68 Fun Facts About Hunter X Hunter

What does Gon use as his weapon during the Hunter Exam?

A fishing rod is Gon's weapon: in the exam's fourth phase on Zevil Island he uses its line to snatch a rival's number badge from a distance.

Hunter x Hunter began serialization in March 1998 in which magazine?

Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha's flagship weekly, began serializing Hunter x Hunter in March 1998; the same magazine ran Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto.

Togashi is married to the creator of which other famous manga?

Sailor Moon's creator Naoko Takeuchi married Togashi in January 1999, making two of Japan's best-known manga artists a married couple.

Which earlier Togashi series, about a teenage spirit detective, won the Shogakukan Manga Award?

YuYu Hakusho, whose hero Yusuke Urameshi works as a spirit detective, ran from 1990 to 1994 and took the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen category.

How is the '×' in the title Hunter × Hunter pronounced?

It is silent: the Japanese title ハンター×ハンター is read simply 'Hantā Hantā', so the '×' is a purely visual mark and is never voiced.

Which of Togashi's own hobbies inspired the premise of a manga about Hunters?

Collecting objects is Togashi's own hobby; he has said the idea of Hunters who track down rare creatures, treasures and artifacts grew from his love of collecting.

How long did the manga's hiatus that ended on October 24, 2022, last?

The hiatus lasted 3 years 11 months: chapter 390 ran on November 26, 2018, and chapter 391 did not appear until October 24, 2022.

Where does Gon Freecss grow up before leaving to take the Hunter Exam?

Whale Island is the small fishing island where Gon is raised by his aunt Mito; he leaves it at age twelve to take the Hunter Exam.

Who tells young Gon that his father Ging is alive and a famous Hunter?

Kite, Ging's own student, saved Gon from a foxbear three years before the story starts while searching for Ging as his final test.

Which of Gon's friends fails the Hunter Exam after killing another applicant?

He passes the following year by eliminating every other applicant in the very first trial.

Kurapika is the sole survivor of which clan, whose scarlet eyes the Phantom Troupe stole?

The Kurta clan was massacred by the Phantom Troupe for its scarlet eyes, prized as one of the seven most beautiful colors in the world; Kurapika alone survived.

Why does Leorio want the money that comes with a Hunter licence?

'To become a doctor and treat the poor for free' is Leorio's goal: his friend Pietro died of a curable illness because neither of them could afford the treatment.

Which basic Nen technique shuts off the flow of aura entirely, hiding your presence?

Zetsu closes the aura nodes and stops the flow of aura completely, which hides the user's presence and also helps them recover from fatigue.

Nen users are classified into how many types based on their Hatsu?

There are 6 Nen types, and a user's natural category is revealed by Water Divination, in which aura makes a glass of water change volume, taste, color or more.

What is Gon's Nen type?

Enhancement is Gon's type, so he strengthens his own body and aura; his Jajanken 'Rock' packs all of that aura into a single punch.

Killua transmutes his aura into which form?

Electricity is what Killua's aura becomes: years of torture training left him resistant to electric shocks, and his Godspeed technique turns that charge into blinding speed.

What did Illumi secretly plant in Killua's brain to force him to flee any fight he might not win?

A needle that Illumi drove into Killua's forehead made him flee any opponent he could not beat; Killua pulls the needle out himself during his fight with Rammot.

Kurapika's Nen type is Conjuration, but what does he temporarily become when his eyes turn scarlet?

A Specialist is what Kurapika becomes while his eyes are scarlet: Emperor Time then lets him use every Nen type at 100 percent, costing him an hour of life per second.

What price did Kurapika pledge to make his Chain Jail unbreakable against the Phantom Troupe?

'His own life if he uses it on anyone else': Kurapika restricted Chain Jail to Phantom Troupe members by placing a Judgment Chain on his own heart, and that Limitation makes the chain unbreakable for a Spider.

Which of Kurapika's chains stabs an enemy's heart and issues a command that kills them if disobeyed?

The pinky chain is Judgment Chain: its blade pierces the heart and enforces a condition; the thumb chain heals, the ring finger dowses, and the middle finger holds Chain Jail.

Which of Hisoka's Nen abilities makes his aura both elastic and adhesive?

Bungee Gum gives Hisoka's aura the properties of rubber and gum, letting him attach it to opponents and yank them toward him, as he did to Gon at Heavens Arena.

In the manga, how do Hisoka's sentences typically end?

'With a playing-card suit symbol' — a spade, heart, diamond or club — is how Hisoka's lines end in the manga, a nod to the magician's card motif.

What number does Hisoka hold in the Phantom Troupe, a slot he took only for a shot at fighting Chrollo?

Hisoka held number 4, and he joined the Troupe only because membership gave him a chance to fight its leader Chrollo, whom he eventually challenged at Heavens Arena.

How many members does the Phantom Troupe's roster hold at any one time?

The Troupe holds 13 members at a time: a leader plus twelve numbered legs, matching the twelve-legged spider tattoo each member wears; killing a member lets you take the number.

Chrollo and most of the original Troupe grew up in which lawless slum?

Meteor City, a junkyard settlement whose residents officially do not exist, is where Chrollo's gang grew up, first doing live voice-over dubs of films before turning violent after a friend's murder.

Where does Chrollo Lucilfer store the Nen abilities he steals with Skill Hunter?

In a conjured book called Bandit's Secret: Chrollo must hold it open to the stolen ability's page and keep his right hand on it to use the power.

Which Troupe member, the strongest in raw physical power, is killed by Kurapika's Judgment Chain?

Uvogin, the Troupe's strongest member in raw power, shrugged off bullets and anti-tank rockets, but he died when he refused to answer the questions enforced by Kurapika's Judgment Chain.

Which Troupe member reads memories by touch and can fire them into others' heads as bullets?

Pakunoda reads memories by touching someone and, with Memory Bomb, shoots them into others' heads; she died passing Kurapika's secrets to the Spiders in defiance of his Judgment Chain.

What does Shizuku call the Nen vacuum cleaner she conjures?

Blinky is Shizuku's conjured vacuum cleaner, which can swallow almost anything except living things and Nen objects — a rule that matters when the Troupe disposes of bodies.

Which member of Killua's own family later joins the Phantom Troupe as Hisoka's replacement?

Kalluto, Killua's youngest sibling, takes Hisoka's vacated seat in the Troupe during the Greed Island arc, joining in the hope of bringing Killua home.

At Heavens Arena, Gon and Killua are taught Nen by Wing, an assistant master of which kung fu style?

Shingen-Ryu is the kung fu school in which Wing is an assistant master; he first teaches Gon and Killua a fake 'Nen' and relents only when they reach the 200th floor.

What Nen type was Kastro, the Heavens Arena fighter whose ability ignored his natural category?

An Enhancer by nature, Kastro poured his aura into a conjured and manipulated double, wasting his talent; Hisoka spotted the double because it stayed spotless while Kastro got dirty.

Who created the Nen-infused video game Greed Island?

Ging Freecss built Greed Island with a group of Nen-using friends; he also placed the death-row convict Razor in the game and told him not to hold back against his son.

In Greed Island the group has to beat Razor and his 14 'devils' at what?

Dodgeball is the event Razor sets as his challenge; his 14 'devils' are Nen creatures he emits, and Hisoka joins Gon's side for the game.

What is the true form of Biscuit Krueger, who looks like a little girl?

'A massive, muscular 57-year-old woman' is Biscuit's real body; she hides it because she hates how it looks, and she is Wing's own teacher.

What gem, found only inside the game, is Biscuit's goal in Greed Island?

Blue Planet is a gem found only within Greed Island, and as a Treasure Hunter Biscuit entered the game specifically to obtain it.

Kite's Nen ability, Crazy Slots, summons a weapon chosen by what?

'A clown head that picks a number' is Crazy Slots: the clown spits out a number from 1 to 9, and each number summons a different weapon, such as the scythe.

In which country does the Chimera Ant Queen wash ashore and build her nest?

NGL, the Neo-Green Life Autonomous Region, is where the Queen came ashore and began eating humans; the survey team that Gon and Killua join tracks her nest there.

Meruem, the Chimera Ant King, is repeatedly beaten at which board game by the blind girl Komugi?

Gungi, a fictional strategy board game invented for the series, is the game at which the blind champion Komugi beats Meruem again and again, slowly humanizing him.

How does Chairman Netero finally bring down Meruem?

'With a bomb implanted in his own body': Netero stops his own heart to trigger the Miniature Rose, and its lingering poison is what finally kills Meruem.

Netero's ultimate technique channels the power of which bodhisattva?

Guanyin, the bodhisattva of mercy, is the figure Netero's 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva conjures; he earned the technique with ten thousand punches of gratitude a day for years.

What abbreviated name does Knuckle Bine give the Nen creature that lends aura and charges interest?

A.P.R., short for Amortizing Power Redirector and nicknamed Potclean, attaches to a foe and adds interest to the lent aura; once the debt exceeds the target's aura it becomes the I.R.S., locking out Nen for 30 days.

Who heals the dying Gon after the Chimera Ant arc?

Nanika grants wishes only after three of Alluka's demands are met, and refusing four in a row kills the refuser and their closest loved one.

Who wins the 13th Hunter Chairman election, then immediately hands the job to Cheadle and resigns?

Pariston Hill, Netero's Vice-Chairman, wins the final round over Leorio and then resigns on the spot, handing the chairmanship to Cheadle and walking away.

Which Chimera Ant uses the ability Doctor Blythe to heal the injured Komugi?

Neferpitou, the cat-like Royal Guard, conjures the huge healing doll Doctor Blythe to treat Komugi on the King's orders; the doll must stay in place while it works.

Which ship carries the Kakin royals and Dark Continent expedition, guarded by Kurapika?

The Black Whale is the colossal ship carrying the Kakin princes toward the Dark Continent; Kurapika serves aboard it as bodyguard to the infant Prince Woble during the Succession Contest.

Which studio made the first anime adaptation, a 62-episode Fuji TV series from 1999 to 2001?

Nippon Animation produced the 1999 series, which ran 62 episodes on Fuji TV through the Yorknew arc; three OVA series followed between 2002 and 2004 covering Greed Island.

What was the only opening theme used across Madhouse's 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime?

'Departure!', performed by Masatoshi Ono, opened every episode of the 2011 series in several re-recorded versions, while the ending themes changed several times.

What kind of Nen constructs does Omokage, the villain of Phantom Rouge, fight with?

Puppets are Omokage's weapon: his Nen creates lifelike dolls of people, including a copy of Illumi, and he steals eyes — Kurapika's scarlet eyes among them — to perfect them.

The second film, The Last Mission (2013), digs into whose secret past?

Isaac Netero's hidden history is the film's core: its villain Jed, once head of the Association's black-ops unit the Shadow, wields 'On', a hatred-fueled inverse of Nen, and seeks revenge on Netero.

Which Chimera Ant has butterfly-like wings?

Shaiapouf, the Royal Guard with butterfly wings, is fanatically devoted to Meruem; he can scatter himself into tiny clones and reads others' emotions from their aura.

What is the name of the Zoldyck family's giant guard dog?

Mike is the enormous guard dog that patrols the Zoldyck estate on Kukuroo Mountain, as the gatekeeper Zebro warns Gon's group when they come looking for Killua.

Who produced the short Hunter x Hunter film screened on the 1998 Jump Super Anime Tour?

Studio Pierrot produced the 1998 pilot, which covered the story only up to Gon leaving his home island by boat and shared the bill with the very first One Piece anime short.

Which Zodiac code name does Kurapika inherit from the man who won the 13th chairman election?

Leorio takes the Boar seat vacated by Ging; Kurapika only accepts because Prince Tserriednich holds the last of the scarlet eyes.

Which Zoldyck wears alternating signs on his clothes reading 'A Kill a Day' or 'Never Retire'?

Zeno, Killua's grandfather, shapes his aura into dragons for abilities like Dragon Dive, and Netero hires him for the assault on the Chimera Ant palace.

What rank does Gon's father hold among Hunters?

'Double Star Ruins Hunter' is Ging's rank — the second of three star levels the Association awards for outstanding achievements; Netero rated him among the world's five strongest Nen users.

Hanzo, whom Gon fights in the exam's final phase, is the only applicant to recognize what dish?

Sushi, the dish Menchi demands in the second phase, is known only to Hanzo, who comes from Jappon; she rejects everyone's attempts anyway, and Netero has to intervene.

Palm Siberia sees distant people through a small crystal ball fed with what?

Her blood is what powers Wink Blue: Palm feeds a drop of it to a small crystal ball, which then lets her watch anyone she has seen with her own eyes.

Under which Viz Media imprint for older teens did the English manga first appear?

Shonen Jump Advanced, Viz's imprint for titles rated for older teens, carried the first English volume when it appeared in April 2005.

Neon Nostrade, whose bodyguards Kurapika leads, predicts the future how?

'Through written quatrains' is how Lovely Ghostwriter works: Neon writes automatic four-line verses that foretell a person's coming weeks, until Chrollo steals the ability.

Which of the four basic Nen techniques lets a user produce more aura?

Ren is the technique of producing and expanding more aura than usual, raising the user's power and toughness; it builds on Ten, the basic skill of keeping aura in the body.

On which network did the Madhouse anime air from 2011 to 2014?

Nippon TV broadcast all 148 episodes of the Madhouse series, starting on October 2, 2011, and ending on September 24, 2014.

What is the title of the 3-on-3 tag-team fighting game released in July 2025?

Nen × Impact, developed by the fighting-game studio Eighting and published by Bushiroad, launched in July 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC as a 3-on-3 tag-team fighter.

Which examiner leads the 287th Hunter Exam's first phase, a run through the Numere Wetlands?

Satotz, the mustachioed examiner, leads the first phase as a long-distance run through the tunnels and the Numere Wetlands, where many applicants are picked off by the swamp's creatures.

Which company released the 2013 film Phantom Rouge in Japanese cinemas?

Toho distributed Phantom Rouge, which opened in Japan on January 12, 2013; the first million ticket buyers received a special 'Volume 0' of the manga.

Togashi settled on the repeated-word title while watching which Japanese TV variety show?

Downtown, the variety show of comedy duo Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada, was on when Togashi decided to double the word, replacing the working title '(something) Hunter'.

Which other manga artist drew a 69-page storyboard depicting Hisoka's past?

Sui Ishida, creator of Tokyo Ghoul, drew 'Hisoka's Past', a storyboard-style one-shot about the magician's early days, which Shueisha released in June 2016.

Who directed the 2011 Madhouse anime adaptation?

Hiroshi Kōjina directed the 2011 Madhouse series from its first episode to its last in 2014; Kazuhiro Furuhashi had directed the 1999 series and Noriyuki Abe the 1998 pilot.