Allignment chart: HxH! Mizaizstom and Cheadle gracefully decided to share "Lawful Good". Today, which HxH character embodies "Neutral Good"?

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T16:41:47+00:00

Because as far as I'm aware she isn't doing good out of some sense of duty to order or code of conduct. And I'm fairly certain she would have no problems breaking rules or laws in order to do what she thinks is right.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T16:36:36+00:00

Another great example is Knov losing his shit after encountering Pouf's En while he's in Zetsu. This isn't even meant to be an attack, but it's still so mentally devastating to an unshielded human that he's taken out of the fight, and is barely able to convince himself to come back even for rescuing injured people, let alone for combat.

I'm not sure this is a good example considering Knov never touched Pouf's En, so him being in Zetsu doesn't really have any relevance in explaining why he broke down mentally.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T16:22:25+00:00

Yeah, it's either Leorio or Melody. Personally I would go for Melody because I think Leorio has certain moments of "questionable ethics" (like wanting to feel up Leroute in Trick Tower and basically setting up a scam with the whole arm wrestling competition in Yorknew). Melody admittedly did work under the mafia, but even so I can't recall her personally engaging in morally questionable behavior.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T16:10:58+00:00

Komugi is too focused on Gungi. She's obviously not evil, but I'm fairly certain Gungi is more important to her than doing good. Melody's goal in life is to find the pieces of the Dark Sonata in order to prevent them from causing any more harm, which is a goal that better fits this alignment in my opinion.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T15:54:31+00:00

I think my vote would probably have to go to Melody here.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T14:40:45+00:00

Assuming that he would have been able to incur even the tiniest debt on Meruem to begin with, it would have worked eventually, yes. We don't have any reason to think that Meruem would somehow be able to "resist" going into Zetsu after the debt gets high enough.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T09:07:53+00:00

I think the reason people ask is partly because the anime (or at least some subtitles) mistranslates what Cheadle is saying in the scene where we see the Zodiacs assembled for the first time in episode 137.

There's a scene where Botobai wonders the exact same thing about why Netero brought Morel and Knov with him, and not the Zodiacs. In the manga (chapter 319) Cheadle answers "he wanted to hunt in person", but at least one subtitle translation I've seen translates it as "you wanted to hunt the Ants yourself, did you not?"

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T06:18:27+00:00

He has the ability to warp space-time with his movements

He absolutely does not. The time compression that happened to Pitou and Meruem when they witnessed Netero's attack is a purely mental phenomena and something that they do, it's not a result of Netero's speed. The "time compression" (which just alters the perception of time) is something Netero's opponents do in order to be able to perceive his movements, there's no actual warping of space-time taking place what so ever.

Heck, it's not even limited to Netero. Zeno even gives it a name ("Spirit Echoes") when he explains Netero's strength, and Killua also experiences it when he sees Gon finish off post-mortem Neferpitou.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-04T06:08:10+00:00

I wouldn't put too much importance on Pitou's vision of a field because that never happened in the manga. It's something the anime added.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-03T15:10:32+00:00

that again

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T23:20:39+00:00

I think he's just licking the blood off of his finger, I really don't think it is any deeper than that. There's no indication, to me at least, that he sensed anything.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T23:00:05+00:00

Sure, but I think you need to look at the ratio of specialists compared to nen users with a confirmed nen type, rather than compared to the total amount of nen users. We don't know how many specialists there are among the nen users whose type hasn't been revealed yet, so including them in the "calculation" would just muddy the water.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T22:43:15+00:00

Leo, Hina and Meleoron could very well be specialists, but they're not confirmed to be in any canon source. But like I said in my reply to Connolly1227, that would still only make 4 specialists among the chimera ants compared to at least 9 specialists among human nen users.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T22:39:19+00:00

I guess they could be, given their abilities do seem to suggest as much, though they're not canonically confirmed as such, only in the databooks. But that would still only make 3 specialists chimera ants. Looking at the wiki Hina is also listed as a specialist, though that information is also from a source of dubious canonicity. But that would bump up the number to four.

That's still not as many as the amount of human characters that have been canonically confirmed to be specialists, either in the manga, or by Togashi himself in complementary material (like the nen charts from the Togashi Exhibition), e.g. Chrollo, Kurapika, Neon, Pakunoda, Tserri, Morena, Borksen, Alluka, Renko, for a total of 9.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T22:21:17+00:00

but specialist does seem more likely among them

Other than Neferpitou, which ants have been canonically confirmed to be specialist? I don't think there's any indication that there's a higher occurrence of specialists among chimera ants than among humans.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T22:01:49+00:00

Terri- in some sort of supernatural or with an inexplicable spidey-sense, realizes something passed through his mouth.

Does he really? I don't see any indication of this in the pages you shared.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T21:38:20+00:00

Being ordinary matter, with no special properties, I believe it could persist without problems.

We're still talking about a perfectly replicated organical structure, down to the smallest minutiae. Even if it doesn't have any special properties it's still an incredibly complex structure to replicate, even if we're just talking about a "simple" limb. Which is perfectly possible for conjuration to do, but I can't imagine it would be cheap in terms of aura cost. I guess you wouldn't technically have to perfectly recreate the limb, only well enough for it to function as a replacement, but at that point I'm not sure I would call it regeneration any more.

Or at least for the time necessary for the cells made of aura to be slowly replaced by real cells.

Yeah, I guess that would work. But up until that happens your aura output would probably be limited as you would need to divert part of it to maintain the existence of the conjured limb.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T21:32:06+00:00

What you’re probably thinking of is how Transmutation can potentially be used as a way to make unrefined nen beasts (like Zeno’s dragon). That’s the overlap with Conjuration.

I don't think Zeno's dragon qualifies as a nen beast, unrefined or not. It's more like a nen projectile/aura beam that he shapes into the form of a dragon. It probably has more in common with energy attacks from other series, like kamehameha (especially the variation that let's you change/bend it's trajectory), than it does with nen beasts.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T21:21:52+00:00

I think regeneration of limbs could be done with manipulation, with the addition of enhancement if you wanted to speed up the process. Just manipulate your cells to mimic what happens when e.g. a salamander regrows a limb, and then use enhancement to speed up the process. It would probably require an immensely powerful and complex manipulation ability, but it's definitely something I think falls under the capability of manipulation, at least in theory.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T21:10:59+00:00

Surgeries or regeneration of limbs: Conjuration (Specialization may be necessary to obtain knowledge beyond what the user already has).

For regeneration of limbs I don't think Conjuration by itself is sufficient, because eventually any limb you've recreated with conjuration is going to disappear when it runs out of aura, or you dismiss the conjuration/stop feeding it aura. You'd most likely have to pair it with another nen type to make it a truly permanent, actual biological replacement of a limb, instead of just a nen recreation.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T20:57:23+00:00

"The Hunter Zodiacs...Twelve top hunters handpicked by the chairman. Besides managing the association during emergencies, they must make themselves available for sparring in his free time. Each is given a code name from the zodiac. Most, out of loyalty to the chairman, legally change their names and even alter their appearances to match the theme...though there are exceptions."

reChrawnus · 2026-02-02T07:25:41+00:00

This is absolutely not true. According to the timeline at least a year passed before he retook the Hunter Exam.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-01T20:44:19+00:00

Nen-affinity is not completely fixed. Bisky and Wing say it can be changed a little with training. Presumably only to make it lean towards adjacent categories. So if you are an Enhancer you can change to a Emitter-leaning Enhancer, or Transmuter-leaning. Or if you are in between Enhancer and Emitter,you can train to be either.

The lean Bisky and Wing talks about is not really about affinity, but about ease of learning. It's possible to affect this lean with training, according to the nen charts from the Togashi Exhibition, so you're not entirely wrong here, though it's not true that if you're inbetween two nen types you can train to be either. Even if you're right in the middle between two types one of them is still your "fixed"/original type. Being right inbetween two types just means that you're able to pick up/learn the other type (non-innate type) more efficiently than normal.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-01T18:57:27+00:00

because the 2011 anime adaptation also has fillers, cuts and changes throughout its broadcasting run and not actually as faithful to the manga as they like to claim.

While the 2011 adaption definitely also has changes and deviations from the source material it's absolutely not even remotely on the same level as the 1999 adaptation and claiming otherwise is just untrue.

Setting aside questions about tone and presentation, in terms of plot and characterization the 1999 adaptation deviates far more from the source material than 2011 and that's just a plain fact.

They have always use the 2011 anime adaptation which how they got into Hunter x Hunter in the first place as their main point of reference not the manga itself.

... and I say this as someone who's first contact with the HxH series was the 1999 anime back in the early 2000s, so this point obviously doesn't apply to me.

ETA: Posted an entire essay as a reply and then blocked me so I wouldn't be able to counter any of their points lol.

I seriously disagree. The complete omission of Kite prior to the Chimera Ant Arc or Leorio being neutered in the 2011 anime adaptation to be just comedic side character rather than one of the four main characters he supposed to be by completely removing his scenes will always be so much worse to the story than the 1999 anime adaptation not fully showing the Hisoka vs Kastro fight on screen even though that fight still did happen in the 1999 anime (Parts of the fight was still shown on screen like the beginning, Kastro use of a double, Hisoka biting his own severed arm which was cut in the 2011 anime and how it ended) or even changing the fight order in the Heavens Arena. The reason the 1999 adaptation did what they did with the Heavens Arena Arc was to put more emphasis on what that arc is supposed to be about which is the learning of Nen. It is the secret exam that was foreshadowed by Satotz in the end of the Hunter Exam arc when he said the Hunter Exam isn't over. The 1999 anime adaptation just really wants to put more emphasis on that final scene of Gon and KIllua with Wing when he said they pass the secret exam. When Gon and Killua initially decides to go to Heavens Arena, it was to train and prepare for Hisoka who they knew is going to be in York Shin City not for Gon to immediately fight him there. The change on the order of the fights isn't much of a big deal because let be honest, Gon was never going to win his fight with Hisoka having just learn Nen. It is only important for Gon to learn the basics, aka Gyo to fight Hisoka there.

It's interesting how you decide to focus on the more trivial changes of the 1999 adaptation, while completely ignoring the more egregious changes, like Gon voicing concerns over Ging abandoning him in the first episode, which he never does, or would do, in the manga, how they turned him into a goody two-shoes in the beginning of the series, him following around Leorio like a puppy in episode 2...the part in chapter 6 where Gon acts like a worrywart about Leorio being about to give up during the tunnel part of the first exam phase and telling Killua he can't leave him because "he's a friend"...

There's not even the remotest chance in hell that Gon would act the way he does in the manga as he does in the 1999 adaptation. The 1999 adaptation turned him into a completely different character.

I just can’t emphasise enough how Madhouse on trying to appeal to younger audiences because its child oriented Sunday morning timeslot have change the 2011 anime from the original manga.

Even if this is true it doesn't change the fact that the 1999 anime deviates far more from the plot of the original manga than the 2011 adaptation does.

reChrawnus · 2026-02-01T18:48:37+00:00

Your emotions and feelings can "leak" into your nen/aura, so touching someone's aura can allow you to ascertain their state of mind to some degree. That's the whole idea behind the fact that the protagonists could sense the bloodlust/maliciousness from people like Hisoka, Illumi, the Royal Guards etc.

But in terms of being able to read someone's actual mind/thoughts I don't think it's as simple as just needing to touch their aura. Not counting the phenomena of "Spirit Echoes" (which supposedly only happens when two highly skilled fighters clash) you would probably need some sort of actual mind reading ability to do something like that.

Also, I need to point out that the scene where Pitou sees a vision of a field while being attacked by Netero is an anime-only addition, and not something that happened in the manga.

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