"You just have to tell the old lady what she wants to hear." — Matthew |
Matthew (マシュー, Mashu) was an applicant for the 287th Hunter Examination.[1]
Plot
Hunter Exam arc
Matthew eavesdrops the instructions of the Captain to Gon and his friends in Dolle Harbor and stalks them. On the way, they are forced to stop in a desolated alley by the Quizzing Lady and a bunch of masked people. The old lady asks them a dilemmatic quiz, for them to answer in 5 seconds only. Matthew suddenly steps in and volunteers to answers first in order for him to set traps. He gives the old lady his answer and in return the lady lets him through; however, the path is false, and, according to Kurapika, Matthew is attacked and possibly killed by a monster.[1]
Trivia
- Matthew's name was never mentioned in the manga and the 2011 anime adaptation.
- In the 1999 anime version at the end of the quiz where Gon, Leorio, Kurapika pass the quiz and the old lady revealing them the true path, Matthew was seen along other failed examinees being attacked by an unknown creature during the end of the episode.
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