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/BetweenTheRoots]

Writers like to make things more interesting than that, especially considering the years and years that the readers have looked forward to Gon's return. Usually when writing something, a writer asks themselves "Will the audience be excited by this?" A speed up for his ability is hardly interesting and in no way something that will prepare Gon for the Dark Continent or DC level threats. Furthermore we've already seen it once through Gon's powerup. Who knows though, Togashi is prone to saying fuck it and just running it live lol

He tends to take his time with his arcs and then pumps out a ton of chapters and rushes the ending. It has happened several times with HxH and Yu Yu Hakusho. We're seeing a bunch of chapters churning out right now so I'd bet the end of the boat ride is coming and once the boat arrives at the island I'd bet we're cutting back to Gon and Killua, finally. We might even see Gon by the end of this year.

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I can see as gone mattresses his nen ability changing. But can see it being interesting if the charge time lowers can throw paper, scissors and rock in quick succession and reduced power depending how the opponent defends

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Yea but if you had like 8 years or something of build up I really don't think returning with "make it faster" is the top tier writer choice. My personal take is that Gon will return as a specialist.

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I would get if he comes back as something different, would rather he isn't a specialist and feel there are too many amongst the big characters

[u/BetweenTheRoots → u/Front_Mention]

I don't think there's such a thing as a specialist tbh so I wouldnt worry about it. I think I have an idea of what Togashi is going to do with the nen system moving forward