Una opinión que comparto plentamente:
"I've noticed that a consistent theme in the invasion so far is that the humanity of our protagonists keeps getting in the way of their mission. They're supposed to be operating as a single, efficient unit, without regard for feelings and the like, and yet they've managed to screw up every attempt at killing the Royal Guards.
Knuckle recklessly risked his life more than once for no other reason than to avenge Shoot and uphold his honor, things that arguably were trivial in the bigger scheme of things. Melereon keeps involving himself with the Knuckle/Shoot/Morel trio because he can't stand to abandon them, Octoboro couldn't bring himself to kill Brovada, etc. Now in this episode we have Knuckle essentially nullifying every thing that the group has accomplished thus far for the sake of saving Morel, who was already down. From a logical viewpoint the actions of all these characters is utterly idiotic, but that's the point: emotion and basic human decency is getting in the way, undoing all the plans the invaders came up with.
The humanity of the invaders is paralleled in the Ants, from the King to Pitou to Youpi. His character development here was great and something you almost never see in this kind of series. His evolution and realizations over the course of the past few episodes have been leading up to this. He can't bring himself to kill these three insignificant humans, and likewise, Knuckle can no longer see these ants as monsters to be destroyed. Like Gon, his illusion about their true nature has been shattered.
The parallels run deeper. Togashi has been taking great pains to show us that the emerging humanity of the Ants is what is also leading to their current demise. That is a big part of Welfin's purpose, and all those other Ants Togashi introduced. Welfin discovered that a human had infiltrated the palace before the invasion ever began, a.k.a Knov. Instead of alerting his superiors, though, he kept the information to himself to use for his own selfish ends. Had he been loyal and obedient like he should have been, basically like a normal Ant, the current situation could have been possibly averted. Remember Leol? He also kept sensitive info to himself in the hopes of becoming King, an action which led him to nowhere but death. Over and over, we see that the rigid society of the Ants earlier fractured due to their individuality and self-awareness, characteristics of humans, and those characteristics continue to doom them now.
There's another prominent theme here as well: it's that the humans, through their actions, have been changing the Ants, regardless of the soundness of what they've done. It started with Komugi and the King, which led to the King changing Pitou, and now here we have Youpi changing thanks to his interaction with Knuckle. A similar story played out earlier, before the invasion, between Killua and Ikalgo.
Looking at it all, it seems that the narrative is simultaneously praising and criticizing humanity's nature. The Ants have become better people, but at the cost of the fracturing of their regimented structure. Some didn't even become better people; they became worst as a result of inheriting the personalities of selfish human beings, as can be seen with Zazan, Leol, Cheetu, etc.
It all ties in together with what happened in this episode. Honestly, the thematic consistency of this arc is astonishing, and I can't wait to see what happens next."
Agrego que al contrario de Youpi y Pitou, Pouf es el único guardia real que posee una verdadera cuota de maldad en su esencia y ciertamente no desarrolla un proceso de humanización como los otros guardias reales y el Rey. Brillante por parte de Togashi el como nos muestra esta paradojas entre estas dos naturalezas. Netero es el único que expresa explícitamente en el manga el cómo esta contradicción que vive en estas criaturas es peligrosa tanto para ellas como para quienes las combaten.
En fin. Qué bueno saber que hay personas usan su cerebro y ven cosas más allá que peleas y bolitas de energía
Knov con progeria
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