| Tomaru Sawagoe | |
|---|---|
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| Age | 20's (Snow Radish Vacation!!) late 30's (Summer Radish Vacation!!) |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair | Auburn |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Affiliation | Sawagoe Family |
| Occupation | Millionaire
University student, Cram School Teacher (Snow Radish Vacation!!) |
| Family and Relatives | Jou Inou (father) Ms. Sawagoe (mother) |
| Seiyuu | Ben Takada (PureMail anime) |
Tomaru Sawagoe (沢越 止 Sawagoe Tomaru) is a recurring character of the Radish Vacation franchise, as well as a mentioned character throughout the 0verflow franchises. The father or ancestor of a majority of protagonists and other characters, he has effectively become an overarching patriarch throughout 0verflow's games.
Background[]
Before Snow Radish Vacation[]
Tomaru was the illegitimate son of millionaire Jou Inou and his mistress, a woman of the Sawagoe family. In his youth, Tomaru attended Haramichuu, where he met and fell in love with Moegi Inou, who unbeknownst to him was his older half-sister. When Moegi's mother found out about their relationship, she was furious as Tomaru had been the son of her husband's mistress. Ultimately, Jou was forced to acknowledge Tomaru as his son, and Tomaru and Moegi were separated. By that time, Moegi was pregnant by Tomaru and later gave birth to their daughter, Kagura.
By the time Tomaru was the same age as his son Shun was in Summer Radish Vacation, he had already seduced (or assaulted) and impregnated several women.
Years later, Tomaru and Moegi reunited and briefly rekindled their relationship, with Moegi becoming pregnant by him again. One day, while they were having sex near a sleeping Kagura, Moegi asked Tomaru to choose a name for their unborn child. Tomaru ultimately chose the name Ayumu, after which he revealed that he had been recording everything, much to Moegi's shock. He then told her that the video was his last gift to her and that he was leaving to study abroad. Despite Moegi's proclamations that she would wait for him, Tomaru was seemingly indifferent. Moegi eventually gave birth to Ayumu.
Both Kagura and Ayumu were raised solely by Moegi and she kept their father's identity a secret from everyone. Kagura and Ayumu thus spent their childhood not knowing that Tomaru was their father.
Years later, Tomaru returned to Japan and lived in an apartment in Motehara, where he worked as a part-time cram school teacher by the time his daughter Kagura and her friend, Hatsuka, were third-years of said cram school. All the female students of his class would come to admire him, addressing him as "Onii-san". During this time, the girls in the class would go visit him to supposedly play with him, but in reality, he would sexually abuse them. By the winter semester's end, the only one who hadn't visited was Kagura, as there were few chances for her since she lived so far away.
Snow Radish Vacation!![]
On the last day of spring vacation, it was arranged for all of the third-year girls to go "play" at his apartment. Once they all left, Tomaru decided it was the right time to get away, as it looked like his sexual abuse of his students would be discovered. Tomaru then quit his job at the cram school and went to move elsewhere.
During the drive, he happened to pass by Kagura, who couldn't arrive in time to his apartment because her bicycle had broken on the way, and he offered to give her a lift. In the car, Kagura told him how she wanted to have visited and "played" with him at least once. Tomaru then offered to do the "play" he did to all other girls when they visited him. Afterwards, Tomaru drove in silence, prompting a nervous Kagura to confess that although the intercourse had been unpleasant for her, she wanted him to promise to make her his bride. He agreed, which made her very happy. Afterwards, Tomaru dropped Kagura off near her house and they parted ways, Kagura being unaware that he was moving away.
After moving, Tomaru transferred to another college where he befriended Asagi and Tomoe. At some point, Tomaru asked Asagi if he could accompany her and Tomoe on their trip to Snow Radish and offered to drive them due to his familiarity with the area. There, he planned to seduce and marry Tomoe due to her family's wealth.
Nine months after Tomaru had moved away from Motehara, he, Asagi, and Tomoe go to Snow Radish, where he unexpectedly reunites with Kagura. In the room where Asagi and Tomoe would be staying, Kagura brings up the promise he had made to her. However, Tomaru tries to dissuade her, telling her his actual reason for moving away and that he only did what he did to her because he thought he would never see her again. He also tells her of his plan to seduce Tomoe during this trip and eventually marry her.
Despite this, Kagura doesn't give up, and in the end, Tomaru makes a twisted bargain: during the three days and two nights of the trip, if he finds Kagura "satisfactory," he will keep his promise. If she can't do it or before that, he seduces Tomoe and the other girls, it will be his win (in reality, never intending to honor his end of the "bargain" at all).
After that, Kagura leaves the room, and Tomaru meets with Tomoe. Once they finish unpacking, Tomaru suggests for himself and Tomoe to take a look at the hot spring. Depending on the choices, Kagura may or may not find them there; if she isn't able to find them, Tomaru will be able to charm Tomoe a bit and if she is able to find them, she will interrupt their conversation.
Either way, Kagura and Tomaru end up returning to the restaurant and there, he meets with Moegi, both of them surprised at their unexpected reunion. They try to make Kagura leave so they can talk alone, but at this moment, Moegi's friend Arisu arrives at Snow Radish. Tomaru finds Arisu cute and seems interested in her, which makes Kagura uneasy.
After Snow Radish Vacation[]
Tomaru and Kagura became "engaged," and she gave birth to Hajime. However, Tomaru had and continued to have relations with (or sexually abuse) Moegi, Hatsuka, Asagi, Arisu, and Ms. Nijou, all of whom became pregnant by him around this time. He also started using them to "attract" customers to Snow Radish. Over the years, Moegi gave birth to Youko and Moeka; Hatsuka to Shun, Toki, and Kuu; Asagi to Yukari; and Kagura to Mai. Tomaru also prostituted Kagura to Moteharashou's principal to take his fortune, which he did after the principal died and left it to Kagura. Afterwards, Tomaru disappeared once again, leaving his debts for Snow Radish to handle.
Some years later, he returned and impregnated Kagura with two more daughters before impregnating Hajime, the latter of whom later died in childbirth. This caused Kagura to cut all ties with him.
He eventually married Tomoe and with her had a son, Tomomasa. He also had affairs with (or raped) Mrs. Toda, Mrs. Ogata, and a Ms. Shiba, siring Touri, Kei, and Shin'ichi respectively, and seduced Moeka away from her husband and daughter.
Large PonPon[]
Although not mentioned by name, Touri mentions her "father-in-law" having impregnated her.
PureMail[]
Tomaru is most mentioned in this work by Kei, who has nightmares of his father abusing him while he cries for his mother. Tomaru shouts back that Kei's mother has gone with another man, and that he's not sure if Kei is actually his son. He then beats him while Kei apologizes.
Summer Radish Vacation!![]
Tomaru is mentioned to still be seeing Hatsuka, much to the disgust of Shun, who ultimately quarrels with his mother and leaves to work for Kagura at Summer Radish.
During the day, Tomaru's events appear in locations of Summer Radish, with two exceptions related to Wakaba and Natsuhi's routes that appear around Haramihama. At night, there is no exact pattern of where his events appear. In most of his events, he tries to seduce Mai, Youko, Wakaba, or Kagura unless Shun intervenes; in some of his events that appear at night, all located in Kagura's room, he's playing with Rio and Rina and Shun interferes. Canonically, Tomaru manages to ensnare Rina and Rio, with Shun having seduced the others.
After Summer Radish Vacation[]
Although not directly stated, he's implied to be the father of the Itou siblings, a fact which is proven through external sources. He's mentioned to be "divorced" from Makoto's mother, but the details of the marriage are unknown, only that when they divorced, he got custody of Itaru and brings her every month to visit her brother and mother. He doesn't make any physical appearance and the closest he gets is when Makoto speaks to him on the phone, even then, his voice is not heard.
Tomaru also sired Youji Shiba, the protagonist of MISS EACH OTHER and the younger brother of Shin'ichi.
Summer Radish Vacation!! 2[]
He reappears as the owner of Radish and as with the prequel, he can ensnare various girls such as Rideru and Rika. Canonically, he impregnates Rideru and Rika at least once.
Personality[]
Tomaru is a cruel, depraved, and malicious individual who does anything and everything to satisfy his own desires, regardless of how his behavior affects others. This is best shown through his relationships and sexual behavior:
- He completely lies to Kagura, making a promise he has no intention of keeping, and even marries Tomoe despite said promise simply because Tomoe was the Sawagoe heiress.
- Despite his claim that his half-sister Moegi was his "favorite", he still used her love towards him and forced her--along with Kagura, Arisu, Hatsuka, and Ms. Nijou--into prostitution.
- Even though Tomoe is his legal wife, it's implied that he doesn't treat her like one (even having her gang-raped on their honeymoon) and squanders the Sawagoe family fortune.
- He has no qualms against sexually abusing underage girls, as shown with his part-time job as a cram teacher at Moteharashou.
Tomaru's failures as a father are no less significant:
- Three of his children, Shun, Makoto, and Itaru, are known to resent him. According to at least one route of Shiny Days, however, Tomaru taught Makoto how to fish, and as a child, Makoto looked up to his father because of his position as head of the hospital.
- He abused another son, Kei, to the point that the boy suffered post-traumatic stress disorder.
- He also has no qualms against impregnating his own daughters, as best seen with Kagura and her line.
However, it is said that Tomaru was fond of Ayumu, the only son he is known to have acknowledged as such, and who in turn was fond of him, being especially devastated whenever Tomaru left.
Although a successful doctor and businessman, Tomaru also has been involved with several shady businesses such as prostitution, which have resulted in massive debts that were sent to Snow Radish. He also appears to be a spendthrift, as in Shiny Days, Makoto can mention that Tomaru has a large cruiser and that he doesn't seem to care about saving money.
Etymology[]
- His given name Tomaru (止) means "to stop".
- His surname Sawagoe (沢越) consists of "swamp" (沢) and "crossing" (越).
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Trivia[]
- In Snow Radish Vacation, Tomaru's surname isn't given.
- In a previous version of the adultery chart, Tomaru was shown as being a possible father of Sekai, Setsuna, and the Nijou twins.
- His behavior likens him to the following characters: