Among the many powerful enemies that appear in HUNTER×HUNTER, the strongest is undoubtedly the "Chimera Ants". Many readers must have been frightened by the way they continue to defeat many strong hunters in the story with their overwhelming difference in ability. This time, I would like to explain in detail about the "Chimera Ants", the strongest and worst enemy in the story. It is a species with a very complex setting, as it includes some of the most popular characters in the work, so please read it.
Basic information about Chimera Ants
What kind of creature is a Chimera Ant? First, let's introduce some basic information about Chimera Ants in the world of HUNTER×HUNTER.
First-class quarantine species
Chimera Ants are very aggressive ants and are designated as a first-class quarantine species.
Feeding Mating
The most distinctive feature of Chimera Ants is that they "feeding mating." The queen, who lays eggs, can produce Chimera Ants that inherit the characteristics of other organisms by preying on them.
Another name for Gourmet Ants
Chimera Ants multiply through "contact mating," and because they greedily devour many living things, they are also known as "Gourmet Ants."
Danger Level B
The Hunter Association has designated it as a danger level B, which is just short of the Five Great Calamities brought about by the Dark Continent, but it is said that "a national to international response is essential."
"Large ants"
However, even though they are designated as a first-class quarantine species, the general view up until now has been that they are just slightly larger ants and do not pose much of a threat.
Giant queen ant legs discovered
Although it has been said that national and international responses are essential, the Chimera Ants were not that much of a threat, but one day, the sudden discovery of a giant queen ant leg made the Chimera Ants even more critical.
Unbelievable size
As explained earlier, the size of Chimera Ants can only be described as "large ants," but the queen ant that was suddenly discovered had human-sized legs, a size that was unimaginable by conventional wisdom.
It is still a mystery how they came about
Even now that the Chimera Ant arc is over, it remains a mystery as to why such large and powerful Chimera Ants came about. In the story, no details have been revealed other than that they are "mixed with human blood," so perhaps it will become clear in the Dark Continent arc.
Giving birth to the strongest enemy, Meruem
And this giant queen ant will give birth to Meruem, the strongest chimera ant and strongest enemy of HUNTER×HUNTER.
Strong vitality
Chimera ants have strong vitality to begin with, but the Chimera Ants born from the giant queen ant have a stronger vitality than we could have ever imagined, and have caused a lot of suffering to many hunters.
Human weapons are almost ineffective
Their strong vitality is incredible, and in the story, human weapons such as guns were almost unable to damage the Chimera Ants. Except for a certain scientific weapon,
Neurotoxin
Furthermore, the Chimera Ant soldier ants have a powerful neurotoxin, and if an ordinary human is ingested, they will be unable to move for a month. The soldier ants use this neurotoxin to capture prey to feed the queen.
Capturing prey alive
The soldier ants use their own neurotoxins to capture prey alive, and then feed it to the queen ant, which creates more soldier ants that inherit the ability to capture prey alive.
Affected by the original appearance
It has been confirmed that Chimera Ants inherit not only abilities from their base prey, but also appearances and some memories. That is why there are so many different looking characters among the Chimera Ants.
All Chimera Ants at Once
So what kind of Chimera Ant characters are there? Here, I would like to introduce some of the Chimera Ants that play an especially active role in the story.
Queen
This is the original Chimera Ant that gave birth to the Chimera Ants that rampaged in the Chimera Ant Arc. Even at this Queen stage, she possessed a size unimaginable for a normal Chimera Ant, and would later give birth to the Chimera Ant King (Meruem), the strongest enemy.
Ikalgo
A Chimera Ant shaped like an octopus, it is likely that its base creature was an octopus. Despite being on the side of the Chimera Ants, he was touched by a word that Killua said during the battle, and decided to fight alongside Gon and Killua on the side of the Hunter Association.
Mereoron
A chimera ant shaped like a chameleon. It has the extremely convenient ability of being able to disappear while holding its breath. Although originally on the side of the Chimera Ants in the story, it ends up fighting on the side of the Hunter Association alongside Gon and Killua.
Neferpitou
He is one of the Royal Guard. He is an overwhelmingly popular character among the Chimera Ants, with his cute appearance with cat ears and a tail and his way of saying "nya". He also has very high combat abilities, and is the character who almost cornered Gon.
Shauapuhu
He is one of the King's direct guards. Although his combat ability is not that high, he is a character who can do various things, such as reading the other person's feelings using his scales and dispersing into small forms. He has an outstanding brain among the Chimera Ants and was also active as a strategist.
Monthuthu Yupi
He is one of the royal guards. He has the most aura among the guards and has extraordinary combat abilities. In the story, he showed such overwhelming combat power that even the top hunters could fight him on equal terms.
Meruem
He is the king of the Chimera Ants and is also famous as the strongest enemy in the series. Not only is his fighting ability incomparable to humans, but his intelligence and thoughts are also incomparable to humans, and he has enough intelligence to defeat the world champion of shogi and the world champion of go after only a few practice sessions.
Deadly battle with Netero
The Chimera Ant King Meruem, the strongest enemy in the series, fought a deadly battle with Netero, the chairman of the Hunter Association.
Even Netero can't match up
Netero is one of the most powerful characters in the series, but in front of Meruem, the king of the Chimera Ants, he can barely inflict a wound on him, making this a battle that makes you think about the "limits of humanity."
He was no match for human science
Meruem defeats Netero in the face of an overwhelming difference in strength, but Netero commits suicide with the "Miniature Rose", a small nuclear bomb that is humanity's last secret weapon. Although Meruem was caught up in this explosion, it seemed as if he had survived for a while, but he lost his life due to the poison that was scattered with the explosion of the "Miniature Rose", which is described as "rose poison".
Summary
What did you think? The Chimera Ants are one of the strongest characters in the series, and their many variations have made them popular even today. This time, we explained about the Chimera Ants, the terrifying yet beloved villains. For more information about the Chimera Ant arc, please read the other article.
