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Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other men. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters.

THE SECRET OF GREED ISLAND
The multi-trillionaire Battera hires Gon and Killua to play the Greed Island video game for him, just as the two had hoped. But when they enter the game and head to a nearby town, they stumble onto one of the game's dark secrets. Greed Island isn't just a game--it has real-life consequences that can spell life or death for the players involved. And it isn't long before the Spiders enter the game themselves!

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2002

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Yoshihiro Togashi

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Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫義博) is a manga artist. Credited in Chinese translations as Fu Jian Yi Bo.

He began drawing manga at an early age; while he attended college, the publisher Shueisha recognized his talent. Togashi has authored numerous manga series in different genres during the past three decades. He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter series, both of which have been published in the popular Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon.

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922 reviews2,648 followers
January 20, 2016
Finally, Greed Island! It's one of the best arc. Killua and Gon are discovering Ging's video game after passing the test. And we've met Biscuit. One of my favorites female hunters. And now, she's going to train our boys to become stronger. I give her most of the credits for their strength by the end of the series. She was the one who helped them the most. Kurapika and Leorio are going to be missed for a long while. Farewell guys.
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687 reviews217 followers
July 6, 2020
4 of 5 stars

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We're now inside the game Greed Island!

There were a lot of informations thrown at our faces regarding the essentials of this game. The main goal in order to finish this game is to complete the 100 imposed cards but they needed to learn how exactly the spell cards work. They were invited to join a group from the get-go to increase their chance of completing the game in a short period of time, but Gon refused the offer after knowing how brutal other game players have become just to get rare cards. It was like an insult to his father, Ging, as one of the creator of GI. Killua and Gon tried to acquire the cards in more normal ways but they've encountered those players who attacked them through spell cards to get what they acquired. They still have a lot to learn to complete this game. AND we will also learn the true reason why Ging created GI!!

I loved that even after a Phantom Troupe break after Yorkshin City arc and we knew that this wasn't a Spider focus arc, we still get a glimpse of its members in this arc. Phinks and Feitan already got inside the Greed Island in the last volume and now Shalnark, Shizuku and Kortopi also tried their chances inside the game. But Shalnark's intention wasn't exactly to reach the game's goal of collecting all 100 imposed cards but to steal! Of course, they will steal! They are bandits after all. He learned a lot of things after collecting informations and he came with surprising conclusions. One was that Greed Island was not exactly a virtual world. All that was happening in the game was happening somewhere in the real world. That was pretty perceptive of Shalnark, the best information collector and one of the smartest Spider members.

And then the first interaction between our two boys and Bisky. Oh, Bisky, my best girl! Though Killua and Gon's banter will still be my top favorite, Killua and Bisky's was pretty close! Killua calling her an old hag and him getting a bitch slap from her was always the best part! We will now get to see how Bisky would train our boys to increase their own strength and personal abilities and focus on their own Nen category. Though there's no Leorio and Kurapika in this arc, Bisky was a very great substitution!

PS: And I am also waiting for a certain appearance of a certain someone. It would be so much fuuuuun!!!
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130 reviews6 followers
November 17, 2024
Finally I continued reading hxh, they're in greed island now and I'm loving it, killua and gon are just soooooo wholesome aaaah
Wanna rewatch the anime so bad
Also, bisky is introduced, yeyy love her!! She's a gem. Binolts story made me sad though:/ love that even side characters like him get some sort of background story and depth
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650 reviews42 followers
March 17, 2022
Greed Island arc II 3.5⭐
Introduction into Greed Island and Bisky.
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396 reviews27 followers
July 3, 2016
Oh my god, I had forgotten how much I like the Greed Island arc. I like this arc because we, along with the characters, are learning how exactly this game works. It is fun for me even if I don't really like video games, which surprised me. Here we met Bisky (or Biscuit). She is a unique character. She's begun training both Gon and Killua after observing them for some while. I really liked her comparison of Gon to a diamond and Killua to a sapphire.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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836 reviews63 followers
January 8, 2019
A bit of a confusing introduction to Greed Island, as there seems to be just a lot of information shoved on you at once in a kind of game-manual format, while also having conflicting information revealed by potential players who have worked things out by themselves. I'm intrigued as to the different strategies put into play by Greed Island players, and all the alliances are pretty interesting though I'm not sure whether they'll work out too well in practice - especially once certain alliances reach the true "end game".

I'm curious about the new character that's been introduced now too, and honestly really loving how Gon and Kil have managed to stumble on a new Nen teacher to help them hone their skills... and also their rather lacking (at this point) strategy. It'll be neat to see how much they improve during this arc!

Chapter notes below for reference:
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28 reviews
October 30, 2025
Como siempre, disfruté muchísimo leer otro tomo más de Hunter x Hunter. Este tomo 14 marca el inicio del arco de Greed Island, uno de mis favoritos, y fue un placer revivir todos estos momentos de Gon y Killua en los que pueden seguir siendo niños. Tiene algo muy reconfortante volver a verlos en esa etapa, con esa energía tan pura y esa amistad tan linda que siempre los caracteriza.

Me parece un excelente comienzo de arco, porque logra explicar las bases del juego de una manera clara y entretenida. Además, la introducción de nuevos personajes, como Biscuit, está hecha con un toque de suspenso que te deja con la duda de si será un personaje bueno o malo, lo cual genera mucha expectativa. Su aparición se siente muy natural, sin forzar su entrada en la historia.

También me encantó ver el inicio del entrenamiento de Gon y Killua con Biscuit, especialmente porque la dinámica entre ellos siempre me divierte. La pésima relación de Killua con las mujeres mayores me resulta sumamente cómica y es un detalle que nunca deja de sacarme una sonrisa.

En general, este tomo me pareció un gran inicio para el arco de Greed Island: logra establecer muy bien el ambiente, las reglas del juego y las nuevas interacciones entre los personajes. Y como ya tengo el tomo 15 en mis manos, estoy emocionadísima por seguir leyendo y continuar reviviendo uno de mis arcos favoritos del manga de Hunter x Hunter.
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2,908 reviews40 followers
October 18, 2022
This one started a bit rough with a hell of an info dump as we got four pages in a row listing spell cards like come on man is this modern day Yu-Gi-Oh!? Thankfully it got better as Gon and Killua walk around doing Gon and Killua things because besties are the best.
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May 24, 2024
y’all tbh the greed island arc is such a let down after the phantom troupe. like it wouldn’t be bad at any other point in the series, but it can’t compete with the previous chaos.

that being said, very intense killua/gon “friendship” moments here!!! love to see it!!
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673 reviews20 followers
June 21, 2017
Greed Island and Bisky!! Lots of info and a good volume. Onto the next!
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333 reviews49 followers
August 23, 2019
حقايق عن كورابيكا سان وقبيلته و سر العيون القرمزية و السلسلة المشروطة 😢💚💚
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607 reviews18 followers
July 5, 2023
4.2 - Biscuit is just so much fun, I love her throughout this. I also love the ending of this one with their training. Especially the contrast between their foe and themselves. *Chef's kiss*
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July 31, 2026
4 stars
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August 30, 2021
I am not sure what I think of Greed Island yet. Is it a game? Is it reality? And who is in it for what purpose? I like how Gon has chosen to enjoy the game, regardless what is happening in it.I like Biscuit so far and can't wait to better get to know her character. I wonder why she chose them to follow of all people and why she is there though. So many questions. Not a fan of the spell concept. I am so over magic card battles!
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1,209 reviews11 followers
March 5, 2024
Now we're entering territory I know nothing about. Greed Island is quite the place. It's handled a bit differently than other virtual worlds introduced in manga and that's because it's unique. I'm enjoying it so far. I think it's pretty damn hilarious, and somehow endearing, that our boys pretty much befriend a serial killer...
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308 reviews7 followers
January 18, 2021
Lost in the Sauce

Togashi, my guy. My friend. One of my favorite mangakas. I don’t know the ins and outs of my insurance or read any terms and conditions. What makes you think I am gonna learn all the rules for a game you just made up?
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3,197 reviews83 followers
August 27, 2018
ビスケさん登場! ワイ!嬉しい!!ビスケさん結構好きだ。
彼女のマニアが分かる。ゴンとキルアを鍛えたいの感情は私も感じた事ある。ポテンシャルある生徒たちに磨きたいよね。
ゴンは本当に優しい子!もっと読みたい!
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656 reviews4 followers
November 6, 2021
Absolute galaxy brain to fill 4 pages of manga with a list of in universe spell cards and what they do. This is why Togashi is the GOAT.
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879 reviews79 followers
November 15, 2022
I was lowkey dreading greed island but I’m surprised at how much more I’m enjoying reading it than watching it!!
Profile Image for 寿理 宮本.
2,776 reviews18 followers
July 8, 2026
Creepy cover of Kurapika... main problem?

KURAPIKA ISN'T IN THIS VOLUME.

...not a dealbreaker, but it's weird. This volume is ENTIRELY gameplay (other than a side character's flashback), for varying definitions of "game": , which explains the "die in the game, die in real life" aspect more than adequately.

With that in mind, it becomes less interesting to read, since it feels much less like a game that Ging wanted his son to have fun playing* and more Squid Game (but more cryptic than Squid Game, since no one has come close to clearing the game in over a decade), and while it sounds on paper like a fun game to play as a VIDEO GAME, reading about it is less fun, particularly the four pages of tables ONLY explaining the forty Spell Cards in the game.

Probably why on the other hand I enjoyed reading Yu-Gi-Oh! more than playing it, Takahashi basically made new cards up as the story went on vs. infodumped the whole thing at the start (and actual gameplay was essentially literal luck of the draw).

As usual with multiplayer games, though, the PvP aspect screws everything up! Gon just wants to have fun like Ging told him, but he and Killua quickly find out the experienced players will go so far as to kill each other to get at the rarer cards, since there is a clearly defined hard limit on how many can be collected, and killing another player will delete that person's cards (returning them to the supply). CCGs, am I right?

All of this feels like a way to make an otherwise mid-tier game exponentially harder, especially since I don't even remember what the point of it was. "I decided to make a game! Even though it turns out to not only be EXTREMELY DEADLY but also SUPER CUTTHROAT!"**

Otherwise, Biscuit (Bisky!) is a pretty cool character—interesting of me to say, since she just looks like a little "spoiled princess" girl, but ! I think she really shines later, but mostly because irony, haha.

So, a THEORETICALLY good volume, but in practice? A little less enjoyable than it feels like it could have been. Super impenetrable for complete newcomers.

*On that note, I never complained about Dad of the Year Ging, who not only dumped his son on his cousin Mito but ALSO left behind a tape that said flat out, "Do you want to see me? Well, I don't want to see you." Shounen dads, am I right?

**As another "test" for his son down the road, when it would have been that much easier to just not have left anything behind if he REALLY didn't want Gon to find him. Shounen dads, am I right?
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1,455 reviews
November 19, 2022
The flat-chested girl on the volume cover is kind of cute.... Wait... what? Oh...! But... but those hips!? (Why am I pretending like I don't recognize a main character...?)

Ah...! Forgot about the chapter containing four fucking pages of Spell Card effects.... But I'm not sure there's a "good" way to do this; one of this arc's major influences, Yu-Gi-Oh!, didn't dump a list of cards and their Effects before duels, but the tradeoff was that some duels looked like asspulls from duelists playing heretofore unseen cards. I kind of really wish Takahashi-sensei (pbuh) would have fleshed out characters' decklists, at least in omake pages between chapters in volumes or something, so I do actually appreciate Togashi-sensei getting the GI Spell Cards' effects out of the way so early. And I also like how that chapter is balanced by a succeeding chapter about Gon and Killua learning how to protect their own Cards without knowledge of those Spells, showing the differences between straightforward GI players versus Pro Hunters.

Gonna slap this with an "isekai" tag like a jackass.

Greed Island has been set up for ages, so it's a little unfortunate the arc ends up being more about Nen training than actually playing the game. That said, I've found Biscuit's training to be far more interesting than when I first read this volume. I think Greed Island could easily have been stretched much longer, or that Togashi could have even created an entirely separate manga for it, and I wish we got more of the game, or at least a real-life video game based on the arc (perhaps one of the Wonderswan games is one?), but, again, the training here is very fun.

"Why are monsters carrying around money?" "Don't ask me!"

Biscuit is really cute here. Almost forgot how purely erotic she was...! I wish I could pretend I liked her , but... well, isn't there a guy later on who's into it? If I'm remembering correctly, it's a good joke! Also, I think I never noticed before that her silhouette (when the one guy uses his Nen ability after eating her hair) has a fucking cameltoe...! And the panel of Biscuit hitting the guy and he vomits blood is like stylistic foreshadowing for some of the weird art in the Chimera Ant Arc....
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572 reviews48 followers
October 23, 2024
-four fabulous stars-

So I think I was bored with the previous arc which felt like it would never end and now that we've entered the Greed Island arc of the manga, I'm happy and entertained once again.
This one had the following chapter titles:

128. September 10th: Part 5 -- This was just a setting up of the entry rules and stuff to the game that is Greed Island. So. Amateur stuff basically.

129. Antokiba, Town of Prizes -- This was somewhat fun. The layout and townships of the Greed Island world are intriguing to say the least.

130. The Reason for the Recruitment -- The game is apparently nothing to scoff at. Surviving within the game, let alone winning it, is suuuuper hard and some people decide to band together to increase their odds at victory. And basically discourage some other mean players from bullying them if they're playing solo.

131. The Answer

132. The Forty Spells -- Winning the game requires collecting A LOT of cards and the spell cards are especially important, seeing as they also help players defend themselves against other players as we'll see in the oncoming action of future chapters.

133. How to Defend Yourself Without Spells -- Seeing as Gon and Killua have just entered the game and are very behind other players who have better cards, they are in a bit of a snag as to how to progress. This part was a little tricky but I liked reading it as it almost felt like I was part of the game. Haha.

134. The Island's Secret -- hush hush!!!! Read and find out!!!!

From this point onwards, when Gon and Killua focus on the Masadora arc of the Greed Island story, the story really picks up pace. Masadora is the place (the township) to get spell cards.

135. To Masadora! Part 1
136. To Masadora! Part 2
137. To Masadora! Part 3
138. To Masadora...?
139. Are They Really Going to Masadora?

Although, ironically enough, this journey and the adventures along the way to Masadora don't really pan out into much other than the boys meeting a new intriguing character, a badass girl warrior (don't ask her age) who decides to take the boys under her wing.

This volume was muchhhhh better than allll the previous ones I'd say but I still wanted more. Onto the next one!
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