Like its G1 Tam equivalent, Zukichi is a character you either love or loathe. He stays up late, he sleeps in until 11 AM, and he occasionally turns into the secret character. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen.
As hypocritical as this may sound, I actually think Zukichi is cute. People often look at me
funny when I try to explain why I find Zuki cute, while I find the Mask decidedly uncute.
I guess it all comes down to this: if you look carefully at them, the Mask is always staring
right in front of him/her as s/he hip-thrusts its way across the screen. Thw Zuki, on the other
hand, always has an eye on you as he peacefully floats across the screen. That's what really
makes the difference for me: eye-contact, and a lack of pelvic thrusts. Also, Zuki is quite
cute when eating, scrunching up it's face as it tries to stuff as much burger in its face as
possible. Of course, Zukichi was my first gen2 tama; that may have something to do with it.
The TD notes that Zukichi is "a weird adult-chi. He has the ability to leap 2 meters
(about 6 foot 8) through or into the air and bite people. Personally, he wants to use this
ability to be a fighter for justice (ie, a superhero). However, he is a little mean-spirited."
Other stuff from the Bandai site suggests that his little cowl ("zukin") is removable, though
no-one knows what's underneath it.
In the Japanese tamagotchi comic series, Hanjyuku Tamago, the volleyball playing girl
(I don't know her name)'s tam turns into a zuki. "He won't help me practice my toss-ups or my
serving or anything," she complains, while Mikachu patiently explains: "I keep on telling you,
there's no such thing as a Volley-ball-chi!"
Meanwhile, inside the egg, the Zuki can be seen lifting weights and working out, repeating his
mantra: "Must become stronger! Must be more macho! MUST BECOME A SUPERHERO!"
Tonkitchi and the Mimichi are impressed, and
ask the Zuki to guide them through his rigorous training schedule. "All right," he growls.
"Follow me, boys!" Together, they attempt 100 sit-ups, followed by 100 push-ups, followed by
100 bunny-hops up the stairs (here, the Mimi-chi seems to have an unfair advantage). The Zuki
pauses a moment to flex and preen. "My gosh!" cry the other two. "He hasn't *pant* even broken
a sweat! And he's wearing that cowl too!"
Suddenly, the Zuki clutches at his head. "Aargh... this sound..." he gasps, as a familiar
shimmery sound is heard.
"An adult-chi? Transforming?" gasps Tonkichi, as the zuki's cowl begins to peel off. An oddly
oyaji-like hair-do (seen from the back) is replaced by...
"Gasp! The Secret Character!"
There, in all its glory, is... a big chubby sumo wrestler.
"He looks... different somehow," Tonkichi tactfully murmurs.
"He certainly has an... impressive build," comments the Mimichi.
They then congratulate the Sekitoritchi, and encourage him to keep up his training.
"No way," says the Sekitorichi. "Ah don't lahk practicing and working hard and stuff. Ah'm
gonna eat mah chow and go to bed now."
Like the Sekitorichi, the Overseas Secret Character Zatchi the alien goes to bed early: about
10 PM, in fact. He is one of my favourite Gen 2 characters; I think he looks quite cute and
Roswell-ish. I have only gotten this character once: Phoenix Grey, my second Gen 2 tam, turned
into Zatchi (after spontaneously resetting itself twice).
Like Bill the Secret Character, there is next to no information on Zatchi. We know s/he's an
alien. That said, all of the Tamagotchi are aliens (from our perspective, anyways). Unless
Zatchi is a member of some intergalactic cuckoo race, leaving its' eggs in Tamagotchi and other
VP creches everywhere, I'd say that the Bandai folks got some 'splainin' to do.
Emma says:
I got the secret charector once before. The funny thing is that I didn't get Zukichi {I got Zatchi the alien} when I got him. I had one of the charecters with a beak.
If anyone else has had this happen on their Tam, please let me know!
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