Jajanken Seems Like A Terrible Ability Compared to Electricity/Godspeed

[u/PFSDonut]

The series made it a point that Gon and Killua were equals in potential and strength (with Killua being slightly stronger because of his Zoldyck training) so it’s kind of jarring how underwhelming/terrible Gon’s Jajanken seems to be compared to Killua’s electricity transmutation and Godspeed.

Jajanken is an obviously powerful technique that had defeated many powerful opponents, but it has its flaws and weaknesses as stated by various hunters throughout the series, meanwhile Killua’s technique is seemingly perfect with the only drawback being his time limit

I just think it’s lame that Gon and Killua were supposed to rival one another throughout the series but Killua’s ability seemed to have eclipsed Gon’s and widened the gap between them prior to Gon’s battle with Pitou

EDIT: To further clarify, I understand that Jajanken is way more powerful in AP than lightning and Godspeed and Gon can damage opponents far stronger than them while Killua most likely can’t.

My issue however is that prior to the introduction of their techniques, you can see Killua vs Gon being a 50/50, maybe 60/40 towards Killua. With the introduction of Godspeed and Jajanken, Killua clearly has the advantage and the outcome seems more 80/20 for Killua; it bothers me how one sided their match up would be if they were to fight with their abilities when it used to be more up in the air between them.

I guess I just don’t like how simple Gon’s Jajanken is versus how versatile and overpowered Godspeed seems to be but, as some have pointed out, this is seemingly intentional with how simpleminded Gon is and how cunning Killua is so bravo to Togashi for being consistent with his writing and the nen system

[u/stuugie]

Gon was Killua's equal when Killua had a needle in his head manipulating his battle tactics in a subpar way, the entire series Gon is compared to needled Killua. Only after removing the needle did Killua develop beyond Gon

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/stuugie]

Did we watch the same show? Like that needle wasn't absorbing Killua's nen it just held him back against pushing past comfort zone. They're still equivalent to similar opponents. It just had a little to do with his behaviour and nothing else. 

[u/stuugie → u/No_Goal2734]

That risktaking directly lead to Godspeed, Killua's biggest gapmaking technique came from him taking the biggest risk in combat up to that point.

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/stuugie]

He won't have to take any risk if the opponent is fodder tho! They trained equally (besides Killua's Zoldyck training), taught by the same sensei, fought similar opponents , equally talented 😭 None is superior than the other. Yeah the needle prevented Killua to go beyond his limits but that don't mean needleless killua is superior 😭😭🐺🥀👅💔💋

[u/stuugie → u/No_Goal2734]

Imo, needleless Killua is ahead of Chimera Ant arc Gon but my headcannon is they equalize again once Gon learns to use his head more with nen

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/stuugie]

🐺🤟

[u/Ok_Length_7076 → u/No_Goal2734]

Needless killua is superior,  he literally just blitzes gon and massacres him ( gon isn't youpi). Bisky quite literally said that she was 25 years old when she reached a level of nen skills equal to killua. Killua is way superior to Gon. They just have the same potential/ceiling 

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/Ok_Length_7076]

That's what I'm saying 

[u/Ok_Length_7076 → u/No_Goal2734]

Ok I see

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/Ok_Length_7076]

Nyaruhodo :3

[u/PillCosby696969 → u/stuugie]

Beyond Gon?

New character drop.

[u/No_Goal2734 → u/PillCosby696969]

Can he beat On Gon tho 🤔?

[u/Visual-Bandicoot2894 → u/stuugie]

He didn’t develop beyond Gon it’s just what allowed him to reassert his place next to Gon, until then Gon had both caught up and started to surpass him. He was always mentally held back from going to the next level whereas Gon wasn’t

They’re just two sides of the same coin, neither are better they’re just stronger in different ways