Cherry

Cherry (チェリー, Cherī) was examinee #76 in the 287th Hunter Exam and a martial arts expert.^[1]

Appearance[]

Cherry was a man of average height, had a flat top cut and ponytail, piercing eyes, and a droopy nose. He wore a type of martial arts style clothing and shoes.^[1]

Personality[]

Cherry although when put into a serious life-threatening situation like facing Hisoka, had a stoic demeanor and obviously knew when he's outmatched by someone of a higher caliber.^[2]

Plot[]

Hunter Exam arc[]

Tonpa introduces Cherry as a veteran for taking the Hunter Exam and is a martial artist who specializes in unarmed combat.^[1] Amid the first phase of the Hunter Exam, he runs next to examinee #255 Todo and notes that so far out of the six hours that have passed only one examinee (#187 Nicholas) has dropped out and must stay on his toes. Before long, he sees a giant stairway at the end of the tunnel and must climb it to the top.^[3]

During the First Phase of the 287th Hunter Exam, Cherry, Leorio, and Kurapika were the only three left of a group of candidates after Hisoka indiscriminately attacked them to eliminate those he deemed unworthy. Realizing that they had no chance they ran away in 3 different directions.^[2] However this didn't help Cherry as later his corpse was seen hanging upside down on a tree with a card stuck in his forehead, implying that Hisoka killed him.^[4]

Battles[]

Battles
Hunter Exam arc: Cherry† vs. Hisoka Morow (Milsy Wetlands)[4]

Manga Appearances[]

v • eHunter Exam arc
1. The Day of Departure	Absent
2. An Encounter in the Storm	Absent
3. The Ultimate Choice	Absent
4. Kiriko: Wicked Magical Vulpes	Absent
5. The First Phase Begins, Part 1	Debut
6. The First Phase Begins, Part 2	Absent
7. Respective Reasons	Appears
8. The Other Enemy	Absent
9. A Struggle in the Mist	Appears
10. An Unexpected Task	Corpse
11. The Inevitable Outcome	Absent
12. The Chairman Awaits	Absent
13. A Game at Midnight, Part 1	Absent
14. A Game at Midnight, Part 2	Absent
15. The Path of Majority Rules	Absent
16. Enter the Taskmasters	Absent
17. Disparate Choice	Absent
18. The Two Aces in the Hole	Absent
19. The Trap of Majority Rules	Absent
20. Gambling Time	Absent
21. Resolution	Absent
22. The Last Question	Absent
23. Two Enemies	Absent
24. Crash Course	Absent
25. The Second Day	Absent
26. The Night Before the Showdown	Absent
27. A Volatile Situation	Absent
28. A Huge Favor	Absent
29. Killua's Case	Absent
30. The Slithering Trap	Absent
31. By the Skin of Their Teeth...	Absent
32. And the Final Test...?	Absent
33. The Final Test Begins!	Absent
34. The First Candidate Accepted?!	Absent
35. Light and Darkness, Part 1	Absent
36. Light and Darkness, Part 2	Absent
37. Light and Darkness, Part 3	Absent
38. Ging Freecss	Absent
39. Intruder	Absent
40. The Zoldycks, Part 1	Absent
41. The Zoldycks, Part 2	Absent
42. The Zoldycks, Part 3	Absent
43. The Zoldycks, Part 4	Absent

Trivia[]

Anime and Manga Differences[]

• In the 1999 anime adaptation, Cherry is replaced by Pokkle in the scene where Kurapika and Leorio attempt to escape Hisoka's rampage in the Milsy Wetlands.^[5]
• In the 1999 anime adaptation, it is not shown how Cherry died, or what happened to him after Tonpa introduced him in Episode 6 of the same anime series.
• In the 2011 anime adaptation, Cherry does not run away with Kurapika and Leorio^[6] as in the manga.^[2]

Intertextuality and References[]

• A parody of Cherry by the name of Pain appears in Chapter 206 of the Me & Roboco manga series.

Translations around the World[]

Language		Name
Arabic		تشيري (Tshiri)
Korean		체리 (Cheri)
Russian		Черри (Cherri)

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