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I enjoyed the anime a lot. Most of the time, no main character made bad
decisions in fights or at progressing. However, in the Chimera Ants arc,
wouldn't it be easier to trap the Chimera Ant King in one of the special rooms
in Knov's Nen dimension? Are the rooms to weak to keep him in there?

They could just let him starve there. I know Knov was scared of the Chimera
Ant's Nen, but he created those rooms before the battle, so one of the others
could move the King there.


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Couldn't the Chimera Ant King be trapped in Knov's Nen dimension?


The plan required the Hunters to somehow force the King to move into Knov's
Nen rooms, which would be almost impossible. Knov creating a Nen portal close
enough to the King and pulling him into the room is ruled out. As you
mentioned, just coming into contact with Royal Guard Pouf's En caused him to
suffer a mental breakdown.

The next option is for the other Hunters to move the King into Knov's rooms.
The Hunters could not realistically hope to achieve that given the gap in
power between Chairman Issac Netero and the King.1 The Hunters were aware of
this gap before entering the battle, so they wouldn't consider it.

The plan was also risky because the extent and nature of the King's powers are
a big unknown. Even if they succeeded, what if the King's Nen could destroy
Knov's Nen once he is inside the room, or if it could "hijack" Knov's Nen,
analyze how it works and obtain the Master Key? (and so on) The Nen abilities
in Hunterverse vary from compound interest to teleporting gorillas, so the
King having some troublesome Nen abilities could not be ruled out.

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1 The anime confirmed this gap of power rather beautifully later when one of
Netero's strongest attacks scores a direct hit on the King, who was _sitting
on the ground_ , but the King just wipes some blood off his cheek.


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