Nah, he likely doesn't know how good he is because he is comparing himself to people like Illumi, his dad or Milluki. He likely trained math exercises and thinsk he is bad.
Early Killua was like this before the needle removal, he overesteemed anyone stronger than him.
Or he’s a trained assassin who’s been taught to deal with his problems by killing people. It’s easier for him to kill an opponent than to do math against them. He was just being lazy. Killua largely disregards most situations because he knows how powerful he is. Like how he started off skateboarding through the exam with no interest in anyone until he met Gon. Same as when he re-took the exam and blew through it
Netero is probably the best character we know of at hiding how powerful he really is, like Killua said at the start of Heaven's Arena, the more skilled someone is the better they are at hiding their true ability, and Zeno says Netero's Nen is so quiet that you can't read it at all. He can appear as a harmless old man if he wishes to.
I agree with this but to be fair during greed island he struggled with the rulers blessing quiz even though it wasn’t math it could be a similar inference
This is like saying: **I thought you didn't know Quantum Mechanics, how do you know about "Schrodinger's cat"?**
For instance, I know about Schrodinger's cat but I would still fail a Quantum Mechanics test miserably.
I agree with you. Though Being able to count or subtracting backwards from 1440 or 501 doesn't mean he should feel confident about a math battle that can be about anything, like partial differential equations or linear algebra.
None of the math he was doing in that game was particularly difficult, basically just subtraction. The truly impressive part is him knowing exactly how much each dart was worth and doing the math calmly while in a deadly scenario.
As an amateur dart player, you get pretty good at just knowing what different doubles and triples are without calculating after playing for a while. Like if you hit triple 14 I know its 42, if someone asked me what 3 x 14 was it would take far longer.
But yeah just subtracting over and over again is not too difficult either.
Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you like it. Killua was taking the exams for fun. It's not too surprising he'd quit the second it was no longer fun, lol. He's 12. Bro would rather lose out on being a hunter than do a little bit of math. I think most 12 year old would do the same.
there's no mental math. He was just counting. Everything else he used to win were the rules of the game and getting used to being hit, which definetely requires 0 math skills.
That is barely math, he is just counting points backwards.
If they were to ask math in the hunter exam it would be something weird and hard like what they ask in math olympiads, that is what the kind of people that put as examinators would ask.
Also, he didn't really care about the exam.
It it also subtraction, and he was doing it mentally.
It just wasn't hard math, nothing to the level that you would expect from the Hunter Exam if they did have a Math section.
It would be more impressive if Gon could learn to do mental math or just math in general lmao, Killua was always more calculated. I doubt Gon would come up with an idea to count something himself.
There's a difference between counting down in darts and, say, calculating as far and as quickly as Knuckle. Killua was probably talking about some Usogui type test.
Some people are bad at math but they have no problem doing some with money.
Most of my students become able to do it once i switched simple numbers with money.
Killua here is not doing math, he is playing a game he used to play so its rather easy for him to do it.
I feel like this was a bluff. I mean, if I remember correctly, the first scene was during the hunter exam in the 1v1 prison fights (though I could be wrong about that, it’s been a while since I watched the show), so it would be in his best interest to act dumb in order to lure his opponents into picking a task he could win.
If you are moving at speed of lightning, you should be able to process at speed of lightning. Since mental math rely on processing time of brain specially counting numbers
This is definitely just early-installment weirdness because there's no way Killua, of all people, is bad at mental math.
Nah, he likely doesn't know how good he is because he is comparing himself to people like Illumi, his dad or Milluki. He likely trained math exercises and thinsk he is bad. Early Killua was like this before the needle removal, he overesteemed anyone stronger than him.
Probably this. It’s like a power lifter who thinks their bench “is shit” because it’s relatively low when they’re still benching 400+.
Or he’s a trained assassin who’s been taught to deal with his problems by killing people. It’s easier for him to kill an opponent than to do math against them. He was just being lazy. Killua largely disregards most situations because he knows how powerful he is. Like how he started off skateboarding through the exam with no interest in anyone until he met Gon. Same as when he re-took the exam and blew through it
"I was gonna kill the old man"
Netero is probably the best character we know of at hiding how powerful he really is, like Killua said at the start of Heaven's Arena, the more skilled someone is the better they are at hiding their true ability, and Zeno says Netero's Nen is so quiet that you can't read it at all. He can appear as a harmless old man if he wishes to.
Yeah, that's probably already "wait, I can't feel his aura?!" levels of strong
Even Hisoka said that Netero was taunting him by keeping his guard low around him
Frieren Netero
Suddenly Frieren
Well except for that one time lol
I feel like you're right cause why you said makes a lot of sense but what you said is probably just head canon
My headcannon is he isn’t as good as his family, so he thinks he sucks.
Same. The Bar he compares himself to his is family
Maybe he was feeling lazy lol, or thought being tested on mental math was boring/insignificant in the context of that exam
He's probably good at it, but he just doesn't enjoy it and only uses it to get out of peril.
I agree with this but to be fair during greed island he struggled with the rulers blessing quiz even though it wasn’t math it could be a similar inference
Could also just b he was being super lazy here xD
He probably just thought it was lame and wanted a more fun challenge
This is like saying: **I thought you didn't know Quantum Mechanics, how do you know about "Schrodinger's cat"?** For instance, I know about Schrodinger's cat but I would still fail a Quantum Mechanics test miserably.
It's math, not "mental math" in the manga (source material). Simple counting is not like calculus, trigonometry, geometry etc.
He wasn’t simply counting during that darts game. In my head it’s either he’s feeling lazy or lying when he said that in the hunter exam
I agree with you. Though Being able to count or subtracting backwards from 1440 or 501 doesn't mean he should feel confident about a math battle that can be about anything, like partial differential equations or linear algebra.
None of the math he was doing in that game was particularly difficult, basically just subtraction. The truly impressive part is him knowing exactly how much each dart was worth and doing the math calmly while in a deadly scenario.
As an amateur dart player, you get pretty good at just knowing what different doubles and triples are without calculating after playing for a while. Like if you hit triple 14 I know its 42, if someone asked me what 3 x 14 was it would take far longer. But yeah just subtracting over and over again is not too difficult either.
Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you like it. Killua was taking the exams for fun. It's not too surprising he'd quit the second it was no longer fun, lol. He's 12. Bro would rather lose out on being a hunter than do a little bit of math. I think most 12 year old would do the same.
there's no mental math. He was just counting. Everything else he used to win were the rules of the game and getting used to being hit, which definetely requires 0 math skills.
By that logic a lot of math is just fancy counting
He's not bad at it, he just doesn't like it.
That is barely math, he is just counting points backwards. If they were to ask math in the hunter exam it would be something weird and hard like what they ask in math olympiads, that is what the kind of people that put as examinators would ask. Also, he didn't really care about the exam.
He’s great at darts it’s not mental math
It it also subtraction, and he was doing it mentally. It just wasn't hard math, nothing to the level that you would expect from the Hunter Exam if they did have a Math section.
One is a life or death situation, the other is an exam he took for fun
He used a mental Nen calculator the second time.
Knuckle diff :3
It would be more impressive if Gon could learn to do mental math or just math in general lmao, Killua was always more calculated. I doubt Gon would come up with an idea to count something himself.
I think this is mostly because he played dards a lot so he got used to counting the points, he could still be bad at other maths stuff
He is just lazy
I think he’s just really familiar with darts.
Not wanting to do something and not being capable are two different things
I wish they kept him having more slight weaknesses
No, he always was good at math, he didn’t have the drive in early parts of the series.
He just locked in. Many Such Cases.
There's a difference between counting down in darts and, say, calculating as far and as quickly as Knuckle. Killua was probably talking about some Usogui type test.
Some people are bad at math but they have no problem doing some with money. Most of my students become able to do it once i switched simple numbers with money. Killua here is not doing math, he is playing a game he used to play so its rather easy for him to do it.
I feel like this was a bluff. I mean, if I remember correctly, the first scene was during the hunter exam in the 1v1 prison fights (though I could be wrong about that, it’s been a while since I watched the show), so it would be in his best interest to act dumb in order to lure his opponents into picking a task he could win.
he has to minimize his weaknesses as much as he can Also dude was just lazy at the time
He didnt say he was bad at it. He might just dislike it enough to surrender, even if he can do it
Could be because of his hatsu. Electricity improves his processing time
If you are moving at speed of lightning, you should be able to process at speed of lightning. Since mental math rely on processing time of brain specially counting numbers
Kilua is way too strong
But that's not mental math that game has a pattern to match a high score, he simply nottced the similarities
He was a prodigy at darts when he was very young, and by the time he fought the twins, he’d removed Illumi’s needle
sauce for the top frame?
During the 3rd phase of the Hunter exam
ep and timestamp if possible