Mafia Community (Hunter × Hunter)

In the Japanese manga and anime series Hunter × Hunter, the Mafia Community is the term used to describe the international organized crime families as a whole. In this fictional setting, there are no competing crime syndicates with different systems in different countries; instead, an organized system of territory division.

Ten Dons

The global Mafia Community is divided into ten regions over the six continents. Each of the ten regions is controlled by a community elder, a don. Together, these Ten Dons are the absolute highest authority in the Mafia Community.

Underground Auction

Every year, all Ten Dons gather in a secret location as the Mafia Community holds an Underground Auction in Yorknew City. The auction is an open secret, and security is provided by various Mafia families as well as local law enforcement agencies. The Auction is considered to be a prestige event, with families bidding on items for the sole purpose of displaying their wealth to other families worldwide, with five percent of the proceeds going directly to the Community.

The Shadow Beasts

The Shadow Beasts (陰獣 "Injū") are a group of ten elite nen using soldiers, the personal army of the Ten Dons. Only five are named during the Hunter × Hunter series, identified by code names relating to their abilities. All except one were killed by the A-class criminal group, the Phantom Troupe.

Worm

nihongo|Worm|蚯蚓|Mimizu has the appearance of a humanoid earthworm, with an elongated skull and discolored skin. He can tunnel his way through the earth effortlessly and has excellent mobility underground. Worm was killed during his fight with Uvogin, obliterated by Uvogin's Big Bang Impact.

Leech

nihongo|Leech|蛭|Hiru is a Shadow Beast; he breeds a countless amount of leeches inside his body. He has the ability to inject a specific species into a victim in order to produce a desired effect. A third of his skull was bitten off during combat by Uvogin, killing him.

Rabid Dog

nihongo|Rabid Dog|病犬|Yama Inu is a tall, thin man with razor-sharp teeth. He has the ability to bite through the toughest of substances, and the ability to paralyze his victims with the neurotoxin coated onto his fangs. He was killed by Uvogin, who disgorged a fraction of Leech's skull and blew it through Rabid Dog's head.

Porcupine

nihongo|Porcupine|豪猪|Yamaarashi is an extremely short man wearing a track suit. He appears to be completely bald, but has the ability to manipulate the hair from any part of his body and restructure it instantly, changing its strength to his whims. Porcupine was killed at close range through the soundwaves from Uvogin's yell, so loud that it could have potentially deafened his allies who were at a distance.

Owl

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aux2 = Fun Fun Cloth: Convenient Kerchiefnihongo|Owl|梟|Fukurō is a Shadow Beast always seen wearing sunglasses, even at night. His Nen ability is the Fun Fun Cloth. By throwing the cloth on an object or living being, it immediately shrinks together with the cloth into a pocket-sized kerchief. The object or beings compacted will not be damaged as a result. The cloth can grow to its normal size whenever the Nen user wants. During the Yorknew Auction, Owl removed all the objects from the vault in the Southernbees auction house with his cloth and later shrunk Nobunaga together with the Phantom Troupe's car. He was then tortured by Feitan for the information, which the Troupe obviously managed to procure.

Owl is the only member of the Shadow Beasts to have survived confrontation with the Phantom Troupe. The leader of the Troupe, Chrollo Lucilfer, is shown to have stolen and used the Fun Fun Cloth ability in his fight against Silva and Zeno, requiring Owl to be alive at that time.

Nostrade Family

The Nostrade Family is the Mafia family that main character Kurapika joins in order to find information concerning his people's stolen Scarlet Eyes. It is headed by nihongo|Light Nostrade|ライト=ノストラード|Raito Nosutorādo, and according to its head bodyguard Dalzollene, is subordinate to the Ritz Family. The Nostrade Family was originally a minor provincial Mafia family of little importance, but by shrewdly using the fortune telling ability of his daughter Neon, Light Nostrade managed to greatly increase his position in the Mafia Community, to the point where even the Ten Dons seek his daughter's advice.

Neon Nostrade

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aux1 = Specializationcite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 12|year=2007|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 110|pages=Pg.96|isbn=978-1-4215-0647-0]
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aux2 = Lovely Ghostwritercite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 08|year=2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 071|pages=Pg.146|isbn=978-1-4215-0643-2] nihongo|Neon Nostrade|ネオン=ノストラード|Neon Nosutorādo is the only daughter of the head of the Nostrade family, Light Nostrade. Neon appears in the story when Kurapika interviews for a position among her bodyguards. Neon is spoiled; she receives everything she demands by threatening to cease the use of her ability for her father's benefit. Neon is also very involved with the occult and is an avid collector of rare human flesh, such as the Scarlet Eyes of the Kurta Clan. Neon cares very little about anything else other than her collection; even the death of her head bodyguard, Dalzollene, caused her no grief.

*Nen Ability: Lovely Ghostwriter: Angelic Auto Writing (ラブリーゴーストライター 「天使の自動筆記」)Neon's nen ability is the power to accurately foretell a person's future in poetic verse. To do this, she needs one's name or nickname, their full date of birth, and their blood type written down on the piece of paper the fortune is to be written on. If the person is not present while she is using her Lovely Ghostwriter, a photo of the person's face is also needed. Neon does not know what she writes, as the ghost that appears on her arm writes automatically when she summons it. She is also unable to predict her own future.

Neon's predictions take the form of a poem with four or five stanzas of four lines each. Each verse represents a week of the current month, and typically events referenced in the poem are present as metaphors. If an undesirable event is predicted, the poem also includes advice on how to avoid the event. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 11|year=2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 097|pages=Pg.47|isbn=978-1-4215-0646-3]

Following the events of the Yorknew story arc, Neon's ability was stolen by Chrollo Lucilfer.

Dalzollene

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aux2 = Dalzollene (ダルツォルネ "Darutsorune") is a leader of Neon Nostrade's bodyguards and Kurapika's direct superior. His weapon is a katana inscribed with runes that increase its power when infused Nen. In the anime, he manages to pierce Uvogin by 5 millimeters with the katana. He appears to enjoy music and is dedicated to his job. He also wasn't hesitant to sacrifice three of Neon's bodyguards when she predicted Troupe activity at the York Shin Underground Auction.

He is later killed by Phinks, as the Phantom Troupe infiltrate a Nostrade compound in order to rescue a captured Uvogin.

Shachmono Tocino

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Shachmono Tocino (シャッチモーノ＝トチーノ "Shacchimōno Tochīno") is one of Neon Nostrade's bodyguards. He was first introduced on an undercover job, feigning the position of an interviewee in order to test the skills of the other applicants. Tocino used his Nen ability in order to weed out the weaker applicants applying for the job, but was quickly revealed and forced to stop his assault by Kurapika. He is later killed during the Underground Auction by Franklin.

*Nen Ability: Eleven Assistants: Thankless Heroes (イレブンブラックチルドレン 「縁の下の11人」), "lit." Eleven Black Children: 11 Hidden PeopleTocino's has the ability to emit his aura as eleven Nen soldiers, used as weapons. Since he is not from the manipulation group, these soldiers are only able to follow simple orders and have low fighting ability. Tocino is also able to quickly summon the soldiers for use as a shield, but they were unable to stop the force of Franklin's nen bullets.

Squala

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Squala (スクワラ "Sukuwara") is one of Neon Nostrade's bodyguards. During the job interview for new hires, he was one of the two moles planted alongside the applicants in order to test their strength. Although Squala has been one of Neon's bodyguards for many years, he does not have a Hunters License. He is also in a romantic relationship with Eliza, one of Neon's female attendants. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 12|year=2007|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 109|pages=Pg.90|isbn=978-1-4215-0647-0] Squala is later beheaded by Nobunaga.

Nen Abilities:Squala's ability is to manipulate dogs. He can use them as guard dogs or as spies, and can converse with them directly through morse code.

Eliza

Eliza is Squala's girlfriend and one of Neon Nostrade's female attendants. When Squala is killed by Nobunaga, her heartbreak causes Neon to agree to leave Yorknew City, despite not having obtained the auction items she desired from the Underground Auction.

Ivlenkov

nihongo|Ivlenkov|イワンコフ|Iwankofu, is one of Neon Nostrade's original bodyguards. He was part of the three person team, along with Tochino and Baise, sent to purchase items for Neon at the Underground Auction, and was killed by Shizuku when she burst his face using Blinky.

Linssen

nihongo|Linssen|リンセン|Rinsen|, a short Asian man, is one of Neon Nostrade's original bodyguards. He is assigned to guard the rear entrance of the Cemetery Building during the first night of the Underground Auction, and thus is not killed with all the other guests.

Baise

nihongo|Baise|ヴェーゼ|Veize is one of Neon Nostrade's newly hired bodyguards. She's a manipulator, and her ability "Instant Lover: 180-Minute Love Slave" has to ability to make a manservant out of any man she kisses. Baise is killed in the underground auction by Shizuku when she delivers a blow to her head using Blinky.

Baise's name comes from the French "baiser", the verb form of kiss.

Basho

nihongo|Basho|バショウ|Bashō is one of Neon Nostrade's new bodyguards, hired along with Kurapika. His nen ability is called "Great Haiku: The Wandering Haiku Poet," wherein Basho writes a haiku describing a condition on a piece of paper, which then comes true. He is named after the famous Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.

Melody

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series = Hunter × Hunter


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aux2 = nihongo|Melody|センリツ|Senritsu is a Music Hunter and is the kind and understanding member of Neon's bodyguards. She is always ready to listen to anyone's confessions and has the gift to make people open up to her. As Leorio notes, she is one of the very few characters who has made Kurapika open up to her.

Melody's physical appearance is in short contrast to her kind soul. Due to effects of the "Sonata of Darkness", a musical piece said to have been written by Satan himself, her body is a short and her face disfigured. However, she was not always like this; she was once a normal person. She was transformed when she and a friend listened to the Sonata of Darkness. It is composed of four parts: piano, violin, flute, and harp, and it is said that whomever listens to it will be greatly cursed. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 08|year=2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 73|pages=Pg.184|isbn=978-1-4215-0643-2] One night, Melody and her friend were drunk, and her friend played the Sonata. Its power was so great, that upon listening only to the first movement of the flute solo, Melody was disfigured, especially in her arm. Her friend was not so lucky; his entire body was disfigured like Melody's arm and soon perished after playing it. In exchange, her musical nen abilities were increased. Melody's goal is to find the sonata and destroy it. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 08|year=2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 73|pages=Pg.185|isbn=978-1-4215-0643-2]

Melody has the ability to emit her aura to people to soothe ease fatigue when she plays an instrument. She also has a very sharp sense of hearing and can tell a person's psychological state just by listening to their heartbeat. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 13|year=2007|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 121|pages=Pg.86|isbn=978-1-4215-1069-9] For example, she knows when people are lying or when someone has completely lost his/her temper.

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