Recaps

Shalnark recalled his growing fascination with A Luo, from her time with the Phantom Troupe to her later clashes with them, and learned that she had contacted him to warn him about Machi. A Luo had made the call after returning to Whale Island, hoping to repay Shalnark for helping her in the past.

• Shalnark watched A Luo reveal her knowledge of the Troupe, cook for them, and claim she had died once before.
• After investigating A Luo's information, Shalnark discovered that the Zoldyck Family had targeted the Phantom Troupe, and the Troupe successfully attacked the Council of Elders.
• A Luo later attacked the Troupe and, as a Mafia enforcer in Yorknew City, helped defeat them during a mission.
• After Chrollo defeated Hisoka at Heavens Arena, Shalnark left to find Machi in response to A Luo's warning, narrowly missing Hisoka, who killed Kortopi.
• Back on Whale Island, A Luo remembered Shalnark helping her in the past and called him before the events of the manga timeline reached that point.

Killua recounted his unhappy childhood in the Zoldyck Family, his longing to escape and make friends, and the kindness he once received from Gotoh. After his father sent him to Heavens Arena, Killua began winning fights and heard the name Lola Reno, a girl who would later become one of his closest friends.

• Killua described how his family trained him to become an assassin while he secretly longed to see the world and live freely.
• Gotoh comforted Killua with stories, treats, and a warm embrace, but Killua’s mother punished him with a month in the confinement room.
• Gotoh later became distant and stern, while Killua patiently waited until he could leave Kukuroo Mountain.
• Killua went on an assassination job with Illumi, saw the outside world, and tried unsuccessfully to befriend a trainee butler.
• Killua’s father sent him to compete at Heavens Arena, where Illumi beat him and forced him into the ring.
• Killua won several matches and heard people mention Lola Reno, a girl around his age.

Killua recalled his freedom at Heavens Arena, his friendship with A Luo, and the tragedy that changed how he viewed killing. After discovering A Luo and her family had vanished, he resolved to escape the Zoldyck Family, but he unexpectedly encountered A Luo again.

• Killua ran into Illumi, endured a grueling training session, and realized he had no money for food after spending his prize winnings on chocolate.
• Killua sneaked into a dessert shop’s kitchen, met A Luo, and returned to share desserts with her over the following days.
• Enemies of the Zoldyck Family attacked Killua, and after he barely defeated them, A Luo found him injured and took him home.
• Killua lived with A Luo’s family for more than a year before leaving to compete on Heavens Arena’s 200th Floor.
• Killua returned to find A Luo’s dessert shop abandoned and her family missing, and he resolved to leave the Zoldyck Family and choose his own purpose.
• Killua unexpectedly encountered A Luo again and was relieved to discover she was alive.

Killua recounted his friendship with A Luo, from their reunion and painful estrangement to their later adventures alongside Gon. After helping A Luo use Alluka to escape her entanglements, Killua parted from her and set out on his own, believing they would meet again.

• Killua reunited with A Luo in Yorknew City, learned about her past, and warned her that Illumi was in the Mansion.
• After A Luo was injured fighting the Spiders, she claimed not to know Killua, and he returned to Kukuroo Mountain hurt and confused.
• More than a year later, A Luo called Killua, and he escaped the Zoldyck home to join her at the Hunter Exam, where he befriended Gon.
• Killua, Gon, and A Luo shared adventures, including confronting the Spiders, entering Greed Island, and facing the Chimera Ants.
• After returning to the Zoldyck Family to save Gon, Killua remembered Alluka and helped A Luo use her wish-granting power to free herself from others' entanglements.
• Killua and Alluka watched A Luo leave, then accompanied Gon to the World Tree before setting off on their own journeys.

A Luo helped Malena reopen her Dessert Shop on Whale Island, where the business quickly became popular. When Gon found A Luo, Killua and Alluka used Nanika to travel across the continent and visit the shop for dessert.

• A Luo encouraged Malena to reopen her Dessert Shop so she would stay busy, and Malena opened it in a storefront near Mito's home.
• Malena's Dessert Shop became popular with Whale Island's locals and children, and A Luo enjoyed the peaceful life with her family.
• Gon found A Luo on Whale Island and told Killua by phone that she was there and invited him and Alluka to visit.
• Killua told A Luo that he and Alluka were safe from the Zoldyck Family for now, while Illumi had boarded the Black Whale.
• Alluka urged Killua to use Nanika to travel to Whale Island, and they appeared beside A Luo and Gon less than a minute after the call ended.
• Killua rushed into Malena's Dessert Shop to ask for protection, and A Luo prepared food and drinks for her reunited friends.

As Gon stayed on Whale Island without his Nen Ability, A Luo encouraged him to find a new purpose, and he decided to leave and seek one. The chapter ended with Mito finding his farewell letter the next morning.

• A Luo learned that Lisa and the other children wanted to take the Hunter Exam if they could catch the Swamp King.
• Agu caught the Swamp King, earned permission from Freddy to take the Hunter Exam, and sailed away from Whale Island.
• Gon watched Agu leave and realized Mito must have cried when he had left on his own journey.
• Aunt Mito asked A Luo how long she planned to stay as Gon remained on Whale Island without regaining his Nen Ability.
• A Luo advised Gon to explore what he did not want to do if he could not decide what he wanted, and Gon left a farewell letter before setting out to find a new purpose.
• A Luo treated Mito to free desserts for several days after Gon left without saying goodbye in person.

On her twentieth birthday, A Luo agreed to a blind date to reassure Malena, but Hisoka appeared at the café and challenged her. After he vanished, A Luo asked Killua and Alluka about her wish, and they reassured her that it was still in effect.

• Malena urged A Luo to meet the seafood stall owner's son, and A Luo agreed to the blind date to avoid worrying her mother.
• A Luo arrived at the café and found Hisoka sitting with her intended date; Hisoka said he had been playing hide-and-seek with the Spiders aboard the Black Whale before suddenly arriving on Whale Island.
• Hisoka reacted jealously to A Luo's blind date and unleashed his Nen, so A Luo escorted the young man out and took Hisoka into the forest to fight.
• Hisoka became excited by their fight and vanished, telling A Luo to wait for him to return.
• A Luo called Killua, and he and Alluka told her that her wish was still in effect and Hisoka's appearance might have been an accident.

A Luo dealt with Illumi’s destructive attempt to recover unpaid café bills, then sought help from Killua and Alluka to stop troublemakers from appearing on Whale Island. Before help arrived, Chrollo Lucilfer appeared as another blind date, leaving A Luo lamenting the loss of her peaceful island life.

• Illumi ignored A Luo’s questions about the Black Whale and claimed she should have chosen him as her marriage partner.
• Illumi’s Nen frightened the café customers into fleeing without paying, and he paid the owner their total bill of 234,536 Jenny.
• Illumi and A Luo tracked down one customer, and Illumi turned him into a Needle Person when he refused to pay.
• A Luo stopped Illumi from turning more customers into Needle People, but rumors spread that she and Illumi were robbing people across Whale Island.
• A Luo called Killua to ask for help from him and Alluka, but Chrollo Lucilfer appeared before they could arrive.

Chrollo was mysteriously transported from the Black Whale to A Luo’s home, where he spent the day with her despite her insistence that they had taken different paths. He vanished that night, leaving A Luo to vow she would beat the next unwanted visitor to death.

• Chrollo appeared beside A Luo and admitted a mysterious power had teleported him from the Black Whale.
• Chrollo tried to sleep in A Luo’s bed, but she sent him out of her room and warned him not to make her fight him at home.
• Malena found Chrollo leaving A Luo’s room, and A Luo introduced him as an old friend before Malena invited him to breakfast.
• After breakfast, A Luo confronted Chrollo about his past treatment of her and asked him and the Phantom Troupe to stop bothering her.
• Chrollo stayed to enjoy Malena’s cooking, then vanished from A Luo’s home after night fell.
• A Luo vowed to beat the next person who disturbed her peaceful island life to death.

Feitan was transported to Whale Island, where A Luo fought him and warned him to stop interfering in her life. After Feitan returned to the Black Whale, Killua and Alluka arrived at A Luo’s home, and she asked them to help explain the strange transports.

• A Luo found Feitan in her room, took him into the forest, and fought him until his ultimate move scorched the surrounding land.
• Feitan asked A Luo not to go on blind dates or marry, but she rebuked him and warned him not to disturb her peaceful life again.
• Feitan’s injuries healed enough for him to return to the Black Whale, where the Spiders questioned him about what had happened.
• Shalnark deduced that Feitan had gone to Whale Island, and Feitan warned him that A Luo had threatened to kill anyone who bothered her again.
• Killua and Alluka arrived at A Luo’s home, and she asked them to help figure out why people kept being transported to her.

A Luo learned Nanika’s wish-granting power had been disrupted, leaving her unable to stop unwanted people from teleporting to Whale Island. After Killua offered to pose as her boyfriend to end her blind dates, Illumi appeared and immediately fought with Killua, damaging A Luo’s front door.

• A Luo asked Nanika why unwanted people kept teleporting to her, and Nanika explained that a strange energy field had twisted her earlier wish into its opposite effect.
• A Luo decided the people heading to the Dark Continent might never return and invited Killua and Alluka to dinner before they continued their journey.
• Killua asked A Luo about her blind dates and offered to pretend they were a couple so her mother would stop arranging them.
• Illumi suddenly appeared and overheard Killua’s offer, then began fighting with him.
• A Luo threatened Illumi over the Nen Needles lodged in her front door, and Illumi pointed out that Killua had attacked too.

A Luo’s reunion with Killua and Illumi on Whale Island was interrupted when Chrollo and a crowd of their acquaintances appeared through mysterious vortices. Alluka sent everyone but Killua away, and A Luo arranged new safeguards so she could return to a peaceful life on the island.

• Illumi questioned Killua about not returning home, and Killua teased him for neglecting the Zoldyck family’s work while aboard the Black Whale.
• Chrollo appeared beside A Luo and deduced that Alluka’s Nen ability had brought the Zoldyck brothers to Whale Island.
• A Luo argued that Chrollo was no longer part of her life, but more vortices brought Hisoka, Feitan, Shalnark, Gon, Leorio, Kurapika, Alluka, and others to the island.
• A Luo asked Alluka to send everyone except herself and Killua back, and Alluka’s ability immediately did so.
• At A Luo’s request, Killua gave Alluka commands to keep the troublemakers away, allowing A Luo to resume her peaceful island life.