whispers talk to me about killua's development during what you know of the chimera ant arc
His development is shocking. (I'm gonna talk about episode one through episode 126, where I am now.) He goes from this little bratty dork who get so easily embarrassed to this child with more emotions than a teaspoon.
Average twelve year olds don't use Nen. Average twelve year olds don't have fucked up assassin families. Average twelve year olds don't kill. Average twelve year olds can't boast that they can run and walk without making a sound.
In short, he and Gon are far from average.
Compared to an average twelve year old; all these feats should have rendered them both emotionless, or to the point where their emotional range is that of a teaspoon. Instead, it seems to have expanded their range of emotions.
Killua; who has never cried for anyone, nor felt pain for anyone, is constantly on the verge of tears for the boy who changed his entire life. You can see it in his face, after Kite's attack from Pitou -- concern, worry; a flood of emotions we've never seen from Killua take place in just his eyes alone.
The anger of his best friend was also a worry point -- Gon had never been that angry; not even Nobunaga Hazama had pulled that anger out of him during the Yorknew Arc, when he'd cried over Uvogin and ticked off Gon, who knew of their crimes.
Killua is one to keep his true feelings hidden; which makes his blatant outpouring of tears in one scene really important. He isn't one to cry, or even show worry; yet the dam broke and everything came out at once. To see him cry, being the natural empath that I am, I even began to cry.
He's a subtle character when it comes to emotions; but to see such a blatant, large expression of his feelings is very important. He loves Gon, be it platonic or romantic (however you feel Togashi is swinging it); and doesn't want harm to come to him.
Killua is thankful -- Gon is his light, the boy who saved him from the darkness that swirled within, who saved him from being dragged into his own personal hell. Gon is the one that Killua would die for, the one that Killua would willingly throw down his life for. He means that much to Killua. And to see him so angry, so self destructive... It pains Killua.
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