Hunter x Hunter (2011 Anime)

Hunter × Hunter (ハンターハンター) is a Japanese anime series created by Japanese author and illustrator, Yoshihiro Togashi. The story focuses on a young boy name Gon Freecss, who discovers that his father, Ging Freecss, who he was told was dead, is actually alive. His long lost father is a world-renowned Hunter, a licensed profession for those who specialize in fantastic pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. Despite being abandoned by him since he was a infant, Gon departs upon a journey to follow in his footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination, and eventually find his father. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and also encounters the paranormal. The second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2, 2011 to September 23, 2014 with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on Hunter × Hunter.

Plot
The story begins with a young boy named Gon Freeccs, who aspires to be a Hunter just like his father Ging. Ging had left his son in the care of Mito, Gon's aunt, and has not been seen since. In order to prove his ability to take the exam, Gon catches the local monster fish, "Lord of the Lake". Although Mito is reluctant to let Gon leave his home, she relents after seeing his determination to understand why his father left and what his interest of becoming a Hunter was.

After bidding goodbye to Mito and the townspeople, Gon boards a ship with participants from other lands and sets sail for the exam venue. After Gon predicts a violent storm approaching, the captain manages to steer the ship through the storm. He is later revealed to be one of the Hunter examiners, and he singles out Gon, Kurapika (who wishes to become a Hunter in order to hunt down the Phantom Troupe, a band of criminals who massacred his clan), and Leorio (who claims to be a Hunter just for the money). Kurapika and Leorio have as argument, stepping out onto the deck to fight during the storm, but are interrupted when Gon goes to save a crew member who fell out of the ship. Gon, Kurapika and Leorio helped save the crew member, earning the captain's approval, so he sends the three to the port closest to the exam site.

Gon, Kurapika and Leorio arrive at Dolle Harbor and were given instructions by the captain to head for the cedar tree on the hilltop behind the city. Moving through a small town, their path is blocked by a group of people, where an old woman wouldn't let them pass until they answered a quiz question. Incorrect answers, refusal to answer or attempts to head back will result in failure of the exam. A scheming participant who followed the trio from the harbor answers a question and is allowed to pass. The old woman then poses the question to the three, asking which of their loved ones they would rescue first; son or daughter.

When Leorio complains that there's no right answer, Kurapika understands that it's a trick question and manages to stop Leorio from attacking the old woman. When the time is up and no answer is given, they pass, as the right answer was silence. The old woman shows Gon and the others to the correct path to the cedar tree. Upon reaching the tree, they find that the Navigators who lived there were under attack by a shapeshifting creature. While Leorio tended to the wounded man, Gon and Kurapika went after the creature, only to discover that there was more than one of them. Impressed they were able to figure it out, the creatures revealed themselves to be the Navigators and fly them to the exam venue.

With the navigators' help, Gon, Kurapika and Leorio arrive at Zaban City, the venue of the exam. The Navigator leads them to a small restaurant, which is actually a front for the Hunter exam venue. Gon's group is led to a back room, where an elevator takes them one hundred floors underground. Below, they meet the rest of the Hunter exam participants and are given their numbers. Tonpa, a regular participant who claims to have tried and failed 35 times in the exam, secretly goes about trying to fail all the rookie examinees by giving them drinks mixed with laxatives. However, he fails to convince any of them to take the drinks, including Gon's group. Hisoka, a magician who attempted to kill an examiner in his previous attempt at the exam, is introduced. After accounting for the number of participants, an examiner by the name of Satotz tells the participants to follow him in the first phase of the exam, without telling them their destination or how far they were going to travel.

During the first phase, a number of participants drop out from fatigue after running for at least forty kilometers. Leorio almost gives up until he is encouraged by Gon, who waited for him. Killua, another rookie examinee, is introduced and he is curious about Gon when he discovers that they were the same age. Kurapika and Leorio run together and talk about their reasons for becoming Hunters. Kurapika wants to kill the Phantom Troupe, the group who massacred his clan for their precious scarlet eyes, which manifest when the Kurta experience intense emotion. Leorio aims to be a Hunter for money, but it is for altruistic reasons, as his childhood friend died of an illness because they didn't have the funds to save him. Leorio wishes to be a doctor so he can give his patients free treatment.

Finally, the participants reach the end of the tunnel they were running in and surface in the Numere Wetlands, also known as Swindlers' Swamp. Satotz warns them that the creatures often use devious tactics to lure and eat their prey in the wetlands, and falling for their tricks equals death. Suddenly, a wounded man appears, claiming to be their original examiner and convincing everyone that Satotz was a man-faced ape masquerading as their examiner to fool them. Hisoka simultaneously throws his deadly playing cards at both the man and Satotz.

The cards kill the man while Satotz catches the cards, proving that Satotz was the real examiner because examiners were supposed to be well-trained Hunters who are able to avoid such simple attacks. Hisoka is warned not to attack Satotz again, otherwise he will be disqualified. Satotz tells the participants to follow him into the swamp, and if any of them loses sight of him, they will never reach the second venue.

While following Satotz, a fog covers the swamp and most of the contestants are either rendered unconscious or killed by the traps and ferocious beasts. Gon and Killua are separated from Leorio and Kurapika, and both parties are attacked by monsters. Leorio and Kurapika encounter Hisoka, who is surrounded by a group of candidates who feel that he's a threat they need to kill. Leorio and Kurapika are shocked to watch the magician easily take the group down. Hisoka then turns to Leorio and Kurapika next, but upon realizing that they were no match for him, Leorio and Kurapika run off in different directions to stop Hisoka from following. Leorio, however, returns, unable to run away from a fight. As expected, Leorio is beaten badly and knocked out by Hisoka. Gon, who got separated from Killua, arrives and hits Hisoka in the face with his fishing rod before he could kill Leorio.

After the initial hit, Gon nearly gets strangled by Hisoka, but, after concluding that they have passed his "test" where he roleplayed as an examiner, Hisoka lets them go. He carries an unconscious Leorio off to the second venue, and it is shown that Hisoka is collaborating with an unknown candidate. Gon leaves by himself and finds Kurapika, who had returned and witnessed the entire scene, and they both head for the Phase Two site of the exam. Kurapika analyzes Hisoka's behavior, believing that the magician has his own standards of judging whether the person he meets is worthy of fighting against or killing. Gon confesses to Kurapika that he actually feels afraid of his encounter with Hisoka.

Gon and Kurapika reunite with Leorio and Killua at the Phase Two site. Satotz leads what remains of the candidates to meet the second phase examiners, Menchi and Buhara. The examiners declare the next phase is to test their cooking skills, much to the candidates' disbelief. The test requires pork, so the candidates are sent to find pigs in the forest. However, the pigs living inside the forest are carnivorous and tear through the candidates.

Thanks to Gon, they discover the pigs' weakness and manage to each get one for their cooking. Upon tasting the candidates' food (wherein majority of the examinees simply roasted their pigs over a spit), Buhara gives a pass but Menchi fails all of them. Knowing the candidates will riot, Satotz informs Chairman Netero of the Hunter Selection Committee to make an appearance. Netero arrives to correct Menchi's habit of getting biased whenever it's related to cooking. Netero then allows Menchi to stay on as examiner, only if she participates in the event as well. Menchi gives the candidates a retest: boil eggs laid by spider eagles on Mt. Split-in-Half. The candidates ride on Netero's airship to the mountain, where they have to jump down into a potentially fatal ravine to get the eggs. Having seen and learned how Menchi gets her egg, Gon leads some of the other candidates into successfully getting their own. Some candidates are killed while rashly trying to get their eggs, while others refuse to take the leap. Out of the 50 candidates who survive to reach Phase Two, 42 candidates now remain.

Upon traveling to the Phase Three site, the 42 remaining contestants travel on Chairman Netero's airship. All the candidates are told by Beans, Netero's secretary, to get some food and rest to prepare for the Third Phase the next morning. Tonpa tries to sabotage the rookies again by trying to keep Kurapika and Leorio awake for the whole night, but is exasperated to find that neither of them fall for his tricks. Gon and Killua explore the airship, and Killua tells Gon that he is actually from a family of assassins. He wished to go out on his own, not wanting his whole life planned out for him, which his family did not take lightly. Netero then arrives and tests both boys' instincts and asks how they felt about the difficulty of the exam.

Netero invites both of them to participate in a game, which is simply taking a basketball from his hand. Gon and Killua find it too hard to pass up, but discovers that with Netero's skills, they are unable to grab the ball. hours pass, and eventually Killua gives up, realizing that they will never be able to take the ball from Netero because Netero hasn't been employing any strength or energy from his right hand or left leg. Killua retires, but then takes his frustration out on two candidates who harass him by killing them. Gon continues the game until the wee hours of the morning, trying to grab the ball, and then headbutts Netero. The old man realizes that Gon will crack his skull if he continues with his headbutt, so he uses his right hand to push Gon away from him. Gon then tells Neteros then he has finally managed to get him to use his right hand once, which Gon counts as a great achievement. Gon passes out happily from exhaustion, and Netero calls the pilot of the airship to fly the ship a little slower so Gon could get more rest.

The airship reaches the Phase Three site, which is a tall featureless pillar built on an equally high platform. It's called the Trick Tower. The candidates are told that to pass Phase 3, they have to climb down from the top to the base of the tower within 72 hours. An experienced rock climber candidate tries to climb down the side but is eaten by some flying monsters. Later, Kurapika finds that more than half of the candidates have gone missing from the top platform. Gon and Killua then tell Kurapika and Leorio that they have discovered hidden trap doors that flip and go inside the tower. However, the catch is that there are many hidden doors and each one can be only used once by one person, which means they have to split up. Gon, Killua, Kurapika and Leorio try out different doors, saying goodbye, only to realize that they all end up in the same room. Gon's group is given special wristwatches, and Lippo, the Phase 3 examiner, explains that the wristwatches can be used to vote for which paths to take through the Tower. They will need to cooperate in order to pass this phase. However, there are 5 watches and they cannot proceed without a fifth member.

Tonpa eventually falls through the trap door, joining in as the fifth member, and the exam proceeds. By following majority rule, the group eventually reaches an arena, where they have to face prisoners hired by Lippo to become combatants. Lippo explains that to pass, all they have to do is win three rounds. But the prisoners are given reduced sentences by one year for every hour they manage to keep the candidates here. Tonpa volunteers to go first, pitting himself against a combatant named Bendot in a death match. Tonpa immediately gives up, and Leorio accuses him of sabotaging candidates, which he admits to doing every year. Kurapika manages to stop Leorio, saying that this is part of their plan to make them fight each other and waste time. Gon decides to go for the second match, and is up against Sedokan, a jailed serial bomber.

Gon wins his fight with Sedokan. Kurapika agrees to fight next. Kurapika's opponent, Majitani, exposes a spider tattoo - a trademark of Phantom Troupe members. Kurapika cannot control his rage, showing his clan's special ability, and defeats Majitani. Leorio agrees to fight next.

A female prisoner claim that Majitani is only unconscious, thus Kurapika's match has not been settled. Leorio, and even Killua cannot persuade Kurapika to finish the fight for the latter refuses to fight a person who has lost the will to fight. Frustrated, Leorio decides to use the majority rule as a way out of the difficulty but no one supports him. Elsewhere, Hisoka is met by Togari, a former examiner whom Hisoka attacked and is now wanting revenge. Togari attacks with four crescent blades, only to be finished with one sweeping attack.

Hisoka then becomes the first applicant to pass this phase. Meanwhile, the team suspects Majitani's real condition. The female prisoner challenges Leorio to have a betting game instead. Leorio agrees and bets ten hours that Majitani is alive, which he wins. Next, he bets twenty hours on Majitani feigning unconsciousness. To confirm, he brings Majitani to the edge of the platform and threatens to drop him. Seeing that, the prisoner changes her bet to forty hours on Majitani being conscious. When he is about to be dropped by Leorio, Majitani moves and admits defeat, putting the score at 2 - 1 in favor of Leorio's team. However, they only have 20 hours left to wager.

Leoreo is still betting with his opponent, a woman who plays mind tricks. He ends up losing after playing rock-paper-scissors and uses up all the team's hours. Killua goes next and earns a swift victory in addition to terrifying everyone but Gon, who already knew of his assassin history. With that the team has 3 victories and moves on to the next challenge. They wait in a room for 50 hours, and then face a predicament right before the end. A letter from Gon arrives at Whale Island for aunt Mito. A recap of episodes 1 to 12.

The applicants head to Zevil Island for the fourth phase of the exam. Each person draws a number which corresponds to the ID number of their target. The ID tag of their target is worth 3 points, their own ID tag is worth 3 points, and all other ID tags are worth 1 point. Each applicants must collect 6 points in order to pass this phase of the exam. Gon's target turns out to be Hisoka.

Gon is relying on Bloodcrazy Butterflies to find his target, Hisoka, before waiting for the perfect time to use his skill with the fishing rod to snatch Hisoka's tag. Meanwhile, Leorio is tricked by Tonpa and loses his own tag, but Kurapika helps him recover it. Now that Kurapika and Leorio know that neither is the other's target, they decided to form an alliance.

Kurapika and Leorio are being stalked by Hisoka, but they managed to negotiate their way out of a fight. However, the encounter leaves Hisoka aroused, so he leaves in search of a new target. Gon is able to use his fishing rod to snatch Hisoka's tag right when Hisoka attacks his target. However, as Gon tries to escape, he is attacked by another applicant and loses his tag.

Killua grows tired of having Imori shadowing him so he challenges Imori to a fight and quickly dispatches him. Meanwhile, Gon has joined up with Leorio and Kurapika. The three of them devise a plan for taking Ponzu's tag and track her down to a suspicious-looking cave. That is when Leorio insists on heading in alone.

Gon and his friends have been trapped inside a cave by poisonous snakes. Bourbon, the person responsible for the trap, is already dead, and nobody knows how to disarm the trap. Meanwhile, Leorio, who was bitten by the snakes, is growing weak. Gon manages to get them out of the sticky situation and through to the final phase of the exam. But first, Netero wants an interview with each of the remaining applicants.

The Fourth Phase ended and 9 applicants will go on through the Final Phase and the chairman interviewed each of them, after that Gon and Kurapika chat and thank each other.

Gon and his friends have advanced to the final phase of the Hunter Exam. The final phase is a tournament where the winners are out and the losers advance. The rule is that if you kill your opponent, you'll be disqualified. The first mach is Gon versus Hanzo. Gon can't do anything against Hanzo, but he refuses to give up. Hanzo is losing his patience and threatens to break Gon's arm.

Gon wakes up, and finds himself being congratulated by Satotz for being the first person to pass the Hunter Exam. Gon asks Satotz if the Exam was still going on, and Satotz tells him that it's over. Satotz explains the events that occurred while he was unconscious. Hisoka and Kurapika engage in a short fight during which Hisoka whispers something to Kurapika, and promptly surrenders.

In the next round Honzu forces Pokke to surrender. Bodoro is beaten by Hisoka. Hisoka whispers into Bodoro's ear which convinces Bodoro to surrender. Killua forfeits the next round because he thinks fighting Pokkie would not interest him. Leorio asks to postpone the next round until Bodoro is in a proper shape to fight. Killua then fights Gittarackur is revealed to be Killua's brother Illumi following his facial transformation from the previous phase of the exam. After a tense conversation in which Illumi kills an examiner and threatens to kill Gon, Killua surrenders and falls into a depressed state. The next round between Leorio and Bodoro finally commences, but Killua interrupts it by killing Bodoro and disqualifying himself. Gon then heads to the New Hunter orientation to confront Illumi.

Gon is upset that Killua was forced to kill. Gon is mad at Illumi and proclaims that he will go to Kukuroo Mountain to rescue Killua. As Gon and his friends depart, Satotz mentions that the Hunter Exam isn't over yet.

After arriving in the Republic of Podokea, Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika board a tour bus to Kukuroo Mountain, where Killua lives. However, they're blocked by a massive "Testing Gate." Anyone who attempts to enter through the side door is eaten by Mike, the watchdog. Gon tells Zebro, the elderly gatekeeper, that they are friends of Killua and asks to be let in. Kurapika eventually realizes the front gate is not locked, unlike the smaller side gate, and Leorio struggles to open the gate. Zebro eventually explains that each door of the gate weights two tons, the minimum amount of strength required for opening just one door. (The group learns that Killua opened three levels of doors, sixteen tons total.) After arguing with the family butler and attempting to climb over the gate with his fishing pole, Gon's spirit convinces Zebro to open the Testing Gate and accompany them so they can enter without Mike eating them.

Gon and his friends have decided to pass through the Testing Gate to see Killua. Zebro takes them to the servants' quarters where they meet Seaquant and rest for the night. They discover that every thing in the house is extremely heavy, so they decide to train so they can be strong enough to open the Testing Gate on their own. Meanwhile, Killua is being tortured by his brother Milluki until he is ready to apologize to his mother. Killua learns from his family that his friends are at the estate to see him. Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika are able to open the gate after completing their training (and Gon's left arm heals), but the apprentice butler Canary stands in their way. Just like with Zebro, Gon's conviction touches Canary's heart. Just as Canary is about to let them pass, Killua's mother attacks her. Killua's mother then gives the group a sad message from Killua that may or may not be true.

We witness a few flashbacks from Killua's earlier childhood, mostly between him and Canary. When the flashbacks end, Kikyo, Killua's mother, tells them that Killua cannot see them as he is in solitary confinement. While speaking with the trio, Kikyo suddenly begins screaming to "Father" that he not do anything hasty. Killua's grandfather, Zeno, arrives in the dungeon and tells Killua he can go, despite Milluka insisting Killua isn't genuinely sorry yet. Killua is summoned by his father, Silva. With help from Canary, who is concerned about Killua, Gon and his friends are getting closer to the mansion. Meanwhile, Killua is bonding with his father (much to Kikyo's strong displeasure), and Silva asks him if he wants to see his friends. Killua answers truthfully that he does, so Silva grants him his freedom with the promise that Killua should never betray his friends. A short squabble between Kikyo and Silva reveals that he still believes Killua will one day return home as the leader of the Zoldyck family.

Kikyo confides in Gotoh, the family butler, how emotionally distraught she is over Killua leaving again. With his father's approval, Killua makes his way to the butler's quarters. He instructs Gotoh to let him know the moment Gon and the other arrive. Gotoh complies, but internal dialogue reveals he has other intentions. Canary guides Gon and his friends to the butler office. There, they meet the butler Gotoh, who challenges them to a coin game so he can determine if they are worthy of being Killua's friends. Leorio and Kurapika are disqualified for guessing the wrong hand, leaving only Gon to play the next round. After winning the game and reuniting with Killua, Gon now looks ahead to his next objective. He refuses to use his Hunter's License until he can return Hisoka's number badge. Kurapika reveals that he knows where to find Hisoka and that Hisoka has information about the Phantom Troupe. Leorio and Kurapika leave the group to pursue their own goals. Gon and Killua decide to spend their time training. Everyone agrees to meet again September 1 in Yorknew City. A letter from Gon arrives at Whale Island for aunt Mito. A recap of episodes 14 to 25.

Gon and Killua have arrived at Heavens Arena, where opponents get stronger as you ascend the tower, to train and make money. Both of them are immediately advanced to the 50th floor after their initial battles on the 1st floor. There, they meet Zushi, another young teen with amazing strength. When Killua faces off against Zushi, he has no difficulty at all, until Zushi uses a strange technique reminiscent of what Illumi used. Killua is frigned enough to back away, but Zushi's martial arts master, Wing, instructs him to stop the technique. Killua and Gon continue winning fights until they reach the 100th floor. The pair decide to ask Zushi about his strange technique (called "Ren"), but Wing warns them against it. Killua insists he knew because Ren is related to the secret behind his brother's power. In the end, Killua agrees to study under Wing.

In Wing's room, Gon, Killua and Zushi are being taught by Wing. He explains the 4 main principles: Ten, Ren, Zetsu and Hatsu. He demonstrates how Ren works, by giviing Killua an idea by killing him. Because of the strong pressure, Killua was force to stay back. Wing advic them to train with Zushi and start mastering Ten but Killua suggests that they should leave.

Killua reveals to Gon that Wing was lying all along. Back in Wing's room, he notice Zushi's Ten in unstable. Zushi is troubled because Wing lied to them. Wing only said that for them to know what the other meaning of Nen is.

After clearing the 190th floor, Gon and Killua advanced to the 200th floor. They were stopped by a strong aura which made them both wary. An employee appears, stating that they should register before midnight. Hisoka out of nowhere appears in front of the two behind the employee, and warns them that they are not ready yet. Wing appears behind them and offers to teach them the real Nen. Before they left, the employee also informs Killua that if he can't be able to register at the given time, he will never be able to register again for he fails to register once.

In Wing's room, he finally teaches Gon and Killua the real Nen. Gon and Killua's aura nodes finally open thanks to Wing's help. He teaches them how to pass through Hisoka's barrier of Nen.

A few hours before midnight, Gon and Killua come back to the hallway that Hisoka is guarding. They successfully pass through and Gon challenges Hisoka to a fight. Hisoka only replies that if Gon manages to win even one match, Hisoka will accept his challenge. The two successfully register before time runs out. After registering, they are confronted by three fighters from the 200th floor, namely Gido, Sadaso, and Riehlvelt. The two leave and head towards their room. A message saying that Gon's match will be on the next day is seen on the television.

The next day, Gido and Gon face off in the arena. Gido launches his spinning tops he called Battle Waltz. Gon is left defenseless in the middle of the ring. Gon continues his fight with Gido and begins to understand how the Dancing Tops technique works. After he understands the principle behind the technique he is able to evade the attacks. However, he is not able to go on the offensive because of Gido's Tornado Top defense. Gon continues to fight and manages to release some of his hidden talents but eventually loses the fight. After the fight is over Master Wing chastises Gon and forbids him from learning any more about Nen until his injuries heal. Kurapika is denied a job at the Agency and meets a stranger who tests his skills and offers to teach him about Nen.

One month after Gon is seriously injured (and banned to directly practice Nen or be part of any match), the 2-year-lap revenge of the Nen-user Kastro against the magician Hisoka is about to start in the Sky Arena. Castro shows confidence, remembering an old saying, "not to fight If you do not have a chance of winning" in this game. Facing to the game, he is also filled with a fearless smile secretly.

Kastro and Hisoka face off in Heaven's Arena. Kastro goes on the offensive and appears to have an advantage. Hisoka is unable to dodge because Kastro creates a Nen double that hides behind Kastro's attacks. Despite losing both arms, Hisoka is confident and performs magic tricks, appearing to reattach one arm. He artfully and secretly uses his Hatsu, "Bungee Gum", to kill Kastro with the playing cards from one of his tricks. After the fight a woman approaches Hisoka and uses Nen to sew both of his arms back on. She has a message from the boss of the Genei Ryodan. After she leaves, Hisoka removes his spider tattoo, revealing that it is a fake.

Gon recovered from his injuries and started training Nen along w/ Killua and Zushi from Wing, Sadaso, Riehvelt, Gido kidnap Zushi, Killua agreed to fight Sadaso to leave Zushi alone, Sadaso broke his promise and played dirty tricks Killua threatened him, by the day of their battle came, Sadaso leaves the Arena and lost by default, giving Killua his first win in the battle of the 200. Gon & Killua both defeated Riehvelt & Gido, Hisoka being impressed with Gon in his matches appeared in Gon's way and invite him to be his next opponent. The fight between Gon and Hisoka begins. At the end of the episode Gon successfully punches Hisoka in the face.

Gon gave Hisoka his badge after he hits him on the face, Hisoka analyze the type of aura by their personality, Hisoka uses his bungee gum on Gon and the two kept fighting, Hisoka won the match, and praises Gon for his progress and warned him that they will fight again but that time in the real world where their lives are on the line. Killua and Gon bids farewell to Wing and Zushi, the two plans on visiting Gon's aunt on Whale Island, and finally bids farewell to Heavens Arena.

Gon heads home to Whale Island along with Killua. Mito and her grandmother tell Gon about Ging's past. Gon receives a small box from his father. The 2 manages to open the small box and found 3 items and decided to listen to the cassette tape first that contain Ging's voice. Gon heard his father's message through the cassette tape. Gon and Killua grab some information about the memory card from the item box. Killua gets a lead from his brother about the game which is going to be presented in the auction, which will be held in Yorkshin City. The two leave Whale island and journey to Yorkshin City.

Kurapika leaves his master Mizuken in order to get a job. He finds himself in an interview to become a bodyguard for someone who has connections with the Southern Piece Auction. Kurapika and the other applicants fight the assailants in order for them to escape the mansion. Meanwhile, Killua asks for his brother's help to gather information about Greed Island. After receiving information from Milluki, Gon and Killua research Greed Island. At the Nostrade manor, the new employees meet their boss. Meanwhile, the Phantom Troupe gathers at Yorknew City.

Gon and Killua meet back up with Leorio and continue to try to make some money. The Phantom Troupe moves out. Meanwhile, Kurapika and Melody have an intimate chat while on guard. The Phantom Troupe storms into the auction room and kills everyone inside at the moment. The Shadow Beasts take on Uvogin. Kurapika alone makes a move against the Phantom Troupe. The Shadow Beast Owl attempts to capture part of the Phantom Troupe. The Nostrade bodyguards interrogate Uvogin. Later, Hisoka and Kurapika meet up in an abandoned amusement park.

Uvogin searches for the chain user. The Nostrade family restructures and plans their next move. Gon, Killua, and Leorio look for other ways to make some money. On the outskirts of Yorknew, Kurapika seeks vengeance for his fallen brethren by facing Uvogin. The trio make attempts to raise money. After Gon pawned his hunter licence for some seed money, he and Killua go to the outside auction market so they may find some hidden treasures to bid on in to raise money. Meanwhile Leorio tries to find more up to date and reliable info about the Phantom Troupe members.

Gon and Killua tail two members of the Phantom Troupe, only to be captured. Meanwhile, other members of the Troupe continue to gather information on the Nostrade Family and the chain user. The Phantom Troupe question Gon and Killua about the chain user, and that's when Killua realizes he could be Kurapika. Then they manage to escape and decide to find Kurapika and ask him to teach them more about Nen so they could fight against the Phantom Troupe.

Neon Nostrade escapes to enter the auction with Kuororo's help who later steals her fortune telling ability. While Kurapika accompanies Light Nostrade to meet the professionals who were assigned to kill the spiders. The spiders take action too and kill the guards. The Troupe is attacking the auction with all their power. The Ten Dons hired assassins are no match, except for Zeno and Silva. The leader of the Phantom Troupe is dead... Kurapika is shocked by the news. Unconvinced, he tries to get a glimpse of the body. Meanwhile, the dead bodies of the other Troupe member have been discovered.

Kurapika meets up with Gon and Killua. While they are having a picnic, Gon makes Kurapika realize that he can now concentrate on his main goal: getting the eyes of his people back. Kurapika reveals his nen ability and explains why he must not use it against anyone other than the spiders. Chrollo uses his new fortune-telling ability to read the futures of the various Troupe members. Kurapika receives a message that Chrollo isn't dead as previously thought!

Chrollo uses his new ability to predict the future of all of his group members. He predicts that Hisoka is a traitor. Hisoka in his turn changes his fortune and deceives Chrollo into staying rather than leaving. Chrollo uses the information he has on Neon to identify the location of the chain user, Kurapika. Meanwhile, Killua is keeping an eye on the Phantom Troupe base when he is joined by Melody, who helps determine that the Troupe is headed towards Kurapika's hotel. The Troupe is finally closing in on Kurapika.

Gon and Killua are captives of the spiders. Kurapika, Melody, and Leorio hatch a plan to capture Chrollo and use him as leverage to force the remaining Spiders to release Gon and Killua. Kurapika negotiates with Pakunoda to secure the exchange of Gon and Killua. Pakunoda returns to the Troupe's hideout to announce the terms of the exchange to the remaining members.

Gon and Killua attend an auction of Greed Island to scout out potential employers hiring Hunters to clear the game. Gon and Killua attend the player selection test in a bid to gain access to Greed Island. Gon and Killua enter Greed Island. There they enter a town and meet other players, where they learn more about the game Greed Island.

Gon and Killua battling at the Rock Paper Scissors tournament. Killua wins and he gets the #83 Card then comes some guy trying to steal the card but he fails. And then come a bunch of guys trying to steal and they do. Now Gon And Killua want to go to Masadora. They see Biscuit stalking them and they find some Monsters and Bandits on their way as well. Binolt all attacks Biscuit, she easily defeats him. Gon and Killua seeing her strength asked her to be their master and proceed to fight Binolt for 6 days. He gives up and they let him go. They go to the city of Masadora and got some cards but told them to go back to the rocky area again. Biscuit tells them that they are going exactly straight to Masadora but this time, they have to dig through the rocks, whilst doing so they discover another part of Ten, Shu.

After learning how to use Shu, they made it to Masadora easily, only to be told to head back to the rocky area again to obtain the remaining monster cards there. They each catch a few and then they move on to the hardest monster in the area, the bubble horse. They got the card by dodging the white bubbles with zetsu, and the red bubbles with ten. Biscuit comments that Gon and Killua make the perfect team. Gon and Killua also learned Ko, Ken and Ryu. Biscuit believes they are now ready for the final stage of the training which is training in the individual categories, starting with the Enhancer category. The Bomber identifies himself in the group whilst the Phantom Troupe discovered the island and confirms their suspicion that Greed Island is in fact happening in the real world. After hearing Biscuit's lecture on rock-paper-scissors, Gon decides to work on a special technique modeled on rock-paper-scissors by using Enhancer, Emitter, and Transmuter abilities. Meanwhile, Killua leaves the game temporarily to take the Hunter Exam. While he's gone, Gon and Biscuit find learn about the Bomber's most recent attack.

Killua returns after easily passing his second try at the Hunter Exam. Now that Gon, Killua, and Biscuit are together again, they begin working on beating this game by collecting cards. Meanwhile, the other players are scheming to gather the cards they need to complete the game. Team Genthru now has 96 different types of restricted slot cards after tricking Team Tsegzerra. Gon and Killua receive an invitation from other players to team up to prevent Genthru from beating the game. They head to Soufrabi to monopolize Patch of Shore, one of the cards Genthru is missing.

When they reach Soufrabi, they met the pirates and they challenge the team in a sports battle. While the team loses, Killua gather information and the other team disbanded. So they use the card accompany on and meet up with Chrollo Lucifer which appears to be Hisoka, and Hisoka leads them to the city of love, Aiai. Gon and his friends have teamed up with Hisoka and Goreinu to challenge Razor again. To round out the party, they recruit Team Tsezgerra. Their preparations allow them to breeze through the first few matches, but then Razor challenges them to a game of dodgeball.

Gon is unable to hold onto Razor's throw and is sent to the outfield. He uses Back to return, but Hisoka is also injured and the situation looks grim. However, Gon has an idea for defeating Razor, but he needs Killua's help to pull it off. Gon, Killua, and Hisoka manage to defeat Razor by working as a perfect team. After defeating Razor, Gon learns a little more about his father from Razor. The team gets Patch of Shore, and make two clones. Gon's team receives the real card, which Genthru does not expect. Team Tsezgerra will delay Genthru for three weeks, giving Killua time to heal and Gon time to train to defeat Little Flower.

Hisoka meets up with the members of the Phantom Troupe in order to track down the Nen user whose ability is to remove others nen. Meanwhile, Team Tsezgerra gathered enough Accompany cards to evade Team Genthru, declaring their decision to fight instead of surrender. Team Genthru had also collected Accompany cards and began "a game of tag they cannot lose". Gon continues his training whilst Killua is left to recover his hands while coming up with a plan to defeat the Bombers. Tsezgerra soon runs out of Accompany and Return cards, which was all according to plan, and uses Leave to exit the game. However, shockingly, no one was guarding the place. A cornered Tsezgerra finds Mr. Battera crying and discovers that the whole deal had been canceled. What happens next?

After Team Tsezgerra left the game, Mr. Battera reveals the true purpose behind why he purchased so many Greed Island games. Team Genthru have set camp up at the entrance awaiting Tsezgerra's return to be disappointed when they don't. Assuming that Tsezgerra and his team have given up on the game, Genthru approach Team Gon to propose a deal for the two remaining cards they require. When things turn sour, Team Gon force a one-on-one battle with Genthru's team.

With two of the members of Team Genthru down, Gon is left in a standoff with just Genthru himself. Everything Gon and his team had planned were coming together. Selfishly though, Gon decides to temporarily ignore the plan because he wanted to try something out, getting badly damaged in the process. Gon finally pulls through as Team Genthru is defeated. With the most dangerous team all tied up and Gon now having collected all 99 reserved card slots, a special game event is due to take place in order to receive the #00 card. But before all that... Gon and his team need to decide how they should use "Breath of Archangel" and whether to use it on themselves or Bomber and his team mates. Gon, Killua and Biscuit are challenged when they finally get all 99 reserved card slots. An in-game event takes place to win the #00 card. Who will win?

Gon and Killua travel to Nigg who turns out to be Kite instead of Ging. Kite tells Gon of his past and how he came to meet Gon's father and introduces them to a mysterious and extremely dangerous species, the Chimera Ant. Kite is shown a huge severed arm which it is believed to be from a Chimera Ant Queen that has grown to the height of two meters. As Gon and Killua join him in his search for the Queen, their fears are confirmed when it starts consuming humans to enhance its army of soldiers. Kite and his party trace the whereabouts of the Chimera Queen and conclude that it is located in the neo-ludite nation of NGL. As both Kite's group and another separate team of hunters depart to NGL to investigate, the Queen establishes her stronghold and instructs her soldiers to gather a huge number of humans for her to consume in order to give birth to the King.

Upholding their policy of not allowing any kind of manufactured or artificial material inside their borders, the NGL only allows Kite, Gon, Killua and two other members of their party to enter their country, with the rest forced to stand by and await their return. Meanwhile, the second team of Hunters is attacked by the Chimera Ants, whose human DNA triggers in them a sense of individuality that brings conflict among their ranks. As the top echelons of the NGL are killed by the Chimera Ants who claim their weapons and facilities, the team of Hunters under attack is also taken down, but not before one of them sends a message to warn the Hunter Association that ends up on Kite's hands. As he instructs the others to turn back and call for reinforcements, Kite decides to check up the situation further, accompanied by just Gon and Killua.

Confirming his suspicions, Kite finds clues about the dark side of the NGL and meet Rammot, one of the Chimera Ants. Knowing that much stronger foes await them ahead, Kite declares that Gon and Killua must defeat the enemy by themselves, or they will not be allowed to proceed further with him. Meanwhile, the Chimera Ant commanders take heed of Nen-enhanced humans and make plans to capture them in order to attend the Queen's increasing demands for nutrition. Searching for the Chimera Ant's nest, Kite and the boys confirm their suspicions about the NGL and must face three dangerous enemies in order to proceed. Meanwhile, Rammot wants to payback Gon and Killua for his defeat and ends up unwittingly unlocking the power of Nen in his body.

News about the Chimera Ants threat reach the Hunter Association and an expedition is assembled to exterminate them. Meanwhile, Kite, Gon and Killua are surrounded by a large number of enemies and must fight for their lives. Back at the nest, the other squadron leaders look for a way to awaken the Nen in their bodies just like Rammot did. As Gon, Killua and Kite approach the nest, one of the Chimera Ant Royal Guards, Neferpitou, awakens. Upon extracting information from a surviving Hunter, Neferpitou learns the secrets of Nen, including the means to awaken and control it.

As the Chimera Ants are reunited to unlock the power of Nen into their bodies, Neferpitou feels the presence of Kite approaching and leaves to confront him. Realizing that the enemy is too powerful for them, Kite warns Gon and Killua to flee, but Gon is taken by rage upon seeing Kite's arm being severed by Neferpitou and Killua is forced to knock him down and escape carrying him. After escaping the NGL, with Gon still uncounscious, Killua is approached by Chairman Netero who is sent there to wipe out the Chimera Ants assisted by two other Pro Hunters, Morel and Knov. Gon and Killua meet Knov's student Palm and learn that to earn a place in the Extermination Squad and return to the NGL, they must win against Morel's students Knuckle and Shoot in one month. To increase their chances of winning, Palm asks for Biscuit's help and they start a harsh training routine with her. Meanwhile at the Chimera Ants nest, Shaiapouf, the second Royal Guard awakens.

After completing their training, Biscuit sends the exhausted Gon and Killua to face Knuckle. Looking at the condition of their opponents, Knuckle boasts that they could never move him an inch and bets his token on it. However his assumptions are proven wrong when Gon manages to land a powerful hit that knocks him out cold, and after awakening, Knuckle agrees that he will help them with their training until the deadline for returning the token comes. Meanwhile at the nest, Neferpitou focuses herself into reviving Kite for a second chance to fight him and Netero's team starts taking down small groups of Chimera Ants that bring the attention of the captains, while the king grows strong inside the queen's womb. As Gon and Killua spend their days training with Biscuit and sparring with Knuckle, Shoot, the second of Morel's disciples make plans about how to deal with them. As the deadline established by Netero approaches, the Chairman and his companions keep wiping out the Chimera Ant squads one by one and the remaining squad captains try to deal with the problem, while the third member of the royal guard, Menthuthuyoupi is born. Meanwhile, Gon and Killua complete their training and challenge Knuckle for real.

Knuckle points out that Gon's Jajanken technique has two major weaknesses: that it takes too long to charge and the distribution of aura in his body makes him more vulnerable during said charge. However Gon keeps using it instead, making use of these flaws to confuse his opponent. Unfortunately, just as Gon has a chance to deal a finishing blow, he collapses from exhaustion. Killua than carries Gon away, promising to return in the next day for the decisive battle against Knuckle and Shoot. As Gon rests for the upcoming fight, Biscuit approaches Killua and after sparring with him in her most powerful form, she exposes his own biggest flaw: Killua always fights on the verge of fleeing. The final duel between Gon and Knuckle begins. Just as he promised, Knuckle does not hold back and uses his special technique on him, forcing Gon to look for a way to defeat him as fast as possible. Meanwhile, Killua confronts Shoot, but he also gets himself in a pinch when his old habit to avoid stronger enemies is triggered.

The Chimera Ant king is born earlier than expected, leaving the queen in a critical condition. As the king abandons the nest accompanied by the royal guard, the squadron leaders disband except for a few loyal ones who surrender to Netero's party in exchange for help to save the queen's life. Meanwhile, Shoot and Knuckle, having defeated Gon and Killua, arrive at the NGL to join the others and Killua promises to protect Gon as long as his powers are sealed, decided to leave his side for good once he recovers. Despite all efforts to save the queen, she does not resist her wounds and dies, but not before revealing to Colt the name she had chosen for the king, "Meruem". A final live offspring is found inside her body and Morel offers himself to protect both after he promises that they will never eat humans anymore. As the other squad leaders leave to build their own colonies, the king and the royal guard arrive at the neighboring country of East Gorteau.

As the king kills the ruler of East Gorteau and takes over the country, Gon and Killua return to meet Palm, prepared to face her fury upon failing to fulfill their promise, but she decides to forgive them when Gon accepts her request to have a date with her. After learning from Morel that they found Kite, Gon takes Palm for her date, while Killua keeps trailing them in case of an enemy attack, and his fears are confirmed when Rammot appears before him. Divided between his drive to flee and his will to protect Gon, Killua find himself in a dire situation until he realizes that he is under the effect of one Illumi's needles, easily killing Rammot after he breaks free from it. Meanwhile, Gon's date with Palm turns to the worse when he claims that he can't stay by her side. As Shoot returns to check on them, Morel and Knuckle confront Cheetu, one of the Chimera Ants on the run.

After a brief fight with Cheetu, Morel and Knuckle return to check on Gon and Killua as they finally reunite with Kite, but upon seeing that he was turned into a mindless rogue by Neferpitou, Gon swears to avenge him. The Hunters then travel to East Gorteau, where the government summons all the population to meet at the capital for an undisclosed event in ten days. Knowing that it is all a plan of the Chimera Ants, Netero contacts the others and they start making plans to confront the king and the royal guard in the night preceding said event.

As news about the rogue Chimera Ants spread around the world, six members of the Phantom Troupe appear at Meteor City to wipe out some of them which had established a colony there. The Phantom Troupe reaches Zazan, the leader of the Ants, eliminating all opposition on the way. Fighting Zazan by himself, Feitan is forced to unleash his true power against her, which is feared even by his companions. Once inside East Gorteau, Gon and Killua take separate ways in preparation for the attack on the palace, but once alone, it does not take long for Gon to be attacked by Ants sent by Meleoron whose presence is concealed thanks to his Chameleon-like powers.

As Gon deals with his enemies, Killua tries his best to save the citizens of nearby villages from falling prey to the Chimera Ants' scheme until the Government, under the Royal Guards' control, declares martial law to hinder his plans. Meanwhile, Shoot and Knuckle detect Cheetu's presence and attempt to intercept him. Leol's party is sent by the Royal Guard to stop Killua's interference and Meleoron is found out by Gon, but instead of fighting, the Chimera Ant attempts to reason with him while hiding his true intentions.

Killua confronts Ikalgo but later, saves him from getting eaten by his own subordinates. The Ortho Siblings confront Killua in their game, a 1-501 dart game where he gets continuously attacked. After feigning death, Killua beheads his opponents in a flash, but he collapses due to extreme blood loss and Ikalgo decides to repay the favor by taking him to be treated. Gon becomes friends with Meleoron, who in return reveals the true extent of his powers and the reason why he wants the king dead. As the Hunters make adjustments in their preparations to storm the palace, the king entertains himself with board games until an unusual player appears before him.

Despite having mastered the rules of the board game "Gungi", the king is upset for still being unable to defeat the champion before him. Meanwhile, Morel is approached by Cheetu who uses his new abilities to trap him inside a closed space, claiming that he can't leave unless he manages to catch him in 8 hours. As the king is yet to defeat his opponent, Cheetu tries to provoke Morel into running after him with no success, unaware that he is setting a trap for him. Meanwhile, Knov realizes the enemy's trick to detect him and comes with countermeasures against it.

The king attempts to intimidate the Gungi champion but moved by her determination, he rips off his own arm as a form of apology. With Neferpitou using her powers to treat the king, the palace's defenses are lowered and Knov rushes to sneak inside it in preparations for the hunters' attack. Meanwhile, Palm prepares to infiltrate the palace as well. Knov succeeds in his mission to breach the palace's security, but just feeling the proximity of Royal Guards' overwhelming aura is enough to drive him into hopelesness. Palm takes advantage of the lecherous secretary Bizelf to infiltrate the palace as well and Morel is confronted by the Chimera Ant Leol, who fights using the powers of those who owe him a favour.

Even with his borrowed powers, Leol has been defeated by Morel while Killua recovers from his wounds and invites Ikalgo to join his side. Meanwhile, Palm starts her investigation when a massive and ominous aura surrounds her. Gon and his friends make the final preparations for their assault on the palace. Meanwhile, the king is yet to defeat Komugi, the Gungi champion and when he decides to kill her, he ends up protecting her instead, for reasons that even he can't explain.

The time has come for Gon and his friends to infiltrate the palace and confront the Royal Guard, who are making preparations for the upcoming selection. As his concerns about Komugi increase, the king starts questioning his own existence and purpose. The selection is at hand, but the king starts isolating himself from his servants, including the Royal Guard. Meanwhile, Gon's party is about to break into the palace.

The Hunters assault on the royal palace begins. Gon and his friends break inside and come across Menthuthuyoupi, while Netero and Zeno strike from the sky and Neferpitou jumps up to confront them, just to be driven away when the chairman makes a small demonstration of his powers. Part of the chairman's backstory is explained in the process. Gon's party confronts Youpi while Pouf and Pitou rush to the palace to assist the king, who is distraught with Komugi's condition as she gets herself badly injured during the attack.

Shoot and Knuckle stay behind to fight Youpi while Morel rushes forward to face Pouf. While looking for Pitou, Killua turns back briefly to assist Ikalgo unaware that he accidentally put his friend's cover at risk. Separated from the Royal Guard, the king departs from the palace with Netero to have their fight elsewhere and Gon, learning of Pitou's location, steels himself to confront it. Meanwhile, Pouf enters in a cocoon in preparation to confront Morel, and Shoot fights Youpi to the limit of his forces until Knuckle steps in to protect him.

The disguised Ikalgo reaches the lower levels of the palace to look for Palm, unaware that he is being followed. Meanwhile, Meleoron leaves Knuckle's side and proceeds further into the palace, but another Chimera Ant, Welfin, tracks his smell. Elsewhere, Gon and Killua find Pitou, who is too busy to fight them while tending to Komugi's wounds. Face to face with Pitou, Gon can't hold back his rage and urges the chimera to fight him. Realizing that Pitou is willing to sacrifice itself to protect Komugi, Killua attempts to calm down his friend down with no success, but in the end, Gon gives one hour for Pitou to treat Komugi in exchange of accompanying him to meet Kite and help him recover his senses.

Cheetu attempts to provoke Zeno into fighting him, but Silva appears to pick up his father, killing the ant instantly in the occasion. Separated from the others, Youpi realizes that he failed to prevent the intruders from approaching the king and attempts to vent out his anger on Knuckle and Shoot, creating an overwhelming explosion, a feat that surprised even himself. Knuckle believes this could prove itself as an opportunity to make a comeback, while Youpi plans to use it to defeat them for good. Ikalgo infiltrates the palace's lower levels to look for Palm with no success. While returning to the surface, his cover is blown and he finds himself trapped in the underground with an enemy. Meanwhile, Youpi pretends to be angered in order to have Knuckle falsely believe there is an opening for him to attack. Youpi's plan works, but just before he could kill his opponent, Killua paralyzes the ant with a lighting bolt and steps in to fight him.

Taking advantage of Youpi's distraction, Killua vents out his anger by beating him up, but is forced to flee after his lighting power runs out. Meanwhile, Ikalgo makes use of the underground security system to outsmart his pursuer and find a way to escape back to surface. Morel, on the other hand, is in doubt about whether he should make the first move against Pouf or not. Morel decides to make the first move and unwillingly frees Pouf from his restrain. Upon realizing that Shoot is missing, unaware that he was taken by Knov to be treated, Knuckle confronts Youpi, assisted by Morel, whose options are drastically reduced upon having his pipe stolen by Pouf, who after realizing that the king is nowhere to be found, decides to rejoin Pitou, who is still working to stabilize Komugi under Gon's vigilant eyes.

Knuckle and Morel confront Youpi with their lives on the line, but just a few moments left of neutralizing his nen with his ability, he is forced to choose between abandoning his master or giving up on the last chance they have to defeat him. Far away from the palace, Netero prepares himself to confront the king, who much to his surprise, recognizes his value as a fighter and is not willing to kill him. Meanwhile, Pouf learns the situation from Pitou and sneaks past Gon's vigilance to rejoin Youpi as they leave the palace to search for the king.

Ikalgo is attacked by Welfin but the enemy's attempt to restrain him backfires and they find themselves in a stand off. In the occasion, Welfin regains some of his lost memories from when he was still human and gives him a hint regarding Palm's location. Killua meets Palm and learns that she was transformed into a Chimera. Refusing to let her see Gon in fear of what effects this could have on his already unstable mind, Killua is attacked by her, unaware that she is under Pouf's control.

Netero convinces the king to fight him by revealing that he will tell him his true name once defeated. The chairman then unleashes his most powerful technique that despite striking the king countless times, only manages to scratch him. The king bypasses Netero's defenses and tears up an arm and a leg from his body. Refusing to give up, the chairman focuses all his Nen into a final attack that also fails to defeat him. Having won the match, the king finally learns from Netero his true name - Meruem, just before Netero commits suicide to trigger a weapon of mass destruction stored inside his body in a last attempt to destroy him.

Pitou completes Komugi's treatment and Gon forces her to accompany him to Peijing in order to restore Kaito's mind, while Komugi stays behind with Killua and the others. Meanwhile, Pouf and Youpi reach the site of Netero's battle with Meruem and can't hide their feelings of sadness upon finding their king's maimed body. Pouf and Youpi use part of their own bodies to heal Meruem, who revives stronger than before, but missing most of his memories and Pouf decides to take advantage of the situation to dispose of Komugi in order to ensure that he does not remember her at all. Meanwhile, the other hunters learn, much to their horror, that the king is still alive and is returning to the palace.

As Meruem approaches the palace, Pouf continues his search for Komugi until he finds her under Killua's guard. Claiming that he intends to rescue her, Pouf convinces her to resist against Killua to give him an opening to kill her instead, but Killua realizes this and successfully protects her from him. Meanwhile, Gon and Pitou are about to reach Kite's location. As Meruem returns to the palace, the remaining hunters conceal their presence while Gon and Pitou come across Kite. In the occasion, Pouf contacts Pitou and lies to her, claiming that Komugi was rescued thus it does not need to obey Gon anymore. However, when Gon asks Pitou to heal Kite, the Chimera explains that he was dead all along, only moving under the influence of its powers, much to his despair.

Determined to sacrifice everything to avenge Kite, Gon unleashes all of his latent energy and attains a level of power that far exceeds the limits of his body. Upon knowing that his friend is in a predicament, Killua rushes to his aid, arriving just to see a hopeless Gon destroying Pitou for good. Back to the palace, Meruem attempts to recover his lost memories while Pouf and Youpi struggle to prevent him from remembering about Komugi. In a demonstration of his new powers, the king detects and captures Knuckle and Meleoron before returning to the palace in a few seconds, while Palm and Ikalgo flee to the underground, taking Komugi with them.

Ikalgo and Palm send Welfin back with a message to the king asking for a hostage exchange. On the way, Welfin meets Youpi and decides to fight him. Meanwhile, Meruem's memories return little by little and while Pouf gets desperate upon finding a dead Youpi, Palm and Ikalgo hide Komugi in a safe place as part of their plan to stall the chimera ants as long as possible because according to Palm, the king has not much time left to live. Unaware that both he and the king were poisoned by Netero's bomb, Pouf can't shake the feeling that something is wrong, when Meruem locates Welfin and sensing a deep hatred towards him, inquires the Chimera about it. Certain that he is about to be killed, a desperate Welfin surprisingly utters Komugi's name, and Meruem finally remembers about her. The king then takes his leave, without punishing either Welfin or Pouf for their disobedience, to look for Komugi.

Now knowing his fate, Meruem admits defeat and reveals that all he wants now is to spend his final moments playing with Komugi, convincing Palm to tell him where she is hidden. East Gorteau and the NGL fall into turmoil after the fall of the Chimera Ants and the Hunter Association starts making preparations to decide who will succeed Netero as its president. Despite knowing that she will also be poisoned to death by staying close to Meruem, Komugi stays by his side until his last breath and passes away in sequence.

After the fall of the king, the remaining Chimera Ants move on with their lives, each following their own path. However, Gon is still in critical condition after his battle with Neferpitou and Killua departs in search for a way to heal his body. Meanwhile, the top members of the Hunter Association, the Zodiacs, assemble to organize the election to choose the next president, following the will of Netero's last message. To ensure that Netero's last wish will be followed, Ging convinces the other members of the Zodiacs to proceed with the election according to some rules defined by him. However, after the first round of voting, a winner is not decided and a second round begins. Meanwhile, Illumi informs Hisoka about Gon's condition and asks for his help to ensure Killua's safety as well, in a plan that somehow involves a fifth, yet unrevealed member of the Zoldyck siblings..

With the elections in a stalemate, Pariston, the current vice-president proposes a new set of rules to his fellow Zodiacs in order to solve the impasse, but the others know that he actually plans to make use of this to secure a victory for himself. Meanwhile, Killua returns home and asks his father to let him see his younger sister Alluka, intending to use her mysterious and frightening power to grant wishes in order to save Gon's life. Killua reunites with his sister Alluka and uses her as a leverage for them to be allowed to leave the Zoldyck state, as her powers can only be used to heal Gon if she is close to him. Meanwhile, Illumi asks for Hisoka's help to stop Killua's plans, and with elections yet to reach a conclusion, the Zodiacs keep arguing about a possible way to bring it to end.

Killua is allowed by his family to leave the Zoldyck estate with Alluka, but only under supervision of several butlers including Gotoh with orders to bring them home if he ever leaves Alluka's side or allows any of their secrets to be leaked. Meanwhile, Leorio appears and confronts Ging, asking him why he had not ever paid a visit to Gon at the hospital yet. Leorio's confrontation with Ging earns him the respect of his fellow Hunters and make him one of the frontrunners for the election. Meanwhile, Illumi begins an attack on Killua as part of his plan to kill Alluka, assisted by Hisoka, who has other plans for him, like to be killed.

Gotoh is killed by Hisoka, while the other butlers keep following Killua until he manages to shake them off. Meanwhile, Illumi uses his needles to take control of several people to assist on his plans and when news of it come to the Association, a team of Hunters is assembled to bring him to justice, while some of them decide to take advantage of it in order to win the election. The election proceeds without a winner determined yet, and Killua is cornered by Illumi, who demands him to reveal which secrets he is hiding regarding Alluka's powers. Meanwhile, Hisoka keeps murdering other hunters just to amuse himself.

With only four candidates left, the election draws to its conclusion and has an unexpected turn when Leorio receives the support from two of the other remaining contestants, who are eager to prevent Pariston from winning. Meanwhile, Killua and Alluka finally arrive at the hospital where Gon is being treated.

Leorio is about to win the election, but loses all motivation to continue after a fully healed Gon appears before him, thanks to the power of Alluka, opening the way to Pariston's victory. Surrounded by his friends and the other hunters who celebrate his recovery, Gon meets his father at last. Gon apologizes to Ging for failing to save Kite and his father instructs him to apologize to Kite himself instead, affirming that he will wait for him to return. Meanwhile, Pariston wins the election, but renounces in favor of fellow Zodiac Cheadle and Killua seals Alluka's powers away to ensure that she can live a normal life beside him.

Gon meets Kite who claims that there is nothing to apologize for, as only he was at fault for what happened to him. Back to meet his father, Gon learns that he is waiting for him on the top of the World Tree, and he journeys with Killua and Alluka there, where he finally part ways with them, promising to meet them again someday and introducing his father to them. Then Gon climbs to the top of the World Tree where Ging is expecting him, and the two finally have a heart to heart. In the occasion, Ging reveals his intentions to explore the world beyond the current boundaries known by mankind and Gon tells him of all his adventures, while his friends keep following their separate ways, each one of them with their own dreams and goals to pursue.

Episodes

 * 148

Films

 * Hunter x Hunter movie 1
 * Hunter x Hunter movie 2

Theme Songs

 * Opening


 * Departure (Ep. 1 - 26)
 * Departure second version (Ep. 27 - 49)
 * Departure third version (Ep. 50 - 75)
 * Departure fourth version (Ep. 76 - 136)
 * Departure fifth version (Ep. 137 - 148)
 * Closing


 * Just Awake (Ep. 1 - 26)
 * Hunting For Your Dream (Ep. 27 - 58)
 * Reason (Ep. 59 - 75)
 * Sparkling Shooting Star (Ep. 76 - 98)
 * Two Sides of the Same Coin (Ep. 99 - 136)
 * Two Sides of the Same Coin (Ep. 137 - 148)

Voice Cast

 * Japanese

all information on the Hunter x Hunter (2011 Anime) came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter
 * Megumi Han as Gon Freecss
 * as Killua Zoldyck
 * as Kurapika
 * as Leorio Paradinight
 * as Mito Freecss
 * as Ging Freecss
 * as Abe
 * as Hisoka
 * as Biscuit Krueger
 * as Illumi Zoldyck
 * as Kite
 * as Menchi
 * as Wing
 * as Zushi
 * as Pokkle
 * as Ponzu
 * as Satotz
 * as Kalluto Zoldyck
 * as Canary
 * as Cocco
 * as Hanzo
 * as Khara
 * as Tonpa