Why Kalluto joined the Phantom Troupe
Itâs unclear why Kalluto joined the Troupe. It seems to have a relation to Killua : Kalluto wants to âbring his brother backâ. The relation between his decision to become a Spider and how it will bring Killua back home are even more unclear.Â
But look at what Kalluto is thinking about when he think about bringing âhis brother backâ :Â
Killua is not the only sibling on the picture who had âdisappearedâ. Alluka is here, too.
What if Kalluto is looking for his âbrotherâ because he doesnât know that itâs actually his sister?
We donât know how old Alluka was when her parents decided to lock her up and keep her outside the familyâs business. On ths picture, we can deduce sheâs around six or seven. She still wears traditionally masculine clothes.Â
Itâs sadly obvious that, beside Killua, no one in the Zoldyck family is keen to use Allukaâs real pronouns. We can safely assume that, for Kalluto, at this age, Alluka is still his âbrotherâ to him. If she had been locked up before she had been able to claim her gender to every family member, she remains a âboyâ to him.Â
Now letâs take a look at the family chart by Killua :
Itâs shown no relation between Kalluto and Killua. Not only itâs another argument for the theory - itâs not Killua that Kalluto is looking for - but also, if they werenât that close, Killua probably never talked about Allukaâs gender to him.
And when I say âwerenât that closeâ, letâs remember that Killua didnât even knew what nen was at an age when Kalluto already mastered it. Do this family even speak to each other at least once a year. Do kalluto and Killua even know how the other looks like. Seriously.
Now letâs talk about the really interesting thing : there is a relation between Kalluto and Alluka. A relation important enough for Killua to notice and write it down.Â
The chart is a good indicator of the family relationships, but also of Killuaâs subjectivity. For example, as readers, we know that Milluki doesnât obey his father - he didnât kill when asked, he broke the rule by asking a computer to Alluka. Also, the relationship between Silva and Zeno is far more complex that just âgive and takes.â Killua is just a child, lacks objectivity when it comes to his family - for good reasons - and âSecretsâ could be every Zoldyckâs second name. Killua interprets the relationship as a one sided âenvyâ, but maybe, just like the other familyâs relationships, itâs more complex than that.
Alluka and Kalluto are around one year appart in age. And between the non-gender conforming boy, or non-binary child, and the transgender girl, maybe a special bound has been formed.
In fanon, Kikyo encourages Kalluto gender expression. It seems logical : Kikyo has a very feminine fashion sense, and the mother and the child are very close. But what if this fashion taste actually came from Alluka? Kalluto sees his âbotherâ growing âhisâ hair, wearing dresses, cute hair ornements, and looks adorable as hell.
Because of course, eventually, she started to wear what she wanted as soon as she asked for it. Alluka is not the girl to whom you can say ânoâ easily, right? At least not four times in a row.
Alluka is so pretty, she has everything she wants, she doesnât suffer the terrible trainings and is cherished by Killua. She has everything he wants. She is everything he wants - or so he thinks with his little child point of vue, little understanding of the situation. Children are very materailist sometimes. How Kalluto couldnât be envious of her? And in the same time, how canât he feel close to her?
And one day, suddenly, she disappears. Sheâs locked up, and no one has the right to see her without supervision. Alluka is too dangerous. Sheâs not family any more. Kalluto canât be her brother anymore.
He misses her. Especially now that heâs allowed to wear kimono just as he always wanted. He wishes she could see him. But she canât, not with this terrible power that lies inside of her, that canât be separated from her. Kalluto accepts this fate, and get closer to his mother, the only other girl of his family.
Until one day, when his father returns from a mission against the Phantom Troupe, he talks about its leader who can extract his opponentâs power and keep it to himself.
Very little knows about the Ais by this time. Some knows about the parasitic nens. Maybe kalluto knows, and this is the closest of the nature of Nanika he can think about.
For Kalluto, this is the solution. He will join the Phantom Troupe, prove his worth, earn their trust, and will ask for a favor : break into the Zoldyckâs mansion, and get Chrollo stealing the âparasitic nenâ from Alluka. Then, Alluka could âcome back homeâ as his âbrotherâ.
This is why heâs so diligent in helping to find an exorcist for Chrollo. This is why heâs so disappointed when he sees that he doesnât have the level to impress the Troupe and be an authority. It will âtake yearsâ before he could ask the Troupe such a dangerous mission as opposing the Zoldycks - without hurting any, of course. But heâs ready to risk it all, without knowing it will lead to nothing.