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Aug 7, 2009 12:36 PM
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Hisoka being awesome, as usual. And the guy full of piercings turns out to be a creepy looking woman? Or is it still a guy... I can't tell xD
Sep 11, 2010 9:46 PM
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When that creepy needle dude turned into a woman, I honestly didn't know how to react...that was totally messed up >__<
Oct 9, 2010 5:26 AM
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"Omae wa mou shindeiru".
Jul 21, 2011 1:17 PM
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I found that suspicious that if there's a chance Kurapica is always teamed up with Leorio :P Is it just me?

Hisoka is still creepy as ever~
Aug 18, 2011 3:52 PM
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Definitely Hisoka being awesome as usual but wtf at the piercings guy being a woman...then going to sleep underground O_o
Aug 21, 2011 12:22 AM
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the voice for that creepy guy felt different, i thnk that person might actually be a girl


Aug 21, 2011 4:10 PM
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Whoa. I was not expecting that. And I wonder why Hisoka and that guy are always together.
Oct 22, 2011 6:03 PM
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Blood-sucking butterflies... that's really creepy. Just like how Illumi's voice is creepy... considering how he usually looks.

This is certainly a "unique" series. XD And ahah, I knw Kurapica would have a good reason for teaming up with Leorio. Not something he would do if there wasn't something in it for him.
Dec 27, 2011 12:56 AM
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That was just downright creepy, Illumi.

Siper was such a waste. I guess it was just bad luck for her to have Illumi as her target.
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Jul 26, 2012 7:12 PM

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Know what? Probably my favorite episode yet. People who we already had some kind of familiarization die, others reveal twists and surprises, others are just bad-ass and the animation is quite good when movement and fluidity is called for.

When it gets to those serious arcs, this franchise is probably gonna be up there with my favorite shounens.
Mar 7, 2013 2:35 AM

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Piercing guy can change his face, that was kind of creepy.

Dec 10, 2014 3:22 AM

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Rotfl Illumi u gross creep ♡

Illumi burying himself underground for a bit of shuteye will never not be amazing, any rendition of it.
Feb 13, 2015 5:01 PM

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Um, that voice doesn't match Illumi at all~
Anyway, I really enjoyed this episode. This is by far my favorite part of this arc.
Jul 16, 2016 11:32 PM

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This was my favorite line from this episode......



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Apr 7, 2017 11:47 AM

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Her face turning normal after taking the pins out? Burying underground to sleep? Pff, no that's not weird or creepy at all. And of COURSE Hisoka would say "I'll never get tired of seeing that." the weirdo.

Kinda sucks this type of phase came right after the team bonding filler arc, but, at least characters like Siper actually had a chance to shine before being easily picked off.
Jun 3, 2017 10:46 AM

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Pretty solid episode in general, quite like this progression!
Nov 1, 2017 10:36 AM
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So they do know each other! Hisoka and the puppet person...

This puppet person is still kinda creepy even in the human form...

May 4, 2018 12:33 AM

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best anime of all time
Oct 26, 2018 11:29 AM

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After this episode I just had to look up if that piercing dude is a guy or a girl... I do not recommend to look it up if you wanna avoid spoilers though xD
Jan 7, 2020 3:47 PM
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Definitely an interesting episode, mostly because I didn't expect that dude to turn into a woman, still creepy looking what-so-ever.
Jan 8, 2020 11:36 PM

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CuteMissAnais said:
Definitely an interesting episode, mostly because I didn't expect that dude to turn into a woman, still creepy looking what-so-ever.

He is not a woman...
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Jan 8, 2020 11:42 PM

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Everyone loves Kurapika, even monkeys.
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Feb 1, 2020 6:52 AM
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"Piercing guy" was damn creepy and awesome. Gon quietly stalking Hisoka! Awesome.
Aug 16, 2020 11:07 PM

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Leorio hasn’t learned that Tonpa is a tricky guy. Illumi is gonna become something interesting, I’m watching this Spanish-dub and Illumi’s voice sound too feminine, but I remember him being a man. Gon is waiting for his chance, but it looks like Hisoka is gonna hunt Kurapika and Leorio.
Apr 5, 2025 2:05 PM
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I don't understand why Hisoka covered his wound in this version if they just stick to the line of Gon following the blood seeking butterflies anyway. Like, why do that? And this version also really makes every interaction super direct like spoiling that Geretta is hunting Gon and that Tonpa is trying to trick Leorio. The Tonpa one in particular is pretty polintless since his scheme gets revealed so fast (and obviously he's lying anyway). The monkey subplot was kind of cute though.

I complained about that rubber balloon squeak sound effect earlier but using it for Illumi's transformation kind of works.

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