Recaps

Cordis Paipai escaped from Aiboka Psychiatric Hospital and learned that he would be banished from Blue Star because of his overwhelming strength. He chose the Hunter x Hunter world and arrived in a blood-soaked alley, where an unseen speaker noticed he was still alive.

• Bu'ao Du investigated Cordis Paipai's empty prison cell after the hospital announced his escape.
• A mysterious eyeball found Cordis at a villa, where he sat watching television among two murdered residents.
• The eyeball told Cordis he would be permanently banished from Blue Star, and he chose the Hunter x Hunter world.
• Cordis was transported to a dim alley strewn with dead bodies, where a voice called him a surviving little apple.

Cordis survived an encounter with Hisoka, who challenged him to fight again after he learned Nen, then prepared himself and registered for the Hunter Exam. The chapter left Cordis entering the exam venue in an elevator with Illumi disguised as Gittarackur, whom Cordis found handsome.

• Hisoka attacked Cordis with a playing card, tasted his blood, and offered to spare him until he learned Nen and could fight him.
• After Hisoka vanished in a cloud of mist, Cordis recovered and went to a clothing shop, where he traded jewelry for clothes and adjusted them to look more stylish.
• The next morning, Cordis registered for the Hunter Exam and learned that he could take it without an ID.
• A registration worker led Cordis into a hidden elevator with Illumi, disguised as Gittarackur.
• Cordis gazed admiringly at Illumi's pin-covered face as the elevator headed for the exam venue.

Cordis arrived at the Hunter Exam venue with Illumi, admired Illumi’s outfit, and tried to get styling advice before Hisoka interrupted them. Later, Cordis stopped Tonpa from giving Gon another drink and offered Gon candy, leaving Kurapika wary of the stranger.

• Cordis followed Illumi into the exam venue and watched him accept and drink Tonpa’s offered red persimmon drink.
• Cordis asked Illumi to teach him how to dress, but Hisoka arrived and drew Cordis’s attention with flirtatious remarks.
• Cordis left Hisoka and spotted Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio accepting drinks from Tonpa.
• Cordis rushed over, hugged Gon, and accidentally knocked his drink to the floor.
• Cordis took Tonpa’s replacement drink and offered Gon fruit candies, but Kurapika pulled Gon behind him and demanded to know who Cordis was.

Cordis Paipai met Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio before the first phase of the Hunter Exam began, then ran with them through the tunnel. The runners reached a distant light that appeared to mark the finish, while Cordis carried Leorio's abandoned briefcase.

• Cordis introduced himself to Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio, and Gon trusted him and accepted his candy.
• Examiner Satotz announced that the first phase required the applicants to follow him, and the candidates began running through the tunnel.
• As applicants collapsed from stomach pains and exhaustion, Cordis caught up with Gon, who was encouraging Leorio to keep going; Gon introduced Cordis to Killua.
• When Leorio collapsed, Cordis offered to help him, but Leorio stood up, abandoned his briefcase, and ran on, shouting that he would become a Hunter.
• Cordis picked up Leorio's briefcase and continued running as the applicants reached a distant light and cried that they had arrived at the finish.

Cordis, Gon, and Killua entered the Swindlers' Nest, where a creature tried to impersonate Satotz. Cordis exposed the deception, and as the group moved through the fog, Gon and Killua went ahead while Cordis stayed back to protect Leorio and Kurapika.

• Cordis reunited with Gon and Killua after they emerged from the tunnel, and Satotz warned the group that the forest ahead was the dangerous Swindlers' Nest.
• A wounded man claimed Satotz was a Man-Faced Ape, but Cordis identified the real Satotz when he caught Hisoka's thrown cards.
• Satotz warned Hisoka that attacking an examiner would result in disqualification, then led the group deeper into the foggy forest.
• Killua warned Gon and Cordis to keep their distance from Hisoka, while Gon loudly relayed the warning to Leorio and Kurapika.
• Cordis decided to stay behind to protect Leorio and Kurapika, and Gon and Killua continued toward the front.

Cordis rescued Leorio and Kurapika from giant turtles, then intercepted Hisoka’s attack on the last blue-clad man. Cordis faced Hisoka, and Leorio chose to fight beside him as Gon continued toward the finish line with Killua.

• Cordis struck a giant turtle in the eye with a stone, then carried Kurapika and Leorio to safety.
• Cordis, Kurapika, and Leorio spotted Hisoka surrounded by blue-clad men who tried to force him out of the Hunter Exam.
• Hisoka killed the men with his playing cards, but Cordis intercepted the card he threw at their leader and let the leader escape.
• Cordis told Kurapika and Leorio to go ahead while he faced Hisoka, but Leorio joined him and charged Hisoka with a wooden stick.

Cordis fought Hisoka in the fog-shrouded forest, then escaped and reunited with Gon. Gon told him Kurapika had taken Leorio back to the group and led Cordis toward them.

• After Leorio collapsed, Cordis rescued him from Hisoka and sent Kurapika away with him.
• Hisoka ambushed Cordis with playing cards and stones in the thick fog, injuring him and temporarily blinding him.
• Cordis used Leorio's briefcase and its scattered documents to block Hisoka's view and escape.
• Hisoka let Cordis go, then received a walkie-talkie message from Illumi and headed toward the finish line.
• Cordis searched for Kurapika until Gon found him and explained that Kurapika had returned to the group with Leorio.
• Gon followed Leorio's cologne scent and pulled the injured Cordis toward the group.

Cordis reunited with Gon and the others after his encounter with Hisoka, and the group reached the second phase of the Hunter Exam. Menchi and Buhara assigned the examinees a cooking test, but Gon’s group found a herd of Rhinonose Pigs and had to flee as the pigs charged through the forest.

• Cordis reunited with Kurapika and Gon, then sat down to rest while Leorio woke and reclaimed his briefcase.
• Killua arrived, noticed Cordis’s injuries, and realized that Hisoka had beaten him despite Cordis’s boast that he had driven Hisoka away.
• Satotz led the examinees to Piskas Forest Park, where Menchi and Buhara introduced the cooking test and required them to prepare pork for Buhara.
• Gon and the others discovered a herd of Rhinonose Pigs, and Cordis identified the vicious animals before they charged at the group.
• Killua and the others fled from the Rhinonose Pigs, whose charge sent the other examinees running as well.

Cordis and the other examinees failed Menchi’s roast-pig test, prompting Chairman Netero to intervene and arrange a new test. The group reached Mount Mabitas, where Menchi jumped from a cliff toward giant eggs suspended in spider silk.

• Cordis killed a Rhinonose Pig, and the examinees returned several hundred pigs to the venue.
• The examinees served whole roast pig, but Menchi failed their dishes, including Leorio’s and Cordis’s; she objected that Cordis had not cleaned the pig intestines properly.
• Menchi failed every examinee, but Chairman Netero arrived and suggested a new test to settle the dispute.
• Menchi chose boiled eggs as the new test and asked Netero to take everyone to Mount Mabitas.
• At Mount Mabitas, Menchi jumped from a cliff toward giant eggs hanging among strands of spider silk.

After passing Menchi’s Spider Egg test, Cordis, Gon, Killua, and the other applicants boarded the Airship for the next exam. Cordis cooked meat in the cafeteria and spotted Illumi disguised as Gittarackur, leaving him poised to approach him.

• Menchi and Cordis guided the applicants through the ravine, and everyone who returned with a Spider Egg passed the test.
• Cordis shared his hometown Egg Custard with Gon and Killua before the applicants boarded Netero’s Airship.
• Gon and Killua went exploring while Cordis headed to the cafeteria for food.
• Cordis found meat in the kitchen, cooked it, and sat down to eat.
• Cordis noticed Illumi, disguised as Gittarackur, eating lettuce and considered going over to him.

Cordis encountered Illumi in the cafeteria, then joined the third phase of the Hunter Exam at Trick Tower. After falling into a dark room, he reunited with Hisoka and they began navigating the tower’s question-controlled doors.

• Cordis offered Illumi his meat, but Illumi spat it out and left, while Cordis discovered the meat tasted unpleasant.
• Cordis and the other applicants arrived at Trick Tower, where Green Bean told them to reach the bottom within seventy-two hours.
• Cordis stepped on a mechanism and fell into a dark room, where he found Hisoka waiting.
• Cordis and Hisoka put on Timers and answered a door’s question about whether they looked forward to the future; both chose yes.
• Cordis and Hisoka proceeded to another door, which presented a choice between killing the person they hated most and bringing back the person they loved most.

Cordis and Hisoka answered the final question before entering an arena, where Cordis fought a man who boasted about the Spider and his kills. The man surrendered after Cordis knocked him out of the arena, and Cordis moved on with the belief that people had to face the future.

• Cordis chose [Someone you hate], then learned that Hisoka had someone he loved but refused to reveal who it was.
• Cordis and Hisoka both answered No when asked whether they would miss who they used to be.
• Cordis volunteered to fight the black-robed man waiting in the arena.
• The man showed off his muscles, revealed a Spider design and tally marks for his kills, and tried to intimidate Cordis.
• Cordis punched the man out of the arena, and the man surrendered while clinging to its edge.

Cordis and Hisoka cleared the Dueling Arena in thirty minutes, then waited through the rest of the exam while Cordis fixated on Illumi and agreed to join Hisoka’s post-exam tour. Gon and Killua finally arrived, and Cordis welcomed them as the exam drew to a close.

• Cordis defeated Muscle Man, while Hisoka’s opponent surrendered, and the two reached first place after completing the arena in thirty minutes.
• Hisoka invited Cordis to play Card Tower, but Cordis knocked the tower down after catching him cheating and fell asleep.
• Cordis woke twelve hours later, spotted Illumi, and spent the remaining exam days watching him without finding a chance to ask for his contact information.
• Hisoka invited Cordis to join a tour group after the exam, and Cordis agreed, suspecting it was the Phantom Troupe.
• Gon and Killua reached the exit, and Cordis praised Gon’s achievement and stroked Killua’s head.

The candidates drew targets for the fourth phase of the Hunter Exam, which would take place on Sabir Island. Cordis tried to reassure Gon about facing Hisoka, then disembarked with Hisoka as the weeklong hunt began.

• Lippo announced that the fourth phase would take place on Sabir Island, and the candidates drew cards to determine their targets.
• Cordis reassured Gon that he only needed to take his target’s badge, then made a pinky promise that Gon would become the strongest person in the world.
• Lippo explained the badge points needed to pass, and Kara told the candidates that they would have a week on the island to earn six points.
• Gon revealed that Hisoka was his target, and Cordis stepped between them after sensing Hisoka’s murderous intent.
• Cordis disembarked after Hisoka, while Gon and Killua waited for their turns.

Cordis collected his target’s badge on the fourth phase island, then wandered south hoping to find Gon. He encountered Illumi and Hisoka over a pot of mushroom soup, left hungry, and continued searching for Gon the next morning.

• Cordis knocked out his target, took his number badge, and hid him somewhere safe.
• Cordis chose to search for Gon and wandered south until evening without finding him.
• Cordis followed the smell of mushroom soup and found Illumi cooking in the bushes.
• Illumi refused to share his soup with Cordis, and Hisoka arrived to claim the remaining half.
• Cordis left without eating and found unfamiliar sweet-tart fruit to fill his stomach.
• The next morning, Cordis continued south and heard the sharp swish of a rod being swung.

Cordis encouraged Gon to look for the right opening to steal Hisoka’s badge, then encountered Hisoka on Sabir Island and remembered their promise to visit the Phantom Troupe. Three days later, Cordis returned to the river and reunited with Gon, who ran into his arms.

• Cordis told Gon to focus on finding the perfect opening to take Hisoka’s badge, and Gon realized he could strike when Hisoka was distracted.
• After leaving Gon, Cordis wandered across Sabir Island and met Hisoka, who questioned him about his name and identity.
• Cordis admired blood-red butterflies, but Hisoka chased them away, and the two called each other strange.
• Hisoka reminded Cordis of their promise to visit the Phantom Troupe after the exam, and Cordis agreed.
• Three days later, Cordis returned to the river and Gon recognized him from a distance before running into his arms.

Cordis treated Gon’s injured hand and encouraged him to face Hisoka alone. As Gon hid nearby, he watched Hisoka kill a challenger and learned that Hisoka planned to kill Cordis after letting him grow stronger.

• Cordis bandaged Gon’s hand and told him to track Hisoka by the faint scent of blood.
• Cordis sensed Hisoka nearby, but Gon insisted on handling the encounter himself, and Cordis left after saying he believed in Gon.
• Gon hid in the bushes and watched a spear-wielding man challenge Hisoka, who evaded him until the wounded man collapsed.
• Illumi killed the injured challenger with a needle, then asked Hisoka about sparing Cordis.
• Hisoka said he planned to let Cordis grow before killing him cruelly, and Gon trembled with murderous intent.

Hisoka confronted Kurapika, Leorio, and Cordis for their badges, but Cordis and Kurapika argued over who should surrender theirs. Hisoka returned most of the badges after Cordis promised to fight him once he awakened Nen, then stayed behind as Gon watched from hiding, overwhelmed by Hisoka’s terrifying aura.

• Hisoka approached Kurapika and Leorio and demanded their two-point badges.
• Cordis gave Hisoka his badges to spare Kurapika and Leorio, but Kurapika offered his own badges instead, leaving Hisoka with all four.
• Hisoka teased Kurapika and Cordis as they argued, then agreed to Cordis’s promise to fight him after awakening Nen and dropped the badges.
• Hisoka picked up one single-point badge and let Cordis, Kurapika, and Leorio leave with the other three.
• Gon watched from behind a tree as Hisoka’s overwhelming aura frightened the nearby animals and left him gripping his fishing rod.

Gon stole Hisoka’s badge, but a dark-skinned man took it along with Gon's before Cordis killed him. Hisoka let Gon keep the man’s badge, then struck Cordis when Gon refused the offer, causing Cordis’s Nen to awaken.

• Gon stole Hisoka’s badge while Hisoka fought another man, but he collapsed after escaping.
• A dark-skinned man took Hisoka’s badge and Gon's badge, but Cordis killed him with one strike.
• Hisoka let Gon keep the dead man's badge and said Gon could repay him later, but Gon refused and returned Hisoka’s badge.
• Hisoka struck at Gon, and Cordis intercepted the punch but was sent flying and broke his elbow.
• Cordis’s Nen surged awake, thrilling Hisoka, before Cordis drew back the wild Nen.

Cordis awakened his Nen while fighting Hisoka, but Hisoka broke his arm and Cordis collapsed. Gon later found Cordis alive and cared for him, leaving Cordis to recognize how much Gon had grown.

• Cordis awakened his Nen and cut Hisoka's cheek, but collapsed from his injuries as Hisoka praised his ability.
• Gon forced himself to shove Hisoka aside and vowed to kill him before dragging Cordis into a hollow tree to shelter him.
• Gon woke after dark and panicked when Cordis was gone, fearing Hisoka had taken him.
• Cordis returned with fruit, and Gon hugged him and cried, blaming himself for being too weak to protect him.
• Cordis comforted Gon, who gathered the fruit and firewood and made him rest; Cordis told him he had grown up.

Cordis, Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio regrouped near the finish line after Cordis recovered from his fight with Hisoka, and Cordis led them to a cave where Leorio hoped to find Ponzu. Leorio entered the cave alone as the exam neared its end.

• Cordis told Gon he envied his relationship with Aunt Mito before they both fell asleep in a tree hollow.
• With one day left in the exam, Cordis and Gon found Kurapika and Leorio near the finish line, where Leorio splinted Cordis's broken elbow.
• Gon said Cordis had hurt Hisoka, while Leorio revealed that he still needed to find his target, Ponzu.
• Cordis recalled seeing Ponzu enter a cave and led the group there.
• Leorio took his briefcase from Cordis and entered the cave alone to search for Ponzu.

Leorio entered the Cave alone but was badly bitten by snakes and trapped with Gon, Kurapika, Cordis, and Ponzu in Babon’s cavern. With Leorio weakening from venom, Cordis approached the dead Babon to retrieve antivenom, revealing a powerful ability as the chapter ended.

• Leorio entered the Cave alone after asking the others to wait, but Gon, Kurapika, and Cordis ignored his warning and followed when they heard him call out.
• Cordis found Leorio wounded beside a snake and realized that snakes blocked the cavern’s exit; Ponzu explained that Babon’s trap threatened anyone who tried to leave.
• Cordis recognized that Babon was dead, and Ponzu revealed that Babon carried antivenom but warned that the surrounding snakes would attack anyone who approached him.
• Cordis walked toward Babon while Gon and Kurapika trusted him to handle the danger.
• Cordis pointed at Babon as a powerful current of air surged around him, briefly thinning the air in the cavern.

Cordis helped Gon and the others survive the cave, and Gon resolved to become stronger and surpass Hisoka. At dawn, the fourth phase of the Hunter Exam ended, and candidates headed for the finish line.

• Ponzu discovered that an invisible force kept her from touching Cordis, while Gon and Kurapika realized the Hunter Exam was only a first step toward becoming a Hunter.
• Cordis encouraged Gon to grow stronger, and Kurapika injected antivenom into Leorio, whose breathing soon steadied.
• Ponzu released Sleeping Gas, and Gon held his breath, carried everyone out of the cave, and took Leorio’s target badge, number 246.
• Gon told Cordis he wanted to become a Hunter and surpass Hisoka, and Cordis urged him to keep getting stronger.
• At dawn, Kara announced that the fourth phase of the Hunter Exam had ended and candidates had one hour to return to the finish line.

The nine candidates passed the fourth phase and boarded the airship, where Netero interviewed them about their motivations and opinions of one another. Cordis asked to fight Hisoka and admitted he liked Gittarackur, while Gon said he intended to kill Hisoka and described Cordis as a gentle big brother; the chapter ended before Illumi and Killua’s confrontation.

• Kara confirmed that Cordis and the other candidates had arrived, and all nine candidates passed the fourth phase.
• Cordis reunited with Killua, Gon, and the others, while Gon stared at Hisoka with murderous intent.
• Leorio thanked Gon, Kurapika, and Cordis for helping him during the exam as the candidates boarded the airship.
• Netero interviewed Cordis, who said he wanted to become the strongest in the world, learn about Hunters, fight Hisoka, and avoid fighting Gittarackur because he liked him.
• Gon told Netero that Hisoka interested him because he planned to kill him someday, and said he least wanted to fight Cordis, whom he considered a gentle big brother.

The final phase of the Hunter Exam began with single-elimination matches, and Gon defeated Hanzo after a grueling fight when Hanzo surrendered. Killua then faced Gittarackur, leaving their match—and the promised confrontation between Killua and Illumi—about to begin.

• Netero explained the tournament rules and revealed that Cordis would face Bokukuka while Gon would face Hanzo.
• Cordis gave Killua two candies and comforted him after Killua questioned the exam scoring.
• Netero warned that killing an opponent would result in immediate disqualification, and the final test began.
• Gon kept getting up and adapting to Hanzo's attacks until Hanzo surrendered and Gon was declared the winner.
• Gon confronted Hanzo for giving up, but their argument ended when Killua's match against Gittarackur began.