Zoruru

Infobox animanga character
name = Zoruru
series = Sgt. Frog
first = Manga: Chapter 82 Anime: Episode 100 (Silhouette), Episode 101 (Debut)
voiced by = Kazuki Yao
nickname =
alias = Lance Corporal Zoruru
age = Unknown
gender = Male
species = Keronian
born = Unknown
occupation = Assassin/Rival of Dororo
title = Lance Corporal of the Garuru Platoon
relatives =

nihongo|Lance Corporal Zoruru|ゾルル兵長|Zoruru Heichō is a fictional character from the anime and manga series "Sgt. Frog". He is a member of the Garuru Platoon.

Overview

Zoruru is the assassin of the Garuru Platoon. He is known for his grudge against Dororo, and seems to be completely focused on getting revenge. During his platoon's invasion on Earth, he destroyed Mutsumi and Koyuki, as an attempt to provoke Dororo to come forth; however, Dororo revived them later by using his ninja powers to stab their ship. Zoruru finally meets up with Dororo at the end of the fight between the Keroro Platoon and the Garuru Platoon. Zoruru reveals that he never held much interest in the invasion of Earth to begin with, only wishing to seek out Dororo in order to fulfill his revenge. Sadly, Dororo holds no recollection as to whom Zoruru is and desparately tries to remember his name, but fails. This causes great disappointment to Zoruru, as he wasn't even recognized by the very character who is well known to be ignored by many and he slowly fades away. When the Garuru Platoon leaves, Zoruru is in a position which is seen many times, Dororo's trauma switch.

After this episode, there is a running gag for him to be forgotten in one form or the other; such as when he is the only one left out without an introduction in the special chapter of volume 13.

In the Tokyopop version of volume 10 of Sgt. Frog, the letter R and K were written backwards whenever he spoke. This was however dropped with the following volume and his brief appareance in volume 13.

In chapter 134 (manga), Zoruru travels to Earth to finally get his sought-after battle with Dororo. He sneaks into the Keroro Platoon's invasion meeting and glues the rest of the platoon to their chairs before going for Dororo. In the battle Dororo is forced to resort to his special armor, but in the end Keroro barges in and distracts Dororo by falling on his head, thus allowing Zoruru to defeat him. Zoruru is then more or less scared off by Keroro actually standing up for his platoon mate, demanding to know what Zoruru is doing there. Of course, this is revealed to have been done by some dark subconscious part of Keroro and he has no recollection of it later. Zoruru returns to Keron, thinking that he would resume the fight someday because it wasn't really fair.

Physical appearance

Zoruru is a gray Keronian frog whose left side has been replaced with metal implants. His left arm has a retractable blade, which is his primary weapon. He has an artificial eye in the place of his right eye, and the entire left side of his face is covered by a metal plate.When he was a child he still had both eyes and their coloration was the same as his one artificial eye.

Childhood

As a child Zoruru went to the same school as Dororo. In a flashback he is shown attempting to make contact with Zeroro, calling him "Exchange Student", presumably Zeroro went to a different school before this. But just as Zeroro is about to turn to Zoruru, Keroro shows up and Zoruru is quickly ignored and even forgotten.

Relationships

Garuru Platoon

Zoruru appears to be a bit of a lone wolf, though he does follow orders as long as they don't go against his own goals in life. When given the opportunity he has no objection to running off unauthorized to fight his childhood rival, Zeroro.

=Zeroro/Dororo=

Zoruru has a relationship, even if it's rather one-sided, with Dororo, or Zeroro as he calls him that seems to go way back. From recent developments in the manga it all seems to have started when Zoruru is ignored in favor of the more outgoing and noisy Keroro.This seems to have made Zoruru determined to teach Dororo once and for all that he is someone to be noticed and remembered, even if he has to beat him up to do so.