- "My choices were taken away long ago"
- ―Namagem, Mega Man: Fully Charged
Daini is a character in the Mega Man: Fully Charged animated series and comic book series. First known as Namagem (Mega Man backwards) to Lord Obsidian and No Name to Mega Man and his family due to not knowing what else to call him, Namagem was the ruthless right-hand enforcer of Lord Obisidian, who was trying to gather a robot followers and begin a rebellion against humanity. At the climax of the animated series it is revealed that he is actually Aki Light's twin brother and a creation of Dr. Light that was kidnapped by Sgt. Night toward the end of the Hard Age and tortured into doing his bidding.
In the comic series, Namagem casts off the name Sgt. Night gave him after the latter was arrested and named himself Daini, vowing revenge on Mega Man for having a better life than him, acting as an antihero.
His name that Dr. Light called him before he was named Namagem/Daini is unknown.
Overview[]
Namagem possesses traits similar to that of Proto Man and Bass from the video games, as both the disguised brother to Mega Man initially under the influence of the villains and as a rival who wishes to be the one to take Mega Man down while often ignoring his boss's orders. Namagem also shares Bass's color scheme and eye color, and his desire to prove he's stronger than Mega Man. These shared traits are expanded upon in the comics, where Daini, like Proto Man, refuses the help of Mega Man and Dr. Light, and like Bass, teams up with Mega Man to stop Dr. Wily.
As the name given to him by Breaker Night implies, Namagem being Mega Man spelled backwards, Namagem is nearly identical to Aki with the exception of having a different color scheme. In a flashback showing his creation, his armor was shown to be almost completely yellow. Similar to Mega Man’s fully charged form, he has a fin-like object on his helmet. He has a paler skin tone than is brother. Further emphasizing the connection between the two, Namagem and Aki share the same voice actor Vincent Tong, though his voice is deeper than Aki’s. Namagem has heterochromia due to his torturing by Night, having a normal red color for his right eye and a faded pink eye for his left eye, accompanied by a large scar running down his face through the eye. In the comics, it is shown that his hair is a dirty blond, slicked back, and shaved on the sides.
His Namagem combat form is similar to that of Lord Obsidian, but has black and yellow armor, a different mask/helmet, an arm cannon on his right arm instead of his left, and is the same size as Mega Man. He only has one jet blade on his back that he instead uses as a boomerang instead of a laser gun.
Namagem is aggressive, prideful, and impatient. Though loyal to Sgt. Night, his insubordinate attitude sometimes drove him to disobey him, as seen when he went out to challenge Mega Man against his master's orders. Although he was friendly to his boss, he secretly fears his Lord Obsidian form. When he leans the truth about all of Night's lies, he became horrified and and called himself a monster, becoming more vengeful towards his brother for having a better life than him while he was being used as a tool by Night. He then casts of the Namagem name and goes by the name Daini, working alone to avoid taking sides after the trauma he experienced working for Night.
History[]
Animated series[]
Namagem debuts coming to the aid of Lord Obsidian when Mega Man and the Light family manage to repel him from obtaining the Mega Key. Back at Lord Obsidian's base, Namagem orders the Robot Masters to leave when Fire Man realizes that Mega Man beat Lord Obsidian. Lightfall Part II
He next appears throwing a box at Fire Man, having grown impatient and stating he could destroy Mega Man himself. Sgt. Night tells him to wait as the world is not ready for him yet, and that when his time comes, he will be seen as a liberator of robot kind. He leaves saying that they will discuss his future later, and Namagem mumbles to himself that the future is now.
In the night, Namagem attacks Mega Man with a storm made from Ice Man's schematics, chasing him into a warehouse where he confronts Mega Man. The two fight, where Mega Man realizes his isn't the only one who can copy powers and asks who he is as he also notices Namagem can use more than three schematics. Namagem gains the upper hand, forcing Mega Man to retreat as the former chases. Mega Man sends Rush to retrieve the SWISH device, a device that detects the frequency of oncoming attacks and generates defensive barriers to repel them, from Suna while Mega Man keeps Namagem busy. Namagem easily overpowers Mega Man, who tries to reason with him, but Namagem prepares to finish Mega Man off before Rush delivers the SWISH just in time. Namagem attacks him frustration, but his buster overheats and begins malfunctioning. Mega Man asks who he is again, but Namagem simply states that their fight isn't over and he won't be denied his destiny. Back at Night's base, Night reprimands Namagem for going rogue, saying that he will listen to his commands or suffer the consequences. Night says that he will have to revise his plans, and Namagem walks away, saying that he won't change anything and that Mega Man is his to defeat. SWISH
Dr. Light enlists Hypno Woman to help deal with Namagem, but her powers don't work on him and he copies them instead, although he doesn't fully understand how to use them prompting Hypno Woman to go into hiding so he can't force her to teach him. He uses her schematics to hypnotize the Good Guild, who start causing chaos in the city and attack the Light House, where Namagem confronts Mega Man while Good Guild robots attack. He explains he is using the Good Guild to get to the Mega Key, and Mega Man asks who Namagem is again, but Namagem tell him to figure it out and attacks. Mega Man tries to replicate Namagem's powers, but his replication abilities malfunction due to Namagem being like Mega Man, causing his buster to explode and make him go flying. Sgt. Night orders Namagem to forget Mega Man and go after the Mega Key, much to Namagem's frustration.
Dr. Light and Suna activate the SWISH device, but Namagem brings it down in one shot. He demands the Mega Key, but Mega Man returns and snaps the Good Guild robots back to their senses with Hypno Woman's schematics. Namagem attacks again, gaining the upper hand and preparing to finish Mega Man off, calling him pathetic and pondering why everyone thinks he’s a hero, but the un-hypnotized Good Guild robots come to Mega Man's aid. Mega Man sends Namagem flying with a charged Mega Blast, damaging him as Night calls him a disappointment, ordering him to return. Namagem leaves in anger. A Guilded Cage
Having mastered Hypno Woman's schematics, Namagem uses them to haunt Aki and Mega Mini's dreams under Night's orders to cause Mega Man's systems to fail, although Namagem demands that he be allowed to just go fight Mega Man for real. Mega Man and Dr. Light deduce that Namagem is using Hypno Woman's powers and that he and Mega Man are connected, and advises Mega Man to fight back next time and break the connection. The two face off in Mega Man's dreams, where he uses Hypno Woman's powers back at Namagem, causing him to see Lord Obsidian and become terrified, breaking their connection. Back at Night's base, Namagem states he knew the plan wouldn't work, but Night states that Namagem simply failed and begins to leave, donning the armor of Lord Obsidian before walking out causing Namagem to cringe in fear. Big Bad Dreams
One night, Namagem and Mega Man battle where Namagem launches Mega Man into a subway train. Mega Man demands to know why Namagem wants to fight him, and the latter replies he wants to show Silicon City that Mega Man is just a brainwashed robot made to fight for humanity. The two fight more, and Namagem overpowers Mega Man again and shoots him onto the subway's roof. Mega Man questions who Namagem is and why he has the same powers as him again, but Namagem ignores the questions and prepares to finish Mega Man off before Rush comes and saves him, blasting Namagem into a dumpster, where he screams in frustration.
Later, Namagem confronts Lord Obsidian when he tries to recruit Mega Man after Mega Man removed the safeguards preventing him from using more than three schematics for more power. Namagem states he is superior, and the two fight. Mega Man gains the upper hand and gloats before his buster begins to malfunction, forcing Namagem to guard against his uncontrolled blasts. Lord Obsidian calls Namagem a consistent failure and Mega Man, who had been joined by Suna and Rush, restores his safeguards. Namagem calls him a fool for choosing his friends over power, and that Mega Man couldn't stop him and Obsidian with a human girl and a dog before Suna points out that Lord Obsidian had abandoned him. He attacks in anger, and Mega Man and his friends send Namagem flying into a pile of garbage, where he screams in anger again. Too Much Is Never Enough
Mega Man and Dr. Light try to research into Namagem but are unable to find any information. Mega Man is suspicious of Dr. Light due to him telling Mega Man to see Namagem as his reflection when they were connected with Hypno Woman's powers. Mega Man says destroying Namagem may be the only answer, but Dr. Light and Mega Mini talk him down, reminding him of other robots who ended up not being bad when given a second chance, though Light wonders if Namagem even wants one.
At Night's base, Fire Man angrily confronts Night about his failure to take over Silicon City and rushes at him, but Namagem bars his way. The two stare each other down and Night fuels the fight, prompting Fire Man to punch Namagem into some monitors and the two fight. They escalate the fight across the city as Mega Man tries to intervene and preserve what he can from their destruction, though they simply attack him to get him out of the way. Namagem overpowers Fire Man and moves to destroy him, but Mega Man defends Fire Man, and the two team up to defeat Namagem. They coax Night's enforcer to use his Fire Man schematics as they also use fire to overheat his buster, and Mega Man uses Air Man's schematics with Fire Man's flamethrowers to trap Namagem in a fire tornado, badly damaging him and causing his helmet to briefly glitch, revealing a scarred pink eye resembling Mega Man's. Fire Man goes to finish Namagem, but Mega Man stops him and Namagem uses the opportunity shoot Fire Man in the back, badly wounding him before retreating as Mega Man vows to defeat him. Enemy of my Enemy
Lord Obsidian sends Elec Man to set up devices across the city that spreads Namagem's Hypno Woman powers all over so he can take control of all of its robot inhabitants. After Elec Man tricks Mega Man into helping him set up the devices, Namagem fires Hypno Woman's powers into one of the devices which pours out of the other devices and Obsidian begins broadcasting his control. Mega Man stops the scheme, and Namagem insults Obsidian's leadership. Change the Charge
In Night's base, Namagem broods over how he can slowly take away everything Mega Man cares for, and spies on Aki and Suna as Aki laments how he has to keep his identity as Mega Man away from Dr. Light and becomes enraged watching Aki receiving love and compassion from his family and rushes to ambush him and Suna. He demands the Mega Key and Aki realizes Namagem knows is identity as he suits up to fight back. The two fight before Namagem turns his attention to Suna and chases her. Namagem catches up to her as Mega Man supposedly delivers the Mega Key, but it is actually Suna's drones, and Mega Man shoots him through a wall where he escapes. Hide And Secrets
Namagem joins Lord Obsidian and the Robot Masters when they storm the Light House for the Mega Key. Mega Man tries to negotiate, although Namagem rebukes him and stands at Obsidian's side as the Robot Masters fight the Light family before the two go after the Mega Key. Mega Man confronts the two and finally learns Namagem's name before they fight. The Gauntlet Part I
Having reached the Mega Key, Lord Obsidians states that he alone will start a new world and make everything right, and Namagem asks him if he actually meant the two of them would. Mega Man and Namagem briefly fight before Blasto Woman, who was convinced to change sides by Mega Mini, saves Mega Man and sends Namagem flying. He rejoins the fight when Lord Obsidian chases after the Mega Key, and is blown away with Obsidian into a nearby alley when Mega Man uses Obsidian's own explosives against them. Obsidian stops Namagem from continuing the fight stating Mega Man is too powerful to not recruit and not broken like Namagem, causing Namagem to attacks Obsidian in an angered jealousy.
Obsidian beats Namagem in return and says that he will wipe his mind when he gets the Mega Key, and Namagem collapses. After Mega Man defeats Obsidian and they discover he is Breaker Night, he reveals he lied to the Robot Masters and intended to wipe the minds of all robots as he sees them nothing as mere tools, to Namagem's shock and anger. He prepares to kill Night despite Mega Man trying to talk him down before Light states that Namagem is his son and would never cross the line into killing. Mega Man uses a mysterious memory fragment to unlock his memories to learn that he and Namagem are truly brothers, and Namagem sheds his armor to reveal a near twin of Mega Man. Light tells Mega Man that Namagem was stolen near the end of the Hard Age and that he has been searching for him since. Namagem angrily tells Mega Man that while he lived a perfect life, Night made him into a monster for a lie. Mega Man offers to help him choose a better life, but Namagem tells him his choices were taken long ago and leaves after a moment of hesitation. The Gauntlet Part II
Comic series[]
In the aftermath of Breaker Night’s attack, Namagem walks through Silicon City on a rainy night and looks up at a news report detailing Night’s attack, Mega Man being hailed as a hero, and the Robot Master’s intentions and scowls. Later, when Aki and Suna are looking at a news article about Dr. Wily’s upcoming lecture on the Hard Age, Namagem watches from a tree nearby, stating that Mega Man has no idea what’s coming, and that he could not stop it if he did while transforming into his combat form. Mega Man: Fully Charged (BOOM! Studios) Issue 1
Namagem attends Dr. Wily’s lecture where he watches Aki and Suna. When the Robot Masters blow up the stage and everyone evacuates, Aki notices Namagem but is unable to confront him without revealing his identity as Mega Man, and Namagem escapes.
Later Namagem intercepts Mega Man as he heads home from Dr. Wily’s house thinking to himself that homes are wasted on the ungrateful, and that his brother is the most ungrateful of them all. The two point their busters at each other where Namagem casts off the name given to him by Lord Obsidian, going by Daini now. Aki compliments the name and states its been a while since they’ve fought. Daini says that he has fought plenty, but can’t wait to take down Mega Man again. The two fight a bit and Mega Man says he hasn’t seen Daini in months, to which Daini replies he didn’t leave, but has been watching Mega Man from afar. Daini asks what Mega Man’s business with Wily was before rushing him, and the two fight more. Daini gets the upper hand and points his buster as Mega Man, demanding answers. Mega Man tells Daini that he went to Wily for answers about their past since their father wouldn’t tell him, and that Wily told Mega Man that he should lead the Robot Masters and offered him an upgrade. Daini scoffs and says Mega Man is not cut out for war and asked him what his response was. Daini says that Wily is right and that war is coming, and Mega Man asks him what side he is on, to which Daini replies he chose a side once and regretted it. He states that he never knew Breaker Night as a person, just as Lord Obsidian who kidnapped, brainwashed, and tortured him, and that Dr. Light isn’t as saintly as he seems either. Mega Man asks if he should accept Wily’s offer, but Daini simply states he works alone and suggests Mega Man does the same before leaving. Mega Man: Fully Charged (BOOM! Studios) Issue 2
Abilities[]
Like his brother, Daini can copy and use Robot Masters' weapons, though he can store more than three at a time.
- Air Man's schematics
- Fire Man's schematics
- Wave Man's schematics
- Elec Man's schematics
- Ice Man's schematics
- Guts Man's schematics
- Hypno Woman's schematics
- Cut Man's schematics
- Skull Man's schematics
His replication ability works different from Aki’s and more akin to the classic Mega Man from the games until Mega Man 11, where his ability only copies the weapon for the buster, instead of changing his overall look to match the Robot Master he has copied from.
A difference between him and Mega Man is that he doesn't change his appearance or buster with any schematics he activates, and it can be noted that he can only copy and use projectile-based abilities. This can explain why he doesn't have any melee-based weapons, such as Drill Man's drills, Wave Man's harpoon, Cut Man's blade, or Guts Man's vacuum buster, though this is one particular weapon can't be changed, due to his buster's inability to match the weapon of the robot master he got the schematics from.
It's also unknown if Namagem suffers the same side effects as Aki, who sometimes behaves like the robots he replicated their powers from.
Boomerang: The spikes in his shoulders are boomerangs he can throw.
Weakness
Like the Mega Buster, Namagem's arm cannon can suffer from overcharging and overheating if used continuously without rest. If he is continuously attacked, his mask can fall away, revealing part of his face.
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