"I'm gonna gouge your eyeballs out...then I'll implant my circuits into your EMPTY SOCKETS!"
- Parano
Parano (パラノ) is one of the Last Galerians and is known for his sadistic tendencies. He is a brutal person whose appearance is reflective of his insane personality. Examples of this include his high-pitched voice and enjoyment of the sight of blood. Very skilled with knives, Parano has the ability to replace people's eyes with circuits to manipulate them at will. His other abilities include his inhuman agility and the power to control electricity and use it as a weapon via lightning. In his second battle with Rion, he is able to change the direction of his rotating attack while he is mid-air, making it more difficult to dodge.
However, he is inside a very paranoid individual who doesn't trust his leader, instead suspecting that he is hiding something from him and the other Last Galerians. Apparently very confident in his abilities, he can get very afraid when an opponent is able to resist his powers. He is voiced by Gary Michaels in English and by Omasu Hosoi in Japanese.
He is first seen in a security camera and is fought by Rion Steiner in the military base hanger. Before revealing himself to Rion, his robots stun him with rings that shoot electricity throughout his body. Rion defeats him much to Parano's surprise and disappears in a flash of light.
Parano is later seen again criticizing Ash for not killing Rion after having their first encounter in the uranium refinery. Ash suggests to Parano to go after Rion himself in a perhaps somewhat challenging tone. Parano, angered by Ash's words, pulls his knife to Ash's neck and declares that he'll kill him before Rion. Spider then asks Parano to leave Ash alone because he might have a good plan. Parano lunges at Spider and tells him to stay out of their conversation and returns his knife to Ash, asking him what is he hiding. Nitro then laughs at Parano, amused by the whole thing. He turns toward her with a sadistic face and asks her if she finds anything funny. She tells Parano to "just slice him" but follows up with the fact that he can't because he isn't brave enough.
He is then later fought again by Rion and is once again defeated. He then returns to the others ashamed and in fear of his life, all the while being lectured by Ash. Spider, despite being mistreated by Parano, defends him and tells Ash to leave him alone. He also says that he thought the Last Galerians were all supposed to be friends, something that catches the attention of Nitro, if only in a slight glance.
Parano begs the leader to give him another chance but Ash refuses, saying that he even feared Rion at one point. Ash aims his gun to Parano's head and fires it, seemingly killing him. Spider becomes shocked at what just happened and asks him as to what he did to Parano. No response is given, only an evil smirk and expression.
During the final confrontation between Ash and Rion in the virtual world, Parano emerges from Ash with the rest of the Last Galerians, saying that he is a creation of Ash's desire to destroy the weak part of his personality. This could explain his hostile personality and his love of killing. This fact also explains the meaning of the Anger password used in the Mushroom Tower and is the first letter of Ash's name (the others being Sadness and Hate).
This revelation, along with the ones brought by Spider and Nitro, cause Ash to attempt to kill himself with his weapon but is instead only made stronger and consumes Dorothy as well. It is assumed what remained of Parano vanished with the rest of the Last Galerians after Ash is defeated and when both Rion and Ash were deleted by Pat ten years later.
Galerians: Ash Stats[]
- Parano
- HP
6000 (1st battle) / 12000 (2nd battle)
- PPEC Effectiveness
Nalcon: Effective
Red: Weakness
D-Felon: Immune
Bustanor: Effective
Breakaron: Resistant
- Attacks
Lightningbolt: 260 damage / Unshieldable
Knife slash: 420 damage / Shieldable
Jumping knife stab: 310 damage / Shieldable
Mid-air drilling attack: 400 damage, 800 damage (2nd battle) / Shieldable
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Trivia[]
- Parano is the only member of the Last Galerians that Rion does not kill himself.
- Parano's name is from the word "paranoia", which means constant suspicion and frequent refusal to believe in people.
- While Parano's psychic ability seems to be control of electricity, he will still take full damage from Breakaron.
- He bears a resemblance to many interpretations of what Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer, would look like (hat, cape, knives, and a monocle or in Parano's case, mono-goggle.)
- Although it is hard to notice, Parano can be seen standing on an above walkway during the first encounter with him. He will only drop down after killing 2 out of the 4 robots he sends to attack you.
- He shares some features with Icelos, a minor antagonist of Saint Seya: The Lost Canvas: both are part of a group of four enemies, able to exist in another world outside the real (Data World and Dream World), become ultimately part of their leader in some way, have a feral behavior and fangs, some connection with fear (Parano's name is from the world paranoia, while Icelos rules Phobia, the kingdom of nightmares), get excited at the sight of blood and want to fight the protagonist they face. However, Parano never wins his battles against Rion, and he is not killed by him.
- His lighting attack with his two blades is similar to that of Raiga Kurosuki, a minor antagonist from the Naruto franchise.
- Parano is the only of the Last Galerians who is seen fighting humans in the real world.
- Different from any other Galerian, rather than teeth, Parano has fangs.
- The soldiers Parano transforms into his puppets are shown still active after his second defeat, implying they don't need necessarily him to work.
- The nature of the robots Parano employs in his battles is never explained, but Rion says they are in part human, having a short vision. If looked with caution, they look like giant fetuses, like those in Michelangelo Memorial Hospital from the first game. Since Michelangelo City is said to be a ruined town, almost completely conquered by Ash's army, it can speculated Parano took what remained of Clinical Chief Lem's experiments, and transformed them into a weapon.
- Parano is one of few Galerians, alongside Rainheart (at first) and Nitro, who does not receive compassion from Rion. This is probably because they showed great pleasure in killing people or causing pain. Rainheart was brainwashed by PPECs while Parano and Nitro were "born" the way they are; it's unknown if Rion retained these feelings until the end. Ironically, the fact of Parano being created as a bloodthirsty killer by Ash's own emotional weaknesses makes him arguably less contemptible compared to characters like Clinic Chief Lem, Major Romero, and above all Dorothy, who were more mentally stable and seemingly not inherently sadistic.
- Despite being depicted (in gameplay, movies, and concept art) wielding two small knives, Parano's weapons during in-game gameplay are instead two sword-length blades which appear much longer than his knives and also have a more simplistic design.
