Radim

Radim of the Ten Patch Officiants(ラジム, rajimu) is a fictional character in the manga series of Shaman King. He is the Patch Officiant who is selected to be the commentator of the tournament.

Appearance
Radim is a tall slim and slightly muscular man, who is almost always seen wearing his trademark sunglasses. He has relatively long spiked black hair.

During his involvement within the tournament's second round, Radim chooses to wear more formal clothing which is beffiting of his title and role as official commentator, consisting usually of a simple white shirt, a brightly colored tie and black pants.

Like any of the other Patch Tribe Priests he also wears traditional Native American robes, however, he normally reserves these only for ceremonies and other special events. While in his Plant he does wears some of these robes but only a single element, in the form of loose pants. Radim's choice to not wear any form of shirt is a conscious decision, as this alone reduces his weight load, which is vital since his spirit requires such a light load to move at high speeds.

Personality
Unlike most of the other officiants, he tries his best to remain neutral, but at times has openly agreed that he doesn't approve of Hao's shaman only kingdom (going so far as to get Hao's furyoku rating during the fight with X-III). He is constantly making ridiculous comments and announcements during the fights, and mostly act like a coward when the larger OverSouls appears, such as with the Yamata No Orochi Go, or crying that he was afraid of needles when seeing Mephisto E. However when Yoh and his friends met him in the Plant of the Lake, he showed a more serious side(possibly because of the effect of the Patch Song) and even said that it was sad that he had to fight them. But he still attacked them because of his sense of duty. Even though, he is still a kind person and even offered them to go home.

Abilities and Powers
Radim has a very agile and fast body. He is familiar with martial arts, and can strike his opponent verry swiftly and deadly.

Spirit

 * See More: Platinum Sword

His spirit is an Australian pelican named Platinum Sword(プラチナムンード), with his medium being his microphone. When oversouling Platinum Sword into the microphone it creates a sword of concentrated furyoku. Also, if he puts enough Furyoku into the Over Soul, it will manifest on a higher level in the form of a pelican beek.

Sunglasses
Due to the high intensity of the Shaman Fights and the fact that he has to supervise every single one of them, his sunglasses are special made, to block of any kind of extreme light.

Shaman Fights Second Round
Radim is a member the Patch Tribe and one of the Ten Officiants. He is the announcer inside the fights and made his official appearance in the opening fight of the second round of the Shaman Fight where he announced the rules of the fights and explained the conditions. He is then seen in every official fight during the second round of the tournament. During this time his comments works as a constant running gag.

When Radim watched the fight between Hao and X-III he recorded the entire fight. During the fight he was injured and ended up in the Patch clinic. There Silva visited him and asked for the tape of the fight. Radim refuses saying what good is it since Sivla saw it with his own eyes but Silva simply tooke the tape with Silver Rod, explains that Radim would not understand and he leaves.

He is later seen at the Patch`s "Patchmarine" a Submarine OverSoul, drinking something hot, while complaining about the surrounded island, saying that it would be impossible to transport the last contestant to the island of Mu without being noticed.

VS Radim. Plant of the Lake
After having defeated Magna, Yoh and his friends enter the Plant of the Lake where they encounter Radim, standing in the middle of the lake. Announcing that it is to sad that acquaintances much fight each other, he also announces that he is a part of the Patch and a job is always a job.

"It's too sad. That we, acquaintances have no choice but to fight. But i also am part of the Patch. A job is always a job" -Radim to Asakura Yoh and his friends as the entered his plant

He then reveals his spirit and his Over Soul which he uses to defeat the group and killing Johann George Faust VIII. However Faust quickly rizes again, heals himself and creates his Over Soul. After a short fight, Faust is stabbed in the chest again and is seemingly out of Furyoku to heal himself again, but after he sings the "Funbari No Uta", he easily renergizes his spirit and prepares to contine his fight. Faust's body is however quickly affected, and he dies from fatique.

However by the "Funbari no Uta" song, Asakura Yoh is able to defeat Radim. He was last seen in the next chapter in spirit form with his spirit Platinum Sword.

Anime/Manga Difference
Because of the large anime/manga difference with the second round of the Shaman Fight, Radim never makes an official appearance in the anime. Instead are the fights supervised by various Patch Officiants who are also judging them. Although of this one of them greatly ressembled Radim.

Trivia

 * Like the most of the Patch Tribe members are named after elements on the Periodic Table of Elements, Radim is named after Radium, a radioactive element.