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I think I like this Fugetsu because her possession might provide her a fighting chance. It's like she's ready for anything with her newfound bloodlust.
Hunter X Hunter, chapter 400, "Concealed"
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Any thoughts on the new hxh chapters? I've loved all four so far.
Hello anon!
I have LOVED them as well! So so much :D I am happy Togashi is giving us so much action and development on the mafia side of things. I am curious to see how our 2 conflicts are gonna meet each other and what it will mean for the characters...
As for my thoughts, I will probably have to reread the whole arc at some point, but as for now...
What I have seen of the Heil-Ly family just confirms to me what I mention here. The people of the Heil-Ly have overall a very low level of nen and Morena is clearly using them as sacrifices to start a revolution. I mean... the game metaphor is not subtle... they are pawns in her hands. She has selected a bunch of people unhappy with society and has filled them with promises and dreams, which are clearly gonna go unfulfilled. In a sense, she is treating them as she treats herself, which is psychologically interesting. She sees herself as a lower being (lower than a Prince, she is only level 45, while Princes are level 50). Her plan is nothing, but an elaborated suicide plan, as she herself has told us:
She wants to rip down the whole system, including herself. This is why she gives up on a powerful role in the mafia to try and cause a war between the mafia and the kakin empire...
Now, her people are really just tools in this game, which is why many of them are introduced as people with very humble or normal jobs... they are people you could meet on the streets... very normal...which is why they are getting killed one after one by more expert nen users. All in all, it is interesting to see such inexperienced fighters try to get a grasp on nen and failing to fully make use of it because they lack preparation and thought. It is refreshing considering we have so far mostly seen super talented people.
At the same time, I think the Heil-Ly might have an important thematic role, especially when it comes to the Spiders:
Like, Luini might be an idiot that got himself killed immediately... but he is not wrong here... there has clearly been a shift in the Spiders' role in this arc. In York Shin, they are presented as a destabilizing element. They go out of their way to refuse rules, even if these rules are those of the criminal world... nobody is supposed to steal from the mafia... and yet, they go against both the criminal code and Meteor City's code and start a mafia war. This arc, however, things are different. It is true Chrollo has announced they are going to reach the first deck and steal Kakin's treasures... still, they are so far working with the mafia to preserve the status quo and doing everything they can to destroy the Heil-Ly's family, which this time embodies the destabilizing element. This transformation is also conveyed by how the mafia treats the Spiders: they are seen as celebrities :'''). The group of thieves introduced as mafia's nightmare has now become mafia's idol group...
Now, this doesn't necessarily have to be something negative, but surely it is something that must be addressed... Who are the Spiders? Are they a chaotic immortal element like Chrollo envisioned them to be? Are they an ideal? Or are they deep down a group of people and when they lose a member it actually hurts deeply? And if they are people, then why do they need to steal? Why can't they be content with each other, which is clearly the only thing they care about anyway? Not the treasures, but their comrades?
Speaking of comrades... I love them:
I like how they are absolutely normal soldiers that know nothing about nen. I also like they are presented as loyal to Tserriednich, but far more likable than his other soldiers and I am curious to know more of their relationship with the Prince.
Finally, there is Hisoka... our joker :''') Even this time, he is the most difficult to read and I am especially curious about his next moves and his role this arc...
Thank you for the ask!
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Chapter 391 Breakdown
It’s finally here. After roughly four years, Hunter x Hunter is back in action, and boy, was there action in this chapter. Spoilers follow!
Chapter #391 is called “Clash: Part 2”, an unsurprising title considering the last chapter (released what seems like forever ago) was “Clash: Part 1”. I can only guess how long this Clash sequence will run. The series is no stranger to “part” chapter titles, which can be seen here. However, I would not be surprised if this sequence culminates in a major, all-out battle between the mafia families.
Clash: Part 2 kicks off with residents of Tier 3 reacting to the two soldier deaths caused by Hinrigh’s ability. It seems that, in accordance with Mizaistom’s speech in Chapter 380, the seeds of panic are already being sown, and the unrestrained behavior of mafia underlings is going to cause chaos on the lower decks.
One of the civilians calls for a doctor… Leorio?
For now, it seems that Lynch and Zakuro will be looking for Hisoka, while Hinrigh looks for Morena, using the yet-unnamed black-haired woman as a lead. This is all in line with Onior’s instructions from the previous chapter.
“While you look for Hisoka on Tier 3, kill Morena Prudo, the Hei-Ly boss!”
– ONIOR LONGBAO, CHAPTER 390
We get some nice characterization for Zakuro and Lynch, as well as some expansion on Zakuro’s Nen ability. I do wonder if the time limit on Zakuro’s “blood scouts” means he will recall them early in order to conserve his own blood.
After this, we’re with Hinrigh for the rest of the chapter. He pays off a guard and does some nice detective work in order to figure out where the black-haired woman went. She entered a section of cabins that only has one entry point; as a result, it’s likely being watched by Morena’s followers. In response, Hinrigh decides to track who uses the entryway by means of a cat-cam.
I really hope this kitty isn’t in for a cruel fate.
Moving on, Hinrigh reiterates that the relationship between Tserriednich and Morena is not a good one. This is something that was brought up previously in Chapter 384. Tserriednich is almost completely focused on the Succession War and hasn’t been paying attention to Morena’s coup d’état. He even suggests making his own moves against Morena, and he may even have killed some of her followers after they used the Hei-Ly door.
Hinrigh goes on to make some peculiar statements about the Hei-Ly’s motivations.
The term “relegated to the shadows” was used previously to describe the role “second-liners”, illegitimate children of Kakin royalty who are scarred at birth. Hinrigh’s thoughts seems to be pointing toward a major class upheaval, with “what’s to come” being an attack on the Kakin monarchy. The curious part of this is both Onior and Brocco are also second-liners. Are they simply more loyal to the crown?
Next, we’re introduced to three new characters (yes, Togashi is still introducing new characters): Televares, Quorolle, and Padaille. In typical fashion, these characters are given distinct personalities right out of the gate, while also giving us some context on Morena’s ability.
It’s worth noting that this is not necessarily how Morena’s ability works, only how Quorolle believes (or perhaps, hopes) it does.
I don’t have much to add to the Padaille and Hinrigh fight. It’s another example of how creative Togashi is with abilities in this arc. We get to see how versatile Hinrigh’s ability really is. Padaille’s ability, albeit simple, adds an interesting dynamic to the fight, granting him a pyrrhic victory. Padaille’s death is pretty gruesome, but not distastefully so. It all adds to the drama and horror of the Succession Arc.
After the fight, Televares and Quorolle flee to report back to Morena. Unfortunately for Hinrigh, the fight has drawn the attention of the civilians. Again, we see the mafia conflict sowing seeds of panic on the lower decks. As Hinrigh worries about being held up, he thinks “Misha, I’m counting on you”, and that’s where the chapter ends. Misha could be another animal under Hinrigh’s control or perhaps another member of the Xi-Yu. We’ll just have to wait to find out.
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Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T – 19 – Den Perfekte Soldaten
Well, what do you know, not only can Kuroko carry an episode, Ruiko can carry a pair, along with Frenda Seivelun. Most of the episode is one big shopping mall chase scene and showdown between Frenda and Yumiya Rakko, two sadistic hunters with poor Level 0 Ruiko in the middle. And yet the episode manages to infuse some humanity in both killers.
Having gone this far to save Ruiko, Frenda never quite feels right abandoning her to Yumiya, even when it seems the best shot at surviving. After all, Ruiko shared the last of her mackeral with her. As for Yumiya, she’s in full Assassin Mode until she spots some classmates from her school, and for a moment she’s reverted to her shy and lonely persona.
Yet just as Frenda gradually figures out Yumiya’s tactics as she survives one bullet wound after another, Yumiya draws on her experience with being an extreme loner to aid her assassin’s skills. When Frenda finally decides splitting up is necessary, she tries to find the right way to break it to Ruiko—who proceeds to suggest splitting up before her.
Frenda can’t help but be impressed with Ruiko’s attempt to be “a perfect soldier” despite knowing it could mean her death. Ruiko serves as a decoy with stuffed animal bombs that among everyone in the mall only one person reacts to as bombs: Yumiya. This allows Frenda to finally spot her, and when she launches herself at her with a devastating kick she doesn’t miss her face.
A thrilling two-sided beatdown ensues, with Frenda hitting the deck indicating to Yumiya that she’s won. However, Frenda is merely getting low because it’s the safest position to be in for when she detonates bombs all over the mall, sucking the oxygen out of the air and with it Yumiya’s ability to smell or breathe. It’s a very demolition expert-y way of getting the upper hand in a fight.
Yumiya tries to counter the thermobarics by rushing to the nearest broken window to take in air, but that’s just when Frenda pounces out of the smoke, stuffs mini-bombs in Yumiya’s gob, kicks her out of the building, and sets off the detonator with a particular sense of self-satisfaction followed by a huge bang. Throughout their battle, Ruiko managed to blend in with the bystanders and calmly escape the mall.
With the extent of the threats to her life still not fully known, Ruiko takes up temporary residence at an Antiskill facility, and is restless and anxious until she finally receives a message from Frenda, who asks her to have dinner ready when she stops by, a reply to Ruiko’s invitation before they split up.
As for Yumiya, she’s alive but down an eye and most of her face due to the blast, and her SCHOOL boss Kakine Teitoku isn’t in the mood to indulge her in seeking revenge. Getting ahold of the Tweezers takes precedence, and her role in the op is going to a backup.
Back home, Ruiko tries to reach back out to Frenda but doesn’t get any replies, yet still prepares dinner for two. When the doorbell rings, she’s so excited she stubs her toe on her desk (as beautifully animated as the earlier battle), and just as dejected when it turns out to be Uiharu.
The good news? Ruiko learns no one died in the mall explosions. The bad news? She’ll probably never see Frenda again. That hurts, and you can sense Ruiko’s pain. Frenda, so much more powerful an esper than her and heartless a killer to boot, and yet someone with whom Ruiko could share a can of mackerel. Ruiko may have acted like the perfect soldier that day in the mall, but at the same time, Frenda was the perfect friend.
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Hunter x Hunter is Getting so Intense The layers to This succession war is INSANE and is a perfect depiction of why Hunter x Hunter deviates from a vast majority of Shonen
Things are getting pretty heavy in HXH the alliances are being set and people are randomly asking for Kurapika’s knowledge about Nen and Nen Beasts especially Zhang Lei ... Kurapika gives him the basic knowledge before we’re exposed to the fact that one of Benjamin’s spies are present within the room... and so something is about to spiral out of control i can just feel it...
The dark continent arc so far is prolly the most complex and strategy dense arc in the series so far due to the limitations the characters have while in the succession war..
Unlike in most cases where there are basically no rules and anything goes... In the situation involving this war they are still acting in accordance to the laws and ranks of the Kakin kingdom...
The simple fact that one nen beast cannot attack or kill one another or that the beasts cannot directly attack another prince possessing a nen beast makes things very intriguing.
Not to add the simple fact that the Nen beasts act completely separate of their hosts and that they rely on their hosts survival.
Making this war overall a battle of indirect actions putting more importance on acting on the weaknesses in the systems of other princes...
In order to win this war the bases is not how strong a character is or how high their power level is or how strong their nen ability is. It solely depends on the princes foresight and deep planning through ordering their bodyguards and soldiers around...
And also through the alliances princes make with other
But i love at how regardless of how messed up Kurapika, Prince Woble and Queen Oito’s situation is Kurapika always thinks of a strategy to better the situation using his careful thinking and complexity....
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What do you think about Camilla and her guards’ nen? Do you think any of her guards will actually be able to kill/harm the other princes with their “curses”? I thought it was kind of weird that Camilla is one of the princes most adamant about winning/killing other princes yet has nen that only works if she dies, but maybe she’s just smarter than she looks and planned ahead? Idk I think abt her a lot but I haven’t come up w any answers
Hello anon!
I have talked about Camilla here.
Many of the thoughts in the meta I linked are still relevant, but by that point we did not know that Camilla’s guards are Have-Nots. To discover about them made her whole character more interesting to me.
As far as your questions are concerned, I actually think Camilla’s ability fits her ego-centric attitude. From the meta linked above:
Benjamin takes the powers of his dead soldiers to become stronger, whereas Camilla takes the lives of the ones who hurt her in order to come back to life. So, for Benjamin it is about honouring one’s comrades, while for Camilla it is about punishing her enemies.
I have mentioned in the Benjamin’s meta that it might be possible that this arc will deal with grieving and the acceptance of death. When it comes to this, Camilla’s ability may represent a total refusal of death since her nen power is literally resurrection.
It is interesting to underline how such a strong inability to accept death can be symptomatic of a childish vision of the world like the one Camilla displays multiple times. After all growing up means also to accept death as a part of life.
In short, Camilla, despite being older than the majority of her siblings is depicted as childish and her nen ability which negates death might be just another hint at this trait of her personality.
Camilla’s ability is a selfish-one because it takes others’ lives and makes them hers. At the same time, it is also linked to a primary concern, which is survival, and, in the end, it is nothing more than a very powerful and extreme defense-mechanism. After all, the whole point of counteractive nen abilities is to take damage and to give it back to the attackers. In other words, they are reactive abilities, which are useful only if an external attack happens. What makes Camilla’s power different from other counteractive ones (like Feitan’s) is that Camilla’s ability is extreme. It is extreme in the damage she is ready to take to activate her power (she is ready to die) and it is extreme in the damage it gives others (she kills them). All in all, the fact that Camilla came up with such an ability shows how the environment around her made her feel threatened to the point that her power is one which deals directly with death. It would have been a useless ability for a person living in a peaceful context.
At the same time, Camilla’s ability is also one which does not care about others’ lives and makes use of them. This fits with Camilla’s idea that everything revolves around her. This is another trait of her personality which is childish:
That said, Camilla’s childishness is noticeable mostly because of how ego-centric she is:
Camilla’s feelings are reflected in her nen beast:
A coercitive type ability means that the manipulator controls both the mind and the body of the target and this mirrors Camilla’s desire of control towards others:
Here, Camilla tries to control even her own mother and orders her around. However, I think Camilla’s interactions with Duazul might hint at something deeper than a capricious woman who wants everyone under her thumb.
As a matter of fact Duazul seems to me as the kind of mother who would let Camilla do whatever she likes:
This would explain why Camilla is how she is since she is basically a caricature of a spoiled brat. At the same time, though, I think Duazul’s behaviour is odd.
At the end of the day, in the two scenes above we have a daughter asking her mother for help and her mother negating it and a mother letting her child march towards danger without doing anything. Especially when it comes to this second case, we should consider that everybody could see that what Camilla was doing was crazy, but Duazul let her go and even stopped others from trying to reprehend Camilla.
In short, Duazul strikes me as a distant mother to Camilla, the kind of mother who would give her child whatever they want, but who doesn’t ultimately care that much or who wouldn’t show it particularly at least. I wouldn’t be surprised if Camilla’s odd behaviour turned out to be nothing more than a way to ask for support and for attention, not by the world as she says, but by her parents.
In short, Camilla is very childish and her ability reflects it to an extent. It is an ability linked to a primary wish of survival and to the refusal of death. What is more, it is a power which puts Camilla on top of others. Finally, it makes Camilla feel invincible, even if this is false. As a matter of fact Camilla’s power is strong, but not perfect. For example, a manipulation technique would be efficient against her. Who cares if she is alive if she is reduced to a zombie without a will of her own? And what would happen if she is forced to kill herself while she is manipulated? Will her ability still work against the person who manipulated her or it won’t? And what if the person who kills her dies the moment he kills her? Moreover there is also the possibility that her ability is stolen by someone. What would happen then? Finally, Camilla using zetsu to increase her chances to die makes so that he guardian beast can’t really show its powers nor protect her. As you can see, there are different ways to handle Camilla and her failed attempt to kill Benjamin proves it. All Benjamin had to do to make Camilla harmless was to avoid killing her and to restrain her.
All these considerations are about Camilla herself, but let’s know address her private guards aka the Have-Nots. Them being Camilla’s soldiers is a very interesting detail for multiple reasons. First of all it is surprising that a person so self-centred like Camilla would give the poorest people in society a chance to shine. Why did she do so? Was it just for utilitaristic reasons or there is more to Camilla than what meets the eye? Was it a reaction to Benjamin being the leader fo the military? Since Camilla could not count on regular soldiers did she look where nobody else would have? All in all, I hope Camilla’s reasoning will be explored more.
At the same time, the Have-Nots can be read as foils of Camilla herself. As a matter of fact both the prince and her guards use post-mortem nen, but their approaches to it are basically opposite.
On one hand Camilla gives her life so much importance that she has used her nen to make herself immortal. She gives her life to kill others and to be given her life back to her.
On the other hand the Have-Nots give their lives so little importance that they are ready to live and to die with the sole purpose of killing another person. Consider that in order for the Have-Nots’ curse to work they must spend months or even years thinking about their target and must keep an object linked to them. In other words, they must really live in function of their death and their death will only accomplish the death of another person. Nothing more and nothing less.
What is more, it is interesting that the Have-Nots have decided to bring back a use, which was considered outdated even by the strongly classist society of Kakin. The practice of the after-life companions forced members of the Have-Nots to be buried together with a prince, so that they could keep the prince company in the afterlife. Now, I think there are two possible ways to read Camilla’s guards’ nen ability.
On one hand Camilla’s guards have taken an old practice and have twisted its meaning. As a matter of fact, in the past, the Have-Nots had to die for the dead prince’s sake, while right now they die to kill a prince. One could see this twisting as a way to refuse their previous social-standing and a way to reclaim their personhood.
On the other hand the Have-Nots choosing to base their nen ability on an outdated practice which dehumanizes them shows how frail their sense of self still is, despite Camilla supposedly granting them privileges. In the end, the Have-Nots think so little of themselves that they can only feel they can kill a prince if they die as a consequence of it. There is also the fact that, as far as we know, they all (with some exceptions) share the same nen ability. All in all, nen is a practice which lets people express their individuality, but here we have a group of people who all share the same ability. Morevoer this ability is one which demands their death to work.
In short, Camilla and the Have-Nots are opposites. Camilla is too self-centered and too self-important, while the Have-Nots are too self-hating. This might also be why they work well together. As a matter of fact Camilla wants to be put at the centre of the world and this is what the Have-Nots do. This makes so that, at first glance, they complement each other pretty well.
Finally, will the Have-Nots succeed in killing someone? I think their nen-ability is real, so it should work. That said, if they manage to kill someone, it will most likely be an unimportant prince and certainly not Wobble. Who knows? Maybe their failure to kill Wobble will make their ability known and it will make acting more difficult for them.
Thank you for the ask!
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Hello anon!
I have talked about Camilla here.
Many of the thoughts in the meta I linked are still relevant, but by that point we did not know that Camilla’s guards are Have-Nots. To discover about them made her whole character more interesting to me.
As far as your questions are concerned, I actually think Camilla’s ability fits her ego-centric attitude. From the meta linked above:
Benjamin takes the powers of his dead soldiers to become stronger, whereas Camilla takes the lives of the ones who hurt her in order to come back to life. So, for Benjamin it is about honouring one’s comrades, while for Camilla it is about punishing her enemies.
I have mentioned in the Benjamin’s meta that it might be possible that this arc will deal with grieving and the acceptance of death. When it comes to this, Camilla’s ability may represent a total refusal of death since her nen power is literally resurrection.
It is interesting to underline how such a strong inability to accept death can be symptomatic of a childish vision of the world like the one Camilla displays multiple times. After all growing up means also to accept death as a part of life.
In short, Camilla, despite being older than the majority of her siblings is depicted as childish and her nen ability which negates death might be just another hint at this trait of her personality.
Camilla’s ability is a selfish-one because it takes others’ lives and makes them hers. At the same time, it is also linked to a primary concern, which is survival, and, in the end, it is nothing more than a very powerful and extreme defense-mechanism. After all, the whole point of counteractive nen abilities is to take damage and to give it back to the attackers. In other words, they are reactive abilities, which are useful only if an external attack happens. What makes Camilla’s power different from other counteractive ones (like Feitan’s) is that Camilla’s ability is extreme. It is extreme in the damage she is ready to take to activate her power (she is ready to die) and it is extreme in the damage it gives others (she kills them). All in all, the fact that Camilla came up with such an ability shows how the environment around her made her feel threatened to the point that her power is one which deals directly with death. It would have been a useless ability for a person living in a peaceful context.
At the same time, Camilla’s ability is also one which does not care about others’ lives and makes use of them. This fits with Camilla’s idea that everything revolves around her. This is another trait of her personality which is childish:
That said, Camilla’s childishness is noticeable mostly because of how ego-centric she is:
Camilla’s feelings are reflected in her nen beast:
A coercitive type ability means that the manipulator controls both the mind and the body of the target and this mirrors Camilla’s desire of control towards others:
Here, Camilla tries to control even her own mother and orders her around. However, I think Camilla’s interactions with Duazul might hint at something deeper than a capricious woman who wants everyone under her thumb.
As a matter of fact Duazul seems to me as the kind of mother who would let Camilla do whatever she likes:
This would explain why Camilla is how she is since she is basically a caricature of a spoiled brat. At the same time, though, I think Duazul’s behaviour is odd.
At the end of the day, in the two scenes above we have a daughter asking her mother for help and her mother negating it and a mother letting her child march towards danger without doing anything. Especially when it comes to this second case, we should consider that everybody could see that what Camilla was doing was crazy, but Duazul let her go and even stopped others from trying to reprehend Camilla.
In short, Duazul strikes me as a distant mother to Camilla, the kind of mother who would give her child whatever they want, but who doesn’t ultimately care that much or who wouldn’t show it particularly at least. I wouldn’t be surprised if Camilla’s odd behaviour turned out to be nothing more than a way to ask for support and for attention, not by the world as she says, but by her parents.
In short, Camilla is very childish and her ability reflects it to an extent. It is an ability linked to a primary wish of survival and to the refusal of death. What is more, it is a power which puts Camilla on top of others. Finally, it makes Camilla feel invincible, even if this is false. As a matter of fact Camilla’s power is strong, but not perfect. For example, a manipulation technique would be efficient against her. Who cares if she is alive if she is reduced to a zombie without a will of her own? And what would happen if she is forced to kill herself while she is manipulated? Will her ability still work against the person who manipulated her or it won’t? And what if the person who kills her dies the moment he kills her? Moreover there is also the possibility that her ability is stolen by someone. What would happen then? Finally, Camilla using zetsu to increase her chances to die makes so that he guardian beast can’t really show its powers nor protect her. As you can see, there are different ways to handle Camilla and her failed attempt to kill Benjamin proves it. All Benjamin had to do to make Camilla harmless was to avoid killing her and to restrain her.
All these considerations are about Camilla herself, but let’s know address her private guards aka the Have-Nots. Them being Camilla’s soldiers is a very interesting detail for multiple reasons. First of all it is surprising that a person so self-centred like Camilla would give the poorest people in society a chance to shine. Why did she do so? Was it just for utilitaristic reasons or there is more to Camilla than what meets the eye? Was it a reaction to Benjamin being the leader fo the military? Since Camilla could not count on regular soldiers did she look where nobody else would have? All in all, I hope Camilla’s reasoning will be explored more.
At the same time, the Have-Nots can be read as foils of Camilla herself. As a matter of fact both the prince and her guards use post-mortem nen, but their approaches to it are basically opposite.
On one hand Camilla gives her life so much importance that she has used her nen to make herself immortal. She gives her life to kill others and to be given her life back to her.
On the other hand the Have-Nots give their lives so little importance that they are ready to live and to die with the sole purpose of killing another person. Consider that in order for the Have-Nots’ curse to work they must spend months or even years thinking about their target and must keep an object linked to them. In other words, they must really live in function of their death and their death will only accomplish the death of another person. Nothing more and nothing less.
What is more, it is interesting that the Have-Nots have decided to bring back a use, which was considered outdated even by the strongly classist society of Kakin. The practice of the after-life companions forced members of the Have-Nots to be buried together with a prince, so that they could keep the prince company in the afterlife. Now, I think there are two possible ways to read Camilla’s guards’ nen ability.
On one hand Camilla’s guards have taken an old practice and have twisted its meaning. As a matter of fact, in the past, the Have-Nots had to die for the dead prince’s sake, while right now they die to kill a prince. One could see this twisting as a way to refuse their previous social-standing and a way to reclaim their personhood.
On the other hand the Have-Nots choosing to base their nen ability on an outdated practice which dehumanizes them shows how frail their sense of self still is, despite Camilla supposedly granting them privileges. In the end, the Have-Nots think so little of themselves that they can only feel they can kill a prince if they die as a consequence of it. There is also the fact that, as far as we know, they all (with some exceptions) share the same nen ability. All in all, nen is a practice which lets people express their individuality, but here we have a group of people who all share the same ability. Morevoer this ability is one which demands their death to work.
In short, Camilla and the Have-Nots are opposites. Camilla is too self-centered and too self-important, while the Have-Nots are too self-hating. This might also be why they work well together. As a matter of fact Camilla wants to be put at the centre of the world and this is what the Have-Nots do. This makes so that, at first glance, they complement each other pretty well.
Finally, will the Have-Nots succeed in killing someone? I think their nen-ability is real, so it should work. That said, if they manage to kill someone, it will most likely be an unimportant prince and certainly not Wobble. Who knows? Maybe their failure to kill Wobble will make their ability known and it will make acting more difficult for them.
Thank you for the ask!
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how would benjamin be as a king because I have seen people comment on how his right hand man described him as being the perfect man in that he is passionate but can be cool headed and logical when needed in their words ( its been awhile since Isaw that comment
Hello!
Sorry for the late reply!
I would say he would be a king which would prioritize military achievements over social reforms.
In short, he might be able to obtain concrete results in some areas such as expanding Kakin’s territories or making Kakin’s army stronger and more efficient. However, I think he would likely dismiss a part of his people and to be more precise the weakest and most vulnerable ones since Benjamin himself only respects strength. The fact that he is ready to kill his siblings among whom there are children and even a baby is representative of this side of his personality. He surely has a lot of charisma and shows loyalty and respect for his comrades, but they are nothing more than a selected group of people who share a common mentality and a common background. Still, a country is made of several people all different from each other and with different circumstances.
In short, what I am trying to say is that Benjamin’s soldiers’ POV is limited and partial.
This is just a theory I have, so as usual take it with a grain of salt, but I think at least some of the princes represent specific types of governements. So, if Halckenburg, as I mentioned here, represents democracy, Benjamin represents something similar to a military government with all its pros and cons.
Thank you for the ask!
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