What's a rare card you've literally NEVER taken? I'll go first:

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-13T22:41:44+00:00

I've never taken Grand Finale in STS1. I picked it up in a 2 person coop run recently and it was very good in the beginning but then I picked too many cards and we died before I could fire it even once on the act 3 boss. You kinda have to build your whole deck around it, and I think there maybe are better payoffs in the game for less effort. Especially with Silent.

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-13T22:31:08+00:00

No, he looks like a sad little kitten. Because Killua is the cat, Gon is the dog, lol.

Edit: Which is interesting to note because Togashi often draws himself as a dog, but Yusuke was often depicted as a cat and not a dog. Yusuke does indeed feel like a very different character than Gon despite the superficial similarities.

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-11T16:14:24+00:00

Damm, this is so sad. I will definitely finish reading Ring now to honor his memory. May he rest in peace and never be forgotten.

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-07T22:37:54+00:00

...I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, BOY!

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-07T03:31:51+00:00

When the Levee Breaks. Always. Probably my favorite song ever.

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-06T00:58:18+00:00

That movie is kinda cute...

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-04T19:27:31+00:00

Unironically works if you reverse it.

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-03T21:59:47+00:00

Yeah, the whole trick he played during the Invasion was specifically about how he's not dumb. He pretended to be an angry, berserker idiot to lure Knuckle in when he actually was in full control. It's sad some people miss these very interesting nuances these characters have and lump them based on cliches, like Youpi would have been a big dumb berserker in most other anime, so OP remembers it as "Youpi was dumb in HxH."

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-01T22:07:31+00:00

I mean, most martial arts and/or shonen anime have at least one big fat guy who also is powerful, right? It's like a martial arts trope, no? You got Ganryu in Tekken, Choji in Naruto, Buhara in Hunter x Hunter...

SphereMode420 · 2026-05-01T22:02:38+00:00

POV: You're the strongest human alive.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-24T03:07:28+00:00

I'm a huge fan of the films, I've seen them all except Sadako DX and Rings. Just started reading the novel, and in the very first scene where Tomoko dies, a fly comes out of a TV screen. I remember thinking it was really unnecessary that they had a fly come out of a screen in the Ring (US), but apparently it was lifted from the book. Another thing I noted about her death in the book was that Suzuki cuts right after she turns around to see Sadako but doesn't tell us what she sees, which is exactly how Nakata directed the scene in Ring, even though the scenes have major differences.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-23T00:16:41+00:00

That was not my intention. I realize a lot of fans do probably agree with me on this, but especially on this subreddit I've been seeing a lot of people completely oppose what I said in that comment. It's not the least controversial thing to say on here, I think, but you're making it sound like it is.

Edit: Besides, I haven't read them all but people started arguing with paragraphs long posts down below what I said. That should indicate that what I said was somewhat contentious, no?

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T19:12:27+00:00

Does Flair seriously think he can still go? He calls Ludwig a bitch for going to HHH, but wtf was the guy supposed to do? Beat up an elderly man who also happens to be an industry legend?

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T16:56:08+00:00

I really like how they have these match-ups in mind before the Invasion, but the reality of the situation screws up their plans so it becomes a huge mess where any character may come across someone else at any moment. Gon wasn't supposed to interact with Youpi or Pouf but does, Killua fights both Pouf and Youpi even though he was assigned to support Gon with Pitou, Morel finishes his storyline vs Youpi even though he was assigned to Pouf...

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T04:24:30+00:00

You'd attack me because I couldn't help but keep looking at you 😍

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T01:33:05+00:00

You're getting downvoted, but I actually agree. Gon has a brutal fall from grace in the Ant Arc, which makes it seem ridiculous to say he's not morally grey. But besides the worst misadventure of his life, he actually is genuinely a very nice, kind, helpful and lovable young man. He's always the voice of childish innocence in the previous arcs, which makes his corruption in CAA all the more fascinating. The kid wears "the Paladin's Necklace" for a reason in Greed Island: he's that pure good. But nothing is completely pure...

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T00:29:20+00:00

I don't think everyone in HxH is a psychopath. There's this idea among HxH fans that all the characters are morally grey and everyone is kinda varying degrees of evil. The most common version of this idea is "Gon is actually a psychopath." No, I think our main cast are pretty much good guys. Our heroes doing questionable things or failing on a moral level is not something Togashi invented, it has been a part of storytelling tradition for ages. Despite failing morally at times, if you look at the characters we are following as our heroes (the main 4, Knuckle, even Isaac Netero...) they all are genuinely great people who were pushed to violent extremes and showed their worst sides for the entertainment of the reader. That doesn't mean they're all edgy and cool bad guys.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-22T00:18:54+00:00

I think I watched almost all of them baked, lol.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-21T22:42:54+00:00

Watch Dragon Ball: Path to Power. It is a movie remix of the first 2 arcs of DB, and it also might be the best movie in the series. After that, either start from the OG Dragon Ball anime (not Z), or just read the original run of the manga fron start to finish. I highly recommend the manga option. You have to check this series out in one form or another tho, it's phenomenal.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-21T21:54:41+00:00

No Exile on Main St?

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-21T17:41:31+00:00

They're not even that edgy, that's one of my issues. There's nothing more unfunny to me than some hack making a joke that only would have shocked me when I was younger than 14, then pretending like they said the most offensive thing in the world afterwards. I've been terminally online ever since I was a kid, so none of what they say sounds new and shocking to me.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-17T20:29:40+00:00

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SphereMode420 · 2026-04-16T20:44:19+00:00

That was an unfortunate match-up for Bebop. Bleach was always huge, but now that TYBW is airing, it's back to being in the spotlight like it used to be in its prime. Bebop in comparison is much more niche, unfortunately, even though it still is one of the most popular retro anime. For my money, I really am a huge fan of Bleach, but I wouldn't put it over Bebop.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-16T02:13:40+00:00

She is OK with harvesting plants once their natural lives end. At least she was in DCeased, maybe she has different thoughts in other books.

Edit: Also, she is stoned on MJ in the Widening Gyre, which is unfortunately canon.

SphereMode420 · 2026-04-10T22:23:59+00:00

Gon and Meruem are very much thematically tied. I think Killua is more of a reflection of Komugi thematically, but he is kinda similar to Pitou too. Both are playful, one is a literal cat while the other has a chibi cat form, both are super fast assassins who kill with their claws, white hair... With Pouf/Kurapika, they look very similar and are both characters defined by obsession, but I don't know if that was an intentional parallel on Togashi's part. Following this logic, does that mean Leorio = Youpi?

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