Hunter x Hunter - Kurapika Tsuioku-hen

Hunter × Hunter Extras #Kurapika hen

by Yoshihiro Togashi

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Comics Manga, Shonen

65 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 12, 2013

About the author

Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫義博) is a manga artist. Credited in Chinese translations as Fu Jian Yi Bo.

He began drawing manga at an early age; while he attended college, the publisher Shueisha recognized his talent. Togashi has authored numerous manga series in different genres during the past three decades. He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter series, both of which have been published in the popular Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Last page was so intense i imagined everything
The kurata clan massacre will always remain one of the worst massacres you ever read about :(
Sadly i had already seen the movie before reading this and i remember most of the events but nonetheless it was amazing to read togashi again last time i read him was 2013 or something like that

[Umairah (Sereadipity)]

This was so heartbreaking 😔💔

[Hannah Belyea · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a child, Kurapika wanted nothing more than to explore the outside world and find a doctor for his ailing friend Pairo, so he agrees to partake in the tests of his Elder - but will the cost of revealing his unique clan gift be too high a price to pay for freedom? Togashi delivers an emotional companion to the "Phantom Rouge" film with this informative entry that will please all fans with its wit, charm and deep look into the past. Kurapika will do anything to pass these tests, though the consequences could very well change the fate of his clan forever...

[mai · Rating 5 out of 5]

he just wanted to see the outside world 💔

[eli. · Rating 5 out of 5]

"When you return, Kurapika, I'll have just one question. 'Was it fun?' I'll ask that, so... You have to have such a journey that you can answer 'yes' from the bottom of your heart."

[Loulou11 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je suis une fan absolue de ce manga.
Mon arc préféré est celui de Kurapika, et quand j’ai vu qu’un tome prequel le concernant était sorti j’étais obligée de me le procurer et surtout de le lire vite.
C’est chose faite, quel bonheur de retrouver ce personnage!
Je ne vous Spoil pas, mais la fin tombe comme un couperet même si on la connaît déjà on ne veut pas qu’elle arrive.

[mangaspoilersbtw · Rating 5 out of 5]

son sayfa çok ağrıma gitti örümceklerin ne kadar leş insanlar olduğunu tekrar anlamış oldum başlarına gelen her boku hakkediyorlar, kurapika da aşırı iyi yürekli bir insan cidden aynı işkenceleri veya daha kötülerini yapmak varken aşırı iyi davranıyor örümceklere çok çok çok üzücü

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great short side story about Kurapika from Hunter X Hunter! 😻😁👌👁

[Loulou · Rating 5 out of 5]

je suis tellement heureuse d'avoir son histoire, elle est très touchante

[Kai Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok from the beginning I've always been a vocal "kurapika isn't a compelling character" person, I've always been a "kurapika is just less edgy sasuke" mf BUT a few things: HxH actually started before Naruto did and also ok this volume was a tear jerker. The clan's spot in the forest actually reminded me of the few sanctuaries in Berserk like the fairy island or Flora's house. The backstory and Kurapika's friendship with Pairo is rly sweet and then ofc we have to hear about the massacre. The fact that the woman who they saved was the one who ratted out the clan was also a perfect detail. Ugh a tear jerker that does make me like Kurapika more.

[Yamila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Todo lo que Kurapika quería era explorar el mundo, todo lo que Kurapika merece es ser feliz, pero los planes de la vida no estuvieron ni siguen estando de acuerdo con eso. Mi querido Kurapika, ahora puedo comprender más su perspectiva, propósito y sentimientos; y también entiendo lo fuerte que es su amistad con Gon y Killua, y más con Leorio, quien quiere convertirse en doctor. Ese sueño puro y simple, pero lleno de certeza es lo que Kurapika admira tanto de Leorio, porque salir al mundo y encontrar un doctor que curara a Pairo era una de las cosas que él más anhelaba. Mi Kurapika... 🥺

[Khari · Rating 4 out of 5]

アニメの中のクラピカは静かくて冷静なキャラだった。この巻に正反対だった。クラピカがあの賑やかにジタバタすることは驚いた。子供編だったからかな？まだ本物の漫画が読んでいないので分からないけど、ちょっと楽しみ。

[Silfide · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó.

[Bon · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is it. I love kurapika even more, so loyal and intense.

[Maddee · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loved the extra backstory on my favorite character.

[Read With Yora · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love anything related to hunter x hunter ♥️ and the story of kurapica was simply breathtaking 😍

[Victoria Reyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love kuropika and I like his backstory

[☆ Teresa ☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

"When you return, Kurapika, I'll have just one question. 'Was it fun?' I'll ask that, so... You have to have such a journey that you can answer 'yes' from the bottom of your heart."

❤

[Juanoprivot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Desconocía el volumen 0, está de locos

[Tala Sayl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one shot made me read the Hunter manga from the first chapter. It made me love Kurapika and I know why he has a lot of information. The drawing was very cool.

[mar · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh god.

[emelie · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh…. my god…..

[Arien Vega · Rating 5 out of 5]

El corazón rotísimo.

[julia chojnacki · Rating 3 out of 5]

kurapika practically bullied the phantom troupe and it still doesn’t make up for what they did

[Malcolm]

I hate the phantom troop bro
Became what they swore to destory

[Helly · Rating 5 out of 5]

lire ça après l'origin story de la brigade fantôme ça hit fort !!!!!!!!!!

[ashlyn ☽ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love kurapika so dearly this is devastating

[Ale · Rating 5 out of 5]

😭😭😭😭

[roserrr · Rating 4 out of 5]

kurapika 😫😫

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this mostly because the new chapter of the manga (to be officially released on 11/20/22) looks like it will have Sheila again, and I guess this prequel is technically "canon" even if it was intended to promote a movie of dubious canonicity. I haven't seen the film (or Madhouse's anime adaptation in general...), so I'm not exactly sure what's being set up; these chapters make it seem like the kid Pairo would somehow become a villain(?) but a quick glance at a plot summary said something about a former Phantom Troupe member. This prequel kinda-sorta sets up the Kurta massacre, but only insofar as it shows how Kurapika gained his village's blessing to go on his own adventures, during which time his clan were murdered. The last page is just text about the massacre, from which it could be inferred Sheila led the Spiders to the Kurta village, intentionally mispresented as Sheila having discovered the carnage. It also says something like "all 128 members of the clan were murdered," perhaps meaning someone was killed in Kurapika's stead(?).

I feel like the "moral" of this story is we should just fuckin' kill everyone over a certain age. The Kurta elders are "bad" because they assume outsiders want to kill them. The geriatric outsiders are "bad" because they believe the stories of the Kurtas being agents of the devil. The old lady who speaks ill of Kurapika after she sees his scarlet eyes takes action by throwing a pebble at his head, but her daughter - who seems to believe her mother's old tales - is simply afraid of the Kurtas' wrath, which is arguably "better" than trying to actively incite race-war against the Kurtas....

There are memes that Sheila in this story would grow to "transition" into Pariston of the Zodiacs, which could be somewhat interesting if true.