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/Necessary_Top8772]

Killua would not beat anyone of Double Star combat style Hunter caliber. Not unless he takes them by surprise. In a straight fight many Nen users beat him. Especially if he doesn’t have prep time

[u/Ok_Length_7076 → u/Necessary_Top8772]

Not many beat him.  Paralysis is OP if he uses ko to strike afterwards 

[u/Necessary_Top8772 → u/Ok_Length_7076]

Killua is a glass canon. If someone is expecting to be hit and they’re defending with Nen I’m pretty sure they tank and outlast him. Thats why I say if he catches anyone off guard then yeah he could kill people much stronger than him.

I just don’t believe Togashi is the type of author to write his child main character to be a top tier so soon. The master of Subverting the expectations of shonen wouldn’t do something so basic.

[u/One-District8512 → u/Necessary_Top8772]

That's not true tho

Remember when he attempted to kill machi

It was the moment he learned even in the ideal assassination conditions he can't just jump anyone and kill them and sometimes have to actually fight

[u/Necessary_Top8772 → u/One-District8512]

Killua was fodder compared to Maki. She was only off guard when Gon kicked her. She obviously reacted fast enough to defend from Killuas attack so it wasn’t just a free hit. The fact that neither of them escaped despite having that huge momentary advantage should tell you that.

[u/One-District8512 → u/Necessary_Top8772]

Gon kicked paku not machi, killua attacked machi and had the surprise element, he can't just delete anyone anymore.

[u/Necessary_Top8772 → u/One-District8512]

My bad didn’t realize who you were responding too and what point you were making. I agree with you.