so Nen has weird effects on water and we see with Palm that it also works on coffee and I kinda wish there were more instances in HxH of people accidentally (or intentionally) affecting liquids with their auras
like Leorio decks Ging in the face and in the background the contents of all the Zodiacs’ water bottles turn sunset-orange
the footsteps Melody leaves behind when running in the rain are pastel green for just a split second before they wash away
Kurapika insists that they’re feeling fine but Gon notices little particles of iron starting to swirl around in their glass
Illumi says Killua loves him and suddenly all the drinks in the bar taste like sour candy courtesy of Hisoka
Chrollo gets the news that two of his best friends are dead and all the liquid around him vanishes, down to the very last drop
“Will feature a “how to draw” DVD with Togashi demonstrating his Kurapika, 20-page booklet, a “Road to Jump” replica of his work putting together a chapter of manga, a color page tutorial, and replica autograph.”
TRANSLATION NOTE: This is referencing dialogue from 343. Ging says that Pariston is “totally out” once Pariston admits that destroying things he loves makes him happy. “Out” is a phrase often used in social situations to literally call someone out who is behaving questionably. In this comic, Pariston is being called out and he defends himself by calling Ging out instead, on account of being a terrible dad.
TRANSLATION NOTE: I just wanna give @rabbitsteaparty a shout-out because I was like “what’s the best way to translate Gon’s noises here??” and ‘boo hoo’ never occurred to me, haha.
TRANSLATION NOTE: This is referencing dialogue from chapter 347. Pariston says it’s “unheard of” for someone like Ging to call other people out on having a bad temper. Ging defends himself by saying that his reputation for having a “bad temper” is just an accumulation of tiny moments of recklessness. Sorry the comic doesn’t really make sense, I really didn’t know how to capture this. Ging is literally saying “Your usage of ‘unheard of’ seems incorrect” and Pariston is literally saying, “Huh? It doesn’t mean ‘a person who behaves recklessly’?” (I tried to simplify it to make a connect between “doing something unheard of” and “doing something reckless”.)
For all the shit I give other translators I’m really not that much better myself, ahahaha. I hope at least the general ideas were conveyed!!
“…Dick much?” Killua snarks at the low-blow. “And I didn’t kill them if they were already undead.”
"Fair point,” Gon relents. He sets down his own cup, reaching over Killua’s lap for his makeshift weapon: a sharp, kitchen-knife nailed to a broomstick. He and Killua had actually found an entire drawer full of knives in the back-room, during their first night hiding out at Starbucks, of all places.
This idea is dumb as shit, Killua had snarked.
The zombies won’t know that, though, Gon had replied, grinning.
Another fair point.
“What’re you gonna use for a weapon, Killua?” Gon asks, at length.
“Dunno yet,” Killua says. “We’ll find something—this place is pretty dodgy. Remember when we bludgeoned that one dude with the espresso machine?”
“Yeah,” Gon says, a bit dreamlike. “It was pretty cool.”
“H-hey…” Killua flushes. “If you die, I’ll kick your ass, got that? And is this really the time to be sappy?”
"It’s always the time to be sappy,” Gon singsongs, leaning in close.
"Hey, stop that.” Killua smacks him on the arm. “You’re covered in dirt. And blood.”
“You are, too.”
“And coffee-juice.”
“Ah. Shut up, Killua.”
“Make me, then.”
Gon grins, moving closer. Killua swallows.
Gon says, breath hot: “Okay…”
Because, like, had anyone ever really wondered why certain characters in the series have been portrayed as more sympathetic or positive than others? Even though most of them have done horrible things to varying degrees, there are certain characters I think the narrative wants us to like more than others (See Ging vs. Illumi in the first part of my essay).
Looking at the series from a collectivist perspective pretty much consistently shows who Togashi (and his Japanese audience) thinks is a “good” person in the morally grey world of Hunter x Hunter. (Or at least a person we can sympathize with.)
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