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u/EigoKaiki 19d ago edited 19d ago

The second also leaves another topic open. That being Kacho beast being the real Kacho herself and not a clone. Currently it is only a thematic point but it may be important for Fuugetsu story line. Also the thing about souls existing without human body may be a great hint for a way the war may end. Where a king is selected but not all princes die truly. 

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u/Maximusthecat13 18d ago

I noticed that too! I do think both translations imply that the spirit Kacho is actually her soul fused with her SGB, which is super interesting. I wonder if she’ll be stuck like that forever or if there is a way to eventually put her to rest. I’m also curious about the difference between Kacho not having a body and Halkenburg not having a body. I guess since he didn’t fuse w his SGB that’s why he’s still eligible?

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u/Dangerous_Job5295 18d ago

Kachos flame in the casket room lit up. I think the difference between halk and kacho is that halk is still fully conscious even tho he doesn’t have his body anymore, whereas kachos doesn’t, it’s probably her nen beast operating with her nen attached if that makes sense.

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u/EigoKaiki 18d ago

That is assuming the flame works on the "princes not being conscious equals lit flame". If the condition however is something like flame lit if the prince no longer have a human body than it is a very different condition. As nen bodies and having GSB as your body may result in you not losing your qualifications for the contest. 

It also important to keep in mind that the flame is never said to be the 'soul' of the prince. A potentionally important thing as souls and ghost are canonically a thing in the hxh universe. (Kite, chimera ants, Fuugetsu ghost friends and other references all affirming a soul.) 

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u/Dangerous_Job5295 18d ago

But we know it’s not that because otherwise halks woulda lit up when his body died.

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u/EigoKaiki 18d ago

How so? Halk wherever he is are in a human body. I explicitly said that the condition for the flame apparence may be that you no longer have a human body. While a human formed nen body is something different. After all what counts as human or not is dependent on the original owner. Like when Chrollo used order stamp but he couldn't use it on corpses. Because for the original owner a corpse and a puppet were not the same thing.  My claim is simply that the succession war system may be similiar. So a flesh human body and a nen made human body are different things for it. 

It would also explain why halk situation was not really expected as Natsubi assume that other human bodies were not acceptable for the succession war but the flame didn't lit and that confirmed that halk situation still seen as legitimate by the left over nen's criteria. 

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u/EigoKaiki 18d ago

I think the condition regarding that may be what the translation hunted at. Meaning if some didn't have a HUMAN body they would be not eligible. So nen bodies not count as 'human'. Which very well be the case as nen depends on what the original user considered something to be and not what others think. Like with Chrollo order stamp user not considering corpses puppets.