Pitou: *tears off Gon's arm* Gon: "You think I can't play without my arm? rock paper scissors comes from the heart".

Nahid: “oh man this is awesome!” everyone else: *staring in horror* pitou: *staring in horror* killua: *staring in horror*

I think this might be Nahid's favourite episode... just maybe..

17:30 when Rana was sinking deeply into unconsciousness in a fraction of a second she heard Nahid speak " YO, it's my favorite Episode"

Some clarifications: 1. Pitou's body attacked Gon, because her nen activated after death. Remember the time when Kurapika put his chain into Chrollo's body, and later Phinks told Gon and Kilua that the Phantom Troupe members weren't going to try to kill Kurapika, because nen has the ability to activate after its owner's death(especially when the owner of that nen had strong emotions towards somebody or something). And he said that if Kurapika was to get killed by the Phantom Troupe, his chain might've activated and killed Chrollo. 2. I'm going to leave specific details out, but Gon made a restriction to gain a lot of aura in order to fight Pitou. I don't know if his hair becoming longer has anything to do with him aging, since if it was due to him aging, then his nails were also going to have to become much longer. 3. After Gon crushed Pitou's head, he said "Kite... i finished the job the way you taught me to", because Kite told Gon and Killua to crush chimera ants' heads to kill them. 4. Gon saying "you may have my arm" to Pitou after impaling her body, is similar to Pitou saying "you may also have my right arm" to Gon when she was healing Komugi. (I don't know if this connection was done on purpose or if it was just a coincidence, though) 5. A lot of other things that happened during this episode, were foreshadowed in some of the previous episodes, but it's going to take too long to list all it.

if Only TONPA was here.. none of this would ever happen

Rumor has it, that this was Nahid's favorite episode.

14:36 Killua rushes to help Gon and you hear his footsteps for the first time as concern for his friend outweighs years of training and conditioning

"Hes acting childish" he's 12 😂😂

its like Nahid's said, transformations are usually colorful and epic. Gon was just dark, sad and looked like a monster, no cliche shounen transformations here because its was not for the greater good, it was because he was mad

Hunter x Hunter, giving us the revenge we want at a price we don't want to pay.

Hisoka's pants would explode if he saw Gon now lol

There are so much parallels in this episode that proves Togashi's masterclass storytelling 1. When Gon transformed his face was skull-like, it's abstract and it's scary. It's reminded of the time on Netero's final moments that the King felt fear where he said "Don't underestimate humanity's infinite potential for evolution/malice" 2. Gon didn't stop punching Pitou's head until it was completely smashed. When Gon fought one of Yunju's men with Kite, he used Scissors to cut him, but it almost got him killed. Kite reminded him to completely destroyed the head to make sure the chimera ant is dead. But he forgot one detail on the next one 3. Gon hasn't fought any chimera ant that knows Nen. So he forgot Nen can activate after death, as what Phinks said at the end of York New City. 4. Gon was happy his arm got cut off, he's the same as Kite. But he also relate to Pitou because to heal Komugi, Pitou broke his arm and said the same words "You can have my arm" like Gon did when he impaled Pitou's corpse.

Rana, Suraj and Micky: Shooketh Nahid: THIS IS MY FAVORITE EPISODE!

What i learned from watching this: 1. It's Nahids favourite episode. 2. You can totally do rock paper scissors without a hand.

This series started with a naive happy child... and look what hes turned into..

He can't defeat pitou as a kid, so he forced himself to the age when he can.

The buildup for this fight is 1000000% totally worth it

Remember when Gon was willing to blow up his own arm to just scare the bomber. Gon was on a long path to pain, it just finally reached its peak

Basically, the "Riskier" your condition, the more power you gain. Gon took the ultimate risk. Bartering with nen is kind of like going to a store, and going "I have this, what do i get for it?" like saying "I promise i won't use this for anyone but the Phantom Troupe, how much power do i get?". Or Netero being "I have to pray, and i get stronger when i connect to my opponent and feel thankfull, what do i get?". But Gon did the opposite, he went to the store, saw "The power to kill Pitou" and went "I'll take this, price doesn't matter". Gon gave Nen a blanko check for this power, and that's why he's so insanely powerfull after this. I guess this is probably the ultimate enhancer technique, enhancing your entire body to the peak of it's performance. Gon just didn't care what the price was, and in a way that's scarrier than what anyone else did, because at least they always set the price themselves, Gon said he literally doesn't care.

Rana: "It's been a very long time since I've watched this tense of a scene in anime" Hxh fans: wait there's still more

that’s why the yorknew arc is very important since they explain a lot about nen, but most reactors forgot about what they explain about nen and when they reach here they don’t “understand” how gon can turn to that and how dead pitou can move. But since reactors don’t continuously watch every episode (they watch other stuff too), unlike normal anime watchers and manga readers, so it’s ok. Just hope they (most reactors) read comments since someone always re-explain how nen works.

Nen is the fking coolest "power" concept in any anime...

His hair represents how long and how much training he would need to get to that point in strength.

Normies: This doesn't make sense Nahid: Let me break this down fam.

Did Nahid just said "hes been childlike" to a character that is 12 years old 😂😂😂

Suddenly Hisokas pants received a huge spike

Gon using his severed arm to impale Pitou reminds me of Hisoka using his severed arm to punch Kastro in the Heaven's Arena. Gon was like: "I learned this from Hisoka."

Don't forget that Gon is an enhancer, his power is growth.

I just realized the normies haven't seen mob psycho

"Liar" I just love how Gon, sometimes subconsciously, knows when someone is lying. He still goes on with whatever they are up to, because as he told to Meleoron it benefits him if they lie because he then will have a reason to obliterate them. He deliberately lets people lie to him to justify his actions against them.

this wasnt a fight, this was an execution!

Just a heads up (though they might be finished by now). The whole "his power is equal to the King" is just an incorrect translation, what it says in Japanese is his "fangs can now reach the King", meaning he has the ability to harm him (and that was before the Rose). I just love the parallels between Gon's negative character arc and Meruem's positive one it REALLY shows in this episode.

...Geez, Nahid's reaction was tone deaf. "Yeah, dudes, a little kid is essentially killing himself to get revenge. This transformation is so cool!" Made it almost funny when Pitou chopped off Gon's arm and he was just so confused. "Wait, no, he transformed. He got a new form, he's supposed to win now. That's what happens in DBZ, right?"

This part hit harder when you read the manga and met Kite since chapter 1. A lot of theories of the time included Kite before him appearing again so fans had him on their minds the whole time.

Now that they’ve gotten here. I can safely say this without worry of spoilers. This transformation is basically the culmination of gon’s character throughout the entire show. In earlier arcs and throughout this one, gon has been seen to make very childlike, immature decisions based on a juvenile sense of morality. Many characters such as zepile, wing, bisky, etc. have called into question how simple minded he is and how gon doesn’t care about right and wrong, but moreso what is important to him (like a child). Togashi purposely made this aspect of his character stand out in the very ADULT ruthless world of hxh. In this arc, we see gon descend into morbid madness, yet he still remains a childlike hope that kite is still alive. When all of this is crushed at pitou’s revelation of kite’s death, gon loses that childlike innocent thinking, hence that ADULT GON transformation.

He was tired of finding his daddy... So he transformed into daddy

This is Gon's potential power if he had continued training and refining his Nen throughout adulthood. He Made a covenant and condition (like kurapika scarlet chain which can only be use on phantom troupe, the harder the condition the more powerful the ability) Gon sacrifice his life force in order to reach his peak potential and wield it for a little while.

I like how they thought that Gon might fight Meruem or they may get untapped potential due to bloodline because that's usually the case. But what Togashi did is very out of this world which made this arc more epic.

I had the privilege to have caught this episode as it premiered. I started late but caught up to the show midway through the chimera ant arc. Never have I ever been more blown away and felt such raw engagement and excitement than this moment. This transformation. Growing up, seeing Goku go super saiyan changed my life. But I have grown and have seen much more character-rich anime both action and non-action and I never thought that a "power-up" would make me feel like that again. But this time, the transformation had so much narrative and thematic weight, and it was presented in a god-tier episode thanks to the music and art style. I remember pausing mid transformation to pace around my room because I couldn't even contain myself into a still, sitting position. Simply put, it was N U T S.

14:35 Obligatory thats the only time we here Killuas foot steps in the show

This many times nahid said this is my favourite episode 👇

Gon learning of Kurapika's covenants with himself to increase Aura definitely had influence. Masterpiece of an episode.

Not sure how credible this is, but I heard his hair is that long as a representation of how long he’d need to train to obtain that power on his own. So he’s most likely 50 or 60 and it’s his powerful Ten that’s making him look like he’s 20

17:28 Nahid is so hyped and Rana is just destroyed. I feel you Rana!

Here's another tear jerker, at 14:37 u can hear killua's footstep for the first time because thats all that was on his mind was to save his friend Gon.

"Jackson Pollock on that tree" yo I'm done 😭

15:29 Same reason the Phantom Troupe can’t kill Kurapika without risking Chrollo dying.

Nahid is right about the hair lol how is it weird? He aged himself, so imagine that he hasn’t cut his hair in decades

This episode is the best written piece of anime ever, and HxH is not even in my top 10 manga, but THIS (Well the entire arc) is probably the best written thing ever. It is slow, built, developped. You love, you hate. You feel depression to the highest level. You had such a connection to the characters that a single glance means so many things, a single sentence has deep meanings.

At the end of the episode: "That's my favorite episode!" "HOW TF ARE YOU TALKING RIGHT NOW?!" 😂😂😂

to make it simple bisky transform to loli bisky and gone litterally aged sacrifiying all his talent and potentiel and even his life for this

If you’re wondering how pitou was able to attack even after it died. It was said in the yorknew arc that nen becomes more powerful (or evolves) after death. That was the reason the troop couldn’t kill kurapika because he pit his nen in chrollo. Also SPOILER WARNING ⚠️... I’m pretty sure in the manga during the chrollo vs hisoka fight chrollo used an ability that he stole from a dead person that was incredibly more powerful. Don’t quote me on that last part tho I’m not 100% sure.

Nahid: "This is the best episode ever. My favorite" Hxh fans: Ummm hold up. Just you wait, bro

* Gon causes a big explosion for Nen that may have killed him * Hana: This is very sad, and Gon’s poor, but ... Killua is okay?

Rip Gon😭 it never gets easier to watch this scene

Got the 10$ patreon JUST FOR THIS REACTION. Couldn't wait more weeks for it!!

“Is he some mythical creature we didn’t know about.” Well, actually…

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? Gon lost his arm? That never happened before????

Suraj: “i didn’t watch death note” Also suraj when gon transforms: “he looks like something from death note”

Alternative title : a child who is angry because a cat breaks his kite

Be honest, we all tried to look over Pitou’s shoulder.

The reason it is in the list of legendary anime hxh ..

The long hair is bit of a reference to Yu Yu Haksho, Togashi's other work as Yusuke when transformed as a demon his hair grew extremely long. Also a bit of a cultural thing as having extremely long dark hair has been portrayed as demonic in Japanese media..

Nobody: Rana: I need hair like that 😌

I love her reaction; i think the whole situation gon was in was overwhelming, also for kilua, seeing his friend like this, the one who saved him from his own darkness...

after sooo long, i finally get to see you guys react to one of the greatest episodes in anime history imo. the music in the background, the transformation, the whole setting of it was top notch.

Gon flexed so hard the anime reverted back to manga.

Legend has it Micky still has his mouth open

This is my single most favorite episode of anime. It put Hunter x Hunter not just at the top of my anime list but at the top of any show I have ever watched period! This episode kills me. To think back of our sweet kid Gon to this monster he becomes.... still brings a tear to my eye and this has to be the 10th time I’ve seen it haha.

Nahid has to take an emotional intelligence test because my man is over here loving it compared toeverybody else's saddest episode

7:56 Suraj is only Normie to lean to the left, desperate to see over Pitou's shoulder. Props for being that into the story.

This is one of the greatest anime episode in history

The most sad thing about this episode is what Killua says when he sees Gon, that this grown up Gon (Massive Aura) version would have inevitably happen decades later in Gon's life if he had been training regularly. meaning Gon sacrificed all that talent and potential along with his Nen for revenge. P.S.: Their Master (Wing) who taught them Nen also said at one point: "Master, I think I may have awakened a MONSTER".

Glad you guys understood that this was basically a nen contract, some people don't get that at first. Generally nen contracts and restrictions give power proportional to whatever you're sacrificing or restricting, so just think about how strong Netero was and he still couldn't beat the king, yet Pitou says Gon is as strong as the king, so he has to give up A LOT to get this kind of power.

8:12 They all lean back at the same time like, "God Damn!!"

12:23 I know suraj, Pitou is pretty cute.

"This is my favorite episode" "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT" Same girl, same... 14:43 I like how Micky said "nooo" with his playful voice and then it change to pure indignation 🥺

You lose an arm, you lose an arm, everyone loses an arm!

Gon: Finally I get to be same like Kite Me: K then he's gonna die. Ep 136: Me: K then he's gonna resurrect.

this is a great scene but don’t forget hisoka’s bungee gum has the properties of rubber and gum

When Gon took the quote “ It’ll take you atleast a 100 years before you can beat me” seriously LOL

Idk if this needs to be said but when Pitou said Gon was as powerful as the king, they meant the King before he was reborn (since Pitou doesn’t even know anything happened to him)

Nahid is a real dragon ball fan as he was the only one who could speak after this episode.

10:00 bruh I NEVER thought of that, it's true. 200 iq reactor

*WAtching HxH ep 1* "Oh its a Kids adventure flick, looks like fun* *Watching HxH ep 131* "Whyyyy!!!!!, WHY MUST I HAVE THESE FEELS MAN? OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!"

'He's almost being childlike, not computing that he's dead.' Hmm, I wonder why Gon, a child, is acting childlike...

And just don't forget people who saying that "wow that's what we was wating for" that he is just 12 years old selfish kid. Don't forget.

This is one of the greatest episode of anime ever.

If this video doesn't get most views of all of their react videos till now then it will be real shame.

I remember the first time I saw this episode... When I did, I didn't want to watch anime for a while. I couldn't shake that strange bittersweet feeling. So, after 2 weeks of not watching anything, I watched the episode again and understood everything. I realized that it was my favorite episode in history! And to this day I haven't counted the times I've seen it.

"I can't see his fa- oh my god..."

This dude forced his body to mature to a point in time where he achieved power that rivaled that of the king.

Here we gooo it’s been a long wait !😎

“Inside you there are two wolves” The 2 wolves: Rana and Nahid

This arc is about Gon becoming a monster and Meruem becoming more human

6:58 I like how that woman is not even paying attention but still faked her wtf reaction

Pitou said “Thank goodness I am the one he’s going to kill”. So I don’t believe he is going to be fighting the king.

This is one of the best subversions of anime tropes. Usually a big power up is presented as triumphant, light and earned (the greatest example is the Super Saiyan transformation). Here, Gon got the power in exchange for his own life, he got the power he would've developed in years of training (in contrast to Netero, who did do that), wich came at enormous cost and is presented in a frightingly dark and depressing way. He got the power he wanted at the biggest cost possible.

That guy in orange should really read the mood he smiling way too much