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“
My father taught me that if I do my best, I'll be accepted, someday...
”
—Marco, Steel Ball Run Chapter 24: Interlude

Marco (マルコ, Maruko) is a secondary character featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run.

Marco is a young servant who is sentenced to death when his master Baron Rippi is arrested for treason. Ensuring his freedom is Gyro Zeppeli's motivation during the Steel Ball Run.

Appearance

Marco is a young nine-year-old boy with a small build, soft facial features, and large, dark, expressive eyes. His most distinct feature is his hairstyle, which is short and dark with a unique light quiff at the front. In his first appearance, Marco wears a light-colored collared shirt underneath a pair of dark overalls. When polishing shoes, he wears a dark suit with a bow tie. After being arrested, he wears a light-colored prison outfit.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored Manga
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Black hair, blond quiff)
Eyes(Black)
Outfit
(Beige shirt under brown overalls and light blue pants)

Personality

Marco is a gentle, obedient, and hardworking boy who takes pride in serving others. Raised in a long line of servants, he was taught by his father to find happiness by remaining humble and diligent. Despite being only nine years old, Marco approaches his duties, which involves shining shoes, brushing hats, and performing household tasks, with genuine enthusiasm and a strong sense of responsibility.[1]

Naive and sheltered, Marco fails to grasp the severity of his circumstances even after being wrongfully arrested and sentenced to death. His instinct is to continue serving, sewing the lost and damaged gorget of his executioner, and responding to accusations with calm sincerity. He doesn't show resentment or fear even when he is misunderstood or punished. He is resourceful, being able to stitch using a needle he made out of a fish bone. Moreover, he is confident in his own abilities, believing that he could fulfill his tasks like shining shoes and silverware better than anyone. Marco also seems to have a good memory, as he claims that he could memorize all of the names of meals and wine.[3]

History

Background

Marco is introduced as a young boy born into a long line of servants who served under Napoleonic aristocrats. At the age of 9, he had been ordered to serve under a baron called Rippi, where his sole job would be to clean his hats and shoes. Before setting out, Marco's father told him that "the job would bring him happiness as long as he stayed humble and earnest". Taking these words to heart, Marco would get up early every morning to shine shoes and brush hats for the baron and his guests.

Handcuffed and imprisoned

When the baron was revealed to have been planning a revolt against the country's king, he and his family were put on trial and sentenced to execution. Evidence suggested the assassination had been planned within the estate, and police automatically assumed Marco had been part of it, which resulted in his arrest as well. He was sentenced to be executed via beheading.[4]

Later, while in prison, Marco would be confronted by the prison guards. He was found to have a needle with him under his bed, with the guards suspecting it to be a weapon. He claimed to have made it out of a fish's bone that he had managed to pick up from drain in order to re-sew Gyro Zeppeli's gorget which symbolized his status as a royal executioner, which had fallen near the cell earlier after a female prisoner had gone berserk. After finding out that he would be the one to execute the young boy, Gyro became perplexed by his father's words about sentimentality.

Marco was temporarily saved after Gyro fought against the court's decision. Afterward, Gyro vowed to travel to America to win the Steel Ball Run, and force the king to grant the boy amnesty and free him.[3]

Steel Ball Run

Though Gyro was unable to win the race, the people of Naples eventually revolted against the king several years later. Upon their success, the monarchy was abolished and the kingdom became a republic's dependent province. Marco, who had remained imprisoned, was granted amnesty and set free. However, as fate would have it, he would later die of a cold.[2]

Chapters / Episodes

Manga Appearances
Chapters in order of appearance
Anime Appearances
Episodes in order of appearance

Gallery

  • Marco's first appearance
    Marco's first appearance
  • Hugging his father goodbye
    Hugging his father goodbye
  • Shining Baron Rippi's shoes
    Shining Baron Rippi's shoes
  • Marco arrested
    Marco arrested
  • Gyro telling Marco not to talk to him
    Gyro telling Marco not to talk to him

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