Good Boy? × Bad Boy? × Killua (良い子？×悪い子？×キルア, Ii ko? × Warui ko? × Kirua) is the 12th episode of the original Hunter × Hunter anime. It first aired on January 15th, 2000.
Overview[]
Killua quits the game because his killer instincts begin to surface. Anita escapes her handlers and attacks Killua, who comes close to killing Anita, but allows her to live because of Gon. He never gets the ball, but makes Netero use his left leg and both hands, considering it a win.
Synopsis[]
Killua's trick does not work, and neither do the rest of his attempts to get the ball from Chairman Netero. He switches with Gon, but he does not get the ball from the old man either. Killua tries again, but still does not succeed. The Chairman then suggests that Gon and Killua team up, and they do so. This time, they almost outwit the Chairman because he underestimates Gon, but the old man still manages not to lose the ball.
Gon outwits Chairman Netero
Suddenly Killua gives up and leaves the room, but Gon stays to try to finish the game. Anita tells Gon that he has no chance against the old man, for the Chairman barely uses his right hand and left leg yet still manages to move at a great speed. However, Gon insists on playing the game, saying he'll make the Chairman use his right hand. This irritates Anita and she leaves the room, saying she'll go back to her cell, but actually she just follows after Killua.
Killua tries to kill Anita
Meanwhile, Killua's killer instincts are starting to take over again. He is confused also because Gon says he wants to know him more. He mumbles to himself, which wakes up an examinee who tells him to shut up. Killua then severely wounds the man. Anita sees this and attacks him, accusing Killua as her father’s killer. Killua almost kills Anita when he remembers that Gon is still trying to win against the Chairman in order to lift the charge against the girl, and killing Anita would make Gon mad. In the end, Gon is able to get the Chairman to use his right hand and left leg, and so he celebrates as if he has won. Gon falls asleep afterward, so the Chairman asks the pilot to fly a little slower to give Gon a rest. The charges pressed on Anita are lifted off too.
Anita's earring
As they reach their destination, Killua returns Anita’s missing earring and tells her the truth about her father. A few moments later, Maamen explains that Phase Three will take place at the top of Trick Tower, where they currently are, and that they have to get to the bottom of the tower within 72 hours.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Killua Zoldyck
- Isaac Netero
- Anita
- Gon Freecss
- Silva Zoldyck (Mentioned indirectly)
- Kurapika
- Leorio Paradinight
- Menchi
- Gittarackur
- Bourbon
- Kikyo Zoldyck (Mentioned indirectly)
- Geretta
- Goz
- Maamen
- Pokkle
- Kyu
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- In the 1999 anime adaptation, Anita is the one to inform Gon that Netero has yet to use his right hand or left leg during his ball game with Gon and Killua. In the manga, it is Killua who points this out.
- In the manga, two examinees encounter Killua while he is sulking after failing to retrieve the ball from Netero, and he kills them both. In the 1999 anime adaptation, only one examinee interrupts Killua during his brooding, and though Killua severely injures him, he survives.
- After Killua quits, Gon and Netero move their ball game to the exterior deck of the airship. In the manga, they simply continue the game indoors.
- The 1999 anime adaptation adds the following:
- Killua stating that his motivation in the ball game with Netero is not to retrieve the ball or to defeat Netero, but to test his ability and surpass his dad.
- Killua speaking to an illusion of himself reflected in the airship window as he struggles with his internal conflicts.
- Kurapika and Leorio attempting to speak with Menchi about Anita, only to be chased at knife-point when she thinks they were trying to peep on her.
- While Gon continues the ball game with Netero, Killua fights with Anita, who is now convinced that he was the one who killed her father.
- Kurapika, Leorio, and later Killua, watching Gon's attempts to retrieve the ball from Netero and get him to use his right hand or left leg.
- After Netero dodges his headbutt, Gon nearly falls off the airship as flies over the guardrails before catching himself with his fishing rod. In the manga, since they were playing indoors, Gon crashes headfirst into the wall instead.
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