Reg
From Made in Abyss
Reg is a main character of Made in Abyss, a robot boy found by Riko in the Abyss's first layer. He is voiced by Mariya Ise in Japanese and Luci Christian in English. Reg has metal skin, extendable arms and a built-in weapon called the Incinerator, and he remembers nothing of his life before Riko found him.
About Reg
Reg is the co-lead of Made in Abyss, a boy-shaped robot Riko finds unconscious in the first layer, with no memory of who built him or why he climbed up from the depths. His extendable arms and the devastating Incinerator in his palms make him the party's shield. Gentle, shy and brave past sense, Reg descends back into the pit he escaped, to help a girl he just met find her mother.
Appearance
Reg looks like a boy of about Riko's age with medium brown skin, messy dark hair, amber eyes and a pair of pointed ears, or sensors, under a metal helmet. His body is where the machine shows: his arms and legs are segmented metal, his hands have clawed fingers, and a tail-like cable trails behind him. He wears a ragged cape and shorts over a frame that blades cannot scratch. The design mixes boy and weapon in a way the series keeps exploiting: enemies who read him as a child learn about the Incinerator, and friends who know the weapon still see the child first, as he would want.
Personality
Reg is gentle, polite, easily embarrassed and brave. He apologises to creatures he has to fight, blushes at anything involving baths or bodies, and worries about hurting people, which for a walking weapon is a serious design feature. He is the most honest member of the party: where Riko charges forward on obsession and Nanachi hides behind detachment, Reg says what he feels, including fear. Underneath is a mystery he cannot reach. Reg knows he came from below, knows his body holds memories his mind cannot, and shows skills and instincts that belong to someone older. His loyalty to Riko is total, and the series treats it as the strongest force in the Abyss that is not the Abyss.
Background & Story
Nothing is known for certain about Reg's origin, and the series guards the answer carefully. He was found by Riko in the first layer, unconscious, having apparently climbed up from far below for reasons he cannot remember. A flash of memory and Ozen's testimony connect him to Lyza, who met him in the depths and seems to have sent him up, or followed him up, years before. His body is an artifact of a class the delvers have no name for: not a relic to be used, but a person built like one, with an unknown power source, a limited count of Incinerator shots before he shuts down, and hands that in the sixth layer turn out to matter more than anyone guessed. In the film Dawn of the Deep Soul, Bondrewd studies him with horrifying interest, and Season 2's village arc reveals that another of his kind, Faputa, knows exactly who Reg was: a companion from before, whose name and promise he has forgotten. Reg descends as Riko's shield, but he is also descending towards his own past, and the deeper they go, the closer it gets.
Powers & Abilities
- Incinerator: A built-in weapon in Reg's palms that fires a beam capable of rewriting the rules around it, erasing almost anything in its path. Each use drains him, and firing too many shots forces a shutdown of about two hours.
- Extendable arms: Reg's arms stretch to around forty metres, strong enough to catch falling friends, haul the party up cliffs and swing him across gaps. They are the team's main transport in the Abyss.
- Relic body: His metal skin resists blades, falls and the Abyss's creatures, and he does not suffer the curse of the Abyss the way humans do, making him the only member of the party who can ascend safely.
Key Relationships
- Riko: The girl who found him, named him and gave him a purpose. Reg protects Riko with his life, constantly, and their friendship is the emotional centre of the whole series.
- Nanachi: The medic who keeps them both alive. Reg trusts Nanachi's knowledge completely and leans on their steadiness in the layers where his weapons are not enough.
- Faputa: The Princess of the Narehate in the sixth layer, who knew Reg before his memory loss and holds him to a promise he cannot remember making. Their story is the heart of Season 2.
- Bondrewd: The White Whistle who studies Reg as a specimen and an inspiration. Bondrewd's fascination is genuine, admiring and completely horrifying.
Quick Answers
Who voices Reg in Made in Abyss?
Mariya Ise voices him in Japanese and Luci Christian voices him in the English dub. Ise also sings the opening theme Deep in Abyss with Miyu Tomita, Riko's voice actor.
What is Reg in Made in Abyss?
Reg is a robot boy, an artifact in human shape, possibly an Aubade, a being from the depths rarer and stranger than ordinary relics. Who built him, and what he was before Riko found him, remains one of the series' central mysteries.
What is Reg's Incinerator?
A weapon built into his hands that fires a beam able to erase or rewrite almost anything. It is the party's strongest attack, but each shot uses power Reg cannot easily replace, and overuse makes him collapse and reboot.
Does the curse of the Abyss affect Reg?
Not the way it affects humans. Reg can ascend without the nausea, bleeding or transformation that punish human delvers, which is why he does the climbing, carrying and rescuing for the whole party.