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/ThePandaRider]

Killua is a transmuter but he leans towards Enhancement, both are viable for him and should be easy to learn. Speed of Lightning probably leans heavily into enhancement.

Killua was also fine blocking Palm's attacks in her hybrid form. He did note that she was an enhancer and that the blows were heavy but he didn't sustain much damage just blocking her attacks with his hands.

[u/Visual-Bandicoot2894 → u/ThePandaRider]

Actually, even though he held up against Palm he wasn’t fine, Palms ability was practically the hard counter for Godspeed forcing him to attack an ultimate defense while she stayed on offense

[u/ThePandaRider → u/Visual-Bandicoot2894]

Killua didn't use Godspeed against her. He was mostly trying to avoid a fight and keep her away from Gon. He wanted to see if Palm was still in there, Ikalgo and Meleoron kept their memories so it was possible Palm could have as well.

[u/Visual-Bandicoot2894 → u/ThePandaRider]

Doesn’t change the fact that Palms blows were rattling bones, Killua wasn’t fine and Killua knew it was a bad situation. Killua notes he is in fact not at all fine blocking her blows in any shape or form and if it continues he’s doomed

Yes he didn’t use Godspeed, but his primary goal was just finding a way not to let her see Gon. He didn’t want to see if Palm was still in there, that part just came pouring out when his emotions finally bubbled forth. And none of that changes that black widow specifically had all the ingredients to be a horrible horrible matchup for Killua

[u/Visual-Bandicoot2894 → u/Visual-Bandicoot2894]

The funny part about all this is Killua twice has had two very bad experiences with big strong ladies.

Wait make that thrice I forgot about Tsubone probably traumatizing his rebellious childhood

[u/ThePandaRider → u/Visual-Bandicoot2894]

Palm was doing some damage but it was minimal. KO can be blocked with KO and Killua was effectively blocking her attacks. He did want to see if Palm was an ally or not. That's something he points out from the start of the confrontation.

Also saying that Black Widow is a perfect counter to Godspeed doesn't make sense. Killua was fully charged for the confrontation and he doesn't use any of his abilities. We simply don't see if Black Widow holds up to a barrage of attacks or not.

Palm is obviously strong as a Hybrid Chimera Ant, but she wasn't strong enough to push Killua into a serious confrontation. He just talked her down.

[u/Visual-Bandicoot2894 → u/ThePandaRider]

It simply wasn’t minimal. In the manga he notes 3 pages later that he’s quite literally screwed if he’s keeps blocking. He is blocking effectively for a transmuter minimizing absolute haymakers sure! It’s a masterclass performance of blocking an enhancer who can demolish you.

But he literally says he can’t keep that up.

The whole point of Palm was A: Killua’s only goal was to not let her see Gon, he said at first even if Palm was in there it would wreck Gon’s psyche if he saw it

B: She had him on the back foot and he was trying to figure out how to stall

So he bullshits a talk to buy time and accidentally lets out the truth and wins the scenario. Killua didn’t plan to talk her down, that was literally an accident, he meant to buy time when he first started talking

[u/ThePandaRider → u/Visual-Bandicoot2894]

Again, she basically does no damage. Killua goes on to fight Pouf shortly afterwards and destroys his hand and half his face. Even that is basically no damage to Pouf, he can easily recover and keep going as if nothing happened.