Unfortunately, due to a copyright claim, I had to cut out about a minute and a half from this video, which is why you'll notice an abrupt cut at around 5:16. There wasn't any real harm done though - all that was said in that little bit was me skimming over the characters of Chrollo and Hisoka, saying that I don't want to say much about them because I'll discuss them in future individual videos, and then taking about 5 seconds to introduce Kalluto. Not much is missed in that cut at all, so hopefully it's relatively painless now that I've explained why. The dedicated Hisoka video I mentioned can be found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntNdoM2byJewn40.html&ab_channel=Aleczandxr And the dedicated Chrollo video can be found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9J5ntOXl8zLiY0.html Additionally, this video is quite old and outdated, so I put together a much better presented, more insightful and more cohesive version here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdOWdsx-zb-8pWg.html&ab_channel=Aleczandxr and here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8lxhtCbsNm3aaM.html

leave it to togashi to convince me into loving a group of notorious psychopathic murderers. Now if he could only convince me into believing that this manga will ever be completed.

Words cannot describe how good this show is..

meteor city is Detroit

Togashi said Chrollo is his favorite character because the spiders CHOOSE him as the leader, not Chrollo declaring himself as the leader. It's completely off the troupe having so much respect for Chrollo. Then he started talking about how something is wrong with with peoples' personality when they declare themselves the leader (in real life situations). It was a really interesting interview. Goes to show how much thought he puts into every aspect of this anime/manga.

The Troupe is not sympathetic, but they are understandable.

That orchestra scene is up there with Netero's back story and Gon's Bloodlust

I feel like Feitan is everything Killua's father wishes him to be skill, strength, and emotionless wise once he's older. Was it just me who thought that the entire arc?

"Were Kurapika's actions justifiable?" Umm.. yeah? His whole clan got exterminated for no other reason than to SELL THEIR EYES. Yes he's FULLY JUSTIFIED in murdering anyone involved even partially in that.

I always thought Nobunaga was the best Troupe member simply because his relationship with Gon and Killua was so entertaining.

The Phantom Troup : - Feitan and Shizuku : Vampires - Phinks : Pharaoh - Nobunaga : Samourai - Bonorenof: Mummy - Kurotopi : Zombie - Franklin : Frankenstein - Sharnalk : android/robot - Machi : Puppeteer - Pakunoda : Witch 🤔 - Uvogin : Werewolf - Chrollo : Ghost

I really love the scene of uvogin kissing shellnark on the cheek and departing to find Kurapika, it shows the more loving human side to their bond.

Let's not forget that Shizuku is actually insanely smart when she hasn't forgotten all the relevant information - she offhandedly interpreted Chrollo's prophecies after he stole Neon's power.

The phantom troupe will always and forever be my favorite thing about HXH

Hisoka is like the dark version of Goku. Both just want to fight strong guys.

The moment Uvo met Kurapika turned HxH on it’s head for me. Will never forget it

Phinks is my favourite; when he doubts of pakunoda's loyalty in her last moments, when she is about to shoot the information regarding chrollo to the troupe, his expression changes from the angry gaze we have come to expect from him into an emphatic one. I absolutely loved that moment. also "YOU CAN DIE WITH A BANG!!!"

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At first I thought Kurapika was actually a girl. LMFAO

People sleep on Pakunoda. If it weren't for how she thought of Gon and Killua, Phinks and Feitan might've killed them the second time they met

I love the Troupe soundtrack, one of the best in any TV show

It's kinda funny how with Kurapika's backstory makes him exactly the type of person who would committed their life to joining the Troupe. The only difference is that the Troupe were the ones to leave him in his situation. Now, he has committed his life to destroying them instead.

A lot of gore and violence without feeling like edgeee.

Newcomer: Man, I really like the Phantom Troupe Massacre. Me: Which one? Newcomer: The one in Yorknew? Me: Which one?

I think Machi is more of a kuudere than tsundere since she doesn’t get angry quickly and easily

this arc actually confirmed my inner feeling that im watching a masterpiece, and than the ants came and it was a grand finalle for me

Damn, the bit about Shalnark was perfect. I never really noticed how quickly he moved on and focused on Greed Island. He's not a character I've ever given much thought to until now. Very interesting. RIP Shalnark. I loved how you analyzed each character as an individual but also how that affects the overall image of the Phantom Troupe. Feitan is one of my favorite characters in the troupe aesthetically speaking. The book he's reading while torturing Owl is from Trevor Brown (you can see that in the manga). Trevor Brown's art is twisted and definitely NSFW but I recommend you check it out. It emphasizes just how twisted Feitan is to enjoy such art so casually. Also, have you read the theory that Feitan is related to the Zoldyck's? Specifically Kikyo, Killua's mother. I'll try to find the link if you haven't.

Chrollo Lucilfer is like a devil hidden behind a face of an angel, this how I feel whenever I look at him!. I wish we could have a flashback about his past. Undoubtedly The Phantom Troupe is the beauty of HxH. Great job as usual. Analysis and Comparison of Chrollo and hisoka would be a very good topic for the coming videos. The friendship of gon and killua their ups and downs through different arcs would be interesting to talk about.

The yorknew arc was definately the best

Nobunaga is my favorite troupe character hands down and it's because of how much heart he has even for people that others in their own moral high ground would deem unworthy of said heart. This story needs to continue.

Dude you can be a language arts teacher. You provide in-depth discussions on characters, themes, and morals. Keep up the great work man!!

Short term memory is a sign of high intelligence. Shizuku seems like a pretty smart woman, so this would make sense.

Phantom Troupe > The Akatsuki

I've watched for 5 seconds and I already have chills..

i think the zoldyck family will have to fight hisoka if he hurt or kill kalluto, that would be awesome

Unpopular opinion: York New Arc is the best arc in the Hunter X Hunter anime, and the Chimera ant arc couldnt get out of its own way.

The Phantom Troupe is one of the reasons why i love the Yorknew arc

I remember feeling similarly about the Phantom Troupe as I did about Meruem later in the series- namely, becoming increasingly fascinated in and sympathetic toward their characters while never ceasing to root for their deaths. This is more bizarre the more I think about it. How is it that a character can be written such that a viewer can enjoy every second of their screen-time while still feeling enormous catharsis from watching their brutal death? Furthermore, this isn't universal to the well-written villains in the series. I definitely wouldn't want Hisoka to die... nor did I find Illumi likable in the slightest. Just the Phantom Troupe and Meruem have both characteristics. My only guess is this occurs when a character who would otherwise be extremely likable possesses motives that conflict so strongly with an even more likable character (usually a protagonist) that their removal from existence is still acknowledged as necessary and relieving.

Dear Lord. This is literally (along with the Meruem/Berserk analyses) one of the best videos I have ever seen, in my life. You've captured what is so great about this arc and these characters SO WELL. I cannot stress it enough. Your videos are literal art - the editing, the music. I'm pretty sure you're my favorite KZfaqr bar none at this point. Just know that no matter what you do videos of, you'll always have a huge fan in me. (And I'm sure many others). Keep it up, no matter what you want to do videos of.

I don't agree with the phantom Troupe's actions but I cab understand and sympathize with their morality and actions. Coming from the bottom of the bottom where you have nothing, kindness is rare and the cruel world views you as worthless and would care less if you live or die would create an idealistic prospective of them vs us with no grey area for innocent people.

Feitan is my favorite for sure he's so evil and badass

Accompany on! Nigguh!

Once again another fantastic analysis that I couldn't agree with more. I especially agree with your opening statements, particularly how despite liking hxh from the beginning the york city arc being what made you really adore the show, which was exactly my experience. One of my favorite scenes in cinematic history that reached emotional heights that would not be seen again till the chimera ant arc (and I utterly adore all of hxh include the arcs and scenes between those york new and chimera do I don't say this lightly by any means) was the eulogy for Uvogin. Not only is it the crescendo of an areadly AMAZING episode, not only is it a masterstroke in animation and sound matching together perfectly (and my GODS those ending credits!) In a way that even someone with no context at all would think it's amazing, but with context (especially when rewatching the series) the emotions this scene exudes and inspires is so great that I feel the words "masterful", "masterpiece", exemplary", "epic" don't even do it close to justice. I'm not sure you can capture it in words. It's one of those few scenes in all the media that I've consumed that gives me the same strong feelings everytime without fail.If I ever was so blissed by the gods to meet the staff who worked on this scene, I would slam my head into the ground like inasa yoarashi from boku no hero academia in respect and I'm not even joking (I don't think I'd live if I saw ToGODshi in the flesh as I'd either burn away from witnessing a god walking on earth or I'd have a massive heart attack XD) I'm glad you seem to agree :D Also HELL YEAH FINGER GUNS ARE SOME OF THE MOST BADASS SHIT IN ANIME! And phinx is one of my top 20 favorites in the series admittedly for the extremely superficial reason in that I love his power and the way he fights XD.

Pakunoda is definitely my favourite PT character, though I really like Machi, Feitan, Nobunaga and Chrollo too. The part where Senritsu drew a parallel between her motives and Kurapika's, concluding that they are more similar than different was one of the top moments of the show for me, and I cried when she died :'(

We feel empathy for Phantom Troupe because they're a family who loves each other . But them mass killing also provides a dark side to them . There is light in darkness , darkness in light . This makes them complex , and thus mysterious , hence making audience curious and drawn in to them .

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Best anime ever, you wanna fight about it

For me, the Phantom Troupe doesn't excel at each members' individuality. Sure , they are interesting, but alone each of them are relatively dull to a lot of other anime antagonists. What interesting about the Phantom Troupe is their comradery and their actions together as a family

This encapsulates exactly why I loved the Yorknew Arc so much, and why the Phantom Troupe are a brilliant bunch of characters.

all of this FFVII music is tugging at my heart.

Kalluto is a he 😳?

The Phantom Troupe is one of the most powerful organisations in the HxH world

I've been waiting for this for literal months, You are an absolute godsend and you're gonna be huge very soon my man.

Chrollo: This requiem is for you, Uvogin. *Screams of agony and sound of absolute destruction* The guards: OH MY GOSH! THEY ARE KILLING US! Uvogin: Sigh...music to my ears. 😁

Good level-headed analysis. Substance over form. Character development is one thing HxH is good at. And that requiem scene really gave me goosebumps. I remember I was overtaken by unexplainable feeling of sense of loss, grief and the same time retribution. Though their selfish actions can never justified in any reason there be. It can however be understood. Thanks for this.

The part about Bonolenov just makes the fact that Killua, Gon, and Kurapika would all be part of, and would enjoy being part of the Phantom Troupe if the circumstances were different, even more true.

This arc was absolutely my favorite. :) I hated the Troupe at first, then was rooting for them close to the end of the series.

Absolutely love them, and I feel bad because I do. When I started to read the Yorknew City Arc I was convinced I will never gonna like them because Kurapika was my favorite main character and what they did was unforgivable in my opinion. At the end, I ended up loving them even more than the main cast (One may forgive me) although when thinking about the Kurta massacre it still sends a shiver up my spine. But what I found so incredible is that Togashi (and Madhouse) managed to make them so human and understandable without the usual anime flashbacks and emotional speeches. We don't know what their pasts where like other than probably pretty shitty. We don't need them to remember their sad childhood to feel their pain and impulsion. We get to know them a totally different way. Some examples: 1. Nobunaga crying about Uvogin and his eagerness for revenge - It caught me completely off guard and made Nobunaga the first troupe member I felt attached to. 2. The whole way Chrollo is executed as a leader, but also as a person. Everyone listens to him and inherits deep respect, but Chrollo is also just a person who listens to others (e.g. Machi), makes mistakes and can be upset. 3. The whole dispute of Phinks with the other members and the small moment where he turns his looks on Pakunoda while taking her bullet combined with the sad calmness afterwards. All these moments didn't need any story of the past to make us empathetic. We didn't need to see Uvogin actually caring for Nobunaga, because his reaction to his death was enough to convince. We didn't need Chrollo to think out loud what his struggles as a leader are, because it is apparent that he has to fulfill different tasks that sometimes contradict each other. Instead of Phinks memory of Pakunoda and what he saw in her, we saw her memories and the way it settled him and changed his opinion. Hunter x Hunter is full of these subtle characterizations and I'll gladly take side characters philosophy over auctioning, minor character deaths and Hisokas fanboying over Gon for that ;)

you chose the perfect tune for that background, this episode in particular was one of the best hxh had to offer, man the death of that hunter with the barret was just dead awful, still sends chills down my spine

Feitans nen ability is one of my favorite things about the anime.

Also in terms of their designs the Phantom Troupe could easily be the protagonists of a series. A fairly dark series but none of the outright scream `villain`.

An interesting thing to note is how benolenov is a foil character to Kurapika. They both lost their entire tribe and if the Phantom troupe weren't the ones to kill Kurapika's brethren the group would have been a perfect place for him to find purpose

What strikes me most about the Phantom Troupe are the subtle details that show that they’re human (sometimes pretty good ones at that). And I don’t mean that in the cliche sense. I mean like from a different perspective, they could be very viable protagonists of their own story. My favorite example is when Kurapika asks Uvogin if he remembers the people he killed. The answer he gives is surprisingly pragmatic and nuanced. He responds with “sort of, I remember the ones that made an impression”. It’s a perfectly sane response and shows that Uvogin is a lot more than the muscular brute archetype that defines him. It’s a completely opposite approach to the villains in a shonen like BNHA, where the bad guys are in my opinion often just Walking-Themes being hammered in your face with not much substance beyond that. Hunter x Hunter makes it clear that the bad guys are indeed PEOPLE with their own thoughts and aspirations. They’re not saints mind you, but in the world of Hunter x Hunter, who is? In-short, I think the biggest difference is that the villains in BNHA seem to be evil for evil’s sake and going out of their way to be bad guys. Whereas the Phantom Troupe are clearly just people with their own goals and dreams not that much different than the protagonists they oppose, that just happen to be branded as villains in their world. Which i personally find as a more interesting approach but who knows.

This might be one of the few anime that makes you want the antagonists to take revenge on one of the main characters because he killed one of them. Togashi made something really beautiful, Uvo was one of the saddest parts of this series because it manages to humanize the Phantom Troupe in such a way that you want the main guy dead for what he did.

Phantom troupe is one of my fav. U always make these vids very well. Thanks

Hello, thank you very much for your work. Your analysis is by far some of the best and most insightful I have seen in the anime community on KZfaq. Your videos are excellent resources. Keep up your profound work.

props for this video series. i love when people study my favorite stories and break down their essence in a technical way

Great analysis, using beautiful as a description for this arc is exactly how I felt. I've had a bond like the Phantom Troupe and wish I was more bold through it.

Great video! I cant wait till more people watch your videos. You have a bright future on this platform!

I wonder who would win in a fight between the Full Zoldyck Family and the Phantom Troupe. Please like so he can see

Favorite of the troupe for me is easily Chrollo and I loved this video. Going through each personality again perfectly encapsulates the troupe with one purpose and the leader with no purpose. Keep it up!

Thank you for these videos. Can't tell you how much I appreciate them

The thing that makes the spider irredeemable for me is the same as it does for Gon, they are so human wen it comes to each other, crying over a dead comrade, yet they steal and kill without a single emotion, that is also what makes them different from the Zoldyck Family.

Girl with the vacuum is sooo cute

So well spoken, plus your structure of the sentences that come out of your mouth is amazing.

I can only imagine how many times you've watch the anime and read the manga to come up with essays like this.

Shalnark was always one of my favorite members I’m actually not sure why but there is something about him that just makes me love the guy

Thank you so much ive wanted to see an analysis on the spiders for such a long time, i loved the fact you gave each member their own segment and definitely made me like them more. Whilst i was pondering over what exactly the spiders motives were, i over thought things, there wasn't some deep objective or cause to do with the killings or despicable acts.It was just a group of people who have found peace and tranquillity in a home outside the moral expectations of society ; they are just like any group of friends or family who look out for each other and they're all pretty damn proud of it. Some of my favourite members include machi ( design wise), pakunoda ( character development wise) and nobunaga ( just an overall great guy and i liked his advances to get gon and killua to join) again love ur analysis and i hope to see more hxh content from you in the future

Wow I’m five minutes in and I already know you outdid yourself. Good job man

The first time I saw feitan... I knew he was my fav😳

am i the only one here who thinks that tha main anthagonists of hxh like meruem, the phantom troupe or chrollo himself are much more cooler charcters than the main characters like gon?

the york new arc, is still my favorite hxh arc.

*Hisoka casually walks out with Kortopi's head in his hand*

Your description of Uvogin reminded me of Zabuza from Naruto, he was the villain that taught Naruto that the evil people he will face will all be human on the inside.

I love how they ended the yorknew arc, pakunoda's death, the aftermath, the wrap

Really like this stuff man, these videos are dope! Hope we're gonna see more of Bonolenov, dude's design is to unique not to be explored more

This video was superb. Thank you 🙏🏾

I’m coming back and watching this because I just got caught up with the manga and I’m still so amazed by the fact that Togashi just keeps getting better and better. I never want it to end.

Great job. I really enjoyed this. I also love the Phantom Troupe.

Feitan 😍😍😍

I love how you disect every areas of this anime. Compelling analysis and great explanations of those analysis.. Kudos!!!

The final fantasy music really makes the mood in this video. Well done!

your videos are AMAZING

I love love love your videos. Keep up the good work

This hits so much differently after reading the latest few chapters. 🥺

After watching My Hero and now-rewatching HxH, shit, I now realize just how superior Togashi's portrayal of antagonists is, and how the story/how the characters progress (physically) is weaved steadily and rationally.

I've always thought that one of the reasons kalluto joined the troupe was because of his inferiority complex too but I think it because everyone in the zoldyck family believes killua has the most potential of all of the zoldycks he probably felt neglected because of that and wanted to prove he was just as good therefore he joined the group that his own father said wasn't worth the money and become there number 2 then in the yorknew arc he got his chance to see them and join them in greed island though in chimera ant arc he realizes that he has a long way to go which is one of the reasons he's one of my favorite characters

This is one of my fav. videos, and fav. villains in anime!

I rly rly enjoyed it. A lot of time and effort went into it, Thank u!

Damn I love whole troupe but Phinks, Shalnark and Chrollo are the best in my opinion (also hisoka but noone is counting him :'c) Phinks is muscle head and goes with his own rules but still follows chrollo Shalnark, just as you said in video. I liked him from very first scene he was really positive yet I knew he was killer, really good character development for him. And Chrollo calm smart and strong. Great character. He cares for his friends and yet as chef doesnt go trying to be any higher than them except giving them orders. He didnt hesitate when he was going to die and believed that if he is going to die "it would be totally okay cause my friends wont die too" Damn I freaking love fantom troupe