Ascot profile

Ascot is a summoner of Cephiro and his mostly extravagant outfit seems to be the typical garment of his kind: long white double neck tunic wrought in green at the border, adorned with gold-emerald jewels, pointy shoes and a big fluffy green hat. Ascot also wears round emerald earrings and shows jewels of the same fashion on both hands and shoes. He can create evoking pentacles with mere quick movements of fingers, calling upon every kind of monster. His impressive knowledge about Cephiro's creatures and monsters is unmatched.

Ascot's peculiar skill is evoking and he's pretty fond of these creatures that live silently under his shadow, ready to help their master whenever called upon. However, thus he refers to his Majyuu as "friends", he has a the odd habit of showing affection by exploiting their strength in fights: just like a child would do with his toys, Ascot summons them to attack his enemies, namely the Magic Knights, aiming for their lives. The girls had several bad times with his monsters, however, they always managed to get thru almost unscathed by killing them. Still unaware of his mistake, he persevered harassing the Knights, until he painfully realized, thanks to Umi, that he was using those he called friends as battle puppets, as beings just worth to be sacrificed for his own whims. Ascot used to live with his creatures, but he was rejected and considered an outcast by most of the people around due to his monsters' terrifying appearance. Slowly he distanced himself and started to stay alone seeking his monsters company only, however he repeatedly got picked on by the people of Cephiro just because of what he was. Being sensitive and all, he got fed up by negative experiences and feelings, which eventually turned him into a selfish and cruel child. The poor boy joined Zagato in the first place because the evil priest, taking advantage of his weakness, offered him to live with his friends in the castle if he was ready to serve him. He made Ascot feel welcome, wanted, and the naive child accepted the proposal, working as his henchman as payback. He stubbornly pushed himself and his friends hard to please Zagato, attacking the Knights nonstop. Following the anime line, after failing a few missions, he got into a struggle with Umi and began to understand her ways and aims better than he might have wanted to. After an exhausting fight Umi managed to make him understand where he was wrong and he suddenly changed his mind about the Knights, stopping to chase after them. His childish behavior, thoughts and beliefs come to an abrupt end when he opens his eyes to see the truth Umi showed him. He practically found out a new way to live and to look at the world from the very people he was supposed to kill. After that time he decided to side with the Knights and discretely helped them on several occasions. In the manga, he ran into Umi's lecture during the battle in Seresu' shrine.

In the 2nd season his physical appearance mirrors the new inner maturity achieved and Ascot returns grown up in both body and mind (even taller than Umi). After all, Cephiro is always the place where your mind can determine everything. Caldina states that he basically turned into an adult because he wanted to impress Umi, but he is too shy to admit it. At any rate, the lively Chizeta's dancer seems to particularly enjoy teasing Ascot about his untold love for the blue Knight, and about his extreme shyness. Truth to be told, he still has his eyes covered by hair and he surely is very shy in front of Umi. His friends make reappearance in the 2nd season, they live happily inside Cephiro's castle helping people when they need it and nobody seems to fear them anymore. Deeply in love with Umi, he's too shy to show his feelings openly, but he makes a point in protecting her and keep her away from dangers as far as possible. He's still a fine summoner, yet he went as far as learning some self defense spells from Clef, because he doesn't want to rely completely on others when things get rough for Umi. His love is undeniable, however, Umi doesn't seem to notice it. In the anime he half-confesses these feelings to her, but without success, while in the manga there's no concrete conclusion to their relationship.

Paru Asukotto ()
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Birthplace: Cephiro
Height: 1,70 m (2nd season)
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Ascot is a Paru, or summoner. The monsters he summons are his "friends", and it is because Zagato protected those friends that Ascot fights for him. After Umi convinces him that he shouldn't send his friends to fight for him, Ascot seems to bond with the girl. It's too bad they'll never meet again... or will they?

Ascot's "friends":

Most people see monsters as savage beasts that must be wiped off the face of Cephiro, but Ascot, the Paru, sees past his monsters' scary appearances and recognizes they're not evil. He summons his monster friends to fight the Magic Knights, but Umi convinces him that if he truly cares about them, he wouldn't put his friends in danger. They are: Atlante (ep.6), Pajero (ep.7), Vigor (ep.8), Bugs (ep.9), Dyuushi (ep.9), Capella (ep.10), Insect Man, Bird Man, Flying monster (ep.36)

Did you know that...

Ascot is named after a car, "Honda Ascot".
Ascot is a "Shoukanshi" or Paru which means Summoner.
His name is also spelt "Ascott".
Pajero's name is inspired by "Mitsubishi Pajero".
Vigor's name is after "Acura Vigor".
His first appearance is in ep. 6

Voice actress: Minami Takayama