I don't know what is up with gon's vow and i think i'm too stupid to understand it
sorry yall, my internet had a problem and i just spammed post without having any notification that i did and when i checked i just found i posted a gazillion of the same thing.
Onto the post.
I know I'm very late to this discussion as it was had literally a decade ago if not more, but after reading quite a bit about vow in the manga and what people had to say about it, i just got confused with the sheer contradictions each side gives so i just decided to reread the manga to fact check my position.
In the first and second image, gon in one translation uses his everything while in the other it says the purpose of said use which i found weird but not that big of a deal. This is the vow. to get all the power he'll ever have, thus making anything he gets from said vow normally possible.
The third and fourth show once again a difference in meaning, since pitou in one claimed that gon matured to an age to defeat him while the other brought up level. Personally i'm more in line with the second one since it makes more sense in the context of gon being forcibly enhanced to a buffer body.
In the fifth and sixth images, Killua never noted anything about how strong Gon was. His statement was more about how much time it would have taken for gon to look like that (Either countless HOURS in one translation, or many years) Killua never had an idea, not even approximation, and it makes sense. How would he know how much training it would take? Him saying it would take a lot is more than enough.
He's more worried about the aura amount.
Which makes me believe that the nen vow gon did gave him a perfect body (Since Killua immediately connected it to Bisky), maxed out stats and aura pool. The time limit thing is most likely gon living off of his own aura pool since he gave his everything away, which includes his life.
That also explains why is keeps dwindling with each Jajanken used. Now, is it possible for gon to ever reach this state naturally? duh, or else the vow would have never worked, of course it would take a lot of training, but the vow made him gain the benefits now.
Is it possible for gon to surpass this? Well, in pure stats alone? I don't think so. This gon has stats so cracked only pre rose Meruem is a comparison. And post rose was due to his ability to absorb the nen of the stuff he eats.
So natty wise, gon can only reach the level of Gon-san.
That means no nen vows, no conditions, no skill and no nen ability. If we include those then i think gon would be able to surpass that form. Am i wrong in my understanding? If I am please correct me and thank you.
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 11:56 PM UTC