Showdown × On The × Airship ( ヒコウセン×ノ×ケッセン, Hikōsen × No × Kessen) is the 7th episode of the Hunter × Hunter 2011 series. It first aired on November 13th, 2011.
Overview[]
During the free time in the airship bound for the third exam location, Kurapika and Leorio take a rest while Gon and Killua wander around the airship. Chairman Netero sees and challenges them to a game that involves getting a ball from him, telling them that they will automatically become Hunters if they succeed.
Summary[]
Discussing the possible number of remaining phases
The examinees and examiners board the airship and Chairman Netero is formally introduced to the examinees. Beans, the Chairman's secretary, announces that the airship will arrive at the site of the Third Phase the next morning at 8 AM. The applicants are thus free to dine and rest. Gon and Killua decide to explore the airship and invite Kurapika and Leorio. The two refuse, saying that they would rather rest. Kurapika ponders how many phases remain. Tonpa approaches and says that on average there are about five or six. He also warns them that the rest time might just be another test for the applicants and that they must still remain vigilant. He wants to prevent them from getting enough rest to impair their performance for the next exam. Kurapika and Leorio sit with the other applicants, and Leorio falls asleep fast. Kurapika believes that it is unlikely that any surprise will come, and chooses to rest also.
The examiners chit-chatting
Meanwhile, the examiners talk about the applicants over dinner. They agree that the batch is impressive. Menchi cites Hanzo is a dangerous applicant, Buhara mentions it was Hisoka who was on the verge of attacking someone when Menchi initially failed all applicants. Menchi corrects him, saying that Hisoka is already dangerous even before the Second Phase, and it is also the reason why she was edgy from the very beginning. Satotz comments that Hunters seek worthy rivals, but Hisoka is someone who hits the floor running when others would have slowed down already.
Killua fantasizes about capturing his family
Gon and Killua eventually settle in to talk about their families. Gon wonders about Killua's parents and their occupation, to which Killua nonchalantly replies that they are probably alive and they are assassins. Gon is surprised and asks if both of them are assassins. Killua laughs for he finds Gon's reaction amusing and he is the one who has taken Killua's answer seriously. Killua shares that he comes from a family of assassins and he's pressured to perform as the future heir of the family's business. He had to attack his mother and brother in order to leave their home and find his own future. He even says dreamily that he will capture his own family for a bounty when he becomes a Hunter.
Tension between Killua and Chairman Netero
Chairman Netero sees them, and plays a trick by making them feel someone else is watching them from the other side of the corridor, and then appearing from the opposite direction. Killua knows that he is the culprit and praises his speed. The Chairman then challenges them to a game that involves getting a ball from him, telling them that they will automatically become Hunters if they succeed. Killua even uses an assassination attack, Rhythm Echo to confuse him with afterimages. Killua also hits the old man's leg, but it is he who feels the pain. Gon also tries to catch the ball, and even teams up with Killua.
Gon and Killua try to get Netero's ball
Meanwhile, Tonpa discovers that he is not successful in sabotaging Kurapika and Leorio, who are already asleep. Gon and Killua are not able to get the ball from the Chairman. Killua says that he is so skilled he does not need to use all his limbs. Killua is secretly pissed off and decides to quit. Gon is adamant and vows to make the old man use his right arm. Killua bids goodbye, saying that he will get some sleep when he sees Gon is determined to get the ball. Killua then bumps into two of the examinees along the corridor and they confront him for not apologizing. Killua kills them in an instant and mumbles that he might have killed the Chairman in order to get the ball had he not left sooner. Meanwhile, Gon is able to make the Chairman use his other arm, to Netero's amusement. Gon lies on the floor in exhaustion and is fast asleep within minutes.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Sommy
- Goz
- Tonpa
- Bodoro
- Agon
- Bourbon
- Kurapika
- Siper
- Leorio Paradinight
- Gon Freecss
- Killua Zoldyck
- Beans
- Isaac Netero
- Geretta
- Kyu
- Umori
- Hanzo
- Shishito
- Amori
- Ryu
- Imori
- Kenmi
- Ponzu
- Pokkle
- Gittarackur
- Hisoka Morow
- Satotz
- Menchi
- Buhara
- Todo (Flashback)
- Silva Zoldyck (Indirectly Mentioned)
- Kikyo Zoldyck (Indirectly Mentioned)
- Zoldyck Family (Mentioned)
- Milluki Zoldyck (Indirectly Mentioned)
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