Here’s everything we know so far about the Dark Continent Calamities.

Here’s everything we know about Hatsu and its intricacies!

What Is Nen?

The victims of the  Five Dark Continent Calamities being displayed in Hunter x Hunter.

Nen is the process ofcontrolling and using your Aura (life energy) to gain specific effects.

These can be anything from simple reinforcement to things like heightened senses.

Mastering Nen comes withgetting used to four techniques.

Isaac Netero, Beyond Netero, and Longhi, from Hunter X Hunter.

What Is A Hatsu?

Every special ability that you see in the Hunter x Hunter world is a Hatsu.

So long as there’s a logical route to follow,you might create any kind of Hatsu.

Ae-sun and Gwan-sik smiling at each other in When Life Gives You Tangerines.

He’s straightforward, honest, and a bit dumb at times.

Like his nature, his Nen ability, Jajanken, is also aperfect representation of an enhancer ability.

The Hatsu adds the condition that Gon has to chant something and make a specific gesture.

Illumi Zoldyk with his hair down and an enlarged eye as the background in Hunter x Hunter.

This lets Bill grow plants from seeds, but it can also be used tobuff another person.

Dogman’s Nen Ability

Dogman is part of the Heil-Ly family, currently working underMorena Prudo.

Dogman showcases another program of enhancement that we haven’t seen much of.

A diagram of all the six Nen types in Hunter x Hunter.

However, emission also has some other, more niche uses.

These includeteleportation, Nen beasts, and some even weirder Nen techniques.

Franklin’s Nen Ability

Franklin is one of thedevious criminals who make up the Phantom Troupe.

Wing from Hunter x Hunter opening his palm to show Hatsu with the kanji for Hatsu written in the middle.

He looks like an absolute giant, making others around him seem like insects.

Franklin’s Double Machine Gun is the perfect Nen ability to describe what emission is capable of.

It’s a simple ability and shows that emission can be used to create teleportation-based abilities.

Uvogin smirking at the camera.

Lynch’s Nen Ability

Moving on to manga-exclusive characters, we see another odd tool of emission.

Lynch Fullbokko uses her Nen ability to interrogate people.

Killua’s Nen Ability

Killua is one of the simplest examples of a transmuter.

Gon charging up his Jankenpon in Hunter x Hunter.

Having gone through severe electrical torture as a child, he’s very used to how electrocution feels.

This lets Killua create a Hatsu thatgives his Aura the same properties as lightning.

Instead, his muscles react instantly to any threat.

A closeup of Bill from Hunter x Hunter surrounded in Aura.

This also increases their Aura output.

In terms of how dangerous a Hatsu can be, manipulators can be the hardest to deal with.

He has a bunch of different Hatsu, all based on manipulation andmaking use of needles.

A closeup of Dogman from Hunter x Hunter.

This is the strongest form of manipulation that we’ve seen.

Specialist Hatsu

We’ve explained what each of the other five Nen Aura types can do.

Morena Prudo claims that specialism isn’t set directly on the Nen chart.

Franklin with his fingers open.

So long as a set of conditions is met,Chrollo can steal another person’s Hatsu.

Hunter x Hunter provides more nuance than other battle shows, giving characters ways to bypass this.

The two main ways of instantly making a stronger Hatsu arethrough conditions and sacrifice.

Franklin firing with his fingers.

For example, you may have a simple Hatsu that summons a fireball.

As a result,the fireball will be stronger.

This improvement, unlike through sheer hard work, is multiplicative.

Closeup of Leorio from Hunter x Hunter with a serious expression on his face.

This means that each added condition scales your Aura output exponentially.

The more difficult the conditions and the more dangerous the sacrifice, the stronger a character can be.

The smartest Hunter x Hunter characters all make use of this.

Lynch from Hunter x Hunter using her Hatsu, shown by her punching someone and a text bubble appearing behind them.

Kurapika’s special chains are so strong because he can only use them against the Phantom Troupe.

We give a shot to find some answers in this article.

Hunter x Hunter image showing Hisoka making a circle around his eye with his hand.

Killua with his hair sparking in his Godspeed form in Hunter x Hunter.

Biscuit Krueger’s or Bisky from Hunter x Hunter using Gyo to focus Aura on her hand.

Biscuit Krueger’s summoned Cookie using her Nen Hatsu ability on Gon from Hunter x Hunter.

Shalnark being held by a Chimera Ant.

Illumi Zoldyk holding needles with a purple aura around them in Hunter x Hunter.

Kalluto’s showing his paper manipulation in Hunter X Hunter.

Morena Prudo smiling creepily.

Chrollo with a serene expression on his face.

Neon Nostrade from Hunter x Hunter using her specialist ability with a fiendish demon guiding her hand to write the future.

Aduly Gon from Hunter x Hunter looking at his hand, covered in a golden Aura.

Isaac Netero from Hunter x Hunter making a heart with his hands.

Gon from Hunter X Hunter looking hopeless with a dark aura around him.