Killua Zoldyck

Killua Zoldyck (キルア=ゾルディック Kirua Zorudikku^?) is the deuteragonist of the series. Born as the middle child to a family of renowned assassins, the Zoldyck family, Killua mastered the trade at a young age and was designated to be the heir to the family business. However, he rebels against his family and runs away from home. Befriending Gon Freecss during the Hunter Exam, the pair decide to go on a quest to find Gon's father. Killua battles with his identity as a twelve-year-old and his identity as an assassin, often relapsing back to his former ways due to his upbringing. As a much younger child, Killua was taught by his father and elder brother to vent his negative emotions through causing pain and murder—turning them into strength for his future profession. As such, Killua has been raised to tolerate pain and simultaneously enjoy the act of killing.^[4] However, Killua's love for his friends and family often causes him to disregard his own personal health in order to help them in any way possible. His kind, self-sacrificial nature is at odds with his natural predisposition to commit horrible acts of violence to those outside of his family. His tolerance to pain gives him strength, as he later develops his Nen ability to harness the power of electricity. He has the ability to incorporate his electric ability to enhance his reflexes surpassing the maximum senses.

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