chained down to hiatus hell

Dudebros in the HxH fandom believe that killugon fans will cry and shit their pants if or when killugon doesn't become canon when Hunter x Hunter ends. And as a killugon shipper -- I am only speaking for myself, idk about others -- I won't be upset at all whatever the nature of Gon and Killua's relationship turns out to be. Do I think Killua has a crush on Gon? Yes. Do I believe that there is romantic subtext in their friendship? Absolutely. But what matters the most to me is that Killua and Gon reunite, resolve their tensions from the previous two arcs, and they stay together forever (very naive, I know). Whether they are declared to be strictly platonic, or ambiguous, or in an explicitly romantic relationship, from the bottom of my heart, I DO NOT care. I just want them to make each other happy in whatever way they can.

Togashi has so far never let me down with his writing, so I have the hope that I will be satisfied with whatever ending he has in mind. Even if there is a ton of bloodshed and angst, not in a Game of Thrones type of way, but in a "This is what Hunter x Hunter is all about" type of way. If Togashi stays true to what makes HxH the manga that it is, I will be satisfied. I hate how dudebros just assume that all killugon shippers are just mindless fujoshis without any media literacy when I have never seen such high quality analysis as I have from killugon fans.

An ending that will disappoint me is if Gon and Killua end up in heterosexual relationships with characters they have no chemistry with -- female characters with no independent depth. But as Togashi has managed to subvert the audience's expectations of shounen so many times, I am sure that he would do it once more.

I am not gonna sit here and say that I 100% believe that Killua and Gon will end up together romantically. It would be amazing for sure, but there is obviously a lot more to HxH that should be prioritised in the end. 

Just

All my friends really hate Gon and that makes me feel stupid sometimes… Like “may be i just imagine this character too deep when in reality he’s as typical and assholish as they think?”…

“the point of CA arc is to shed light of human’s moral high ground over other creatures bc we ignore that dark side of ourselves”

I am totally in love with this take!!!!!! Togashi is an incredible character writer but more than anything he is incredible at implementing his characters to make wider points like this one!!!!

The whole point of this arc (and pretty much all the characters he writes) is to demonstrate that humans are not black and white - as much as it’s hard to admit, there is no such thing as a totally good person and a totally bad one. Sometimes “good” characters, like Gon, can be pushed to do bad things. As a society, we value ourselves more highly than other species because we believe have moral superiority, but the point Togashi makes here is that that’s essentially bullshit. Any human can be as corrupted (or more so) than any other being, and the reverse is also true - which is demonstrated by Meruem’s growth. As OP says, losing and gaining “humanity” is an obtuse take on something so much more nuanced.