Dr. M2 (ドクター・エムツー, Dokutā Emutsū) is the main antagonist of Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan. Dr. M2 is a mamodo scientist who studies Magical Science (魔科学, Makagaku) and according to him, the only mamodo researching Magic Science.
Appearance[]
Dr. M2 has a sinister, unsettling appearance that reflects his twisted genius and detachment from others. He has wild, unkempt white hair that flares outward in jagged tufts. His skin is a sickly pale grayish-blue. He wears a large dark green cloak with a wide collar, lined with intricate red and gold patterns resembling ancient symbols or circuitry. Underneath the cloak, he appears to wear a yellow tunic decorated with geometric designs, adding to his eccentric, scholarly appearance. Dr. M2’s face is sharp and angular, dominated by round spectacles that sit low on his nose. Behind the glasses, his eyes are small and glow faintly red, filled with malice and obsession. His mouth stretches unnaturally wide, lined with jagged, fang-like teeth, which are often bared in a menacing grin or a maniacal laugh.
Personality[]
Dr. M2 is a complex character whose outward energy masks a deeply cold and self-centered nature. He is a highly intelligent and manipulative mamodo scientist, driven by an obsessive vision of technological perfection. At his core, Dr. M2 is jolly and energetic, often displaying a theatrical and eccentric personality when explaining his creations or plans. However, this enthusiasm primarily stems from his love for himself and his own genius, making him deeply narcissistic.
Dr. M2’s interest in others is rare and highly selective. The only person he shows genuine fascination with is Kiyo Takamine, the future creator of the Volcan 300 prototype. Dr. M2 becomes fixated on making Kiyo his partner, seeing him as the only individual capable of understanding and completing his work. When Kiyo refuses, Dr. M2’s cheerful demeanor gives way to anger and obsession. He grows desperate and possessive, determined to claim Kiyo as his partner at any cost. While he carefully avoids harming Kiyo directly, Dr. M2 shows no hesitation in attacking or killing anyone else who stands in his way, including Kiyo’s friends and allies. He has little regard for the bonds of friendship or emotion, viewing them as weaknesses that slow progress. This detachment feeds into his superiority complex, as he openly dismisses those from Kiyo’s era as “idiots” incapable of understanding his brilliance. Yet, beneath his cold logic and narcissism, there are subtle hints of loneliness. His interactions with the prototype Vulcan — containing a recorded message from a future Kiyo — reveal that, deep down, Dr. M2 may long for connection but is incapable of expressing it in conventional ways.
Biography[]
The DS Mecha series.
Dr. M2 came from the future, sometime after Zatch Bell became Mamodo King. He somehow acquired a relic created by Kiyo Takamine of the future that was given to Zatch Bell, a robotic toy version of Volcan 300. However, according to Dr. M2, the robot version of Volcan 300 was incomplete, so Dr. M2 recreated it as a series of robots called the DS Mecha and built an army of them called the DS Corps (DS
After traveling into the past during the Mamodo Battle of the third millennium in the Human World, Dr. M2 sent one of his DS Mecha units, DS18, to kidnap Kiyo Takamine, who was going to seaside camp. DS18 brought Kiyo back to Dr. M2's lab in his castle and caged Kiyo inside a magical bubble. Dr. M2 then ordered DS18 to distract Zatch so that Dr. M2 could talk with Kiyo without interference and Zatch named DS18 "4th Generation Volcan 300".
Dr. M2 asked Kiyo to be his partner. However, Kiyo refused. Dr. M2 shows Kiyo a robotic model of Volcan 300 that Kiyo from the future built. However, Dr. M2 said that future Kiyo's fourth-generation model was incomplete. Kiyo asked Dr. M2 if the battle to decide the next ruler is still continuing from generations on. Dr. M2 was not interested in the demon battles, so he didn't give Kiyo an answer. Still, Dr. M2 was persistent in making Kiyo his partner but Kiyo continued to refuse. Dr. M2 tells him that imbeciles of this time can't understand him, but Kiyo told Dr. M2 that he changed his view on people with the help of Zatch.
Eventually, DS18 betrayed his creator, Dr. M2, and brought Zatch and his friends to his castle in the sky. Dr. M2 was infuriated with DS18's betrayal and tried to reprehend it, but his robot ignored him. Dr. M2 ordered his DS Mechas to eliminate Zatch and his friends. After Kiyo broke through his prison and tried casting Zakeru through a microphone, Dr. M2 tried stopping him but failed, and Zatch's Zakeru destroyed the floor of Dr. M2's lab, with Kiyo falling through it.
After when Zatch failed to halt the DS Mechas from advancing, Dr. M2 combined his DS Mechas, including DS18 after reprogramming it, into a giant Mechavulcan. After the human partners of the other mamodos appear to fight back the fused DS Mechas. After the mamodos and humans successfully stopped the Volcan titan and destroyed a power reactor, a space-time gate appeared in the Human World, threatening to destroy the Earth. Kiyo asks Mr. M2 to fix it. Dr. M2 explained that if the destroyed reactor is fixed, the time gate will close, but it required a huge amount of power to reactive the reactor so Zatch and his friends combined their powers to repair the reactor and closed the time gate. However, the attempt was unsuccessful since the amount of power wasn't strong enough.
Suddenly after when future Kiyo's robot Volcan prototype was charged with electricity, Dr. M2 heard a voice message of future Kiyo in his fourth generation prototype, which was a message for Zatch about long-distance friendship. The message was broadcasted to Gash from DS18. With the help of DS18, Zatch and Kiyo launches another Baou Zakeruga to seal the time gate. Dr. M2 was last seen holding future Kiyo's Volcan prototype with Dr. M2 returning back to the future.
Powers & Abilities[]
Dr. M2 using his stretching powers
Dr. M2, being a mamodo scientist, is capable of creating magical technology through the power of Magic Science. He has built a time machine to travel into the past and cross into the Human World to meet Kiyo Takamine, but it takes seven hours for his time machine to charge up to create a time gate. He has built over thousands of Mechavulcan with the inspiration from Kiyo Takamine of the future. His DS Corps can combine into a giant Mechavulcan. He is gifted in creating magical technology and has created an army of mechavulcans (メカバルカン Mekabarukan), known as DS Mecha.
Other than creating magical technology, Dr. M2 is capable of extending his arms similar to Momon's Amuron spell as a natural ability rather than as a spell. However, it is unknown whether Dr. M2 can use spells or not.