Susumu

Susumu is a young boy who was originally a minor character from Devilman. He made a few short cameos in the beginning chapters of Shin Mazinger ZERO.

Production History
Both the concept and character of Susumu is originally appeared in a short manga by Go Nagai called Susumu-chan's Dai Shock, which followed a bizarre phenomena of mother killing their children, and went through a few different roles in the Devilman franchise. His most notable was in the original manga where he was a friend of Miki's younger brother Tare. Here, he was abused and later killed by his family after they were possessed by demons.

Appearance
Susumu is a young boy with short hair combed foreward covering his left eye. He wears a long coat over his dark colored clothes.

History
Susumu was in a crowd of people crying over his mother after she was crushed by a fallen telephone pole. Before the Doublas M2 could attack him and the other townspeople, they were saved by a flying Rocket Punch from the Mazinger Z.

Later asthe Mazinger walks by the school, he is seen alongside a group of children showing Koji their drawings after being taken in by the Abashiri's.