hmmmm more examples of how the REAL LEORIO is fucking HOT and STRONG as opposed to his WEAK PASTY and FALSE 2011 characterization.
look at those BULGING MUSCLES, that TONED BODY. my dad walked by while i was reading this he is a STRAIGHT MAN and you know what HE said he said YOWWW THAT MAN IS FUCKING SEXY!!!
alright if this is NEW TO YOU because your sorry ass has only watched the 2011 ANIME because you have NETFLIX and it was CONVENIENT then let me CATCH YOU UP you have been fed a FALSE, extremely PASTY (though possibly SUN BLEACHED like that episode of SPONGEBOB where spongebob becomes SUN BLEACHED because he lies in the TANNING BED for TOO LONG) LEORIO. leorio is STRONG TAN and HOT AS HELL. a reminder the pictures above are AUTHENTIC from the ORIGINAL MANGA.
1 good thing about hxh super long hiatus’, no matter how teeny tiny the next update is or even if its awful when it comes out eventually everyone is gonna lose their s h i t
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.
hunter x hunter is so good, every time the author finishes a chapter, the sheer spiritual, mental, and physical strain of creating something that awesome takes such a toll on his mortal body that he has to go into seclusion and rest for another 12 years