Welcome back for another episode of My Taste is Better Than Yours! Join us as Samu and I wrap our discussion on “Succession Contest” (with some rare disagreement), and look ahead to the future of Hunter X Hunter.
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My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 42 – Hunter X Hunter: Succession Contest Arc Part 2
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September 19, 2025 at 2:05 pmI also like Zhang Lei, but he feels like the kind of character who wouldn’t survive the Succession Contest…
I saw an interesting point about how Benjamin and Halkenburg have almost switched roles, where Benjamin was introduced as ruthless and violent, while Halkenburg is intellectual, pacifist, and a reformer. But then Benjamin seems to soften: he cares for his men, he seems worried for Kacho when he sees her. And Halkenburg has gone down a dark path.
My guess is that we’re about halfway through this arc. Or rather, we’re at the end of the beginning. Martial law was declared in the latest batch, so the clock has started. And surely Togashi can’t introduce any more plot threads or characters at this point, right???
I find that most writers are a lot better at coming up with ideas than they are at resolving things, and Succession Contest is so ambitious that — more than most arcs or stories — how it pulls everything together will be the deciding factor on how we all remember this arc. I’m really enjoying it right now, but it really could go either way for me based on how it ends. But I remain eternally optimistic, Togashi has earned my trust.