Recaps

Kevin and his allies helped Kurapika and Pairo recover the Kurta Clan’s eyes, then turned toward Meteor City and an investigation into a legendary Phoenix. The arc left Kevin’s group entering a hidden passage inside an unmapped volcano as a Kakin special operations team also pursued the Bird.

• Kevin’s forces defeated the Phantom Troupe, and Kevin burned the captured members to ashes after learning about their past and sealing Chrollo’s Nen book.
• Kurapika and Pairo recovered the Kurta Clan’s eyes and began returning them to rest, then took three pairs from Ankora after he refused to surrender them.
• Kevin’s group attended the auction, where Kevin bought Greed Island consoles and later brought Gon and Killua to Nosra Manor.
• Melusina proposed recruiting Meteor City residents for the Dark Continent expedition, while Kevin set out with Men Qi and Buhaci to investigate reports of a Phoenix.
• Shalnark and Melusina traveled to Meteor City, where Shalnark showed Melusina the city and explained its residents’ circumstances.
• Kevin’s team followed a trail of Resentment through the forest and learned that An and Tell suspected an outside force was behind coming volcanic eruptions.
• A fiery Giant Bird appeared above the volcano, and a disguised Kakin special operations team told An and Tell that they had been hired to capture it.
• Kevin pursued the Phoenix to an unmapped volcano, detected a man-made space inside it, and led his group into a concealed passage while Buhaci guarded the entrance.

Kevin freed the Phoenix from its sacrificial Shackle and raised the young recruits while the Chimera Ant disaster erupted in the NGL. After the first battles and the start of the Extermination Team’s operation, Kevin joined Kite and killed Zaiyilo, then set his sights on investigating the Ant Queen and the ants without human souls.

• Kevin restrained the Phoenix, removed its Resentment Shackle, and placed its soul in the Giant Egg to begin a new Nirvana.
• Kevin and Melusina recruited and trained four Meteor City youths, while An investigated Tell’s murder and Kite uncovered signs of a Chimera Ant outbreak in the NGL.
• Pakunoda and Pons escaped the NGL after insectoid monsters attacked them, and Kite entered the region alone before Gon and Killua joined him.
• Neferpitou ambushed Kite, Gon, and Killua, but Melusina and her team drove her off and rescued the injured group.
• Netero arrived to lead the response, and the Hunters split up to track and eliminate the Chimera Ants while Kevin waited for the Phoenix Egg to hatch.
• Kevin and Biscuit reunited with Kite, Gon, and Killua, and Biscuit agreed to train the boys.
• Kevin and Kite confronted Zaiyilo, a Division Leader who claimed to be human, and Kevin killed him before proposing an investigation of the Ant Queen and ants without human souls.

Kevin and the Hunters stormed the Chimera Ant nest, but the Ant King was born before they could reach the Queen. Kevin saved the Queen, recruited and transformed selected ants, and turned toward East Gorteau as the King’s forces prepared to use its people.

• Kevin and Kite led the assault on the nest, where Kevin fought Youpi while Netero battled Neferpitou and the others pushed toward the Queen.
• The Hunters reached the empty Incubation Room, but the Ant King tore his way out of the Queen and left with the Royal Guards.
• Nobu brought the dying Queen to Hide and Seek, and Kevin stabilized her before declaring that he would kill Meruem.
• Kevin kept the Queen and selected ants at the nest, while Netero and Nobu set out to track the Ant King.
• Meruem revealed himself to Kevin, offered to help defeat the hostile ants, and joined Kite’s group as a scout.
• Kevin used the Cocoon of Rebirth on Lena, who emerged human and reunited with her brother Rukira, then judged the gathered ants and spared fewer than ten.
• Kevin took nine selected ants toward East Gorteau, while Morel discovered the capital was deserted and Neferpitou was guarding it with a vast En.

Kevin and the Hunters prepared a coordinated assault on the Royal Palace, where Kevin killed Youpi while Netero drew the Ant King to a remote battlefield. The Ant King withstood Netero’s attack, while Morel and Men Qi continued fighting Youpi’s remaining threat inside the smoke Cage.

• The Ant King killed the country’s chess champion and waited for the Hunters, while Kite and the others abandoned a risky infiltration plan and surrounded the Palace.
• Kevin sparred with Netero, learned that Netero carried a Poor Man’s Rose in his heart, and offered a toxin and Peak Power Potion to help him fight the Ant King.
• Kevin and the Hunters planned the Palace assault, assigning Kevin to fight Youpi while Melusina, Kite, and Kiy held Neferpitou.
• At midnight, Netero and Zeno entered the Palace, and Netero sent Neferpitou into the ambush as Kevin attacked Youpi.
• Youpi’s transformation caused an explosion that damaged the Palace, but Kevin defeated him with a powerful punch and gave his heart to Rukira.
• Netero and the Ant King traveled to a remote weapons-testing ground, where the Ant King explained his plan to rule humanity and Netero attacked him with the Thousand-Armed Guanyin.
• The Ant King endured Netero’s full-force attack without injury, while Morel and Men Qi struggled to hold Youpi inside the smoke Cage as Gon waited for their signal.