Hunter x Hunter: The Six Nen Types, Explained

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• yEnhancers boost attack & defense, suitable for close combat situations.
• Transmuters mimic elements in aura, with examples like Killua using electricity.
• Emitters detach aura for range & effects, can also teleport and pass through matter.

Nen is one of the most defining and complex power systems within the popular manga and anime series Hunter x Hunter. At its core, Nen allows users to manipulate their aura, or life energy, granting them the ability to perform extraordinary feats. Through extensive training, one can develop their aura into unique combat skills and abilities.

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A fundamental aspect of developing one’s Nen is determining their natural affinity, which is traditionally done through the Water Divination process. The Water Divination reveals that each person’s aura falls into one of six distinct types: Enhancement, Emission, Transmutation, Conjuration, Manipulation, or Specialization. Knowing one’s type provides insight into which abilities one will naturally be more proficient at and lays the groundwork for customizing one’s fighting style and Nen capacities.

Enhancement Nen Type

Strengthening Bodies Through Aura

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Enhancement allows the user to utilize their aura to strengthen and increase the natural abilities of objects or their own body. Those who fall under this category can markedly boost their physical attack and defense, making them well-suited for close combat situations. One’s affinity for Enhancement plays a pivotal role in combat, even when a Nen ability is not active.

A highly skilled Enhancer who also maintains excellent physical conditioning can render their body more durable than even a tank and generate a force in their blows equivalent to that of missiles. Enhancement is also notable as the most well-balanced Nen type. It permits users to distribute their aura between offense and defense, allowing them to become very powerful through simple applications of their innate skills.

Reason never works on Enhancers.

It is a commonly held belief that Enhancers often do not require specialized techniques since their fundamental category already possesses the ideal balance of attack and defense attributes. As such, most known Enhancement abilities appear to be straightforward applications of basic or advanced Nen techniques. However, some more complex enhancement abilities exist, such as enhancing one’s healing factor or boosting a target’s growth rate. Notably, male Enhancers tend to focus on directly increasing combat prowess rather than supportive techniques.

Transmutation Nen Type

Transforming Aura into Elements

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Transmutation allows one to change the properties of their aura to replicate something else or specific attributes. A Transmuter can make their aura mimic the natural properties of elements, manufactured substances, and even animals. Altering the shape of one’s aura is also categorized as transmutation.

Transmuters are not confined to imitating only solid matter. For example, Killua uses his aura to take on the qualities of electricity. Alternatively, Transmuters can grant their aura certain traits without replicating an entire substance. Hisoka’s Bungee Gum mimics and combines the stretchiness and stickiness of rubber and gum, exceeding ordinary materials in flexibility, adhesion, and durability. Another example is Machi, who transmutes her aura into threads capable of reconnecting severed body parts by restitching blood vessels, nerves, muscles, and bones.

My aura has qualities of both gum and rubber.

Like Emission, constructs formed through transmission are pure aura and thus invisible to non-Nen users. Transmutation can be mistaken for Conjuration due to similarities, but whereas Transmutation imbues aura with mimetic properties, Conjuration transforms aura into the reproduced substance.

Emission Nen Type

Detaching Aura from the Body

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Emission allows for easier separation of one’s aura from its body. Due to its properties, emission is often used for abilities emphasizing range and long-lasting effects. Basic applications involve shooting projectiles or beams of aura at high speeds. While the aura’s intensity decreases rapidly upon leaving the source, skilled Emitters can separate their aura from the body for long periods, over long distances, while maintaining its functions. Interestingly, the default shape of the unaugmented emitted aura seems to be spherical.

While predominantly used for attack, Emission can also be utilized to propel oneself or cast the effect of another Nen type remotely. Advanced Emission includes teleportation and allowing auras to pass through non-living matter. When combined with music, emission can achieve surprising results like relieving fatigue or entrancing listeners.

The more aura an Emitter separates from its body, the shorter its range from the source. Prolonged emission appears to drain the user’s aura reserves. In rare cases, Emitters have shown an ability to recover their emitted aura, though this usually requires additional manipulation skills.

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Conjuration Nen Type

Generating Objects from Aura

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Conjuration is a unique and versatile Nen type that allows its users to materialize objects using their aura. Conjurers can physically manifest independent creations sourced from their aura. However, Conjuration is not limited to only creating tangible items. Users of this type can also conjure laws and principles confining them to a defined space. They even possess the power to generate their separate dimensions.

Though Conjuration requires extensive visualization training, once a Conjurer has mastered bringing a particular object into existence, they can conjure and dismiss it instantly whenever needed. Interesting to note is that conjured items have a form of autonomy—under certain situations, they are capable of persisting independently even at a distance from their creator or even without the Conjurer’s conscious control over them. Furthermore, the durability of a conjured artifact generally indicates the user’s proficiency, but additional conditions can also strengthen its resilience.

Similar to Manipulation, abilities generated through Conjuration tend to be quite specific and complex, requiring binding conditions. Conditions can empower conjured objects, increasing their strength. For instance, Kurapika’s conjured binding chain may only restrain members of the Phantom Troupe. Additionally, should he break this rule, it would result in his death. This condition rendered his chain so powerful that even a highly skilled master Enhancer like Uvogin was incapable of breaking it. Through implementing restrictions, a Conjurer can develop their ability further to potentially materialize artifacts possessing properties nearer exceeding human capacity, despite still being unable to surpass it.

I’ve sworn to capture the Phantom Troupe… And recover the eyes of my clan!!

Manipulation Nen Type

Controlling People and Objects

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Manipulation allows the user to control living or non-living things, including aura constructs. One of the main advantages of manipulation in combat is the ability to control and manipulate the opponent. The abilities that fall under Manipulation are especially feared in battle, since the fight can end as soon as the user’s conditions are met. However, the aura of the Manipulation user naturally blends with the target’s, though it is usually not noticeable.

Manipulators can channel the most aura into an object compared to other Nen types. They commonly rely on a medium that they have been using for many years to employ their abilities. Remarkably, many Manipulators have shown the capability to inflict and sustain the effects of their powers from a distance seemingly without Emission-type Nen, achieved primarily through the assistance of their chosen medium.

Amazing. Killua’s orders are risk-free. I could turn Killua into a complete puppet and the pros would still outweigh the cons!!

The level of control is typically determined by a condition for the manipulator that could pose a risk or disadvantage to them, such as attaching an object to the enemy or touching the enemy in a certain way. The harder it is to fulfill the condition, the greater the degree of control that can be achieved. Furthermore, the complexity of the assigned tasks depends on the target: sentient beings and machinery can carry out more intricate tasks than simpler, inanimate objects.

Different types of Mind Manipulation

• Soliciting Manipulation: Allows Manipulators to leave the free will of the victim intact but condition them into working in their favor through methods like rewriting memories. Requires little aura to influence multiple targets.
• Coercive Manipulation: Exerts total control over the victim’s mind and body.
• Pseudo-coercive Manipulation: Either takes over the body of the victim or traps them in a situation where they have no choice but to follow orders.
• Diffusive Induction Type Manipulation: Capable of weakly coercing and influencing the emotions of a large number of people towards a certain object.

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Specialization Nen Type

The vaguest Nen type

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Specialization can be broadly defined as any Nen abilities that do not belong to any of the five main categories. It is considered the most vague Nen type. Specialist abilities also tend to have more complex conditions and steps than abilities from other Nen categories.

The effects of specialist abilities can vary widely in their influence. Some abilities can influence the Hatsu itself, such as appropriating others’ Nen or altering affinity. Others allow the user to gain knowledge that would otherwise be unattainable through normal means, including insight into past or future events. The range of possible effects under specialization is very diverse. Thus, specialists are not at as much of a disadvantage when their Nen type is revealed compared to users of other categories.

Making the ability yours while exploring the darkness within the soul of the original owner… that’s the true pleasure of a skilled hunter. — Chrollo

The development of specialist abilities is currently unknown as specialization does not adhere to set rules like the other five types. For some, like Neon, their ability manifested in line with a wish held since childhood. In Tserriednich’s case, a powerful ability emerged just one week after his Nen initiation without conscious effort or awareness on his part. While rare, those of adjacent categories like Manipulation or Conjuration can develop specialization later in life. This helps explain its position at the bottom of the Nen chart, as specialization is dictated more by other undefined factors than affinity for other types. However, it remains unclear whether specialization follows the same acquisition patterns, despite undoubtedly influencing the potential of neighboring types.

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