Hisoka Morow

Hisoka Morow is a male anime and manga character who features in Hunter x Hunter.

Biography

Origin

Hisoka Morow (Japanese: ヒソカ モロウ, Hepburn: Hisoka Morou) was a male human whose past was largely unknown and unrevealed by himself.

As a child, he was known to enjoy a particular brand of chewing gum called Bungee Gum.

Two years ago, he fought Kastro at the Heavens Arena with his opponent scoring a knockdown thus earning him three points. Kastro was the only person to do this against Morow but he was ultimately defeated. In the aftermath, Kastro began to train intensively to improve his Nen as he sought to challenge Hisoka in the arena again in the future. At some point, he met a member of the Phantom Troupe who was fourth in their ranks based on their spider tattoo with Hisoka fighting and killing him. As a result, he replaced that individual in the ranks of the group though he only used a fake tattoo when he needed it. Ultimately, he intended to use the position in order to fight and kill the Troupe's leader Chrollo Lucilfer as Morow was intrigued at fighting such a powerful opponent. Despite numerous attempts, he was never able to challenge Lucilfer as he was never alone and had other members of the Troupe with him before disappearing for years.

Hunters Exam

Hisoka then joined the latest Hunter Exam where he was allowed entry as applicant #44. During this time, another applicant came to bump into him without apologising where shortly afterwards that person's arms were severed as well as removed from his body. Tonpa explained to Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio that he failed the previous year's exam after nearly killing a proctor he did not approve of. He effortlessly keeps up with Satotz when the first trial begins. When they reach the Milsy Wetlands and a Man-faced Ape tries to pass himself off as the real examiner, Hisoka throws cards at both him and Satotz, killing the monkey, whereas Satotz blocks his attack, leading Hisoka to declare he is the real proctor. The incident rouses his appetite for murder and, when the fog descends, he 'played examiner' and attacked the surrounding applicants, among which are Kurapika and Leorio, with the intent to kill. Numerous examinees gang surround him but he dispatches them without effort, until only Cherry, Leorio, and Kurapika remain. The three split up and run away, which Hisoka judges a smart move. He begins to count down from ten, but Leorio returns to fight him. The magician easily dodges his strike but is suddenly struck by Gon's fishing rod. He praises the boy and knocks out Leorio, and, when Gon tries to intervene, lightly clutches his throat. He determines that both Leorio and Gon will make fine Hunters. An examinee known as 'Gittarackur' contacted him to lead him to the site of the Second Phase, and Hisoka leaves with the unconscious Leorio on his shoulder. He kills any beast that attacks him as well as Cherry and makes it to the location of the second trial. He shoots his bloodlust at Gon to allow him to find Leorio. At Buhara's request, he slays and cooks a Great Stamp. However, he was confused when Menchi demanded to be served sushi. He fails her first test, but passes the amended one. When Satotz, Menchi, and Buhara discuss the batch of examinees, Buhara picks Hisoka as his top contender and notes that he released the largest amount of negative aura during Todo's outburst. Menchi and Satotz confirm that he constantly exuded bloodlust as if to provoke them. The latter also remarks that Hisoka is their equal and bears watching. Meanwhile, the magician makes a house of cards and, when he is done, knocks it down, chuckling loudly. In the Third Phase, Hisoka is targeted by Togari for having nearly killed him during the previous Hunter Exam. Hisoka, however, catches his spinning blades and beheads him, expressing his disappointment. He came to be the first to pass through the Trick Tower having taken 6 hours and 17 minutes.

For the Fourth Phase, the remaining examinees are shipped to Zevil Island in order to take part in a week-long manhunt among themselves to capture their respective target's number plate. He is the first to disembark, due to his ranking in the previous trial. Hisoka spends his first two days on Zevil Island in idleness. Gittarackur offers to tell him who his target is, but he declines, stating he will just take three random tags. His wounds attract hemotropic butterflies that feed on blood, leading his 'predator', Gon, to him. Hisoka fails to sense him, but detects Goz hiding nearby, who challenges him to a duel. Despite understanding his opponent is dying and that he wants to end his life as a warrior, Hisoka does not fight back, since he was 'uninterested in the dead'. Gittarackur then appears and finishes Goz off. Hisoka realizes he decided to honor the dying man's last request. Gittarackur hands him another examinee's number plate. When night falls, Hisoka decides to get himself two other tags. He spots Leorio and Kurapika, but, fascinated with their resolve, he allows them to leave unharmed in exchange for a number plate. Their potential and quick development whet his bloodlust, impelling him to find someone to kill. He comes across Agon, whom he immediately kills. As he does so, he has his badge stolen by Gon, who has been tailing him. While going after him, Hisoka finds and decapitates Geretta, who turns out to be his target. He praises Gon's stealth and technique and leaves him his badge. Gon refuses to accept the favor, but Hisoka blasts him with a right hook and leaves after challenging him to do the same. Having obtained the necessary number of plates, Hisoka qualifies for the Final Phase. Interviewed by Isaac Netero, he states he wants a Hunter License to attain impunity and that the applicants who caught his attention the most are Killua and Gon. He also declares he would prefer to fight neither of them, especially not Gon, and challenges Netero, but is casually dismissed. The Final Phase of the exam is an elimination tournament in which the winner of a match is removed from the candidate list and receives his very own Hunter License, and the loser is given more chance. Hisoka frowns when Hanzo threatens to break Gon's arm. He laughs when the boy refuses to give up and states he would also prefer not to have his leg cut off. Hisoka's first match is against Kurapika. After tussling for a while, he whispers something to Kurapika, then he forfeited the match. His next opponent is Bodoro. It was a one-sided match, but Bodoro does not want to surrender. Hisoka knocks him down and whispers something to him. Right after this, Bodoro admits defeat and Hisoka becomes a licensed Hunter. When the exam is over, he is surprised to see Gon lift Illumi in the air. He had a short conversation with Illumi about Gon and the Zoldyck Family and warns Illumi not to touch Gon because the boy is his target only.

Heavens Arena

Hisoka follows Gon and Killua to the Heavens Arena and with his Ren prevents the duo from entering the 200th floor until they are able to use Nen, declaring them not ready. Gon and Killua return after learning Ten from Wing. Hisoka allows both of them to pass and tells Gon if he can win one match on the 200th floor, he might consider fighting him. He becomes excited when he sees Gon enter a state of Zetsu against Gido. A fighter at Heavens Arena named Kastro fights Hisoka to avenge his past loss. At the beginning of the fight, Kastro seems to have the upper hand, landing some blows on Hisoka from unimaginable positions and angles, gaining a 4-0 lead. When Kastro prepares his Tiger Bite Fist, Hisoka willingly gives him his left arm, but has the right one severed instead. The exchange allows him to figure out Kastro's secret, the use of a Nen double. When Kastro declares he will take Hisoka's left arm next, Hisoka remarks he may feel more eager to take the fight seriously. He performs a series of magic tricks seemingly for no reason. After Kastro sends his double to chop off his left arm, Hisoka's right arm magically reappears. He states Kastro will dance himself to death and proceeds to tell him apart from his clone and dodge its attacks, claiming the flaw of the ability is that the clone never shows any damage, and as an Enhancer Kastro has insufficient 'memory' for such a complex Conjuration technique. As he completes the explanation, he hits Kastro in the chin using his severed left arm then kills Kastro by stabbing him with the cards on the ground. Following the fight, he paid Machi to help reattach both his arms who were only held to his both by a combination of Bungee Gum and Texture Surprise. He revealed to her that he had held back in the fight against Kastro and concealed part of his aura whilst using trickery in order to hide the truth of his arms being severed. After detailing his fight, he was informed by Machi that the Phantom Troupe were being summoned by their leader to gather in Yorknew City at noon at the end of August, and that Chrollo might punish him if he skipped another gathering. After Gon defeats Gido and Riehlvelt, he declares himself willing to fight the boy. They decide to have their showdown at the Heavens Arena on July 10th. On the day of the match, Hisoka can barely contain his excitement. He easily repels all of Gon's attacks without moving from his original position, until Gon uses a flagstone as a diversion and succeeds in punching him in the face. Hisoka accepts to take his badge back. He deduces Gon is an Enhancer and explains his personality-based Nen test, revealing he is a Transmuter. He then begins to fight for real, surpassing Gon in both speed and strength. When Gon attempts to keep his distance, Hisoka pulls him towards himself with Bungee Gum and punches him hard. He offers to let Gon strike him if he can tell him when he attached Bungee Gum, giving him three options, only to reveal the correct one was a fourth one, and that Gon could not have prevented him from using the ability. Realizing he cannot escape, Gon charges at him. Hisoka is so delighted with his initiative he has a hard time preventing himself from killing him, letting himself be beaten up by Gon until he regains his composure. While Gon complains to the judge, he attaches the strand of aura on Gon's cheek to a rock and tricks him into being hit, winning the match. He then leaves after telling Gon that the next time they fight, it will be to the death.

Yorknew City

On August 31st, Hisoka attended the gathering of the Phantom Troupe in an abandoned building in Yorknew City where he heard the orders of their leader Chrollo Lucilfer. Whilst there, their leader gives the order to rob the Mafia Community of the Underground Auction items. On the night of September 1st, he listens intently to Chrollo's conversation on the phone with Uvogin about a traitor. At Yorknew City, he secretly met with Kurapika in order to discuss forming a kind of alliance against the Phantom Troupe. Hisoka stated that he had no intention of fighting side by side but rather wanted Kurapika to take out the rest of their ranks whilst Morow could target their leader. He texts him to meet as arranged, and, when they do, tells Kurapika what he knows about the Phantom Troupe, that he joined the Troupe only to fight Chrollo, and that they should team up because they share a common interest. He offers Kurapika information about the abilities of seven Spiders in return. Before giving his reply, Kurapika enquires about the Scarlet Eyes, which Hisoka reckons have been already sold. Alerted by Melody that Uvogin escaped, Kurapika leaves after stating he will give his answer the following day at the same time. The next day, he has an unexpected meeting with Gon and Killua after the two were captured and brought to the Troupe's hideout. They pretend not to know each other and Hisoka seemingly notices Killua realizes the 'Chain Dude' was none other than Kurapika. Despite his liking for Gon, he cannot do anything to help them and even threatens to slit Killua's throat with a card if the boy makes any move without permission. Since Nobunaga was busy watching Gon and Killua, Machi is forced to pair up with Hisoka. That night, he receives the order to create a commotion before stealing the auction loot. However, he only stands on the top of a building admiring the massacre. He later lighted Bean's cigarette instants before Machi kills him. Like the other Spiders, he passes himself off as auction staff and hides from Kurapika when the latter comes to retrieve the fake Scarlet Eyes. Upon returning to the hideout with the loot, he wants to tell Kurapika that the corpses of several Troupe's members left behind are fake, but fails to contact him.

At an airship bar, Illumi talked to Hisoka where he explained the abilities of his younger sibling Alluka and that his brother Killua intended to use these powers to heal Gon. However, he noted that this could potentially lead to the Zoldycks, Gon and even Hisoka dying as a result of this ability. As such, Illumi felt that this was too dangerous and asked Hisoka's help to kill Alluka.

Later on, he travelled to Heaven's Arena for his overdue match with Chrollo Lucifer who had regained his powers.

He was later believed to had boarded the Black Whale with him being hunted by the Phantom Troupe as well as the Xi-Yu and Cha-R mafia families.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Hisoka Morow was a tall male measuring 6'2" who had light skin with a toned stature. His face was adorned with white paint; with a star located on his right cheek and a teardrop on the left one making him resemble a jester. He was typically wearing various suit symbols on the front and back torso. Hisoka had a spider tattoo of the Phantom Troupe on his back though this was actually a fake created by his abilities. Morow was also known to others as Hisoka the Magician and was known by the moniker of the Grim Reaper.

He was noted for being mysterious with Hisoka never talking about his past as it did not interest him. Hisoka was said to not belong to anything or anyone with him being his own man because he was absolutely convinced that he was the most powerful. Hisoka was extremely confident in his own abilities. Along with his confidence, he was entirely self-interested and does what he pleases as long as it benefits him in some way. Hisoka temporarily joined the Phantom Troupe, a group of vagabonds that partake in criminal activities, so he can have the chance to fight against the group's leader.

Morow took glee in breaking the spirit of strong people. He said that his greatest pleasure came when people like them buckle to their knees and he got to look down upon their disbelieving faces as their plans failed. Such was his fixation in fighting powerful opponents that he joined the Phantom Troupe in order to kill their leader.

Another person of interest to Hisoka was Gon Freecss who he preferred to live long enough so that he could become stronger. Ultimately, this was for him to be strong enough for Hisoka to confront and kill.

He was shown to have some degree of attraction to Machi where he even propositioned her to spend the night with him.

Powers and abilities

One of his greatest strengths was his intellect with Hisoka being a master strategist and quite observant. He was able to guess an opponent's strength by merely looking at them. One of his key skills was his talent towards misdirection which he used to trick his foes.

His senses were so acute that he was able to detect the presence of a person who could flawlessly hide their Zetsu from others. Through unknown means, he was able to enhance his vision by forming a circle with his index finger and thumb and peeking through it.

He was skilled enough to hit a person in the jaw with enough force to disorient them and prevent them from fighting effectively.

Among the Phantom Troupe, he was regarded the 3rd strongest in terms of physical strength. He was capable of shattering rocks and incapacitating powerful fighters with just a finger. In addition, he was capable of incredible speed such as being able to dispatch dozens of opponents in seconds and disappearing from skilled foes at close quarters. His acrobatic skill allowed him to recover his balance and respond to attacks quickly.

Hisoka once was shown to had completed a long-distance run more than 80 kilometers long without breaking a sweat. It was shown on numerous occasions that Hisoka had a very high tolerance towards pain. This was to the point where he hardly even noticed when he had been injured.

As a Nen user, he had a number of unique abilities that he could manifest through the control of his aura. Hisoka uses two versatile Hatsu, both in and out of combat. He had developed his Nen type into Transmutation allowing him to change the type or properties of his aura with this matching his personality type. He manifested his Nen into a unique power that was known as Bungee Gum (伸縮自在の愛バンジーガム Elastic Love) that made his aura take on a sticky elastic pink form that resembled bubble-gum but was much stronger. This was extremely durable and elastic that could be stretched or contracted depending on his will. It can be used to pull opponents within punching range for a flurry of rebound pummels. Bungee Gum can both stretch and contract, depending on what Hisoka desires. It can be attached either by pointing at his target or through direct physical contact. It could be used to stretch in front of him to serve as a barrier against projectile weapons that he could use the Bungee Gum to redirect back at his attacker. Alternatively, he could stretch it into strands to connect it to objects allowing him to bring objects to him. In one case, he attached it to hand that was severed where he used the Nen power to re-attach it to his arm allowing him to still use it. He could also use it to control the movements of his foe such as by sending a Bungee Gum strand to attach itself to his foe and then pull them to him. The gum was said to not release unless Hisoka commanded it to do so. Through this ability, Hisoka could connect it to up to ten people, one on each finger, and use it to control their movements like a puppet. Usually, it involves forcing them to perform group dance numbers for his (and the audience's) amusement. Hisoka's Bungee Gum cannot be seen unless his opponent uses Gyo. However, even if an opponent uses Gyo, it is still almost impossible to avoid, as Hisoka can simply attach Bungee Gum while hitting his opponent. Bungee Gum had a limit in that it could only stretch over a 10 meter distance. In one instance, he used it to root himself to the ground to prevent him from being pushed back from a blow.

Another of his Nen ability's was called Flimsy Lies - Texture Surprise (薄っぺらな嘘ドッキリテクスチャー Dokkiri Tekusuchā) that allowed him to reproduce the texture of his choice on any flat surface. With this power, he could make a handkerchief appear to be skin to disguise wounds or replicate a tattoo on his body. This operated by applying his aura to any thin surface (such as paper or cloth) and change its appearance. This ability is impossible to detect visually without an ability such as Gyo, however, if any physical contact is made, the deception becomes obvious. Hisoka named this ability after a brand of candy that contained a surprise. After his fight with Kastro in Heaven's Arena, it is revealed that the spider tattoo on Hisoka's back was a fake, made out of cloth. In Yorknew City, Hisoka also changed the words on the prediction written for him by Chrollo's stolen Lovely Ghostwriter ability. This was in order to fool the Phantom Troupe into thinking that he had been forced to betray the Troupe's abilities by Kurapika's Judgment Chain. He did a similar thing on Greed Island to his Book, in order to fool Gon and Killua into thinking that he had not met any Troupe members there.

Morow made use of playing cards as his weapons of choice with these being sharp enough to cut people which he used in close quarters or to throw at people. These cards were a set of ordinary French playing cards that had white borders with a checkered pattern composed of small, light and dark fuchsia squares.

Notes

• Hisoka Morow was created by Yoshihiro Togashi and featured in the setting of the Hunter x Hunter universe.

In other media

Television

• In Hunter x Hunter, Hisoka Morow appeared in the setting of the 1999 anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Hiroki Takahashi and by English actor Brendan Hunter in the dub.
• In Hunter x Hunter, Hisoka Morow appeared in the setting of the 2011 anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Daisuke Namikawa and by English actor Keith Silverstein in the dub.

Video games

• In Jump Force, Hisoka Morow appeared as a playable character in the crossover fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actor Daisuke Namikawa.

Appearances

• Hunter x Hunter:

External Links

• Hunter x Hunter Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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