TV Special
Description
Chizuru Tōmi is the chief physician on Tatsumiyajima and later Wadatsumijima, monitoring the health of Fafner pilots and residents. She is mother to Maya and Yumiko Tōmi, residing with Maya while maintaining a professional yet caring relationship with her daughters. Her medical duties involve closely tracking pilots like Kazuki Makabe, examining him after battles, advising on recovery, and coordinating with his father, Fumihiko Makabe, regarding his health.
Her work includes direct involvement in critical projects such as the artificial offspring program, which produced genetically modified children like Soushi Minashiro and Miwa Hino. She later expresses deep regret for her role, viewing it as turning children into tools of war, and wishes her contributions forgotten. During *Exodus*, she confronts parents of new pilots about their children's roles, acknowledging her culpability in their genetic modifications and noting Jonathan Mitsuhiro Bartland's resemblance to her late husband.
Chizuru shares a close, evolving relationship with Fumihiko Makabe, marked by professional collaboration and deepening personal bonds. She supports him during crises, discussing Kazuki's deteriorating condition and island security. In *The Beyond*, this relationship intensifies; she reassures Fumihiko of her commitment to stay by his side and ultimately sacrifices herself to save him during a Festum attack on Wadatsumijima's CDC. She pushes him away from an incoming attack, declaring her love moments before being killed by a worm sphere.
In *Behind the Line*, set between *Heaven and Earth* and *Exodus*, Chizuru provides Kazuki with a life expectancy prognosis of approximately four years due to assimilation phenomenon, influencing his future decisions. She also observes Maya's concern for Kazuki's well-being, though her direct interactions remain confined to medical contexts.
Her character arc concludes with this self-sacrifice, emphasizing her transition from a detached medical professional to someone deeply invested in protecting loved ones and atoning for her past actions.
Her work includes direct involvement in critical projects such as the artificial offspring program, which produced genetically modified children like Soushi Minashiro and Miwa Hino. She later expresses deep regret for her role, viewing it as turning children into tools of war, and wishes her contributions forgotten. During *Exodus*, she confronts parents of new pilots about their children's roles, acknowledging her culpability in their genetic modifications and noting Jonathan Mitsuhiro Bartland's resemblance to her late husband.
Chizuru shares a close, evolving relationship with Fumihiko Makabe, marked by professional collaboration and deepening personal bonds. She supports him during crises, discussing Kazuki's deteriorating condition and island security. In *The Beyond*, this relationship intensifies; she reassures Fumihiko of her commitment to stay by his side and ultimately sacrifices herself to save him during a Festum attack on Wadatsumijima's CDC. She pushes him away from an incoming attack, declaring her love moments before being killed by a worm sphere.
In *Behind the Line*, set between *Heaven and Earth* and *Exodus*, Chizuru provides Kazuki with a life expectancy prognosis of approximately four years due to assimilation phenomenon, influencing his future decisions. She also observes Maya's concern for Kazuki's well-being, though her direct interactions remain confined to medical contexts.
Her character arc concludes with this self-sacrifice, emphasizing her transition from a detached medical professional to someone deeply invested in protecting loved ones and atoning for her past actions.