Manabu Sogetsu

Manabu Sogetsu

Names
English	Manabu Sogetsu
Other	Commander Study (スタディ総（そう）帥（すい） Sutadi Sōsui)
Japanese Japanese 蒼（そう）月（げつ） マナブ Base 蒼月 マナブ Furigana そうげつ マナブ Rōmaji Sōgetsu Manabu
Personal
Birth	October 23
Gender	Male
Relatives
Gakugen Sogetsu (ancestor) Gavin Sogetsu (possible relative)
Career
Organization	MIK
Duelist
Tournament Position Friendship Rush Duel Tournament No Result Galaxy Cup Did not place
Deck	Chemistry
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! episode 0022: "The Organization for Monitoring Interstellar Kriminals"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
Voice actors
Japanese	Natsuki Hanae
Sogetsu, Manabu

Manabu Sogetsu (蒼（そう）月（げつ） マナブ Sōgetsu Manabu) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime. He is the person in charge of MIK's (The Organization for Monitoring Interstellar Kriminals) Mutsuba Town branch, dedicated to cracking down on aliens who come to Earth without proper authorization, and is partnered with Nyandestar, who he makes daily rounds with.

Design

Appearance

Full-body view of Manabu.

Lineart of Manabu depicting him from different angles.

Manabu closely resembles Gavin Sogetsu. He is a tall boy with blue eyes and neatly styled purple-black hair with an ahoge (a strand of hair standing up at the top). His fringe is styled into a point with two large bangs framing his eyes and two smaller ones between those and his fringe. The rest of his hair clipped back over his ears with a cross-shaped hairpin. Manabu wears a black overlapping jacket with a white lining, silver cuffs and a blue line over the left side of his body connected to a silver ring clipped onto his jacket. He also wears dark grey pants with a Deck box strapped to his right thigh by a cord tied in the same manner as the ring on his jacket, and charcoal slip-on shoes with long cuffs, and grey soles and bindings.

When he disguises himself as a client for UTS, Manabu wears a purple wig, orange sunglasses, a large yellow scarf, a gold watch, and a pale blue suit with a pink waistcoat and white undershirt. The colors resemble The☆Professor Gavin's outfit.

Personality

Manabu presents himself as strict and no-nonsense, dedicated to upholding the principles of MIK and enforcing them. He is depicted as honorable, both in positive and negative aspects; during his Rush Duel with Yudias Velgear, he consoled him over struggling with Tributing his monsters, assuring him it wasn't meaninglessly sacrificing them, while he previously refused to Rush Duel Yuhi Ohdo because he was careless enough to leave his cards outside. After Yudias defeated him, Manabu kept his word to leave him alone as long as he didn't cause trouble.

By the second season, Manabu's personality has become incredibly conflicted between his loyalty to his friends and to MIK. Despite his heart being in the right place, his actions often serve to oppose his good intentions causing him act out in in temper tantrums. He then begins to spiral and behave incredibly impulsively, with the hope of someone scolding him to set him straight. After defeating Makuto, Manabu appears to have reverted to his old personality.

Despite his stoic façade, Manabu is prone to suddenly exclaiming cat and chemistry puns after uttering certain words.

Voice/Mannerisms

Manabu often inserts random science and chemistry turns into his sentences, and also tends to speak in cat and chemistry puns.

Etymology

"Manabu" may come from 学ぶ, meaning "to study." The kanji itself means "study" and also makes up part of Gavin Sogetsu's Japanese name, Gakuto (学人).

Manabu's "Commander Study" persona may be a reference to the possible meaning of his name.

Biography

History

Manabu was born to be the heir of the Sogetsu Style, and trained to master all types of martial arts, but he hated having to use it to hurt people. One day, he met Bochi, who he played with to get him through his days training. Once his instructors found this out, he was sent away to the mountains for intense training. On return, Bochi had gone, leaving only paw-prints that led to larger footsteps by a broken fence. Believing that Bochi had been taken by aliens, Manabu left the Sogetsu Style to join MIK to find and save Bochi.

First Arc

Manabu and Nyandestar watched footage of Yuhi and Yuamu Ohdo, who ran UTS, disappearing into an invisible spaceship they had been tracking. Manabu decided to investigate more thoroughly, and knowing UTS also took on odd jobs he disguised himself as a client and asked for their help in locating his dog. However Yuamu instantly realized he was lying due to spotting Nyandestar's hair on his clothes instead of dog hair, and Manabu and Nyandestar revealed themselves, Manabu confiscating cards from Yuhi that had come in contact with an alien and refusing to Rush Duel him over the matter for being so careless. The alien Manabu had been tracking, Yudias Velgear, then entered the room and claimed half the blame lay with him as Yuhi had been showing him how to Rush Duel, talking Manabu into Rush Dueling him by appealing to his warrior's spirit with the condition Manabu would let them go if he lost. Manabu and Yudias Rush Dueled outside, Manabu dealing damage on his first turn with his "Cremation Dog Nitros", but Yudias Summoned several Galaxy Type monsters, including the 1600 ATK Level 4 "Transamu Rainac" and depleted over half of Manabu's LP. Manabu counterattacked with "Blast Examiner", destroying all of Yudias' monsters and reducing him to 500 LP, but on his next turn Yudias hesitated to move. Having noted Yudias' reaction to his own Tribute Summon and the card he'd drawn, Manabu deduced Yudias had drawn a high-Level monster, but that he didn't want to sacrifice his own monsters needlessly. Manabu assured Yudias it wasn't needless, as the monsters they Tributed had entrusted their Duelists with victory, and was shocked when a spotlight shone on Yudias as he celebrated gaining new knowledge. Yudias then Tribute Summoned "Galactica Oblivion", defeating Manabu. Manabu agreed to let them go, but chastised the Ohdo twins for almost engaging the eighty MIK agents on the premises. To Manabu's shock, Yuamu revealed Yudias' spaceship Valvelgear, explaining it could change its size and contained 8.8 million Velgearians. Manabu and Nyandestar quickly retreated with as much dignity as they could, Manabu warning Yudias and the Ohdo twins not to cause problems.

Manabu and Nyandestar learned of serial attacks across Mutsuba Town and tracked down the culprit, Chupataro Kaburagi, though UTS had already found him. Chupataro refused to be arrested, so Yuamu challenged him to a Rush Duel, a prospect Manabu agreed with after Yudias reminded him a Rush Duel was the tool of a warrior. During the Duel Manabu learned Chupataro intended to collect as many "Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan" as possible in hopes of meeting the real one, prompting Manabu to dub him a dangerous alien. Yuamu successfully defeated Chupataro and got him to stop his attacks, allowing Manabu and Nyandestar to take him away. Chupataro proved uncooperative to interrogation, eventually showing Manabu a Gold Earth Permit and claiming his family had served as the inspiration for chupacabras, meaning MIK had no jurisdiction over him and forcing them to release him. However the following Sunday Yuamu called Manabu and explained Yudias had gone missing due to Chupataro's actions, and had tracked them to the Mutsuba Heavy Machinery Garbage Collection Site #8. Manabu, Nyandestar and several MIK agents arrived just in time to save Yuhi from being attacked by Chupataro and arrested him, warning him his Gold Earth Permit would be revoked for trespassing, Manabu ignoring Chupataro's protests. They let Yuhi and Yudias go free due to their aid in capturing Chupataro. Chupataro again refused to cooperate; Manabu was only able to succeed in making him tear up at the mention of his family. Nyandestar revealed to Manabu that Chupataro had been communicating with someone from Velgear, so Manabu and Nyandestar went to Kappa Heavenly Cleaning, where Yudias, Yuhi and Yuamu currently were, to ask Yudias if he knew who it might be. Manabu and Nyandestar later responded to an alert in a warehouse, finding Zuwijo zir Velgear and Mitsuko Hiramori with Yudias, Yuhi and Yuamu. They successfully captured Mitsuko, but Zuwijo escaped, much to Manabu's frustration.

Due to their work capturing interstellar kriminals, Manabu and Nyandestar were given an afternoon off, which they spent at CAFÉ. Unfortunately Yuhi and Yudias drove through their table on an out-of-control tractor, scooping Manabu and Nyandestar up. They were informed the tractor couldn't be stopped unless Yudias answered all 100 Saikyo Rush Duel questions, a requirement that prevented the more experienced Manabu from answering himself. Manabu and Nyandestar were forced to watch Yudias slowly answer the questions, and he reached the 100th question as the tractor drove towards a cliff. Yudias struggled with the final question, naming all the Types in the game, but eventually recited them all in a rap, successfully stopping the tractor on the edge of the cliff. A pigeon then perched on the tractor, overbalancing it, though they were rescued by Valvelgear.

Manabu and Nyandestar investigated another alien report, leading to Mutsuba Cable Studio. Manabu spotted a small shadow entering the live stage and he, Nyandestar and the MIK agents accompanying them barged onstage, but found no trace of the alien and sat in the audience after the MC asked them to. They watched the ensuing Rush Duel between Yuamu and Manya Atachi, Manabu asking in bewilderment what was going on after the Duel concluded and the girls claimed they had been acting conflict between them, but Nyandestar suddenly sensed traces of an alien. To Manabu's surprise, Manya chose him as the second Duelist to represent the local team, Dueling her dog Bochi, the same Bochi that Manabu had known while training. Manabu was overjoyed to see Bochi, but shocked when Bochi transformed and revealed he was an alien, accusing Manabu of abandoning him. Bochi told Manabu he would be forgiven if he won their Rush Duel, but would become Bochi and Manya's dog if he lost, conditions Manabu agreed to. Although Bochi Summoned the high-Level "Heartless Hound Thunder Emperor Drainu", Manabu was able to lower its ATK and destroy it with "Blast Examiner", strategies Bochi congratulated Manabu's Sogetsu Style for. Surprised Bochi knew the name, Manabu explained the Sogetsu Style and his past to everyone present, claiming he didn't regret leaving Sogetsu Style as it had allowed him to meet Bochi again. Bochi in turn revealed he had tried to infiltrate Sogetsu Style through Manabu to destroy it with his Wicked Fist of the Beloved Dog. He Summoned "Heartless Hound Martial Master Shiba" and revived "Drainu", depleting most of Manabu's LP. Deciding the experiment was over, Manabu warned Bochi he would be stopped if he intended to disturb the peace and he Summoned "Chemicalize Salamander", using its effect to take advantage of the large number of monsters Bochi had sent to the Graveyard to lower the ATK of his monsters and defeat him. After the Duel Bochi burst into proud tears, explaining he had long given up the Wicked Fist of the Beloved Dog style to become Manya's protector and had simply wanted to test Manabu's skills, begging forgiveness for manipulating him in the past. Manabu forgave Bochi, accepting that Bochi was happy by Manya's side.

Although Manabu's victory had won the matches for the local team, Manabu not being a UTS member convinced everyone to continue the Duels. Before they could, Chupataro broke through a wall and demanded to Rush Duel. Manabu was shocked Chupataro had escaped the MIK Headquarters and ordered his capture after learning they couldn't contact HQ, though Chupataro threatened everyone in the room. Bochi was unable to stop Chupataro, having used up his power Dueling Manabu, so Yudias accepted Chupataro's challenge despite Manabu and Yuhi warning him they didn't know Chupataro's plans. Yudias gained a significant lead over Chupataro when the latter used a Trap to reduce the ATK of his monster just to draw "Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan". To Manabu's shock, a strange substance emerged from Chupataro's Duel Disk when he Summoned "Meeeg-chan", physically materializing her. Manabu then learned Mitsuko had orchestrated the escape of Chupataro and several other aliens, having been captured on purpose. Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan destroyed Yudias' monsters and physically attacked him, so Manabu tried to stop the Duel, but Yudias continued after learning a monster physically materializing was not a rule violation. Meeeg-chan attacked Yudias again during his own turn, his monsters unable to protect him as they were still only Solid Vision, but Yudias again insisted on Dueling fairly to win, succeeding in Summoning and powering up "Galactica Oblivion" to defeat Meeeg-chan, causing her to vanish. Manabu and the MIK agents had Chupataro and his Duel Disk taken away afterwards.

Chupataro claimed to have been tricked by Zuwijo before losing consciousness, so Manabu and Nyandestar visited the UTS office to interrogate Yudias over his whereabouts. Yudias didn't answer and the Ohdo twins told Manabu to stop interrogating him as Yudias wouldn't lie, a statement Manabu admitted he knew to be true after Nyandestar's agreement. After Manabu complimented the Duel Rice Crackers London Kirishima had provided, Yudias asked what would happen to Zuwijo if MIK caught him, and Manabu explained Zuwijo's likely sentence of cryostasis, sharply declaring that he was doing all he could and asking of all Yudias could do was plead and beg before departing. Despite Manabu's harshness, he structured his search to give the UTS group a small lead in their own efforts. As they continued searching for Zuwijo, Manabu worried that Zuwijo had left the town and assured Nyandestar it wasn't her fault she had trouble tracking old aline traces. They were informed an alien had been detected and rushed to the location, but found Tell Kawai there. Kawai denied he was working with Zuwijo, claiming that he wanted to witness what concerned the future of all aliens on Earth, indicating Zuwijo was at Mutsuba Tower.

Manabu and Nyandestar hurried to Mutsuba Tower, shocked to see the massive "Voidvelgr Hecatoncheir" towering above the Tower, but Zuwijo had already materialized it with the Earthdamar by the time they reached the roof, leaving MIK powerless to stop the Rush Duel. After Yuhi failed to create a new Earthdamar for Yudias, Nyandestar told Manabu the Duel was out of their hands and Manabu learned the power of Earthdamar depended on the Duelist using it. During the Duel Manabu learned Mutsuba Cable were broadcasting the match and tried to have it stopped, but Manya and Yuamu instead suggested using the opportunity to convince the townspeople it was special effects. Yudias destroyed "Hecatoncheir, but to Manabu's shock Zuwijo Summoned "Voidvelgr Requiem" and used the Earthdamar's "Egil Velgear Gyurudo" to clad himself with it after its power was spread across Mutsuba Town. The Earthdamar's power partially materialized monsters from Duelists' Decks across the town, including Manabu's "Dynamo Might", and caused Yuhi to collapse. As Manabu tried to find the source of the phenomenon, Yuamu suggested he check the power source of Mutsuba Tower; to his shock, Manabu learned the tower was operating and Yuamu explained her belief Zuwijo was spreading the Earthdamar with Mutsuba Tower's radio transmitter. Manabu suggested stopping the Duel, but Yuamu revealed Yuhi's soul had been trapped inside "Voidvelgr Requiem" and worried doing so could be dangerous. Asaka Mutsuba then used her Heavy Cavalry to remove the Earthdamar from Mutsuba Tower, dematerializing most of the monsters. After Yuamu conveyed the unconscious Yuhi's request for Yudias to defeat Zuwijo, Yudias was able to do so by destroying "Requiem" with "Galactica Oblivion", freeing Yuhi's soul. Manabu immediately ordered his agents to capture Zuwijo, but Mitsuko fled with him before they could do so. Yuhi soon awoke, and admitted he didn't believe Zuwijo to be as bad as they thought given his restraint while clad in "Requiem", while Yudias believed Zuwijo to be hiding something.

Second Arc

Manabu and Nyandestar learned that someone had been visiting the Coruffium in the Alien Residential Area, and visited the Coruffium themselves to deduce the identity of the intruders. They discovered Yudias, Yuhi and Yuamu at the Coruffium and confronted them, Manabu being both concerned for their safety and incensed the trio were trespassing in MIK jurisdiction. To Manabu's surprise, Director General Ranran Nanahoshi, who Manabu learned had been Nyandestar's first partner, arrived and declared her intention to close the Coruffium despite Manabu's suggestion they should consider the wishes of the residents. The Ohdo twins and Yudias briefly escaped, but Manabu and the other MIK agents cornered them in the Coruffium arena, where Manabu again disagreed with Ranran over whether to close the Coruffium; Venus Ganiko suggested they Rush Duel to decide the matter. Though Ranran boasted she had never taken damage, let alone lost a Rush Duel, Manabu easily destroyed her monsters and depleted most of her LP with "Chemicalize Salamander"; Nyandestar explained that Ranran had no real strategy and her win record had come from her subordinates throwing their matches with her. Despite this, Ranran made a surprising comeback on her next turn, Manabu praising his boss's efforts before defeating her on his next turn with "Analyze Phlogiston", ensuring the Coruffium would remain open.

Though the Coruffium remained open, Manabu still tried to insist Yudias and the Ohdo twins left the Alien Residential Area, but as he argued with Yuhi over the matter, the UTS employees were accosted by a girl in a cloak, demanding to know what they wanted with her master Rovian. Yudias and the twins asked the girl about Yuna Goha, who they were searching for, but the girl refused to answer, violently thrashing Fisher Sukai, who she was holding hostage, and losing her temper, prompting Manabu and Nyandestar to worry the girl's aggression would cause a fight. Ganiko suggested a Rush Duel to resolve the argument; a Duel the girl accepted upon seeing Yudias' unusual Duel Disk with the promise she would take all of their Duel Power if she won, a resource Manabu was unfamiliar with. Manabu returned to the Coruffium with the Ohdo twins to watch Yudias' Rush Duel with the girl and was surprised by her strength. Manabu also learned how Yudias had acquired his Duel Disk and cards from an armored stranger, and came to agree with Yudias and Yuamu's suspicions the stranger may have been Yuna Goha. To Manabu's shock, the girl revealed she was Yuna and activated an Equip Spell Card, a Spell type Manabu had never seen before, powering up her "Sevens Road Magician" and defeated Yudias. As she had promised, the girl took Yudias and the twins' Duel Power, resulting in them being pinned to the ground by the Alien Residential Area's high gravity, which Ranran explained to them, to Manabu's surprise.

Deck

Season 1

In the first season, Manabu uses a Chemistry Deck, focused on FIRE Attribute Pyro Type monsters that reflect a symbiosis of fire and chemistry, and effects that revolve around inflicting effect damage and recycling cards in the Graveyard for cost to boost and decrease ATK values.

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Blast Examiner Chromatographagas Doctor Red Robe x3 Flame Seeker Super Assistant Achi x2 Effect Monsters Analyze Phlogiston Barrier Statue of the Inferno Burning Flame Examiner Emperor Chemicalize Salamander Cremation Dog Nitro x3 Dynamo Might x2 Ethyl the Flame Jinn of the Lamp Finalize Phoenix Methyl the Flame Jinn of the Lamp Red Riser Spell Cards Normal Spells Fiery Blaze Fusion Level Fource Pierce! Scales of Flame Equip Spells Chemicalizer Red Trap Cards Normal Traps Phantom Bind Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Alchemicalize Salamandra

Season 2

In the second season, Manabu continues to use a Chemistry Deck. He has modified it to also include Aqua and Thunder Type monsters, though all his monsters are still FIRE Attribute and based on chemical processes. In addition to his previous burn and recycling strategies, he was also granted the Maximum Monster "Blazebolt Chemistorm Fenghuang Volcalize Phoenix" due to being part of MIK, the first Maximum Monster whose components are different Types, which uses these monsters of different Types to fuel its powerful offensive effects.

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Blast Examiner Chromatographagas Super Assistant Achi Effect Monsters Analyze Phlogiston Bolt the Conduction Spirit Burning Flame Examiner Emperor Chemical Distill Chemicalize Salamander Cremation Dog Nitro Finalize Phoenix Hot the Combustion Spirit Melt the Aqueous Spirit Red Riser Super Assistant Biri Super Assistant Hiya Volcalize Ifrit Maximum Monsters Blazebolt Chemistorm Fenghuang Volcalize Phoenix [L] Blazebolt Chemistorm Fenghuang Volcalize Phoenix Blazebolt Chemistorm Fenghuang Volcalize Phoenix [R] Spell Cards Normal Spells Blue Burning Chemicalize Centrifuge Chemicalize Devil Burst Chemicalizing Impact Fiery Blaze Fusion Scales of Flame Volcalize Compound Equip Spells Chemicalize Burning Hard Chemicalize Structure Force Chemicalize Tropos Rapier Super Red Carpet Trap Cards Normal Traps Chemicalize Despise Pyro Funnel Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Conduction Warrior Alchemicalizer Suirai

Duels

Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Yudias Velgear	2	Lose
Bochi	9	Win
Ranran Nanahoshi	19	Win
The☆Nyandestar	34	Lose
Rovian Kirishima	46	Win
Yuna Goha	54	Win
Zuwijo zir Velgear	58	Lose
Multiple Galaxy Cup contestants	67	Win (off-screen)
Muda Velgear	67	Win (off-screen)
Maguto Sogetsu	67	Win
Yuamu Ohdo	79	Lose
Yudias Velgear	87	Not shown (off-screen)
Yuna Goha	96	Lose

Other appearances

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  Manabu (Dawn of the Battle Royale)

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  Manabu Sogetsu (manga)