Mr. Heartland (manga)

Mr. Heartland is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL manga. He is the person in charge of relaying Dr. Faker's orders to Kaito Tenjo and is the current director of the Heartland Theme Park, as well as one of the main antagonists.

Biography
One day, under Dr. Faker's orders, Mr. Heartland went to a small, wooden villa, where the brothers Kaito Tenjo and Haruto Tenjo lived, and took Haruto away by force, saying that he has a special power within him. Kaito tried to rescue Haruto, but Mr. Heartland fled by car. Some time later, when he goes to Mr. Heartland's place, Haruto initially doesn't recognize him. Kaito hugs him and asks Mr. Heartland what he did with him, who explains that Haruto has the power to communicate with the spirits of the Astral World, and that they need him to destroy it, or our world won't be saved. Kaito tells him to return Haruto back to normal, and Mr. Heartlands says that his soul had probably already left, but that there is a way to heal him, which is to become a Number Hunter and collect all the "Numbers" - and at that time, Haruto catches a butterfly with his hands and crushes it. Shocked, Kaito accepts Mr. Heartland's order.

Several days later, at Heartland Tower, Mr. Heartland tells Kaito that he'll be sure to convey his passionate heart to Dr. Faker. He tells Kaito he should go see Hart, as it's been a while - and it will surely boost Kaito's will as well. After Kaito leaves, Heartland turns around and addresses Dr. Faker through a circular monitor. He tells Faker that everything is progressing well. Faker responds that that's fine and that the life of Kaito's younger brother is on the line for him. Faker states that Kaito has given up his humanity to protect Hart, just as Faker has given up his to protect the city. Faker says that he knew a messenger would be sent from the Astral World and that he will crush it thoroughly, sending its remains back to their world. He claims it's the only way to protect the planet. Heartland says he understood.

Mr. Heartland is currently the owner and director of the Heartland Theme Park. There, he secretly hunts the "Numbers" with three assassins he hired to act like employees while obtaining the "Numbers" from the park's customers - Captain Corn, Thunder Spark and Koron-chan.

When Yuma Tsukumo and his friends from the Numbers Club went to the Theme Park in order to find "Numbers", Mr. Heartland sent his assassins to defeat him.

After Yuma defeated the first assassin, Captain Corn, Mr. Heartland appeared to them, saying he wants to collect the "Numbers" in order to destroy the "evil" Astral World, and calling Astral the "messenger". Before Yuma can ask anything, Mr. Heartland claps his fingers, making a door appear in the floor under Yuma, which sends him and his friends to the second assassin, Thunder Spark.

Upon Thunder Spark's loss, Mr. Heartland convinces his last assassin, Koron-chan, to defeat Yuma. She initially hesitates, but Mr. Heartland threats her saying that if she doesn't, she will go back to normal - a pitiful doll who was abandoned and sent to the disposal plant of Heartland. Koron-chan immediately decides to defeat Yuma.

Afterwards, when Yuma and his friends were escaping the Heartland Theme Park, Kaito and Orbital 7 went to meet them. Kaito challenges Yuma to a Duel in order to obtain his "Numbers", but Mr. Heartland shows up, interrupting them. Apparently, Mr. Heartland had a plan to get rid of Yuma and take his "Numbers" as his assassins were defeated. However, Kaito refuses to follow his method, and, with no option, triggers Orbital 7's self-explode mechanism and kicks him towards Yuma and his friends, which destroys part of the bridge. But as Yuma and his friends fall into the water below, Kaito saves them, and lets them escape. Mr. Heartland stares at Kaito from the part of the bridge which wasn't destroyed, as Kaito turns around and enters his room with Orbital 7, whose "self-destruction mechanism" apparently was intended only to cause a smaller explosion, and is functional even after exploding.