Hunter x Hunter is considered one of the best shonen anime of all time. Its amazing world building, intriguing characters and crazy fight scenes have made the series a favorite of the anime community. Since the original manga series began in 1998, Hunter x Hunter has been around for a while. And it’s still running (despite its many infamous interruptions). So it’s no surprise that many fan theories have been born out of this long-running series. If you need some interesting HxH content to keep you busy until the manga returns from its hiatus, then you’re in luck.

Here are some of the best HxH fan theories on the internet, ranked by your votes. This list explores some of your most burning questions about the series and highlights some unique theories that might not have crossed your mind. Is Hisoka really on the right whale? Is there someone else behind the Kurta clan massacre? Maybe some of these theories could give us plausible answers. Vote for the fan theories that you find most convincing!

Warning: There are spoilers if you haven’t followed the manga.

Theories About Togashi – Author HXH

1. “Togashi is addicted to Dragon Quest and that’s why the manga cannot continue”

The official reason is because of his health. From what I’m getting through the threads, the rumour is based on this old picture of him playing Dragon Quest. The threads also stated that the rumour is due to the correlation of the hiatuses and the Dragon Quest release dates. I went to compare the HxH hiatus chart and the release dates of DQ, but I don’t see a striking correlation. It is also important to note that the last DQ released stated on Wiki is in 2017, however, HxH hiatus has started in 2018 and it is still ongoing as of July 2021. 

Overall, I believe this is just a rumour propagated by memes, but we all know that the main reason is because of his back problems. After the death of Miura, author of Berserk, there has been debates about the health of manga authors. It is no coincidence that quite a number of authors are suffering from health ailments. I think it’s important for us to just wait patiently for the chapter and be considerate of the health of writers. 

2. “Togashi is a flat-earther”

There are some threads I have found that talks about how Togashi’s map looks like the documentary featuring flat-earther’s beliefs and how certain manga panels seem to depict the HxH world as being flat. 

However, there were some replies that concluded that perhaps, these manga panels are not necessarily drawn to scale and there isn’t sufficient evidence to prove that HxH world is flat. I also went to compare the documentary “Behind the Curve” Flat Earth Model and some of the HxH maps/geography, but I REALLY don’t see the resemblance? 

One thing’s for sure though, the known continents of the HxH world map are just like our world map, just lop-sided or upside down (e.g. Greed Island is Australia upside-down). You may refer to the comparison below.

I am still open-minded about the HxH being a flat world, but there is some separation between the writer’s beliefs and what they depict. Just because if say, the HxH is flat, it does not necessarily mean Togashi will be a flat-earther. 

3. “Togashi owns all rights to HxH” 

I actually don’t really know why this is labelled as a theory. I’m not sure what it means actually. Skip.

4. “Togashi is Miura but draws with his left hand”

Both the iceberg meme and this post was first drafted before the passing of Kentaro Miura, author of Berserk. 

I think this phrase implies they are the same person? But yeah, they are not. They don’t even have the same writing style. 

5. “Naoko will continue HxH”

For those of you who do not know, Naoko Takeuchi (writer of Sailor Moon) is Togashi Yoshihiro’s wife. A lot of fans speculate that she may continue hunter x hunter, if something were to happen to Togashi. 

Theories About Kurapika & Kurtas Clan

Well Kurapika being the main character of the last arc. A lot of theories about him have started to emerge in the hxh fanbase. Here are all the theories related to him.

6. “The Kurtas are from the Dark Continent”

This theory came about when people noticed that Kurapika’s Kurta clothes bears similarities to the Lake Mobius, a water body in the Dark Continent. The symbol on the Kurta clothing is similar to the Mobius Strip. 

This youtube video also shows how there are certain instances where Beyond Netero mentions that the ancient people came from the Dark Continent, and perhaps the progenitor of the Scarlet Eyes came from the Dark Continent that settled in the mainland. 

There are also questions that needs to be addressed, such as why the Scarlet Eyes are feared and message left at the scene of the massacre where it implies that the massacre is the result of vengeance from the Meteor City (see below regarding Kurta massacre and revenge). 

7. “Sheila is Pariston in disguise”

If you guys haven’t read Kurapika’s Memories manga, Sheila was a character who met Kurapika and Pairo before the Kurta massacre. There is actually a very long thread about this. Read it here. 

8. “The Phantom Troupe killed the Kurta clan for revenge”

I actually found out about this theory by accident when I was roaming around Hunterpedia and trying to find out more about Meteor City. In the Hunterpedia, it tells the story of the Vagrant Incident where Meteor City took revenge for messing with them with the message. “We’ll accept anything you leave here, but don’t ever take anything away from us.”

When the Kurta massacre happened, there was a note left with that same message. The previous Reddit post about Sheila being Pariston in disguise also gave a possible reason for this revenge, albeit the reason has no concrete evidence besides the theory that the Kurtas came from the Dark Continent. 

Actually, the four theories: “Pariston is responsible for the massacre”, “Pariston was Sheila in disguise”, “The Kurtas were from the Dark Continent” and “The Phantom Troupe killed the Kurtas for revenge” seems connected together. 

I don’t think Togashi will put these details unless he had a purpose. However, the main question is why. What did the Kurta clan do to offend the Meteor City? 

9. “The book that Kurapika had when he was little is from Don Freecss” 

In the manga Kurapika’s memories, Sheila gave Kurapika and Pairo a book where the main character is called “D Hunter”. This got people to think that perhaps, the character in the book is Don Freecss. 

Don Freecss is also known to have two traveler’s journal – East and West. While the East is in the possession of the V6, the West’s whereabouts are unknown. This makes people think that perhaps the West version is the book that Kurapika owned. 

10. “Tserriednich has Pairo’s head” 

For those who is not familiar with Kurapika’s memories manga, Pairo is Kurapika’s childhood best friend. When Kurapika was permitted to travel outside, Pairo was left behind, along with the other members of the clan. While Kurapika was journeying outside their village, the Kurta massacre took place. 

This theory is pretty straightforward. It was based on the specific manga panel that showed Tserriednich with the Scarlet Eyes, with a centre depicting the head which look like Pairo’s. 

11. Pairo = Tserriednich’s Nen beast

Ever since Chap 362’s release, there has been a circulating theory that the head on Tserried’s collection belongs to Pairo, Kurapika’s childhood best friend. The face inside the Nen beast vaguely resembles Pairo as well. At first look, I initally thought it looked like a woman’s head.

On top of that, given Kurapika’s monologue in Chap 344, he implies that Pairo’s eyes are part of Tserried’s collection. If this theory might be somehow true, then Kurapika will be devastated that Tserried has Pairo’s entire head instead of just eyes.

12. “Shalnark is a Kurta”

People have also mentioned that, in this picture, he looks like a blonde Pairo which I think is pure coincidence.  But the whole idea of very tunic-like robes over a white outfit seems very Kurta.  

Now there is the scarlet eyes to think about too.  But Togashi revealed in a sidestory giving detail to Kurapika’s past that it’s only full-blooded Kurta whos eyes turn scarlet when showing extreme emotion

I can’t find any true evidence of this fact but I believe it applies to the children of a full-blooded Kurta and an ‘outsider’ as well.  Basically, not all member of the Kurta clan have the scarlet eyes.  

And, for me, I always wonder why the Phantom Troupe committed mass murder on the Kurta clan.  Yes, they are find committing genocide but it seems they usually have a reason.  They killed mafia members at the auction because they were in the way of their mission to steal items.  And then they killed even more people because of a ‘requiem’ for their dead comerade.  They seem to always be driven by a common goal instead of just wanting to kill.  And they also don’t seem to steal things for money, either.  Maybe more of an enjoyment?  Regardless, I always felt that it was very spontaneous for the Troupe.  But these are the words the Troupe left behind after the massacre:

Maybe Shalnark, or someone else they knew personally, was rejected from the clan for reasons unknown?  The Kurta clan is very strict and apparenly you even get punished if you go outside the forest without permission from the Elder.  

Also, Kurapika hasn’t seen Shalnark yet.  And with only a handful of people in his clan, he would surely remember a face from the clan.  

13. “The Kurta clan practices incest”

You may find the theory here. I actually THINK it’s plausible, given the close-knitted community that they had. I don’t think it’s deliberately practising incest with marital union of close relatives (e.g. marrying siblings), but rather, the Kurta clan marrying closely-related to one another (inbreeding). Though there are cases, as mentioned in the link, that there are people who were outsiders who chose to marry Kurtas. 

Theories About Killua & Family Zoldyck

After his separation with Gon, the peripeties of Killua, Alluka and his family inspire all the fans. Below the famous theories of the Zoldyck family

Also Read : Zoldyck Family Explained : Everything You Need To Know

14. Killua will become The Lightning God And will Kill Feitan

I think that Killua might kill Feitan.

If you don’t know already Feitan’s name might be based off the Greek mythological figure Phaethon, son of Oceanid Clymene and the solar deity Apollo aka Helios. The evidence is pretty much in his ability that he used to kill Zazan. Rising Sun, the ability to transmute his pain into heat which he emits in the air to create a sun.

Now in the mythology, Phaethon goes to his mother for confirmation that his father is in fact Helios, the sun god. His mother assures him then tells him to visit Helios so he can confirm it himself. He asked Helios for proof that he was his child and Helios grants him whatever he wanted. Phaethon insisted that he drive the chariot that Helios uses to move the sun. Phaethon lost control of the horses and to prevent the earth from being burned Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt.

Also, I’ve been thinking about this for quite a while. I looked the definition up online, here’s what it says, According to a user from Maryland, U.S., the name Killua is of Japanese origin and means “?” (Kirua) means hope and “son of lightning”. … A submission from Virginia, U.S. says the name Killua means “Killua means God of Lighting.” and is of Japanese origin.

You ask yourself, considering the absurd level of Feitan, how will Killua kill him?

We also want to say that Feitan was one of the only ones who didn’t get any predictions in Yorkshin City because he doesn’t know his date of birth. Something that makes it even more likely that he will die

Well… the answer is simple Killua will have a big Power Up thanks to an electric stone from the Dark Continent. With so much electricity, he won’t need to recharge continuously and his firepower will increase tenfold. He will become a kind of “god of lightning”. And maybe the term “godspeed”, his famous mode was a kind of clue to what he will become.
It is possible that the circumstances are due to the close connection between Feitan and the Zoldyck. We will discuss this theory below.

There’s only one user who can use lightning and that’s Killua, another Transmuter who can change his aura into electricity. So what do you guys think? Will Feitan be killed by Killua?

Source Theory

15. “Nanika is a calamity called Ai”

This is actually something that most people have made connections to, and it is heavily implied. Nanika is from the Dark Continent (there is a specific page that tells that). Ai is one of the Five Calamities/Threats listed. 

The Hunterpedia page also makes certain connections with Nanika and the Ai, which can be found here. 

16. “Feitan is Kikyo’s son”

There is a Youtube video discussing this and pretty clearly. You can watch it above. 

This link was made because Kikyo originates from Meteor City, the home of the Spiders. Kalluto talked about “bringing back a brother”, which was never confirmed who he was talking to. That’s when the deduction that Feitan is Kikyo’s son and he is the half-brother of the Zoldyck siblings, and that Kalluto wants to bring him back. 

This video discusses the physical similarities between Feitan and the Zoldycks, however, one rebuttal that wasn’t discussed in the video that I want to add is that perhaps, Feitan and the Zoldycks (in particular, Killua) are derived from the traits of the same character, Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho. Which is why their physical traits that might be similar. Hence, it’s not because they are related, but rather the inspiration is from the same character. 

Another thing I want to add is that the video states that perhaps Feitan was planned to be the last mysterious Zoldyck, but because of what happened to Gon, Alluka was created. 

HOWEVER, I noticed is that in the Chinese databook that I have that was written in 2004 (before Election arc was written), it states in page 38 “弟弟阿路加 的身份不明” which translates to “younger brother Alluka’s identity is not known”. This means that Togashi had already planned Alluka to be the unknown sibling from the start, even before the Election arc, NOT Feitan.

Also, Alluka and Killua are a clear parallel to Yukina and Hiei, who are also brother and sister. The only difference is that Alluka (the sister) is actually the one who is shunned from her family, instead of Killua. In Yu Yu Hakusho, it is the other way around – Hiei was the one who was shunned by the ice maidens, and Yukina was the one who left home. I believe the video didn’t take Yu Yu Hakusho into account.

17. “Kalluto is the user of Silent Majority”

This theory is the one I investigated last because I haven’t really paid attention to the existence of Silent Majority (deadass forgot about it lmao so I’m confused as hell when I read this statement). 

There’s a lot of characters in the current arc, and my pee-wee hippocampus can’t take this. ISTG every single time I try to learn the characters of this arc, I end up laughing because it’s so complicated. I can’t even remember my classmates’ names or how they look like LMAO. 

How the Silent Majority (probably) works: 

1. The Silent Majority is an ability where a person will attaches(?) to somebody as a host. This host is not the target.
2. When activated, there will be a marionette that will appear, and only the host can see it + the user of Silent Majority.
3. The marionette is a distraction. The real danger are the four snakes conjured afterwards. Each snake can suck the blood out of a person in 44 seconds. When all four attack, it only takes 11 seconds.
4. The snakes are visible to everyone, including non-Nen users. The snakes are physical(?) – it can be shot.
5. If the snakes have been neutralized(?)/cancel the ability before killing someone, the curse(?)/snakes rebounds back to the user.

*I put the (?) because I do not know what exact word to use. 

What we do know is that, according to the multiple analyses: 

1. The user of Silent Majority is likely male because he/she uses a word “ze” associated with males. 
2. The user is probably not working alone. 
3. Has some grudge against Furykov and wants to kill (another bodyguard that I cannot spell). 
4. Two sources also states that the person is likely to be in the same room + Kurapika also stated that the person has to be in the same room when the attack happened while he was teaching Nen to people.

There are multiple sources discussing who is the possible user for the Silent Majority, BUT very few supporting that Kalluto is the Silent Majority user. This is because there is a panel where Kurapika concluded that the user is in the same room as them when the attack happened (Kalluto was not present in that room). 

Why people think it’s Kalluto is simply because of the similar appearance of the Silent Majority marionette – the bob haircut and kimono-like clothing. There is also a thread that associates Kalluto with the white snake in Taoism, though honestly I believe that’s a bit of a stretch. Kalluto is also male and works with the Spiders, which makes it seem believable. 

However, when I searched for “Silent Majority” on Youtube, a video popped up that says “Silent Majority by Keyakizaka46. The girl in the thumbnail has the same bobcut as the Silent Majority doll. This could be an inspiration for the appearance of the doll. You may see the comparison here. 

The fact that the Silent Majority user has to be in the same room also eliminates Kalluto as the possible suspect. 

I actually found this video from this guy that discusses the Silent Majority’s ability, who he/she killed and the possible identity. However, this video did not consider Kalluto as a potential suspect because when the Silent Majority attacked in the room where Kurapika supposedly teaches Nen, Kurapika concluded that the person is in the room afterwards. Thus, Kalluto wasn’t in the list of suspects. The guy in the video then proceeded to do a process of elimination, down to seven possible Silent Majority users. He also listed among the seven, who are the least to the most likely user of the Silent Majority. In the end he concluded that Musasho, the Captain of Queen Swinko-Swinko (the 5th Queen). Swinko-Swinko is Sale-Sale’s son. I actually like this video because the guy went full-on detective. 

There is another video that discusses the elimination process. The conclusion is that the likely suspects is Satobi (Captain of Queen Duazul’s Royal Guard; the 2nd Queen). Duazul is the mother of Camilla (2nd Prince), Tubeppa (5th Prince), Luzurus (7th Prince) and Halkenburg (9th Prince). 

Another thread also states Satobi and Musasho. They also added Belerainte and Bill as their suspects (though they did not give any reasoning for this). 

There is another thread that also concluded that the likely user is Musasho and Satobi. 

I believe that the conclusion is that the Silent Majority is either Musasho or Satobi, rather than Kalluto. 

18. “Illumi in the boat is Hisoka and the real one is dead”

@itsmyara sent a twitter thread regarding this. You can view it here. You may use Google translate to read this. 

At first glance, it seemed shocking, but after reading the thread, I think it’s worth looking into. The only concern I have for this theory is that the Adult Trio have often been some sort of “barriers” (I don’t know how to phrase it) for the main characters (except for Leorio). Hisoka set a marker for Gon from the Hunter Exam to the Heavens Arena arc. Chrollo is the direct nemesis of Kurapika. Illumi’s control over Killua and that is often one of the greatest issues for Killua – trying to get away from his family. 

So, if Illumi is dead, that will have heavy implications on Killua and the Zoldyck family. However I won’t be exactly sure if Killua will have another character arc as the present arc is focused on the Spiders, Kurapika, the Kakin Empire and Hisoka. Either way, this theory is really interesting and I advise you guys to check it out. 

Also, Illumi doesn’t necessarily need to be dead for Hisoka to disguise as him. They could have an agreement prior, or Hisoka could have not told Illumi about disguising as him. This actually reminds me of the time where Illumi disguised as Hisoka during the YorkNew City arc, perhaps it’s something similar.

19. illumi is a traitor on both sides & Hisoka is with Morena

‘m gonna start this theory by saying that it won’t be long because I decided to resume, but it took me lots of research.

I Believe Hisoka is with Morena, and here is why.

1 – Illumi X Floor 3

The Floor that Morena is on. Since Illumi is one of the most manipulative characters in Hunter x Hunter, I Believe that he is already manipulating the outcome of the Hisoka vs. Spiders Fight. Well, Why? I’m gonna explain: The Perfect Scenario for Illumi is to Both Hisoka and The Spiders Die in the process, and the reason that it would be perfect for the spiders to die is that Kalluto needs to go back for the Family.

2 – Tsendernich x Kurapika

Morena is related to Tsendernich, who is Kurapika’s Goal, and this is Perfect. Kurapika and Hisoka already teamed up in the past, and it would be perfect for Hisoka to teams up with him again, it would make the Plot go Further since Hisoka would Connect with Kurapika to the Spiders, and Connects Kurapika to Tsendernich because of MOrena.

3 – Tarot Cards X Major arcana.

Morena’s army has 22 people, in the tarot cards, we have 22 Major Arcana Cards. We have the Guy with the Shape of the Moon and we have the Moon card in Tarot; we have a Person with a Dog Mask(I don’t know if it is his face or mask) and we have The Dog in the tarot cards as well and, most importantly, the Magician Card, which represents Hisoka.

Now this Theory gets Crazy and Fun: Click, You can see Picture below

We know that in the Japan CUlture we read things From Right to Left, right? SO look at the 11 People on Moren’s Right side.

But in the tarot cards, we put the cards from Left to Right, Ok, let’s go: The FIrst person we see is a Woman with short Black and White hair, the second Person we see is the Guy with the Moon Shape scar who can teleport, the Third one is a Normal Man with facial hair and And the fourth person that we see is… YEP, you already notice it. Let’s remember that Hisoka is represented by the number 4, which in Japan means death.

Theories About Gon & His Family

20. “Ging is Yusuke Urameshi”

Yusuke Urameshi is the MC from Yu Yu Hakusho, and yes, they do bear heavy resemblance to one another, along with their personalities. However, they are not the same person? Just two characters from the same mold. 

21. “The mother of Gon is from the Dark Continent” 

This one won’t make sense unless you knew about the Three Kings arc in YYH. It is revealed that Yusuke’s ancestral father was a demon (Raizen) who lives in the Demon World. This explains why Yusuke is stronger than the average human, because he has demon blood in him. 

Many people think that the Demon World is synonymous with the Dark Continent, which I agree.  

Unfortunately, I can’t find a good thread of this because everytime someone tries to talk about this, people will be close-minded and then start talking about the damn pregnancy card theory instead of trying to dissect it. I really dislike how “popular theories” are more “accepted” even if there are other alternatives presented that can be interesting. It’s not even discussed, most of the time people shut it down before even listening. 

I’m going to try to quickly come up with a few reasonings why people might think so (I haven’t double checked them but this is based on memory): 

• Ging was going to mention that Gon has a mother but Gon stopped the tape immediately. Now, if Ging truly did the preggo card, why would he suddenly mention a mother? This is why people believe that Gon has a biological mother, we just don’t know her identity. 
• Also, there are some comments I find that perhaps Ging wants to say “about your mother… you have none” or “about your mother… it’s me” or something like that… but speech-wise it’s really awkward. From the looks of it, Ging seemed that he was about to talk about the woman he knocked up to have Gon. 
• When I was rewatching the 2011 show, I noticed that the aura around him in the CA arc was very dark. It was pitch black. In the election arc, Morel also said something like “I wonder whose aura is that” when a powerful aura was released as Nanika healed Gon. From the surface, it seems like it’s Nanika’s, but the question Morel posed was more ambigious. Is the dark aura Nanika’s or Gon’s?
• I also noticed that Gon’s unforgiving, rageful, sinister side doesn’t seem to be present in Ging. While they do have similar personalities as they are father and son, one can wonder where Gon got this behavioural trait from. I remember telling this difference to one of my friends and she replied with “maybe it was from the mother”. These two observations (the aura and the rageful personality) might be the reasons why there is this theory that Gon’s mom is from the Dark Continent. 
• I had also seen rebuttals of “no this is not possible because Ging hasn’t been in the Dark Continent”. However this doesn’t fully negate the possibility because what if the mother was the one who went to the mainland instead? We had already witnessed Nanika, who says she is from the dark continent living in Alluka who is now on the mainland. 
• The last point is the one that I mentioned with Raizen earlier. That perhaps Togashi recycled this idea of Raizen with Gon’s mother. However, I think the similarity is closer to Don Freecss. Raizen is the ancestral father of Yusuke, and that Don Freecss seems to be related to Ging and Gon by blood, perhaps an ancestral father. 

Last but not least, I recently found from the official HxH databook that Ging has a wife, and from the family tree, it looks like his wife is also Gon’s mom. 

There is also the video above that states that perhaps the mother of Gon is Don Freecss and that Ging is lying about the identity of Don Freecss. I also noticed that Gon is a combination of Don and Ging’s names. However, there wasn’t much on this and uhh… yeah not much evidence on this and lots of concerns on this theory. And the possibility of Don Freecss being an ancestor seems more likely. 

One thing’s for sure, Ging has a wife and likely had a child with him (who is Gon). 

22. “Gon was going to die at the end of the chimera ant arc”

Okay. I don’t see any threads about this. 

There was a theory that I want to share where Illumi’s needle on Killua’s head was intended for Killua to abandon Gon when they are in danger, causing Killua to go home because his friend had died. And Silva was the one who ordered Illumi to put the needle on Killua. 

The reasoning was this: 

Silva did his “promise” with Killua, he made him promise to protect his friends. As soon as Killua walked out of the room, Silva has an evil expression in both the anime and the manga that Killua would return. The theory is essentially that he had already ordered Illumi to place the needle in Killua, which forced him to run from fights he can’t win, knowing that he and Gon would get into trouble and he would run instead of protecting Gon. Silva expected Gon to die, and for Killua to be absolutely heartbroken and come home, giving up on having friends.

And this “fights he can’t win” were likely the ones in the chimera ant arc. Of course, Gon wasn’t intended to die at the end of the chimera ant arc, at least because there is proof that Togashi had already planned for Alluka way back in 2004 (just when the CA arc was being written). Thus, I do think he intended Gon to be alive through the use of Nanika. 

23. “Gon converted to a Specialist”

There are actually several Reddit threads about the possibility of Gon becoming a specialist after he re-learns Nen, but the ones I found are mere speculations. Based on Hisoka’s personality-Nen analysis, being a Specialist doesn’t seem to fit Gon. 

24. “Cheadle is Ging’s ex”

There is an extension to this theory that Ging and Cheadle used to date and Gon’s mom is Cheadle. I found an old post about this but now I cannot. 

I do remember that there are two premises to this: 

1. Cheadle has green hair
2. Cheadle is a dog and Gon is known to have a strong sense of smell like that of a dog’s

Other than that, there hasn’t been a lot of inferences and connections to this theory. Another thing is, as mentioned, Ging has a wife as stated in the official HxH database. If it was Cheadle, it would mean that they are married but separated. 

25. “Pariston is Gon’s mom”

I am gonna laugh. Okay so, I never found the thread but I can give a guess how this came about. 

While I have not found the “Pariston is Gon’s mom”, I did find theories about Ging’s partner being Pariston’s sister, which makes Pariston and Ging in-laws. The sister is none other than Sheila, the strange woman that appeared in Kurapika’s memories manga. While some people think she’s Pariston in disguise, others see her more as related to Pariston, probably his twin sister. 

Please see this first post and second post for more details. There was another Youtube video I saw years ago but I can’t find it anymore. 

Anyway, these sources vaguely talks about Ging’s partner being likely Sheila, who is also Gon’s mom. Since there is a theory that Sheila = Pariston, I’m guessing this is how the line “Pariston is Gon’s mom” came about. Whack but yeah, this is how I think it was formulated. 

26. “Gon was a gigoloo on Whale Island”

I actually haven’t found anything on this. My best guess is that people had overthink Gon’s dating history when he mentioned that he took women out on dates, and in the manga, he said “cougars”. It’s also unnerving to hear that these women specifically liked younger men. Which led to this wild theory that Gon was a gigoloo on Whale Island.  

27. “The Pregnancy Stone and Ging”

This theory is probably the most well-known. There is a card in Greed Island that states that the card can make someone pregnant, even if they are male. A lot of fans speculate that Ging used this pregnancy stone card to have Gon, and therefore, Gon does not have a mother but rather made using a card. It will also explain why Gon is very talented as he is made from Nen.  

However, as mentioned above, Ging has a wife and she’s most likely the mother.

28. Ging Freecs Is Secretly Evil

The way Gon has selfishly put the mission of finding his father above his and Killua’s safety throughout Hunter X Hunter should hint viewers to the kind of person that Ging Freecs could be. What kind of father would make their son go through the trials that Gon has had to face before ever even introducing himself?

Some fans may be willing to excuse Ging Freecs for giving Razor the chance to kill his son in the Greed Island Arc, but others have chosen to speculate on Ging’s other nefarious deeds. For example, some fan theorists have begun to claim that it was Ging who planted the Chimera Ant Queen in NGL so that Gon would have to face it.

THEORY ABOUT CHROLLO & PHANTOM TROUPs

29. “Queen Oito is the sister of Chrollo”

This theory is from this reddit thread. I’m not particularly convinced with this one. 

This theory was founded by three “evidences”: 1) Oito and Chrollo look similar in terms of eyes, 2) Oito has 5 siblings, and probably her parents abandoned one of them in Meteor City, 3) Oito says she “was always pushed around” and Chrollo enjoys commanding others. 

The first and second reasoning is kinda flimsy because it’s possible that it could be a mere coincidence. The third reasoning is not really true because Chrollo doesn’t seem to push the Spiders around even though he is the leader. 

It is interesting to see how Kurapika would react if he turned out to be protecting his nemesis’s sibling and nephew but eh… 

30. “Chrollo is not human”

I think this theory came about because of the way Chrollo speaks. He doesn’t perceive himself as included in humanity. However, I think this is more of a portrayal of him being so removed from the mainstream society (I don’t know how to term him but a lot of people would label him as a sociopath) that he addresses humans as another collective group separate to him. 

31. “The next Spider to die is Shizuku”

This one really gave me goosebumps. As in HUGE goosebumps when I read it on Amino. You may read it here. 

The common rebuttle is that the Lovely Ghostwriter only works for about a month. However, according to the timeline, Chrollo steals The Lovely Ghostwriter on 3rd September 1999 and Hisoka makes contact with the Spiders on January 14th 2000 (which was meant to exorcise Kurapika’s Nen on Chrollo on Greed Island). In Chrollo’s fortune, it says that he needs to travel to the East (Greed Island) to find what he’s looking for. It took months instead of just a month. 

Another thing to note is that Neon is listed as a Nen genius. Nen geniuses are people who manifested Nen without proper Nen training or the knowledge of Nen. Among them are people like Neon, Komugi and Zepile. Therefore, this brings to question if Neon actually fully knows what her Nen powers do, or to what extent of time can it predict. I’m not 100% sure about this one but this is something that I often questioned. 

32. “Pakunoda is the lover of Chrollo”

I didn’t find anything for this one. 

33. “The real Chrollo is dead and been replaced by his brother”

I tried searching for any discussions on this but I have not found anything relating to it (at least in any English sources). 

There seems to be some sibling theories about Chrollo, was there any indications that he had any siblings at all? 

Fan Theories About Dark Continent & Black Whale Arc

34. “Hisoka is Belerainte in disguise”

If you guys forgot, Belerainte is one of the bodyguards of Prince Marayam (13th Prince). A lot of people think he’s Hisoka in disguise due to a) his height of over 180cm, b) his knowledge of Nen, c) his experience in fighting, d) his dialogue that ends with a heart shape (people think this is associated with Hisoka). 

35. “Oito will die and Kurapika will be Woble’s caretaker”

This is actually not so much of a theory but more of a speculation that Oito might die protecting Woble during the Succession Contest, and then Kurapika will have to become Woble’s caretaker which conflicts his mission to get revenge. 

36. “NGL was inspired by North Korea”

I am not an expert on Political Science. I will be using only the Hunterpedia source for this, and hopefully someone can make a better post about this. 

I do think that the one that is inspired by North Korea is Republic of East Gorteu, not NGL. The Republic of East Gorteau draws parallel to North Korea, even down to its leader and its totalitarian state. I believe this parallel is pretty obvious and when I first watched it, I kind of already realised it. 

For NGL, it’s less obvious and I really tried to find anyone talking about it, but I only found it on Hunterpedia. NGL however, bears similarity to Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge (this is a claim made in Hunterpedia). However, they do acknowledge several differences: 1) There is the execution of ethnic minority in Khmer Rogue that isn’t present in NGL, 2) Population’s willingness to subject themselves to the regime. 

I did learn a little about Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, but NGL didn’t struck me as an obvious parallel to the Khmer Rouge, as compared to the East Gorteu and North Korea comparison. 

It will be interesting if people are able to find which place/era was NGL inspired from. 

37. “The final boss of the series is Gyro”

This theory is actually very exciting. For those of you who forgot, Gyro was a character introduced during the Chimera Ant arc. He was the kingpin of the underworld and founder of NGL. There was a long episode of his background story and was said to be reincarnated as a chimera ant and had moved to Meteor City. Characters such as Welfin, Ikalgo etc. look up to him as their leader. His presence is very short and mysterious – we don’t even know how he looks like exactly. Yet, he already has established some parallels between Gon and Chrollo. This Youtube video perfectly illustrates this. Gon and Gyro are also said to meet. 

38. “The Black Whale is based on Dante’s Inferno”

I cannot find any videos or threads for this. 

I have not read Dante’s Inferno. Dante’s Inferno is the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy. I had to watch a short video on Dante’s Divine Comedy by TED Ed channel (highly recommend this, very good bite-sized information on various topics) to actually know what it is about. 

From what I know from the brief research, Dante’s Inferno consists of various “circles” (levels?) of hell. Dante travels through these circles of hell in Dante’s Inferno, each portraying the 7 Deadly Sins. 

From the wikipedia, it states: 

The Inferno describes Dante’s journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the “realm … of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen”

I can see why this might have make connections with the Black Whale, as Black Whale has layers. However, these “layers” in Dante’s Inferno doesn’t seem to resonate well with the boat, because the layers in the Black Whale portrays the social classes. 

Actually, when I was reading the Black Whale, it reminds me more of the RMS Titanic that sunk in 1912. Aside from watching the Titanic film (1997) with Leonardo diCaprio (he’s so hot) and Kate Winslet, I remembering reading an actual non-fiction book that discusses the Titanic when I was in 6th grade (LMAO yes I was obsessed with Titanic). I don’t remember the actual title of the book, but I’m definitely sure it was a book that was written for children to easily understand the titanic disaster (because it was a book fair held in my school at that time). It’s probably one of these books. 

Anyway, the book consisted of a cross-section of the RMS Titanic which actually had layers, from the deck all the way to the boiler room. The layers were actually separated by classes, with the first-class to the third-class. I found a very simple cross-section of the RMS Titanic here. All I can conclude for this ocean liner is that there was a lot of over-confidence when building this, which is why there was a lack of lifeboats. It was deemed unsinkable because of the separation of 16 hulls. The lifeboats were meant to transfer passengers towards the other neighbouring boats, not to keep them afloat (which is why the number of seats in the lifeboats were smaller than the actual population of the boat). 

Now, this information of lifeboats is essential to the survival rates of the RMS Titanic. There are two major factors that increases/decreases the chances of survival pf passengers: a) sex/age (women, children, men), b) social class. I remember my statistics professor set this up for a question in my class, but I read up on it a bit to refresh my memory. 

For the first factor, overall, only 20% men survived in the RMS Titanic. This is because of the instructions. One of the officers instructed “women and children, and then men”, while the other instructed “women and children ONLY”. 

The other factor was the social class. Overall, the first class survival rate was 62.46%, second class survival rate is 41.40% and third class survival rate was 25.21% (and the rest were crewmates); which led to some debates whether there was preferential treatment or any factors that led to why the survival rate is proportional to the social class. 

From the graphs, I do conclude that sex/age is a stronger factor in the survival rate of the passenger rather than social class. This is because upon looking at the graphs that separates sex/age AND social class, the highest proportion of survival are children of first class and second class (100%), followed by women regardless of class (46.06% to 97.22%), children of third class (34.18%), then men regardless of class (8.33% to 32.57%). 

However, for Togashi and HxH, it seems that he is using the Black Whale as a microcosm of social class differences, with the RMS Titanic structure as its inspiration. It is also notable that the RMS Titanic’s luxuries were separated based on whether you’re a passenger of first class to third class, with the top being the first class and then proceeded down. 

I actually had asked this on my survey if there are any purpose for the large passengers in the Black Whale. While many people talked about having the passengers for the V5/6 support (I cannot remember the DCE arc to be honest), it makes me wonder if there is another purpose. 

This is because in the bottom Tier 5 assembly point where Chrollo is first seen, there is a number 37564. 

According to Hunterpedia, it states: 

37564 is a Japanese wordplay, which can be read “mi–na–go–ro–shi” (みなごろし), meaning “massacre” or “kill them all”.

It makes me wonder if the Black Whale will sink due to certain circumstances, dragging the lower class passengers; since the Black Whale seems to be inspired by the RMS Titanic. 

I also had considered if the Black Whale is also semi-inspired by Moby Dick, that is the main antagonist of the Moby Dick book (that is based on a real-life albino sperm whale); though its social class layers seem to be more into RMS Titanic. 

39. “Tserriednich has the Dark Sonata”

In case ya’all forgot, Dark Sonata is the dangerous music piece that Melody sought to destroy. It was mentioned in York New City arc. 

I can see why people would make this connection. The manga (as of Chapter 390), Tserriednich got interested in Melody’s skills. This led to people thinking that perhaps Tserriednich has the Dark Sonata and him wanting chaos. 

Read the post here, though I am unsure about the variable involving Chrollo, because there is no evidence that indicates that Chrollo has made contact with Tserriednich. 

Others Fan Theories About HxH

40. Pariston Hill and Chimera Ants idea

I’ve seen this stated before, but there is a idea going around that Pariston caused the Chimera Ant event. Know that this is just an idea. But here it goes.

Pariston explained that he loves it when people hate him and that he feels the Hunters Association was full of people who aren’t strong enough to actually be Hunters. He knew of Beyond’s existence and of Netero’s ban on him going back to the DC until he died.

Sometime long ago Chimera Ants wound up in the human world. They were heavily quarantined. During Pariston’s time as vice-chair, several Hunters (who didn’t support him) went missing. What if he was testing feeding humans to Chimera Ant colonies in the hope that their natural biological ability would give rise to a Chimera Ant Queen as large as a human? Maybe many experiments happened and many people were possibly fed to the Ants before a successful mutant Queen was born. Pariston then had her set free, expecting her to cause create a colony and spread panic in order for the Hunters Association to forcefully become involved. He would send weak hunters in to kill them off. He did this to test the HA for a trip to the DC, where the weak are naturally picked out from the strong.

After the ants would be defeated, he’d contact Beyond and have him start his whole trip to the DC using public panic of the Chimera Ant outbreak to make void Netero’s ban on the DC. Unfortunately for his plan, the Queen got lucky. Her human diet caused her children to develop nen powers. Her children became far stronger than expected and Netero had to be called in. Pariston still not thinking them a threat, messed with Netero to make it a challenge. As nobody knew how strong they actually grew to be.

Netero knew this and attempted to play along. Unfortunately, the Chimera Ant Queen birthed Meruem and his RG. They were unexpectedly powerful. The extermination team narrowly disposed of them, leaving behind 5000 hybrid chimeras. Pariston is using those for a similar purpose whilst aiding Beyond on his trip to the DC. So his plan only would have had the hiccup of Netero dying. But Netero is now replaced with his new playmate, Ging. So everything Pariston had planned, including quitting as chairman on purpose because he knew that upon Netero’s death his son would make his big reveal, was set up since before he was even introduced as a character.

41. “Yu Yu Hakusho and HxH are the same universe”

Yes, it’s totally possible. But not in a way you might think. The only plausible scenario is that the world of Hunter x Hunter is located somewhere far away in the demon world of Yu Yu Hakusho. If you’ll recall, Koenma once described demon world as gigantic, with a great many ‘levels’. How many of these levels we have seen is a mystery as this idea is never revisited. The point is, it is very likely there are many places in the demon world we have never seen. Take that in conjunction with what we know about the Yu Yu Hakusho human world. At some point, there was no barrier between the human and demon world. Demons and humans mingled regulalrly. So, when the barrier went up, isn’t it possible not all humans were on the ‘human’ side? It seems possible that an island of humans could very well exist on the demon side of the barrier.

With regard to the power levels, Nen abilities are very alike to the psychic abilities some humans display in Yu Yu Hakusho when they are exposed to the hole to demon world Sensui is opening. The powers of Kaito, Kido, etc. for instance, could be described as nen abilities. It stands to reason that some humans living in the demon world might also develop such powers. After living in this world long enough, they’ve just come to understand their abilities better.

42. “The dynamics of The One Who Holds The Head and The One Related To Jesus Christ”

You might be thinking… What the actual fuck does this mean. Yeah, me too. This is more in relation to the manga panels and some old Renaissance(?) paintings. It’s interesting that Togashi uses real paintings as a reference to something. In the volume 28, it is similar to the painting The Coronation of the Virgin by Diego Velazquez.  

For this theory, it seems that there is a connection to other paintings, mainly Gustave Moreau. The old link doesn’t work anymore. I found another source that explains its connection.

43. Jesus Was Nen User

In Episode 43 (2011)/Chapter 74 of Hunter x Hunter, Chrollo mentions Jesus Christ, as well as Judas, by name. This implies Jesus and the Disciples existed in the Hunter x Hunter universe, and was a well-known figure much like he is in real life. What is Jesus well known for? Miracles. This leads me to believe that Jesus did not create “miracles”, but was in fact a Nen user, and a very talented one at that. It can also be assumed that Jesus’s had several Hatsu abilities, mostly Manipulation, including;

• The ability to conjure large amounts of copies of bread and fish (Conjuration).
• Healing of disabilities, diseases and injuries (Enhancement).
• Walking on water (Possibly a Specialist ability, or maybe Manipulation).
• Transforming water into wine (Possibly a Specialist ability, possibly Transmutation).
• Controlling fish on a large scale and making them get caught (Manipulation).
• Creating birds out of clay and bringing them to life as a child (Manipulation and Emission).
• Manipulated Peter’s fishing rod to catch a specific fish that had a coin in it’s mouth (Manipulation).
• Killed a fig tree by cursing it (Possibly Specialist, possibly Manipulation).
• Calmed a storm by telling it to calm (Manipulation).
• Possibly manipulated three wise men to bring him gifts as a newborn infant (Manipulation).
• Raises himself and other people from the dead (Possibly Enhancement, though others coming back to life could have simply been an illusion accomplished through Manipulation, and it may be possible that Jesus’s aura persisted after death, giving the illusion that Jesus had been resurrected).

It can also be assumed that Jesus is either a Specialist or a Manipulator. According to Hisoka’s Personality Test (Taken from the HxH Wiki), Manipulators are argumentative and logical, and they tend to want to keep their families and loved ones safe, while Specialists are independent, individualistic, and charismatic, and due to their natural charisma that draws others, they are always surrounded by many people. These personality traits are easily applicable to Jesus, especially the Specialist ones, but due to his extensive abilities across multiple aura types he’s clearly a very versatile Nen user regardless.

44. Tompa Is Part Of The Hunter Exam

Tompa is one of the earliest threats that Gon has to face in Hunter X Hunter, but his character motivation is a bit confusing. Luckily, fan theorists believe that Tompa’s role as a rookie crusher is all part of the Hunter Exam.

It doesn’t make much sense for Tompa to continue misleading other potential Hunters when he could easily become a Hunter himself. Perhaps his current gig as the rookie crusher pays better than a Hunter’s license ever could.

45. The Hunter Associations Was Founded To Explore The Dark Continent

The Hunter Association has been tasked with exploring the most dangerous parts of the world since it was founded, but that is all fans know of the organization’s history. Some fans have speculated that the Hunter’s Association was founded with the sole purpose of exploring the Dark Continent.

If this is the case, then perhaps all of Ging Freecs’ schemes to train his son into the perfect Hunter will prove fruitful whenever Gon makes it to the Dark Continent.

Bonus – Theories Hunter X Hunter On Ging NEN

Ging Nen HxH Theory – What’s The Nen of Ging ?

It will be a long but I think I thought of the most fitting nen ability for Ging Freecs.

Theory 1 – Ging Emitter

First of, I think he is a master emitter. Hear me out first, I know Specialists sounds cooler but I don’t want him to be one just because he is “special”. And some evidences tells us he is an emitter. I mean we’ve seen him recreate an emission hatsu on the spot and then “upgrade” and make variation of it. Not to mention he is clearly inspired from Yusuke Urameshi.

This may seem underwhelming at first not being a specialist or an enhancer even, but I think his nen ability is the power to link up with multiple nen users and utilize their aura as one? Temporarily, lets call this ability:

One For All. He emits his aura to create a network between his friends’ and his own aura nodes and by doing so all of them gain access to each other’s aura pool, as well as attaining 100% (or more?) proficiency in all nen categories by stacking each member’s affinity.

Conditions: Ging can only sync with people who owe him, fully trusts him and that they are in a specific group/team with one common goal.

This could explain why Ging is always in a group/team; the Nonprofit Organization, Greed Island game masters, Zodiacs, and now Beyond DC Expedition team. Despite being stubborn and seem to be bad with his relationships,he is always joining a team of nen users. You would think he will avoid this because its too “hassle” for him but instead we see him desperately trying to win the hearts of Beyond’s DC expedition team.

Now combine this ability with his vast knowledge of nen and his talent in recreating a hatsu from scratch after seeing it briefly in action. With the right people, a team led by him could possibly do anything!

This power may be the key in making Greed Island possible. G.I. is an island powered by a network of nen masters led by Ging. Angel’s breath, accompany, and all the OP spells inside the game are hatsu develop by Ging’s group using this technique.

As I’ve said, these are all my headcannon only. I just think this ability fits the Ging we know. Remember stronger emotion = stronger nen, last I check a group of angry people is greater than 1 angry person. Imagine a group of people with 1 common goal. This is literally the power of friendship. It may even surpass the likes of Netero and Meruem with the right people. But what do you think?

Don’t get me wrong, Ging is most probably very strong in his own, I say he might be close to Netero in terms of raw aura, but with ability like this, a power as great as Meruem that seems impossible to attain will be within the grasp of “simple” humans as long as they’re together, making any team led by Ging a formidable one in exploring the Dark Continent.

Theory 2 – Ging Specialist ( Kite Ressurection Has Been Planned )

There was this post by /u/scyeness about a month ago about the origins of character names in hunter x hunter that didn’t really get much attention, where they list the origin of Gin and Kite’s names as being Zincite (JIN-KAITO) which apparently carries the connotation of resurrection.

From the power stone ZINCITE(Pronounced in Japanese as JIN-KAITO), whose stone language is resurrection.

Now I didn’t actually know about this post before, I only learned about the Zincite connection because I was doing my own research on the statement “それ以上望んだる罰が当たるってもんだ”, something Ging tells Gon in chapter 345, which Viz (and DeepL, if that matters) translates to “You can’t ask for more than that”, but which is apparently more literally translated as “if you ask for more you’ll be punished”.

To not derail this too much, I eventually stumbled upon this japanese site, using DeepL to translate, and because I’m unable to keep my interest in one thing for any significant amount of time, I eventually stopped investigating the above statement, and found this article where the author goes through different character names and their origins. What caught my eye in particular was this part of the article (original text first, then translation by DeepL):

ジンとカイトに隠された伏線と由来 続いてはハンターハンターの中でも主人公・ゴンに近い「ジン=フリークス（Ging Freecss）」と「カイト（Kite）」の名前の語源を解説。

ジンとカイトの名前の由来はパワーストーンの【ジンカイト】。ジンサイトとも呼ぶパワーストーンなんですが、言うまでもなくキレイに二分割しただけ。もはやアナグラムにすらなってない。

このジンカイトは「復活」を意味してるパワーストーンなんだそう。事実、カイトはメルエム直属護衛軍のネフェルピトーに倒されましたが、後に少女の姿で復活してる。ゴン、ジン、カイトは初期から登場しているキャラクターですから、カイトのその後の展開は考えていたのか。

同じく漫画家のお嫁さん・武内直子の実家が宝石商を営んでいるっぽいので、冨樫義博も鉱物やパワーストーンに詳しかったとしてもおかしくない。この事実はかなり衝撃的でした。今回の考察記事を作ろうと思い立ったきっかけでもあります。

Foreshadowing and Origin Behind Ging and Kite

Next, we will explain the etymology of the names “Ging Freecss” and “Kite,” which are close to Gon, the main character in Hunter Hunter.

The names of Ging and Kite come from the power stone [Zing Kite]. It’s a power stone that we also call zincite, but needless to say, it’s just neatly divided into two parts. It is no longer even an anagram.

This zincite is a power stone that means “resurrection. In fact, Kite was defeated by Nefelpito, a member of Meruem’s direct guard, but later resurrected in the form of a girl. Since Gon, Jin, and Kite are characters that have appeared since the beginning, did you have any idea what happened to Kite afterwards?

It would not be surprising if Yoshihiro Togashi was also familiar with minerals and power stones, since his wife Naoko Takeuchi, also a manga artist, seems to have a jewelry business in her family. This fact was quite shocking. It is also the reason why I decided to create this discussion article.

And since I naturally was interested in this connection between Zincite and resurrection, I started googling, until I came upon this japanese site which explains “the meaning and properties of powerstones” (google translate) here’s the most interesting parts (original text first, then DeepL translation, with my emphasis):

ジンカイトは、失った活力を取り戻す意味と効果があります。 プラスのエネルギーに満ちたパワーストーンです。 再び前を向いて歩く、気力が得られるでしょう。 ジンカイトは、「絶望的な状況を一変させる宝石」とも言われます。 一筋の希望が欲しい時にもオススメです。 元の明るい人生を復活させます。

Zinkite has the meaning and effect of restoring lost vitality. It is a power stone filled with positive energy. It will give you the energy to walk forward again. Zinkite is also said to be “a gemstone that turns a hopeless situation around. It is also recommended when you want a ray of hope. It will revive your former bright life.

“restoring lost vitality”, and “revive your former bright life” should be self-explanatory, it seems like a parallel to Kite’s reincarnation. What really caught my eye was the phrase “turns a hopeless situation around”, and how it seems to connect with what Ging tells Gon when Gon leaves the Hunter Association building, about the number that only comes up when Kite “really doesn’t want to die” (i.e, is in a desperate, you might even say “hopeless situation”). Also, interesting to note is that Ging claims to have helped Kite create his nen abilities, including “Crazy Slots”, which means “Crazy Slots” is literally a “JINKAITO”, or a Zincite ability.

ジンカイトは、技術の習得を早める意味と効果があります。 有益な情報や知識を、素早く吸収させるパワーストーンです。 十分な実力と実績が欲しい時に使用します。 目的の達成スピードを早めたい時にもオススメです。

Zinkite has the meaning and effect of speeding up the acquisition of skills. It is a power stone that makes you absorb useful information and knowledge quickly. It is used when you want to have sufficient ability and achievement. It is also recommended when you want to accelerate the speed of achieving your goals.

If you consider how quickly Ging mastered Leorio’s ability after being hit with it, how insightful he is, and how quickly he seems to get a grasp on any situation, this seems like another good parallel with Zincite and Ging.

And the following two paragraphs are where I think we get a hint about (or rather additional support about what some people in this subreddit have already theorized about) what Ging’s ability could be about:

ジンカイトは、仲間を集める意味と効果があります。 共通の目的がある「同士」を探し出すパワーストーンです。 利害関係が一致した仲間達と共に、困難を突破させます。 チーム戦に強くさせるお守りです。

Zinkite has the meaning and effect of bringing together friends. It is a power stone that seeks out “comrades” who share a common goal. Together with friends whose interests are aligned, it will help you overcome difficulties. It is a talisman that makes you stronger in team battles.

First off, Ging brought together the group that discovered, excavated and restored the Lurka ruins. He also brought together the GI game masters, and created Greed Island together with them. And lastly, in the succession arc he managed to take the 2nd spot from Pariston in Beyond Netero’s expedition team to the Dark Continent.

Now to the next paragraph:

ジンカイトは、新しい価値を生み出す意味と効果があります。 革命的な物やサービスを生み出させるパワーストーンです。 既存の常識やルールを壊すのに役立つでしょう。 ジンカイトは、今まで接点が無かった物同士を、上手に組み合わせる力もあります。 新天地の開拓が必要な時にオススメです。

Zinkite has the meaning and effect of creating new values. It is a power stone that makes you create revolutionary goods and services. It will help to break the existing common sense and rules. Zinkite also has the power to successfully combine things that had no connection with each other before. It is recommended when you need to break new ground.

Of course, this is all machine translation, so I’m not sure how much we can rely on it, but if the Zincite/Jin-Kaito connection is really there, I think we can conclude Ging’s nen ability probably has something to do with connecting a disparate group of people (“combine things that had no connection with each other before”) together in cause of a common goal, in order to “overcome difficulties”, and make the team “stronger in team battles”. “It will help to break the existing common sense and rules.” is also interesting, as well as “It is recommended when you need to break new ground.”, which possibly hints to the fact that his ability allows the team he’s a part of to combine their abilities to do things that would be impossible for singular nen users (“break the existing common sense and rules”) allowing them to do things no nen users have been able to before (“It is recommended when you need to break new ground.”)

Thoughts?

EDIT: Went researching some more, and found this website, which expanded upon Zincite’s alleged spiritual properties (all translations using DeepL, as before):

ジンカイトの効果・効能・スピリチュアルへの影響

1.復活・やる気アップ

ジンカイトは、悪い状況を一気に好転させる強いパワーを秘めています。

ジンカイトのオレンジもしくはレッドに染まったルックスは、炎を意味しています。さらに、ジンカイトは五行思想においても火気を持っています。炎や火といった気質は神聖なる浄化の炎を表すので、マイナスな要素やネガティブな感情を浄化してくれるのです。挫折や無気力に陥った人の心を浄化し下地を整えると同時に、くすぶっていた思いに火をつけ再び立ち上がらせてくれるでしょう。「不死鳥のように何度でも蘇る石」とされ絶望から立ち上がるサポートをしてくれるジンカイトは、持ち主の心に消せない情熱をもたらして、何度でもチャレンジさせてくれるのです。

また、生きていくうえでぼんやりとでも望みや不満を持っている人に対し、ジンカイトは強く働きかけます。望みがあればやる気をアップして叶えさせ、不満があれば解決するように立ち上がらせるでしょう。物事をより良い方向へと叶えるための言動、その第1歩を踏み出させるのです。きっかけをもたらしやる気をアップしてくれる石なので、挫折から立ち直る人を全面的にサポートしてくれますよ。

Effects, Benefits and Spiritual Influences of Zincite

1.Revival and motivation

Zinkite has a strong power to turn around a bad situation at once.

The orange or red tinted look of Zinkite signifies fire. In addition, Jinkite is also fire in the Five Elements philosophy. The temperament of flame or fire represents the sacred purifying fire, so it cleanses the body of negative elements and negative emotions. It can purify and ground a person who has fallen into frustration or apathy, while at the same time igniting smoldering thoughts and making them rise again. Zincite is said to be a “stone that rises again and again like a phoenix” and helps you rise from despair, bringing unquenchable passion to your heart and inspiring you to try again and again.

Zinkite also works strongly with people who have dim hopes and frustrations in life. If you have a desire, it will motivate you to fulfill it, and if you have a dissatisfaction, it will make you stand up to resolve it. It is the first step to make things happen for the better. It is a stone that provides inspiration and motivation, and will fully support those who are recovering from a setback.

2.個性発揮・能力発揮

Not much new here, just more confirmation of the Zincite – Jin-Kaito resurrection theme.

ジンカイトは、個性や能力を存分に発揮させる効果があります。

ジンカイトが持つ炎の力は、物質を燃やし昇華したり、火種に火をつけ燃え上がらせる存在です。つまり、ジンカイトはネガティブなものを一掃する聖なる力や、持ち主が本来持っているものを顕在化させる力を持っているのです。そのため、眠っている個性や才能、魅力、能力といった持ち主が現在持っているものを大きく燃え上がらせ、顕在化させるでしょう。

ジンカイトはポジティブなエネルギーを持ち、持ち主自身が持つエネルギーを外側へと向かわせるタイプのパワーストーン。そのため、持ち主の良いところを周囲にアピールさせ、望みを叶えていくサポートをしてくれます。特に芸術面に強く作用するジンカイトは、クリエイティブな仕事をしている人や芸術活動を好む人におすすめです。持ち主が生まれ持った創造力をしっかりと引き出してくれるので、これまで以上に力を発揮できるようになります。アピールが苦手な人でも周囲に魅力をしっかり伝えてもらえるので、引っ込み思案な人や押しが弱い人にもおすすめです。

2.Demonstration of individuality and ability

Zinkite has the effect of making you show your personality and ability to the fullest.

The power of fire that Zinkite possesses burns and sublimates matter, or ignites a spark and causes it to burn. In other words, Zinkite has the holy power to sweep away negativity and the power to manifest what the owner originally possesses. Therefore, it will greatly inflame and manifest what the owner has at present, such as individuality, talent, charm, and ability that are sleeping.

Zinkite has positive energy, and is a type of power stone that directs the owner’s own energy outward. Therefore, it makes the owner’s good point appeal to the surroundings, and it supports the owner to make his/her wishes come true. Zinkite is especially good for creative people and people who like artistic activities. It helps you to draw out your natural creativity, so you will be able to show your strength more than ever. Even those who are not good at making appeals will be able to convey their charms to those around them, so it is also recommended for those who are shy or weak at pushing.

More support for the idea that Gin’s ability somehow brings forth the potential/boosts the abilities of his teammates. But what I find especially interesting, even a bit amusing, is the last part I bolded “Even those who are not good at making appeals will be able to convey their charms to those around them, so it is also recommended for those who are shy“.

I mean come on, who does this fit better than Ging? He’s an extreme antisocial loner who gets anxiety from the thought of having to meet his son if there are other people attending, but somehow he still manages to convince and charm the people he’s chosen as his teammates every time with his charisma and skills.

3.対人関係良化

ジンカイトは人間関係のトラブルを解決する効果があります。

ジンカイトが持つ炎の力は、浄化や昇華といった意味があります。そのため、悪縁やトラブルを浄化し、持ち主の周囲を清浄にしてくれるでしょう。持ち主自身に自信や活力を与えるので、新しい関係に対しても臆することなく対応できます。結果、悪縁が切れ、集団の中でもうまくやっていくことができるでしょう。

また、ジンカイトには有益な人物を連れてくる効果もあります。そのため、新しく商売を始めたい人にもよいでしょう。目標達成のための交友関係を築いてくれるので、もたらされた出会いによって自分の夢が叶ったりもします。

3.Improvement of interpersonal relationship

Zinkite is effective in resolving interpersonal problems.

The power of fire that Zinkite has has the meaning of purification and sublimation. Therefore, it purifies bad relationships and troubles and makes your surroundings clean. It gives you confidence and vitality, so you can deal with new relationships without fear. As a result, bad relationships will be broken and you will be able to get along well in a group.

Just more support for the idea that Ging’s ability is probably team-focused.

conclusion: 

This is what I had collated so far. It took me for a few weeks to collate and read everything. I was not able to find any resources revolving around a few theories, if you found any, you may post it in comment. Sources in other languages are also welcomed. In short, Feel free to comment to discuss and give new theories!