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Episodes 65-70

Recap: Killua gets his Hunter's License rather cruelly. Gon and Killua wrap up their training and turn their attention toward collecting cards. With the Bomber going crazy, several Greed Island parties join forces to stop him from winning the game, but an area requiring fifteen crew members is very difficult to overcome. G/K eventually recruit Hisoka, who's been playing using Chrollo's name, and now we're balls-deep in a pretty intense volleyball game, where Gon has just unveiled his full-powered Janken-Ko.

One of the best parts about Hunter x Hunter is the reasonable takes for everyone. Bisky forces G/K to train hard, but she's still focused on winning the game - very willing to turn her attention toward card-collecting when the time comes. And, when shit gets real, she's ready to throw down. When Gon learns about the bomber, he wants to visit the camp that the bomber wrecked... Bisky tries to deter him, citing logical reasons, but then also finds justification.

We've moved forward a lot in plot, but I really like the quick scenes of Gon and Killua racking up cards one after another. The best of course is when they return to the bandit clan to get their card, after they'd sacrificed their clothes and money previously. Monopolizing the Leave card is also a clever ploy.

Razor is fucking fantastic. He seems to bear no one any ill will, but he's a violent brute who doesn't remotely mind the risk of killing someone in the name of the game. How about Ging the shit father too, just happy to let his bro Razor kill his son. Guy's old-school sink-or-swim.

I'm getting the sense that this battle, to claim the Patch of Shore card, will represent the end of the arc in some sense. HxH thus far has avoided seeing arcs to their bitter, thorough conclusions. The Hunter Exam ended with Gon not having to win a fight. Killua just got let go by his parents in the Zoldyck part. Gon didn't push it with the Heaven's Tower, but rather was satisfied by returning Hisoka's badge. And there was no genocide of the Spiders - Kurapika actually orchestrated a deliberate short-circuiting of the arc by capturing Chrollo and turning the Troupe agianst one another temporarily.

Which is to say... Gon and Killua are highly unlikely to clear the game, and I don't think they'll be the ones to kill the bomber, either. It will probably be sufficient to stop the bomber from winning the game by monopolizing Patch of Shore (as another team leader already mentioned).
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