Knuckle, Palm, Meleoron and Ikalgo are together happily at the recuperating Shoot’s bedside. Morel and Knov (somewhat recovered, happily) settle their bets as to who would go to fight the Chimera Ants, and drink a toast of vintage champagne to Netero’s memory.
To everything up until now, and to everyone, I say, “Thank you.”Īs the episode concludes, we take a trip ourselves as the full version of “Departure” plays – not into the past, but into the present. I know I shouldn’t talk too much, but I will condense my feelings right here. Though I say that, when I think that “I’ve been going to the same place every week at the same time for three years, but next week, this won’t happen…,” I get very sad… Actually, it’s like what has happened up until now in the story was nothing more than a prologue, and it gets me even more expectant for what’s to come. The original manga is still continuing, and the adventures haven’t ended yet. If you ask me, episode 147 is the final episode, and 148 is sort of an epilogue. I will be stubborn and only call it “episode 148.” I say this, because in terms of episode numbers, in a certain meaning, this will be the final episode, but I feel that it also feels like the start of a new beginning. The other day, at Sanbunzaka Studio, the place of all the beginnings, we conducted the recording for episode 148 of Hunter x Hunter, which will serve as the turning point for the anime for now. In many ways, I think this is probably the toughest post I’ve ever had to write.