Killua Zoldyck (キルア=ゾルディック)

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Killua Zoldyck is the third child of Silva and Kikyo Zoldyck and the heir (former) of the Zoldyck Family. He is the deuteragonist of the series Hunter x Hunter.


A stark contrast to his best friend Gon, Killua is highly mature in both thinking and emotion. He can keep his anger in check and maintain rationality better than Gon even when facing a terrifying experience.



When he was six or seven, he mastered the game of darts as part of basic training. Around the age of nine, he met and attempted to befriend the newly hired Canary (an apprentice butler of the Zoldyck Family). She thanked him for the thought, but she declined his offer to be friends due to their different status.

At an unknown point in his life, his family determined he lacked the mindset of a real assassin and had Illumi implant a special needle in his head to remodel his character through fear subliminally.

Sick of killing, at the age of 11, he rebelled against his family, injuring his mother and older brother, and ran away from home to take the Hunter Exam for fun.





Killua becomes afraid as Illumi questions his motives, with Killua admitting he does not want to become a Hunter but only challenges himself with the trials. Illumi threatens Killua by killing Gon if he loses his fight, causing him to surrender and return to his home.

Became unresponsive to Kurapika and Leorio's callings, he interferes with the match between Leorio and Bodoro and suddenly implies Bodoro from behind, causing himself to disqualify because of his murder.



Killua is intimidated by his dad, Silva, but slowly opens up during their conversation in Silva's room. During their talk, Silva acknowledges that Killua is his person and not a mere extension of him; Silva has him promise that he will never betray his friends and lets him go.

He reunites with Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio at the butlers' quarters and leaves the house together. They agree to meet again in six months, on September 1st, in Yorknew City. Kurapika and Leorio depart that same day, while Gon and Killua stay together.



They meet a fellow fighter, a young boy named Zushi, and his teacher, Wing. After reaching the 150th floor, Wing warns Killua and Gon against acquiring incomplete knowledge. To make them prepared, Wing takes him and Gond to his hotel room to teach the basics of Nen.

On the 200th floor, they encounter Hisoka and couldn't even get close to him because of his insane bloodlust. Despite his protests, Killua is unable to advance and cannot figure out why. Wing appears behind the two boys and offers to teach them the real Nen.

After learning the natural Nen, Wing started to teach them how to use the basics of Nen. Killua and Gon practiced nonstop to beat their opponents and get ready for the real world.



Later on, Killua, Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio meet up as planned. Kurapika shares his sole reason to be in the Yorknew City, to wipe out the Phantom Troupe. Killua and Gon suddenly got involved in Kurapika's plan but fell through because of the sudden interferences and the immense knowledge and strength gap against the Phantom Troupe.


During the tryouts for the Greed Island, Killua passes the test quickly while shocking the jury, Tsezguerra, by controlling the electricity at such a young age.



Later on, Biscuit proclaimed herself as their new Nen instructor. Despite Killua's continued protests, she reveals she used to be Wing's teacher after introducing herself. Suddenly the two young rookie hunters found themselves in intense but practical training. Biscuit started to teach them the advanced Nen techniques to boost their Nen usage in a short amount of time.











(Source: Hunterpedia Wiki)










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