Character Relationship Map: Terra Formars

Characters

• Shokichi Komachi (played by Hideaki Ito) — protagonist

  Transforms into an Asian giant hornet and later a desert locust. After a third DNA injection causes irreversible transformation, he is injured while defending Jim. He spares the cockroach leader, esca...

• Mina Obari (played by Eiko Koike) — supporting
• Ko Honda (played by Shun Oguri) — supporting

  Mission director who secretly communicates with the intelligent cockroaches. After the battle, he suggests preventing the vessel from returning to Earth and disappearing from society, but is ultimatel...

• God Lee (played by Kane Kosugi) — supporting

  Receives a DNA infusion to transform into a fire-breathing miidera beetle. He attacks the cockroaches with fire but is quickly killed when a roach survives the blast and strikes him down.

• Sakakibara (played by Rila Fukushima) — minor
• Asuka Moriki (played by Rinko Kikuchi) — supporting

  Transforms into an emerald cockroach wasp. She revives Ichiro with water and pilots BUGS 2 back to Earth carrying a giant cockroach egg. The hatched roaches resist her control and kill her.

Key Relationships

• Asuka Moriki → God Lee (Alliance Teammate)
• Asuka Moriki → Mina Obari (Alliance Teammate)
• Ko Honda → God Lee (Professional Commander)
• Ko Honda → Mina Obari (Professional Commander)
• Ko Honda → Asuka Moriki (Professional Commander)
• Ko Honda → Sakakibara (Alliance Co-conspirators)
• Shokichi Komachi → God Lee (Alliance Teammate)
• Shokichi Komachi → Mina Obari (Alliance Teammate)
• Shokichi Komachi → Asuka Moriki (Alliance Teammate)
• Shokichi Komachi → Ko Honda (Professional Mission Director)

Story Analysis

A crew of pardoned criminals battles evolved Martian cockroaches while uncovering a sinister cover-up orchestrated by their mission director.

Plot Progression

1. Launch to the Red Planet
2. Evolutionary Nightmare
3. Betrayal and Descent
4. Final Stand on Mars