Bagi

Bagi is the titular character in Bagi, The Monster of Mighty Nature and one of the main protagonists.
She is voiced by Saeko Shimazu who has also voiced Four Murasame in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
== Background ==
Years prior to the story, Bagi was conceived in a lab via a fertilized egg through a mother mountain lion in the SuperLife Center. When an earthquake struck and caused the quarantine doors in P-4 to fail, the animals escaped their confines along with the puma mother who carried her cub Bagi out of the lab. The two hid in a junkyard as thirteen other animals were gunned down on the orders of the head of the gene transfer project Professor Yoko Ishigami by the SuperLife Security Force out of fear the animals would harbor an awesome power.. The mother was then shot dead though the cub Bagi managed to hide from her would have been killers.
Eventually, a private detective named Sousuke found Bagi thinking her to be a stray kitten and brought her to his son Ryosuke "Ryo" Ishigami as his birthday present. While in Ryo's care, Bagi developed tastes for any delicacies, quickly learned how to read and write, Ryo saved her from what would have been a fatal illness, she learned how to walk like a human and even dance. However, some of the townspeople were suspicious and afraid that Bagi might attack causing the kitten to depart out of fear of causing Ryo problems.
Nine years after, she grew to a human young adult size and traveled while trying to find her kind without success. Eventually she attacked the Hell House Biker Gang whom Ryo was a part of at the time while cutting school though she did not do anything aggressive to him then disappeared into the night. The following night, she kills the gang leader and his two cohorts but did not harm Ryo and introduces herself to him. She follows him to his residence wearing a leotard and calmed her old friend down. Eager to learn more about herself, she and Ryo as her only friend ride to the SuperLife Center to learn more of her origins. While waiting outside a convenience store, Bagi shines her eyes to scare off a dog who was about to bark at her.
Eventually, the two make it past the outer laser defenses and force their way inside through a window. In the labs, Bagi is horrified when she sees the experiments conducted on animals. After narrowly dodging the mutant plants in the greenhouse, Bagi fights off some of the security officers and the two slip their way into the Chief's office with Bagi wearing a white safety suit. She then knocks out the chief's communication device with her tail. The Chief devulges part of Bagi's origins who reacts with anguish and dares him to try and kill her for she will get through life no matter what. Upon learning Yoko Ishigami left for the fictitious county of Monica, the Chief tries to execute Bagi with multiple guns intent on studying her remains but she uses her eyes to hypnotize him into arranging transport to Monica.
Seeing how frightening her abilities can be, Ryo makes Bagi promise not to kill his mother in any way. Bagi sleeps in a cage in the plane's cargo hold when a mutant cactus tries to strangle her. Ryo stops the attempt on her life as the Chief warned one of his agents to bring the cactus on board. He ejects Ryo and Bagi from the plane, though they avoid death by using a makeshift parachute and diving into the lake.
For five days, Bagi tends to Ryo's shoulder injury to keep him from bleeding out. After Ryo awakes, Bagi attempts to hunt for a fish in the nearby lake but the fish is stolen by a snake. Bagi kills the snake and cooks it for herself and Ryo. Ryo hopes to talk his mother into coming back to Japan like a family and include Bagi into the family tree. Then, Bagi dances for Ryo in a green leaf dress which she made while Ryo was unconscious and did not bother to stop even as the storm came in.
The morning after, Bagi cleans Ryo's clothes with her tail and they hitch a ride in a circus truck but are pulled over at the border by Monican troopers led by Colonel Sado. Ryo tries to convince the Monicans that Bagi is a harmless circus lion having her jump through fiery hoops. Even so, Bagi is shot with a tranquilizer dart by Sado and Ryo is knocked out. Yoko has Bagi glued down to a table intending to dissect her, cut out her heart and soon through unspecified means Bagi will lose her human traits including her intelligence and ability to talk though Bagi insists the professor call off her experiments.
Ryo forces one of the mercenaries Cemen Bond to help him free Bagi. Bagi shows her intelligence slipping away to Ryo though she defends Ryo from the double cross of Cemen Bond. On the way to Yoko's lab, Bagi makes one last request for Ryo to stroke her neck, then she licks his face. Bagi arrives in the lab where Yoko is forced to concoct a deadly rice ball lest she be fed to the Monican President's dogs and sure enough her most of her intelligence is gone though Yoko helps her to understand the scientists last request, to hide the rice ball and bury it.
Five years after, Bagi turns feral and alledgedly attacks anyone coming within her proximity. It was later revealed that a wild pack of pumas were behind the attacks including one that killed a Monican boy Chico's father. In a lion-shaped hideaway, Bagi finds Monican troopers led by an obese government agent who is ordered to steal back the rice ball and kills them all. Ryo falsely accusing Bagi of murdering his mother fires his rifle at her and she knocks down a cactus. In the intense duel, Bagi has the advantage in speed and uses a makeshift torch to burn Ryo's motorbike. She then encircles Ryo but stops herself from delivering the coup de grace. Ryo quickly gets out his knife and runs her through the abdomen. Ryo reads his mother's final note which was kept in the necklace Bagi was wearing stating that lifeforms like Bagi should never have been born and Ryo shows regrets for his actions crying for his friend.
The day after, Bagi survives what would normally be a fatal wound and runs off off-camera. Ryo prays for her survival though Chico doubts Bagi will ever meet with another human again. In the film's final shot. Bagi is running for parts unknown.
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