They probably weren't cool enough looking for a military operation.

Two reasons confirmed in the show: 1. He's old and always wanted to die in battle against a strong opponent 2. He didn't want to risk the zodiacs' lives, bc they are his successors for dealing with the dark continent's danger

There are various of reasons. One is that netero's team is actually nothing more then a extermination team, Not humanies last hope. and they have been provided with little resources and man power because humans never saw the ants as a world ending threat, so much even so that when morel tried to call for back up Pariston thought it would be funny to troll them The writing in hxh is too realistic in this sense. We got a 70 episodes intense arc about saving the world but at the same time it was nothing severe.The whole world sees this as nothing more then a mission the chairman sadly died in. And the world doesnt see gon and killua as world saving heroes, they see them as nothing more then 2 brats who went on a mission. cant name any anime who does this

This drove me crazy the first time I watched Hunter Hunter, the whole time me and my brother were like, 'where the fuck are the other hunters?!' 😂

Theory 3 is canon, I think Morel mentions how pariston (not yet named at this point in the story, just referred to as vice chairman and his faction) basically sent them temp hunters that would not do their job well enough. It is possible Netero actually called the entire Zodiac in case he failed but Pariston blocked it all. Then again Netero wanted this to be his final hurrah which is why he also implanted himself with the rose in case everything failed. He definitely would not have done this if he knew he had the backing of the full Zodiac.

It seems to me that the author has clearly indicated throughout that whole arc that raw power isnt entirely relevant in every situation. It's all about countering your enemy and taking advantage of openings when they arrive and even hoping that they will, or else you will lose/die no matter how strong or op you may be. A lot of whether or not you succeed in hunterxhunter is how well do you utilize your ability, how well do you know your role and do you know how/when to engage and disengage.

Bc the Vice president was making sure all of his request were blocked, it's stated in the manga and the anime

i think he just didnt think of writing them yet

I agree that it's a little bit of all of these things which was a great foreshadowing of the multilayered geo-royal-political battle that would follow in the CE arc and ongoing manga arcs. The Chimera Ant rise whether accidental or engineered as some have theorized, definitely put Netero in a bad spot. There are some scenes of him in his office talking about how this is essentially a lose-lose situation and the Hunter Association is being used as a scape goat. So he almost certainly wanted to involve as few of the top echelon as possible to maintain the integrity of the Association no matter the outcome of the battle. There is no way he would not be planning (even if just due to old age) a time when he would be dead and the likes of Beyond and Pariston would wiggle out from under his thumb. If the entire association were decimated or irreparably crippled in a fight against the ants, nothing would stand in Beyond/Parison's way. While yes, for sure, he is a fighter at heart and gets fired up (in a less creepy way than Hisoka lol) to fight strong opponents, he did not run in there like a berserker. He definitely had a plan which included Knov and Morel to wipe out huge volumes of the non king, non royal guard ants before even getting to the King. I also have always wondered EXACTLY what Zeno was hired to do. Clearly to transport Netero in (NGL having no technology, it would be hard to just fly in on a plane). Clearly to do Dragon Dive since everyone was waiting for some sort of signal to start the palace invasion. But then what? Zeno is not a voyeur. Not even sure if we have ever seen him sit or eat at a job let alone just stand around to watch. But he walked into Komugi's room with Netero, a room where by all their intel was the place where likely the King was, and by all their intel, the King was a lethal killer. Surely there was a high chance that a fight would break out on sight. It seems out of character for Zeno to just walk into that kind of situation and start brawling without a contract to kill rather than fade into the shadows waiting... unless he was hired to fight too. So Netero may have decided to spare the Zodiacs but instead rely on the Zoldycks. Of course, we know that the unexpected existence of Komugi "changed everything" for so many, and after breaking his one main rule, Zeno lost his taste for this entire plan and left. Would his presence have allowed Netero to win? Who knows. Zeno, old as he is and less imbued with the slowed effects of aging as Netero, is good at support (such as when he just waited for opportunity in Silva vs Chrollo to deliver devasting blows while Silva did all the physical fighting). Netero did have Mereum's full attention with the 1000 Hand Bodhisattva so there is a possibility that Zeno may have had some opening(s) to capitalize on. Who knows. At least a better chance than Netero alone. Either way, as always, so much to breakdown and layers to dissect in HxH. Gotta love Togashi's brain power. Good to see more HxH content :)

Also the fact that since pariston was vice president each year 13 hunters were going missing on average. And I think in terms of raw power Royal Guards were still powerful than zodiacs, but in Hunter x Hunter raw power does not matter, it all comes to planning abilities and match ups, and that's one of the i mean the best power system in Anime.

The reason he didn’t ask for their help is probably the same reason why he created the zodiac to begin with. Their abilities are necessary to explore the dark continent and he wouldn’t risk it.

lets go with the easy anime answer, if they teams up with the zodics it probably wouldnt of been an arc and just a few episodes, kills the point of an arc if its 3 episodes

I thing nobody really know how strong the ants were and their plan was only to isolate whoever the strongest ant out there from the rest to make a one v one fight for the chairman which netero took the suitable abilities to do so. Plus netero said there is more humans to do just what he tried to do and it will never ends by his death So he might really told his zodiac to came at the ants if he didn't achieved the victory

cuz netero is like hisoka always want to fight strong opponent

Because togashi hadn't invented them by that time 😂😂😂

He didn’t want them to now fear potential creatures as the only threat to humanity. He needs them to fend against human threats

Its definitely the first one. Based on everything we know of his personality. Dude is like.... straight up blue and orange morality, with his own unique code that I'd rarely call noble. He is very much interested in testing his limits. Dude is like an old goku. I can see the fourth one, but it would have NEVER been his primary aim. Dude can be pragmatic but doesn't seem to be consistent about it. Self interest. The hunter way it seems.

Pariston being a psychopath makes complete sense

Because togashi forgot

Answer is 3rd theory but nice vid.

Before I watch the video I'm going to give my answer/theory. He is selfish and wanted a strong enemy all to himself.

Netero actually asked pariston help

They are not strong enough to deal with the ants. Assimilation and the loss of important hunter skills necessary for maintaining order were at risk. Even Feitan struggled against Zazan. It was said that the zodiacs were Netero’s sparring partners. Given that info, him going alone with Knov and Morel in tow suggests that he knows exactly what he was doing, like duh. Hisoka ranked the zodiacs lower than Illumi and Illumi is supposed to be just 5 points below Hisoka and Netero would have murdered Hisoka before he even knew it.

In my opinion, it's all of the reasons the commentator said in the video.

I thought reason 4 is confirmed and canon. including one strong member to the exterminating team who would die would make the enemy only stronger

nice

Why? Cause he wanted the challenge all to himself

Ngl, if the zodiacs came instead of the current one, I see them doing a better job especially ging

I think the most likely in-universe reason is, Netero suspected he would lose, since Code already told him he was weaker than Merruem, and that he would trigger the nuclear device. As the Zodiacs were weaker than him, there was no need for the Zodiacs to go and sacrifice themselves.

Netero wanted to fight Meruem Saving Zodiac for Dark Continent

Why didn't Shanks help wano in 20 years

What is the intro song?

Netero wanted all the smoke

I bet the dark continent refers to Africa

because mereum would body all of them

It would of been cool but I don't think it would of made much of a difference. The strongest hunter was still netero and he could barely put a dent in Meruem. And the royal guard were all in another tier. I can see them fighting Squadron leaders and peons but that's about it.

chatgpt type script

Netero did dat for the plot

seeing how weak neteros team is I think the Zodiacs are just plan B

Theory 5: The author is just making stuff up as he goes and forgets what he has done before due to his long breaks. He never drew up the concept of the Zodiacs during the Aunt arc. I like Hunter, but the series is criss crossed plot wise. He needs to end it with the dark cont. arc and be done with it for good.

i wasn't aware alluka was a zodiac, incredible seeing as shes a 12 year old who doesn't know what nen is

InB4 shippers

Screen shot this, the zodicks are just being hyped up like fattening a hog for the slaughter. They are fodder to chrollo and hisoka ♤♧

They would have all died without question…

Honestly bro, if none of the zodiacs have an attack/can move as fast as Netero’s Guanyin Bodhisattva, it really would’ve been a reverse extermination. Meruem would’ve ate the Zodiacs mid fight to gain Nen and strength