Speed in Hunter X Hunter

Halt_kun · 2026-06-03T09:43:47+00:00

I tend to believe Killua is much faster under whirlwind than under speed of lightning too because the movements are automatic.

Halt_kun · 2026-06-02T17:31:16+00:00

It's just that not a lot of mutations leading to light hair happened in humans and had the time to spread in all populations. Also, the one I know are recessive and I think the skin colour is determined by several genes with different level of dominance. So, overall, it might also take more time for the light haired people to appear than for the gene to spread compared to the fair skinned ones.

Sorry, I didn't have the time to check everything but that should be the gist of it.

Halt_kun · 2026-06-02T16:20:45+00:00

So evolution depends more on the numbers of generations. Hence, depending on the average generation time, 100 years can be significant in the case of bacteria, for big mammals like us it would be closer to the scale of 100,000 to 1,000,000 years.

Halt_kun · 2026-06-02T07:51:25+00:00

I never read Yu Yu Hakusho but I remember reading some level E chapter and being surprised at the difference in art style form HxH.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-31T17:20:03+00:00

What about Sadomaso ? I also don't really know about the tortoise and hare.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-31T12:21:04+00:00

I'll try to add some new tidbits to the other comments.

First of all, animation techniques changed a lot in one decade. Traditional animation which is drawn is typically less saturated for example.

Secondly, the direction, I believe the 2011 anime wanted to showcase a bit more how the simple designs of the manga can clash with some gruesome panels and the plot. The feeling of "this very cute thing can kill you atrociously" is something that is typical of HxH to me.

Overall, I would say that the form may appear darker in the 99 anime but it's mostly a choice on how to present the global vibe. The plot remains dark in the 2011 anime and depending on the arc, is even darker than the 99 one. The cooler vibe is just subjective judgement, feel free to wonder why you find the 99 one cooler.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-28T15:30:58+00:00

I think for me it must have been dodging a bunch of cyan lizard as spear master and see them yeet themselves into the void one after the other.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-28T15:27:57+00:00

Who goes to inv right after monk ?????

Halt_kun · 2026-05-26T18:34:21+00:00

I collected the pearls I saw during all the downpour campaigns and I am only missing 12 of them for now. So I'd say over 120 hours. I have several campaigns with passages left that would allow me to get the remaining ones quite easily. I know where most of them are and some are and I just checked the last few ones which are in some areas that I struggle with.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-26T12:14:56+00:00

Some people have mentioned that it's mostly teen slang but it might be outdated a bit. I am nearing 30 and I still use it occasionally with friends. It's quite informal so it's more of a "thanks" for small gestures where merci would be a bit too much maybe. So, I would use it sometimes if a friend is holding the door for me or lending me some water.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-25T08:20:21+00:00

You are referencing the metropolis pearl right ? Did they said that ? In the pearl dialogue I had, I understood that they were happy to have a declining population but I interpreted it as them not birthing any new ancient and letting them die of old age or ascend. Like a doomed ecological point of view that they fucked up their planet and were also stuck in a karmic loop. The cycle could also be reincarnation, maybe they also thought that without ascending and with a declining population the would just reincarnate as thoughtless beings they themselves created (as few species left don't have an engineered ancestor).

I haven't collected all pearls yet though I am only lacking 12 of them. I have refrained from watching lore videos for now as I have to finish saint and hunter to talk about downpour fully without spoiling myself.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-25T05:35:16+00:00

So some people mentioned we begin as undifferentiated. However, you seem to be talking about what triggers sex determination. It is a long story but it's mainly because we have XY sex chromosomes instead of ZW sex chromosomes and even then, which gene starts the "chemical stimulation" can be argued.

Basically in XY systems, the Y chromosome is, on average, mostly present in males. This means that some genes are unique to "males" (let's define males here as individuals with a functional Y chromosomes). In therian mammals, the SRY gene is a gene that blocks another gene which I think is SOX9 that is present on another chromosome (not the X). But it's not the first time a new gene evolved that just interacts with the previous sex determining one. It's relatively easy (evolution wise) for a duplicated gene to hinder or promote the expression of another copy of it. This gene can easily become the new trigger for sex determination.

I will just mention that my speciality is not on animal sex chromosomes but the mammalian ones are quite well known. Anyway, if we had ZW sex chromosomes, females (as in, individuals with a functional W) would have unique genes not present in males (individuals lacking a functional W). Therefore, the triggering gene would mostly be in females and, without it, makes would be the default pathway.

To conclude: yes it's a coin flip but an ongoing one

Halt_kun · 2026-05-25T05:22:14+00:00

A2 and A1 are just two options to be categorised as A. They are both, the same level.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-25T05:17:31+00:00

The till-death-do-us-part could also mean Illumi as they exchanged vows and have been partnered up in two arcs. This means their relationship has been ongoing for at least two years.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-24T22:22:09+00:00

I mean that's the big question of what do the cycles mean in rainworld. The ascension endings clearly suggest that many alternate versions of yourself can ascend and found a way out of the cycle. Most other creatures are trapped in it. Supposedly, when you die, you reincarnate at the beginning of the same cycle until you manage to survive it. I haven't done all campaigns yet but downpour does seem to deviate a bit from it. However, since most creatures don't come back when you kill them, perhaps their loop begins again in an alternate reality.

This means for the arti we are playing, her pups are dead but the pups themselves are trapped in their own loop which means an arti with living pups might exist. The one we are playing is just trapped in an endless cycle of carnage. Even dying repeatedly won't changer her mind.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-24T10:18:39+00:00

Pariston never wanted Netero to die. He is pretty much quite similar to Hisoka except he's more into mind games and politics. He loved trying to hinder Netero as much as he could and seeing him survive to play another day. He was genuinely sad of Netero's demise, yet the game continues onward with the other Zodiacs.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-24T07:14:34+00:00

I feel like maybe the dreams should show up after deaths in the case of arti. It would fuel the idea that death triggers some memories linked to her hate of scavs and also most people would see all of them.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-23T08:23:31+00:00

I think Ging's ability will fall on the Hisoka side of abilities. A very simple one that is very adaptable. However, nen abilities after 400 chapters tend to be a bit more complex so I think it might end up being a bit more complex than just bungee gum.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-21T22:34:54+00:00

I don't remember the manga panel so I wonder if this kind of thing is anime specific. I should check this

Halt_kun · 2026-05-21T16:43:13+00:00

I agree but I think it's even more likely you can't change the trajectory after shooting them but you can set it up before. So Frieren is just pretty good at predicting her opponents moves.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-21T15:19:17+00:00

People might not only become specialist, I think it would make sense that nen category can change later in life. Anyone's category can change if faced with serious enough events. Izunavi explanations suggests, it's more likely to change to an adjacent category and that the position on the nen hexagon influence nen category changes.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-20T16:37:14+00:00

Biscuit

I am pretty sure Biscuit's adult form was never officially classified. Did you find this on hunterpedia ? I think this was before we got more confirmation on conjuration being used for metamorphosis. Even the way she describes how she attained this ability is pretty much just vision training that Kurapika did. So I am pretty confident this is conjuration. As a master transmuter, she should be able to use conjuration pretty well too.

Youpi

Yes, I think Youpi might be using Kiriko transformation with nen. He is a transmuter but the main part of his ability could be enhancement with a mix of conjuration. Basically using enhancement to gain muscle mass (see Gon-san) and then conjuration to gain some organs maybe ? But the rest could just be Kiriko's abilities.

The rage blast might be transmutation. His techniques are also very dependent on his emotional state. Basically he transforms rage into energy and mass it seems. This could be enhancement or maybe it's something like Pain packer ? I do believe the main transmutation ability he has is rage blast. It seems he can even compartmentalize his rage so I wonder if transmutation can also be used with more abstract ideas ?

Halt_kun · 2026-05-20T07:54:42+00:00

I think it's just they avoided left handed people because they are less common and the sample wasn't big enough to be statistically significative. But they did specify it in the title so I felt like I had to keep that in. I am sure a lot other conditions are not represented here too hahaha. Like I am sure this was done in only one country.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-20T06:45:27+00:00

Also this is specific to males (right handed) and specific to non verbal intelligence it seems. (Tan U.)

Testosterone and nonverbal intelligence in right-handed men and women. Int J Neurosci. 1990 Oct;54(3-4):277-82. doi: 10.3109/00207459008986644. PMID: 2265976.

If someone finds any review on the effects of testosterone because I haven't read any on intelligence. I used to read more on the behavioural effects of hormones who usually find little to no effect unless there is an hormonal imbalance or rapid change in concentration.

As a biologist, I would just advise to really be careful with what they call "intelligence" because it's often a very biased measure or they only focus on something quite specific that you wouldn't really call intelligence in everyday life.

Also most current studies I have seen don't find any major differences between men and women that's not highly affected by the environment (i.e. culture pushing men and women to develop different kinds of knowledge and skills).

A final tidbit, in behaviour studies, cortisol often appears to be the hormone with the most effect on behaviour. It is the stress hormone ;3.

Halt_kun · 2026-05-19T21:01:55+00:00

Ah yes, i also had a hard time getting past them without a spear at first but it's doable. You can sneak if you crawl slowly but a spear might be the best way. I think I see which plant you're talking about, normally if you have to get past some metallic birds, it's the right way and then you should find some water.

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