There’s lots of stuff this week regarding Khun’s strategy that one can pick up on if they’re paying close attention. Yes, you never underestimate the Blue Turtle – he plays the long game as well as anybody. And Khun’s dedication to Bam seems to stronger than ever (as witness the results of this contest). Bam finds himself rooting for Khun’s Team A, even though their victory would come at his own expense. Already we can see Rak ( where are he and his silent partner getting the magically replenishing chocolate bars now, exactly?) is displaying an almost reverential tone about Khun’s strategizing (which is itself a tipoff that Gator is much cleverer than he lets on). I’m always interested in watching the dynamic between the three core team members play out. With that said, there certainly is subtext in ToG, even this soon. And that doesn’t lend itself to a whole lot of analysis and deconstruction.
But where Togashi was always obsessed with subtext, right from the start, one gets the sense that early SIU is more frequently content to honor the game for its own sake. Especially early in each series, where Kami no Tou so resembles the “Hunter Exam” arc in many ways (if Togashi had introduced Nen about 30 chapters earlier). While I do think the endless comparisons between Tower of God and Hunter X Hunter are overstated, they can be useful at times. On a certain level, episodes like this – as fun as they are to watch – are kind of nightmarish to write about.
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