Kuroro Lucifer

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Kuroro Lucifer (クロロ=ルシルフル)
Hunter × Hunter character
Kuroro Lucifer in his normal, Genei Ryodan attire.
First appearance	Volume 08 Chapter 071
Created by	Yoshihiro Togashi
Voiced by	Yoshikazu Nagano
Profile
Age	26[1][2]
Gender	Male
Date of birth	Unknown[2]
Nen Information
Nen type:	Specialization[2][3]
Nen ability:	Skill Hunter - Essence of Theft (スキルハンター - "盗賊の極意"[4]

Kuroro Lucifer (クロロ=ルシルフル, Kuroro Rushirufuru^?), also known as Chrollo Lucilfer in the Viz Media translation, is a character in the series Hunter × Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi, and the leader of the Genei Ryodan.

Contents 1 Background 2 Personality 3 Talents 4 Nen Ability 4.1 Known Nen Abilities in the Book 5 References

[edit] Background

Very little is known about Kuroro's past except for the fact that he originated from Ryuuseigai. The Ryuuseigai (translated to Meteor City, or City of the Shooting Star), is a junkyard city inhabited by outcasts. People who live there do not exist in any official records, and the existence of the city itself is known to very few people. Sometime in the past, he formed the Genei Ryodan with six other Ryuuseigai residents and left the city. Later, the group was joined by more members, in accordance with Kuroro's idea of a group comprising of exactly 13 members.

[edit] Personality

Kuroro Lucifer is a calm, handsome young man, coming across as intelligent and charismatic. He seems to be a born leader, able to hold the Genei Ryodan together despite the volatile personalities that make up the group, and well versed in strategies.

During his time in Yorkshin City, he uses his calm presence and communication abilities to assume another personality in order to gain Neon Nostrade's trust.

The only people Kuroro seems to care about are his fellow Genei Ryodan. When Kuroro reads Neon's prophecy which contained Ubogin's death, he cries for them. Later on he orchestrates a massacre of Mafia members as a requiem to his fallen comrade. Besides that, he shows no fear of his own death, even anticipating it. Another Hunter, Senritsu, states that, his heartbeat sounded as if he was living with death, and apparently appears sadistically happy with it. To Kuroro, the Genei Ryodan are more important than his own life. In a group meeting, Kuroro stresses that the importance of a leader only extends to issuing commands, but the survival of the group comes before the well-being of the leader. To paraphrase him, the head of the spider is just another limb that can be sacrificed for the survival of the spider.

By the end of the Genei Ryodan Story Arc, Kuroro's heart is bound by Kurapika's Chain of Judgement (materialized chain with blade at the end). This will pierce through Kuroro's heart and kill him immediately under either of the following conditions:

1. He tries to use his Nen
2. He communicates directly with any member of the Genei Ryodan. (Kuroro is able to talk to Hisoka after Hisoka removed the fake spider tattoo on his back, proving that he had been deceiving the Genei Ryodan all along. He was never a true member.)

Instead of killing Kuroro, Kurapika renders him powerless in order to contain the Genei Ryodan. Kuroro sets off to the east in order to fulfill the prophecy given him by Neon. The destination to the east in the prophecy is later revealed to be Greed Island, the likely place to find a Nen-remover to neutralize Kurapika's chain. Kuroro obtains the game and recruits Hisoka to enter it for him since the game requires the ability to use Nen. Hisoka happily complies for the chance to fight Kuroro once his power is restored.

[edit] Talents

Kuroro is a quick thinker and very able-bodied. His ability to fend off the attacks of the two most powerful members of the Zaoldyeck family of assassins at once is proof of his fighting skill and strength. Zeno states that he would defeat Kuroro in a one-versus-one fight, but remarks that it would be a different matter if Kuroro were truly trying to kill him, instead of trying to steal his abilities. His vast book of abilities also gives him great insight into the abilities of others in combat and strategy (such as when he deduced Kurapika having the ability to impose rules on others with his Judgment Chain).

[edit] Nen Ability

Kuroro's Nen Ability is called "Skill Hunter". It allows him to steal the Nen Abilities of other people to use them as his own using a book known as the "Bandit's Secret." The theft victim, of course, no longer has access to his ability. The theft happens under strict conditions:

1. He must witness the nen ability in action
2. He must ask about the ability and be answered
3. His victim's hand must touch the cover of Bandit's Secret
4. All of the above must be done within an hour

To use one of the stolen abilities, he first materializes Bandit's Secret and turns to the page of the wanted ability. While using an ability, the book must remain opened. Additionally, an ability vanishes from the book when its former user dies.^[3]

[edit] Known Nen Abilities in the Book

Teleportation

The ability to teleport a person back and forth from one place to another, without that person's consent. He uses it on Nobunaga when he is about to attack Hisoka, as quarrels inside the Troupe are supposed to be either solved verbally or, if no solution can be found, by coin flipping.

Indoor Fish

A materialization of a fish that can only survive in a completely sealed room. The fish looks like a skeleton and feeds on human flesh. While the person is being fed on, they neither feel pain or lose blood, and will stay conscious despite being mortally wounded. Once the fish disappears, the usual effects of the wounds manifest, often killing the victim.

Fun Fun Cloth

An ability owned by the Owl, a member of the Injyuu (Shadow Beasts). This cloth is materialized, and can increase and decrease in size according to the user's will. Whatever is covered in the cloth decreases in size until it fits in the palm of a hand. The user can make it go back to its original size by letting it out of the bag. People can also be shrunk this way, without being injured.

Kuroro obtains this ability while the Ryodan torture the Owl after they captured him to find out how he hid the auction pieces they intended to steal.

Lovely Ghost Writer

An ability stolen from Neon Nostrade. It creates accurate predictions of future events. The user cannot predict their own future. The ability requires:

1. A Person's Full Name (and, only if she sees the person, a photo would also do.)
2. Their Date of Birth
3. Their Blood Type

The target person writes the required information on a piece of paper, then hands it to the abilities user, who then calls the "Lovely Ghost Writer", a sort of green monster that attaches to the users arm and moves his pen. The user does not know what he writes, being in a trance-like state.

The prophecies take up a specific pattern. They are made up of 4 to 5 paragraphs of 4 lines each corresponding to the weeks or months to come. The first paragraph is always about something that has already happened.

Neon refuses to read her own predictions, feeling it would spoil her ability, but Kuroro has his predictions read out by the addressees. So this seems not to be an ability restriction, but rather a matter of personal style.

[edit] References

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