The World of Hunter × Hunter (ハンター世界と文化,[1] Hantā Sekai to Bunka—lit. "Hunter World and Culture") is a fictional universe created by Yoshihiro Togashi.
Overview[]
The Hunter × Hunter world is composed of the ocean and the 6 continents which look similar to those of the real world (Earth), but have different locations. The new planet doesn't seem to have a confirmed name. There are 250 countries in the world and only two continents are known by name so far: the Yorbian and Azian continents. In reality, the "ocean" where these continents are is a great lake in the Dark Continent called Lake Mobius.
Beyond the geographical/physical aspects, it is also composed of many other fictional cultural aspects, including: languages, currencies, ethnicities, etc.
List of Places in the "Known" World[]
- Yorbian Continent
- Azian Continent
- Greed Island
- Unnamed Continent 1
- Unnamed Continent 2
- Unnamed Continent 3
- Kukan'yu Kingdom
- Dolle Harbor
- Lone Pine Tree
- Zaban City
- Milsy Wetlands
- Visca Forest Preserve
- Split Mountain
- Raoul Mountain*
- Trick Tower[inference]
- Zevil Island[inference]
- Beeskafmarro[inference]
- Jappon
- Kukan'yu Kingdom
- Unnamed Continent 4
- Unknown Locations
List of Places in the "Outside" World[]
Fauna and Flora[]
Beyond the real-life animals and plants featured in the Hunter × Hunter world, there is a myriad of in-universe exclusive beings.
- Animals:
- Ai
- Albino Ponytail Cat
- Camp Tiger
- Deodorosaurus
- Eight-legged dog
- Fisher Bird
- Foxbear
- Frog-In-Waiting
- Great Stamp
- Hellbell
- Hemotropic Butterfly
- Hypnosis Butterfly
- Man-faced Ape
- Master of the Swamp
- Noggin Lugging Tortoise
- Pap
- Piko
- Ruse Raven
- Sea Fireflies
- Six-legged Flying Beast
- Small-billed Swan
- Speckled Squirrel
- Spider Eagle
- Spotted Leeches
- Two-headed Wolf
- World Tree Birds
- Big Horn Bear*
- Giant Three-headed Snake*
- Giant Tree Frog*
- Panda Frog*
- Round Turtle*
- Magical Beasts:
- Chimera Ants (Only the hybrids that inhabit the Human World)
- Kiriko
- Flying Lizard*
- Mandragora*
- Strange Chicken*
- Plants, trees, and fungi:
- Diseases:
- Nen-made, artificial creatures:
Mineral Resources[]
Underworld[]
Groups and Organizations[]
- Mafia Community:
- Thieves groups:
- Assassins groups:
- Other:
- NGL's Drug Cartel
Drugs[]
Events[]
Ethnicities[]
Languages and Writing Systems[]
There are at least 200 languages in the world, as revealed by the Beatle-07 cell phone's technical specifications.[2] Some of them are:
- a common language is seemingly spoken in the majority of countries, which utilizes a fictional writing system;
- a language identical to real-life English, including its writing system.[3] It is widespread enough for featuring on signs inside the Black Whale as a second language;[4]
- a language identical to real-life Japanese, including its writing system, spoken in Jappon;[5]
- the same language might have been used in the signboard of a dojo;[6]
- the language is spoken by the Kurta Clan in the Lukso Province;[7]
- Feitan's mother tongue;[8]
- a language is spoken in the Kakin Empire, or an alternative writing system;[9]
- a language spoken in NGL (unverified).[10]
- Gelman
- Jannan
Ancient Languages[]
- Ancient Kappe[11]
- Nankul[11]
- Various languages from civilizations that explored the Dark Continent[12][11]
[]
- [Mysterious] Inscription
- Divine Script
Currencies[]
Trivia[]
- The world of Hunter × Hunter looks like a map of Earth, but with the various continents tilted and relocated.
- Real world locations that are missing include Sri Lanka, Greenland, Iceland, Central America, and Antarctica.
- Despite the rearranged pattern of the continents, in Chapter 56 a regular world map centered on Japan and the Pacific Ocean can be seen.
- The common language is substantially the same as Japanese in terms of grammar, the only difference being the writing system.
- Lake Mobius gets its name from its shape being similar to that of a Möbius strip.
- Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission states that there are only 5 continents in the world.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunter × Hunter Hunter Association Official Issue: Hunter's Guide; Character & World Official Databook (pg. 152)
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 71
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 19, Chapter 199
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter, Chapter 381
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 5, Chapter 38
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 25, Chapter 265
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 0, Chapter 1
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 22, Chapter 229
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 18, Chapter 187
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 19, Chapter 189
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 346
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 342