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Joe Buttataki
Joe Buttataki
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)
Referred to as "Mole Hunter" Joe Buttataki, Joe is an ally of Shibusen and ex-boyfriend of Marie Mjolnir. Due to the anime's Gecko Ending that split off after his introductory chapter, Joe plays a different role in it. In the anime, Joe was one of Shibusen's most talented scientists and engineers, and Shinigami pulls him back to Death City to help work on a black ops project involving BREW. With the exception of his irrational love of coffee, little else of the character's background was kept from the manga.
- Dub Name Change: Renamed "Beater Joe" in the Italian manga in order to keep the initials and make the wordplay clearer.
- He Knows Too Much: Justin does this pre-emptively, killing him off so he can't find out he's the mole. Conveniently for Medusa, this also happened right before he could tell anyone he detected her team (as well as three other witches) through their soul protect.
- Living Lie Detector: He can use his especially strong Soul Perception this way, which is the main reason he's the "mole hunter".
- Mr. Fixit: In the anime.
- Must Have Caffeine: The first instance of this sets up a piece of hilarious Japanese wordplay.
- The Plot Reaper: His Soul Perception became so strong he would have immediately discovered Medusa and probably would have found Asura long before Maka did. If he managed to live, that basically would have drastically altered the events of every story arc from then on.
- Sacrificial Lamb: For the Arachnophobia/Baba Yaga's Castle arc of the manga.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Since his role in the anime is different (he's hired to help fix up the Brew machine) and Justin doesn't give into the madness and turn evil. He lives through the entirety of the anime.
Enrique
Enrique
Tezca Tlipoca's Meister. He's an ape. An ape that wears clothes, sneakers, and a baseball cap. Mm-hmm.- Boisterous Bruiser: It's difficult to tell, but Enrique is apparently quite the comedian, as his introduction had him delivering lengthy jokes (and sending Tezcatlipoca into hysterics) while Medusa was attacking him. He's also not above having a laugh at his Weapon's expense. At the same time, he's a Death Scythe meister, and will presumably end you.
- Improbable Weapon User: Fights wearing Tezcatlipoca, the Demon Mirror, on his ankle.
- The Unintelligible: He's incapable of saying anything but variations of "Gau," which is partly why he didn't show up at the initial Death Scythe convention.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: Although strangely, Tezca has no problems understanding him.
Fyodor
Fyodor
Tsar Pushka's Meister.- Dance Battler: Specifically, cossack dancing.
- Improbable Weapon User: Pushka himself appears to be a giant iron ball on a stick; Fyodor fights by attaching the stick to one leg and launching the ball with the other.
- Meaningful Name: His name references Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, who in real life commissioned the Tsar Pushka (which shares its name with Fyodor's Death Scythe).
Hemming
Hemming
One of Ahab's annual meisters, and a hunter of madness-inducing sky whales.- Meaningful Name: His name comes from American author Ernest Hemingway, who was also a hunter (and perhaps more relevant, wrote The Old Man and the Sea).
- Student–Master Team: With Ahab.
- Young Gun: Who rides a literal "Old Gun."
Zubaidah
Zubaidah
Djinn Galland's meister.- Meaningful Name: Her name is most-likely a nod to Zubaidah bint Ja'far, the Abbasid princess who is featured heavily in One Thousand and One Nights.
Alexander
Alexander
Ding Dinga's meister.- Calling Your Attacks: "RAINBOOOW!"
- Facial Markings: A large white spot on his face.
Hiro
Hiro
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese), Z Charles Bolton (English), Daniele Raffaeli (Italian)
The most incompetent Meister at DWMA. Bullied and used by just about everyone at the school due to his doormat personality. He finds out about the legend of Excalibur, and becomes the only person since perhaps King Arthur to put up with the supremely annoying holy sword. In fact, he enjoys Excalibur's 1000 tenets, and becomes Excalibur's happy and devoted Meister. For about a day, that is.
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: After he gets Excalibur and thereby becomes the strongest student in the school, he immediately starts abusing his powers to beat up everyone who used to pick on him, teleport into the girls' shower, flip skirts...
- Back for the Finale: He makes a cameo in the last chapter during Kid's inauguration; appropriately enough it's of someone backing up into his face without noticing him.
- Badass Boast: "When all is said and done, the three of you will be nothing more than a footnote in the legend of the Holy Sword, Excalibur."
- Berserk Button: People who sneeze repeatedly. "They might as well just die." It's what finally causes him to get fed up with Excalibur.
- Beware the Nice Ones: In this case, Beware of the Ones You Bully. Hiro gets back at everyone with a vengeance.
- Big Ego, Hidden Depths: Sure, he's an ass while he has Excalibur, but that's probably months of pent-up anger being unleashed.
- Butt-Monkey: Everybody (Including Death in the narration) regards him as the biggest failure in the academy.
- Creator Cameo: In the English dub, he's voiced by the ADR director.
- Deadly Dodging: He was briefly dodging Sid's storm of knives while attempting to act on the 1,000 tenets.
- Eating the Eye Candy: Hiro is a Pretty Boy who dresses flamboyantly and shows off some skin so others will think he's sexy, but nobody in the school actually cares—as far as his classmate's are concerned, he's just a dweeb.
- Extreme Doormat: Weaponized—him being such a doormat is what lets him put up with Excalibur and all one-thousand of Excalibur's rules. Of course, once he gets Excalibur he stops being a doormat to anyone else.
- Flash Step: Armed with Excalibur, he can use his Wings of Light to move at the speed of light. He can also just plain teleport, as well.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic. Docile, misused, alone.
- The Greatest Story Never Told: It's entirely possible that Hiro was the first one in hundreds of years to wield Excalibur - and he certainly would of been the greatest Meister at the Academy, of all time, had he managed to put up with Excalibur's constant sneezing. Considering the very short time that he had Excalibur, Hiro's greatest achievement will likely fade into the dust. After all, he's not mentioned again in the series beyond his feature chapter.
- Ham-to-Ham Combat: With the power of Excalibur in tow, Hiro is just as loud and flamboyant as Black*Star, which really comes out during the three-on-one fight between Hiro and his classmates.
- Having a Blast: Nobody is sure what his "Hero the Atomic" is, exactly, but it involves explosions.
- Lethal Joke Character: A non-video game example. Hiro's hardly cut out for the DWMA life, but he's the only one who could put up with Excalibur's personality for an extended period of time, and boy, does he put that power to good use in his day in the limelight.
- Loser Archetype: Hiro is a Pretty Boy and The Fashionista, but he has the misfortunes of both attending a school where nobody cares about those things and having no talent in a fight (which is what the DWMA specializes in). His classmates use him as an Extreme Doormat accordingly.
- Meaningful Name: After he gets Excalibur, he certainly seems to think so. "My name means 'the courageous one'! Hero the Brave!"note Lampshaded by Maka in that for someone with his name, he is a bit ordinary.
- Minor Flaw, Major Breakup: He basically disowns Excalibur over a sneezing fit.
- Mr. Fanservice: Hiro is a Pretty Boy who wears flashy and revealing clothes. In-Universe, however, nobody cares, alas.
- Power Perversion Potential: Uses Excalibur's powers to slip into the girls' dressing room. He later uses it to flip the skirts of some girls who used him as an Extreme Doormat.
- Punny Name: Hiro is one sidestep away from "hero".
- Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers!: After obtaining Excalibur for a weapon, Hiro immediately starts taking revenge on his classmates, in particular creeping on the girls by barging into their showers and flipping their skirts. When the girls protest this to Mr. Sid, the zombie teacher responds that, unfortunately, Hiro's ability to wield Excalibur makes him so valuable to the DWMA that they were actually considering giving him a superior rank—according to Sid, the girls' only recourse is to get tougher.
- Super Loser: Hiro is a Loser Archetype who spends his days getting kicked around by almost everyone in the school (Black*Star practices chokeholds on him), and the instant he gets the power of Excalibur, he proceeds to use them to creep on the girls and be a colossal dweeb in the middle of his fight.
- Super Weapon, Average Joe: With Excalibur, he is able to kick the asses of three of the strongest meisters, but he has no skills and is useless otherwise.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Completely averted during his time with Excalibur. He enjoys working with the sword.
- Took a Level in Badass: His power ascends to great heights when he wields Excalibur, along with his attitude.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Obtaining the power of Excalibur gives Hiro the ability to revenge himself on everyone, an opportunity he seizes immediately. Soul lampshades it.
- Who's Laughing Now?: After being used as an Extreme Doormat by his classmates, Hiro uses Excalibur to get some payback.
