Majitani

Majitani is a male prisoner with an extremely long sentence of 108 years, mainly accumulated through fraud and similar non-violent crimes.

He acts as one of the trial officers during the Third Phase of the Hunter Exam, fighting examinees in the underground arena of Trick Tower.

Despite his intimidating build and violent theatrics, Majitani is almost entirely bluff and bravado.

He relies on psychological intimidation, lies, and props rather than real combat skill.

Majitani has a very muscular, heavily scarred body and a fierce, thug-like face.

The scars on his face are not battle wounds but the result of a failed plastic surgery operation.

In the first anime adaptation he is depicted with sickly pale, almost white skin.

In the second anime adaptation his skin tone is an unnatural bright blue, making him stand out visually even more.

He has a spider tattoo on his body that imitates the mark of the Phantom Troupe.

However, this tattoo is a crude fake and lacks the member number that real Phantom Troupe members bear inside their spider emblem.

Majitani is fundamentally cowardly, despite his violent posturing.

He specializes in bluffing and acting tough, and his entire combat persona is built on lies and exaggeration.

He loudly boasts about his strength and cruelty and tries to overwhelm opponents psychologically.

When confronted by someone truly dangerous, his confidence crumbles and his fear shows through.

He is vain enough to undergo plastic surgery to change his face, which ended in failure and produced his current scarred features.

His ignorance about the real Phantom Troupe, combined with his decision to impersonate them, shows him as reckless, shallow, and poorly informed.

Majitani’s actual combat ability is low, especially compared to real fighters in Hunter × Hunter.

His main “weapon” is a steel reinforcement surgically implanted into his right fist.

By striking with this modified right hand, he is capable of smashing stone floor tiles and creating an impressive display of destructive power.

However, the reinforcement is poorly balanced, and if he punches more than once or twice a day, his own hand bones are at risk of breaking from the recoil.

He relies heavily on this one gimmick and on terrifying speeches to make opponents hesitate.

Against experienced fighters or those not easily intimidated, this strategy fails almost immediately.

Majitani claims to be one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” of the Phantom Troupe.

He boasts that he has killed 19 people as a member of this feared criminal group.

He shows off his fake spider tattoo as supposed proof of his membership in the Phantom Troupe.

He also uses his ability to smash the stone floor as “evidence” of overwhelming physical strength.

In reality, all of these claims are false or heavily exaggerated.

His “Four Heavenly Kings” title is self-invented, his kill count is dubious, and his knowledge of the Phantom Troupe is superficial at best.

Majitani appears during the Third Phase of the Hunter Exam inside Trick Tower.

He serves as an opponent for Gon Freecss, Killua Zoldyck, Kurapika, Leorio Paradinight, and Leroute in one of the tower’s adjudicated matches.

He makes a dramatic entrance, smashes the stone floor with his right fist, and delivers a long speech to intimidate the examinees.

He declares himself a Phantom Troupe member and tries to psychologically dominate the group with his supposed criminal record and brutality.

Gon and Killua quickly see through his bluff.

They recognize his act as shallow and do not take his posturing seriously.

Kurapika, however, reacts very differently once Majitani falsely claims to be part of the Phantom Troupe.

Because the Phantom Troupe is responsible for the massacre of Kurapika’s clan, the very name triggers his deep hatred and trauma.

When Majitani boasts about being in the Phantom Troupe and shows his fake tattoo, Kurapika’s eyes turn scarlet.

This transformation indicates the activation of his clan’s “Scarlet Eyes,” driven by intense emotion.

Majitani is unsettled and confused by Kurapika’s reaction, exposing his shallow understanding of the group he is impersonating.

He does not recognize the significance of the Scarlet Eyes and has no idea of the danger he has provoked.

Kurapika swiftly and decisively defeats Majitani in a one-sided beating.

The fight reveals that Majitani’s intimidation tactics are useless against someone with real motivation and combat skill.

After defeating him, Kurapika delivers a cold warning and exposes Majitani’s lies in detail.

This scene serves as both a character moment for Kurapika and a brutal lesson for Majitani.

Kurapika’s Three Warnings

Kurapika gives Majitani three clear “pieces of advice” while he lies beaten.

These serve as a canon correction to Majitani’s fake Troupe persona:

First, he explains that a genuine Phantom Troupe tattoo includes a member number carved within the spider design.

Majitani’s tattoo lacks this, immediately exposing it as a forgery.

Second, Kurapika states that real Phantom Troupe members do not bother counting how many people they have killed.

Majitani’s boast of having killed 19 is thus both trivial and un-Troupe-like.

Third, Kurapika warns Majitani never again to impersonate the Phantom Troupe.

If he does, Kurapika himself promises to kill him.

These three points crush Majitani’s fabricated image and emphasize how far he is from the monsters he pretends to emulate.

They also reinforce the seriousness of Kurapika’s vendetta against the actual Phantom Troupe.

Once Majitani is knocked out, he becomes the subject of a side bet between Leorio Paradinight and Leroute.

They argue over whether he is truly unconscious or merely pretending, using him as a prop in their gamble.

To buy time and avoid further pain, Majitani is forced to continue pretending to be knocked out for an extended period.

This adds a comedic layer to his defeat and underlines his cowardly nature.

He is later almost dropped through a trap door into a lower level of the arena as part of Leorio and Leroute’s negotiations.

His body is treated practically like luggage or a bargaining chip rather than a real threat.

In the second anime adaptation, additional comedic scenes feature him.

When he smashes the floor, he shouts a well-known line associated with his voice actor, creating a meta joke for fans.

Later, after he escapes from the initial encounter, he unknowingly approaches the infamous serial killer Johness.

Majitani attempts his usual intimidation, only to be casually smacked down by Johness, which further humiliates him.

Shortly afterward, Johness himself is instantly killed by Killua Zoldyck, highlighting once more how low on the power scale Majitani really is.

These extra scenes reinforce Majitani’s role as a gag character rather than a serious villain.

In the original Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation, Majitani is voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi.

In the newer adaptation, his voice actor is Kazuki Yao.

These different portrayals maintain his over-the-top, theatrical personality.

The updated version leans even more into comedic exaggeration, especially with his blue skin and meta references.

Majitani’s 108-year prison sentence sounds fearsome but is built up through small-scale fraud and similar crimes.

This gap between image and reality is his defining characteristic.

He has undergone extreme body modification: failed plastic surgery on his face and surgical insertion of steel into his right fist.

Both choices reflect a desperate desire to look more terrifying than he actually is.

His fake Phantom Troupe tattoo and self-proclaimed title as one of the group’s “Four Heavenly Kings” are pure fabrication.

These delusions of grandeur set him up perfectly to be exposed and humiliated by Kurapika.

Majitani’s combination of a terrifying exterior, fraudulent background, and cowardly core makes him a memorable example of a “paper tiger” in Hunter × Hunter.

He is less a genuine threat and more a narrative device to highlight other characters’ insight, strength, and convictions.