Hunter x Hunter (1999): Anime Breakdown

ANIME BREAKDOWN
HUNTER x HUNTER
ハンターｘハンター

Volume 1

Episode 01: Boy Going on Journey x Leaving a Sound of the Wind

A young, talented boy, Gon leaves Whale Island to search for his missing father - Jin Freaks, a legendary Hunter and a fabulous-sounding mixed drink - leaving behind Mito, one thoroughly depressed aunt.

Episode 02: Encounter x Intimidation x Departure

Enter Leorio, a bespectacled businessman, and Kurapica, a solemn, blonde kid whose eyes turn spookily red when he sees a spider. Gon latches onto the reluctant Leorio, and all three end up aboard a ship headed to Dole Island to start the Hunter exam.

Episode 03: Pride x Stormy Island x Duel

A storm strikes at sea and takes out more than half the Hunter contestants, while the captain of the ship (a Hunter) chucks the rest overboard. Leorio and Kurapica begin to fight, but Gon interrupts them to save a drowning crew member. At the end of the voyage, only Gon, Leorio and Kurapica remain.

Episode 04: Decision x Shortcut x Long Way

In Dole, our three team up with Mashu, a ne'er-do-well. They are trapped by a crone (a Hunter) who questions them: "Do you save your mother or your lover from certain death?" Mashu answers and is allowed to pass, while Leorio, Gon & Kurapica remain silent. The three are led to a secret path through the city.

Episode 05: Lie x Truth? x Kiriko

En route to Zaban City, the trio encounter two shape-shifting Rat-Foxes. Gon discovers that the seemingly evil shape-shifters are actually Navigators, who promise to lead our three to the Hunter examination building

Episode 06: Steak x Marathon x Exam Begins

Deep underground, Leorio, Kurapica & Gon are given admission numbers and meet the rest of the Hunter contestants. Examiner Satotsu introduces himself, and the First Exam begins: to follow him at a breakneck pace through the tunnel. After 30 minutes, Leorio falls behind. Contestant Tompa leads Leorio to a poisonous tree, and ditches him at the base.

Episode 07: Trauma x Limit x Sweet Trap

Gon and Kurapica check on Leorio, who's reliving his worst nightmare. Kurapica also falls under the tree's evil influence, leaving only Gon unaffected. Spiky-haired Killua joins them and blasts a hole in the wall to escape from the tree. Satotsu and the rest of the contestants catch up, and they all pass the First Exam.

Episode 08: Magician x Smile x Wild Animal Warning

Lethal clown Hisoka develops a taste for blood in the Numelle Marshes and starts killing off the weaker contestants. He's preparing to kill Leorio when Gon intervenes. Interested, Hisoka defeats Gon, then releases him, unharmed. He mentions that both Gon and Leorio "passed" his exam, and heads off into the woods with the unconscious Leorio slung over his shoulder.

Episode 09: Menchi x Seriously Pissed x Second Exam?

Epicurian Hunters Menchi and Buhara are in charge of the second exam. Buhara challenges the contestants to kill and roast Great Stump Pork found in the Biska Woods. Menchi's test is a bit more difficult: prepare nigri sushi to her exacting standards. Alas, none of the contestants besides Hanzo (the ninja from Japan) have even the foggiest idea of where to being. By the time they figure it out, Menchi has failed everyone.

Episode 10: Failing Score x Panic x Voice from Heaven

The group failure has been brought to the attention of Netero, the Hunter Examination Committee President. Forced to pick a fairer test, Menchi selects the retrieval and tasting of Tarantula Eagle eggs suspended above a deep chasm. The successful candidates board Netero's blimp and head off for their next test.

Episode 11: Explore x Sports Spirit x Stowaway

On the blimp, Gon and Killua head off to explore, and Killua confesses to Gon that his family (the Zoldicks; a.k.a. Zaoldyecks or Zodica) are all trained assassins. Netero finds them and challenges Gon & Killua to a one-on-one basketball contest, offering either one of them an instant Hunter license as incentive. Killua swiftly attacks, but is unable to defeat the wily President.

Episode 12: Good Boy? x Bad Boy? x Killua

Killua and Gon team up for a combined attack against Netero, which fails miserably. Killua resigns in disgust, while Gon launches a full-frontal assult on Netero. Netero dodges, and Gon ends up smashing his head own into a wall. He happily tells Netero that he only wanted to see Netero shift the ball from one hand to the other, not win the contest.

Episode 13: Agree x Disagree x Trap

The third exam is to make it off Trick Tower in three days. Our main four find a secret passage and are unwittingly teamed up with Tompa in a "majority rules" quest inside the tower. Halfway through, all five are forced to battle, one-on-one, with hardened criminals.

Episode 14: Candle x Policy x Internal Discord

Tompa quickly surrenders in his fight to the death with Bendotto, annoying his teammates to no end. Gon's test is deceptively easy: keep a candle lit longer than his pyromaniacal opponent, Sedokan. Gon wins by blowing Sedokan's candle out. Kurapica's test is against Majitani, a grotesquely malformed yet rather ineffectual criminal. Kurapica sees Majitani's giant spider tattooed on his back - the sign of the Genei Ryodan - and goes into a berzerker rage.

Episode 15: Transient x Life x Majitani

Meanwhile, Hisoka has neatly defeated his knife-wielding opponent and is the first to finish the Third Exam. Majitani has regained consciousness, but remains inert. Leorio investigates, holding the beatened criminal over a gaping pit. Majitani pinwheeling himself to safety, and quickly declares Kurapica the winner.

Volume 2

Episode 16: Rock x Scissor x Heart

Part of Leorio's test is to guess the gender of his fetching opponent, Leiluto. He deliberately fails, in order to win a grope (much to the exasperation of the rest of his team). Killua's test is a fight to the death against "body-ripper" Johnny (or Jones the Cutter, depending on the translation). While the others are pleading with him not to fight, Killua professionally rips out Johnny's heart.

Episode 17: Three People? x Five People? x Last Choice

After a 50 hour time-out, the team progresses to a weapon-lined room. The left exit will take 45 hours to complete. The right exit will take only 15 minutes, but only three of them will be able to take it. Gon eventually solves the problem: they all enter the tunnel for the slower passage, then chop their way through the wall into the shortcut. Hisoka is inexplicably amused.

Episode 18: Treasure x Memory x Hotel Room

The Hunter contestants are taken to a semi-deserted island for a bit of R&R, but are forced to search the surrounding sunken ships for treasure to pay for the rooms. In the middle of the night, the elderly couple desert the island, stranding all the contestants.

Episode 19: Separation x Diary x Water Inflow

Hanzo and Kurapica are elected temporary leaders on the island, while some Hunter contestants take off on their own. The First Wave hits and drowns those who set off alone. Gon discovers a ship diary and reads the coming of the Second Wave, which will completely flood the island in 24 hours.

Episode 20: Giant Wave x Cannon x Huge Rush

Working together, the remaining contestants manage to get a battleship up and running. Gon is thrown in the water and Kurapica knocked unconsious. With Kurapica out of commission, a mysterious long-haired man takes the helm of the ship, and Hisoka reaches in the water and saves Gon. All 24 contestants passed the exam.

Episode 21: 4th Exam x 44 x Number of Death

The next contest pits the contestants against each other for a week on Zebeile, a deserted island. Rippo explains that to win the contest, the opponents need to come up with six points by the end of five days. Gon trains to capture Hisoka's badge, while Gereta, Gon's opponent, observes him silently from the treetops.

Episode 22: Found Him x Hide x Catch Up!

Gon tracks Hisoka via vampire butterflies, attracted to fresh blood. Tompa tricks Leorio into losing his badge, but Kurapica defeats Tompa and retreives the badge. Leorio defeats Sommy (the Monkey Trainer), Kurapica's opponent. Gitarakuru reveals himself to Hisoka (and a hidden Gon) as the long-haired man from Treasure Island, and Hisoka starts hunting badges for points.

Episode 23: Hisoka x Crash x Gon

Hisoka threatenes Leorio and Kurapica for their badges, and Kurapica hands over their non-essential badge. Afterwards, Hisoka freaks out and starts stalking through the woods. Gon steals Hisoka's badge, but has his own (and Hisoka's) stolen by Gereta. Hisoka kills Gereta and returns both badges to Gon. Gon refuses to accept them, so Hisoka knocks him out. Hisoka tells Gon that he'll only accept the badge when Gon can return the blow.

Episode 24: Damage x Resume x Fake Smile

Gon spends a lousy night in the woods, paralyzed and full of self-recrimination. Killua's easily stolen his target's badge from the Amori Brothers. Leorio and Kurapica meet up with Gon, and go after Ponzu, Leorio's target. Gon tracks Ponzu to a cave. Leorio enters, and is quickly trapped. Gon and Kurapica join him shortly thereafter, and see Ponzu and Barbon also trapped in the cave.

Episode 25: Slimy x Stingy x Inside a Cave

Leorio has been poisoned by Barbon's snakes. Barbon is dead, killed (accidentally) by Ponzu. Gon searches Barbon for an antidote and buys sleeping gas off of Ponzu. Releasing the gas, Gon drags everyone outside. Leorio steals Ponzu's badge while she's unconscious just as the end of the test is announced.

Episode 26: President x Interview x Paper Test

On board the blimp, Netero tells the finalist that they have three days to relax before the final exam. Bodoro predicts that the next test will be a paper test on Hunter knowledge. Pokkoru, Hanzo and Leorio immediately start cramming. Netero questions the candidates individually, then composes a map narrowing down to only one final contestant for the Hunter exam.

Episode 27: Hisoka x Kurapica x The Spider's Whisper

The final exam begins: only one person will not become a Hunter. Kurapica and Hisoka are first up. After a particularly bloody round, an unarmed Hisoka approaches Kurapica and whispers something in his ear ("Concerning the Spider, I'm going to teach you some pretty interesting stuff.") Kurapica's eyes flare red, and Hisoka admits his defeat to the referee.

Episode 28: Chat x Excuses x Comparing Guts

Next up is Gon vs. Hanzo. While Gon gets in a few good blows, he's severely outclassed by Hanzo. Hanzo eventually blinds, deafens and breaks one of Gon's arms, but Gon still refuses to admit defeat. Hanzo not unkindly tells Gon that if he's dead, he won't be able to become a Hunter, but Gon still refuses to surrender. Enraged, Hanzo levels his ninja blade for the killing blow.

Episode 29: Passed! x Failed? x End of Exams

Hanzo resheaths his blade and perplexingly admits defeat. Gon refuses to accept the surrender, so Hanzo knocks out. Gon recovers in bed, two days later, to find the exam over and Satotsu handing him a Hunter badge. Gon missed Hisoka defeating Bodoro. He asks Satotsu about the one who didn't become Hunter.

Episode 30: Killua x Drop Out x Turn Back with Force

Flashing back, Killua surrenders to Pokkoru, but is defeated by Gitarakuru, who turns out to be Irumi, Killua's older brother. Irumi tells Killua that assassins will never be able to have any friends. Next up is Leorio vs.Bodoro. Just as the fight is beginning, Killua kills Bodoro, disqualifying himself from the Hunter examination.

Volume 3

Episode 31: Dismissed x Party x Enemies are Bound to Meet

Hisoka and Irumi are sharing a quiet, evil moment outside the competition. Hisoka tells Irumi in no uncertain terms to leave Gon alone. Irumi agrees, but later tries to kill Gon. Hisoka intervenes. That evening, the celebration party is in full swing: Menchi has been drinking too much, and Hanzo and Leorio are busy taking scandalous pictures of her. After the party, all the newly-christened Hunters depart, while the examiners quietly note that there is one final test for them to pass before they become true hunters.

Episode 32: Tour x Tourist Attraction x Killua's House

Leorio and Killua accompany Gon to retrieve Killua from the Zoldicks. At the imposing entrance to the Zoldick Mansion, they meet Zebulo, a security guard who feeds Miike, the gigantic guard dog of the Zoldick family. Zebulo tells them that the only way to enter is through the two-ton doors.

Episode 33: Training x Hound x Concerted Effort

Leorio, Kurapica and Gon are unable to budge the doors. Zebulo opens them and invites them to his cabin to train. In the cabin, everything is weighed down to build muscle. After a week of heavy labor, Leorio is able to open the main doors. Shortly thereafter, Killua and Gon also open them. All three bid farewell to Zebulo and start their trek to the main mansion.

Episode 34: Skateboard x Probationer x Real Intention

Kanaria, a solemn servant of the Zoldicks, guards the next entrance. She beats Gon up numerous times, before pleading with him to stop approaching. Gon explains that Killua is his friend, and her face softens. Kanaria pleads with Gon to help Killua. Before she gets the words completely out, she collapses in a heap, taken out by a bandaged bionic woman.

Episode 35: Killua x Punishment x Family Conference

Gon, Kurapica and Leorio meet Killua's mom & sister (Kikyou and Karuto), who warn them off the grounds. Inside the mansion, Killua's being tortured by Miruki, one of his older brothers. Afterwards, Killua has a heart-to-heart talk with his father, Sibar, who agrees that he should be friends with Gon for as long as he desires.

Episode 36: Coin x Reunion x Change of Clothes

Gon, Kurapica and Leorio continue up to the mansion, but are stopped by Goto, who tells them to wait for Killua. To pass time, they play a coin-tossing guessing game. Only Gon is successfully able to find the coin each time. Killua happily reunites with them afterwards. Killua and Gon decide to train in order to find Hisoka. Leorio and Kurapica depart, and they all agree to meet up again in York Shin City in September.

Episode 37: Sky x Fighting x Cultivation of a Samurai

Killua and Gon head to Sky Arena, a gigantic tower full of one-on-one contests with cash prizes. Gon and Killua quicky ascend to the 50th floor of Sky Arena. There, Killua takes out the intensely eyebrowed Zhixi and Gon takes out the three Amori Brothers. Both ascend to the 100th floor.

Episode 38: Burn x Idea x Nen?

Killua and Gon progress through the 150th floor up to the 200th floor. There, they meet a bemused Hisoka blocking their path with a malevolent forcefield. Unable to continue, they find Zhixi and his kind martial arts instructor Wing (a.k.a. Dalek or Jokko) for supplemental training.

Episode 39: Convene Skill x Register x The Fight Begins

With Wing's training, Gon and Killua are able to pass Hisoka's barrier on the 200th floor. Hisoka informs Gon that he'll only fight him after Gon has won a match on this level. Gon is promptly challenged to a match by the top-spinning Gido. Alas, Gon is injured and quickly defeated by Gido's tops.

Episode 40: Two Month's Rest x Restrict Spirits x With Spirits

Wing forbids Gon to train further until he's spent two months recovering from Gido's attack. Killua agrees to stop training too. Hisoka's next match is against doppelganger Katsutoro (a.k.a. Hosh Malone). At Hisoka's match, an attractive, kimono-clad woman (Machi), shows up to watch.

Episode 41: Bandage x Blow x Last for Winning

The match between Hisoka and Katsutoro has ended rather bloodily (Hisoka throws his severed arm at Katsutoro and kills him). Machi sews on both of Hisoka's ripped-off arms, charging him a cool $70 million. Hisoka challenges Gon to his next match, where Gon manages to distract Hisoka and punch him in the face. Hisoka, smiling, accepts his old Hunter badge from Gon.

Episode 42: Hisoka's Love x Duel x Gon's Earnestness

The match continues. Hisoka attaches his "retractable love" (a sticky-type substance) to Gon and defeats him. Hisoka gives Gon a few tips and mentions that their next fight will be to the death. In his apartment that night, Hisoka puts the moves on Machi. Machi cooly informs him of a Genei Ryodan meeting in York Shin City. After Machi departs, Hisoka removes his (fake) spider tattoo.

Episode 43: Ability x Annoyance x Instinct of Slaughter

Meanwhile, the three evil 200th floor guys (Sadaso, Gido and Li) are getting ancy. They attempt to kidnap earnest Zhixi as leverage. Killua tells Sadaso that he'll kill him if he continues to bother Gon or Zhixi. Sadaso quickly forfeits his match and warns his two partners to "fight honestly" this time.

Episode 44: Slice x Solve x The Experiment Ends!?

Gon defeats Gido and Killua defeats Li, his whip-wielding contestant. Afterwards, Wing commends them on their excellent use of the Belief, and tells them that mastering Nen was the final part of the Hunter examination. After bidding farewell to Wing, Killua and Gon head to Whale Island to visit Gon's family.

Episode 45: Restrict x Vow x Punishing Chains

Kurapica's been training in the woods and has developed an uncanny power to materialize and shoot chains from his body. Hell-bent on vengeance, Kurapica departs on a train and meets up with Senritsu, a blobbish lass with uncanny hearing. He's en route to work as a bodyguard for a powerful boss interested in the York Shin City auctions.

Volume 4

Episode 46: I Came Back x You Are Back x I am Killua

Gon and Killua return to Whale Island to visit Gon's Aunt Mito (or "Mandy"). Mito bathes, feeds and instills good moral lessons in both Gon & Killua. In the forest, Gon's fox-bear friend (Jat) has become king of the forest. Some unscrupulous hunters have ensnared Jat and mortally wounded his cub. Killua and Gon channel their nen into the cub, saving its life.

Episode 47: Father x Secret x Claim

Mito gives Gon a box from his father, Jin. Upon opening it, Gon and Killua find an encoded ring, a cassette tape and a ROM game. On the tape, Jin tells Gon not to find him. After the tape has played, it rewinds itself and erases the contents completely. Outside, unbeknownst to Gon, Jin flies overhead on the back of a monster perched on the back of an even greater monster.

Episode 48: Kurapica x Black Eyes x First Job

Meanwhile, Kurapica has secured his first interview for a Professional Hunter with a shady figure in a mansion. He runs into Senritsu at the mansion. Their interviewer, Dalzorne, tells them that they have six minutes before ninjas attack, in order to test their qualifications for the job.

Episode 49: Sounds in Heart x Kurapica x Life-Threatening Chain

Gon and Killua order a Joy Station to decipher the contents of the ROM game. With the help of Killua's otaku brother, Miruki, they find out that the game is called "Greed Island" and is incredibly rare (only 100 copies exist) and expensive.

Episode 50: Killua x Big Fortune x Hunter Bar

Killua & Gon head to York Shin City to raise money for the Greed Island game. Miruki leaves the Zoldick mansion and heads to York Shin City for the auction. Also approaching York Shin City is a scotch-swilling, makeup-free Hisoka. Kurapica, Senritsu and the others have passed the organized crime test and are the newly appointed bodyguards of mafia princess Neon.

Episode 51: Spiders x York x The Staff

The Genei Ryodan approaches York Shin City through the surrounding desert. Gon and Killua meet up with Leorio. Gon's nearly defeated in an arm-wrestling match by a somber, bespectacled lass (Shizuku). At Ryodan headquarters, charismatic leader Kuroro orders the Spider Clan to steal the auction treasures and kill all the participants.

Episode 52: Underground Auction x Annihilation x Machine Gun

At the first auction, Feitang, Franklin and Shizuku kill the entire participants, including Mafia bodyguards Veze and Toshi. Alas, the auction had already been removed by one member of the Injiyuu - the assassin group hired by the ten godfathers of the Mafia. The glum Ryodan clan escape in a hot-air balloon, with Kurapica and Senritsu in hot pursuit.

Episode 53: Ryodan x Injiyuu x Community

Ubougin decides to fight the mafia and Injiyuu assassins by himself, while Shalnark proposes a card game for the rest of the Ryodan. Ubo handily defeats everyone, but is finally brought down by Kurapica's chain manipulation, much to the suprise of both the Ryodan and the Mafia bodyguards.

Episode 54: Hisoka x Alliance

The Ryodan trail Kurapica with Machi's nen thread. At mafia headquarters, Dalzorne tortures Ubo, but is eventually killed by him. Hisoka meets with Kurapica. They form a tenative alliance to defeat the Genei Ryodan. Or, as Hisoka puts it, "Just because we're working together doesn't mean we have to die together."

Episode 55: Ubo x Kurapica x Senritsu's Conscience

Ubo's out for Kurapica's blood. Kurapica becomes the default leader of the Nostrand mafia bodyguards. After protecting Neon, Kurapica meets Ubo and agrees to fight him in the deserted hills of the city. Gon, Killua and Leorio decide to earn money for Greed Island by collecting the $2 billion bounty on the Genei Ryodan.

Episode 56: Scarlet Eyes x Final Battle x Cost of Life

Killua warns Gon and Leorio about the Ryodan. Gon takes out a $100 million loan to help. Ubo and Kurapica fight. Before he kills Ubo, Kurapica asks for the location of the rest of the Ryodan. Ubo glaringly refuses, and Kurapica kills him. As the moon drips red blood, Kurapica digs a large grave and buries Ubo.

Episode 57: Gon x Treasure x Dangerous Man

Gon purchases an admission ticket and catalog to the Greed Island auction. Gon and Killua barter antiques by examining their nen, and run into Zepie, an antiques dealer. Gon & Killua hire Zepie to sell off their antiques. Leorio calls with news of a confirmed sighting of two of the Genei Ryodan members.

Episode 58: Gon x Killua x The Fatal Shot

Kurapica returns to mafia headquarters, drenched in blood and exhausted. Leorio spies on Machi & Nobunaga at a downtown cafe. Gon and Killua decide to trail Nobunaga and Machi back to headquarters. Despite their best precautions, Killua and Gon are detected and trapped by the Genei Ryodan.

Episode 59: Spiders Web x Captured x Assassin Technique

At Ryodan headquarters, Hisoka steadfastly ignores Gon and Killua. Nobunaga challenges Gon to an arm-wrestling match, while Hisoka threatens Killua if he interferes. Gon defeats Nobunaga, who wants Gon to replace Ubo in the Genei Ryodan. Gon and Killua escape by breaking through the sides of the stone building.

Episode 60: Kurapica x Genei Ryodan x Zoldicks

Sibar and Zeno are hired by the mafia to kill the Genei Ryodan. Neon runs away and is found by Kuroro, who invites her to the auction. Neon prophecizes the loss of two Ryodan members, before Kuroro knocks her out and steals her fortune-telling pen. Not such great date material, that Kuroro.

Episode 61: Conglomeration of Spiders x Final War x Zoldick Family

The Genei Ryodan start their full-scale attack on the Mafia. Kuroro conducts the symphony of death and destruction from atop the auction building. Gon and Killua meet up with Leorio and place a call to Kurapica about the Genei Ryodan. Kurapica tells them to stop following the Ryodan and stop calling him for help.

Episode 62: Kurapica x The End x Partners of Mirage

Sibar and Zeno square off against Kuroro. Neither side gains an advantage. The Ryodan stage their own death, complete with duplicate bodies. Kurapica bids on and wins the fiery eyes of the Kurata clan. He joins Gon, Killua and Leorio in the park afterwards. Hisoka calls Kurapica and tells him the Genei Ryodan bodies are fake.

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Episode 63: Spider x Corpse x Fake

Kurapica tells Gon, Leorio and Killua about his chain-generating powers. Kuroro uses Neon's pen and finds out that five more Spiders will die if they pursue Kurapica. Hisoka's acting strange, and Kuroro figures out it's because he's had contact with Kurapica. Kurapica takes Gon, Killua and Leorio up on their offer of assistance to trap and kill the Ryodan.

Episode 64: Friends x Disguise x Keen Hearing

Killua heads out to spy on the Ryodan, but Coltopi has copied the building headquarters multiple times, making it impossible to find. Killua alerts Kurapica to the situation.

Episode 65: Pursuit x Escape x Spiders on the Run

Gon, Kurapica and Leorio have located the Genei Ryodan trailing Sukuwara. Gon and Kurapica start to trail the Ryodan. Kuroro notices that something is amiss, and sends Nobunaga, Coltopi and Pakunoda after Sukuwara, while he remains behind with Machi and Shizuku to confront their pursuers.

Episode 66: Hostage x Insignificant Bugs x Communicated Emotions

Gon and Killua are captured by Kuroro. Nobunaga kills Sukuwara, and Pakunoda shoots Sukuwara's final memories of Kurapica into Nobunaga and Coltopi. Kuroro, Machi and Shizuku take Gon and Killua into a hotel for a hostage transfer. Leorio relays a code to Gon and Killua: the power will be cut at 7:00 p.m.

Episode 67: Report x Darkness x Released Chain

When the lights go down, Kurapica abducts Kuroro. Kurapica calls Pakunoda on her cell phone, and tells her to remain silent if she ever wants to see Kuroro alive again. Pakunoda has a few moments of indecision, but remains quiet in order to save her childhood friend, Kuroro.

Episode 68: Dispute x Break-Up x Swinging Fist

In Leorio's car, a bemused captive Kuroro informs Kurapica that he's no value as a hostage. Senritsu listens to Kuroro's heart and agrees. Kurapica punches Kuroro's face until he feels better, then sets the rules for a hostage transfer: Gon & Killua for Kuroro.

Episode 69: Exchange x Revenge x Discipline Chain

Hisoka leaves the Ryodan headquarters. Pakunoda meets with Kurapica and agrees to the hostage trade. She also accepts a nen dagger in her chest, forcing her to forever remain silent about Kurapica. Kurapica embeds a similar one in Kuroro. At the airfield, Pakunoda and her two hostages are just about to board the blimp when a shadowy figure emerges from the stairs.

Episode 70: Thoughtfulness x Hopelessness x The Spider's Downfall

It's Hisoka. He tells Kurapica that he'll kill Gon and Killua if he's not allowed to come for the transfer. Kurapica agrees, and the hostage exchange goes smoothly. Hisoka confronts Kuroro for his final battle. Kurapica collapses from exhaustion. Hisoka renounces his membership with the Genei Ryodan. Pakunoda returns to headquarters and shoots her memories into the rest of the original Ryodan, killing herself in the process.

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