Duke Freed's Wound

 

 

One of the main items in the Grendizer series is Duke Freed's radiation wound on his right arm.  This wound played a major role many times in the struggles that Duke Freed faced when fighting the enemies.

 

The very first time that we noticed Duke Freed had a pain in his right arm is in episode # 11 after he tried to chase the Mother Burn flagship.  The above picture shows how Duke felt this pain and withdrew after Koji told him not to follow Commander Blacki's flagship.

 

As mentioned earlier, Duke Freed feels what Grendizer feels.  In episode #17 Grendizer was fighting the Vegan beast "Giba Giba".  The Vegan beast threw a harpoon that hit Grendizer's right arm, and this was another time that Duke Freed will feel some pain.

 

Episode #30 is the key episode where we find out what is wrong with Duke Freed's right arm.  Koji Kabuto had built a new ship that he wanted to test fly on a stormy day.  Against Duke Freed's warnings, Koji wanted to test fly his ship regardless of the weather.  Koji gets hit with a lightening bolt and falls.  Duke Freed catches Koji and covers him from the falling iron rods.  One iron rod hits Duke Freed's wound on his right arm.

When the next Vegan beast approaches Earth, Duke Freed attempts to go feels an extreme pain from his wound and falls unconscious.  Dr. Umon analyzes the wound and realizes that it is a wound from a long time ago.  The iron rod falling on it inflamed the old injury.

Later, Duke Freed will briefly tell Dr. Umon that it was a result from the Vegan attack on planet Freed.  But we still don't know exactly what happened to it.

 

Episode #32 is another episode where Duke Freed really feels some pain.  Commander Marian was sent with her mirage tricks.  She makes an area on Earth look like an area of Planet Freed.  She also pretended to look like Duke Freed's dead mother.

Duke realized that she is not his mother from the pain in his right arm.  Duke Freed's wound gets inflamed from any Vegatron rays, and Marian had those rays emanating from her.

Later in this episode, Marian will use a fire beam loaded with Vegatron and nearly crash into Grendizer.  This would've caused some serious damage to Duke Freed's wound far beyond imagination.  But Koji Kabuto came with his Jeep, fired his new Cyclone Beam cannon, and destroyed Marian and her Vegan beast.

 

Episode #33 is another struggle that Duke Freed had with his wound.  Dr. Umon tells Duke to be very careful because there is no known cure for this type of injury on Earth yet; it requires further research.  Dr. Umon also tells Duke Freed that this wound is spreading towards his heart; it threatens his life.

Duke Freed still vows to fight the Vegans until his last breath.  He does not let this wound stop him from his mission to protect the Earth.

 

 

All throughout the series Duke Freed will struggle in battles because of his severe wound.  Sometimes if the Vegatron is too high Duke Freed will faint or almost faint.

 

 

We find out later on in the series what really happened.  In episode #71 Duke Freed is dreaming about the attack on planet Freed.  His dearest friend prince Morros from planet Morros was on Freed at the time.  A blast causes Morros to almost fall off of a balcony and Duke Freed goes to help him.  As Duke Freed is pulling up Morros, a Minifo saucer will come and fire a laser beam on Duke Freed's right arm.  Even with all of that pain, Duke Freed will hang on to Morros and save him.  In the same episode, Morros will use his gun and fire an anti-Vegatron ray on Duke's wound and heal it.