Hunter × Hunter (ハンター×ハンター,
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manga series written and illustrated by
Yoshihiro Togashi with an
anime adaptation. The first chapter of the Hunter × Hunter manga series was published in March 1998, in
Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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The story of Hunter × Hunter focuses on a young boy named
Gon Freecss, who one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive and well. He learns that his father,
Ging Freecss, is a legendary
Hunter.Despite the fact that his father abandoned Gon with his relatives inorder to pursue his dreams, Gon becomes determined to follow in hisfather's footsteps, pass the Hunter Examination, and eventually findhis father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right.
The manga series was adapted into an anime produced by
Nippon Animation, along three
OVAs as well. It premiered on the Japanese
terrestrial television network
Fuji TV and the
satellite television station
Animax on October 6, 1999.
Plot
Twelve years prior to the start of the story, the famous Hunter
Ging Freecss left his infant son, Gon Freecss, with his cousin
Mito on Whale Island. Gon, raised believing his parents were dead, finds out from Ging's apprentice,
Kite,that his father is still alive. Gon then leaves his home to follow inhis father's footsteps as a Hunter by taking the Hunter Exam. Prior tothe Hunter Exam, Gon meets and befriends three of the other applicants,
Kurapika,
Killua Zoldyck, and
Leorio.After the exam, Kurapika departs to find work and Leorio leaves toattend medical school. Gon and Killua decide to gain combat experienceby training at the Heavens Arena, a 251-story building where over 4,000fighters compete daily in fighting tournaments. There, they meet thekung-fu master, Wing, who teaches them about
Nen--a
chi-like life energy that can be used to manifest superhuman powers.
The third story arc reunites the main characters for the world'slargest auction in a sprawling metropolis called Yorknew City. Gon,Killua, and Leorio try different methods to make enough money to buy
Greed Island, a video game that could help Gon find his father. This story arc introduces the
Phantom Troupe,a group of thieves who, among many other crimes, slaughtered all theother members of Kurapika's clan. Kurapika crosses paths with themwhile working as a bodyguard. Finally Gon and Killua's find the
Greed Island,the seemingly-magical video game that sucks players within. The goal ofthe game is to collect a number of set cards, although almosteverything in the game, from food to money, can be turned into cards.Inside
Greed Island Gon and Killua are joined by
Biscuit Krueger,a master and experienced teacher of Nen who trains them. As part oftheir reward, they are allowed to take three cards to be used in thereal world. Using the card 'Accompany', Gon and Killua travel to aplayer under the username 'Nigg', who they believe to be Ging. However,it ends up bringing them to Kite instead.
Alongside Kite, Gon and Killua briefly work as biologicalresearchers in the country of Kakin. As they investigate a giant insectlimb found on the country's shores, the group discover it came from aman-sized
chimera ant queen— an insect that devours other insects and animals, and then givesbirth to progeny that inherit the characteristics of the differentspecies it has eaten. The queen chimera ant washes up onto islandnation called the Neo-Green Life (N.G.L.) Autonomous Region, inhabitedby a
neo-luddite culture. She quickly develops a taste for humans and builds a colony in order to conceive both an army of offspring and a
chimera ant king.The chimera ants proceed to wipe most of the population out before Gon,Killua, and Kite arrive. The queen dies during labor, and the chimeraant king and his
Royal Guardsflee the N.G.L., secretly overthrowing the government of the nearbyRepublic of East Gorteau soon thereafter. Under the guise of the formerking of the Republic, the chimera ant king initiates the process offorcibly awakening Nen in the civilians of East Gorteau in order toform his own personal army to conquer the world — resulting in thedeaths of millions unable to awaken Nen. As ants formerly under thequeen's rule rejoin the king, the Hunter Association mobilizes quicklyto stop the oncoming genocide by sending in an extermination team ofHunters to East Gorteau. Distraught over the murder of Kite at thehands of the Royal Guards, Gon and Killua join the extermination teamin order to take revenge for their friend.
Characters
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