CHARACTER PROFILE
Marco
- Primary work
- Steel Ball Run
- Age
- 9↗
Marco (マルコ, Maruko) is a secondary character featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run.
Ensuring his freedom is Gyro Zeppeli 's motivation during the Steel Ball Run.
Image attribution details
Marco. Source illustration via JoJoWiki; copyright remains with the original rights holders.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
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.↗
03Personality
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.↗↗
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.↗↗
04Story
SPOILERS
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 Lippi, 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.↗
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.↗↗
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.↗
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.↗↗
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.↗↗
05Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Naive and sheltered, Marco fails to grasp the severity of his circumstances even after being wrongfully arrested and sentenced to death.↗↗
Appearances
Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outro (Mentioned) Mentioned only (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 7)↗↗
Cause of Death: Succumbed to illness↗
Marco is a young servant who is sentenced to death when his master Baron Lippi is arrested for treason.↗
06Appearances
Steel Ball Run Chapter 15: The Desert-Born Outlaws, Part 1 (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 20: Gyro Zeppeli's Destiny, Part 1 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 21: Gyro Zeppeli's Destiny, Part 2 (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 24: Interlude (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 27: Tusk, Part 3 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
07Sources & attribution
- Marco
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
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