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i find it interesting that the author used hxh to emphasize the relationship between the two main characters in the summer hikaru died. even if killugon isn't as explicit, it can be totally read as queer, there's no denying togashi's intentions.

i wanted to know your thoughts on it, i think there is a lot of parallels drawn between them and you seem like the best person to talk about it

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i think the parallel is clearly that you have two boys who grew up isolated from others and really connected with each other as first friends. (in yoshiki and hikaru's case, they're the only kids the same age in their small, rural village -- the other kids at school are from neighboring villages).

in general i love characters/stories that walk on the line between first friendship and first love. the confusion of feelings and self-discovery is a really intriguing narrative concept. i think you can see that especially with killua, who seems to have known almost no semblance of normal, peaceful affection until meeting gon, which makes his attachment even stronger. then you have "hikaru", a being that admits he has no idea what feelings are his vs. the original hikaru, but yoshiki is all he has and clings to him.

gon and yoshiki are also both fascinating because they're characters who are able to hide their brokeness from others, feel excessive guilt and need to control/make things right, and ultimately resolve to do whatever it takes, even it means destroying themselves.

you also have killua and "hikaru" seeing gon/yoshiki as a "light" and not wanting to taint it

Omg I absolutely love all the connections and parallels to HxH that this series does! I love TSHD and I can definitely tell the author was heavily influenced by Killua and Gon when writing Yoshiki and Hikaru. There’s so many parallels it’s hard to even list them, however I will say that I find it verrrrry interesting how in the (spoiler alert) stabbing scene, that is where the HxH references are most prevalent (hand puppets, poster behind “Hikaru’s” head, etc.

The show does an excellent job of emphasizing that Yoshiki was fully intending on Killing “Hikaru” and then himself, which is why he says goodbye to his mom. And in HxH the lovers suicide moment with Killua is the biggest confirmation of the romantic feelings he has for Gon. I just think it’s reallllly interesting how during a scene where Yoshiki intended to die with “Hikaru” (obviously under different circumstances than Killua and Gon but you get the idea) it is the scene with the most references to characters whose arguably most romantic moment involves a desire to do the same.

Hi ! I would like to have your interpretation on the scene where Killua gives advice to Gon for Palm. It surprised me because Killua wants Gon only for himself. I think that either he hasn’t discovered yet that he is in love with Gon, or he was trying to convince himself once again that Gon is just his friend or he just wanted to answer lucidly to what Gon was telling him (stupid question but it intrigues me ><)

Hi! Good question!

Here's the scene from the manga. We're not given any more context to the conversation than this. Based on the little we do see, it's likely more of a conversation on "rehashing events of the date" and/or "how to get Palm off Gon's back" more than "dating advice from Killua." Based off Gon's posture and what he's saying, he seems maybe a little troubled and defeated, while Killua looks surprised (presumably at what Gon's telling him), so I think that supports this conclusion more than Killua giving Gon dating advice more generally.

Killua is suggesting that Gon tell Palm to wait until later, so it's not like he's telling Gon to "Go for it!!!" wholeheartedly either, haha.

Of course, Killua is concerned about their mission and Gon's safety, so getting Palm out of the picture (even just temporarily) is important, and he may hope Palm will lose interest or things otherwise won't work out between them if the whole Palm situation gets postponed until later.

I do also think Killua has a misguided belief that Gon is more interested in and invested in the relationship with Palm than he actually is, which is supported by Killua's annoyance at Gon being worried about Palm during the palace invasion, and Killua's breakdown later in CAA over the thought that Palm might be able to reach Gon while he can't.

Killua, in his panic, seems to believe that Gon's relationship with Palm is more mutual and serious/romantic in nature than it actually is, and so it makes sense to me that he might give Gon at least a little earnest advice under the misguided assumption that, even after that disaster date, Gon wants to be in a relationship with Palm. There's also the question of how aware Killua is of his own feelings. He very well may be in denial or still grappling with what his feelings mean at this point, and regardless I don't think he has much hope of Gon reciprocating. So, he's trying to be a good friend and tell Gon what he thinks is the best course of action.

Also, like I've said about this scene before, it's pretty ironic that how the Palm date incident comes to a close is with these two on...what looks like a date.

I think the main motivator here behind everything Killua’s doing is the fact that Palm is a crazed knife-wielding maniac who at this point is still powerful enough to kill either of them if she wanted to. Killua’s doesn’t want Gon to date Palm at all, he just wants to make sure Gon keeps her placated so she doesn’t lose it and dice them up like she threatened at just about every spare moment she had.

I think a lot of Killua’s feelings about Gon potentially liking Palm more than him come a bit later than this. Obviously there’s the jealousy he displays when Gon is out with Palm on their “date”, but I don’t think he genuinely is convinced that Gon likes her outside of that until the lead up to the palace invasion, since he gets repeatedly upset by Gon’s concern for her.

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So, I think a good thing to keep in mind is that HxH is not real events happening to real people. The characters aren't going about their lives in actuality with the "danger" of things going in some unexpected direction, they're living out a story that has been pre-determined to whatever degree Togashi has planned it out. As much as I dig into the character psychology and such, I think this is worth remembering. Stories are created with intention.

Togashi already "spoiled" the scrapped idea of Gon ending with Noko, so I personally see it as extremely unlikely this is an idea he intends to continue to use. It's possible Noko will appear while Gon is on Whale Island, but at the same time they've never been portrayed in the series as being particularly close, and if Togashi has no intention of ending it with them together I don't see why he'd bother with giving her more than some sort of cameo. Ending D aside, which is separate from the series itself as something that was rejected, she hasn't been given any important role in within the story so far.

Also though, I find it highly unlikely that Togashi would put Gon romantically with any character who just exists as a faceless entity only in name. Togashi doesn’t write romance like that, especially not for the main character and face of the series like Gon is. Togashi flushes out both sides of his romantic pairings to the point where both are almost always equally interesting characters, and Noko isn’t even a character in the story really, just a name.

Plot wise I’m not even sure how the hell he would even write it either, considering it’s almost certain that the way Gon and Killua respectively are going to become plot relevant again, is going to be the journey to the dark continent, given both of their strong ties there. How Noko, a kid who presumably has not left whale island her whole life, doesn’t know nen or have any combat experience at all, would be able to play any role whatsoever in that plot is just silly to me. There would be no time to develop a meaningful relationship there on the level that Togashi has with other romantic pairings.

The only way I could see Gon even ending up with a girl at this point is if we’re introduced to some new girl nen user his age who is at a similar level to him for her to even be relevant in the plot. But again, that would involve constructing a whole new character from nothing, and developing a relationship from nothing into romance with Gon in what is already assuredly going to be a very busy plot. Safe to say, it isn’t necessarily impossible, but I’m highly doubtful of that happening at this point.

Tbh, I think the only real possibilities at this point are that Gon either ends up with Killua, or with no one. We’ve already had the stereotypical Shonen “straight with kids” ending shown as rejected in ending D, and IMHO, the idea of having the exact same thing happen in canon but just with a different girl instead of Noko is just silly, when other than a name change it would make no real difference.