Poor Man's Rose

The Poor Man's Rose (貧者の薔薇 (ミニチュアローズ) ) is a fictional explosive weapon in the Hunter x Hunter manga by Yoshihiro Togashi.

Appearance
The word Rose in its name comes from the shape of the smoke cloud, resembling a rose after the bomb is detonated.

Background
The Poor Man's Rose, also known as the Miniature Rose, is a type of low-budget and small weapon of mass destruction that has frightening destructive capabilities. It can be mass-produced in short amounts of time, thus it is favored by small dictatorships.

It's stated in the manga, up until Chairman Netero's battle with the Chimera Ant King, Meruem, that the Poor Man's Rose has bloomed in more than 250 countries with a total yield 10 times as large as that of the bomb Netero was carrying in his chest, taking away the lives of 5,120,000 people. Due to terrorist usage of the bomb in the capitals of countries causing over 110,000 deaths, an international treaty was established to forbid any further production. However, more than 80% of the countries that are possessing the rose disapprove of the abandonment and banning of its use. Currently, tens of thousands of Miniature Roses have been created and are waiting to be used in such countries.

Abilities
The bomb scatters a vast quantity of an unparalleled poison at the instant it explodes. Those who survive the initial explosion will suffer direct internal damages caused by rapid uptake of the poison. The poison catalyzes the production and emission of new poison until the victims finally succumb to death. The quantity of poison as well as the survival time prior to death are truly exquisite, propagating a vast chain reaction of victims.

Chimera Ant arc


Netero implanted a Poor Man's Rose within in himself, so that he could kill the King in case his battle prowess didn't suffice. After his defeat at the hand of the King in the battle of Nen, Netero committed suicide to detonate the bomb. The explosion left Meruem in a near death state. He was rescued on time by 2 of his royal guards. However, as time progressed Meruem still eventually died due to the poison of the bomb. Aside from him, Menthuthuyoupi, Shaiapouf and Komugi were also killed by the poison.

Trivia

 * The name of the explosive device comes from the song popularized by Patsy Cline, "A Poor Man's Rose (Or a Rich Man's Gold)."