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Kisekae Insights #33: Enter the Sonika and Roseka World

At the time of starting this instalment, Chris-chan has been released from prison and his court case dismissed. Many expected something big to come out of a potential trial, but the numerous continuances and sealing of the case have made this outcome rather underwhelming. This wasn’t necessarily an unexpected outcome, however, as it was clear that Chris’ lawyer was hoping to use these continuances to get him off on a “autism deferred disposition” after having served more than the minimum sentence while looking to have him settled in a group home, a popular theory for where Chris is currently.

Even to this day, I still get occasional interactions on the post I made a couple of years ago about How the world failed Chris-chan due to the interest around it. Given what we learnt about Chris through the letters he sent while in jail, it’s time for me to take the kid gloves off and soldier on with my take on Chris-chan’s magnum opus, Sonichu.

Before this whole debacle happened, I was a bit concerned about what to do in the rare possibility that Chris would read this and then do a copepost on what dimension my version of Cwcville is located and therefore, where Soulbound takes place in like he thinks he can define anything in my stories, but I have no qualms about this now after having read some of the letters he wrote while in jail. If he did, however, I would clarify that it is in a spinoff of N-Space called P-Space (P for Parallax). Doctor Who never really had a defined dimensional designation for where its stories are set in, so I don’t see why I should implement one now.

To restate my disclaimer from 2021, I will be referring to Chris-chan with male pronouns as my take on Chris-chan is based on “Classic Chris” pre-2011. Also, given that everyone involved with Chris has been exposed many times over, I don’t think using their actual names would be that much of a problem.

Background/Enozaki in real life

Crestor Calandia (Chris-chan) appeared as a hero/villain/anti-hero/anti-villain in Soulbound, assisted by the main villain Metallic 5 (Mogoro Kuwabara’s evil twin) as his “Idea Guy”. His main involvement is in Series 1 and 4; he was put on a bus for Series 2 (barring a possible return cameo in a revision of the story) before returning in a minor role for Series 3.

The motivation for Metallic allying with Crestor isn’t covered until the tail end of Series 4; after being released into space some time after his creation, Metallic discovered Crestor, a boy who was disconnected from his world, yet was still connected to it in his own way. Having found the Master Diamond prior, Metallic befriended Crestor out of curiosity and used the Master Diamond to make his world come to life, with it being the source of all the Sonikas, Rosekas and other beings along with their powers.

Crestor’s world, my counterpart to Cwcville, is known as the city of Hayasaka (速坂) while his real home is the “neighbouring city” of Enozaki (江ノ崎), where he lives with his parents, Brian (Bob/Robert) and Beatrice (Barbara), along with his sweetheart Ivy Kaine (O’Neil). Obviously Enozaki is based on a combination of Ruckersville and Charlottesville in Virginia.

Metallic used the Master Diamond to split Crestor into four, creating his alternate selves, namely his twin sister Crestyn Calandia (Crystal), his openly gay/bi/pan persona Aidnalac Rotserc (Reldnahc) and his brown-striped imposter Ricarlo Calandia (Liquid/Ricardo).

In his youth, Crestor made a number of gal-pals, such as Sarah Fiorentino (Hammer/Bevel), Kelly Anderson (Andes) and Tiffany Williams (Bowen). On one of his Love Quest searches, he met Anna McLeod (McLerran) while pacing outside the store she was working in. Games World (GAMe PLACe) was where he met the person who was arguably his best gal-pal bordering on sweetheart, Megumi Sonozaki (園崎めぐみ, Megan Schroeder). Games World is run by Raymond Snyder (Michael) with its other regulars being Morty Smith (Daniel Mimms, and yes, it’s actually Morty), Jesse Musuoka (結岡ジェーシー, Lucas White) and Megumi’s little brother Nanjirō Sonozaki (園崎南次郎, John Schroeder).

The people of Hayasaka

The electric hedgehog Sonikas and Rosekas (Sonichus and Rosechus) are one of Crestor’s most notable creations, so it makes sense that they make up a majority of the general population in Hayasaka. Additionally, there is a minority of other anthropomorphic creatures who reside in the city as well.

The assistants to the mayor of Hayasaka, Crestor Calandia, are Pikasori Sonika (閃空速蝟光/ピカソリソニカ, Sonichu Prime) and Momobari Roseka (桃張ロゼか, Rosey Rosechu), a couple who also serve as the figurehead mascots of the Sonikas and Rosekas. A black evil counterpart to Sonika also exists, known as Blake (Black Sonichu). Originally he worked with Aidnalac until he abandoned him upon being defeated, resulting in him siding with Crestor and Sonika.

Baby Sonikas and Rosekas are known as Sonikos and Rosekos (Sonees and Roseys). Rosekas can become pregnant as human females do, but their gestation period is a third to that of humans (12-13 weeks) and they give birth to eggs which hatch after some period of time. Sonikos and Rosekos become Sonikas and Rosekas in a process similar to puberty; I see them more as Mobians (the creatures featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog series) than Pokemon, so Sonikas and Rosekas don’t evolve as Pokemon do. They can power-up into stronger forms which I will detail later.

Even though I just said that Sonikas and Rosekas aren't like Pokemon, they are sexually dimorphic species like Nidoran or Volbeat/Illumise. This is in order to maintain the accuracy to Classic Chris' interpretation of Sonichu and as such, I don't believe in the troll-influenced theory that Rosechu is transgender nor Chris' later explanation that there are rare female Sonichus and male Rosechus.

The elite fighting team is the Ranbu Elite (Chaotic Combo), made up of leader and jungle master Calvin (Wild, named after former YouTuber LeafyIsHere), aquamarine bitch Awami (Bubbles), Asian fighter Chubei (忠兵衛, Punchy/Asian Knuckles), slutty nun Tsumiki (Angelica) and omnipresent psychic Derrick (Magi-Chan, named after Brendaniel’s nickname for him in his Sonichu reading series).

Jake and Lisa (Jamsta and Lolisa) are the hosts and DJs of local TV and radio station HSBC (Hayasaka Broadcasting Corporation) and Jiruko (Zapina) is one of their news presenters.

Pachiko Inui (乾パチ子, Patti-Chan, named after Takumi Inui and the dog Hachiko) is a beagle-spitz who was formerly Patty/Pamelin, Crestor’s dog in real life before dying of old age and being resurrected by Crestor using the Master Diamond. As a result she is essentially a zombie or an equivalent to a Ghost-type Pokemon, which plays a role in a storyline when she inadvertently riles up the creatures of the Night Garden instead of subduing them.

Boromi (Bionic) is a travelling basketballer who is arguably the predecessor to Sonika. His girlfriend, Marumi Itachi (Megagi La Skunk) is a punky skunk who served as the sidekick to her creator, Megumi, before she left her to her own devices.

Appearing near the end of Series 1 are Ricarlo’s allies from Another Hayasaka, namely Mitchell Aspoka (Asperchu), Sodorill (Simonla/Simonchu), Cassidy Delton (Kacey) and Jacqueline Laruna (Jackie). Cassidy serves as Ricarlo’s sweetheart while Jacqueline serves as his gal-pal.

Making their debut in Series 3 are pop stars Rinko Puranka (普蘭花凛子, Jiggliami, named after her “inspiration” Ranka Lee), Layla Hitsujiko (羊子レイラ, Layla Flaaffy) and Reggie Hiyami (氷闇レジー, Reginald Sneasel) along with Calvin and Sodorill’s offspring, Sunako (Sandy). Rinko, Layla and Reggie only appear in a music video in Series 3 before they are shown as part of Crestor’s army in Series 4. Sunako is one of the products of a breeding project that is related to the backstories of three main protagonists in Soulbound. Unlike her original counterpart, a child whose first memories involve avenging her dead mother alongside her father, Sunako has elements of Lara Croft and Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII in her character, making her a stoic and agile warrior.

Silvia (Silvana) is the only known Roseka to be born outside of Hayasaka, as her egg ended up in the Desert World of another Parallax where it was found by a woman named Betti, who was stuck on that world. When Silvia hatched, Betti was transported into the Soulbound universe and was taken on as her daughter. As Silvia grew, she honed her psychic powers and was eventually able to learn how to shapeshift, an ability which she also passed to Betti so that she could evade her pursuers who had managed to follow her from their universe. Silvia and Betti would become the main villains of Series 4. Silvia’s character would contain influences from Yodonna of Kiramager while Betti would transform into Kamen Rider Sylphi, originally a one-time Rider created for a TTFC special.

Electric Hedgehog Jouchaku

This is where the tokusatsu influence comes in.

Just as Chris-chan and his alternate selves can transform into Sonichu forms using medallions, Crestor and his alternate selves can transform into Sonika forms using medallions as well.

Crestor's Sonika form is the blue Nokon Sonika (濃紺ソニカ, Chris-chan Sonichu) while Crestyn's Roseka form is the orange Akadai Roseka (赤橙ロゼカ, Crystalina Rosechu). As they are twins, their transformation movements are the same, being based on that of Space Sheriff Gavan.

Aidnalac's Sonika form is the green Yamidori Sonika (闇緑ソニカ, Reldnahc Ha-Taque) while Ricarlo's Sonika form is the brown Kuchiba Sonika (褐葉ソニカ, Liquid Sonichu/IBAChandler). Their transformation movements are based on that of Space Sheriffs Sharivan and Shaider.

Megumi can transform into a Sailor Moon-esque form known as Megumihime (Sailor Megtune). Originally she uses her guitar weapon to transform, though I think I might give her an actual Sailor Moon-esque transformation in the revised story.

Sonika and Roseka are the first of their kind to receive power-ups in the series; Sonika uses a sword and shield similar to the Houou Blade & Houou Shield from Kyuranger to transform into Armored Sonika (Metonic) while Roseka uses a small dragon fitted onto a bracelet similar to Tatsulot from Kiva to transform into Vambat Roseka (Vamprosa).

Crestor, Sonika and Roseka also gain their final forms near the end of Series 1; upon gathering all seven of the Ranbu Diamonds (Chaos Emeralds/Sonichu Balls), Crestor and Sonika gain transformation rings to transform into Ultimate Transcendent Supreme Nokon Sonika (Collosal Chris-chan) and Ultra Super Mega Sonika Overcharge (Ultra Sonichu). Their transformation is similar to that of Ultraman Orb Dark from Ultraman R/B, using the phrases, “Lend me the power of love and friendship!” (絆の力、おかりします!) and “Lend me the power of justice and revenge!” (復讐の力、おかりします!)

When Roseka’s anger snaps, she can power up into Incredible Bloody Lion Roseka Roar (The Incredible Lioness), allowing her to brutalise her enemies. However, if she is too angry to control her anger, the power will recoil and detransform her. At one point, I realised that I missed the opportunity to use Kivat-bat for Vambat Roseka and Tatsulot for Roseka Roar after using the former for some others, but then I thought about it and realised that it might be better to leave it the way it is. Roseka would later be able to control her anger and freely assume Roseka Roar without side effects.

Series 4 would introduce power-ups on a large scale, meaning that the rest of Crestor's comrades would have final form powers akin to Mega Pokemon. Their transformation equipment would be directly adapted from Super Sentai or Ultraman.

Crestyn, Aidnalac, Ricarlo and Megumi use the Giga Finalizer, King Sword, SoniSlasher (Orb Slasher) and Beliarok to transform into Giga Arch Finata Akadai Roseka, Photon Plasma Kaiser Kuchiba Sonika, Trinity Rise Hattacker Yamidori Sonika and Dark Megumihime. Their finisher attacks are the same as that of their original Ultraman counterparts (Geed Ultimate Final, Geed Royal Megamaster, Orb Trinity, Z Delta Rise Claw), but the King Sword's finishers are the Vulcan Gatling (Vulcan Sparkle), Royal Shield (Brothers Shield) and Photon Shoot (Royal End).

Kiramager and Ryusoulger would act as major influences on the transformation equipment for the rest of Crestor’s comrades. The Ranbu Combo’s Mega forms are a team power-up accessed through the Mega Ranbu Arrow, based on the Kiraful Go Arrow. The Mega Ranbu Arrow is shared among the Ranbu Combo, allowing them to perform attacks unique to its user, namely the Sharpshooter Tornado (Calvin), Rainstorm Impulse (Awami), Striker Bullet (Chubei), Meteor Sunshine (Tsumiki) and the Unstoppable Infinity (Derrick).

Blake gains the Shiny Silver Changer, based on the Shiny Kiramai Changer, to transform into Shiny Silver Blake (based on Silver Blake Sonichu). His finisher attack is the Ultimo Storm. Rinko Puranka uses the Black Hole Changer, based on the Yodon Changer from Kiramager, to transform into her Mega form; Silvia would analyse her form in a battle with Rinko before using the collected data to duplicate the Black Hole Changer, which she uses to transform into her own Mega form.

Reggie uses the Max SoniClaw, based on the Max Ryusoul Changer, to transform into Max Reggie Hiyami, while Layla uses the Noblesse SoniCalibur, based on the Ryusoul Calibur, to transform into Noblesse Layla Hitsujiko. Max Reggie Hiyami is based on Sneasel’s evolution into Weavile (just as Reginald did in Sonichu) and his finisher attack is the Everlasting Avalanche. Noblesse Layla Hitsujiko… is just Layla with a cape and robes, just like the Noblesse Ryusoulgers.

Boromi, Marumi, Jake, Lisa, Jiruko and Pachiko utilise the SoniChangers and SoniSouls, based on the Ryusoul Changer and RyuSouls. Each of their Mega forms grant them powers based on Sonichus that didn’t make it into Soulbound because as we all know, Chris-chan introduces and discards characters on whims based on his life at the time of writing.

Blazing Boromi is based on BlazeBob, a fire Sonichu created by PandaHalo.

Moonlight Marumi is based on Chloe, a purple Sonichu also created by PandaHalo.

DJ Knight Jake is based on Darkbind, Chris’ counterpart to Link. Jake gains a sword as a weapon in this form.

DJ Princess Lisa is based on Zelina, Chris’ Zelda expy. Lisa gains a bow and arrow as a weapon in this form.

Zapflash Jiruko is based on Sarah Hammer’s alternate persona as Saramah Rosechu. In Soulbound, Sarah Fiorentino was offered the chance to gain powers and become a Roseka, but she refused. She would have received Saramah’s powers had she accepted.

Fireshock Pachiko is based on Wes Iseli’s alternate persona as Wes-Li Sonichu.

As I said earlier, I mentioned that I used the Kivat-bat for some others; it and the Kivat Belt were adapted into the BatRiser, the means by which Mitch, Sodorill and Sunako transform into their Mega forms. Mitchell uses a yellow BatRiser based on Kivat-bat the 3rd, Sodorill uses a black BatRiser based on Kivat-bat the 2nd, and Sunako uses an orange BatRiser based on Kivat-bat the 4th.

Night Star, Crestor’s pony counterpart, makes her debut near the end of Series 3 as the chief scientific officer for UNIT Equestria, created by Yanagiri (the series’ main villain) as a spy for Crestor, feeding information to both Crestor and Twilight Sparkle as part of Yanagiri’s master plan. Following her death, Night Star is resurrected by Betti, who gains the ability to transform into Serazenta Roseka (Night Star Sonichu), her transformation movements resembling that of Space Sheriff Estevan from the Sharivan NEXT GENERATION movie. Her weapon and power-up device is the SoniLencer, based on the GUTS Sparklence from Ultraman Trigger. Using the Hyper SoniKeys, based on the GUTS Hyper Keys, Night Star can power-up into one of three Mega forms, namely Roseka Type, Pony Type and Cyber Type. Roseka Type is a direct adaptation of Mega Night Star, Pony Type transforms Night Star into an alicorn while Cyber Type enhances Serazenta with CPU Blue Heart’s armour.

Army of Miscreants

There are two main enemy factions in Hayasaka, namely the Jayops (Jerkops) led by Witch Mawashi, also known as Mariwashi Sotsuaki (卒暁毬鷲, Mary Lee Walsh/Count Graduon), and the trolls of SexyClover (4-cent_garbage.com) led by Clyde Cash.

Mawashi was created by splitting her from her template, Marina Pollock, who is the Director of Student Services at Enozaki Community College (Piedmont Virginia Community College). Unlike her original counterpart, who is a grey-haired old woman wearing a yellow crown with red horns, which due to Chris’ art style, led fans to believe that she was a blonde woman with a bob cut, Mawashi and Marina are both younger blondes. She wields a staff with a purple orb which she uses to transform ordinary people into Jayops (Jerkops/Janecops) or Jemerals (Manajerks). Mawashi would later absorb Marina into herself, allowing her to spite Crestor in death by allowing her template to be killed alongside her so as to get him in trouble in Enozaki.

Clyde’s comrades at SexyClover include Justin Blake Howell (Jason Kendrick Howell), his girlfriend Bethany (Kathleen), Jack Thorgeron (Jack Thaddeus), Vicky Lee (Vivian Gee) and Pickle Rick which is just human-sized Rick Sanchez in a pickle suit (Man in the Pickle Suit). A couple of Crestor’s former sweethearts are with SexyClover as well, namely Bianca Weizenshlaft (Blanca Weiss) and Julie/Max Masichi (Milvana/BlueSpike). In an allusion to the troll’s original persona, Julie/Max is a ladyboy – his actual persona is Max and he poses as Julie for Crestor.

Later on, following their death and resurrection, Mawashi and Clyde would revive their respective organisations (save for Bianca and Julie/Max) and fight as villains once again. They are given the Great Miracle Changers, based on the VS Changer from Lupinranger VS Patranger, along with the SirenStriker and VictoryStriker to transform into their super forms.

Sweethearts and Heartsweets

Although Crestor’s sweethearts and gal-pals were originally part of different factions in Series 1, their resurrection in Series 3 would see the factions combined to create Crestor’s harem. At the end of Series 4, they are freed from Crestor’s control by Dark Megumihime using the Deathcium Fang, with his control of Megumi weakening slowly over the course of the series and assisted with the power of the Beliarok. Despite this, they are recaptured anyway, but they are killed shortly after in battle.

As Chris was known to do with his characters, most of the Sonikas and Rosekas are paired up with each other as follows:

Sonika/Roseka

Calvin/Sodorill

Awami/Blake

Chubei/Tsumiki

Derrick/Pachiko

Marumi/Boromi

Jake/Lisa

Layla/Reggie

Jiruko, Mitchell, Rinko, Sunako and Silvia are not paired up with anyone.

This has been an overview of the characters in Sonichu and Chris-chan lore adapted for Soulbound. I’ll go into more detail about my take on the Chris-chan lore when we cover the series itself.

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