Neogenes are genetically predisposed humans created to wield Cloneblades and were given the name "Cloneblade Sisters".
Overview[]
Once they completed their training, Neogenes were equipped with a Cloneblade; all had personalized armor and wielded either an extendable weapon or a unique blade. It is later revealed that the Neogenes were created using the genetics of Tatsuoki Furumizu and either a superior female specimen or a previous generation Neogene.
Neogenes that are born in the same generation call themselves 'sisters'. Several of the first generation sisters are the mothers of the second generation's members; Reina Soho, for example, is Maria's mother. They were created for the sole purpose of giving Furumizu the "perfect mother" so that he could be reborn as a perfected human.
Generations[]
So far in the Series, there have been at least two known generations of Neogene Sisters. They are the first and second generation.
First Generation[]
The First Generation of Neogene Sisters were, as suggested, the first batch of female potential "mothers" created by Tatsuoki Furumizu years prior to the destruction of Tokyo. All the first generation of Neogenes were shown to be equipped with first generation Cloneblades and are shown to be skilled in its usage due to their prolonged usage of them.
Almost all of the Neogenes of this generation were shown to be very loyal to Tatsuoki, with the majority of them serving as his employees within his company for many years and continue aiding him in his endeavor to create an ideal mother.
The members of this generation are:
- Reina Soho
- Nora
- Shiori Tsuzuki
- Elena Rubiales
- Yeong Ro Mae
- Other unnamed sisters that then served as the "mothers" for the second generation.
After killing Tatsuoki, Maria had ordered all of the first generation sisters to be killed due to deeming them all to be disappointments.
Second Generation[]
The second batch of Neogene Sisters were all shown, stated or implied to have been creating using the harvested genetic eggs from the first generation of "Sisters". A majority of them were all created, raised and trained together under the observation of Rie Nishida and her team under orders from Tatsuoki in order to create a superior stock of genetic "mothers" for his future rebirth.
It was shown that the second generation Neogenes were indeed successes and were much more powerful in comparison to the first generation Neogenes, with at least three of them possessing the needed physical abilities and qualities to bond with and use Dual Cloneblades, with Maria being the most powerful, intelligent and gifted of them all. However, as stated by Rei Nishida, due to them being only limited to only using Tatsuoki's genetics as their paternal stock, Maria was the best Neogene that they could make with their current materials and that their research would soon reach a dead end unless they begin broadening their paternal genetics.
The members of this generation are:
After "Father's" death by Maria's hands and her own death during her pursuit of the Witchblade and Nishida's own death during the I-Weapon disaster, what happened to the rest of the second generation Neogenes is unknown.
Third Generation[]
After seeing Maria "maturity", Tatsuoki Furumizu ordered Rie Nishida to then use her genetics to create a new generation of Sisters due to believing that Maria's genetics as the new Mother would create an even superior being.
However Rie, having long since analyzed that the continued usage of Tatsuoki's repeated genetics for the Neogene's had already reached its peak with Maria, decided to make a different plan. Not wanting to reach a dead end with her genetic research, Rie had secretly switched out Tatsuoki's genetic stock with a new paternal "father" for the next generation of sisters, going against his direct orders.
Upon Maria's betrayal and her usurping control of the NsWf and fatally injuring him, Rie revealed the truth about the switch to the dying Tatsuoki, resulting in him having a nervous breakdown and hysterically telling her to do it again as he began to orally eat the genetic material in the harvested capsules before being killed by Maria. This and Maria's own lack of interest in making more sisters, had likely put an end to the production of the Third Generation.
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