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Two Best Friends - Hunter x Hunter ep. 93-95: Media Club Plus S01E29

🕑 Added 2024-10-23 05:35:42 +0000 UTC

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J G

Almost entirely irrelevant but I think my favourite Palm look is that brief transitional period when her attempt at charm has well and truly worn off but she hasn't totally slipped back into caricature yet. Think pic 74 on the screenshot reel provided here. There's a period where she's still a conventionally attractive anime lady but with a strong nose and jawline, which is not something female characters in this style are often permitted to have. A shame it is wasted on Palm.

Pilcrow

Can I also get that slipper rec? I am in the market

Pilcrow

The Crunchyroll subs say "maniac," fwiw

Albedo12

Insert your favourite "There is no heterosexual explanation for this." meme here.

Friends at the Table

that makes sense. i believe my sub comes from the bluray? not 100% sure. i know it's different than the viz sub but im not sure why

Michael Weems

Thank you for the episode!! I want to weigh in on the "cougar" line since it's a really interesting example of wasei-eigo, English-origin loanwords that have a different meaning in Japanese. A literal translation of what Gon says in Japanese would be "They say they're called mania." "Mania" here is a wasei-eigo word whose meaning is somewhere between "enthusiast" and "fanatic." It's used for all kinds of intense hobbyists like railfans, car guys, etc. I think "mania" may have entered into Japanese usage by analogy with "Beatlemania" which is pretty neat, but I digress. Translating "mania" as "cougar" makes sense in context but is obviously a little bit imprecise. A common use for wasei-eigo words in Japanese is as euphemisms; they come off as softer and less direct than stating the same thing in plain Japanese. Hearing Gon Freecs say the word "cougar" has basically the opposite effect, where it's a startlingly direct bit of sexual slang for him to be using. So the nuance of the line lands very differently in the translation. That said, other translations like "fanatic" or "maniac" are worse imo. For my money "cougar" is the only translation that holds the scene together, sells Killua's reaction, and makes the line make immediate sense, even if that comes at the cost of a "wait what did Gon just say??" moment.

Cromalin

togashi's art is *incredible*, i just reread yu yu hakusho and he's been great since the beginning

JJMilez

The song that plays when Gon prepares to kill Morel, “Sprint”, will always be associated with the Heaven’s Arena Hisoka fight for me. When Gon emerged from behind the debris and landed a punch, this song played. You know, that time Gon achieved *his* objective, but still lost in the end? I’m sure that won’t become a pattern :P

D B

Sharing the manga pages to compare with the episodes is so good, looking forward to listening to this one

Anthy Himemiya

These manga pages Ali shared are incredible... Just wow. Talk about efficient storytelling. I think I might have to read this

Friends at the Table

I believe she was in one of the yorknew ep screenshot posts!

Michael Penny

I am DYING laughing at Jack's examples of what Togashi thinks is a common trope :D

Patrick Brady

This show is always appointment listening for me but I'm getting GIDDY anticipating your coverage of 96 and 97 next ep!

Ainsley

Togashi is back from hiatus too so very a better time to get in to it now that new chapters are coming out. Apparently up to 426 has been inked so there should be regular releases for a few months.

kris p

damn, i think those manga scans have officially sold me on reading hxh on top of watching it

Michael Penny

Oh wow, thanks for including those manga scans! There's some incredible pages. Killua's Best Friends flashback page? *chef's kiss* Also I'm not crying, you're crying.