Gon is a Complex Character

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Nah I think gon is awesome . I don't know about hunter hunter that much

He's carefree and outgoing and energetic and at times very strong minded and childish to a degree and even very mature in a few ways based on what I know. I love how gon is as a person
Again I don't know much about him but seen a lot of early hunter x hunter

It’s almost like ging planned Gon’s childhood in order to give him the best abilities as a hunter. Good dad moment

weak points

Gon is an animal. Everyone views him as such for a reason. It’s kind of like a dog. Dogs are generally happy and friendly. But anger it and even the kindest dog will bare it’s fangs and seem like a bloodthirsty beast. Pitou killed one of Gon’s friends. Someone he cared about. So he bared his fangs.

HunterXHunter is a great show due to its characters, no doubt, but...what always stood out to me was the idea taking a somewhat real-life version of the typical shounen-MC and putting it into a realistic, thus quite cruel world and Gons character arc/development/whatever shows exactly what happens in such a setting.
No real child has such a strict morale that it would try and impose it on others (especially adults) like you can see in many other shows of the "same" genre and on a sidenote: A 12-year-old being selfish is nothing unusual. Their character, their priorities are just about to form themselves, there is a lot going on in their brains, so of course they'd be selfish in such a state.
Killua is in that sense almost brainwashed by his family. His child-to-teen development has been deeply disturbed by his upbringing.
I have the feeling that a lot of people pass over that fact (the age of the characters and thus their...mental development/maturity), when they're watching shows and criticizing them.

Gosh i love how i always learn something knew something new about hunter x hunter when i think i know everything

I disagree you on whether gon and killuas relationship is good. While yes they are tyere for each other and to an extent are good friends it must be acknowledged to be toxic. Killua is only 'fine' with being used in gons selfish actions because up to this point he has had only toxic relationships except for alluka. And gon on the other hand as you noted is quite a selfish kid who has wrird morals. Or rather undeveloped ones. Hes still learning stuff about the wider world making it hard for him to make the good decisions all the time. His upbringing as you mentioned don't help. These two things mixed in a toxic cocktail that explains his actions in the later portion of the chimera ant arc.
In all I'd say that as they're still kids they had a pretty toxic friendship. However in the future when they have better clarity over themselves and tye world in general i can see them being even better friends

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Micolash, host of the nightmare

“You know nothing of the bottomless malice within the human heart”

This quote is literally Gon’s character arc for most of the series, heck, I’d argue it’s the whole point of him. Gon is built up as the least malicious character ever, only to be the most malicious when he is personally influenced.

When you think about it, even his transformation is basically the poor man’s rose: giving him his full potential(rose) but rather than through work like a normal person, through giving his life.

you know man youre totally right, ive been with my wife for forever and ive only destroyed her emotional barometer and level of self worth once, oh and i beat her to a pulp that one time... but other than that im a great husband. so our relationship is solid. (sarcasm)

but really, i get what youre saying, i disagree, because some things are too far, even if theyre done consensually or done out of anger or being naive

Nice video my guy

I think gon is the literal interpretation of a child protagonist.

Children irl don’t like it when things don’t go their way. (Like eating vegetables at dinner)

Gon is honestly the most realistic childish protagonist I’ve ever seen, and honestly, I don’t mind it because I believe that’s the whole point.

Gons “faults” are from 2 reasons.
1: He’s just a child and has the faults of one
2: Nearly everything that Gon does in the series is so he doesn’t disappoint Ging.
Why did Gon risk so much on a dodgeball game? So he wouldn’t disappoint Ging.

I think that Gon is the most simplistic, yet most complex character I’ve seen in anime

Honestly gon is a very good character but killua tops him in my opinion

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He was going to "let the situation kill Komugi" first gon never lies, second he was putting the blame onto Pitou if she comply she lived if she didn't she dies, very gon thing to do. I am 99.95% percent he would have let her die. after all the situation was just what it came to be outside gons responsability or agency. normally he would have cared sure, what everyone also forgets is that if he did gon may have never forgave himself for doing something so atrocious, the whole arch is a miracle. Yes gon suffered a fate worse than dead, but he was saved from a life he would not been happy living.

I think Gon is a well-written and realistic character, but I don't really see him as a good person. I think an important thing to note is that it is possible to be nice and bad or even evil, and for that matter to be rude or unkind and still be good. This is because actions matter more than words.

In Gon's case, he tends to display a very warped sense of morality, one that often places more value in how it affects him over something more general. For instance, he has no problem with Killua and his family killing for money. But he got angry that the Phantom Thieves "killed those that had nothing to do with them". Let that sink in. Gon just accepts that in their world, killing for money is a normal job. One kills for money and gets no judgment, the other...kills for money and does get judged.

Is it that Gon sees assassination as morally superior to thievery? Or is it more likely that he has no reason to judge an assassin because he both believes he has no reason to fear being assassinated and his best friend happens to be an assassin, meanwhile he could very well be robbed and therefore is more likely to see a thief as somebody bad rather than somebody who kills for a living (and a luxurious one at that). One trains their kids to also be assassins by torturing and psychologically abusing them. The other hangs out and plays games together.

Or how about a serial killer who eats their victims? All it took for Gon to forgive and redeem him was to train with him for a bit. All of the killing the guy did forgiven because he helped Gon and Killua get stronger. They just decide, "this guy who kills and eats innocent people should be let go because he helped us." And while the series says he was moved by their mercy and turned himself in, there's no way to know that he really would have done it or not.

Then there is Genthru and his brothers. Genthru and his allies killed a lot of people they didn't have to kill. It seemed they largely killed for fun. Gon didn't exactly "forgive" them, he stated as much, however he excused most of Genthru's actions by stating the other players knew they were putting themselves in danger by entering the game. I can see why Gon thought this way, but Genthru still crossed the line with most of his actions and there is no mention of what happened after he was defeated. Whatever the case, if this is Gon's line of reasoning, then he should be held to it.

In the Chimera Ant Arc, a lot of his supposed understanding seems to go out of the window. His first kill in the series happens when he crushes a Chimera Ant armadillo and justifies it as having no problem killing things that don't care about their friends. Kite monologues that he is more worried about the ones that do, foreshadowing what would happen later in the arc.

When Kite gets his arm cut off, Gon flies into a rage. Here you can see his moral compass in action. He cared about Kite, and those that hurt those he care about are bad. But remember how he excused Genthru's kills as a risk that the other players took part in. Well logically you could say that death was a risk that Kite knew about and was prepared for. But of course, the heart doesn't really work that way. The reality is that just like everybody else, he has those he cares about and doesn't want to see them get hurt or killed. That Kite knew death was a possibility he was prepared for isn't enough to calm Gon down, or make him just accept it.

And Gon knew little about the Chimera Ants, only that they could speak and some showed no care for their friends. But I think this was largely a coping mechanism. If he can find a reason for why the Ant should die, then there is no hit to one's moral character. Deep down, few people want to be a bad person, most prefer to see themselves as good. When Kite asks Gon if he is okay and Gon says he has no problem killing something that doesn't care about it's friend, Kite worries because what if Gon encountered one that did?

Later on in the arc when he meets meleoron, for the most part he seems trusting, but there is a darkness hidden in him from him bottling his emotions. He asks Meleoron if he is lying and trusts him, but says that if Meleoron was lying, he would have no problem killing him. Due to how easily he says this implies he has already become desensitized to killing.

Lastly, when he encounters Pitou. He clearly bottled his emotions because he was prepared for an all out brawl with Pitou, a fight to the death. But a fight was not what he got when he arrived. With no other way to vent, he has an emotional breakdown. How much of his threat toward Komugi is due to him being in a bad emotional state and how much is due to his compass is in question. I do believe it was at least a bit of both. There's no doubt though that in his mind, Komugi has nothing to do with him. She isn't helping him, so he doesn't really care about what happens to her. Pitou does, and he wants a fight now, and even though he should be focused on getting Kite healed, his lizard brain is demanding revenge. Then when Killua tries to bring back to his senses by mentioning Kite, Gon does calm down a bit but says something that really hurt Killua's feelings.

Gon is an incredibly lucky person to have a friend like Killua, because Killua has done everything to help his friend out, and despite being told those hurtful things, he still cared about and tried to help his friend in any way he could. I also believe a part of why he cared so much about keeping Komugi safe because he didn't want her to die and be a weight on his conscience.

Gon is not an irredeemable person, but I don't think he is necessarily good. His actions make sense when you consider that he has a very self-centered moral compass. Even though he has shown he is willing to put himself in danger and possibly die for those he cares about, he also tends to recklessly put those he cares about in danger for his own self-gain and of course there is a sort of grey area where caring for somebody other than yourself can be considered both selfless and selfish depending on who you ask. HxH shows how rare it is for things to be truly black and white. Most are some shade of grey and Gon is no exception. The series also makes it clear that everybody has the capacity for both good and evil. As Killua, and many of the Chimera Ants show,, it's possible to grow into more compassionate and empathetic people. And as Gon shows, it is possible to lose that empathy and compassion. As Gon's character arc has frequently been described as a negative one, it seems fitting to say that his transformation and beatdown of Pitou is the metaphorical death of his humanity, it also seems fitting that after being healed by Alluka/Nanika that he has in essence been reborn and given a second chance.

im reading the hunter hunter manga from where the anime left off at

I don't think Gon is a bad person, hoewever, I think being sheltered loosened his conception of right and wrong. Also, since Aunt Mito cottled him and shielded him from so much, I think he struggles with the permanence and meaning of death. That's why he's able to witness as much as he does with little to no reaction.

The only complex thing about him is his relationship with fishing rod💀

Gon definitely isnt evil or stupid, but he also definitely isnt sane and I love it. Bigger fan of Killua personally tho. Id like to see a shonen where the MC is the edgy anti-hero rival type character. I want more main characters that arent heroes at all to be honest.

Predictable but complex imo.

All humans have good and bad aspects gon being selfish makes him a more realistic character

Finally someone who can comprehend gon's complexity

this is really well put together. thank you.

He is dumb in the same way Naruto is dumb. An average intelligence person with some talent surrounded by literal geniuses.

Gon is my biggest kin, his morality is JUST like me!!! :O

So many people want complex characters, yet when we get them, people label them as "unlikeable" or "hypocrites". Not liking a character doesn't make them badly written. Yet people can't separate these two ideas because we're conditioned to conflate the things we "personally like" with inherent "goodness". (Hence why we get people feel a need to defend villains they like, instead of just enjoying them without making excuses.)

I don't want every protagonist to be like Gon, I just want to see more MCs make mistakes that don't feel sanitized, "safe", or consequence-free. Arcane is the last mainstream example I can think of where the main characters were allowed to royally screw up and face permanent repercussions.

i always liked gon i always just thought his relatively psychotic/sociopathic tendencies were very intentional and meant to portray gons clear irregular existence

Hate that guy.

Gon has adhd. I know because I have it. “I’m reaching my memory limit” he says, struggling to keep up as someone explains Rules to him. that’s adhd. He runs right into things without thinking them through. When he gets an idea in his head he doesn’t want to let it go ever. He doesn’t seem very smart compared to other characters but when it comes down to it he’s able to think up creative solutions for things. He does things on the fly. He has so much energy. The boy has adhd.

Bruh no wonder nobody cares abt Kite 😭anime did him so dirty

Wow a kid freaked out in a totally understable situation to freak out at?

Early gone is like kid Goku but then he becomes more mentally insane than Jeffery dahmer

I saw some people comparing him to actual genociders loke light yagami and say he is worse then them💀

it isn't so much that Gon is a complex character as that Gon is very much NOT a standard character archetype (let alone the one that people assume he is) so attempting to associate him with pretty much any form of literary analysis doesn't really work and just sorta turns into a neverending rabbit hole as you keep coming up with ideas to patch in.
the best part of the series is that that is true for most characters in the series! we learn more about how Uvogin interprets and processes the world around him in the course of watching him screw around for a week than we learn about Son Goku over the course of watching him grow from an infant to a great grandad because the series cheapens consequences to the point where death is an inconvenience at most. half the damned extras in HxH show more signs of having been thought through as actual people than any character in 99% of fictional works because over 99% of characters are, well, [characters]: they're plot devices not people and HunterxHunter didn't feel like letting itself be cheapened that way for the sake of ease of consumption...wellll, about 30% that with the other 70% being the guy making it just saying screw it and working things out from the character's perspective whenever he had writers block in regards to trying to work with the plot if Murata's self depreciating author-statements are to be believed.

With hindsight, Gon is one of Togashi’s best crafted characters. Togashi gave him just enough plot armour so that the story can progress, but not enough to protect him from his world’s cruelties. I wish Hunter X Hunter could come back!

hxh character analysis video that's a full hour long? YESSIR

Killua made this video jk lol but I seriously love to see positive Gon content. Killua might be my fave but I really love Gon, and ppl usually only focus on his flaws

"Gon... is a complex character." Isn't that obvious?

Hunter x hunter 1999 would be your favorite version rn

I found my people

Unfortunatelly, Gardner's theory is a neuromyth... It's more of a pseudoscience rather than a theory... the body of work is not robist, doesn't have a methodology, just a book that kicked out that idea.

I think a lot of the issues Gon has stems from feeling like he is weak. In the back story he felt bad because his weakness is what got the mother of the cub killed. This fuels him through the story. And if you look at a lot of Gons actions throughout the arcs majority of his actions and conflicts stems from him feeling like he is not strong enough.

Man i just apreciate that Gon is a SHONEN PROTAGONIST who doesnt have an almost IMPOSSIBLY TRAGIC BACKSTORY i mean hes just an ultra buff kid and i love that.
Killua took that role from him and im so glad he did because the mc being the orphan offspring of some godlike figure that gets powers for free and takes the role of jesus for their respective worlds its been done to the death and still does even after all these years. Lets just hope that if he ever returns to the manga he doesnt change to be the chosen one by the god of the Dark Continent, Don Freecs.

Imo this is the most accurate character analyses of gon ive seen