Hisoka Morow
Hisoka Morow is a male anime and manga character who features in Hunter x Hunter.
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Biography
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.
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.
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.
He later attended the gathering of the Phantom Troupe where he heard the orders of their leader Chrollo Lucilfer.
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.
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 Hunter x Hunter.
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:
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