Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26822171-20151216132821/@comment-5217560-20151219033550

^^That is why HunterxHunter is so great. Because the protagonist isn't ultra powerful, and doesn't gain some super power through the magic of friendship(although I am a sucker for shows like that). But he has to work his butt off to become strong, and even then, he still gets his butt kicked here and there. That makes his struggle all the more significant, and his development that much more real. Since the writers are such fans of HunterxHunter, I'm sure they'll be following a similar formula. We were already given a glimpse of that through Weiss' training with her sister and Ruby's lack of hand to hand combat skills.