CHARACTER PROFILE
Ikuro Hashizawa
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- Enya the Hag's Fangirl Diary
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Ikuro Hashizawa (橋沢 育朗, Hashizawa Ikurō), also known as Baoh (バオー, Baō), is the protagonist of Baoh the Visitor.
After being hospitalized following a car crash, Ikuro is kidnapped and transformed into the bioweapon " Baoh " by the Dress Organization. When Sumire awakens him from an asphyxiated state en route to Dress's headquarters, he is forced to call upon Baoh's power as the two attempt to escape the organization's pursuit.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
Human Form
Ikuro is a teenage male of average height and medium build. He has thick, slightly messy dark hair with sharp, layered strands that extend outward, as well as prominent eyebrows. He wears a sleeveless V-neck vest over a long-sleeved, turtleneck shirt with buttons. The vest features a contrasting trim along the shoulders. Alongside his light-colored, fitted pants, he wears a belt with a metallic buckle and dark shoes. He also wears fingerless combat gloves.↗
Baoh Transformation
As Baoh, the bio-weapon, Ikuro's body undergoes a transformation. The region surrounding his eyes is cracked like a shell, revealing a dark or shadowy interior, and his eyes emit a constant glow. His hair gives way to a flowing mass of long strands of what appears to be flesh. Within his forehead is embedded a unique sensory organ called a "tactile sensor," which appears as a vertical oval emanating light surrounded by darkness.↗
03Personality
Ikuro is a rather friendly individual, but he is willing to do illegal things to keep himself alive, such as stealing a person's bike. He has a strong bond with Sumire due to their similar pasts and shared escape from Dress, and he is willing to risk his life to save her.↗
When controlled by the Baoh parasite, he is initially extremely violent and amoral. The scent Baoh most detests is the odor of murderous intent, and the parasite is willing to resort to any means necessary to eliminate it. However, as it experiences new scents brought on by Dress's assassination attempts, the parasite's will begins to synchronize with Ikuro's, to the point that Ikuro is eventually able to retain consciousness while in his transformed state.↗↗↗↗
In the OVA adaptation, Ikuro is affected by amnesia as a result of Dress's experiments, and slowly begins to remember his past over the course of the story.↗
04Abilities
Baoh Armed Phenomenon
When Ikuro's body is attacked or otherwise in danger, the parasite within him transforms his body by means of the Baoh Armed Phenomenon (バオー 武装現象, Baō Āmudo Fenomenon), covering his body in a protective armor that grants him superhuman strength and healing. In exchange, all of his senses are nullified, forcing him to rely upon the "tactile sensor" (触覚, Shokkaku, lit. Sense of Touch) on his forehead. While in his Armed Phenomenon state, Ikuro displays other abilities in the form of Phenomena (フェノメノン, Fenomenon), unique applications of the Baoh parasite's biological enhancements.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Ikuro Hashizawa lived an ordinary kid's life until his involvement with Dress. At the age of seven, Ikuro nearly drowned in a frozen pond. Ikuro and his parents were heavily injured during a car accident and taken to the hospital six months before the events of Baoh. Unfortunately, the doctor was linked to Dress, an evil organization of weapons developers looking for guinea pigs at the time. Dr.↗
Baoh the Visitor
After being injected with the Baoh parasite, Ikuro is contained in a tank and transported on a train. However, a young psychic named Sumire escapes her room and in trying to escape, opens Ikuro's tank. A guard tries to capture him but Ikuro crushes his arm and leaps out of the train. He grabs the power lines but also survives the shock.↗
Walking through the mountains, Ikuro and Sumire meet an old couple living in the area. They give him shelter and food. But during a moment the old man is isolated, another cyborg assassin emerges, hypnotizing the old man into waiting for midnight and shoot Ikuro in the head with his hunting rifle. At midnight, the old man wakes up and tries to shoot Ikuro, who transforms into Baoh but senses that the old man is not his true enemy.↗
Going away on a motorcycle given by the couple, Ikuro deems it necessary to learn to control his power first to have a chance to save Sumire. Meanwhile, Kasuminome chastises Dordo for his perceived failure and the danger of letting Baoh time to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Ikuro is forced to save a trapped girl from a speeding train and is pushed into managing to activate his acid touch without fully transforming.↗
He is welcomed by a flurry of laser beams, and the attack does not faze Baoh but wounds Sumire. Seeing that Baoh is cornered, Kasuminome prepares to blow up the facility. Meanwhile, Baoh heals the girl with his blood. Walken has woken up, still alive despite his injury, and seeks Baoh for revenge. As the headgear restricting his psychic powers was destroyed by Baoh's attack, the full strength of Walken's abilities causes an earthquake inside the facility.↗
Sumire later senses that Ikuro is dormant but alive at the bottom of the sea, and predicts that he will return when she is seventeen and reunite with her.↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
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Status: Alive (Comatose)↗
07Appearances
08Sources & attribution
- Ikuro Hashizawa
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