Leorio Paradinight

Leorio Paladinight is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Kurapika) of the manga/anime series Hunter × Hunter.

He is a young man, whose main reason on becoming a hunter is to become a doctor and help the poor and use the money in order to treat these patients who don't seem to have enough money. While he is a short-tempered individual, he's also a kind and loyal friend that anyone can rely on.

In the 1999 anime, He is voiced by Hozumi Goda in the Japanese version, and by Jonathan Love in the English version.

In the 2011 anime he is voiced by the late Keiji Fujiwara in the Japanese version, and by Matthew Mercer in the English version.

What Makes Him Pure Good?[]

In the past, he deeply felt remorse for not saving his friend from an illness that was curable.
Although he at first is portrayed as being greedy, wanting to become a hunter simply for monetary reasons, this is quickly subverted down the line as it is revealed he wants to use said money in order to save people.
Unlike everyone who wants to become a hunter, he wants to become a doctor in order to help people afflicted with the same illness and spare them the same pain.
Uses his money to not only fund his medical school fees but also to pay for the medicine and other miscellaneous expenditures when treating those who can not afford it.
On his way to the hunter exam, he and Kurapika saved Gon from falling off the boat by the storm.
He is shown to care for his friends willing to help them at the Hunter exam.
While he did nearly attack the old lady in the exam, when Kurapika explained that staying silent was the right answer, he bows his head, apologizing for being rude and trying to attack her.
When he's about to collapse from exhaustion during the 80 kilometer run, he refuses to give up on his dream and keeps running.
When he, Gon, and Kurapika all split up when they encounter Hisoka, Leorio decides to return and fight despite having seen Hisoka's power, impressing Hisoka enough to spare his life.
He attempts to stop Hanzo from continuing his brutal onslaught against Gon.
He, alongside Kurapika, Hanzo, and some examiners blocks Illumi when he wants to go murder Gon.
After Killua kills Bodoro and is disqualified, he and Kurapika request that the Hunter Association examine the nature of the murder of Bodoro to get Killua's punishment removed, even offering to be disqualified in Killua's place.
After the Hunter Exam is finished, he decides to go with Gon and Kurapika to Kukuroo Mountain to rescue Killua from the control of his family.
Helps his friends open the testing gate from the Zoldycks family by training for three weeks to increase his strength.
After telling Leorio everything about the Greed Island game, he helps both Gon and Killua earn money by staging an arm wrestling contest and whoever wins gets a diamond worth 3 million jenny.
After finding the targets in a square and paying the informants via telephone, Leorio starts to keep them under surveillance with Gon and Killua.
Gon, Killua and Leorio offer Kurapika their assistance to help capture Chrollo, the leader of the Phantom Troupe.
He and Melody watch over Kurapika when he lays sick in bed out of concern, then sees both of them off at the airport.
In the election, he asks to talk to Ging and angrily questions him on his indifference to Gon's critical condition.
When Ging answers that he doesn’t need to worry about or check on Gon because Gon has a number of good friends like Leorio, this infuriates him, causing him to punch Ging for abandoning his son.
His reason for becoming Chairman is only to help Gon recover from his injuries and despite feeling powerless, wants to help Gon recover no matter what.
When seeing Gon recover and in the election, he runs to him crying and hugging him in relief.
He apologizes to Gon for not being there to help him when he needed it despite Gon saying he had no reason to apologize.
He supports Kurapika and the medical team in the Dark Continent and he is glad he is given the opportunity to join the expedition, stating he will do his best leading him to be assigned to the Science Team.
He helps the science team starts by working in a medical care facility alongside Cheadle and Gel.
As Melody claims, he considered to have "the nicest heartbeat in the city", stating that "it's warm and gentle" and that he would make for a better doctor than a Hunter.
Leorio lacks most of the corrupting qualities that many of the other characters in the series possess, and while he is quick to temper, this is generally only when his friends are injured or insulted, and he manages to keep his temper under control for the most part.

Trivia[]

He and Komugi are the only Hunter x Hunter characters to be Pure Good.

External Links[]

Leorio Paradinight on the Heroes Wiki
Leorio Paradinight on the Hunter x Hunter Wiki
Leorio Paradinight on the Love Exalted Wiki