Leopika

Leopika is the slash ship between Leorio Paladiknight and Kurapika from the Hunter x Hunter fandom.

Relationship
When Leorio and Kurapika first met each other at the beginning in the Hunter Exam arc, Kurapika didn't really like Leorio (and because of that Leorio didn't like him either). Leorio didn't make the best first impression on him, threatening to finish off the kurta clan and claiming to only care about money. But as the exam progressed, it became clear that Leorio was not as shallow as he pretended to be, especially after he revealed that the reason he cares about money is because it could have paid for his friend's surgery and saved his life. That was the moment when their friendship began.

After that, the two of them started spending a lot of time together, not only with Gon and Killua around. Somewhere between the events, they apparently even gave each other their phone numbers, since both of them called each other later on.

Because of their opposite personalities, they quarrel quite a lot through the series, but always quickly make up, even if not verbally. They care about each other a lot, what could be seen in both the main series and the movies - Paladiknight was a few times even saved by Kurapika and the other way around. We can see Kurapika randomly smiling at Leorio in a big amount of scenes, much more than he does nearby the other characters (except Gon Freecss).

When Gon's in a critical, near death state in the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc, Paladiknight calls only Kurapika multiple times, visibly worrying that he doesn't pick up the phone.

In the Dark Continent Expedition arc of the manga series, it is revealed that despite being friends for two years, Kurapika has yet to give Leorio his email. Leorio only wanted to join the Zodiacs if Kurapika was there with him, and Kurapika says Leorio's presence during the Succession Contest arc made him 'feel better and at ease'.

Fanon
Leopika is one of the most popular ships in the Hunter x Hunter fandom. It's usually shipped alongside with Killugon. Leorio and Kurapika are also often considered by as Killua and Gon's parents. As for the question of why they, specifically, are married- we don't know. It's most likely due to the April Fools parody which is referred to below. The fact that Leorio called Kurapika "sunshine" in the 1999 version aroused fans and their interactions in this version.

Scanlation team NexGear (it is possible Togashi drew it, but we're not sure.) added a parody chapter for April Fools while the manga was on hiatus after chapter 260. The chapter features Kurapika and Leorio getting married.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Leorio/Kurapika on FanFiction.Net
 * Leorio/Kurapika on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * In the official translation of one hxh 1999 radio CD series episodes leorio described himself and kurapika as "a couple of newlyweds" and also described gon as "their cute kid".