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Xanxus (ザンザス, Zanzasu) is the current Leader of the Varia, Vongola IX's adopted son, and the main antagonist of the Varia Arc. He was born into poverty with just his mentally ill mother. His mother discovered his Dying Will Flame when he was very young and brought him to Vongola IX. When she and Xanxus confronted the 9th, he took Xanxus and placed his scarf around him, agreeing that he was indeed his son even though he had never seen this woman nor her son before. During the Varia Arc, he and Tsuna battle for the Sky Vongola Ring and the position of the 10th Vongola Boss. Later, in the Future Arc, he remains the leader of the Varia and leads a raid against the Millefiore, taking their Headquarters. He battles against one of the Fake Funeral Wreaths as well and wins, showing that he has grown much stronger in the Future.
Appearance
Xanxus is seen with full-body scars made by the 9th, the most recognizable the large one on his left cheek. During the Varia Arc, his hair is spiky and he has a buzz cut on the sides. It is also adorned with feathers and an Animal tail (most speculate this tail to be raccoon) at the nape of his neck, coming over his left shoulder to rest in the front. He also wears a Varia uniform jacket on his shoulders, much like a cape. He matches it with a white dress shirt, black pants, and a loosely knotted tie, along with black Boots. In the Future Arc, his hair has grown out and is no longer spiked severely. He has removed the Animal tails, instead adorned with fewer feathers and beads.
His Boots in Future Arc have been lace-up and later he is seen in Boots with exaggerated foldover Cuffs, much like pirate Boots.
After Squalo returned to Italy with the Half Vongola Rings, Xanxus was soon able to figure out that they were fakes and along with the rest of the Varia, set out for Japan. Once there, he was stopped by Iemitsu Sawada and agreed to hold the Vongola Tournament. After Tsunayoshi Sawada's intervention during the Lightning Ring Battle, Xanxus won the Sky Ring. Later during the Cloud Ring Battle, Xanxus programmed Gola Mosca on a rampage until it was stopped by Tsuna. However, Xanxus had kidnapped Timoteo and placed him inside Mosca. Xanxus used this as an excuse to fight Tsuna in the Sky Ring Battle. During the match, Xanxus eventually acquired all seven rings; however, the Sky ring rejected him as he wasn't a true Vongola descendent. Xanxus and his crew were then forced to resign.
In the Future, Shoichi revealed that the Vongola have launched a large scale international invasion led by the Varia against the Millefore Famiglia in Italy. The Varia, led by Xanxus, split into three groups to take over the Millefiore HQ to eliminate one of their Funeral Wreaths. During the invasion, Belphegor and Flan encountered one of the Six Funeral Wreaths, who was revealed to be Bel's brother, Rasiel, and his butler Olgert. Rasiel and Olgert quickly defeated the two. Olgert then sent three of his Heavy Rain Elephants to destroy the base that had been already taken over by the Varia. In the remains of the castle, an unharmed Xanxus sat on his throne relaxing. Rasiel, who was unimpressed by Xanxus, started to mock him by saying that he had been frozen by a fourteen-year-old, proceeding to call him lame. However, Xanxus ignored this and goaded Rasiel to attack him. Olgert sent one of his Heavy Rain Elephants to attack Xanxus, but only to have them be stopped in mid-flight and destroyed by Xanxus. It is later revealed that Xanxus's Box Weapon, the Leone di Cielo, is reason why their attacks kept on stopping. Rasiel, however, found this amusing and stated that Xanxus, who had a Sky attribute, was rejected by the Vongola Ring. Olgert, on the other hand, was worried that his Box Weapon had been petrified and then broken down, but Rasiel refused to listen to Olgert, and so the two attacked again only to see that after absorbing Xanxus' Flame of Wrath, the Liger Tempesta Di Cielo destroyed their Box Weapons. Xanxus told the two that he might let them choose the manner of their deaths if they brought Byakuran. However, Rasiel refused to listen to Xanxus' deal and attacked again with his Box Weapon only to find his Box Weapon slowly beginning to be petrified and starting to crumble. Olgert's body then slowly petrified, crumbled, and died. Rasiel, who had realized that he couldn't win, started to beg that he would bring Byakuran and make Xanxus the leader of the combined Vongola with the Millefiore. But, unfortunately for Rasiel, Xanxus ignored his pleas and stated that he only wanted the Vongola at its strongest and that the Vongola needed Tsuna if it was going to be strong and then killed Rasiel. A hologram of Byakuran, who had seen the whole battle, congratulated them and told everyone about Choice, and that the Vongola Rings will be on the line. Xanxus told Tsuna that he must show them that the Vongola did have strength.
At the last minute, the Varia rescued Lal Mirch, Gokudera, and Gamma from Bluebell and Zakuro, who were about to finish them off. Xanxus told Gokudera that the Varia had come to help them in the battle. Gokudera offered some advice about the Funeral Wreaths, but was only told to shut up by Xanxus. Xanus and the rest of the Varia then attacked the two Funeral Wreaths. Xanxus appeared to have killed Zakuro, but was attacked by Kikyo. The rest of the Real Six Funeral Wreaths finally believed that wiped out the Vongola, only to to see that the people that they had fought were illusions created by Mukuro Rokudo, and then the Vongola attacked them. After Mukuro explains how he had escaped from Vendicare Prison in a long conversation, the three Funeral Wreaths buy time to heal and to attack again. The two side were about to attack when the last of the Real Six Furenal Wreaths, Ghost, appeared out of nowhere. The sudden appearance of Ghost shocked even Bluebell, Zakuro, and Kikyo while the rest of the Varia found their attacks on Ghost useless. Ghost then suddenly starts to drain everyone's Flames, friend or foe, and started to head to Yuni's location, but fortunately Tsuna came and the two started absorbing each other's Flames, with Tsuna using the Zero Point Breakthrough: Revised to absorb Ghost, but the Flames, however, only go to Byakuran, who congratulated Tsuna for defeating Ghost so easily. Byakuran told everyone that that he was so honored that the entire Vongola Famiglia was here and that he finds Tsunayoshi interesting for making Xanxus and Mukuro submitting to him. Xanxus and Mukuro, who felt insulted by what Byakuran had said, attacked together, but found that their attacks didn't affect Byakuran. Byakuran states that that everyone's Flames that were stolen by Ghost, have been tranferred to him. Tsuna told everyone that he will beat Byakuran, but he was no match for Byakuran and was overpowered. Tsuna, however, refuses to give and unlocked his Vongola Ring's true form. Byakuran was then killed by Tsuna. The Varia were about to kill Kikyo, but Shoichi told everyone that the Real Six Funeral Wreaths weren`t in any criminal records and that they were once normal humans. Kikyo says that they were kings and rulers in different worlds, but were cursed with misfortunes, and that Byakuran brought purpose into their lives. But before he can finish, Xanxus tells him to shut up, and used one of his X-Guns to apparently blow Kikyo's head off. Lussuria reassures everyone that he will keep him alive, the Varia then leave and head back to Italy. Xanxus' past counterpart is then seen receiving the memories from the future about the battle between Byakuran and Tsuna by Verde to prevent this from ever happening.
The rest of the Varia show up to the ceremony except for Xanxus, Squalo says that Xanxus was missing, and that there was no chance of him showing up.
Weapons and Abilities
Flame of Wrath - Xanxus possesses Vongola II's Ability, Flame of Wrath. This is a
Xanxus's Flame of Wrath
very powerful and destructive Flame that was said to only appear when the Vongola II was enraged, giving it its name. The Second was also said to have the most devastating and powerful Flame of all the Vongola Leaders.
Dying Will X Guns - Xanxus also has 2 Guns that are able to absorb and store the Dying Will Flames, accumulated it and release it through a Dying Will Bullet, different from the ones Reborn uses on Tsuna. Vongola VII was said to have the weakest Flame of all the Vongola Leaders, so he designed a Weapon that he could store his Flame in and release it as a strong Flame attack. Xanxus takes the idea of these Guns and creates his own version. The difference is that Xanxus has a very strong Flame and can store his Flame of Wrath within his X-Guns, creating a super-powerful blast. Xanxus is also capable of using these to fly by blasting himself away from the ground.
Liger (Box Weapon): Bester - Originally the Leone di Cielo (Sky Lion), when Xanxus combines his Flame of Wrath with his sky flames, it becomes the Ligre di Tempesta di Cielo (Ligre of Storm and Sky). It attacks with a roar, which uses the Sky attribute of harmony to petrify, and then the Storm attribute of degeneration to cause the petrified object to crumble. The Liger and Xanxus have an odd relationship: when Xanxus' scars appear, as does the Lion's stripes, turning it into a Liger. Its name is "Bester".
Techniques
Scoppio d'Ira (Burst of Wrath): An Attack that requires the use of the Dying Will X Guns. Xanxus unleashs a barrage of Flame simultaneously that, because of their density and grouping, appear to fuse together into one large super-powerful blast.
Bocciolo di Fiamma (Bud of Flame): Another Attack that requires the use of the X Guns. Xanxus uses one gun to fly around the target and the another to shoot his target from different angles to form a flower bud at the target's feet.
Colpo d'Addio (Blow of Farewell): A stronger version of Scoppio de Ira where Xanxus charges up energy in his guns and fires two super-powerful shots with the same or more power then Scoppio de Ira.
Martello di Fiamma (Hammer of Flame): The strongest version of Scoppio de Ira and Xanxus' strongest move.
Trivia
In the most recent popularity polls, Xanxus ranked fifth twice; last year with 6,495 votes and this year with over 10,000 votes.
In the Reborn! Fandom, he has three shorthands, his letter is X and his number can be either 3 or 10.
Xanxus' name and birth date also reflect the belief that he was the rightful 10th Vongola Boss. His name contains two X's, or 10's in Roman Numerals, as well as his birthday being October 10th, or 10/10.
Xanxus was the first person shown to open a Sky Box Weapon.
Xanxus has a habit of calling people "scum" or "trash."
Xanxus has two character songs, Hokori Takaki Fundo and Flaming RAGE.
If you remove both Xs from Xanxus' name, and add a "T" at the end, it becomes Tsuna backwards.
In "Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Flame Rumble," Xanxus has the Cloud Attribute.
In the fanbook, Xanxus' hobby is to make unique firearms.
His favorite food is steak and drink is tequila.
In the Dream Match Poll, Xanxus' was stated to fight "wildly and emotionally but he combats without futility"
