Hisoka
There will be a follow up blog post in 2 days to this one, where I give justice to another character from Hunter x Hunter, but for this one, I’m gonna focus on everyone’s favorite killer clown who may or may not be a pedophile depending on who you ask.
As I am a huge fan of Kefka, Joker, and Dimentio it was a no brainer that I would also greatly enjoy Hisoka in Hunter x Hunter. He has quickly risen to one of my favorite characters in Anime (Thats right, ranked up there with Pride, Lelouch, and Vegeta) I may only be 1/3 of the way through the 2011 version of the Anime, but I have quite a bit of confidence that I will like this character at the (very distant) end of this Anime.
But what separates this guy from the G-d of Magic, the Agent of Chaos, and the only villain that has ever managed to kill Mario, Bowser, and Peach without breaking a sweat?
I would say part of it is that he fits in the world of Hunter x Hunter so well. Not that the world of FF6 is any less of a crapsack world but Kefka fits his own world, while Hisoka fits this one perfectly. The world of Hunter x Hunter is one where the strong are able to prey on the weak. And this killer clown is certainly strong. Strong in a world that considers A Family of Assassins, Charles Manson Style Serial Killers, A Relatively More Competent Mafia than in the real world, and Eldritch Abominations that live on more than 3/4ths of the planet. And through it all, this guy not only survives, but thrives.
Hes also a creepy guy, forget the clown makeup even. He makes pedophile like stabs at the heroes of the anime almost every time he confronts them, and then proceeds to beat the absolute shit out them. I remember in the earliest parts of the Anime, this guy was the dreaded. At the current place as of this writing, hes more of a wild card (not that this wasn’t obvious from the get go)
I also love how the Anime keeps drilling into my head that this guy is vastly more powerful than the Heroes. To me that is what drives a story. Without deadly antagonists, protagonists have no purpose.
Expect a followup post on my other favorite Hunter x Hunter Character: Chrollo Lucilfer