Hunter x Hunter 2011

[shinta|hikari]

It would have been a sound plan if they didn't wait for ages before attacking, which led to the King's guard and the King being born. It also led to countless deaths (which they knowingly accepted) while they were waiting, which would have been prevented if they just nuked the ants from the get go.

The reason why I really don't like this bomb thing is because everyone acted so desperately as if this option did not exist. All the choices and actions look so cheap and idiotic now that we know they can just nuke the ants, and cheaply too.

[Carnage]

It would have been a sound plan if they didn't wait for ages before attacking, which led to the King's guard and the King being born. It also led to countless deaths (which they knowingly accepted) while they were waiting, which would have been prevented if they just nuked the ants from the get go.

If they had led a human attack on the ant fortress they might have been wiped out. Neferpitou had already been born before the colony was discovered and Netero admitted that she was stronger than he was pre-training. You think it would have been smart to send in a team of Hunters in?

To address your earlier post, there's no 100% guarantee that the king is with the royal guard. 1 bomb or 10, if the king isn't there, the element of surprise is lost. As shown, there were variables not part of their equation. They never understood why the king had harmed himself (playing shogi). Also, the author is japanese, so I think you're missing a bit of context here as to how serious the use of nuclear weapons is viewed.

If there's anything strange about this all, it's the fact nobody else but a small team of Hunters gave a shit about the ants - yet the Hunters cared enough to use a nuke. That disparity is kind of weird.

If you send in Hunters and they are killed, they are reborn into even more monstrously strong ants. So actually it does make sense not risking peons or even teams of skilled nen experts.