Hunter x Hunter (2011)

Hunter x Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks like capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories. Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and had long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieving his goals is far more challenging than he could have ever imagined.

Along the way to becoming an official Hunter, Gon befriends the lively doctor-in-training Leorio, vengeful Kurapika, and rebellious ex-assassin Killua. To attain their own goals and desires, together the four of them take the Hunter Exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death. Throughout their journey, Gon and his friends embark on an adventure that puts them through many hardships and struggles. They will meet a plethora of monsters, creatures, and characters—all while learning what being a Hunter truly means.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Gender: Male Age: 17 (beginning); 19 (current) Height: 171 cm Weight: 59 kg Birthday: April 4 Zodiac: Aries Hair color: blonde Eye color: blue (1999); brown (manga &amp; 2011); scarlet (when angered) Blood type: AB Nen type: Conjuration; Specialization (when his eyes are Scarlet) Abilities: Holy Chain, Dowsing Chain, Chain Jail, Judgment Chain  Kurapika is a member of the Kurta tribe who were massacred by the Phantom Troupe (The Spiders) 4 years prior the Hunter exam. The Kurta tribe was an isolated group of people whose eyes would turn scarlet when angered or excited. These scarlet eyes were known to be beautiful, being one of the seven most beautiful in the world. Because of this, the Kurta tribe was constantly pursued and eventually massacred. The eyes of the tribe members were all taken away during the massacre. Kurapika is so far the only known survivor with a heart bent on revenge. He strives to have his revenge against the Phantom Troupe as well as recover the eyes of his tribe members.  Despite having a heart full of hatred, Kurapika is very kind and loyal towards his friends. He is an extremely intelligent person but at the same time reckless. Kurapika is from the materialization nen group and from determination, increased the power of his nen ability to the point that it was formidable against the Phantom Troupe.  Kurapika can conjure a unique weapon — five chains that extend from each finger on his right hand. Some of the fingers were specially designed to deal vengeance on the Phantom Troupe. To increase his effectiveness against the formidable Phantom Troupe, Kurapika places strict Limitations on the usage of his chains. The purpose of the chain on Kurapika's index finger has yet to be revealed.  Kurapika's Techniques  Holy Chain (ç™’ã�™è¦ªæŒ‡ã�®éŽ– ãƒ›ãƒ¼ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ�ã‚§ãƒ¼ãƒ³ The Healing Thumb Chain): Type Conjuration and Enhancement Shaped like a cross, it cures wounds by drawing from Enhancement abilities. When Kurapika is in his Specialist state, its ability is Enhanced and can heal serious injuries within seconds. Chain Jail (æ�Ÿç¸›ã�™ã‚‹ä¸­æŒ‡ã�®éŽ– ãƒ�ã‚§ãƒ¼ãƒ³ã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¤ãƒ« The Restraining Middle Finger Chain): Type Conjuration, Emission, and Manipulation Shaped like a hook, it wraps around Spiders and restricts their movement. Also forcefully causes its prisoners to enter Zetsu, shutting off their aura and preventing the use of Nen abilities. Escape from the Chain Jail is only possible through brute force. Kurapika imposed a limitation onto this chain, it can only be used to deal with members of the Phantom Troupe. If this condition is violated, Kurapika will die. This condition was needed in order to increase the strength of the ability. Dowsing Chain (å°Žã��è–¬æŒ‡ã�®éŽ– ãƒ€ã‚¦ã‚¸ãƒ³ã‚°ãƒ�ã‚§ãƒ¼ãƒ³ The Guiding Ring Finger Chain): Type Conjuration Shaped like a ball and chain, Kurapika uses this frequently under normal situations, for defensive and offensive purposes. It is also useful for other investigative activities, like determining the location of missing individuals. He also uses this chain to identify if someone is lying. It has a small ball-like weight at the end which moves in the direction of whatever he is dowsing for. Judgment Chain (å¾‹ã�™ã‚‹å°�æŒ‡ã�®éŽ– ã‚¸ãƒ£ãƒƒã‚¸ãƒ¡ãƒ³ãƒˆãƒ�ã‚§ãƒ¼ãƒ³ The Arbiter Little Finger Chain): Type Conjuration, Emission, and Manipulation â€‹The Stake of Retribution, a blade on the end of the Judgment Chain, enters the victim's body and wraps around the heart. Kurapika sets two conditions and if the victim violates either one, the chain crushes the heart, killing them. It can only be used while Kurapika's eyes are scarlet. Kurapika himself has a blade wrapped around his heart, which he used to set the conditions of use for his Chain Jail ability. Emperor Time (çµ¶å¯¾æ™‚é–“ ã‚¨ãƒ³ãƒšãƒ©ãƒ¼ã‚¿ã‚¤ãƒ Absolute Mastery): Type Specialization When Kurapika's eyes shift into scarlet, he changes from a Conjurer to a Specialist. This ability allows him to utilize all the types of Nen to 100% efficiency (for a Conjurer). In the manga, Kurapika explains this using the terms "Level" and "Force/Accuracy". Kurapika's "Levels" in the various Nen categories remain the same during Emperor Time, however, his Force and Accuracy for every category is raised to 100%. Thus, if Kurapika's Level in Conjuration were 10, his Level in Emission (the polar opposite aura type) would be 4, and during Emperor Time, he would be evenly matched against a Level 4 Emitter at 100%. Outside of Emperor Time, his Force and Accuracy in Emission would at most be only be 40%.

Kurapika

Gender: Male Age: 19 (beginning); 21 (current) Birthday: March 3 Height: 193 cm Weight: 85 kg Hair color: Brown (1999), Black (2011) Eye color: Green (1999), Brown (2011) Blood type: O Occupation: Hunter, Medical Student Nen type: Emission  Prior the hunter exam, Leorio's close friend died to a curable illness. Despite being curable, Leorio was unable to save his close friend due to his lack of money and knowledge. He aims to become a doctor. One that will help those even without the money to pay for treatment. He decides to take the hunter exam in an attempt to earn money for tuition fees and medical treatment for others.  Leorio is talented at bargaining, being able to haggle shopkeepers to no end. He may at times seem brash and rude, but in the end is obviously very kind towards his friends. Leorio's nen type is Emission as seen during the incident with Ging.

Leorio Paladiknight

Age: 12 (beginning); 14-15 (current) Birthday: June 15 (1999), July 7 (2011) Height: 158 cm Weight: 49 kg Eye color: deep teal (1999), royal blue (2011) Blood type: A Occupation: ex-assassin, hunter Nen type: Transmutation  Killua is a member of the Zoldyck family, who are a family of legendary assassins. Since birth, he trained endlessly in the art of assassination. He eventually ran away from his family and profession out of boredom and joined the Hunter exam to pass the time. He befriended Gon almost immediately and has loyally followed his best friend since then.  Killua is usually a kind-hearted and cheerful, cheeky boy, but if provoked, he becomes extremely deadly and bloodthirsty, able to kill an enemy in seconds.  He is confident and aware of his abilities and strengths, and not afraid to speak his mind, but also smart enough to know when to hold his tongue. He can get embarrassed easily when someone compliments him or openly shows affection towards him.  He is very intelligent and quick-thinking, and skilled in analysis, particularly induction. He is able to calmly and rapidly form strategies to adapt to stressful situations.  Due to his training as an assassin, it's an ingrained habit of his to be extremely cautious when approaching a fight, often assuming the worst case scenario, so he is quicker to flee than to try to face an apparently stronger opponent. For most of the series, this is his greatest flaw. He is also a loyal friend who is selfless to a fault, and suffers greatly trying to help his friends without a single thought to his own health.   He is also from the transmutation Nen group. He constantly strives to improve his Nen ability, developing many interesting techniques as time moves on.  He is also the third person to have a transmutation Nen as his father and grandfather also are transmutation Nen users. Coincidentally, all three family members have silver hair.

Killua Zoldyck

Age: 12 (beginning), 14-15 (current) Birthday: May 5 Height: 154 cm Weight: 49 kg Blood type: B Occupation: Hunter Nen type: Enhancement Moves: Jajanken: Rock/Paper/Scissors Gon is the son of Ging Freecss, a legendary hunter whose current whereabouts are unknown. He never knew his father was alive, much less a hunter until he met Kite; a hunter who was also looking for Ging. From this point on, he became determined to find his father and decided to take the Hunter exam to do so. He became friends with Killua almost instantly when they met at the Hunter exam.  Gon's an innocent boy who is willing to help anyone, especially his friends. He rarely ever looks at anything in a bad way. His curious and naive personality often frustrates his friends but this is also the reason why many people are attracted to him. He is also from the enhancer nen group. He usually fights barehanded or with his fishing rod, but it is seen quite often that Gon's fist is more deadly than any weapons.

Gon Freecss

Johness is a sadistic and psychotic individual, nothing gave him greater pleasure than the feel of bleeding flesh in his hands and hearing the screams of agony from his victims.  Johness is commonly known by his epithet "Johness the Dissector" before his sentence in Trick Tower, the single worst mass murderer in Zaban City's history. His murder technique was characterized by the plucking of flesh from the bone with only his bare hands as weapons. He was responsible for the killing of 146 people, all of which were severely dismembered to the point where none of their bodies were left in less than 50 separate pieces. He ended up receiving a 968 year prison sentence.   (Source: Hunter x Hunter Wikia)  

Johness

Eeta is, like her twin sister Elena, one of the eleven who helped make Greed Island. One of the e's in "Greed" is after her first letter.  She is in charge of moving people from the real world to Greed Island. She plays the tape for Gon, left behind by his father.

Eeta

Hanzo is an 18-year old Jounin ninja from the Cloud Hidden Village whom has trained in the art of ninjutsu from the moment he could stand. He decided to become a Hunter in order to find the elusive Hermit's Scroll. After the first part of the exam, which is a marathon, Hanzo is easily able to converse while running--most of the others are breathless and struggling. In the second test, featuring cooking, he is the only one to know what 'sushi' is. He is the third candidate to clear the deadly traps and puzzles of the Trick Tower. When several people are stranded in Lippo's 'bonus stage', Hanzo takes the lead in getting them out.  In the final test of the Hunter Exam, Hanzo is forced to battle Gon. His speed, strength, and battle experience easily exceed that of Gon. However, the only way to pass the final test to is force your opponent to admit defeat--Gon refuses to do so even after being severely beaten. Hanzo breaks Gon's arm to force him to admit defeat, but Gon still refuses. Noting the lack of hate in Gon's eyes after this act, Hanzo realizes he actually has come to like Gon. He willingly bows out of the battle, giving Gon the victory needed for him to pass the final test. Hanzo was examinee #294 during the 287th Hunter Exam.  It is later stated by Wing that Hanzo learned Nen after the Hunter Exam.  He later reappears in manga chapter #350, apart of Kurapika's group (Included in the group are Basho, Izunabi, Melody and Biscuit). (Source: Wikipedia)

Hanzo

Silva is Killua's father. A silent, pensive figure, Killua's interaction with him seems not to be much. He allows Killua to go along with Gon on their journey, but this is only so Killua will gain more experience when thrown out into the real world on his own. During the September third portion of the York Shin City arc, Silva and his father Zeno are both hired by the Mafia to assassinate the Genei Ryodan, but withdraw from the job when their clients are murdered by Illumi, Maha, and Karuto.

Silva Zoldyck

 Pariston Hill is a triple star hunter and ex-vice chairman of the Hunter Association. He also used to be one of the Zodiacs whose codename is "the Rat". Similar to Ging, he did not alter his physical appearance to match his animal. Pariston is a skilled politician and is attempting to secure the seat of Chairman.  In the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc, he wins the election because Gon chooses him (the reason is that Gon knows Leorio wants to be a doctor). In the end, he gives his position to Cheadle and leaves the Zodiacs to join Beyond Netero's expedition.!

Hunter x Hunter (2011) Characters