This is the second part of our conversation on the Succession Contest arc, this time discussing everything to do with Kurapika, the Kakin Empire’s political machinations, and the mafia family conflicts. And after covering the entire series we rank all the arcs in the series by our preference as well as giving our final scores for Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter x Hunter.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction - part II of the discussion

0:51 The ever-ambitious rules and layers of the Succession Contest

6:14 Standout characters from the Kakin Empire - and which prince do we think will win?

14:06 Kurapika vs Tserriednich - is Kurapika going to die in this arc?

15:44 The various other storylines ongoing right now

18:04 Which of the princes is Beyond Netero’s child?

21:36 Melody being set up to have a pivotal part in the succession contest

25:01 The mafia families - Heil-ly, Char, Xi Yu - and Morena as a standout

29:03 Prediction of an anime adaptation and the length of the Succession Contest arc

32:49 Samu’s Recommendation: Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga 

34:19 Enzo’s Recommendation: Hyouge Mono by Yamada Yoshihiro 

38:21 Overview and scores for the arc

43:15 Our ranking of all Hunter x Hunter arcs

46:36 Final scores for Hunter x Hunter