Wasn’t Feitan also one of the troupe members who couldn’t get a fortune from lovely ghostwriter because his date of birth is unknown?

Another idea that I have heard of is that for whatever reason, Kalluto got mad at Feitan and in childish nature went to Alluka and wished him out of the family, but Kalluto was the only one with memories of Feitan, which is why he wants to get his brother back, because it was his fault. And also seeing as he had no memories of himself either, so his time spent in meteor city, he made up his name, but doesn't know his own age or date of birth which is why it was never told to us. Also, also, I speculate that the reason Alluka has her hand up in the picture was that she was holding Feitan's hand, but since he was erased, it looks off for Alluka.

I never bought this theory but I found it interesting that in the chimera ant arc, it plays the zoldyck theme when feitan finishes of zazan

Don't forget the mother said I won't lose another when Killua left again

I am not trying to start any theories here BUt the idea of Killua's mom meeting Killua's dad and just going, "Yeah, I will marry you and leave my son here, fuck him" sounds extremely in character for her, somehow.

I love the “Togashi changed his mind” theory. Makes the most practical sense.

Kikyo got pregnant in meteor city , the father left and she couldn’t take of the child so she gave it away and lost it. That’s why she’s always manipulated and cares about losing about her children, for example when Lilly’s left she started going crazy-it probably some type of ptsd effect

Maybe killua’s mom didn’t tell Silva that she had a son and just abandoned him with is why she now has children problems

He might be related to killua's mom since she's from meteor city

Theory Debunk: Feitan is Levi Ackerman.

Just to stir the pot a little more, the Zoldyck theme plays when Feitan begins his ability. Coincidence?

I would watch a 10 season series about The Phantom Troupe

I believe he is I mean Killua and Feitan have a lot of drip

Half brother from Killua’s mom makes the most sense.

Idk why no one's talking about the fact that Feitan's Nen Ability is also pretty inline with the assassin training that Killua went through. Since Pain Packer relies on Feitan needing to be able to withstand a lot of damage he has to have a high pain tolerance like Killua does.

Fun fact!! Togashi has already created a lost sibling dynamic in YuYu Hakusho with Yukina and Hiei (who Feitan resembles and behaves like so much) Just a fun little insight that makes me even more on board with this theory happening in HxH too

He dyed his hair black in his rebellious phase it’s actually white lol

I won't be surprised if Togashi just forgot it. Because he is Togashi.

There's also the fact that the zoldyck theme song was playing during his fight with zazan

Have you guys heard the other Zoldyck Child theory? It's quite the story. I'll put the evidence first, and you'll quickly figure out who I'm talking about. 1) One of the most powerful characters in the series. 2) Is known by the Zoldyck family. 3) Very knowledgeable about the Hunter Exam. 4) Name follows the name chain. (IlluMilluKilluAlluKalluTo) 5) Deceptive, as any assassin should be. 6) Amazing survivability. 7) Sharp mind. You know exactly who this is, and now we can confirm it by this amazing evidence. Tonpa is a Zoldyck confirmed. (IlluMilluKilluAlluKalluTonpa)

This guy is gonna keep the fan base up and running till we get another animated series.

This could be GREAT for the future of the show. Imagine feitan being a zoldyck. Now kurapika has not only the phantom troupe to worry about , but potentially putting the entire family after him as well as his close friend killua. Theory

the amount of times when u was watching hxh and noticed a concept or a scene and thought “wow just this in itself could literally be its own anime”

Since the age isn't 100% sure, for all we know Feitan could be a lost twin of Milluki who somehow got separated from the family and raised in Meteor City while still a toddler. This could explain why they have similar eyes and, IIRC your Nen class is somewhat based on your personality (don't flame me if I'm wrong) and that could explain why he isn't a black-haired Manipulator, since he was raised in another family and therefore might have had a change of personality

I feel Feitan is the half brother to the Zoldyck siblings. Kikyo being pregnant at 14 isn't new territory for Togashi either because in his earlier work Yu Yu Hakusho, Atsuko gave birth to Yusuke at 14. Also both Kikyo and Feitan are from Meteor City so this could very well be possible for this Hunter x Hunter theory.

I can't be the only person that thought Kalluto was a girl.

When the chapter came out and Kalluto said that he wants his brother back, I was 100% that he meant Killua because Kalluto left the family after Killua went traveling with Gon.

I actually remember that it was told that silvia once killed a member of the phantom troupe maybe that one was the father of feitan and kikyo husband So she just decided to go with the winner (Silva)

What if Silva's "Never betray your friends" comes as a hindsight resolve of Feitna's abandonment?

Silva says he doesn't like dealing with the phantom troupe and he can be seen fighting against chrollo. He fought against chrollo because he went to meteor city to kill feitan becuase he found out he was alive and wanted to get rid of him so he isn't tied back to them. And the reason he tells his kids not to mess with the phantom troupe is because he doesn't want them meeting their half brother

I also have a theory supporting this. You Remember the time when Silva called all his sons to gather up and told everyone not to fight the phantom troupe. Maybe he told that after seeing that feitan is a member of the phantom troupe.

Kalluto might of really wanted to find his brother because he gets no attention from his other siblings and wants to find someone who will care about him.

The half brother kinda makes sense with Kalluto since he is *always* with his mother, and she has a huge amount of influence on him, so if he somehow found out that his beloved mother had a child he might consider him more of a brother than the rest of his brothers.

I don't think silva would abandon his kid. I like the theory that kykyo abandon feitan

Kikyo Zoldyck was 18 when she had Illumi. I can't imagine her having a child before Illumi.

So if kikyo actually gave birth to feitan at the age of 14, maybe she abandoned him because she was too young? Assuming he’s the half brother.

feitan is silva and chrollos child that's why they glare at each other when they fought

Feitan is Silva's secret love child

The first time i watched HxH and saw Feitan, this is exactly what popped in my head. I thought for sure he was a Zoldyck and it would be a plot twist later in the story. Was a bit sad when that didn't happen.

If that halfbrother theory is true (including the fact that Alluka was written as a deux ex machina). It's more likely that Feitan is Kikyo's child. Cause at the zoldyck arch while talking with Gotho alone in the garden she said something about Killua being the and i quote "the only child i can't give up nomatter what". And she said this right after arguing with her husband about Killua leaving. It's a bit sus of her to say this in such type of topic. Unless she still holds badblood and burried guilt about leaving her first child behind. That would also kinda support her crazy sensitive attitudes about her children going outside her reach and control. If she was 14 and with child, it wouldnt seem odd of a 14 y.o teen living in the litteral slums to give up a child to marry into a rich home.

It also makes a lot of sense when you think of feitans hatsu. The zoldyk kids get tortured constantly so he might have been tossed as a kid when they realized " oh shit we have a kid we can't really punish or else we will all die." If all the troupe members were scared just imagine the first time he used it. That might be why the mother has those bandages as well. Because I'm pretty sure her speciality is torture. That could also be why feitan loves torturing people so much.

im a fan of the theory that Alluka/Nanika re-wrote itself into the reality of being a Zoldyck, and effectively replaced Feitan as a Zoldyck sibling. Although the biggest plothole for this theory is how only Kalluto seems to remember it as such.

In addition, remember when Feitan fought Zazan? Zoldyck family's theme plays along with it.

My brain is going so many ways right now- So imagine that Feitan is a brother for example. I don’t think he would of stayed with the family for that long. Mainly because it obvious Illumi was the guinea pig. Just looking at Illumi, how he acts, how he does things. It’s obvious. Feitan is 4 years older than Illumi. So the theory that Feitan was a half brother made more sense. However this creates problems for people, mostly kurapika. Yes, many times Killua says he hates his family. And that he wants to trap and kill his family. But by looking at it, Killua would never let someone kill his family. Killua has a soft heart. Even if they brought him so much trouble, he would never be able to forgive himself. Illumi himself literally says that when he dies he will always haunt Killuas heart. And we see that Killua has a special place for Illumi in his heart in the Phantom Rouge movie. Since 2/5 known Zoldyck kids are in the phantom troupe then I don’t think Killua would just let Kurapika kill them all. And if it is revealed that Feitan and Killua were related, I don’t think Killua would let Kurapika kill Feitan. Which would cause trouble to Kurapika. Or, Feitan is just Feitan. And that he isn’t apart of the Zoldyck at all. Yes, he looks VERY much alike the family. Very close to milluki. That could just be a coincidence. Unlike people, it’s hard for authors to create a bunch of different people. And having black spiky hair is fairly common in animes. Idk lmao

My theory: Feitan portor is harry potter's half brother

Something Zoldyck related which always seems odd to me is that there's so many siblings in Killua's generation, yet it seems like Zeno and Silva were both only childs? Seems a bit off to me considering it's big ol' assassin family, but with this being the case it seems like there's not a whole lot of members of the family outside of the Killua generation

I wonder if Illumi's obsession with Killua stems from his losing his other brother (Feitan)

Whenever you mentioned that Togashi could've been hinting in the manga that Feitan was the mystery Zoldyck brother because the picture was shown in the manga before we met Alluka, I remembered that the anime showed silhouettes of the Zoldyck family members, in which Alluka was also shown. So there are two possibilities, the first one being that the anime wants to create something different and decided to hint Alluka's existence from the beginning, or Togashi wanted to confuse us. The latter seems more realistic and something Togashi would definitely do, however the former is a possibility I'm considering after watching this video.

New theory: Hisoka is Gons brother

Feitan might actually just be related to Killua’s mom, due to his hair style. But he might be related to Silver, due to his age. Which one is it?

if feitan is 28 ima go die in a black hole i thought he was like 14 and he's my favorite caracter

I feel like it makes sense if killuas mom had feitan, abandoned him at a young enough age that he wouldn’t remember his birthday, let alone his name, and ran off with Zoldyck Daddy. She would have had him at 14, which I think is an age that if you got pregnant in a place such as Metor City and since we don’t know if she even had family or her circumstances, she would abandon her baby. I think that’s part of the reason she wants to have her kids near. She already abandoned one of her kids, she’s not gonna let the other ones go so quickly.

This theory sort of inverts the idea of Hiei looking for his sister, Yukina, in YYH. Also, compare Hiei versus Makintaro to Feitan versus Zazan; in the former Yukina is watching Hiei fight not knowing it’s her brother, in the latter, going by the theory, Feitan doesn’t know his sibling is watching him fight (another inversion).

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I have two theories. 1. With the names maybe feitan has a silent I making it feitani. Definitely not backed up just and idea. 2. Alluka made his family forget ( memory wiped) feitan becuase of something he did. And sent him to the junk place where no one could find him and look for him and never make a connection to the zoldyk family. And maybe the reason the other sister remembers is because of just that. There sisters and alluka didnt want to her to forget what feitan did or always remember whatever he did. Just my thoughts and ideas.

I don't know if anybody remembers but when feitan uses pain packer for the first (and only😞) time the zoldyck family theme plays before the pain packer one does

Imo I think "getting my brother back" refers to Killua Kalluto was merely implying strength with the emphasis on ranks and power looking at how strong Feitan is

I sort of agree that Feitan seems a little old for the timeline to be reasonable. I really could see him being Kikyo's brother (or maybe even cousin), since they're both from Meteor City. A 14 year gap is actually a very reasonable gap for siblings (the gap in the Zoldycks is larger). Do we know Kikyo's maiden name? Edit: Also, if he is actually younger than 28, it's entirely possible Kikyo wouldn't even know about him, having already left Meteor City for good, and he wouldn't know that his sister married into the Zoldyck family. Edit 2: Also, Kikyo is an accomplished assassin in her own right. It seems unlikely that a loyal Zoldyck would marry someone who is not skilled in assassination techniques, so she likely learned before meeting Silva. It could be that Kikyo and by extension, possibly Feitan's, original family is also historically a family of assassins based out of Meteor City. In that case, Feitan leaving to join the Phantom Troupe instead of continuing as an assassin would actually make him a less wholesome parallel to Killua's decision to leave the trade. That could also explain why Feitan appears to be more adept than the rest of the Troupe at things like interrogation and torture, as both those skills are shown to be within the purview of professional assassins in the world of Hunter x Hunter.

kalluto has a strong connection with their mother, so what if kalluto wanted to bring back feitan for the mother? cuz the mom is so obsessed with her children and maybe she feels bad about abandoning feitan and kalluto wants to help fix that.

Feitan: " *Family? What's that??* "

My theory is that this whole thing with Kaluto will be a "Togashi Forgot" moment.

I’m actually on the boat that thinks that Feitan is actually Silva’s brother instead of Killua’s

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I am fond of the idea that he was Kikyo's son, abandoned in Meteor City when she met and married Silva (perhaps wanting to start her life anew, she left all remnants of the past, including a bastard child from a teenage pregnancy, behind). But I do agree that if the theory of Feitan being connected to the Zoldycks in some way ever had merit, 'Togashi changed his mind' is our most likely answer. 😅

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Illumi could place a manipulating needle into Kalluto believing Feitan is a brother... for... plots... If Togashi want to he could fill this plothole.

It also wouldn't make sense that, that was alluka in the photo, for one alluka is too big, she is not only younger but shorter than killua yet she is depicted taller in the photo? That wouldn't make sense, also we know she was outcasted by the rest of the family so why would they suddenly want to take a picture with her?

In the zazan fight he also did that thing Killua does when he looks like he’s in multiple places at once, so he’s more zoldyck in fighting style so maybe he was just trained by a zoldyck

The more I think of it, the more I feel like Feitan is possibly directly or distantly related to Kikyo. They both originate from meteor city, both have black hair, slightly similar face shape etc. Idk I may just be overthinking things but I think it feels more plausible than him being Killua's brother. :/

My first initial thought when he made his hand sharp like killua, was they may be related

You guys remember during the auction he sharpen his nails to cut some guys head off

I just found out that Kalluto and Feitan are shipped by others...

A theory I had at one point was that perhaps Feitan was the son of Kikyo and Silva found both of them in meteor city and then decided to marry her. Then one of 3 things happened. 1. Kikyo abandoned her son since she had found a new and better life without him which would be in character for her and would make since as to why Feitan has a negative view of families. 2. Feitan didn't want to be part of the family and left on his own for whatever reason or 3. He joined the family and was a member of their family for a long time, but when Kalluto was born something went wrong. This would probably be either Feitan made Kalluto angry in some way, or maybe Kikyo favorited Feitan too much and that upset Kalluto because he wanted to be her favorite or something, but either way it resulted in Kalluto going to Alluka to wish Feitan out of the family (which I know is a theory others have had before) because he wanted to be his mom's favorite/have all his mom's attention. Perhaps Kalluto even wished to replace Feitan as his mother's favorite, since in the actual series we see that the mom spends the most time with Kalluto and somewhat projects onto Kalluto the most. I don't know, there might be parts of this that don't make sense as Hunter x Hunter is hard to theorize about, but that's just been my theory for awhile, but you're probably right about the fact that Togashi just changed his mind/never intended for him to be part of the family in the first place.

In the anime The zoldyck theme plays when faitan fights the chimeria ant

I remember when Silva was fighting chrollo he got a flashback of the last time they fought it was a place with junk and dust it looked like meteor city

One of the siblings in the family could of been angry/reckless and asked alluka to wish feitan out of the family which makes sense on why no one has any memories with or recognizes him

Fantastic video as always. That last theory about Togashi abandoning the idea of Feitan being a Zoldyck feels the least contrived and (as you noted) fits into Togashi's pattern of changing story elements partway or in btwn arcs.

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he is related to the family but not in a sibling type of way , it says on a lot of websites I’ve been on that Feitan is actually a cousin.

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I’m definitely a Fei-fan of this Feitan theory

i always thought this when i saw him cut of the head of the mafia member in york new arc which looked killua like. he also mentioned “family, i don’t know anything about that” so i just assumed that would be revealed later in the show

Personally I believe that feitan is the red herring, and the true missing zoldyck is chrollo. I believe there is a missing zoldyck, due to a recent re watch, where kikio tells gotoh when killua leaves with gon, that he is the one child she will not give up or lose. I don't really have obvious solid evidence, but I see similarities with chrollo and silva, kaluto and killua. And though I'm not sure completely I'm believe you can anagram his name to make the zoldyck surname (but I am not certain of this) I don't think he has memories of this and maybe he has some sort of hazy memories, which is why he struggles with identity.. Again sheer speculation here 😅 it's a gut feeling of sorts, but I think the missing zoldyck in the troupe was planned, it's just going to take time... (though yes I know kikio could possibly be referring to alluka)

Well to be fair feitan being a half-brother wouldn't be impossible, because kalluto always follows around kikyo, and maybe kikyo accidentally let it slip OR was comfortable enough to say that they actually had a half brother, leading to kalato to thought of it, infront of the fighting feitan. Which could lead to two reasons for that, 1 kikyo Begged kalluto to get him back as she trys to convince Silva and Geno to let him be a zoldyck. or 2 kalluto wanted to get him back just because for the sake of it because he is still her older brother, even if its only half.

Also every Zoldyck sibling has 2 “L” in their name

I think if he were to be a zoldyck, part of the reason he left could be his hair or he could have just dyed it. Idk.

I think what kalluto said "he wants to get his brother back" was meant for killua, because he wants to get close to him and was jealous of alluka for being too close to killua. But still, great theory.

bye feitan high key looks like milluki but the shorter less obese version 🤠

Feitan is a cousin of the Zoldyck family, on their mother's side, who is his aunt

I think the brother that Kalluto wants to get back is Killua because it would make their mom happy and we saw that Kalluto is usually in close proximity of his mom most of the time when Gon and the others went to get Killua from his family.

This theory is so interesting The answer of so many questions and at the same time is quit problematic especially the hair thing..Feitan needs a white hair so he can be a pure Zoldyck but if he's just related to Killua's Mother then its okey for him to have a black hair..this is the problem he's not a Zoldyck he's just a half brother if this's true

I honestly to God, think Feitan was adopted into the family due to most likely his high skill at a young age. I also think something happened within the family causing him to leave. The cause could be that someone in the family didn't except him as a family member and that pushed him to leave or get removed from the family.

Doesn’t feitan have some foreign language he speaks that no one has understanda

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Feitan actually looks like a thinner Miluki. Also, he does not know his real name and birthday, that is why Chrollo can't use lovely ghost writer ability on him. He might be the estranged son of Kikyo, she is also originally from meteor city.

When illumi was talking to hisoka inside the restobar blimp saying he wants to eliminate another zoldyeck brother, the alluka thing was happening and illumi made it clear to hisoka that this brother can kill both gon and killua.

when he speaks this other strange language If you want to stay alive I recommend you run fast as hel, I get the chills from this guy

feitan age (28) makes alot of sense, in my opinion he is killua's half brother from his mother kikyo before she meets silva in meteor city, my guess is that she abandonned him there and himself ignore that he is linked to the zoldyck family

I really love the half brother theory. I always assumed Kalluto either meant Killua or Illumi. There was this scene where he was watching Killua and Gon that made me think Kalluto was always lonely and wanted to be closer to killua who is always feeling disloyal to the family so kalluto what kalluto meant by "getting my brother back" is winning killua's loyalty back and assisting him in succeeding the family, after all Kalluto was always shown to be the most obedient Zoldayk child. If he meant Illumi it may perhaps be Kalluto wanting be the family's successor and "getting his brother back" means wanting to prove himself to illumi and winning his support over killua and inherit the family's business because he feels the most devoted to being an assassin. After all with Alluka and miluki being ruled out, Killua shows no interest in being an assassin.

Another coincidence is that one of Feitans interests/specialties is torture, and each Zoldyck experiences/is taught torture.