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"Yeah yeah that's me, yup. Merak, the mighty super genius commanding officer. I just wanna go home and jam some MMORPGs, so let's make this snappy, K?"
Merak, Azure Striker Gunvolt


Merak "The Slothful Conjurer" is a Sumeragi Group officer directly under Nova and a major antagonist in Azure Striker Gunvolt, serving as the boss of the mission Abyss (Subaquatic Base) and playing an important plot role due to his powers. Merak is also the protagonist of the drama CD Lazy Kingdom, in which he apprehends Elise after a series of events in Sumeragi's in-universe MMORPG September Record, and a supporting character in Armed Blue Gunvolt.

A brilliant genius despite his young age and extreme apathy, he was personally recruited by Nova and serves as a commander of Sumeragi's private army. He is an Adept with the Septima Wormhole, which allows him to create portals in the fabric of space.


Website Description

  • English
  • Japanese

Merak is a young Adept who commands Sumeragi’s formidable private army. His Septimal power is known as the "Wormhole," which gives him the ability to create holes in the fabric of space itself.

While Merak has an extremely sharp mind, and is seen as an invaluable resource by Nova, he is also extremely lazy, apathetic, and unmotivated. In combat, Merak cannot even be bothered to stand on his own two feet, which is fine for him since he sits in a floating armored chair.

The Glaive which holds his Septimal power is known as the "Unwavering Spirit."[2]

皇神(スメラギ)の戦闘部隊を指揮する“亜空孔(ワームホール)”の能力者。
頭の回転がズバ抜けて早く、有能な参謀として紫電には気に入られている。
しかし本人は極度の面倒くさがりでつねに気だるげ。
攻撃もイス型の武装まかせである。
所有する宝剣は「不動国行(フドウクニユキ)」[3]

Appearance

Merak is a young pre-teen boy with blue eyes and somewhat spiky, sand-brown hair, with his bangs swept over his right eye. He wears the standard Sumeragi executive uniform, with the jacket unbuttoned, the shirt untucked, and white and black shoes with light blue soles. He also wears a pair of blue headphones.

In his Armed Phenomenon, Merak gains black eyes with blue irises, and his hair turns a bright blue, with dark blue horn-like appendages attached to his head. He wears dark blue armor with glowing light blue highlights, and white gloves. He is usually seen sitting in a matching hovering throne with large mechanical arms.

Gallery

Main article: Merak "The Slothful Conjurer"/Gallery

Personality

Representing the sin of Sloth, Merak is described as a brilliant strategist and incredible genius. However, he is extremely unmotivated and lazy, to such an extent that he cannot even bother to stand on his own feet during battles. His ultimate goal as defined by himself is "I don't want to work."

He appears to be fond of playing video games, something he mentions he would much rather spend his time doing, and has a tendency to use gamer slang.

Merak is incredibly apathetic and seems to have no regard for human life, once flooding his base in an attempt to kill Gunvolt, not caring that his own soldiers would drown as well. He is said to have the capability to make drastic decisions, yet he himself admits his plan to drown Gunvolt was something he thought of at random.

However, despite his lazy attitude, he is capable of coming up with genuinely good plans when he puts in the effort, though this is often to get a reward out of Nova. Merak is also privy to the occasional display of emotion, showing genuine excitement in outsmarting Teseo, and is somewhat prone to sarcasm, introducing himself with a slew of grand adjectives. He possesses a visible ego, acknowledging himself as a genius, revealing a somewhat prideful side. Merak is also quick to lose his temper if things don't go his way.

Compared to the other Swordsmen with more complex, eccentric personalities, Merak has a calmer, more rational mindset which makes him one of Nova's favourites.

History 

Background

In his early life, Merak was frequently picked on by other children due to his incredibly high intelligence and his Septima, resulting in him often skipping school. One time he did this, he was scouted by Sumeragi Lieutenant Nova Tsukuyomi, and joined the group.

Armed Blue Gunvolt

During the Drama CD, Merak warns Nova about an email that he found in the Japan Ministry of Defense mailbox and which was sent by Adept supremacist group known as "Eden": in there, they proclaim their intent to attack the UTU Media Tower and bring down the "Kamishiro" barrier. In response, Nova tells him to watch for any hackers, much to the Slothful Conjurer's great chagrin.

Later, while observing the fight between Jota and Gibril, Merak encounters Teseo, who tells him that he has nearly broken through the Media Tower's security programs. Merak uses his Wormhole Septima to teleport to the Media Tower's main computer, but Teseo has already broken through all the security programs and has locked him inside the room. Merak, however, turns the tables by telling him that he sent an email with a virus to Teseo's computer, much to Teseo's dismay.

Before the two could do anything more, they are interrupted by a surprise attack from QUILL. Teseo hurriedly claims credit for the attack and leaves. After the ordeal is over, Merak reports to Nova about QUILL.

Lazy Kingdom

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Merak playing September Record

After a long day at work, Merak looks on the Internet and hears a rumor about a Player Killer on the MMORPG September Record who can turn players to stone and come back from death.

While playing September Record with newcomer Elise, Merak encounters the Player Killer when one of Lumen's songs start playing. After unsuccessfully battling her, Merak correctly deduces that Elise is the Player Killer, having somehow managed to use her Septima in the game world and that she attacks whenever Lumen's songs play, as her song resonates and amplifies Septima.

With this knowledge, he sets a trap for Elise, distracting her avatar with a remote controlled avatar of his own while he goes to her house and captures her. Afterwards, he delivers her to Sumeragi.

Azure Striker Gunvolt

Abyss (Subaquatic Base)

Subaquatic Base

The Subaquatic Base

At the beginning of the story, the protagonist Gunvolt frees Lumen from her forced role as Sumeragi's sonar in their project to locate and capture adepts throughout the world.

Later, QUILL sends Gunvolt to investigate Sumeragi's underwater base, which Merak is in charge of, in order to investigate the possibility of an armed submarine being built. As Gunvolt makes his way through the base, guided by Moniqa, Merak uses wormholes in an attempt to distort him. At one point, he floods the base in an attempt to drown him, however, the soldiers seal the valve to prevent themselves from drowning. Eventually, he is forced to take Gunvolt directly to himself.

Annoyed that Gunvolt didn't die, Merak groans and assumes he has to fight him. Gunvolt asks if he's the commanding officer, which Merak confirms in a heavily sarcastic manner. Wanting to go home and play MMORPGs, Merak transforms using his Glaive and attacks.

During the fight, Moniqa and Gunvolt assume Merak is messing with them, but he reveals he's not even trying, explaining that, as a genius, hates doing anything himself. When asked why he doesn't just stay home, Merak says he only works because he needs to buy food. However, he mentions that if he defeats Gunvolt, he gets three years paid vacation, so he created a plan to lure Gunvolt to his base, which, however, was interrupted when his soldiers drained the water, much to his annoyance. Shocked by Merak's apathy, Gunvolt eventually beats and kills the Slothful Conjurer.

Hostage (Urban Run)

Merak kidnaps Joule

At some point after his death, Merak is resurrected on Nova's orders by Sumeragi's Rebirth Adept Elise alongside Sumeragi's other adepts. On his superior's orders, Merak goes to Gunvolt's apartment, where Sumeragi has located Joule, warping in just as GV is coming home from a mission. Gunvolt is, obviously, shocked to see Merak alive, which bugs the latter. Not wanting to deal with Gunvolt, Merak snatches Joule and takes her to Firmament, lamenting on the inconvenience.

However, Gunvolt pursues Merak, and quickly catches up with him, demanding he free Joule. Annoyed at Gunvolt's persistence, Merak reluctantly uses his Septima to flee while leaving Gunvolt face a Mantis Legion tank.

Streak (Eridu)

Eridu concept

Almost immediately after, Gunvolt, Asimov, Zeno, and Moniqa launch an attack on Sumeragi's orbital elevator Babel, with Gunvolt attacking the artificial island Onogoro Float, aka Eridu, head-on, eventually coming face to face with Merak once again, who is guarding the entrance. Gunvolt demands to know where Joule is, with Merak responding that she's on Firmament. Merak then mentions that Nova told him to stop GV should he show, and, given Nova revived him, attacks Gunvolt to pay his leader back.

Gunvolt is intrigued by Merak's revival, something Merak makes as obvious, given his death, but doesn't tell him how it happened, calling it a company secret. Gunvolt notes Merak is still the same, and swears to never forgive him for taking Joule. Mocking Gunvolt by pretending to be scared, Merak groans about the work he's to do, and finishes the conversation, tiring of Gunvolt.

Eventually, Merak is beaten once more, sent to eternal rest for good.

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3

Cyber Jackers

As Kirin and Gunvolt break into Sunrise Palace, one of the paths they can take leads them into a familiar-looking wormhole. Passing into a digitized space, the two come face-to-face with Merak, accompanied by Teseo of Eden. Kirin susses them out as more phantoms created by an ATEMS Adept from GV's memories. While Merak is more than willing to take revenge on GV, he's less than enthused about his assigned partner. His remarks are punctuated by mid-combat griping at Teseo, or even punching the hacker through a wormhole as an impromptu projectile. Eventually, the "Slothful Experiments" duo is bested, vanishing like the other phantoms.

Other Appearances

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

Merak appears as the boss of the Score Attack exclusive stage EX The Sewers, with some upgraded moves.

The stage was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS version alongside EX Data Facility as part of the DLC pack "Missions - Carrera and Merak" for $1.99 / €1.89 / 300 Yen, and has been included by default in all ports of the game to later platforms.

Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime

Merak stars as the OVA's main antagonist. He first appears with Romeo watching over The Muse, when the latter asks if he thinks Sumeragi is overreacting. Merak states that he just does what Sumeragi tells him to do. Romeo says that they do take good care of Merak, saying he is just as cute as him. Merak then leaves, telling him to figure it out before Nova arrives.

He later appears when Gunvolt finds Joule, complaining that he picked Merak's battle route. He introduces himself, before telling Gunvolt that as they need Joule intact, they should fight outside.

Once on top of the train, Merak transforms with his Glaive, and attacks Gunvolt, who asks if he ever felt pity for Joule. Groaning about Gunvolt's hero cliché, Merak responds with more attacking, only to be interrupted by someone firing lasers, though Merak quickly ignores them.

Gunvolt asks what he's fighting for, but Merak just says he only works for money to buy games, prompting Gunvolt to claim Joule has needs too. Merak, sick of the hero gimmick by now, performs Lazy Laser, becoming increasingly frustrated as Gunvolt dodges his attacks. However, Gunvolt is then empowered by Joule, with Merak in despair over his "cheating". The Sumeragi Adept then watches dumbstruck as Gunvolt summons a massive sword of lighting, before cleaving Merak in half, killing him.

Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Merak appears as a collectible pixel sticker that can be obtained in the Capitol Building stage. Its boss Countershade frequently uses a wormhole ability similar to Merak, and the warp effects in Capitol Building and the final stages are similar to Merak's wormholes.

Powers and Abilities

As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave, Merak is a powerful Adept who wields the Wormhole Septima, which, true to its name, allows him to create portals in the fabric of space and travel long distances in an instant. While this power is primarily used for transportation, Merak can also use it offensively as well, using it to teleport Gunvolt into traps filled with soldiers.

However, his power has a few drawbacks. Merak can only travel to places he has been before and where he can exist without danger: he can't travel to unknown places such as the inside of a wall where he might be in danger. Also, while he can use his wormholes as placement traps, it's not completely accurate.

Fitting his title and personality, Merak rarely fights on his own. Instead, he fights exclusively with a specialized hover chair, known as the Armed Chair (アームド椅子). The chair has Merak's Septimosome weaved into it, allowing him to control it with his thoughts as if it were an extension of his body. It has a safety mechanism that prevents him from controlling it when he's not transformed. It is capable of hovering for several months without being recharged and is outfitted with various weapons to fight. It can stretch its arms, fire missiles from its hands, and fire a powerful laser from the "mouth".

Merak can use the chair's weapons in conjunction with his wormholes to confuse his opponents such as punching through a wormhole and warping the space to make the fist bigger, firing missiles through one wormhole to attack from three wormholes, and for his Lazy Laser Special Skill, firing a laser through a wormhole and directing it with his powers.

Boss Battle Skills

Azure Striker Gunvolt

Skills Description
Merak - Boss Battle (1)
Chair Punch[2]
イスパンチ[3]
Merak's standard attack. Merak floats closer to Gunvolt and extends his chair's arms in a straight punch towards Gunvolt. Merak can perform up to 5 punches and they can actively pursue Gunvolt if he is within close range in front of the mech. In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, he can aim his punches upwards.
  • Merak will always initiate this attack at the start of his battle.
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"Chair Assault"
Merak performs a ramming attack towards Gunvolt as a follow-up to his attacks. At the conclusion of this attack, he will reposition himself in the air at the right or left side of the screen, depending on whichever side is closer to him.
  • Merak will always perform a ramming attack at the start of his second or third phase if he's not in his usual position at either sides of the screen.
Merak - Boss Battle (3)
Wormhole Missiles[2]
亜空孔ワームホールイスミサイル
Wormhole Chair Missile[3]
Merak creates a wormhole in front of him as well as three wormholes along the top of the screen that initially track Gunvolt's location on-screen. Merak then fires missiles into the wormhole in front of him, which causes the three top-screen wormholes to spit out several missiles.
  • The missiles can be destroyed with the Flashfield.
  • Merak always fires two or three waves of missiles at a time. After each wave, Merak repositions the top-screen wormholes to track Gunvolt's location on-screen.
  • Gunvolt can shoot into the wormholes and the shots will land onto Merak.
Merak - Boss Battle (2)
Wormhole Punch[2]
亜空孔ワームホールパンチ[3]
Merak begins using this attack at battle phase two. Merak creates a wormhole in front of him along with a second wormhole at an arbitrary location near the surface of the arena. His chair then performs a straight punch into the wormhole in front of him, which relocates the punch's trajectory at the surface of the arena. In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, these punches may be relocated anywhere in the arena instead of just above the floor.
  • Merak may perform one to three punches at a time through the same wormhole or, in case the player has moved out of range for the punch to hit, relocate the second wormhole to a closer position.
Merak - Boss Battle (4)
Big Punch[2]
亜空孔ワームホールビッグパンチ
Wormhole Big Punch[3]
Merak begins using this attack at battle phase two. Merak creates a wormhole in front of him, and his chair performs a straight punch into the hole. A giant wormhole appears at either side of the screen and immediately spits out a magnification of the chair's punch; a second giant wormhole and punch appears on the other side of the screen. In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, the giant wormholes may open near the top of the arena.
  • If Merak's chair punches into the initial wormhole with its right arm, then the giant wormhole appears on the right side of the screen; if it punches into the initial wormhole with its left arm, then the giant wormhole appears on the left side of the screen.
Lazylaser
Lazy Laser
Lazy Laserレイジーレーザー
Merak's special attack. Merak fires a giant laser into a wormhole that reappears at different locations and at different angles on-screen; the reappearances occur up to four times in succession and track Gunvolt's location, with the goal being to create a situation where getting hit is unavoidable. To avoid the attack, start the fight by positioning yourself on either the lefthand or righthand side of the screen, and then only move to position yourself out of firing range. Using different bolts, it is also possible to hit Merak while the attack is in use.
  • Merak's defense increases while he is using this attack.[4]
  • In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, the amount of wormholes for the laser to travel through is increased, and they are angled as to be harder to avoid.

Gunvolt 3 (with Teseo)

Skill Description
"Circuit Rain/Panic Bombs + Big Punch" Teseo summons dozens of Panic Bombs which then promptly explode, while Merak uses Big Punch from both sides of the arena. As this is happening, Teseo uses Circuit Rain from above.

In Hard Mode, Merak does more Big Punches, and Teseo also launches a second Circuit Rain volley which then slowly edges to the sides of the arena, requiring Kirin to use Arc Chain at Teseo with the right timing to dodge.

Merak Teseo Chair Assault Code Matrix
"Chair Assault + Code Matrix"
Teseo uses Code Matrix to shoot dozens of missiles, while Merak homes in on the player with Chair Assault. Teseo then throws his two data terminals as a giant boomerang, while sending his smaller bits through Merak's wormholes to fly at the player.
Merak Teseo Wormhole Missiles Bug Death Laser
"Wormhole Missiles + Bug Death Laser"
Teseo uses Bug Death Laser from the middle of the screen, while Merak uses Wormhole Missiles aimed at the players position, requiring using Arc Chain to dodge.
Merak Teseo Lazy Noisy Fortress
Lazy Noisy Fortress
レイジーノイジーフォートレス
The duo's combined Special Skill. Merak charges up his Lazy Laser skill while Teseo locks onto the player with a target reticule. After finishing, Teseo warps the player to the top of the screen. They are forced to descend to the bottom while Teseo and Merak relentlessly attack the player with spinning bits, Panic Bombs, more Bug Death Lasers and copies of Merak's Big Punch. After making it to the bottom, Merak will fire one last barrage of lasers before tiring himself out, leaving the latter half of Teseo's Impregnable Fortress skill. It largely plays out as normal, except the payer has to drop down to the floor to evade the many bombs coming their way.
Merak Teseo Cooperation Failure
"Merak beats up Teseo"
After using Lazy Noisy Fortress for the first time, Teseo prepares to use Code Matrix, only for Merak to punch Teseo with Big Punch, turning Teseo himself into a projectile with him careening through a series of wormholes around the arena. Merak then punches him a second time, sending him flying through another portal and eventually colliding with the ground, causing blue explosions on impact, which can also damage the player.

Boss Battle Voices

Azure Striker Gunvolt

Event Translated Romaji Japanese
Transform Hah... Ahhh... Ah. Hup... Haa… Aaa… Haa... Yotto... はぁ……あーあ……はい……
よっと……
Chair Punch Hey... Huff... Ei.. Haa... えい…… はぁ……
Ramming Here I cooome... Iku yo? 行くよ?
Chair Missiles Bam! Baan! バーン!
Chair Punch Hup! And again! Hoii! Soree! ほいっ!それっ!
Giant Punch Yeah, yeah... Hup! And another! Hai hai… Hoii! Mou iccho! はいはい……ほいっ!
もういっちょ!
Lazy Laser Oh man...
Lazy Laser!
Begone!
Yareyare… Reijii reezaa!
Kiena yo!
やれやれ……
レイジーレーザー!
消えなよ!
1st Phase Down Laaame... Daruinaa… だるいなぁ……
2nd Phase Down I wanna go home...! Kaeritai yo…! 帰りたいよ……!
Defeated ...!? So... tired... Auu!? Nemui… あぅっ!?眠い……

Special Skill Chants

Lazy Laser:

  • English
  • Japanese
  • English fan translation
  • Korean (with Eng tl)

Light whose fell pillars
Leave rifts in the wider world
And lead it toward ruin
LAZY LASER

森羅万象に穴穿つ
縦横無尽変幻自在
世界を貫く破滅の光柱
LAZY LASERレイジーレーザー

Drill a hole into the Universe…
Phantasmagoria which warps and woof without exhaust…
Light pillars of destruction that penetrate the world…
LAZY LASER

삼라만상의 실상을 파헤친다.
종횡무진 변화무쌍.
세계를 관통하는 파멸의 빛.
Breaking holes through all that exists
No limit to its reach, with all shapes and sizes,
The ruinous pillars of light shall pierce the world!
LAZY LASER

Lazy Noisy Fortress:

  • English
  • Japanese
  • English fan translation

Across the boundaries to your mind
The Dragon Killer Show is about to begin
Welcome to the Lazy Death Channel
LAZY NOISY FORTRESS

識閾越境 比良坂直行
なす術絶無の屠龍劇場
此処は怠情の絶命Channel
LAZY NOISY FORTRESSレイジーノイジーフォートレス

Cross the thresholds of consciousness, go straight to the Beyond
The dragon-hunting theater, naught and at one’s wits’ end
This Channel is where laziness dies

Quotes

"Man, you haaad to come here, didn't you? Wish you would've just died. By the looks of you... I guess I'm gonna actually have to fight you, huh?"
Merak , facing Gunvolt

"Alrighty, let's do this thing. Niiice and easy now."
Merak , about to attack

"Not really... I'm just not trying. Waaay too much effort to go all out on you. Ya see, I'm a super genius. So I hate doing stuff myself."
Merak , fighting Gunvolt

"That would be super legit. But, no work means no food. Man, real life is the worst game ever. But this time around- If I pwn your sorry behind, I get a 3 year paid vacation. So I made this special plan... While my MMO's server was down. I even used my Septima. That is totes a big deal, you know. But those worthless grunts just haaad to ruin everything. Those sons of glitches had no business draining that water. It's so weaksauce.
Merak , explaining his plan

"You just -had- to go there... Man, you're such a pain. Not that I owe you a reply... Ahem... I take it you're Lumen? Orders from the boss man... You're coming with me."
Merak , kidnapping Joule

"...You're a persistent bugger, man. I'm wiped, and I reaaally don't feel like breaking this out, but... Go go Septimal power..."
Merak , fleeing Gunvolt

"...She already has a cozy new home up on Firmament... Haaah... This sucks... Nova told me I had to stop you if you showed up. Nova brought me back to life, so I kinda owe the guy one, y'know?"
Merak , about to fight Gunvolt a second time


Designer Comments

Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Complete Works

  • English fan translation
  • Japanese

I think that [Merak] is a character that truly represents teen mindset of putting on headphones and making it unclear whether he’s listening to you, and by behaving like the world’s no big deal. The pre-transformation design uses a previously submitted one with some small fixes on it. Unlike all the other characters, who are bigger than GV, he’s smaller, which places him in the "cute" category. It’s hard to hit small characters, so we used the gigantic seat to establish balance. Merak's motif is a lazy bear, but the image of the demon Belphegor, sitting on a toilet, is more pronounced, although [Merak] uses a seat and not a toilet. The vertical long fluorescent parts on his arms and feet were added so you'd be able to tell he's sitting cross-legged from a distance.

-- Yoshitaka Hatakeyama

ヘッドホンを着けていてこっちの話を聞いているのかわからない、世の中をナメきった態度をとるなど、実に中二病を体現したキャラだと思います。 変身前のデザインは、事前にネタ出しされていたものを少し手直しして使わせてもらいました。主人公より大きなキャラが多い中で唯一、主人公より小さ可愛い系ポジションのキャラです。小さいキャラはは攻撃を当て辛いので、巨大な椅子でバランスを取っています。 メラクは怠惰の熊がモチーフですが、便器に座った悪魔ベルフェゴールのイメージの方が色濃く出てます。こちらは便器ではなく椅子ですが。手足に入っている縦長の蛍光色のパーツは、遠目から見ても足を組んで座っているのがわかるように入れたものです。

-- 畠山義崇

Musical Themes

Title Context Composer Audio
The Awaiting Abyss
(待ち受ける深淵)
Merak's theme, and the Subaquatic Base stage BGM. Katsunori Yoshino
The Awaiting Abyss
(待ち受ける深淵)
8-bit remix included as a bonus track in the Mighty Gunvolt Original Soundtrack. Katsunori Yoshino
GV1OST3

Track notes by sound designer Ryo Kawakami:[5]

  • The Awaiting Abyss

The theme track of Merak "The Slothful Conjurer", that plays in the Subaquatic Base. I inputted the feelings of “how dull” and “how annoying” in the melody and at the same time express the feeling of the deep seas; now that was a hard thing to do. Yoshino, who’d just joined us, struggled a lot with this one. But it was worth it; the swinging () melody of the synth and the free pace as if you were swimming ended up making a very unique track, I’d say.

Trivia

  • The Sumeragi Seven are based on the seven deadly sins and an animal that represents it, with Merak's motifs being sloth and a bear. He also has elements of one of the seven demons associated with each sin, in this case Belphegor. Belphegor's name means "Lord of the Opening (Gap)", which Merak's Wormhole Septima coincides with. This is similar to Jota and Stratos having Lucifer and Beelzebub references, respectively.
    • Referencing his animal motif, Merak wears a teddy bear onesie in the Halloween wallpaper.
  • Following the naming scheme of most Azure Striker Gunvolt 1 characters, Merak's name was derived from the Maserati Merak.
  • In the Japanese version, Merak's Glaive, Fudō Kuniyuki (referred to as Unwavering Spirit on the official GV1 English site) is a real historical sword that belonged to several powerful daimyo at different times, including Oda Nobunaga.
  • All of Merak's attacks were named by Merak himself, resulting in somewhat bland, random attack names.
  • Despite his stage being themed around water, Merak has no water elemental attacks.
  • Merak is one of two Swordsmen seen using his Septima without activating his Glaive, the other being Nova. However, he actually does use the Glaive in the first fight with him.
  • In the original localization, Merak mentions a game called Realms of Robocraft, likely a brand-name product knockoff of the MMO RPG World of Warcraft.
  • Merak has the most screen time out of all the Sumeragi Adepts encountered in the game, appearing in three different stages (unlike the rest who appear in one or two).
  • Merak is the youngest known member of Sumeragi at 13.
  • Merak unintentionally caused Elise's horrific experimentation, which resulted in her multiple personalities growing stronger, the death of many Sumeragi scientists, and the loss of an entire Sumeragi science facility, simply because he didn't report her to Nova, thinking that would have resulted in more work.
  • According to an official height chart, Merak is 150cm (4'11") tall, making him the shortest male character in the series.
  • His Lazy Laser attack draws similarities to the Granzon's "Worm Smasher" from the Super Robot Wars Series. Both use attacks with lasers being shot out of random worm holes.
    • The fact that both use Worm Holes in their attacks could be an homage.
  • Merak was originally intended to be the opening boss and fought on the train in 1st Sumeragi. Although this concept was omitted from the game, it would eventually be used for the OVA.
  • An early concept of Merak had him wielding powers nearly identical to Asroc's, using strings or electric cords to control a robot to do battle for him.
  • After Merak's defeat Copen will use Lazy Laser in his boss battles. It is so far the only copied ability Copen has used that shares its name with and is similar to the original user's Special Skill.
  • In the very first trailer's English subtitles, Merak was referred to as "Wormhole Maker Melac."
  • There is an unused animation where the Armed Chair goes limp.
Ypsilon Stance Sprite

References

Navigation

Azure Striker Gunvolt 1 Navigation

Azure Striker Gunvolt 1
Main Pages Game PageGallerySoundtrack (Azure Phosphorescence) • CreditsStory Scripts
QUILL and co. GunvoltJoule (Lumen) • AsimovZenoMoniqa
Boss Characters NovaMerakJotaViperCarreraEliseStratos | Copen
Other Characters ZondaRomeoMinor CharactersMedium BossesCommon Enemies
Main Missions Anthem (1st Sumeragi)Abyss (Subaquatic Base)Minaret (Media Tower)Conflagration (Biochem Plant)Spintronics (Datastore)Underworld (Stratacombs)Garden (Pharma Lab)Kaleidoscape (Sinner's Row)
Final and Special Missions Hostage (Urban Run)Streak (Eridu)Stratosphere (Babel)Idolatry (Firmament) / Azure (Firmament) | Special Missions
Songs Beyond the BlueReincarnationNebulous ClockAzure DoorPain from the PastScorching JourneyRouge ShimmerA Zip to the MoonSakura EfflorescenceEternal BlueCyanotype
Story Elements AdeptsSumeragi GroupQUILLGlaives
Gameplay Mechanics Score and Kudos (Secrets) • Equipment (Materials) • SkillsChristmas Mode
Fan Discs Justice RageAdmiration to PeaceLazy Kingdom

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Navigation

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Main Pages GameGallerySoundtrack (Azure Trance -Into the Blue-Electro Rotation) • CreditsStory Scripts
Team Gunvolt GunvoltJouleQuinnXiao
Team Copen CopenLolaMytylNori
Boss Characters ZondaTenjianGibrilMilasTeseoDesnaAsrocGhauriPlasma LegionShovel Knight (Amiibo)
Other Characters Minor CharactersMedium BossesCommon Enemies
Score Attack Bosses CarreraMerakJotaEliseViperStratos
Gunvolt Missions Infiltrator (Seraph Interior)Aggressor (Downtown)Luminescence (Mysterious Manor)Effusion (The Sewers)Virtuality (Data Facility)Icebound (Frozen City)Crossroads (Prism Highway)
Copen Missions Chimera (Downtown)Raveled (Babel)Puppeteer (Isle of Dreams)Prism (Prism Highway)Icebound (Frozen City)Forfeit (The Sewers)
Final and Special Missions Eden (The Garden 1)Inferno (The Garden 2)Savior (The Garden 3)Prayer (The Garden 4) | Secret Missions | EX The SewersEX Data FacilityEX BabelEX Mysterious ManorEX Isle of DreamsEX Prism HighwayEX DowntownEX Frozen City
Songs Indigo DestinyIgniterReincarnation AlternativeA Flash of AzureMulti-UniverseIoliteVast CircleStratosphere (DLC)
Story Elements AdeptsEdenSumeragi GroupGrimoires
Gameplay Mechanics Score and Kudos (Secrets) • Equipment (Materials) • SkillsCopen's EX Weapons
Fan Discs Clockwork DaydreamEden's Party

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 Navigation

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Main Game Page (Epilogue ATEMS) • Game GallerySoundtrack (Akashic Record) • CreditsStory Scripts
Dragon Saviors KirinGunvoltLumenB.B.ShironApolloCayman
ATEMS ZedΩLaylaSistinaGraziePradoSerpentine
Other Characters MoebiusNovaAsimovMedium BossesCommon EnemiesCorvette
Phantom Bosses JotaViperTenjianZondaMerakTeseo
Missions

Dragon Slayer (Futures Institute)Holy Night XIII (Downtown Christmas)
Cyber Daydream (Cyber-Kowloon)Pendulum Heart (Stormy Megafloat)Pride & Battle (Old Capital Temple)
Another Sun (Ballistic Missiles)
Trick Shot (Abandoned Factory)Sandstorm (Desert Base)Phantom Mist (Forest)Hot & Cold (Megafloat "Neptune")
Sunrise Palace (Sunrise Palace 1)Karma (Sunrise Palace 2)Heliacal Rising (Sunrise Palace 3)ZedΩ (Sunrise Throne)Moebius (World Moebius)
Secret MissionsD-nizer (D-nizer Mode)

New Songs Memoria of 'He'TracesErgo SumLiberatorGlass ParadiseStruggling to DreamReincarnation FatefulBoundless MythVirtue of the DawnArdent EyesCelestial Paean
Story Elements AdeptsSumeragi Group (Dragon Saviors) • Shadow YakumoATEMSBinding BrandsGlaives
Gameplay Mechanics Image PulseScore and KudosSkills
Fan Disc Spectrum Theater
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