History#
Tamao always wanted to become a musician, but her father, Iwao, refused to support her decision. This led to frequent arguments with her father, which caused their relationship to crack further, and Tamao developed a rebellious attitude towards him. One day, tired of the situation, and after arguing with her father, she decided to leave home.
At some point she met a mysterious girl with an eyepatch, who approached her telling her that old farts like him are such a pain. This girl was the previous hostess of Kuin Hachisuka. It is unknown what happened during their meeting, only that when Tamao reappeared, she was now the Queen Bee user's new hostess.[1]
Under Kuin's control, Tamao returned home, attacking her mother with bees while her father was away. When Iwao returned, he could only watch in horror at what had happened and what his daughter had become. It is unknown what happened next, but her mother ended up in a catatonic state and was admitted to a hospital. Her father swore he would find and save his daughter, becoming the vigilante Knuckleduster.[2]
After the disappearance of his daughter, Knuckleduster investigates to find her whereabouts and discover those responsible for her disappearance. He learns that Kuin Hachisuka, a parasitic bee, is in possession of his daughter's body and that a villain organization referred to as the Villain Factory by the police is responsible for it.
Synopsis#
Vs. Queen Bee Arc#
With the help of Soga Kugisaki,[2] he finally manages to find Kuin's location,[3] and after preparing everything arduously to free his daughter from Kuin's control, he attacks her when she tries to cause a tragedy at the musical concert at the Marukane Department Store.[4]
During the fight, Kuin is forced to inject Trigger into her host's body to enhance its offensive capabilities in exchange for weakening the Queen Bee's control over Tamao's underlying will. This makes the Queen bee's mission to take a back seat to the emotions and memories of Tamao, that rise to the surface, causing Kuin rages at her "father", who is pleased to have a father to daughter conversation after a while.[1]
They continue fighting until Knuckleduster manages to defeat Kuin, and get her swarm to leave his daughter's body by stopping his daughter's heart whit his Taser Knuckle. He then extracts the Queen Bee from her eye socket, and calls back the swarm with a pheromone and bomb combination device, which explodes, killing the Queen Bee and the swarm.
With the apian threat eliminated for good, Knuckleduster manages to resuscitate his daughter by performing a CPR,[5] and takes her to the hospital, the same one where his wife is hospitalized, who unfortunately dies shortly after their arrival.
After several days unconscious, Tamao wakes up and sees Soga, then proceeds to comment that he is scary looking. She says that her head hurts, and asks where her father is. Iwao then appears with a grocery bag. As Soga leaves, Iwao thanks him for the help, then offers Tamao some yogurt. Tamao tells him that her head hurts, and he tells his daughter that she should get some sleep. Tamao asks where her mother is, and Iwao tells her that she just missed her but she shouldn't worry about it, because he is there to take care of her.[6]
Team Ups Arc#
However, as he is still investigating the Villain Factory and the Trigger traffic, Iwao must be absent for a while, and asks Soga again, along with his friends Rapt Tokage and Moyuru Tochi, to take care of her. During the weeks in which her father is absent, Tamao befriends the three boys. One day, Rapt plays the fool with Tamao's guitar, which makes her laugh, and Moyuru asks her to play. She confesses that she just played the guitar to annoy her father. Soga grabs the guitar and tunes it. Soga returns the instrument to Tamao, telling her that she has the privilege of being able to play music, something that many other people do not have. After a brief check-in with her father, Tamao plays for the boys.[7]
Naruhata Lockdown Arc#
Three years later, Tamao is seen playing her guitar in a mountain home. Taking off her headphones, she notices a shooting star in the sky.[8]
Sometime later, in the aftermath of the Naruhata Lockdown, Tamao is seen back in Naruhata, having joined up with Soga and his friends.[9]