Komugi (Hunter x Hunter)

Komugi is a major character of the Chimera Ant arc in the anime/manga series Hunter × Hunter. She is the World Gungi Champion, being the Gungi player representative of her country, East Gorteau, and also the love interest of Meruem, the King of the Chimera Ants.
She is voiced by in the Japanese version, and Ryan Bartley in the English dub.
==Appearance==
Komugi is a short young woman with messy white hair raveled into two ponytails. She has thick black eyebrows and always keeps her eyes closed unless she is playing Gungi. She wears a pink tunic with a white, long-sleeved shirt underneath. She carries a walking stick with her due to her blindness.
==Personality==
Komugi is a very clumsy and simple-minded girl. She speaks in an informal and ungrammatical manner. Due to her blindness and clumsiness, she tends to constantly devalue herself, even viewing herself as garbage without her skills at Gungi. She is also incredibly humble, as despite her intelligence and complete mastery at Gungi, she only refers to herself as "kind of good". She is extremely polite and considerate towards others, such as not trying to call for help when she was attacked by a hawk just so she wouldn't disturb anyone. Komugi holds an intense devotion towards her family, becoming the champion for East Gorteau in order to provide for them and even making a vow to kill herself if she ever lost as to not burden her family. 
==Biography==
Komugi is first seen entering the palace after Meruem had finished defeating the Go Champion. She bows in respect before Meruem and obeys him when he demands she shut her mouth, to which she takes literally and causes her to pass out due to being unable to breath. After waking up, she and Meruem begin playing matches, which she wins easilly, though she commends Meruem for his impressive learning speed. She is ordered to wait as Meruem finishes his rematch with the Go Champion, but after learning he hung himself, she's called back in and she resumes playing Gungi.
Komugi continues defeating Meruem, who is shocked at how easily she's able to predict his movements and disrupt his rhythm. During one of the matches, Meruem reveals a new move he calls "Detached Castling". Though Komugi momentarily pauses, she makes a move which easily defeats him. Meruem asks why she pauses, and she reveals she came up with the move herself, and it became widely popular in the Gungi world. However, she later figured out how to counter the move during a World Championship, so it disappeared from matches and textbooks. She notes how honored and touched she was to see Meruem come up with the same strategy she had, and almost didn't have the heart to finish the game. Meruem scoffs at her, leaving to give her a break and telling her she'll get no more breaks afterwards. 
They resume their matches, and Meruem decides to make things interesting by placing a bet: if she wins, she can have whatever she wants, but if she loses, he'll take her arm. Komugi hesitates, and asks that instead of paying with an arm, she pay with her usual bet and offer her life. Shocked, Meruem demands she explain herself. Komugi tells him that she became the World Champion of Gungi to provide for her family, and that Gungi was the only thing she had to live for. Therefore, if she ever lost, she'd become no better than garbage. Meruem laughs, impressed by her resolve and realizing how much he lacked in conviction. He apologizes for viewing her so lowly, then rips his arm off in repentance. Meruem demand they continue playing, but Komugi insists he be fixed first. Despite threatening her to continue playing, he eventually concedes and has Pitou summoned to fix his arm while they resume their games.
They continue playing for several days, during which both of them improve at remarkable rates. Komugi eventually experiences a Nen awakening which drastically increases her Gungi-playing skills while new moves flood into her head. She asks Meruem for a break so she can record the new moves. Just before she leaves, Meruem asks for her name, which she gives him. In response, Komugi asks for his name, but since he doesn't know it, she's only met with silence. 
While she's in her room, she is attacked by a hawk. Meruem kills the hawk and worries over her injuries, asking why she didn't call for help. When she replies that she didn't want to bother anyone, he tells her she wouldn't have bothered anyone and that she's the guest of the king. She breaks down into tears, since no one had ever shown her such kindness in her life. Later on, she is injured by one of Zeno's Dragon Heads. Meruem finds her and has her injuries treated by Pitou. When Gon finds Pitou, he uses Komugi as a hostage to force Pitou to heal Kite. After Komugi wakes up, Gon has Knuckle, Killua and the others keep an eye on Komugi while he goes with Pitou. As she stands there confused, she's later taken away by Killua. Not trusting him, she begins fighting him and demands he release her. She's quickly rendered unconscious, and her body is taken to be hidden in one of the warehouses. 
Meruem finds her, and the two of them resume playing Gungi. As they play, Meruem tells her his name and reveals he's changed, saying they'll keep on playing and to prepare herself for countless losses. As they continue playing, Komugi bursts into tears, asking if she deserves such happiness. Meruem reveals he's contracted a lethal poison, but Komugi chooses to stay by his side, holding his hand as both of them die together.
==Skills & Abilities==
Komugi is extremely skilled exclusively in Gungi, being East Gorteau's representative champion, capable of developing uncanny tactics and strategy against her opponents. She is so proficient that even Meruem, the Chimera Ant king born with supreme intellect and learning skills is unable to defeat her, even at least once. She has been unconsciously awakened to Nen during one match with Meruem, having an ability attributed to Gungi which proficiently increases her skills in Gungi in every games she played.
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