 This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Gotchard.
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- "I've heard of these flies who dare to imitate our divine powers..."alchemists". And, from what I gather, you're the toughest fly of 'em all, yeah? (俺たち神の力を模倣するうるさい蝿、錬金術師。その中で一番強い蝿がお前だろ？, Oretachi kami no chikara o mohō suru urusai hae, renkinjutsu-shi. Sono naka de ichiban tsuyoi hae ga omae daro?)"
- ―Germain confronting the real Fuga Kudo.[src]
- "My name is Germain, and because of I loved humans, so I want to turn them all into Malgams. So, give me Chemies! (俺の名はジェルマン、俺は人間を愛しているからさ、全てマルガムに変えてあげたいんだ。だから、ケミーをよこせ！, Ore no na wa Jeruman, ore wa ningen wo aishiteiru kara-sa, subete Marugamu ni kaete agetain da. Dakara, kemī o yokose!)"
- ―Germain asking Houtaro and his allies to return all Chemies to him.[src]
Germain (ジェルマン, Jeruman)[1] was one of the overarching antagonists of Kamen Rider Gotchard. He is the founder of alchemy and one of the Dark Kings who was sealed behind the Door of Darkness until resurfacing after the first defeat of Gigist.
History[]
Background[]
- Main article: Dark Kings
In the early days of alchemy, three alchemists who were originally human, abandoned their humanity using the power of Philosopher's Stone and became an entity known as Dark King. Three of them were Germain, who specialised in alchemy, Gaelijah, who specialised in astrology, and Gigist, who created the first Chemies known as Gaiard and Dragonalos and specialised in theurgy. Later on, Dark King created and enslaved Glion.
120 years ago, Dark King were sealed behind Door of Darkness by Alchemist of the Daybreak, and remaining Glion joined Alchemys Union to continue his research.
Germain's giant hand taking Glion away
After Glion's last defeat at the hands of Houtaro Ichinose, Germain's hand appears from the Door of Darkness to take away Glion and consume him.[Gotcha! Crosshopper!][Evil Descends! The Thrice-Greatest Dark Kings]
Revival[]
Shortly after the first defeat of Gigist to Rainbow Gotchard, Germain alongside Gaelijah escaped from the Door of Darkness and approach their fellow Dark King, with him belittling Gigist for stepping out much earlier to reclaim Nijigon. He would then reveal to Atropos and Clotho the truth about Glion and how he had consumed him. Germain then immediately begins their plan to get rid of pests by first seeking Fuga Kudo alongside Gigist and Gaelijah.
After defeating Houtaro Ichinose and his allies, Germain and Gigist had an argument over the throne. Germain taunted Gigist while the latter was still injured, and then teleported away to find Nijigon.
Next day, after searching in vain, Germain immediately appeared in front of Houtaro and Rinne, he decided to defeat them completely, in order to obtain the fragments of the Philosopher's Stone and surpass the other Dark Kings once for all. He summoned a Golem to fight against Gotchard and Majade, the two Kamen Riders had no way to deal with it. However, the Golem was swiftly defeated by Platina Gotchard and Majade's counter attack, causing Germain get interested in two Kamen Riders, retreat from the battle.
Taken Out from the Inside[]
Germain would later be confronted again by Houtaro, Rinne and Supana and their allies, who combined their powers to defeat him. After Germain renegerated his body, he plans to consume Atropos to restore his strength. However, he meets his end when Atropos planted the golden Rubik's cube that belongs to Glion inside him, causing his body to become the vessel for Glion's resurrection.
Legacy[]
He and the remaining Dark Kings were created into mindless Homunculus by Kamen Rider Eld in the final battle, to prevent Houtaro and his allies from stopping Glion's ultimate goal. However, these Homunculus were still no match for Kamen Rider's power and were defeated.
Personality[]
Germain is a flamboyant being who believes that turning all of humanity into Malgams is the correct evolutionary path for humans and Chemies, and demands the return of the Chemies. Among all the Dark Kings, his personality is the most close to human. Towards enemies or allies who are not as strong as him, he will adopt a mocking or even playful attitude, such as tauntning of Gigist's injuries, thinking Gigist is not worthy of obtain the Philosopher's Stone fragments and the action tried to understood human thoughts are foolish.
He is also the one who pursues Nijigon the most intensely among the Dark Kings, and feels very disappointed when there is no trace of the latter.
He also has a twisted love for humanity as he claims to love them even if it meant torturing, exploiting, or mutilating them in ways that are considered extremely sadistic, immoral, and morbid. He also think all humans are mental deficiency that need to accept his twisted love, only by under his management, all human beings could achieve true happiness. Germain looking down on Fuga Kudo by calling him as a "strongest fly out of human", even though the latter is one of the most powerful alchemists.
Like his fellow member, they all held a contemptuous attitude towards homunculus of lower status than themselves. Germain mocked Atropos and Clotho directly in front of them, saying that Glion was just a doll created by Dark Kings, and very excited about the fact of consuming him. Towards their anger, Germain treat it was a proof of trying to resist him and disdained it. As regarding Kamen Riders, he just wants to get the fragments of the Philosopher's Stone by destroying them.
The same trait as his fellow members are, Germain is prone to anger when things doesn't go his way. Not only will he be furious, he will also curse his enemies, wishing them a peaceful death by his hand. When he defeated by Kamen Riders, he only thought about how to use Atropos' body and wanted to recover his strength by consuming her. Ironically, it was this inability to understand the thoughts and emotions of humans and Homunculus that ultimately led to Germain's failure.
Germain[]
Germain
- Statistics[2]
- Height: 221.3 cm
- Weight: 114.0 kg
Powers and Abilities[]
- Durability: As one of the Dark Kings, Germain was able to withstand the finishers attacks from multiple Kamen Riders, where other Malgams would be defeated immidiately. However, the attacks still cause severe damage to his body, and created an opportunity for Glion inside him to resurrect himself and take over his own body.
- Giant Hand: While inside the Door of Darkness, Germain demonstrated that he can reach out of the door with a giant withered hand to grab and consume his victim. This ability first appeared after Glion was defeated.
- Alchemy: As one of the Dark Kings and being the founder of alchemy, Germain is able to use following powers:
- Fixation: Germain can freeze his opponent's movement to prevent incoming attacks from them.
- Power Bestowal: Like Gigist, Germain can imbue someone with properties to make them more stronger, by flicking their forehead, this will cause physical alterations to the recipient, the entity was shown to be able to switch back and forth between its original and its altered forms at will afterwards.
- Energy Beam Generation: Germain, alongside the other Dark Kings, are able to deliver a black and red energy beam to attack the enemies from their palm.
- Golem Creation: Germain is able to create a Golem from inanimate properties.
- Energy Shield Generation: Germain can generate energy shields in order to block enemy attacks.
- Teleportation: Germain can teleport himself in anywhere he want.
- Regeneration: Even after defeated by a Kamen Rider, Germain still can renegerate his body through his alchemy power. However, he requires to consume a Homunculus' body in order to recover from the injury, and this ability cannot prevent Glion taken over his body.
- Energy Ball Generation: Germain can deliver several yellow colored energy balls from his hand, throws it towards his enemies, the energy ball will cause explosion upon it hit the ground.
- Energy Spike Creation: Germain can create several red energy spikes from thin air to strike their opponents.
Weaknesses[]
- Other Dark Kings: Each Dark King has 33% of the Philosopher's Stone fragment, so each member's power can cancel each other out. This makes Germain unable to quickly absorb the fragments in other Dark Kings' body to complete himself, he can only wait for Kamen Rider to defeat the other members, vice versa.
- Kamen Rider Rainbow Gotchard: Since Houtaro's body was fused with Nijigon's egg when he first time wearing Gotchariver, he contains 1% of the Philosopher's Stone fragments in his body. After transforming into Rainbow Gotchard, Houtaro can use Nijigon to have the power as same level a single Dark King and easily defeat them. Germain was unable to overwhelm Rainbow Gotchard and the Gotcharbrothers, quickly defeated by the latters.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Dark Kings[]
- Gigist: Germain disliked Gigist from the moment he escaped from the Door of Darkness before him, and the action of attempted to seize the fragments of Philosopher's Stone. Germain also thought Gigist's attempt to understand human thoughts was foolish. He also mocked him when he was seriously injured. Gigist in turn, was hostile to Germain.
- Gaelijah: Germain did not show hostility to Gaelijah like he did to Gigist, instead asked her if she had any complaints with him. She rejected his idea to seize Nijigon. Later, Gaelijah learned from a prophecy that Germain would be able to obtain a fragment of the Philosopher's Stone in the near future, which made Germain extremely excited. However, it is not known whether this prophecy is related to Glion taking over Germain's body.
Enemies[]
- Houtaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard: As for Houtaro, Germain keenly discovered that he had a fragment of the Philosopher's Stone hidden in his body, so he repeatedly came to find Houtaro and planned to destroy him to get what he wanted. When defeated by Houtaro, Germain become furious and cursed him.
- Rinne Kudo/Kamen Rider Majade: Germain sees Rinne as a hindrance to his goal, and decides to destory her along with Houtaro. Since Germain refused to revive Glion in his body, Atropos decided to ask Rinne for help and asked her to defeat Germain. In return, Atropos revealed that Fuga was being hunted by the Dark Kings. Rinne had to participate in the process of defeating Germain in order to keep her promise.
- Supana Kurogane/(Kamen Rider) Valvarad: Germain sees Supana as a hindrance to his goal, and decides to destory him along with Houtaro. After Supana refused to form an alliance with Gigist, Gigist told him that only by defeating Germain could prove Supana's strength. Supana then decided to defeat Germain to prove that the power he inherited could protect the world.
- Fuga Kudo/Kamen Rider Wind: Germain regards Fuga as his primary target for elimination, and despises him by calling him the "strongest fly".
- Minato/Kamen Rider Dread (IV): to be added
- Renge Icho: to be added
- Sabimaru Tsuruhara: to be added
Other[]
- Three Dark Sisters:
- Atropos: Since Atropos was a homunculus made by Glion, Germain looked down on her. When Atropos asked him if he could revive Glion, he was ruthlessly rejected, and taunted about Atropos' anger expression. Atropos then asking Rinne for help in defeating Germain.
- Clotho: Germain never took Clotho seriously. He not only mocked Glion's death in front of her, but also froze her to strengthen her power, causing her even more pain. He even slapped Clotho to the ground and walked away.
- Glion: Germain snatched him away to the Door of Darkness after his defeat and consumed him. He is very pleased of the fact that consumed Glion. However, his body would then be taken over by Glion after Atropos planted the gold Rubik's cube inside him.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Germain is voiced by Kohei Amasaki (天﨑 滉平, Amasaki Kōhei), who also voiced Exceedfighter. His suit actor is Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔, Asai Kosuke).
Etymology[]
Germain's name is derived from Count of St. Germain, a historical figure who had achievements in the study of alchemy.
Notes[]
- Germain's suit is later used as Kamen Rider Dorado's undersuit.
- Germain is the first Dark King to be killed.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Gotchard
- Episode 27: Gotcha! Crosshopper! (hand only)
- Episode 39: Gotcha Complete! Climax 101!
- Episode 40: Evil Descends! The Thrice-Greatest Dark Kings
- Episode 41: Trace of God, Grace of Rainbow!