And third, Killua, wanting to keep the card safe, gifts it to Gon. First, the card is a marriage proposal card, so it’s obviously romantic in nature. There are 3 different things we can take from this panel. Propose with this diamond and she is guaranteed to say "yes”“. The first card that Killua gains is called “ Rainbow Diamond”, the description of the card being “ A diamond that shines in a rainbow of colors. ĭuring their time in Dorias, Killua uses Risky Dice to gain cards from the slot machines. While the scene where Killua thinks “You’ve got it backwards, Gon, I’m the one that’s glad I met you.” can’t be considered as subtext, I think it’s something that lets the reader know a bit more about how Killua feels towards Gon.īut other than this scene, which can clearly be dismissed as platonic, there are 2 more moments in the Greed Island arc that are layered in subtext. Gon’s behavior in this arc is also very affectionate, with him always reassuring Killua about his place next to him. It’s during this arc that we get to see a bit more of what Killua thinks, how he’s lucky to have met Gon and that he feels really grateful. Greed Island is to me the arc that lays down the nature of Killua and Gon’s relationship.
I’ll also link all my references for this post at the end of it, so feel free to read all the additional textposts and content if you want to know more.ĮDIT : i can’t believe this post is still being used as a reference it makes me so happy… thank you so much !!! i edited this to tweak it a bit because i wrote this a while ago and the phrasing seemed off to me, so if you’re reading or re-reading this post, hi, welcome to masterpost on gay subtext 2.0 ! Togashi loves to foreshadow and plant little details into his work, so when Togashi plants subtext, I’m sure he 100% knows that he’s writing it, and it can’t be seen as unintentional. There are countless details and symbolism that are analyzed daily through wonderful meta posts, from the main 4′s birthdays and their link to their character or the religious symbolism in Kurapika’s story arc…. There are always little details in the story and/or foreshadowing that are easily missed at first but when you notice them, it truly makes you understand how much attention and care Togashi puts into his work. I’d also like to mention, although I will analyze it further after listing the subtext, that Togashi is a VERY smart man. This is going to be a long post, enjoy your read!Īlso, please note that I will only base this analysis on the manga, so there can be no mistake that “ maybe this is just something the anime made gayer” : i want to prove that the subtext is 100% intentional on Togashi’s part. I usually see a lot of people trying to say that HxH isn’t about romance and that Togashi isn’t interested in writing romance into the manga, but when you analyze all the subtext that’s been going on the further Gon and Killua’s relationship progresses, I think it’s incorrect to say that Togashi has never hinted at the possibility of romance in HxH. Hi ! After seeing so many posts about Togashi dropping subtext about Killua’s possible romantic feelings for Gon, I thought it’d be a good idea to make a sort of “masterpost” with all the subtext that Togashi has included into his work.