TV-Series
Description
Kyouma Mabuchi is the male protagonist of Dimension W, a hardened and pragmatic collector of illegal coils. He is a man in his late twenties with a lean, athletic build, dark spiky hair, and sharp, tired eyes that often carry a cynical or deadpan expression. His default attire is a black jacket over a dark shirt and pants, which suits his no-nonsense, streetwise demeanor. Kyouma is a traditionalist who despises coils, the advanced energy devices that power society through the dangerous extra-dimension known as Dimension W. This hatred is rooted in a traumatic past: he was part of a research team that attempted to harness limitless energy from Dimension W, an experiment that went catastrophically wrong, resulting in the apparent death of his beloved mentor and surrogate mother figure, Shido Yurizaki, and causing him to lose his own memories of the event.
Personality-wise, Kyouma is blunt, sarcastic, and outwardly dismissive of others’ attachments to technology and sentimental ideals. He lives by a simple code: retrieve coils, get paid, and avoid unnecessary attachments. Despite this gruff exterior, he possesses a strong, if reluctant, moral compass. He refuses to harm innocents, despises those who exploit others for power, and shows unexpected patience for those who earn his respect. His hatred for coils is not just ideological but visceral—he views them as unnatural and dangerous, a shortcut that humanity should not take. This makes him a foil to the world around him, where coils are as common as electricity.
Kyouma’s primary motivation is twofold: to live without relying on coils as a form of penance for his past, and to uncover the truth about the accident that killed Shido. When he meets Mira Yurizaki, an android coil created by Shido and designed to look like her daughter, his life shifts. Mira is a kind, curious, and highly emotional robot, which initially frustrates Kyouma, as he prefers to work alone. However, he reluctantly partners with her after they are drawn into a larger conspiracy involving illegal coils, the mysterious New Tesla Energy corporation, and the secrets of Dimension W itself.
In the story, Kyouma serves as the grounded, experienced muscle and strategist of the pair. While Mira represents hope and the potential for meaningful connection with technology, Kyouma represents the human cost of progress. His role is to question the ethics of energy exploitation and to confront the shadows of scientific ambition head-on. Key relationships include his bond with Mira, which slowly evolves from irritated tolerance to genuine partnership and mutual respect. He also interacts with Loser, a rival collector and former ally, whose chaotic methods clash with Kyouma’s discipline, and with Kyouma’s old colleague Albert Schuman, whose allegiance to New Tesla keeps Kyouma wary.
Development is a central arc for Kyouma. Over the course of the story, he begins to open up emotionally, accepting Mira not as a machine but as a person. He starts to reconsider his absolute rejection of coils when he learns that Shido’s final wish was to use them responsibly. He also recovers fragments of his lost memories, confronting his guilt and grief directly. By the end, Kyouma becomes less of a lone wolf and more of a guardian figure, willing to trust others and even acknowledge that technology, when guided by compassion, is not inherently evil.
Notable abilities include his exceptional physical conditioning, hand-to-hand combat skills, and marksmanship. He carries customized throwing needles and a modified pistol designed to work without electronic coils. His most distinctive tool is a set of special retrieval gloves that allow him to physically interact with and extract illegal coils, even from active, unstable devices. Despite having no supernatural powers, his years of experience as a coil hunter make him highly perceptive, able to predict enemy movements and identify coil-based traps. He is also immune to certain types of coil-induced possession or mental influence, likely a side effect of his past exposure to Dimension W, though the reason is never fully explained.
Personality-wise, Kyouma is blunt, sarcastic, and outwardly dismissive of others’ attachments to technology and sentimental ideals. He lives by a simple code: retrieve coils, get paid, and avoid unnecessary attachments. Despite this gruff exterior, he possesses a strong, if reluctant, moral compass. He refuses to harm innocents, despises those who exploit others for power, and shows unexpected patience for those who earn his respect. His hatred for coils is not just ideological but visceral—he views them as unnatural and dangerous, a shortcut that humanity should not take. This makes him a foil to the world around him, where coils are as common as electricity.
Kyouma’s primary motivation is twofold: to live without relying on coils as a form of penance for his past, and to uncover the truth about the accident that killed Shido. When he meets Mira Yurizaki, an android coil created by Shido and designed to look like her daughter, his life shifts. Mira is a kind, curious, and highly emotional robot, which initially frustrates Kyouma, as he prefers to work alone. However, he reluctantly partners with her after they are drawn into a larger conspiracy involving illegal coils, the mysterious New Tesla Energy corporation, and the secrets of Dimension W itself.
In the story, Kyouma serves as the grounded, experienced muscle and strategist of the pair. While Mira represents hope and the potential for meaningful connection with technology, Kyouma represents the human cost of progress. His role is to question the ethics of energy exploitation and to confront the shadows of scientific ambition head-on. Key relationships include his bond with Mira, which slowly evolves from irritated tolerance to genuine partnership and mutual respect. He also interacts with Loser, a rival collector and former ally, whose chaotic methods clash with Kyouma’s discipline, and with Kyouma’s old colleague Albert Schuman, whose allegiance to New Tesla keeps Kyouma wary.
Development is a central arc for Kyouma. Over the course of the story, he begins to open up emotionally, accepting Mira not as a machine but as a person. He starts to reconsider his absolute rejection of coils when he learns that Shido’s final wish was to use them responsibly. He also recovers fragments of his lost memories, confronting his guilt and grief directly. By the end, Kyouma becomes less of a lone wolf and more of a guardian figure, willing to trust others and even acknowledge that technology, when guided by compassion, is not inherently evil.
Notable abilities include his exceptional physical conditioning, hand-to-hand combat skills, and marksmanship. He carries customized throwing needles and a modified pistol designed to work without electronic coils. His most distinctive tool is a set of special retrieval gloves that allow him to physically interact with and extract illegal coils, even from active, unstable devices. Despite having no supernatural powers, his years of experience as a coil hunter make him highly perceptive, able to predict enemy movements and identify coil-based traps. He is also immune to certain types of coil-induced possession or mental influence, likely a side effect of his past exposure to Dimension W, though the reason is never fully explained.