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the nen review | nen and its practices

nen is life energy that living things give off flowing from all parts of the body. this does not require concisous thought -> this flows through things called “aura nodes”

FOUR MAJOR PRINCIPLES

ten | the process of keeping your aura surrounding you rather than letting it leave the body (requires some level of concious thought) - can keep you young since no energy is actively leaving the body - a basic defense against emotional nen attacks - combined with ren it can help determine the nen user’s aura

zetsu | suppress’s ones aura, keeping it from leaving and making ones presence hard if not impossible to sense - can be used to stave off tiredness BUT leaves one defenseless

ren | used to make your nen explode outwardly with immense force  - increases the nen owner’s strength, “hit points”, and allows for more intense/complicated nen techniques - can be referred to as blood lust when combined with malicious intent - can be a show of strength

hatsu | how one uses nen (divided into 6 categories) - user’s have a natural category of nen (enhancement, transmutation, conjuration, specilization, manipulation, or emission) which will usually mean they are most proficient with that practice. with time and practice, other nen categories can be used but not as well as the original ones - depending on the natural ability you have, others can be used better more so than others

ADVANCED NEN PRACTICES

gyo | (advanced application of ren) when a nen user “concentrates a larger than normal portion of their aura into one specific body part”  - usually used to see a nen users aura or to strengthen one particular body part

in | (advanced form of zetsu) makes one aura “imperceptible” and utterly un detectable- doesn’t stop ones aura flow unlike zetsu and instead conceals it - can be countered by gyo in eyes or through zetsu

en | (advanced application of ten and ren) when one extends their ren aura more than normal and uses ten to give that aura a shape- used to cause the aura to “envelop a small amount of space around the users body. - when using en, user can feel “shape and movement” within their en - a very draining technique

shu | (advanced use of ten) “allows user to enshroud and object wit their boyd allowing them to use it as an extension of their own body” - can be combined with ko

ko | (combination of ten, zetsu, ren, hatsu, and gyo) all the user’s aura is concentrated on one body part - gyo concentrates it to one area - ten prevents it from dispersing - zetsu stops nen flow to other areas - ren increases the amount of aura (some users, specifically enhancers, apply conditions to ko and use it as a nen ability)

ken | (advanced version of ten and ren) usually a defense technique when nen user “maintains state of ren for long time” but make it x10 more powerful than ten

ryu | (term for the use of gyo from ken state) “performance of real-time offensive and defensive value adjustments”  - if ko only focuses 100% on offense or (rarely) defense, ryu splits 50/50 or in a different ratio

ex. using 70% in chest area to block punch while the other 30% protects the rest of the body

1. additional issues

-> the six types of hatsu

2. source

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heaven’s arena | hisoka x reader

“god dammit” you mutter under your breath, rubbing your temples as you turn the 200th floor apartment inside out looking for hisoka. “i swear to god when i see him again, i’m gonna do something worse than killing him.” he’s notoriously a slippery person, you know that, but where on earth would he have gotten too? there’s not much to do up on one of the top floors of heaven’s arena and you also know that he doesn’t have another match until 19:00 tomorrow. to top that all off, its raining outside and hisoka had just done his hair. you mentally check off another box before leaning against the edge of the window sill, peering down at the city below. its foggy, a blanket of clouds just a few yards below you, heaven’s arena piercing through the veil. fat rain drops slide down the glass as you let out a sigh, heading to leave the apartment.

the walk to the reception area isn’t far from his room and its there in front of the entrance hallway you see him, idly throwing cards against the opposite wall. you can hear the voices of a few others near by talking with hisoka as you slow your pace. stopping in your tracks, you press yourself against the wall, letting zestu quiet your nen aura.

their voices carry down the hall, followed by a trail of blood lust. pushing yourself further against the wall, you strain to hear their conversation better, recoiling a bit when you finally clue in. “you creep” you mutter, perturbed by how hisoka had followed the strangers in the hallway all the way here.

“i have a little bit of a warning for both of you-“ you inhale sharply as he continues, intrigued at what he has to say. “you’re still not ready to set foot on this floor- for now, leave. its far too early”. furrowing your eyebrows, you watch him sit down. not ready? if they’ve made it to the 200th floor they ought to be more than ready. you begin to inch forward, making it to the corner of the hallway. hisoka’s eyes dart to you before looking back down the hallway again.

its then that you realize that the strangers in the hallway have no concentrated aura. sure they do seem to radiate immense power, but not like nen. if that’s the case, of course they aren’t ready- they’ll be eaten alive. the 200th floor was a matter of life or death and while you didn’t make a habit of watching out for others, if the people in the hallway seemed to have peaked hisoka’s interest you knew they were worth more than others. releasing your zetsu, you enable ten, walking out to meet hisoka.

“unfortunately, he is right though” you sigh, bending down to pick a card up off the floor, inspecting the pattern on the back. “we can’t let you pass, you’ll only get hurt trying” pausing, you look back up at the boys “but, from what i can tell you don’t seem stupid and if wing really is all the he pretends to be, i think you could make it back before midnight and actually be ready.”

killua and gon look at each other, blatant distrust on their faces as they share a glance. why would hisoka of all people seem to be looking out for them, and who even are you?

“what’s your name?” killua asks, crossing his arms. you wave him off placing a hand on hisoka’s shoulder as you sit down beside him, legs crossed in front of you. “that’ll come later… you better hurry up the clocks ticking.”

“i don’t listen to strangers” he quips back, eyes narrowing. the hall seems to get quieter as you look at him before closing your eyes and leaning your head against the wall. “what you do or don’t do isn’t up to me- but just know you won’t be making it past here until you know what you need to know.” you crack an eye open. “i can’t on good conscience let you past this point-“ you can hear hisoka chuckle quietly at your words, “plus, it’d ruin all the fun.” your smirking now, an eyebrow raising as you pick up another one of hisoka’s cards, turning towards him. “seems like we’ll be here for a little bit- gin or slap jack?” with a grin, hisoka takes the cards out of your hand, retracting his nen as the others fly back towards you, narrowly missing hitting gon and killua in the head. “i was thinking more of speed.”

a/n: excerpt from possible hisoka x reader fic/series i might write? if you guys have thoughts please let me know im still on the fence about writing this also it wouldn’t follow the arcs exactly but i got inspired while rewatching and wanted to write this

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THE NAVI

welcome to the holy chain- i’m thinking about making this into a hxh blog and currently test running something i wrote for a possible series

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-> possible hisoka fic series