You know, being friendly isn’t the same as being good or kind. When you think about it, a lot of the murderous psychopath s populating the Hunter x Hunter universe are pretty friendly, you know…until they’re not.
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Friendliest character
Even though there are a lot of potential contenders for the title, let’s face it, Gon leaves them all in the dust.
I’ve briefly touched on the (absolutely disarming) depths of Gon’s character. When you get right down to it, he’s selfish, inconsiderate and brutally uncompromising. Gon is not a great person. He is also still a child and those are common traits in kids but when you have his power, they take on a whole new meaning.
It’s not as if he’s particularly duplicitous either. After all, he’s never made any real effort to hide those parts of his personality, they just aren’t always obvious. I’m being coy on purpose. The reveal is a powerful moment. However you may ultimately feel about him, if there’s one thing that is obvious, it’s that Gon is one friendly guy. It’s practically his character defining trait. Not fair, or kind or even loyal but always super friendly.
By and large, Gon seems completely impervious to prejudices. He is indifferent to gender, appearance, status, even reputation. No matter who you are gon is always happy to get to know you. You can bet that if he’s giving you the cold shoulder, there’s a mighty good reason for it.
And this open attitude towards others seems completely genuine to boot. He isn’t gaining favour or avoiding trouble, this is just a guy who’s been lucky and strong enough never to have learned caution.
But, should you ever mistake this welcoming attitude for foolishness or naivety, you are likely to be sorry. Gon may never turn cold but he does run hot and his anger isn’t something you want to come up against.
Suggested drink: House of Friends
- Every time Gon strikes up a conversation with a stranger – take a sip
- Every time Killua had to pull Gon away – take a sip
- Every time Gon is being really nice to an adversary – take a sip
- Every time Gon answers taunts earnestly – take a sip
- Every time anyone is surprised by Gon’s openess – take a sip
- Every time someone is taken in by Gon’s freindiness – cheers
It is amazing how many bad situations Gon manages to overcome or avoid just by being friendly. Maybe there’s a lesson there for us.
I don’t see your point😒
Almost forgot this series because too many hiatus
Yeah I agree 🙂
Thos one was though to argue with 😉
🙂
Gon being the friendliest character was obvious and he’d win by a country mile. I do like how they balance his character and how he’s less naive than how he may come across. He’s also the epitome of “beware the nice/friendly ones” in HXH by far.
Definetly, his evolution or rather fleshing out because he doesn’t exactly change at all, is stunning to watch.
Exactly. It was interesting seeing that aspect of his development even in the original 1999 series.
When I 1st started watching hunter x hunter I was afraid that Gon would annoy me. He seemed so simple and happy, I thought he was going to be so bland… This show is rarely what you think it is!!
Gon is such a deceptive character yet at the same time it’s all there if you know how to look…
Yeah gon puts everyone in a corner when it comes to being friendly! But I do think that he also as a great judging and he’s really correct xP
Yeah… I also hate when my body just remembers to explode >< the cleaning afterwards is the worst part bah