History Characters / HunterXHunterMainCharacters

* DeathDealer: Uses cards in the Hunters Exam, and for flair in his later fights.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: For practical purposes, Hisoka is a villain. It's very hard to clock him as specifically evil, however. He's more-or-less a functional adrenaline junkie who will do anything to cultivate his fighting/entertainment fix. In general, aside from getting his adrenaline fix, Hisoka has no compulsions to commit evil. He isn't a hired killer, he only joined the Phantom Troupe to get to Chrollo and never seems to engage in thievery unless he was with them, and by and large seems to ignore normal people and when not [[BloodKnight "entertaining"]] himself, and hebseems quite capable of functioning normally in society. Hisoka is probably best defined as an amoral extreme neutral party. Honestly, he's just as likely to help you as he is to kill you.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler: During the invasion, he did his best to help Gon but Gon basically ignored his presence. At the end of the Election arc, Gon finally apologizes to him and [[CatSmile he was quite happy.]]]]

** Even during the Hunter Exam as his introduction, while he murders several fellow examinees with an EvilLaugh, he proceeds to spare Leorio with no intent to harm him at the moment due to being impressed by him, and is just as awkward as the others, being silently sulking as he's ashamed of reaching the same failed conclusion as Killua, while it made clear he still has a barely controlled bloodlust that even Menchi noticed.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Nothing is ever certain when it comes to Hisoka, but he has expressed interest in women before, as he hit on [[Characters/HunterXHunterPhantomTroupe Machi]] during the Heaven's Arena arc. His fixation on Gon and Killua is theoretically purely about their strength as fighters, but Hisoka's reactions to them [[SexIsViolence blurs the line between sex and violence]] so hard it's impossible to tell.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Hisoka initially had light blue hair in the 1999 anime, but was eventually recolored to red in the Heaven's Arena Arc to remain consistent to the coloring of the manga. Additionally, in the manga during the Yorknew City arc, he dyes his hair light green but this is absent in both versions of the anime.

* ArcVillain: He is the main villain of both Hunter Exam Arc and Heaven Arena Arc only, being the main adversary for Gon.

* AffablyEvil: He swings between this and FauxAffablyEvil so often, it's almost a surprise he doesn't have two faces. Yet, he seems utterly genuine in both. [[MoodSwinger While he's in any particular mode, that is.]]
* AgentPeacock: He has hot pink hair, face paint of a star and teardrop, heart earrings, long pointed fingernails, and alluring speech style. He's also a very deadly combatant with a cruel, graceful fighting style.

* AmazonChaser: Machi is currently the only woman who causes him sexual attraction. Much like Gon and Killua, he is fond of her ability and her strength.

* NoodleIncident: How he and Illumi became acquaintances has never been told, and after they passed the Hunter Exam, Illumi mentioned that they've known each other not that long ago, but it's clear that the two of them had history with each other before joining the exam.

* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: He's a BloodKnight who obsesses on fighting strong people, referring to anyone who he thinks can give him a challenge as his toys. His WildCard status has him helping said people to help them reach their potential (Gon and Kurapika) or antagonize them until they fight (Chrollo). If faced with someone he sees as weak, being ignored is usually the best-case scenario as he quickly kills without remorse anyone who catches his attention but who is not "interestng". .

** Heaven's Arena arc: Here he appears as a big hurdle for Gon and Killua to climb, and Machi deliver's to him the order to go Yorknew where the other members are gathering.

** Dark Continent arc: [[spoiler:Hisoka finally gets his fight with Chrollo, but he loses badly and dies. Thanks to his Nen reanimating him even upon his death, Hisoka wants to kill all members of the Phantom Troupe.]]

** Heaven's Arena arc: Here he appears a big hurdle for Gon and Killua to climb, and Machi deliver's to him the order to go Yorknew where the other members are gathering.

* {{Catchphrase}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VozkEdeEBHY Baaa~ka!]]
* CatSmile: Sometimes. The bigger it is, the more worry should be induced because it's a good indication of his mischief level.

* HomoeroticSubtext: From following Gon to watch him on a date to calling him his "light" to making jokes about "lovers' suicide," it's getting increasingly unclear whether Killua's feelings for Gon are just those of friendship.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Killua leaves Gon to travel with Alluka to see the world at the start of the Dark Continent Arc. He tells Gon if he ever needs him, just call him; but apart from him taking a short hiatus to retake the Hunter's Exam during the Greed Island Arc, this is the first time the two will be travelling without each other in the ''entire series''.]]

%%* GuileHero

* KillerRabbit: Killua looks like a pale boy with cat eyes, but he’s also trained to kill since his early childhood: when he’s in assassin mode, his fingers look like tiger claws, and he displays a PsychoticSmirk.

'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/HunterXHunterGonFreecss Gon Freecss]], [[Characters/HunterXHunterKilluaZoldyck Killua Zoldyck]]) | [[Characters/HunterXHunterHunterAssociation Hunter Association]] | [[Characters/HunterxHunterZoldyckFamily Zoldyck Family]] | [[Characters/HunterXHunterPhantomTroupe Phantom Troupe]] | [[Characters/HunterxHunterChimeraAnts Chimera Ants]] ([[Characters/HunterxHunterMeruem Meruem]]) | [[Characters/HunterXHunterKakinRoyalFamily Kakin Royal Family]] | [[Characters/HunterXHunterOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

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* '''[[Characters/HunterXHunterGonFreecss Gon Freecss]]'''
* '''[[Characters/HunterXHunterKilluaZoldyck Killua Zoldyck]]'''
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[[folder:Kurapika]]
!!Kurapika
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (2011 Series), Creator/YukiKaida (1999 Series), Creator/NorikoHidaka (Pilot OVA) (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (2011 Series), Creator/CherylMcMaster (1999 Series) (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rémi Caillebot (2011 series, French), Frédéric Popovic (1999 series, French)[[/labelnote]]
->''"I do not fear death. I fear only that my rage will fade over time."''

[[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hxh_kurapika.png]]

Speaking of not wanting to piss someone off, you really don't want to piss Kurapika off, either. He's cold and intelligent, at least when you first meet him. He listens to HonorBeforeReason, which makes him go head to head with Leorio rather often. He's practically a walking encyclopedia, and it shows. Five years ago the members of the Kurta clan were wiped out, all but Kurapika. They were killed only for their scarlet eyes, which he is now bent on getting back, all 32 pairs. He also intends to inflict justice on those who did it, the Phantom Troupe.\\\

Kurapika's Nen ability involves him conjuring chains, one chain attached to each of the fingers on his right hand. Each chain has a different ability: One chain is able to be used to heal himself, another has a spike tip that he can embed in a person's heart, which will kill them if they violate certain conditions that Kurapika puts forth. The most prominent ability is Chain Jail, which is used to tie down its target and [[PowerNullifier shut off their ability to use Nen]] (however, the ability will kill Kurapika if he ever uses it on anyone other than a member of the Phantom Troupe).\\
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That's not even all. When [[RedEyesTakeWarning Kurapika's eyes turn scarlet]], he is capable of wielding ''every'' single Nen category to '''100% efficiency'''.
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* TheAce: He is by far the best bodyguard of the Nostrade clan thanks to his high intelligence, and he is also the strongest. They all chose him as their leader and he became Nostrade's confidante and right arm. By the Dark Continent Arc, [[spoiler: Kurapika has completely taken over the Nostrade family, and has been utilizing their resources to his ends.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the manga and 2011 anime, Kurapika is hell-bent on avenging his clan, and isn't above killing the Phantom Troupe in cold blood to achieve his mission. The 1999 anime adds some moments where he hesitates going through with killing the Troupe members, and he even suffers a nervous breakdown after killing [[spoiler:Uvogin]].
* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Eye variation. His eyes (when not in RedEyesTakeWarning mode, obviously), are stated to be brown in the manga. They went from turquoise to dark blue to blue again in the first anime. In the second anime, they're a slightly brownish grey. He also wears black contact lenses in the Yorknew arc.
** In the Creator/StudioPierrot-produced OVA made for the 1998 Jump Super Anime Tour, his hair is red, as opposed to the blond hair he has in the manga and all other anime adaptations.
* AloofAlly: He is distant to the other bodyguards and his friends and prefers to [[IWorkAlone work alone]]. However, he will work together when he realizes that he can't handle it alone.
* AmbiguousGender: Kurapika is very androgynous-looking, and was not referred to by any gender in the Japanese media for a long time. More gendered language versions tend to be less ambiguous, but even then, some of them guessed wrong (the German version originally used female pronouns) or deliberately use gender-neutral writing (the English publishing of the manga at first).
* TheAtoner: The special manga chapters for the movie reveals that his childhood friend Pairo was badly hurt when trying to save him, and he wanted to go to the outside world and find a doctor that can heal him.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Kurapika's ''Hatsu'' is a borderline StoryBreakerPower that also hits the SuperPowerLottery but there are a few factors which strangle its efficiency:
** Emperor Time allows Kurapika to become a Specialist and use any Nen category with 100 percent efficiency, things that are outright impossible by the rules of Nen. Using it however sends him into a HeroicRROD that gets worse the longer he uses it. He can't work around the fallout of using the Emperor Time either because he hasn't refined his basic usage of Nen the way Gon and Killua did. [[spoiler: It also is specifically stated that [[CastFromLifespan staying in Emperor Time shreds away his remaining lifespan.]]]]
** Chain Jail can bind someone and forcibly send them into a state of ''Zetsu'', which is incredibly useful in a battle between Nen users. But he can only use it on Phantom Troupe members or he will die.
** [[spoiler: Steal Chain lets Kurapika drain someone's Nen and make use of their ''Hatsu''. It even informs him what the ''Hatsu'' can do, avoiding the normal logistical problems that a PowerParasite ability runs into. But he can only use the ability once, the drain does take a bit of time, and like Judgment Chain can only be used during Emperor Time. Worse still until Kurapika fully uses the stolen ability he has acquired, Steal Chain will force his body to maintain Emperor Time which [[CastFromLifespan not only drains his lifespain]] but also puts his body through [[HeroicRROD unbelievable stress]].]]
* ArchEnemy: Let's just say the Phantom Troupe become just as determined to kill him as he is to killing them after the Yorknew City arc.
* BadassAdorable: ''Hell yes.'' He is a bishonen, and he is formidable opponent due to his sharp mind, physical strength, and later, his Nen chains. All of this is accomplished through intense training and willpower.
* BadassBoast:
--> '''Uvogin''': [You're] alone? I'm impressed. Where do you want to die? I'll humor any requests.\\
'''Kurapika''': I'd prefer a deserted wasteland, with no one nearby. (pause) ... Since I'll have you screaming at the top of your lungs.
* BadassBookworm: He's extremely smart, and thanks to Emperor Time, he can use all Nen types to 100% efficiency, including Enhancing Nen.
* BadassFamily: The last member of the Kurta Clan, renowned for the power of their scarlet eyes. Even Uvo recognized their strength.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Eventually drops his tabard in favor of a nice dark blue suit that's appropriate for his status as a mafia boss [[spoiler: and Zodiac]], which he retains while working as a Kakin bodyguard. It's even used as his default outfit in his VideoGame/JumpForce appearance.
* BadassInDistress: To a minor extent in both movies. ''Phantom Rogue'' kicks off with the villain stealing his eyes, setting the others on a search to find the culprit. In ''The Last Battle'', he [[spoiler: [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for Leorio and spends the last half of the film nearly dying from a deadly poison. It ups the stakes for the final battle, as he's sure to die if Gon doesn't defeat the BigBad.]]
* BerserkButton: Merely mentioning the Phantom Troupe or his clan's tragic fate is enough to make [[RedEyesTakeWarning his eyes turn scarlet]]. Mizaistom's casual mention of Kurapika's goals in a polite conversation was enough to earn him an ImpliedDeathThreat.
* TheBerserker: Him going [[RedEyesTakeWarning Scarlet Eyes]]. Kurapika himself states that even just ''seeing a regular spider'' is enough to trigger his Scarlet Eyes and the change causes him to go ''primal''. Even after learning to control his emotions in Scarlet Eyes mode, he can still lose himself if they are involuntarily triggered by anger. Seeing Uvogin’s spider tattoo was enough for him to become [[FuryFueledFoolishness blinded by rage]] and rush in to capture him at the cost of his life (Melody had to stop him and calm him down with a flute song), meeting Chrollo for the first time involved a brief NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, and Mizaistom casually mentioning the Scarlet Eyes Kurapika was looking for was enough for him to make an ImpliedDeathThreat and even loosen his tie and shirt, ready to kill him. It’s even pointed out by other characters InUniverse, as a villager from outside the Kurta Clan called him a monster after beating up a group of men who insulted Pairo.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Aloof, soft-spoken and refined. At first glance. Kurapika is almost always underestimated. However, he is a great fighter and possesses an uncanny amount of intellect and physical strength. Threaten his loved ones or press his BerserkButton and he '''will''' proceed to either blindly or systematically kick your ass.
* BeyondTheImpossible: It should be impossible to master all the Nen categories at 100%. Emperor Time breaks that rule, even if it only allow him to adjust the power and precision when using others nen categories, see Chapter 108, [[spoiler: [[CastFromLifespan and it comes with a price to pay]].]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Though not brothers, Kurapika serves as this to Gon during the Hunter Exam, complete with having a BerserkButton moment where his RedEyesTakeWarning acts up while he watches Gon get brutally beaten by Hanzo. Kurapika's best friend from the Kurta village, Pairo, was also similarly protected and cared for.
* {{Bishonen}}: He's a very pretty, almost androgynous guy.
* BladeOnARope: His "Judgment Chain" has a blade attached to it that can pierce the victim's heart if they refuse an order Kurapika gives them. His "Steal Chain" is attached to a syringe that can drain the aura and steal the Nen powers of anyone it pierces.
* BlessedWithSuck: When his emotions are heightened, his eyes change into one the most beautiful shades of scarlet in the world. As another bonus, he gets an extremely useful power upgrade. However, until he learned to control it, his eyes turning scarlet would cause him to go berserk, and it was ''because'' of their eyes' beauty that his Clan was hunted down, massacred, and then had their eyes sold through the black market.
* BountyHunter: Every Hunter can do this, but he is a Black List Hunter so it's his main job.
* BrokenAce: With his past, it's understandable.
* BrutalHonesty: Kurapika never minces his words.
* TheBusCameBack:
** [[spoiler: He does come back in Chapter 339, but is seen actually being deliberate of his absence by ignoring any calls from Leorio.]]
** [[spoiler: He accepts to join The Zodiacs and travels with them to find the remaining Scarlet Eyes in Chapter 343.]]
* CastFromLifespan: Emperor Time comes with major drawbacks for its user. [[spoiler: For every second Kurapika uses Emperor Time, he loses one hour of his remaining lifespan. Thus, one hour of Emperor Time would cost him 150 days, 24 hours would cost him ten years, etc.]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} Worth noting]] is that Kurapika's Nen master warned him about this in a flashback back in Chapter 83:
-->'''Izunavi:''' Nobody's equal in strength. How you feel day to day will affect you, as well as where you're fighting and its context. Nen is even more complex. Joy, sadness, fear, hatred, carelessness, devotion, excitement, doubt, pleasure, shame, determination -- all the emotions you're capable of factor into Nen. It might enable something ''beyond'' 100%... \\
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...But that's never a good thing. Especially in combat. Using powers beyond your capacity will always cause strain! It will become a weakness, perhaps fatal. You need ''consistent'' power to always come out on top.
* ChainPain: Kurapika fights using {{Variable Length Chain}}s made of [[FunctionalMagic Nen]]. He can conjure several such chains with various powers.
* TheCharmer: ''Very'' easily gets Bisky to cooperate by calling her a [[BlatantLies delicate princess]] a few times.
* CheerfulChild: Younger Kurapika. He was much more optimistic and curious as a kid with his ChildhoodFriend Pairo before the Kurta clan massacre.
* ChessmasterSidekick: In the Nostrade clan.
* ChildProdigy: When he was younger, easily passing the written exam and oral questionnaire given by the Kurta clan to explore the world.
* TheCoatsAreOff: You don't want Kurapika to take off his tabard.
* CodeName: The Rat, after he became Pariston's replacement as a Zodiac.
* ConditionalPowers: What makes his Chain Jail so strong. If he uses that particular chain on anyone but a member of the Phantom Troupe, he will die.
* CripplingOverspecialization:
** While Kurapika's talent and gifted intelligence allowed him to learn Nen quickly, he focused on his abilities to combat and punish the Phantom Troupe. His most powerful weapon, [[PowerNullifier Chain Jail]], won't even work on anyone other than members of the Phantom Troupe and if he tried to use it on someone else, he would die. His other Hatsu abilities aren't nearly as impressive. Furthermore he only learned how to use Nen techniques that he would find useful against the Phantom Troupe like "In". If that wasn't enough, he never trained his aura the way Gon and Killua did on Greed Island so he can't fight with Nen for a prolonged period of time without getting tired. Keep in mind that while Kurapika learned Nen in six months, he may have learned important Nen skills, but he never polished the basics like Gon and Killua, who spent months to train their Nen alone; and their talent is stated to be "one in ten million".
** Also a flashback in Chapter 361 highlights Kurapika's flaws when it comes to battle approach, mainly that he's a combat version of IWorkAlone. He actively seeks to engage enemies one on one, often having to arrange circumstances to facilitate that and his ''Hatsu'' is refined towards usage on a single target at any given time. It's also pointed out that he cuts other people out from helping him and doesn't know how to work with others in combat situations.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Chain Jail, as elaborated on in ConditionalPowers. So much so that Wing warned Gon not to follow Kurapika's example by designing such a lethal ''Hatsu''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The story of his clan's massacre is absolutely '''tragic'''. Families were forced to face one another as they were stabbed and beheaded. Children were mutilated in order to make their parents' eyes turn an even more alluring shade of scarlet. All of Kurapika's friends, family, neighbors, etc. -- gone, leaving behind only ONE survivor. The gore is nothing short of what a monster could accomplish, and Kurapika's quest for vengeance seems all the more understandable.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Kurapika is the protagonist of the Yorknew City arc, while Gon and Killua take a more secondary role, and the story is again mostly told from his perspective during the journey to the Dark Continent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has occasional bouts of this.
* DeathGlare: Even without using his [[RedEyesTakeWarning family assets]], he's really fond of this trope.
* {{Determinator}}: Portrayed as one. Everybody says that he has an unflinching will.
* DirtyBusiness: Subverted to an extent. He earns money through bodyguard and gambling but he has many connections with outlaws.
* DisguisedInDrag: During the Phantom Troupe arc, while trying to corner the Spiders. ''Twice'' in succession. If this wasn't already amusing enough to the fangirls, Chrollo also mistakes him for a woman.
* TheDon: [[spoiler:By virtue of being the new head of the Nostrade family, although the group's sources of income under his jurisdiction are apparently legal.]]
* DoomedHometown: Was destroyed by the Phantom Troupe during his absence.
* DualWielding: Before being ChainedByFashion.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: So much that he's successfully [[DisguisedInDrag disguised himself as a woman]] at least twice so far in the series. Leorio even mentions at the beginning how Kurapika could easily pass off as a woman. Chrollo thought he was a girl, too, especially with that [[AttractiveBentGender pink pencil skirt]]... Pointed out canonically by Leorio when he's thinking about a surefire bet that he could win. "Maybe I should bet if I'm a man or a woman... No, that'd be too obvious... But that'd work a lot better with Kurapika!"
* DueToTheDead: Gives [[spoiler:Uvogin]] a proper burial after killing him. ''[[SmugSuper With a shovel he apparently brought in advance.]]''
* DumbBlonde: Inverted. Kurapika is a blonde, but one of the smartest characters in the series.
* EffeminateVoice: Kurapika is an [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous young man]] who is voiced by women in the anime.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the original anime, he makes an EarlyBirdCameo eating lunch at a restaurant when a poisonous spider crawls beside his plate. [[TraumaButton He immediately kills it with his fork]], showing not only his hate for the Phantom Troupe (a.k.a. the Spiders), but how he's not afraid to face them.
* EverythingSensor: His ring finger chain. It forms a ball on a chain that moves in the direction of whatever he's dowsing for, tracking the location of someone and even [[LivingLieDetector telling if someone's lying]].
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the reboot, for the Phantom Troupe Arc, Kurapika's hair is noticeably longer. Where it once hung just over his ears and ended at the nape of his neck, it now brushes his shoulders. It's also referenced in the second opening, where he notices his hair has grown shaggy and unkempt from doggedly spending a lot of time out in the woods learning how to use Nen and his slow descent toward developing a much colder and crueler latent side to his character that has such an obsession with finding the resolve to be unwavering and strong, it starts to consume him. Kurapika later trims it back a little so that it's not swallowing up his face.
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: [[BestServedCold Only to twist the knife right before the moment of their demise]] does Kurapika tell his sworn enemies how his abilities work. Justified, [[YouAreAlreadyDead since the enemy was already done for.]] As a matter of fact, Kurapika makes an effort not to divulge any details regarding his powers, or even shows them to anyone at the risk of [[spoiler:being found out by the Phantom Troupe]], taking away his edge.
* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that he and his clan are essentially the Ohmu from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' in human form. Both groups' eyes turn red when enraged, and certain parts of their bodies (their eyes and exoskeletons, respectively) are highly valuable and sought-after.
* FantasticFragility: Kurapika put a condition on himself that he would die if he uses Chain Jail on someone outside of the Phantom Troupe (to avert HeWhoFightsMonsters).
* FantasticRacism: The Kurta clan has an ill reputation for their aggressive nature, which perhaps grants people some justification to engage in the morbid act of trading their eyes as treasures. In reality the Kurtas are a peaceful people who, while certainly prone to getting aggressive, are trained to control their rage (and whenever Kurapika does lose control, he usually [[CosmicPlaything has a pretty good reason to).]]
* FourIsDeath: One of his major motifs. Number 404 in the Exam, having four known chains ''being born'' at April 4th (4/4)... and what exactly is the ability of his fourth chain? Now he is targeting the 4th Prince. Ironically, the current fourth member of the Phantom Troupe is the one who is ''on his side''... [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor usually.]] Oh, and regardless of all this 4 business, he's the only survivor of a massacre on account of simply not being there when it happened, so he's also fully educated to the "death" part.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic. Intelligent, serious, aloof, goal-oriented and prefers to work alone.
* FriendshipMoment: During his reunion with his friends. His most moving scene so far.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: A heroic example. During the Hunter Exam, Kurapika is an unknown BadassBookworm. Six months later he becomes the chief bodyguard of his client and a threat to [[TheDreaded the Phantom Troupe.]]
* GoodIsNotSoft: Kurapika is very caring towards his friends, and at least civilized towards others. But he's also absolutely ruthless against his enemies.
%%* GuileHero
* HeroicRROD: Using Emperor Time too much can take a toll on him and potentially cause him to lose consciousness. He had to stay bedridden for a while after the events of the Yorknew arc, and on the Black Whale, he [[spoiler: used it for over 3 consecutive hours as part of a plan, which eventually caused him to black out for 9 hours... while Emperor Time was still active and thus draining one hour of his lifespan ''for every single second he was asleep''.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His quest for revenge against the Phantom Troupe and his time working for the Nostrade family get quite a lot of focus, and there's even a few extra chapters and a movie centered around his back story.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: All his clan. They are good people but are hated by many because of their [[RedEyesTakeWarning Scarlet Eyes]].
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: ThePowerOfFriendship has become less and less his motivation as he continues on his path of revenge. He goes from being the TeamMom to not even picking up the phone when Gon is in a critical condition.
* ImageSong: "The Eyes Burning with Scarlet".
* InnocenceLost: The young Kurapika was a man who had a never-ending thirst for knowledge and whose big dream was to go out and explore the world. A few weeks after he left the village, his entire clan was slaughtered and their eyes were stolen, making him stop his journey to retrieve the eyes of his fallen family and friends and bring justice to their murderers.
* IShallTauntYou: Was constantly taunting Uvo and used one occasion to capture him with Chain Jail.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: To Uvo! He binds him with his Chain Jail, depriving him of his Nen. When Uvogin refuses to tell him anything, he kills him.
* LastOfHisKind: His entire clan was murdered by the Phantom Troupe for their Scarlet Eyes.
* TheLeader: After the head bodyguard was killed by Phinks, a new leader had to be found. Kurapika, being the only one capable of standing toe-to-toe with Uvogin unflinchingly, is voted the leader of the bodyguards unanimously.
* LeeroyJenkins: He may be TheSmartGuy and TheStrategist, but [[BerserkButton when he is really angered]] he screws up his own plans.
* LickedByTheDog: [[spoiler: When Kurapika is about to transfer Sayird's ability, that he stole earlier, to Queen Oito, so he can attack Vincent with Steal Chain, Kurapika first asks for Queen Oito's and Prince Woble's trust after his DeclarationOfProtection. When he reveals his scarlet eyes to them, the crying Woble stops crying and tries to reach out to Kurapika, which convinces Queen Oito to trust in Kurapika, no matter what.]]
* LivingLieDetector: The chain on Kurapika's ring finger allows him to notice when someone is hiding something or outright lying.
* LongBusTrip: Isn't seen during the whole Chimera Ant arc.
* MasterOfAll: Emperor Time allows him to use abilities from every Nen category at 100% efficiency. {{Downplayed}} in that this doesn't mean he gets master-level expertise in all categories; his "Level" in each category remains the same as always, but his "Accuracy" and "Force" do not get penalized from trying to use abilities outside his natural category (Conjurer). He does have the ''potential'' to become a true MasterOfAll should he become a skilled enough Nen user, whereas other people would normally never be able to use abilities from categories they're incompatible with to their full extent regardless of how skilled they are.
* MirrorCharacter:
** To '''Chrollo'''. Both are Specialists, fight using Conjuration, are [[MusclesAreMeaningless extremely dangerous]], intelligent, eerily calm in most situations, and both go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge when their family is killed. [[spoiler: Heck, Kurapika actually possesses a PowerParasite ability, which allows him to temporarily steal the abilities of someone and use it one-time-only.]]
** Addressed more directly in The Last Battle, which features deliberate parallels between him and the Descendants of Shadow. The key difference between them lies in the Descendant's willingness to involve innocents and [[spoiler: sell their souls]] -- extreme lengths that Kurapika refuses to take.
* TheMole: Joins the Mafia to hunt down flesh merchants and find the eyes of his clan. He intends to bring them all down. His boss, needless to say, does not know this.
* MoleInCharge: He becomes the Nostrade family's lead bodyguard when his predecessor is killed by the Phantom Troupe. [[spoiler: After Light Nostrade's mental breakdown following the events in Yorknew City, Kurapika takes control of the entire Nostrade Family.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Looks thin and delicate, but he's pretty damn ''strong''.
* NecessaryDrawback: Kurapika sets certain punishments in place for misusing his own abilities as a warning to himself to ''never'' [[JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope cross the line]] on his quest for revenge -- and his desire to follow these self-made rules only serves to further his resolve, thus boosting the power of his Nen all the higher. For instance, he knows that if he ever uses his chains on anybody but a Spider, a Nen Dagger will pierce his heart and he will die. Emperor Time's [[spoiler: lifespan-eating]] drawback, however, seems to be an actual detrimental effect caused by using his Kurta eyes to empower his Nen abilities.
* NiceGuy: Kurapika is really kind to others when he opens up to them. Although aloof and with a vengeful streak, deep down he's a kind-hearted and selfless young man, who cares about moral values.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Someone insulted Pairo during the Special chapter, it didn't end well for him.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: The Troupe gradually realizes that he is not just another foolish avenger; as Pakunoda notes, Kurapika is intelligent, very quick on his feet, calculating, secretive and most of all, [[AntiHero cold-blooded]]. He is not a BloodKnight and he does not play around with his foes; he carefully plans out all of his actions to maximize efficiency, and he succesfully [[spoiler: killed two Troupe members and briefly captured and incapacitated their leader]] despite being a Nen novice with little real experience prior. That said, he is very quick to anger and is occasionally BlindedByRage to the point of carrying out his plans in a less than ideal way.
** This extends to his performance on the Black Whale. He has next to no personal interest in Kakin's politics, the Zodaics' ambitions or the voyage to the Dark Continent, and is merely there to have Tserriednich's head on a pike, but despite that (or ''because'' of it) and despite guarding the most vulnerable Prince in the Succesion War, his no-nonsense nature combined with his immense intellect and strategic skills makes him one of the most formidable forces in the war, and the rest of the factions quickly acknowledge him as a threat.
* NoSell: Took a punch from Uvo and felt nothing at all.
* PerpetualFrowner: Is rarely ever shown smiling, and his seriousness becomes even more noticeable the deeper his quest for revenge goes.
* PetTheDog: Chapter 350 serves as a reminder that despite his ruthlessness and further seclusion, not even visiting Gon in his critical condition, at his heart Kurapika is still an empathetic person, as he holds the sleeping Prince Woble in his arms and looks at her melancholically, as she and her mother, Oito, were dragged into a succession battle between the fourteen princes of Kakin, without being able to protect themselves.
* {{Polyglot}}: The common language spoken in the series is not his native language. He learned it when he was younger.
* PowerNullifier: Two of his chains possess this ability.
** Chain Jail forces its victim into the Zetsu-state, making them stop the flow of their aura and thus incapable of using Nen. However, it only works against members of the Phantom Troupe and will kill Kurapika if he tries to use it on someone else.
** [[spoiler: Steal Chain is a chain with a syringe at its end, which drains the aura and steals the ability of its victim temporarily, leaving them in a Zetsu-like state. Until the stolen ability is activated, Kurapika is forced to keep Emperor Time up.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: The reason why Chain Jail is strong is his hate (and a Nen contract). Kurapika hates the Phantom Troupe so much, it fuels his willpower, which, in turn, makes his Nen incredibly binding and exceptionally difficult to overpower.
* PowerParasite: [[spoiler: Kurapika's chain on his Index Finger is ''Steal Chain'', which allows him to drain the aura of his victim and temporarily take away their ability under certain conditions. The ability is returned to its original user, though, after using it once.]]
* PowerStrainBlackout: After successfully rescuing Gon and Killua, Kurapika faints from exhaustion and the overuse of his Scarlet Eyes.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Kurta eyes become red when they experience strong emotions and give them a power boost. Kurapika can make his eyes red at will.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue calm and collected to Leorio's hot-blooded Red.
* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Refused Mizaistom's offer to join the Zodiacs at first.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: When he said he would stake his life on a Nen condition to make himself better able to fight the Phantom Troop, his Nen teacher was like "you're crazy!". It's defied where he gives up a chance at revenge to save his [[TrueCompanions friends]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He is driven to kill the Phantom Troupe for the sake of his slaughtered family members. He is quite brutal.
* SecretKeeper: Mizaistom asked him to not reveal that there might be a mole in their group.
* ShirtlessScene: The cover of volume 14 has him shirtless.
* TheSmartGuy: Without a doubt one of the smartest character of the series.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Kurta after they were massacred by the Phantom Troupe for their scarlet eyes.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was romanized as ''Curarpikt'' in the 2004 databook.
* TheSpock: To Gon’s Kirk and Leorio’s [=McCoy=].
* TheStrategist: Targeted [[TheBrute Uvogin]] first because it was advantageous, and for the sole purpose of gauging the strength of his chains, therefore determining how he'd fare against the rest of the troupe were he to bind them.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: He averted the trope. Every Conjurer can do this but Kurapika lets his chains remain visible around his arm so that his opponents will think he is a Manipulator.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Appears cold and distant to others, due to his focus on avenging his clan. However, he shows a much warmer side towards Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Melody.
* SurvivalMantra: In the anime, the Kurta Prayer.
* TalkToTheFist: Kurapika's favorite method of quickly silencing somebody who's talking shit is by introducing their face to his fist, whether it's a random mafia goon or ''the leader of the Phantom Troupe.''
* TastesLikeFeet: Kurapika concocts an appealing-looking pork dish for Menchi during the Hunter's Examination. Avoiding a MessOnAPlate, Kurapika's reasoning is that what matters regarding the dish is how it looks... regardless of what it tastes like. Unpredictably, after tasting his plate, Menchi promptly and soundly rejects this reasoning.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Look at how he treated the guy who threatened Pairo.
* TeamMom: Very protective of Gon and Killua.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: In the 2011 anime, "Kusari Yarou / Chain Bastard" tends to blare up when Kurapika is getting some shit done.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the six-month gap after the Zoldyck Arc. The anime makes it even better. [[spoiler: Now he is the boss of the Nostrade clan.]]
* TranquilFury: One of the many, many shades of his rage.
* TraumaButton: Anything related to the Phantom Troupe will set him off, as one unfortunate soul discovered during the Hunter Exam when he tried to intimidate him by claiming to be a member. Kurapika saw right through his claim, but still angrily one-shotted him in a blind rage. Even merely seeing a common spider ticks him off.
* UnskilledButStrong: Of a different type than Gon or Killua. While Kurapika is a prodigy, a skilled strategist and fighter, he focused on learning the parts of Nen that would make him strong against the Phantom Troupe. As such he can understand and use complicated abilities like "in" and create his Hatsu in 6 months but he also neglected to train the fundamentals of Nen that Gon and Killua later learned on Greed Island. As such he relies more on his ability to strategize while using his Nen as a way of executing his plans but doesn't rely on Nen for the duration of the fight as he never trained his aura the way Gon and Killua did.
* UnstoppableRage: Kurapika is an enigma in the fact that, while he is often level-headed and reasonable, under [[BerserkButton certain circumstances]], he can potentially fly off the handle. Chrollo makes a valuable note of this. As of the special comic covering his backstory, UnstoppableRage was an InTheBlood issue for the Kurta clan, which led to them being feared and hated.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: It is suggested that Kurapika's quest for revenge is taking him down a very unhealthy path. Besides the [[CastFromHitPoints physical repercussions]] of using Emperor Time and the way he's becoming increasingly more distant to his friends (not visiting Gon during the Elections arc) and overall becoming a much more aggressive individiual in general (all but threatening to kill Mizaistom for merely talking about his clan), he experienced a HeroicBSOD when he was briefly tricked into believing the Troupe were killed and that he lost his primary purpose for living. [[HopeSpot He finally started getting better]] and even [[WhenHeSmiles smiled]] when hanging out with Gon and Killua and realizing how important his friends are... only to discover that the bodies of the Troupe were fake and immediately revert back into a ruthless avenger.
** In chapter 344, [[spoiler:he says that every time he recovers a set of scarlet eyes, he loses something, either physically, mentally or spiritually. He even says he doesn’t know what he’ll do once he’s recovered all the scarlet eyes since he has no home to return to and no family or friends to welcome him back]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Leorio, his best friend.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It is implied that when the Kurta clan eyes turn red, they become overwhelmed with feelings for bloodlust and it takes a great deal of self-control to temper away those feelings. Kurapika fell victim to them when he was little, even before the massacre took place. And there have been times when he has outright blindly lunged at people with intent to kill them just because ThePowerOfHate excited the intensity of the effects.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Was DualWielding with two bokkens (connected at the hilt nunchaku-style) before mastering his Hatsu. In the 1999 anime, they were regular katanas with the sheathes tied on until he decided it was [[TheGlovesComeOff time to get serious.]]
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: We discover in the special chapter that Kurapika was fascinated by the outside world when he was younger. He is probably still fascinated by the world [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge but it's impossible to notice that in the manga.]] In fact he was very similar to Gon, which makes what happened [[LastOfHisKind to him]] and his clan all the more tragic.
* XanatosSpeedChess: In the Dark Continent Arc, [[spoiler: where Kurapika has gotten involved with Kakin's succession conflict, by being hired on as a bodyguard for the youngest queen, and her daughter, Kurapika successfully works to even the odds against them, mostly by playing things by ear, and adapting to the situation. His biggest move is contact his allies amongst the other bodyguards to notify and inquire about the Nen beasts, with the actual intent being to spread awareness of Nen amongst the other princes (Only a couple of the highest ranked princes were aware of the existence and nature of Nen and were planning to leverage that advantage heavily in the war), in order to force a stalemate, which he is able to parlay into a truce, and gain assistance from some of the other princes. This allows him to buy more time and breathing room to effectively protect his charges.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: His clan was massacred by the Phantom Troupe, and since then Kurapika has made it his goal to hunt down the Troupe members and reclaim his brethren’s Scarlet Eyes to avenge them.

[[folder:Leorio Paradinight]]
!!Leorio Paradinight
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (2011 Series), Creator/HozumiGouda (1999 Series), Creator/NobutoshiCanna (Pilot OVA) (Japanese), Creator/MatthewMercer (2011 Series), Jonathan Love (1999 Series) (English) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/MartialLeMinoux (2011 series, French), Tony Joudrier (1999 series, French)[[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hxh_leorio.png]]

->''"I'm a simple guy. Figured I'd become a doctor... so I could '''cure''' some kid with the same disease, tell his parents they '''owed me nothing! Me... A doctor! Now there's a joke!!''' Do you know '''how much it costs''' to even '''try''' to become a doctor? '''The mind boggles!!''' It's '''always''' about '''money! Always!! That's''' why I '''want''' it!"''

Leorio may be a money-pinching cheapskate at times. That's certainly how we're introduced to him; he explains that his only reason for becoming a Hunter is so he can become rich. But the reason he wants to be rich? He wants to become a doctor, and open up a free hospital. The only problem was that he didn't have enough money to take the entrance exam, so instead, he took the Hunter Exam. While he loses his temper often and can be quite childish, he's a good and kind-hearted man. He's highly emotional, often acting on impulse.\\\

For most of the series, Leorio hadn't even gotten past the Ten part of Nen, and thus hadn't picked up a Nen ability. After the Chimera Ant arc, though, he seems to have finally learned one that lets him transmit his punches through the floor. He later develops another ability that release his aura in pulses like an ultrasound to detect abnormalities, having been influenced by his medical studies.
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* ActionPolitician: [[spoiler:While he ultimately drops out of the electoral race, he later becomes a Zodiac and thus one of the highest ranking authority figures in the Hunter's Association.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed compared to most of the cases but it's noticeable in the 2011 anime. In the manga Leorio was the only one able to open 2nd door of the Testing Gate, but he needed the help of Gon and Kurapika to open one door in this adaptation. He was also the one who [[OneSidedArmWrestling beat the mafioso in the arm wrestling contest]] but in the remake they didn't even compete.
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: In public, to the whole Hunters Association for the sake of his friend.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Spent time drinking alcohol while Gon and Killua were kidnapped in the Yorknew arc.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Always wears a snazzy suit.
* BadassNormal: Despite not knowing how to use Nen, Leorio is way stronger and more capable than the average human, including people bigger and bulkier than him. He even earns Hisoka's approval, who decides to spare his life out of respect for his courage. [[spoiler: He eventually does learn to use Nen, but he's still relatively a NonActionGuy.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Although not related, towards Gon, especially during the Hunter Exam's final phase where he was shown to get pissed off at Hanzo for brutally beating Gon and even willing to take Gon's place in the fight.
* TheBigGuy: He is the least-developed Nen user for most of the series, not even having access to his Hatsu for quite some time, so when he does fight or exert himself he's [[BadassNormal relying on his natural strength alone]]. He's older and much taller than Gon, Killua, and Kurapika, and usually the most hot-headed and confrontational of the group, showing more courage and heart in the face of superhuman adversity than one would expect from a man without Nen powers. Nen aside, he's the most physically strong member of the main cast, forcing open the door of the second test alone and trouncing a mafioso in arm-wrestling, though most of his feats of strength are altered or omitted in the adaptations.
* BornLucky: Dude mostly lucks his way through the Exams for the most part. He manages to indirectly answer the trick riddle and reveal the way to the real path to the exams. Hisoka gets him through marshlands, following Gon's instructions allow him to pass Menchi's test, he gets the easiest competition in the trick tower, Kurapika helps him in the badge test, and Killua disqualifying himself allows Leorio to gain his license. Not to say the man doesn't have fortitude and grit, but his phenomenal luck is outstanding.
* BlatantLies: Leroute is a man indeed... Not his brightest moment. In the Hunter Exam arc, Leorio got suckered into believing an obviously female prisoner was something otherwise because she's a cunning manipulator, and tried to counter the expertly crafted lies with some of his own, which were pitiful in comparison. That earned his group a waiting penalty and a massive chunk off the criminals' sentences.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (2011 Series), Creator/HirokiTakahashi (1999 Series) (Japanese), Creator/KeithSilverstein (2011 Series), Brendan Hunter (1999 Series) (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (2011 Series), Creator/YukiKaida (1999 Series), Creator/NorikoHidaka (Pilot OVA) (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (2011 Series), Creator/CherylMcMaster (1999 Series) (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (2011 Series), Creator/HozumiGouda (1999 Series), Creator/NobutoshiCanna (Pilot OVA) (Japanese), Creator/MatthewMercer (2011 Series), Jonathan Love (1999 Series) (English)

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Eclectic. He's kind and friendly but also short-tempered, is people-oriented but also has his goals, and is morally upstanding and level-headed but with a childish side.