This episode was another one that I’ve been looking forward to for a long time now: the episode about Nobunaga, and the point where Gon and Killua really manage to stand out. This really was their big moment in the Yorkshin arc, and after so much bloody build-up, it was worth it: the creators also got Nobunaga right!
I’m more and more reminded again of why the Spider Troupe is my favorite evil organization in a shounen series ever. They’re just so diverse, and yet they work incredibly well as a team. And they’re also very professional. They don’t just depend on their powers, but also on their experience, knowledge and each other. The only reason why Gon and Killua managed to escape at the end of this episode was because they weren’t guarded by the troupe itself, but rather by one guy who got ideas out of his own. It’s the same way in which Gon was able to steal Hisoka’s tag: if any other member was with him, that plan would have never worked.
Also, this episode gave depth to a dead guy. Uvogin’s best friend was Nobunaga, and this episode handled Nobunaga’s sentiments really well, and I like how well he explained who Uvogin was to him.
On top of that, in this episode we saw some more of my favorite character of the Spider Troupe, and things really are looking awesome here. I’m not going to say who it is for spoilers’ sake though.
Rating: 5.5/8 (Excellent)
Muramasa? I think you mean Nobunaga…
I am so bad with names.
Amazing episode. No shred of doubt, HxH is my fav series this year, along with Fate/Zero 🙂
great episode, the next two !!!! pumped!
A great episode once again.
I really hope they can keep this up even at the greed island arc…
Ughugh I am trying to catch up on this series because your reviews of this arc are absolutely glowing , but GD if the exam arc isn’t so, so boring! Especially because I read through it in the manga and watched the majority of it in the 99 series but that was long enough ago (almost ten years?!) for me to recognize the situation and go “oh, crap I remember what happens now,” but still not confident enough to just skip past Killua’s family arc.
I stopped watching HxH sometime during the Hunter arc. Picked it up when the spiders are back ;D
Apriled: I had the same yeah. The Hunter Exam arc really was a chore to sit through for me as well.
Anyway, I notice the decrease of the comment flood ever since the yorkshin arc started. I guess… it’s a good thing? It means everyone else agree with you maybe? o3o
Back then there were always like 100 comments of debate for every post you made xD
the good old times 😉