Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Kraco]

Except that all of the hunters expected to die during their mission. Permanence was not their goal. A few seconds delaying the guard was.

Bullshit. They were planning to win, not die trying in vain. People may say they are ready to die for the mission but only brainwashed nogoods actually do it willingly, real men would only do it when there's no other choice. Shoot was perhaps already accepting his death, but as Knuckle demonstrated, they didn't go in planning to die. Gon would have never done it anyway; not in his personality or way of thinking. In the first place, his second goal is to save Kite, which would hardly go together with getting killed in seconds.

Not to mention what you said isn't replying to my point. Why delay somebody for an hour if the other alternative is to delay them for an eternity? Makes zero sense unless there's some heavier reason to choose the single hour.

[poopdeville]

Bullshit. They were planning to win, not die trying in vain. People may say they are ready to die for the mission but only brainwashed nogoods actually do it willingly, real men would only do it when there's no other choice. Shoot was perhaps already accepting his death, but as Knuckle demonstrated, they didn't go in planning to die. Gon would have never done it anyway; not in his personality or way of thinking. In the first place, his second goal is to save Kite, which would hardly go together with getting killed in seconds.

Are we watching the same show?

None of them want to die. They all know they are weaker than the ants, and that they probably will die. And they know that their mission is worth it, since they are the world's last line of defense against the ants.

Not to mention what you said isn't replying to my point. Why delay somebody for an hour if the other alternative is to delay them for an eternity? Makes zero sense unless there's some heavier reason to choose the single hour.

Because the alternative isn't to delay them for eternity. The alternative is to let Gon allow his emotions to control him, attack Pitou in a fit of rage, and get killed instantly by an enemy with better instincts, reflexes, and powers.

Killua knows what their mission is. To delay the Royal Guard, so that Netero can deal with the king one on one. Killua knows that he and Gon are both too weak to kill Pitou.