i think it was real sexy of togashi to make chrollo the head of twelve apostles leader of thieves who meet in an abandoned church and have judas hisoka turn against them because he wants to be like satan and challenge god to fight chrollo who uses the bible a book to harness his power
also fun fact: the cross on chrollo’s jacket is the st. peter’s cross. st. peter believed he was unworthy of dying the same way as jesus, so he asked to be crucified upside down.
I’m not sure what the blood symbolizes (*starts wracking my catholic-school-educated brain*) but i have a feeling it’s connected to the two “keys of heaven” associated with st. peter (who FYI founded the catholic church after jesus’ death and was the first pope) & the “blood of christ” (the ceremonial wine taken during catholic masses)
perhaps… chrollo’s two “keys to heaven” are bloodshed, hence the requiem he holds for uvogin after his death (and the impending massacre in the manga, in response to shalnark’s and kortopi’s death)
i think it was real sexy of togashi to make chrollo the head of twelve apostles leader of thieves who meet in an abandoned church and have judas hisoka turn against them because he wants to be like satan and challenge god to fight chrollo who uses the bible a book to harness his power
an analysis of chrollo in the aftermath of his battle with hisoka
⚠️ this post contains major manga spoilers! ⚠️
it’s really interesting how chrollo truly didn’t give a fuck about dying when kurapika captured him (his confidence was also boosted by the fortune)
yet he refused to fight hisoka until he was 100% certain he’d win
he clearly enjoys the game of fighting, and even took risks to try to steal zeno’s nen during their battle:
but he reminds me of illumi in how he closely calculates the odds — illumi doesn’t fight, he assassinates.
I wonder if chrollo already suspected hisoka would be fatal trouble to the troupe if he died — that’s why he kept hisoka on a string for so long until he KNEW he’d kill him
so the murderous rage he feels now must not only be from the pain of losing two more of his beloved spiders, but from the guilt that it happened because he failed to protect them
and adding insult to injury, hisoka had said this before their battle:
let’s also take a moment to remember his motivations. from the beginning, the only thing that has truly mattered to chrollo — even more than treasure, winning, or his own life — is the legacy of his spider:
so in the end, did chrollo really win the match? yes, he killed hisoka, but hisoka 1) came back to life, 2) snapped off two legs of the spider (basically chrollo’s family), and 3) halted all troupe activities — including stealing! —
— until they tracked hisoka down and killed him once and for all.
now, both the troupe and illumi are wrapped up in hisoka’s game of catch — and with hisoka overturning his victory by resurrection, killing off two of his troupe members, and vowing to destroy the spider, it’s no wonder chrollo’s out for another requiem.
“Everything. We’re taking everything that’s up for auction.”
“Are you scared, Uvogin?”
“Kill them. Kill every person who interferes.”
from the color palette & ost (esp when the music stops) to the script and uvogin’s voice literally trembling from excitement, just everything about this scene is so badass and so well done
