User blog:Jaadowgg/Liar?

"I swear to keep that promise!" is what Neferpitou told Gon. But, was it a lie? Well, let's see. What was the promise made? "You will come with me to Peijing and heal Kite." Now, to explain this, I will need to go into territory not yet covered by the anime so here is a spoiler warning for those who haven't read the manga.

The way I see it, Pitou actually did keep his promise. He went with Gon and had a look at Kite. However, Kite was already dead; he was nothing more than a lifeless puppet. There was nothing Pitou could do to heal him; Pitou does not have the power to put one's soul back into their body. So does that make Pitou a liar? I don't really think so. There was no way, when Pitou had made the promise, that he could have known that Kite was already gone. I don't really think Pitou knew who this "Kite" even was when he had made the promise. It's not like Pitou got to know Kite on a personal level when they were fighting. In my opinion, making a promise while not knowing anything does not make one a liar.

I'm going to bring a comparison in from the Bible, because it is something that came into my head while I was thinking of this subject. Yes, I am a religious person and no, I do not want this to turn into a religious debate. I just wanted to get that out there. So, my comparison. Think of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They were given two commandments: To multiply and replenish the Earth (have kids) and not to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. One day, Satan, in the form of a serpent, says to Eve "Eat the fruit and you won't die, but you will be like God, knowing good from evil." Eve does so and so does Adam. Now, did Adam and Eve sin against God? They broke the commandment, yes, but was it a sin? No. They couldn't have sinned because they didn't know it was wrong to eat the fruit.

Pitou, in this sense, is like Adam and Eve. Pitou didn't know Kite but Gon, when confronted with the news that there was no way to heal Kite, instantly calls him a liar. In my opinion, this is just Gon refusing to accept the truth and making his own truth. What are your opinions on this? Do you think Pitou is a liar?