The BIG Killua Plot Hole 😨 #animeanxiety #hunterxhunter

[Unspecifiedweeb]

It's also possible that the zoldycks don't teach their children nen, and simply expect them to learn it on their own by going out into the world in hopes of fostering their independence. It really wouldn't be out of character for the family...

[sayther]

My favorite explanation comes from the manga itself. In the manga we are told that Nen and personality are linked, complementary and dependent.
Therefore, teaching Nen to someone without sufficient personal development would limit their potential. It would be like tempering a sword without first acquiring the necessary heat to forge it.
Emotional and personal development is necessary as Nen becomes stronger the more involvement the user has from their own experiences.

[kamil]

i think that illumi didnt want him to learn it because he then would find out that he controlls him

[shiro]

If u look back at the scene where killua's mother said something about "why he was allowed to leave in a crucial training" means something. I'm pretty sure the whole family thinks killua isn't ready yet and he left early too so biscuit had to condition their body.

[jehmmadicine]

The rebellious nature is always how I interpreted it as well.. it couples with the fact that illumi’s needle is in place within Killua’s brain..

[aria]

My sister said its probably because of Illumi's needle made him forget, since the moment he removed it, he knew zeno's dragon dive, illumi's nen ability's name, even tho he didn't knew nen, and he completely forgot about Alluka until after the needle got removed. Mostlikely he knew what nen was but didnt learn it yet but forgot about it

[justsaiyanmusic]

It’s actually extremely simple, they wanted him to have a proper foundation in both physical and mental toughness so he wouldn’t solely rely on nen.

[OohsAndAhsBros]

There was the time in the chimera ant arc when Killua knew it was his grand pa coming down to storm the mansion because of dragon dive, but that would imply that hed known about it prior to ten which is weird considering you cant see nen before you learn it

[lilfoottheprophet]

Did everyone forget that killua was dropped off at heavens arena and was probably expected to learn nen there? But he left before ever fighting on floor 200.

[marfur]

Illumi's "mysterious control" would have been exposed, so the "wanted to keep him obedient" theory seems most logical

[TheLastCrow]

Biscuit went above and beyond with the training. I don't think the Zoldyck family expected Killua to power up so such a high level. Xeno was surprised enough to mention to Silva about Killua removing Illumi's needle.

New theory: all children in the Zoldyck family are called boys. The same way that Kakin royalty are all princes, regardless of gender. So Alluka and Kalluto may actually be girls than cross dressers. Togashi has crazy dynamics to the culture of his characters.
This'll age good or bad lol.

[adolphgracius]

The same way they didn't teach his brother the benefits of cardio😂😂😂

[crazysunshyne]

Or he knew it, but wanted to experience everything he could with Gon. We know he is willing to handicap himself to be near Gon, like when he chooses to run instead of skateboarding during the initial Hunter exam race.

[MRyan-zqfc]

If he learned nen at a young age . Illumis hypnosis would've been undone by killua a long time ago and hed be free

[amphibiafan]

My theory is that they were afraid of Alluka's nen abilities and thought the same might happen with Killua if he learns nen at such a young age. That's probably also one of the reasons they were so terrified of him leaving the house.

[primaryforest]

I like hearing all these explanations that cover up the likely fact that the writer just didn't plan the manga with nen from the beginning

[harley]

The actual explanation:
"I hadn't come up with Nen yet."

[MatheusUrzulin]

In fact, teaching nen to someone who is really young, may get you stuck in bad decisions about restrictions and changes of points in their aurea, sou when you're mature enough to develop your nen through your self awarenes and more experienced may bring you better results on which path to follow on your training of nen

[thelonewanderer]

It’s important to remember that the way that gon, killua, and the chimera ant soldiers learned nen is not the “correct” way.

Ideally, you would be spending years unlocking it yourself and building upon the fundamentals, like Zushi. This could have been the training Killua was getting before he ran away.

Kalluto, at a younger age than Killua, already has nen, which seems to imply that he received the shortcut method of learning nen, but I don’t think it’s hard to believe that the Zoldycks would take the more traditional approach with their family heir.

[joetrombino]

Maybe because they saw his potential and wanted to give him proper assassin training so his power would be useful