

Why didn't Netero use a limitation and vow like Kurapika to beat Meruem?
Kurapika was able to chain the Phantom Troops by making a vow that she would
only use the chains on the Phantom Troops or else she would die. Why didn't
netero do something similar?


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Why didn't Netero use vows and limitations like Kurapika?


Netero didn't need to use limitation and vow to beat meruem. Once Netero
figured out his attacks were barely leaving a scratch on meruem he used his
most powerful attack Miniature Rose Bomb.


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Simply put, one can't just _add_ a Limitation or a Vow to an ability.

Specifics of developing a Nen ability are left a bit vague in the story, but
it's rather clear that Vows and Limitations are inherent part of each ability
that are added to them as they are created. And since Netero didn't create any
_new_ abilities to fight Meruem, those would have needed to be already
present.

Also, most hunters dislike adding Limitations to abilities. The enhancement of
power they provide is inconsistent and the conditions need to be very severe
for the benefit to be significant. Kurapika is able to use as severe Vows as
he does because hunting the Phantom Troops is _literally_ his life's work.
He's willing to sacrifice a lot of the general power of his abilities to make
them _really_ powerful in specific situations.

Now, there is one powerup that Netero could have perhaps used. General emotion
of risk. This is sort of the basis of where Limitations and Vows get their
power in the first place, but more primal. It is the risks that Limitations
impose that give them their power and it is possible tap into the same source
without imposing a formal Limitation. Shoot used this when he covered one of
his eyes while fighting Youpi, sort of imposing a temporary limitation on
himself. It could also be argued that Gon's Jajanken gets a bit of a powerup
from the risk that its long windup and general vulnerability present.

Of course, Netero was already going to fight possibly the strongest living
being on in the known world, so I'm not sure how much of an extra risk there
could be.

Side note: I haven't read the Dark Continent Expedition arc or the Succession
Contest arc, so if there are any exceptions to these, they'd be there.


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Netero had been alive for a long time. This was the first fight in a long time
where he was actually going to go up against a worthy opponent. As others said
previously limitations/vows can’t really be created after the ability has been
conceived except in cases like with shoot.

The only thing that Netero could have possibly utilized in the form of a
vow/limitation is some form of Post Mortem Nen. But it is entirely possible
that even that might not have worked because he technically already had a Post
Mortem ability in the form of the miniature rose, and knowing that he had
that, he might not have been able to generate a conviction strong enough to go
off after he died


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