“ | It would make me happy too... if you and I could be friends. | ” |
—Retrace XCIII: Abyss |
Introduction
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Reim Lunettes (レイム=ルネット, Reimu Runetto) is a supporting protagonist of Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. Though a servant of the Barma Dukedom, the Duke's close connection to the Rainsworth Duchess means he has been familiar with those of the Rainsworth Dukedom from an early age. Thus, he is the longtime friend of both Sharon Rainsworth and Xerxes Break. While still loyal to the enigmatic Barma Dukedom, he is one of Pandora's most diligent members, and frequently assists Oz and his friends in their journey.
Though his family had served the Barma Dukedom and Pandora for several generations, they have no special history otherwise. Reim began work as Rufus Barma's servant at a very young age. One command resulted in his residency at the Rainsworth household for two years, during which he would meet Sharon Rainsworth, his eventual wife. He and Sharon discovered a wounded man outside the Rainsworth Door to the Abyss about fifteen years prior to Oz's return from the Abyss. This man called himself Xerxes Break, and while he was initially hostile to the both Sharon and Reim, he eventually warmed up to them. Sharon and her family would acknowledge Break as her older brother, despite their lack of blood relation. Meanwhile, Reim and Break would stay best friends until Break's death.
Appearance[]
Reim is a tall (186 cm/6'1"), pale skinned man of average build. His face is round, with brown, thin-lashed, almond shaped eyes, small eyebrows, and short, brown hair. While having a full head of hair, it is cut quite short, not extending past his ears, while his bangs are cut nearly to his hairline. He wears glasses, and, in most appearances, he wears two hanging earrings.
His outfits change several times over the course of the series. In most of his appearances, his outfits appear to resemble the clothing styles of "that country." On other occasions, he will wear the Pandora uniform, or a standard black suit with a white shirt.
Personality[]
Reim is an honest and trustworthy Pandora agent and is a friend to many fellow contractors, including Break and Sharon. He is very hardworking and is very loyal to Pandora. He's a big perfectionist and is in constant stress (sometimes even so much that he slams up doors, which unfortunately 90% of the time hits someone), mostly for having to do Break's work. He's often seen taking off his glasses and cleaning them when speaking to someone which shows that he may be a bit shy.
Reim also appears as a polite; semi-formal man and quite calm, but when he trapped in strain moment like when Oz and Alice in her B-Rabbit form suddenly arrival at Pandora's meeting, presumably he is easily controlled by his panicking. But his panic also quickly abates and he is calm again, when he meets someone who is calmer; as seen when he is calmed down by Break after that the last Child of Ill Omen out of Cheshire's Dimension.
His perfectionist side also makes himself sometimes less comfortable aside Break, who is more carefree and eccentric; he has his own way to solve a certain problem. But outside Break's extreme eccentric manner, Reim still trusts him and considers him as a good friend. In addition, Reim's bizarre friendship with Break also made him try to protect Break from his master attack; although as a replacement, Rufus wounds Reim.
Whenever Reim becomes angry or irritate because of seeing his friend wounded by an enemy, he can change to be more ruthless and try to hit the enemy back; as seen when Reim tries to kill Lily.
Powers and Abilities[]
Chain[]
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Equipment[]
Reim has a gun as his main weapon and is skilled in using it whenever needed.
Other Abilities[]
- Exceptionally cunning and loyal.
- Reim has good-talking ability when explaining something to other Pandora members in a confused event or stressful situation, he also has good ability in reassure the opponent feeling or thinking in do something, and made himself as a spokesman of Pandora.
- Installing funny facial expressions. Along the series, especially in anime, Reim becomes the most frequent character to pull funny facial expressions.
Appearances[]
- Retrace XI: Grim (First Appearance)
- Retrace XVII: Odds and Ends
- Retrace XXI: Discord
- Retrace XXII: His name is...
- Retrace XXIII: Conflict
- Retrace XXIX: Rufus Barma
- Retrace XXX: Snow White Chaos
- Retrace XXXI: Countervalue of Loss
- Retrace XXXII: Snow Dome
- Retrace XXXIV: Noise of Echo
- Retrace XXXV: Madness of lost memory
- Retrace XLII: Stray
- Retrace XLIII: Crown of Clown
- Retrace XLVI: Persona
- Retrace XLVII: Unbirthday
- Retrace XLVIII: Isla Yura
- Retrace XLIX: Night in gale
- Retrace LI: Lily&Reim
- Retrace LII: Bloody Rites
- Retrace LIII: Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall
- Retrace LV: Back To Back*
- Retrace LVI: Rabbit Eyes
- Retrace LX: Egg Shell
- Retrace LXII: Repose (Mentioned only)
- Retrace LXIV: Tarantelle
- Retrace LXXIII: A note
- Retrace LXXVIII: Decision*
- Extra episode: It makes all kinds
- Retrace LXXXII: Wish*
- Retrace LXXXIII: After the Rain
- Retrace LXXXIV: Trickster
- Retrace LXXXV: Reverberate
- Extra episode: Together
- Retrace LXXXVI: Wager
- Retrace LXXXVII: Starting Point
- Retrace LXXXVIII: Answer
- Retrace LXXXIX: Staccato Drop
- Retrace XC: Clock Tower
- Retrace XCI: Juror
- Retrace XCII: A Story
- Retrace XCIII: Abyss
- Retrace XCIV: Blaze
- Retrace XCVIII: Reverberate
- Retrace C: Ossia*
- Retrace CII: The Nursery
- Retrace CIV: Will (†)
- Episode 9: Malediction
- Episode 13: Keeper of the secret
- Episode 16: His name is...
- Episode 17: Hello my sister!
- Episode 21: Snow White Chaos
- Episode 23: A Warp in the World (Non-Canon)
- Bumbling Sleuth Break (Non-Canon)
- Pandora Academy (Non-Canon)
- Gilbert in Wonderland (Non-Canon)
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
Trivia[]
- "Reim" may come from "Reimund," an older French spelling of the name "Raymond."[1]
- "Lunettes" is the French word for glasses.
- His likes are, in order, his work, reading, an orderly lifestyle, and clean glasses. He dislikes unforeseen circumstances.
- His skills include organizing documents and writing reports. He is weak when it comes to acting in combat.
- Mochizuki's comment on him is that she believes him to be a fairly frightening person. He is the type to completely suppress violent emotions, and so she wanted to draw at least one scene of him becoming seriously angry.
- Due to his looking rather androgynous in his early appearances and his use of the gender neutral pronoun 私, some Japanese fans had confused him for a woman prior to the anime release. His later appearances are far more definitively masculine.
- Reim can hold his alcohol well; apparently being able to drink more than anyone else in Pandora. As a result, Reim is often left to clean up after everyone else when they get drunk; sometimes even exploiting the situation to gain information.
- Despite being someone who tries to avoid confrontations, Reim is one of very few people who is actually able to attack Break and successfully make contact.
- In an omake, it is said that Reim really loves sweets.