Rizal

*"Silence is Dangerous."[静かなるものは危険である]*

Rizal (リサール,利沙琉) is a Hatamoto from the Philippines.

## Appearance

Rizal has dark blue hair and light blue eyes. In battle, he wears a Flag Armor with the Philippines' Flag Motif. Rizal is clad in a white, red and blue armor. The flag’s three stars and the sun motif is also featured in the armor.

In the official art, he carries three weapons, a sword, a rifle and a fan that seems to shoot a ball of fire. However in the manga he was only seen using the rifle which seems to be his main weapon and the sword.

At the Babel headquarters, he is wearing the standard Babel uniform although he doesn't really wear it properly since he is mostly seen with the coat, draped around his shoulder and is simply wearing a plain white t-shirt. On his left wrist was a wristband although this was only seen on the first chapter of volume 1.

## Description

Rizal was a very loud and friendly individual. He is a people person and seems to like posting a lot of pictures on his social network accounts. In battle he is very serious though and is focused on his missions. It is also hinted that he eats a lot.

## In the Manga

### Main Episode

Rizal is seen on the news that Kamamoto was watching before he was interrupted by his coach, fighting Brigants along with a group of Hatamoto. Back home, Kamamoto also watched the same news where he appeared with the other same group.

When Kamamoto became an official Hatamoto, Aaron guided him around and led him to a place where Rizal and Christensen was hanging around. Rizal cheerfully took a selfie with Kamamoto without warning, telling him he'll post it on his social media before actually greeting him. William arrived and noticed Kamamoto whom he asked about Japanese tea. He was interrupted by Rizal being rowdy which make him snap in annoyance. That only made Rizal laugh while Christensen tried to appease William. Aaron interrupted this by showing a drink he wanted to share with everyone in celebration of Kamamoto joining the group. Later, Kamamoto was introduced to the two remaining hatamoto, Mandela and Zasa. Aaron, Rizal, Christensen, William, Mandela and Zasa are the same hatamotos Kamamoto have seen on the news before he became a Hatamoto himself.

Rizal was later deployed along with the usual group plus the new hatamoto, Kamamoto. The first skirmish with the Brigant was actually a disaster for Kamamoto, making him upset and unconsolable. However, he managed to cheer up after Zasa talked to him.

The second mission was up and the same group was dispatched. In this skirmish, Rizal was focused on shooting the Brigants with his rifle that he didn't noticed another one lurking behind. Fortunately Kamamoto was nearby and managed to cover for him. With Kamamoto and Zasa's combined special attack, they managed to defeat the group of Brigants that was until a strange Brigant appeared that look very different from the usual Brigant. It is a Brigant with human appearance, Uno.

Uno sent a new group of Brigants to attack the group. The amount of Brigant this time was getting overwhelming. They later received a message from Ursula to do "connect". Most of them seems hesitant about this until Mandela spoke up. Everyone have different opinions about doing "connect" while Rizal stated that he will do whatever the commander tells them to do. Aaron finally relented and left Christensen, Zasa and Kamamoto to face the Brigants as the rest prepared for "connect".

Although they successfully launch the "connect", it only managed to injure Uno a bit. Still, this is enough to weaken Uno, causing him to escape back to the sky portal.

Days later, Kamamoto was called by Eus and ask him if he could help around. It appears that the help that Eus wanted is by watching toddlers which happened to be, Aaron, Rizal, William and Mandela. These four are the ones who performed "connect" on the previous battle. Christensen was there watching the four when Kamamoto arrived. Christensen explained that "connect" uses too much energy to the point that the hatamoto that would perform it will regress to a toddler state for a week. The two of them worked in taking care of the four toddlers, playing with them, feeding them, entertaining them and stopping them from crying. These last for a week as Christensen said.

Later on, while Kamamoto was in Japan. Uno managed to track and attack him. When his grandparents were about to get killed by a Brigant, the usual group with the exception of Zasa who was on a mission with another group, appeared to save them. This includes Aaron, Rizal, William and Mandela who finally returned to their original state. Everyone defended as Rizal stayed on high places to cover for them with his rifle. Uno later summoned a much stronger Brigant that everyone finds hard to defeat thanks to it's strength and speed. Rizal have to focus on dodging it's attack, unable to make any shot. Kamamoto later defeated the Brigant after William urged him on. After that, he went for Uno and managed to injure him again. And like the last time, Uno escaped, albeit with much more serious injury.

The group reported to Commander Ursula and told them they'll be dispatch to track Uno ones Babel pinpoint where Uno teleported to.

Days later, they received an order to go to America where Uno was located. The group asked around to no avail until Kamamoto found Uno with the kid, Justin. This led to a chase after Uno took Justin as a hostage. When Kamamoto informed everyone of this, the rest went in action and chase after Uno. Despite of the effort, Uno managed to escape again. Fortunately though, Justin was unharmed.

On the final battle against the Brigants, Rizal was present along with the rest of hatamotos. Along with others, everyone performed "Connect" which again, turned him to being a toddler. This time however, Uno and his Brigants are defeated. Uno was just one members of a dangerous group of Brigants though. But for now, there was a peace.

### 4Koma Manga

In 4Koma Episode 3, Rizal, along with Raikkonen and Za-sa's daily routine at Babel was shown. The three was shown waking up early, training sword fights and later, eating and asking Eus whom they called "Mama" for more food.

In 4Koma Episode 17, a Filipino food called sisig was featured. Rizal along with Nguyen was shown enjoying the food. Nguyen seems to be saying something while chewing which Rizal scolded him about, asking him not to talk while his mouth is full.

4Koma: Episode 34Koma: Episode 17
## In the Official Site

A passionate and courageous man. He feels joy when called "hot!" He enjoys taking care of others and uses his special move, the Brave Shot, to give energy to those feeling down. If he gets too heated, his eyes and hair turn crimson, making him unstoppable. Gokensui from Singapore and Azam from Malaysia uses water flow sword technique to calm his fiery nature. His catchphrase is "Ossha!!!"

「勇気があふれる超熱血男。「熱い！」といわれることに嬉しさを感じる。   人の面倒を見るのが好きで元気がない人を見ると必殺ブレイブショットで元気を与える。 熱くなりすぎると目と髪の毛が緋色に変わり手がつけられなくなることも。   シンガポールとマレーシアの水流剣技で緋色を鎮めることもある。 口癖は「オッシャー！！！！」

## Trivia

* He is named after the Philippines' hero, Jose Rizal.
* His armor's name is "Maharlika" or "Freemen/Freedmen". In ancient Tagalog society of Luzon, Maharlika's were the feudal warrior class.
* Rizal's rifle is called “Mindanao” while his fan is called “Rusonyashu” or “Lusonyashu” (a portmanteau of Luzon and Visayas).
* He is part of the ASEAN group.
* He won first place in the popularity contest.

## See also

• List of Hatamoto

• Characters