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| HxH - Gon Freecss |
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Name:
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Gon Freecss
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Kana:
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ゴン=フリークス
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Romaji:
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Gon Furīkusu
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First Appearance:
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Manga: Volume 01, Chapter 001
Anime: Episode 01
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Voiced By:
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● Junko Takeuchi (Japanese)
● Elinor Holt (English)
● Amal Houaija (Arabic)
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Profile
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Gender:
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Male
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Age:
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12
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Birthday:
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May 5
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Hair Color:
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Greenish Black
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Eye Color:
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Brown
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Height:
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154 cm
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Weight:
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49 kg
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Blood Type:
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Type B
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Occupation:
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Hunter
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Relatives:
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Family
● Ging Freecss (Father)
● Unknown (Mother, deceased)
● Mito Freecss (Aunt/Adopted Mother)
● Unnamed (Grandmother)
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Nen
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Type:
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Enchancement
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Nen Abilities:
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Jajanken (ジャジャン拳)
● Rock (グー Gū)
● Scissors (チー Chī)
● Paper (パー Pā)
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1. Background
Gon Freecss (ゴン=フリークス, Gon Furīkusu) is the main protagonist of Hunter X Hunter. He is the son of Gin Freecss and an unknown mother, who died when he was a child. He is the nephew of Mito, the grandson of unnamed grandmother. He is on a quest to find his father who happens to be a legendary hunter.
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| HxH - Gon with fishing rod |
2. Personality
Gon is an open, friendly and an often very naïve boy. He loves his friends more than anything and would go to the worlds ends to help them. His nen-type is Enchangement and they're known for being very simple-minded. Gon's determination and kindness leads to that many possible enemies decide to take his side. He has inhuman senses and his ability to understand animals and make them like him shocks the society.
Gon is an optimistic, energetic and friendly boy. He is first seen on his hometown Whale Island where he lives with his aunt Mito. His Aunt (actually his cousin in the manga) told him that his parents died in an accident when he was a baby. However, he later learns that this is not the case.
3. History
Gon is an optimistic, energetic and friendly boy. He is first seen on his hometown Whale Island where he lives with his aunt Mito. His Aunt (actually his cousin in the manga) told him that his parents died in an accident when he was a baby. However, he later learns that this is not the case.
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| HxH - Gon encounters Illumi arc |
When he was nine years old, he was rescued from an angry mother bear-fox by a stranger named Kaito, who is a hunter and a student of Ging Freecss (Jin), Gon's long lost father. Kaito is looking for Ging as a final test before his master will consider him to be a true hunter. Kaito's admiration of Ging awakens in Gon a lifetime goal of meeting his father. In order to find Ging, and follow in his footsteps, Gon is driven from that moment to obtain a hunter's license. His uncanny sense of smell, hearing and taste as well as his remarkable stamina serve him well on that path.
A naturally optimistic youth, Gon's friendliness and innocence has charmed and won many trusted friends to his side, including Kurapica and Killua. With an uncanny and extraordinary sense of smell, taste and hearing, Gon's instinct has aided his friends through many tough obstacles during the Hunter exam. Gon has another remarkable talent, being able to talk to and befriend with animals easily.
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| HxH - Gon battle in the Heaven Arena |
5. Combat
Gon has an unusual choice of a weapon, which is a fishing rod. Though it doesn't deal much damage to his enemies, Gon is able to accurately swing and 'hook' it onto targets, proving itself to be useful time and time again.
6. Nen Abilities
His nen type is Enhancement, which accounts for his great strength and recuperative abilities. His hatsu is callel JaJanken which is a play on the japanese word "janken" which refers to the game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors". The unusual name of his hatsu was created when Gon stuttered when informing the hunter Knuckle Bine that his hatsu was called "janken".
Jajanken consists of three parts. His main attack is "Rock", a simple reinforcement-type attack focusing all his nen into his fist. His long-ranged attack is "Paper", an emission-type attack that fires a relatively weak ball of energy from his palm. His mid-ranged attack is "Scissors", a transformation-type attack that forms a blade of nen that is attached to his first two fingers. These three attacks are all initiated with the traditional pose and shout of a game of janken. After some of the events of the Chimera Ants arc, Gon use an unnamed ability that cost him all of his inborn talent. It has yet to be confirmed if this mean than Gon will ever be able to use Nen abilities again.
1) Rock (グー Gū): Gon focuses the aura around his fists using Ko and releases it in a punch. Rock is a close range attack, and has the strongest power among the three.Rock.
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| HxH - Gon, Rock |
2) Scissors (チー Chī): Scissors is formed using two fingers in a pistol shape. Gon uses Transmutation abilities to transform his aura into a long blade extending from the two fingers. It's a middle range attack, and not as powerful as Rock, though it can cut through what Rock cannot break. Gon has more trouble with this attack because he is an Enhancer leaning towards Emission. Scissors.
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| HxH - Gon, Scissors |
3) Paper (パー Pā): For this, Gon uses his Emission abilities to project his Nen towards his enemies. Paper uses an open palm to emit the aura. It's a long range attack that fires nen as a projectile; because Gon is an Enhancer and Paper uses emission, a different nen type, it is weaker than Rock. However, he has found this to be useful for pincer type attacks, as demonstrated in his battle with Knuckle.Paper.
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| HxH - Gon, Paper |
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| HxH - Gon with powerful ability |
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| HxH - Gon vs Neferpitou |
Unknown Transformation: Gon has recently demonstrated another ability with the specifics currently unknown. Activated by his immense rage, Gon transformed into an older version of himself with strength rivaling that of the chimera ant king. In this form, he was strong enough to fatally wound Neferpitou. As Pitou's consciousness fade, the dying ant remarked that such power can only be achieved through great cost.
7. Some personal comments:
After watching the anime series, he has somehow managed to become my favourite character in the Hunter series, even though he ranks a distant third in character polls. I can't help but root for him and wish for his success in the story. In fact, both Aroe and I created a shrine specially dedicated to this green hunter, called AppleJuice. More feelings and impressions of him are available there. In fact, if you're a fan of Gon - you shouldn't give this site a miss!
