Tullio Rossi

Tullio Rossi (トゥリオ＝ロッシ, Tourio Rosshi) is a student at Kimberly Magic Academy and a classmate of the Sword Roses.

Background
Ytallian by birth, Rossi taught himself the sword by ignoring the fundamentals out of dislike for the three standard Sword Arts styles.

His lack of fundamentals caused him to lose to Oliver, who had practiced the fundamentals to the point of pain, in a duel. He has since pursued the study of both the Koutz Style and magicombat to improve his skills.

Appearance
Rossi has long, shaggy black hair that reaches midway down his back. He has dark eyes and unusually sharp teeth.

For his Kimberly boys' uniform, Rossi wears the standard without much customization. It consists of a gray collared shirt with black trim, silver buttons, and a necktie in his year's color, coupled with a dark navy blue pair of trousers. Over this, he wears a black robe with silver trim, and lining matching his necktie. It is coupled with large leather straps that wrap over his right shoulder and reach down at his sides which holsters a wand and athame, respectively. Unlike the other students, however, Rossi wears his outer robe on only one side, letting the other arm hang empty and off his right shoulder.

Personality
He is lone wolf with few friends, though he does approach others without fear and acts in a friendly manner.

Though he lost to Oliver in a duel, he does not seem to hold a grudge about it. He respects both Nanao and Oliver's strength, though he still teases Oliver by flirting with Nanao.

He is surprisingly good at judging people: he noted after his first loss to Oliver that his rival must have trained incredibly hard to use the Lanoff Style so perfectly at such a young age, and picked up on the fact that there was something unnerving about Yuri Leik at their first meeting.

Abilities

 * Striking Strength:


 * Stamina:


 * Intelligence:


 * Range:


 * Durability:


 * Speed:


 * Magic capabilities:

Sword Arts

 * Koutz Style: Before coming to Kimberly, Rossi was a wholly self-taught swordsman out of dislike for the three standard styles. His defeat at the hands of Oliver Horn forced him to reconsider the deficiencies in his training, and he (at first reluctantly) began relearning Koutz from the fundamentals.


 * Magicombat: Rossi sought out Lesedi Ingwe for advanced training in hand-to-hand combat to improve on that side of his self-taught fighting style.

Relationships

 * Oliver Horn: Considers Oliver a rival and competitor, initially out of jealousy of Oliver's spotlight after the conflicts with the garuda and Vera Miligan.


 * Nanao Hibiya: He thinks Nanao is cute and fancies himself a competitor to Oliver for her affections.


 * Richard Andrews: Teamed up with Andrews for the third-year combat leagues.


 * Joseph Albright: Lost to Albright in a duel immediately after his loss to Oliver. Later teamed up with him for the third-year combat leagues.


 * Leoncio Echevalria: Dislikes him intensely and only grudgingly agreed to join his teammates Andrews and Albright in Echevalria's attempt to sabotage the Campus Watch's effort to recover Alvin Godfrey's sternum.

Quotes

 * "I lost my battle—but at least I showed up to fight."

Trivia

 * Rossi speaks in Kansai dialect in the original Japanese. Yen Press's novel and manga translations render this in English as an Italian accent, befitting his Ytallian origin. The anime subtitles give him a New York accent, frequently used for Kansai-ben speakers in anime; however, his voice performance in the English dub again uses an Italian accent.