User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-8874090-20130926180654/@comment-5043481-20130926181413

To show the monsters power? And becuase they can.

It'd kind of odd that the hunter takes no damage from this (not a criticism - I really don't want cutscenes where you lose half your health). In Teo's intro he hits the hunter with his explosion ring. End of cutscene - full health bar.