Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25814498-20150505201606/@comment-25814498-20160617193807

1) I understand what you mean, but for all intensive purposes Water Divination is a canon method for testing one's Nen type, and as Louch said, enhancement seems to be the most consistent form of water divination seen(it is seen a total of five times in the show, twice by Gon, once by Wing, once by Palm and once by Rammot). As such, a hatsu based off of enhancement specifically does not seem too far fetched to me in the least.

2) Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be intentionally omitting the fact that Gon cracked a wine glass during his Water Divination test, during a time when he had barely mastered the fundamentals of Nen; as such, the exact opposite of what you stated can be concluded, meaning that water expansion could most certainly reach the level of entropic explosion. You are also vastly overstating the extent of Palms abilities; she could barely keep up with Gon and Killua whilst chasing them, ran out of breath extremely quickly and has little to no composure. In short, she is far from a "very capable enhancer".

3) The point is moot due to the reasons I have already stated; it is not a hatsu that only the "strongest enhancer ever" could perform, simply one that an extremely proficient enhancer who has mastered Water Divination could perform.

4) I've said time and again that you haven't read the description properly, but since that apparently hasn't changed, I'll quote the statement I'm talking about; "The user is also able to expand their aura away from their body in order to encompass their opponent and reach the same effect, without having to get close to them". Emission is not being used in this instance; instead the user is extending their aura away from their body while it is still attatched to them, akin to Zeno's Dragonlance, before encompassing their opponent and activating their Hatsu.

And if you read my previous response, you would see why I called it "exceptionally lethal" in contrast to your description of "Not-so-impressive damage". Leading off from this, you would also see why I chose to post this instead of a simple "punch something and make it go away" hatsu. It is exceptionally lethal to organic matter due to its ability to bypass powerful defences that would otherwise be difficult to overcome, it can be used to instantly incapacitate or kill an opponent if they do not know about the ability before hand, it can keep pressure on opponents and force them to stay at a distance at all times due to the extreme risk they face if they collide with the user head on.

Most of all however, the biggest reason is that it is an enhancement hatsu. Why does that matter? It means that even if the Hatsu is left completely redundant while facing an especially dangerous opponent, such as an emitter capable of summoning Nen Beasts, the user is still able to use their "fists that are already finishers themselves" in order to win the battle despite this.

In summary, you are right that a hatsu based solely off of Water Divination may be unreliable, however, enhancement is the most consistent form of Water Divination testing seen in the show/manga, seen in arcs as Late as the Chimera Ant arc, and as such, is an exception to that fact; you failed to state that a student who had just begun learning Nen and had barely learnt the basic principles caused a glass of water to shatter and vastly overestimated non-chimera ant Palm's enhancement prowess, wrongly assumed that a greater feat could not be achieved(you're essentially saying that Uvo or Netero wouldn't be able to match or exceed Gon's Water Divination demonstration), assumed that only the most powerful Enhancer in history could perform the hatsu and failed to read my description carefully as the hatsu can be performed at a distance, simply not using emitted Nen.