KILLUA OH MY GOD????

HxH Translation Tidbit

In the following post I will attempt to explain how Hisoka nearly got himself killed asking Illumi for permission to fuck Killua.

This is the scene in question:

As you may remember, Illumi asks Hisoka to help him in capturing Killua to prevent him from using Allukas powers to help Gon. Hisoka then turns to Illumi and asks him the following:

ところで、僕はキルアをやるのは、ありかい？

Both the manga and anime translate this as

By the way, am I allowed to kill Killua?

Which is fair enough, except that Hisoka never mentions killing him at all. The verb he uses is やる which literally means “to do”. It’s used as a euphemism for killing, but, you guessed it, it is also a euphemism for, well, sex. But how can we tell which one Hisoka is referring to?

Here, his gesture comes into play. Of course, the anime is faithful to the original. This is Hisoka in the manga:

The gesture is even more prominent here.

For everyone who isn’t savvy in Japanese nonverbal communication:

His hand gesture appears to be セックス (sekkusu), lit. Sex. It’s used so you don’t have to actually bring sex up in a conversation, but still make it clear that you’re talking about dirty stuff. Usually, this gesture requires the thumb to stick out between your middle and index finger, but this version is sometimes used as well. Since HxH appears in Jump, they might have had him change it as a form of censoring, but that’s just me taking guesses.

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_sign)

On the Japanese wikipedia site for this sign it says that the thumb represents the penis, and the index and middle finger represent the vagina, it is possible that for this reason Hisoka chose the middle and ring finger instead, since Killua is a male.

In any case, it is clear that Hisoka is using this gesture to communicate to Illumi that he is talking about dirty stuff here. The fact that his words could mean both things work in his favor. He probably just said that to provoke Illumi, anyhow.

And that’s how Hisoka nearly died because of a stupid joke.

Frog killua 🐸

can’t choose ㅜㅜ

^almost literal foreshadowing begins on just page 16, VOLUME 1. 

Anyway, @godxspeed brought something to my attention that I’d never noticed before, and I’m pretty irritated with how the anime not only left out 95% of the first chapter in general, but also made things seem “happy” – like Gon as the “happy kid with dumb luck and positive upbringing despite XYZ…”

For starters, Gon had (obviously) spent a lot of time in the forest; he was clearly able to feed and fend for himself, and even had a small set up to dry his clothes, cook, etc. (he’s also shown washing / drying his clothes when they’re on the island during the Hunter’s exam). This is where he first meets Kite when he was younger, as well.

^ (more foreshadowing?)

^okay, that was uncalled for. don’t freaking lure a little boy into you by making him think you’re worried and then punch him in the face as he wobbles over to you, i mean what in the…(that scene always bothered me.)

But I’m only bringing all of that up bc of this:

^ Mito was drunk. (and i don’t feel like this should need proof, but you never know and i have some anyway)

(She was also the bartender at the pub they owned in the ‘99 version.) 

They don’t even own a bar in canon so that’s like ‘99 trying to stay close to the story but not make it^ obvious bc it’s technically a shonen. And the scene above is pretty harsh and deep – i.e., her slamming things, stumbling away just after telling Gon he was abandoned, and then Gon having to clean up after her. (fucking sad, alright. that is fucking sad.) 

She basically has a mini-bar set up at that table – just for her – so I highly doubt that was a one time ordeal, and it’s pretty likely that Gon had spent a lot of time away (living in the forest, etc.) because of it. (It may also be why she had to “fight” Ging for Gon in court – and I only bring that up bc I know it was a question and that’s just a possible reason, lol.) what also makes this plausible is the fact that Killua was the one who’d suggested going to Whale Island after Heavens Arena – not Gon. Gon even said, “uh, are you sure?”

But I find it so sweet and heartwarming how Killua had taken Gon right under his wing after they’d first met – like a guide, a form of support in the same direction he was going, that Gon had never really had before. They both helped each other below the surface during the Hunter’s exam.

*also - reminders from previous posts* Mito wasn’t originally going to see Gon off – he was both surprised and happy when she showed up. She also tried breaking his Hunter’s license when he & Killua came to visit. Like, really? //side eyes// does what he just went through to get that not mean anything?? (…or are you really just bitter as hell and still mad that Ging left?) I don’t know, but either way i don’t like the fact that the anime left out (basically all of it) and put Mito in a “better” light.

ハンター ✖ ハンター || No. 303