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Wiseman (ワイズマン, Waizuman) and Kotoha (コトハ) are a mamodo team from the movie Zatch Bell! 101st Devil. Wiseman's spells are based on explosive energy.
Appearance[]
Wiseman is a tall, intimidating Mamodo with long, flowing blonde hair and sharp red eyes that give him a menacing presence. He wears a large white robe lined with deep blue trim, layered over a dark undershirt and patterned pants. His outfit is accented with a golden belt and ornate designs, reflecting his mystical and authoritative nature. A distinct feature is the snake-like ornaments coiled around his neck.
Kotoha is Wiseman’s human partner, a young girl with brown hair styled in twin pigtails. She typically wears a simple light-pink dress with short sleeves, a white collar, and red accents, paired with brown sandals. Her modest and gentle appearance contrasts sharply with Wiseman’s imposing presence.
Personality[]
Wiseman is cunning, manipulative, and ambitious. He delights in instilling fear and often looks down on others with arrogance. Cold and calculating, he treats battles as opportunities to demonstrate his superiority rather than as fair fights. Unlike many Mamodo who bond with their human partners, Wiseman sees his allies as tools to achieve victory in the battle for king. His ruthless and prideful nature makes him one of the more dangerous adversaries in the Mamodo World.
Kotoha is quiet, soft-spoken, and often appears hesitant compared to other Mamodo partners. While she is not naturally aggressive, Wiseman ends up controlling her heart after she refuses to participate as his partner. While controlled, she loses all personality and becomes a shell who casts spells at his whim.
Biography[]
Background[]
Wiseman's application about to be stamped
Wiseman is a Mamodo who once attended school in the Mamodo World alongside many future participants of the Mamodo Battle. When the time came for Principal Dozer to approve Mamodo applicants for the battle, Wiseman was the final applicant in line. As Principal Dozer hesitated while reviewing Wiseman’s application, a sudden gust of wind blew Wiseman’s paperwork out the window along with several others. Exhausted and unwilling to retrieve it, Principal Dozer instead approved the next application in front of him—Zatch Bell’s. As a result, Zatch was chosen to participate in the Mamodo Battle, while Wiseman was excluded.
This single moment became the source of Wiseman’s deep resentment. Believing his rightful place had been stolen through negligence and chance, Wiseman developed a personal hatred toward Zatch. Determined to take revenge and prove his worth, Wiseman later stole the forbidden 101st spellbook, a unique volume capable of absorbing and redistributing spell power. Kotoha is a young girl who lives with her mother near Mt. Fuji. Prior to meeting Zatch and his companions, she lived a quiet, ordinary life, unaware of the Mamodo World or the battles fought between mamodos and their human partners.
Part I[]
One day, Kotoha discovers a strange white book sitting in a tree. While trying to retrieve it, she falls violently to the ground. After regaining her composure, she reads a passage in the book stating that she “will have an encounter with a blonde-haired boy.” Believing this to describe her future boyfriend, Kotoha rushes off in excitement, only to meet Zatch instead. Though disappointed, she brings Zatch to her home, where Kiyo later arrives and scolds him for accidentally taking the money meant for the camping trip. As Kiyo examines the white book and attempts to understand its nature, the book begins to reveal prophetic abilities. It correctly predicts that Kotoha’s mother will suddenly fall ill. Shortly after, her mother collapses, confirming the book’s warning. Searching the book for guidance, Kotoha, Zatch, and Kiyo learn that medicine capable of curing both Kotoha’s mother and Zatch’s missing mother is located inside a cave near the forest.
While traveling toward the cave, they are attacked by Akatsuki and Sakurada. During the battle, Kotoha is accidentally dragged into the fight and is nearly impaled by spiked rocks, but Zatch saves her at the last moment. Zatch and Kiyo defeat Akatsuki and burn his spell book, after which Kiyo explains the existence of the Mamodo Battle to Kotoha. The three then continue toward the cave. Inside the cave, they find their path blocked by a massive boulder. Using their combined abilities, Zatch and Kiyo manage to roll it aside, revealing a mysterious blonde-haired figure holding the medicine Kotoha seeks. Zatch’s mother, however, is nowhere to be found. At this moment, the mamodo Wiseman reveals himself. He transports Zatch and Kiyo to the Mamodo World and brainwashes Kotoha, turning her into his book owner and removing her emotions. The white book is revealed to be the forbidden 101st spell book, and not a harmless prophetic text.
Wiseman reveals his true form and takes Kotoha to the group’s picnic site to demonstrate his power. Zatch’s allies—Tia, Megumi, Kanchomé, Folgore, Ponygon, and Kafk—confront him, but Wiseman overwhelms them, using the 101st spell book to absorb their spell power. Meanwhile, Zatch and Kiyo attempt to return to the human world and encounter several Mamodo along the way, including a knight who mistakenly believes Zatch stole the 101st spell book and imprisons them. An owl mamodo later frees them and clears their name, allowing a feather-pen mamodo to guide them to the gate back to the Human World. Upon returning, Zatch and Kiyo arrive just in time to block Wiseman’s Unodesuzor spell with a powerful Rashirudo. A final battle ensues, during which Bao Zakeruga clashes with Wiseman’s ultimate spell, Kirudesuzor.
Wiseman overpowers Bao and drains Zatch and Kiyo’s remaining spell power, leaving them unable to cast spells. Despite this, Kiyo awakens a new spell, Barudo Forusu, which also manifests for Megumi, Kafk, and Folgore. When the spell is cast, the power of Tia, Kanchomé, and Ponygon is transferred to Zatch, giving him the strength to unleash Barudo Forusu as a lightning phoenix. Wiseman attempts to counter it but cannot withstand the overwhelming energy. Unable to maintain control of the stolen spell power, Wiseman’s spell book explodes and burns, ending his involvement in the Mamodo battle. Kotoha is released from the brainwashing, and all absorbed spell power is restored. With the medicine recovered, Kotoha’s mother is cured. Kotoha says goodbye to Zatch and the others as they return home.
Spells & Abilities[]
Similar to both main antagonists, he is capable of removing memories from others like Zeno, and also able to remove one's feelings like Zofis.
Absorbed Spells[]
Using the suppression and absorption power of the White Spellbook, Wiseman can negate and absorb any spell and add the spell incantation to the White Spellbook, allowing Wiseman to be able to cast his opponents' spells. He has absorbed spells used by Tia's vermillion spellbook, Kanchomé's yellow spellbook, Pongyon's salmon spellbook, and Zatch's red spellbook and has access to all of the spells they used. Known stolen spells Wiseman has used from the White Spellbook are:
Other Media[]
Video Games[]
Wiseman and Kotoha are a playable team in the following video games:
| Game | Japanese Release | English Release |
|---|---|---|
| Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūjō Tag Battle Full Power |
Etymology[]
- Wiseman is nicknamed "Dark Energy Mage" and "Genius Since the Beginning of Demon World Elementary #7" (魔界第七小学校始まって以来の天才 Makai Dainana Shōgakkō Hajimatte Irai no Tensai).
- Kotoha's name is never written in kanji or katakana in the movie, but "Koto" (こと) can mean either 'thing' or 'harp' (sort of alluding to how Wiseman treated her).
- In Latin, "magus" can be used to refer to one of the three wisemen from the bible (though they are generally referred to collectively in the plural form, "magi"). "Magus" can also be used to describe any practitioner of black magic, which correlates with Wiseman's powers (both the ones used on Kotoha and the ones discussed by Moppun) as well as his evil-mage design (pentagram, Baphomet-like horns, red eyes, etc.
- Wiseman, along with Faudo and the ancient mamodo, is one of the mamodos who fought in the current battle despite not being a candidate.