Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4828844-20150811092518/@comment-26871067-20160903042935

Alluka doesn't have a split personality, Nanika isn't human nor is she a mental/nen construct that Alluka created. We have confirmation on that from the volume 33 bonus material - Nanika came from the Dark Continent. That's already been stated above even.

But back to talking about nen types outside of that.

Dark Continent beings are sort of an outside-context kind of thing - they use aura, presumably, since we haven't been introduced to anything besides aura that can do the crazy things that we see Nanika do. (Yet, that's only a presumption, and so it has no place on the wiki). But if their powers have restrictions, we don't know what they are. They don't follow the rules we have established for nen - Killua notes that he doesn't think Nanika's powers have a limit, which should be impossible if she's using nen even with a condition/vow.

So here's some sort of shop-keeping things (there's a tl;dr later, I know this is absurdly long):

Alluka is not in control of the powers, Nanika is - because they are not Alluka's powers. Therefore, anything regarding the wish-granting powers (which are Nanika's powers) has nothing to do with Alluka's nen type.

Alluka's nen type is unknown. Given that we know Nanika is neither human nor a nen construct, Alluka has never been seen using nen. Any evidence that she is a nen genius based on Nanika's powers should be considered rendered bunk.

Even if she was a nen genius, which we have no solid evidence to believe imo, this has no impact on her nen type as not all nen geniuses are specialists. I've seen a lot of people stating "nen geniuses are always specialists" like it's a fact, when no correlation is ever made as far as I know. As I recall, the "nen geniuses are specialists" idea was even listed as fact on the wiki for a while, and I'm not sure why. The only evidence that I've seen for it is that Neon is both a nen genius and a specialist. But she's literally the only nen genius we know with a confirmed nen type, and one person does not a trend or rule make.

(Sub-note on the nen genius thing.  Based on the information we have for what's required for someone to be considered a nen genius, Gon qualifies from his use of  zetsu  while tailing Hisoka in the island portion of the exam. However, this is me making an extrapolation based on the information we currently have re: what constitutes a nen genius. There might be requirements that haven't been noted yet, and Gon is never explicitly stated to be a nen genius even if he fits the description that we currently have. That might be a neat trivia point for his page - something like "Based on the description of the term, Gon may be considered a nen genius due to his use of zetsu during the Hunter Exam as it was prior to his introduction to nen. However, the possibility that this is the case is never brought up in the series.")

We do not have any confirmation that Dark Continent beings are using aura, so in the event that Nanika is (rightfully, imo, given the information from volume 33) given either a sub-page on Alluka's page or her own page, the only "nen type" that should go down there is "unknown" no matter how much speculation runs rampant. Unless there is a concrete statement that says that Nanika is using nen and lists her nen type, she should be considered unknown.

Even if Nanika is (improbably) using nen with no bells/whistles, there is no confirmation that her nen type would be the same as Alluka's. It's possible that Nanika is tapping into Alluka's unawakened aura reserves, but we should not automatically assume that if Alluka is revealed to be, say, a transmuter, that this information would mean Nanika is also a transmuter.

If Alluka was a specialist using nen, why would the Zoldycks be so terrified of her? The Zoldycks have been procifient in nen for several generations - Zzigg went to the Dark Continent with Netero even (and if that's not connected with Nanika I'll eat a sock). The Zoldyck family know a stupid amount about nen, so the fact that they treat Alluka (recall that only Killua+Alluka+Nanika distinguish between Alluka and Nanika prior to the Election Arc) as a horrifying enigma says volumes about Nanika's powers - that they don't follow the rules. Killua's exposition/thoughts only lends more credence to this idea.

Incidentally, the HxH Battle All-Stars game put out a new character card around the time volume 33 went on sale. Prior to that particular update, there were no cards specifically stated to be Nanika - there were only Alluka cards. There is now a Nanika card that is explicitly said to be Nanika. I realized I never stated this before in this particular thread, but both girls (every Alluka card, and this new Nanika line) are listed as having unknown nen types.

Additionally, re: the "not all nen geniuses are specialists" statement I made above, there are cards for Zepile and Komugi in the game - they're some of the other nen geniuses besides Neon, and their nen types are listed as unknown. I know these are secondary materials, but Zepile is a confirmed nen genius (I don't know that Komugi was ever explicitly called one even if she obviously is one, but Zepile definitely was) compared to people speculating that Alluka was one, and so if "nen genius = specialist" was a rule, Zepile would be listed as a specialist. He's not.

tl;dr:

Nanika's powers have nothing to do with Alluka's nen type.

Nanika may not share a nen type with Alluka.

Nanika may not be even using nen, we don't know enough about Dark Continent beings to say yet.

Alluka herself has presumably never been seen using nen or utilizing her own aura in any way and therefore cannot be classified as a nen genius.

The idea that "nen genius = specialist" has been rejected by official materials (this doesn't have major bearing on the discussion, admittedly, but it's a pervasive fandom assumption nonetheless).

When it comes to speculation, go hog wild - but this thread doesn't really seem to be about speculation? From what I understand, it's about figuring out whether or not we have enough canonical evidence to list a nen type on Alluka's page, and I feel I stated pretty clearly (and I honestly don't think there's wiggle room on it nor any way to really argue, but feel free!) why the answer to that is "no". I may be missing something major, of course, so if I am please let me know!

But if I'm not, I don't think it's out of place to say that f or the purpose of the wiki, Alluka and Nanika's nen types are both "unknown".