User blog comment:Kirua Raiton/Is He A Friend ?/@comment-84.250.119.10-20120825235521

http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php/71821-Hunter-X-Hunter-Anime-Fall-2011/page95

read the third post. The director didn't even know Kurapika's gender and he had shortened the heaven's arena arc, pretty much cutting the true main character's screentime.