User blog comment:Jaadowgg/Episode 135 Discussion/@comment-3122356-20140625222208/@comment-48285-20140626002847

This is what the Fandompost guy said in his summary:

Having known this was coming for awhile (thanks, spoiler happy talkers out there), I was pretty much dreading this episode. With so many pieces going on in the Chimera Ant arc overall, the whole thing basically ends on a whimper that makes its own sense and does work for what it wants to accomplish, but basically leaves me feeling like it swerved heavily from where it was going to go and has no left me standing there wondering what just happened and why. Add in that we’ve barely had any of our main players for several episodes now, characters that were struggling with severe issues, and that just makes it feel like more insult to injury. The Chimera Ant arc is one hell of a rollercoaster ride but as it neared the end, it bottomed out even worse than some of the mid-arc training things we had to suffer thing.

This is what the commenters said:

 Really? A C rating for this beautiful ending that represents the King's waver between human and ant finally coming to a closure? I really don't understand how you can not feel anything from this or even say that it wasted time. What were you expecting? Just because it didn't do the shonen cliche of an epic battle to the death (which was already done with Netero anyway) doesn't make the ending bad by any means. I can't help but question if you even paid attention to some of the finer aspects of the last handful of episodes in what it represents if you really feel the end of the Chimera Ant arc 'bottomed out' in any way, shape, or form.

"but basically leaves me feeling like it swerved heavily from where it was going to go and has no left me standing there wondering what just happened and why."

I really don't understand you on this at all. The entire arc focused heavily on how Komugi influenced the King and changed his perspective on humanity. The last 30 plus episodes or so have focused heavily on Meruem and Komugi in one situation or another that led up to this point. The entire point of Meruem's character arc was that he forfeited his desire to conquer mankind and even humbled himself for a simple human desire that we all feel, his cruel ant side overcome by human emotion. And from the reactions I've seen, you're in the minority about how you feel about this since most people seem to get the message Togashi was aiming for.



 Wow, you just missed everything. That was one of the best endings to an arc/reclamation of the antagonist, and the most emotionally rewarding episode I have ever seen.



I agree with the commenters.