OVA
Description
Jinsaku Ajo is the primary antagonist of the story, serving as the powerful and ruthless president of Ajo Heavy Industries as well as Production Minos. His background reveals a past as an officer in the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, an experience that channeled his existing fascination with mechanical parts and clockwork automatons into the military weapons business. This fascination is particularly strong, bordering on an obsessive fetish for machinery, especially the intricate mechanisms of the robotic soldiers he creates.
In terms of personality, Ajo is depicted as a completely self-absorbed and megalomaniacal individual who is totally insensitive to the needs of others. He is described as selfish beyond imagination, viewing himself as a near-demigod around whom the universe should revolve. This narcissism fuels a willingness to use, abuse, and discard any person who serves his purposes. His behavior is notably cruel and sadistic, with scenes showing him taking a perverse pleasure in his power over others, including a disturbing instance where he caresses a robotic copy of the singer Miho while wearing a leather mask and calling the machine his son.
Ajo’s primary motivation is the perfection and mass production of the PPOR, a remote-controlled robot soldier. To achieve this goal, he needs technological secrets that only his old rival, the late Dr. Mima, possessed. He has no regard for human life, seeing people only as resources to be exploited and then eliminated if they become obstacles. He is known to have forcibly extracted a vital gel from human subjects for his experiments and is directly responsible for the suffering and deaths of innocents, including the idol singer Miho Utsuse, whom he uses as a test subject in a process that gravely damages her health. His plan to test his flawed androids involves using them in a scheme connected to Miho's public performances.
Within the narrative, Ajo serves as the dark, corrupt corporate force that contrasts with the innocent Key. He is an old rival of Key's grandfather, Dr. Mima, and his search for the doctor’s last secrets puts him on a collision course with Key herself. His company, Ajo Heavy Industries, develops the PPOR robots, which are sent to hunt Key down when her presence threatens to disrupt his operations. Key’s quest to become human by making 30,000 friends is a direct thematic counterpoint to Ajo’s ambition; he is a human being who seems to desire the cold, controlled perfection of a machine, while she is a machine that yearns for the warmth of humanity. He is also the one who selects a young woman named Beniko to be Miho’s replacement, showing his view of people as disposable tools.
Key relationships define much of his role. His connection to Dr. Mima is that of a bitter rival who stole research notes from the scientist to develop his own weapons. He has a purely exploitative relationship with the singer Miho Utsuse, controlling her life and using her for his experiments until she is no longer useful. His view of Key is not personal but transactional; she is a potential container for the secrets he wants to obtain, and a threat that his enforcers must deal with. The character does not undergo significant personal development or redemption; he remains a consistently villainous and monomaniacal figure driven by his selfish obsession from beginning to end. His notable abilities are not physical or superhuman but rather stem from his immense wealth, political power, and control over advanced military technology. He commands a network of agents, including a dangerous operative known only as D, and has at his disposal the PPOR robot soldiers to enforce his will and eliminate anyone who stands in his way.
In terms of personality, Ajo is depicted as a completely self-absorbed and megalomaniacal individual who is totally insensitive to the needs of others. He is described as selfish beyond imagination, viewing himself as a near-demigod around whom the universe should revolve. This narcissism fuels a willingness to use, abuse, and discard any person who serves his purposes. His behavior is notably cruel and sadistic, with scenes showing him taking a perverse pleasure in his power over others, including a disturbing instance where he caresses a robotic copy of the singer Miho while wearing a leather mask and calling the machine his son.
Ajo’s primary motivation is the perfection and mass production of the PPOR, a remote-controlled robot soldier. To achieve this goal, he needs technological secrets that only his old rival, the late Dr. Mima, possessed. He has no regard for human life, seeing people only as resources to be exploited and then eliminated if they become obstacles. He is known to have forcibly extracted a vital gel from human subjects for his experiments and is directly responsible for the suffering and deaths of innocents, including the idol singer Miho Utsuse, whom he uses as a test subject in a process that gravely damages her health. His plan to test his flawed androids involves using them in a scheme connected to Miho's public performances.
Within the narrative, Ajo serves as the dark, corrupt corporate force that contrasts with the innocent Key. He is an old rival of Key's grandfather, Dr. Mima, and his search for the doctor’s last secrets puts him on a collision course with Key herself. His company, Ajo Heavy Industries, develops the PPOR robots, which are sent to hunt Key down when her presence threatens to disrupt his operations. Key’s quest to become human by making 30,000 friends is a direct thematic counterpoint to Ajo’s ambition; he is a human being who seems to desire the cold, controlled perfection of a machine, while she is a machine that yearns for the warmth of humanity. He is also the one who selects a young woman named Beniko to be Miho’s replacement, showing his view of people as disposable tools.
Key relationships define much of his role. His connection to Dr. Mima is that of a bitter rival who stole research notes from the scientist to develop his own weapons. He has a purely exploitative relationship with the singer Miho Utsuse, controlling her life and using her for his experiments until she is no longer useful. His view of Key is not personal but transactional; she is a potential container for the secrets he wants to obtain, and a threat that his enforcers must deal with. The character does not undergo significant personal development or redemption; he remains a consistently villainous and monomaniacal figure driven by his selfish obsession from beginning to end. His notable abilities are not physical or superhuman but rather stem from his immense wealth, political power, and control over advanced military technology. He commands a network of agents, including a dangerous operative known only as D, and has at his disposal the PPOR robot soldiers to enforce his will and eliminate anyone who stands in his way.