Uru Somezuki

## Name

**Uru Somezuki** (染月 閏, *Somezuki Urū*) is a character mentioned in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Uru went missing from Aioen Orphanage at age 6, 23 years before the Half Body Serial Killings began. His current status and whereabouts are unknown.

## Story

Uru was given to Aioen Orphanage as an infant.

Six years later, Uru disappeared from the orphanage overnight. His disappearance was reported to the police, who searched extensively, but were unable to find a single clue about what happened. The media reported on the case and dubbed him the "Aioen Missing Child."

Aioen chairman Riichi Chieda was deeply saddened by the incident and took full responsibility, but still resented the police's inability to solve the case. Despite this, he never upgraded security at the orphanage.

Uru remained missing to the present day.

***WARNING!!***
***This article contains spoilers for*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative *from this point on.Proceed with caution!***

# True Profile

## Uru Somezuki

* 35yrs
* As Tearer

## Name

### Alias

  **Expand**

 Tearer

## Characteristics

### Age

* 29 years old (past)
* 35 years old (present)

## Personal Status

### Status

**Resolution Routes:*** Deceased

**Ryuki Diverge Ending:**

* Alive, incarcerated

### Residency

* Tokyo, Japan
	+ Aioen Orphanage (Birth-6yrs)
	+ Underground Cell, Horadori Institute of Genetics (6yrs-35yrs)

### Affiliation

* Aioen Orphanage\*
* Naixatloz

### Family

* So Sejima (father)
* Unnamed mistress (mother)
* Tokiko Shigure (mother figure)

*AI SPOILER** Saito Sejima (half-brother)
* Iris Sagan (half-sister)

### Associates

* Riichi Chieda (former caretaker in Aioen)
* Amame Doi (ideal partner)
* Naix Members (underlings)
* Foreign Mercenaries (client)

### Interest/ Hobbies

* Fulfilling the Nirvana Initiative
* Journaling

### Likes

* Tokiko
* Naix's Teachings

### Dislikes

* Jin
* Chikara
* Those Who Impede the Plan

### Talent/Skills

* Knowledgable in Molecular Biology, Electrical Engineering, Quantum Mechanics

### Appears in

* *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*

## Actors

### English VA

* Billy Kametz

*"Yes, this world is an imperfect one. I was put through much hardship. But it's all a simulation, after all. As long as I can reach Moksha, all will be well. The teachings of Naix are absolute. As is the prophecy."*
—Uru Somezuki, speaking with Amame
**Uru Somezuki** (染月 閏, *Somezuki Urū*) is a major antagonist in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*. He is the true identity of **Tearer**, and the primary culprit of the Half Body Serial Killings.

## Design

When not in publicity, Uru Somezuki wears the outfit same as Jin Furue's. Uru has gray eyes, wears a gray turtleneck and darker gray suit, and white loafers. On his left half of head, he has a combed back blond undercut; the skin on the right half of his head is completely covered with synthetic skin made from chitin, and has no hair.

As Tearer, his face is obscured by an iron mask with vertical slits over the face. He wears a black hat with a wide, flat brim, and white cloth covering the rest of his head and neck. Uru also wears a long black coat with a short capelet, and black gloves.

Uru claimed that if anyone dared to take off his iron mask, a bomb planted on his head would be detonated. But even if this is true, the result will not be triggered if only part of the mask is damaged.

## Personality

Uru Somezuki has longed for maternal love from Tokiko Shigure since he was imprisoned in the underground cell of the Horadori Institute of Genetics since he was a child, and even reached the point of Oedipus complex. He claimed that he would actively studying to help his "mother" realize the Nirvana Initiative. Uru Somezuki was skilled at molecular biology, electrical engineering, quantum mechanics, video editing and even human history in his days at the underground cell.

During the long years of imprisonment, Uru came into contact with an escape game through the computer configured in the basement, and became very interested in it. He is also very devout of the Naixatloz's teachings that Tokiko taught him. He is keen to use two important symbols of Naix, "9" and "X".

His early experience of organ transplantation made Uru have a deep hatred for Chikara Horadori and Jin Furue. It was also one of the reasons why he killed the two in the first place when committing the crime. However, he is not keen on killing people other than his abhorred at will, and when necessary, he will call in Mercenaries to eliminate those enemies. However, once there is a "thief" who impede his prepared plan, such a person will become the target of being cut in half by Uru and killed.

Uru doesn't feel any sympathy for the people he killed, instead he feels "they will reach Moksha by this". Such was his attitude towards the death of Andes Komeji.

## Story

### Background

Uru was born a child of So Sejima and his mistress who was given up to Aioen Orphanage after his birth. At the age of six (around 1996), due to his similar DNA to Jin Furue, he was kidnapped by Jin's parents, Chikara Horadori and Tokiko Shigure, who kept him locked in an underground room at Horadori Institute of Genetics to transplant his organs onto Jin. Uru's right side of his face was removed and replaced with Chitin-based synthetic skin. Over time, Tokiko began to feel sorry for Uru and taught him the teachings of Naix, to which Uru became obsessed with attempting to bring the Nirvana Initiative to fruition, as he had come to regard Tokiko as his adoptive mother and wished to win her affection and attention. He also began to resent and despise Jin and Chikara as both rivals for Tokiko's attention and the causes of his misery.

### Past

Taking on the name **Tearer**, he killed Jin and placed the right half (with Uru's face) at Studio Dvaita, while displaying the left-half on the stage of Misetan. Later, Uru killed Chikara Horadori, displaying the right-side at Sekiba High, and the left at Yoyagi Park.

Later, Tearer discovers that Jin's left-half was removed from where he placed it by a drunk Andes Komeji, who later tried to blackmail Tearer.

#### Komeji and Shoma Route

When Shoma Enda was kidnapped to the Harbor Warehouse District, Tearer was also there, and he told Shoma that "the first half of his real name is 'DAHLIA'".

#### Explosion Route

Uru, as Tearer, not knowing that Komeji had secretly gave the body to his daughter Amame Doi, offered Komeji an opportunity to return the body at Studio Dvaita, but the fact that Komeji brought Kuruto Ryuki in an attempt to ambush Tearer, forces Tearer to trigger Ryuki's mental blackout using a video and kidnap Komeji. Five or so hours later, Tearer kills Komeji using the slicer and returns to the studio to display Komeji's right half. However, he encounters Amame Doi and threatens her, later hiding backstage while Ryuki and the others discover Komeji and leave to chase after Shoma.

The next day, on February 14th, 2020, he asked Ryuki anonymously to go to the Cathedral's staircase entrance at 16:00, and after Ryuki arrived, he used the devices which can radiate electromagnetic waves in the underground structure to destroy Tama and make Ryuki faint. Afterwards, Tearer uses Tama to threaten Ryuki to make him work for him. If he refuses, he can have Tama completely destroyed and delete all backup data in storage or all the pieces uploaded to the global cloud, even the core program that makes up Tama's personality, once he access to the Wadjet System. Ryuki agrees. Tearer then made a request to him: lead Kaname Date into the "execution chamber" the next day and inform him that follow-up orders will be issued later.

That night, Tearer ordered some Naix Members to kidnap Kizuna Chieda and bring her to the Cathedral. Tearer himself showed up at the Kabasaki Chemical Plant with Kizuna's smarthphone. Soon, Mizuki Kuranushi was lured to the factory via Aiba's GPS track. Tearer fell Kizuna's smartphone to the ground when he found Mizuki, and then acquiesced in Ryuki's electric shock to knock her down when Mizuki tried to arrest him. Unexpectedly, Tearer was immediately hit by an anesthetic shot by Kaname Date who came to reinforce and fell unconscious. He was dragged by the two to an inner room and was Psynced using the Prototype Psync Machine. Tearer, who had become resistant to anesthesia, woke up and left the room shortly after being Psynced, and met his "mother" Tokiko Shigure at the factory. Seeing that Tearer rapidly came back, Kaname Date used his Evolver to break his left half of the iron mask, making his left half face appear in the two people's sight. In the end, Tearer threatened the two of them: if they dared to tell others about this incident, he would kill the person who was important to Mizuki Kuranushi. Even if he died, he could let the mercenaries do it. Then Tearer left the factory along with Tokiko.

On February 15th, Tearer went to Sejima Residence to visit his biological father, So Sejima, and told him about the past of So with his mistress, Tearer's biological mother. Finally, he told So that a "guest" would soon come in a while and needs So to tell them that "execution chamber is in the abyss of nine Xs". He left after speaking. That night, Tearer returned to West Cathedral, where the "execution chamber" is located. He threatened everyone who arrived here through the clues provided by Ryuki that he planted bombs here, and he needed Ryuki to shoot Kaname Date immediately, otherwise he would detonate the bomb. Ryuki refused the order. Seeing this, Tearer told everyone that "the latter half of his true name is 'BOAT'", then detonated the bomb and walked away.

### Present

Six years later, he contacted Amame to meet him at his underground cell, where he brags that his victims were needed for the Nirvana Initiative that was going to happen very soon. He is knocked out by Amame, who uses the slicer to kill him. Amame's actions were witnessed by Tokiko, who threatens and helps Amame in order to further the Nirvana Initiative. Tokiko takes Uru's right-half and places it in the ritual platform in the cathedral underneath Naix Japan, while Amame uses Shoma's Roboji to carry Uru's left-half to the stadium.

### Ryuki Diverge

Shortly after Tearer was blackmailed by Komeji using Jin's left-half, Uru was caught and arrested by Ryuki in his underground cell for his homicides of Jin and Chikara. Uru has been in prison for the past six years since, where Kaname Date jokes that Uru may be cursing Ryuki's name behind bars.

## Gallery

Uru's profile from PresentTearer's profile from PresentUru's original faceUru's appearance, shown in AI sightThe left half of the iron mask came off and his face is revealedUru's appearance in Amame's second Somnium, Nightmare IrreconcilableUru's final momentUru's left half bodyUru's right half body
## Trivia

### Etymology

* **Uru** (閏) means "leap year" or "leap month", etc., which might refer to Uru's birth date, February 29th.
* There is no clear evidence to support the meaning of Tearer's so-called real name "**Dahlia Boat**" announced in Ryuki's Routes. The possible clues are as follows:
	+ Change the letters DAHLIA BOAT to the fourth letter followed by the original one in order of the alphabet, can get "HELPME FSEX," which could mean, "help me, female." This hints at Uru's dependence on Tokiko, or his Oediphus complex.
	+ Another theory is that these two words are associated with the *Zero Escape* series of games. "Dahlia" refers to the tiara worn by heroine Phi in *Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward*; "Boat" refers to the fact that the main story of *Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors* looks like taking place on a ship; While in this game, it can be known that Uru is interested in escape games, so these two words related to the *Zero Escape* series are used by him as a pseudonym for himself.

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers