Sunday, June 18, 2023

Charater Analysis: Killua (Feat Swallot)

 


Background

The Zoldycks. This family is infamous for breeding some of the deadliest assassins in the world [Ch 13, Pg 95-96 and Ch 39, Pg 71]. But the middle child of this current generation of Zoldycks would also be the spawn who looked to have the most promise: Killua [Ch 42, Pg 133-134/145]. Despite being trained at a young age to be a cold-blooded killer, Killua didn’t possess the mindset of a true assassin [Ch 42, Pg 134]. His family would try to meld him into one, but he was sick of killing and decided to abandon his family and home at 11-years-old to search for a different purpose in life [Ch 13, Pg 95-96 and Ch 36, Pg 13]. He definitely found it hard to restrict his bloodlust though [Ch 57, Pg 54-55].


Killua would then enter the 287th Hunter Exam [Ch 6, Pg 129]. The idea of being a Hunter is that one can decide to go anywhere and do almost whatever they would like to achieve their goals [Ch 2, Pg 39], to succeed in their own hunts if you will. Treasure Hunters, Crime Hunters, Gourmet Hunters, and more exist within the world, though Killua simply joined the exam because he had heard it was difficult and thought it’d be fun [Ch 7, 158]. This is where he would meet another kid around his age named Gon Freecss [Ch 6, Pg 138], along with Kurapika and Leorio. Gon piqued the interest of Killua, and the two hit it off as being the best of friends [Ch 185, Pg 156-157]. Despite perhaps finding a better path, Killua’s brother Illumi had also entered the Hunter Exam by chance, and would manipulate him enough to fail the exam and return home [Ch 36, Pg 11-25].


Killua would be free from his family soon enough to explore the world [Ch 42, Pg 142-145]. He owed a lot of this to Gon [Ch 131, Pg 62-63], and always felt like he was just a shadow in Gon’s light [Ch 199, Pg 195-196], but he would prove himself to be a kid who would always be by his friend’s side. The two would go through many adventures together in search of Gon’s missing father and to find what Killua wants to do with his life [Ch 64, Pg 14-17], and would learn the ability of Nen to control their auras. Becoming respectable fighters, they have helped save the day from Spider thieves, explosive Bombers, and even chimera creatures. And when the latter situation would leave Gon at his breaking point and Killua had no idea what to do [Ch 294, Pg 71-74/82-83], eventually causing Gon to have an emotional breakdown and be at the verge of death [Ch 316, Pg 119-123], Killua would return all the favors Gon had given to make him the person he is today to save his life with the help of his sister Alluka [Ch 324, Pg 74-75]. Not being afraid to stand his ground now, even to Illumi, Killua’s newfound goal in life was to protect his sister [Ch 336, Pg 124-127], even if it meant finally splitting away from Gon as he went to meet his father [Ch 338, Pg 150-153], though the two are always one call away from seeing each other again.


More Info

  • Full Name: Killua Zoldyck

  • Age: 14

  • Height: 5’2” | 158.0 cm

  • Weight: 99.3 lbs. | 45.0 kg

  • Raised as an assassin of the Zoldyck family

  • Likes: Gon, Alluka, Nanika, chocolate robots

  • Dislikes: Assassination, most of his family, old hags

  • Has a gambling addiction [Ch 71, Pg 139 and Ch 151, Pg 190-191/193]


Note

For the most part, Killua’s research is using the Hunter × Hunter manga, as it is the original source material. Moments from the Hunter × Hunter 2011 anime will also be included and labelled as such when mentioning what chapter/episode something comes from. The same will go for the “Phantom Rouge” and “The Last Mission” movies. While non-canon, I’ll include supportive equipment, abilities, and feats, mostly to round it out nicely for this sheet, though none of what’s included from those movies should affect the result, but they can also easily not be included in the actual episode.


Equipment

Skateboard


Knife


Taser


Superalloy Yo-Yos


Assassination Training & Arts


Silent Gaits


Claws


Rhythm Echo


The Snake Awakens


Assassin Mode


Strategic Mind


Nen


Principles of Nen


Advanced Nen Techniques


Electricity Manipulation [Hatsu]


Feats

Strength & Attack Potency


Speed


Durability


Scaling


Training & Experience


Weaknesses

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