fonbella:

therealgonzoldyck:

Has anyone ever thought about the parallels between Meruem x Komugi and Killua x Gon?

For example – Meruem starts out as an antagonist–is supposed to “take” over the world and had many people killed. (ahem, sorta, kinda-ish like Killua)

This was his predetermined fate. Meruem was only born for that very reason, it was in his blood. And in the beginning he is very cold, very distant, and an asshole. (sound familiar?) He had everything yet nothing at the same time; he had the world in his hand, amazing talent, was supposed to be the “best” King to have ever ruled thus far…yet no idea who he was, had no self-awareness, no thoughts of his own, was consistently guarded/protected and told what they think he should/shouldn’t do. 

But all it took was one person, one simple person who had nothing, yet gave him everything–she asked him questions about his own life, giving and showing him a whole new perspective of what it truly meant. Meruem didn’t even know his own name and came to realize the basic principle of what it meant just to have one. The basics of life versus being a robot.

Meruem x Komugi died together–they wanted too.

And we all know that Killua was prepared & would have died with Gon. 

I’ve read a few times where Japanese translator’s say Killua specifically said, “it will be a double-suicide” with the intentions of it meaning a “lover’s suicide”.

read the full version here

“As his best friend (and nothing more), it is but a very normal reaction to be down to the point of thinking of committing double suicide, right ?)
Nevertheless.
This is the English translation, and if we were to take a look at the original version ?
We read the word 心中 (しんじゅう). That word may be used in recent days as a mere way to describe a collective suicide. Togashi, however, is not some average youngster and, as a mangaka who isn’t exactly afraid of long narration and dialogues, may have some knowledge in the words he chooses to use.心中, for instance, is not (at all) a casual way to describe collective suicide, especially when it involves only two people. This word literally means, in its primary sense, “lovers’s suicide”, referring to couples who wished to keep loving each other after death.”

You know, the first Hyori Ittai ending is probably my favorite ending, not only because CA arc is my favorite arc, but also because it displays the characters that I love and focuses so much on Komugi and the King who are, in essence, the basis for the entire arc. And one thing in particular I like about it is how it parallels Komugi/Meruem and Gon/Killua in it

Madhouse did a really fine job at it, just like how it did with Illumi/Kikyo (pls read this it’s so good).

Another parallel one can trace among all four of them is that they all died or were mortally injured at least once: Killua to the Ortho siblings, Gon and Meruem to explosions and Komugi to Zeno’s dragon dive. In Gon’s and Komugi’s case, Killua and Meruem witnessed the event, whereas in Killua’s and Meruem’s, Gon and Komugi were unaware of their misfortune.

Similarly, Killua had Alluka/Something heal Gon, much like Meruem had Pitou heal Komugi.

Are we not going to talk about Palm and Pitou though?

Palm and Pitou explicitly state Killua and Komugi are the most important person to Gon and Meruem respectively. Pitou even go as far as saying that should Komugi die, Meruem would cease to be who he is (which is true, once Meruem forgets about Komugi, he reverts to who he used to be before meeting her, aka a different person). Now this is just interpretation but since it’s parallels we’re tracing here, it’s also safe to assume the same could be said about Gon should Killua die (if Gon went great lengths for Kite, imagine what would happen to him had Killua died to Pitou instead).

Though I personally see Meruem more as a parallel to Gon and Komugi to Killua than the other way around. A couple of reasons as to why I see it this way: 1) In the Hyori Ittai ending, Gon and Meruem are seen on the black gungi pieces whereas Komugi and Killua are on the white ones; 2) Meruem and Gon died to powerful explosions (and on really close episodes too 126/131); 3) Meruem begins as a violent man who sees humans as nothing more than meat and slowly learns to respect and love them whereas Gon is the kind of person who has shown compassion and kindness to any people/animals before (covering his fishing rod with cloth so as not to hurt the birds in Hunter Exam arc/showing compassion to Pakunoda despite her committing genocide before) but becomes blind with rage and comes to despise the ants after getting in contact with them. Gon hating and Meruem caring are the most surprising points in the arc. which actually leads to; 4) Meruem’s and Gon’s individual character development during this arc are literally the climax of the arc; 5)

Depending on how much you consider Gon and Meruem to be alive after their confrontation with Pitou and Netero respectively, you could even say Gon/Meruem were revived at some point; 6) Killua and Komugi, in their own way, dedicate their lives to Gon and Meruem to the point where Killua/Komugi are willing to die with Gon/Meruem.

And speaking of the double suicide thing, It’s not enough that Killua is willing to go with Gon against Pitou

Meruem and Komugi’s “double suicide” parallel’s Killua’s feelings on the matter pretty well: since there’s no salvation for Meruem anyway, nothing brings Komugi more happiness than telling him she wants to go with him.

And the T/N reads that Komugi is offering herself to Meruem, much like Killua was implying the lover’s suicide with Gon to Meleoron.

ALSO, HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT MERUEM/KOMUGI AND KILLUA/GON WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THEIR HANDS???

(left: chapter 339 / right: chapter 333)

Last but not least, I’ll just leave these here: