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having such an obvious favorite character trope is life ruining bro

#. when my bf asked who my fave in dunmesh was and i sheepishly said chilchuck knowing what was coming and still felt hit hard by the #expected: 'yeah he is the type you like'

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romantic date ideas give your boyfriend A Fucking Gun

#persona #true

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Starting a Picrew chain because I've been on that site all morning

Look, it's me😙✨

[ Tagging ] > @stayconnecteed @starlostastronaut @myboyfriendjake @rikislady @rikilove4 @afelia-123 + anyone else that wants to join!!

#youre like the default mii next to me hobie

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During the shinju scene,meleoron mentions theres something killua cant tell him, what is it that killua couldnt tell him?

from what i seen,shinjuu isnt always romantic,was it he couldnt tell meleoron he was going to die w gon because of his romantic feelings

The line

meleoron:‘if you joking,whyd u have that incredibly sad look on ur face(talking about when he was observing killua with gon)’ ‘you cant tell me,so i wont ask’ or in different translations its ‘cant you tell me?’ But in the original japanese its about being unable to tell somebody something

Hello!

So, I decided to just post (most of) these two pages because I think seeing the art and layout of the actual pages helps with understanding exactly what's going on and also analyzing it. I also went and looked at the pages in Japanese just to see if anything stood out. Aside from the famous shinjuu line, the translation seems fine.

Just to summarize and be clear before I launch into further analysis: In this scene, Killua says (with a rather dark expression) that the worst case scenario is he and Gon die together in a lovers suicide. Killua sees that Meleoron is rather vexed/taken aback/discouraged by this response and doesn't know what to say, so then Killua immediately claims he's just kidding and that they'll be okay after all, and he knows how to snap Gon out of it.

Meleoron then internally doubts that Killua is kidding about this, because he was there when Gon said the "It has nothing to do with you," (essentially) line that pushed Killua away, and he saw how heartbroken Killua looked by that. He then decides it's not worth asking because Killua clearly doesn't want to be honest about his feelings, he can't or won't express what he's going through, so he backs off.

I'm glad you brought this up because it's a piece of the whole shinjuu scene that people don't talk about as much, but this whole exchange and Togashi bothering to show Meleoron's reaction to it in the first place says a lot about the importance of the scene. If Meleoron didn't pause and connect this to Killua's earlier heartbroken moment (and notice how it takes up literally half of the page--it's important!), it would be easy to read on past it without thinking about it more deeply.

In other words, this further exchange with Meleoron is emphasis. It's there so the readers don't simply gloss over what Killua said about the shinjuu, and so the readers understand that he means it, that no matter what he says to the contrary, Killua is in fact serious about this possibility. It's there to slow things down enough so the readers can reflect on and ask their own questions about the situation.

I'm sure this is why Togashi bothered to put Meleoron in the scene with Gon pushing Killua away in the first place--there was no other reason for him to be there, other than being an observer of this moment and standing in to ask these questions.

Meleoron--an outside observer without as much context for Gon and Killua's relationship as the rest of us--wonders what's going on here, why Killua looked utterly destroyed by a few simple words. But because he saw Killua's immediate urge to lie and say it's a joke when he hesitated, he knows Killua won't open up to him about exactly what's going on, why Killua was so devastated by what Gon said to him and why Killua intends to do a teen lovers suicide with his best friend if all goes badly. Meleoron is definitely pointing out (in his view, anyway) that there are feelings behind this that Killua is unable and unwilling to talk about. Is he implying they're romantic feelings? I mean...

This happens so much in Chimera Ant arc around Killua's feelings. Togashi leaves it open-ended, doesn't spell it out blatantly, but it seems like the question is being asked over and over again--what exactly are the nature of Killua's feelings for Gon, anyway? And there keep being these moments where the concept of romantic love is conjured in some form in connection with or around this unspoken question being asked, like multiple instances in the Palm subplot I've talked about a bunch of times now. (Linking to that post in particular because it links to a lot of other Palm subplot related posts.)

Even the way Killua asks if Gon considers him a friend or a comrade, asking What are we? basically is essentially a shoujo trope--and especially how it was presented, very dramatic with a lot of focus and emphasis on Killua's internal turmoil around asking the question.

There are just so many times in this arc where emphasis gets placed on a question of, What are your feelings for Gon anyway, Killua? in an indirect way, including this moment with Meleoron. It's repeated so many times and there are so many instances where there's some subtext around or even direct mention of romantic love hovering around these questions, it's basically daring the audience to answer.

It's true that shinjuu can be non-romantic in some cases, however the word choice is meaningful. Togashi knows what the implications of it are, especially in a literary sense. He could have chosen other ways to phrase this, he could have opted not to use this word in particular. If it was presented completely in isolation from any other romantic subtext, there would be more of an argument to be had for it just being included in a platonic sense, but with how much repeated romantic subtext there is with Gon and Killua's relationship to begin with...I think the word choice is very intentional.

I hope that answers your question!

#hxh #YEAH i always saw that bit as an important emphasis on killua having actually been serious #even though he backed off and said he was kidding #it's to kind of round out the subtlety and not make it super debatable if he was just trying to pad out the situation (he was) #meta #i love them

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#haruhi moodboard

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Gender? I hardly know her!

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It's Shiho's varsity jacket btw, I don't make the rules

#persona

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far too old to care about fandom opinions i am an adult with a *sees a take* hm. never mind actually. i am in fact so blessed to have a huge brain and correct inconsequential opinions on fictional characters. there but for the grace of god go i

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#'kids'?

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#ME REREADING MY OWN FICS

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Killugon, Pegoryu, obligatory Hans mention as they Should be your blorbo, and Johnny Anime

just as you said killua was your fave despite the leopika, kurapika is my fave despite the killugon, LMAAOOOO

dunno about any hans but han solo? truly the man that gives me that naming gender euphoria. he's perfect. also han-ge zoe. that's me.

i love johnny i'm still coping for his return

#ask #hobie-doh

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gameshow where you have to identify your mutuals' main blorbos and their relevant traits. there's no money involved but the winner does get kissed on the mouth mob boss style

#i know ur a ken kanji ryuji haru ann akira lover but im also thinking. #i know you like your bakugos. your dekus. your what have yous. #you like those black clover characters #and leopika? though they seem to be of distant past #i also know u like sonic but not sure who ur faves from that are

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Poor Killua, he didn't expect that xD

#omfggggg #hxh #the silliez

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living is imagining yourself driving your internet friends to go get dinner listening to your ship playlist with them like. some weird aunt

#someday

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im so sad that spotify took away the little heart when you add songs to ur liked songs and replaced it with a little plus. isn’t there enough pain

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Trainer Rika in Pokemon Horizons Episode 46

#shes so me. shes so me. shes me. just me. #just like me fr #thats me #thats me everyobe. #thank you #pokemon

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Teafication

YT link

#dungeon meshi #i love this audio