HUNTER X HUNTER: Episode 138 - 139 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE REACTION)

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Cyrill Attakpah

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Regill Derenge

"the real life people who feel represented by her character do." This is so not relevant. If you feel hurt by someone referring to a cartoon in a way that you don't like because you think it "represents" you. You have a lot of problems that need to be addressed before we can have this discussion.

DerpDarkSheet

Being trans and sexuality are not the same thing. And her being trans affects the story greatly. Her being trans and Killua being the only one in her family to acknowledge that shows an even greater tension between her and her family and how they treat her. It makes the story stronger. It doesn’t matter if you don’t care. Trans kids do. Again… let them have this

Wild Wesley

this anime is perfection 💜

Neon Genesis

The fact that she would be transwoman (even though it's still a kid) is actually irrelevant to the story here so I don't see the point or obsession in emphasizing it. If her sexuality played a role in the story, I would acknowledge it but here it does not so most of us don't care really with all due respect.

Frank

Obviously no one is saying that a drawing has feelings, but the real life people who feel represented by her character do. Does it hurt you if there’s one trans character out there that makes trans people happy? No you have thousands of other cis characters to relate to. Trans people don’t have that. Let them have this.

Wild Wesley

so, where is hxh next eps reaction for today?

Nope it does not. I can assure you the drawing won't be hurt if you misgender it.

Frank

No it matter

LilKyAfroNinja

Damn didn't know 'asian' was a gender

FangYuan

Maybe not to you, but to the people who were starved for good representation, who saw themselves in her character, it is a big deal.

Wild Wesley

bruh who cares if alluka is boy, girl, trans, shemale, female, bi, asian, hermaphrodite. idgaf. I just assumed the Zoldycks said him because they refer to her as a thing / nonhuman.

PepsiMan

My best Advice to Nick: Don't make MHA a Pateron exclusive. Many people want to watch it, probably kids and teenagers who can't afford your pateron because they have no credit cards. MHA can get very stale with boring scenes, which your twitch chat can entertain you during those scenes. I can guarantee that you, recording MHA without a twitch chat will make you sleepy. Code geass is like Death note, short and pristine Master piece.

Gabriel

u have to download the app to make it fullscreen

AcentGG

yo it aint a big deal dawg

AcentGG

"but her wanting that as like a 5 year old doesnt really fit" It does. In fact most trans people notice that there is something wrong with their biological sex and their Gender indentity at the age of 5 or 6.

FMTš Mýυˉ

Did we watch the same anime? Did we read the same story? Nowhere does it say Alluka was born female (the opposite is true) and that Nanika is the one with Male pronouns. If y’all want to argue that she can’t be interpreted as trans because it’s not explicitly said, then the same is true for your bs argument for the same reason. If a male character starts romantically dating another male character but doesn’t say that they’re gay or bi, does that mean that they must be straight by default because it’s not explicitly said? No, that’s ridiculous! So is your insistence that an AMAB character that uses she/her pronouns is not able to be interpreted as trans. In regards to Pitou, “When speaking casually, Neferpitou uses the pronoun ‘boku’ (‘I’ in English) which is often used by boys and young men,” though sometimes women use it as well. “In the manga, Neferpitou's chest is usually (but not always) flat.” Just because some translations decided to change their pronouns to be explicitly he or she, and that the anime decided to change the character design to be explicitly feminine, doesn’t mean that the original character isn’t only depicted as androgynous. As you state the only source that explicitly states their gender is the databook, otherwise they are completely gender neutral. You’re the one making this a bigger deal than it needs to be by insisting on warping the story to fit your preconceived notions.

Wild Wesley

"HE = the thing" is just not true the thing itself actually has no gender or anything. You saying alluka is a she whilst all zoldycks are born male is just telling on yourself that she IS trans. Saying stop making it a bigger thing is ridiculous, theirs lots of LGBT themes in togashi works, like hisoka. did you know that the manga togashi tried to publish before hxh was a gay cross-dressing sports manga? saying theres no lgbt themes or characters is actually just stupid

Voxehl

Exactly! If anyone is pushing an agenda it’s the people purposely being obtuse and ignoring the text just to make the story fit into their expectations of what it should be. They claim that it’s “not explicit” and it’s “Togashi’s story” while ignoring Togashi’s actual words. They think the guy married to the author of Sailor Moon, a story where a bunch of girls crush on another girl they think is a boy before and after they find out the truth, would put in gender fuckery in his story for no reason.

Wild Wesley

HE = the thing, SHE = Alluka. Stop making it a bigger thing than it is. As for Nerferpitou, some random editor publisher called her a man when Togashi himself never refered to her as male and always displayed her with female traits.

Gabriel

That’s because Nanika means something in Japanese. It’s a reason I like the dub version a lot because they can be true to the text while not completely dehumanizing Alluka’s other side by calling her Something in English.

Wild Wesley

Also when I say cater to, I don’t mean that Togashi literally wrote the story thinking, “this is a story that I’m writing just for LGBTQ+ people only.” I’m even not saying he wrote this with the intent to be inclusive or whatever. Anyone straight, cis, trans, gay, whatever can relate to and enjoy the story. All I’m saying is that the themes he included in the story resonate a lot with queer folks and straight, cis people who have so much representation already are trying to twist the text to take the little bit of representation away from us. So I will not chill out, because it frustrates me.

Wild Wesley

Yeah Kalluto is playing off the practice of cross dressing for Kabuki, if you’ve ever read one piece Izou is in the same vein

Killer dust

In the text they refer to Alluka as he/ Master, well before they know that Nanika/Something is there. It’s in the manga and it’s in the anime. So you’re reaching when you try to claim that Nanika is the one they’re referring to with male pronouns. If the Zoldyks acknowledge Nanika as a separate entity at all they refer to her as it. You are literally trying to warp the facts just to make it so the story can’t be interpreted as a queer story.

Wild Wesley

Yeah but Togashi is notorious for righting trans/gender non conforming characters in his series, see Miyuki in yuyu hakusho, as well as being trans generally being more excepted in Japanese culture. It’s not explicitly stated but Alluka is most likely a trans character

Killer dust

Kalluto obviously cross dresses, something that isn’t looked down upon in Japan, stop taking the copium

Killer dust

Bro Togashi has said in interviews that Alluka is trans, and has written many other trans character. Being trans/ gender ambiguous is more excepted in main stream japan, it’s not pushing an agenda, it’s just you being culturally illiterate

Killer dust

Dude Togashi has said in multiple interviews that Alluka is trans, not only that but he has made several different trans/gender ambiguous characters in his other series. Idk how you read it any other way

Killer dust

you saying alluka is actually a girl is proving the other point because all zoldyck children are male at birth lmao, shes trans get over it

Voxehl

because remember Alluka is 2 different creatures and the other thing that is inside her none knows what is it or where it came from so they refer to it as he but no more than that

ineedthechange

chill my guy that's not even it, the difference of using she/he in this episode is simply when they refer to " something " they refer to it as he but Alluka is actually a girl and the "something" inside her refer to as a boy. you're reaching my guy and it is not even about catering to lgbt community or straight

ineedthechange

People want to just refuse to learn any media literacy whatsoever and say just because something isn’t explicitly stated, that it doesn’t exist; as if allegory, subtext, metaphors, and allusion don’t exist. Hunter x Hunter is an extremely queer story. Togashi plays around with gender expression so freaking much! There’s a reason why so many people are unsure if Kurapika is a boy or a girl at first, Bisky has her cute little girl form to hide her buff very masculine form. Kalluto IS in fact a boy who just dresses very feminine. Pitou is very androgynous and in the manga at least it’s more unclear what their gender is. Those saying Alluka can’t be trans because the text doesn’t explicitly say the word trans (despite her family, who you’d think would know her gender assigned at birth calling her male and her insisting on using female pronouns) are the same ones bending over backwards, making every excuse under the sun about why her family other than Killua use he/him pronouns which are also not explicit in the text and even less valid because there is no textual or subtextual evidence to support their claims. Why do you think your unverified claim that Alluka isn’t trans is anymore valid than the claim that she is? There are hundreds of shonen anime that follow all the tropes and are catered to straight, cis boys and y’all are butt hurt because one (notably the one who subverts all the typical tropes) caters towards an LGBTQ+ audience, specifically trans/non-binary individuals. Smdh

Wild Wesley

Kalluto is a boy… so I don’t know what you are talking about.

Wild Wesley

I guess the other brother in the phantom troupe is also a trans as he looks like a girl. In fact, all the zoldyck are trans lets goo.

Frank

lmao bro living in the early 2000's XD

RoosterBärs

please do not watch bc movie on stream

Christian Clark

so mad about pronounces we use for a bunch of pixels lol

Christian Clark

alluka is a trans girl tho as none of the kid in the zoldick family were born as girl

Fenronin (Dorian Dubourg)

Cringe

Icey Ambers

Alluka is obviously a girl but "something" is somewhat gender neutral as no one knows what it is or where it came from. Stop with your trans bs.

Frank

Alluka has them/they/he/she pronouns.

Mich

OMFG Alluka is not trans, yall need to quit pushing your agendas into everything you watch. Alluka has twin personality that is manifested via their nin ability it's not trans, or gender.

Brad Jones

If you want to have full screen download the vimeo app and once it’s downloaded click on the video link on patreon and then press open in app and they you can watch in full screen

XxfronZnxX

and if I end up being wrong if it ends up getting confirmed then it is what it is lol, but if Togashi doesn't state something you can't conclude it as a fact because it's his story.

Basal

Bro she's not trans xd, the Zoldycks call all their children by male pronouns. They even refer to Kalluto as a guy but she's not lol

Basal

People refusing to see Alluka as trans because "It hasn't been confirmed" are the type of people who will need the gay characters to actually say they're gay and having the author do a press conference to confirm it in order to finally accept it. I thought the WoKe's problem in media is that they always had to be so obnoxiously explicit about everyone's identity? But now that we have a cool 'show don't tell', some of y'all will still not accept it smh

Maraka

Illumi literally says to Hisoka that there is a "fifth brother" nobody knows about. I think it's pretty foolish to try and mental gymnastic out of this, no matter how you look at it. Togashi isn't new to playing with gender and appearance. Kalluto and Pitou are great examples of that, yet for those two, he used the 'he' pronouns. It wouldn't make sense to suddenly show a conflict between Killua and his family on what pronouns to use for Alluka if it didn't have some sort of significance. I MEAN COME ON, her character arc (growing up different, being seen as dangerous, kept hidden and dehumanised from her whole family except one who adresses her as she wants and loves her for who she is) is an emulation of what could happen for any kid who is trans. Y'all will find the most beautiful analysis/metaphores/references in the Chimera Ants Arc but suddenly stop doing so for what's happening after (or before for some of y'all). And good for you to take her as a girl, because that's what she is my guy.

Maraka

Yea Alluka is a trans girl and killua is the only one in the family who acknowledges her

Connor Sarro

The Zodiac Cow is the voice of Captain Shunsui Kyoraku (Guy with pink cape and Straw hat)

Gabriel

I like the wind down in energy. And like how Nick said near the end of the Chimera Ant Arc, I really wanted the return to classic HxH feel instead of ending on such a dark note.

Dard_151

We can call it artistic interpretation as a compromise

Dard_151

Dawg 10:10 made me cry laughing holy shit 🤣🤣🤣

Kevin Brown

why are u here complaining in the comments everyday if you dont like watching it. also why is your profile pic an infant?

beansprouts

Can you keep recording on Patreon? When it’s on Vimeo, I can make your video full screen, but I can with Patreon recording. If not, that’s fine. Just a request

Abigail Jerry

1. Alluka's only like a year or so younger than Killua, and seems to be mature enough to prefer feminine pronouns (esp because she was dressed androgynously in the flashbacks) 2. Subtext is rarely ever confirmed lol, that's why it's subtext. Togashi has a long history of depicting people of non-conforming genders, even since Yu Yu Hakusho it's not crazy to see that Alluka was likely written to be trans.

Rami Homsi

You should watch the HunterxHunter movies! There is 2 of them.

MIce1987

Nicholas said Trans rights!!

Rami Homsi

In the dubbed version of HxH killua calls her other side Nanika instead of "something"

Daniela

So the reason why killua’s family keeps using male pronouns for Alluka while Killua uses female pronouns for her is because alluka is a trans girl! Killua respects his sister’s pronouns meanwhile the rest of the family couldn’t care less because they think shes a monster because of her power.

TheOneTrueBlue1

Hoping you watch the HxH movies too. They're non-canon (except a small bit from the first movie), but if you wanna see some characters again without having to turn your brain on in every scene, then you'll like them

hello there

yeah, as much as I love dialogue-heavy scenes from the show, the election doesn't get good until a certain aspiring doctor runs for chairman

hello there

I honestly got so into the Election stuff that I got really annoyed at how it ended lol.

Renars Lasmanis1

Nick there is another season albeit short of HxH coming out sometime soon. after that I have no idea.

eatiblegeo18

lmao calm down James

Christian Clark

I liked it. greed island was meh. probably because of the arcs that had gone before each

Christian Clark

ikr, this meeting stuff does not need to be dragged on this long no matter how you look at it

James Perrott

This is SPECULATION and has NEVER been officially confirmed

James Perrott

Before everyone starts saying Alluka is male, is trans etc it has NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED ANYWHERE OFFICIAL most people presume she is biologically male but trans and wants to be called female and killua is the only one to respect that, but that is still just a theory, it works, but her wanting that as like a 5 year old doesnt really fit, but its fiction, anything can be the case Killua confirmed that his family do not see Alluka or "something" as 2 different people, they dont consider her part of the family or even a person. So what i belive is they see "something" as male, maybe it is, but alluka is female herself, they just never acknowledge her as anything but a monster Theres ambiguous characters, but Alluka looks, sounds and acts blatantly female, along killua always calling her female, im taking her as a girl always unless confirmed otherwise

James Perrott

god the killua part of this arc is one of my favorite arcs in anime, but god does the election feel like filler. Understandable why its there tho

SwimAP

I love the alluka stuff, but man, the election talks in this meeting room are greed island level bad to me i know the writer wants to explain it all and be realistic but its just not enjoyable to watch, if they were characters we knew for a while it wouldnt be so bad, but these new characters already have questionable designs and personalities at least this isnt a huge part of the story but its a shame it got so low after how perfect the end of the chimera ant arc was alluka cute

James Perrott

Alukka was assigned male at birth but prefers female pronouns. Killua is the only one in the family that respects that.

Dard_151

niceuuu

dzuudo

So flipping good! Killua has progressed so much that he can BE a big brother ❤️‍🔥 Actually love this arc ✨

Abigail Jerry

Cant believe bro is basically done this

Tyler

Killua got that big bro love energy

Slurpboy

I’m so excited for the next episode, I have a feeling that you are gonna love it

Donovan

HxH is a masterpiece.

Gabriel

This final arc is so good

Jayden