Mania

Mania (マニア) is a character from the spin-off "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero" series.

He is an Atavist, as well as a member of the Melusine Pirates.

Appearance
Mania is a demon with dark skin, red eyes, and pointed ears. His hair is styled into a pompadour.

Personality
Mania has a huge fetish for maids. He is usually able to keep a calm demeanor, but will break it whenever the subject of maids occur. He even has a collection of maid outfits.

Biography
Mania's past is shrouded in mystery (including his real name). At some point, he joined the Melusine Pirates, and was given the name "Mania" due to his huge obsession with maids.

One evening, Mania and the Melusine Pirates intercepted another group of pirates that attacked Andika and captured several hostages. After the pirates that attacked Andika were defeated, Mania comrades were suddenly attacked by Miledi Reisen, who had chased after the pirates in order to rescue one of the hostage Kiara Wanda. A fight broke out between the pirates and Miledi and her companion Oscar Orcus, but both sides eventually ceased hostilities when they realized the altercation had been a misunderstanding.

Over the next month, Miledi and her comrades, the Liberators, decided to spend some time with the pirates in order to get their captain Meiru Melusine to join them due to being in possession of Ancient Magic. During that time, Mania and his shipmate Ned Peak bonded with Oscar over their mutual love in maids, and would often compare their collection of photos of women in maid outfits that had bee take using Oscar's camera Artifact. When Meiru decided to reveal her pirate crew's goal was to her new friends, while making it look flashy, Mania used dark magic to obstruct the sunlight, then used light magic to cast a spotlight on Meiru. Sometime later, the Liberators left the pirates and returned to Andika.

Soon after Miledi and her friends were gone, the pirates were confronted by the Holy Church's Templar Knights. The knights first attacked with a barrage of fireballs from their airship. Meiru was able to block most of them with her water magic, but Mania had to use his own magic to extinguish the flames from those that broke through her defense. As the church's forces made their way towards the ship, Mania and Ned were tasked with getting the non-combatants to safety. The two of them battled many knights, including. Troop Sergeant Baltos Goldy. Despite being outnumbered, they were able to hold churches forces back for a while, but Baltos had forced Ned to remove his fighting gauntlets due to Baltos making them heavier with his special magic "The Weight of Responsibility". Mania attempted to break them up by firing a flaming javelin at Baltos, but the attack had a minimal effect due to the magical nullification effect that the knight's armor granted him. Soon after, Mania was approached by Templar Knight Brigade Commander Boutice Vaan. Mania instantly shot off a barrage of lightning blasts with the spell "Thunderstorm", but Bounced wrapped himself in a veil of Mana to protect himself, and escape unharmed, much to Mania's shock. After Mania’s barrage ended, Boutice resumed his attack by positioning his tower shield in front to knock him out. Mania was so surprised by Boutice's resilience that he was a moment late to react, but still managed to create a barrier just before being struck by Boutice. However, Boucice knocked Mania into the ships's mast, causing him to scream in pain. Boutice didn’t stop his assault and rammed Mania again with his tower shield, causing cracks to form in Mania’s barrier from the impact. Mania’s subordinates then charged Boutice in an attempt to save their leader, but the knight unleashed a huge burst of Mana that blew away all of his opponents. Ned then attempted to aid his comrade, but stopped when he was suddenly attacked by Squad Captain Apri Erobos.

As Boutique was about the strike his opponent with his claymore sword, Mania and the other pirates were suddenly getting healed at once thanks to Meiru's magic. Mania then taken advantage of Boutice’s shock at this turn of events an cast a large fireball that he used it to suck up all the oxygen around Boutice and suffocate him.As he was about to faint, however, Boutice used his shield to push Mania away and gain some distance from where the air was being sucked away. Afterwords, Ned managed to regroup with Mania, after the later managed to momentarily stun Bounce with his magic. Despite being at a disadvantage, the two of them resolved to fight until the non-combatants of the pirates had escaped to safety.

Despite their best efforts, Mania and rest of the pirates were overwhelmed by the church's forces. Worse, they had located and captured the non-combatants that had attempted to flee in secret. However, as the knights were prepared to kill the pirates, they were saved thanks to the sudden arrival of Miledi and her comrades. Once they joined the battle, the church's forces were forced to make a temporary retreat.

The following day, the pirates discovered that the church was planning to abduct Meiru's younger sister Diene Devault in Andika. Mania and the others then discussed a plan on how to rescue Diene first. The Melsuine pirates and the Liberators lead an infiltration mission, followed by causing a distraction log enough for Mien to rescue her sister in secret. Unfortunately, Laus Barn, they church's head knight, learned of their plan, and forced the pirates to openly confront Andika's security, and later the church's knights. Eventually, the fight was interrupted thanks to the awaken of the Divine Beast Leviathan that had previously laid dormant under Andika for millennia. Using special boots made by Oscar that allowed him to walk mid-air. Mania was among those guarding Diene, who wished to support the pirates in their fight against the church's knights, despite the sudden appearance of the Leviathan. He claimed he would do so in order to see her in a maid outfit afterwords. In the end, the giant Monster was defeated thanks to Meiru and Miledi, but Andika had sunk as a result, though the citizens managed to evacuate thanks to the aid of the pirates. Over the next several weeks, they citizens established a new home made of various ships that had been formed into a new island for them. Though some of them, including Meiru, decided to join the Liberators.

Six months later, as the Liberators were preparing for their final battle against the Holy Church, they contacted all of their allies to aid them, including Mania and the rest of the Melusine Pirates.

Relationships

 * Meiru Melusine - Mania is absolutely loyal to Meiru.
 * Ned Peak - His fellow pirate, and someone who shares Mania's love of maids.
 * Oscar Orcus - The two quickly become friends as a result of their mutual love of maids.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Staff - His primary weapon as a magic caster.
 * Onyx Boots - A pair of boots given to him by Oscar (as well as a pair given to the other Melusine Pirates). They increase the wearer's leg strength exponentially, and are enchanted with the wind magic "Updraft" to aid the wearer's leaps. They are also enchanted with mini-barrier magic "Holy Shield" at the soles, to which create temporary platforms to help leap in mid-air.

Magical Abilities

 * Magic Master - Mania is very skilled at magic. He is the second best mage of the Melusine Pirates (only after Meiru Melusine). He has an affinity for multiple elements, and can cast advanced spells in almost no time.

Skills

 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.
 * All Elements Aptitude - A skill that increases the aptitude for all elemental spells and increases activation speed.

Spells/Attacks

 * Crimson Javelin - A flame that would turn into a spiraled shaped spear and can pierced through its target.
 * Thunderstorm - An advanced lighting spell that unleashes a barrage of lightning bolts.

Quotes

 * (To Ned Peak about Oscar Orcus): "I don’t really care about him, but I’d love to see that Miledi girl wearing a maid outfit."
 * (To Oscar Orcus): "I have a collection of outfits in my room. Would you like to see them later?"

Trivia

 * Mania's staff is not mentioned in the Light Novel.