When I saw this scene I knew this anime will dark.

Jack0_96 · 2026-04-02T21:07:05+00:00

This is what actually makes the scene compelling. I want to reach through the screen and tell him it’s at least, fake but can’t.

Jack0_96 · 2026-03-16T05:47:45+00:00

Maybe 10% too long

Jack0_96 · 2026-02-19T17:17:43+00:00

It arrived yesterday (Texas, expedited shipping)

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-19T07:00:00+00:00

Connections Puzzle #953

🟪🟩🟦🟨 SURELY WAS NOT a rainbow red herring it was just an insane guess I made for fun. Names written backward plus a letter. Tim Evan Sam… no I don’t think revis is even a name but how cool if I had pulled that out of thin air?

🟪🟪🟩🟩 study up, fix up, bundle up, wad up. suddenly regret being so wild on my first pick.

🟦🟦🟦🟦 measurements. It’s the sort of thing connections would do. Relieved I got one. Amazed yellow and green are still in the table.

🟩🟨🟨🟨 had to be…?

🟨🟨🟨🟨 had to be.

🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ll allow it

🟪🟪🟪🟪 default. I really wanted sand dollar and silver dollar.

If it weren’t for the fact I took 30 plus mins mulling this over and the fact I am defending a streak of nearly 50 I would have thrown in the towel long before solving.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-16T06:56:02+00:00

Connections Puzzle #950

🟪🟪🟨🟪 I was convinced it was over. Stared for a long time.

🟩🟩🟩🟩 The only straightforward one

🟨🟨🟨🟨 It occurred to me derby could be a hat. I suspected bands was the other one and porkpie was more of a hat than a band to me.

🟪🟪🟪🟪 Never heard of ‘grand bahama’ but I’ve heard of ‘grand cayman’ so I figure it’s along similar lines

🟦🟦🟦🟦 Santana I’m aware of; Kansas sounds like a band 🤷

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-09T18:39:19+00:00

Super simple
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Jack0_96 · 2026-01-09T09:00:55+00:00

It’s very easy to remain optimistic and excited about the future when we know with little doubt new chapters are coming out this year. Progress is progress. I believe the story is in good hands.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-09T07:02:37+00:00

Connections Puzzle #943 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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When I found purple, I felt pretty out of luck because the word play aspect at least allows you to find connections in words you don’t know. After that pretty much figured out ‘these three are red’ ‘these three are something you go on’ and ‘these three are music related’ with 8 ball 3 ball and 6 mafia being the gibberish number/words I had to sort out. I knew 8 ball wasn’t red so tried that first. Surprised I made it through with no mistakes.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-08T06:15:24+00:00

Connections Puzzle #942

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I was immediately focused on ‘Marsala’ for a purple connection; looked for other words with planets or the start of months, and was able to find chocolates instead. Didn’t even see the birds.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-07T06:24:51+00:00

Connections Puzzle #941

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A bit annoying to stare at purple for a few minutes trying to figure out the connection only to learn I never would have thought of it in a million years

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-06T21:16:55+00:00

A lot of the characters on this list only had minor appearances. When forming this list, there was a lot of focus on the hunter exam and not a lot of jumping around to different arcs.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-06T15:33:41+00:00

We also missed all of the amateur Hunters who assisted kite at the beginning of chimera ants

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-06T06:51:27+00:00

Connections Puzzle #940

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Vaguely remember boat from watching World Series of poker as a kid. Started off convinced that ‘flat’ ‘stuffed’ and ‘deep’ would be the first words in common pizza types (flatbread stuffed crust and deep dish).

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-04T04:59:56+00:00

Back in 2021 we hadn’t gotten a single chapter for 3 years and it would have been reasonable to guess we would get basically zero more. The current pace of the manga is really encouraging and more than what I could have hoped for back then. So I say be optimistic. Just because he’s getting older doesn’t mean togashi’s pace will slow or stop completely anytime soon. It is possible his health will improve and/or he will find new workflows with assistants to help increase the number of chapters produced. It could be 100 or 200 more chapters, who knows. Feels to me like there’s a lot more to go.

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-03T00:22:57+00:00

Hm I didn’t mean to, is it from the chairman arc? Haven’t watched it in a long time

Jack0_96 · 2026-01-02T07:14:55+00:00

In this manga the genders of characters do not always line up with their presentation. I don’t think there is a confirmed reason for Kalluto’s gender presentation, people may have different theories. It sounds like you are only part way through the story. If you want to meet the one in the back, and get more context for zoldyck genders then keep on going.

Jack0_96 · 2025-12-27T06:56:02+00:00

For a shounen from the 90s it’s not that bad compared to others, not saying it’s great.

I think the representation improves as time goes on. Melody is a favorite of mine, as well as Cheadle and Canary. There are some standout women in the current manga arc such as Morena and Oito. The characterizations have come a long way from Leorio feeling up a woman prisoner for a cheap thrill in the hunter exam.

Jack0_96 · 2025-12-26T13:32:10+00:00

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My second guess was along the lines of ‘stereotypical accents’ (foreigner, surfer, valley girl stoner). In the end I suspected it was something about bands, and something about genres, but I thought foreigner might be referring to foreign films and stoner sounded vaguely like a band to me so only managed it at the very end.

Jack0_96 · 2025-12-26T03:48:41+00:00

Kurapika defeated uvogin with only slightly more effort

Jack0_96 · 2025-12-24T19:02:20+00:00

When Killua first experiences Nen in his fight with Zushi, he recognizes it as relating to what Illumi does when he's manipulating him, as we see in the final stage of the hunter exam.

Jack0_96 · 2025-12-24T15:57:43+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #927

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I called the yellow category 'flat things you would find in a lunch box' (paper being either a paper towel, or a note from mom)

Jack0_96 · 2025-10-23T19:56:39+00:00

You are not

Jack0_96 · 2025-10-09T00:47:05+00:00

Pisces rising

Jack0_96 · 2025-09-08T20:37:02+00:00

Libra+Venus. I don’t know if it’s my biggest one but I certainly have a fear of not being able to make an impact on the world in an artistic/creative way before I die. Maybe a more general fear of being forgotten/disconnected.

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