Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-48285-20161205164344/@comment-26871067-20170621234149

Jaadowgg wrote: You're right on both things you're unsure about. Also, the character's name is Ickshonpe.

How do you think Kurapika will react when/if he finds out that Hisoka killed some Troupe members that were involved with the Kurta massacre or he finally learns that Chrollo has Nen again? That's the guy. HxH sure is good at "what the hell is this name", as we just saw with the Troupe member surnames.

I think that depends on what mindset Kurapika is in at this point. From what we saw in the Yorkshin arc, Kurapika's reaction to hearing that other people had killed the Troupe was relief. However, a lot of things have changed, and while I'd think his reaction would still be along the same lines, the fact that it was Hisoka makes things a little more complex. Kurapika clearly does not take any joy in killing, so I do think that the idea of someone else having eliminated Troupe members would still be a weight off his shoulders (assuming he buys it and doesn't think it's another trick).

The fact that it's Hisoka throws a wrench in that, because, uh, it's Hisoka. Though he took Hisoka's information in the past, the idea of trusting Hisoka... Kurapika's not that stupid, honestly. If I heard that Hisoka had killed some of my mortal enemies, my approach to that would be "rad, but why and what is his game plan?"

(Also, while Kurapika certainly wouldn't know this and might not care, were Shal and Kortopi ever confirmed to have taken part in the massacre? I was operating under the impression that the founders and possibly Phinks were a part of it, but that we were still ??? on who else was involved.)

As for Chrollo, Kurapika knows that nen exorcists exist and was already operating on the assumption that Chrollo would have his nen purged (and his own restored) eventually. IIRC, in the same convo he also told Gon and Killua that he would know if this happened. So presumably Kurapika is already aware that Chrollo is back in the game.