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@abelreyes7863 Жыл бұрын
Uploaded 55 minutes ago. Commented 1 day away. Care to explain Leeam?
@bigred204 Жыл бұрын
@@abelreyes7863 maybe he uploaded the video, then commented. And set it to release at a later time? That’s my guess
@knight64art Жыл бұрын
Do you know when you will complete your hunter x hunter iceberg video
@roaddorado9905 Жыл бұрын
I like your synopsis, but I think the Zoldic family would use Alluka to wish the king out of existence if there were any conflicts between him and the family. But the video is nice summary of what would happen if all the major threats to Meruem's conquest were out of the way
@vortraz2054 Жыл бұрын
Next Video: What would OUR nen affinities be :P
@jamesporrell5687 Жыл бұрын
If Meruem won, we’d probably get an epic Gungi tournament
@iNotAnHacker Жыл бұрын
Gungi Tournament Arc
@NoNameAtAll2 Жыл бұрын
@@iNotAnHacker TOOOOOOUUUURNAMEEEENT AAAAARC
@patricknez7258 Жыл бұрын
Yesssss!
@FrcsWolf Жыл бұрын
he would become the best president a country could ask for
@Magmarr434 Жыл бұрын
If Meruem won he would still die before his world domination. He wouldnt wanna dominate the world until he FINALLY beat Komugi at Gungi 😂😂😂
@Delukatio Жыл бұрын
I feel like the hunter association would know pretty quickly that Mereum won. Then the V6 would find out and at that point i'm pretty sure nukes will be dropped since they're obviously already well aware of the threat. I doubt anyone other than Mereum might survive a single one let alone several.
@Delukatio Жыл бұрын
If the HxH world is anything like the real one the moment some members of V6 are taken over, other members would very willingly nuke them.
@DisProfundis Жыл бұрын
Meruem would now be aware of nukes and make a change in plans.
@ni9274 Жыл бұрын
@@DisProfundis He can maybe survive by hiding but his army would be destroyed. And only know about the rose, he doesn't know anything about the hypersonic ICBM in submarines all over the world.
@louayker4249 Жыл бұрын
@@DisProfundis V6 and it's military might is probably too much for Meruem to handle. And we are not even talking about the Nen users we just found out about like the Kakin people.
@robertfaer4522 Жыл бұрын
@@DisProfundis Seems like his best bet is just personally assassinating all world leaders in the dead of night and hundreds of people down the chain of command in the military and government the world over. War is just begging for a nuclear/rose assault.
@Proximate1 Жыл бұрын
Good video, but 2 counter-points: 1) The V5 already knew the danger the ants pose if they are not exterminated. If the invasion failed and the Rose had no poison, they'd likely immediately act to mobilize all the forces of humanity. Meruem wouldn't be able to take anyone by surprise. 2) The Rose may not have had poison, but it was still devastating enough to blow ( weaker version ) Meruem to bits and nearly kill him for good, and it was described as a "compact and low-budget" device. Besides the fact that humanity may have hundreds or more of those bombs in stock, they could easily have higher yield weapons too, maybe even specially designed large-scale weapons to take out the ants. Meruem MIGHT be able to evade any future attack by himself, but he cannot have his army escape those. He'd be by himself in a desolate post-apocalyptic world by the end, if he wasn't gonna be taken out by poison from other devices.
@fuzzyd1436 Жыл бұрын
After the ant army hatches meruem could eat them and become stronger and stronger and also inherit their abilities. It is very possible that Meruem will have a bulk of the army focus on attaining healing and resistance abilities and even poison removing abilities. I am unsure how effective the rose will be after this...
@Proximate1 Жыл бұрын
@@fuzzyd1436 I don't think the V5 would give him the time for that, due to point 1. Meruem's only chance would be to go into hiding after the invasion and slowly eat more and hatch limited numbers of troops with poison resistance/healing before emerging strong enough ( and even then, he might miscalculate just how powerful humanity's weapons can get ). He doesn't have the type of character that would allow that either.
@ni9274 Жыл бұрын
@@fuzzyd1436 The ant army would be the first things to get nuke, idk if he can intercept 500 warhead coming from space at hypersonic speed (mach 20).
@fuzzyd1436 Жыл бұрын
@@ni9274 does the V5 have that on the ready? If not then the king would have enough time to go into hiding. Not to mention with his en and speed he literally might be able to...
@jonny7444 Жыл бұрын
@@fuzzyd1436 Honestly they could send 1 person with a rose bomb or even a bigger bomb and as long as they get close to meruem or get killed by him he wont survive
@Archontasil Жыл бұрын
As netero said, don't underestimate human's ability to evolve
@kidsphone1170 Жыл бұрын
In the manga I am pretty sorry it was malice not a volution As in humans will do everything possible to f*** your day up if they don't like you
@kaymacd5628 Жыл бұрын
Actually he said don't underestimate the bottomless malice of man
@fawazahmed4978 Жыл бұрын
miniature rose w/o poison -> still blows prerose meruem to near death. low cost compact bomb. a nuke >>>>>> rose, not even close, despite post rose meruem being busted there is no way he tanks the higher payload stuff
@urekmazino6800 Жыл бұрын
@kay Macd yup and on the end mereum would still lose lol
@pillowmaster4818 Жыл бұрын
@@fawazahmed4978 true, a lot of people forget that the Nuke wasn’t big. A big nuke would’ve eradicated him
@tenderandmoist501111 ай бұрын
I imagine Meruem arriving at the Dark Continent and be emmidiately given a hard reality check and being treated like a literal ant for the first time. Mommy didn't crossed thousands of kilometers of sea for no reason
@yahiagg32924 ай бұрын
I think ants were considered a b tier disaster doesn't make meruem weak for dark continent I think it's because for something like meruem to be born there is the need to an ant queen to eat small animals then weak humans then nen users Like imagine if the ant queen didn't eat nen users Meruem would be a very weak ant just like the start of the arc ants so I think meruem is an S tier just the conditions that made him that strong are impossible to achieve on the dark continent
@jasonrobinson4014 ай бұрын
I'm curious about wether or not the human traits they gained from eating humans (nen being the big one) would make them better, or worse equipped to survive the dark continent. Since chimera ants take on qualities of what they eat, there wouldn't be any ants like the ones we've seen on the dark continent, so they'd be alien even in their "natural" environment, would they thrive? Or be more vulnerable due to their human qualities? We haven't actually seen what the place is like, but it seems actively hostile to humans, would their newly developed human qualities really help so much? Could it perhaps make them vulnerable in other ways? Meruem was vulnerable to the poor man's rose, if humanity brought all it's force to bear on those voyages to the dark continent, then wouldn't that imply that those aren't powerful enough to defeat the threats found there? As another example, the immortality disease and the Ai both target humans, do human qualities make the ants vulnerable to those too? Or are they still not technically humans, and resultantly immune? I'm not interested in proposing answers to these questions, I'd just kinda like to see it, it's fascinating from an ecology standpoint.
@Mooinator30003 ай бұрын
@@yahiagg3292I saw it more that the ants are B due to being a quantifiable danger. As powerful as they are and especially Meruem, it feels a level beneath the incomprehensible strength of things such as Nanika's omnipotent wish granting
@yahiagg32923 ай бұрын
@@Mooinator3000 yes nanika is very powerful but let's not forget a 1 month old meruem defeated netero who is considered top 5 in the world and that also with the fact that he was holding back because he deemed netero as worthy of keeping alive,also he didn't develop his own hatsu yet and post bomb he was literally able to detect anyone in a huge area with the ability to read their emotions in his first time of using en Also in terms of intelligence he defeated every board game national champion except komugi (in less then a week) If mereum trains hard for a year or two I think he can even go to the dark continent and comeback unscratched Nanika and many other dark continent calamities are op in a specific thing (nanika lacks combat skills,other calamities are brainless)but mereum is top tier in every skill
@Mooinator30003 ай бұрын
@@yahiagg3292 that's the thing though, Meruem whilst still being at the top, is the top of quantifiable strength as opposed to stuff like wishes, immortality curses. He is the strongest person we've encountered, but the calamities aren't really people they're just unquantifiable forces of nature
@danielclv97 Жыл бұрын
given how "cheap" was the bomb in Netero presented, I feel like the world governments have FAR more dangerous weapons, and they wouldn't mind obliterating a country with 5 million persons to stop world domination by Meruem, he would just die later by a bigger nuke.
@lilveltheplayer2164 Жыл бұрын
Considering real life scenarios like Hiroshima, yeah.
@klaushassen3954 Жыл бұрын
@@lilveltheplayer2164 Oppenheimer ant hill edition
@kaipakta8178 ай бұрын
@@klaushassen3954 I'm rolling dude thank you
@ryanconder6374 ай бұрын
Ging would 100% beat merum no need for nukes
@ConfusedCave-nm3du3 күн бұрын
@@ryanconder637Joke?
@NeoBoneGirl Жыл бұрын
He would get Rose'd. The entire point of the Rose is to illustrate that Meruem never had a chance at any kind of actual world domination
@wessilinmendez1574 Жыл бұрын
As many times as it takes :)
@Cheese_steak_ Жыл бұрын
That's what the title of the video is"what if"
@NeoBoneGirl Жыл бұрын
@@Cheese_steak_ Sure, but you have to completely change every element of the story that was established for him to even get a chance of living. If he lived past the Palace Invasion, the V5 would get the go ahead on carpet bombing East Gorteau, and that's kinda all there is to it.
@majesticslug3399 Жыл бұрын
@@NeoBoneGirl Hence the entire point of what ifs
@LordIronfist Жыл бұрын
@@NeoBoneGirl yeah I think I have to agree with you- they likely would just bomb the shit out of them. Failing that, they would abandon the 4th continent via booby trapping it with poison bombs in landmine and trap format, plus if they used the transmissive poison, the ants seem likely to fall to it
@DavidNwokoye Жыл бұрын
Alluka would take him out, but at what cost. Seems like a lose lose. I'd also love to see a war between Meruem and Ant Gyro. That would also be a crazy scenario. Edit: Given how public Meruem would be, there would be lots of information on him. Rihan's predator would also take him out. The ability specifically made to counter his target. If his target is Meruem, the King will literally have to fight something designed to devour him.
@Barwasser Жыл бұрын
Good point, I totally forgot about her. The question is, who would make the request? Killua probably wouldn't ask her to kill, but Illumi certainly wouldn't have that same restraint and might manipulate someone into doing it.
@rhysjonsmusic Жыл бұрын
Thats the funny thing about Hunter Hunter. All it takes is for one person to have an especially haxes nen ability to take out the King and then the rest of the ant colony would just implode via in fighting
@Nucleotron Жыл бұрын
@@rhysjonsmusic yah, all hunters can come together and collectively come up with a ability that can take out the king.
@comptonGANGBANG Жыл бұрын
True Alluka could easly destroy him if he is careless and wishes something from her i dont know if someone can wish for Meruem to die or all ants to Alluka and she can manage to do that kind of feat
@mrperson1324 Жыл бұрын
Simply having alluka teleport Meruem to the dark continent would likely work and be less cost than killing him outright.
@huntergoshorn8015 Жыл бұрын
Honestly. As someone just getting into the manga as I've reached the end of the anime. It would be so interesting to see Meruem go to the dark continent. If it's as deadly as it's said to be for humans, I would love to see him just have a field day.
@topotu_7473 Жыл бұрын
He probably wouldn't have an easy time there just because he conquered the human realm. The species is from there after all and defenitelly not the apex predator.
@lewgarrickthe3rd549 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see that, considering that’s where his race originated. If Netero survived, I’m pretty sure Meruem would too, although it wouldn’t be an easy time. There might be another ant colony there he can meet with.
@sphong0610 Жыл бұрын
@@lewgarrickthe3rd549 Netero and humans barely got on the shore of the DC. Meruem would be cooked and eaten with vinegar by the monsters there.
@ZanderX10 Жыл бұрын
I thought the dark continent was dangerous due to other reasons besides physically strong creatures. Like one of the great calamities was a fungi that caused permanent terror and immortality in a person and another was a snake that caused you to become so enraged, you attack anyone around. Meruem is possibly the physically strongest creature since Netero never found anything to fight on the Dark continent.
@artificiallyill2123 Жыл бұрын
@topotu _ Ohh yeah, I never really thought about that. The fact that ANTS from the dark continent almost took over the world, they're still just ants in the dark continent which shows how dangerous it actually is. I could be completely wrong though, I haven't read the manga yet only heard about it
@kyleric2584 Жыл бұрын
How delightful, a new video as soon as I open KZfaq
@zacktengler4124 Жыл бұрын
I can't show it with screenschots but on my screen it says your comment was 36 mins ago and the video was posted 25 mins ago my brain hurts. Are you a time traveler who uses his powers to be first comment on videos?
@Indievors Жыл бұрын
I doubt Post Rose Bomb Meruem would seek world domination and use humans as a lifestock as he intended before his fight with Netero, especially after remembering Komugi which sealed his fate and made the human part in him take over. He might even turn against Chimera Ants to protect humans like what Ikalgo and Meleoron did. He wouldn't be obsessed with power and world domination anymore and would likely try to find an isolated island somewhere to settle in and live the rest of his life with Komugi and maybe fight some special humans now and then for fun and that would be it.
@lorenzoantonelli6467 Жыл бұрын
Meruem fighting live in Heavens Arena gives me a lot of Cell Game vibes, which is ironic considering that Meruem is pretty openly inspired by Cell.
@wowpow2880 Жыл бұрын
The ants don't technically have to eat humans it's kind of like one of those scenarios where you can either eat a cake that was made by a chef or a cake from Walmart that got thrown on the ground
@justamatchstick7535 Жыл бұрын
pretty sure they do, or rather they have to. why would they waste precious biomass of animal and insects without Humans (soul?) mixed in if the end result was just some two bits half gorilla-half crab ant soldiers without human consciousness?
@gttackett3543 Жыл бұрын
@@justamatchstick7535 If you watch the anime the queen ate fish and other animals to make other ants
@bir1si6 ай бұрын
@@justamatchstick7535regular ants cant reproduce, only the queen needs to eat humans to give birth to ants that has human dna
@MyNamesHunter75Ай бұрын
@@justamatchstick7535 They need humans only to really boost their nen/awaken it but given they are already one with humans they could probably just seek procreation with humans instead of eating them and get similar if not stronger results the entire point was the ants weren't so different from humans in the end and most likely would have just become human after long enough. If they only ate humans and kept making more ants they would just be half human ant hybrids which you could just get from having a relationship with humans the end result would be the same. The conflict for them was more internal struggles over what they actually are. Are they more ants or more human and that line became significantly blurred as time went on their mistake was consuming humans because it made them differ from what their actual species is. It just turned them human ant society would have also just taken the same aspects of human society most likely as well and eventually, laws and rights would be given to humans similar to how it would have in our real world with race and gender laws because they would realize they aren't so different. The ants could never fight off the fact they became human regardless of how much they tried to and claimed themselves to be superior they were strong because they were more human than ant
@kakalukio Жыл бұрын
Two issues. 1) The hunter association, and the various nations, would be aware that Meruem is alive, and would presumably immeadiatly take action. 2) While people like the Zoldyck family aren't heroes, they do need humanity to survive for their business to thrive. And they're aware of this. Similarly, the battleclown would probably not be happy with the human preserve and realize that if he wants to continue having fun, meruem needs to be taken down. So you'd probably see some weird combo of Zoldyck's, Spiders, battleclowns, and licensed hunters team up on meruem, each for their own reasons.
@bubbasgotback431 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t it also within the nature of the ants to breed with other species to grow their population? The thumbnail of Meruem and his Queen Komugi got me thinking about things I probably would be better off not thinking about.
@ieatvirgins Жыл бұрын
NOOOOO THE DOUJINS!!! 😢
@tiborsipos1174 Жыл бұрын
However there is Nanika. It is unknown how limited It abilities are, but we could guess they would try to capitalize this power at some stage. And while your hypotethical scenario stated that the nuke did not have poison in it, on a later stage humans would go full gardening carpetbomb the area, planting plenty of roses... And even before this I am sure there is some protocol with the Hunter Association, because while we know the ants are a big threat, it was not unknown. First we had Kite, whos job was to extreminate the ants (or keep them in controll? cant recall his original job) The intel was given that there is an Ant Queen present and the threat was known that a high level hunter was killed. Thats why they sent Netero and 5 people altogether. And we know theres been numerous lookout hunters around the area because their job was to isolate the area completely. Knwoing the Extermination Team failed would definitely trigger some defcon protocol, possibly instantly carpetbombing the area, or calling all hunter + army to the area. Look, they already had a "summon all hunters" to a mere chairman election vote, they could use the same for the hxh equivalent of a BusterCall... While this is quite a world building plothole in HxH, but keeping nen as a "hidden world" troupe was one of the main thing. On a world threat like that, the world could shift into a different direction: - reveal the existence of nen -not just recruit and train nen users but straight give as basic education (nen-civil war is unlikely, but not impossible, but Im sure humanity would have a common enemy at this point)
@Runner-Boy Жыл бұрын
Aluka wish murem to the sun technically thats not her killing him just teleporting him
@ShutThePuck Жыл бұрын
Nen abilities are too varied and broken. Nanika for example - Killua can have wishes granted at no cost, and the complete obliteration of Meruem would be easy, especially considering that Meruem would have no prior knowledge of Alluka/Nanika's existence or abilities.
@quincy9908 Жыл бұрын
That might result in the complete eradication of humanity in exchange
@thebrbiedreamhouse Жыл бұрын
@@quincy9908 not if killua's the one to wish though, iirc nanika doesn't impose a consequence (those dangerous and almost impossible requests) when it comes to him bc she just wants his praise
@TheFrambler Жыл бұрын
no it's because Killua asks her for non harmful wishes, if it's harmful then it doesn't matter who asks her
@MrSpitfire2008 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe even Prince Camilla, with her nen ability
@aintijustthecutest3863 Жыл бұрын
Got to remember the conditions, everyone who were on the raid are dead, which includes Killua. So making a wish would definitely be costly for the world.
@Another_Alexander Жыл бұрын
I think it would be interesting to see what Mereum would have done having a twin, even more so given Kite’s status of being “reborn”
@befrugalwithus Жыл бұрын
Another thing people forgot. Kite might able to take him out.
@SAWOfficialChannel7 ай бұрын
How? Kite Reborn Is that strong?
@Channel323 Жыл бұрын
I think it would be a dope “what if”, if they made a spin off where merium (the ant king) went to the dark continent and tried to take it over. With all that we know about it, how would merium handle those obstacles? We know he is powerful but how would that match up against the creature on the dark continent. How would he handle trying to get the rice or that rock that has energy in it. I think it would be dope to see.
@colethomas112 Жыл бұрын
Even when considering Meruem's potential, I don't see him being able to reach the necessary power-scaling qualifications to defeat the rest of his opposition. Meruem's speed, ability to fly & use energy blasts would still be pretty devastating in a one-on-one fight. However, his existence was known. So, he will not be given a favorable scenario. It seemed like his downfall was inevitable. Meruem had great character development, though. He didn't need to be a straight-up world conquering villain.
@orange_penis Жыл бұрын
Post rose meruem was pretty op tho
@stevecollins4567 Жыл бұрын
As humans are the souls of the ants, and M is intelligent, the question of how he would modify his actions once he realizes it arises. I think that his best option is to move on to the dark continent entirely, making the old world the site of his reserve. It is the logical next step in view of the above, when you consider he will also learn of the origins and biology of the original ants. Very likely he might see the Hunter world as a holy ground of sorts. Remember, Kite was not working alone, so there are those who have the information.
@MrPaillan Жыл бұрын
Small issue Liam... it's been demostrarted that nuclear bombs, more powerful than the miniature rose, exist in the world of HxH. The where several reasons why the miniature rose was chosen, one being that the V5 wanted to keep the ant affair secret and the other being the ease to tranport it as well as it's ridiculous effectiveness for it's size. Say what you will about Merum, I don't think that he can take an H bomb to the face, much less his army, and the ants saga makes a point about proving that humans are worst than the ants. So I can definitely see a scenario where the V5 nuke the ants together with whichever poor city or country they happen to be invading at the time. After all, what's merum gonna do about sonic jets dropping nuclear bombs on him?
@thewinkingskeever Жыл бұрын
Big question that I didn't see anybody ask, wouldn't Meruem eat Pitou's body as well to not lose Pitou's super useful nen hatsus? SPECIALLY after having experienced almost losing Komugi to a simple stray attack, having access to puppet manipulation and puppet healing is just way too important to not get back by eating Pitou's remains.
@jvr6809 Жыл бұрын
Whatever you are trying to say the answer is no
@hecarat Жыл бұрын
I think his humanity would override that tbh
@JAIL720 Жыл бұрын
They show Pitous remains? I always thought the body was totally destroyed by Gon after the attack that looked like an explosion than destroyed part of the woods
@sirjimbe9758 Жыл бұрын
even if he wanted to, 1. Pitou disappeared so they wouldn’t have his location. 2. If gon’s final jajaken destroyed most of the forest pitous body is def destroyed
@phobics94987 ай бұрын
@@sirjimbe9758 They show Pitou's body after the fact. It's pretty much cooked but only the head is still destroyed. The ants are pretty tough ngl
@DeKuKong Жыл бұрын
While I loved the thought experiment, I feel like there was this underlying assumption that no organization or country anywhere would ever take pre-ememptive or coordinated action against the ants. We've seen in human history with world war 2 that once it becomes apparent someone is genuinely taking on a quest for world domination countries come together to resist it. I can't imagine this being less true in a world full of superhumans, let alone superhumans WITH nukes and government
@suryanshbiswas7 ай бұрын
just cuz in this scenario rose doesnt contain poison doesnt mean v5 nations wont have stronger nukes *with* *poison*
@some1thing1funny Жыл бұрын
I think you are missing a huge point. Togashi made Meruem with the instrinsic value of rapid exponential growth, specifically his character development in becoming more and more human (Netero mentions this being the most dangerous aspect of the Ant King). The more Meruem is exposed to human civilization the more empathy he would gain and probably still pursue world domination however most likely primarily seeking world peace through dismantling nation leaders and their armies/capabilities for war à la Injustice Superman. Also depending on his somewhat infinite power scaling factor and how strong he becomes, I think he would be very susceptible to assasination letting his guard down in times of peace. anyways excellent content as always keep up the good work (y)
@bankuei Жыл бұрын
I think there's a lot of backup plans that would probably go in if the mission failed. As a number of people point out, nukes are likely to get everyone except Meruem (killing Komugi would probably set him off on a super rampage though). Without the army of ants, the logistics and situation changes to some level - it'd be less Meruem controlling continents as much as killing his way through lots of people. Both Ging and Beyond might see fighting Mereum as a good test to see if they're ready to take on the outer continent, so I give it 50/50 whether they'd fight or let someone else handle Meruem. I'd assume they both would have some deep intel and make relatively informed decisions on that. Nanika/Something's wishes would be an option of last resort, though I don't think the Zoldycks would make that wish as much as offer some nation the option to wish away Meruem at an astronomical price and a ton of stipulations on who makes the wish to try to reduce the odds the blowback comes back to them. Which brings up the other issue; there's still the Five Threats (is Nanika one of them? Unconfirmed!), and the question of whether Mereum would come across them by accident and whether there'd be a conflict there as well. It's still completely unclear what all those things can really do, but given that despite all the resources available humanity is still like "they could destroy us any time and we're JUST LUCKY they're choosing not to" it has to at least rival Mereum if not surpass him. It wouldn't really be a "victory" for us as much as "small pockets of humans probably survive" but I don't think Mereum has an easy win here.
@hariman7727 Жыл бұрын
I think the Chimera Ants would eventually turn on each other, and Meruem would have to defend himself from traitors. I also think someone would develop and Anti Meruem nen. Probably something like collecting names of murdered victims of the ants which multiplies the user's power, or something like Kurapica's Chain Jail, only targets ONLY on Meruem at first.
@charlieatwork76 Жыл бұрын
Great vid, but one hugely important factor that you left out is Komugi and Pouf. This scenario makes sense from a pure power perspective of meruem asserting dominance over the rest of the world, but as with most things in hxh pure power isnt everything. Remember, up until the point of the poison killing the guards Pouf had effectively lost favor with Meruem by failing to reveal the existence of Komugi. Poufs betrayal wouldve most likely resulted in his death or his exile from the ranks of the ants, and Komugi as Meruems "queen" would essentially be the focus of any group trying to control Meruem or change his behaviors. Komugi is extremely frail and now Meruem lacks the protection of all three of his guards, leaving her insanely vulnerable. If Pouf survived she would be his main target, would he team up with the hunters to dispose of her? Maybe the phantom troupe? Pariston sounds like he'd be all over this. As for the hunters, would they try and capture her with an ability like hide and seek? Control Komugi and you control the king, simple as that. Also how would Komugi feel about all of this? Would her opinion of Meruem change? I feel like there would be a ton of potential conflicts involved and wouldnt be as straightforward as "and then Meruem takes over the whole world the end", but thats the beauty of HxH: it never is that simple
@akieloooo7734 Жыл бұрын
FINALLY… A new NewWorldReview video! I have been waiting for days lol
@nathanmacyk7642 Жыл бұрын
I can not imagine a scenario where the ants win sure if they had to fight them all one by one like he described they would win but the v5 would hit them with literally everything they had. if the invasion failed they would have glassed the palace grounds with all the rose bombs they had left and then made more to bomb them harder if they survived also killua can just delete them all with nanika she obeys his every word and can kill them all from a different continent
@buttermoth86696 ай бұрын
Hey grand line review, I come from a military family, dad was a soldier, the navy calls submarines boats because it’s based on the name of the first submarine, the German U-boats
@CTP909 Жыл бұрын
Idk I mean I like this thought processing you did but you forgetting something. The ants were only ranked threat level b that means the hunter association probably had other means of eradicating them as well. They only chose the poor man's rose as a minimally destructive resort but in the face of all out invasion they would use less subtle means to destroy the ants I believe
@hunterkage2842 Жыл бұрын
The ants pre Meruem and royal guard were only B, afterwords they should be ranked higher.
@CTP909 Жыл бұрын
@@hunterkage2842 doubtful. They knew full well what the ants were capable of theoretically and still ranked them as a "B". They already knew about the way they procreated and anticipated human incorporation into it. They had the perfect solution ready for Meruem.
@ihatepower4580 Жыл бұрын
@@hunterkage2842 your saying they're nanika level
@mjss1984 Жыл бұрын
Discounting any possible reaction from the V5 and Hunter Association immediately after Netero's defeat and letting Meruem go towards Meteor City and York New City... Didn't the Chimera Ant Biological Understanding explicitly mentioned a new queen splintering off to create their own "king"? And with the growing population of Chimera anys and hybrid ants in the scenario posed, I would believe there would at least be 2 or 3 "king" that would possibly be born to clash with Meruem...as a possibility. The manga and anime already showed direct lineage Chimera ants that were not meant to be Kings wanting to create their own "kingdoms" because of their human characteristics. Second, eventhough they were created Hybrid Chimera ants, would it automatically mean absolute loyalty to Meruem? I don't recall how much imprinting of control Pouf is able to do during the cocooning process to ensure ultimate loyalty to Meruem but maybe I forgot it. It has been quite a while. But Palm was able to plot against them right? Or was her programming incompletely and she 'hatched' prematurely? Third, because they are hybrid and have retained their human personality like Palm, even if they do can't rebel against Meruem, there will surely be infighting within the "colony" to establish heirarchy and it will cause development of Nen abilities but also thin the "herd". Lastly, in the event that the V5 Nations would crumble, the leaders would most likely have planned to "escape" to the Dark Continent as a last resort (maybe) if they could not stomach staying in the Known World. While at the same time, with no V5 to oppose, Kakin Empire could launch without permission, right?
@Gtc2000 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t underestimate his growth tbh going from a homicidal king and murdered to a king that ripped his own arm off bc of a human to respecting netero and only wanting to talk til he forced his hand, to dying with Komugi if he and Komugi spent even more time together it would probably completely change his mind about humans.
@albinoDlN0 Жыл бұрын
Love the Darkwing Duck shirt
@eyobbekele3231 Жыл бұрын
I fear that Isaac Netero bombing and radiation poisoning the Ant King Meruem is equivalent to stating that the only way humanity could have conquered and occupied the Dark Continent permanently was by adopting the Ant King's methods. With a leader like Meruem gone, humanity now has no chance against the Dark Continent, and the only hope that remains is for a few survivors to emerge, perhaps as rare as one in every few lifetimes, like Don Freecss or Beyond.
@ChefJollyRoger Жыл бұрын
I think this theory has left out a crucial detail. by the time Meruem dies he had already found a queen for him. Meaning a new ant king would be born. We would have a beautiful re enactment of Macbeth but with chimera ants. the ants would probably conquer the first continent but there would be a lot of in fighting
@lukemac2284 Жыл бұрын
One thing you didn’t mention was if lightning boy would consider asking his sister to wish away the ant king and what the trade off for that would be. Or if Nanika could wish the ant king to reconsider his world domination plot.
@manguy01 Жыл бұрын
A special joy deep within my heart came to life when I noticed that Darkwing Duck T-shirt.
@AiExplicado00018 ай бұрын
Awesome video, but one analogy is wrong, it's all about not milk: It's akin to a cow attempting to reclaim its rightful beef portions.
@timeemit846 Жыл бұрын
Meruem would lose to the 5 calamities from the dark continent. Alluka can simply kill him by making a wish. Though that will be costly. Also if small-rose can't kill him, then an actual radioactive bomb will, maybe the fat-rose.
@manguy01 Жыл бұрын
This is relevant to a sort of fan fic I've been writing. In this alternate version of events, Meruem is revived at the very last moment with Angel's Breath so as to fake his death in a way where Blackout Curtain deceives Palm into thinking he died. Protag believes Meruem to have a change of heart and will be comfortable living out the rest of his days with Komugi peacefully in Greed Island. But what if he doesn't?
@Mastershake0592 Жыл бұрын
Dude I love the dark wing duck shirt. So nostalgic.
@revengance4149 Жыл бұрын
Im watching this with one winged angel playing in the background, highly recommend
@mysturchavez9010 Жыл бұрын
The ending of the arc showed that the rapid evolution of the ants didn't matter, because humans had already evolved past them. As huge and powerful and scary as Meruem was, he was just an ant. Humans had developed technology to kill him decades ago and neither had realized it. If Meruem had somehow killed Netero without being killed by the Rose, humans would have just nuked him and he'd be dead.
@Vextipher Жыл бұрын
Would Komugi attempt to stop/reign in Meruem?
@sashashahriari8244 Жыл бұрын
Not a chance. She is a law abiding monarch supporting person. She may express opinions that change him, but it would be accidental.
@orange_penis Жыл бұрын
Would normal citizens even attempt to stop Meruem?He seemed matured enough to lead at the very end
@sandrasierra3560 Жыл бұрын
Queen komugi
@donaldbagwell7202 Жыл бұрын
I think you forgot about poof lying to the king about his gf. I can see the king killing his guard just for that
@wekashipo7507 Жыл бұрын
Keep in mind that nukes exist in HxH and the Rose is just a cheap substitute for a nuke. The V5 only did the whole song and dance with Netero to make him take the fall because none of them wanted the bad PR that came with nuking East Gorteau. If they absolutely had to drop nukes on Meruem, they would, and I don't think Meruem is surviving the full might of 5 nations' militaries. The truth is that Meruem literally never had a chance to begin with. Netero didn't bother with negotiation because he knew this. Meruem's best outcome if he survives the Rose with no poison is to fake his death and go off the grid. Preferably bringing Komugi with him.
@topotu_7473 Жыл бұрын
I think it would be a lot more interesting than Meruem just taking over. There is Komugi still being alive so who knows if Meruem would even want to keep conquering. There are multiple beings that could have a chance of taking out Meruem with Nen as well as Nanika. Maybe a possibility of an interesting fan spin-off.
@patricknez7258 Жыл бұрын
I could def picture Meruem in Heaven's Arena spot on! I would really like to see that too
@lendelsmanio6412 Жыл бұрын
Interesting hypothetical, but I think that the association would learn about the failed invasion way before total domination of the first continent. I also belive that, depending on who became chairman they would go through desperate measures to try to stop the king before he grew too much. Something like making nen public knowledge and accessible so by the time Meruem reaches other places he will have to deal with an insurmountable number of people who know nen, even if they are really bad at it. And I think it would be worth the potential chaos that that would cause in the world. Other possibility would be to make it requirement for the armies all around the world so trained soldiers have a fighting chance against the ants, but that would also mean that the privileges of the hunter association would be under risk because they heavily rely on the fact that nen is not something that the average Joe can use to function as a type of elite in the HxH world. But I don't think it would be that easy, Meruem would meet some resistance and the human world would go through desperate measures one way or another. Now, If that means that Meruem would fail, that's another story altogether, however there is a possibility that during that time another ant king appears, we should consider the idea of multiple Meruems fighting against themselves and against the humans for power.
@KiranKumar-ih2ze Жыл бұрын
Have you thought about pariston having mereums dead body preserved using nen and him manipulating it, it will be most durable zombie
@stevecollins4567 Жыл бұрын
He almost certainly does have it, he has the eggs.
@paulvd8468 Жыл бұрын
I don't think Meruem or the ants would get anywhere close to world domination, there are still multiple characters/abilities that can stop him... a larger nuke, a good haiku from Basho, a wish from Alluka/Nanika, the Nen predator from the Manga, Chrollo borrowing Knov's telleport abilities for an instant kill or to trap him in another plane of existence. Not to mention all of the ants like Welfin who are loyal to Gyro and would revolt against Meruem.
@MadaraUchiha-qr9oh11 ай бұрын
Nah knov will inform humans that netero died and humanity will nuke shit out of meruem even if he survives the blast radius He and his soldier will die from radiation.
@ItsAbhishek_007 Жыл бұрын
Best line ever: "If Kurapika isnt worthy, then no one has a chance"
@jvr6809 Жыл бұрын
Kurapika is the worst
@jvr6809 Жыл бұрын
@@Hylean_Way no, he is overrated and Chrollo lowdiffs
@jvr6809 Жыл бұрын
@@Hylean_Way i dont like gon that much but Killua the best out of the 4 mcs
@ItsAbhishek_007 Жыл бұрын
@@jvr6809 Sorry, but i hv to disagree.... I mean what is there to hate about him ? (don't say he's like sasuke cuz he's not)
@velocirex39846 ай бұрын
@@jvr6809 with prep time maybe but normally kurapika wins high diff he is literally built to beat the phantom troop
@TheStrugglerDaniyo Жыл бұрын
Amazing, what a fun theory discussion 🤔🤯 that bit about Greed Island and Meruem liking games was on point too I was thinking the same, just imagine if they kept the queen alive!!!
@MrKlarthums Жыл бұрын
The miniature rose without poison could be used as a conventional weapon, so that could take a chunk out of the initial chimera ant army with the possibility of being used by normal humans. Humans could also publicize nen which may lead to experts if there's enough time. A Kurapika-like figure might survive and emerge with ant-specific nen abilities or even users with post-mortem nen grudges. Then there's Alluka.
@spiderbits2923 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the Dark Continent would humble Meruem. At the very least, it would nearly wipe out their soliders on the first visit.
@Runner-Boy Жыл бұрын
Or it would make him power up even more id use aluka to teleport him to the sun
@rafflesiadeathcscent35079 ай бұрын
@@Runner-Boythis is more of a probability that meteum being humbled, his hatsu is the single most broken ability in the entire hunter hunter, the ability to absorb nen aura as well as nen abilities of everything he eats, he would accumulate all nen abilities as well as increase his already unparalleled nen aura by simply eating, dark continent would be more of a paradise to mereum as the ultimate predator than anything else. So he really had to die, no one should have that broken hatsu on top of being the strongest already when he was born.
@Runner-Boy9 ай бұрын
@@rafflesiadeathcscent3507 yes and aslo teleporting him to the sun is not wishing him to die so the cost of the wish should be alot less and killua could be able to get it free since its not a death wish
@rafflesiadeathcscent35079 ай бұрын
@@Runner-Boy indeed, alluka is the best last resort when things go to shit already, there are many creative ways to eliminate mereum with nanika's powers.
@JaswiL-_51 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this. We need an alternate universe where this happens and Meruem becomes the main character
@afromarco005 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@austinbevis4266 Жыл бұрын
The series “versus” is basically this premise, but with the humanities of multiple universes coming together to take on each universe’s adversaries
@108POPCORN Жыл бұрын
Hot damn! I got here fast. All praise the King of Ants!
@emptyptr9401 Жыл бұрын
I think that there is a good chance that Meruem would actually goes further into a pro-human direction considering how young he is, how much he has grown philosophically in the short time he was alive and with how he already is symathetic towards humans in the sense that he feels for the weak and poor. From there feeling for everyone is not all that far of a jump. Although, there is also a good chance that the opposite happens. Pretty sure those were both stated to be likley in the show.
@j.prt.9794 ай бұрын
Right. What if he just became a genius, superpowered statesman?
@Liecham Жыл бұрын
He did win. He got to live his life doing what he loved and died in the arms of the woman he loved.
@hamzuquich6429 Жыл бұрын
another possibility is that the v5 decides to use more rose bombs poisonous, or not, and nuclear power
@virologiclist25akajoshp82 Жыл бұрын
Honestly this is a very interesting theory with numerous endless possibilities. It could go in many good directions with positive outcomes, or it could go into many bad directions with a lot of negative outcomes and possibilities.
@MarvyG23 Жыл бұрын
If Meruem won he would've become the new MC
@just_nobody2967 Жыл бұрын
Man if he had won I bet that outcome was not going to be good
@BurtKocain Жыл бұрын
Either he'd just chill and play gungi Komugi, or Killua could resort to getting Nanika to help.
@lydiakerrigan284811 ай бұрын
the analogy of kurapika’s search for the kurta’s eyes to a cow wanting its milk back made me think of the bee movie. it’s the bee movie with eyes
@zakianimation-zd1cv Жыл бұрын
Cool please do videos for kaneki from tokyo ghoul
@Sku11Ski11 Жыл бұрын
This is hxhreview for a long time now 😅😅
@absent72 Жыл бұрын
So basically damn near every strong human except hisoka would bow down without a fight while the majority of humanity is annihilated. Somehow I don't think that would be the case lol
@ravenouself4181 Жыл бұрын
The Poor Man's rose did not contain poison. It's a Nuclear Bomb - it was Nuclear Fallout [or Radiation Poisoning, which again, is not poison despite it's name] that killed Meruem. I had to correct You on that.
@thetruekingofwaffles4 ай бұрын
HxH is one of the few anime's where I'd really want to see an A.U. if the villain won, I feel like if there was a spin-off in an A.U. where Mureum won that it could still be a compelling story, and furthermore watching the world be diplomatic with him would also be interesting
@testoftimegaming5219 Жыл бұрын
well seeing as from the thumbnail he meets hisoka at day 30 i believe he will bow down to the amazing explanation of amazing rubbers and gums
@RandomPersonProbably Жыл бұрын
I know we don’t have enough information to explore this idea but I’m curious how Gyro would handle this whole conquest.
@arunneupane406611 ай бұрын
Bombs and nukes are valid points but even without those things those ants would still be beaten by just hunters or actually just say by humans using nen . We havenot even explored a lil bit of HxH and i am pretty sure there are so many broken abilities and some really intelligent people who know how to use it properly.
@Rexcalibar7 ай бұрын
Y'know if we ever find out what the Dark Continent is like in person, I'd be curious to see a follow-up video in 50 years showcasing how far Meruem and his ant army could hypothetically get.
@velocirex39846 ай бұрын
Not far
@hardboiled7467 Жыл бұрын
There's a reason why the rest of the world leave humanity isolated on that tiny island
@sonicducktheinoccent Жыл бұрын
I just finished rereading the post-Ant hxh chapters, so this is quite the treat
@ekalbtratloc81076 ай бұрын
I feel like he'd get to the Zoldicks and Killua, remembering what happened with Gon, breaks down and tells Aluka to kill Meruem.
@survivorsuperfuntime Жыл бұрын
I like to think you came up with this video idea based on TheBattProductions' Game of Thrones WHAT IF video series
@yurikuki Жыл бұрын
If Chimera Ant Arc was ongoing today there would be people who would speculate that "The Palace Invasion Will Fail" just like how some One Piece fans speculated with Wano except it's actually more probable in HxH than in One Piece considering it's Togashi we're talking about and he does whatever the f he wants.
@topotu_7473 Жыл бұрын
What about Nanika? Surely the Zoldicks will be forced to make use of their powers.
@AquaRhombus77 Жыл бұрын
@NewWorldReview I have a hypothetical question. Is there any situation whee the Phantom Troupe take on Meruem and sustain no fatalities? I'm not saying there wouldn't be injuries / near deaths I mean zero deaths.I would give them unlimited time to plan. They would also have every member at full strength. Love your content!
@Yonkage-ik5qb Жыл бұрын
Now I just want an alternate universe where Kurapika becomes a Royal Guard.
@thecacosquad1302 Жыл бұрын
“which leaves us with 1 functional royal guard and shaiapouf” bro i’m dying lmao 🤣
@DigiPen927 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t you might have added Meruem ask any Nen Masters to train him how to use Nen since we know that Meruem wasn’t a good Nen User when he was born? This would might help Gon vs Meruem if this goes the route if Meruem didn’t died.
@panzerowner Жыл бұрын
Somehow i got excited by the tought of meruem beginning the game of dark continent. amazing video
@Regonix Жыл бұрын
Humans took in the corpse of Meruem. Humans are able to make synthetic organs and could extract poison of Meruem's cells. Furthermore, there should be at least one nen user who could reanimate the dead (similarly like it was done to Kite), and thus Meruem could be revived as a mindless puppet. In fact, any nation who took in their corpse would have done anything in their power to do turn corpse of Meruem into a weapon. So, while we will not be able to see it, in the background Meruem might be returning as an undead cyborg.
@lawd.98296 ай бұрын
Meruem was the ticket to exploring the Dark Continent for the humanity.
@dustinhersey744923 күн бұрын
I don’t think we’ve seen the surface of what Hisoka can do. I think he has a whole hand of cards he’s yet to reveal. I think Hisoka might even be a Kefka like figure in the HxH universe. The way he toys with everybody and his patience says to me time is not an issue with him.
@Neferpitou- Жыл бұрын
"Nanika, wipe out the chimera ants" "kay"
@comptonGANGBANG Жыл бұрын
Both Alluka and Komugi are interesting parts of the puzzle u forgot to put in the equation if for whatever reason Killua wishes for the ants to be gone from Alluka u know the rules
@holybilly30662 ай бұрын
Sounds like Meruem would just become Ainz Ooal Gown at that point
@MaencraftLearn Жыл бұрын
If the nukes didn't contain any poison meruem could likely dominate the human world. The thing is meruem only got caught in the explosion because he got distracted by netero wanting badly to know his name. Even if the humans launched a nuke at him point black meruem can cover a large distance almost instantaneously as seen on post rose where he moves at an increadibly fast pace to the point that anything around meruem seem to stopped in time. Oh and don't forget about is aura synthesis the more he consumes the more he gets stronger the more he gets nen abilities. What if meruem ate netero and absorbed his nen? Post rose with 100 hand bodditsatva is just too much for humans to handle. As the story points out. Meruem is supposed to be the "ULTIMATE BEING" He's the KARS of HxH
@KanderUdon Жыл бұрын
I think dropping a thousand nukes on him and the surrounding area would still do it.
@lila444112 ай бұрын
I think that your thumbnail with Komugi would be the truest answer. His affinity to become more human didn't stem from him being poisoned and about to die, it came from her. If she's alive I'd wager that he'd continue to see what really matters in life and his humanity would ever deepen. Pouf would go insane because he only sees Meruem as world king, he doesn't care for human Meruem. I feel like he'd want a long life lived in obscurity with Komugi. He'd ask Pitou to use Dr Blythe to give him a human appearance and body so that he could live as human a life with Komugi all his days as well as be unrecognizable, and she'd oblige him because she cares about what Meruem wants. They'd probably take Pitou as a butler/still his servant but they'd move somewhere quiet and play gungi and raise a family all their days. I don't think world dominance would peak his interests when he has his beloved Komugi with him, personally.
@zahoorali7470 Жыл бұрын
This video is a good basis for a spin off series
@connorb1775 Жыл бұрын
Meruem might find he's a small fish in a big pong in the dark continent unless he continues to grow in power as he conqures the known world, which he undoubtedly would I imagine a calamity would dispatch Meruem at the point where we see him during the series
@Dawesome979 ай бұрын
This would be the inly time that Kirapika and the Troupe would team up in my opinion. While Kurapika hates the troupe, he would get assigned to a bodyguard mission for Kite. Kite now being a reincarnated ant that is technically the sister to Meruem, is most likely similar in power after reaching a certain age. He was a premie baby after all. In this scenario Kite and Kolt snd Kurapika go around saving as many talented nen users as possible, which just so happens to include the Troupe. Much to Kurapika's dismay, Kite correctly comes to realize they will need the Troupe. Kurapika would agree after having seen what happened to Gon and knowing there was no other options. After many long and drawn out months of planning and everything you get the Phantom Troupe and other fodder Nen Users, some willing and some being manipulated by Illumi and Shalnark, battle the Ant Army. That leaves multiple battles, such as Kurapika and Hisoka vs Pouf (assuming Youpi isnt able to fight anymore). The final battle is Kite and Chrollo vs Meruem. Where Kite has given Chrollo the information of Crazy Slots. Kite would fight Meruem with assistance from Chrollo until Kite is ran through by Meruem. However at the final moment with Meruem's tail through Kite's body, Chrollo pulls out his book and activates Crazy Slots, effectively taking rhe ability from Kite while he holds Meruem in position. Chrollo gets the best number from Crazy Slots and uses it to kill both Meruem and Kite, ending the Chimera Ant reign.
@ELMolliez6 ай бұрын
Mark netero's words "Meruem.... Humanity ability for evil knows no limits" He would get continually nuked and die on the several explotions or worse die with the whole continet of radiation potion.