Zorori (ゾロリ, Zorori) is the titular main hero in the Kaiketsu Zorori series. He is a yellow fox who wanders the world in order to fulfill his deceased mother Zororeene's last and final wish: become the ultimate Prankster Genius, marry with a beautiful woman and build a huge castle.
Personality[]
Zorori's main qualities are his incredible intelligence and cunning, which allow him to survive the most perilous situations. He's also very skilled in building mechas and other machines.
Zorori's personality is somewhat complicated and ambiguous: he's a cheerful guy that loves singing and traveling around, but he also tends to behave in a childish and arrogant way (he refers to himself with 俺さま, Oresama, the rudest form to say "I", or naming himself with the honorific suffix さま Sama).
Zorori often portrays himself as selfish (he never accepts a quest if he cannot benefit from it), mischievous and untrustworthy. In most cases, however, he reveals his real generous and kind nature, occasionally even ending up helping his victim(s). Nevertheless, if he decides to preform good deeds by himself, he tends to behave as if he has a fever.
He cares deeply for his mother to the point that the memory of her birthday causes him to feel very sad (as shown in the episode I love Mommy).
Appearance[]
Zorori is a fox with yellow fur and black eyes. He generally wears a sandogasa (straw hat), a blue kimono, a striped cape and a pair of forest green pants. He'll occasionally wear a black hat (similar to that of Tuxedo Mask's from Sailor Moon Crystal), a black eye mask (similar to that of Swiper the Fox's from Dora the Explorer), a black and red cape, blue tights with the letters ZZ painted on the chest, a golden belt that represents the shape of a fox's head and shiny red boots. Zorori also makes use of frequent disguises, and in most of them he keeps wearing the eye mask.
Story[]
As for each character in the series, very little is said about Zorori's background.
He lived a happy childhood alongside his mother Zororeene, even though his father, who was an airplane pilot with a strong passion for flying, left his family when he was a little kid. It is rumored that Zororeene died at Zorori's coming of age, and since that event Zorori began wandering the world to fulfill her last wish.
Zorori's first destination in his journey is Levanna Kingdom, where he meets Ishishi and Noshishi. After an unsuccessful plan to gain a castle and a bride (see The Dragon Slayer), ruined by the incompetence of the two boars, who Zorori convinced to take part to it, they propose him to be their teacher of the art of pranks. Firstly Zorori refuses the offer, but another adventure (the one narrated in The Great Duel at Zorori Castle!) contibutes to start a bound of friendship among the three. Hence, Zorori travels the world with Ishishi and Noshishi as his followers and apprentices, and they live a series of bizarre adventures.
Etymology[]
Zorori's name comes from the Spanish term Zorro, meaning "fox", but it is also a reference to the legendary hero Zorro, since the legendary costume is quite similar to his.
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