User blog comment:FinalFlash18/Kite's Power Level/@comment-10860731-20140620152641/@comment-24287488-20140620164626

First of all, Kite was a role model for him. He was a Hunter being trained by Gon's father GIng himself. Gon wanted to be like who want to hunt down Ging without any help from anyone, just like Kite himself. It's like Kite was a thread connecting Ging and Gon.

Moreover, during his childhood Gon was saved by Kite from a Bear. So he truly respects Kite for saving him that time. In the CA arc, it was their (Gon and Killua) decision to tag along with Kite in the journey despite knowing the difficulty and how dangerous the mission was. Once again Kite saves Gon and Killua from Neferpitou and in that process lost one his arm.

Gon's rage was because he had to abandon Kite in that situation. He thinks that if they didn't tagged along with him, that wouldn't have happen. Had they were not naive and overconfident back then, Kite wouldn't have lost his arm and died. He blames himself for not being strong enough to help Kite in that situation back then and that's why bears the guilt for abandoning him. That's why when he lost his arm to Pitou he feels happy as he was just like Kite was back then and feels he redeemed some.

It's not about couple of days matter... as I've said, Kite was a role model for Gon and he truly respects Kite from the bottoms of his heart for saving his life TWICE. Had this kind of situation and stuff would've happened to any other of the main protagonists, Killua, Kurapika and Leorio, then the result would've MAY BE remained same IMO...