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In the series Zatch Bell, Zatch is sent to earth from his world along with a
bunch of others. But when he gets there he has no memory where he came from.
The person who finds him reads from a spell book and makes Zatch shoot
lightning from his mouth.

There is a whole bunch of times when he his fighting the others like him and
he slowly starts to learn about what he is and where he is from. But why is it
that, out of all of the others, Zatch loses his memory and doesn't know why he
is there or where he came from?


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How did Zatch lose his memory?


Zatch lost his memories after he had already arrived on Earth. He was defeated
by another mamodo, who decided to erase Zatch's memories instead of destroying
his spellbook.

> The mamodo is named Zeno, and he is revealed to be Zatch's twin brother.  
>  
>  As for his motivation: Zeno had a painful childhood, enduring brutal
> training on a daily basis. He grew up separately from Zatch, and believed
> that Zatch was living an easy, enjoyable life elsewhere. Not only that, but
> Zatch had inherited their father's great power, "Baou" (Zatch's 4th spell).  
>  
>  For these reasons, Zeno was extremely resentful of Zatch, and came to
> believe that Zatch was the reason his own life was so terrible.  
>  
>  Once they were on Earth, Zeno sought out Zatch and defeated him. Zeno
> decided to leave Zatch's spellbook alone, because destroying Zatch's
> spellbook would just send him back to their world, where he imagined Zatch
> would be living happily.  
>  
>  Instead, he stole Zatch's memories, so that Zatch would be forced to wander
> around, confused and alone, being constantly attacked with no idea why.  
>  
>  Later in the manga, Zeno accidentally looks at the memories he stole from
> Zatch. He realizes that Zatch's life was also painful, having suffered
> greatly at the hands of an abusive stepmother. Zeno regrets giving Zatch
> amnesia, and apologizes to him.

[![Zatch Bell: Volume 5, Chapter 48, Page
10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1IER4m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1IER4.jpg)

The circumstances of Zatch's amnesia are revealed in the chapter "Stolen
Memories" _(Volume 5, Chapter 48)_.


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