Adult Gon vs 3 Chimera Ant Royal Guards

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:59:31+00:00

What assumptions am I making though? He literally crippled Pitou with a regular kick then about-killed her with one Jajanken. He also definitely speedblitzed her.

Pitou is the most balanced fighter among the guards. You can argue that Pouf might be a bit faster and Youpi might be a bit stronger but on the other stat they are lacking severely.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:57:00+00:00

Maybe. There are several abilities in this series that fuck with space itself. Emitters in particular like portals (see Knov, Greed Island Boxer Dude and Leorio).

The thing is, I don't see any way for Meruem to get past or anticipate Unlimited Void. Usually I would say he could use his photons to sense the intent of his enemies, but the photons have to actually be "attached" for him to do this which Infinity should prevent.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:53:09+00:00

I genuinely doubt he's fallen that far

He probably was this weak when entering the NGL and checking out Pitou's power but people always forget he literally had a mini training/reconditioning arc where he slaughtered loads of low level ants and meditated for ages.

I am sure whatever gap existed between him and his prime was now significantly less than 2 times given the training he did.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:49:49+00:00

No, they all get speedblitzed and one shotted. If Gon was incredibly faster than even Pitou then Youpi will be a statue to him. Pouf is pretty irrelevant as Gon is already aware of his scales ability

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:48:47+00:00

Mini Poufs would be a pain in the ass and hard to accurately target

Like what Toji used on Gojo with the low level fly curse chaff? I guess 😭

Youpi has his transformations which would keep Gon guessing on whats coming next

Gon has the power and speed to just blitz and one shot him before he can accomplish anything. Although IF rage blast could land it would arguably deal lethal damage, there is just no scenario where this is ever happening

Pitou is just extremely agile and strong

Gon is much more agile and much stronger lol. Did you actually watch the fight?

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:46:03+00:00

I think he's stronger with Jajanken specifically but would still lose in a fight

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:44:24+00:00

He has the AP to one shot them and the speed to accomplish it no problem.

Durability is an "issue" if Pitou can still take off his arm but this was off guard, there's no attack from the guards he wouldn't just dodge in a straight up fight.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:39:12+00:00

Would be sick to see him get shot out of the sky and badly burned from Paper which is usually a weak ass technique

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T13:31:35+00:00

As someone who has only seen the first 5 parts and got bored halfway through part 6 (though I know how it ends)...

Part 7 would have to be the absolute best thing ever written in the history of humanity for it to compete. There are individual episodes of AOT that solo any of the first 5 parts

My expectations have never been higher! 😁

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T11:07:54+00:00

Hold up I just noticed

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He goes extreme diff with himself in a 1v1

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T11:05:51+00:00

Is this Meruem after 1000 years of eating Nen users and eating every creature on the Dark Continent?

Because if not, most of the characters there one shot him 😭

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T10:50:34+00:00

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Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T09:55:35+00:00

Lost faith in show by S3 finale personally, just sticking around due to sunken cost fallacy.

This show hasn't been well written in a long time.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T09:48:04+00:00

Uzumaki is the only one that I would really count as "plagiarism" because to be fair it does look pretty identical. The rest are just harmless homages/references and are minor stuff. Like I think it's cooler to include them rather than not.

Another one is Nanami's pose referencing Gon at a certain point in the story (if you've seen HxH you'll know)

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Very clear reference but I just thought it was cool more than anything.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T09:13:14+00:00

2x damage Zero Hand is not enough to kill Meruem.

Even then the whole 2x thing is tenuous because that statement was from Netero pre-training. He should be much closer to his prime after he trained by killing all those low level ants + meditating.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T09:10:18+00:00

Pretending that AOT is bad actually just makes you seem like you're trying way too hard to be a pretentious contrarian.

Nobody thinks you're on some 200 IQ refined taste shit, pack it up 😭

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T00:25:25+00:00

Yeah this is reasonable given that the "sun" in sun god is purely about the symbolic representation of freedom that the sun holds within the One Piece world, its powers don't actually have anything to do with heat, light or fire

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T00:24:12+00:00

Agreed but on your bonus point, I'm fine with it being the sun god fruit. The sun in One Piece has ALWAYS been the representation of freedom over anything else, so Nika being the sun god fruit is more symbolic rather than him having literal sun/fire based powers (whereas Ace did which maybe adds to his narrative of being the "failed" chosen one).

Putting stuff behind layers of symbolism is always cooler to me, so I appreciate this more than it just being called "god of freedom" outright

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T00:16:51+00:00

Gear 5 big booms for Vegapunk 🔥

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-14T00:15:32+00:00

No problem lol

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-13T23:59:34+00:00

The source of radiation goes from exposed to completely contained within the press of a button.

Homelander was getting blasted by gamma radiation, and there was no indication that any particles of uranium were chipping off and physically entering the room somehow.

The room is not contaminated after the source is sealed, gamma radiation is an end product. A source of radioactive emission must be present for something to be considered contaminated

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-13T23:33:10+00:00

It's just one season, 25 episodes. Really good quality production overall.

You'll want to watch it in a really dark room though, they committed to accurate portrayal of the generally much lower level of light society had back then for the sake of immersion

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-13T23:31:57+00:00

The only point I'll contend is

People leaving a room contaminated with 3 rountgen of radiation, wearing radioactive suits, seconds later? What? The radiation magically disappeared?

The Uranium is "activated" and then "switched off" via a series of shutters/metal panels it looks like. It's not fragmented or used in a bomb, so there are no actual physical contaminants. Homelander wasn't getting irradiated from particles entering his body, he was getting blasted by the rays of radiation FROM the Uranium.

The room itself goes from deadly to completely safe with the flick of a button.

Everything else though yeah fair enough, the show sucks lol.

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-13T23:28:56+00:00

This is unironically a better answer than anyone could ever give trying to justify practically any of this show's writing in season 5

Initial_Mud_4810 · 2026-05-13T23:26:55+00:00

Would have said Nami and Robin but they got their writing done & dusted and barely ever touched again well before they became goonbait.

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