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In the anime _Hunter x Hunter_ , Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by
Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four
butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to
join them because Alluka is a girl.

However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a brother, in the
episode when he wished to Nanika to kill the tourist photographer. He clearly
told the the tourist that he was just taking his brothers for a walk. In
addition, the [Hunter
Wiki](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck) acknowledged Alluka
as a male.

What is Alluka's actual gender?


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What is Alluka's (Nanika's) gender?


Actually, the _Hunter x Hunter_ wiki [addresses
this](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_confusion),
and is quite accurate in its assessment, though the references cite the wrong
volumes (but correct chapters).

> There is considerable confusion about Alluka's gender. Two of Alluka's
> brothers, Illumi and Milluki, refer to Alluka as their brother. But Killua,
> the closest brother of Alluka, specifically states that Alluka is a "girl"
> and refers to Alluka as his sister multiple times. This inconsistency can be
> explained by Killua's intimate and understanding bond with Alluka, hence he
> would know and care that Alluka is mentally female, versus Illumi's cold and
> dehumanizing attitude towards Alluka. **While Alluka is most likely
> biologically male, Killua's interactions show that Alluka's psyche may be
> female.**

Everyone (except Killua) addresses Alluka by her biological gender, which
appears to be male. While she is quite small, she shows no female development.

However, she is very sensitive, gentle, and reserved, and has a very feminine
side. Being that Killua is the only one who dares to actually interact with
Alluka as a person, he would be the best one to understand that she probably
is more feminine inside.

This does seem a bit odd to me; even if someone I knew were closer to "she" in
his head, unless they specifically asked, I'd probably still say "he". But
perhaps either Alluka did ask this of Killua, or Killua just took it upon
himself because he knew Alluka so well.

Unfortunately, since it's never explicitly stated, this is somewhat
assumption, but realistically it's the only explanation that makes sense since
Killua is the only one to refer to Alluka as female.


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He is physically a male, and mentally female. It is the reason why Killua
referred to him as "she". This is stated in the databooks and also by the
canon writers. So in other words, Alluka is transgendered. Though, I believe
people have the right to think of him as whatever they like, male or female.


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Alluka is male. He just dresses like a girl.

From
[Alluka](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_Ambiguity)
article on Hunter x Hunter Wiki (emphasis mine):

> There is conflicting information regarding Alluka's gender.
>
> **The official data book lists Alluka's gender as male** , and two of
> Alluka's brothers, Illumi and Milluki, refer to Alluka as their brother.
>
> However, Killua, the person closest to Alluka, specifically states that
> Alluka is a girl and refers to Alluka as his sister multiple times. While
> Alluka may have been designated male at birth, Killua's interactions show
> that Alluka may identify as female.
>
> This inconsistency may be due to Killua's intimate and understanding bond
> with Alluka, hence he would know and care that Alluka identifies as female,
> versus Illumi and Milluki's cold and dehumanizing attitude toward Alluka.

In the episode showing Alluka in his childhood, we can see that he used to
dress like a boy. He ended up looking like a girl, because he played with doll
too much that his parent decided to dress him up like a girl.


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I've always played with two theories:

  1. It could be the case that the family refer to Alluka as male to distance themselves from her, denying the fact that she's female to dehumanize her, or to further disassociate her from the family in some way.

  2. Or it could very well be that, as Alluka's exact origin is unknown, she isn't strictly human and doesn't possess what we would call a conventional gender, but rather, her gender is simply non-existent, like a Nen beast.

Personally, I favor the latter, or a mix of the two. These are all just
speculation, of course, but it's interesting to think about nonetheless.


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Here is my assumption: When Alluka was born, her mother didn't take care of
her, she let the butlers to take care of her (like bathing her, etc), and
because their mother always thought that all her children must be male, so she
thinks that Alluka is male too, especially because she is cold to her and
never bathe her, so she doesn't know that Alluka is actually female, and the
butlers are too afraid to tell their mother that Alluka is female. While
Killua is the one who really cares for her, and knows her the most.

So even thought in the birth-biodata and everywhere, Alluka is stated as a
male, but Killua knows the truth, and so the butlers who ever took Alluka to
bath also have known that.

It's just my hypothesis after watching the anime. I think if this hypothesis
is true, this story will be a very nice scene, because then it will be stated
that "Even the writer of the story doesn't know about Alluka's gender, but her
brother knows it because of how he always set an eye on her."


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