Sou
- Sou is a Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.
Sou (ソウ Sō) is Swerve's Arms Micron partner.
Fiction
Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: Kensō Katō (Japanese)
Sou was part of a group of Arms Microns who asked the master of the Arms Micron-style Weapon Link Dojo about the secret behind ultimate weapon-linking. Once the master revealed to them that there wasn't much to it but attaching to one another, he tried it and combined with O.P., B.2, Shining R.A., B.H., Arc and Arc S, resulting in the Samurai Sword Mode. With all that said and done, Sou and Arc S began wondering who each other was.
For some reason, Sou referred to O.P. as "professor", which confused the latter. Recovery Transformation! Battle in the Metropolis Underground
In the final moments of Arms Micron Theater, Sou joined the rest of the Arms Microns in saying thank you and goodbye to their audience. Ultimate Transformation! Fight! Transformers
Toys
Prime
- Autobot Swerve (Voyager, 8-25-2012)
- Set ID number: AM-17
- Micron ID number: M-21
- Energon Crystal: HP Magne
- Available only with the Japanese-only Prime Swerve toy, Sou transforms from a humanoid robot into a circular saw weapon. He has numerous 5mm posts and holes that allow him to combine with other Arms Microns to form any number of "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons".
- Sou comes out of the package as a bunch of unpainted parts on runners, like a model kit. Extra deco is supplied by customer-applied foil stickers on a sheet he shares with Swerve.
- This mold was also used to make Gan.
Notes
- Sou's name seems to be one of those multi-layer cross-language puns Japan seems to love so much. Aside from being a not-incorrect transliteration of "saw" into katakana, it's also how one would "sound out" the initials "S.W.", which falls in line with the normal pack-in Autobot Arms Micron naming convention. It's... confusing.
- Sou's forearms are tank treads, indicating he could fold up into some kind of vehicle. However, there is no way to lay those treads down and have his saw still be functional in any useful capacity. Either the saw can't get positioned "forward" or something keeps the treads from laying flat on the ground.
Sou Combinations
Named combination weapons including Sou:
