Yugo

Yugo was a young man who lived in Scrap Iron City and his story is the most tragic of the series. Orphaned at a young age he went to live with his older brother and his wife. While there Yugorsquos life was possibly the happiest it was been. But it wouldnrsquot be long before that was to end. Yugorsquos brother worked as an engineer for lsquoThe Factoryrsquo which recycled the refuse from Zalum. He dreamed of traveling to that floating city and to that end designed a hotair balloon to do it. The risk was great constructing aircraft was forbidden and to do so risked having a bounty placed on onersquos head. But Yugorsquos brother was undeterred continuing to work in secret until it was completed. But on that day the cyborg hunter/warrior Gime attacked taking the head of Yugorsquos brother as well as slicing off his right hand out of sheer spite. Yugo later learned that it was his sisterinlaw that had informed The Factory fearing that her husband would leave her and deciding that if she couldnrsquot have him... then no one would Her current whereabouts are unknown. Ever since Yugo had wore a scar around his right wrist... to remember his brother and to make his dream to travel to Zalum reality. For the next three years afterward Yugo worked as a lsquojackofalltradesrsquo often plying his many talents to the citizens of Scrap Iron City. However he views them with utter contempt feeling that they are nothing but scavengers living off Zalumrsquos refuse. Hoping for a quicker means of buying passage to Zalum Yugo approached the corrupt businessman Vector. Sensing an easy mark Vector said he lsquocouldrsquo find it possible ndash provided Yugo could comeup with the 10000000 in credit chips as payment a sum he figured could take a lifetime. But Yugo through hard work and frugal living managed to approach that lofty sum in THREE But feeling that he wasnrsquot earning money fast enough Yugo along with a friend Taji tookup a risky gambit ndash attacking and selling the spines of cyborgs to Vector. It was during this period that Yugo had met Gally and the two soon struckup a deep friendship. Yugo had told the cyborg about his dreams as well as his disgust for Scrap Iron City. Gally however found this young boy interesting and soon fell in love with him. But soon everything came crashing down. One night Yugo and Taji thought they had found an easy mark and enticed a cyborg into an offer for lubrication hoping to steal his spine. But it turnedout the cyborg was infact a hunter/warrior and had trapped Yugo injuring his right shoulder. Taji then made the mistake of callingout his friendrsquos name and tried to save him only to be decapitated. But it was enough distraction for Yugo and made good his escape. But the damage had been done a bounty was placed on Yugorsquos head and Gally who was now a hunter/warrior herself was horrified. She then soughtout Yugo and confronted him about it. Yugo then told Gally about his brother and his plans. Gally who was collecting credit chips herself hoping to travel to Zalum with him then offered her credits so that he can combine the totals make the journey first. But as Yugo was returning with his credit chips he was attacked ndash by Gime effectively killing him. Gally soon fought Gime and killedhim but felt helpless that she couldnrsquot save Yugo. Then an unusual savior appeared ndash Chiren who had followed her and listened to Yugorsquos story herself. Working fast Chiren bypassed Gallyrsquos lifesupport systems to Yugorsquos severed head allowing oxygen to keep his brain alive. Gally then took him to Daisuke Ito who was able to construct a cyborg body for the boy. Chiren was later killed by Vector who harvested her organs for sale to Zalum inpart keeping his lsquopromisersquo to return Chiren to Zalum. He was later killed by Ito. While Yugo was recovering he happened to overhear a conversation that Ito had with Gally ndash that it was impossible to buy passage to Zalum that the only way to live there was to be born there. Not wishing to believe it Yugo broke out of Itorsquos office. Taking a desperate route he climbed the transit tubes that held Zalum over Scrap Iron City but his metal feet were damaged by the large rings that kept lsquoverminrsquo ndash meaning anyone foolish enough to climb the tubes ndash away. He was within reach of his quest when Gally called out to him then confessed her love for him and asked him to return. But soon another ring came down and Yugo was severly damage barely caught by Gally. However the damage to Yugorsquos arm was too great and with Gally watching in horror the arm broke and Yugo fell to his death a happy smile on his face. source: Absolute Anime