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Schemes in relation to characters' creation

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Hi, if someone is interested, this is a more detailed analysis i have done in relation to characters' creation in the manga.
Like i have already said, Togashi (like other mangakas) created his characters in relation to the Yang-Yin system of Taoism expressed in the I-Ching, the color of their hairs express this opposition (Black/Yin/Darkness and White/Yang/Light).Yang and Yin is a concept of dualism, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.The opposition is also expressed by characters' personalities (emotional-rational, extrovert-introvert ecc.).Mangakas used groups of characters (2,3 or 4 characters) in order to express these oppositions.Also Kishimoto (that learned a lot from Togashi) in Naruto created his characters in relation to this system, for example groups of 3 characters presented in the manga, where the colour of their hairs express the opposition of Yang and Yin as a metaphor
There are always 3 kind of groups (that aren't always the same, can be different this is a simplification):
  • Group of 2 characters (couples of Yang and Yin)
  • Group of 3 characters
  • Group of 4 characters
1) Couples Yang-Yin (examples):

1) Gon (Black Hair, Yin) and Killua (White Hair, Yang)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v20/c206/1.html
2) Kurapika (White Hair, Yang) and Leorio (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v33/c346/1.html#ipg10
3) Knukle (Black Hair, Yin) and Shoot (White Hair, Yang); like Gon and Killua. For this reason the fights were Knukle vs Gon (First character) and Shoot vs Killua (Second character).
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v20/c209/1.html#ipg12
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v20/c210/8.html
4) Morau (White Hair, Yang) and Knov (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v20/c202/1.html#ipg5
5) Hinrigh (White Hair, Yang) and Ken'i Wang (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/vTBD/c378/1.html#ipg5
6) Ging (Black Hair) and mercenary Muherr (White Hair)
https://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v33/c347/15.html
7) Hisoka (White Hair) and mercenary llumi (Black Hair)
https://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v31/c326/15.html
8) Chrollo (Black Hair, Yin) and Hisoka (White Hair, Yang)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v34/c352/1.html
9) Pariston (White Hair, Yang) and Ging (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v33/c343/6.html
10) Tsubone and Amane, Canary and Gotoh
-Tsubone (White Hair, Yang) and Amane (Black Hair, Yin)
-Canary (White Hair, Yang) and Gotoh (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v31/c324/1.html#ipg15
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v31/c324/1.html#ipg16
These 4 changes couples:
-Tsubone (White Hair, Yang) and Gotoh (Black Hair, Yin) (the main couple)
-Canary (White Hair, Yang) and Amane (Black Hair, Yin)
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v31/c328/1.html#ipg5
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v31/c327/1.html#ipg3

2) Groups of 3 characters

There are 2 types of group of 3 characters: a group 2+1 (a couple +1) characters and a group 1+2 (1 + a couple) characters. These groups are based on Yang/Yin (White and Black) and similarities of personalities of these characters.

1. Group 2+1 (like Naruto and Sasuke + Sakura)
The characters are specular and similar (for example: Naruto=Jiraya=Obito=Boruto are the main characters) in relation to the schemes:
  • Naruto-Sasuke + Sakura
  • Jiraya-Orochimaru + Tsunade
  • Obito-Kakashi + Rin
  • Boruto-Mitsuki + Sarada
In HXH
-Knukle (Black hair/Yin) and Shoot (White hair/Yang) + Palm (Black hair/Yin)
-Isaac Netero and Zigg + Rinne
-Hisoka Morow and Illumi Zoldyck + Tserriednich Hoikoro (similar to Hisoka, both number 4): 3 psychopaths
-Ging and Muherr + Razor (similar to Ging and both creator of Greed Island)

2. Group (1+2 characters)

-Pitou + Pouf and Youpi
-Isaac Netero + Zeno Zoldyck and Silva Zoldieck
-Beyond Netero + Nasubi Hoikoro and Benjamin Hoikoro
3) Groups of 4 characters (examples)
  1. Meruem-Pitou-Pouf-Youpi
  2. Gon-Killua-Kurapika-Leorio
  3. Yusuke-Hiei-Kurama-Kuwabara
For example:
  1. Gon=Yusuke, the main character, the most important and gifted
  2. Killua=Hiei, the killer/fighter, the second
  3. Kurapika=Kurama, "the smartest", the third
  4. Leorio=Kuwabara, "the dumbest", the fourth

Examples of this scheme Yang-Yin of characters:

Like the Zodiacs and the Genei Ryodan, both groups of 12 characters that are similar also in relation to the impagination:

Zodiacs (Hunters/Yang)
Genei Ryodan (Criminals/Yin)
Chapter 95

In chapter 95, pages about assassins aired by the mob with Silva and Zeno is an example of Yang and Yin scheme that Togashi use, also the impagination of the assassins (2+1 in 3 big picture and 3 in a single small picture):
There are 6 Assassins with Silva and Zeno divided in 2 group of 3:

Group 1 (A group 2+1 like Hisoka and Illumi +Tserriednich)
  1. Assassin A (the one killed by Chrollo's Indor Fish) (Yang, White Hair)
  2. Assassin B (the one with a bird tatoo on his head) (Yin, Black hair)
  3. Assassin C (the one with a Mask) (Yang, White Hair)
Group 2 (A group 1+2 like Isaac Netero + Zeno and Silva)
  1. Assassin D (the one with a a big nose) (Yang, White Hair)
  2. Assassin E (the one with chinese moustache) (Yin, Black hair)
  3. Assassin F (the one with a scar on his face) (Yang, White Hair)
Group 3
http://fanfox.net/manga/hunter_x_hunter/v11/c095/6.html#ipg4
  1. Silva Zoldick, similar to Assassin F (Taller)
  2. Zeno Zoldick, similar to Assassin E (Shorter with Chinese Mustache and Chinese dress)
  3. (Isaac Netero will join to Zeno and Silva in the Chimera Ant arc to complete the group of 3 characters "assassins") similar to Assassins D with a Big Nose.
As a matter of fact, Silva and Zeno are seated in the same way of Assassin F and Assassin E, and Assassin E and Assassin F work in couple like Zeno and Silva
Instead, Assassin A and Assassin B + Assassin C are similar to Hisoka and Illumi +Tserriednich
This is an image for examples:

Hope you liked it.
 
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