A Guyver Unit
The Guyver Units (also known as Zein Guyver Units, Unit-G's, the Bio-Boosted Armor or simply Guyvers) are mysterious bio-organic suits of armor that bond with a host at the genetic level, enhancing their innate capabilities and granting them an array of advanced bio-organic weaponry
Origins[]
The Guyver Units were originally designed as all-purpose environmental suits, made to aid the Creators in their exploration of alien worlds. Although classified as armor, the G-Unit also changes many aspects of the hosts biological system, including the removal and rearranging of certain organs, the splicing of a host's DNA with its own, and the removal of the need to sleep or eat regularly. Besides increasing the powers of a human being when he/she wears it, it also frees them completely from the telepathic control of the Creators themselves, effectively putting them on the same level as those who created mankind to begin with. This led the Creators to dub it “Guyver,” which in their language carries a number of different meanings; mainly "Abnormal", "Non-Standard", or simply "Out of Control".
The Three Guyver Units
While extraordinarily resilient, an activated Guyver can still be damaged or even destroyed with the proper application of force. Guyver Killer-type Zoanoids, for example, were specifically designed to secrete a corrosive chemical compound capable of dissolving the armor itself to get at the wearer beneath. A seasoned, battle-tested Zoalord also possesses the raw power necessary to destroy a Guyver, as do some Hyper-Zoanoids. The most effective tool to counter an active Guyver however, is with a weapon known as the Unit-Remover, developed by the Creators. This device forcibly deletes the host’s genetic data from the Control Medal's records, forcing the armor back into stasis mode; The condition of the human host after this process remains unclear, though it can be assumed that death will claim them a short time following the removal due to the numerous alterations made to their physiology, which they alone cannot sustain.
Unlike the Zoanoids, the Guyver is humanoid in form - mostly because all known hosts have been human, and so the armor has adapted that shape to better serve its function. The Guyver was used by the crews of Creator spacecraft and in later chapters, Sho used his Control Medal to speak telepathically with the Relic itself, implying that it also served as an advanced form of biological long-range communication.
A Guyver Unit itself is semi-sentient and can act on its own in a limited capacity if its host is unable to consciously control it. In this mode, it usually acts only on self-preservation instincts, defending itself and the wearer from any perceived threat. Guyver I demonstrated this function after its host (Sho) was left unconscious following the bonding process, when he was regenerated by the Control Medal in Chronos Japan Headquarters, and when he killed the Zoanoid his father had been turned into. It is presumably also this semi-sentience that prevents the host from disengaging the armor if they have sustained injuries that would prove fatal without the Guyver's protection and ability to rapidly heal from the damage. Guyver I has demonstrated the ability to regrow approximately 50% of the host's brain and skull in a matter of minutes.
The first Guyver (labeled "Guyver-0") was the result of experimentation conducted by the Creators eons ago to better understand the effects of a Guyver unit that had successfully bonded with its hosts. The results were astonishing, but the newly developed psionic shielding systems within the armor effectively liberated the human subject from the Creators' control. This newly empowered human then turned on the Creators and even destroyed one of their ships in its rampage. As such, the bio-boosted human was christened 'Guyver,’ a word which in the language of the Creators meant simply “Out of Control”
In effort to put an end to the Guyver’s rampage, the Creators gifted the Unit Remover to Archanfel, who then proceeded to remove the Guyver unit from the human subject before destroying him completely, incinerating his body to ensure no possibility of regeneration.
Guyvers[]
From left to right: Guyver III, Guyver 0, Guyver I, and Guyver II Female. In the back, from left to right: Guyver Gigantic Dark and Guyver Gigantic.
Guyver 0[]
- Unit Holder: Unnamed Cro-magnon
- Gender: Male
- Appearance: Dark, with a unique collar around the neck. An unusual shade that can appear green/brown or even pink at times.
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
Guyver I[]
- Unit Holder: Sho Fukamachi
- Gender: Male
- Appearance: Light colored and simple, usually a shade of light blue/teal.
- Height: 174 cm
- Weight: 261 kg
Guyver II[]
Male[]
- Unit Holder: Oswald A. Lisker
- Gender: Male
- Appearance: Asymmetrical features, wide sonic swords, light colored, usually yellow.
- Height: 210 cm
- Weight: 360 kg
Female[]
- Unit Holder: Valkyria Forsberg Lisker
- Gender: Female
- Appearance: Simple and light colored, usually pink/violet, curvier figure.
- Height: 181 cm
- Weight: 262 kg
Guyver III[]
- Unit Holder: Agito Makishima
- Gender: Male
- Appearance: Dark and spiky, with extra vibration swords, sometimes given a tint of purple.
- Height: 191 cm
- Weight: 328 kg
Powers & Devices[]
Originally, humanity was conceived as a weapon to fight in the Creators wars, and because of this, the Guyver Unit enhances those attributes which the Creators found most suitable to the species purpose as soldiers: granting any humans who wear a unit enhanced strength, incredible speed and reflexes, vast physical resilience, and a multitude of biological weapons and unique abilities which set them above their peers, and even some Zoanoids.
These abilities are as follows-
Bio- Enhancement[]
This is the primary ability of the Guyver Unit. It has been stated that the organism that composes the majority of the Unit (and by extension the Guyver itself) was engineered to adapt, conform, and enhance the physical characteristics of its host life-form to maximize their full genetic potential. By comparison, the Guyver-equipped Creators were vastly inferior to humans equipped with the same unit, due to humanity’s original status as biological weapons. In this fashion, the powers and capabilities of an armored organism are dictated by their host genetics, and not by the Guyver itself; meaning, simply, that a Guyver worn by one individual and possessing a certain ability cannot then carry that ability over to its next host, unless that host shares the same genetic identifications of the previous.
In general, the armor will most likely boost all of the physical capabilities of its hosts without discrimination: tripling the strength, speed, stamina, endurance, and reflexes of all its hosts equally. The armor will also protect its host from harsh environments that could hurt or even kill them, such as open vacuum or crushing ocean depths.
The Guyver organism itself partially merges with the hosts DNA, augmenting them on both a genetic and cellular level.
Though the host's bones and muscles aren't replaced, per-se, they are Bio-Boosted by this merging of Unit and Host; increasing their cellular growth to peak levels; allowing the host to exist in a state of permanent perfect health and essentially making the physical condition of any prospective host irrelevant. Furthermore, the body is infused with bio-organic energy which both helps fuel the host's biology and increases their bone and muscle density, thus granting the Guyver an overall increase in physical strength.
The physical alterations, like the replaced heart and lungs, allow for far greater blood flow alongside the production of super oxygenated blood to better regulate the hosts bodily functions. They are also equipped with a super-efficient metabolism which allows them to draw sustenance from almost anything, including traditionally non-edible items, such as rocks or even metal.
Finally, the Guyver possesses a system of organs that allow it to channel gravitational energy through the body, which can then be used to instantly boost the hosts momentum by a factor of 10x (allowing the Guyver to punch or kick far harder than normal speed and mass would allow)
This compensates for the fact the Guyver has neither 100x the mass nor 100x the speed of the host, both of which is normally needed to give 100x the power of a punch or kick. It's also a very efficient method of directly channeling energy into a physical attack, allowing the hosts to fight with absolute efficiency without the need for training or conditioning.
Regeneration/Rapid Accelerated Healing[]
The organism that composes the majority of the bio-boosted armor is capable of repairing and regrowing any part of itself or it's host at an accelerated rate. So extreme is this ability that it is able to completely regenerate Guyver I from only a few cells attached to the control medal. Even when only a part of the host survives, they can still regenerate into a fully independent organism, sometimes within the span of minutes.
Guyver Bio-Organs[]
Guyver Bio-Organs on Sho's nape
During the joining with the Guyver, the host's body is changed permanently. The Guyver leaves two growths on the back of the host that act as a form of 'transceivers' to the Guyver while also being able to sense other Guyver hosts nearby. When the host calls for the Guyver, a signal is sent and the Guyver is activated. When not needed, the armor is stored in what can best be described as a sub-dimension; it follows the host constantly so as to be instantly available when needed. When the Guyver is called by its host, its appearance causes a destructive burst that damages anything within a few feet of the host's body.
Bio Boosted Creature[]
Bio Boost Creature
The Bio Boosted Creature does not have its own shape or form. It is an unknown living creature that strengthens and amplifies the living function of its "host". That is the true body of the cells of the bio-boost armor. Usually kept in check by the control medal, if for some reason it separates from the control medal, it will return to its brutal form and will continue to find a new host. Having the genetic information of its host, it has the ability to mimic it.
In the manga, the bio boosted creature managed to form its own body containing the genetic information of Sho from the severed hand of Guyver I during the battle with Enzyme, but the creature did not have a copy of Sho's consciousness within it and was nothing but a mindless clone compared to the original Sho who retained his consciousness after being resurrected via regeneration through his Guyver's Control Medal. Because of it, it causes trouble to those around Sho until Sho fought it and used his Guyver to absorb it. In the Anime, however, Sho's body devolved into this creature, rather than it regenerating from his severed arm after his control medal was torn out by Enzyme. The severed arm was not addressed in the anime.
Guyver Gigantic[]
Sho Fukamachi as Guyver Gigantic.
After Sho and Agito's defeat at Relic's Point, Sho, who was linked to the Relic ship through his control medal, summoned the ship to help him and the others. In doing so the control orbs of the ship (used as the interface between the Guyver and the organic ship) fused together, then pulled Agito and the remains of Sho into it, sealing itself off and relocating itself. Not long after the incident, Agito found a pupa with him and residing inside was the remains of Guyver I, tissues of the ship and the fused control orbs. Sho, desiring more power to fight against Archanfel, had subconsciously used the newly fused control orbs to build an upgrade module for the Guyver unit. One year passed and Sho was finally resurrected as the Guyver Gigantic.
Agito Makishima as Guyver Gigantic Dark.
The power of the Gigantic is estimated to be at least twenty times superior to the original Guyver. There was originally one Gigantic suit which could be worn by either Agito or Sho, but only one could wear it at a time and it could be snatched from someone already wearing it if the person summoning it had more willpower over the current host. This proved to be a problem as Agito had his own plans for the Gigantic Armor and maybe even more as he obtained two more control orbs from a dead ship in Arizona. Recently, Sho's willpower (born of his innate desire to protect) has grown to the extent that he has fully capitalized ownership over the first Gigantic armor, leaving Agito unable to equip it again. Despite this setback, Agito succeeded in creating his own Gigantic thanks to one of the control modules he excavated from one of the Creators' ships. So far the Gigantic is known to improve virtually all the weapons of the Guyver and even adds some new ones.
note: The Guyver Gigantic used by Sho Fukamachi is 2,72 m tall and weighs 393 kg. [source]
Power & Devices[]
- Energy Amps (エネルギー・アンプ): They give the Gigantic the ability to produce an omni-directional forcefield similar to a Zoalord's Barrier. Usage of the power amps can include the control of surrounding body parts even if severed from the main body.
Agito Makishima in his Gigantic Dark armor.
- Enhanced High Frequency Wave-Vibration Swords: They are now able to become flexible and can grow and curve to amazing distances.
- Tri Head Beam Orbs: The large center orb has fifteen times the intensity of a normal Guyver's Head Beam, and the two smaller orbs have the same output of a normal Guyver Head Beam.
- Vibration Globes: There are two more Vibration Globes at its mouth, and they are concealed by plates that open out.
- Giga-Smasher (ギガスマッシャー): It is one hundred times more devastating than the Mega-Smasher because of the two extra Gravity Control Orbs, one embedded in each chest plate, which grants it extra power.
- Gravity Knuckle: A high-powered jab, mostly used in conjunction with the back thrusters, channeling energy into its fist for a powerful discharge upon target impact.
- Gravity Ram (重力衝角): By extending the chest spike and channeling energy into it, activating the Barrier shield and powering up all three gravity orbs, the Gigantic accelerates using the thrusters on his back. This has the same effect as seen caused by evil Aptom's high-frequency spear, which means the surrounding area is totally obliterated without any visible trace as though atomized.
- Plasma Jets (プラズマジェット): On the back of the Gigantic are two large packs that sit right under the shoulder blades. These packs can be used to propel the Gigantic forward at incredible speed and an alarming rate, allowing it to fly much faster than before.
Gigantic Exceed[]
Sho Fukamachi as Guyver Gigantic Exceed holding Aptom.
The Gigantic Exceed (巨神殖装ＸＤ) is a transformation (only used by Sho thus far) that increases the Gigantic's size to 52 meters, with all the orbs and chest spike glowing and (in Sho's case) the body color changing into a dark red and black.
According to the data file in volume 25, this is the true form of the Gigantic. The three gravity orbs and power amps operate at full capacity, constantly drawing the necessary energy needed to keep the Gigantic's size from "another dimension". All of the Gigantic's weapons and abilities are available in this form and their power is increased in proportion to its size.
