mata "ohayou" tte itte
Once more tell me "good morning."
mata yume wo misete
Once more show me a dream.
kyou mo genki de sugosetara ii yo ne
I hope it will be a good day today.
konna ni tanjun de atari mae na koto ga
It's the simple things in life,
hontou wa, ichiban miushinaigachi dakara ne
That are the easiest to lose sight of.
me wo aketa mama miru yume
Having a dream with open eyes,
shiranai ashita e hakobu
Merry-go-round goes
kimi to kata wo kunde kimito te wo sunai de
My arm around your shoulder,
koibito datari tomodachi de itaikara
My hand holding yours.
"ohayou" tte itte
Tell me "good morning."
mata yume wo misete
Once more show me the dream.
shizen na sono ikikata de iikarasa
Keep on living just the way you are.
What is it, Mom?
Well... About those two...
They've been doing this every day.
Just standing there like that. What are they doing?
It's probably something we can't understand.
I thought he hadn't changed since he left the island...
But he has grown up, after all.
You're right...
Come on, Mom. We'd better get ready to open the shop.
Oh, that's right.
C'mon, you two. It's dinner time!
Okay.
Really... All you do is answer.
Gon, Killua?
When I call you, you should...
What's with all this stuff? What are you doing?
Doing research.
He's trying to find out about his dad.
It's his homework while we're here. I'm assisting, for free.
This is my first job as a Hunter.
Hey, would it be okay if we connect to the internet?
Are you listening, Aunt Mito?
No, I wasn't.
You are ignoring us.
Don't be silly, I was not ignoring you.
You sure?
Of course, I'm sure.
By the way, Aunt Mito...
What did you want?
You guys are the ones ignoring me!
It's dinner time!
Well, now I'm gonna drag you there by force!
Here!
Thank you for dinner!
I'm glad you liked it.
Well then... I'm gonna go pick up where we left off.
Okay, I'll do the dishes.
That won't do, you two.
You better call it a night and continue tomorrow.
What?
You need concentration for detailed work, don't you?
Working in the morning is much better than making yourself work through the night.
It's not like the internet's going to run off anywhere, right?
Staying up late is bad for you, eh?
Well, I'll cooperate so Aunt Mito won't get more wrinkles.
Women past their prime age really need to be careful, right?
Killua!
Well then... I'm gonna get ready for bed!
My age is none of your business!
1, 2, 3...
No counting, got it?!
Here we go.
Killua's an interesting kid.
Right?
But aren't his parents worried about him?
Probably. But I get the sense Killua's family trusts him a lot too.
I see.
Hey...
What is it?
How long are you staying here?
About a month, I guess.
And then you're going to go look for Ging?
Yeah.
What's this?
Ging left this box with me.
He told me to give it to you when you became a Hunter.
My dad left this for me?
I'll tell you everything I know about Ging.
Thanks for everything!
Goodnight!
See you next time.
My earliest memory... is of Ging's back.
I was running behind him trying to keep up.
I think I was three years old.
It feels like I was always watching his back.
When he went off to take the Hunter Exam, he was twelve, the same age as you.
It was... fall.
A Hunter?
Yeah!
You mean you're leaving?
Yeah!
But why?
Why? Tell me why!
There's something I want.
Something you want?
Yeah.
What is it you wanna get?
Hey...
Hey! Tell me!
Something he wanted, huh?
Aunt Mito, what was Dad looking for?
I asked him several times, but he never told me.
So, we had a big argument about it...
Well, the only one who was arguing was you.
So you've finally decided to tell him about it.
Anyway, we didn't see each other after that.
And Ging left this place.
He wouldn't return until ten years later.
That's when the photo above the bar was taken.
It's also when he married my sister.
Of course, he didn't settle down after that either.
He would just leave without saying anything
and not return for several months.
The last time he left here like that was right after the funeral.
Funeral?
For my sister.
Ging was holding you in his arms when he visited me.
You were still just a baby.
He said he couldn't return for a while and asked me to take care of you.
He didn't want to explain the reason why.
And then, right when I was about to say yes...
What's wrong with you?!
She yelled at Ging.
Mom!
I thought everyone on the island would come running.
Ging left without saying another word.
This girl kept screaming, telling him never to come back.
There was quite an uproar.
Really...
It doesn't matter!
Why not?
Well, this happened right after she died, remember?
What he did was wrong!
Yes, but still...
The water's boiling, y'know.
Okay, okay.
Anyway, I felt that I could not leave the child to him.
So I got custody of you and...
I've already told you this part, haven't I?
Yeah.
At the end of the day, all that matters to him is getting what he wants.
He doesn't care about anything else.
In short, he's just selfish. He always has been.
You really think so?
Of course.
Maybe Ging had something only he could do.
That's the way I feel about it.
He wants something, huh?
Is there something you want to get too?
So you're not gonna tell us either?
No, it's not like that. It's just I don't know yet.
But that's why Killua and I have decided that we're gonna travel together.
Maybe I'll be able to find what I want during the journey.
Thanks to the Hunter Exam, I was able to meet Killua...
...and experience a world I didn't know before.
I wanna see and do a lot more things.
Gon, you truly are Ging's son, after all.
Anyway, this is what Ging left behind back then.
Oh, that old box.
Who knows how many times you threw it away.
Yeah well, that's only because a certain someone kept rescuing it.
If you really wanted to get rid of it, you wouldn't have put it where I could find it so easily.
That's about it.
It's like I don't know anything.
There's no trace of him around here anymore.
Well, except for that box and you.
Ging, huh?
Ging... Yeah. That does sound better, after all.
Aunt Mito tell me more! What was Ging like as a kid?!
Does it sound weird for me to call him by his first name?
It feels more natural than calling him Dad.
That's not what I meant.
You want me to tell you what Ging was like as a boy?
Yeah.
Let me see...
I remember wanting Ging to play with me,
but he'd always be off somewhere by himself.
And you ended up getting lost so many times.
Why do you always remember those things?
She'd go running into the mountains trying to keep up with Ging and get lost.
Then Ging would come back later all by himself, and we'd get into an uproar.
The whole island would go on a search.
But no matter where she ended up, it was always Ging who found her.
It happened so often that people thought they were just playing a prank.
What?! I've never heard anyone say that.
Why would I do something like that?
But you always ended up in the most out-of-the-way places.
It almost seemed like you didn't want to be found.
Oh, really?
There was one other incident.
Ging and Mito went sailing together one day.
He didn't wanna go because he didn't think the weather was gonna hold.
But of course, she wasn't one to listen to reason.
Was I really like that?
So, even at 25 years old, not much has changed since then.
Whaddaya mean by that?
C'mon, tell me what happened next!
Well, it didn't take long until a big storm came up and carried the boat out to sea...
Mito.
I really was like that, wasn't I?
Right, Ging?
I see.
So you couldn't tell where your dad was just from Aunt Mito's story, huh?
Nope.
The only thing you have to go on is that weird box.
But I'm glad I got to hear about Ging.
It's the first time she's talked about him so much.
Ging, huh? Anyway... So what'd you do?
About what?
The box, man.
Well... I wanted to bring it back to my room,
but Aunt Mito told me it was time to go to sleep and she put it away.
Wow, she's really making a big deal about that thing.
That box was left for you, right? So that means it belongs to you.
Guess so.
You know what?
After I saw the way Aunt Mito was last night...
I kinda got the feeling that it's important to her too.
So I think I'll just wait and let her give it to me.
C'mon, let's go get breakfast!
Now I wish I stayed up to hear what Aunt Mito was like when she was a kid.
It was pretty funny.
What's up?
Killua, over there.
It's the box.
Hey! Stop! Come back!
Found ya.
Mito.
Found ya.
C'mon. Let's go home.
So this is it?
This is the box?
What the... How are we supposed to open this thing?
There's no lid.
You're right.
Do you mind if I give it a try?
Go for it.
I can't do it.
This is no ordinary box.
If it was, I'd be able to break it open even if it was welded.
Yeah, with your strength, you can lift about 12 tons, right?
We don't know what's inside, so we can't just smash it.
It doesn't make a sound.
And it's yours once you become a Hunter...
Maybe... that's a clue!
I can think of something we haven't tried yet.
What do you have now that you didn't have before you became a Hunter?
Hey! I know!
A Hunter License!
But there's no slot!
Not that.
I meant Nen.
Oh.
It's a box inside...
...another box?
It's nothing but ordinary metal.
And it doesn't look like it was welded together.
Look at this Gon.
Look familiar?
These markings...
Oh yeah. These are just like the ones on the string that Master Wing gave me.
Yeah. He said that using your Nen would break that one too, didn't he?
It seems to me that these markings have some Nen power of their own.
Right.
Well? You think you can open this one?
Let's see...
Hey, I found a slot!
Bingo!
A ring, a cassette tape, and...
...a memory card.
Hey, look! There's the same pattern inside the band.
I don't think you should risk putting it on just yet.
Do you actually think Ging would wanna hurt me or something?
Just trying to be safe.
Okay then, why don't we listen to the tape first?
Sure, go ahead.
Let's make a copy while we're at it.
Y'know, just in case.
Hey, Gon.
So you've become a Hunter too.
There's one question I want to ask.
Do you want to see me?
If you do, keep listening...
If you don't, just press the stop button.
So that's a "yes" then.
I'll ask one more time... Are you sure?
You should stop the tape here if you just think it would be nice to see me.
I'll give you a minute to think it over.
Well? I guess I don't even need to ask.
Oh well, looks like I'll have to wash this again.
So you want to see me that much?
Well, I don't want to see you.
Honestly, I don't know how I could face you.
After all, I neglected you for selfish reasons. I'm no good.
Hunters are selfish people.
We abandon things in order to get what we want.
Even if that means ignoring the feelings of others.
At least ten years will have passed since I recorded this tape before you listen to it.
During that time, there's one thing that hasn't changed.
I will always be the guy I am.
Go!
While you're listening to this, I'm probably off somewhere doing something crazy.
If you still want to see me, then come and find me.
But like I said, I don't want to see you.
So if I hear you getting close, I'm gonna take off.
Try and catch me. You're a Hunter now, aren't you?
Wow... I'll say this about your dad. He sure is one tough customer.
Hey, hold on.
I don't think he's quite finished yet.
Oh yeah... One more thing.
On this tape...
I've recorded the voice of your mother.
It's the only thing we have left of her.
If you want to hear her, keep the tape running.
And if you don't...
You sure?
Yeah.
But you've never even heard her voice before.
I know, but that's okay.
It's like I said before...
Aunt Mito's the only mom I know.
All done!
Kurapika got a job?
We are shopping on the internet from here!
Next time on Hunter x Hunter:
Kurapika x Black Eyes x First Job!
Uh, what's a JoyStation?
Executive Producer KOICHI MOTOHASHI
Wanna Stay or Wanna Go?
Production Manager JUNZO NAKAJIMA Planning KENJI SHIMIZU Producers DAISUKE KAWAKAMI SHUNICHI KOSAO
Do You, Do You, Do You Feel like I feel?
Wanna Stay or Wanna Go?
General Director KAZUHIRO FURUHASHI Script NOBUAKI KISHIMA YOSHIYUKI SUGA MASASHI SOGO RYOTA YAMAGUCHI
Do You, Do You, Do You Feel like I feel?
E Jan chotto chikonderu bokura ga
It's all right, even if we're a little bit down
Character Design TAYAUKI GOTO Art Director NOBUHITO SAKAMOTO Background Art Director GOICHI KUDO Color Design MARI MIYASHITA Directors SHINPEI MIYASHITA SHUNJI YOSHIDA
E Jan chotto kizutsu iteru bokura ga
It's all right, even if we're a little bit hurt
Music TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI Sound Director TAKUYA HIRAMITSU
kisetsu ga futari wo donna ni kaete shimattemo
No matter how much the season changes us,
Original Manga YOSHIHIRO TOGASHI PUBLISHED BY SHUEISHA, INC.
hanare banare ni nara na keryaa all right
As long as we're not far apart, it'll be all right
CAST Gon JUNKO TAKEUCHI Kurapika YUKI KAIDA Leorio HOZUMI GOUDA Killua KANAKO MITSUHASHI Hisoka HIROKI TAKAHASHI
all right...
machi ga isagashii ni muchuu ni natte
I've been too caught up in comparing with other people,
chiwa wa iku tokomade yutte
While our problem will only continue to worsen.
senaka muke atteru no ni hontou wa gyutte shitai
Our backs are turned on each other, but I really wanna hold you tight
mijikasugiru ne orenji iro shita
Because I know the shortness
yuuyake mitai na yasashisa o
Of your orange, sunset-like warmness.
shitteiru kara gogo yuuyake tsukiakari
Morning, sunset, night time.
atto yuumani
Time flies by so quickly.
Wanna Stay or Wanna Go?
Do You, Do You, Do You Feel like I feel?
Wanna Stay or Wanna Go?
Do You, Do You, Do You Feel like I feel?
Wanna Stay or Wanna Go?
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