Dr. Kasuminome
Dr. Kasuminome (霞の目博士, Kasuminome-hakase) est l'antagoniste principal de Baoh le Visiteur.
Dr. Kasuminome est un scientifique et créateur d'armes sans scrupule qui travaille pour l'Organisation Dress. Il a infecté le jeune Ikuro Hashizawa avec un parasite Baoh dans le cadre de ses expériences sur les armes biologiques. Quand Ikuro s'évade, Kasuminome veut l'éliminer à tout prix avant que le garçon ne devienne hors de contrôle.
Apparence
Dr. Kasuminome est un homme d'âge mûr, avec une carrure moyenne. Il a une tête allongée avec un visage ridé au regard intense et des yeux cernés. Il est chauve, mais a une moustache. Il porte de larges lunettes rondes.
Dr. Kasuminome change de costume selon la situation. Dans le premier chapitre, il porte une tenue classique avec une veste et un pantalon formel, un design qu'il conserve durant tout l'OAV. Plus tard, on peut le voir portant une tenue de moine sombre avec un "rakusu". Plus tard il porte une tenue avec une blouse de laboratoire.
Personnalité
Kasuminome est un scientifique sans scrupule qui développe des armes pour le compte de l' Organisation Dress.
C'est un scientifique brillant mais impitoyable. Il a développé de puissantes armes biologiques à travers des expériences cruelles sur des animaux, un méfait qu'il ne regrette jamais. Il a même utilisé le jeune garçon Ikuro Hashizawa comme cobaye et a ordonné que ses parents soient tués afin que personne ne parte à sa recherche. L'arme "Baoh" est si puissante qu'il craint même qu'elle ne devienne incontrôlable et déploie de nombreux hommes pour tuer Ikuro avant qu'il ne devienne incontrôlable. Lorsque Dordo désobéit aux ordres et tente d'assassiner Ikuro de son propre chef, Kasuminome le fait exécuter par Walken. Pour attraper Baoh, Kasuminome torture volontiers Sumire et sacrifie ses propres hommes.
Malgré sa peur de Baoh, Kasuminome admire aussi la puissance dont fait preuve Baoh.
D'ordinaire et avec ses hommes, Kasuminome est un individu froid et professionnel qui se concentre sur son travail. Lorsqu'il est obligé de déclencher la séquence d'autodestruction de son laboratoire, il prévient tout le personnel présent et leur dit de fuir.
Pouvoirs et compétences
Intelligence
Kasuminome est un scientifique brillant qui se spécialise dans le développement d'armes de type biologiques. Il est responsable de la création d'animaux mutants modifiés et dressé pour le combat comme un mandrill géant ou des araignées géantes. Son chef d'oeuvre est le "Baoh", un parasite qu'on peut insérer dans n'importe quel organisme et qui lui confère des pouvoirs extraordinaires et une férocité sans égale.
Histoire
Dr. Kasuminome is a scientist who works for the Dress Organization. He has conducted cruel experiments on animals, using a serum of his creation that facilitated mutation. He subjected animals to grueling environmental conditions, forcing them to adapt. The few survivors bred and had monstrous children born for combat.[1] Six months before the events of Baoh, Dr. Kasuminome asked his contacts in the hospitals of Japan to bring him young boys as guinea pigs. One doctor brought him to the Hashizawa Family, who had barely survived a car accident. He took the son, Ikuro Hashizawa but ordered his parents to be killed. He experimented on Ikuro and inserted the "Baoh" parasite in him.[2]
However, Ikuro awakens in the middle of a transit operation and manages to escape. Fearful about the potential of his creation, Kasuminome immediately dispatches assassins to kill the boy because he could run wild and fully develop his powers. While his assassins try to kill Ikuro, Kasuminome reports to three higher-ups of the Dress organization. He shows them the potential of Baoh when a dog with the parasite in it killed a tiger, and is given free reign to dispose of Ikuro.[3]
Eventually, Dordo comes back to his laboratory with Sumire and Kasuminome decides to use her as bait. He places her in a room with loudspeakers set at maximum volume to torture her with the noise, hoping that Baoh would sense her and come to the laboratory. In here, Baoh kills all his assassins and weapons. Kasuminome has no choice but to set off the self-destruct sequence of the laboratory to kill Baoh. He tries to use an escape pod, but the battle between Baoh and Walken, who had gone berserk, creates a sink hole and everyone falls into a cavern under the laboratory. Kasuminome is killed when Ikuro used a laser to kill Walken, the beam cutting a stalactite that pierces Kasuminome. The scientist spends his last moments laughing that with his death and the death of Baoh, Dress's research is finished.[4]
Chapitres/Episodes
Apparition dans le Manga- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 1: Baoh, the Ultimate Weapon
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 2: The Extermination Order!
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 3: Baoh, the Invincible Body
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 4: Evil Beast Martin (Flashback(s))
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 5: Grandpa Rokusuke (Flashback(s))
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 7: Come Out, Baoh
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 8: Cyborg Lieutenant Colonel Dordo
- Baoh the Visitor Chapter 9: Demon Walken (Décès)
Apparitions dans l'AnimeCitations
Citations- “What the hell have we done...?! We've awakened Baoh! Baoh is the most formidable biological weapon that our organization has created! It would advance our military and medical sector, making us superior in the world...! Awakening Baoh is equivalent to setting off a nuclear explosion!”—Dr. Kasuminome, Baoh the Visitor Chapter 1: Baoh, the Ultimate Weapon
- “Listen! The girl's foresight ability is both weak and ambiguous, so don't mind killing her if she gets in your way! The problem is that boy! If you've found him, keep on tailing him! Cooperate with the other agents to eliminate him within the next 3 hours! Destroy him before "Baoh's first Armed Phenomenon" appears! Don't forget! His corpse must indisputably be incinerated! Burn it with gasoline until it becomes ashes! Obliterate him!”
- “I created Baoh by accelerating evolution under certain conditions. However, it's still in the experimental stage. There are many things that I don't understand... The power that Baoh wields is still beyond my control.”—Dr. Kasuminome, Baoh the Visitor Chapter 3: Baoh, the Invincible Body
- “Ikuro Hashizawa is the first human host for the parasite, so no other experimental data exists. Baoh has the potential to learn new things like a baby. It is completely unpredictable!”—Dr. Kasuminome, Baoh the Visitor Chapter 7: Come Out, Baoh
- “Orders from above. Lieutenant Colonel Dordo, you are to be executed.”—Dr. Kasuminome, Baoh the Visitor Chapter 9: Demon Walken
- “Baoh, my creation... it's too late now... the explosion is about to come here... Hehehehehe... If you and I die... it's the end of Dress's research... Heheheh... This mysterious cavern will be a suitable grave for us!! Farewell, Baoh! Farewell, young boy!”—Dr. Kasuminome's last words, Baoh the Visitor Chapter 9: Demon Walken
Galerie
Kasuminome & Sophine
Kasuminome's death
Références
- ↑ Baoh the Visitor Chapter 4: Evil Beast Martin
- ↑ Baoh the Visitor Chapter 5: Grandpa Rokusuke
- ↑ Baoh the Visitor Chapter 3: Baoh, the Invincible Body
- ↑ Baoh the Visitor Chapter 9: Demon Walken
