Lilulu Kabuto is a character from Doraemon and is a major character in The Knights of the Multiverse, introduced in Season 1 at first as a recurring character before becoming a part of the main ensemble cast in the final episodes. She's a Droid that was created by the New Photon/Saotome Labs, but after being seemingly abandoned after she was assumed to be destroyed in a battle by her "mother" and "father", she acted on her own until she managed to rekindle her kind nature from the influence of her younger sisters. Her blueprints would be copied by one Dr. Rindolph to serve as the design for his own Droid Nyoka, making her the oldest sister of the Kabuto family.
She would occasionally step in and help the Crystal Knights in their battles against L.O.S.R. during the first season, including acting as a spy by infiltrating the organization's bases & relaying their plans to the group, before "officially" joining the team in the last few episodes, just in time to aid them in Season 2 when they went on their Multiverse-spanning "adventure" to stop Axis Zeon.
Personality[]
While Lilulu does have a strong sense of justice like her sisters, unlike them, she's much more aggressive in a fight, as she's very rough on her enemies and prefers to keep things simple, even having a bit of fun fighting them. She also comes off as somewhat of a stoic individual that can take charge and keeps others calm in a crisis, and very much of a loner that appears and disappears at very much her own leisure.
However, this is mostly a surface-level act to hide her other emotions. as even with this rather sharp exterior, the kind Droid that Dr. Kabuto and Yumi raised does still linger in her dataframe. As while she has become a lot more fierce ever since she was "abandoned", her ferocity has gradually become guided by her deep love and loyalty towards her younger sisters, his friends and dedication to fighting the forces of evil. And although she played the part of the lone wolf and seemingly didn't care much for teamwork, she comes to battle whenever her family and their team need an extra hand, and is often seen coming in the nick of time to save them from certain death; and heck, later on, she decides to join the team full-time.
And as previously stated, she has also maintained the strong sense of justice that her "parents" installed in her and helps those who need it, putting herself in harm`s way to save Nyoka and other innocent people on many an occasion. Added onto that, while she can hold grudges, she can be quite as equally forgiving, as she did forgive her parents when she saw how sorry they were for not finding her all those years ago, and was willing to amend their old bond - although overtime, it became less-so that she hated them for abandoning her and her fearing that they might not want her back. This more positive mindset is quite evident when she joins the team in the second season, where she shows a much more cheerful side to herself, but still maintaining her vigilant and strong-willed demeanor while in battle.
History[]
Pre-Series[]
Lilulu was the first Droid to be created by the New Photon/Saotome Labs when it was first established, under the direct guidance of directors Sayaka Yumi and Koji Kabuto themselves. It was mainly to an experiment to test out the Labs' efficiency at creating robotic humanoids; primarily to see if they were capable of creating Droids that could think and feel for themselves and even develop their own personalities. It was this thought process that led her to be designed to look like a child and was "armed" with a Photon Beam to fire out of her fingers to help repair other robots developed by the Institute. Koji and Sayaka personally oversaw her development, both helping her understand her abilities and give her a bit of culture to see the world around her. As time passed, the young Droid's bond with the two would only grow stronger, and soon enough, Lilulu started to think of the two as parental figures, with the two willing to reciprocate such feelings (with Koji personally using it to see if the two of them could be at least decent parents in the future) and gave her her own room in their house. She soon found herself even tagging along with them on some of their battles against the forces of evil, both in and out of their Super Robots.
Lilulu when she was damaged & knocked offline when she was "abandoned".
However, during one stakeout in dealing with the usual illegal Photon-powered weapons-dealing riffraff, when it seemed like all was going according to plan, the preparators had set explosive devices underneath the structure as a failsafe in case they were caught. As they made their escape, Lilulu got caught in the explosion and was trapped underneath a heap of rubble, damaging her heavily and temporarily shutting her down. When she reawakened, she found among the wreckage of the building, all alone. She waited seemingly forever for her Mom and Dad to come back for her, but after more than a week, it finally set in that they weren't coming. So, with no evidence to prove otherwise, Lilulu believed that she had been abandoned and left to rust, and so decided to set out into the world on her own. But even then, her heroic instincts would kick in every now and again, and she would often step in to help people in need, though would just as quickly leave without so much as a "thank you".
About a year later, she felt a strange electric current spark through her electronic brain; but she quickly wrote it off as an impulse of some kind. It was also at this point that she decided to try & return home, hoping that her mother and father did still loves him and will forgive her. When she arrived though, she saw her "parents" now living with a pair of Droids, and they looked... happy. Feeling replaced, Lilulu left in tears, thinking she was a fool to return. However, she also felt the "impulse" run through her Electronic Brain again when around the house.
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
When Lilulu heard that the Knights were leaving Earth Prime to battle Axis Zeon to stop their crusade across the Multiverse, even if she didn't quite know what this "multiverse" was, she figured that she'd step in help - though of course, this was mainly so she could protect Nyoka against any threats the group might encounter out there (hey, she knows that she can take care of herself, but what kind of a big sister would she be if she just let Nyoka just go out there on her own?). And thusly, she "officially" became a member of the team.
Skills & Equipment[]
- Rocket Boosters
Lilulu's feet have a set of rocket boosters that emerge from the bottom of her boots that propel her forward at tremendous speed.
- Optic Scanners
Lilulu has high-quality scanners built into her optics that allow her to scan objects up to 40 feet away.
- Hyper-Sensitive Hearing
Lilulu's auditory sensors allow her to hear sounds very far away or even sounds close by that the others might not be able to hear. This also extends to being able to pick up any type of electronic noises, allowing her to detect hidden machinery and robots, and even if a person is a Droid or not. She can also amplify it by 1000 times to get a more definite reading on any strange noises she hears.
- Super Strength
Lilulu is equipped with a 100,000 horsepower engine, which allows her to showcase incredible of strength.
- Chogokin Crash
Lilulu delivers a powerful dive kick from high in the air.
- Chogokin Gauntlet
Lilulu's finishing move, in which she uses her bare hands to pierce into her enemy's body and destroy its core.
- Photon Finger Laser
Lilulu can fire a Photon Beam from her index fingers. This was originally given to her simply to act as a repair tool, to cauterize machinery and cut materials, but she's also able to use this as a weapon.
- "Sister Radar"
Thanks to their shared internal mechanisms, when she was first activated, Nyoka's electronic brain matched frequencie with Lilulu's. Since then, they've established a special frequency that allows them to communicate with each other in a psychic-like link over great distances, as well as sense whereever the other is & home in on their location. It's even strong enough to break either of the two out of remote control waves. Nyoka's friends jokingly refer to it as their "sister radar".
Combo Attacks[]
- Triple Photon Attack
Combo attack w/ Nyoka & Orguss: All three Kabuto sisters fire a volley of Photon Beam blasts at an enemy, ending the attack with a final full-powered blast from the trio.
Relationships[]
Koji Kabuto & Sayaka Yumi[]
During her time with them, Lilulu loved her adoptive parents a great deal, and was very inspired by their acts of heroism both in the past and present.
However, after she was "abandoned", Lilulu believed the love they had given her was all for not, and after the battle that had thrown her offline, they had left her to rust, even thinking they probably just replaced her with another Droid. Though even then, it could be implied that her enjoyment of battle stems from a slight influence on Koji's part, even if she wouldn't admit it. And even then, their influence on her is still very apparent, as she does still valiantly try to help people whenever she can.
Nyoka[]
At first, Lilulu had a very negative perception of her supposed half-sister, especially for how a "knockoff" took her place as Koji and Sayaka's daughter. However, after she got to know Nyoka and heard her side of the story, especially after she saved her life & she started offering her genuine kindness & even the occasional energy pack to keep her up and runnin, she put these thoughts about her aside. The two have since developed a close bond and become good friends, with Lilulu openly referring to her as her little sister, and always rushing to her side, though she always watches over her from a distance whenever the two happen to cross paths. However, she does still snap at her whenever Nyoka tries to convince her to see their parents again.
Mohm[]
Lilulu had a strained relationship with Mohm for some time. At first, she thought very little of her, just thinking she were some brat getting in the way of paying Nyoka back for stealing her life. But when she found herself bonding with her little sister instead, the eldest of the three Kabuto robot daughters started bonding with the youngest sibling too. While it did take a good amount of time and effort compared to Nyoka (and saving her from the old "bad guy" wanting a shot at taking down their old man), they were able to come to terms with one another and form a sisterly bond. However, they would still get into arguments over the topic of whether Lilulu should return to the Kabuto household or not.
She also finds it both odd, and a little funny, that her design is based off of a design based off of her blueprints.
Emily[]
Though the two don't interact very much, Lilulu cares for her "cousin" Emily a good deal, and is very thankful for her in her helping take care of Nyoka.
The Knights[]
Lilulu didn't interact much with the Knights whenever she helped them during the group's battles against the Renegades. Her aiding them was essentially coincidental whenever she was backing up Nyoka.
Usagi Tsukino[]
Though she was at first put off by her sudden appearance, even thinking she might be a new Renegade Droid due to her strange powers, Lilulu found herself making a friend of Usagi fairly quickly after seeing how dedicated she was to aiding her little sister and helping her fight villains, which would slowly evolve into a fair friendship.
Agnes, Ayako, Meryl & Lorelai[]
L.O.S.R.[]
Axis Zeon[]
Gallery[]
Notes[]
The KotM version of Lilulu is a case where her character has been entirely re-written & changed from the source material. Rather than made to look human so as to act as a scout for an alien robot invasion of Earth, here her character is based off of other "prototype"/older sibling characters like Atlas & Cobalt from Astro Boy (of course here, she's the original model whereas the sibling is the "knock off"), Ichiro/Kikaider 01 from Kikaider (to give a little bit of an edge to her personality), Phoenix Ikki from Saint Seiya and Blues/Proto Man from Mega Man. Proto Man in particular is very influential in her portrayal here, with her being her an independent Droid that felt betrayed by her creator(s) but has mellowed out over time and occasionally shows up to help her younger sibling - mostly as a way to mix things up and connect her a little better to the cast - that pops up every now again in the first season to offer the good guys an extra hand like Blues and Ikki. Her being Nyoka's prototype in particular is taken from the 80's version of Astro and Atlas's story, based mainly off of both being popular characters in their respective franchises' fanbases, both series being early examples of Japanese media humanizing robot characters, both having long flowing hair (that's an ecsentric color which helps connect her to Mohm), and her appearance being somewhat Astro Boy-esque. This has even gone so far as to change how she flies, with rockets just like Nyoka and Astro rather than seemingly flying (although to differentiate the way she does it, she flies via rockets that emerge right from her feet rather than her whole foot turning into a booster like how "rocket boots" are often depicted in media). She's also meant to be a more hand-to-hand type fighter along the line of the Kikaider brothers to give her a bit of edge compared to everyone else (which admittedly is a bit of a farcry from the simple Spy-Bot she was in her home movie(s)). The only real remnant of her original characterization is her dynamic with the character of Shizuru, which serves as a basis for her and Nyoka's relationship. Though her activity as an "infiltrator" has been reinterpreted into her acting as a spy for the Knights in the first season, investigating several Renegade battle stations & bases and reporting to her sisters & the team her findings on their nefarious plot of the day.
- On a sidenote, Lilulu's conflict with Nyoka over being her "replacement" and a "knockoff" that is pretty synonymous with stories involving robots like this has already happened before the events of the main series, mainly as a way to already make her the aloof older sibling by the time the series begins. Though rest assured, these events are covered in the series itself, with a whole episode dedicated to Nyoka telling the others about their first encounter.
- Her being more childlike in behavior before her "abandonment" is also loosely based off of Tempo/Quake Woman's arc from the Mega Man Archie comics.
- As a bit of a non-robotic influence, her getting caught in an explosion that left her separated from the people she cared about - both in a literal sense and emotionally - is influenced from Sailor Venus's backstory in the 90's Sailor Moon anime.
- In another way to show the difference between her and Nyoka power-wise, Lilulu possesses Astro's normal strength of 100,000 horsepower while Nyoka has the 1,000,000 he upgrades to in certain adaptations. This also makes sense in-universe as Dr, Rindolph did design her to be a weapon above all else and an upgrade of sorts of Lilulu's design, so it would make sense for him to want to give his robot greater strength too.
Lilulu's design in this series is meant to be a blend between her two designs in both versions of the Nobita and the Steel Troops film; the design for her body is taken from her model from the 2011 version thanks to it giving her a bit more detail while the colors come from her design in the 1986 version. Her eyes are also taken from her '86 design since they help make her stand out a little more compared to the other Droids featured in the series.
Lilulu is one of the several characters in the series whose name is spelled differently depending on who you ask, with her also being called "Riruru", most likely in a case of "engrish" due to L's and R's sounding the same in Japanese.