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Gon and Kurapika's examiner also taught them nen. Is every examiner also a
teacher, or the hunters have to learn nen by themselves?


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Do nen examiners also have to teach them Nen?


I belive you're refering to the "Secret Exam" when you talk about "examiners".
I'm not sure this is entirely accurate.

There doesn't seem to be a very strict structure to the Secret Exam, at least
compared to the Public Exam. As such, there doesn't really seem to be
"examiners" as such. The hunters just seem to collectively keep tabs on the
passing participants to see if they figure things out on their own. Some
actually teach these people Nen, but none seem exactly obligated to do so.

_So, in short, there propably isn't the sort of requirement you mention,
because there aren't really any "examiners" at this point._ All teachers we
see seem to be giving their lessions more or less out of their free will,
rather than any sort of obligation. Of coures, almost everybody capable of
teaching Nen is already a hunter (with the some exceptions like the Phantom
Troupe, who know Nen but aren't necessarily hunters), so they would be
qualified to pass those they teach, when they seem ready. But remember that
there are people who already know Nen, who pass the Secret Exam the moment
they pass the Public Exam, without any sort of fanfare.

Basicly and simplified to the extreme, I'm proposing that in stead of any sort
of examiners, just about any hunter can just contact the Hunter Association
and say _"Yeah, they know Nen now. They're real hunters alright."_ Of course,
the exact details of the Secret Exam are rather vague, so the answer is rather
speculative.

As a side note, I think it would be theoretically possible for someone to pass
the Public Exam, learn Nen from a non-hunter and then pass the Secret Exam
when other hunters learn about this. But there isn't really an example of such
thing ever happening.


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The examiners aren't there to teach the hunter candidates anything, they are
meant to observe those hunters who haven't yet gained nen for a limited period
(I forgot the duration, but its a few years iirc) to see if they succeed in
progressing and then give them the actual Hunter License.

I think Kurapika learns it from someone other than his examiner. Also of
course there are others like Hisoka who already know it and are qualified
(provided they pass the earlier exam) as hunters already.

That said, I don't think the hunters **have** to learn nen by themselves, they
just have to understand its existence and then search for teachers. I do
believe that all examiners have the capability to teach the candidates.
Whether this is also an **obligation** if they're approached for guidance, I'm
not sure ( _I think not, need to re-read Wing & Gon's interactions to recheck_
)


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