Were there times when you were soured on an anime/manga because of some character trait or plot direction that was revealed early in the story? What would you have changed about that plot point? (Note: Obviously drastic changes would affect scenarios and world-building introduced later in the story. To have fun reading through these alternate plots, lets ignore the fact that some may be implausible or contradictory to canon developments.)
For example: When watching HxH I really liked it until it revealed all of Kurapika's new powers, as I never really felt any tension with his battles. Instead, I would have preferred if his *only* power was the special condition insta-kill he had for the Phantom Troupe. It would have better highlighted his instability in his ambition and fragility in dealing with a dangerous group of criminals. Plus, it'd let him continue to use those two swords he was using in the Hunter Exam arc, which I really liked desu
Jason Cook
>as I never really felt any tension with his battles He only really fights Uvo with it, and his abilities are revealed during the fight. So not a big deal.
Chase Jones
I didn't feel any tension in his interactions with the Troupe in general, and they note the risk of using specific abilities on other enemies, so I'd prefer it if he was even more of a specified glass cannon
Ryder Taylor
I always thought that part where Killua kills those two random guys during the Hunter exam felt out of place, like at first Togashi wanted him to become a supreme edgelord but then decide to change it.
Benjamin Hill
When they were on the blimp?
James Walker
>where Killua kills those two random guys during the Hunter exam felt out of place I don't think it feels out of place considering he also kills Johness and Bodoro during the same arc, and is introduced as a professional assassin before killing anyone. He only start to tone down his edge during Heaven's arena thanks to Gon.
Ethan Young
> Johness and Bodoro But those made more sense for him to kill. They had to get past Johness and he killed Bodoro because of his brother mindfuckery. Those two guys just felt really random, he didn't have any real reason to kill them. Yeah
John Russell
>Those two guys just felt really random, he didn't have any real reason to kill them. He killed them because he was frustrated about Netero playing with him and Gon.
Ryan Garcia
This. He's a 12 year old brat with family issues and the power to kill 99.99% of the people he meets, of course he's going to tsujigiri random asshats.
David Rivera
That would be OOC as fuck. Kurapika is vengeful but he isn't stupid, he knows he'll have to deal with other Nen users than the troupe, he wouldnt limit his entire arsenal to just them.
Parker Barnes
Would change Kurapika into a girl, keep the exact same design.
Lucas Jones
Bad move. Kurapika would have more trouble repopulating the clan as a woman.
Jason Morris
Does he want to repopulate it? I haven't seen him mention it so far but I'm not caught up yet.
Cooper Robinson
That's the point. Killua was raised as a killer and that's really all he knows how to do. Him killing them two is the only way he knew how to deal with that situation.
Killua was a supreme edgelord but didn't want to be, as stated in the first arc multiple times. He changes throughout the series and doesn't resort to killing people as a way to deal with his problems. He becomes more like how Gon was early in the series as shown with his interactions with Ikalgo and Palm in the CA arc
Cameron Miller
>That would be OOC Yes, the premise of the thread kinda leads to contradictory changes
Adrian Morales
This hasn't been mentioned yet but I think it could be a good endgame for Kurapika if he doesn't end up dying in the next couple arcs
Easton Johnson
Even after he mellowed out he was still quite the edgelord, look at the CA arc in particular. And even when he's not killing anyone he's still kind of edgy. >*teleports behind you* >*karate chops your neck* >eh, nothing personnel... kid
Jayden Martinez
The first 70 chapters of this series fucking sucked.
Jacob Scott
In HxH? No NEN meme at all, the first arc was great with it's battles that were relatively grounded in reality, Instead of giving everybody and i mean EVERYBODY those silly nen powers (at first nen was supossed to be a secret that just only a few people knew about) Iwould just try to expand the tactical aspects of fights and specializations of fighters. I wanted Gon to use his fishing pole a little bit more, Leorio that treats wounded friends while fighting and assassins that act like assassins not super saiyans who throw Kamehames and flashing dragon beams every god damn time.
Christian Taylor
>at first nen was supossed to be a secret that just only a few people knew about it's funny, I was watching the part (in the 99' version) where in the hunter exam the headmaster is talking about how in his career as a hunter he's never caught someone as powerful as the guy with thee death-grip (or something to that effect). Like really? Out of all the criminals you've fought this one dork without nen is special to you?
Aaron Reyes
Sanji not being almost oblivious to DFs and not using agun.