Slightly controversial hxh opinion n°2 but I hate that a significant part of the fandom treats Leorio like he is “the normal one” of the main 4 in terms of potential power levels, imo it’s just canonically not true.
Ging (a top 5 nen user who directly received an attack from him) describes him as having “huge potential”. Hisoka not only spares him but remarks multiple time on the fact that he is an “unripe fruit” and carries him directly to the next exam site to insure that he will pass.
Like come on, he is not just “some guy” with a big heart who lucked out during the hunter exam, a lot of signs point out that he will become a powerful nen user with a big heart!
he’s even able to open the testing gates by himself in the manga, when Gon and Kurapika seemingly can’t. it only takes him 2 weeks of training to be able to do so. From the very beginning, he was shown to be strong and capable.
it’s not shown that way in the anime IIRC, so it’s understandable that anime-only fans wouldn’t know that. but Leorio’s never been the weakest link, even if he provides a lot of the comic relief in the story.
the story never stops showing us his strength and potential; There’s no way the Zodiacs would bring him on if he wasn’t strong, with the ability to grow even stronger. He shows us his strength and potential directly, and the fact that other characters confirm it makes it really strange to me that others don’t see it.
