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Aug 22, 2011 3:22 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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now there all strong enough to open the 1st gate, and lerio can open the second.


Sep 12, 2011 3:09 PM
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Nothing like a good old training montage to power up in a shounen :P
Nov 4, 2011 1:13 PM
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At the start I was worried they would drag on their stay there over multiple episodes... Glad they kept it short! It didn't need much more time than what they allotted to it - the training, that is.
Mar 7, 2013 11:36 AM
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So everyone managed to open the gate.

Apr 21, 2013 5:37 AM
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That dog was so cool, I want one!
Sep 26, 2014 11:33 PM
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Gon's personality is wayyy too annoying haha
Why does he have to have so much plot armour xD

Also lol at them being able to open a 2000kg or something door with just a little bit of training
Dec 17, 2014 10:05 PM
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Oh my goodness poor Canary looks awful. xD

lol yes let's open the death door instead this is the most smart we've ever been no way can this go wrong

(crap filler is crap but at least there are action scenes to make up for the ooc. kinda.)
Jan 23, 2015 10:18 AM
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Can't say i like where things are going. Feel's like jump from Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball Z.
Jul 22, 2016 11:21 PM
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Holy crap, Mike is one creepy-ass, butt-ugly freaking dog!

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Nov 13, 2016 4:11 AM

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Red_Hill said:
Gon's personality is wayyy too annoying haha
Why does he have to have so much plot armour xD

Also lol at them being able to open a 2000kg or something door with just a little bit of training


So you're watchin the 2011 version? This doesn't happen in that version, they simply open the door the conventional way. Mike is boring in that one XD

... everything seems like plot armour at this junction tbh. The introduction of some other concepts later on imo, makes the show richer as well as improves its rewatch value.
Nothing can happen until you swing the bat.
Nov 13, 2016 4:30 AM
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Rosny said:
Red_Hill said:
Gon's personality is wayyy too annoying haha
Why does he have to have so much plot armour xD

Also lol at them being able to open a 2000kg or something door with just a little bit of training


So you're watchin the 2011 version? This doesn't happen in that version, they simply open the door the conventional way. Mike is boring in that one XD

... everything seems like plot armour at this junction tbh. The introduction of some other concepts later on imo, makes the show richer as well as improves its rewatch value.
I think both versions of the show are pretty good, although they move a bit slowly sometimes and there's some parts I don't like. My favourite arcs were probably hunter exam, spiders/yorknew city and that game on that island, my least favourite is turning out to be the chimera ant one, although i'm a long way away from finishing it.
Apr 8, 2017 12:23 AM

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Thought for sure Gon was going to tame Mike, kinda disappointed he didn't.

Ah well, all of this was typical shounen and pretty harmless. I don't mind.
Jun 4, 2017 1:33 PM

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Fantastic episode, really loved that ending! Looking forward to see what's next.
Nov 10, 2017 8:53 PM
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I doubt I can open a 2 tons doors by training for 200 days, let alone in 20 days!
Well... except if I the door have a mechanism that allows anyone to open with ease.

Oct 27, 2018 11:06 AM

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So they wasted 20 days to get a door open which they already passed though. And now it seems they still won't be strong enough to be a servant's apprentice.
Feb 2, 2020 4:51 AM
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They did it! Took them a while, but they managed to do it. Those two "guards" were very nice, though.
Aug 30, 2020 7:17 PM

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That dog’s eyes, they’re black. So, they trained and now can open a 4 tons total gate, what a thing. So, she’s the butler from Seaquant’s story.
Mar 31, 2023 6:43 AM
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ahhhhhhhhh scariest dog fr
Feb 18, 11:56 AM

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I really like the color choices and art direction in general in this original adaptation. The created atmosphere feels so grim at times, but rarely completely hopeless.



Feb 20, 11:26 AM

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I really like the color choices and art direction in general in this original adaptation. The created atmosphere feels so grim at times, but rarely completely hopeless.



@utopica the art here is similar to the shadowing used in the manga that anime nowadays lack a lot of... the recent ones I could mention that do dis are boku no hero and one punch man 🔥

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@utopica the art here is similar to the shadowing used in the manga that anime nowadays lack a lot of... the recent ones I could mention that do dis are boku no hero and one punch man 🔥
@Berry-Vodka I really enjoy the cinematography. It's one of the strongest aspects in the 1999 version (honestly, I'm taking a lot of screenshots for myself because I like it that much)

If it isn't too much work for you, show me some of those manga panels. I'm very interested.

And yes. I'm always comapring this to the skies in the MHA anime, the palette of possibiltiies is endless. Which makes it so sad because it's totally reasonable to change colors accordingly to the mood.

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