Reycom and Hosokawa

**Reycom** (レイコム *Reikomu*) and **Hosokawa** (細川 *Hosokawa*) are the first Mamodo team faced by Zatch and Kiyo in the Mamodo Battle, aside from their brief encounter with Hyde and Eido. Reycom uses **Ice Magic**.

## Reycom

Reycom is a humanoid child Mamodo with pale skin, spiky blue hair, gray eyes, and bags under his eyes, as well as the iconic vertical lines that many other Mamodo possess. His outfit consists of a dark blue shirt with white patches that give the blue a cross design on the front and back and a large silver snowflake in the center of the shirt, periwinkle pants that are several sizes too large, and consequently rolled and knotted at the bottoms of the legs, and gray and white tennis shoes. This outfit was shown to be in good condition on Reycom's arrival to the human world, but was shown to be worn and dirty by the time they met Zatch and Kiyo.

## Reycom Personality

Reycom seems to have a laid-back personality; he rarely speaks or shows emotion, and goes with the flow of whatever his partner does, regardless of the wickedness or lack of sense in his actions. When asked by Kiyo why he put up with Hosokawa's abuse, he responded that he thrived on it, and used Hosokawa as much as Hosokawa used him, showing a malicious personality beneath his impassive exterior. He also showed some impatience when teaching Hosokawa how to read the book, and was very clearly horrified when his book caught fire.

## Hosokawa

Hosokawa is a middle-aged man with long brown hair with a widow's peak, high cheekbones, and wide shoulders. He was shown in various outfits during flashbacks, but is introduced wearing a black suit with white cuffs and gold buttons, a fuchsia collared shirt, a gold tie resembling a bearded lizard or cobra, and a pair of brown shoes with gold buckles. He also wore gold rings on five of his fingers.

## Hosokawa Personality

It is implied that before he met Reycom, Hosokawa was a somewhat better man; he disliked his job working long hours for little pay, he thirsted for respect, and he was understandably furious when he was fired, but the initial concern with which he spoke to Reycom implied that he was a good enough person. This faded when he learned of Reycom's abilities, slowly and visibly losing any morals he had as he became drunk on the Mamodo's power. He's introduced as a greedy, selfish man who has no compassion for others, not even Reycom himself, whom he sees as merely a tool.

## Reycom and Hosokawa as a team

Though they valued each others' abilities and personalities, Reycom and Hosokawa never saw each other as partners, only as means to an end. Hosokawa never thought of Reycom as more than a tool for his desires, and Reycom thrived on the abuse that Hosokawa put him through, as well as his rotten personality, claiming that it made him even stronger. The lack of any bond between them is evident in that Reycom never informed Hosokawa about his species or the Mamodo Battle, and that Hosokawa never cared enough to ask about what Reycom was.

That said, Hosokawa was skilled with using the spellbook's power, using spells quickly in succession and interchanging them strategically. Their growth rate was about average, having two spells at their disposal when they faced Zatch and Kiyo, and Reycom was shown to be competent enough with his power to not lose consciousness when his spells were cast.

## Spells

 **Type(s):** Attack
 **Description:** Reycom shoots shards of ice out of his mouth.

 **Type(s):** Immobilization
 **Description:** Ice shoots from mouth and freezes the enemy.

### Video game spells

 **Type(s):** Defense
 **Description:** A powerful gust of cold air creates a shield. This technique is used by Reycom only in the *Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury* video game.

 **Type(s):** Attack
 **Description:** Summons a white wolf made of ice to attack its opponent from the ground. This technique is used by Reycom only in the *Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury* video game

 **Type(s):** Attack
 **Description:** Creates large shards of ice that erupt from the ground underneath the opponent. Used only in *Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury*.

 **Type(s):** Attack
 **Description:** A barrage of ice shards fired from Reycom's mouth. This technique is used by Reycom only in the *Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury* video game

## TMNT X Pokemon

They are allies to the Turtles and help out during some of the Krang missions.

## Trivia

* Reycom is the first mamodo to ever be shown having his book burned. Additionally, he is the first and only Mamodo to have his book burned before Zatch and Kiyo found out the meaning behind it all.
* Reycom was the first mamodo Zatch fought in the manga but the second mamodo Zatch fought in the anime. In the anime, Zatch's first opponent was Hyde and Hyde was an anime-exclusive character for the most part of until near the end of the manga.