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"Tragedy has the sweet taste of honey; sadness is proof that we're alive. But thanks to them—the puppets I created—you too can experience this blissful moment. So be grateful!"

— Omokage to Gon's group in "Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge"

Omokage (オモカゲ, Omokage) was the first #4 member of the Phantom Troupe, who was later replaced by Hisoka.[1]

Appearance[]

Omokage - Face

Omokage's design

Omokage's appearance was pretty archaic Gothic. He had long, flowing silver hair and turquoise eyes. He wore a piercing in his lower lip, eyebrow, and ears. Omokage's clothing was reminiscent of the Kurta's in design, although not identical as it was much darker. He wore dark-colored pants, a dark cape with white patterns over a long black top, and black shoes.

His spider tattoo was located on the palm of his right hand, with the number 4 on the spider's abdomen.

Personality[]

Omokage was depicted as a cold, twisted man with the sole desire of making puppets out of people. However, despite killing and making a puppet out of his younger sister Retz, he still cared for her to some degree, and would become angry and distressed at the insinuation that his sister was sad with her life as a puppet. He claimed his love of puppets was sparked by his sister.

He believed that life only had meaning if it was eternal, and thought of humans as they were to be rotten and imperfect. He often remarked on the beauty of his puppets, and claimed to take pleasure in creating combinations of different types of people and eyes, like matching Kurapika's eyes with Pairo's body and Gon's eyes with Illumi.

He also had a superiority complex, as he called other people "humans," and himself the "Divine Puppeteer."

He was also obsessed with creating and witnessing tragedy in different ways, especially through his puppets.

Hisoka described him as a collector and a very dangerous individual.

Background[]

Young Phantom Troupe

Omokage and the other Phantom Troupe members prior to the Kurta Clan massacre

When he was younger, he worked as a doll maker, with Retz as his assistant. Later in his life, Omokage was once member #4 of the Phantom Troupe, joining the group before the Kurta Clan massacre. Two years before the beginning of the series, he was replaced by Hisoka, who defeated a Soul Doll that had the appearance of Omokage. The only reason Omokage joined the Phantom Troupe was to make Soul Dolls out of the other Phantom Troupe members; once he completed his collection of Soul Dolls, he left the Phantom Troupe.[1]

Plot[]

Phantom Rouge[]

Note: Events occurring in the Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge movie do not constitute canon material.

Omokage first appears in Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge in Kurapika's vision after Omokage's Soul Doll of Pairo has stolen Kurapika's eyes. Through his eyes in Pairo's body, Kurapika can see Omokage holding the Soul Doll of Pairo in his arms, remarking on his beauty, saying it is almost enough to drive himself to sickness. He carries the doll to a room with a large window and sets Pairo down in a throne-like chair to watch out over the sunset with his newly acquired eyes.

Omokage in kurapika's vision

Omokage with Pairo in Kurapika's vision

Before Kurapika can get much information from the vision about where Omokage is located, Omokage steps in front of the Pairo doll and orders him to go to sleep, reaching out towards Pairo and revealing his spider tattoo on his hand.

Later on, while Omokage's sister Retz is at dinner with Gon and Killua, Retz mentions her brother to them, citing him as her inspiration for wanting to become a puppeteer. At this time, Gon and Killua are unaware that Retz's brother is Omokage.

Omokage's name is mentioned for the first time after Nobunaga fights the Soul Doll of Uvogin, and calls Omokage out for messing with the Phantom Troupe. Omokage then appears standing on top of a building in the square he is in, laughing.

During this stand-off with Nobunaga, Omokage claims that he thought Nobunaga would thank him for reviving Uvogin as a puppet, rather than being upset with him. He then reveals several more puppets he created in the image of Pakunoda, and most of the Shadow Beasts, and leaves to let them fight with Nobunaga.

After the fight, Nobunaga wraps up Uvogin's eyes and claims that Omokage likely dug up Uvogin's grave in order to obtain them.

While this fight is occurring, Hisoka explains to Kurapika and Leorio that Omokage is the person behind the theft of Kurapika's eyes, and was the troupe member that Hisoka replaced two or three years ago. He explains that Omokage's power works by him slipping into people's hearts to discover their passion in order to create a puppet based on the person's deepest attachments. The puppets become Omokage's personal servants, said to obey him without question. Even still, Hisoka says the puppets retain their memories from when they were alive, because they contain an exact copy of the person's heart. He claims that Omokage enjoys the tragedy he creates through his puppets, particularly when they must obey him against their own will.

When Hisoka defeated him years ago in order to replace him in the Phantom Troupe, he discovered it was actually only a puppet of Omokage. Before leaving, he warns Kurapika and Leorio that Omokage is very dangerous.

After Gon and Killua fight with the Soul Doll of Illumi, Gon tells Killua that he knew for some time that Retz' eyes weren't her own, but rather her brother's, explaining that that was likely how Omokage was able to create a Soul Doll of Illumi; he was able to see through his own eyes being used by Retz and create his Illumi puppet from Killua's soul.

Omokage in phantom rouge

Omokage speaking with Retz

Later that night, while Gon and Killua are reuniting with Kurapika and Leorio, Omokage is seen at his hideout standing with his sister and his Soul Doll of Illumi. He talks about how beautiful the eyes he stole from Gon are.

Despite Retz pleading with Omokage to stop collecting eyes, Omokage seems to be fully under the delusion that his actions are benefitting his sister, and claims he is doing it for her sake, even as it continues to distress her. He holds Retz's face in his hands, and credits Retz as the reason he became the Divine Puppeteer.

In a flashback, Omokage is seen in his workshop, standing before the real Retz with a Retz puppet sitting beside him. Retz had apparently been his first sacrifice, allowing him to hone his skill at transferring eyes from real humans to his puppet creations. Unfortunately, this led to him losing Retz's eyes, because he had not yet perfected the skill when he had attempted to transfer them. He kills his sister in this process in order to revive her as a doll.

Omokage in his workshop with retz

Omokage in his workshop with Retz

In the present, he apologizes to his sister for being the reason she has no eyes, before taking back his own from her to go meet Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio, who have all arrived downstairs.

Kurapika interrogates Omokage about his involvement in the Kurta Clan massacre, to which he laughs and recalls the memory of it fondly. However, he claims that the only Kurta eyes he has taken are Kurapika's. He also confirms that he, in fact, led the quartet to his hideout in order to take Killua and Leorio's eyes as well. He then calls on his puppets in a dramatic fashion, instigating a fight between them and Gon's group.

After Gon and Killua have defeated the Soul Doll of Illumi, and Kurapika and Leorio, the Soul Doll of Pairo, Omokage claps, amused by the angst and struggle he witnessed in the fights.

He tells the quartet that he had only joined the Spiders in order to make puppets out of their members, and left once his collection had been completed. This explanation causes the coffins around the room to burst open, revealing the puppets Omokage had created of the Phantom Troupe members. He then orders the puppets to fight Gon's group, certain that the four of them will not be able to defeat the dolls of the Troupe.

Hisoka arrives to aid in the fight, telling Gon's group that it is foolish to fight Omokage's puppets, and should instead be trying to stop Omokage himself. Omokage simply seems amused at Hisoka's appearance and expresses a desire to make a puppet out of Hisoka.

Kurapika demands that Omokage stop making puppets of people, which falls on deaf ears. It is only once Gon brings up Retz being sad does Omokage's expression change, but he only ends up angry when Gon continues to try to get through to him.

Once Kurapika calls upon Emperor Time, Omokage himself joins the fight, using Doll Catcher to call back a few of his dolls of the Troupe in order to use their abilities himself. Hisoka, Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika work together to fight against Omokage, who becomes enraged when Hisoka destroys his puppet of Chrollo. Eventually, the team is able to create enough of a distraction to allow Kurapika to get close enough to Omokage to capture him in Chain Jail.

Doll Catcher

Omokage using the skill of Franklin

Despite being locked in Chain Jail with Kurapika about to insert a chain into his heart, Omokage continues to bicker and banter with him, seemingly amused by Kurapika's attempt at cornering him. He doesn't seem to take his impending death very seriously, but gets angry when Gon once again tries to convince him that his actions only hurt his sister.

Kurapika attempts to put the condition on Omokage that he can live if he no longer uses any Nen abilities ever again, but Omokage cannot stand the thought of not being able to make puppets anymore; he claims that if he cannot make puppets, then he is as good as dead. He also does not seem too upset about dying, because he claims his puppets will live on without him, and so he emphatically and excitedly declines Kurapika's condition. However, just before Kurapika kills Omokage, Killua steps in to stop him, claiming he should be the one to kill Omokage.

Omokage trapped in chain jail

Omokage in Chain Jail

While Kurapika and Killua disagree, Retz runs up behind her brother and stabs him in the back with a Ben's Knife.

In his final moments, Omokage begs his sister to tell him why she would kill him, and she explains that if she were still alive, it was what she would have wanted. Omokage is still confused as to why Retz would be unhappy with the everlasting life he gave her as a puppet.

Retz tells Omokage that he is not the Divine Puppeteer, and wraps her arms around him in a final hug. Omokage, while embraced by his sister and with his last breaths, tells the group how rotten he thinks humans are. His remaining puppets of the Troupe come to life around him as he slumps over dead.

Omokage's corpse in retz' arms

Retz holding her brother's corpse

After the actual Phantom Troupe shows up to fight their puppet doubles, Retz carries her brother's body up to a balcony, where she lays him down. She claims that she can now finally be free to live her life, not as her brother's puppet, but in people's memories.

After Gon's group has left, Omokage's body and Retz remain inside as the building goes up in flames.

Abilities & Powers[]

Nen[]

Omokage is a Specialist.[1]

Omokage's Nen Type: Specialization
Type: Specialization Soul Doll (俤人(ソウルドール) Sōru Dōru, lit. "Mysterious Person")
Soul Doll Illumi
The ability to make a doll copy of a person the target strongly thinks about. Conditions in performing Soul Doll are:

Omokage's doll must be adjacent to the target while that person is thinking of someone.

When the doll is adjacent to the target, it will turn into the person that the target is thinking about. The real person of whom the doll is based cannot feel or notice this (without actually being there).[1]

Abilities of the dolls: Can emulate the memories, consciousness, and Nen abilities of the original person being copied. Even if the consciousness of the copy does not agree with Omokage, he/she cannot disobey his orders.[1]

The doll is complete when it has absorbed the eyes from a living human being. However, even if the eyes are absorbed, nothing special occurs. They can only see through that person's eyes as how the original owner would. They do not become stronger or gain any other special abilities.

Even though the Nen abilities of the dolls are as strong as the memories of the person they were taken from, the physical strength and durability of the dolls are limited.[1]

The person who got their eyes stolen from a Soul Doll can still see through the Doll's eyes; Omokage covers this weakness by closing the Soul Doll's eyes.[1]

If a doll that stole a person's eyes is defeated, the eyes will return to the original owner.[1]
Type: Specialization Soul Call (タマヨバイ, Tama Yobai)
Eye ball Steal
Like his dolls, Omokage can use this ability to steal a person's eyes. He uses this ability to get back his own eyes from Retz.[1]
Type: Specialization Doll Catcher (ドールキャッチャー, Dōru Kyatchā)
Doll Catcher
Omokage uses this ability to fuse with up to three Soul Dolls. In doing so, he is able to utilize the physical strength and Nen abilities of each of the Soul Dolls he fused with.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Omokage's name means "vestige" in Japanese, referring to his association with the Kurta clan massacre or his old-looking appearance.
  • Omokage has only appeared in the 2013 movie, Phantom Rouge.
  • Retz is the only Soul Doll to have disobeyed Omokage and later betrayed him.[1]
  • Despite claiming himself as the "doll maker of the gods", it was shown that his Soul Dolls have some defects. Even though their Nen abilities were as powerful as the real person they were based on, their combat skills, physical strength, and durability were inferior. This can be seen when Hisoka single-handedly "slew" Soul Dolls Machi, Feitan, Shalnark and Chrollo Lucilfer with little effort. Also, all the dolls have no eyes of their own, thus limiting their power. Furthermore, the dolls were also able to develop feelings of their own and would betray their creator if they disagreed with him, given Retz's case.[1]
  • Despite being dolls, they were capable of fulfilling normal human biological needs, such as eating, drinking, and sleeping, in the case of Retz.[1]

Translations around the World[]

Language Name
The Arab world Flag Arabic أوموكاغي
South Korea Flag Korean 오모카게 (Omokage)

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge

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