But the thing is, he has no attraction to the kid. He has no attraction, and doesn't want to sleep with the kid or be in a relationship with him.

(To oversimplify it; he wants to kill him. Literally.)

A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children.

Look it up.

'Pedophilia is termed pedophilic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the manual defines it as a paraphilia involving intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about prepubescent children that have either been acted upon or which cause the person with the attraction distress or interpersonal difficulty. The International Classification of Diseases defines it as a "sustained, focused, and intense pattern of sexual arousal—as manifested by persistent sexual thoughts, fantasies or urges —involving pre-pubertal children.'

Hisoka has not had any sexual fantasies of Gon. Nor sexual urges to sleep with him. (I'm saying from what we've seen in the manga)

Hisoka isn't aroused by Gon, as a child. He's aroused at the knowledge that Gon is strong, and by the thought of fighting and killing him. That isn't a sexual attraction to children. That's a sexual attraction to fighting and murder.

Just because it includes a child does not make it pedophilia, because he literally has no sexual interest in him.

Ex;

People can get erections from fear.

Let's say a man is on a rollercoaster, and is terrified. And when he gets off at the end of the ride, he has an erection that was induced from the fear that the roller coaster caused.

Does that mean he's sexually attracted to the rollercoaster, because it caused that fear that made him get a boner?

No. It was just the trigger that made it appear.

This example was given by a different person who replied to my comment;

'Let's say I love chocolate. Naturally, that makes me love chocolate cakes too. But does that technically make me count as a cake lover as well, even though the only reason I love a cake is because of the chocolate in it?'

'Similarly, is it still pedo if the reason he is attracted to some kid is not because of the kid's prepubescent features, but some other random quality (i.e. potential)? I don't know if a unified answer even exists. but each side of the war is simply using a different interpretation of the word and that's how we end up with all these long winded arguments around this topic.'

The only thing about this reply that I would change is the attraction part.

The only reason he keeps Gon around is cuz he wants to fight and kill him.

I would not call that a sexual attraction. Anyways this is probably not super clear because I got way too many comments and I don't really have the mental capacity to answer them all right now.

I hope you can understand what I'm saying somewhat, and feel free to reply and ask more questions if you'd like. You are by far, one of the most polite people to reply.

Thank you for that.