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For the anime version of the Ringleader of Gospel, see Kid Grave.

Sean Obihiro, known as Shun Obihiro (帯広 シュン Obihiro Shun) in Japan, is an orphan from the Mega Man Battle Network series who is the leader of the criminal organization Gospel and serves as the main antagonist of Mega Man Battle Network 2. Disguised, he is Lord Gospel, known as Ringleader of Gospel (ゴスペル首領/「ゴスペル」しゅりょう[8] Gosuperu Shuryou) in Japan.

Appearance[]

Sean has orange eyes and gray hair. He wears a purple jacket, red undershirt, black pants and white shoes with red sole.

When Sean is disguised as Lord Gospel, he has white skin, long light green hair with purple ends, and red eyes. He wears a black robe with red linings and the Gospel logo on the upper middle.

Game History[]

Background[]

Sean Obihiro lost his parents to a plane crash caused by net-terrorism. Afterwards, he was shipped to his closest relatives, who treated him cruelly. His experiences as an orphan by society at large were also horrible, having been ostracized. It was in large part because of this that he withdrew from and began harboring an intense anger and fear of society, not even capable of believing in the concept of friendship and thus only able to trust computers and machines. He was also lonely by consequence, but his traumatic past prevented himself from ever opening up to people. He then decided to make friends on the net, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Gospel.

Mega Man Battle Network 2[]

Five years later, Sean (now 10 years old[9]), the leader of Gospel, disguised himself with a protective suit, which also gave him the illusion of being far older than he actually was, and also gave commands to his peons. In large part because of his untrusting nature, he also instituted a one-chance policy regarding his minions, meaning his minions, should they fail him, either end up killed or otherwise left to their fate if arrested, or in the case of mercenaries, simply terminating their employment. Sean is first seen in the airplane Mr. Gauss hijacked, and later in Gospel's headquarters.

Sean later unwittingly unveiled himself after Bass's defeat, resulted in his leader disguise collapsing. Unwilling to surrender, due to anger and fear that the world hated him due to his past experiences, he attempted to jack up the servers beyond capacity, putting himself and Lan at risk of the radiation. At 200%, however, Bass and the servers got out of his control after it transformed into the Multibug Organism Gospel. After the defeat of the Multibug Organism also called Gospel, the final boss, it is revealed that he created Gospel after his family died in a plane crash and he became an orphan ostracized by society. By using the disguise of the Internet, he was able to recruit his members while appearing as a powerful man rather than a young boy. When he explains to Lan about his family, he is seen holding a photobook after he lost his Gospel leader disguise. He then considered suicide, largely because he still believed that the world hated him, although Lan vowed to be his first friend once Sean has atoned for himself. After he underwent a trial (with him being given a slight bit of mercy in terms of punishment due to his motives and backstory), Mr. Hikari started to suspect that Sean may not have been entirely acting on his own accord, and that someone else may have been manipulating him (apparently suspecting that the man manipulating him was none other than Lord Wily).

Mega Man Battle Network 3[]

During the event of Mega Man Battle Network 3, Sean was visiting Mr. Hikari inside the Beach Hospital, telling his story to him. In this conversation, Sean, confirming Hikari's earlier suspicions, reveals that someone else was actually manipulating him in carrying out Gospel's plans.

Sean later on comforts Lan along with Mamoru, Mayl, Yai, Chaud and Dex outside the hospital after MegaMan supposedly dies fighting Alpha back at the WWW base.

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge[]

Sean appears as one of the contestants, where he uses FreezeMan as his NetNavi.

Anime[]

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Kid Grave without his hair in the anime.

Main article: Kid Grave

Unlike in the video games, Sean is not Kid Grave in Mega Man NT Warrior. Instead, the disguise is actually a mere robot who believes he a real human who was created by Mr. Wily and was manipulated to create the Grave Crime Syndicate. Upon discovering that he is not a real person at the climax of the Second Area of the first season, Kid Grave is deactivated by Wily and his body becomes a mere empty shell, which is then later taken over by Bass.

Manga History[]

MegaMan NT Warrior (manga)[]

Sean Obihiro in NT Warrior manga

Sean Obihiro in the manga.

Sean appears in Volume 4 under the fake name of Kei Yūki (ケイ・ユウキ Kei Yūki) until Volume 6. He is said to be a child prodigy and is helping the NetPolice in many investigations. He is bright and cheeky and has often said some scathing comments in a blunt manner. Because of this, he gets on the bad side of Lan, MegaMan, Chaud and ProtoMan and they all have at least once more or less beaten him up.

Battle Story MegaMan NT Warrior[]

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Sean and FreezeMan.

Sean’s story is largely the same as the game. When his parents died, a number of people acted nice to him but they had the ulterior motive of coming for his inheritance. Upon learning this truth, Sean shut himself off from other people, put on a disguise in the computer, and assembled Gospel.

He unleashes the Super Navi (Grave Virus Beast) in the net, later recapturing it when it evolved with a new form and the ability to create clones of past Grave Navis. He planned to use it to wreak havoc but loses control of the beast. After Lan knocks some sense into Sean, he reveals how to defeat the Super Navi.

Later Sean returns with FreezeMan as his Navi. They rescued MegaMan when he was found alive within Alpha’s remains. In Elec Town, Sean and FreezeMan holds off a horde of viruses while MegaMan runs to stop ShadeMan.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Rockman.EXE 2 Postcard Book
  2. Rockman EXE no Subete pg.101
  3. Rockman.EXE Official Complete
  4. Rockman.EXE Official Complete Works
  5. Typos in the English Mega Man Battle Network 3
  6. Yuichiro: "Sean was the former kingpin of the netmafia,Gospel", Mega Man Battle Network 3:
  7. Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works
  8. Yuichiro: "もとネットマフィア「ゴスペル」しゅりょう帯広シュン・・・", Battle Network Rockman EXE 3
  9. Sean is one year younger than Lan, and can be rather self-centered. The surname "Obihiro" (which means "wide belt" in Japan) is a play on the term "broadband." - Yūji Ishihara, Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works page 35


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