Qi Yue

Biodata

Background

Qi Yue transmigrated into Chronicles of the Young Hunters as a transfer student at Seventh Hunter Academy. He awoke in a restroom while being strangled by a mutated creature and severed its tentacle with his dagger. To gain a new life and return to his own world, he had to survive until the manga’s finale, become a popular character, and bring peace to the world 1.

Uncertain how to use his Esper Ability, he chose the lowest-ranked Class F to avoid dangerous coursework and the manga’s protagonist group. He adopted an intimidating, ambiguous persona to discourage others from testing his strength 1 3.

Appearance

Qi Yue is a tall, slender young man with a striking, cool appearance 1 3.

• Height: 189 cm, according to his character panel 1.
• Hair: Short and snow-white 16.
• Eyes: Red or crimson 1 41.
• Clothing: He wears a black hooded cloak during the Katebis Island assessment, concealing tools beneath it 37.

Personality

Qi Yue is cautious and intensely concerned with survival. He maintains a polite but intimidating manner, carefully calculating his words, movements, and even poses so that others cannot easily gauge his strength. Because lying carries a fatal penalty, he relies on silence, ambiguity, and statements others can misinterpret 1 3 16 21.

Despite frequently approaching situations for practical reasons, he shows concern for others. He defends Beixing against cruel remarks, hopes he can overcome his insecurity, and warns Zhou Ziyao away from his traps 7 8 42.

Abilities & Skills

100% Perfect Copy

Qi Yue’s panel identifies his Esper Ability as 100% Perfect Copy, but does not explain how to activate it. Its negative buff states that the stronger his opponent, the stronger he becomes, and the weaker the opponent, the weaker he becomes; it also warns that lying is fatal 1.

• His Esper Detection Crystal Ball shattered when he touched it, but Qi Yue did not know why. His ability was recorded as “Unknown” 12 13.
• He tested for reactions from Liao Yuanliang, Lu Zhaobei, Wu Anyi, and Zhou Wei without a clear result 11 24 34 35.
• When Attas Flint attacked him, Attas was incapacitated by convulsive pain before his flames reached Qi Yue. Observers believed Qi Yue possessed a controllable ability similar to Beixing’s, though its precise operation remained unclear 18.
• While following Lu Zhaobei underground, Qi Yue noticed that his walking had become faster and nearly silent. He suspected a connection to his ability 50.

Panel and Observation

Qi Yue has access to a green panel visible only to him. It displays character information and warnings, including the protagonist group’s hatred value 1 2.

• He sees health bars above people and Aberrants and uses their lengths to estimate relative strength 3 31 41.
• Other people’s facial features appear mosaicked to him, making identification difficult; he instead relies on details such as hair and clothing 24 25.
• He discovers that scenes of him alone or using the panel are omitted from the manga, and uses this visual gap to conceal preparations 34 41.

Preparation and Traps

Qi Yue studies physical combat, magic, Aberrant anatomy, and the natural environment to compensate for his unreliable ability 20.

• He makes devices using knowledge from his teachers’ lessons and hides them in his dormitory 34.
• On Katebis Island, he uses concealed threads, needles, and defensive devices to make Aberrants melt and explode. Witnesses mistake the results for his Esper Ability 41 42.
• He studies a teleportation receiver’s workings and quietly damages its weak points with a corrosive solution 40.

Equipment & Items

• Dagger — Carried in a sheath beside his combat boot; he uses it to sever the tentacle attacking him 1.
• Black cloak — Conceals his tools and makes blood less conspicuous during the assessment 37.
• Corrosive solution — Used to disable the teleportation receiver on Katebis Island 40.
• Threads and trap devices — Hidden around a boulder to kill approaching Aberrants 41 42.
• Enchanted glasses — Given to Liao Yuanliang after the teacher questions him about his ability 21.

Relationships

• Beixing — A Class F student who becomes his friend and training partner. Qi Yue initially approaches him to assess his ability and deflect attention, but also defends and encourages him 6 7 9.
• Zhou Zifu and Zhou Ziyao — Red-haired twins in the protagonist group. Their reported hatred value rises after Qi Yue first greets and then avoids them; they later refund buyers seeking information about his ability 2 7 13.
• Lu Zhaobei — The manga’s protagonist and a Class A student. Their cautious conversations leave each misunderstanding the other’s intentions; Qi Yue later frees him from a collapsed passage entrance 24 26 28 48.
• Liao Yuanliang — Qi Yue’s homeroom teacher, who questions him about his ability and calls on him to advise Class F before its assessment 20 29 31.
• Jin Yuxuan — A Class F student whose advances Qi Yue rejects. Qi Yue later rebukes him for criticizing Beixing 6 7.
• Attas Flint — An exchange student incapacitated after attacking Qi Yue. Attas later refuses to blame him for the broken crystal ball without evidence 18 21.

Story Role & Major Arcs

Class F and the Esper test

Qi Yue joins Class F and trains with Beixing, using their partnership to conceal his inability to demonstrate a superpower. During the monthly Esper test, the detection crystal ball shatters, leaving his ability officially “Unknown” and drawing attention from students, staff, and manga readers 6 13 15.

After Attas attacks him and is incapacitated, Qi Yue intensifies his studies and training, aiming to advance to Class E through assessment 18 20.

Katebis Island assessment

Before the five-day Weekly Assessment, Qi Yue explains the YR Research Institute’s dangers and gives classmates individual survival advice. He and Beixing pool their points for equipment, which Qi Yue publicly gives to Beixing while keeping his own homemade tools concealed 29 31 33 34.

On Katebis Island, Qi Yue damages a recently used teleportation receiver and sets traps for Aberrants. Zhou Ziyao nearly enters the trapped area, but Qi Yue stops him before triggering the devices. Other students later find the remains and attribute the destruction to Qi Yue’s Esper Ability 40 42 49.

Among the remains, Qi Yue finds a note bearing two people’s handwriting and coordinates pointing toward ruins between Areas F and E. He subsequently clears a collapsed passage entrance for Lu Zhaobei and plans to follow him through the underground facility 45 48 49.