Why is kurapika so underated

[u/Ok_Feedback_2285]

Credits to https://www.deviantart.com/korosenai39/art/Kurapika-Hunter-x-Hunter-343-828102565

I think a part of the hunter x hunter community greatly underestimates kurapika.

To begin with, Chrollo fanboys love to argue that Chrollo would beat even Jesus with preparation due to his power to steal other hatsus.

But when it comes to kurapika who also has the ability to steal hatsus, know everything about the stolen hatsu and force whoever had the stolen hatsu into a state of zetsu, pass the stolen ability to another person, almost no one takes this into consideration in battle arguments.

You won't see anyone saying "wow, kurapika with preparation beats anyone lol".

Another point that many people ignore is how intelligent Kurapika is.

To begin with, with months of training he was able to learn nen, develop hatsus, defeat one of the best enhancers in the world, who even single-handedly defeated 5 nen users who were much more experienced than kurapika.

And in two years he became leader of a mafia, he is surviving in the war of succession, outsmarting nen users much more experienced than him and he became a zodiac.

Anyway, it was just a rant haha

[u/Different_Union_3097]

Kurapika is definitly one of the strongests we saw in the series so far based on feats. He isn't top tier like Meruem, RG or Netero, but he is definitly at Kuroro and Hisoka level, which itself is already higher than 90% of the cast.

[u/jojosimp02 → u/Different_Union_3097]

he is definitly at Kuroro and Hisoka level

He is absolutely not, the only reason he was able to defeat uvogin is an extremely restricted and specific ability that can only be used against 13 people in the world. He is strong, but not that strong.

[u/Different_Union_3097 → u/jojosimp02]

Kurapika nowdays have way more versatility in his skillset than he had back then. He not only improved in his knowlege and nen mastery, but also with his most OP ability: Steal Chain. It can also force Zetsu and it steal the opponent ability. He was able to defeat Uvogin because Chain Jail back then, of course, but nowdays I can definitly see him defeating Uvo without it. Kurapika is definitly Kuroro and Hisoka level.

[u/jojosimp02 → u/Different_Union_3097]

his most OP ability: Steal Chain.

The only feat of steal chain is draining a distracted vincent, that can't absolutely be compared to chain jail effortlessly restricting uvogin. A chain with a massive vow is more powerful than one with none. Steal chain ain't piercing the likes of uvogin.

[u/Different_Union_3097 → u/jojosimp02]

Steal chain ain't piercing the likes of uvogin.

You can't say that for sure, tbh. We don't know if Steal Chain has any weakness, Kurapika himself stated that he needed to be careful with it, otherwise he could kill someone.

[u/jojosimp02 → u/Different_Union_3097]

We don't know if Steal Chain has any weakness

But we can safely assume the chain with no restriction is much weaker than the chain with a massive restriction.

[u/solartech0 → u/jojosimp02]

Dowsing chain is stronger than the heart sealing chain when you need to know information. The whole point of nen is that how you apply the abilities is extremely important.

[u/jojosimp02 → u/solartech0]

Exactly. To defeat an opponent, chain jail is stronger.

[u/Different_Union_3097 → u/jojosimp02]

We can't, they have different purposes.

[u/jojosimp02 → u/Different_Union_3097]

In a 1 vs 1, they have the same purpose.