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Episodes 22-25

Recap: Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio arrive at Killua's stomping grounds, but they need to train to open the door. Then they win the sympathy of Canary, the deputy butler who's got a crush on her employer. Killua's dad sets him free, and then after a game with the butler, everyone agrees to reconvene in six months at an auction.

Jesus, these episodes were bad. I mean, they're not irredeemable, but the momentum really cratered here with the gaiden quest. The training was... I mean, it was rote for shounen, and I think that given how superhuman the guys move, it's bizarre how much they struggle with 45lb and 110lb loads to carry. Attaching actual numbers was a bad idea here.

Props to the butler for having an awesome voice and for the coin game. Slops for the assassin family not killing the girl with the crush and just KO'ing her. And major thumbs down for this arc taking as long as it did and taking itself this seriously. There was no other outcome possible.

The brother is incredibly jealous of Killua and his potential, which makes him special to his parents. It raises inherently interesting questions about family dynamics, but when you devalue them by making them fat and snotty, you can't really take that character as a real character, just as a prop in Killua's storyline. Alas.

More notes later, maybe. Want to move on. Killua drawing power levels is the best, so let's see some more training - in a new arc (I assume this ends S1, more or less!).
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