TELL ME JAMIE. I DIDN’T SEND THIS ASK BUT NOW I’M CURIOUS.
*please forgive me*
1. the “i’ll race you / loser buys dinner” scene when they first meet
2. the pillow fight scene (RIP me) (actually that whole 24 hrs stuck together was never shown)
3. Killua looking at Gon when they’re eating with Kite
4. the golden chocorobots scene
5. Killua riding the horse backwards / leaning on Gon
there’s a bunch more “fan service-y” scenes (i guess??), but those are the ones right off the top of my head. 😀
it’s funny bc @godxspeed and i were just talking about how there is literally nothing to really… “ship” them with. it’s just their deep connection and friendship. there truly are no “GAY” scenes. (in the manga)
alright let me explain – bc this isn’t trying to disprove “killugon.” In fact, i think it shows a much, much deeper side, and how you don’t need physical acts or gaybaiting to prove their strong connection:
1. They know each other and can read each other better than anyone else.
Killua knows exactly how to push & inspire Gon.
I don’t know why they cut Gon’s part out, but he was concerned as hell about Killua’s gambling, knew that he was the type to self-destruct and got rid of the extra dice.
Gon knew Killua, and knew that his spirit had been manipulated just from hearing about what happened…they hadn’t even spent much time together at this point.
2. They think very much alike
3. Do not fuck with either one of them
they’re the anime version of Bonnie and Clyde for real
Seriously! I feel like the anime tends to go straight from the beginning bud of their friendship, to Killua being torn away from Gon, with very little in between on the emphasis of how well they worked together and how close they really were, only throwing in a few scenes where we see them actually working as a team or reflecting on one another, or the deep admiration they both had for the other’s skill and intelligence which may seem more arbitrary than the “deep, fond smile of true love” or some other more touchy feely fanservice type scene, but I think the way Togashi displayed the natural ease with which they dealt with each other showed much more in the way of their relationship. It made their friendship, and by large extension the personalities of the character’s themselves, more fleshed out.
Also, the anime tended to lean towards Killua’s point of view, casting Gon in an unreachable, unreadable, hero-type of light, which I believe is mainly responsible for the Killua-focused fanbase, thinking that Killugon is all one sided and even in part the view that Gon was abusive, when the manga showed both of them thinking and problem solving, and Gon’s reasonings and thoughts of Killua instead of just Killua reflecting on Gon’s actions. We get to see a lot more of Gon in the manga, and his motivations, especially when it comes to Killua, and the emotional side of their friendship. Anime Killugon was a lot more… Sappy-Killua-and-overbearing-Gon-yay-isn’t-the-gay-so-obvious while Togashi put more emphasis on subtlety and the natural development of an actual friendship.
EY FATTY BOOM BOOM 