Hunter X Hunter: Gyro's Powers & Future Explained
He’s a mysterious figure at present, but some viewers suspect that Gyro could become one of Hunter X Hunter’s biggest antagonists – here’s his powers and future explained. Hunter X Hunter protagonist Gon Freecs has encountered some pretty fearsome lifeforms and foes during his time in the manga and anime TV series, from the aggressive foxbears of Whale Island to the man-eating, six-legged flying beasts that roam the skies around Trick Tower. The Chimera Ants, however, are a different beast entirely and perhaps the most formidable species the series has ever introduced.
The Chimera Ants are a dangerous species of insect whose Queen reproduces by devouring other creatures and subsequently passing on their genetic traits to the next generation of ants she births. They’re the main antagonists of Hunter X Hunter’s Chimera Ants arc during which Gon and his friend Killua Zoldyck discover the insects have infested a neo-Luddite nation known as the Neo-Green Life Autonomous Region (or NGL, for short). In NGL, the Chimera Ant Queen found a new food source in the shape of its human population which resulted in a powerful army of human-Chimera ant hybrids that retained their human intelligence and inherited random animal genetics from the Queen’s previous meals.
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In the process, the Chimera Ant Queen could’ve created a monster even more formidable than her own species in the form of NGL’s former leader Gyro, whose backstory is revealed in chapter 204 of the Hunter X Hunter manga and episode 80 of the Studio Madhouse anime. As a child, Gyro was neglected by his abusive father who forced him to slave away in a construction camp to fund his drinking habit. Gyro eventually
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