Three People? × Five People? × Last Choice (3人？×5人？×最後の選択, Sannin? × Gonin? × Saigo no sentaku) is the 17th episode of the original Hunter × Hunter anime. It first aired on February 19th, 2000.
Overview[]
The last test to get out of the tower has two paths: one is too long and the other will only allow three of the five to enter. Leorio and Tonpa start fighting to see who will stay, when Gon thinks outside the box. They choose the longer path, destroy the wall between the paths with axes provided so they could fight, and all five make it.
Synopsis[]
The group of Gon, Killua, Kurapika, Leorio, and Tonpa are sent to a room where they have to spend the fifty hours they lost in the bet. Once fifty hours is over, they continue on their way using the majority rule, with only nine hours left. Tonpa, of course, has been constantly trying to sabotage the group by pressing the opposite button from the four.
Tonpa chains himself to the wall
Alas, they reach a room full of weapons and two doors marked with an X and an O. The first door leads to a long and difficult path that all five of them can take. Meanwhile, the second door leads to a short path that only three persons could go through. It would only open once two persons are handcuffed to the wall. However, the long path will take forty-five hours to reach the exit, while the second path will take them to the exit in about three minutes. They then argue about who will be left out, especially Leorio and Tonpa. After much discussion, Tonpa decides to handcuff himself to the wall, but Killua and Kurapika are suspicious of him.
Gon stops Leorio and Tonpa's fight
Leorio argues with Gon and attempts to convince him that X is their only option, but Gon refuses to listen and insists that there must be a way for all of them to pass. Kurapika interrupts them to prevent losing any more time. He then goes on to expose Tonpa's plan to sabotage them. Killua had also known, and comments on Tonpa's terrible acting. Tonpa then breaks out of the cuffs and first attacks Leorio with an axe. Leorio dodges, making Tonpa's axe crash onto the floor. This gives Gon an idea, and so he stops the two from fighting.
Gon's group reach the bottom of Trick Tower
They all choose the long and difficult path, and Gon proceeds to destroy the wall with an axe to get to the other side, which is the short path. The rest of his companions take turns helping, and they succeed crashing through the wall. With only three minutes left, they ride a wooden cart using Killua's skateboard as its wheels and they all reach the bottom of Trick Tower just in time. The examiner for Phase Three, Lippo, then introduces himself and tells the examinees that they will be riding an airship leading them to the site of the next test.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- In the manga, Gon gets to idea to break through the wall to the short path from witnessing the prisoners damage the floor and walls of Trick Tower earlier. In the 1999 anime adaptation, he instead gets the idea from seeing Tonpa break the floor with an axe during a fight with Leorio.
- The 1999 anime adaptation cuts the following:
- Gon's group voting to take a path upwards and circling back to the room where they faced off against the prisoners.
- The 1999 anime adaptation adds the following:
- Hisoka thinking he may have overestimated Gon as time begins to run out and he has yet to clear Trick Tower.
- Additional scenes of Gon's group going through Trick Tower, including them navigating trip lasers and climbing between two walls.
- Kurapika agreeing with Gon to vote for the long path. In the manga, his original stance on which path to vote for is never stated.
- When the group reaches the final vote, Tonpa attempts to trick the others by pretending to handcuff himself and give up. When he gets exposed, he grabs an axe and attacks Leorio as the two start fighting. After getting the idea to break through the wall to the short path from Tonpa damaging the floor, Gon stops the fight.
- The Trick Tower examiners reacting to Gon's ultimate idea to break through the wall to the short path. Lippo commends Gon for his cleverness, while the other examiners panic that it constitutes cheating before Lippo overrules them.
- The group working together to break through the wall using the supplied weapons is shown. This occurs off-panel in the manga.
- After clearing the way to the short path, Gon's group barrels through the door to the base of Trick Tower in a makeshift wooden cart using Killua's skateboard as its wheels and Gon's fishing rod as its steering stick. In the manga, the group simply walks through the door after taking a slide to the bottom.
- After exiting Trick Tower, the remaining examinees take an airship to elsewhere before moving on to the Fourth Phase. In the manga, the Fourth Phase on Zevil Island is immediately explained to the examinees outside of Trick Tower.
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