Hunter x Hunter is unarguably one of the best Shonen anime of all time.
With interesting characters, Mind-blowing fights, a Gripping story, Amazing arcs, it keeps the audience hooked to the screen all the time.
So, We are here at Factvrse decided to make a post on some of the Legendary facts about the Hunter x Hunter series.
From how Togashi came up with the Hunter x Hunter to Killua’s favorite food, Here are the 55 Mind-Blowing Facts about Hunter x Hunter:
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55. Hunter x Hunter was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of Yu Yu Hakusho.
54. The words on Zeno Zoldyk’s clothing say either “A Kill A Day” (一日一殺) or “Never Retire” (生涯現役)
53. The Phantom Troupe has an arm wrestling rank among themselves to determine their physical strength. The order from strongest to weakest of this arm wrestling is Uvogin, Phinks, Hisoka, Franklin, Feitan, Machi, Chrollo, Bonolenov, Nobunaga, Shalnark, Pakunoda, Shizuku, and Kortopi.
52. All four main protagonists share the same birthday characteristics – having the same number of birth month and day. And coincidentally, Hisoka too shares the same birthday characteristic. This is the reason why some fans consider him as the fifth protagonist.
51. A character from Yu Yu Hakusho, Suzaku appeared in Chrollo’s book as one of his victims.
50. 60 out of the 100 Richest characters in the series are Hunters.
49. The very first character to have appeared in Hunter x Hunter Manga is Kite.
48. There are many similarities between NGL and Cambodia(a country in Asia). Like both did not allow any form of development beyond the primary sector, punishments were dealt with severity and in case of an outbreak or national emergency occurring both countries would just wait instead of calling widespread panic.
47. Knuckle, Shoot, Palm, and Gyro are named after different baseball pitches Knuckleball, Shoot Ball, Palm ball, and Gyroball.
46. Sui Ishida, the creator of Tokyo Ghoul, is a big fan of “Hunter X Hunter”.
Especially Hisoka.
45. Hisoka’s Past (ヒソカの過去, Hisoka no Kako), a prequel one-shot of Hunter × Hunter focusing on the character Hisoka written and illustrated by Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul‘s mangaka).
The story is recognized by Yoshihiro Togashi, but may or may not be considered canon.
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44. In 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime, Killua watched porno during his stay in a Yorknew City hotel. He even asked Gon to join him. Thankfully, Gon refused the offer.
43 Togashi is actually married to the author of Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi. She even helped him in earlier chapters.
42. Kurapika is the only known character in the entire HxH series with two Nen types – Conjuration and Specialization.
41. Zoldyck children’s names begin with the last syllable of the older like the Japanese word game Shiritori. Illumi – Milluki – Killua – Alluka – Kalluto.
40. Morel’s technique “Deep Turtle” is a reference to the rock band of the same name.
39. The Hunter x Hunter guide book published in 2001 revealed that Kikyo Zoldyck, Canary, and Gotoh originated from Meteor City.
38. In the first volume for Hunter x Hunter released in 1999, Togashi paid tribute to Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon by thanking her at the end of the volume.
37. Togashi has stated that he made Gon so simplistic compared to the other characters in the series to make these characters stand out and seem more interesting so that the series isn’t always focussing on the main protagonist.
36. Killua topped all three character popularity polls conducted so far by Weekly Shonen Jump. Kurapica constantly ranked 2nd while Gon took the third spot.
35. Gon always receives heavy or significant damage on one of his arms on all arcs except Dark Continent. But, DC arc has not yet reached its finale so, maybe he’ll get his arm hurt here too.
34. Hisoka means secret in Japanese. Damn, It suits his personality so well.
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33. Hunter x Hunter has its own alphabets which can be translated directly to Japanese then to English.
32. Dwun’s room in greed island arc is a reference to a photo of the author’s room. Togashi has similar seas of Trash scattered around him while playing the game Dragon Quest.
31. In the French version of Hunter x Hunter, Leorio nicknamed Killua “Llukia”.
30. As of 2019, Hunter x Hunter has sold over 78 million copies.
29. Pituo has the biggest En range extending up to 2.2 Kilometers.
28. Silva Zoldyck likes Benny Delon and his works, according to Killua.
27. Do you know Benny Delon? He enjoyed being a famous serial killer and lived for 100 years. He made knives engraved with numbers every time he killed and called it Ben’s knive, He accumulated a total of 288 knives.
26. And Ironically Chrollo Lucifer used Ben’s knife to cut Silva’s arm in their fight.
25. Killua’s favorite food is ChocoRobo-Kun chocolate balls and he hates red peppers. He also has a gambling addiction.
24. Our bald Ninja, Hanzo, is named after Hatori Hanzo, a famous Japanese ninja.
23. In the 2013 miss universe, Japan claimed Leorio her type. She claimed that Leorio has the traits of the man she is looking for.
Well, Leorio would be searching forher right if he knew this.
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22. When Netero tested Gon and Killua on the airship, he only used his right arm and left leg. But sadly, in his fight with Meruem, the same limbs remained.
21. Gon shares the same birthday with Monkey D. Luffy, the main protagonist of One Piece.
Read our post on 55 Notorious One Piece facts that every fan needs to know || FACTVRSE for more awesome facts about One Piece.
20. Only Ging Freecss passed the 267th Hunter Examination and it was the same case with Killua but on 288th.
19. Based on an interview Togashi gave in 2013, he stated that Kurapika’s conclusion is to… Die. More specifically he was asked the question of what will happen to Kurapika AND the Phantom Troupe, and he answered saying (based on the known translation) that they will ALL DIE. Well, since it is Togashi, we don’t know whether he’s joking or serious.
18. Hina’s hat imitates her emotions.
17. Pariston Hill’s name was an anagram of Paris Hilton.
16. All Silver-haired members of the Zoldyck family (Zeno, Silva, and Killua) have transmutation type of Nen.
15. On the other hand, the dark-haired members of their family use the Manipulation type.
14. The Hunter x Hunter series also has 2 movies. They are Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge and Hunter x Hunter: The last mission.
13. In episode 126 of the 2011 Hunter x Hunter series, Welfin drinks a Heineken Brand beer can.
12. There is a Hisoka emotion in the series, it can be seen when Hisoka wrote a phone message “the corpses were fake” with an emoticon of his face having the same star and teardrop colors at that time.
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11. There are currently 10 three-star Hunters in the series.
10. In episode 41 of the hunter x hunter 2011 anime, Neon has a Pooh figure from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho,tied in her phone strap.
9. Among the four main characters, Kurapika is the only one whose last name has not been mentioned yet. We know he’s from the Kurta clan but still, his last wasn’t stated or mentioned before.
8. The Hunter Association counted 661 hunters at the start of the First Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman.
7. And did you know? Bungee gum has properties of both rubber and gum.
6. Despite his appearances, Kalluto is a boy and is the youngest member of Phantom Troupe.
5. Kortopi’s name is an anagram of “making copies” in Japanese (“Kopi two Toru” becomes “Korutopi”)
4. The Greed Island arc is created out of Togashi’s desire to draw a card battle manga like Yugioh.
3. With a 3,250 feet tall,251 floors, Heavens Arena is the 4th tallest building in the Hunter x Hunter series.
2. Franklins’s name and appearance are both based on the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein in the 1931 movie Frankenstein.
1. This is how Hunter x Hunter was born:
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