I really like how they explain that this bomb is cheap and mass produced, it really drives home the point that humans created weapons so destructive and powerful just to kill each other that even a single cheap bomb was able to destroy the collective pinnacle of the Chimera Ant species, Meruem. It ties back into Netero saying that Meruem doesn’t understand the human potential for malice/evolution.

Netero nuking Meruem is probably the craziest and yet most realistic plot twist in a shonen ever. Hunter x Hunter is PEAK, period.

Bro brought a nuke to a fist fight 💀

"You believe I cannot pray with a single arm?" Gives me chills everytime

Netero's voice actor did an impeccable job in this episode. He managed to convey a menacing tone even though his voice was calm and low.

I love how it wasn't a special bomb in their world. Low-budget and can be mass produced. The highest form of a living being, dealt with the low effort of technology.

13:31 "It was the first time the King had felt fear." Legendary phrase!

humans really are special creatures. We're capable of the heights of goodness and the most evil things imaginable, and we do it all with a deeper understanding of their consequences. That's ,i think, one of the messages of this fight; Meruem represents the overwhelming force of mother nature, but with that comes a certain naivety and lack of scope. Netero represents humanity, in all of its gratitude and cruelty. God i love this show.

"Meruem, king of the ants... You would never underestimate the bottomless malice in the humans heart..."

“You had me in checkmate from the start is the best line” in the series. At that singular moment, he truly realized how bad he really underestimated how far humanity is willing to go in order to preserve themselves. When he thought that thought, I’m sure he was humbled and felt stupid assuming he knows the capabilities of humanity.

It's Oppenheimer season and this is a perfect timing. lol Seriously, this scene can never not send me chills. jaw dropping ending worth a cinema

Netero lost in this fight the same limbs he didnt use when he played with gon and killua at the start of the anime, he also gave meruem the same task he gave at the last part of the hunter exam, making your opponent admit defeat without killing them

''It was the first time the King had felt fear''

The Chimera Ant arc is arguably the greatest arc in all of anime, largely because of this fight. The dialogue, the setup to reveal how powerful and interesting Meruem is, the reveal of how incredible Netero is, how outmatched Netero is by Meruem, and the surprise chest nuke. This fight is so well written and executed, and it is the perfect climax.

I watched this episode so many times but its still amazing . all hail to Yoshihiro Togashi.

It's even more impressive when you remember that Netero is an enhancer not a conjurer. Enhancers are usually weak on that area because conjuring falls on the other side of the whole Nen spectrum.

"Hand zero fails" Netero: That's it, I'm going full Oppenheimer.

14:35 I geek out over the realistic explosion. That initial collapse is so cool.

13:25 Mistranslation in the anime, the line should read: "You have no idea of humanity's infinite potential for malice." Basically, it's Netero saying "Yeah you ants may be the pinnacle of evolution, but we've been coming up with more and more fucked up ways to kill each other since time immemorial." Which leads into the soft indictment of using nuclear bombs as weapons and the horrible aftermath it has. A lot of the beautiful subtext is lost in the anime adaptation.

I can never get sick of this fight especially the ending. The nuke at the end is incredible. Like one of the reactors say, it’s the IMPLOSION they animated before the nuclear explosion that just adds so much more weight to this screen. You can like feel the destructiveness of this nuke and I feel like the initial implosion really helps sell it’s ridiculous power, which isn’t even one of the strongest bombs that humans have created. Really drives home the line “don’t underestimate the human race and it’s infinite potential for evolution.” I honestly felt pride as a human when the line said as silly as that sounds lol

Hunter Hunter Chimera arc is god tier. The few episodes of Meruem, Komugi, Netero are unparalleled 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I was stanned when I first read that Netero's line(revolution or malice). The revolution does not have only good things but also has evil things like nuke. It all depends on human's purpose.That line points out both human's good and evil stuff at the same time. Deep.

You had me in checkmate from the start... WHAT A FIGHT!!

Loving these videos thanks for uploading

Bro you've been killing it on the uploads lately! Thank you!

The monologue about why are humans the only ones able to build this nuke is amazing

Now I gotta watch Oppenheimer

Keep this going man i am watching your vidéos on daily basis

Damn, it was fast, but thanks for that.

The greatest and most complete fight in anime history. Goated in every aspect.

武を極め、武の頂に辿り着いたネテロの切り札が人間の悪意が創り出した核兵器『貧者の薔薇』 これ程残酷で、虚しい最後…辛過ぎる

The pinnacle of Anime. Greatest anime fight. Its not only about the animation but the emotions, depth and dynamic between the characters.

Being a king of ants just makes you a bigger ant Meruem, let me show you why exactly Humans are at the top of the food chain.

Meruem learned that day… *Humanity’s capacity for Cruelty*

This truly is one of, if not, the single best arc in anime history.

One of the best fights in anime history

Loved when the KING thought that he was in checkmate from the beg...........!!!

great, keep them coming!

Imagine if Netero collapsed from a heart attack before he fought against Mereum 😂

O melhor episódio de todos os tempos 🤩

STILL THE BEST SCENE IN ANIME MY OPINION ITS STILL GIVES ME THE CHILLS EVERYTIME I HEARD IT

The zero hand middle finger is alway clean ❤😂

"Just then, the King felt true fear for the first time" 💀

Thank you dark continent, you made someone that can give meruem the thrill of a fight. Here's hoping you'll one day bless more.

thank you so much

It was the first time the king had felt fear.

Thank youuu love u

Netero had the greatest character sacrifice in shonen ever. That is how a great character goes out. He made sure Meruem had no way out. Even if he somehow survived the explosion which is crazy. 🤣

Just like Oppenheimer ever said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," 😂

Bro what happened to your Overlord playlist? Did it get taken down? Please reupload the playlist Otaku-San 🙏

It's still amazing to know that Meruem didn't even make an ability or something. He only has his specialist ability to get stronger by eating, but that's all. I wonder what type of ability he would make. Sorry if it's not clear, i'm not english

7:59 BOOMSENTAI had me at X and backslash 💀💀💀💀💀💀

"A prayer comes from the heart, if the heart achieves the correct form it becomes emotion, and emotions may be manifested" Zero hand is crazy! "Indiscriminate love" ...reminds me of Vinland Saga ep 18(?): love=death True with Gon vs Pitou too...so sad Nen contract achieved through that kind of emotion...

I always hated this part. Its perfect, it is exactly how humanity is. Meruem is indeed the collective product of his entire species existence, he alone stands atop any humans power...but humans have long since passed making weapons to kill eachother one on one. We moved to killing entire cities in one quick attack..the Miniature Rose is "Cheap and mass produced" meaning its comparatively weak to what else is on the market. This is what Netero meant when he said Meruem had no understanding of humanities evolution. There is NOTHING humanity cannot kill if we truly want to. Meruem fought as the pinnacle of his race vs the pinnacle of humanity but he expected an honorable fight, in the end though we never fight fair.. not if there is enough on the line.

lmao that one dude said "my man went from a full on X to a \" ....😂😂😂

I'm certain that togashi whom grew up in The Coldwar Era, was inspired by The Dead Hand or MAD(mutually assured destruction) of the military where in if humanity does croak will also bring the entirety of the planet with it. Goes to show how insane our race is.

The fact that it took a low budget bomb to kill the king of the ants is just hilarious AF 😂

WHats also incredible is that the King is CONSTANTLY growing, till the end of the Arc, as a character he matures like crazy. Honestly its sad that things HAD to end like they did, cause Meruem's arc, is in fact a Cool Anti-Hero origine story. And you know whats even Crazier?, HE NEVER DEVELOPPED HIS NEN IN ANY PECULIAR WAY He was CRAZY OP? and after the Bombing and him absorbing Pouf and Youpi powers he was EVEN more OP, basicly the MOST OP existence in the world. But he din't Develop a "special" technique or Ability that ONLY HIM can do, all of his Nen powers are actually BASIC Nen concepts pushed to their Max, but he NEVER did get a Power like Netero, or Killua, or Knuckles or Knov or Kite for example. Not that he needed to since he's so ridiculously OP, but when you think about what his Nen ability would have been , it send shivers down the spine... I do Believe that his obsession with board games and tactics and calculating the probabilities of said games, maybe his Nen ability would have been "Foresight" ?, been able to calculate ALL outcomes at such speed that it would be like him predicting the future in the blink of an eye up to 5 seconds in advance with a 99.99% accuracy.

Great bro

he had me in checkmate from the start HFY

I like how god-like this beings are and yet nukes still destroy the sht out of them whether they be human or chimera

Honestly Deidara would be proud...cause art is an explosion.

most realistic anime fight

Those brothers top right crack me up

Yo togashi is a legend he the only one I know that created two awesome mangas in yu yu hakusho and hunter x hunter

The guy calling crippled Netero a backslash tho

Whats crazy is that meruem never had time to develop and mature his own nen ability. Imagine how much stronger hed be

The infinite potential of human evolution spanning wider than just individual training, but also encompasses our scientific development.

How can you make a nuke bomb so cute They even named it 🥀a rose And the ending made it more beautiful

all time anime moments

I literally don’t care one bit that Zero Hand didn’t do a ton of damage to Meruem, the way it was introduced was incredibly good, better than the bomb in my opinion

TO THINK, that Mereum is considered a -C threat from the dark continent. Just goes to show you how strong a prime Netero really was vs an aged one.

The subtitle is wrong, the dub is: "Meruem, King of the Ants... Don't underestimate the bottomless malice in the human heart"

I was inspired by Netero's resolve... and implanted a nuke in myself! (giant missile is sticking out of Alondro's back) I'm sure no one will notice!

Netero be like : If you can't beat an Insect , Nuke them.!!!!😂😂

I was really sad and distraught about Netero losing until Meruem said "I see now, you had me at checkmate from the start.". This gave me a whole new perspective om how epic Netero actually was, he way waaaay ahead of everyone. Meruem never had a chance from the moment he stepped in fight. Either Netero would have beat him, he would die in the explosion and even if he survived the fight and the explosion he would die from the poison. In the end he used one of the worst/evil thing humans had ever invented.. It was something Meruem couldn't even start to fathom... human technology.

And killua thought he can kill netero😂

i really love hunter x hunter ❣️

This is definitely the best episode of Hunter x Hunter and one of the best episodes in anime history, the story, the animation, the characters, the soundtrack!!! OMG absolutely masterpiece! 10/10 ❤

The real Oppenheimer

netero literally became oppenheimer there

6:08, Netero's dominant limbs, the ones he didn't use against Gon and Killuah on the ship.

"You have no idea of humanity's infinite potential for malice."

when he sais.. you had me in checkmate from the start yoooo. that was like when oxynmedian told rochar im not comicbook villain that says his plans, i already had detonated the bombs 30 minutes ago lol.

Ah sheet here we go again

fine I'll rewatch peak

I'm tom platz...i mean netero. I'm netero.

Now,i'll subscribe

何十年も狂気の沙汰の修行の成果よりも殺傷能力の高い爆弾を大量生産してしまえる人間の知識欲の恐怖を身をもって教えていることが皮肉

Ningen wo Nameru na yo, Meruem!

13:10 (Closer translations) Ant Meruem, Don't you understand yet? The biggest flaw of humans is our unlimited potential. (Netero never names Meruem as king)

Hydrogen bomb vs coughing ant

after Togashi release the real (new) nen types. in that chart netero is considered as a 100 percent master enhancer but. since he can still conjure a giant freaking buddha with multiple arms i believe he is also a master conjurer (but like his conjurer ability is only max to 60 to 80 percent compared to a person that is really a conjurer that can master the conjurer type to 100 percent.) before Togashi release this new chart we all thought that killua is 100 percent transmutation type but after Togashi release the real chart. Killua is 50 percent transmutter and 50 percent enhance. with that being said netero was abled to instantly close his decapitated leg because he is a master enhancer. but imagine if Netero is 100 percent conjurer.

What's so cool about the relation between Netero, Meruem and Komugi is that realistically, Meruem would have lost to Netero eventually without mentally training with Komugi. Yet this would also be a more monstrous Meruem, the Meruem who killed a child just for screaming. Meruem becoming more human technically won him the match, which perfectly encapsulates the theme of this arc. The ants grew powerful, but also less powerful in the fact that they developed emotions, while the humans grew powerful, in the exchange of morality such as Gon threatening to kill Komugi and Netero using the Poor Man's Rose.

meruem: I will dominate the world and do things my way humanity: jajajajaja this insect is funny, he no longer feels himself since he took the head of a small federation in the middle of nowhere that no one calculates

When all else fails, Nuke 'em!

種を背負った最後の選択だから仕方ない。（泥酔中）

Man I tried to watch this show it just didn't ever grab my attention this fight looked good tho

Netero and Yamamoto is GOAT in all anime

So nen was never gonna reach the power of the king, the representation of all the effort of a species, the leader, where they put the best they got, their power, and their hope. But not even that was enough, because... Even if the individual force of the strongest human failed... It was our own evolution what proved to be the answer... As one of the weakest animals, our tecnology, our weapons... Makes us superior to all of them And even the world trembles at our foot... As we all become death... The destroyers of worlds...