Hunter x Hunter 2011

[Uchiha Barles]

The only one he would have needed to worry about is Killua. Kurapica and Leorio would be no match for him, and Hisoka probably would have lost interest in Gon the same moment Gon had died. He might still have decided to fight Hanzo at some point, should they have met afterwards, but that goes for anybody he judges interesting enough to fight when he's feeling his bloodlust, regardless of any history.

Not one of those guys would have let Gon die in that fight. Hisoka *might* have held back if he judged that between Leorio, Kurapica, and Killua, that Gon was safe. If by some miracle Gon did die, that might have been the end for Hanzo, there'd be no next year. You might reason with Kurapica, maaaaaaaaybe Leorio, but not Killua and Hisoka. This brings me to the underlying point of the whole exam. Gon had next to no chance of actually getting killed. There's exactly one person there who would have been truly willing to kill him (won't say who). No one else taking the exam enjoys this benefit. Beyond that, Gon had next to no chance of actually giving up. This is probably the main reason he ranked so high.

[Kraco]

Not one of those guys would have let Gon die in that fight. Hisoka *might* have held back if he judged that between Leorio, Kurapica, and Killua, that Gon was safe.

Then we can agree to disagree. I don't think Hisoka would have done anything to revenge Gon. Unless seeing him die gruesomely would have pushed his own bloodlust over the edge - though in that case the rattleman next to him might have stopped him for the sake of passing the trial. I don't think he gives a shit about Gon as a person. He only foresees a good fighting opponent. However, a good fighting opponent is not someone who loses miserably under circumstances like that.

[DarthEnderX]

Not one of those guys would have let Gon die in that fight. Hisoka *might* have held back if he judged that between Leorio, Kurapica, and Killua, that Gon was safe. If by some miracle Gon did die, that might have been the end for Hanzo, there'd be no next year. You might reason with Kurapica, maaaaaaaaybe Leorio, but not Killua and Hisoka.

Honestly, I don't think Leorio, Kurapica and Killua can beat Hanzo either.

Hanzo is always one of my favorite characters early in the series, because he's introduced as something of a joke character, but he's actually rather hypercompetent.