From what I recall it just satisfies him, like he hunts because he likes hunting and it makes him feel good but he restricts himself to only hunting things that would kill indiscriminately so that he didn't become a bother to other people or he was taught to restrict it to just that, something like that.

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I'm not on the spectrum I just prefer to thoroughly explain my points when I'm talking through text since people can't hear like sarcasm or anything.

Well it's primarily a slang word and it has a loose meaning as a result, and I wasn't saying my definition - I was talking about how often I've seen it used and in what meaning, like I've seen it used to refer to Sasuke from Naruto or Shadow the hedgehog and many isekai protagonists, more so in the capacity I've described but it's not really a word with a set definition, at least in the context we're using it. In nonslang context I believe the word simply refers to someone who is irritable and/or nervous. I believe it also means people who try to hard to be cool and tough looking when some people say it, and then it's got different meanings depending on if you're being ironic or not basically the whole thing's FUBAR.

From that explanation that's fair. But usually when I hear edgy it more so applies to characters that are overly serious or severe(or violent/aggressive/grim) for their setting or in general.

You've made no attempt to understand my point, some people have goals that aren't specific but continuous- that's it. Nothing about this is particularly controversial or strange. Your opinion is that this meaning of a goal should be disregarded but you haven't adequately explained why. Like it's distinct - not specific, he wants to do this thing most of his actions towards the goal of this thing and he takes every opportunity to engage in this thing, but once again odds are he will gain the goal of hunting this magic after this encounter.

Edit: The difference in our examples is motivation and Passion, he hunts because it fulfills him and he likes doing it - his goal is hunting because that's all he really cares about - it's what he strives towards through most of his actions and what motivated him, trash is taken out as a utility, it you're stated goal was to maintain a clean household and it was the only thing that fulfills you then taking out the trash would be part of your goal. This is primarily what I'm saying.

My use was perfectly fair, the term is valid in this case if slightly hyperbolic. But I'll agree to disagree.

I mean, he's already hunted several so he can back it up a bit, and your trash example isn't a good comparison as it isn't continuous. A better comparison might be an artist that wants to continuously challenge themself, or a boxer that wants to fight stronger and stronger opponents, the goal is the journey so to speak, it's a goal about continuous internal satisfaction as opposed to a specific major accomplishment. And as far as trends go, Black clover is still doing just fine and I'd argue that series is in the style of writing that was commonly used way back when Naruto was first running, people appreciate a throwback sometimes so long as it has charm and a degree of awareness.

My only point is that gon isn't a zero on the feral child scale, though I meant it half jokingly initially.

And his whole guild would let you know it too!

It's only childish if you don't live in a world where that's actionable, but he does live in a world where that's actionable so it's actually a solid goal.

One definition of feral pertains to animal like behaviors, the other simply means to be wild or untame, I'd argue he partially matches both of these traits without fully pertaining to either so yes he'd be "kind of" feral. He was only loosely raised and mostly kind of just growing up on his own with occasional help from the village and kite much like this protagonist, and acts mostly on instinct and feeling as opposed to logic and reasoning. The word that exclusively means of or like an animal would be beastial. (I'd also argue Goku at least when he was a kid was absolutely a feral child mainly because he was quite literally raising himself in the woods after his granddad died hunted his own food didn't have any schooling and acted nearly entirely off of instinct.)

I mean he has a pretty distinct goal it's just a continuous goal like the one Goku has, he wants to challenge himself and hunt stronger and stronger prey, much like Goku's continuous goal to fight stronger martial artists. Though given the way these types of arcs usually go his goals probably going to be to hunt this magic from this moment forward.

I'd say "kind of" feral, mainly when compared to like the rest of his friend group he's a kid that didn't really know much about the world kind of just hung out in the woods for most of his childhood and only really went out to "hunt" his dad, see mostly acts on instinct and first decision and while he thinks things through sometimes is initial action is mostly instinct most of the time. Edit: those descriptors aren't actually mutually exclusive and often coincide (feral and predator)

Yeah but like luffy he's happy-go-lucky and relatively positive so long as things don't pertain to the one thing he cares about, like Lucy's pretty amicable in time so long as you don't say you're going to be pirate King around him or bother people he's friends with, this main character is the same way so long as you don't rouse his hunting instincts either by being pretty huntable or by bothering innocent people. Gon is probably the closest mainly because he's also kind of feral with a weird yet specific moral code except his built entirely around rather you benefit him in his friends or not,(like that time he was totally cool with that serial killer because he helped him and killua train)

When you live in your head why is there ever a need to go outside? Hahaha *sobs*

Hey yo anybody got that Nicolas Cage screen cap with the bees.

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