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Retz (レツ, Retsu) was a travelling puppeteer and the younger sister of Omokage.[1]

Appearance[]

Retz had long blonde hair and turquoise eyes. For all of Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge, the eyes she had were actually her brother's, but her original disembodied eyes are seen in a flashback and shared the same color as her brother's.

When she was disguised as a boy, her hair seemed significantly shorter, hidden under a light-blue skull cap. She also wore light-blue overalls, blue gloves, and yellow sneakers. Later in the movie, Retz wore a red and black Gothic-lolita dress and a red ribbon on her head. She also wore black stockings and gray shoes.

Personality[]

Retz was a young puppeteer who disguised herself as a boy by dressing in typical boys' clothes and hiding her long hair under a hat. She was often a very sweet and happy girl, although was often seen as argumentative and determined when dealing with Killua.

Retz claimed to be jealous of Gon and Killua’s relationship. She was also afraid of her brother, who had revived her as a manipulable doll that he could control if he needed to.

She constantly wondered what "true life" really was. Despite being a living puppet, she had developed her own feelings and intentions through her interactions with Gon and Killua, and grew to be genuinely fond of them.[1]

Plot[]

Phantom Rouge[]

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

Retz first appears in Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge while busking with her puppet in a small town in the Totoria District, where her performance has attracted a large crowd of people who are in awe of her puppetry skills, including Gon.

Retz disguise

Retz busking on the street

After the performance, a young girl goes to give Retz a few coins, but stumbles while running away, prompting a horse-drawn cart to lose control and almost crush the young girl. Retz runs to her rescue and shields her with her body, before Gon runs to their aid.

Once the two are alone, Retz thanks Gon for his help and introduces herself as a puppeteer. Gon remarks how awesome Retz's show was and how life-like her puppet seemed. The comment prompts Retz to look wistful, but she thanks Gon nonetheless, and he notices something strange happen in her eyes. The moment passes, and Gon pulls out his scrawled picture to ask Retz if she can help him locate the place Kurapika saw in his vision.

By nightfall, Retz and Gon are talking in the streets of town when Killua returns looking for Gon. Gon introduces Retz as his friend to Killua, under the assumption that Retz is a boy. Killua is instantly jealous of the quick bond that Gon and Retz have already formed. He remarks that she seems shady and is probably just a petty thief, which angers Retz and causes her to yell at him, demanding an apology.

In a burst of anger, Killua yells back at Retz and pushes her to the ground by forcing his hand against her chest. She falls back, and while Gon goes to her aid, Killua looks at his hand and hesitantly asks Retz if she is a girl. Gon is flabbergasted by the question, but Retz doesn't deny it.

Retz killua and gon sitting at a restaurant

Retz sitting with Gon and Killua at a restaurant

Over a meal at a restaurant, Retz explains that she wasn't trying to trick them, but that she was merely trying to protect herself, as she claims it's dangerous for girls to travel on their own like she is, and that she often pretends to be a boy for this reason. She remarks how close Killua and Gon seem to be, and tells them she is jealous of their friendship. She holds her hand-made puppet close to her chest, calling it her best friend.

She also tells the boys about her brother, Omokage, who is a puppeteer, and her inspiration for wanting to become one herself.

Killua remarks that her puppet has beautiful eyes, which prompts Retz to tell them that the eyes are the hardest thing on a puppet to make, but can give the puppet the most life. She claims that getting the eyes perfect can actually give the puppet a soul. Killua seems to be aware of Retz's true nature after her explanation, but says nothing about it to Gon.

While the trio rests for the night, a puppet of Uvogin attacks the house they are in, startling Retz from her slumber. Gon carries Retz as the trio makes their escape from their shared room. Gon and Killua tell Retz to go somewhere safer while they deal with Uvogin, and she heeds their advice and runs off.

Gon carrying Retz

Gon carrying Retz to safety

The next morning, Retz searches through the rubble of the destroyed house with Gon and Killua to find her puppet, which managed to stay in one piece thanks to being hidden away in a protective box. The rest of Retz's belongings were apparently destroyed in the attack, as she is left wearing only her nightgown; Gon tells Killua they should get Retz some clothes, so the trio make their way to a shop called Heavens Angels, located in the town.

There, the shop owner styles Retz in a dark lolita-esque outfit, and the two boys stare in awe at her appearance. The stylist remarks that Retz looks like a porcelain doll, which seems to visibly distress her.

Retzu (2)

Retz inside of Heavens Angels

Killua and Retz get into a spat while in the shop, in which Killua warns Retz that she shouldn't come with them anymore on their journey because it could be fatal to her. She remarks that she'd rather take action than do nothing at all. She tells them that she has longed for the day where she felt like she could live a real life. The boys are confused by her comments, and Killua pulls Gon outside to talk to him.

While Retz is alone in the shop, she calls on her Soul Doll, the puppet in her arms, which jumps to life and follows after the boys to spy on their conversation. Killua tells Gon that he doesn't trust Retz, after which she runs after them to confront Killua in the alleyway. She expresses an intense desire to help the boys with their mission, even if it means just showing them the place they're trying to find and leaving. Gon manages to convince Killua to let Retz help them.

She leads the boys into a large open graveyard, where they can see the hideout they were looking for in the distance. Her and Killua get into another fight after he rudely tells her to leave now that she has fulfilled her promise to them, but Gon manages to calm her down. She expresses to Gon that she enjoys having him be so nice to her, implying that she is usually treated much less kindly when she is pretending to be a boy.

After the boys struggle to fight the Illumi puppet located inside the hideout and are chased out, Retz rushes to Gon's aid after he is left eyeless and lying on the ground.

Later that night, while Gon and Killua are reuniting with Kurapika and Leorio, Retz stands behind her brother at his hideout while he monologues about the eyes his Illumi puppet stole from Gon, claiming that they wouldn't be a good fit for her. She begs her brother to stop, but he says that he's doing all of this for her sake, and cites her as the reason he became the divine puppeteer. He corroborates what Retz told the boys about a puppet needing human eyes to have a soul.

Retz' doll in phantom rouge

Omokage's puppet of Retz

In a flashback, Retz is seen standing before her brother in Omokage's workshop with an eyeless, clothesless puppet made in Retz' image sitting beside them. She is then seen sprawled out on the floor with a pair of bloody eyeballs laying on the ground.

Omokage apologizes to Retz, stating that he hadn't perfected the technique of transferring eyes yet when he had killed her to make her into a puppet, which is what led to her eyes being lost.

Retz' corpse in phantom rouge

Retz's corpse laying on the ground

In the present, she begs her brother to give Gon his eyes back, but he simply laughs her off. It is revealed that Retz' current blue eyes were actually her brother's that he had been loaning to her, and he takes them back before going to meet the boys who have arrived at the hideout.

Downstairs, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio confront Omokage, who reveals Retz sitting on a throne-like chair behind him, informing them that she is his sister and a living puppet. Omokage tells the group that they should give her some eyes, but Gon insists that that would never make her happy.

After the group fights Omokage's puppets with Hisoka's help, and then Omokage himself, the chair Retz was sitting in is shown to be empty. Gon tries to tell Omokage that his desire to give Retz new eyes is only hurting Retz, but he refuses to believe him.

Kurapika and Killua argue about which one of them should kill Omokage, but before either of them can do it, Retz runs up and stabs her brother in the back with a Ben's Knife.

With his last few breaths, Omokage begs Retz to tell him why she killed him. She claims that if she were still alive herself, it was what she would have wanted. In his last moments, she tells her brother that he is not the divine puppeteer and wraps her arms around him in a final hug.

Retz's last stand

Retz's last stand

After the Phantom Troupe arrives to fight their puppet doubles, the building bursts into flames, and the boys turn to see Retz sitting up on her throne with her brother dead in her arms. She thanks the boys for all that they have done, claiming that she can now live a real life, not as a puppet but alive in people's memories. Killua tries to go after her, but Gon holds him back.

Once the quartet is outside, the building burns to the ground with Retz and her brother still inside.[1]

Abilities & Powers[]

Nen[]

It is shown that she can move her puppet without any strings attached. Given that she possesses the Soul Doll ability, as she creates a doll based on Illumi Zoldyck with her puppet,[1] she is likely to be a Specialist as her brother.

Trivia[]

  • It is hinted that Retz harbors feelings towards Gon. When Omokage cynically asks her whether she likes Gon or not, she remains silent. She is also often seen blushing at Gon's attention.[1]

Intertextuality and References[]

  • Her name is most likely taken from a real-life town known likewise as Retz located in the Hollabrunn district of Austria. This is especially the case since she was first introduced as a character in a remotely similar town in the Totoria District.

Translations around the World[]

Language Name
China Flag Chinese 蕾姿 (Lěi zī)
France Flag French Retsu

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge
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