How do people justify Hisoka's pedophilia?

Brex_10 said:
Multiple things

He's a villain, its expected for him to do/be bad things.

And he's not a pedo, he isn't attracted to kids he's attracted to a good fight to a fanatical degree that thinking of one arouses him. It just so happens that two of the people with the highest potential to give him the fight he desires are children, and even then not yet, he's waiting for them to become stronger (and therefore older).

He was doing the same thing with the leader of the phantom troop who wasnt a child, which should tell you He does not care about age or geder or any physicality, he only cares about fighting power and capability. Which he sees a lot of in Gon and Killua, rightfully so, they are extremely strong individuals.

NickCipolla said:
Its obviously not a secret that Hisoka is a pedo. Even if youre an hxhtard, the best you can give him is hes a creep and pervert. Multiple instances hes shown to be interested in kids, and is shown doing sexual gestures.

So whats up with the hype behind the dude? I guess its like Ted Bundy where a group of people just support someone psycho. HXH prob cant even continue up if it wanted to because it has a character thats attracted to kids


I GUESS A BETTER QUESTION IS: HOW DO PEOPLE JUSTIFY LIKING A PEDOPHILIA/PERVERT CHARACTER? WOULD THEY FEEL THE SAME ABOUT A RACIST ONE

NickCipolla said:
I GUESS A BETTER QUESTION IS: HOW DO PEOPLE JUSTIFY LIKING A PEDOPHILIA/PERVERT CHARACTER? WOULD THEY FEEL THE SAME ABOUT A RACIST ONE

331913 said:
Simple, he's a fictional character who happens to be likable despite having negative traits. You can ask this question about literally every antagonist or anti-hero in existence. How do you justify liking characters like Lelouch who've committed genocide and killed thousands of innocent people for what he believes is right?

NickCipolla said:


did u just compare wanting to do kids to war? lol

331913 said:
Committing genocide and wanting to have sex with children are both morally deplorable actions, so.. yes?

It's like you don't understand that antagonists are supposed to be flawed people. You'd have a point if HxH was depicting Hisoka as a good person, but it clearly doesn't.

-Harald- said:

Are you fcking a*hole, Cause you are giving me impression of...after this post.
You created a shit thread and then after 12 hour you come and edit it asking something else.

And who the fck said they like Hisoka for being pervert. It's not that he was in the show for that purpose. It was just 5 min scene if you add all those scenes , that doesn't justify his character .

People like him because he is unpredictable, his Nen is one of the most unique, his chaotic nature and other things. He helped Gon and Killua getting strong and many more things.

NickCipolla said:


war is sometimes neccessary. wanting to have sex with kids is not. youre really exposing your inner pervertedness if u are trying to justify this.

MK17_2 said:
Dead ass. Y'all are saying some odd ish.
He's not hot. He's not daddy. Nothing about him is decent. If you like that and him (without tryna come off as offensive I swear) then you must be at the very least disturbed on the inside.
He's a pedo who's sexual insinuations towards young boys and aggressive behaviour make me cringe and uncomfortable. Genuinely why would you like that?
Justifying this dude is messed up.
Red flag for him and for those who see nothing disgusting about him.

Sorry for the rant that no asked for really just feel strongly about how gross he is
Its all straight up sick
I said what I said

331913 said:
Lol are you really accusing me of being a pedophile because I'm explaining that antagonists aren't good people but you can still like them? Get a grip, my dude. You need to realize that these aren't real people. These are fictional characters who are flawed and written that way on purpose. I'm not even a huge fan of Hisoka, but this is common sense.

Maybe Lelouch wasn't the best example so I'll use someone else. The Joker is clearly evil and he's a murderer. Are people not allowed to like the Joker? Are you going to accuse Joker fans of secretly being murderers?

Let's take it a step further. Are people who play violent games like GTA or Call of Duty addicted to violence in real life? Are they going to shoot up schools? Are they not allowed to like these games and acknowledge that they're not real? Lol

BloodyTaer said:
a character being a 'pedo' isn't pushing any ideology, theyre just fucking drawings, you can't push ideology through them

Except if someone is a fucking idiot who translates these drawings into the real world and compare them to the real world, yes ideologies can be pushed to these people through drawings, but whos fault is that? Their own and not the author

BoumbaBlack said:


Saying that "drawings" can't push an ideology is pretty much like saying that words or letters in a book can't represent an existing ideology. I'm totally not saying that the author is promoting pedophilia by creating a pedophile villain. He probably did it for fun or because a person sexually attracted to power (as Gon and Killua are powerful and promising kids) in a world where everyone is searching for power seemed interesting. But I just wanted to remind you that more philosophical shows like Psycho-Pass, Code Geass or even Attack on titan have many characters clearly representating existing ideologies. If you're still not convinced that "drawings" in anime can be a reference to existing philosophies, Psycho-Pass's main antagonist is the extremized personnification of Nietzsche's Superhuman, and the main character can be easily compared to Kant's idea of morale.

I know I might be using unusual references in a discussion about fucking meme Hisoka, but I just wanted to show you that removing the possibility to consider seriously one medium just because it's not live-action movies or books removes you the possibility to find better stories than in a lot of other mediums.

BloodyTaer said:
you just changed what were talking about from 'pushing ideology' to 'representing ideology' no fucking shit ideologies can be represented through drawings, thats not something revolutionary to anyone, we are talking about pushing ideology, can a drawing make you change your ideology or accept one? Thats what we are talking about so don't poke your nose when youre lost on what we are discussing

EnlightenedAC said:
lol we dont justify it we just choose to ignore it 😭

NickCipolla said:


Most people dont like the joker in the same way people like Hisoka. While people enjoy the joker (and mostly the actor who portrayed him), people idolize Hisoka. They try to brush off his bad aspect of literally wanting kids.

331913 said:
This is stupid. Just like most people don't idolize the Joker, most people don't idolize Hisoka either. Stop generalizing an entire characters' fanbase. I assure you that a majority of Hisoka fans are normal people who just so happen to enjoy this fictional character while acknowledging that he's morally deplorable. Same applies to the Joker. There might be a few crazies out there who actually idolize Hisoka and think he does no wrong, but guess what? The same applies to every single fictional character out there who has a big fanbase. That's unavoidable.

As for the pedophilia claim, it's literally semantics. Some people don't think Hisoka is a pedophile because he's addicted to fighting people who are strong and they reason that it's because of this that he's attracted to Gon and Killua. Others think that he's a pedophile and he's addicted to fighting strong people at the same time. Either way, it doesn't matter because Hisoka is obviously a morally reprehensible character regardless of whether he's a pedophile or not. His very first appearance in the anime is him cutting off someone's arm because that person accidentally bumped into him. He's obviously not meant to be a good person. He himself acknowledges this lol. But despite that, he can be a likable and charismatic character because of the way he's written into the story. Because again, he's fictional and not real.

So next time, I advise you to stop getting so invested in fictional characters to the point where you try to cancel them on MAL. Maybe lead these campaigns against actual real pedophiles who are harmful to actual real children.

TheAngryNerd said:
There will always be fangirls (or fanboys, but more so fangirls) for anything lol. Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy have a ton of fangirls for some reason XD (it probably isn't a laughing matter but I still find it funny nonetheless).

I don't think anyone really tries to justify his pedophilia, they like him because he's entertaining and the whole pedo aspect is pretty funny lol. It would also be pretty funny if he was racist. Like imagine Buzz Lightyear being racist LOL

Besides, like someone else in this thread said, his perversion towards children isn't represented as something good.

NickCipolla said:


ITS SO FUNNY WHEN A CHARACTER WANTS TO R*PE AN 11 YEAR OLD XDDD

holy cow another person who not only justifies it, but calls it funny. insanity

TheAngryNerd said:


I'm not justifying it lol. I just think it's funny. The way Hisoka's pedophilia is portrayed is kinda ridiculous, hence why I find it humorous.

EnlightenedAC said:
lol we dont justify it we just choose to ignore it 😭