I actually liked Greed Island. The characters were likeable and it had the most intense dodgeball game I've ever seen.

Greed Island is a better SAO than SAO

Im going too use "but hey look how cool Killua's skateboard is too cheer myself up whenever things are going shit

Genthru is most akin to a power-gamer in this regard. His ability is designed for murder simply because murdering your opponent is typically the most efficient means of furthering your desires against another who's trying to do the same. I mean, they can't do much to argue against you if they're just a cadaver. He isn't immoral, he actually doesn't give a shit about morality. He tosses such magical-thinking bullshit aside because working within such a system is inefficient and would hinder his ability to achieve his goals. His ambition is absolutely everything in the world to him, nothing else matters. The reason he isn't a complex character is because he consciously decides not to be. Being complex is inefficient.

One thing you could add at 11:03 is that Genthru served to develop the depth of Gon's character - In their fight, Gon sacrifices a limb not to win, but to prove to himself that Genthru was wrong to take him lightly. Gon delays the plan that the gang carefully crafted, risking not only his own life, but those of his freinds if the plan were to now fail, just so he can feel better about himself and prove Genthru wrong. As has been pointed out before, this moment was crucial in showing just how unhinged Gon can be, which culminates in the CA arc. Genthru is someone that 'normal' people would call insane, he's willing to kill others without a thought just to achieve a monetary goal. But to have Gon cause (normally) irreparable damage to himself in an ideological fight, just to prove his worth, when that worth is now wasted because he lost an arm? *That* is how insane Gon can be - so unhinged that an insane person calls them insane. To get that effect, Togashi needed a character that *wasn't* resolute in their goal. Genthru's just in it for the money - there's other ways to make money, he's never going to go 'off the deep end' in pursuit of completing Greed Island. He's not crazy, he's just taking advantage of an opportunity utilizing his skills of killing without remorse. But that makes him distant enough from the norm to be a terrifying unknown labeled as 'insane'. So when you contrast him with Gon, a character that *will* 'go off the deep end', it reveals more about Gon.

I haven't watched this video yet (I am still on part one) so I don't know if the video mentions it, but the thing I loved about Genthru that fascinated me about and helped me understand his character so much, was through his Nen Ability, Little Flower. It didn't make much sense to me at first and was relatively inconsequential; however, when the battle between Netero and Meruem occured and Netero died I was confronted by that jaw dropping realization that Genthru's ability got its namesake from the Miniature Rose. Suddenly my mind was racing with conjectures about his backstory and history and what personal connection he could have had to the bomb. Maybe he could have had experiences with the bomb that influenced not only his Nen ability but his presence in the Greed Island Arc entirely. The amusement that I had garnered from that connection alone raised my approval and appreciation for the Greed Island arc substantially. I have never been so wowed by such subliminal storytelling ever before.

Ahh crap, wasnt expecting you to upload so quickly and now i am already 30 minutes late. But hey, look at how cool killua's scateboard is.

When's your Tonpa analysis?

Man, you’re a great writer.

Very well said. Personally I kinda love how he looks like a background character. Like, from the start he blends in and seems insignificant because of that. And once he becomes the main villain of the arc...that stays the same. He doesn't pull off a mask to reveal his true appearance, he still looks just like a background character, even as he is running the show. And his presence as a character comes largely from his pragmatic brutality and strength, not the characterization itself. He's like if some nobody tertiary character became a main villain, and that amuses me.

L's theme synced With Pariston. Well played.

Most of this video is how I've always thought of Genthru when people say he's a bad villain, but I've never been able to structure my argument or thoughts as well as this video. Genthru's not a complex villain by any means, but you don't need a villain to be complex to be well-written, and Genthru fits the themes of this arc perfectly. Every time I rewatch the Greed Island arc, I appreciate Genthru more and more for how he complimented that arc, essentially being the epitome of the worst kind of gamers in the genre Greed Island was going for. Although, Gon's fight with Genthru is one of my favorite moments in the entire series, because it was so well put together. It wasn't a fight of who's stronger, but a fight of will and endurance. And despite how much Genthru outclassed Gon, Gon's victory still felt believable, unlike most turn-around fights in Shonen. People also tend to sleep on how strong Genthru was due to their disinterest in him, but Genthru was at least up there with Knuckle in terms of strength. That, and I kinda love Genthru's hatsu, more than I like Genthru if I'm being honest. His abilities weren't the most practical in a fight, but still very well-thought out, threatening, and fit Genthru's methods perfectly with how manipulatively they could be used. Little Flower and Countdown exemplified just how deadly and intellegent Nen abilities could be, especially Conjuration. Once again, great video, man!

Honestly, while he is looked down upon, there was something about his ferocity that I liked. While the overall tone of the arc was light, whenever he would be on screen or making a deal, I felt, uneasy. And in his fight with Gon, that reason was strengthened. He didn't need to be complex. He was just scary as hell. Lol

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I have always thought Genthru as a shallow villain. Watching through the arc never once struck me as a darkarc. However, the point to me that changed this was when he asked Gon to heal his friend. His expression is changed and better yet, they tell him that, this was their plan all along. He is down and they can still kick him, he is changed. From my point of view, Genthru is someone that has power but lacking resolve. He is, as you just said, someone who looks for the easy route, doesn't bother to shed tears for low powerlevel characters. Gon defeated him in a sense, that he showed him that it is resolve that brings you to a higher level, you shouldn't just waste your talent on something so petty, like killing, when just your presence and skill is able to bring your what you want - just imagine what Genthru and his friends could achieve if they were to put some effort into their actions rather than exploiting the weak. They are more than capable of doing so - see risky dice encounter with Tzesugera's team. All in all, your video did shed new light on Genthru. Thank you for making these videos!

Subject matter does not necessarily dictate tone... Something I never would have thought of but it makes perfect sense. Excellent video, Togashi should pay you for how well you highlight his genius.

Another character in HxH that I feel get way too much hate or is often overlooked, is Welfin. A lot of people didn't care for him and found it annoying how he took som much screen-time during the Palace Invasion, which I just don't get. His characterization is great and he is one of the most fleshed out and developed Chimera Ants. Just take a look at this Reddit post & the top-comment for more details: www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/67r2jn/lets_talk_about_welfin/. He was a very entertaining character and his inner monolouges was almost always interesting, imo. It's a real shame that hardly anyone is talking about him and whenever someone do; it's often just complaints.

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Wow I didn't expect this video so soon. I completely agree with you on how the theme and tone works in conjunction with how the villains and antagonists are used in the arcs, since it's something I noticed myself and it's nice to see that you think so as well. Greed Island was isolated from most of the overall narrative and only had a few ties to the overarching plot - so having the main antagonist be catered just for the arc made sense to me thematically. The arc was light hearted, it was a training arc and a breather after YorkNew and the Phantom Troupe - the themes just dark enough to not take the arc out of Hunter X Hunters overall narrative but light enough that you didn't have to think too hard about what was going on (naturally Togashi left some sneaky foreshadowing here because it would be either harder or easier to pick up on depending on how you view it) so in terms of arcs Greed Island is my 4th favourite but Genthru is far from my favourite villain but I understand his point in the arc enough that I never thought of him as a terrible villain. Also I'm still hoping to see a Killua video from you, or maybe one on Leorio but it's entirely up to you, I like watching your videos because you have a similar view on things as I do, only much more eloquent. Bye bye for now

Whenever I sit down to work on a story, I always listen to one of your analytical videos first. They always get my mind running!

You make me want to watch hxh all over again

I never clicked so fast on a video all year. Love your multi part essays!

Genthru has realism and motivation, thats enough for me to pass as a antagonist. The notion of the stronger to step on those below them to reach higher grounds while being like psychopaths. Thats how life is to an extent. When people slaughter others bcuz those are considered to be belonging to a lower class, and doing that with gruesome means, its history, not shallowness and bad constrution for a character. Therefore you shouldnt demand more of an antagoinist with pure ill will to reach his goal. The importance with such characters are thier choices for reaching their goals, not the characters themselves, its the trip to their goals which are intressting, they themselves are psychoplaths or conditioned psychopaths. In hxh the thing that moved me was how all those nen user got needlessly killed, how Pues head ended in a paper bag, how the main characters was forced to make actions, all those gears was set in motion bcuz genthuru, he set the motion to all and that defines his amount of interest. Genthurus personality itself is basic, plain and predictable, but, its realistic and leads to sensational scenes, which differs from other such characters in other shows. No need to justify the greed Island arc even if there are reasons, its an arc for itself, an not much of prepration to the ant arc more than the ant arc is in preperation for its preceeding election arc. One of my fav arcs, it got ne shocked a couple of times.

I like how Genthru, throughout the Greed Island arc, makes deals with other players but doesn't stick to his word, usually stealing their cards from them. This type of personality is what made everyone dislike him and it made him seem like he had less of a personality. Usually, the likable villains wouldn't cheat or lie in these sorts of situations but this is also what makes Genthru different from all of them (like you said, in desperation). He is a toned-down, normal human villain compared to the rest of the villains who have extreme personalities that we might not see in real life. He is someone who would have to cheat to be able to complete the game, something that we would have done before - we just don't like to admit it. I think that it's okay to have a dislikable villain as we all just simply can't sympathize with everyone. I like how at the end, we really do see a caring side to him when he tells Gon to heal his friends and not himself. We see that he does care for certain others which completely going against what he had done throughout the arc.

I literally finished part 1 30 seconds ago, I’m living the dream

13:38, yeah cause Kurapika is obviously best #1 grill

HxH is in a league of its own

That was a very well constructed defense, fantastic job.

Wow, I feel like I learn a lot about writing and story mechanics when watching your videos. Plus it actually holds my attention since its based on a hobby I care about deeply (anime/manga). I hope I can write as well as you some day. Keep up the great work!

After watching the Greed Island arc for a second time (dub version), I've come to love it even more. I don't get why its hated, they introduced awesome characters like Genthru, Razor, Bisky, etc. We even got to see Hisoka and the GOAT Troupe again, and that boss ass dodgeball game so what's the problem? Just because it didn't have the same greatness like the Yorknew Arc doesn't mean it was a bad arc.

Man, I really wish you do analysis on Casca from Berserk. She is pretty overlooked character compared to Guts and griffith.

@Aleczandxr He was not my least favorite main villain of an arc because of two reasons: 1. His Nen ability is similar to Killer Queen’s abilities from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (totally not biased) 2. Tonpa exists and is still alive in the story.

Sign of confidence. Liking a video before it even begins.

A great defense for Genthru dude. Now i would love for u to make a defense for Alluka, or more broadly the election arc. It's been said that one of Tohashi's weaknesses with the story, is when he writes for the Zoldyck family. Anyway keep up the good work. I really enjoyed this video style, tho i love hearing your analysis in it's full form lol :P, it's not the defense we wanted but just the one we needed and hopefully more can be found. Cheers!

Oh boy... Chrono trigger ost is life!

Genthru may not be a popular character in the series but when HxH fans talk about their favorite fights & moments? Genthru vs. Gon is definitely one of those best moments/fights of the series. Best parts of Greed Island for me: 1. The dodgeball game 2. Gon vs. Genthru 3. Hisoka........being Hisoka. XD

Was expecting to wait longer, great !

15:22 *Pitou starts rolling in her non existant grave*

I'd love a comparison of 1999 and 2011 in the arcs that have been covered by both. Or at least Yorknew. Nit vs necessarily but how they handled different plot points and such.

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I've always felt that Genthru, and Greed Island in general, were underrated. It's not that they are my favorite arc or anything by a long shot, though I don't feel the particular dislike for them that some people seem to. It's more of that I feel that after dealing with the phantom troop we needed a breather even if we didn't realize it at the time. HXH has is dark, pointed moments, but those moments wouldn't stand out of have the impact that they do if they were happening all the time. It's because they are set against a lighter background that they stand out the way they do. The lighter arcs also serve the function of making it so that people that cannot or will not watch things that are entirely dark still are able to enjoy the series. To this point, Genthru is vital precisely because he is NOT as complex of a villain as many of the others are. Genthru doesn't really stand out, but because has doesn't stand out, Chrollo and Merum stand out all the more. In the same way that many of the darker arcs are able to more clearly able to make their points because they stand out against the lighter arcs, Chrollo and Merum stand out the more because Genthru doesn't. It shifts the emphasis to the characters that we're supposed to pay attention to. And, as you said, that is a good thing.

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I love your analysis videos, you layout your ideas in a way that is at the same time easily understandable (even though the theme is quite complex), and very fun to watch. I've been following your channel for over a year, and I can say that you have been getting better and better. Keep up the great work, congratulations!!!

Hey, just wanted to say thank you for these videos. Only recently watched Hunter X Hunter and these videos are really giving me more appreciation for the series as a whole. Great stuff.

I love your stuff dude. You're charismatic, intelligent and skilled. Keep it up!

Genthru was easely underestimated. After seeing Gon and Killua own everyone except Razor during the arc. Seeing Genthru almost blow both Gon's hands off, really was surprising. I hope we get to see him again sometime. So if Bisky is second best girl, who's number one? Mito? Machi? Melody? Palm? Pitou?........Kite?

Dude you really deserve more subscribers, your videos are really well put together, your ideas and meanings are put across in a way that's easy to fully understand, and just listening to the build-up ultimately culminating in the point you're trying to get across is just enjoyable. Watching your HxH videos literally brought a thankful tear to my eye, reminding me of just how much importance and impact most of the moments in the anime/manga had. Good job man, good job.

Man this video came out quick lol. Great job as always man!

I like his design tbh

Your videos are just absolute genius and I appreciate the time and passion you put into them. I’d love to see a video breakdown on Alluka/Nanika, I’m sure you’d nail it!

I absolutely ADORE your Hunter x Hunter analysis videos. So well written!!! Simply amazing :)

Amazing, as always. Glad to see your channel growing.

If anything, I think genthru should have been wackier and campier. He should have been like a mass-murdering snidley whiplash.

his fight was beastly though

omg your analysis on the 13th Chairman arc was spot on, love your videos always!

Man I love your videos. You articulate perfectly just what it is that makes the series so brilliant. Anybody watching it can tell that it's brilliant, but it's never easy to explain why.

Kind of reminds me of one of Leorio's functions, being the most normal of the dazzling potentials around him. But interestingly enough--not that the gaming community hasn't suffered enough for this, but Genthru is kind of the embodiment of how a lot of us act in games.... just saying XD That's why only ideas should be taken seriously, and never the medium itself. But all art mediums, imho, are vessels for driving what's most important ahead, and that's pretty freakin' cool by itself if you ask me :P

Genthru is seriously Underrated, In my opinion his character was a bigger threat to Gon and Killua then someone like Razor

I love your videos. Please keep making them

Thanks for the good quality content you've provided. Watched nearly all your videos on HxH and Death Note. Keep it up! c:

Awesome 2 part videos :) Just the other day I actually said I disliked him, but you convinced me he isnt as bad as I thought. It made me appreciate the story more, thanks !

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Mr. Aleczandr Thank you for these breakdowns. They have been helping me so much as far as my writing style and everything, especially your HxH breakdowns have helped me with the writing of my upcoming webtoon NKLHDZ. Thank you so much because I feel like you were the linchpin as far as figuring out how to write good characters for specific arcs.

Good job with this new style of video it's pretty refreshing and I hope you will continue to reinvent yourself.

I feel like I listened to Part of this before *stream *wink**wink*

13:37 "second" best girl? First is Kurapika, right?

Thank you my dude! Christmas came early!!

Wow, you're videos have gotten a whole lot better since you first started.

Greed Island was a really crazy arc but it's overshadowed by the arc before and after it...wait you already mentioned this in part one.

Greed Island was actually my favorite arc in the manga. The anime rushed the pacing of Greed Island a bit and on the other hand some of the longer parts of the Chimera Ant Arc are better in the anime, due to the controlled pacing, the build-up is easy to marathon, but a bit less engaging to actually read through.

Just found these videos and I love your thoughts. Gonna check out more, you'd do great talking about Magi

Omg 3 videos in a week. I am addicted.

I still stand by Genthru.

Bro all i ask is a Tserriednich analysis or base analysis :x

the narration is comprehensive and I love it...

"By beating him, he's showing that his choice at the beginning of the arc to reject the speedrun, and take the slower path with more potential for growth, was the right one." Tragic, knowing what he does in the next arc.

i loved the 1999 ost in this 2 part series

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As always, fucking great work, man! I'm very glad you spoke up about Genthru - definitely under-explored villain

It's is a skill to attempt and succeed in making a a video (about a lot of people's least favorite arc and a villain ) INTERESTING and make people keep focus on something that is not necessarily their favorite moment ! BRAVO yet again

Bisky is second-best girl for me too, as it happens - second only to Melody.

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Genthru to me is a final boss of an RPG, which personally felt so satisfying when Gon was able to beat him while him being obviously "underleveled" in terms of nen and combat skills but he had a plan and it worked.

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Thank you for this analysis series! It brought up some really interesting topics of how HxH is structured overall. Personally I found Genthru forgettable because of everything else the arc was setting up at the time. While I did find enjoyment from him Genthru sort of faded to the background. With the arrival of The Phantom Troupe and Hisoka, who are my favorite villain from the show I was more inclined to watch them and ended up playing favorites. Still I don't find Genthru falling into the background bad. Actually, he might be a positive, like you said. Although I barely remember him in favor of others, he served the arc well. He was intimidating but not so much that I felt he was forced. If this was in a real world sense he'd be the player that constantly followed you requesting a battle and then beating you with the strongest weapon he could find. This might make you angry but you'll work to get up to his level and maybe challenge him again. Genthru is a good stepping stone to better themes and I can appreciate what he does story-wise.

Just wanted to say I adore your hunterhunter videos! The other thing about Genthru that i thought was clever was that his cartoonish persona fits right into the theme of being in a video game- he feels like a true video game villain!

Thank you so much for this video series and all of your in depth analysis of Hunter X Hunter.

these are some good points.. he's actually my favorite villain, besides Illumi.. i made a reddit post explaining why a while back: www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/68gn8c/genthru_changed_my_life_and_refurbished_my_soul/

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The first time Genthru shows up in the anime you would never expect that he will be the main villain of the saga, his design is pretty in line with is role and personality, you can like it or not but he's well written. He's a guy in a world that can repay you well if you act with brute force.

Haven't even finished watching this, but I know its gonna be good. Liked automatically.

How the hell do you constantly produce high-quality, long-form analytical content so quickly?

Lol you did use the ost at the end !

Literally just made my day.

That was a very interesting video on Genthru and what not. I hope you continue experimenting in future vids.

Nice second part! Your voice is full of conviction and provides a compelling argument Some more constructive criticism, when putting text corrections of your speech, make them longer!!!! It's infuriating to go back and pause, also I feel that this video is very on topic, that is not my complaint, I feel you should come back to genthru more often because you come across as rambling even though the subject matter is on topic. Hope this is helpful!

You can slow down now

Hey, relatively new here and commenting for the first time (that I remember) on your vids. I want to be a writer and you talking about the purpose of characters and story structure has given me a lot to consider when crafting my stories. (I also like this show and watching your videos gives me a new application for it, which is a major plus.) Thank you very much and keep up the good work.