#neferpitou hxh

[catastrophiceventz]

some hunters

#hxh #hxh fanart #hunter x hunter #neferpitou #neferpitou hxh #kite hxh #kaito hxh #gon hxh #killua hxh #killua zoldyck #gon freecss #kurapika hxh #fanart #digital art #hellbent #my art #killugon

[badhxhmemes]

#hunter x hunter #hxh #hxh memes #hunter x hunter memes #chimera ant arc #incorrect hxh quotes #shaiapouf #shaiapouf hxh #neferpitou hxh #neferpitou #pouf hxh

[devogamer]

Neferpitou

#Neferpitou hxh #Neferpitou #hxh #hunter x hunter #my art #anime

[animeglitch]

#hunter x hunter #hxh #hunter x hunter gif #hxh gif #neferpitou #neferpitou hxh #hxh neferpitou #anime #anime gif #gif #anime aesthetic #aesthetic #anime scene #ears #chimera ant arc #nostalgia #nostalgic #nostalgic anime #cute #cat #cat ears #animedaily #anime hair #white hair #anime eyes

[sepiamestus]

Oh my god guys it's them. It's the they/them pu- *gets shot*

(very very late request for @emmaspolaroid ♡)

#HIIIII NIKKI IT HAS BEEN. 1 MILLION YEARS #i have nothing to say for myself other than ummmmmm. 👆 meow #Art tag #Hxh #Hunter x hunter #Neferpitou #Neferpitou hxh

[mars-onthe-moon]

🚨HxH- Chimera Arc Spoilers - Neferpitou and Kite

Neferpitou: listens to Won’t Bite, will in fact bite.

Honestly had such a fun time designing an outfit for them. Will maybe try another with more non canon fits in the future. Pitou on the right is aesthetically based on the Egyptian lion god Nefertem, son of Bast - a cat goddess. Nefertem was associated with the blue lotus flower - water lily.

I enjoy drawing pitou androgynous and using they/them pronouns. In the manga the character is referred to as “he” and in the anime, “she” is used, though more often than not “they” is substituted. Shout out to this villain’s beautifully complex gender and to hunter x hunter for having the queerest coded characters I could get my grubby lil gay hands on.

#🎶You don’t have to like my bug art… #that’s okay🎶 #but you do have to appreciate our they/them icon #nonbinary bug boy #hxh #hxh fanart #hunter x hunter #hunter x hunter fanart #neferpitou #neferpitou hxh #hxh pitou #nefertem #chimera ant arc #kite hxh #hxh spoilers

[purriscilla]

neferpitou （ hunter x hunter ） rentry graphics ― f2u only with credit.

psd by demeurel ﹔day 01 of @daintykill ' s event 、a character related to cats in some way

these r very rushed T-T i wanted to finish day 01 as soon as possible. baby's first editblr event wooo ... anyways enjoy q_q will try harder next time

#=͟͟͞♡ graphics #=͟͟͞♡ edits #rentry graphics #hunter x hunter #hxh #neferpitou hxh #neferpitou #hxh graphics #hxh rentry graphics #hxh neferpitou #Dainty250 #THESE R SO BADDD kill me now

[marimboy404]

ITS DONE!!!!!

#neferpitou #pitou hxh #pitou fanart #hxh fanart #hunter x hunter art #my art #neferpitou hunter x hunter fanart #neferpitou hxh #artists on tumblr #my digital art #trans artist #lgbtq artist #☆​meatloaf art☆

[cocogum]

Pitou’s gender doesn’t need to matter

note: the pronoun ‘it’ is used to indicate Pitou throughout this whole post

Before beginning, I would like to clarify that when I say Pitou’s gender doesn’t need to matter, I mean it. I say this because of the canon proofs sprinkled throughout the story and NOT because I’m saying this out of my opinion.

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From being considered a fan favourite and the most hated character above them all, it is no secret that Pitou has touched the hearts of many whether negatively or positively.

Believing that there is an equal amount of appreciation and hate for the character, fans would often try to wonder and guess the only thing unclear about the cat ant: its gender. Many have considered the cat to be female, while some who lean more into the manga would assume it to be male and others would simply come to the conclusion that it is non-binary due to the vague anatomy of the royal guard.

There seem to be lots of ideas and possibilities surrounding Pitou’s gender and fans would often believe that there can only be one answer to this question.

Which is true but not in the way you would expect.

The anime, manga and even the mobage cards have depicted Pitou’s gender in different ways.

The anime chose to make people address Pitou as a female and portray it by accentuating the ant’s torso and hips to make the body look more feminine.

The HxH Battle Collection cards used the same method with the addition of making it wear girl clothes.

The manga on the other hand makes Pitou be addressed as a male but doesn’t bother giving any noticeable features to the body.

But despite this, the manga also moves Pitou into female roles. The first example is when Togashi put the ant cat as a female by drawing a sort of re-enactment of Diego Velázquez’s famous painting called “Coronation of the Virgin” (1644) by replacing God’s mother Mary, a woman, with Pitou on the 28th volume cover of the manga.

The second example is when Pitou is compared to a real cat mother by Killua when he sees it making a stance to protect the injured Komugi from Gon.

Togashi’s way of presenting characters in his works has always been a great strategy to confuse some fans about certain characters.

Good examples of these would have to be characters like Kurapika, Kalluto, and of course Pitou. But the difference between the cat and the other two is a huge one.

Being an androgynous bishōnen like Kurapika and Kalluto means being a boy but looking partly female and partly male. Both already have a definite gender and yet they look like the opposite gender. Or in other words, their looks are what makes them “pretty boys”.

While the others have a reason to make you stop and think about whether they’re female or male due to their looks, Pitou on the other hand does not fall into any category or label.

It has nothing. It is simply a blank slate.

Based on the hxh data book, Pitou uses the pronoun “kare” which means “he” in English. It also uses the pronoun “boku” known as “I” in English which is mainly used by boys and young men.

However, even though Pitou may use male pronouns, its body doesn’t show us distinct male or even female parts in the manga.

Many would think we did see it naked once if we look at this specific panel shot of Pitou flexing its muscles.

But while this may have been good proof that Pitou may have a gender after all at first glance, it is unfortunately not the case. If this was Pitou’s real naked form, we would’ve been able to see its knees and arms’ specific physical patterns since they are part of its body but we don’t which means this is supposed to be a comparison between Pitou and a real cat.

The HxH manga is the canon source for all things related to HxH and if we want a direct answer to our question, then it should only make sense that we all depend on what the manga has to say about Pitou. But when we take into consideration that the manga itself also plays with Pitou’s gender, if all the manga does is make Pitou look physically neutral but makes people address the ant cat with he/him pronouns, and take female/male roles, then this means that Pitou doesn’t have any gender or even specific anatomy.

Due to the many numerous proofs, the manga is more than clearly fine with making fans choose one for the ant.

However, Pitou’s case shouldn’t be mixed with bishōnen androgynous characters such as Kurapika and Kalluto.

They are there to trick you with gender. Pitou on the other hand plays with gender. It doesn’t want you to guess if it is canonically female or male but simply wants you to portray it the way you want to.

Think of Pitou as a naked male doll. Usually, male dolls do not have defined and detailed physical traits. Unlike the “naked” form we assumed of Pitou in that one panel, a male doll’s body is exactly how Pitou would look with no clothes on.

So go ahead and believe what you want to believe.

Pitou’s canonical gender is literally nothing and anything.

It’s up to you.

Pitou is truly a blank canvas brought here by Togashi for us to paint whatever we want on it.

Its reason for being what it is is such an anomaly that even its name mixes both genders to not give any place to only one gender.

The first part of Neferpitou’s name “Nefer” comes from a male Egyptian god by the name of “Nefertem” and the second part “pitou” comes from a female panther that belongs to a French children's book series called “Caroline et ses Amis”.

#genderless pitou #hxh #hunter x hunter #hunterxhunter #anime #manga #hxh 1999 #hxh 2011 #hxh manga #hxh anime #hxh meta #hxh pitou #pitou hxh #neferpitou #pitou #hxh neferpitou #neferpitou hxh #hxh chimera ant arc #chimera ant arc hxh #chimera ant arc #chimera ant #hxh chimera ant #chimera ant hxh #chimera ants hxh #hxh chimera ants #chimera ants

[frenchublog]

doll

#merukomuween #merukomu #pitou #neferpitou #hxh #hunter x hunter #hxh fanart #my art #please don't repost #doll prompt #dr blythe #meruem #komugi #komugi x meruem

[kugukiugu]

猫女

#fanart #hunter x hunter #ネフェルピトー #neferpitou #hxh fanart

[iknaenmal]

are these still funny

#hunter x hunter #hxh #shaiapouf #neferpitou #menthuthuyoupi #pouf #pitou #youpi #whatever idk how to tag this #ikna talks

[badhxhmemes]

#hunter x hunter #hxh #hunter x hunter memes #hxh memes #chimera ant arc #the chimera ants #royal guards hxh #neferpitou hxh #shaiapouf hxh #menthuthuyoupi hxh #pitou hxh #pouf hxh #youpi hxh

[andythelemon]

*Departure! by Masatoshi Ono starts playing* A HxH poster print for 2023 con season and my online store! This series is a forever classic, it's always fun to revisit.

#hunter x hunter #hxh #gon freecs #killua zoldyck #neferpitou #hisoka morow #leorio paladiknight #kurapika #chrollo lucilfer #anime #manga #fanart #Togashi's char designs are their own brand of wack but after 5 years I may be finally getting the hang of them...

[strangemonochromes]

Hunter x Hunter // Yoshihiro Togashi

#neferpitou #gon freecss #hxh #hunter x hunter #yoshihiro togashi

[yvotoro]

neferpitou 🩸

#hxh #neferpitou #fanart #yvo draws #rewatching hxh rn and every time i saw them on screen i wanted to draw them #so i did ! #:-)