Souichi Tomoe

Souichi Tomoe
Sailor Moon character
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Character played by	Japanese: Akira Kamiya Takuya Kirimoto English: Jeff Lumby Keith Silverstein
In-universe information
Species	Human (before corruption) Human-Daimon hybrid
Gender	Male
Occupation	Owner of Mugen Academy, scientist, leader of the Death Busters
Affiliation	Death Busters
Family	Hotaru Tomoe (daughter) Keiko Tomoe (wife, deceased)

Professor Souichi Tomoe (土萠 創一, Tomoe Sōichi Kyouju) is the leader of the Death Busters and Hotaru Tomoe's father.

Appearance

Souichi Tomoe has white hair and wears a white shirt with a tie, khakis and business shoes. He wears a lab coat and wears glasses with the right lens displaying an eye, possibly to conceal an injury.

As Germatoid, all his human features are gone, replaced by a monstrous figure, with spikes poking out from his body. He has sharp claws, and the Death Busters symbol displayed on his forehead.

Information

Manga

In the manga, Tomoe was a scientist until, as Kenji Tsukino recalled, he was thrown out of the scientific community for dodgy experiments. After selling some of these findings, he purchased the area where he built his labs and Infinity Academy. He continued with his research but a lightning strike caused a fire there, which killed his wife Keiko and left his daughter Hotaru badly injured.

Tomoe saved his daughter using what appeared to be a mix of cybernetic and genetic technology. He also implanted a Daimon Egg in her at this time, the eggs having arrived with Pharaoh 90 during the lightning strike. They infected his assistant, Kaorinite, as well as himself.

After this, he focused on the creation of his "Super Beings,"using a variety of scientific techniques including genetic, pharmacological, and cybernetic processes. Human bodies were used as vessels, but he also made several Daimons from the Eggs alone: the Witches 5. He experimented on himself as well, creating a fusion of human and alien.

When Super Sailor Moon arrived at his lab with the Outer Sailor Guardians, Daimons attacked and Tomoe changed into a creature called Germatoid. Sailor Moon killed him with Rainbow Moon Heartache, and Hotaru was briefly seen saying goodbye to her father, whom she realized had disappeared a long time ago, after her mother's death.

Anime

Sailor Moon S

In the third season, Professor Tomoe, under the possession of Germatoid, was the leader of the Death Busters and the father of the girl who housed the Messiah of Silence; Hotaru Tomoe. He was mostly seen as a shadowed silhouette as only his glasses were visible. After Mistress 9 awoke, and the Outer Sailor Senshi arrived at Mugen Academy to stop her, they were confronted by Germatoid, who removed himself from Tomoe to possess creations to fight the Senshi. Tomoe arrived to try and beg for Hotaru to break free from Mistress 9, but Mistress 9 held control and began to strangle him with her hair until Hotaru fought for control causing Mistress 9 to release him. She said she needed the Holy Grail, which Sailor Moon was willing to provide, and Tomoe delivered it to her, only too late to discover Mistress 9 was pretending to be Hotaru to use the Grail to summon Pharaoh 90. Mistress 9 was injured by a random blast sent by Pharaoh 90 and Tomoe gathered her into his arms for comfort as Hotaru took control, and it was the love she had for her father and friends that allowed her to destroy Mistress 9. Tomoe was injured as the landscape was being destroyed by Pharaoh 90. After Pharaoh 90 was destroyed and Hotaru reborn as a child, Haruka and Michiru returned the baby girl to her father, at the hospital where he was recovering from his injuries.

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars

In the fifth season and final season of the 90s anime series, Professor Tomoe is only seen once in episode 167, where he is shown living somewhere away from the city, peacefully with his infant daughter. Then Setsuna comes to retrieve Hotaru, and he is never seen again.

Crystal

Prior to Sailor Moon Crystal

Several years ago, Souichi Tomoe was a very knowledgeable and brilliant scientist in bio-engineering and astrophysics. He believed that alien life-forms existed and that merging them with human beings would create an entirely new kind of being: a super life-form. When a fire broke out, he had managed to save his 6-year-old daughter and then experimented on her by infusing her physical body with machinery to ensure her well-being. He was approached by Pharaoh 90 himself who had him declare his undying allegiance and devotion to the cosmic entity in return for great power and knowledge far beyond humanity. Although hesitant, he willingly devoured the Daimon egg of Germatoid and thus become completely possessed by his evil.

Infinity arc

He had scolded his daughter for being rude to his trusted assistant, Kaolinite, but soon let it slide as he had spoiled her since her mother had died. At his house, he was introduced to Chibiusa who he greeted warmly before disappearing to his laboratories to continue his experiments.

His true intentions are revealed when he first encountered "the alien" during one of his experiments. He then pledged his loyalty and devotion to this universal entity and was transformed into an entirely different man. He then used his scientific genius to effectively create "perfect bodies" which were a fusion of human and machine by genetic manipulation, and such had artificially created the other four members of Witches 5 in his lab.

Believing himself a god, he turned his hordes of Daimon on Super Sailor Moon, Super Sailor Uranus, Super Sailor Neptune, and Super Sailor Pluto, who fought back. As he was Hotaru's father, Super Sailor Moon was quite reluctant to either attack or kill him. It was then that he becomes one with Germatoid, and became tens of times much stronger and attacked ferociously. According to Super Sailor Uranus, he was incapable of returning to human form. Sailor Moon killed him with Rainbow Moon Heartache, and Hotaru was briefly seen saying goodbye to her father, whom she realized had disappeared a long time ago, after her mother's death.

Abilities

After devouring a unique Daimon egg called "Germatoid," he gained the ability to create highly intelligent life-forms with ease by combining organic life and machinery. He was successful in making hundreds of Daimon eggs for his beloved master.

As a complete Daimon, he possessed superhuman strength and superhuman durability, capable of knocking away Super Sailor Uranus' Space Sword from her hand, and cause cracks to appear all around his lab.

Gallery

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Professor Tomoe's two faces

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Souichi and baby Hotaru.

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Professor Tomoe creating Daimon.

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Germatoid itself finally emerging from Professor Tomoe's body.

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Professor Tomoe with a younger Hotaru during much happier father-daughter times.

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Professor Tomoe and the Holy Grail

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Tomoe consumes the Daimon egg "Germatoid."

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Shunsaku Yajima as Souichi Tomoe.

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Ryuuji Kasahara as Souichi Tomoe.

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Kaname Aoki as Souichi Tomoe.

Trivia

• Professor Tomoe seems to have recovered his memory in the Sailor Stars season. This is shown when he gives Hotaru over to Setsuna willingly and without question, as if he knows her destiny as a Sailor Senshi and is aware of what is happening; such as his daughter being the reincarnation of an extremely powerful Sailor Soldier.
• Out of all of the main villains, Professor Tomoe is the most benign boss to his subordinates, often making small talk with the Witches 5 simply admitting that he's very disappointed whenever one repeatedly fails instead of threatening to have them punished or killed.
• While his new form is considered Germatoid, the name itself has not been mentioned in Sailor Moon Crystal.

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