone will kill you, Yeah, sure you might be scared but knowing that someone will kill you is just exciting -its hard to explain in details but that’s what I think, the same thing happened to me but it was more of roughhousing than an actual fight but i kinda treat is a death math for some reason like as if my life is on the line-
What’s important to remember is that gon is a child. He isn’t a psychopath, but a child thrown into a violent world too soon. He has some grey areas morally but theres a lot of character/moral development that can come from him getting older. Gon is a kid and kids don’t always have good morals, they struggle with being selfish, and sometimes have skewed vision of their actions and their consequences. He was going through the stages of grief on an amplified level because of his emotions connection to his nen. I don’t think he’s a psycho I think he’s a child who’s struggling with selfishness, emotional regulation, and seeing/understanding consequences.
OR maybe all kids are psychopaths. However, chances are that if Gon was a real human being in his world, he would grow to become a psychopath in some extent
He wasn’t thrown into anything though, lmao. He willingly chose this lifestyle knowing what it entailed. This is why we see him act the way he does. He never expected the outside world to be sunshine and rainbows. Which is why he’s so listless at the sigh of bloodshed. He has no moral compass. He doesn’t need one. He measures how good or evil a person is based on what they’ve done to him specifically. He doesn’t think like some deranged, unhinged psychopath. He thinks like a hunter. I don’t think you understand that if Gon didn’t have this mindset, he’d end up someone like Tonpa. Shitting his pants at the sight of blood and unable to fight.
Yeah, I always found that scene to being completely stupid because the scene in Luffy performing Gear 2nd and Gear 3rd for the first time in Enies Lobby was portrayed better than what Killua thinking he’d drive Gon to insanity just being around him as Gon’s best friend whereas it’s the exact opposite that Gon was insane the very beginning of Hunter Hunter prior to the Hunter Exams.
@@notaburner5002 , Haki is more consistent than Nen, Chakra, Ki, etc etc; Devil Fruits are more consistent than Stands from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Parts 3 onwards; it has the best themes of dreams never dying; it has the best themes of family members are your family regardless if they’re biologically related to you or not; it has the best themes of family versus duty; Paramount War to this day is still the best war arc objectively; it has the best world building, etc etc, so yes One Piece is and will always be the most perfect Shonen and Shonen Jump series of all time.
...OMG...Guys just read this: Do you remember the reunion of Gon and Pitou? After the 1st time Pitou said "I have to save this person" then Gon kept asking "Save...what? What is it you have to save?" I was wondering why Gon said that. I get it now: he wanted to force Pitou to lie! that's exactly why the narrator said that separated sentence: "What Pitou chose to say was... the TRUTH" this is the reason Gon went mad after that because he couldn't get the "lie to face" excuse and he wasn't able to avenge Kait. And he kept saying "not fair" because it is not fair to not to able to find the needed excuse for destroying Pitou. Do you remember what happened next? He stood up and said" TO HELL WITH THAT" did you get it? It means f@ck it I don't need the "lie to face" this time. But Killua stopped him, right? What did Killua say?: "Gon, if you kill Pitou, WE'LL NEVER GET KAIT BACK" Why do you think Gon calmed down after this sentence? Because he finds another way: what if I wait for Pitou and take her to Kait and THERE & THEN make her lie... that way I HAVE the excuse...so he says: "You're right Killua, I'm Okay now."
he doesnt know if gon will use it for good or bad since gon doesnt care, he does what he wants should it be wrong or right. That mindset with someone with such great power is beyond dangerous becuase you never know what he will do.
@@anwar924 oh shit thanks captain obvious it's not like everyone knows the obvious like they're just sheep that need shit to be said so they can understand cause they didn't fucking watch all the episodes or understand shit cause like they can't read english and don't understand dub like oh thanks so much.
I think the thing is that Gon is very hot-headed, stubborn and doesn't really think a lot whereas Killua is a lot more collected and analytical of a situation. There is a striking contrast in how they handle battles and it's shown in that interaction that they boys had with Pitou...
He doesn’t really think too hard, he wears his heart on his shirt shirts and acts i. impulse and emotion. I think that’s a good contrast between him and the methodical and analyzing killua
Yeah he is insane in that world because the norm is to be a but insane. Like Palm is literally insane but the other hunters are like aight just don't waste your blood we need it for later.
justice aways wins, good or bad, dont matter, it becomes justice in the end, cause the winner decides what is justice, you see this all the time with generic shounen stories.
What makes hxh so good is that there are no pure good/evil characters. Everyone relevant character has a bright and a dark side, which humanizes them and make them even more relatable. Gon couldn't be different.
I'd agree, but I think Leorio is completely good, he isn't strong compared to other nen users, but he's a good healer. Wants to be a doctor, the person who tries hardest for others, there was no darkness in his character.
What I like about Gon is that he wasn't this self-righteous morally correct character. Sure he wasn't inherently evil, but his goal wasn't to save people like so many anime protagonists' (Naruto, Izuku, even Tanjiro) are. No, that was Leorio's goal. Gon was ambitious and served his own goals, but also wasn't an asshole to do it. He was still friendly and cheerful, but also followed his own agenda. That really makes him a very good main character
BRO, ISTG when i saw that i was like, is that ALL he was gonna say???? And when Kurapika reacted almost the same way, i knew they were crazy asf. I was so unbelievably sorry for Leorio. They are all crazy as hell for no fucking reason. still, such great character.
You forgot the best part in the Killua heart scene, right after he takes the heart the camera goes over to everyone with shocked faces except for Gon who has the biggest smile ever Edit: for the people saying he wasn’t smiling watch the 1999 version
Yeah at first I brushed that off it after the seeing Leorio and the criminals shudder in fear I found that super weird. The other thing was how often people referred to gon as selfish
@@tlloxus1714 like i would be amazed, horrified, and probs trying to remember the shape and how it looks cuz who knows, i might need to draw that someday
A lot of people don't realise that kite was actually a father figure for gon and in the manga he was the first character shown and he's the reason gon started his journey as they talked about gons father. Honestly that should have been added to the anime to show why gon went so crazy over kite's death. Also the world itself is really fucked up if you've noticed. The hunter exam is brutal and everyone knows that still gons father wanted gon to take the exam and kite encouraged it as well lmao
I remember at the start of HxH, after Gon had his first interaction with Hisoka and almost got strangled, he said: "It was scary... bUT ALSO KIND OF EXCITING" and I was just like "hooooly shit this kid's gonna destroy himself someday"
The Chimera Ant Arc did a really good job of showing how grief really works. The thing about grief that a lot of people don't know is the five stages aren't linear. You can bounce between stages at any time and even experience multiple stages together. The worst moments are when you get stuck on a stage for a long period of time. It rips you apart and when someone or something forcefully pulls you out it rips you apart even more. People talk about how it feels like they're going insane trying to process grief, now imagine it in someone who's already mentally unhinged. Gon gets locked into denial, occasionally switching to anger, but he's so hard set on denial that he starts to believe it. He wants to deny what's right in front of him because his mind can't handle the truth. This obviously makes things much worse. The denial makes him dissociate much more. You can see it in his eyes, the lights are on but nobody's home. At this point lying was the safest bet because telling the truth was considerably more dangerous. Once Gon saw Kite was physically dead, there was no possible way to deny it anymore. He was quickly forced to reality. The other thing about grief is much like sleep, it accrues over time and eventually it catches up to you to be repayed in full all at once if you don't relieve it over time. Grief finally caught up to Gon seeing Kite's body. He experienced at five stages of grief at once and his unstable mind quickly shattered. All that was left was a primal desire to destroy whatever took Kite from him, whatever the cost. Grief is fucking awful for anyone to deal with but in Gon's case it's especially heartbreaking.
As terrible as it is there are some upsides to his craziness. I don't think he would've ever gotten as close with Killua had he been completely sane. Killua is nice and all, but wouldn't you be fearful and worried in the presence of a child assasin that could rip your heart out with a smile on his face? Its Gon's automatic acceptance and friendliness towards people who are helpful and nice to him that brought him close to Killua in the first place.
Yeah, but that's actually the saddest part, Killua got a friend because of Gon's insanity, but it was that same insanity that almost took Gon away from Killua, and most of the time Killua cannot do anything but watch helplessly as his friend slowly descend into darkness. Everything has a price, even something as simple as friendship.
I did have a dream one time after finishing the HxH series. In that dream Killua and Gon are both adult but Gon grew up as an antagonist and the world was against him while Killua was watching in the shadows neither in the good side or the bad side, he knows he can't bring the old Gon that he used to know but he does realize that it was his duty to find Gon and end him himself.
@supreme.dreams55☁️ Different definitions of pure. You're thinking of pure as in absent of sin, Goku won't kill as it's bad and he much rather avoid it. Gon is pure because of the absent of idea, like a sheet of white paper. Idea is our preconceptions of what's good and bad, what's alright and what isn't. Gon lacks those for the most part, and people only cross the line when they make themselves his enemy and harm something precious to him.
But like who wouldn't want to stab there mom especially if it was killuas mom Edit:tf was I waying here also I edited to what I think I was trying to say 😭
When I was a kid I was pretty bothered when I watch HxH during the hunter exam. I mean people die left and right during the exam then Netero ask Gon how he think about the exam in general and he answered its fun and exciting i was shocked if it were me I'd be traumatized.
To put it simply, Gon: If anything bad happens to [insert name of someone he has a connection with], I will kill everyone in this room and then myself :D Killua: nO-
@@JohnWick-xk8io I'm not justifying anything if you saw your friend rip some guys heart out you wouldn't be like oh neat even if the guy was a murderer
Yeah, that line freaked me out. I get that he's twelve and took the whole "pretend you hate me" thing completely literally, but most shounen protags get pissed when the bad guy hurts/ kills their own allies, not do the same thing
It makes sense now why Gon was being cold to Killua. He was lying to him too. If Gon is able to tell when people are lying to him then he knew. And his “destroying” Killua was emotional and not physical. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Amazing breakdown of Gon’s crazy side.
first of all: these comments are gold. second of all: when killua tells gon that his family are assassins, his reaction is legit the first sign of this lmaoo
Nah, the earliest one is when he’s asked about ging abandoning his ass to be a hunter and his first reaction is “ayo, being a hunter must be pretty great to dump me off and abandon me as a baby, may as well see what they hype is about :D” Friggin scary
@@kenmakozume165 its there in 2011 version.. But meeting kite in that fox bear situation was one incident.. But he actually spent just like 2 weeks with him before he died. But i guess its the connection between kite and ging that made gon so attached to kite.
I love how you noticed gon had a thing for letting someone lie to him it was like I never completely understood it and you just put it in the right words I’m pretty sure he knew pitou couldn’t heal kite she literally told him she cut his head off
Oh that was exactly what made me know this kid is freakin' nuts. From then on I had it in the back of my mind that Gon's not the most stable mentally so when Pitou got Kite at that episode's end... Bro I was scared for him literally snapping and losing all of his sanity. And I did not want to be Pitou lol.
Alot of moments were missed from this video, on my rewatch I screenshotted every line of dialogue that hinted it. Even in his conversation with Meleoron Gon calls him human despite him being an Ant, and Meleoron responds by saying when I met you I had the opposite reaction, there's a beast inside of you, there's no limit to what you will do. The point is Gon is willing to throw all of his potential away at any moment, he was willing to die rather than surrender to Hanzo, when he was beat by hisoka he stayed up the entire night dreaming of revenge, and risked his Life to get a punch back, he risked his life with no solid knowledge of nen in heavens arena to prove himself, he risked his life walking into Canary over and over again to get through, he risked his life in the Phantom den by challenging them despite being told he would be killed if he would spoke again, he risked his life against Genthru he was literally willing to throw all of his potential away for a fight he didn't need to win, when Kite died he was willing to actually fight Pitou there and then knowing he would die, I have alot more examples. Gon is someone who has been ready to throw his life away every arc to be proven right, he is extremely selfish and says it himself, it just so happens he was lucky enough to survive that long.
one thing i love the most about this show is that they don't make his forehead and eyes go black cuz you know when the character is goated when ya piss him off and his eyes and face go soulless no imotion
Gon is a prime example of why you should think before you act. I noticed that his reactions are based on how he feels, while Killua's actions are based on logic and understanding of whats going. Gon is so simple minded that its unrealistic. The moment Gon decided it would be better to be a hunter just to see what it was like, I was like 😐
Gon's reactions to being abandoned by his father and choosing not to know anything about his biological mother are already abnormal for a kid. That itself just lays the foundation for suppressed trauma to manifest in some twisted ways later.
@@iwabeeyuino6459 Agreed, that's kind of what I was getting at. If you think about kids who have been adopted in real life, you'd think they'd at least have some curiosity about what happened to their biological parents. That seems healthy and normal. Deliberately choosing not to learn anything about his mom would only suppress that curiosity and seems like a form of denial.
The fact that he talks about his father leaving him so normally too. How he justifies it saying well that means being a hunter was more worth than being with his son.
Omg yes, in the show I tried to see the light in him saying that any way you slice it, ( disregarding the fact gon has learned soo much and is really powerful) sounds really bad that his dad just up and left
HxH has a lot of similar qualities with buddhism and im pretty sure togashi created ging and gons character relationship in mind with how the culture was during ancient buddhist and Taoist times when men would have children they would leave the children to go on journeys or to reach self enlightenment and that was the norm for there culture it doesn't sound practical nowadays but to them it was so thats the reason why gon is super okay with his dad not being apart of his life there are real life ties to the relationship or lack there of
@@Silencio_k "it doesn't sound practical nowadays" Actually, it doesn't sound practical for any time period. Switch the man with a woman, and no one would justify her leaving her kids for some "self enlightenment"
You missed the scene wherein Gon risks his life in Heaven's Arena against the nen user with tops just for learning. Mr. Wing points out something along the lines of "He risked his life on the ring just for the learning and thrill of it. He risked it because it's not what is right, but it is what he wants. Teacher (Bisky), I think I have awakened a beast."
That’s why Killua has always been so overprotective with gon. Killua’s bigger fear was that Gon will ends as sick or twisted as his brother Illumi or Hisoka.
ALL of those forgotten scenes of gon being crazy could’ve been forgiven, if you would’ve just mentioned bungee gum having the properties of both rubber and gum.
Another thing: In the beginning of the manga, we find out that Mito *lied* to Gon, saying she was the one who took Gon from Ging, it wasnt his father that abandoned him. Of course, Gon would never do to Mito what he did to Genthru or Pitou, because he still cares for her. But in his innocent mind, Mito still needs to learn her lesson. Therefore, he strives to get what Mito has been shielding him from, Ging and the world of hunters. When saying goodbye to Mito, he replies he already knew she *lied* to him, because she can't look him the eye when she lies. He hugs her one final time. And as the ship sails away, he waves, and says: "You watch! I'll come back as a great Hunter!" His own way of saying "If you hadn't *lied* to me, this wouldn't have happened. You can't stop me now." If Mito had just told the truth to Gon and asked him to not be like his father, he would've stayed in Whale Island, or at the very least not become a Hunter. But she made one crucial mistake. She *lied*
@@Kg-Fi A massive fucking reach is what it is. I've never seen such ridiculous bullshit before. People out here be peddling this nonsense without a hint of irony.
@@mattwayne9128 I mean explain how it’s a reach then. I can say what your saying is totally stupid but if I don’t point out how I’m just blowing hot air. Speak up thoughts instead of just spouting bullshit
@@hdhsahgajs2522 wdym just cos a character is a "monster" doesn't mean he can't be well written. Anyway Gon isn't just a monster the reason why his character writing is genius is because it's so simple yet unique. Gon represents how if a normal kid was born into a crazy screwed up world would behave (kids don't have a proper moral compass so the events and how they influence him make him really interesting).
It was always there. It was just up to the audience to see it. People like Razor, Wing, Genthru etc. all called Gon a monster/beast/insane. Even from Genthru, who was nutty himself, being scared of Gon while he was STRONGER than Gon says a lot. Gon defeated him mentally. Then you also have Zepile who said it perfectly. You can't appraise Gon and that makes him dangerous. He's so pure in his thinking that he just follows whatever his gut tells him. Thats also why Gon could've become a great Hunter like his father, who keeps pushing his boundaries as well. There's also a reason why guys like Hisoka and Nobunaga took an interest in Gon. In different circumstances I don't see why Gon couldn't have been a Troupe member. Imagine him never meeting Kurapika and meeting the Troupe in a different setting. Lets say Gon met Nobunaga and Uvogin while they had a mutual enemy and they teamed up and formed a friendship. Why not? Gon even accepted Hisoka's help in Greed Island.
I don't think Gon would be interested in joining the Troupe. His reasoning couod be as simple as "Why would I go out of my way to assassinate someone that has nothing to do with me"
@@pip5188 Not all of the Troupe members are sadistic serial killers. Kortopi and Bonolenov weren't murderous like the others were. The Troupe are simply just thieves who do and take whatever they want. They're thieves before murderers. I can definitely see Gon joining them in the right circumstances if he didn't meet Kurapika first. Hell, Nobunaga even said Gon is just like Uvo so it's definitely possible.
@@furtywelsh3482 eh, i disagree. Gon was heavily opposed to the troupe members killing people, an act he was not fond of, and its very unlikely he would join a group where he would have to commit said act himself. In the case of Killua, however, by the time him and Gon met, Killua seemed to have stopped his assassin work. Gon defnitely isnt the type to kill random people though, and would only join the troupe if he got something worthwhile out of it, which isnt likely.
@@jephilologist still, the fact that Gon wanted to do that is bizarre and really shows his selfishness, if my best friend consented to me torturing him, I still wouldn't do it, and I'm pretty sure any other normal human being would also think that way.
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 You're in for a treat. There's lots of human beings, even irl that are not normal. We live in a bizarre world indeed. There's people who will consent to torture, and people who will take that and run with it. Not arguing that Gon is normal. Just reminding you that Killua also wanted to win the game, hence he also willingly participated in the destruction of his own arms. We cannot use this example and make out Gon to be "bad" according to real world morality. Remember these characters live in a fictional world- what's moral there may not necessarily carry in ours.
@@jephilologist I hate the "you're putting real life standards on a fictional character" argument, tf am I supposed to do? Are they now immune to criticism because they aren't real? Is all criticism on any fictional thing or being completely invalid now because "what's normal to them may not be normal to us."?
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 no they're not immune. You can think whatever you like about fictional characters. That's the beauty of fiction. Just saying to consider that the morality in-universe (of the fiction) may be very different from ours. Killua offering his arms up is also considered messed up to us. Killua also refused Tsezgerra's offer did he not? Again, I'm not trying to disprove your point. Just reminding you about some other considerations.
Gon will always be one of my favorite protagonists. There's just something so intriguing about a boy who seems innocent and friendly but who is an absolute sociopath in reality.
i feel like a important thing people overlook is that gon was raised next to animals. he’s seen the effect of the food chain countless of times. thinking from that perspective it makes sense his way of thinking. either way he’s not evil. he’s not going to purposely go around killing innocent people. so it doesnt make sense calling him a monster.
It's amazing how Togashi can literally have a character narrate to the audience that Gon is a crazy bastard 2 arcs prior and STILL have it shock people.
Yeah he really knows how to write shounen btw watch yu yu hakusho its written by the same author and the mc of that anime is also really good(tho not this complex like gon)
The fact that Gon was actually *MAD* that Hisoka didn’t beat him half to death and spared him during the second part of the exam with the number tags... We should’ve known then that something wasn’t quite right
@@stefannotchev7209 Agreed. When your opponent is so out of your league that he can smack you down and neutralize you without significantly hurting you and without *actually* trying, it's a kick in the ego.
Bizzaro mountain some of the strongest warriors in anime are willing to die for their pride, like vegeta. I wouldn’t be surprised if gon was the same way, just less expressive abt it like vegeta is
Also the fact with the Phantom troupe, he hated them because kurapika hates them as well and told him they were bad people. However when Gon meets the scissor guy in greed island, who is also a murder who kills several people and steals what they have on them, but since he helped Gon become stronger Gon was fine with it and treated him like he would treat a new friend. So he has always been hypocritical in that sense. Hell he critizes the troupe for killing those who they don't know/ care for without a second thought, yet still greiving over the death of their own. Yet despite that he is fine with befriending those that are killers or criminals, but is grieving when one of his own friends dies and threathens to kill an innocent girl that pitou is healing without a second doubt if she does not comply with his conditions. He is acting the exact same way the troupe is acting in terms of a loss of their own, but he doesn't even realize his double standard or even the fact that he is doing it at all, because the troupe are "bad guys" and He and his gfriends are the "Good guys" in his mind, though in the world of Hunter x Hunter, we know that good and bad is nowhere near that simple as Gon thinks it is.
"How can you kill people who have nothing to do with you?" Gon said to Chrollo, Meanwhile he was about to bash Pitou's head in with Komugi being collateral damage. (116) And actually threatens to kill Komugi (ep 127)
@@X3MAntics I respect your opinion, but let's not forget that Gon's best friend is a criminal that wouldn't hesitate at all to kill, I think Killua also had a mentality subconcious change. Gon didn't know who Komugi is and 1 death doesn't even mean that much to him, because he was hundreds(hell, even thousands) of people die and didn't really care. You are right in all aspects, but Gon didn't care or didn't know Komugi and he probably had the mentality that if they killed so many people at the selection thing they would atleast deserve 1 meaningful death.
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Gonna remake this when I get the time. So many things I forgot.
Next hxh video ????
@@X3MAntics i dont know, you're humility is making me want to sub lol
This is half assed to you!?!?
@@troyterry3226 its a classic case of reverse psychology XD (jk jk :P)
An Enhancer who truly hates lying. Yeah.
Oh god... I just remembered my earliest red flag with Gon. Someone asked him wouldn't he be mad at his dad for abandoning his son to become a Hunter and Gon's reply was basically "Being a Hunter must be pretty dope if it's worth leaving your family for, I want to try it and see what it's all about"
I was like "😶"
That was my reaction too 😭
Actually in the manga, kite was introduced in the first chapter and he introduced what being a hunter is about to gon, so he also had kite as a reason to be a hunter.
Didn't say something like that to Aunt Mito and how he'd be a weakling if he didn't go find Ging?
Yeah I remember that
@helloッ He never cared about his mom
Gon: *starts transforming*
Pitou: It's just a prank.
Gon: It's a prank *Gon* wrong.
OMG LOL 😭
Up
*Standing ovation* Well done.
LMAOOOO
fuck you, take my like.
“Besides, if your lying that will actually make things easier for me”
“I wont have to show you any mercy.”
*”Ill be free to destroy you”*
Holy fuck I just shit my pants
SAME HERE DAWG😭🙏 I was like why isn't anyone talking about that part then I saw yo comment💀
the clues were all there 😂 no sane 11 year old would say that not even Zushi who acts similar to Gon
dawg and the fact that he said that with a smile on his face
HE LITERALLY SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME😭😭😭😭
When a anime shonen main character says something an anime shonen main character would say 🤯🤯🤯
This is how I define Gon:
A little kid who was thrown into hell, and the worst part is.....he came back out.
Yea but he cane back out the leader
This is so accurate but it hurts- thank you wise person.
I just see him and hisoka as 2 sides of the same coin. They're opposites and yet still completely the same. And thats probably why hisoka took an interest in him.
Im convinced that he is hell and everyone against him was just witnessing it
He jumped.
Lets not forget the fact that everytime someone meets gon, the first thing they say is
"This kid is a monster"
He wouldn't be a main character if there wasn't hidden potential in him.
@@funandgames714 - but he doesn’t- he’s just a kid
@@funandgames714 Natsuki Subaru disagrees
@@clubjogosline Return By Death isn't considered hidden potential??
@@uwultimate_lifeform no
Someone: "Lies"
Gon: *So you have chosen death*
Lol
That isn't exactly the case. Hisoka has lied to Gon multiple times during the series, yet Gon has never tried to kill him for it. Gon didn't kill Pitou just for lying to him.
Aaaaaand hes gon.
// Gon can’t kill him, and Hisoka is more like a good challenge for gon rather than a legitimate enemy, Pitou killed kite which at the time was the closest person he had to ging that meant a lot to him and so he when ham. Perhaps if Hisoka did something similar we’d see a similar result
//
Hisoka presents himself as a trickster, Gon never feels too bad getting duped by him. If anything, Gon sees him as a challenge/rival.
I feel like an early sign nobody talks about is on the Hunter Exams arc where he deliberately uses someone as bait for Hisoka--knowing full well Hisoka is going to kill them--with no intention of stepping in to stop it. His WHOLE PLAN was to attack and swipe the badge while Hisoka was *too preoccupied killing* and the language Gon uses when thinking about this person is so dehumanizing its scary. It was at that point I knew for certain something was fucked up in this kids head
Yea and he was thinking of sacrificing kurapika and leorio but changed his mind
@@munirahahmad i mentioned these examples alot, many people know them i guess,and like the one where he beats killua hands, its just not in the video
@@juska4235 yes your right, and I don’t think he asked killua if he wanted to continue holding the ball even though we know killua would’ve said yes
@@munirahahmad yea well in the first two shots he pretended he didn't know basically 😅
@@juska4235 yea
Gon: gets mad about the phantom troupe being sad over losing a friend
Also Gon: gets mad that the chimera ants aren't sad over losing their companions
This is underrated
He never got sad at the troupe
@Oneironaut it was less about him being mad at them having emotions, it was about them not caring about all the people they killed. It's kinda hypocritical coming from him, but whatever
@@nonameshere3270 no bcuz at that point he hadn’t killed anyone
@@GG-vi6pv no im saying it's hypocritical after what gon did in the chimera ant arc
Gon was A LOT more similar to Hisoka than we give him credits for. Which also explains partially why Hisoka was so interested in seeing him hit his full potential
Did You realise that when he sat down to wait for an hour he sat in the same position as hisoka...
@@slxck. YES! The same position as Meruem too
@@cristianefaccioli8726 Yea it shows that he is slowly becoming like them tbh
@@slxck. which makes total sense considering the people he hangs around and people hes had to interact with. His best friend is an experienced assassin, and hisoka has been toying with him ever since they first met. Gon picks up everything very fast, and hes had multiple outstanding teachers. Wing even questioned if he had made a wrong move when shocking gons aura on
Ya _boyjay slowly ? Id say it was pretty accelerated if you know what i mean :)
The earliest sign that Gon wasn't mentally sane was when he used an actual human being as bait to lure Hisoka just for a goddamn tag. Think about that.
When was that? What episode?
@@foziabouamri2609 it was during the hunter exam, first season. Gon knew his only oppurtunity to get the tag would be to get it right as hisoka launched his first attack, so he waited until hisoka found someone to kill, then struck as hisoka did.
Lemon ! Oh hell yeah he used them good coward tactics that fight
Realistically though, how else could he have gotten Hisoka's tag?
@supreme.dreams55☁️ Not really, it would've been impossible otherwise. It's the Hunter Exams people are going to die, Hisoka already scared him beforehand so fighting was out of the question.
This is precisely why I love Gon's character, he's so different from basically every other protagonist, he's both innocent and not afraid to do morally questionable things that most characters would never even consider. I like to compare him to Deku just because they're visibly similar and both very "innocent." While the classic protagonist like Deku never wants to hurt anyone, respect his opponents, and be a true hero, Gon has none of those qualities, and will not hesitate to kill someone if they get in his way or threaten his goals. Incredible character design.
two of my fav characters and they're so different :O
Manga deku is a monster
yep ❤️
not until the recent chapters, deku has literally no hesitations now
@@artsbyamar7648 fr
Ya forgot how the yellow slanty-eyed monster from the exam arc almost killed Gon and Gon's first reaction was, "hey, you're not the same dude from before"
Oh yeah! I was like
What-----
Bruh it took me ages to realise that you where talking about the kiriko lmao
@@alysandriaabian6936 lmao, same. 'I was like 'Guy,who?!'
@@alysandriaabian6936 yeah same lmao
This reminds me of the analysis done for psychopaths. The monsters’ reaction was complete disbelief and awe at Gon. We know that psychopaths are usually charismatic people so this was really well underlined throughout the series.
I swear leorio is the only even slightly sane person in hxh
Damn I leave for a year and I come back to near 200 replies to read.
That's why he is the best character
Fax LEORIO THE GOAT
makes him boring i like him but he’s too mentally stable
Zaelynn watch him pull a Knov
Zaelynn nah I like him says what we’re all thinking 😂😂and acts on it
Adult's reaction to seeing a kid literally steal a man's heart from his chest: 😰😱🤮 *_~GWUUAOOUGHHH!_*
Gon's reaction: "Huh! That's neat! My friend is neat!"
Leorio is only 17
@@sidneyrobinson18 That counts as an adult in some places. Like where I'm from.
Sidney Robinson leorio was 19
@@maymay5830 He's 19 at the end of the series
Point Made but it's a typical Shonen Anime.
Thinking back now Killua seems to be more sane because we see how logical his mind works off the field for his character on the other hand we don't see Gon's perspective on things. Gon basically do what he think is right and try to find a way justify his actions in the process.
True but killua grew up in such a fucked up way and really seen the worst of the worst he’s just kinda use to so he can think clearly meanwhile gon grew up pretty much a normal kid but obviously is mentally unstable with very lil experience of the worst of the world
On top of that killua is logical despite having hell as a childhood while gon had a pretty good childhood
I don't think it's that killua is more logic I think he's just more mature in general. He went through hella shit I'm sure mentally he's much older than gon
Killua is the definition of the Bully but a softie on the inside
Gon is like the Nice guy with a Devil inside him 💀
Remember that Adult Gon is just raw power, because it doesn't take into account the experience and knowledge he would've gained if he actually trained during those years he aged.
Now imagine Gon as an actual adult with all the tecniques, fighting and Nen experience of years of training...
If his "fake" adult form was as powerful as the Ant King, imagine him with the experience of all the tricks, techniques, hatsus he would've created after decades of training...
J e s u s C h r i s t
what the fuck. I didnt think about it like that.. you're crazy!! holy shit.
He could surpass Netero by a fucking mile, like straight up go into the Dark Continent like it was Heaven’s Arena.
@@LuisCastillo-rt5nk whaT more like it is a walk in a park
I mean. The king also had no experiences
Gon is probably the most accurate depiction on what if a kid was thrown into a crazy world
Exactly hes a KID, we all seem to forget how gons a kid and how simple minded kids are.
@_DRawP _ the fuck that nigga gotta do with this
@_DRawP _ hes 15+ years old, hes BEEN used to that shit unlike gon that's lived in a island and the most exciting thing happening there is a big fish getting caught.
@_DRawP _ again dude, hes been used to seeing scouts coming with arms lost,bodies carried and the fear of titans.
@_DRawP _ he was 10 years old for one episode then 15+ after the time skip
Just like Killua is written to show the light in the darkness Gon is written to show the darkness in the light. I personally believe that's why Killuia has white hair and Gon has black.
woah, nice theory!
Its basically sorta reversal of roles Killua was supposed to be the dark side and Gon on light side but just like the lyrics of the song Hyori Ittai has phrases like "a coin flipped" , "is it black or white" and "2 sides of a same coins" kinda gives a spoiler on how their parts interchanged Killua became the light and Gon fell down into darkness
Sometimes I really wonder, I’m i friggin color blind cause I swear his hair looks green
@@sawahmcfarland959 Most of it is black but it looks like he has dark green highlights.
@@sawahmcfarland959 yes his hair has a green glint sometime
I really admire that interpretation of his interaction with Pitou. He KNEW that Kite was dead already and he wanted to end things right there, but he felt guilt because if he killed Pitou, he'd indirectly be killing Komugi. If the ant has feelings and is capable of helping people, then he'd essentially be in the wrong. So he let Pitou lie to him about saving Kite, he let Pitou try to attack him, and then he let her try to ambush him again, so that it would justify him brutally beating her to a pulp.
Also spoilers:
I believe I read somewhere that Gon is actually from the Dark Continent. Which would explain his indifference to right and wrong. He just wants to kill, but he was raised not to, so he searches for an excuse.
I believe that was from the manga. The anime never makes it to the dark continent just bits and pieces.
It's also a stretch to say nanika and alluka have a connection to it since the thing has alot of nen and can grant wishes.
Everybody be saying hes making excuses to kill them but if he is giving people chances and they going out their way to be malicious right after then "damn you had the peaceful option but you chose to catch a fade" foh
@@SifuPuma nah he obviously knows they're gonna be malicious after so he knows hell have a chance to murder them he just gives a second chance knowing they won't take it do he has reason to beating their shit 😭 but just a theory
@@SifuPuma there was literally nothing pitou could have done to not be killed, they go to kite: same scenario as anime
She attacks him after healing komugi: he kills komugi
She attacks as theyre going to kite :he kills her or killua kills komugi.
She didn't have many options
@@fumothfan9 nanika states it's from the dark continent in the manga
WE HAVE THE MAIN FOUR!
Gon: Mentally Unstable and Insane
Killua: Mentally Unstable and Insane
Kurapika: Mentally Unstable and Insane
Leorio: Mentally Stable and Sane
Leorio supremacy
@@lyx8039 Leoreo supremacy!!
it's scary to think that almost everyone in hxh are unhinged except leorio
@@nuage6230 Well, if you kinda think about it... he knows what's healthy and what's not because he's a pre-med or sumn.
@@higachaka true but his best friend's death deeply affected him and i'm surprised but glad that leorio is not like the other protagonists, it shows how strong he is
Throughout the series killua is becoming more of a human but gon instead slowly turns into a monster.
damn..... you're right
i never even thought about that connection
If hunterxhunter ever picks up again, they’re probably gonna come into conflict over this very issue one day. And I have no doubt that Hisoka will be involved somehow. It just goes to show how “good” is a point of view
@@stefannotchev7209 can you imagine if at the very end of this all its gonna be killua against gon with killua trying to snap him out of it
Raging Potato it would be an interesting plot twist since the classic shounen rivalry usually has the main character as the good guy... but then again, I wouldn’t put it past hunterxhunter. This anime is full of surprises
Here we go with the "Killua/Meruem is becoming more of a human while Gon is becoming a monster" comments.
Then Leorio is just trying to survive the batshit crazy world xD
Poor guy, just trying to become a doctor and ending up punching a Zodiac in the face.
@@Hieillua but to be fair it was the most satisfying punch in anime history
@@saidin0142 nah luffy punching bellamy or the celestial dragon is more satisfying
@@jizzlebizzle9323 sorry, haven't watched OP yet
@No Ah because Sam said that it was the most satisfying punch in anime history
This is why I love Gon's character so much. He may be a sociopath, but that doesn't mean he's evil. Unlike most sociopaths portrayed in the media as a horror villain. Gon varies between Good and Neutral.
Your comment is the most truthful comment ever because even if Gon was born and raised by the Zoldyck family to being the perfect Assassin without any help at all; he’d still be a sociopath that’s good or neutral in the story of Hunter Hunter.
I wouldn’t say full sociopath as he’s capable of making meaningful relationships and truly cried for Kite and Killua when they said bye
Yes. At his core he is(well, he thinks he is)an innocent child. Most sociopaths and psychopaths actually don't end up being serial killers, but normal members of society with a twisted morality(more common for aspd though). Gon was a very sheltered kid. His morality isn't based off of how bad a person is, but how bad they are to him. He thinks with his heart and not his head, making decisions off of his feelings and not considering how it may effect others. This, of course, can definitely be fixed if you get help from a young age, so it's not completely hopeless. Even if it's not fixed, he's not a bad person. He's still happy and cares for the ones he loves. I believe his innocence is what makes him so likeable, but also so terrifying.
@@vagrant-techart8278 I'm gonna use this for inspiration.
the thing i love about how Gon is written, is that he’s completely supposed to be the “ying” to Killua’s “yang”. This never changes despite what you might think in the series. Gon is supposed to be the light, Killua the dark. but as you know with ying and yang, each has a little bit of the opposite with in them. Killua has a sweet protective side to him, hed do anything for Gon or to keep Gon safe, but ONLY Gon. It’s expressed many times that Killua really does not give a shit about anyone else as much as he does Gon. Killua also is in the opposite as he’s a trained assassin and can and will kill anyone. He’s even seen killing two hunter examinees for mf BUMPING INTO HIM-
but GON- Gon needs an absolute justifiable reason to kill you. Even if he has to make it up himself. As Gon is a very emotional person, and tries to view everyone equally at first, but the harsh realities of the hunter world change his perspective on the person. this is seen to be the opposite for killua, who was raised to see people if theyre beatable or not. Most if not all regular people, killua can beat/kill, so he has a certain arrogance to him in the beginning of the series, but as we get to really tough Nen users later on, killua has to go against his gaslighting family and take on unbeatable opponents anyways and most of the time he does it for Gon’s sake. A lot of Killua’s “good deeds” or breakthrough moments were for Gon.
But Gon’s breakthrough moments were always about someone else or for silly reasons, but his moments were next to nothing, because Gon is pretty stubborn about changing his way of thinking.
Togashi really wrote these two besties as complete opposites on almost every level. But the thing they have in common is that they care about each other. Like A Lot.
Yes Gon is a little unhinged, but he’s probably the best damn friend you could ask for and he’d go to the ends of the earth for you.
This has been my TedTalk thanks 💗
That was perfect
👏👏👏
@@axley9007 ?
mate kindof ignoring Nanika,
This is rly well written props
I mean, I thought we all knew Gon was unhinged this entire time, he just wasn't *violently* unhinged until they gave him a reason to be. Little kid stared death in the face without blinking more times than the author has had hiatuses.
😂
Damn, you went there...
I hope hunter x hunter comes back now that you mentioned hiatus 😔
@@anti_nyx where??? he went where??
@@yoruhebi2978 talking about the author's hiatuses
I feel like Killua and Gon would be good examples of the nature vs nurture thing, Killua was nurtured to be a remorseless killer but it's in his nature to be friendly and well meaning, all he needs is a friend. Gon, on the other hand, was nurtured to be kind and friendly but deep down it's in his nature to manipulate and beat the shit out of people
This comment is underrated
Thats a really good interpentation
That's a good observation. I wonder what would've happened if they'd swapped places?
A great example of this would be Killua's relationship with his sister and Nanika.
I like seeing insane gon, it's so emotional because you can tell he was waiting to unleash something like that lmao. He had to keep his feelings inside about kite for a while and waited for denial and lies so he could fuck up the person who messed with his homie while it was justified
"he'll deliberately let you lie to his face... so he can feel justified in fucking you up"
LOLLLLL. that scene hits so different now🤣
Y'all forgetting the part in the beginning during hunter exams when gon faces hisoka for the first time in that swamp and afterwards tells kurapika that even though he was scared , it somehow felt exciting.
Don't most shounen protagonist say things like that I've swear that I've at least heard that line 3 times
@Silly And clumsy ave good point but I wouldn't know but they useally are young boys around 12-17 knowing shounen
But I feel that that line is kind of childish anyway childish as in something a child would most probably say
@@sugarzblossom8168 well
Deku doesnt really like fighting but he'll do it
Itadori doesn't and was actually traumatized from having to kill someone
Ash likes too but thats different
Eren im not sure since I quit after s3
Soul eater maka and soul both like it however its mainly maka doing the fighting
Noragami yato used too but doesn't anymore
I think that’s just adrenaline imo
@@weirdcarpetthing97 , a person that’s based purely on adrenaline, instinct, and pure murderous intent would be a person like Eustass Kid from One Piece whereas Gon is the most sociopathic Shonen protagonist ever.
Rememer that scene when Wing realizes that he just created a monster when he taught Gon nen. idk how that was ever expanded on...
When he taught gon men?
symtomaticcazz21 I have no knowledge of any of this
symtomaticcazz21 Heaven's Arena arc
But wasn’t the rest of the story an expansion on that.
Mr. E yeah I feel like through out the story we realize what he meant
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that bungee gum has the properties of rubber and gum
Bruh
*Oh sHiT rEaLLy I diDn'T KnOw tHattTtTt*
TakatoEndou well now you do 😂😂
SHHUUUUUT THE FUCK UPPPPPPP AHSONODBLJZPWBDUABSHALXOFZBWIÀXYAKXTAKRQHAFnxpfpznwuàxdoajwfma
Bruh...
"Kids are cruel. All people are by nature, they just lose touch with it as they grow older."
-Sundowner
Whoever quoted that sounds depressed af
@@user-yn7kp3st9m FR
@@user-yn7kp3st9m nah babies will hurt u and laugh about it
Humans are animals after all and those who can't their biological instincts are no different than the animals, actually they are far worse. Most of them are stupid and cant control themselves, tehy don't think about their decisions and products of them, or about how will they affect somobody. They don't think about science, arts, philosophy, life, discovering. They can not control their desire for food, drink, sex or some other primitive animal's joys. They can't stand working hard, feeling cold, hurt, hungry. They are manipulative and stereotypical. They fight and insult each other and see the situation from one pov which is wrong. Their brain is so primitive that most of them die with no wisdom about life or evidence that they ever existed. Yet they are a big majority and the ones destroying this world. Far worse than the ants, as narator said.
Like I said, kids are cruel, Jack. And I'm very in touch with my inner child.
An overlooked red flag for me was Hisoka’s obsession with Gon. Since Hisoka is attracted to power, you would think following that logic he would be just as obsessed with Killua, who is at the same, if not, higher power level then gon. But, in the show, hisoka is by far the most obsessed with Gon. Maybe, in his own twisted way, Hisoka thinks of gon as a younger version of himself
Mc plot armour attraction
Hisoka shows interests in both of them on Greed Island though, maybe he just doesn't want to poke Killua' family
@@princezukoedits935 It's understandable. In many ways, Gon is far more fun to toy with than Killua. He is more hot head, more clueless
Wym. Hisoka shows great interest in Killua but his relationship with Illumi makes that shaky, he has expressed his longing to fight killua before to illumi on like two seperate occasions
@@pesky2119 he does show interest in Killua but it’s not as obsessive as his interest in gon.
Remember right after Gon’s first encounter with Hisoka, how he said, with a bright smile on his face, how he was terrified, since he was 100% sure Hisoka was going to kill him, but that also made him excited?
Pretty sure he knew he wouldn't die since he didn't kill him in the hunter exam.
He's one of those people that really likes fighting. The more skilled the person is, the more enjoyable the fight would be. It's similar to MMA fighters; their bones would break and they'll bleed, but they still want to go on.
One symptom of sociopathy is perpetual boredom: sociopaths will often put themselves in dangerous situations on purpose just to feel alive 🙃
It think its because of the thrill knowing someone will kill you, Yeah, sure you might be scared but knowing that someone will kill you is just exciting
-its hard to explain in details but that’s what I think, the same thing happened to me but it was more of roughhousing than an actual fight but i kinda treat is a death math for some reason like as if my life is on the line-
@@Shu_natai yea stuffs way more fun when ur life is on the line
What’s important to remember is that gon is a child. He isn’t a psychopath, but a child thrown into a violent world too soon. He has some grey areas morally but theres a lot of character/moral development that can come from him getting older. Gon is a kid and kids don’t always have good morals, they struggle with being selfish, and sometimes have skewed vision of their actions and their consequences. He was going through the stages of grief on an amplified level because of his emotions connection to his nen. I don’t think he’s a psycho I think he’s a child who’s struggling with selfishness, emotional regulation, and seeing/understanding consequences.
Thank you!
OR maybe all kids are psychopaths. However, chances are that if Gon was a real human being in his world, he would grow to become a psychopath in some extent
MORALES LOPEZ DIEGO TENOCH I feel u. Dude didn’t have a father figure in his life and his real mother died. Fuck ging
He wasn’t thrown into anything though, lmao. He willingly chose this lifestyle knowing what it entailed. This is why we see him act the way he does. He never expected the outside world to be sunshine and rainbows. Which is why he’s so listless at the sigh of bloodshed. He has no moral compass. He doesn’t need one. He measures how good or evil a person is based on what they’ve done to him specifically. He doesn’t think like some deranged, unhinged psychopath. He thinks like a hunter. I don’t think you understand that if Gon didn’t have this mindset, he’d end up someone like Tonpa. Shitting his pants at the sight of blood and unable to fight.
Ging too he was a hunter at the same age and look where he is now! He must’ve been through a lot too
Killua thinking he will disappoint Gon and driving himself insane:
Meanwhile Gon:
Yeah, I always found that scene to being completely stupid because the scene in Luffy performing Gear 2nd and Gear 3rd for the first time in Enies Lobby was portrayed better than what Killua thinking he’d drive Gon to insanity just being around him as Gon’s best friend whereas it’s the exact opposite that Gon was insane the very beginning of Hunter Hunter prior to the Hunter Exams.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr can you stop comparing it to one piece holy shit
@@notaburner5002 , Haki is more consistent than Nen, Chakra, Ki, etc etc; Devil Fruits are more consistent than Stands from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Parts 3 onwards; it has the best themes of dreams never dying; it has the best themes of family members are your family regardless if they’re biologically related to you or not; it has the best themes of family versus duty; Paramount War to this day is still the best war arc objectively; it has the best world building, etc etc, so yes One Piece is and will always be the most perfect Shonen and Shonen Jump series of all time.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr and this is why I can’t get along or stand One Piece fans
...OMG...Guys just read this:
Do you remember the reunion of Gon and Pitou? After the 1st time Pitou said "I have to save this person" then Gon kept asking "Save...what? What is it you have to save?" I was wondering why Gon said that. I get it now: he wanted to force Pitou to lie! that's exactly why the narrator said that separated sentence: "What Pitou chose to say was... the TRUTH" this is the reason Gon went mad after that because he couldn't get the "lie to face" excuse and he wasn't able to avenge Kait. And he kept saying "not fair" because it is not fair to not to able to find the needed excuse for destroying Pitou.
Do you remember what happened next? He stood up and said" TO HELL WITH THAT" did you get it? It means f@ck it I don't need the "lie to face" this time.
But Killua stopped him, right? What did Killua say?: "Gon, if you kill Pitou, WE'LL NEVER GET KAIT BACK"
Why do you think Gon calmed down after this sentence? Because he finds another way: what if I wait for Pitou and take her to Kait and THERE & THEN make her lie... that way I HAVE the excuse...so he says: "You're right Killua, I'm Okay now."
HOLY SHIT IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW 😮
OMG YEAH
makes sense omf
bookmarked cause you're genius
your a genius
let's not forget his master instantly regretting teaching him nen
he doesnt know if gon will use it for good or bad since gon doesnt care, he does what he wants should it be wrong or right. That mindset with someone with such great power is beyond dangerous becuase you never know what he will do.
@@anwar924 oh shit thanks captain obvious it's not like everyone knows the obvious like they're just sheep that need shit to be said so they can understand cause they didn't fucking watch all the episodes or understand shit cause like they can't read english and don't understand dub like oh thanks so much.
@@iamfrog9477 bro what's the point? He was just clarifying
@@iamfrog9477 u're stupid, right ?
@@iamfrog9477 hey buddy. you just fly in from stupid town?
We rarely get Gons inside dialogue, and most of it was Killua. We don't really know how he thinks except when in battles...
I think the thing is that Gon is very hot-headed, stubborn and doesn't really think a lot whereas Killua is a lot more collected and analytical of a situation. There is a striking contrast in how they handle battles and it's shown in that interaction that they boys had with Pitou...
exactly.. reminds me of Eren in aot
This is most MC's to be fair. At least in shonen.
@@yassinghareeb5761 Agree,Gon and Eren have the same characteristic
He doesn’t really think too hard, he wears his heart on his shirt shirts and acts i. impulse and emotion. I think that’s a good contrast between him and the methodical and analyzing killua
"First you gotta lie to his face"
"Then it's fair game"
I got chills
I have to say ... this little transition between the promise with Mito and the screams of Gon beating the shit out of Pitou gave me chills.
leorios the only actual character that shows realistic human traits and isnt insane 😭
Which makes him insane in the HxH world, strangely enough. Lmao
@@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken wait yes fr
@@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken why tf is your name so long
@@deku3575, Because I am the breaker of the scrollbar scrollers! mwuahahaha
Yeah he is insane in that world because the norm is to be a but insane. Like Palm is literally insane but the other hunters are like aight just don't waste your blood we need it for later.
He doesn’t have a moral of right or wrong. Just bad and good based on not what they’ve done, but what they’ve done to him
Underrated comment
justice aways wins, good or bad, dont matter, it becomes justice in the end, cause the winner decides what is justice, you see this all the time with generic shounen stories.
Scott Summers HxH is not a generic shounen LOL
Omg....
@@vinicinfodexota5083 Hey, Kakyoin said that
What makes hxh so good is that there are no pure good/evil characters. Everyone relevant character has a bright and a dark side, which humanizes them and make them even more relatable. Gon couldn't be different.
I'd agree, but I think Leorio is completely good, he isn't strong compared to other nen users, but he's a good healer. Wants to be a doctor, the person who tries hardest for others, there was no darkness in his character.
facts, HxH doesnt make things black and white
What I like about Gon is that he wasn't this self-righteous morally correct character. Sure he wasn't inherently evil, but his goal wasn't to save people like so many anime protagonists' (Naruto, Izuku, even Tanjiro) are. No, that was Leorio's goal. Gon was ambitious and served his own goals, but also wasn't an asshole to do it. He was still friendly and cheerful, but also followed his own agenda. That really makes him a very good main character
I mean killua straight up said I’m an assassin and gons response is let’s be friends. It was pretty clear from then on
Facts 😂
😂
Ayooooo that factual🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
BRO, ISTG when i saw that i was like, is that ALL he was gonna say???? And when Kurapika reacted almost the same way, i knew they were crazy asf. I was so unbelievably sorry for Leorio. They are all crazy as hell for no fucking reason. still, such great character.
@@laylay7071 Leorio's the only normal person in the group istg 😂
You forgot the best part in the Killua heart scene, right after he takes the heart the camera goes over to everyone with shocked faces except for Gon who has the biggest smile ever
Edit: for the people saying he wasn’t smiling watch the 1999 version
Yeah at first I brushed that off it after the seeing Leorio and the criminals shudder in fear I found that super weird. The other thing was how often people referred to gon as selfish
Well, did you want him to be disappointed that his friend survived a mass murderer?
Abortion Baby are you saying you’d smile if you saw someone rip a guys heart out in a second
@@tlloxus1714 like i would be amazed, horrified, and probs trying to remember the shape and how it looks cuz who knows, i might need to draw that someday
TL Loxus I’d ask him how to do it
Alternative title: "Signs that hxh is a master piece"
A lot of people don't realise that kite was actually a father figure for gon and in the manga he was the first character shown and he's the reason gon started his journey as they talked about gons father. Honestly that should have been added to the anime to show why gon went so crazy over kite's death. Also the world itself is really fucked up if you've noticed. The hunter exam is brutal and everyone knows that still gons father wanted gon to take the exam and kite encouraged it as well lmao
Yeah people should be told this because its a very common thing to assume from how the anime shows it.
Imagine if Gon was raised by the Zoldyck family.
yoo thats crazy to think abt lmao. He's be heard of the family 4 sure
My man would be batshit insane
He would be I super crazy and dangerous.
Worse than Illumi
Don’t wanna O-O
I remember at the start of HxH, after Gon had his first interaction with Hisoka and almost got strangled, he said: "It was scary... bUT ALSO KIND OF EXCITING" and I was just like "hooooly shit this kid's gonna destroy himself someday"
well you got that one right
Thats some kinky shit
And he did
*Genthru flashbacks *
He too young and pretty much has the exact behaviour of a kid
Idk if you're still reading these, but because noone mentioned it, your editing is clean as fuck
Agreed. The editing in this video is top tier👌🏼
FR THIS EDITING WAS NICEE
I was about to comment the same thing.
Finally someone said it ^^
The Chimera Ant Arc did a really good job of showing how grief really works.
The thing about grief that a lot of people don't know is the five stages aren't linear. You can bounce between stages at any time and even experience multiple stages together. The worst moments are when you get stuck on a stage for a long period of time. It rips you apart and when someone or something forcefully pulls you out it rips you apart even more. People talk about how it feels like they're going insane trying to process grief, now imagine it in someone who's already mentally unhinged.
Gon gets locked into denial, occasionally switching to anger, but he's so hard set on denial that he starts to believe it. He wants to deny what's right in front of him because his mind can't handle the truth. This obviously makes things much worse. The denial makes him dissociate much more. You can see it in his eyes, the lights are on but nobody's home. At this point lying was the safest bet because telling the truth was considerably more dangerous.
Once Gon saw Kite was physically dead, there was no possible way to deny it anymore. He was quickly forced to reality. The other thing about grief is much like sleep, it accrues over time and eventually it catches up to you to be repayed in full all at once if you don't relieve it over time. Grief finally caught up to Gon seeing Kite's body. He experienced at five stages of grief at once and his unstable mind quickly shattered. All that was left was a primal desire to destroy whatever took Kite from him, whatever the cost.
Grief is fucking awful for anyone to deal with but in Gon's case it's especially heartbreaking.
As terrible as it is there are some upsides to his craziness. I don't think he would've ever gotten as close with Killua had he been completely sane. Killua is nice and all, but wouldn't you be fearful and worried in the presence of a child assasin that could rip your heart out with a smile on his face? Its Gon's automatic acceptance and friendliness towards people who are helpful and nice to him that brought him close to Killua in the first place.
How about it making him an interesting protagonist lmao
If I saw killua in real life I would be so happy like he's so adorable I think I might also be crazy 😂😂
@@floem460 Yeah, especially if he would murder somebody in cold blood in front of me :)))))
Yeah, but that's actually the saddest part, Killua got a friend because of Gon's insanity, but it was that same insanity that almost took Gon away from Killua, and most of the time Killua cannot do anything but watch helplessly as his friend slowly descend into darkness.
Everything has a price, even something as simple as friendship.
@@coleintheville117 just cause he's the protagonist doesn't mean you should ignore his mental state
I should’ve realized it with Genthru, but my judgement was clouded by “innocent baby boy” anime kid. I just love this show.
That's a cute boy in your profile pic
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 Nope it's a trap. Her name is Yuzuru,from a silent voice.
@@ahero4357 do you hear that?
ᴡᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏsʜ
That's the sound of the joke going over your head, dummy.
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 thats a good anime in your profile pic
@@ahero4357 it's not a trap, she's a little girl
I did have a dream one time after finishing the HxH series. In that dream Killua and Gon are both adult but Gon grew up as an antagonist and the world was against him while Killua was watching in the shadows neither in the good side or the bad side, he knows he can't bring the old Gon that he used to know but he does realize that it was his duty to find Gon and end him himself.
thats really interesting. Do u remember how it ended or no?
@@gokublackarcsaga752 find out after this dream hiatus
@@justastrangerontheinternet1359 I'm just gonna leave the comment so that I can see how your dream was like
Same
@@justastrangerontheinternet1359 lmao
This is exactly the reason I want to watch gon grow up. Just to see what chaos he can cause when hes more powerful.
Gon will become a villain I bet and he’ll die as well
@@ogvamp2 i dont think he would die or become a villain but i do think hes insane though
@@sin_vice he has big potential to replace hisoka.
@@chadprinceton8486 That's why Hisoka shows such interest in him,monsters are drawn to each other.
@@666MaRius9991 I want to see him as an antagonist for once
The “purest” characters are the most dangerous
supreme.dreams55☁️ only applies to some
@supreme.dreams55☁️ Different definitions of pure. You're thinking of pure as in absent of sin, Goku won't kill as it's bad and he much rather avoid it. Gon is pure because of the absent of idea, like a sheet of white paper. Idea is our preconceptions of what's good and bad, what's alright and what isn't. Gon lacks those for the most part, and people only cross the line when they make themselves his enemy and harm something precious to him.
supreme.dreams55☁️ Goku Dosent count he got Brain Damage when he was a baby lol
Tell that to the Boss.
@supreme.dreams55☁️ that's just not true though, go watch original DB and say that again
you know its bad when even killua (literally who stabbed his mom in the face) doesnt even make the top 5 messed up characters.
his mom was fucked up tho
i would’ve stabbed killua’s mom in the face too ngl
I too would’ve stabbed killua’s mom
I would've done the same
But like who wouldn't want to stab there mom especially if it was killuas mom
Edit:tf was I waying here also I edited to what I think I was trying to say 😭
When I was a kid I was pretty bothered when I watch HxH during the hunter exam. I mean people die left and right during the exam then Netero ask Gon how he think about the exam in general and he answered its fun and exciting i was shocked if it were me I'd be traumatized.
not to mention him using a human being as bait to lure out Hisoka.....
Netero also was an insane man
To put it simply,
Gon: If anything bad happens to [insert name of someone he has a connection with], I will kill everyone in this room and then myself :D
Killua: nO-
lmao
Killua: rips a dudes heart out
Gon: dope
You obviously didn’t know what kind of person he was, what would deserve getting his heart ripped out?
@@JohnWick-xk8io dude if Gon cared about whether or not the dude deserved it he wouldn't be hanging around killua who is also a murderer
*gasp* that..... THAT’S RAD!
Carolina reaper you can lie to yourself by justifying that evil man. He deserved to get his heart ripped out.
@@JohnWick-xk8io I'm not justifying anything if you saw your friend rip some guys heart out you wouldn't be like oh neat even if the guy was a murderer
When he said to Morel "Sorry, Morel-san. I was really about to kill you!"
Yeah, that line freaked me out. I get that he's twelve and took the whole "pretend you hate me" thing completely literally, but most shounen protags get pissed when the bad guy hurts/ kills their own allies, not do the same thing
@@synchrotune2833 Gon just built different
literally!
@@synchrotune2833 Lmao have you seen Eren Jaeger
@@bleach321 No, but that will soon change
It makes sense now why Gon was being cold to Killua. He was lying to him too. If Gon is able to tell when people are lying to him then he knew. And his “destroying” Killua was emotional and not physical. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Amazing breakdown of Gon’s crazy side.
Holy shit I just noticed that 😳
@@jasonborne238 could you please explain what was meant by that?
first of all: these comments are gold. second of all: when killua tells gon that his family are assassins, his reaction is legit the first sign of this lmaoo
Nah, the earliest one is when he’s asked about ging abandoning his ass to be a hunter and his first reaction is “ayo, being a hunter must be pretty great to dump me off and abandon me as a baby, may as well see what they hype is about :D”
Friggin scary
@@metronome7799 true though 😭
@@schizophrenic.prayers gon was always a little.. off
@@metronome7799 that
Too be fair I would also loose my shit if the closes thing ive had to a father figure in 12 years was killed protecting me
He knew the man for like 2 weeks
@@winterrobot1942 if u watch the 1999 ver he knew kite since he was little
Winter Robot childhood memories will do things to people
@@kenmakozume165 its there in 2011 version.. But meeting kite in that fox bear situation was one incident.. But he actually spent just like 2 weeks with him before he died. But i guess its the connection between kite and ging that made gon so attached to kite.
Imagine fucking detroyed your own body just for revenge, no one would go that far
Moral of the story: Don’t play Rock Paper Scissors with a twelve year old
This goes for Jojo part 4 as well
*evil chuckling*
i mean i could go paper
I am a twelve year old tho...
**evil laughing intensifies**
"Gon, can you teach us how to play rock paper scissors?"
"Sure! ......
*first comes rock...* "
I love how you noticed gon had a thing for letting someone lie to him it was like I never completely understood it and you just put it in the right words I’m pretty sure he knew pitou couldn’t heal kite she literally told him she cut his head off
Hisoka be like: huh so whos the pyscho now? ☆-_-💧
the way that i read it in a hisoka voice😭
I should've known he was crazy when he fought Genthru. Shouldn't have let that one casually go past me.
Oh that was exactly what made me know this kid is freakin' nuts. From then on I had it in the back of my mind that Gon's not the most stable mentally so when Pitou got Kite at that episode's end... Bro I was scared for him literally snapping and losing all of his sanity. And I did not want to be Pitou lol.
@@to_yin3405 wait why the fight with Genthru?
@@to_yin3405 because his arms?
@@kaichen3830 yeah
Alot of moments were missed from this video, on my rewatch I screenshotted every line of dialogue that hinted it. Even in his conversation with Meleoron Gon calls him human despite him being an Ant, and Meleoron responds by saying when I met you I had the opposite reaction, there's a beast inside of you, there's no limit to what you will do. The point is Gon is willing to throw all of his potential away at any moment, he was willing to die rather than surrender to Hanzo, when he was beat by hisoka he stayed up the entire night dreaming of revenge, and risked his Life to get a punch back, he risked his life with no solid knowledge of nen in heavens arena to prove himself, he risked his life walking into Canary over and over again to get through, he risked his life in the Phantom den by challenging them despite being told he would be killed if he would spoke again, he risked his life against Genthru he was literally willing to throw all of his potential away for a fight he didn't need to win, when Kite died he was willing to actually fight Pitou there and then knowing he would die, I have alot more examples. Gon is someone who has been ready to throw his life away every arc to be proven right, he is extremely selfish and says it himself, it just so happens he was lucky enough to survive that long.
if gon was raised by the zoldycks, he would have become what they wanted killua to be.
facts 😂
Damn...
Even more worse and fucked up
He'd probably follow illumi for a bit then betray him down the line. He did actually be shown to stand up to him for killua and not show any fear.
he'd already have rivaled illumi at age 12, if he was born as a zoldyck
one thing i love the most about this show is that they don't make his forehead and eyes go black
cuz you know when the character is goated when ya piss him off and his eyes and face go soulless no imotion
Gon is a prime example of why you should think before you act. I noticed that his reactions are based on how he feels, while Killua's actions are based on logic and understanding of whats going. Gon is so simple minded that its unrealistic. The moment Gon decided it would be better to be a hunter just to see what it was like, I was like 😐
It's not really unrealistic, some people actually think like that.
Gon's reactions to being abandoned by his father and choosing not to know anything about his biological mother are already abnormal for a kid. That itself just lays the foundation for suppressed trauma to manifest in some twisted ways later.
Perhaps, but I found his reasoning to not know about his biological mother pretty sound.
Shatakshi S no lol who tf wouldn’t be curious about who there mum is
@@iwabeeyuino6459 Agreed, that's kind of what I was getting at. If you think about kids who have been adopted in real life, you'd think they'd at least have some curiosity about what happened to their biological parents. That seems healthy and normal. Deliberately choosing not to learn anything about his mom would only suppress that curiosity and seems like a form of denial.
@@iwabeeyuino6459 ain't no point in learning about it. He already said he saw Mito as his mom so his logic was pretty sensible.
People pick apart Gon's most logical aspects and be like "Yep its obvious he has suppressed trauma" literal clowns lol.
When him and his Aunt did that handshake thing and then it cut to him killing Pitou, FAt OOF
nice pfp
a woman of culture it’s soul eater so what
right 💀 i was honestly not expecting that
It hit hard
@@poolboi680 i know it's soul eater,,,
that's why i said nice pfp?
I thought it was obvious he wasn't right in the head. I love Gon but I always thought he had problems. 😭
Killua: effortlessly removes a guys heart from his body
Gon: 😃
The fact that he talks about his father leaving him so normally too. How he justifies it saying well that means being a hunter was more worth than being with his son.
Omg yes, in the show I tried to see the light in him saying that any way you slice it, ( disregarding the fact gon has learned soo much and is really powerful) sounds really bad that his dad just up and left
When he says that I feel like it’s lowkey passive aggressive too
HxH has a lot of similar qualities with buddhism and im pretty sure togashi created ging and gons character relationship in mind with how the culture was during ancient buddhist and Taoist times when men would have children they would leave the children to go on journeys or to reach self enlightenment and that was the norm for there culture it doesn't sound practical nowadays but to them it was so thats the reason why gon is super okay with his dad not being apart of his life there are real life ties to the relationship or lack there of
Roberto Vega mmm
@@Silencio_k "it doesn't sound practical nowadays"
Actually, it doesn't sound practical for any time period. Switch the man with a woman, and no one would justify her leaving her kids for some "self enlightenment"
You missed the scene wherein Gon risks his life in Heaven's Arena against the nen user with tops just for learning. Mr. Wing points out something along the lines of "He risked his life on the ring just for the learning and thrill of it. He risked it because it's not what is right, but it is what he wants. Teacher (Bisky), I think I have awakened a beast."
Bruhhh i was hoping i wasnt the only one who remembered loll thank youuu
oh shhhiiiiiiyyyyeeetttt
Omg you're so right
Omg yes I remember-
Yeah that scene solidified how much a loose cannon gon is. Although it helps him alot it was only a matter of time until It cost him
1:54 Deku would be scared. Naruto would be stunned. Most normal shounen MC will be shivering in fear. And Gon here just casually explained everything
This was freaking awesome. I love the idea that Gon isn’t as innocent as he portrays. It gives the show more of an edge.
That’s why Killua has always been so overprotective with gon. Killua’s bigger fear was that Gon will ends as sick or twisted as his brother Illumi or Hisoka.
No Killua worst fear is Gon dying without him, that's why he wanted to commit a "lovers suicide" .
@@lasciemie6346 they aren't gay
@@magihiyoriyona_nanatsu5092 Read the manga, Killua himself called it a lovers suicide. If you think it's gay, that's your interpretation.
@@magihiyoriyona_nanatsu5092 they are lol, the director wanted it canon and you can see killua being a tsundere throughout the entire mf show
@@adelineemmerich5019 source ?
ALL of those forgotten scenes of gon being crazy could’ve been forgiven, if you would’ve just mentioned bungee gum having the properties of both rubber and gum.
I love this comment
I wish CZcams had laugh reacts. Genuinely chuckled.
Oh crap i almost forgot this exists!
I hate comments like this cause I see it everywhere but it caught me off guard that I literally chuckled
Me looking at the title of the video: "What! Gon is a good boy! How dare you sir!"
Me after watching said video: "Oh damn.... Gon kinda is unhinged."
Same! I didn't get the red flags until Kite's death...
Bro this video gave me goosebumps 😭 this background music has been handled so well. I mean amazing bro Love it
Another thing: In the beginning of the manga, we find out that Mito *lied* to Gon, saying she was the one who took Gon from Ging, it wasnt his father that abandoned him.
Of course, Gon would never do to Mito what he did to Genthru or Pitou, because he still cares for her. But in his innocent mind, Mito still needs to learn her lesson. Therefore, he strives to get what Mito has been shielding him from, Ging and the world of hunters. When saying goodbye to Mito, he replies he already knew she *lied* to him, because she can't look him the eye when she lies. He hugs her one final time.
And as the ship sails away, he waves, and says: "You watch! I'll come back as a great Hunter!" His own way of saying "If you hadn't *lied* to me, this wouldn't have happened. You can't stop me now."
If Mito had just told the truth to Gon and asked him to not be like his father, he would've stayed in Whale Island, or at the very least not become a Hunter. But she made one crucial mistake. She *lied*
great foreshadowing
@@Kg-Fi A massive fucking reach is what it is. I've never seen such ridiculous bullshit before. People out here be peddling this nonsense without a hint of irony.
@@mattwayne9128 lmao fr tho
@@mattwayne9128 it makes sense tho lmaoo,so its not even a reach
@@mattwayne9128 I mean explain how it’s a reach then. I can say what your saying is totally stupid but if I don’t point out how I’m just blowing hot air. Speak up thoughts instead of just spouting bullshit
Why is this video just now making me realize how well Gon's character was written. Like what the hell.
Hands down for togashii.
And it has been like this from the start we just never noticed
I wouldn’t call a monster well written but whatever floats you boat man
Or sinks it
I know right. I never realised before. Definitely in my top 3 favourite protagonist s.
@@hdhsahgajs2522 wdym just cos a character is a "monster" doesn't mean he can't be well written. Anyway Gon isn't just a monster the reason why his character writing is genius is because it's so simple yet unique. Gon represents how if a normal kid was born into a crazy screwed up world would behave (kids don't have a proper moral compass so the events and how they influence him make him really interesting).
It was Gon’s conversation with the Chameleon that made me realize that our MC is actually fucking insane
Gon is a based gigachad lol
It was always there. It was just up to the audience to see it. People like Razor, Wing, Genthru etc. all called Gon a monster/beast/insane. Even from Genthru, who was nutty himself, being scared of Gon while he was STRONGER than Gon says a lot. Gon defeated him mentally. Then you also have Zepile who said it perfectly. You can't appraise Gon and that makes him dangerous. He's so pure in his thinking that he just follows whatever his gut tells him. Thats also why Gon could've become a great Hunter like his father, who keeps pushing his boundaries as well. There's also a reason why guys like Hisoka and Nobunaga took an interest in Gon. In different circumstances I don't see why Gon couldn't have been a Troupe member. Imagine him never meeting Kurapika and meeting the Troupe in a different setting. Lets say Gon met Nobunaga and Uvogin while they had a mutual enemy and they teamed up and formed a friendship. Why not? Gon even accepted Hisoka's help in Greed Island.
I could definitely see gon becoming a troupe member
Omg, imagine if that friendship ever happened with Uvo and Kurapika killed him, it would be like with Pitou/Kite all over again.
I don't think Gon would be interested in joining the Troupe. His reasoning couod be as simple as "Why would I go out of my way to assassinate someone that has nothing to do with me"
@@pip5188 Not all of the Troupe members are sadistic serial killers. Kortopi and Bonolenov weren't murderous like the others were. The Troupe are simply just thieves who do and take whatever they want. They're thieves before murderers. I can definitely see Gon joining them in the right circumstances if he didn't meet Kurapika first. Hell, Nobunaga even said Gon is just like Uvo so it's definitely possible.
@@furtywelsh3482 eh, i disagree. Gon was heavily opposed to the troupe members killing people, an act he was not fond of, and its very unlikely he would join a group where he would have to commit said act himself. In the case of Killua, however, by the time him and Gon met, Killua seemed to have stopped his assassin work. Gon defnitely isnt the type to kill random people though, and would only join the troupe if he got something worthwhile out of it, which isnt likely.
I can't believe that you didn't include Gon willingly DESTROYING his best friend's arm just to win a game...
*consensual
Killua also let his arm through that willingly.
@@jephilologist still, the fact that Gon wanted to do that is bizarre and really shows his selfishness, if my best friend consented to me torturing him, I still wouldn't do it, and I'm pretty sure any other normal human being would also think that way.
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 You're in for a treat. There's lots of human beings, even irl that are not normal. We live in a bizarre world indeed. There's people who will consent to torture, and people who will take that and run with it. Not arguing that Gon is normal. Just reminding you that Killua also wanted to win the game, hence he also willingly participated in the destruction of his own arms. We cannot use this example and make out Gon to be "bad" according to real world morality. Remember these characters live in a fictional world- what's moral there may not necessarily carry in ours.
@@jephilologist I hate the "you're putting real life standards on a fictional character" argument, tf am I supposed to do? Are they now immune to criticism because they aren't real? Is all criticism on any fictional thing or being completely invalid now because "what's normal to them may not be normal to us."?
@@watashinihayumegaarimasu7609 no they're not immune. You can think whatever you like about fictional characters. That's the beauty of fiction. Just saying to consider that the morality in-universe (of the fiction) may be very different from ours.
Killua offering his arms up is also considered messed up to us. Killua also refused Tsezgerra's offer did he not? Again, I'm not trying to disprove your point. Just reminding you about some other considerations.
Gon will always be one of my favorite protagonists. There's just something so intriguing about a boy who seems innocent and friendly but who is an absolute sociopath in reality.
i feel like a important thing people overlook is that gon was raised next to animals. he’s seen the effect of the food chain countless of times. thinking from that perspective it makes sense his way of thinking. either way he’s not evil. he’s not going to purposely go around killing innocent people. so it doesnt make sense calling him a monster.
It's amazing how Togashi can literally have a character narrate to the audience that Gon is a crazy bastard 2 arcs prior and STILL have it shock people.
Yeah he really knows how to write shounen btw watch yu yu hakusho its written by the same author and the mc of that anime is also really good(tho not this complex like gon)
The fact that Gon was actually *MAD* that Hisoka didn’t beat him half to death and spared him during the second part of the exam with the number tags...
We should’ve known then that something wasn’t quite right
I honestly thought it was just a pride thing when I saw that, kinda like vegeta
@@stefannotchev7209 Agreed. When your opponent is so out of your league that he can smack you down and neutralize you without significantly hurting you and without *actually* trying, it's a kick in the ego.
@@stefannotchev7209 "pride means nothing if your dead"
Bizzaro mountain some of the strongest warriors in anime are willing to die for their pride, like vegeta. I wouldn’t be surprised if gon was the same way, just less expressive abt it like vegeta is
@@stefannotchev7209 yea but that's so retarded to me
Remember when he nearly killed Morel Mackernasay but killua stopped him
4:26 Is basically “Hit me first so I can hit you back.”
"A well nurtured ticking time bomb waiting for a reason to explode."
The description....... wow
The reason is lying
Ikr those words are just as good as netero speech to meruem
Also the fact with the Phantom troupe, he hated them because kurapika hates them as well and told him they were bad people.
However when Gon meets the scissor guy in greed island, who is also a murder who kills several people and steals what they have on them, but since he helped Gon become stronger Gon was fine with it and treated him like he would treat a new friend. So he has always been hypocritical in that sense.
Hell he critizes the troupe for killing those who they don't know/ care for without a second thought, yet still greiving over the death of their own. Yet despite that he is fine with befriending those that are killers or criminals, but is grieving when one of his own friends dies and threathens to kill an innocent girl that pitou is healing without a second doubt if she does not comply with his conditions.
He is acting the exact same way the troupe is acting in terms of a loss of their own, but he doesn't even realize his double standard or even the fact that he is doing it at all, because the troupe are "bad guys" and He and his gfriends are the "Good guys" in his mind, though in the world of Hunter x Hunter, we know that good and bad is nowhere near that simple as Gon thinks it is.
"How can you kill people who have nothing to do with you?"
Gon said to Chrollo,
Meanwhile he was about to bash Pitou's head in with Komugi being collateral damage. (116)
And actually threatens to kill Komugi (ep 127)
@@X3MAntics Pitou deserved that.
@@X3MAntics I respect your opinion, but let's not forget that Gon's best friend is a criminal that wouldn't hesitate at all to kill, I think Killua also had a mentality subconcious change. Gon didn't know who Komugi is and 1 death doesn't even mean that much to him, because he was hundreds(hell, even thousands) of people die and didn't really care. You are right in all aspects, but Gon didn't care or didn't know Komugi and he probably had the mentality that if they killed so many people at the selection thing they would atleast deserve 1 meaningful death.
With the hypocrisy part. Ain`t most kids hypocritical in one way or another?
He never intended to actually kill her tho.
Gon scared me more than Killua ever could