| Dr. John | |
 | |
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Kanji Name | ジョン博士 |
| First Appearance | |
| Anime | The Man Who Abandoned Tomorrow |
| Manga | Monster Showdown 5 |
| Information | |
| Origin | USA |
| Age | Deceased |
| Hair Color | Gray |
| Fighting Style | None |
| Original Dub | Shouto Kashii (2001) |
| Relations | Unknown |
| “ | You're fine with becoming Frankenstein's Monster then? Please, God, forgive me... | ” |
– Dr. John to Jack Hanma. | ||
Dr. John (ジョン博士, Jon hakase) is a fictional character from anime and manga series of Baki the Grappler. He was a doctor who tried to create a serum that could exponentially increase human strength. In the English anime his name was changed to Dr. Buren.
Personality[]
He was a brilliant yet arrogant scientist who spent 30 years of his life to create the super steroid drug known as X-4 in order to create a race of super soldiers. During his encounter with Jack Hanma, he felt he found the perfect test subject, the successful transformation It caused pleased him so much that his arrogance started to grow, until Jack began to overdose. He was soon racked with horror and guilt knowing he had created a monster, which drove him to commit suicide.
Appearance[]
He was a balding grey haired man. He wore a fancy suit complete with a tie and he had a moustache.
History[]
Baki the Grappler[]
Maximum Tournament Saga[]
He was a doctor who started to conduct research about human improvement. In other words, he wanted to create a superhuman. But at some point, his research was deemed heretical and he found himself ostracized by all. He began to feel his way was doomed. Until one day he saw Yuujirou Hanma killing a polar bear with his bare hands. Dr. John swore that his life's goal would be to combine all modern science to create an even superior "Frankenstein's Monster". But he eventually ran into the ultimate dilemma, because he needed a body to put his research into practice. Then finally he came across the ultimate collaborator, Jack Hammer, who agreed to put his long years of research into use. He met him at a kickboxing gym where his nephew worked as a trainer. He gave him a special steroid-like drug he developed called X-4.
Jack's physique was frail, however due to Jack's immense tolerance for pain the Doctor thought Jack would be the only test subject that could withstand the transformation the super steroid provides and he was right, Jacks skeletal body soon was transformed into a muscular marvel the perfect combination of strength and speed, with his super steroid formula proven effective he felt that nothing could stop him now, but then Jack started to demand more X-4 Dr. John begged Jack to reconsider and warned him that taking too much of the formula could turn Jack into a mutant or even cause his heart to explode but his words fell on deaf ears, the worst side effect the drug had was on Jacks mind making him unstable like Yuujirou. He witnessed Jack killing a polar bear with his bare hands but Jack's bear died in agony because of Jack's unstable mindset, After finding a secluded silo in the frozen north Dr. John wrote the last of his memoirs which he copied onto a CD then afterwards he pointed a gun to his temple and took his own life.
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