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Renowned in my opinion being awesome simply for having Morvau in it and the creation of the true JaJanken.

After leaving Greed Island, Gon and Killua meet up with Kite (Kaito), the Hunter who told Gon about Ging and Hunters in the very first chapter. They are all hired to investigate a strange insect leg that washed up on a beach. Genetic testing determines that the leg belongs to an abnormally large queen Chimera Ant, an insect that eats other insects and animals, and then gives birth to children that are combinations of all the different insects and animals it has eaten. The queen Chimera Ant itself just happens to wash up on the shore of an island inhabited by a luddite culture, and proceeds to wipe most of them out and spawn hundreds of offspring before Gon, Killua, and Kite arrive. The three very powerful Royal Guards are introduced. They develop Nen abilities. One of the Royal Guards, Nefelpitou, fights Kite and decapitates him. Kite is later brought back, but he is zombie-like and unable to recognize Gon and Killua.
Netero, Morau, and Novu arrive as reinforcements. However, they are unable to stop the birth of the king. The queen dies because the king ripped himself out of her stomach too early. Many of the ants stop being loyal to the King, proclaiming themselves kings, and two even join the Hunters side.
As a side story to the main plotline centered around Gon and Killua, one of the children of the queen Chimera Ant, Zazan, started a colony near Ryuuseigai (City of the Shooting Stars); the place that is the origin of the Phantom Troupe. Half of the group: Phinx, Feitan, Shalnark, Shizuku, Bonorenof and Kalluto travel to the Ryuuseigai to halt the invasion. Upon reaching the colony, the team splits up, agreeing that whoever defeats Zazan will be the temporary leader of the Phantom Troupe until Chrolo Lucifer's return.
The ants move into East Goruto and begin the process of "selecting" humans that have the capability to gain Nen powers. This causes many deaths as only a small amount of humans are able to gain Nen powers.
Currently, Gon, Killua, Morau, Knuckle, Shoot, Novu, and Netero are about to attack the 3 royal guards and the King in the King's palace. However, it has been strongly suggested that something will go wrong with the plan.

Togashi is currently on "sick" leave, and have been on and off for the past couple of years, so it is uncertain whether he will finish this particular arc of the storyline or not.

i wish i had something to offer in this thread, but really almost everything said i didn't know about. I have heard that this summer the anime will be continued so that they can cover the Chimera Ant saga... but i have no idea when the episodes will be released unless they have already been put out... in japan.

The arc is coming so close to an conclusion! Watch the fight take 20 more chapters sweatdrop or more or less.

Anime!? If that's true, I'd be dying to get my hands on them ^_^;;;

Well, I certainly hope it's true. The world could always use some more Hunter x Hunter. ^^

*is one of the fans who are completely caught up and are waiting impatiently for the conclusion* x3

I didn't read very far into this arc. The artwork got terrible towards the end of Greed Island, and I couldn't handle looking at it. I only skimmed it, hoping that Kurapika and Leorio would re-enter the story. When I saw that they didn't, I sort of gave up.

That was last summer, though. Does the artwork get any better? Because if it does I may consider reading it through entirely.

I can help! *raises hand*

The art sucks all the way through. ^^ Randomly, the art will improve for a chapter or two, then it'll revert back. Towards the very end, it seems to gradually improve though.

I stuck with it because I loved the story so much. But I miss Leorio and Kurapika too. T.T

Yeah. It frightens me when I think about what sorts of illnesses would last so long and be such trouble. xP

Neither can I. Everything about it is always so vague. It bothers me to no end. D<