35 - Hunter x Hunter (13th Hunter Chairman Election) by Yoshiro Togashi

We’ve reached the last complete arc of Hunter x Hunter: the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc - a political thriller that picks up directly in the aftermath of the chimera ant threat. Gon is out of commission and this time Leorio and Killua get the focus split between the political and the thriller. We managed to talk the longest about one of the shortest arcs in the series, so check out to see if we think this would have been a satisfying conclusion to the series as a whole.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction - the final ‘complete’ arc in Hunter x Hunter

4:44 Togashi’s most concise arc - a focused political thriller

10:14 Let’s talk about Ging - a really bad dad or the worst dad in history?

11:46 Leorio’s arc and his best moment in the series

14:20 Would we have voted for Leorio in the election after the punch?

15:33 Our favourite Zodiacs?

20:10 Pariston Hill, the intelligent troll in it for the game, his similarities with Netero - is he evil?

29:30 The B-Plot: Killua’s task to save Gon - what’s Togashi’s intent with the Alluka’s gender?

35:42 Nanika and potential Dark Continent origin, one of the Five Threats

36:38 Killua’s mindset with rescuing Gon vs the relationship with his family

41:14 Hisoka’s role in this arc as a chaos element, him “killing’ Killua

45:00 The anticlimaxes: Cheadle winning the election + Killua countering Nanika’s repercussions

49:35 Gon and Ging’s reuniting, completing Gon’s goal - is it satisfying?

56:39 Gon and Killua’s ‘Departure’- an inconclusive resolution to a broken relationship?

1:03:20 Chapter 339 - the best chapter in the entire series

1:07:40 Enzo’s Recommendation: Kingdom by Hara Yasuhisa

1:11:40 Samu’s Recommendation: ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department by Natsume Ono

1:13:40 Overview and final scores

35 - Hunter x Hunter (13th Hunter Chairman Election) by Yoshiro Togashi

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