Luzurus Hui Guo Rou (ルズールス゠ホイコーロ, Ruzūrusu Hoikōro) is the Seventh Prince of the Kakin Empire and the son of his father's second wife, Duazul.[1] He is also in league with the Cha-R Family, one of the three great Mafia families of the Kakin Empire.[2]
Appearance
Luzurus is a thin man with a long nose and a pointy chin. He also has some stubble. Unlike his full-siblings, who all have hair in sharp, curving strands, Luzurus' hair seems to curl in two puffs at the side. It is fair in color.[1] He appears clean-shaven when he presents for the banquet held in the Black Whale dining hall.[3]
Personality
Not much is known about Luzurus' personality, but his elder brother Tserriednich thinks of him as a moron. An example of that is when Luzurus sent his soldiers to take the Hunter Exam with assassination on their minds, without taking the time to think that there could be the possibility of lie detectors being used during the Hunter Exam. However, given Tserriednich's own pride on his own intellect and his low opinion on those he considers inferior to his, this is somewhat questionable.[4] He is level-headed and thoughtful as he doesn't at all alarmed on learning the existence of his own Guardian Spirit Beast and Nen.[5] He seems to have a caring side as well as he plans to use the healthy drug, Clean Leaf to rehabilitate drug addicts.[6]
Plot
Dark Continent Expedition arc
Luzurus is briefly mentioned by Prince Tserriednich and his head Bodyguard Theta, that Luzurus' bodyguards failed to pass the recent Hunter Exam, due to a lie detector sensing their murderous motives.[4]
Succession Contest arc
Luzurus is officially introduced in a room full of various kinds of bottles fuming smoke, while he smokes from a hookah.[1] After applying for the position, Luzurus hires Basho to become his bodyguard for the trip to the Dark Continent.[7] Sometime later, he participates to the ceremony on the eve of the voyage and appears disinterested by the event and appears in the dinner banquet held later.[3]
Beyond Netero and the princes of Kakin Empire
Later, he is informed about Nen and his Guardian Spirit Beast. Luzurus shows no interest in learning Nen, due to the extensive time required to master it. Luzurus instructs his bodyguards to constantly watch over him as he plots to target Prince Tubeppa, his biological older sibling, as his first victim.[5]
Four hours after departure, Luzurus and Basho smoke the latter's Clean Leaf together. Luzurus is surprised that it is legal. When Basho states that it works best on heavy smokers, Luzurus wonders if it could be used to rehabilitate drug addicts, although Prince Benjamin, who, as the head of the military, is in charge of drug control, would never support it. Luzurus adds that recently a friend of his overdosed and asks Basho how he would feel about publicizing the results of a clinical trial. The Hunter gives his permission, but asks if it would not be quicker if Luzurus just became king, which prompts the prince to retort that it is not that easy.[6]
Luzurus agrees to send his bodyguards to learn Nen under Kurapika.[8] He sends Satobi to learn Nen.[9] A member of the Buor Family reveals that Prince Luzurus has ties to the Cha-R Family which are one of the 3 biggest Mafia families from Kakin that are on board the ship.[2] On the day of the banquet, Prince Luzurus is briefly transfixed by the music of Melody's flute performance.[10] The following day, he is watching a music concert on television when Basho informs him that the rumbling aura from Prince Halkenburg's room has returned. Basho tells him to stay back upon hearing "Shikaku" ring the doorbell.[11] After the latter commits suicide, Basho wonders if Halkenburg could not have enlisted Queen Duazul's help in assassinating him through her guards, but Luzurus dismisses the possibility, believing his mother would not side with any of her children and maintain her inactive stance.[12]
Luzurus' Employees
Active/Alive • Deceased • Former/Arrested • Status Unknown
Royalty • Personal Guards • Hunters • Provisional Hunters • Spies • Allies • Servants
| Royal Family | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Prince | 2nd Queen | |||
| Prince Luzurus' Employees | ||||
| ? | ? | |||
| 1Q→1P | 2Q Captain→ | 2Q→ | ||
| 2Q→ | 2Q→ | 2Q→ | 2Q→ | ? |
| Replacements | ||||
| 1P→ | ||||
| Legend of Symbols | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Meaning | Example | Meaning |
| P | prince | 1P | The 1st Prince. |
| Q | queen | 5Q | The 5th Queen. |
| ...→ | sent by | 1Q→ | X is sent by the 1st Queen. |
| →... | sent to | →14P | X is sent to the 14th Prince. |
| ...→... | reassigned to | 2Q→14P | X is reassigned by the 2nd Queen to the 14th Prince. |
| →...→... | was assigned to one or more princes | →8P→11P | X was assigned to the 8th and 11th Princes. |
| ♰ | in charge of a prince's curse | 4P♰ | The guard is in charge of the 4th Prince's curse. |
| ♰ | formerly in charge of a prince's curse | 12P♰ | The guard is formerly in charge of the 12th Prince's curse. |
| * | Information found in Togashi's notes from "Jump Ryu! Vol. 21" interview | 1Q*→ | The guard's affiliation is revealed in the notes. |
| Servant* | The employee's position is revealed in the notes. | ||
| [name]* | The employee's name is revealed in the notes. | ||
| ? | Placeholder (might hold another position) | Captain? | The employee might not be the captain or a personal guard. |
| ? | The employee might not be a personal guard. | ||
| 2Q?→ | The employee might have been sent by another queen. | ||
| ⇄ | Placeholder (might have initially belonged to either Prince Momoze or Prince Marayam) | This particular issue arose when their mother Queen Sevanti sent all of Momoze's Hunters and servants to Marayam. Since we only got to see 4/5 of Momoze's Hunters and 2/3 of her servants by that time, we can't say for certain which prince the marked characters initially belonged to. | |
Abilities & Powers
As a Prince of Kakin, Luzurus holds significant political power and wealth, although not on the level of the elder princes.[5]
Guardian Spirit Beast
Luzurus' Guardian Spirit Beast
Like the rest of his siblings, Luzurus received an egg from which a Guardian Spirit Beast hatched to protect him.[1] Since it is a parasitic-type ability, he has no control over it. The Nen beast is subjected to two rule-like instincts: it is unable to fight other Guardian Spirit Beasts as well as to directly attack the host of one.[5]
It takes the appearance of a giant centipede-like creature. It is a Conjurer that makes use of pseudo-coercive Manipulation. It has the ability to set traps by materializing whatever the target desires as bait. When the target satiates their desire, the trap is sprung and the ability activated.[13]
Trivia
- The musician whose concert Luzurus watches in Chapter 386 is similar in appearance and clothing to Jimi Hendrix.
Translations around the World
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 349
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 371
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 34, Chapter 358
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 348
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 362
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 366
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 33, Chapter 350
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 368
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 35, Chapter 369
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter, Chapter 383
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter, Chapter 386
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter, Chapter 389
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 36, Chapter 375
| King | Nasubi Hui Guo Rou |
| Queens | Unma • Duazul • Tang Zhao Li • Katrono • Swinko-swinko • Seiko • Sevanti • Oito |
| Princes | Benjamin • Camilla • Zhang Lei • Tserriednich • Tubeppa • Tyson • Luzurus • Salé-salé • Halkenburg • Kacho • Fugetsu • Momoze • Marayam • Woble |
| Ancestors | Kakin's First King |
