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liveblogging aboard the black whale

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all spoilers for the current manga have been tagged as #hxh manga spoilers and/or #succession war arc

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The True Morena Prudo

I have a theory that this is the real Morena Prudo.

I think a big clue is her hairstyle, I think she has locks that look similar to the foliage from a tomato. Which matches the theme of the other Second-Track Fakers having vegetable styled hair.

I also think she is one the one who sent the Silent Majority user. She has a serpent design on her collar which is similar to the snake designs on the marionette for Silent Majority. And they have similar hairstyles.

The marionette has a double serpent design that looks like a caduceus. According to mythology it was gifted to Hermes by Apollo who is associated with snakes. I think this is significant because I think the Heily-Ly members represent the Major Arcana and I think she is The Sun, and Apollo is the Sun God.

I think the Majority Silent user is Danjin but he does not know it because his is being manipulated.

Tserriednich pointed out that it was a possibility that Danjin could be Manipulated at the Nen lessons. I think ironically it will turn out he was being Manipulated the whole time.

I think he is being manipulated by this Heil-Ly tattoo artist. I think tattooing is a condition for his power.

It seems likely that Danjin was tattooed by him because Borksen revealed this Heil-Ly tattoo artist gave Tserriednich's personal army their unit tattoos.

Kurapika theorized that there was a Manipulator that could erase memories or manipulate the subconscious.

When Mizaistom speculates if such an ability exists it switched over to the tattoo artist tattooing one of Tserriednich's victims. Which I think was a clue it was him.

It has been suggested that this Manipulator is Kaiser but I think he is a Red Herring and shows that the Manipulator does exist.

Also it was hinted that a Manipulator helped Morena. It was speculated that the previous Heil-Ly boss was manipulated with Nen and killed.

The Silent Majority user seems like the Manipulator who can erase memories/manipulate the subconscious. They were able to hide from Furykov who can identify Nen users even secret ones.

Furykov believes that Longhi is the Silent Majority user.

But she denies it and it seems like she is telling the truth.

The Silent Majority user also evaded Babimyna. He too believes that Longhi is the assassin.

According to the impostor the real Morena died in her place but I don't we can take her words as facts.

The other families don't know what the real Morena looks like who is to say she met the real Morena.

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I hope I'm not the last person to notice this recurring theme in the Black Whale arc—references of romantic and sexual relations in the context of battle and murder.

I thought it was just Hisoka (calling one-against-many battles "orgies", fighting Nen beasts "bestiality", and one-on-one duels "vanilla") but Tser tortures and kills women he's attracted to, Morena grants Nen abilities through kisses, Illumi got an "engagement ring" from Hisoka to kill him, and now Chrollo is using a Nen cellphone to search for his "ideal partner" to defeat Hisoka. Is it because these sort of things take passion or what?

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togashi going full throttle with the tserriednich antichrist allegations is throwing more fuel on the beyond-baby fire; after all, netero also has veryyy strong religious imagery tied to him--albeit, buddhist rather than biblical. in netero's case he became a warped, almost perverse facsimile of his projected image (no amount of buddha handshakes can justify setting off a nuke, lol). so whereas isaac netero is the anti-buddha, tserriednich takes on the mantle of the antichrist. only, where netero seems to make a choice, to give in to malice for the supposed sake of the "greater good," tserriednich exercises evil without thought, without purpose. he has no fall from grace--there is no where to fall if you're already in hell.

beyond, meanwhile, is somewhere in between; aesthetically he's firmly stuck in the former, taking more after his father, but thematically there's an element of abrahamic mythos to his deeds. king solomon and his 700 wives. abraham and his sacrificial lamb of a son. noah's arc. so sure, why not. let's add the unholy trinity to the mix

the transition of power, the transcendence of humanity, the splitting of one's soul. godhood is dehumanization, self-inflicted.

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1. satan: the dragon, beast from the heavens

(a manifestation of all the evils of humanity, diametrically opposed to the holy father, the one true god)

serves to empower the antichrist, setting in motion the end of days

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2. the antichrist: the beast from the sea

(fashioned in the image of the holy son)

serves to mirror the resurrection of christ, to warp and pervert the faith

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3. the false prophet: the beast of the earth

(usurper of the holy spirit)

serves as a deceptive religious leader, bestows upon his disciples the mark of the beast

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behold: our unholy trinity!

[moretheta]

togashi going full throttle with the tserriednich antichrist allegations is throwing more fuel on the beyond-baby fire; after all, netero also has veryyy strong religious imagery tied to him--albeit, buddhist rather than biblical. in netero's case he became a warped, almost perverse facsimile of his projected image (no amount of buddha handshakes can justify setting off a nuke, lol). so whereas isaac netero is the anti-buddha, tserriednich takes on the mantle of the antichrist. only, where netero seems to make a choice, to give in to malice for the supposed sake of the "greater good," tserriednich exercises evil without thought, without purpose. he has no fall from grace--there is no where to fall if you're already in hell.

beyond, meanwhile, is somewhere in between; aesthetically he's firmly stuck in the former, taking more after his father, but thematically there's an element of abrahamic mythos to his deeds. king solomon and his 700 wives. abraham and his sacrificial lamb of a son. noah's arc. so sure, why not. let's add the unholy trinity to the mix

the transition of power, the transcendence of humanity, the splitting of one's soul. godhood is dehumanization, self-inflicted.

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chapter 311 color page | chapter 411 color page

oh ok. centennial. turning and turning the widening gyre. gotttt itt

[mobiuslake]

have you seen that reddit post abt prince benjamin being gay

i upvoted the reddit post about prince benjamin being gay

[mobiuslake]

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he gets down on one knee after this

[countbaacula]

happy kurapika everyone

[meggie-moo]

i really can’t take gon hxh hate seriously because it’s like, oh no the child put in traumatized situations isn’t making the best decisions

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Morena Prudo with blue hair <3 ough

[icouldbemoreclever]

I feel like if you were gonna become a Hunter, becoming a nen exorcist would be very lucrative. People would always be wanting your services. At the same time I feel like people would constantly be trying to kill you, though.

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sorry to everyone else in this arc i accused of having a god complex, i simply was not familiar with benjamin's game

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Sorry follow up but I am amazed at how you predicted the central conflict of chapter 411 and even more amazed at togashi for setting it up. A power as strong as the kakin jar treats death as a prerequisite, if it were only natural, and assumes all the kakin princes do the same. It dehumanizes the family rather then aknowledge them as individuals (tie in to the zoldycks) and treats life as worthless then money and power. As you said, you cant lose what you cant value.

omg 😳 you guys are so niceee to me i'm kicking my legs and twirling my hair!!!

yeah, the Have-nots becoming a larger part of the conflict seemed inevitable, but i do so love how well they tie in thematically to the rest of the arc; i.e. dehumanization as a weapon of the monarchy and all that that brings. but also on a more individual level, we're presented with so many characters that seem to value their life very little as opposed to their cause: Kurapika, Morena, Chrollo, Halkenburg, etc. and while we see that throwing caution to the wind offers short terms gains in power, there's ultimately no lasting strength in martyrdom (read: passive suicidality). this ties back into Gon's arc during CAA: the pursuit of power at the cost of himself is not a feat of heroism--as it is so often presented in these shounen power fantasies. rather, strength comes from one's own perseverance when faced with The Horrors. its about one's ability to see the injustice and the pain and suffering of our world and not succumb to nihilism. its about continuing to see beauty in spite of it all, and treasuring the people around you..... hey siri, play hyori ittai

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you... don't wanna know how long i spent making this five second joke

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i'm sorry but what the fuck is this guy supposed to do

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wait hold on. benjamin's plan to deal with marayam's GSB makes no sense to me; tf is rihan gonna do from outside the fkin pocket-dimension-room???? how is he supposed to produce a predator in that short a time frame?

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yknow this would actually be a great moment for silent majority to pop back in....well ok maybe not great. probably the opposite of great, in fact. but it would be funny as hell