Tetsuo

Tetsuo Shima is one of the main characters of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga and film. Before turning into a psychic monster, Testsuo was a good friend of Kanedas, although there was a little friction between the pair of them. Tetsuo goes to the same reform school as Kaneda and "The Capsules" and is part of the motorcycle gang. After being involved in a crash at the Heart of Destruction (The place where Akira released all of his energy) Tetsuo is taken away to a hospital. There, after being examined by a doctor who is a member of a mysterious organisation, he is found to have psychic powers in him that can be awakened. Afterwards, Tetsuo escapes from the hospital and begins his murderous rampage, because the scientist who awakend his powers also awakened the darker side of him. Tetsuo, in time, becomes paranoid and hates Kaneda, who he describes as "Alway passing me by." Tetsuo is capable of vast psykinetic abilities, like lifting heavy objects with his mind and making things exploded just by willing them. Tetsuo becomes so powerful that he gouges a deep hole in the moon, visible from earth which affects the tides dramatically, causing Tsunamis to his the city of Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo seems to become indifferent to the violence he causes and worships the supposed "savior" of Neo-tokyo Akira. But Akira seems not to notice this. Tetsuo is finally killed after Akira is shot by Ryu, Kei's friend and the psychic link between Akira and Tetsuo causes Testuo to release energy in amounts as big as Akiras nuclear-bomb amount. Tetsuos hand is destroyed by Sol, the laser weapon orbiting Earth built by the Japanese. Testuo's hand and arm is completely destroyed, so he replaces it with a robotic metal one.