Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25877059-20150630170244

As we all know, Gon is probably somewhat of a homage to Goku, from his personality to his catching a huge fish on the first chapter.

But the similarities don't stop there!

(Similrities will be divided into Strong parallels and Loose parallels)

(Strong)

A boy (Ging/Goku) sets off on an adventure, after having been raised their Grandparents (Grandpa Gohan/Grandma Abe), becomes a man the next time those close to him see him (Goku: The tournament that Piccolo's in, Ging: Dropping off Gon with Mito).

(Strong)

A boy with enormous potential (Gon/Gohan) is abandoned, while their father (Ging/Goku) is off doing their own thing, on their own adventures.

(Strong)

The boy meets another boy of similar power and potential (with paleish hair) that comes from a lineage of killing people (Saiyans, particularly Saiyan Royalty/Assasins, particularly the famous Zoldyck family), becomes fast (best) friends with him, (Goten&Trunks/Gon&Killua), Plays video games (regular video games/Greed Island, lol) with him (Goten&Trunks/Gon&Killua).

(Loose)

At the start of their adventure, they go off to rescue their precious friends in a far off location (Namek/Padokea) that admitted to wanting to be their friend after a life of killing (Gohan&Piccolo/Gon&Killua).

(Loose)

Boy (Gohan/Gon) and companion (Krillin/Killua) meets an old person (Guru/Bisky) there, has their potential somewhat unlocked/polished.

(Loose)

The boy (Gon/Gohan) has to deal with/distract someone that is much stronger than them, dominates/dictates a place, and has a tendency to blow things up, and avoid being crushed by huge balls (Rock/Spirit Bomb) from above (Gentheru/Freeza).

(Loose)

The arc ends with a "reward" granted (The dragonballs in DB(Z), The 3 cards in HxH), the land "finished" (Namek is destroyed in DB(Z), Greed Island is finished, game-wise), and they return to "their world" (In DB(Z), they go back to Earth which is part of the universe, in HxH, they exit out of Greed Island, which is part of the real world).

(Strong)

Humanoid things are (Andriods/Royal Guard) are made to support a massive humoniod bug, who claims to be at the peak of Evolution/Perfection (Cell/Mereum).

(Somewhat Strong)

The boys train to fight the Humanoids, but not the bug (Gon&Killua, because Gon wanted to fight Pitou/Future Gohan & Trunks, because they didn't know Cell existed).

(Strong)

Said bug goes on to wait for 10 days, to create strong warriors (Cell Games; waiting for the fighters to get stronger/Selection, making stronger humans, to create an army).

(Very strong, nearly identical, blatantly intentional)

A man (Goku/Netereo) compares power to the bug (Cell/Mereum) to bystander (Korin/Beans) for judging comparitive levels of power, is prepared with a trump card (Gohan/Rose Bomb) in case of lose.

(Very strong)

Boy (Gon/Goku) explodes with power, reaches max potential* after death of someone close to/similar to them (Kaito/Android 16), gaining power that dwarfs their enemies, and very upwards-pointing hair. Said Explosion of Power caused by likely the strongest of the group of Humanoids* (Pitou/Andriod 16) and most humane* Humaniod made for the Bug Humanoid.

(*Gohan unleashes more potential after Buu shows up, but c'mon, it wasn't built up nearly as well or nearly as epic as when he fought Cell!


 * Pitou isn't necessarily the strongest, but this is just based on En capacity. Also, Pitou is the one that seems to most genuinely care about the King, letting him see Komugi, and healing her for the King's sake, instead of Pouf, who is just very possesive.)

(Somewhat strong, likely intentional)

Boy (Gohan/Gon), after unlocking that potential, continues to attack foe needlessly (Cell/Pitou). Foe ends up "resurrecting", and boy severly damages/loses arm.

(Very strong)

Man (Goku/Netero) faces off against bug (Cell/Mereuem), fights somewhat evenly for a while, with no real damge to either side, but man knows he will lose. The fight ends with someone blowing themselves up, and afterwards, the bug ends up losing many body parts (Cell after Gohan's Kamehameha, Meruem after Rose). Absorbs the 2 weaker humanoids (Cell with 17&18/Mereum with Pouf&Youpi). Becomes much stronger after absorbing/last-ditch explosion (Cell, after exploding/Mereum, after bomb and being fed), fires a shot to test new power (Cell, shooting trunks/Meruem, shooting mountain).

(*Again, based just on En, but again, Pitou is not necessarily strongest.)

Nen is pretty much how Ki would work, if Ki was far more realistic!

And most of the DBZ fighters would be mostly Enhancers/Emitters with a few exceptions in techniques (e.g. Tien's cloning technique).

Well, seeing as how Mereum was largely a tribute to Cell (and a bit of Freeza), I'm not really surprised that most of the similarities are in the Chimera Ant Arc! Maybe the next arc will have a little Buu influence, if Togashi ever comes back from Haitus, lol.

So what? Am I saying that HxH is a DBZ (because Gohan's story starts from Z onward) ripoff?

No! Hunter X Hunter is one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite manga of all time! I absoultely love it! It's undoubtedly it's own story with amazing creativity and originality!

What I'm saying is that there are a lot of similarities and parrallels, and that it's funny to think of Hunter X Hunter as a genius mangaka's take on the cliche fanfiction stories about Gohan becoming incredibly powerful! At least, I got some amusement out of thinking of it like that!

It was just fun to point out some of the similarities/refrences and funny to think of it like that!

But really Hunter X Hunter is its own story!

tl;dr

Ging is Goku,

Gon is Gohan,

Killua is (young) Trunks,

Greed Island/Padokea is Namek,

Bisky is Guru,

Genthuru is Freeza,

Selection is Cell Games,

Kaito/Pitou is Android 16,

Other Royal Guards are Androids 17/18,

Mereum is Cell,

Netero is Master Roshi, except actually useful and strong (jkjk),

Netero is actually just taking up Goku's role, when he fights against Cell and sacrifices himself,

Nen usage is a realistic application (e.g. Ryu, Gyo, Ren, Hatsu) of realistic version of Ki (i.e. Nen).

Answer to my question at the top/as the title: No. HxH is it's own story, and it's awesome/amzing/creative/original/fresh/superb/incredible/etcetera.

Read the above for my parrallel(s) reasoning. 