

One day, Kurapika spots a child who looks very similar to his childhood friend, Pyro. However, when he catches up to him, the boy steals Kurapika's eyes with some kind of magical power. Gon, Leorio, and Killua promise to help find who took his eyes and get them back, but Killua is having his own problems when he is forced to face his past and whether he really is worthy to have Gon as a friend.
Acting
Mariya Ise's Killua breakdown will shatter you.
Direction
Sato nails the suffocating dread of Illumi's presence.
Score
Haunting strings whenever the Phantom Troupe appears.
Director
Yuzo Sato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Togashi supervised the screenplay, making this canon-adjacent despite filler complaints. The Omokage character was created specifically to explore Kurapika's trauma without derailing the manga.
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