Geeseen () [Crane Jou ()]

History: The story of the inhuman creature known as Geeseen actually begins during the time of the Silver Millennium when he was a member of the Seven Great Youmas of the Dark Kingdom, a heptet of monsters of unknown origin who were loyal to Queen Beryl and participated in her invasion and attempted conquest of the Moon Kingdom one thousand years ago. Thanks to the power of Queen Serenity, however, he and his six compatriots were each imprisoned within seven separate shards of the Illusion Silver Crystal - fragments that eventually came to be known as the Rainbow Crystals due to the correspondance of their individual hues with one of the seven primary colors - and carried to Earth where they were reincarnated nearly ten centuries later with no memories of their prior existences as Youmas. In this particular instance, Geeseen - who had been sealed within the red Rainbow Crystal - was reborn in the latter half of the 20th century as a human being with the given name of Jou. 
                Little is known about either the history or the personal life of Jou, save that at a young age under circumstances which have yet to be fully revealed, he learned that he possessed the power of telekinesis: the psychic ability to move objects with his mind. Deciding, when he was older, to put his special gift to what he considered to be its best and most advantageous use - at least as far as his own personal gain was concerned - Jou used his skill to levitate solid objects to "master" the prize-grappling crane game and managed to clean out so many machines in so many different game centers all over Tokyo in this somewhat unscrupulous manner that he established a reputation as a local arcade legend, earning the nickname of "Crane Jou" as a result of his apparent skill.
                Following one such productive visit to the Crown Game Center one fateful day, Crane Jou was suddenly attacked on the street by Zoisite, who was intent on acquiring his Rainbow Crystal so that he might reunite it with the others to form the Illusion Silver Crystal, whose power the ruler of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Metallia, allegedly required in order to fully revive. Though granted a temporary reprieve from the fate the Dark General had in store for him thanks to Makoto Kino's fighting skills, he proved to be anything but grateful and tried to distance himself from her, perhaps from embarassment at having been saved by a lovestruck young teenager or due to the lingering effects of the evidently painful Rainbow Crystal extraction process. Though he did eventually reveal the existence of his telekinetic powers to her, Jou did so more to appease her curiosity about his uncanny skill at the crane game - and more likely than not in the hopes of discouraging her from hanging around him and attempting to play "bodyguard" - than out of any sense of genuine gratitude on his part. This became evident when he chose to flee and save his own skin rather than help Makoto when Zoisite openly attacked both of them in the cafe - Tea and Coffee Tour de Corse - in which they were seated, as well as by his brutally candid statement to Usagi Tsukino that he "couldn't stand a big girl like her".
                After finally being cornered by Zoisite in a nearby park, Crane Jou was finally deprived of the red Rainbow Crystal residing within him, causing him to revert back into his original form of Geeseen. Now a Youma once more, he immediately proceeded to attack Sailor Moon - who had arrived on the scene in pursuit of the Dark General - but was foiled in his attempt by Makoto, who picked the monster up and threw him into some nearby bushes. Quickly recovering, the monster managed to successfully ensnare and incapacitate Sailor Moon with a second attack, but found Makoto to be a more difficult target thanks to Luna, who provided her with the transformation pen she needed to undergo her first ever transformation into Sailor Jupiter. After being struck and momentarily stunned by Sailor Jupiter's "Supreme Thunder", Geeseen's human form was finally restored, again thanks to Luna, who produced the Moon Stick and provided the information that Sailor Moon required in order to perform her "Moon Healing Escalation" and change him back into Crane Jou, who was apparently no worse for the wear in spite of his nightmarish experience.
                Several months later, Crane Jou once again found himself at the center of an evil plot when he and several of his fellow Rainbow Crystal carriers were abducted and imprisoned within the Black Crystal by Prince Endymion - then a brainwashed servant in the thrall of the Dark Kingdom - as part of an attempt to reunite the Seven Great Youmas so that they would come together and unite to form a single, unimaginably powerful monster capable of eradicating the Sailor Soldiers once and for all. Thanks to some clever outmaneuvering on the part of Sailor Mercury, however, the Black Crystal was destroyed before this event came to pass and Jou and the others were freed from the Dark Kingdom's clutches, apparently suffering from no ill effects despite their ordeal. It is presumed that, following this last event, Crane Jou's life - as well as those of his fellow Rainbow Crystal carriers - has finally returned to a state of normalcy.      

Height: Unknown   
Weight: Unknown   
Eyes: Red (as Geeseen; no visible irises or pupils); brown (as Crane Jou)    
Hair: None (as Geeseen); brown (as Crane Jou)    
Skin: Uncertain, possibly brown (as Geeseen)   
   
Abilities: In his human form, Crane Jou possesses the power of telekinesis, the psychic ability to move solid objects using only the power of his mind. Thus far, he has only proven capable of levitating and controlling the motion of a variety of small objects - such as dolls and ashtrays, for example - and it is both unknown what Jou's limitations are as well as whether or not the rather narrow and ultimately small-scale applications of his inherant psychic powers have prevented him from achieving his full potential and developing his gift into a truly formidable ability. In his youma form, Geeseen - with the possible exception of increased stamina and resistance to physical injury - possesses no known supernatural powers. He could apparently merge with his fellow Seven Great Youmas to form a single, incredibly powerful, shadowy demonic entity, though, fortunately for the Sailor Soldiers, he never got the opportunity to demonstrate this ability.
Paraphernalia: Geeseen wore a large metallic band on his lower right arm that could be programmed via a series of red buttons on a circular black control pad in order to make a variety of different peripherals and attachments appear out of thin air. These included a spiked hammer which he swung around on a line as a weapon, as well as grappling claws which could be launched like rockets and used to impede the motion of and reel in opponents. 

Japanese Voice Actor: Unknown 
North American Voice Actor: Rino Romano (Game Machine Joe)  
  
This entry first appeared on: September 17, 1999 
This entry was last modified on: September 17, 1999 

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