

I am not quite understanding why Hisoka tried to kill all Phantom Troupe
member after he lost to its leader, Chrollo Lucifer. That fight, Chrollo vs
Hisoka, I think is reasonable because Hisoka always intended to beat a person
that more powerful than himself,

> but in the end he lost and was also confirmed dead by Shalnark.

From the very first Phantom Troupe's Arc, Hisoka doesn't seem to have that
kind of urge to kill all Phantom troupe's member. After his rebirth from that
battle between Chrollo Lucifer, he suddenly does have the urge to kill all of
Phantom Troupes' member, this just escalated quickly mood from Hisoka. His
first Victim from the group were

> Shalnark and Kortopi, in chapter 357

What's his motive to kill all Phantom Troupe's member?


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Why did Hisoka want to kill Phantom Troupe's members?


The thing is, it's quite hard to interpret or understand Hisoka's motives. So,
as to the reason behind Hisoka's seemingly abrupt decision to kill or hunt
down all Phantom Troupe members, **we don't know yet as of now unless it will
be revealed in upcoming chapters**. **Chapter 357** also surprised me as his
decision was so sudden.

What we do know, either from reading the manga or watching the anime, is that
Hisoka is someone who gets off or is 'turned on' [when fighting someone who is
strong](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Hisoka_Morow), either stronger
than him like Chrollo or someone with potential like Gon. This could probably
mean that he either has
[Agonophilia](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Agonophilia) or
he's an [adrenaline
junkie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenaline#Adrenaline_junkie). He
probably wants to fight all of the Troupe members, believing it would give him
great arousal or excitement since _he probably realized they could be worthy
opponents after his fight with Chrollo_. But again, this is just a possibility
based on his actions. We can't be sure unless Togashi explicitly shows this in
the future.

It would be, however, hasty to immediately conclude that he did it 'just
because' with no reason or plan. He's not like that and he plans all his
moves, as can be seen, for example, in his fights during the [Heavens Arena
arc](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Heavens_Arena_arc). _As to his
exact plans for antagonizing all of the members of the Troupe, it also has yet
to be revealed_.


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It's because hisoka fought chrollo and chrollo used the phantom troupes powers
to aid him in the fight, so he's going to kill them all in order to have a
fair fight with chrollo. because killing the user removes the ability from
chrollo's book.


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In my opinion its because, whenever Hisoka was fighting with Chrollo, he was
actually 1(Hisoka) vs 4(Chrollo, Machi, Shalnark, Kortopi). And it is
obviously unfair matchup. I found this video very helpful explaining hisoka
reason to kill every troupe.

Part1: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Km6l5gRXuY>

Part2: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2vsYFYMD1g>


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probably hisoka realized that lying in wait made him become rusty. Evidence is
that when he fought chrollo, the latter showed off his offensive strategies,
while the former observed in amazement. After his rebirth, hisoka considers he
might have caused his own loss and swears to become a new person entirely.


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From the first instance where we learned that Hisoka was trying to fight the
leader of the Phantom Troupe Chrollo Lucifer, one of the major obstacles in
his path were the other members of the Phantom troupe, several of whom were
formidable nen users, and some are at least comparable to Hisoka's combat
abilities. If Hisoka turned against the leader the other members would not
allow him the fight, and would run interference.

Most of Hisoka's actions during the Phantom Troupe vs Kurapika arc is
motivated by him wanting to physically separate Chrollo Lucifer from the rest
of the members, and have a 1 v 1 matchup. Which didn't come to pass, seeing as
how

> Kurapika sealed Chrollo's nen abilities.

When he did finally manage to weasel out a neutral match out of him, Chrollo
insisted that it take place in Heaven's arena, after he had enough prep time.
During their match, Chrollo used several of his new abilities, stored in the
dictionary. Furthermore, he borrowed abilities of fellow troupe members Machi,
Shalnark and Kortopi, and involved the crowd gathered in the arena as
disposable pawns, to essentially kill Hisoka. It is implied that these three
had further involvement in his loss, seeing how the exact three members were
present after the match, to confirm Hisoka's death.

But, after

> resurrecting himself using his post mortem nen

Hisoka restrains Machi and declares that he is going to hunt every Troupe
member that he will come across.

Shortly after he

> confronts Shalnark and Kortopi and kills them with ease; decapitating
> Kortopi, and leaving Shalnark's corpse as a macarbe display for Chrollo.

While it is not stated outright, it is implied that Hisoka came to the
conclusion, that as long as the limbs of the spider are present, he would
never get to have a true 1 v 1 with chrollo.

* * *

It is also possible that Hisoka saw Chrollo borrowing the troupes abilities
during their match, as them 'intruding' on their duel. Despite being a
murderous psychopath with a fetish for fighting strong opponents, Hisoka has
his own set of (twisted) code of conduct. Somewhat similar to a perverted
version of the 'warrior's way'. Which is part of the reason why he admires
fighters like Gon, who value the agreement between fighters and comes at him
with no underhanded tactics, and nothing held back.

As soon as he was revived, his mind was already planning their next duel.
Realizing that the other Phantom members are always going to be an obstacle,
he decides to eliminate them all, before going after the head of the spider.
Plus, by going after and killing the exact 2 out of 3 members from whom
Chrollo borrowed abilities, and thus 'intruded' on their duel, he is sending a
message to Chrollo. That being, 'you had them interfere in their match, and
now your actions have led to their deaths'. This will work, as we have already
seen how, despite being sociopathic mass murderers with no morals, the Troupe
members care for their own, and would go ballistic when a member is harmed.

Happened when

> Uvogin was killed, and same thing happened now. Seeing as how now, the
> entire troupe is abroad the Kakin expedition ship to the Dark continent. I
> would go as far as to say that, Hisoka's managed to confine the notoriously
> slippery phantoms in one location, with little chance of wiggling their way
> out, or escape.

Much like Rorsharch says in Watchmen, "I'm not locked in here with you, you're
locked in here with me"

Personal Note: I would be ecstatic if the successor arc concluded with Hisoka
having curb stomped, most if not all spiders, especially Chrollo. Go for team
Hisoka. (I know that rooting for a psychopath killer over some sociopath
career criminals might not seem that good of a position to take, but what can
I say.)


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