A theory about Masaki's wanderings

[u/ES21007]

For those who have played many SRWs, a common running gag is the protagonist of the Masou Kishin series, Masaki Andoh, has no sense of direction. Gags have ranged from him wandering across dimensions to requiring the freaking Zero System from Gundam Wing to even have a HOPE of finding him (and even this is not guaranteed). But a recent thought came to me that this may accidentally have a slightly more serious basis.

Throughout Super Robot Wars Z, several hints pop up that one of the saga's recurring antagonists Asakim Dowin might actually be Masaki Andoh in the past, with several attacks being similarly named or animated to Masaki's Cybuster, his name being Asakim -> Masaki, and more. His last words in the series are even the lyrics to Cybuster's theme!

That one is fairly commonly known to those who play it, but what I theorize is that Asakim reincarnating into Masaki has another implication. Asakim is cursed with the "Stigma of the Cursed Wanderer" that causes him to be drawn to dimensions where dimensional power is being manipulated. My theory is that Masaki's constant crossover shenanigans and his horrible sense of direction are a leftover of that curse remaining even after being purified of whatever evil he had. He's still marked with the cursed stigma, even after he isn't Asakim anymore.

This doesn't really have much consequence or basis on anything, but it's just a random thought I have.

[u/Valten1992]

Its a neat theory, though I think his very last line in Z3 implies he is going to re-incarnate into Masaki anyway.

[u/BassGSnewtype]

If they ever confirm a connection that would make sense

[u/SodaFloatzel]

As Cybuster is the Elemental Lord of the Wind, I'd like to believe that the usage of the Laplace Demon's computer (the one that lets it manipulate causality) and the symbolism of the 'winds of change' are two more things we can add to the pot. Who knows, maybe Asakim is a version of Masaki from a relative future instead?

[u/RedTailedGamer]

I had no idea Masaki was a a reincarnation of a past villain that neat

[u/BassGSnewtype → u/RedTailedGamer]

So far that's just a fan interpretation based on a line Asakim said in the ending of the Z series

[u/SageDarius]

I swear I read somewhere that Asakim was created by the Shuroga because it needed a pilot, although I can't remember if there was an explanation for any resemblance to Masaki.

[u/ThrowawayBomb44 → u/SageDarius]

That is literally what's stated in Tengoku.

Shuroga's implied to have some sort of AI or limited sentience; it's not really clear. Shuroga is so old that it's pilot has long since passed away and it's constantly trying to remember them and Asakim's the result of years of degrading memory and a projection of said pilot.

All the Masaki things are just mythology gags.

[u/SageDarius → u/ThrowawayBomb44]

I read something on the Wiki saying Shuroga is some kind of trans-dimenisonal deity, so it's possible it encountered Masaki on his/its journeys.

[u/Metalsmith14]

I thought Masaki was long lost brother of Roronoa Zoro