#garland tzebult

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I think this is the greatest image ive ever made i dont think i can top this

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So, I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but Garland strikes me as being Asian, particularly from somewhere around India or China. This is going to be based on anime stereotypes, so bear with me.

My number 1 example of a character that leads me to believe Garland might be Indian is Akio from Utena.

He’s actually a bit darker than Garland, but the darker than your average anime skin tone with the nearly white hair and that red dot on his forehead… it’s all very similar.

The red dot appears to be a bindi or something similar. I thought putting this on men was a cultural inaccuracy that got passed down through anime in Japan, but from my research, it looks like men do sometimes wear those.

This leads to the possibility of him being either Hindu or Buddhist. This opens up the option of him being from various countries that follow these religions. I’m going to talk about the option of him being Chinese for the moment.

Not that a sleeveless shirt in any way indicates a character being from China, but I do see a similarity between Garland’s clothing and that of Genjo Sanzo from Saiyuki, who is a Chinese Buddhist monk. The shirt itself wouldn’t be indicative of anything if it wasn’t for the fact that Sanzo also has the bindi on his forehead. As far as I know, that sleeveless shirt is not in any way an actual article of Buddhist clothing. But anime tends to inspire and borrow from each other, so it’s not entirely impossible that the intention was there.

To add to the Chinese option, if I’m not mistaken, Garland appears to do kung fu (Please correct me if I’m wrong). Of course people from anywhere can learn Kung Fu, but generally with anime, especially with Beyblade, people tend to be connected with their routes, such as how Takao’s grandpa teaches him Japanese kendo.

I wanted to theorize the option of him being Tibetan or Nepalese, since those are right on the cusp between China and India, but there’s no specific indicator of this that I could find. He could also be from a Southeast Asian country that kung fu and Buddhism both spread to.

My conclusion is that despite his last name Tzetbalt being translated as Siebald, I can’t see him as being German. He definitely seems Asian of some variety. But then we have the question of his very white, blonde haired, blue eyed sister… So it IS possible that he’s a mix of German and Asian. He could be German Chinese Indian American. These Bega bladers are a mystery, since they don’t tell us what country they’re from like they do with the other teams.

I forgot to take his first name into consideration. It’s an English word. It came from an old French word, but it’s been in the English vocabulary for a long time, so this might be an indicator of him being from the U.S.?

P.S. He also looks a bit like Shinobu Sensui from Yu Yu Hakusho. As far as I can tell from his name and what was mentioned in the story, he’s Japanese.