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Line 22: {{nihongo|'''''Choujuu Sentai Liveman'''''|超獣戦隊ライブマン|Chōjū Sentai Raibuman|{{r|group=Note|Choujuu}}}} is the twelfth entry of [[Toei Company]]'s [[Super Sentai]] television series. The last Super Sentai title of the [[Shōwa period]], it aired on [[TV Asahi]] from February 27, 1988 to February 18, 1989. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply ''Liveman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html|title=Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website|accessdate=2011-03-26}}</ref> The series was broadcast in [[France]] as ''Bioman 3'', being marketed as the direct sequels to ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]'' and ''Bioman 2'' (''[[Hikari Sentai Maskman]]''). It was the first Super Sentai series that introduced animal-based mecha, it also introduced the first super-combined robot (two robots into one powerful robot). ==Plot== Line 87 ⟶ 89: *{{nihongo|Great Professor Bias|大教授ビアス|Daikyōju Biasu}}: A super genius scientist whose appearance belies his actual age, well versed in all knowledge and worshiped as a god by his officers. Bias' intellect prevents him from brutally punishing or berating his officers for their failures; he believes they should recognize and learn from their shame. In reality, Bias was originally human until he devised a means to cheat death by absorbing a mind-controlling thought pattern-based energy called "Giga Brain Wave". But as twelve minds with an [[IQ]] of 1,000 each is needed, Bias tricks eleven followers under him to be educated until achieving the ideal IQ. From there, Bias extract the achievers' brains and places them in the Brain Room to set up the Giga Brain Wave. Hiding this from his current followers so he can complete the Giga Brain Wave, Bias took extremes by ordering the execution of Miku Kitamura, a girl from 2003, and then Gou, who unknowingly witnessed Bias' previous absorbing of an incomplete Giga Brain Wave. When the effects of begin to waver, Bias attempts to use his incomplete Giga Brain Wave to have Tetsuya destroy the Grand Tortoise for him before it backfired and aged him before he managed to regain his youthful appearance. Soon after, once Kemp reaches the IQ of 1,000, Bias uses Kemp's brain to complete the Giga Brain Wave and becomes a child as a result of absorbing the energy. However, Kemp's spirit rallies the ghosts of Bias' previous victims to take their revenge, causing Bias to revert to his true aged self. He dies in a wizened state aboard the exploding Brain Base with Gash, while hearing the voices of his former officers. *{{nihongo|Doctor Kemp|ドクター・ケンプ|Dokutā Kenpu|1-48}}: He was formerly known as {{nihongo|Kenji Tsukigata|月形 剣史|Tsukigata Kenji}}, Yusuke's former friend at Academia whose dream was to develop biotechnological means to make humans immune to any disease. However, Kenji became egotistical and power hungry after taking the test Bias sent to him, killing Takuji and Mari while leaving to join Volt. Becoming Bias's top pupil, having an unwavering faith in the professor, Kemp's overconfidence and vanity reflected in his monstrous form of {{nihongo|Beauty Beast Kemp|美獣ケンプ|Bijū Kenpu|1-36}}, able to execute moves like Beautiful Eye and Beautiful Rainbow. While in human form, he uses the Slit Cutter as a weapon. Wanting to power his Beauty Beast form, Kemp creates Gore Zuno to synthesize his β ZO Negative blood type before finding Mai, a young woman who saved his life after he suffered blood loss from a lab explosion. After deciding not to take her blood and the events on October 22, Bias is forced to discard his pride and undergo a risky operation to modify himself into a more powerful being. Though Megumi's interference caused him regress to his teenage self with no memory of being in Earth Academia and after, Kemp regains his memories upon remembering his low grade and completes his transformation into {{nihongo|Fear Beast Kemp|恐獣ケンプ|Kyōjū Kenpu|37-48}}. In his new form, Kemp can use his Kemp Tentacles and execute attacks such as Kemp Demon Flare. He managed to obtain the IQ of 1,000, only to be betrayed by Bias who takes brain away. As a result, Kemp's body becomes the mindless {{nihongo|Fear Beast Zuno|恐獣ヅノー |Kyōjūzunō|48}} before being destroyed by *{{nihongo|Doctor Mazenda|ドクター・マゼンダ|Dokutā Mazenda|1-47}}: She was formerly known as {{nihongo|Rui Senda|仙田 ルイ|Senda Rui}}, a haughty woman who was Megumi's rival at the Academia and broke Yusuke's heart. Rui reconstructs herself as a cyborg to reflect her coldness and her desire to preserve her beauty, with concealed weapons within her robotic body like the Arm Gun, Elbow Gun and Finger Gun. However, Mazenda's subconsciously expresses her regret in discarding her love and kindness which manifests in her attack pattern. Eventually, since the Miku incident, Mazenda begins to doubt Bias before she upgrades herself into {{nihongo|Machine Mazenda|マシン・マゼンダ|Mashin Mazenda|38-47}}. In her new state, 90% of Mazenda's body is fully mechanized with new built-in weapons like the Five-Finger Gun, Arm Bazooka, Elbow Gun Double Hit, and Crouch Knee Missile. However, upon learning the truth behind Bias's goals, Mazenda removed all organic traces of her being and became {{nihongo|Robo Mazenda |ロボマゼンダ|Robo Mazenda|47}} to keep Bias from taking her brain. She dies after regaining some of her former humanity. In ''GaoRanger VS. Super Sentai'' Yusuke is found visiting her grave. *{{nihongo|Doctor Oblar|ドクター・オブラー|Dokutā Oburā|1-21, 41, 46-47}}: He was formerly known as {{nihongo|Goh Omura|尾村 豪|Omura Gō}}, Joh's one-time friend at Academy Island. Goh is a childhood prodigy who was forced by his mother Masako to study with no time to play with other children. Struggling to meet everybody's expectations, Goh is brought into Volt by Bias out of pity and unknowingly witnessed Bias in his Brain Room. Using Volt's research with his inferiority complex as a motivation, Oblar turns himself into a completely inhuman monster; in this state, he uses a battle axe as his weapon. During the failed Benyo Zuno experiment, Oblar suddenly regresses to Goh; although Guildos returns him to his monstrous form, he is expelled from Volt for his weakness as he reverted again. Stealing Guildos's cross-sword, Goh returns to Earth and refuge at his childhood home to perfect his Oblar form, destroy the Livemen, and win back Bias' praise. But he is captured by the other Earth-based Volt scientists and used in the creation of the Oblar Zuno. When the clone attempts to kill his mother, Oblar takes the hit meant from her, reverting to an exhausted, nearly comatose Goh. Months after of rehabilitation, Gou regains his memories when he was unknowingly used in Kemp's experiment with Tomei Zuno. Soon after, as the young man was a witness to his dark secret, Bias orders his forces to find Gou and kill him as Jou manages to get him to safety. Though guilt-ridden by his actions against him and the others, Gou as he reveals what he knew about Bias before he went into hiding. Goh later finds religion and tries to help the Livemen in hopes of saving Rui and Kenji. Though attempting to protect Mazenda from Gash, Goh is unable to save her in the end as he returns to his normal life again. Line 97 ⟶ 99: ===Others=== *{{nihongo|Dinosaur Gon|恐竜ゴン|Kyōryū Gon|6-7}}: A dinosaur that Time Zuno brought to the present, Gon was befriended by a boy named Kenichii. While Mazenda and Kemp hold off the Livemen, Oblar later catches Gon and uses Guard to enlarge Gon into a giant berserker controlled by Oblar. Though overpowered, *{{nihongo|Giga Volt|ギガボルト|Gigaboruto|28-30}}: Created by Bias as the result of his Giga Project, using the Giga Metal that Kemp synthesized and powered by the Giga Energy developed by Mazenda from geothermic heat to build this giant robot personally. Once finally activated, this robot emerges with Kemp piloting it as it over powers ==Episodes== | |||