The Unusual Dynamics of Hunter X Hunter's Zoldyck Family

There seems to be an innate fascination associated with fictional tales featuring unorthodox inter

family

conflicts. One of the most interesting aspects of the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones series for me involves learning how different families work and how small or not-so-small differences in motivation between members could impact future events. Another example would be the latest generation of Fire Emblem games, which are advertised as a set of emotional and conflicting stories about

family

dramas that the games didn't end up executing. its potential as well as I expected and I really ended up playing it for the characters and gameplay more than the plot, but the premise itself was so fascinating to me that it's hard to determine why the concept of inter-family

dynamics

and conflict is so inherently interesting, but I think it has to do with the deeply intimate nature of family and how monumental it is to disagree with those who raised you and who you grew up with, regardless of how well or badly they treated you, and this is one of the key themes that are explored through Hunter Hunter's Zoldick family, a group that isn't as prominent as the Ghost Troop or Chimera Ants and tends to stay in the background and stay safe with a few exceptions, but has a major impact. in the story and the characters in their own way now the zoldics aren't facing each other yet, but there's certainly enough plot mistreatment and motivational differences to make the interfamilial conflict within the zoldics seem relatively substantial along with this that I've Up To Now I haven't mentioned that they are a family of highly skilled and world famous assassins who respond to the highest bidder and when the highest bidder needs someone killed in the world of Hunter Hunter there are huge things going on that combine corporate fashion of the assassin jobs carried out by the Zoldics with the most intricate motivations of each of the members and this family becomes truly multi-layered.

Every small action can have a sometimes monumental ripple effect and one that may or may not be seen in retrospect. and this is what makes them so appealing the zoltic family is so unique in the way they function and each member is driven by such different goals that it's hard to tell where the stories of each of these characters are going because even a small change in one of these characters may have a big consequence or conflict, the zoltik family also contains small hints of quite emotional concepts and themes scattered throughout the story and communicated through the characters and many subtexts, and I will do my best to point out some of these.

Togashi is a writer with immense attention to detail and this can be seen not only through some of the details about the world building and nen rules it includes, but also through the subtleties of the zoldics, as I said, This family are by far the most infamous assassins in the world. They take the largest contracts and tend to fulfill them with minimal effort. Led by Zeno and his son Silva, they reside within a dormant volcano called Kukuru Mountain and are far removed from the Society, apart from their employees, keep to themselves and are so good at doing their jobs discreetly that any photo of any member of the Zoldic family is worth millions. children need to be raised in the assassin business from a young age, so they are subjected to all kinds of torture in order to develop almost inhuman strength and a tolerance to things like pain, poison and electricity, it really is a terribly cruel way of raising a child and although there is some familial love among certain zoldicos, this is usually unhealthy, as is the case with kikio or between siblings and family is generally treated more like a business, zoldic children It seems that they are allowed to express themselves and pursue their interests, but only if they adhere to the strict guidelines of the family and do jobs with few exceptions, except when it comes to For the special case of kilauea, I am not going to cover kilauea in great detail. here or else we would be here for more than an hour and that is another video for another time at the same time, although when talking about the Zoldic family it is essential to mention Kilo's role because he is possibly the most important member and the root of family actions.

Each generation of Zoldicks has a prodigy, a special child with extraordinary powers who stands out among the rest of the siblings. This prodigy always has the right to be the heir to the family business and it turns out that Killua is the heir of his generation. His brothers have incredible talents, but Kilua surpasses them, as expected. Her family gives him special treatment and structures her behavior to try to optimize Kilova's chances of becoming a cool and dignified leader. One day, Kilo's grandfather, the Zoldicks' father and mother, have him on their mind most of the time, and while I wouldn't say that all the other kids are necessarily shunned, it's pretty obvious to basically the entire family that Killua He is the important child.

This has a huge ripple effect because the older generation is so obsessed with kilauea. He is also the focal point of the behavior of not only the Zoldic servants but also all of his siblings. Get used to seeing this visual map of the Zoldica family. dynamic because it really is a good tool to understand how everything works and this is just the tip of the iceberg, but here the only thing I will ask you to pay attention to is kilowa, as you can see, he is the center of everything, each member of the family. The members have their own views and feelings about kilua and these feelings tend to shape their characterization, being one of the main reasons why the children act the way they do, while Togashi does well in establishing The history and far-reaching impact of the Zoldic family.

In the business, it's clear that during the Hunter Hunter period Kilua is the focus, he is directly and indirectly the root of much of what makes the Zoldic family so fascinating and much of the intrigue associated with them comes from all different ways. in which zoldics perceive kiloa, the servants of the zoldic mansion are tasked with absolute servitude and obedience; Their lifelong job is to carry out their duties efficiently and without outward emotion, but despite this, it is clear that these servants care more about some of their employers. than their job description entails, they form alliances and choose favorites and this only deepens the complexity of the Zoldic family.

To begin with, there is a diligent butler who does his job smoothly, in charge of communication between the mansion and the outside world. He is still professional, but sometimes he lets his emotions get the better of him. He has a small rivalry with Subone and Amane. He is much more sensitive to Kikio's needs than almost anyone else and cares enough about Kilua to consider his orders secondary. to kilauea's well-being and happiness at times and enough to make me very sad when he met his fate. Next, we have Canary, who is allied with Goto. She is initially shown to be quite heartless and blindly loyal to her employers when she continually denies Goto entry to the mansion, but is moved by his attempts to reach Kilauea.

Her façade of pure duty fades here when we see that, above all, Canary She only cares about Kilauea, all she wants is to see him happy, she is more than willing to ignore orders if it means Kilauea benefits, which has plot ramifications on more than one occasion, both servants were supervised. by Zeno and grew up in Meteor City, this probably means they were deprived of meaningful human affection and explains why they both became so attached to Kilauea when he showed them even the slightest respect. Another important servant is Subone, the old woman employed by Silva to watch over Kilauea during the election arc.

She is shown to be quite strict and fiercely loyal to Silva. She dislikes Kikio, perhaps due to his unhinged antics, and says she simply cannot love. . Both Ilumi and Miloki because of how much they remind her of her mother, which is a very important line. Tsuboni cares quite a bit since she has been shown to treat Alika kindly, she shows affection towards Kilua and becomes emotional at times. Lastly, we have Tsuboni's granddaughter. amane Not much has been revealed about Amane, but what is clear is that while she tries to act like the ideal servant, she is far from cold and calculating and actually has quite a feminine and emotional demeanor, as noted by Canary. , she mostly tries to just keep going.

Their grandmother's orders and leadership are relatively neutral to the zoldics, all of these servants are not central to the family's actions, but small contrasts and differences in motivation mean that they are an ever-present element in the

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of the famous assassins. and more. i often have a role to play maha zoldik is a mystery so little is known about this man that i was debating whether i should include him maha is zeno's grandfather and is said to have been an incredible fighter in his prime with netro Having been the only one who survived a fight against him, it is possible that this strength still remains.

He is only seen in the series during the Assassination of the 10 Dawns with Kaluto and Ilumija in the New York arc and is completely separated from any other family members. In this graph, given the basically intact label, we can assume that he has little to no relationship with the other members of the Zoldic family, but again he is such a mystery that it is almost impossible to know at this point. Alaka appears in the story during the election arc in a seemingly abrupt manner, but there is a bit of foreshadowing regarding her previous existence through this photograph in the Chimera Ant arc where Alika is seen with her back turned at the bottom. right.

Aluka is the second youngest zoldic and has amazing power. she has a sort of split personality with a supernatural being named Nanika and the pair can grant wishes. This power is not as simple as simply granting a wish, although there are a lot of rules and implications that go along with granting the wish. many of which I missed the first time I watched and some of which I forget even now, the mechanics of this power are as such after a person fulfills three of alaka's requests, alika will grant them a wish and He does this by changing it to Nanika.

After the third request is fulfilled, the wish does not have to come from the person fulfilling the requests and Nanika usually responds with a simple k or i indicating that the wish will be carried out. Nanika can practically grant any wish, even those that seem impossible, but there is a problem and here lies the danger of this power. Requests can range from something as simple as a hug to literally asking you to remove the organ. The problem is that the greater the wish request, the greater the demand or cost of Alika. the next three requests will have and if the next person Alika asks requests from or denies four times, they and their loved one and possibly more will die, two people died like this after Miluki wanted a new computer, but if previously granted him a greater wish, The death cost of subsequent denied requests could be enormous in one such case, the cost of one gigantic wish resulted in the deaths of 65 people, all associated to some degree with the one who denied the requests.

There are also additional rules when someone dies due to denying alaka. the wish cost is reset, this is the best time to make a wish, as the request demand will be minimal if alaka starts making requests from someone, those requests cannot be transferred to another person, so if someone she hides, aluka is harmless as long as she doesn't see them again if someone dies in the middle of her requests it's a failure and at least one of her loved ones will die also alaka can't ask anyone for anything if she doesn't know their name killua has privileges special due to his relationship with Alaka and Nanika, which allows his wishes to be granted without any consequences or repercussions of past wishes and the same person cannot make a wish twice in a row unless that person is Kilua Kilua also knows that some creativity and wish writing can occur, which is a loophole that can allow for more than one wish within a wish, lastly, if Nanika is required to heal something, she must touch whatever she is healing, those are all the rules that apply to Alaka and Nanika's power, as you can see, is quite complicated, but this is probably due to the full metal alchemist equivalent exchange rules that apply to the restrictions and strength that prevail with the powers in this series in Hunter Hunter.

The more restrictions are placed on a technique, the more powerful the technique is. This is demonstrated at many points throughout the series, such as Karapika's power and Gon's dark transformation, and seems to apply to Alika and Nanika as well. It is an absolutely monumental power that Alaka has here and this makes her almost as important a focal point as Kilua, as eachHe has his own. opinions about her the servants largely sympathize with her but they also have strict orders zeno silva and kikyo seek to control her power and are quite cruel in their methods to do so miloki only does what his parents tell him kaluto is jealous of alaka illumi wants to both controls and harnesses power and kilo simply loves her nanika has a terrifying appearance with a cold monotone voice but has been shown to care and both kilauea and alika love nanika considering her a dear friend i would say aloka is comfortably the most important zoldick besides kilua, although ilami may claim that it has so many functions that its original purpose was to heal gon and save his life using kilauea's privileges, but it also indirectly gives us a deeper insight into kilauea's character and gives him a Giving her a new lease on life gives her true purpose and reveals even more of the darkness that resides within.

In the Zoldic family, there are some obviously very dangerous complications that arise from being associated with Alaka's powers, but regardless of the way the Zoldics treat her. They rejected, refrained from accepting her as a member of the family and proved her deadly power in innocence as even more malevolence to a family that was already quite sinister. They believe that Alika has no soul when it is clear that she is just a normal girl apart from her power alaka does all this and also manages along with nanika to be a sweetheart who did nothing wrong intentionally and simply loves kilauea with all her heart the scene where kilauea initially decides to get rid of nanika only to tearfully retract her decision after being convinced by alaka was one of the most emotional in the ark.

There is ambiguity regarding Alaka and Nanika's backgrounds in At the moment, but there is a pretty solid theory that Nanika is some kind of pseudo-spirit originating from the dark continent that ended up inside Aluka, as Jing explains that the dark continent is the progenitor of some of the greatest threats known to humanity, the five great calamities, Breon Pap. Hellbell Zubay and I speculate that Nanika is in fact Calamity, who is said to be a gaseous life form that is somewhat parasitic and codependent that appears to need a host to function optimally, this would be consistent with nature. of Nanika, not to mention that I could very well be named after a sound she commonly makes and we know that Nanika is prone to saying yes when granting wishes.

Hey, I personally find this pretty compelling since Nanika's power is literally unlike anything we've seen in the series. So far and more or less consistent with the way the pure and unique power of the beings on the dark continent is described, Kaluto is one of the most understated zoldages yet, but he has quite a bit in his characterization and yes, he is also a child. A little unsure of himself in his place in the world, but the only thing he knows is that he cares about his older brother, this essentially shapes the journey of Kaluto's character.

He doesn't really mind the family business too much and he decides to join the shell company. mainly to become strong enough to bring kilauea back home due to his belief that bringing kilauea back to the zoldic mansion, a place killua clearly hates, is a good idea. I bet Kaluto isn't very perceptive or is just insensitive to kilauea's feelings, which is appropriate and something he would understand given his upbringing. It has also been widely theorized that Kalutu's feminine nature is the result of his jealousy of Kilua's love for Aluka. Kaluto sees that Kilauea loves someone whom he treats like a little sister and consequently has a feminine character. behavior now I don't know if this theory is correct but it does explain Colors whose otherwise inexplicable envy towards Aluka and if it is true then it really puts a tragic spin on Kaluto's character as far as he would go to simply receive affection from his To me , Brother Kaluto is a subtle but sad example of what growing up in an environment like this will do.

He is insecure. He doesn't feel loved by everyone except his mother. He doubts his abilities and doesn't know his place. Kaluto has had a fairly minor role in the story. so far, but I'm pretty convinced he'll be a big part of the next chapters in the dark continent arc, considering where hisoka and karapika's stories are going, anyone who has allegiance to both the ghost troop and the family zoltik at this time. The story point has the potential to be a major factor in future events. Miluki has an

unusual

narrative role in his family. He is cowardly, selfish and actually very immature for his age.

He is also aware of the imbalance of the family's focus and is clearly jealous of Kilua. He is gluttonous and spends most of his time watching anime, reading manga, and playing games. On the occasion when he ventures out to purchase a copy of Reed Island, he claims that he had not been outside since he was 10 years old. He is currently 19. He probably carries out his murders using indirect methods such as drones. Miluki is a coward, he picks fights with Kilauea but never really wants to bother him and face his anger and sometimes obeys his father and grandfather resentfully but without place.

He is also undoubtedly quite cruel as shown when he convinced someone to reject alaka four times in a row, which caused his death, he is simply not emotionally developed, he is short-tempered and cowardly and lives within a comfort zone, which which seems strange given that he's a murderer, but it also makes total sense if you think about how being overshadowed and tortured must have had an effect on him, although there are hints that Miluki is actually quite perceptive and intelligent despite of his immaturity, he admits that Killua is special, but says that he is too emotional to lead the family, which is a pretty accurate summary and Zeno himself proclaims that Miluki is actually very intelligent but too lazy and trapped in his own world. to achieve something special.

He is very tech-savvy and is probably the big connecting factor between the Zoldics and technology, like none of the others seem to be. He spends too much time on computers, so he has a pretty crucial role in the family. Miluki also plays a huge role in terms of tone in the past. I've talked about how Togashi generally doesn't like to have the tone. about an arc or aspect of the story he leans too much towards one side or the other and how he generally likes to use tools to balance this out. Miluki balances the tone and feel of the Zoldit family.

He is mainly a cheerful character that the audience laughs and makes fun of. and this adds an element of fantasy and dark humor to a group of characters that are otherwise quite serious and the dark togashi not only presented a fascinating and foreboding family, but through miluki maintains the quirky and unique style of Hunter Hunter while establishing the Zoldix as something completely different. At this point it's unclear how Miluki feels about his situation, he could be happy to be locked up for his entire life or he could harbor some resentment and regret that he's not doing more either way right now.

He goes with the flow, follows orders, and doesn't affect the family dynamic much. I don't really enjoy Miluki personally and find him one of the most unlikeable characters in the series, but at the same time I think it's a great demonstration and a less subtle one than Kaluto of how broken a child living in his situation could end up and how unhealthy is the zoldic dynamic. He sees Killua's friendships as strange and misguided and he didn't become that way by accident. Kikio is absolutely unhinged. She is possessive. excessive and overprotective, the interesting thing about her is that she cares about the best interests of her children, but she is so extreme about everything that she does it the wrong way.

Kikio clearly loves her family with the exception of Aluka, she adores Kaluto and loves them both. ilumi and miluki but she is especially obsessed with kilua she is extremely proud of kilauea's talent and wants nothing more than his success as a master assassin however he is constantly suffocated by her and can't afford to allow himself a second to breathe she is so overprotective of him who doesn't want him near anyone and tries to prevent him from leaving the house on several occasions, which really makes me wonder how Kilua managed to enter the sky arena at the age of six.

Anyway, Kilauea finally had enough and cut his face when he didn't want to allow him to go to the

hunter

exam and instead of getting angry, Kikio was proud of this saying that Kilauea was showing the killer instinct and coldness he needed to become head. family, she is so unbalanced and probably a big part of the reason why Kilua finally said he had had enough despite his love for his other children, it is obvious to them that Kilauea is the big focus in their eyes. Kikio, causing everyone to react in different ways, much of his behavior is dictated. so in his opinion it will benefit kilua so he doesn't hide this very well as i mentioned before tsuboni says that both Honeyeluki and Ilumi remind him of Kikio and this makes a lot of sense Miluki is emotionally immature and Ilumia is possessive and it is very possible that Both children They got these traits from their mother.

It's been said that Kikio always wanted to have a girl, but he was constantly disappointed, so he raised Kaluto as if she were a woman, which is another theory and something notable that I've always had. kind of favorite theory with kikio, she is originally from meteor city which means she probably felt lonely early in her life, the goto servant listens to her problems and sympathizes with her, maybe because he can relate too, but anyway she finally found some kind of love in silva and now she had a family, i think going from having no one to take care of to having a whole family to love was too drastic a change for kiki's mental state .

Being overwhelmed by love but not used to it may have pushed her over the edge into unhealthy affection and if true, this would add quite a dark touch to her character anyway, just a little theory of mine but I thought I'd share it. anyway, let me know what you think if you want. All in all, I personally think it's an unhealthy manifestation of Kikyo's love. and the need for absolute control is the root of most of the problems within the zoldic family silva zoldic is the ideal model assassin, he is cold and calculated, calm, an absolutely stellar fighter and he does his job throughout the series, Silva shows up where work tells him to go. and rarely lets his emotions get the best of him, has very limited meaningful emotional interactions with his children and tends to only talk to them about business;

However, although Silva does not tend to connect as much with his children, he showed a surprising amount of understanding. and sentiment in his conversation with Kilauea before the latter embarked on his adventure, as his wife Silva has high hopes for Kilauea, but unlike her, he feels very comfortable with his son's actions, which makes Kilauea show respect for your father except on occasion. where kilo went with alaka silva has a fairly relaxed attitude towards killua contrary to what one would think given his character and i find it interesting to compare and contrast kikio and silva in this regard while they both want kilua to take care of his coldness and lack of emotions.

Nature A big difference between Silva and Kikyo is that Silva offers Kilauea more freedom to explore himself, probably because he believes that his son's nature is to be a murderer and that all paths will lead to the same destination. He believes that he has instilled in him the necessary darkness. in kilua because of his teachings and that his approach to nurturing kilo's killer side will pay off overall, silva is the model for what the older zoldicks expect kilauea to be like, but most importantly for the series as a whole is that he has an antithesis flexible of what killua wants.

Ser Zeno is the patriarch of the Zoldic family who tends to do great jobs with Silva He is an expert in combat His age has not affected his superiority over most opponents in battle He is a friend of Netero He makes a joke from time to time and although killing is his job, he does not enjoy it and is only proud of the fact that he is good at what he does. He usually won't kill unless there is a reward for it or unless there is an annoying cheetah man bothering him with something that I. The fascinating thing about Zeno is that he definitely has a heart and tries to avoid killing innocents at all costs, as we see during the chimera ant arc.

Xeno will not stoop so low as to disrespect genuine displays of human care and he is totally against harming innocents. In my opinion that's not part of the contracts, it actually strikes a balance between being efficient at your job while still maintaining some basic human decency and I know I'm talking about a murderer so keep in mind I'm talking about humans. relative decency within the confines of the zoldics zeno is the primary mediator of most jobs and the supervisor of most servants, as well as his daughter-in-law and his son. He believes Kilauea is special and has greathopes on him.

I realize. that murderers cannot be classified as normal and decent people, but I really think that Zeno is the most balanced person in the family, he does his job and no more than necessary, he is not unnecessarily cruel and, although he defends some nice things. ridiculous customs for his family he never does anything that one would classify as crazy the zoltic family dynamic is complicated and potentially destructive but Zeno doesn't contribute to the complications, in fact, take Zeno out of the equation and I'm pretty sure the family the The business would be much worse off if they took him and his son out of the equation and there probably wouldn't be any family business.

Last, but definitely not least, we come to a man who is one of the main causes of the

unusual

dynamics within the Zoldic Kiki family. he was obsessive silva is insensitive miluki is immature but ilumi's fixation on his little brother is the main cause of many conflicts and the funny thing is that he absolutely cares about his family in addition to aluka, although it is not healthy in the case of killua, which may be a trait he learned from his mother, he does everything he can to protect his family members, even going so far as to offer his own life in exchange for theirs during the electoral arc. illumi is a great killer, he is ruthless, distant and gets the job done with minimal fuss.

He also has an unusual type of relationship with Hisoka, one that could be perceived as friendship, as the two tend to help each other, although the end result in most of these cases ends up being mutually beneficial. Elimi is generally calm in almost all circumstances. even when he is seriously injured, but all of these traits take a backseat when Kilua is involved. Elimi has a total and complete love for her brother and this love manifests itself in an obsessive and twisted way that takes him to another level along with her father. Elimi spent a lot of time during Kilauea's early childhood trying to instill darkness in him and convince him that he can only finding happiness through bloodshed.

Ilemi's main nen power involves manipulative needles. which he can use to alter appearance and control others, among other things, these needles obviously have a practical use in combat, but another important function for them is to use them to, quote, protect Kilua ilami. He places a needle in Kilua as a psychological defense mechanism that will force him. He runs every time he faces a stronger opponent and also disguises himself to keep an eye on his brother during the

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exam. He legitimately wants the best for Kilaua, but the problem is that his ideas of what is best for Kilauea are warped and therefore he does everything incorrectly due to the ideologies instilled in the Zoltik family.

Ilumi cannot understand and dismisses Kilauea's desire to get closer to Gong believing his one-sided view that it is detrimental to Kilauea's development. ilami's reaction to hisoka's suggestion to kill killua. says more than words could say about the care she feels for her brother, but it pushes him further away than her mother and forms an even stronger antithesis to killing her ideal self than her father, aside from her strong love, ulami is an example of a successful zoldic and this shows more than ever to tequila that he does not want to live like that in times of personal struggle for kilua where he tried to overcome the habits of his upbringing he repeatedly said things like I want friends or I don't want to be like ilami and yes While these are important moments in Killua's character arc, they also add a small tragic element to Ilami.

The irony of Ilami is that all he wants is to love and protect Kilauea, but he is so obsessive, narrow-minded and extreme in his methods. which actually have the opposite effect, he just doesn't trust kilowatt to know what's best for him when in reality that trust and freedom is exactly what kilauea needs. I must draw attention to the fact that Ilumi also has another side to his character, an ambitious, power-hungry side that greatly desires to possess Alaka's gifts. Tsumoni reflects that Ilumi's ambition for Aluca's power may even overpower his sense of self. duty as an assassin and due to Killua's special privilege regarding the removal of Alaka's power he wants to control his brother even more Ilami is greatly It is paradoxical that he does not want there to be infighting within the family, but it is the cause of many of them.

He loves his family and values ​​his work, but actively pursues a family member to control and harness power. There may come a time when Ilimi has to choose between sides. of the one who loves his family and doesn't want any internal conflict and the side of the one who wants power and I personally can't wait to see where the story goes a good amount of intrigue with the zoltix implies potential and how the differences in motivations and personality It could lead to important events in the future and no one personifies this better than ilumi. There are so many elements in the zoldic family that it is a little overwhelming to think about the repercussions that certain actions can have.

Just imagine that an important event will happen in the future. like if kalito were killed by hisoka for example and try to imagine all the zoldico based consequences that would come from that act, then think about the effect these consequences would have on the entire hunter world, its really mind boggling this . The family of assassins is incredibly deep with its dynamics and much of Togashi's incredible attention to detail can be found in its narrative design. It's pretty obvious that the Zoldicks' story is far from over, but for the moment they serve as an interesting background element to Hunter Hunter.

They're not the focus of every arc, but they really don't need to be. They are both an intriguing study of the psychology of family values ​​favoritism and the complexities of free will and also simply a sort of ace in the hole that the audience should always be thinking about as they can make their presence felt. in the blink of an eye and in most cases when any member of the zoldic family feels the need or is required to make their presence felt, sparks fly, thank you as always to everyone for supporting the family Zoltek was a highly requested topic that a lot of people wanted me to cover, but strangely, I had never had a solid idea of ​​what fans thought of them.

I read all the comments, so feel free to tell me what. You think about them because I really have no idea what the average fan thinks. If you want, you can contact me on Twitter or on my anime list because I'm pretty active there, but otherwise that's all for now. see you later