Plucky Gon s quest to find his dad leads him into a whole world of crazy adventure Hunters are a special breed dedicated to tracking down treasures magical beasts and even other people But such pursuits require a license and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas amazing stores of information and the right to call themselves Hunters Gon and his friends Leorio and Kurapika have more to worry about than just the Hunter Exam their fellow applicants are deadly serious Hisoka the mad magician nearly kills them in a mock test and Killua reveals that appearances can be deceiving Then there are the tests which prove to be as varied as they are difficult The picky proctors of the second exam demand the applicants perform culinary feats of wonder and it takes the intervention of the President of the Hunter Association Review Board to convince them to let anyone pass at all
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Se reveló en 1987 al ganar el Premio Tezuka, convocado por Shueisha, con Buttobi Straight. Un año después publica su primera historia corta en Shônen Jump, Tonda Birthday Present (El regalo de cumpleaños volador). Tras rodarse en los números extraordinarios de dicho semanario con historias cortas como Okaruto Tanteidan (Labanda de detectives ocultos, 1988) y Ôkami Nante Kowakunai! (¡No temo al lobo feroz!), en 1989 cosecha su primer éxito con Tende Showaru Cupid (El malvado e incapaz Cupido) y en 1990 lanza la obra que lo consagrará definitvamente, Yû Yû Hakusho. Al concluir ésta en 1995, se toma un período sabático, y al año siguiente regresa con Level E. En 1998 logra un nuevo éxito con Hunter X Hunter (existe versión anime).