Marc Anciel

Marc

> But what if Nathaniel doesn't like it? I'll be so embarrassed. I'll have to change schools so I'll never run into him again.
>
> Marc

**Marc Anciel** is a character in *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*. He is a student in Ms. Mendeleiev's class at Collège Françoise Dupont. In "Reverser", after Nathaniel disregards him and his writing and rips his journal in half, he is akumatized by Hawk Moth into **Reverser**, an inverting supervillain.

## Appearance

### Physical appearance

Marc is a fairly tall and slender half Australian and half Japanese goth teenage boy with a somewhat feminine appearance, with messy Rock style black hair, vivid pistachio colored eyes with visible lashes, thick eyebrows, pink lips, and a slender face with a pointed chin.

### Civilian attire

He wears a loud V-neck rainbow tie-dye shirt which displays the colors in a ripple pattern originating from the center. Over his shirt, he wears a bright red jacket with white drawstrings, hood and pink lining on the inside. He wears moderate azure jeans with the bottoms rolled up and a number of horizontal rips around his knees. He wears a pair of black boots with faint "Oil Slick" rainbow blotches.

He also wears a pair of black leather fingerless gloves, a black leather collar around his neck, and a square-nails belt with a square silver buckle. Hanging from his belt are a pair of square-nails chains that hang around his thighs. His nails are painted black.

## Personality

Like Juleka, Marc is very shy and nervous around others. This is shown when Marinette pulls Marc into the art room to introduce him to everyone. He is also quite shy in front of his first friend at the school, Marinette, refusing to show her his stories. He likes to write stories (particularly about Ladybug and Nathaniel) but is sheepish and self-conscious when people read them. When he runs away in embarrassment out of the art room, he runs into a pillar and drops his notebook and Marinette picks it up and reads it. When she hands the notebook back to him later on, Marc immediately turns red. Like Marinette, he is sweet and kind but also quite clumsy, especially when around someone he has feelings for.

## Abilities

### As Marc

Marc is an excellent creative story writer. His Ladybug stories, based on Nathaniel's drawings, impress Marinette (the real Ladybug) so much that she pushes him to work with Nathaniel to make the Ladybug/Mighty Illustrator comic. Since the two of them complete the comic, it is implied that Marc's writing skills are strong enough for him to write well in script style as well as in short story style.

## Relationships

### Nathaniel Kurtzberg

Marc often looks at Nathaniel's drawings online and uses them for inspiration for his stories. He is delighted when he gets a chance to see them in person. When Marinette suggests showing Nathaniel his writings so they can make a comic book together, Marc fears what might happen if Nathaniel doesn't like his stories, so he takes Marinette's offer of showing the book without saying who wrote it. But when Nathaniel angrily rejects Marc's offer of making a comic book together after mistakenly believing that the latter was playing a joke on him, Marc ends up getting so upset that he is akumatized by Hawk Moth. However, after he is deakumatized, the misunderstanding is cleared up, and the two create a comic book together.

They can be seen together in later episodes such as "Frozer" and "Mayura". In "Frozer", as Adrien is looking at each of the school's couples, Nathaniel and Marc are seen sitting on the staircase together looking at a book. In "Mayura", Nathaniel places his hands on Marc's shoulders as they all cheer for Marinette which shows that their bond has deepened and that there is a high level of trust between the two. From the way Marc acts around and talks about Nathaniel, it can be inferred that Marc has a "fondness" toward him; this was later confirmed on Twitter by Feri.

As Reverser, he seeks revenge on Nathaniel for the emotional pain caused by his rejection. His intent is to reverse Nathaniel into being willing to make the comic book.

### Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Marc appears to be on good terms with Marinette, but he is shy about showing his writings to her. Regardless, he takes her advice of teaming up with Nathaniel to create a comic book and allows her to give Nathaniel his writing without saying who wrote it. However, after a misunderstanding, Marc believes that Marinette is meddlesome and a liar. After he is deakumatized, though, he is no longer mad at her and along with Nathaniel dedicates their first Ladybug comic book to her. He also attends the picnic celebrating her and cheers her on as their "Everyday Ladybug".

Marc appears to be a fan of Ladybug and often writes stories inspired by her fights against akumatized villains. Also in "Frightningale", he wears a Ladybug mask in Clara Nightingale's music video. Despite his timid personality, Ladybug's courage and determination inspires him to join the battle against the army of scarlet akumas.

As Reverser, he targets Marinette, believing (partly correctly) that it is her fault that Nathaniel rejected him. His intent is to reverse her into being hated by everyone. However, he doesn't like her interfering with his plans. His strategic talent leads him to realize that he can force her into a vulnerable situation by targeting innocent bystanders, making her defend them.