Chapter Summaries

Netero revealed the final exam’s elimination-tournament matchups, and Odin advanced after surrendering to Gon. Kurapika then defeated Hisoka when Hisoka unexpectedly surrendered, leaving the reason for his decision unexplained.

• Netero announced the tournament rules and revealed the matchups, with Odin facing Gon first and Kurapika facing Hisoka second.
• Odin advised Ponzu to surrender against opponents she could not beat, then asked Gon to do the same before their match.
• Gon refused to surrender, so Odin surrendered immediately and walked away, advancing Gon to the next round.
• Kurapika attacked Hisoka with wooden swords, while Hisoka dodged and countered with playing cards.
• Hisoka whispered something to Kurapika, then surrendered, and the referee declared Kurapika the winner.

Odin defeated Hanzo with his Afterimage Fist, and Ponzu surrendered to Hisoka. Hanzo then pinned Pokkle in their match and threatened to break his arm as Pokkle refused to give in.

• Odin dodged Hanzo’s attacks with Afterimage Fist, then struck his vital points until Hanzo surrendered.
• Ponzu surrendered to Hisoka at the start of their match and returned to Odin’s side.
• Pokkle attacked Hanzo with a flurry of punches, but Hanzo dodged them and pinned him to the floor.
• Hanzo increased the pressure on Pokkle’s arm while recounting his training and threatened to break it when Pokkle kept resisting.

The Hunter Exam’s final tournament continued as Hanzo forced Pokkle to surrender, while several other candidates won through unexpected forfeits. The chapter left Leorio furious after Killua deliberately gave him the match.

• Hanzo gradually increased the pressure on Pokkle’s arm until Pokkle surrendered, giving Hanzo the win.
• Ponzu faced Killua, but Killua forfeited before the fight began, so Ponzu won.
• Gittarackur forfeited against Pokkle, allowing Pokkle to advance without a fight.
• Killua forfeited against Leorio, and Leorio angrily demanded that Killua fight him seriously.
• Killua told Gon he had let Leorio win because he expected to win the tournament in the end.

The final Hunter Exam match ended when Killua recognized Gittarackur as his brother Illumi and surrendered under his pressure. Beans announced that Odin, Ponzu, and seven others had passed, while Gon remained troubled by Killua’s departure.

• Menchi complained that the examinees kept surrendering, but Buhara reminded her that the rules allowed it.
• Gittarackur removed his pins and revealed himself as Illumi Zoldyck, then told Killua to abandon the Hunter Exam and return to the assassin family.
• Illumi threatened Gon, and Killua surrendered despite Gon and Leorio urging him to fight.
• Killua left the hall without answering Gon, while Illumi watched him go and Hisoka put away his cards.
• Beans announced that Hisoka, Gittarackur, Hanzo, Odin, Gon, Pokkle, Kurapika, Leorio, and Ponzu had passed and told them to attend the Hunter Lecture the next morning.

After receiving their Hunter Licenses, Odin and Ponzu decided to travel together to Heavens Arena, while Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio went to look for Killua. Odin and Ponzu boarded an airship as the sun set over the city.

• Beans explained the rights and obligations of Hunters, and Netero confirmed that Killua’s exam result could not be changed.
• Leorio thanked Odin for helping on Glasses Island, then joined Gon and Kurapika to search for Killua.
• Ponzu asked to accompany Odin to Heavens Arena, and he agreed.
• Ponzu told Odin that she had grown up helping her family raise bees and had taken the Hunter Exam to study more insects.
• Odin bought two tickets to Heavens Arena, and he and Ponzu boarded an airship as the city glowed in the setting sun.

Odin and Ponzu arrived in the city of Heavens Arena, settled into Odin’s apartment, and spent the next morning shopping for supplies. They met Kirkia, a Hunter sent by the Hunter Association to check on them, and walked home with him to talk.

• Odin and Ponzu reached the city at night, and Odin brought Ponzu to stay in his apartment near Heavens Arena.
• Ponzu reflected on how Odin had helped her through the Hunter Exam before falling asleep.
• Odin and Ponzu bought groceries the next morning, and Ponzu was surprised by how much he spent.
• Kirkia introduced himself as a Hunter and said the Hunter Association had sent him to check on Odin and Ponzu.
• As they walked toward Odin’s apartment, Odin said he planned to become a Curio Hunter, while Ponzu said she planned to become an Insect Hunter.

Kirkia arrived and began teaching Odin and Ponzu about Nen, warning them about the dangers of forced awakening. During their first meditation lesson, Odin sensed his life energy unusually quickly, leaving Kirkia convinced he had found an extraordinary talent.

• Kirkia offered to teach Odin and Ponzu Nen and explained its basic principles and the dangers of forced awakening.
• Kirkia stayed for dinner at Odin's apartment, then told them to come to his inn the next morning for meditation lessons.
• Odin and Ponzu visited Kirkia's inn, where he guided them through sensing their bodies, breathing, and life energy.
• Odin quickly sensed a warm current of life energy throughout his body, surprising Kirkia.
• Ponzu continued meditating as Kirkia watched Odin and thought that his talent would make the future lively.

Odin learned to control his aura, awakened Nen, and mastered Ten faster than Ponzu. A Water Divination test identified Odin as a Specialist.

• On the second day of training, Odin focused his aura and formed a layer of Nen around his body while Ponzu struggled to sense hers.
• On the third day, Odin awakened Nen and learned that the aura he restrained around himself was Ten, while Ponzu remained unable to sense aura.
• Kirkia told Odin to practice Ten until he could maintain it instinctively and explained why keeping it active constantly was difficult.
• By the seventh day, Odin had become proficient with Ten, so Kirkia prepared a Water Divination test to determine his Nen Type.
• Odin channeled Nen into a glass of water, which churned, darkened, and sparkled; Kirkia identified him as a Specialist.

After Kokuya finished teaching Odin and Ponzu the basics of Nen, Ponzu discovered she was a Manipulator and began developing an ability with her bees. Odin tried to make his Specialist Nen imitate other energy systems, failed to create chakra, and turned to testing whether he could emulate Haki.

• Kokuya explained the Water Divination reactions for the Nen categories, and Odin continued considering how to develop his Specialist ability.
• Ponzu sensed her aura, learned Ten, and used Water Divination to discover she was a Manipulator.
• Kokuya left after Odin and Ponzu had mastered the basics, and they returned to their apartment to develop their own Nen abilities.
• Odin attempted to transform his Nen into chakra but concluded he needed a concrete reference, while Ponzu struggled to attach Nen to her bees.
• Odin suggested Ponzu give her Nen a scent the bees liked, then considered imitating Observation Haki to improve his perception.

Odin developed Thousand Transformations Vessel, a Nen Ability that let him simulate other energies, and successfully created versions of Observation Haki and Armament Haki. While Odin continued training, Ponzu found a way to infuse Nen into her bees through honey and began sensing and controlling one.

• Odin realized he could make Nen simulate the properties of other energies and used it to create Observation Haki, sensing his surroundings and identifying three birds outside the window.
• Odin named his ability Thousand Transformations Vessel and simulated Armament Haki by concentrating and hardening Nen over his hand.
• Odin and Ponzu spent three days training; Odin failed to simulate Dragon Ball ki because he did not understand its properties well enough.
• Ponzu wrapped honey in Nen and used it to transfer Nen into a bee, then sensed the bee and felt she could control its movements.
• Odin extended Observation Haki across the nearby street and finalized Thousand Transformations Vessel, whose conditions required thorough knowledge of an energy and greater Nen consumption for more complex simulations.

Ponzu practiced controlling her bees and learned to sense what they experienced when they flew beyond her sight. She developed a way to use Nen-enhanced bees to lift herself, then considered how to defend against long-range attacks.

• Ponzu practiced controlling more bees over several days but could not sense their feedback.
• On Odin's advice, Ponzu sent the bees outside and gradually learned to sense their movements and surroundings.
• Odin urged Ponzu to find ways to work with the bees to protect herself in a fight.
• Ponzu used Nen to strengthen nine bees, which lifted her into the air.
• Odin suggested Ponzu develop specialized bees or use other insects to defend her from long-range attacks.

Odin and Ponzu trained their Nen abilities, with Ponzu improving her control of bees and Odin refining his Haki-like Nen techniques. They began endurance training with Ren, where Ponzu lasted twenty-eight minutes and Odin lasted thirty-seven before asking if she could continue.

• Odin practiced Nen: Armament Haki and advanced Nen techniques while Ponzu trained in her bedroom.
• Ponzu demonstrated controlling thirty bees independently within a range of five hundred meters.
• Odin reported maintaining Nen: Armament Haki for half an hour and extending Nen: Observation Haki to a kilometer.
• Odin told Ponzu they needed to build their Nen reserves and train to maintain Ren for longer.
• Ponzu collapsed after twenty-eight minutes of Ren, while Odin continued until thirty-seven minutes and then asked whether she could keep going.

Odin and Ponzu trained their Nen for two months before deciding to test their abilities and earn money at Heavens Arena. They registered to fight from the first floor and waited for their numbers to be called.

• Ponzu practiced Ren alongside Odin, then tested her bee reconnaissance at night and confirmed it worked in the dark.
• Odin continued intensive Ren training while Ponzu cooked, and they agreed that building up Nen was important.
• At the beginning of the third month after the Hunter Exam, Ponzu proposed fighting at Heavens Arena to earn money, and Odin agreed to test their strength.
• Odin and Ponzu traveled to Heavens Arena and registered to start on the first floor, despite Odin having previously reached the 200th floor.
• They entered the crowded fighting hall and waited as ordinary fighters battled in the rings and an announcement came over the speakers.

Ponzu fought her way to floor 190 at Heavens Arena, improving her unassisted fighting skills with Odin’s coaching while he bet on her victories. After she won, she and Odin headed toward floor 200 with hundreds of millions of Jenny in winnings.

• Ponzu defeated her first opponent at Heavens Arena without using Nen, and Odin advanced alongside her.
• Odin watched Ponzu’s matches, placed bets on her, and coached her on correcting weaknesses in her fighting technique.
• Ponzu continued winning and training until she could defeat fighters above floor 100 without relying on Nen.
• Ponzu defeated her opponent on floor 190, earning a total of 400 million Jenny, while Odin’s bets and his own fights brought his earnings to over 2.1 billion Jenny.
• Ponzu counted her winnings in the elevator to floor 200 and reflected that her village could not earn that much from beekeeping in a lifetime.

Odin and Ponzu registered for matches on Heavens Arena’s 200th floor, where Killua revealed that their Nen was stronger than his and Gon’s. Ponzu won her first match with her bees and poison, and she invited Odin to visit her family with her.

• Gon and Killua met Odin and Ponzu at Heavens Arena, and Killua told Gon that Ponzu had more Nen than he did and Odin felt stronger than Wing.
• Odin and Ponzu registered for 200th-floor matches scheduled for the following evening.
• Ponzu spoke with her parents, told them she had become a Hunter, and invited Odin to visit her hometown; he agreed.
• Ponzu faced a stronger Enhancement Nen user, used her bees to poison her opponent, and defeated her with a kick.

Odin and Ponzu traveled to Ponzu’s hometown, where he met her parents and learned about the family’s beekeeping. After sharing a meal, Ponzu took Odin to explore the flower-covered hillside.

• Odin easily defeated his opponent at Heavens Arena, then left with Ponzu for her hometown.
• Ponzu’s father, Kumu Shiming, met them and drove them to the family home.
• Ponzu introduced Odin to her mother and showed him the bees her family kept for honey.
• Odin ate with Ponzu and her parents, answering questions about his life and becoming a Hunter.
• Ponzu led Odin along a flower-lined path up the hillside.

Odin stayed with Ponzu’s family in her village, where relatives learned that she had become a Hunter and reached the two hundredth floor of Heavens Arena. To escape their questions about marriage, Ponzu pledged her money to building a village road and installing streetlights, while Odin later reflected on his past in an orphanage and resumed training.

• Odin and Ponzu walked among the village’s flower fields and beehives, and Ponzu said she appreciated being home after years away.
• The next morning, Ponzu’s relatives visited and celebrated her Hunter License before learning she had reached Heavens Arena’s two hundredth floor.
• Ponzu’s relatives asked when she and Odin would marry and have children, and Ponzu blurted out that she wanted to build a road and install streetlights for the village.
• Ponzu handed her bankbook to Kumu to fund the improvements, then fled with Odin while her relatives watched.
• Odin returned to his room, remembered his unhappy childhood in an orphanage, and got up to train.

Odin and Ponzu spent their last day in her village as Ponzu’s mother hinted that they should settle down together, then left for the airport. Aboard the airship, Odin chose the Mitne Wetlands as their next destination, where Ponzu could search for a Glassy Giant-vein Dragonfly.

• Ponzu told Odin about plans for a bus service once the village road was finished, while her mother asked whether Ponzu had feelings for him.
• At lunch, Ponzu’s mother encouraged Odin and Ponzu to travel together, and Odin invited Ponzu to join his future travels.
• Ponzu and Odin decided to leave the next morning, and Kumu gave Ponzu a bundle of honey before driving them to the county town.
• At the airport, Ponzu shared her family’s honey with Odin, and they boarded an airship for their next destination.
• Odin suggested they visit the Mitne Wetlands first so Ponzu could look for a Glassy Giant-vein Dragonfly, and Ponzu agreed.

Odin and Ponzu arrived in Mito City and entered the Mitne Wetlands to search for Glassy Giant-vein Dragonflies. Odin detected their targets across the wetlands but let Ponzu practice finding them with her bees.

• Odin and Ponzu landed in Mito City, where a taxi driver told them researchers had come to study the wetlands and recalled a report of a dragonfly with a three-meter wingspan.
• Odin and Ponzu rented one room at an inn overlooking the wetlands and decided to rest before setting out the next morning.
• Odin woke early and used Nen-Observation Haki, locating the Glassy Giant-vein Dragonflies concentrated in the southeast.
• Odin and Ponzu walked into the Mitne Wetlands, where Ponzu sent her bees searching as Odin surveyed the area with Nen-Observation Haki.
• Odin detected the dragonflies and other creatures across the wetlands but chose not to reveal their locations, allowing Ponzu to practice.

Odin and Ponzu searched the Mitne Wetlands for a large Glassy Giant-vein Dragonfly and caught one with a wingspan of about 2.9 meters. Back at the inn, Ponzu began examining its unusual features.

• Ponzu led Odin to a lake where they found two Glassy Giant-vein Dragonflies, but their wingspans were too small.
• Following Odin’s guidance, Ponzu located a dragonfly nearly three meters across and tried to catch it while hidden with Zetsu.
• After Ponzu failed to catch the fast-moving dragonfly, Odin blocked its escape routes so she could seize it, and he stunned it with a knife-hand chop.
• Ponzu placed the dragonfly in a cloth bag, and she and Odin returned to the inn near nightfall.
• Ponzu examined the dragonfly and demonstrated that the sharp edge of its folded wing could cut paper.