Review Hitman Reborn

Katei Kyōshi Hitman Reborn is a anime that I love. It is about a kid, who gets low grades so his mom got a tutor for him. The tutor turned out to be a short 1 year old(only in manga) guy named reborn. He claims that he is from the mafia. Tsuna that he’s the next heir to the Vongola family mafia family and tries to help Tsuna reach the goal. Reborn possesses the Dying Will bullet, which kills a person and brings them back to life to fulfill the last regret they had, and even works to get Tsuna some henchmen to make him a true mafia boss-in-training.

Reborn, the baby tutor of tsuna and his pet lizard, Leon.

Running time: 24 minutes

Characters:

Tsuna: Main character, a coward who likes a girl kyoko. He is a relative to the first boss, so he is recruited to be boss. He is teached by Reborn and his companion Leon, which later gave him mittens of power.

Tsuna’s gloves.

Gokudera, Goku.

Gokudera is one of Tsuna’s followers, with powerful tricks with his dynamites.transfer student that was placed in Tsuna’s class. Gokudera, who had previously studied in Italy, is a dynamite expert nicknamed “Smokin’ Bomb Hayato”. He later admires Tsuna since he is the boss and joins his group.

Fan art, of Gokudera chibi version.

Yamamoto

Yamamoto is also Tsuna’s follower, who one of the best baseball players in that area. Later he gets a bat from reborn that turns into a sword if he swings it really fast. Later it breaks when going to mukuro and Reborn gets him a new sword.

Ryohei

Ryohei is a powerful person a year older than tsuna and is obsessed in boxing so much, that when he went to the zoo, he was expecting to fight a bear, which he later does(but in a video game to show some humor.)

He wants to recruit Tsuna to the boxing club and in response, Reborn wants to recruit him into the family. Every time he sees Tsuna and his family doing something strange, he gets fired up and always wants to be a part of it.

Ryohei is always hiding the truth of what he is doing from Kyoko due to an incident that happened when they were still in elementary school. Some high school students who did not like Ryohei used Kyoko to lure him into a trap. In his attempt to rescue her, he suffered severe head injuries, which resulted in the scar on his left temple. Kyoko still feels responsible for this incident. Ever since he fought the adult I-Pin, he gained a slight crush on her.

Hibari

A “cool” guy who likes children songs. He always has a bird singing songs next to him, which is also his phone ringer. He loves the school and would kill anyone who did something bad to it. Really strong and recruited by Reborn. He was going to decline, but seeing that he could fight strong people, he joins to get stronger.

Ranbo, Lambo

Ranbo or Lambo is a 5 year old kid, who thinks he is the “rival” of reborn. He is a Italian kid which loves cows, and his body is literally cow like. His main weapon is the hand grenades. He is a crybaby and really annoing to many people.

He possesses the Ten-Year Bazooka, which switches the target with their own self from ten years later for five minutes. Every time Lambo loses his cool, he uses it on himself, switching with his 15-year-old self. In this form, he ditches his cow suit for a casual suit and cow-print shirt. Although this “Adult Lambo” is shown to be handsome, he remains a crybaby, and is often heard saying things that imply his future involves cleaning toilets. He also begins many sentences with “Yare yare” (loosely translated as “Oh my!”; “Oh gosh!” is Viz’s translation), and often has one eye closed. He is also able to summon lightning, which he can channel into his horns. He can then charge his opponent in an attack called Electrico Cornuta, though he often misses his opponent. However, whenever Bianchi sees the “Adult Lambo”, she starts trying to kill him because he looks exactly like her ex-boyfriend, Romeo.

Due to the unstable nature of the past affecting the future, the older Lambo will only know of certain events after the adjustment in the past. At one point, he does not know of the Vongola Rings, but during the tournament, the future Lambo is changed and knows of the tournament and the rings. In some occasions, when the bazooka becomes unstable or damaged, the malfunction can cause different effects. He is recruited by Reborn since he has a powerful Electric skin, which he can used when he goes into the bazooka.

As his 25-year-old self, he can summon stronger red lightning, and is capable of projecting it as a single ‘blade’ of energy in an advanced Electrico Cornuta. He also possesses Perfect Electrico Cuoio, which allows him to be completely resistant to all electrical attacks. He is also able to release it into the ground or towards an opponent as a new attack called Electrico Reverse. However, he ends up losing the fight due to the short time-limit of the bazooka’s effects.

In the future, 15-year-old Lambo is shown to be protecting adult Haru and Kyoko with I-Pin. However, they are soon replaced in the future time by their past selves. Lambo is shown to be the only guardian not training to master the rings in the future.

Young ranbo, old ranbo, and mixed. Sorry couldnt find a 25 year old ranbo.

Chrome and Mukuro

A 13-year-old girl born in Japan on December 5, and wears a Kokuyo school uniform.

From what her parents talked about in a flashback, she was a girl known as Nagi and lived a non-social life. After rescuing a cat, she was badly injured in a car accident which lead to the loss of her right eye and some of her organs. The only way to save her life would be to have someone with the same blood type to transfer their organs to her. She did not care whether she lived or not and her parents refused the offer anyway. However, Mukuro allowed her to live by creating illusionary organs. Chrome has been shown using two of Mukuro’s six skills.

Chrome is also trying hard to learn Italian, since her goal is to someday be able to converse with Mukuro in Italian.

Usually, Chrome is in control of her body, but if she is in an extremely dangerous situation, her body is surrounded by mist and Mukuro takes control, along with the body changing to Mukuro’s appearance.

Chrome is chosen to be the holder of the Ring of Mist, but is overwhelmed during her battle against Mammon, leading Mukuro to take control and defeat Mammon.

After being transferred into the future, she is confronted by Glo xinia in the Kokuyo Gang’s hideout, which her future self apparently lived in. With the help of a Vongola ring and adult Mukuro’s spirit, she is able to defeat Glo Xinia by creating illusions of Mukuro, Ken, and Chikusa. The illusions she created are “real”, possessing temporary flesh, bone, and independent personalities.

Ryohei later brings a malnourished Chrome to Tsuna’s underground base, where her condition takes a turn for the worse as several of her internal organs begin to fail. However, adult Hibari instructs her to use the power of her Vongola Ring to sustain her organs via her own illusions, thus avoiding any immediate danger. Later, in a dream where she is looking for Mukuro, she finds a room full of gears, but a younger version of Shoichi Irie appears. He then transforms into his future self and Chrome screams for Tsuna’s help, who was dreaming the same thing.

Mukuro is a storng character, also recruited by Reborn. He is first evil and can posses people with his eye, which can cause illusions. He can mind control and move bodies.  Mukuro later joins Tsuna and helps him by winning the ring and the fight against mammon.

Dino

Dino is the 22-year-old 10th generation boss of the Chiavorone crime family, and was born on February 4 in Italy, with a blood type of O. Dino is a young man with great skills as a fighter and as a leader. His main weapons are a whip and his pet turtle, Enzio. Like Tsuna, Dino, at first, did not want anything to do with the Mafia and was also a klutz. He became a suitable Mafia boss after Reborn became his home tutor. He came to be known as “Bucking-Horse Dino” (跳ね馬ディーノ, Haneuma Dīno) (”Bronco Dino” in Viz’s translation) and fixed the Chiavorone’s financial problems, turning them into the third most influential family. Unfortunately, Dino is so devoted to his family, that when none of his family members are around, his skills decrease dramatically, often accidentally hitting people with his whip and falling down the stairs.

Dino becomes Hibari’s home tutor in order to train the latter for the Vongola Tournament. Thus, Dino travels with Hibari around the country in order to train him.

Dino has a large tattoo sleeve that covers his left hand and most of his arm. According to Futa, Dino is the number one ranked Mafia member who cares for the welfare of civilians.

Enzio - Dino’s pet turtle, which was created by Reborn’s chameleon “partner” Leon. He initially wanted Leon, but he was given Enzio instead. Enzio, when soaked in water, can get as big as a house and will begin to go on a rampage.

Romario: Dino’s helper. Dino is always a little stronger and cooler infront of him.

Reborn

(リボーン, Ribōn^?), Voiced by: Neeko

Holder of the Yellow pacifier.

The infant hitman, who becomes Tsuna’s home tutor, and drags him into becoming a mob boss. Vongola IX’s most trusted hitman, Reborn is sent to train Tsuna. Despite being a mere one year old infant, he behaves as a seasoned mafioso.

Reborn often says “Ciao-su” (a mix of the Italian “ciao” and the Japanese “osu”, which is a casual male greeting). He appears to see nothing unusual in any of his own behavior and has an unlimited supply of various clothing. He also has several hidden compartments all around town. Sometimes seen covered in insects, Reborn claims that they are his “ears and eyes” all over town, obtaining information before anyone else.

Since he is an official member of the Vongola Family and is only there to train Tsuna, he is not allowed to directly interfere with most of Tsuna’s battles other than to shoot special bullets. He is, however, allowed to defend against attacks directed solely at him.

In the future, Reborn’s future self is not seen as he is mentioned to be dead. In order to avoid the Negative Seven Rays, the past’s Reborn remains in Tsuna’s underground base and wears a special suit. When he agrees to train Yamamoto in the future, his shadow looks like that of an older man, and he suggests that he has a “true form.” He later indicates to Yamamoto that he has been training since before he became a baby.

In certain occasions, Reborn randomly disappears and reappears as “another person”, wearing a different outfit along with a fake name, who no one except Tsuna recognizes.

Known aliases include:

Master Pao-Pao - A master fighter from Thailand. He wears an elephant hat, red boxing gloves, and a tiny goatee. He usually appears in scenes where Ryohei is present.

Rebo-Yama - A substitute teacher for Tsuna’s class. He switches his clothes into a typical teacher outfit. He teaches the class with fear by throwing bombs and also chalk, which disentegrates due to high velocity.

Vongolasky - Reborn wears a typical set of Russian clothing, but does not change his personality.

Mr. Sawada - Appears in Tsuna’s room when Hana Kurokawa visits Tsuna. He wears gigantic glasses, and a robe.

Dr. Borin - Supposedly one of the most prestigious mathematicians known in the world. In this case, he does not change into a different outfit.

Leon (レオン, Reon) - Reborn’s chameleon “partner”, who sits on Reborn’s fedora. He can change shape and color as per Reborn’s desire, provided he is familiar with the object he will turn into and the object is roughly his size. The bullets used by Reborn are created inside Leon. When Reborn’s student is gradually progressing, Leon’s tail falls off, his shape-shifting abilities becomes unstable, he is no longer able to create bullets, and wraps himself in a spheric cocoon. After this stage, Leon creates special items for the student, then returns to his normal self.

 Colonnello

(コロネロ, Koronero^?), Voiced by: Daisuke Nakamura

Holder of the Blue pacifier.

Colonnello is in charge of the training ground behind Mafia Land and was a former member of the COMSUBIN, an elite Italian Navy unit. Colonnello acts like a rival towards Reborn and vice-versa; they would often consider each other’s attacks weak and then proceeds to attack the other. Though they are rivals, he shares many traits with Reborn, like being a merciless tutor, suddenly taking naps, and having a sharp tongue.

Being a former military member, Colonnello is not averse to using heavy artillery; he was able to destroy an entire fleet of ships with one anti-tank rifle. This fits well with his name as it means ‘colonel’ in Italian.

An eagle on top of his head helps him fly to distant places in a short amount of time. It also seems to be in synch with Colonnello: when Colonnello naps, the eagle naps.

During the Vongola Tournament, he becomes Ryohei’s home tutor and actually lives in his house.

In the future, it is revealed that, as an adult, Colonnello followed the seven Arcobaleno on the day that they were turned into babies in an attempt to take Lal’s place. This resulted in him attaining the blue pacifier meant for Lal and consequently turning Lal, who was his former instructor in the COMSUBIN, into an incomplete Arcobaleno. However, he is said to have died, with a Millefiore member, who was formerly known as “Ginger Bread”, claiming that he died trying to protect Viper

Skull

(スカル, Skaru), Voiced by: Tetsuya Yanagihara

Holder of the Purple pacifier.

Head of the combat forces of the Calcassa Family. He wears a full leather outfit and a motorcycle helmet, which is copied by all his subordinates.

However, Skull is not as powerful of an infant as Reborn and Colonnello. He is looked down upon by the other two and is even called stupid by them. He calls the two his senpais and is easily irritated by Reborn’s comments about him and his pet octopus; Reborn keeps telling him to eat the octopus already. Reborn considers Skull as always being someone’s errand boy and Skull, to his dismay, does not deny the fact that the only person he was an errand boy to was Reborn.

In the future, he is mentioned to be dead.

Skull’s pet is a giant armored octopus whose tentacles follow Skull’s hand and finger movements.

Viper or mammon

(バイパー, Baipā), Voiced by: Rumi Shishido

Holder of the Indigo Pacifier.

A member of the elite assassination team, the Varia under the name Mammon (マーモン, Māmon). He battles Chrome in the gym of Namimori High. Though he almost defeats Chrome, the tables turn against him once Mukuro takes possession of Chrome’s body. As a result, Viper is defeated by Mukuro and loses the right to the Ring of Mist to Chrome.

Due to having sealed his pacifier, Reborn and Colonnello initially have doubts of whether he is an Arcobaleno. He claims that, unlike his colleagues, he has been trying to break the curse. Due to extensive research, he created a chain that is able to conceal the power of the Arcobaleno pacifiers, as well as the Vongola Rings. This chain is used in the future by Lal Mirch in order to avoid having their rings tracked down by the Millefiore, and to chain her pacifier, which is kept in one of her boxes. However, he is said to be dead in the future, with Ginger Bread claiming that he took his own life after feeling there was no other way out.

He has the special power to find a person’s location by sneezing into a piece of paper (he carries a roll of paper with him); the spit or mucus that sticks to the paper shows a map leading to the desired person. He, like Mukuro, can create illusions as his main attack.

He has a black frog named Fantasma that lies on top of his head. By turning into a yellow salamander and biting its tail turning into a “halo” similar to an Ouroboros, Fantasma can give Mammon the ability to fly in combat.

 Verde

(ヴェルデ, Verude)

Holder of the Green pacifier.

Verde has yet to be shown, but was briefly mentioned by Reborn in volume 7 of the manga as the person who sent two assassins to kill Tsuna. Apparently, Verde has knowledge about camouflage and invisibility, so he gave his subordinates suits that can make them invisible to everyone but children. Since he too is a child, Verde believed that he should be able to see his subordinates, in case they ever try to sneak up and to try to kill him.

Verde was also one of the three scientists who developed the ring boxes in the future, where he is said to be dead.

Verde means “green” in Italian.

 Lal Mirch

(ラル・ミルチ, Raru Miruchi)

Holder of a corrupted Blue pacifier, though initially, her pacifier had no color.

A female member of the Arcobaleno, who states that she cannot live up to the Arcobaleno name, considering herself to be one of its weakest members. She is also part of the Vongola’s CEDEF, or Outside Advisors.

She assists Iemitsu’s team in reaching the Vongola IX during the Vongola Tournament. Her future self ends up as a major ally for Tsuna and his family in the future. Since the rest of the Arcobaleno are dead in the future, Lal continues to age, and also suffers from an illness due to a “defect” and overexposure to the Negative Seven Rays. She wears goggles because her right eye is damaged.

She is later convinced by Reborn to train Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto, instead of trying to assassinate Byakuran alone. As their instructor, she is very tough and strict on them. According to Reborn, she shows her emotions easily and is very readable.

It is revealed that Lal Mirch was Colonnello’s former instructor in the COMSUBIN. In her flashback of the day they were all turned into babies, it is shown that Colonnello’s attempt to take her place resulted in her “curse” being incomplete, thus clouding her pacifier. However, if she does not use her Arcobaleno powers, her curse would gradually disappear, which is why she eventually becomes an adult again.

Since she is not a complete member of the Arcobaleno, her pacifier initially does not have a color, and as such, is simply colored gray. However, upon using her Arcobaleno powers in the future, her pacifier glows blue, and she states that her pacifier was supposed to be the blue pacifier that Colonnello attained since her original wave energy was rain. Due to the incomplete transformation, her wave energy changed to both the mist and cloud energies, and also caused the scars on her face.

 ^{There are more charcters but they are minor.}

^{OTHER CHARACTERS OF THE VARIA}

 Xanxus

XANXUS

(ザンザス, Zanzas, can also be romanized as XANXUS)

Leader of the Varia and Vongola IX’s apparent son. He is both respected and feared by his subordinates. In order to retrieve the Vongola rings, he went to Japan, to kill Tsuna and his ‘family’.

Being the leader of the Varia, Xanxus is extremely powerful. In addition to his superior physical and mental strength that exceed those of most regular humans, Xanxus also possesses a destructive Dying Will Flame called the “Flame of Wrath”, which was originally used by Vongola II. Xanxus also has two guns, utilizing a technique originally developed by Vongola VII, that combines his flame with Dying Will Bullets. As a result, Xanxus is an incredibily formidable foe.

According to Squalo, despite not being born into the Vongola Family, a young Xanxus was already able to use the Dying Will Flame and had an intuition that rivaled that of one who did possess the bloodline. His mother, who was an ordinary citizen in Italy, went delusional when she saw his flames, believing that he was the IX’s child. Xanxus was taken in by the IX, and loved him as if he really was the IX’s real son. He became spoiled and grew to have a terrible temper. When Xanxus found out that he was not the IX’s son, and that someone without the Vongola bloodline cannot become the next boss, he started hating the IX and began to plot his downfall. After realizing that the IX was going to appoint Tsuna as the next boss, he went berserk. Later, in the coup d’etat known as the “Cradle Affair”, Xanxus is defeated by the IX, receives his trademark burns, and frozen in ice for many years.

After he awakens, he kidnaps the IX, places him within Gola Mosca’s armor, and uses the Ring Tournament as an excuse to kill off Tsuna’s guardians and take control of Vongola. When Tsuna destroys Gola Mosca, he blames him for killing the IX, and pretends to avenge him. Though Tsuna defeats Xanxus in battle, Bel and Mammon try to initiate a Plan B by collecting the rings and reviving Xanxus to give him the ultimate power of the Vongola, however, the ring rejects him since he does not have Vongola blood, stopping his ambition once and for all.

Xanxus appears to represent the sin of wrath.

Other characters

Superbia Squalo

 Lussuria

Leviathan

Belphegor

Gola Mosca

Tyr

Moretti

Gianiichi

Giannini

 I-Pin

(イーピン, Īpin), Voiced by: Li Mei Chan

I-Pin is an assassin from Hong Kong. Even though the 5-year-old I-Pin cannot speak Japanese, the 15-year-old “Adult I-Pin” eventually enters a Japanese College, and despite the fact that she is one of the most promising young assassins (Futa ranked her as being the third out of 52,262 people for being a promising assassin), she works part-time at a Chinese Restaurant ten years later, though she still retains her skills.

I-Pin’s main ability is the usage of Gyoza-Ken, combining her martial arts abilities with special gyoza dumplings laced with the scent of garlic. The garlic in the gyoza numbs the brain and forces the muscles to involuntarily move on their own. Since no one senses the garlic, people believe that I-Pin is using psychic abilities. Each of her gyoza contain the essence of 5 million normal gyoza, and as such if they are eaten by anyone not trained in the Gyoza-Ken, the person will die. Luckily, I-Pin’s master has an antidote.

However, I-Pin’s most destructive ability is the “Pinzu-Timed Super Explosion”, activated when ever I-Pin expresses extreme shyness. At this moment of emotional turbulence, a special countdown begins where pin-numbers (such as used in mah jong) appear on her forehead, counting down one by one until it reaches “one”, turning her into a human bomb that can create a small crater with its destruction. Ten years later, I-Pin gets this ability sealed away, but can still activate it under the usage of a special key word which seems to be “broccoli monster”.

Her future self is revealed to have been protecting adult Haru and Kyoko, but is then switched with her 5-year-old self, when the latter is shot by the Ten-Year Bazooka. Ryohei later gives her a doll of her master, which is shown to have an Arcobaleno pacifier.

She would often beat up Lambo because she sees him as a ‘broccoli monster,’ due to her near-sightedness. She also has a crush on Kyoya Hibari, who looks like her master, and every time she sees him, she gets shy and activates the Pinzu-Timed Super Explosion.

 Bianchi

(ビアンキ, Bianki), Voiced by: Rie Tanaka

Bianchi is Gokudera’s half-sister; they share the same father. Bianchi, known as “Poison Scorpion Bianchi” in the Mafia underground, specializes in poison cooking. Since she, herself, is immune to her own cooking, she does not see anything wrong with the food she gives others. She is in love with Reborn, who was a former associate of hers, and wants to kill Tsuna to free up Reborn’s schedule, though refuses to kill him for the benefit of others.

In the future, Bianchi had traveled with Futa in order to gather information, but later returns, revealing crucial information about the Millefiore Family. She trains Gokudera on how to control the rings and boxes, but he later trains on his own. She has a Storm type flame, and when she combines her box and ring, she is able to summon scorpions which emanate the Dying Will Flame, called Scorpione De Tempesta (Storm Scorpions).

Bianchi always states that “Love” is the strongest force of all.

Even though they seem to have a strained relationship, she has shown great concern for Gokudera if he is injured, fighting, or suffering from stomach aches, which she does not realize are caused by her. Gokudera once said that one of the reasons Bianchi’s poison cooking is so strong is because every time she created a new type of poison cooking, she would test it on him.

Doctor Shamal

(Dr. シャマル, Dr. Shamaru), Voiced by: Toshinobu Katsuya

A crazed womanizer who hits on every cute woman he sees. Though often unsuccessful, he is always seen hitting on one woman and then instantly moves on to hit on the next woman that passes by him. He is said to be hiding in Japan after putting the moves on a queen, charging him for putting the moves on 2082 women simultaneously.

Putting aside his normal attitude, Shamal happens to be a notorious assassin called “Trident Shamal”, and is also a renowned doctor, who refuses to treat men. Reborn claims Dr. Shamal had a hand in handling his [Reborn]’s birth. He uses trident mosquitoes, one of which is named Angela, to infect his targets with deadly illnesses. His assassination skill is so great that he was once asked to join the Varia.

Also, since he naturally contracts viruses and diseases easily, he carries 666 pills that contain mosquitoes infected with deadly diseases. He claims to be infected with 666 diseases, but is not dead because all his diseases negate each other; if he has a disease that rapidly decreases body temperature, then he has another one that increases it.

Shamal also happens to be the one that introduced Gokudera to bombs when he used to work for the Gokudera Family. Gokudera initially wanted to learn how to use the Trident Mosquito, but Shamal taught him how to use mid-ranged weapons instead.

During the Vongola Tournament, he becomes Gokudera’s home tutor.

Futa

(フゥ太, Fūta), Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei

A young boy who ranks people by their abilities in a book half his own height but it somehow fits inside his jacket pocket. He has an extremely wide range of knowledge on thousands of people and is considered to be an invaluable informant for the Mafia, sometimes being paid insane amounts of money for a copy of certain rankings.

When he starts ranking people, gravity around him becomes distorted, making objects around him float, and images of stars and galaxies appear in his eyes. It is unknown how he actually gathers his information (some say he communicates with the ranking stars in the galaxy), but if he does not instantly write it down, he claims to forget about it. Rain weakens Futa, however, resulting in his rankings being somewhat incorrect when it rains. He also has to be looking at the person to determine their rankings. Still, when done right, his rankings are said to be 100% accurate and if a person gets hold of his book, they will have the world at their mercy.

He calls Tsuna his big brother and has ranked him last on every aspect of combat, but was overjoyed to see that his rankings on him were wrong, not realizing Tsuna was in Dying Will Mode. Futa’s book is the reason why he is constantly being chased by the Mafia, so Tsuna allows Futa to live in his house.

Futa is later kidnapped and controlled by Mukuro Rokudo in order to obtain his ranking list of the strongest fighters of Namimori High. Although, due to Futa’s bond with Tsuna, he was able to break free from Mukuro’s control.

In the future, Futa traveled with Bianchi in order to gather information, but later comes back and reveals crucial information about the Millefiore Family. Futa also reveals that he was Lambo’s guardian until three years before Tsuna’s arrival in the future.

Main source: My brain and wikipedia (for the guys with the colors, and the voice actors and some minor characters.