Rald

Rald
Official artwork.
Jewel	Emerald
Katakana	ラルド
Romaji	Rarudo
First Appearance	JP08
Voice Actor	Mayumi Tsuchiya
Biography
Gender	Male
Species	Giant panda
Eye Color	Teal Light teal green
Fur Color	Black and white
World	Jewel Land
Birthplace	Jewel Land
Birthday	May 17
Family	Luna (adopted daughter; JPKD)
Magical Status
Magical Ranking	Glass (JP1)
Magical Class	Green
Occupation	Magician Student (JP1/JPT/JPS) Burger shop owner (JPMC) Ice cream shop owner (JP:TFitJF)
Partner	Sayuri and Mitsuo Kougyoku (JP1) Apel Yamada (JPH)
Magical Item	Jewel Pod (JPH)

Rald (ラルド, Rarudo^?) is a male giant panda Jewelpet who represents Happiness and Harmony.

Appearance

Rald is a giant panda bear with a white body and tail and black ears, arms and legs. His Jewel Eyes are made out of dark green emeralds. For his attire, he wears a dark pink waistcoat, a pink and yellow striped hat on his head and a white pearl necklace with a dark green tear-shaped emerald attached around his neck.

In the first two series, he is as big as the average Jewelpet, but the following series made him double the size, essentially making him the largest Jewelpet yet.

Charm Form

Rald's Jewel Charm is square-shaped. It has a diamond-shaped gem at the top with little pearls surrounding it. It has a heart-shaped emerald in the center. The whole is wrapped by a bow at the bottom.

The details have varying colors:

In the first serie, it appears with a emerald-colored base, a magenta pink heart and yellow/golden pearls (1st picture).

After its first appearence, it has a white color base, pearls and diamond gem are also white. The heart shaped has an emerald-color and the bow is now pink (2nd picture).

Personality

According to the official website, Rald is depicted as a calm and relaxed individual who loves to play any kind of instrument.

In the anime, Rald is depicted as a soft and sensitive type of Jewelpet. He's usually mute and shy but quite friendly. He often ends his sentences with the word "laludo".

Skills

As the Jewelpet of Happiness, Rald's magic spells bring the feeling of happiness to anyone. Also being the Jewelpet of Harmony, his power allows humans to bond well with their loved ones and live in peace and harmony, especially for couples. In addition, Rald's magic includes bringing new beginnings, improving love and health, plus healing the mind and body. In Jewelpet, he wields the power of Harmony, while in Jewelpet Twinkle☆, he wields the power of Happiness.

He can also play on any type of instrument, according to the official website.

History

In Jewelpet

Rald is one of the Jewelpets who got lost in the human world. After Diana corrupts Rinko's parents into arguing with each other, Rald appears to them to restore their love and then becomes their partner.

In Jewelpet Twinkle☆

Rald appears in the New Year's episode. He came to the human world to find his own partner to study magic with. Akari finds him and tries to keep him hidden, but he still causes trouble for her as she helps her school prepare a festival.

In Jewelpet Sunshine

Rald is a Plum class student. Iruka mistakes him for a delinquent because of his fearsome reputation in the class, but this turns out to be because everyone is just struggling to keep themselves from touching his fur due to its softness which makes whoever touches it feel comfortable and obsessed with it. Despite his popularity, he sits at the back of the class.

In Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!

Rald lives in isolation in the outskirts of Jewel Town. He can't speak like all Jewelpets, only speaking with a singular word ("Mofu"). He becomes behemoth-sized when he feels lonely and almost attacked the KiraDeco 5 because of this. He also temporarily becomes Luna's father in episode 28.

In Jewelpet Happiness

In episode 32, Rald works at a circus. He forms a Magic Gem with Apel Yamada. Like his Kira Deco counterpart, he usually speaks with the word "Mofu", but unlike that version, he is actually able to speak normally like others, as revealed in the episode's ending.

In Jewelpet Magical Change

Rald technically doesn't exist in this series, as he has been Airi Kirara and Sakutarō Kirara's father in a panda costume.

Gallery

Main article: Rald/Image Gallery

Main article: Rald/Image Gallery/Anime

Trivia

• Rald's name is derived from emerald (pictured), a variety of the mineral beryl which is colored green due to trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. It is also one of the four precious gems, alongside ruby, sapphire and diamond.
• Rald's birthday is in May, the month correspondent to his jewel.
  • It is also his birthstone's month.
• Rald is one of the two Jewelpets who is always seen wearing clothing, the other being Kris.
• Since Jewelpet Sunshine, Rald is the biggest Jewelpet to date.
• Rald in Jewelpet Twinkle☆ is one of the few Jewelpets who are considered to be a child, along with Labra.
  • Thus overall, he, Labra and Rosa are the only Jewelpets portrayed as children in the franchise. However, Labra is the only one who is consistently regarded as a baby.
• In the Jewelpet Sunshine episode Rald's Prohibition, Yay!, he had a weasel named Itachiyama who likes to hibernate in his fur.
• Depending on the seasons we can get different descriptions of Rald power: love, happiness and sweetness (Jewelpet season 1), harmony and strengthen relationships (official character book)
• On the official Jewelpet Sega Toys website his gem power is describe as "A sacred stone that heals love, health, mind and body. Deepen the love between husband and wife".

V • T • EJewelpets
Magical Red	Ruby • Garnet • Rin • Ryl • Kohaku • Titana • Sango • Nix • Alex • Brownie • Jasper • Rosa
Magical Blue	Sapphie • Luna • Yuku • Aqua • Kaiya • Opal • Amelie • Lapis • Io • Topaz • Charotte • Larimar
Magical Green	Peridot • Chite • Prase • Rald • Flora • Tour • Milky • Nephrite • Tata • Kris • Angela
Magical Black	Diana • King • Dian • Labra • Granite • Coal • Luea
Unknown Class	Nachi (non-canon) • Unnamed Sunshine Jewelpets (non-canon)