Soma

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## Yamaguchi Soma

### Relatives

**Shoko** ( Younger Sister)**Jin Yamaguchi** ( Biological Father )

**Kiyomi Aazumaya** ( Mother )

Ayumi Yamaguchi ( Paternal Aunt )

Goto Yamaguchi ( Father )

### Affiliation

**Dayflower Triad****The Underworld**

**Triplet Kings of Kansai**

Sasaki Clan

### Occupation

Manager of **Tachibana Company** (Formerly)Private Investigator at the **Osamu Law Office**

**Government Task Force** (Disbanded)

Vigilante

## Appearances

### Debut

Mechanical Heart : Chapter 1 - Crawling up the waterspout

**Yamaguchi Soma** **(山口ー颯真)** is the protagonist of the ***Mechanical Heart*** Manga. He was part of a Government-Funded rebel task force, known as the **War Dogs**, It was an experiment conducted in 1989 by **Dr. Takeru Shigemoto**, by turning "Orphans" into a Weapon of War, in hopes of destroying crime and the Yakuza in Japan.

### Appearance

Soma has the appearance of a young handsome man with black, long length, messy bob hair, with two distinct splits overlaying his fringes. His eyes are deadpan, maroon red, reflecting very minimal light, giving the impression that he is emotionally hollow, He has a mole below his left eye, and long, feminine eyelashes. his body is noticeably slim, yet impressively athletic, aesthetic and powerful, He stands at around 5'10 in height or 178cms tall.

### Attire

Soma wears a long, dark gray coat over his white dress shirt and black slacks, with two black leather straps as his gun and ammunition holster on both of his thighs, He sometimes wears a loose, red-black pinstriped tie, and a pair of custom made black leather boots, with concealed titanium blades in each of them.

### Personality

> **"** *Last but certainly not least, the 7th War Dog, the embodiment of violence.. Cunning, merciless, and sadistic, he stops at nothing to achieve his goal, instilling the deepest sense of psychological terror into his enemies with his every move, It is best to leave this lunatic by himself, as those who dare contest his own territory will be met with their limbs mutilated. A truly savage specimen, who kills for his own sense of twisted justice*.**"** ~Page 293 - Takeru Shigemoto's Archive
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Soma is the Penumbra of the Underworld, living within light and darkness of the Yakuza, Politicians, and Citizens, A stone cold, merciless and sadistic individual, who idealizes an abnormal, twisted sense of justice, adapted to thrive and conquer the perilous underworld, He serves as a judge for the people's sins in the underworld. He believes that violence is necessary to maintain order in an order-less city like the underworld, purging what he deems evil into banishment or murder, He sees Law Enforcement and Politicians as "Obstacles" to his absolute goal, deeming them as inefficient and untrustworthy scum, who would turn their back on their nation for wealth, Unlike his father who follows the old fashioned ways of the Yakuza, He prefers to walk his own path, as from his perspective, The old school are outdated and inadequate to the modern era, and a polar opposite of his father, is not a Yakuza at heart, and disagrees with most of their ideals.

## Background

**Soma's father** was a renowned Yakuza Kingpin and the patriarch of the **Yamaguchi Clan**, who attempted to usurp the throne of the **Three Triplet Kings of Kansai**, through means of trampling the future successor of the **Tsukasa Clan, The Sasaki Clan**, Resulting in the Fall of the **Yamaguchi Clan** in 1988, causing a chain of horrible events to occur, impacting Soma's Life.

Shortly after his birth, **Soma's Father** killed himself during a standoff against the **Tsukasa Clan** Enforcers in ***Yokohama***, He lived with his single mother for 2 years, until he had a **younger sibling**, they lived in constant fear of their Father's sins coming back to kill them, and in 1996, Their house in ***Amagasaki*** was raided by a group of government syndicates, his mother was killed in an attempt to save Soma and his younger sister. He and his sister were both held captive and subjected to cruel experiments involving replacing their hearts with mechanical components, in hopes of turning them into machines of destruction to exterminate the crime in the **underworld**, following the success of the experiment, He was later exiled into **the underworld** to fend for himself until he is of mature age, This is the beginning of his involvement in ***Project Kirana***.

During his teenage years spent in **the underworld**, he joined a band of kids who robbed, stole and extorted the rich, calling themselves "*The Marionettes*", Soma used to get into alleyway fights against drunk rich people from the overworld, robbing them of their possessions which he used to feed himself and the other members of the small-time-gang, He stole books from bookstores to learn about Politics and his basic academic knowledge, keeping himself smart unlike the many other kids who chose to be delinquents, though this life of his wouldn't always go smoothly, And by 10 years old, He had already killed his first person, which resulted in public security of Tokyo raiding every corner of the underworld to find the culprit,

And during his final years in the underworld, he encountered the very person that would change his life, **Miki Sasaki**, The 3rd War Dog, She was initially the target for The Marionettes robbing, which resulted in a failure as she killed the entire gang, all but Soma, knocking him out unconscious, She later takes him to her lab where she took him in under her care, Soma later seeing Miki as a parental figure, She becomes his legal guardian for the time being and raises him as her son. Soma would later then be introduced to **Ren Hamada**, who helped him through the ropes of the overworld life, as well as being his first friend outside of the underworld.

## Involvement

### August 6th 2007 - December 17th, 2007

Yakuza Patriarch Murano held a large office building hostage during a negotiation with government task force, retaliating and shooting some of their men, They get into a standoff that lasted 3 hours, until The 7th War Dog was sent in by the Advisor, Soma swiftly and efficiently dispatched the Yakuza Lackeys, killing 8 in a gun fight, and injuring 27. The Yakuza Patriarch is caught by Soma and is tortured and beaten for information about the Underground Illegal Firearms Trade happening in Osaka's Underworld, after receiving sufficient information Soma is then again sent back into the underworld by the Organization to take care of the frauds and illegal transactions, As a result he killed 14 more in a gunfight, and the situation was neutralized as it caused a large enough uproar in the underworld for the people to realize what was going on, and these foreign mafias had to leave Osaka to find a new point of interest.

## Notes

* Soma's nickname, "Kabukimono" which means "the deviated/crazy one", refers to Soma's overall personality, as a young teen, his lunatic impulses caused plenty of conflict outbreaks within the Underworld.
* Soma's fighting style consists of an Indonesian Martial Art known as "Pencak Silat", taking great inspiration on one of the oldest fighting styles , **Silek Harimau (tiger silek)**, which originated from the region of Minangkabau.
* December 17, 1988, Soma's Birthday, is a reference to the Crazy Ken Band song, December 17, which was in the Yakuza Kiwami 2 End Credits Scene.
* Soma's favorite food is Rendang, a Beef Dish originating from Padang, A city located in **West Sumatra, Indonesia**
* His kicks have a measured force of 1150 PSI, powerful enough to break human bones
* Despite smoking and living an unhealthy life, Soma's physical health is quite well due to the mechanical heart aiding his body to even live normally, He relies on the Mechanical Heart to even be alive, and is unable to survive without it.