( Waves lapping )
( Seabirds calling )
Mito: When you were just a baby, your father abandoned you,
but you still really want to...
Gon: Being a hunter must be an awesome job
if it’s worth leaving his kid.
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That’s how amazing being a hunter is!
Mito: Just as I thought, you really are just like him.
kite: But ging still wasn’t satisfied.
There was another hurdle i had to clear.
it would be the most difficult hunt ever.
But as far as I knew,
ging was the greatest hunter in the world.
Ging: There’s something that I want.
mito: But then he never actually told me
what it was he wanted.
Ging: Catch me if you can.
I mean, you are a hunter, right?
( Gon gasps )
Ging.
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( Wind gusting )
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( Gon panting )
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( Gon panting )
( Music playing only )
( Gon panting )
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( Gon panting )
( Wind blowing )
Worker: You wanna climb the tree?
Nobody under the age of 18 is allowed past this point.
You would need a special license or certification for that.
Eh? ( Gasps )
A pro hunter?!
At your age?
( Laughs )
Real sorry about that! Go right ahead!
Oh! But I will need you to sign this release first.
Even a president would have to.
Don’t worry, though. It’s just the standard
"you don’t care if you die during the climb"
sort of thing, very routine.
( Bird trilling )
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A little advice, though.
i wouldn’t trust any of the grips or footholds
left behind by previous climbers.
Crazy as it sounds,
the ones who make it to the top usually free-climb it.
that’s how the guy who’s up there now did it.
Gon: I got it. Thanks a lot!
Worker: Anyway, if you feel like you’re in trouble,
go ahead, and press that button.
Our rescue team is quite skilled.
If you can just hold on for ten minutes or so--
( gasps ) Crap! He fell!
Hey!
Gon: Hey!
( Worker gasps ) Eh?
He’s already up that high?
( Gon sighs )
( Laughing )
( Wind blowing )
Gon: I still have a long way to go.
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This tree is incredible.
I can just trust myself to it.
The moment my fingers touch it,
I can feel that there’s life coursing inside,
and I can feel everything connected
throughout the entire tree.
I can do it.
As long as I don’t go against the tree’s guidance,
i’ll be fine.
Man: H-help!
Gon: Eh?
Man: Please, anybody,
you’ve gotta help me.
( Wind gusting )
( Blades thrumming )
Gon: Almost there.
Huh?
The top looks weird.
( Grunting )
( Creatures meowing )
Gon: Hmm?
( Meowing continues )
( Gon yells )
Uh, they’re huge!
That scared me.
( Meowing quiets )
Hi there!
- ( Bird meowing ) - ( Gon laughing )
- Ging: Hey. - Gon: Hmm?
( Ging chewing )
I got tired of waiting.
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Gon: Ging.
Ging: How long did it take you
to get here from the 500-meter Mark?
gon: Uh, probably about 20 minutes?
Ging: Well, I guess that’s not bad for your first time.
Eat up.
( Gon grunts )
Whoa.
Ging: Nice view, huh?
When it’s overcast, it’s like a sea of clouds.
Gon: Wow!
( Birds meowing )
Gon: Hey, ging...
Ging: Hmm?
Gon: Can I ask you something?
Ging: Sure. Don’t count on an answer, though.
Gon: What is it that you want, really?
Ging: Hmm.
I want whatever I don’t have, I guess.
Gon: Whatever you don’t have?
( Birds meowing )
Ging: I think I wanted to become a hunter
because i--quiet!
( Meowing stops )
I wanted to become a hunter, because,
well, at the time, that is, it was the most realistic way
that I could get to a place that I really wanted to see.
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The place i’m talking about was being used
as a royal family’s burial ground.
The only expeditions into the area
were privately funded and sworn to secrecy.
still, they never brought back much research.
in other words, you couldn’t explore it at all.
you won’t find anyone willing to spend the resources,
not when they won’t get anything in return.
But I still saw it as my chance.
If I could just become a pro hunter,
getting money wouldn’t be a problem.
I turned 15,
and I set up a special nonprofit corporation
whose sole purpose was to research and repair the tomb.
before that, right after getting my license,
I spent two years studying all the archaeology websites
and online blogs I could find.
To create the nonprofit, I needed about ten eccentrics.
specifically, I was looking for ones
who didn’t need money or fame,
but only wanted to know the truth,
and of course ones who could be trusted to keep secrets.
I’m always going after everything I want
in the moment, no matter what.
I’m so focused that I will completely stop caring
about the object of my desire.
Gon: Hmm.
Ging: Still don’t get it?
Well, guess i’ll keep going, then.
( Grunts )
I recruited people online
and made lots of friends in meetings,
but they were all older than me,
regular pencil pushers and some students,
a few freelancers.
after I told them about my background and my plan,
they helped with all kinds of tasks to create the nonprofit.
they even gave donations from what little money they had.
When our dream was realized
and we stepped inside for the first time,
I couldn’t hide how happy I was,
but what made me happiest
wasn’t when I finally saw the truth behind the tomb.
No. It was when I looked at my colleagues’s faces
and we shook each other’s hands.
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they still work for the nonprofit to this day,
pro bono, providing me with viable information.
Compared to the people I met,
the information I got from the tomb was just a bonus.
The most important thing,
by a long shot, I already had.
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( Birds calling )
Gon: And now?
Ging: Huh?
Gon: You know what you’re gonna go after now?
Ging: Like right now?
that’ll take a little time to explain.
Tell me, gon, what is this tree we just climbed?
Gon: Huh? It’s the world tree.
Ging: That’s right.
and exactly how did the people you met below
describe the tree?
Gon: It’s actually the world’s largest tree,
at 1,784 meters tall.
Ging: Hmm.
I guess technically they aren’t wrong, but...
The truth is this tree is a young sapling,
one that’s stopped growing.
( Gon gasps )
Ging: It didn’t get enough nutrients,
and it wound up a lot shorter than it could have been.
( Gon gasps )
( Wind blowing )
Ging: The real world tree takes root in magma,
grows out of a mountain,
and is taller than anything you’ve ever seen.
As a matter of fact, it reaches out of the atmosphere.
in short, it’s outside of this world.
Gon: "Outside of this world"?
Ging: At least outside
the world map you’re familiar with.
( Gon gasps )
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Ging: The ants that you and the chairman fought
were a non-native species from outside this world.
that’s the truth they don’t teach you in school.
Adults know better than to try to open pandora’s box,
those with common sense, anyway.
( Sighs )
( Chuckles )
guess if you wanna put it another way,
the world that we know
is nothing but a small part of a much bigger world.
a chosen few, from select times and places,
left records of their travels to the other side.
Get it?
The thing that I want is always the same.
it’s always something that I don’t have.
( Gon chuckles )
Ging: We need a lot of things in order to get out there.
Before you even begin, there are four of ’em...
The means, permission,
qualifications, and a contract.
Hate to say it,
but I don’t have any of those yet.
Well, i’m not in any rush.
I’m just enjoying the journey.
So if your chosen destination is the same one as mine
then enjoy the side trips...
A lot, okay?
Things that are more important than what you’re hunting for
could be right there by the side of the road.
( Birds meowing )
( Bird calls )
( Squawks )
( Meowing continues )
( Gon gasps )
Ging!
Ging: Hmm?
Gon: Here.
Kite gave your license to me,
and he said that I should give it back to you.
Ging: Oh, yeah. Right.
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Gon: You wanna see the scar?
It’s right here on my left shoulder.
Look. It’s there. See it?
And then there was a huge boom!
It was so cool! Yeah.
Ging: What popped out was another coffin, like, yay big.
Gon: Yeah, they call them the testing gates,
and they only open if you’re on the inside.
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( Gon laughing )
( Ging laughing )
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( Singing in Japanese )
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( Singing in Japanese )
♪ You can smile again
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can fly away
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can smile
( singing in Japanese )
( Singing in Japanese )
♪ You just try again
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You just go away
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can try
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can smile
( singing in Japanese )
( Music playing only )
( Singing in Japanese )
♪ You can fly
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can smile
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can try
( singing in Japanese )
♪ You can try
( singing in Japanese )
Ging: Enjoy the side trips,
a lot, okay?
Things that are more important than what you’re hunting for
could be right there by the side of the road.
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