Failing × Panic × Heavenly Voice (赤点×パニック×天の声, Akaten × Panikku × Ten no koe) is the 10th episode of the original Hunter × Hunter anime. It first aired on December 18th, 1999.
Overview[]
Todo the wrestler criticizes Menchi and all Gourmet Hunters. Netero, the head examiner and Hunter Association's chairman, arrives and has Menchi give everyone another chance. The test takers collect Spider Eagle eggs and Todo learns to respect Gourmet Hunters, vowing to return and take the exam again.
Synopsis[]
Menchi's decision of not passing anyone, fits of anger break-out with a majority of the examinees, in particular, an examinee named Todo, who even insults Gourmet Hunters. This irritates Menchi and Buhara, so Menchi decides to show Todo what a Gourmet Hunter is really capable of, saying she'll give him a farewell present.
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Menchi hunts for moss from a Big Horn Bear
She goes out to hunt for moss from a Big Horn Bear, which she minces and sprinkles over rice once she gets back. Todo refuses to taste it, so Gon eats some. Menchi explains the danger that Gourmet Hunters are getting into just to look for fine ingredients like those. However, Todo and two other applicants attack her. Buhara stops them and is about to get serious on taking on Todo, but Menchi tells him to not interfere and fights Todo instead. Satotz steps up and tells Menchi that there is something wrong with her decision, but she still continues to be stubborn.
Arriving at Split Mountain
Just then, Chairman Netero's voice is heard. Everyone sees the Hunter Exam Committee's airship arriving, and so they all rush outside. The Chairman suddenly jumps from the airship, creating a huge crater on where he lands. He then proceeds to talk to Menchi about what's wrong in her decision. Menchi apologizes and says she is not fit to be a proctor anymore. The Chairman then proposes a retest where Menchi should take part in through a demonstration. Menchi announces that the subject of the retest is a boiled egg, which puts the examinees at ease. The examinees go to Split Mountain through the airship, where they have to get an egg of a Spider Eagle from the depression, and then boil it. Menchi demonstrates how to get an egg. Once she gets back, the other examinees follow her example. Some are able to hang onto the webs, some fall to the river below, especially when the Spider Eagles start to arrive.
Boiling the Spider Eagle's eggs
Todo tries to outwit Gon. Despite this, Gon still helps him for he almost falls into the river. In the end, Todo comes back up with nothing, for Gon is able to get his egg back. The examinees who successfully got themselves an egg proceed to boil it in a large pot. Buhara accidentally gives a signal, so no examinee overboils their egg. They get to taste the boiled Spider Eagle egg, and they all find out how delicious it is compared to an ordinary egg. Menchi then announces the end of Phase Two. 42 examinees pass.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Menchi
- Buhara
- Leorio Paradinight
- Kurapika
- Gon Freecss
- Killua Zoldyck
- Todo
- Hanzo
- Tonpa
- Satotz
- Ging Freecss (Mentioned indirectly)
- Maamen (Debut)
- Isaac Netero (Debut)
- Ponzu (Debut)
- Imori
- Shishito (Debut)
- Kenmi (Debut)
- Pokkle
- Bourbon
- Agon (Debut)
- Bodoro (Debut)
- Umori
- Amori
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- Beans, Chairman Netero's personal secretary, is instead known as Maamen (マーメン, Māmen) in the 1999 anime adaptation.
- The name "Maamen" is possibly a pun based on the word "mame" (豆), which is Japanese for "bean".
- In the 1999 anime adaptation, when Todo fights with Menchi and Buhara out of frustration for everyone being failed, he wrestles with Buhara and is ultimately knocked out in a scuffle with Menchi. In the manga, however, when Todo moves to attack Menchi, Buhara defeats Todo with a single slap that sends him flying through a window, preventing Menchi from potentially killing him with her knives.
- The 1999 anime adaptation adds the following:
- Gon taking Menchi's phone as she speaks with Beans and trying to convince her to readminister the test.
- Menchi briefly leaving the exam site to retrieve the moss from a Big Horn Bear to show Todo and the other examinees what a Gourmet Hunter can do.
- Todo jumping into the chasm of Split Mountain alongside the other examinees to try and retrieve the Spider Eagle eggs in the readministered Second Phase. In the manga, Todo refuses to jump and thus does not participate.
- Several Spider Eagles arrive to attack the examinees in defense of their nests. In the manga, Spider Eagles themselves are never seen (only their eggs).
- Todo attempts to steal a Spider Eagle egg from Gon, and Gon saves Todo when a Spider Eagle causes him to lose his grip and fall into the chasm.
- The examinees are shown being required to boil their Spider Eagle eggs for the correct amount of time as part of the test.
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