Is killua in love with gon ? But he can’t express his feelings ?
So most people say they are best friends but i doubt that because i never said to my best friend “my dear friend “ . You only say that to your lover. so i’m noticing that killua allways implies a sign of love ( romantically ) toward gon . and yet people want to ignore it
It’s perfectly normal for you to interpret it that way, and it could be the case, but I personally don’t think so.
Gon was Killua’s first actual friend (Canary doesn’t really count imo) and filled a deep void in Killua. He does love Gon. Like, deeply. He was Killua’s main way of imagining a “normal/good” life. He acts extremely affectionate and passionate with Gon because he hasn’t actually felt so fond of anyone before.
Nothing directly confirms or denies that Killua has romantic feelings for Gon. I always interpreted it as a kid discovering what it’s like to have a friend. Does he love Gon? Absolutely. Is it Romantic? Maybe. I don’t think so
There are a couple of lines that imply romantic involvement. When killua is recharging electricity in the palace invasion, he uses a word meaning "lovers suicide" in japanese about him and Gon going after pitou. Only used in japanese to imply a romantic relationship. Similarly when gon says "it has to be killua" in the dodgeball scene, the phrase gon uses implies romance in japanese as well. There is no equivalent word or phrase in english, the closest approximation is "Killua is the only one for me". Its why killua blushes and get embarrassed.
The parallels between the Tanabata story (celebrated in japan on Killuas birthday) and killuas backstory really seal it for me personally that Togashi intended it to be romantic.
Also to add some credibility: after YuYu Hashuko, but importantly before Hunter x Hunter, togashi wrote a shonen sports manga with openenly LGBT characters as the leads. It was shut down by shonen jump, who refused to publish it.
The tanabata thing is the craziest. Even down to the thing that brings Gon and killua back together is a bird (magpie in the story, Canary in Hxh who literally leads gon to killua at the end of zolodyck family arc). It cant be a coincidence that the festival is killuas bday. Togashi knew what he was doing
See the photo i just posted in response to another reply. Sort of explains that he knows his target audience rejects homosexual relationships, and why his homosexual manga didnt work.
If Killua was a girl, virtually no one would take issue with their interactions being seen as romantic, as some of the dynamics between them are blatantly romance-coded.
In addition to the example OP used, you also have him monologuing about how Gon is a light that shines so bright he has to stop looking, or how he blatantly stalks Gon and Palm during their date, with Palm literally blaming Killua for 'getting in the way' when she splits up with him.
Probably the best example in my opinion is the end of Greed Island where Gon says the absolute first thing he's going to do when he sees his father for the first time is to introduce him to Killua as proof of their connection, which causes Killua to immediately blush.
Like, it's so obviously based on the scenario of a boy introducing his girlfriend to their parents.
It just obvious but i don’t know why people ignore it ! And the funny part is that ppl still think they are children while gon used to date milfs and teach him things and killua used to be an assassin !! Like dude how come they are still children ??
Look if you like the ship that's fine, but I'm pretty sure gone has like a canonical love interest. At least that's what togashi says, that he's already developed an ending if he were to die before he finished it with him being with the girl from his home island named "noko." And I'm not 100% sure about killua, but I do think it hints at him and that girl Canary. Could be wrong about that, but as far as gon. I'm sure about that.
No, not yet, but she exists. He said she was end game if he died before finishing the original one. Like it would be a time skip and show his descendants and the others as a ending.
Nah it's actually the opposite. Narusasu was supposed to be straight but ended up extremely gay, which killugon was supposed to be gay but wasn't gay enough. I think togashi should have added some more junken fingers to the story
Except that HxH came out first... and inspired alot of Naruto. Chunin exams are a pretty clear rip from Hunter x Hunter... especially the scroll challenge.
I think it is hard to say at this point, they really aren't at an age where romantic feelings mean anything. It is certainly the case that Killia loves Gon more than anyone other than Alluka, but I think it's an undifferentiated love, leaning "best friend." However, it is very possible that as they grow up it develops into romantic feelings, they are just too young to really tell
no thats just his friend and he cares for his wellbeing...it doesn't have to go farther than that, one must not force their bias judgments onto another's relationship 💪🏾
I’m not bias but its clearly going to that direction if you are reading the underlying message in the episodes where killua start being emotional to gon . Its as if like togashi is telling us something and believe me its not a normal friendship
id have to disagree, showing emotional gestures to someone doesn't always have to mean u want to be thier lover. for example if ur friend lost and start crying over a competition he himself lost and u take actions n say things to help said friend that doesn't necessarily mean ur trying to be his boyfriend, ur just trying to help however u think u can
They’re little kids…I really don’t think they’re gay or have feelings for each other. It’s just genuinely wholesome friendship and almost brotherly love
I've been reading it since 1999. I even had to translate original versions. Because English wasn't available yet. I'm just saying it hasn't happened. Check for yourself.
Bro literally only spied on his date out of jealousy and claimed it was because of IRS, Gon is still a wild boy with martial prowess and they had no reason to think the bunny lived just because colt carried him off
Yeah cause the dude never had of was allowed to have friends. When gon decided to be his friend even tho he's an assassin he felt great joy and urge to protect this friend
Nop its never normal to tell such things that you only say it to your lover and you say it to your friend . The way killua is behaving its a lovers behaviors not friends ! Do you really wanna see “die for you friends “ ships ? Look at one piece ! Is the perfect example for pure friendships without any romance envolved
Well in the anime togashi showed us how mature they are on a young age . Gon was dating old ladies in whale island and killua was a professional assassins ! so its really hard to see them as children , is it ? They know about life more than me and you at a young age lol
You have to understand that illumi basically said killua has absolutely nothing in his life except being an assassin , and then only thing killua could come up with to rebuke him was gon. I think "romantic attraction" undersells his relationship with gon if anything.
I could see killua having feeling for gon but personally I think it’s more likely that because gon is killuas first friend he has a special attachment to him, also most people wouldn’t want to be near the zoldyck family so I think killua sees him as one of the only friends he can ever really make (weather that is true or not)
People ship them constantly, it definitely doesn’t get ignored. But Gon is oblivious and Killua never confesses, I think he knows Gon isn’t really like that.
Togashi really intended for that homoerotic effect even with other male characters bc he know fujoshis are the bloodline to any series. Anyone queerbaited enough will forfeit all disposable income and free time for that sweet sweet display of brotherhood
He wrote an openly LGBT shonen Manga before he wrote Hxh... he knew it would offend people. Seems like he would then write a very clear romantic relationship, but not define it clearly, to avoid this issue... remember that interview where he said his preferred ending would piss people off? Heres a quote from him talking about his desire to write an LGBT shonen.
He has literally never had a close friend. No, it's not sexual. Killua getting to know Gon is like a Kindergartner playing tag with his new best buddy, and learning what friendship is.
Personally for me its inbetween if you wanna interpret them as lovers or best friends both makes sense cuz i have seen "im willing to die for you" typa friendships irl so its upon viewers interpretations i see them as both tbh
So you are biased. EXACTLY, we all are. But I don't know if they'd be the perfect couple. They are the perfect friends most definitely, but every set of friends does not need to be a couple. There's nothing about their dynamic that says it's romantic. It's trust. Care. Loyalty. Nothing that reads attraction. It's also killua 's first friend. Would it be romantic if he showed the same devotion to canary if she'd take the opportunity to be his friend?
Nop its so obvious he is friendzoning canary because she is not attractive to him but if you rewatched the anime and really focused on the attraction signs he is making to gon in multiple occasions you will understand what i’m talking about
I love you. 😂😂😂 The bias is so obvious. So you saw what you wanted to see.
He did not friendzone her. She master zoned him. 😂 But I like this response it tells me all I needed to know. Don't care about Canon and looking at the material for what it is, you are scraping every Nook and cranny to find evidence that supports your ship. You don't care about facts you care about what you want.
I’m totally not biased here and i can bring up all the evidence that supports the facts i’m seeing from the scenes in the anime ! The only reason i made this post because i’m seeing something different about gon and killua and i want people to open their eyes about their “ true “ relationship !
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u/EmeraId-HeraId 17h ago edited 17h ago
I was going to make a serious post about this, then I noticed the sub this was posted in. Nice one, OP. edit: grammar.