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Maruss (マルス, Marusu) and Rembrant (レンブラント, Renburanto) are a team who end up pursuing Tia and Megumi early on in the Mamodo fight. Maruss' spells have the metal attribute.
Appearance[]
Maruss is a mamodo with long, blonde, curly hair and red eyes. His outfit consists of a purple vest with a buckle on it and a white shirt with a blue tie. He also wears brown shorts, with white long socks with black pirate shoes. Maruss appears to have very sharp teeth in the present day in the Human World, but not in Tia's flashbacks to their time together in the Mamodo World.
Rembrant, his human partner, presents a stark contrast with his tall, broad-shouldered build and stoic demeanor. He wears a pristine white business suit with a black tie, crisp dress shirt, and matching shoes. His dark blond hair is neatly slicked back, and he has sharp blue eyes and a chiseled face that exudes seriousness and discipline.
Personality[]
Maruss is a manipulative and egotistical Mamodo who hides cruelty behind charm. Outwardly refined and composed, Maruss enjoys psychologically toying with others, often smiling as he delivers veiled threats or mocks his opponents. He is strategic and cunning, using deceit and mental manipulation as weapons just as much as his spells. Maruss deeply resents those he sees as inferior and is obsessed with power and dominance, often going to great lengths to assert his superiority. His elegance is only a thin veil for his underlying sadism.
According to Tia's memories of the Mamodo World, Maruss was once caring, kind and friendly towards her. However, his attitude changed dramatically after he traveled to the Human World following announcement of the battle to become Mamodo King. Maruss has instead become more ruthless, cruel, violent and prideful. He can also be impatient, bossy, bratty and desperate whenever the tables are turned against him. When Zatch (who he had formerly bullied) was able to not only hold his own, but actually gain the upper hand, he became enraged.
Rembrant is cold, calculating, and strictly loyal to Maruss. He follows orders with efficiency and without question, displaying little emotion or personal will. He operates more like a butler, strategist, and executioner rolled into one. Rembrant’s deadpan expressions and unwavering demeanor make him a perfect match for Maruss’s manipulative schemes. Despite being a human, he shares Maruss’s ambition and ruthlessness, reinforcing their dangerous synergy.
Biography[]
Background[]
Maruss was originally Tia's best friend in the Mamodo World, caring and looking out for her, compared to her bullying ways against Zatch. But once in the Human World, his mentality changes, believing that friends can no longer be friends due to the nature of the battle and must go against one another to become king.
Part I[]
Defeated Maruss
When Tia and Maruss met for the first time in the human world, he suddenly betrayed and attacked her, sending her into the ocean and leaving a scar on her neck. When Tia survived and is taken in by Megumi, Maruss and Rembrant began constantly pursuing them, taking advantage of Megumi's status as a famous idol to locate and attack them on many occasions. While Maruss was assaulting Tia during one of Megumi's concerts, Zatch comes to her rescue. He held Maruss at bay until both he and Tia's bookkeepers arrived to properly fight against against him. Ultimately it is Zatch, the former "weakling" neither he or Tia cared for, who defeats the prideful Mamodo, which causes Tia to change her attitude about the nature of friendships in the midst of battle.
Spells[]
| Garon | ||||
| ガロン | ||||
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| English Name: Garon | ||||
| Type(s): Attack | Episode: 14 | Chapter: 35 | ||
| Description: A giant spiked metal pillar extends from Maruss' hand. | ||||
| Ganzu Garon | ||||
| ガンズ・ガロン | ||||
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| English Name: Ganzu Garon | ||||
| Type(s): Attack | Episode: 14 | Chapter: 36 | ||
| Description: Maruss fires multiple spiked balls from his hand. | ||||
| Eijasu Garon | |||||
| エイジャス・ガロン | |||||
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| English Name: Ei Garon | |||||
| Type(s): Attack | Episode: 14 | Chapter: 36 | |||
| Description: Fires a spiked ball on a long chain that can be controlled. | |||||
| Gigano Garanzu | ||||
| ギガノ・ガランズ | ||||
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| English Name: Gigano Garanzu | ||||
| Type(s): Attack | Episode: 15 | Chapter: 37 | ||
| Description: Maruss' strongest known spell. A giant drill is created to attack the foe. | ||||
Non-Canon Spells[]
| Gashirudo | ||||
| ガシルド | ||||
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| English Name: Gashield | ||||
| Type(s): Defense | Episode: N/A | Chapter: N/A | ||
| Description: 5 metal pillars burst from the ground to defend Maruss. | ||||
| Darai Garon | ||||
| ダライ・ガロン | ||||
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| English Name: Darai Garon | ||||
| Type(s): Attack | Episode: N/A | Chapter: N/A | ||
| Description: A giant spiked ball falls from the sky to attack the opponent. | ||||
Trivia[]
- In the English dub, Rembrant has only one line of spoken dialogue outside of grunts and generic attack commands to Maruss.
- Maruss' favorite foods are fish, korokke (Japanese croquettes) and tulips.[1]
- Maruss' hobbies are reversi and math.[1]
- Rembrant's country of origin is the Netherlands.[1]
- Maruss' starting location in the Human World was in Holland.