User blog comment:Goregutz619/HXH episode 126 discussion/@comment-14902757-20140424014601

Wow, what a perfect episode. And it's also a perfect example of how battles should be done. I can't help but compare it to other animes out there. I remember watching Dragon Ball Z and other animes where a single fight is dragged for centuries and even though their endings are fine, they are not as admirable as how HxH does it. The past 15 episodes may have been like a snowball going uphill because of the hype added every week but those were all filled with important information & character progression which all led up to this episode (and onwards), brilliant & masterful in every way. And when the battle ended yesterday, I thought, wow! That's really satisfying even if it was only done in one episode because it's just Meruem and Netero's business. All other relatively insignificant details to their fight were already laid down on the previous episodes and so there's no need to interrupt the important fight.

The vast power difference between Meruem and Netero and the fear and confidence I had for both likeable characters, those are just few of what made the episode so special. It will forever be remembered because it's been packed with meaningful conversations between the two about humanity, about respect, admiration, you know, those profound things. I empathized to both of them because of how they were made to grow in the series as special characters, it was never one-sided. The use of "finding the right needle" was also very intelligent and I was so delighted with the way the fight went. For a moment I imagined what it was like for Togashi and asked myself, if I were the writer, how would I even begin to flesh out a fight between a transcendentally skilled hunter who possesses a god-like ability and an almost indestructable monster? And to contain it all in one episode, just wow. And back there, again, Morel's fight principle I believe was tested, but I digress... And of course, the animation, the rendering, sound, dubbing, every aspect of a great fight was there. And the rose at the end is very meaningful. 10/10.