I just wanted to make a little (lol) post while all the princes are still alive. Once the arc is over
I’ll come back and see how accurate I was in my speculation. (Behind a cut
because it got looooong.)

1.      Benjamin is
the first prince, and the most physically intimidating out of all the princes. He
has a vicious personal army, a creepy nen beast, and a strong desire to
obliterate all of his siblings. He will probably be one of the final princes in
the battle if things go well for him. However, I kind of want him to be the
first one to die, just to show that physical strength isn’t everything, but
Togashi already kind of did that with Uvogin, so we’ll see if he does it again.
(Also the nen beasts can possibly decimate his army if none of them know about
nen).

2.      Camilla is the
second prince, and we don’t really have much information about her as of this
moment (Chapter 362). Tsubeppa calls her greedy, and she has a boob shaped
jellyfish for a nen beast, but we don’t know much else. However, Tsubeppa and
Queen Oito both named her as one of the princes who would be fighting hard for
the throne, so hopefully she will hold her own when the war gets under way.

3.      Zhang Lei is
the third prince, and like Camilla, not much has been revealed about him yet.
Also like Camilla, Tsubeppa and Queen Oito acknowledge him as a threat in the
succession war. I’ll wait to learn a little about him and Camilla before I
really make any solid predictions. (He has one of the more aesthetically
pleasing nen beasts, so that is a plus.)

4.      Tserriednich, the fourth prince, has been set up as the most terrifying prince in the succession war, brutally
murdering two women in his first appearance, and making macabre art out of
another woman’s skin in his second. Prince Tserriednich believes he is an extraordinary
individual living among swine, and he would be the worst person to win the
succession war. The less said about his nen beast, the better.

He is also the owner of several of the Scarlet Eyes, even appearing to have a severed head of one of the Kurta clan among his collections, so Kurapika will be targeting him in addition to all the princes.

Unless something
completely unexpected happens, he will definitely be one of the final princes
fighting for the crown.

5.      Tsubeppa is
the fifth prince, and the last of the five mentioned to be seriously fighting
for the throne. She tries to make an alliance with Tserriednich in chapter 362,
and considers her other elder siblings completely inadequate to rule. She does
seem to dismiss the younger princes as contenders for the throne, so that could
be the one blind spot that could come back to haunt her in the future. Her nen
beast also looks pretty fierce, so I think her chances to last in the war are pretty good.

6.      Tyson is the
sixth prince, and honestly I don’t think she will last very long. She probably
won’t be the first one out, but from what we have seen of her, I don’t like her
chances. Tserriednich mentions her in chapter 348 only to talk about how
protective she is with her handsome bodyguards. Tsubeppa doesn’t believe she
has any desire to be king either. She does express some interest in being king
him chapter 358, but I’m still not sure how serious she is about it at the
moment. Her nen beast manifests as a bunch of small frog-like creatures (or
possibly the thing giving birth to them in chapter 362?), and we haven’t seen
them display any special powers as of yet (and her bodyguards seem to be more
like personal man servants than actual guards). Kurapika’s old teacher Izunavi/Mizuken has also enlisted as
one of her bodyguards, so we will see if he makes a difference in terms of her
survival, or just gets mowed down in the crossfire.

7.      Lusurus is the
seventh prince, and he is also probably going to be one of the first to die.
Like Tyson, Tsubeppa mentions him as one of the princes uninterested in being
king and doesn’t consider him a threat. Which is interesting, since Lusurus
mentioned in 362 that he will be targeting her first, so we will have to see
who comes off better in that encounter. Nevertheless, Tserriednich clearly considers
Lusurus a moron, after all of his bodyguards fail the Hunter Organization
screening in chapter 348. Lusurus’ nen beast might be the least impressive one I
have seen so far, and it is also pretty arrogant of him to assume only he has
bodyguards with knowledge of nen and that it will give him an advantage against
the others, so. I guess we’ll see how that ends. As a last note, Basho is his bodyguard at the request
of Kurapika, and I do not like his chances of survival as a result. Good luck
Basho, don’t die.

8.      Harkenburg is the
eighth prince, and while he would probably be the best king if he won, he will
definitely be the first or one of the first to die. He doesn’t wish to
participate in the succession war, and according to Kurapika in chapter 350, he
wishes to make some radical changes to the Kakin nation if he becomes king. He
doesn’t get along with most of his family as a result, although he does have a
surprisingly close relationship with Prince Tserriednich. However, I have no
doubt Tserriednich will double-cross him the first chance he gets, since he
considers himself so above everyone else. Queen Oito also says that if he wins
the war he will probably give asylum to the Princes left alive who don’t want
to be king, and he is their best shot at surviving. So obviously that paints a
bigger target on his back as well! The death off all his bodyguards only
furthers my certainty that he will die soon. The only thing giving him a chance
of survival is his nen beast, which looks properly menacing. Good luck, you
poor doomed bastard.

9.      Okay, if Harkenburg doesn’t die
first, it will definitely be the 9^th prince, Sale-Sale. I mean, seriously. Look at him. He
visibly shows no desire to be king, and only seems to be interested him women
and partying (his nen beast seems to be in perfect agreement on that front). So
yeah, he’s dead for sure.

10.  Kacho the
tenth and Fuugetsu the eleventh might
be my favorite princes so far!!! And I really, really don’t want them to be
knocked out of the race so soon. I name them together since they seem to be the
only two princes working together explicitly at this point, so it’s just easier
to talk about them as a team. I can’t say how well they will fare against the
adults at this point, but I want to believe they will hold their own. Okay,
honestly, Kacho will probably be the one to survive the first volley, since
Fuugetsu seems like a sweet girl who is just going along with what her sister
says so she doesn’t get murdered. (I don’t know if Kacho is actually planning
to let Fuu live in the end either, but I am waiting to see if she will keep her
deal or not). I don’t think any of the older princes will expect the younger
princes to be threats and it might give Kacho a leg up here. She’s obviously
smart enough to realize she can’t beat the other princes without help, so I
don’t think arrogance will hinder her too much. Okay, I don’t really have any
basis to think she will do well, but come on! She’s a mean girl who pretends to
be sweet and is actually devious and I want her to succeed so badly! Please
don’t kill her and her sister off too fast Togashi, I love them. 😦 Also Melody is Kacho’s bodyguard, so if she
dies Melody might die, and I don’t want to see that happen. Please don’t kill
her Togashi I’m begging you.

11.   Momoze!!!
The twelfth prince is my other favorite! Oh my goodness, I love Momoze. She
seems like a sweet girl who likes to knit, but her nen beast can manipulate
others and already killed three people. All while being an adorable mouse
thing. I love it. I believe she’s also planning to kill her mother and little
brother as of chapter 361, but her wording was ambiguous enough that I could be
mistaken. It’s important to note that Momoze’s mother did take some of her
bodyguards as extra protection for prince Marayam, and Hanzo was among them. I mention it mostly because he may get caught
in her assault on Marayam (or be the agent of it?) as a result. Otherwise, I
think she has potential to last in the war, and I definitely don’t want her to
be one of the first to die because she is so much younger. 

12.  Marayam is the
thirteenth prince, and he might be in trouble. He has the least protection
besides Woble and Momoze, and we haven’t seen if his nen beast is strong enough
to protect him. However, he does have one thing going for him. Biscuit is his bodyguard! She is one of
the strongest nen users in the Hunter Organization and will definitely be able
to hold her own against any of the nen beasts (hopefully). So with her on his
side, Marayam definitely has a chance of surviving. (Unless Momoze takes
control of her and uses her to kill Marayam.) (Please don’t kill Biscuit Togashi;
I won’t forgive you if you do.) 

13.  And finally, Woble, the fourteenth prince! I…have no idea what will happen to
Woble at this point. Kurapika being her bodyguard doesn’t actually comfort me at
all. I’m honestly unsure if Togashi would really kill a baby just to make
Kurapika sad and guilty. Her mother Oito might be in more danger than her as an
adult, although maybe I just want Kurapika to be forced to take care of a baby
all by himself. It would definitely be interesting to see her live (or even
win) despite all the disadvantages she has at this point. But people might be
expecting her to win since she has Kurapika as a bodyguard, so it would be more
unexpected to just kill her off? I don’t know. We haven’t even seen her nen
beast yet, and it could potentially be strong enough to help her survive.
Maybe. I’ll just be waiting to see what happens. (Just to be clear, I’m not in favor of
murdering the baby, but Togashi is a cruel man and I don’t trust him).

So that’s everything I have so far! I don’t know if it was so much predicting as summarizing everything we know about the princes so far, but I’m too tired to write more. I might go back and add links to sources later, but for now I’m just gonna drop this and run since it is way too long already.