The Lukeman

This article is about the character. For the original manga drawn by Luke, see The Lukeman (manga).

The Lukeman

Names
English	The Lukeman
Japanese translated	The☆Lukeman
Japanese Japanese ザ☆ルークメン Rōmaji Za☆Rūkumen
Career
Organization	Goha Enterprises
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS episode 05353: "Give It a Swirl!"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS
Voice actors
Japanese	Taku Yashiro
Lukeman, The

The Lukeman, spelled The☆Lukeman (ザ☆ルークメン, Za☆Rūkumen) in the Japanese version, is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS anime. It is an electronic life form that came to inhabit one of the many drone helmets that can be worn by the Goha President. The Lukeman was created by accident when a manga written by Lucidien "Luke" Kallister during his early childhood, in which it was featured as the titular character, was infused with electricity by a fax machine. This life form would take over a variation of the President Drone helmet and possess Luke to take physical form.

Design

Appearance

Full-body views of "The Lukeman" when controlling Luke and in his Ultimate Form.

The Lukeman while in its drone form.

The Lukeman in its compact drone form is a helmet with a design reminiscent of a dragon head, with the Goha Enterprises logo emblazoned in the middle of the helmet's head and mouthpiece, two full-red visor eyepieces, two gray eyebrows, and two gray-tipped arm-like features that jut out from the sides.

While possessing Luke to become "The Lukeman", the helmet's eyes expand outwards to create a red vizor, which is placed underneath the open mouth-like part of its body, but is replaced with two ornamental draconian eyes. Its gray eyebrows turn white while the arm-like features move to the back of its head, the Goha Enterprises logos disappear, and it sports shaggy ash white hair and a tattered blue scarf.

After being granted a costume by the Goha Six, The Lukeman terms this "The Lukeman's Ultimate Form" (The Lukeman: Perfect Mode in the Japanese version). He wears a grey and black draconian costume with area of white that begin on his chest and continue down the inside of his legs that have clawed feet and gauntlets. He can retract the gauntlets to allow him to Duel without them getting in his way. The chest of the costume is patterned with a similar draconian face as his helmet. The Lukeman is capable of ejecting Luke from this costume and using it as a physical body, and can retract it completely into its original Drone form.

Personality

As the spirit of The Lukeman brought to life, it acts as the character does in the manga; he is extremely grandiose and bombastic in his speech, often repeating statements twice and referring to himself in the third person. At its core, The Lukeman desires to be with Luke and fight evil, creating "Fusion" and seeking him out to control his body. While ostensibly a force for justice, The Lukeman's perception of such is against those who would oppose Luke and he has little problem with Dueling Tiger due to her negative depiction in The Lukeman as Terror Tiger and is easily swayed to believe Yuga Ohdo is a pawn of evil, working alongside Yuo Goha despite previously defeating him.

Biography

Goha 6 Siblings

According to Yuga Ohdo and the Goha Six, The Lukeman data that Luke's sister Tiger was trying to fax acquired sentience after she impatiently struck the fax machine the manga was contained in, sending an abnormal energy current through the machine's sensors. The resulting electronic lifeform escaped into the network, desiring to accomplish the goal it had in the story; fusing with Luke and becoming The Lukeman. This desire affected the program cards of the remains of many Goha Enterprises satellites in orbit around Earth that had been destroyed seven years prior by Nail Saionji, transforming them into "Fusion", a Spell Card that could fuse Monster Cards together as The Lukeman wished to with Luke. It came to inhabit a Goha Enterprises President Drone after Luke's Duel with Yujin Goha, escaping from the wardrobe under the Goha President's desk in the Goha Enterprises Main Office.

The Lukeman eventually acquired a copy of "Fusion" and sought Luke out at his mansion, calling to him one night and luring him into the forest. There it forcibly took control of his body, declaring itself The Lukeman. The following day The Lukeman emerged from the forest to challenge Yuo Goha to a Duel, seeing him as a villain. Yuga, Romin Kassidy, Gavin Sogetsu, Swirls and Tiger all believed him to be Luke, though The Lukeman denied being Luke. Yuo began with "Daigyakutenno Megami" backed up by "Imaginary Arc Turret" to prevent The Lukeman's stronger monsters from attacking, but The Lukeman was able to get around this with the effect of "The Star Dragon", lowering the ATK of both monsters and destroying "Daigyakutenno Megami". On his next turn Yuo activated his own "Fusion", fusing his "Imaginary Actor" with the Dragon "Serpainter" into "Metarion Vritrastar", intending to pit Dragons against one another. The anti-Dragon effect of 'Vritrastar" destroyed "The Star Dragon", but The Lukeman was able to survive with "The Barrier". Vowing never to give up despite his pinch, The Lukeman was able to draw "Fusion" and fuse "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" with "The Dragon" into "Hyperstrike Dragon Dragiastar F", intending to pit "Fusion" against "Fusion". Yuo to destroyed "Dragistar F" by matching its Type with "Serpainter" using "Imaginary Arc Turbulence", but failed due to "Dragiastar F" being a High Dragon monster, and The Lukeman defeated Yuo. Nail Saionji proclaimed Luke the victor, and The Lukeman declared he was not Luke, but The Lukeman and vanished in a cloud of blue smoke, giving The Lukeman the opportunity to relinquish control of the exhausted Luke and escape with "Fusion".

The Lukeman continued to follow Luke, hiding behind the hedges at Luke's home while he Rush Dueled Tiger. As the terrified Luke activated "Dragon's Fortitude" to protect himself, The Lukeman seized the chance to take control of him again and successfully used Luke's Trap Cards to survive Tiger's attacks, calling her "Terror Tiger" after her depiction in The Lukeman. The Lukeman was once again able to draw "Fusion" and the Fusion Materials for "Dragiastar F", Fusion Summoning it and using its other Multi-Choice Effect to defeat Tiger. After the Duel The Lukeman was captured by Yuo Goha using the Super Mobile Fortress Sixross and transported to Yuo's room.

Following the Duel with Terror Tiger, The Lukeman had been drained of energy and allowed himself and Luke to sleep to recover in Yuo's room, informing the President Drone of the process. He awoke after the Rush Duel between Nail and Asana Mutsuba, leaving Sixross of his own accord to stand alongside Yuo, where he was challenged to a Rush Duel by Yuga. Accepting Yuga's challenge as he believed him to be a pawn of evil, The Lukeman was suddenly surrounded by his costume, declaring this his Ultimate Form. He began with "The Star Dragon", using "The Block" to change Yuga's "Sevens Road Magician" and "Sevens Road Witch" into Defense Position, but to his shock Yuga called him naïve and donned a costume as well, claiming to be Yuga the Destructor, a servant of the Majin Empire. He changed his monsters back into Attack Position with "The Destructor's Force" and destroyed "The Star Dragon", damaging The Lukeman's LP significantly. Admitting Yuga the Destructor was a fearsome opponent, but knowing he couldn't afford to lose, The Lukeman was once again able to draw "Fusion", "Dragias" and "The Dragon", Fusion Summoning "Hyperstrike Dragon Dragiastar F". He used its first Multi-Choice Effect to attack both of Yuga the Destructor's "Sevens Road" monsters, but Yuga the Destructor was able to survive by using "Magical Switch" to switch "Sevens Road Witch" with "Sevens Road Magician", hanging on with 200 LP. As The Lukeman told Yuga the Destructor to realize there was no point in struggling against him, Yuga the Destructor claimed The Lukeman was the one who didn't understand and assumed a new form, The Yugaman, claiming to be one of The Lukeman's comrades from his planet. The Yugaman and his allies, The☆Beauty Romin, The☆Jushin Tiger, The☆Princess Asana and The☆Heavy Cavalry Rangers, The☆Professor Gavin, The☆Masked Mysterious M and The☆Swirls all urged The Lukeman to realize that he was being manipulated to fight The Yugaman, and the apparent culprits, the Goha Aliens, revealed themselves and took The☆Beauty Romin hostage to force The Lukeman and The Yugaman to continue their Rush Duel. Although The Yugaman destroyed "Dragiastar F" with "Ultimate Flag Mech Ace Breaker", The Lukeman negated his direct attack and used "Peace Dragon" to return "Fusion" to his Deck, prompting Yuo to throw off his Goha Alien costume and angrily ask if either of them were taking the Rush Duel seriously and if The Lukeman had only pretended to work with him. The Lukeman continued the Duel, managing to re-draw "Fusion" as he had hoped to do and Fusion Summon "Full Moon Dragon Umbralancer F", using its effect to revive "Dragiastar F", though The Yugaman also revived monsters to defend his LP and sruvived the turn. On his next turn The Yugaman revived "Sevens Road Magician", so The Lukeman used "Lode Crusher" to return the monsters in The Yugaman's Graveyard to his Deck and prevent him from using the effect of "Sevens Road Magician". In response The Yugaman activated "1/Infinity" to return all the Spells in their Graveyards to their Decks and force them both to draw a card, but he would lose if they didn't draw the same card. The Lukeman drew "Fusion", which The Yugaman didn't have, but then a meteor entered the atmosphere and plunged towards The Yugaman, and The Yugaman blocked it with his Duel Disk and drew "Fusion", which had been contained within the remains of the satellite The Lukeman had affected. The Yugaman Fusion Summoned "Sevens Paladin", whose effect allowed it to gain ATK for Attributes in both Graveyards, and successfully sent the EARTH monster he needed to the Graveyard to increase its ATK high enough to destroy The Lukeman's monsters and defeat him.

After the Duel The Lukeman thanked Yuga for such a heart-pounding battle. Once Yuo's attempt to destroy the Super Rush Robot had been foiled, The Lukeman released Luke and told Yuga he would go back to space, but would return if they found themselves in trouble. Thanking Yuga again for a brief, but unforgettable meeting, The Lukeman returned to his Drone and left Earth.

King of Duels

The Lukeman remained in close proximity to Earth, keeping his promise to return when Luke called for him to pursue Yuga, who had forced his friends to abandon the Super Rush Robot so that he could finish a Rush Duel with Otes in space alone to protect the Goha Duel Server. Hearing him in space, The Lukeman returned and encased Luke in his suit, allowing him to return to the Super Rush Robot and commence a final Rush Duel with Yuga. During the final turn of the Rush Duel, Yuga had Kaizo blow Luke out into space after asking The Lukeman to look after him; The Lukeman obliged and continued to protect Luke from the vacuum as Yuga explained his winning move, until Luke could safely enter the Super Mobile Fortress Sixross.

After the two year timeskip following Yuga's victory over Otes and subsequent disappearance in space, The Lukeman is seen inside Sixross with Yuo as they watch the Mutsuba Proto-Spaceship RUSH descend from space.

Deck

Main article: Lucidien Kallister § Deck § Season 2

While The Lukeman is possessing Luke, it uses Luke's Dragon Deck, also slipping in a variety of "The" cards, which Luke keeps afterwards.

The Lukeman has access to "Fusion", allowing it to fuse "The Dragon" and "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" to form "Hyperstrike Dragon Dragiastar F", the first High Dragon Type monster.

Owned cards
Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters The Dragon Effect Monsters The Star Dragon The Wyvern Spell Cards Normal Spells Fusion The Power Up Trap Cards Normal Traps The Barrier The Block The Guard Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Full Moon Dragon Umbralancer F Hyperstrike Dragon Dragiastar F

Duels

Opponent	Episode(s)	Outcome
Yuo Goha	62	Win
Tiadosia "Tiger" Kallister	64	Win (Duel taken over for Lucidien "Luke" Kallister)
Yuga Ohdo	66-67	Lose