Dr. Faker (manga)

Dr. Faker is a character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL manga. He wishes to destroy the Astral World.

Manga biography
Dr. Faker is a scientist whose objective was to destroy the Astral World. For that objective, he used the brothers Kaito and Haruto Tenjo.

Mr. Heartland revealed that he took Haruto away from Kaito under Dr. Faker's orders.

Dr. Faker seemed to have manipulated Haruto and transformed his mind so that he would use his powers to destroy the Astral World. Meanwhile, Faker used Kaito to collect the "Numbers" for him, saying that if he did so, Haruto would go back to normal. While talking to Mr. Heartland, Faker stated that Kaito had given up his humanity to protect Haruto, just as Faker had given up his to protect the city. Faker also said that he knew a messenger would be sent from the Astral World and that he would crush it thoroughly, sending its remains back to their world. He claimed it's the only way to protect the planet.

Dr. Faker also "created" servants to collect the "Numbers". He made a corn into a human, "created" a person from electron drips and gave a doll a life. Then, he sent these three to work as "Numbers Hunters" under Mr. Heartland's orders in the Heartland Theme Park. It was later revealed that Dr. Faker gave the three souls, and that if they failed, they would lose their souls, going back to their original form. This is what happened to both Captain Corn and Thunder Spark. The same would happen to Cologne, but Grandpa Demetto gave her his soul, so she was kept alive.

When Luna Dueled Shark, she said Shark was the only person who can stop Faker's ambitions. Also, after absorbing three consecutive "Numbers", Astral recovered the memory of Dr Faker being his enemy, and that he planned to use the hidden power of the "Numbers" to destroy the Astral World - however, it was connected to this world, so, if the Astral World dies, this one will die as well. Takashi asked if Dr. Faker knew both worlds are connected, and Cologne said that he brought her to life, but that he was a really scary scientist, and that she wouldn't put it past him. Takashi and Tokunosuke get scared on how he knew about that fact but still wanted to destroy the Astral World, and on how a man like that is collecting the "Numbers". Yuma sid that they had to get the "Numbers" first to stop Dr. Faker's plans, and Tetsuo then deduced the fate of the world was riding on this. Then, everyone, except for Tokunosuke, got spirited up and say that they would keep on collecting the "Numbers", and that the Numbers Club would protect the world - stopping Dr. Faker's plans.

After Yuma, Shark, and Kaito defeated Shadow, the trio were taken in by Luna who explains the rest of Dr. Faker's motivation. Dr. Faker was originally a researcher looking to develop a new energy source, together with Luna, who was his assistant at the time. As in the anime, Haruto and Kaito are Dr. Faker's sons, and Faker attempted to use the power of Astral World to cure Haruto of his illness. Instead, Haruto gained his dimension-warping powers and his soul became lost in the Astral World. Faker set out to destroy Astral World in the hopes that it would bring his son's soul back. Meanwhile, Kyoji Yagumo and Mr. Heartland began their own Duel. As Kyoji began his second turn, he activated the Field Spell, "Court Battle", telling Heartland he was on trial for his "sins". Kyoji then taunted Heartland, asking if he'd like to "call Faker as a witness?" He then answered himself that Heartland could not, because Dr. Faker was already dead.