Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Kraco]

I can't help but feel like this series has lessoned the impact of this death though. But taking out the story arc where we get to know Kite and Gon develops an actual relationship with him, it make it much less important to the story and to Gon that he died.

By changing a character from a practically an idol to a mere acquaintance you drastically alter the impact of that character's death.

I gotta say, quick pet peeve, which they've done twice in a row now, is showing us a character who has a very specific number of special attacks, and then killing them off before we even get to see them all.

This is why merely seeing Kite's head doesn't fully convince me he's dead. It kind of feels like he was supposed to be a major character, but then he's suddenly dead before he really achieved anything, as if he was, after all, just a background character who die by the dozens in this story. Perhaps it's just the fault of this new show, and I don't remember his earlier contribution well enough from the old show.

[Splash!]

This is why merely seeing Kite's head doesn't fully convince me he's dead.

Eh? Pardon my asking but what would actually convince you?

[Kraco]

Eh? Pardon my asking but what would actually convince you?

That he won't make another living appearance and other characters actually start to consider him dead.

If he really is dead already, he was pretty weak. Below the Phantom Troupe members, and Killua vastly overestimated him. The opponent was a newborn ant, after all, and this was its first fight! He would have lost to an absolute newbie.

[DarthEnderX]

Below the Phantom Troupe members, and Killua vastly overestimated him.

I don't believe that.

Killua has faced the Phantom Troupe before, and he specifically stated that Neferpitou's aura was the worst he'd ever felt.

[Kraco]

I don't believe that.

Killua has faced the Phantom Troupe before, and he specifically stated that Neferpitou's aura was the worst he'd ever felt.

Aura, aura... That's all I hear. Having a bigger gun doesn't automatically make you a winner of a fight. Kite made a tragic amateur mistake before the fight had even really begun: He didn't focus on the enemy but thought he had the luxury to worry about others (despite the fact he had told Gon & Killua that he won't be looking after them but rather thought they would be useful for the mission). If that cost him his life, like it seems right now, then he was definitely a worse fighter than the Phantom Troupe members. It doesn't matter how fancy a tank you have if you drive with your head out for any sniper to put a bullet through. As a nen user in general he might have been more skilled and gifted (with the exception of the leader, I reckon), though little good that did to him.