 This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Saber.
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Zooous (ズオス, Zuosu)[1] is one of the three Megid generals alongside Legeiel and Storious. After being defeated by Saber and Blades, he allows Storious to enhance the Zooous Alter Ride Book to transform into Zooous Predator (ズオス・プレデター, Zuosu Puredetā).
History[]
Background[]
Legeiel smiling with his companions upon arriving in the Wonder World.
Two thousand years ago, Zooous was part of a group of travelers alongside Viktor, Storious, Legeiel, and the first Master Logos to search for Wonder World in hopes of benefitting humanity. After meeting a mysterious priestess, the five venture into Wonder World and become the first humans to witness the Almighty Book. However, Zooous and Legeiel were tempted by Storious to take the Almighty Book's power for their own. The three attempted to steal the tome by tearing out the pages, embedding it into themselves and becoming the Megid. Over the last two thousand years, the Megid used the pages to create the Alter Ride Books and build a vast army to fight the Sword of Logos
Zooous killing Kenshin Nagamine, the previous Blades.
Zooous was present at the battle between the Sword of Logos and the Megid. Kamen Rider Calibur attempted to seize the Almighty Book from the Sword of Logos, using the Megid as a distraction. During the battle, Zooous fought against the Water Swordsman at the time, Kenshin Nagamine, and killed him.
A Chance Rises Again[]
Zooous prepares to change the world.
Fifteen years after the tragedy of the Sword of Logos, Zooous and his comrades worked alongside Kamen Rider Calibur to awaken the Almighty Book. He would come across the current Water Swordsman, Rintaro Shindo, and mocked his previous master's strength. Zooous grows bored with Rintaro and says he’s not even worth killing. He picks up Rintaro’s sword and mockingly hands it back to him.
Zooous fights Blades Fantastic Lion.
This caused Rintaro to begin training himself to simultaneously use three Wonder Ride Books and avenge his master. Zooous would became eager to get back out and fight the swordsmen. When Zooous attempts to devour Mei Sudo, Rintaro came to rescue her and uses his training to become Blades Fantastic Lion. After Zooous was defeated in their rematch, this experience inspired Rintaro to never yield for hatred.
The Megid triumvirate overwhelm the swordsmen.
Eventually, Zooous and the other Megid put their plan into motion, with help from the now-unmasked Calibur. They created giant books at six points in the city that formed a ring and used them to create a portal connecting Earth to the Wonder World, summoning the book that contained the Almighty Book. While Calibur flew inside the portal, the triumvirate assumed their Megid forms to hold off the Kamen Riders from the Sword of Logos' Northern Base. However, they were unable to stop Saber from entering the portal after Calibur.
The Predator Hunt[]
Zooous fights Blades King Lion Daisenki.
Despite failing to obtain the Almighty Book, the Megid hatched a new plan to turn the humans connected to Wonder World into their kin. Meanwhile, Zooous took the opportunity to train himself and become stronger. He desires to take on Rintaro to avenge his defeat, all while collecting more Alter Ride Books from the human victims. While rampaging downtown, Zooous would briefly attempt to engage in a rematch against Blades.
Zooous fights Blades King Lion Daisenki.
Following Legeiel's demise, Zooous was sent by Storious to turn Mei into the Neko Megid to lure out Saber and Blades. While Touma and Rintaro were enraged on what Zooous had done, they hesitated in fighting the Neko Megid without harming Mei. Zooous mocked Rintaro's lack of confidence and overpowered his foe. After Touma and Rintaro trained to further advanced the latter's mastery over Suiseiken Nagare, the two team up once again and successfully separate Mei from the Neko Megid. While this enraged Zooous, he was forced to withdraw by Storious.
Final Battle and Death[]
Zooous became Zooous Predator.
- "You're pretty strong. Let's fight again sometime."
- ―Zooous's last words to Rintaro.[src]
Zooous's death.
Zooous was enhanced by Storious to evolve into Zooous Predator. Once Master Logos disabled the Northern Base defenses, Zooous decided to settle his score with Kamen Rider Blades and went off to find his rival. After defeating Buster and forcing Sophia to take action, Rintaro's determination to protect his friends as allowed the Almighty Book fragment to respond to him, transforming him into Blades Tategami Hyoujuusenki to finally vanquish Zooous. In his final moments, Zooous commends how strong Blades had become and expressed his desire for a rematch in the future, proudly saying farewell before his body shattered into ice shards.
Post-Mortem[]
Legeiel and Zooous' spirits confront Storious.
During the final battle in the Tower of Destruction, Storious was visited by Zooous and Legeiel' spirits, who questioned how they had ended up as monsters. Though Storious replied their hopes were twisted into a bottomless lust for power. It would be revealed that Zooous and Legeiel' spirits were conjured by Luna in an attempt to get through to Storious.
Zooous reunited with Storious and Legeiel in the afterlife.
After Storious' plan was averted, Zooous' spirit later appeared in the Wonder World alongside the spirits of Luna, Tassel, the first Master Logos and his former Megid allies to greet Touma after he became the Wonder World's guardian. Zooous wished Touma good luck as the Wonder World's guardian.
Personality[]
Like Storious and Legeiel, Zooous appears to have at one point been a good-hearted person committed to bringing about a better standard of living for his fellow man. His good intentions stayed with him when he and the rest of Victor's party entered the Wonder World, but after a glimpse of the Great Book's power, Zooous became corrupted by his desire to obtain it and teamed up with Storious and Legeiel to steal it for their own selfish purposes, with the three using the pages they tore from it to become the Megid.
As a Megid, Zooous is much more battle hungry and bloodthirsty than his associates, viewing his battles as "hunts" and always looking to enjoy himself as much as possible whenever he enters a fight. Because of this, Zooous often gets bored if he is fighting against an opponent who is much weaker than he is, to the point where he will often not bother to finish them off as he views them as not worth the effort. Compared to Storious and Legeiel, who generally prefer planning and strategy, Zooous employs little strategy other than brute force when it comes to fighting the Sword of Logos. However, he is still loyal to his organization, and was angered by Desast revealing information to Rintaro. Unlike the other two generals, he sees no value in underhanded tactics and trickery, as he believes that it does not belong in a true fight. As a result, he attempted to stop Storious from keeping Mei Sudo as a hostage by trying to eat her alive.
Zooous has a short fuse, and can hold a strong grudge. His past respect for honor in a fight had been strained when he was humiliated by Rintaro, and his primary motivation afterwards was to torment the second Water Swordsman as much as possible. He went to great lengths to emotionally torment Rintaro, and was more than willing to use Mei as bait via using the Neko Megid, as opposed to when he stopped Storious from taking her as a hostage earlier on. This does not mean that Zooous is stupid, however, as he displays near-feral cunning with how he fights during battle. On occasion, he is genuinely capable of incredibly devious tactics when given the chance, such as when he turned Mei into the Neko Megid, as he was well aware of her relationship with Touma and Rintaro and how reluctant they would be to actually fight their close friend.
When Rintaro finally ended his life, Zooous's past human personality resurfaced due to finally being freed from the Great Book's influence, with his former self showing how he respected Rintaro's growth in his strength and convictions.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Longevity: After becoming a Megid from taking a fraction of the Great Book's power, Zooous was able to live for more than 2,000 years.
Abilities[]
- Master Combatant: Zooous is very strong in a fight, relying on a brutal and animalistic fighting style such as slashing wildly with his two swords and smashing his opponent's face repeatedly. In addition, every time he fights, he learns and grows stronger, showing that an opponent cannot use the same technique against him twice.
- Master Acrobat: Zooous is very agile, being able to perform several flips and even implement them in his fighting style. His acrobatic skills are more apparent when he is in his human form.
Forms[]
Zooous
- Statistics
- Height: 204.0 cm
- Weight: 135.2 kg
- Arsenal
- Alter Ride Books
- Claws: Zooous can deliver power strikes with his claws.
- Jidora (ジドラ) & Gunu (グウヌ, Gūnu): Zooous wields a pair of khopesh-style swords in combat.
- Abilities
- Megid Creation: With an Alter Ride Book, Zooous can create an animal-themed Megid.
- Transformation: Zooous can transform from his human form into his Megid form at will.
- Flame Projectiles: Zooous can generate and launch blue and yellow colored fireballs from his hands.
- Enhanced Strengh: Zooous possesses raw strength that he can block Kamen Rider Blades' sword with only an arm.
- Consumption: Zooous can open his mouth really wide to devour his victims.
- Teleportation: Zooous can move from one area to another instantly.
- Battle Adaptation: Zooous' fighting style and abilities adapt automatically from each battle he's fought to not be defeated the same way twice.
Zooous Predator
- Statistics
- Height: 204.0 cm
- Weight: 135.2 kg
Zooous Predator (ズオス・プレデター, Zuosu Puredetā)[2] is the strongest form of Zooous, who has become an absolute predator. Exposed to his inner wildness, he surpasses reason and reigns at the top of the food chain with his power.
- Abilities
- Feral Mind: Zooous Predator can tap into a primal instinctive state of mind, which can release an unstoppable rage that allows him to perform in vastly increased capacity, taking and inflicting damage that he couldn't in his normal state.
- Augmented Strength: By pushing his body to the limit, Zooous Predator's raw strength has explosively increased to the point he can cause structural damage, easily defeat Buster and Blades, and lift heavy objects without restraint.
- Enhanced Agility: Zooous Predator can maneuver quickly, efficiently and effortlessly than in his original form.
- Flame Projectiles: Zooous Predator can generate flames from his jaws at will.
Megid Created[]
- Spider Megid (Separate Volume Kamen Rider Saber Manga: Kamen Rider Buster)
- Hanzaki Megid (Episode 3)
- Piranha Megid (Episode 5)
- Neko Megid (Episode 30)
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Legeiel: One of his companions. Due to both of their hot-headed and arrogant natures, they frequently butt heads.
- Storious: One of his companions. Storious granted Zooous his Predator form.
- Current Master Logos: While they never met face to face, Master Logos allowed Zooous (through Storious) to rampage through Northern Base, unknowingly alongside Durendal and Sabela.
- Reika Shindai/Kamen Rider Sabela: Reika was initially unaware of Zooous wreaking havoc in Northern Base, and showed shock when Touma told her. When she finally saw him, she was clearly unnerved.
- Ryoga Shindai/Kamen Rider Durendal: TBA
Enemies[]
- Kenshin Nagamine/Kamen Rider Blades (I): The previous Swordsman of Water that Zooous killed 15 years ago. This event instilled a great grudge for young Rintaro.
- Rintaro Shindo/Kamen Rider Blades (II: Archenemy of Zooous. Due to witnessing Zooous kill his master, Rintaro's main motivation in fighting Zooous specifically is to get revenge. Zooous constantly gloats over Rintaro when he gets the upper hand, and when he gets beaten by Rintaro he is angered greatly. Zooous will go to great lengths to torment Rintaro, such as emotionally berate him, turn Mei into a Megid, and even turn Forbidden similar to Legeiel. Eventually, Rintaro was able to slay Zooous, with Zooous's human spirit respecting how strong his rival had become.
- Daichi Kamijo/Kamen Rider Saber (I)/Kamen Rider Calibur (II): TBA
- Kento Fukamiya/Kamen Rider Espada (II)/Kamen Rider Calibur (III): TBA
- Ryo Ogami/Kamen Rider Buster (II): TBA
- Ren Akamichi/Kamen Rider Kenzan (II): TBA
- Tetsuo Daishinji/Kamen Rider Slash: TBA
- Yuri/Kamen Rider Saikou: TBA
- Desast: He stated to Storious that Desast was one of the Megid's failures.
Others[]
- Tassel: Way before Zooous turned into a Megid, he was clearly on good terms with Tassel, who at the time was known as Victor.
- Master Logos (original): TBA
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Zooous is portrayed by Koji Saikawa (才川 コージ, Kōji Saikawa). As a Megid, his suit actor is Shogo Teramoto (寺本 翔悟, Teramoto Shōgo).
Etymology[]
- Zooous' name is a combination of the words "Zoo" (ズー, Zū), referencing his specialty being living animals, and "Theos" (テオス, Teosu), means "god" or "deity" in Ancient Greek.
Notes[]
- Zooous' acrobatic skill stems from his actor Koji Saikawa being skilled in parkour.
- Zooous was technically the only Megid to enter Touma's bookstore, mainly because he was able to catch Mei off-guard while inside.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Saber
- Sword of Logos Saga
- Kamen Rider Saber Prologue
- Chapter 1: In The Beginning, There Was a Flame Swordsman.
- Chapter 2: The Water Swordsman, Along With a Blue Lion.
- Chapter 3: A Father, and a Swordsman.
- Chapter 4: I Opened the Book, Therefore.
- Chapter 5: My Friend, the Thunder Swordsman.
- Chapter 6: Like the Wind, He Arrives.
- Chapter 7: The Sword of the King, Lies in Avalon.
- Chapter 8: The One That Is Sealed Is, Arthur.
- Chapter 9: Overlap, the Swordsman's Timbre.
- Chapter 10: Crossing Swords, and Crossing Feelings.
- Chapter 11: Disturbed Thunder, Spreading Dark Clouds.
- Chapter 12: The Promise, in that Place.
- Chapter 13: I, Will Stay True, To My Convictions.
- Chapter 14: These Feelings, Dwell in this Blade.
- Chapter 15: Beyond The Resolution, and Beyond.
- Chapter 16: Saving the World, A Ray of Light.
- Chapter 17: The Ancient Messenger, of Either Light or Shadow.
- Chapter 18: The Flame's Obsession, Defeating the Megid.
- Chapter 19: Flame and Light, Sword and Sword.
- Chapter 20: To Destroy the Stronghold, the Will of the Sword.
- Chapter 21: Shine the Best, Full Color.
- Chapter 22: Nevertheless, I Want to Save People.
- Chapter 23: Raging, Hand of Ruin.
- Chapter 27: Sorrow, Turn It Into a Smile.
- Chapter 28: Writing the Past, Drawing the Future.
- Chapter 30: Bonded, Even When Apart.
- Chapter 31: Believing in Strength, Strength Believed In.
- Chapter 32: My Thoughts, Crystallized. (death)
- Chapter 45: Ten Swordsmen, Betting the World. (spirit)
- Final Chapter: The End of the World, the Story that is Born. (spirit)
- Kamen Rider Saber: Final Stage
