#muse bio: oroku saki

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💭 for all Shredders: Technology, Flowers, Regret, Change, and Dreams

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"Look out for Shredder, I didn't spend use in this identity to not still carry terror."

| Technology |

"Even with how behind the earth and it beings are the tech available has proven of use."

Shredder being from a more advance species is often annoyed by how behind the earth tech can feel to him at times. Always aware that there is something better out in space that can more achieve what he needs and wants. Often Shredder finds himself seeking out those who are good with it and often it's why Stockmen had failed to live to his expectations with how often he fails. To Shredder he is all talk he ended up liking Chaplin because he held better results in the end and never once went around his back. If your someone skilled when it comes to technology? you will be on his radar. Like certain purple banded turtles.

Shredder himself dose understand it but he's not someone who can make it himself. It very much how we can understand our own modern tech but don't me we know how to manipulate it and such like those in engineering and such can. Why he tends to seek out more scientific uses he truly sees the potential in it.

| Flowers |

"Useless, they hardly last once in bloom and hold no value. Even the most beautiful blossom with soon wilt"

Flowers often represent life and it's cycles so for someone who well doesn't fully care about the lives of others of course he isn't going to care about the life of a plant either. But that one mention of one beautiful flower? I don't care what anyone wants to say Shredder had a soft spot for Karai. He didn't hold a reason to take in this orphan girl and raise her as his own. You can understand why he has people like Hun under his control and such. But Karai? sure she fills in a role to be his heir so he can in a way keep up his ruse through her but he trusted Karai a lot even with his secret of being an utrom. When She was kidnapped by Bishop? Shredder literally went ballistic for him about it? A guy who tries to act like he doesn't care about anyone? hell Hun was getting a chance to be back on his good side if he got her back and he was pretty pissed at him.

| Regret |

"Turtles"

Lets be honest Shredder maybe would have achieved a lot of his goals if them dang turtles never got involved but as the show went to show us many times over? that wouldn't be the case. Shredder and the Turtles are connected in a way. They created each other nearly you could even say if it wasn't for Shredder the turtles wouldn't be where they are now. Dude created his own fail safe u-u even after he is gone the turtles are still having to deal with any Shredder that comes back thats a connection that I feel none of them like to think about however u-u

| Change |

"Change comes and goes and sometimes we must embrace those changes for our goals."

I don't see shredder as someone who can change himself seeing how the show makes out the spirt of Shredder alone as someone who holds on to ambitions and obsessions after all. It's often his own down fall the only change he tends to take well is anything that can be of use to him. Be he's lived a long time and has learned to work with the changes of the world around him. From being in charge of a ninja clan to this big shot millionaire in New York who had the mayor in his pocket thanks to his wealth? A changing environment sure but personally no he can not. bloodthirsty, insane, selfish, wrathful, sadistic, and relentless. He hates anyone who challenges, impedes, or otherwise wrongs him holding grudges long after the fact

| Dreams |

"I only dream for my conquests!"

As shown he really is mostly in for his own gain here, Shredder someone who takes and demands control and has been easily able to get it. Through resources or pure respect even sometimes fear Shredder simply looks for control and I feel this is what lead him being the villain he is now. He was a criminal among his own race yes I know I should guess call him Ch'rell but dude went so far into making himself in Shredder I just XD look I aint dead naming him okay. He is embodiment of the stereotypical megalomaniac of course he's simply seeking anything that puts him in the position he feel fits him.

"Don't waste my time."

| Technology |

"It can have it's uses but doesn't often have much against transitional or hands on approaches"

Unlike the 03 version Oroku is very much someone still set in the ways he grew up. His clan didn't seem to take much of modern conveniences, and where He could see some use he tends to avoid resorting to tech to often least till Karai brought forward a kranng bot and he saw that they could be made of use for the clan. Even bringing in baxter to be his primary tech support so to speak. So he did learn to see how technology can benfit him even going so far as to make use of the mutagen from the kranng as well, seeing how he is willing to mutant himself later. He dose also see the benefits of more than just Tech seeing how he goes about securing resources for even bio level use.

| Flowers |

"She..loved Jasmine flowers."

Even Shredder head of the foot clan isn't immune to human emotions as much as he tries to be. My toxic trait is I do feel he truly loved Shen but like in many other times in this show? His hate for Yoshi was always stronger and even impacts later relationships like his kids. As twisted and wrong people may see it he did love and care about Karai. And I extend this to Casey and Angle for the Foot au as well. He dose care when Yoshi was thought long gone and dead and all he had to worry about was the future of his clan? I feel like their lives weren't as bad. Yeah they didn't get normal childhoods and were growing up in an environment full of love either. He very much raised weapons over children.

I feel he saw things in his kids and did try to parent them but it was alway in this mind set harsh parenting, he was strict, abuse would be there to. Karai was throw into a pit of snakes to overcome her fear and Casey with a fear of Rats? In his mind its all to make them strong to face this world that will try and take them down. I feel he was nicer when they were younger, considering Karai's memories.

But unfountetly he learned Yoshi was alive and I feel things got worse after that. And feel these once good memories I'd why it's hard for the kids to fully turn against shredder till given a good reason. In cannon it was karai learning Yoshi was her dad for example.

| Regret |

"Being to soft on my children."

To Shredder he was to soft on his kids and that's what allowed any chance for them to go against him. He turly felt he was setting them up for success well ignoring giving them some very basic needs none of them really had fulfilled. He just never met if he could let got of his obsession maybe he would have been better and then his son would been more enemies to lovers situation xD.

He only disappointed in Casey because he went against him and thier family. He turly dose think casey has potential and sees himself in his son not once had he ever seen casey as not his son. Even if he dose tend to put casey below Karai this is connected to his obsession however u_u. Knowing his son was broken down by something as simple as love? Pretty familiar isn't it?

| Change |

"Only the weak accept a need to change."

This man would literally let the world end then let go of his hate for Yoshi. So bi he isn't going to change no one is enough for him to change for not even his kids. He will always hate more than he loves he can't ever let go of that he's never fully let love in to change him re refuses to change u_u which is a shame I still think he'd be a decent dad and spoil his kids if he could but that's my toxic trait uwu.

| Dreams |

"Mostly I dream of the future of my clan."

Shredder man be old school but from stuff we get to see he had dipped into other avenues of bussniess running a company in Japan even that he sometimes has to go back and check in on. Shredder dreams for Karai to take over once he finally passes on. So je wants everything in order why he's so hard on her (and casey for the au, as stated he thinks casey would basically take on Tiger Claws role, being in charge if the ninja in the clans training and such. I can't personally say for Angle since she baby but he has trust funds and such for each kid set up as well.)

The foot Clan is one of his priorities and he wants it to contuine to succeed especially it it means stomping out the Hamato Clan.

[thecomicsnexus]

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ADVENTURES MINI-SERIES #1-3 AUGUST - DECEMBER 1988 BY MICHAEL DOONEY, DAVE GARCÍA AND BARRY GROSSMAN. BASED ON THE TV SCREENPLAYS BY DAVID WISE AND PATTI HOWETH

SYNOPSIS (FROM TURTLEPEDIA)

April O'Neil, Channel 6 News, is reporting on the seemingly low-tech robberies of three high-tech companies. All signs point to ninjas, and April and her news crew are reporting from Technologies Central in the hopes that they will be robbed next and therefore caught on camera by Channel 6. The news crew doesn't want to stick around to see if April's hunch is correct, and their instincts are on the money. A group of punks led by a pre-mutation Rocksteady approach the news crew threateningly with a message: "...stick to reportin' fashion shows!"

April runs from the punks, ducking into the sewers. As the punks follow her, April is distracted and runs into a wall. The punks catch up to her, and her future seems bleak when four shadows step in to disarm and thrash the punks. April turns to thank her saviors and sees four man-size turtles! Unable to believe her eyes, April faints.

Meanwhile a shadowy figure, later revealed to be the Shredder, watches a monitor revealing the Turtles taking April back to their lair.

Later, deeper in the sewers, April awakes and is offered some tea from a man-sized rat. Bewildered by seeing the four turtles chowing down on some oddly-topped pizza and a giant rat in a kimono, she demands to know who they are.

The rat begins to explain by telling the tale of Hamoto Yoshi, a teacher in the ninja Foot Clan in Japan. Framed by rival Oroku Saki, Yoshi is banished to the New York sewers for attempting to assassinate a master sensei. There, he befriends rats and, eventually, four baby turtles. One day, Yoshi finds the baby turtles covered in a glowing ooze. The turtles mutate before his eyes becoming man-sized and intelligent. Yoshi himself mutates into a man-sized rat.

April realizes that the rat speaking is Hamato Yoshi, now going by the name Splinter, and the four turtles are his ninja students: Donatello armed with a wodden Bo-staff, Raphael master of the Sai, Leonardo wielding dual Katanas, and Mihaelangelo master of the whirling Nunchakus!

They ask April what she thinks, but she's decided that these freaks have committed the ninja robberies. She tries to escape, but the turtles block her way and decide to keep her there until they can find the true culprits and clear their names.

Rocksteady and the punks report back to The Shredder that four weirdos beat the pants off them. Shredder's only concern is that the four giant reptiles may have been turtles.

Returning to the scene of the fight, the Turtles and April discover a matchbook from an establishment called Ninja Pizza. The group decides to check it out, but April is afraid the Turtles may draw too much attention. She obtains some trenchcoats and fedoras from a men's clothing store, and suddenly the Turtles are incognito!

They find Ninja Pizza on a street with a number of other ninja themed places of business. While the Turtles take a pizza break, April snoops around the surrounding area and discovers Manhattan Security Services, a shady security company that is actually cleaning out their clients! April races to a phone to call in a news crew, but is abducted by ninja-garbed assailants similar to the faux-guards she spotted in the Security building.

The Turtles become concerned by April's absence and discover her wallet by the payphone where she was abducted. Following a string of April's personal items to a nearby rooftop, they discover a tied up April and a trap! April's assailants, who turnout to be androids, attack the Turtles but are driven off to a nearby rooftop. April and the Turtles give chase, and discover a communications setup with The Shredder's face! The evil mastermind calls for a general retreat of the foot-bots to something called the Technodrome.

Reasoning that the Technodrome must be downstairs somewhere, the Turtles advance down the floors until they encounter some Foot messing with some plumbing. The building begins to flood, so the Turtles grab April and escape back out of the roof the way they came in the nick of time as the building succumbs to the massive amounts of water!

Later, Splinter examines uniform pieces from the robot assailants and deduces that the Foot, under the command of Oroku Saki are nearby and the cause of all the trouble. The Turtles aren't worried about the Shredder's plans, and April begins to wonder if her newfound friends take anything seriously, but she realizes there is one thing they never joke about: Pizza!

The following morning, April and the Turtles are searching for the Technodrome under the location of the flooded out building and find only a giant empty cavern with a pair of giant tread marks.

Meanwhile, in the Technodrome, The Shredder is summoned by Krang, who wants to know why Saki hasn't completed his new body as per their agreement. The Shredder laments that he has bigger problems now thanks to the appearance of the Turtles. Krang reminds Shredder that it's his own fault the Mutagen affected the Turtles so, and muses what would happen if more powerful animals were used in the mutation process. The Shredder dashes off to test this hypothesis.

Elsewhere, the Turtles and April have decided to check back in with Splinter. April points out that there may be some pertinent information back at the news room while Splinter elects to lead the Turtles in following the Technodrome through the vast tunnels.

At the Zoo, a pair of robots burst out of the ground and abscond with a warthog and a rhinoceros.

Back in the sewer, the Turtles and Splinter are blocked in their pursuit of the Technodrome by a cave-in. Splinter sends the Turtles to the surface to find a way around while he attempts to burrow through.

Inside the Technodrome, The Shredder approaches the punks for volunteers. When the punks decline, Shredder appeals to their sense of revenge by saying they'll be able to, "...get even with the Turtles who so recently humiliated [them]!" The Shredder selects Rocksteady and Bebop from the group of punks and straps them to a pair of tables. When the punks realize they don't know what they've actually volunteered for, The Shredder merely tells them to relax as he approaches them in a bio-hazard proof suit with a canister of mutagen and the pair of animals from the park.

The Turtles, meanwhile, have made their way to the surface, and after dodging a few vans, sneak their way into Channel 6. April tells the Turtles she's learned of the animals stolen from the Zoo, and the Turtles decide to check it out.

About this time, Splinter breaks through the debris into a cavern holding the massive Technodrome. Splinter approaches cautiously, but is still nabbed by one of the abducting robots.

At the Zoo, the Turtles leave April at the surface and descend through the hole left by the robots into the same cavern with the Technodrome. The Turtles discover their master's walking stick and deduce that Splinter has been captured by the Technodrome's inhabitants. They steal their way inside until they are confronted by a number of industrial robots.

The Turtles, having infiltrated the Technodrome to rescue Master Splinter, encounter a group of industrial automatons intent on discouraging the heroes from finding their wayward master. The Turtles make quick work of the robots and return to their search, but not before Donatello spots a power pack and elects to bring it along.

In the next hallway, the doors at both ends slam shut and a rolling log with spikes flies down the corridor towards them. Donatello attaches the power pack to a door at the opposite end of the hall and has Leonardo destroy it with a throwing star, causing a small explosion. The Turtles duck through the resulting hole and escape the rolling log.

The Turtles now find themselves in a large chamber with Master Splinter hanging from the ceiling. The Shredder appears and offers the heroes a place in the Foot Clan. The Turtles decline and are attacked by Bebop and Rocksteady. The bumblers are forced to slam into one another, forcing the Shredder in turn to unloose his Foot-bots on the heroes. The Turtles make short work of them and retrieve Splinter, spiriting him to the surface.

Bebop and Rocksteady pursue the Turtles into the Zoo and are quickly trapped in an empty cage. April arrives in time to catch the mutant punks on camera and agrees to shuttle Splinter home in her Channel 6 news van. An abductor robot emerges as the van speeds away and frees the punk mutants who are not sure they wish to return to face Shredder's wrath.

A short while later, April decrees that Splinter will be fine after he gets some rest. The Turtles elect to go after the Technodrome on their own.

Elsewhere, in an abandoned mansion, The Shredder observes inventor Baxter Stockman attempting to sell his rat-chasing Mousers to a pest control company owner, with little success. The Shredder decides these Mousers would be perfect for dealing with Splinter and the Turtles. The Shredder appears before a dejected Stockman and offers to produce his Mousers on a large scale. Stockman, of course, accepts.

The Turtles continue the search for the Technodrome with limited success.

At the abandoned mansion, The Shredder orders Stockman to create a master control for the Mousers and immediately begins producing more of the small robots using the facilities in the Technodrome. Krang demands to know why The Shredder hasn't completed his new body yet, but the villain shrugs his concerns off and programs a dozen Mousers to find Splinter.

April tells a reawakened Splinter that she is returning to her apartment for a few hours, and Splinter tells her that he is feeling much better. After April leaves, the dozen Mousers smash into the underground lair and attack Splinter. Splinter tries to fend them off, but there are too many. The Turtles arrive in the nick of time and rescue Splinter, destroying the Mousers in short order.

Discovering Baxter Stockman's name on the remains of a destroyed Mouser, Splinter and the Turtles go to seek April's help with this new tidbit of information. The Shredder is upset that the heroes were so easily able to destroy the little robots, but he knows that even the Turtles won't be able to stand up to a staggering twelve hundred of the little critters.

At April's apartment, the Turtles and Splinter invade her sanctum seeking her assistance. Showing her the name on the inoperative Mouser, April decides a search of the news computer may yield some results. Unfortunately, all the computer has to offer is his home address. The Turtles elect to run down this lead leaving Splinter with April.

Meanwhile, Stockman has completed his work on the Master Control and heads home for some much deserved sleep. The Shredder sends some Foot-bots after him to "put him out of the way" since he knows too much. He then uses the Master Control to program the Mousers to destroy Splinter, the Turtles, and April O'Neil.

At Stockman's house, the Turtles foil the Foot-bots assassination attempt and interrogate the inventor, quickly learning The Shredder's plan and location. The heroes requisition the inventor's green van, and, learning that Michaelangelo can drive, make haste back to April's apartment.

They find Splinter and April making a last stand against a horde of Mousers, rescuing them in the nick of time, although her apartment building is destroyed.

Later, outside the mansion, Michaelangelo volunteers to infiltrate the building to find and destroy the Master Control. He is, unfortunately, captured by The Shredder during his attempt. Shredder sends his hordes of Mousers after the heroes outside while Krang frees Michaelangelo in a bid to force the Shredder to build the warlord a body due to his inability to destroy his enemies. Michaelangelo uses his new-found freedom to force The Shredder into destroying the Master Control.

As the Mousers are disabled, The Shredder flees the abandoned mansion, causing it to collapse on Michaelangelo. The other heroes quickly search the fallen structure for some sign of their missing comrade, but soon find him unharmed. He tells the others of Shredder's escape and a new menace in the form of Krang, but the others have a hard time believing a disembodied brain can be much of a threat.

The Turtles return Stockman's van to his house to find the inventor a fugitive. They decide, at Donatello's urging, to move the van into Stockman's apartment so he can modify it with tracking equipment, weapons, and anything else he can fit in there to help them in their search for the Technodrome.

Krang once again berates The Shredder for his inability to defeat his enemies, and demands he build the warlord a new body. He reminds The Shredder that a legion of Stone Warriors await his command in Dimension X. Shredder decides to attempt to plumb the depths of Dimension X for a weapon instead. Krang warns Saki that anything could exit the portal from the alien dimension, but his warnings fall on deaf ears.

At Stockman's, Donatello unveils the Turtle Van, armed with every gadget he could think of to help them find the Shredder. They quickly take the Van on its Maiden voyage.

Meanwhile, Shredder opens the gateway between Earth and Dimension X, gleeful that he will soon have the tools he needs to destroy the Turtles and their master. The first thing to fly through the portal is not quite what he's seeking, though. A pair of flying Hot Rods carrying the fun-loving Neutrinos blasts through first the portal, and then the Technodrome altogether. Hot in pursuit of the troublesome youths is General Traag, and who knows what dangers he may cause the Turtles and their friends.

The Shredder and Krang meet up with two of Krang's loyal Rock Soldiers, General Traag and Morph. Krang and the Rock Soldiers tell Shredder about the Neutrinos and how they should be stopped, saying that they hate war and encourage the other inhabitants of Dimension X to have fun.

The Turtles, meanwhile, have some difficulty with the Neutrinos, but manage to convince the teen trio that they are on the same side. After getting exposure to some of Earth's cultures and pastimes, the Neutrinos agree to help the Turtles take on Shredder and Krang, while General Traag leaves a weather device to leave New York in chaos.

The Turtles and the Neutrinos have a battle with Krang and his Rock Soldiers as they try to open another portal to Dimension X and summon more warriors. Instead, Donatello uses the portal to send Krang's two Rock Soldiers back to Dimension X and the Neutrinos go as well saying they have to help their people fight back against Krang's forces. The Turtles make a quick retreat to destroy the weather bomb Traag activated earlier.

The Shredder finally gives in to Krang's demands and agrees to build him a new android body.

The Shredder appears to the Turtles on their television set informing them that he has a Retromutagen Ray Generator, a device that can undo mutations. He demonstrates the ray's effects by de-mutating the punk Scrag, who had been mutated into a bat. Shredder proceeds to challenge the Turtles to fight him for it.

The Turtles are eager to get the retromutagen ray, knowing that they can use it to change Splinter back to his human form of Hamato Yoshi. Splinter, however, insists that he must get it himself, pointing out that while the ray would make him human again, it would turn the Turtles back into ordinary turtles. April O'Neil uses the Turtle Van to get back to the Channel 6 building while the Turtles take a car left behind by the Neutrinos. After the car breaks down, Donatello goes off to Baxter Stockman's workshop to make a new vehicle for the Turtles.

To keep the Turtles from getting to him, Shredder sends Bebop and Rocksteady after them. After fighting the two mutant punks and trapping them in concrete, the Turtles go to the Technodrome.

Krang points out the dire of the situation to Shredder, who reveals Krang's finished android body and goes on to install a molecular amplification unit at Krang's request and then put Krang into his new body.

As Krang awakens in his new body, he signals General Traag to ready his army and help him conquer Earth. The Turtles find him, but Krang then starts to use his new body to grow to a colossal size. Splinter meanwhile finds the retromutagen ray, only to find himself baited into a trap by Shredder. He proceeds to fight him.

The Turtles try to fight the now gigantic Krang, but are no match for him. Help arrives when Donatello comes back with the Turtle Blimp, and April also catches what's happening and starts recording it on her camera.

Donatello destroys the circuit enabling Krang to change his size, causing Krang to shrink back to his normal size. Krang calls Shredder for help, and Shredder promptly stuns Splinter and rushes to Krang's aid.

The Shredder tries to use the retromutagen ray to de-mutate the Turtles, but Splinter destroys it. Shredder and Krang retreat back to the Technodrome, where they summon General Traag and the Rock Soldiers. Donatello tampers with the portal to send the stone army back to Dimension X along with the Technodrome.

April reports the Turtles' victory on Channel 6 and the Turtles enjoy their victory, but Splinter warns them that Shredder and Krang may return.

REVIEW

As an adaptation of the TV show, there are very few differences (done mostly to save panels). The script feels right for a comic-book (or perhaps the original 5 episodes of the TV show were closer to a comic-book format than the rest of the series). Maybe this is why Archie decided to create new stories based on the show than just adapting them.

The art looks similar to the TV show as well, Splinter in particular. I am yet to watch the “Rise of” TV show, but a good thing about the TMNT on tv is that they usually feel the same as in the comic-books. Sometimes in some movies as well, though not the latest ones, that seem to imitate this version of the TV show more than the comic.

There are some coloring mistakes. Usually you can let these errors go, but here they changed the colors on some bandanas, the whole point of giving them colors was to make the characters easier to recognize.

I give the arc a score of 6