Category: Essays on Anime
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Fate and Prophecy From Greek Tragedy to “Hunter × Hunter”‘s Yorknew City Arc
In the Hunter × Hunter Yorknew City Arc, members of the extremely dangerous and powerful underground group, the Phantom Troupe, appear. One of the main characters, Kurapika, is driven by a fierce resolve to destroy the Troupe, who call themselves “spiders”, and tear off their limbs. The Troupe massacred his clan and stole their scarlet…
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“Hunter × Hunter”‘s Heavens Arena as a Metaphor For the Late Capitalist Class System
Heavens Arena is a 251-story, 991-meter building and a mecca for fighters, as explained by the narrator in the Hunter × Hunter 2011 anime series. The rules are rather simple. If you win a fight, you climb 10 stories higher, but if you lose one, you descend 10 stories. Based on the referee’s assessment of…
