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The Heavens

In General

Fighters for the Gods^note From left to right: Thor, Zeus, Poseidon, Heracles, Shiva, Hajun, Zerofuku, Hades, Beelzebub, Apollo, and Susanoo'o no Mikoto. Not pictured: Odin, Loki, and Anubis.

"Ragnarok, eh? That's an interesting proposal. Yup. It sure is. How utterly amusing! And I'm sure that all of you are longing to witness... the wrath of the Gods!"

—Zeus

The Champions of the gods, divine beings of different Pantheons chosen to participate in Ragnarok, a tournament to decide humanity's fate. They serve as the hurdle that the Einherjar must overcome. Carrying the pride of the Heavens, the Fighter for the Gods fights to eradicate the mortals that dare challenge their authority.

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• Adaptation Deviation: Like what happens with the Einherjar, the Gods of the setting belong to various myths, legends, and religions, so the manga changes their backstories so that all of them can be allowed to exist in the same world.
• Anyone Can Die: Like their human opponents, if they die in the tournament, they are done for and will die for good. Initially, they didn't believe that something like that could happen to them, but once Poseidon gets killed in his fight, they begin to realize that things are not going to be as easy as they looked at first.
• Evil Virtues: Although the de-facto heel stable in the great professional wrestling-adjacent contest that is Ragnarok, even the least-sympathetic of the gods are generally brave and skilled, and many of them prove just as hardworking and willing to embrace self-sacrifice for victory as their human adversaries. Finally, almost all of them develop at least some Villain Respect for their human adversaries before the end of their matches, with one or two very noteworthy exceptions.
• Hero Killer: As they can back up the might attributed to them in myths and legends, their power and abilities shouldn't be underestimated by any means, making them a true danger for the Einherjar (i.e., the ones the readers are supposed to root for, because they are fighting for humanity). Even when they lose, they still manage to force their human rivals to give everything they have to defeat them. So far in the tournament, Thor, Zeus, Shiva, Beelzebub and Apollo have managed to successfully kill their opponents.
• Humans Are Bastards: The reasoning behind the unanimous vote to exterminate humanity was that they were deemed beyond saving due to their actions in the past 1000 years.
• Jerkass Gods: With the exception of Heracles, the Gods are portrayed as an unpleasant bunch of assholes who only see the humans as their plaything and don't have any problems in exterminating them for the most insignificant reason. Their jerk level ranges from Thor, who just cares about having a good fight, to Poseidon, who views humans as nothing but insects.
• Shrouded in Myth: There are certain parts in the myths that can be somewhat misleading, which doesn't bode well for Brunhilde's attempts to get the advantage.
• Underestimating Badassery: The entire reason the gods agreed to the tournament was because they figured they’d easily wipe the floor with humanity as one last humiliation. However, Thor receiving a nasty slash from Lü Bu, Zeus barely winning against Adam and Poseidon losing his match to Kojiro all serve as a gradual wake-up call for the gods, who realize humanity won’t be going down without a fight.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Not really per se, but when it comes to fighting against their lesser opponents, the heavenly fighters tend to overestimate their advantage in the tournament until the death of Poseidon.

Thor

Thor

Pantheon: Norse

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Jalen K. Cassell (English), Andres Gutierrez Coto (Latin American Spanish), Miguel Ángel Montero (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Tomoya Yamaguchi (stage)

The God of Thunder

"Human, no, it's Lü Bu isn't it? I just have one favor to ask. Don't die too quickly."

The Nordic God of Thunder, regarded as the strongest of his pantheon. Stoic, withdrawn, serious and perpetually bored, Thor is in truth a battle maniac who longs for an equal fight, and holds a genuine respect for the select few who aren’t instantly destroyed by his overwhelming power. Among the Gods, he's the first one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Lü Bu.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Thank god it's not his hair this time, but his eyes are golden rather than blue, along with his sclera being black.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: Unlike the Norse depictions of Thor with both a Beard of Barbarism and Barbarian Longhair, this one is portrayed as beautiful young man with long flowing hair
• Adaptational Badass: In the original Norse myths, Thor needed the aid of Megingjörð and Járngreipr to double his physical strength and provide protection from wielding the incredible might of Mjolnir, ending up dying in his fight against Jörmungandr in a Mutual Kill. Here, he needed Járngreipr to restrain his own power so Mjolnir doesn't get destroyed prior to its awakening and easily flattened the World Serpent with one move prior to Ragnarok.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: Downplayed. Since the tournament starts as soon as Zeus approves it, his first scene (where he kills Incubus) is removed, instead debuting when Heimdall announces Ragnarok.
• Baritone of Strength: Matching his might, in the anime he's given an imposing deep, smooth voice, contrasting with Lü Bu's wilder and raspier one.
• Berserk Button: As befits a god who lives solely for battle, he has the utmost respect for those who give their all in a fight to the death and is intolerant of those who would demean their struggles. When Odin, Buddha and Beelzebub are on the verge of a scrap in the halls of Valhalla following certain revelations about the former's plans, Thor intervenes and forces everyone, including his own father, to stand down. In an uncharacteristic display of emotion, he makes it clear that wanton slaughter outside of Ragnarök would be akin to belittling the fallen and everything they fought for, something he cannot let stand.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: He won't speak more than a few words and will kill you if he finds you inconvenient.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Is depicted with golden eyes and black sclera, probably to show that he's a supernatural being.
• Blood Knight: Like Lü Bu, he likes to fight.
• The Brute: Thor is the powerhouse of the gods and is there only for personal satisfaction, lacking any agenda and not even caring much for the "pride of the gods" his brethren display. As such, he's expected to wreck his opponent and move on. He certainly delivers those expectations with his overwhelming power and destructive techniques.
• The Cameo: During the battle of Lü Bu against Sun Jian in the former's spin-off, the narration briefly shows images of Thor and Lü Bu about to clash during the first round of Ragnarok, mentioning that by that time, Lü Bu had managed to perfect his Sky Eater technique, who was still incomplete during his fight against Sun Jian.
• Combination Attack: In his last technique against Lü Bu, he combines his two strongest techniques into one ultimate move called, "Geirröd Thor's Hammer".
• Commuting on a Bus: Thor, for the most part, had only made passing appearances after his battle with Lü Bu, one after Poseidon's defeat, and another with Buddha's defection to humanity. The anime also adds a scene where he observes the start of the 4th fight in the last episode.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: He killed 66 Jötunn with ease in the Ancient Era, and later against the World Serpent.
• Didn't See That Coming: Thor does not expect Lü Bu to successfully defend against his first insta-kill technique and injure him.
• The Dreaded: Being the strongest of the Nordic gods, almost everyone is intimidated by Thor's presence, with Göll nearly wetting herself and Brunhilde quickly bowing before him while having trouble keeping her composure.
• Evil Redhead: Downplayed. Thor is an antagonist, but he's more uncaring rather than outright evil.
• Fast as Lightning: Being the God of Thunder, Thor is capable of moving at the speed of lightning. His technique, "Thor's Hammer", involves using his element to increase the power and speed of the swing of his hammer.
• Fiery Redhead: Inverted. Like the Norse myths, he's depicted with red hair, but is stoic rather than hot-tempered.
• God of Thunder: As usual, Thor is a thunder god.
• Humongous-Headed Hammer: Thor's Mjölnir is easily twice its wielder's size but still retains a normal hammer's proportions. Its handle is so huge that there's a smaller handle built into the handle just so Thor's hands can have a firm grasp on it.
• Hunk: Like in the myths where Thor is also regarded as the Norse God of Strength, this version is utterly ripped as well.
• I Am Not Left-Handed: Once Lü Bu shows that he can easily react and block against his Thor's Hammer technique and is able to injure him, Thor starts to unleash his full power after one of his gloves is destroyed and the awakening of Mjolnir.
• Living Weapon: As revealed in his one-to-one fight against Lü Bu, Mjolnir "awoke" from its slumber along with its veins pulsing along with the ground melting by the sheer power it emits alone.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He has a youthful-looking face and long flowing red hair.
• Not So Stoic: Though he is presented as a serious and quiet individual, once his battle with Lü Bu gets more intense, he starts to enjoy it more and smiles more frequently.
• One-Hit Kill: The three named techniques he used in his battle against Lü Bu are said to be insta-kill techniques.
• Perpetual Frowner: Doesn't express himself often other than a frown, until his fight against Lü Bu.
• Phlebotinum-Handling Equipment: Subverted. Thor's Járngreipr gloves are required to safely wield his hammer Mjolnir. But when they're destroyed, it's revealed the exact opposite is the case: The Járngreipr restrain Thor's power so he won't accidentally destroy Mjolnir before it's fully awakened.
• Power Limiter: In contrast to the myths, his gloves are this. Instead of strengthening him so that he could always lift Mjolnir, they instead restrict his strength so that he didn't shatter Mjolnir before it reaches full power.
• Pretty Boy: He definitely looks much younger and more beautiful compared to the Norse myths.
• Sadly Mythtaken: An In-Universe example. In the myths, Járngreipr is stated to allow Thor to wield Mjolnir's incredible power, but Zeus clarifies that the gloves' true purpose is the exact opposite.
• Shock and Awe: He is the God of Thunder after all, but Thor doesn't utilize lightning towards Lü Bu unless in conjunction with the swing of his hammer.
• Starter Villain: Thor is the first threat to be confronted due to being the combatant on the Gods' side for the first round. However, unlike most examples where the character is typically defeated, is weaker than later threats, and serves to showcase the heroes' growth and potential to grow further, Thor demonstrates why he is a god by winning the fight against the World's Strongest Man Lü Bu, as well as why prevailing against the Gods is no easy task.
• The Stoic: In comparison to most depictions of him, this Thor is shockingly cold, even when he's enjoying himself.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: To show that he's a divinity, his eyes are golden-colored. Combines this with Black Eyes of Crazy, which makes him look imposing.
• Technicolor Eyes: Has black sclera and golden eyes.
• Thunder Hammer: Mjölnir is a massive hammer larger than Thor's entire body. Thor can channel electricity through the hammer, making his swings even more powerful and devastating.
• Victory Is Boring: It's mentioned that most of his prior battles in Asgard were Single Stroke Battles, leaving him unfulfilled through the centuries. It's only while fighting Lü Bu that he's able to indulge his thirst for battle.
• Weapon Twirling: He weaponizes this through his "Geirröd" and "Geirröd Thor's Hammer" techniques. For the former, he flings Mjolnir into the air with all of his might and then recalls it back to him to slam it onto his opponent, with the added great velocity and centrifugal force to it. The latter is when he combines the former with his "Thor's Hammer" technique, causing greater damage than either one.
• When He Smiles: He gives the finest smile when unleashing his Geirröd technique onto Lü Bu.
• World's Strongest Man: He's regarded as the physically strongest God in the Norse myths.
• Worthy Opponent: Quickly comes to consider Lü Bu this as their fight progresses, even saying that the latter's strength is wasted in his mortal body.

Zeus

Zeus

Pantheon: Greek

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Chris Edgerly (English), Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. (Latin American Spanish), Vicente Gil (European Spanish), Jordi Torregrosa (European Spanish; Youth)
Portrayed by: Kei Kato (stage, normal form), Daisuke Sekimoto (stage, muscular form), Kentaro Kujirai (stage, Adamas mode)

The God Father Of Cosmos (G.F.O.C)

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"As long as we fight, we win. Such are the gods."

The supreme God of the Greek Pantheon, chairman of the Council of Valhalla, proclaimed "God Father Of Cosmos" and the strongest God of them all. Despite his frail and shriveled appearance and his surprisingly goofy, eccentric nature, he's a battle-hungry powerhouse strong enough to surpass time itself with a single punch. Among the Gods, he's the second one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Adam.

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• Actor Swap: Due the multiple changes Zeus’ body suffers through the fight, the stage play employs three different actors to depict him, one for his normal state, another for his muscular form and the last one for his Adamas mode.
• Adaptational Ugliness: Zeus is usually portrayed in the Greek myths as an elder yet muscular and handsome deity, unlike the shrivelled and trembling old man this Zeus looks like. To his credit, he was a lot more handsome in his youth.
• Ask a Stupid Question...: When he asks Adam about his reason to fight against the Heavens despite not possessing malice towards them, the latter's response pretty much spells out how he views this from everyone believing the same thing and clarifies that he doesn't need a reason like that, but to protect the ones he loved.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: Unlike his counterpart in mythology, Zeus here fights using his bare-handed fists, according to him "because he loves to hear the sound of the bones of his enemies breaking". He was like that in his youth too, as he defeated his father without any weapon but his own body.
• Beard of Evil: Possesses a long white beard that enhances his elderly aspect. It doubles as Expressive Hair, as it usually reacts to whatever emotion Zeus is feeling at the moment.
• Big Bad: As the leader of the Gods, he acts as the main antagonist of the series, being both the one who called for the vote to destroy mankind and the one who declared the start of Ragnarok. Unlike other examples, however, his fight happens early in the series, though he keeps the position as the main antagonist since he wins the battle.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Extremely so. His eyebrows are so thick and big that in some panels they cover his eyes entirely. He also had thick eyebrows in his youth, but not even close to the extent they are at his current age.
• Black Eyes of Evil: His eyes normally appear to be completely sunken, without showing any kind of pupils, though a glimpse of them can be seen from time to time (normally appearing as Black Eyes of Crazy). Whether it is the result of age (he didn't have them when he was young) is anyone's guess.
• Blood Knight: Zeus gets off on conflict of any kind, taking great pleasure in crushing his foes in battle. He gets excited even if people (e.g., the Valkyries, Adamas [in the past], and later Buddha) rebel against him, hungering for the prospect of battle and warfare. In Ragnarok, he forces Shiva to sit out his appointed fight, jumping in to fight the second match in Shiva's place, simply because he couldn't wait for his turn. During his fight with Adam, Zeus is beside himself with joy, even though he's getting beaten up by an opponent who can perfectly dodge and copy his moves.
• Body Horror: As a result of compressing his muscles to gain power, his Adamas form turns him into a shrivelled and disturbingly lanky version of his muscled form, ending with a grotesque result.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Zeus is loud, eccentric, and crass, hardly pretending to act professional. He's also a fearsome Blood Knight capable of moving at speeds that outclass time itself.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Zeus seems to be stuck in his own little world eighty-percent of the time. The remaining twenty-percent is proof he's the head of the Gods for a damn good reason.
• Corrupted Character Copy: He has a number of surprising similarities in appearance and character to Muten-Roshi, as an eccentric, pervy, and seemingly frail old man who's actually one of the strongest fighters around, and even hulks out just like him. However, the similarities end there, since Roshi has a good heart beneath all the bluster, while Zeus… really doesn't.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Normally appears as an eccentric and frail old man, but he isn't the God Father of Cosmos for nothing; he's a powerful fighter with a monstrous strength able to subjugate both Ares and an Ambrosia-powered Alcides without getting serious. The only way someone could match and even surpass him is by copying his power.
• Curb Stomp Cushion: For the first half of the fight, he can't lay a hit on Adam, getting beaten down even when he temporarily stops time due to the Eyes of the Lord copying his moves and reversing them on him. However, the minute he goes Adamas Mode, the fight becomes more even with him being able to land blows and eventually winning out the war of attrition due to Adam's power backlash occurring.
• Dirty Old Man: Very downplayed compared to his usual portrayal in the Greek Mythology. Though he shows lust, it is usually for battle, not for sex. He, however, gazes lustfully at Brunhilde when he discovers the whole ruse behind the Volunds, much to her annoyance.
• The Dreaded: As the supreme God, his might alone strikes fear into nearly everyone. Even Shiva, the Hindu God of Destruction is quite scared of him.
• Dub Personality Change: In the original Japanese, Zeus sounds like a raspy, stereotypical old man. The English dub, on the other hand, gives him a much more regal sounding and sophisticated voice while keeping his eccentricity.
• Elemental Motifs: He doesn't wield lightning compare to the myths, but his godly speed can bring to mind the element.
• Establishing Character Moment: In his first appearance, he at first appears acting as a frail old man, but later he's shown to kill his pet dragon easily (who by the way was only just lying down nearby doing nothing wrong and thought Zeus was going to pet it) after hearing Brunhilde's idea of Ragnarok and then slamming the ground with his mallet while making an unhinged face, showing both his silly side and his more brutal personality.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's shown to be genuinely supportive of Heracles, even if he's not his son in this version. He looks very upset after Heracles dies in his fight against Jack the Ripper, destroying the terrace where he, Hermes, Ares and Loki were after the end of the battle in a fit of calm rage. Like Poseidon and Adamas, he also respects his eldest brother Hades greatly, despite occasionally snarking at him. Upon Hades' death, rather than feeling indifference (as he did with Poseidon) or anger (as he did with Heracles), he is in utter disbelief and is despondent in the aftermath. He is notably more somber in the following round, despite his initial enthusiasm for Ragnarök.
• Everyone Has Standards: Battle-hungry as he is, he'll stop fights between his fellow gods if need be.
• Evil Is Bigger: He is one of the gods trying to wipe out mankind and his muscular battle form dwarfs Adam by a large margin (helped by Adam not being very tall himself). Ironically, he was on the receiving end of this when he killed his father Cronos in his youth, as, while Zeus was by no means a short individual, the Titan was gigantic.
• Evil Old Folks: He's portrayed as an elderly-looking God advocating for the annihilation of humanity and is also generally referred to as "gramps" or "old geezer" by his fellow Gods, though, ironically, he's not the oldest of the Gods despite looking like it.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: In the Japanese version, Wataru Takagi uses his signature raspy voice to portray Zeus at first with the voice of a frail old man, then with his usual gruff, hammy voice as Zeus becomes more battle-hungry and theatrical. A fitting voice for somebody fighting for the extinction of humanity.
• Expecting Someone Taller: How he appeared to those in life, where Alcides was surprised by Zeus' true appearance compared to how he was depicted in the statue that the Greeks prayed to and worshipped.
• Final Boss Preview: He was supposed to be the last of the Gods to fight in Ragnarok, but after the first match, he got so excited to fight that he forced Shiva to retire and he ended up fighting in the second round instead. Even Göll asked surprised to her sister what was the last boss doing in the second fight as opposed to the last one.
• The Heavy: As Leader of the Gods he tends to appear more than the others.
• Hour of Power: Zeus's Adamas form ramps up his durability to Nigh-Invulnerability levels, but he can only stay in that form for around 12-13 minutes. During his fight with Adam, not only is the time limit reduced to 5-6 minutes due to his injuries, but his flesh is almost being ripped to shreds due to the form's strain. He reverts to his usual "frail old man" figure once his time is up.
• Hulking Out: While he initially appears as nothing more than a feeble old man, when he exercises his immense strength he grotesquely morphs into a muscle-bound behemoth.
• I Was Quite the Looker: He definitely doesn't look like the shriveled old man he looks like in the present time when he overthrew his father.
• Kick the Dog: During the first chapter, he kills his pet dragon (whom he had since he was a baby, as shown in Heracles's flashback) just because he is excited at the prospect of a fight between Gods and humans. This doesn't happen in the anime as the dragon is Adapted Out.
• Laughably Evil: Sometimes, his antics end up being amusing as they are terrifying. One example is his introduction during his battle in Ragnarök, where he appears dancing extravagantly (while Hermes plays a melody in his violin) to make a memorable entrance.
• Lean and Mean: Contrary to his usual muscular and bulky battle form, his Adamas mode is lean and trim (as a result of compressing all the muscles of his body). However, this gives him an even bigger strength.
• Lightning Bruiser: Contrary to what his muscular form may suggest at first, he's able to move at incredible speeds and even surpasses time itself with a single punch, while also being able to pack devastating blows.
• Neck Snap: Has his neck snapped completely around during his fight with Adam. And then he gets back up and snaps it back into place.
• Nightmare Face: Makes lots of them through the run of the manga, especially in his fight against Adam. Usually involves a combination of his Black Eyes of Evil with an open, menacing black mouth.
• Patricide: He's well known for overthrowing and killing his father Kronos.
• Scars Are Forever: If you are keen enough, you can realize that the wound Kronos gave to his chin formed a scar. It's more evident in his Adamas mode, where his chin gets fully exposed.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Compared to his older brother Poseidon, he's emotional, Hot-Blooded, likes attention, and loves a good fight, while Poseidon is serious, cold, despises drawing the attention of "lesser beings" and couldn't care less about having a good battle.
• Slasher Smile: As a result of having all his muscles greatly compressed, he sports one of these in his Adamas mode. It is horrifying enough to make a human baby from the audience cry.
• Smarter Than You Look: Zeus at first may come as a battle-hungry brute, but he's surprisingly cunning in battle, and, so far, is the only God that has changed his strategy through his fight, going from trying to kill his enemy with brute force and speed to force a battle of attrition after realizing that he wouldn't go anywhere if he kept attacking Adam directly. His gamble ends up succeeding.
• Spanner in the Works: Is this for Brunhilde in regards to her plans for Adam. The original plan was for Adam to deal with Shiva and bring the first win to the mortals, however, Zeus, who after the fight with Thor got incredibly excited at the prospect of a good battle, interrupted and forced Shiva to quit, as he simply couldn't wait for his turn and was too eager to fight. Adam gave him a good battle and even had the upper hand at certain points but Zeus' techniques end up killing Adam anyway, giving the victory to Zeus and effectively ruining Brunhilde's plan for good.
• Stealth Pun: He's introduced to the song "Air on the G String". Now consider that G-string is also a type of skimpy underwear and Zeus is renowned for being a horndog.
• Stronger Than They Look: DO NOT mistake his usual frail, senior appearance for weakness. He's the God Father of Cosmos after all, and all of the Gods are quite intimidated by his power.
• Tiny-Headed Behemoth: When he bulks up, his head remains tiny compared to his huge, muscular body, making him look unsettling.
• Top God: Like in Classical Mythology, he's the most powerful Greek God and rules over the Olympians. This version is also depicted as the supreme God of every deity of every mythology, being feared even by other powerful Gods like Shiva.
• Unrelated in the Adaptation: Unlike the myths, Zeus is not the birth father of Heracles or Apollo.
• Villain Respect: He considered Kronos a horrible father, but admired his skills as a warrior, so he ended up naming his punch that surpasses time in his honor. Later he was shown to have developed respect for Adam even if he lost the match, since he stood on his feet until the bitter end and managed to bend him (the strongest God) to his knees despite dying imitating Adamas.
• Younger Than He Looks: Granted that all the gods are eons old, Zeus is actually the youngest of Kronos and Rhea's four sons despite being a skin-and-bones wrinkled old man physically.
• Youngest Child Wins: He received the status of Top God for killing Kronos, putting him as de facto leader of the Olympiad over his three older brothers.

Poseidon

Poseidon

Pantheon: Greek

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Bumper Robinson (English), Irwin Daayán (Latin American Spanish), Cholo Moratalla (European Spanish)
Portrayed by: Keisuke Sohma (stage)

The Ruler of The Seas

"Gods don't team up. Gods don't scheme. Gods don't rely on anyone else. That's how a god should be. We're perfect from the word go."

The Greek God of the Sea and one of the older brothers of Zeus. A fearsome and ferocious deity notorious for his cold disdain towards both humans and Gods alike. Prideful and rigid in his values of what a God should be, he does not hesitate to punish those who stray from his personal path of perfection. Among the Gods, he's the third one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Sasaki Kojiro.

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: The mythical Poseidon was normally portrayed as an old man with a beard. This one is a golden-haired Pretty Boy with a significantly younger look.
• Animal Motifs: He's indirectly compared with a shark towards the end of his fight with Kojiro, due to them representing the ferociousness and danger of the cold, deep ocean, the domain of Poseidon.
• An Arm and a Leg: When Kojiro finally analyzes and understands all his movements, he manages to cut one of his arms with his Swallow Tiger Combo, Thousand Blades, then proceeds to cut the other when Poseidon tried to attack him by holding his trident with his other hand.
• Asshole Victim: Considering his disdain towards humans and Gods alike, that he murdered his own brother in cold blood for a petty reason (and then erased his existence from the history), and that he spent most of the fight looking down and taunting his opponent, very few tears were shed when Kojiro cut him into pieces and he died an ignominious death. Even the Gods were more shocked to see him losing than feeling sadness for his death, and, though the Greek Gods wanted to avenge him, it was more to redeem themselves for the humiliation of Poseidon's defeat than for any genuine love for the guy.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Deconstructed. He always consistently thrusts his spear to pierce his opponent and doesn't change his approach, which ends up getting him killed.
• Blood Upgrade: His response to Kojiro drawing blood on him is to look at his wounds, whistle creepily, wipe his blood with one hand, pull back his hair with said hand, grin menacingly, and envelops the entire arena with his Speed Echoes to thrust his trident harder and faster.
• Calling Your Attacks: He announces "Chione Tyro Demeter" as he leaps into the air, unleashing an endless barrage of trident thrusts onto Kojiro. Later on, he announces "Medusa Alope Demeter" in a more dramatic way than usual^note The manga uses a spiked, black speech bubble instead of a white one to convey this, while the anime has the V.A. emphasising each word to convey this as he forms a dome of Speed Echoes to thrust his trident in every possible direction. Interestingly, all of his trident techniques (including his unannounced first technique, Amphitrite) are named after his lovers in Greek Mythology.
• Can't Take Criticism: Poseidon gets triggered upon hearing Kojiro remark that his ideal as a God — a being of perfection who has no need for supporters — is "a sad existence". To him, a "small fry" challenging his worldview is unacceptable.
• Close-Call Haircut: Kojiro's first attack slices off some of his bangs.
• Deader than Dead: His eventual fate after dying against Kojiro in Ragnarök.
• Death Glare: When the gods in the crowd start cheering for him after he wounds Kojiro for the first time in the fight, he gives them one Hell of a cold, angry stare that promptly silences them in fear.
• Defiant to the End: To his credit, he goes down swinging. When he loses his dominant trident hand, he just switches to the other. When the other hand is taken off, he switches to his teeth and lunges at Kojiro in a futile effort. When he's left with just his head, he curses Kojiro with his dying breath.
• Disc-One Final Boss: He's this for the first season of the anime, as he's the last god to be fought there, and the only one to be defeated. His death brings hope to humankind, but Ragnarök is far from ending and there are still six more victories to achieve to avoid total annihilation.
• The Dreaded: Everyone is scared shitless of Poseidon, and between his power and sociopathic nature, they are right to be.
• Elemental Motifs: He doesn't use water on his techniques, but the insanely fast thrusts of his trident, coupled with his incredible speed bring to mind phenomena involving water (such as a flood or a whirlpool) due to the ferocity of the attacks and the extensive range they cover due the speed of the god. Poseidon himself is compared with a deep oceanic abyss through the battle, symbolizing how Kojiro never manages to reach the "bottom" (matching Poseidon's power) no matter how many times he tries.
• Even Evil Can Be Loved: Despite being shown as nothing but a sociopath who doesn't care for anyone but himself, both Hades and his servant Proteus end up mourning his death and decide to avenge his death in the seventh round of Ragnarok, the first by competing in the fight and the second by providing the remains of Poseidon's trident so Hades can fuse it into his own weapon.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Poseidon possesses nothing but respect and affection for Hades ever since the Gigantomachy. While he and the rest of his brothers fought the giants in Heaven, Hades secretly went to the other side of Heaven and defeated all of the Titans to prevent his brothers from being killed. Poseidon found the exhausted Hades and learned Hades willingly risked his life against the Titans due to his conviction as the eldest of the brothers. Hades's conviction won Poseidon over and he proudly referred to Hades as his brother and helped him out. It is later revealed that despite looking down on Adamas, Poseidon couldn’t bring himself to kill him. Opting to leave him half dead, knowing Hermes and Hades had the means to save him and then erased Adamas from the records so that Adamas could continue his life under a new identity.
• Evil Is Petty: His reason for killing Adamas and erasing his existence throughout history? All because he feels that his older brother never fits his views of perfection.
• Fratricide: It turns out that Poseidon was not one of three brothers as myth dictates, but one of four— Adamas, a psychopathic Monster Clown god, is this missing brother. Poseidon kills him because he thinks Adamas disgraces the Gods' name for being inferior in his eyes. It is later revealed that Poseidon purposely held back by cutting Adamas in half rather than completely destroying the body because he knew Hermes and Hades had Beelzebub on standby to save Adamas's life. His act of erasing Adamas from history was to allow his brother to continue his life with a new identity as a God of Helheim.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: In a fate mirroring his brother Adamas, Poseidon is killed by having his torso bisected from the rest of his body.
• Hates Everyone Equally: While he feels nothing but disdain towards humans, he also has enormous contempt for his fellow Gods too, considering them nothing but fools who cannot get what makes a God a God. This also extends to his close family, as he didn't have any issue in killing his brother Adamas once he confirmed he didn't meet his expectations of what a God should be.
• Hate Sink: Is pretty much devoid of any likable or redeeming characteristics, making it all the easier to cheer when Kojiro kills him. Downplayed when Hades's past is revealed, as Poseidon is revealed to have some redeeming qualities, such as his admiration for Hades or sparing Adamas's life by leaving him half dead enough for Beelzebub to treat him in time. Even more, it is revealed that his act of erasing Adamas from history was actually so he could live a new life as Adamantine in Helheim, rather than for contempt.
• Humans Are Insects: While nearly all of the gods believe humanity to be beneath them, Poseidon takes this much further in his fight against Kojiro, to the point where he doesn't unleash his full power against him. In fact, unlike with Thor and Zeus who complimented their human opponents, Poseidon dies cursing him.
• Jerkass: Is cold towards everyone and has no compassion or respect for anyone, usually treating those whom he deigns to talk with hate and disrespect.
• Karmic Death: Not only is he killed by one of the humans he despised so much, but the one who killed him was the one regarded as the biggest loser of humankind, adding more salt to the wound.
• Making a Splash: He is the god of the seas, after all, but has only used his ability to manipulate the water in his introduction.
• Not So Stoic: The only times he shows a different face other than a scowl is first when he wounds Kojiro for the first time, showing a sadistic smile and calling him a piece of shit, then, after Kojiro manages to wound him for the first time, he displays one hell of a menacing grin, indicating Kojiro that he was going to pay for daring to slash him.
• Now That's Using Your Teeth!: He holds his trident with his teeth after Kojiro slices off both of his arms.
• Older Than He Looks: Despite having the appearance of a youthful young man, he's older than his brother Zeus, who looks like a decrepit old man.
• Perpetual Frowner: His usual expression is a serious face of disgust towards anyone who dares to interact with him.
• Pragmatic Villainy: It should be noted that Poseidon could've also manipulated the water around the arena to completely drown Kojiro rather than continuing to use the same method of stabbing him with his trident, but since the ruler of the seas views his human opponent to be so beneath him in his eyes, it would be safe to say that a perfect being such as himself shouldn't bother with the effort of using his element.
• Pretty Boy: In contrast to his elderly-looking younger brother, Poseidon is a fair-faced man with curled hair and a toned build.
• Pride: His defining characteristic. For him, a God has to be a perfect being that has no need for human necessities (like followers, wealth, an army…), and he holds great pride in not only projecting this image to others but for other Gods to follow his example. His arrogance is that he never goes serious on a "lowly human" like Kojiro, not even bothering to use his water manipulating powers at any point of the fight. This proves to be his downfall.
• Profane Last Words: "You… you… fucking piece of shit…"
• Prongs of Poseidon: Being the Trope Namer himself, the God of the Seas has a trident as his personal weapon.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Has this dynamic with his rival Kojiro. Poseidon is the cold, serious, and unfriendly blue, while Kojiro is the outgoing, cheerful and friendly red. This is further reflected in their clothes. Poseidon wears blue battle armor, while Kojiro possesses clothing with calid colors such as red and yellow.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Compared to his younger brother Zeus, he's serious, cold, despises drawing the attention of "lesser beings" and couldn't care less about having a good battle, while Zeus is emotional, Hot-Blooded, likes attention, and loves a good fight.
• Sinister Whistling: Poseidon has the habit of whistling before attacking, which unnerves anyone near him.
• The Sociopath: He cares for no one but himself, never respecting or acknowledging his older brother even as an infant, killing him for being an embarrassment, and afterwards, made sure that he was forgotten throughout history.
• Underestimating Badassery: Poseidon doesn't take Kojiro seriously, even though his opponent demonstrates the ability to simulate his own attack patterns thousands of times and react accordingly, no matter the amount or speed of his attacks. Believing that Kojiro is nothing but a lowly human, he goes easy on him and, throughout the fight, he limits himself to throwing his trident at him and little more. However, Kojiro soon proves to be more than a match for him, and not even after he manages to cut off one of his arms does he change his battle strategy. Poseidon underestimating Kojiro's dynamic fighting style proves to be his undoing.
• Undignified Death: Unlike the other losers of the matches of Ragnarök (such as Lü Bu, Adam or Heracles), who went out with honor and even were recognized by their opponents after their deaths, Poseidon was butchered like a fish, had his corpse cut into pieces, died cursing his rival, and Kojiro ended up feeling pity for him due to his disdain towards his followers rather than feel honored to have fought against the strongest opponent he met in his whole existence, being happier for the fact that he won a real battle for once. So much for the "perfect God".
• Unskilled, but Strong: While the rest of the gods are generally Strong and Skilled, Poseidon's pride in the belief that, as a god, he is automatically perfect means that he never bothered to hone his skills, instead choosing to rely on his natural strength. This belief ultimately ends up biting him in the ass in the end.
• Villainous Valor: While the most unpleasant and unlikable of the already villainous gods, Poseidon remains Defiant to the End in his contest with Kojirou, not letting the loss of one, then both of his arms stop him from trying to fight on with the head of his Wrecked Weapon in his teeth, finally spitting out a Dying Curse at his killer moments before his death.
• Weapon Specialization: Being Poseidon, he's the only fighter that is shown to use the trident as his preferred weapon. In order to make him look more unique and to drive home his status as God of the Seas, his trident is designed with an aquatic motif, having a dark blue handle, fins, and three wavelike blades.
• When All You Have Is a Hammer…: When it comes down to his fight against Kojiro, Poseidon's method of attack is to always consecutively thrust his trident forward to pierce him. If that doesn't work and he later gets serious? Use more speed in his attacks to overwhelm him, rinse, and repeat. It basically screwed him over in the end.
• When He Smiles: Hades’ love for his brothers is enough to even make Poseidon give a genuine smile to his older brother, surprising Hades.
• The Worf Effect: His loss and death at the hands of Kojiro is the turning point for the gods to realize the reality that they could lose in Ragnarök.

Heracles

Heracles

Pantheon: Greek

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese), Shohei Komatsu (Japanese, as Alcides), George Newbern (English), Yuri Lowenthal (English: young)

The Envoy of Justice

^{Click here to see his Twelfth Labour}

"Sorry to disappoint, but even if I am to die here, I'm not going to give you the show you're expecting. I fear only one thing. And that is the day where I part with justice!"

A former human named Alcides who became a demi-god after drinking from the blood of Zeus, now holding the title of Greek God of Fortitude. The most righteous God and one of the few deities who advocate saving humankind, though he fights for the side of the Gods. Among the Gods, he's the fourth one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Jack the Ripper.

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• Adaptational Heroism: Similar to some adaptations, this version of Heracles is far from how he was portrayed in the myths and is a straight-up bonafide Ideal Hero among the gods and humanity.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Compare to the myths where he accidentally kills close friends and innocent people for simply being too close in proximity when his temper got the better of him and is willing to go to war over a mere verbal insult, this version of Heracles is a Gentle Giant who takes his newfound godly strength seriously and is always a champion of righteousness.
• Adaptation Species Change: He was born as a human who later became a God instead of being born as a demi-god who later ascended to Godhood.
• All-Loving Hero: He not only possesses a deep love for humanity despite all their flaws but is determined to find a way to save them if he wins, even declaring that he will save even Jack the Ripper himself.
• An Arm and a Leg: Gets his left arm sliced off when trying to block an Improvised Weapon thrown at him by Jack, not knowing that the object is a divine weapon.
• Ancient Grome: In the manga, he's known by his Greek name, but the anime's English dub uses the more popular and well-known "Hercules", which is his Roman name.
• Anti-Villain: He fights for the Gods, who want to end humanity, but is motivated to save humanity even if he wins in Ragnarök.
• The Big Guy: Heracles is huge. Göll is around the size of a human teenager, and Heracles' arm is as big as her whole body.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Though not to the extent of Zeus, his eyebrows are also noticeably thick.
• Blow You Away: The Sixth Labor, the Birds of Stymphalia, allows Heracles to create a large gust of wind with his club. He uses it to blow Jack's Flechette Storm of throwing knives back at him.
• Carry a Big Stick: Carries a club, as in the myths. It becomes something of a Morph Weapon when he uses his special attacks, manifesting the faces of creatures encountered on his 12 Labors.
• Deader than Dead: His eventual fate when Jack The Ripper kills him by impaling his hands through him.
• Deity of Human Origin: Unlike the myths, he was fully human until he drank the Ambrosia.
• Determinator: As Ares can attest, this is Heracles' main trait, whether it'll be upholding his ideals or going through life-threatening situations. Fittingly, he's known as the Greek God of Fortitude.
• Disc-One Final Boss: As Heimdall puts it, he's the representative of the Gods during the last phase of the early stage of the tournament, making him the last big obstacle to beat during the first phase of the tournament.
• Dumb Muscle: Downplayed. Heracles is not stupid per se, but his hot-blooded and honorable personality often makes him act carelessly and charge straight towards his enemies without thinking first, trying to solve things with brute strength alone. This gets him into trouble many times through his battle with Jack.
• Evil Redhead: Greatly subverted. He fights for the side of the Gods but does so with the expectation of convincing them to spare humans if he wins his battle. Other than that, he is a benevolent character and his red hair is more related to the heroic version of the color.
• Face Death with Dignity: When he has the opportunity to take Jack The Ripper out with him to make the match a draw, Heracles instead chooses to embrace him, letting himself die so that humanity can have another win.
• Feel No Pain: Even though his ability slowly kills him (while also causing Heracles an unimaginable pain as the tattoo that marks his usage of the 12 Labours grows and grows) and that he later loses an arm, he continues fighting without even showing the slightest sign that he's suffering from his wounds and power. Fitting for the God of Fortitude.
• Fiery Redhead: Has red hair and is very Hot-Blooded.
• For Great Justice: His one main goal in life to the point Heimdall calls him, the greatest hero.
• Friendly Enemy: Brunhilde and Göll consider Heracles like a brother, owing to their shared status as demigods. Both are left crying when he dies.
• Fusion Dance: His final technique, "Hounds of Hades" sees him perform this with Cerberus to maximize his strength to even greater limits. The catch is that it constantly burns through his life and cannot be undone, making it a Suicide Attack even if it succeeds.
• Good Is Not Dumb: He may be a Hot-Blooded Ideal Hero who fights For Great Justice and can be a bit dim at certain times, Heracles is not unaware or naive of the atrocities humanity is capable of to each other, considering his divine position and responsibility of guiding the righteousness of them himself.
• Happily Adopted: In spite of being born as a normal human being, he was well received by the other Gods and his adoptive divine family is shown to be loving and supportive of him despite not being born as a God. They are genuinely devastated when he dies at the end of his battle.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He could've killed his opponent in order to tie the match, but chooses to die out of love for humanity.
• Heroic Spirit: All. The. Time. He will always take the hardest route in regards to becoming stronger. This trait is further shown near the end of his battle against Jack The Ripper, where Heracles unleashed the final technique that would eventually kill him in exchange for greater power. Thus why he has the title God of Fortitude.
• Honor Before Reason: Heracles is a deeply honorable man that even his last moment could have killed Jack but decided to hug him to give humanity another victory.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: As the paradigm of justice and honor, he is given bright blue eyes (though he is not a fool and is aware of the evil humans can commit). This contrasts with Jack's red right eye.
• Last Episode, New Character: For the anime, Heracles makes a brief appearance at the end of Season One.
• Loved by All: He gets this from both sides, with children clutching action figures of him in the stands during the match. His death causes a lot of tears from humanity and the gods with even Brunhilde crying from his death.
• The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort: He stands still against some of Jack's attacks, thinking he is using ordinary weapons which would not harm a god. He pays for it when he gets stabbed several times and loses an arm.
• Major Injury Underreaction: The only reaction he shows after just having his arm cut is a face of slight surprise, regaining his composure seconds after that.
• Marked Change: His right torso is covered in tattoos marking his accomplishments. Every time he uses one of his Signature Moves, the tattoo expands painfully to cover more of his body. If it grows to cover his whole body, he'll die.
• Meaningful Rename: He was born as Alcides until changing his name to Heracles in respect to Zeus' wife after being adopted into the family.
• Morph Weapon: His club can change its shape to one of the mythical creatures he slayed in his Twelve Labors when he channels their power to perform his Herculean Exodus. The club’s default form is the Nemean Lion, the first Labor he completed.
• The Paragon: This Heracles is the overall representative of goodness and justice for both Gods and Humans. He will do what he must for his people and always believes in the best of Man, even though he knows how cruel they can get.
• Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Interestingly enough, in the Japanese version, his voice doesn't get deeper with age, but rather, it changes from that of a young man to a deeper, adult voice when Alcides drinks the ambrosia and obtains a godly body.
• Red Is Heroic: His hair is reddish and he is undoubtedly the most benign of the Gods. Also mixes this with Fiery Redhead.
• Skilled, but Naive: Heracles is a powerful God with great strength, a more versatile arsenal than others of his kind and with a record of mighty monsters killed by his hands. However, since he always fought his enemies in straight battles of brute strength, he's unprepared for opponents who resort to more complex tactics and fight dirty. As such, he's surpassed and grievously injured by Jack (who is precisely the kind of person who employs the aforementioned strategies) many times in their battle due to his lack of experience against this type of fighter.
• Token Good Teammate: Is the only god who's not a jerk and actually loves Humanity despite being on the side of gods who want to destroy them.
• Transhuman Treachery: Subverted. He became a God to guide humans on the right path, and that hasn't changed in Ragnarök, vowing to win his fight to convince the Gods to spare mankind.
• Unrelated in the Adaptation: He's Zeus' adoptive son rather than his full-blooded one in the myths.
• The Unreveal: As a result of his Herculean Exodus draining his life the more he uses it, he cannot use the entirety of his power, so out of the twelve Labors, we only get to see four (Nemean Lion, Stymphalian Bird, Cretan Bull and Cerberus), with the remaining eight Labors never being revealed at any point. Furthermore, we also never get to see the power of the Cretan Bull, as Heracles deactivates it before he had the chance to use it due having his left arm cut by the clock face of the Big Ben.
• Villain Respect: He's not really a villain, but Heracles has a deep respect for Lü Bu, Adam, and Sasaki Kojiro's abilities and sees them worthy to represent humanity in Ragnarok. He also starts to see Jack as this when the latter continues to fight despite his "cowardly" tactics.
• Warts and All: His proclamation to humanity in Chapter 27. While he's aware of the deep-seated corruption and flaws Humanity as a whole has, he ultimately once was human and holds nothing but unconditional love for it.
• Wild Card: Despite representing the Gods in Ragnarök, Heracles isn't fully on their side and stated to Loki that he's always on the side of justice.

Tropes that apply to him prior to his ascension to Godhood.

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^{Click here to see him as Alcides after he drank the Ambrosia}

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• Adaptational Wimp: In contrast to the myths where Heracles was born as demi-god with a strong case of Does Not Know His Own Strength, Alcides was born as a frail human who doesn't gain his godly strength until later in his life.
• Bully Hunter: He would often defend those being picked on or abused unfairly.
• Barbarian Long Hair: His hair grew long and flowing after drinking the Ambrosia.
• Determinator: Alcides would always do the right thing, no matter how stupid or insane it was. He even faced off against Ares before taking the Ambrosia as he found the Gods' actions are wrong.
• Nothing but Skin and Bones: His original appearance before undergoing intensive training that would lead him into gaining a Heroic Build.
• Sickly Child Grew Up Strong: Much like Captain America, Heracules was born with a very weak body as a mortal, but after years of determination and hard training, he gains a Heroic Build and then comes the event where he drinks the Ambrosia.
• Too Dumb to Live: The narration mentions that Alcides always took the hardest path possible in order to improve himself, sometimes taking incredibly dumb and dangerous approaches to certain situations (such as charging straight at a boar the size of a T. Rex that dwarfs him by a large margin), to the point his best friend Castor even wondered if there's something wrong with him. Fortunately for him, this paid off and he ended up developing a strong physique as a result.
• Took a Level in Badass: His backstory is basically him taking several levels in badassery as his life goes on. He starts as a weak and scrawny kid who, with effort and persistence, manages to become a strong and respected man. Then, after drinking the Ambrosia to stop the massacre that Ares was about to perform in Thebes, he becomes a demigod strong enough to defeat all the invading troops by himself and give Ares a good beatdown. Lastly, after finishing his 12 Labours, he finally becomes a full-fledged God.
• Training from Hell: Goes through this in life as Alcides, with the narration referring to him as someone who always takes the hardest path to achieve his goals. Once we see the results with his muscular build and later with his ascension into godhood, one can say that it definitely paid off.
• You Are Worth Hell: Inverted. After taking the Ambrosia and being accepted for potential godly ascension, he apologizes to Castor and the others of Thebes that he has to "fall to godhood" in order to protect them and humanity. Zeus, on hearing this, amusedly calls Alcides cheeky.

Shiva

Shiva

Pantheon: Hindu

Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Ben Diskin (English), Sean Rohani (English, Season 2), Sergio Moriel (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Soler (European Spanish)

Destroyer of Worlds

^{Click here to see Tandava Karma}

"They believed in someone as stupid and lazy as me. For all 1116 of them... I can't lose here, 'Cos no matter what... I'm the peak of Svarga."

The head of the Hindu pantheon and the god of Creation and Destruction. An arrogant and battle-loving god, he tried to participate in Ragnarok in the early stages, though his first few attempts were unsuccessful. Among the gods, he's the fifth one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Raiden Tameemon.

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• Affably Evil: While Shiva is more arrogant and haughty than outright evil, he quickly comes to respect Raiden's strength and is rather friendly throughout their fight. This becomes a detriment though, as he even allows Raiden several opportunities to either take a quick breather or power up rather than attack while he is wide open, wishing to meet his attacks head-on. He ends up taking a lot of unnecessary damage because of it. This behavior leaves Ares baffled, but Hermes finds it to be a charming aspect of Shiva's character.
• Arc Number: In the past, he defeated the 1116 other gods of his mythology; and he fights for these gods. His match goes on for 11:16 minutes.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: As shown in colour illustrations, his skin is the mythology-accurate blue.
• An Arm and a Leg: Having four arms makes him susceptible to this, as he first loses use of one arm after Raiden crushes it within his grip, and then loses two more when they are torn off by the sheer power of Raiden's forbidden technique after he tries to block it. When he is seen getting treatment later, it is shown the arm Raiden crushed was fully amputated. During the interim between the 9th and 10th Rounds, it's shown that his treatment has allowed him to regenerate his missing arms.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Chapter 37 reveals that he used to be regarded as a lower deity and rose up to become the leader of the Indian gods after defeating the other gods which included his best friend, Rudra.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Or rather, black eye of crazy. The four eyes he has on his face have a normal, white sclera, but the Third Eye on his forehead has a black one, possibly hinting it is the source of his power.
• Blood Knight: The tournament's stakes and excitement have gotten Shiva extremely invested in the fighting. When Zeus forces him to switch places with him, it takes a lot of convincing (read: threatening) for him to back down. Shiva even goes as far as to say that Zeus would have to fight him to take his spot.
• Butt-Monkey:
  • For much of his early appearances his whole screentime consisted of being interrupted and frustrated by the Greek Gods anytime he tried to take part in Ragnarok, to his chagrin. He finally has the chance to prove his strength in the fifth round of the tournament, facing Raiden Tameemon. Even then, he and his fight with Raiden gets slightly overshadowed by the Wham Episode and near face-off of Loki and the Seven Lucky Gods versus Buddha, Sasaki, and Souji.
  • Subverted when he actually wins his match against Raiden, showing WHY he is the top god of the Indian pantheon.
• Dance Battler: Eventually, his trump card is revealed to be the "Hidden Treasure of Svarga", a frantic and unpredictable fast dance that allows Shiva to attack quickly from many different sides, making him able to strike his enemies multiple times without them realizing where the hits come from.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: In the later stages of the fight, Shiva is forced to use his ultimate ability, Samsara War Dance - Ashes, which burns his body at an incredible temperature and increases his physical abilities at the cost of literally burning away his own body with prolonged use. This blowback is referred to as Tandava Karma, referencing the concept in Hindu mythology of Shiva burning away his own body as he destroys the world to rebuild it from his ashes.
• Decomposite Character: Shiva and Rudra are considered the same character in Hindu Mythology. Here, Rudra and Shiva are different characters who performed the same feats together, Shiva only stepping up to his current status when Rudra fights and loses to him. His usurping of Rudra's legend is referenced when his nickname is given to Shiva after losing, much like the rest of the gods they fought and bested. Then again, Rudra was his own god before being absorbed into the canon, so it might be a case of an originally composite character becoming a decomposite.
• Defeat Means Friendship: The opponents that Shiva and Rudra defeated on their ascent to Svarga's peak came to be their True Companions, who followed and supported their journey until its end. The only exception was Rudra himself, who departed from Svarga after his defeat against Shiva, leaving his best friend behind.
• Disabled Deity: Finishes his round with only one of his four arms. The lead-up to the tenth round shows that he's gotten all of his destroyed arms back. Nonetheless, he still won his fight with Raiden using that one remaining arm of his.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Back before Alcides's ascension to Godhood, he considered Loki's suggestion of killing all the humans to be excessive, instead proposing to go to Thebes to "teach them a small lesson".
• Extra Eyes: Possesses five, the two normal eyes humans have, a Third Eye on his forehead and two other more under his first pair. He has those ones closed unless he's genuinely surprised, normally appearing as some kind of Facial Markings when he's calm.
• Foreshadowing: When he was about to face Adam he said that, if he didn't calm himself down, he would turn his rival in a pile of ashes, foreshadowing his fire-based fighting style.
• Handicapped Badass: Even after losing three of his arms, Shiva continues being a powerful fighter and thanks to the dexterity of his legs, he's able to move gracefully despite losing the capacity to punch. He even manages to win his fight thanks to a combination of his Hidden Treasure of Svarga with his Tandava Karma.
• Hellish Pupils: The pupils of the eyes on his face are slitted like those of a snake, while his Third Eye normally takes a horizontal shape, like that of a goat (though it is sometimes depicted as vertical). Like with other Gods, this is likely done to show that he's an inhuman being.
• Hey, You!: Throughout his fight with Raiden Taneemon, Shiva never once refers to him by name and prefers to call him "Human". It's only at the end of the fight when he's fought Raiden to his limits and finally comes to respect him, that he calls him by his full name.
• Kick the Dog: He's the very first god to vote to wipe out humanity in the opening senate meeting, having decided that they're never going to learn or improve themselves and just aren't worth the effort anymore.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: He at first acts defiant to Zeus when he tries to take his turn in the second round of Ragnarok, but after seeing that Zeus is completely serious about participating in that round, he opts to retire and let him fight rather than to confront the God Father of Cosmos. Later he does the same upon seeing the wrath of the Greek Gods after they announce their desire to avenge Poseidon's defeat by sending Heracles as their champion, at the expense of Shiva, who wanted to participate in the fourth round.
• Made of Iron: He takes two direct hits to the face from the superhumanly strong Raiden without taking much in the way of damage.
• Magic Pants: Shiva using his Tandava dance to set himself on fire doesn't burn away his clothing. Taken even further when he activates Tandava Karma and is engulfed by an intense fire that burns away the surroundings. Even his head wrap is burned away, but his pants stay intact while they are dramatically covered in flames.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: In the vein of the Hindu deities, he's portrayed with four arms.
• Nightmare Face: He's shown to be able to make scary expressions by opening all his eyes at the same time.
• "No More Holding Back" Speech: After witnessing Raiden's resolve and seeing his friend Rudra supporting him from the sidelines, Shiva gives a brief speech about all that he is fighting for before activating his most destructive technique to give the battle everything he has. This calls back to his fight with Rudra where he couldn't bring himself to fight all out despite his friend's unbreakable resolve, wounding Rudra's pride far worse than any physical pain. He doesn't repeat the same mistake with Raiden and uses his maximum power against an opponent who is also giving everything he has, allowing them both to have the greatest fight of their lives.
• Playing with Fire: His Tandava technique is achieved when the dancing of the Hidden Treasure of Svarga gets so intense it makes his body burn and combust, increasing the potency of his attacks. It's hot enough to cauterize wounds in seconds after inflicting a deep wound.
• Polyamory: Chapter 32 shows his wife, Parvati cheering him on with his two consorts Kali and Durga. This is mythologically accurate with the manga cutting out that Kali and Durga are aspects of Parvati.
• The Power of Friendship: Shiva weaponizes this trope, as he can imbue his strikes with the spirits of his True Companions to increase his strength.
• Power Tattoo: The tattoos along his arms and hands are revealed to be power markers, ones that Rudra gifted to him after stepping down.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Shiva makes good use of his four arms by attacking Raiden with flurries of punches. Even losing the use of one arm doesn't slow down his barrage as the fight gets more serious.
• Reclining Reigner: Shiva is first introduced in chapter 1 sprawled out on a lavish mattress during the Council of Gods, highlighting his decadent and hedonistic nature as the top god of his pantheon. He is later seen throughout the series casually reclining on whatever he is sitting on. His flashback shows that he had a habit of lounging around even as a low-level deity before ascending to the peak of Svarga, implying it's a habit out of laziness rather than pure arrogance.
• Red Is Violent: Shiva's most destructive ability turns his body red from the incredible heat it exudes, and is depicted with a red aura in the anime.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Shiva had this dynamic with Rudra in the past, serving as the Blue Oni to Rudra's Red. Shiva was a lazy god who had no aspirations beyond relaxing and having a good time dancing, while Rudra was driven solely by his dream, unwilling to grow complacent in his role and desiring to reach the top of Svarga. Rudra convinced Shiva to join him on his journey, and their opposing views came to a head when they reached the top and fought, with Shiva being clearly superior but unwilling to accept his role as leader, while Rudra gave everything he had to win, but was simply not strong enough despite his resolve towards achieving his dream.
• Roundhouse Kick: Shiva's Deva Loka move is a flaming roundhouse kick that he uses in conjunction with his Tandava war dances. He uses this move to end the fight, first splitting apart Raiden's arm and then decapitating him with it.
• Rule of Three: Gets stopped three times in a row by the Greek Gods whenever he tries to take part in Ragnarok before finally getting his chance to fight.
• Super Mode: Shiva's final technique, Samsara War Dance, uses Tandava Karma to increase his body heat until he turns red and improves his physical abilities considerably at the cost of burning away his own body.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: Like Thor and Zeus, his eyes are also golden-colored, though unlike them, he has white sclera save for his Third Eye.
• Technicolor Fire: Shiva's Tandava flames are depicted in a bluish color in the anime, being especially striking in their contrast with the generally red color scheme of Tandava Karma.
• There Can Be Only One: Despite he and Rudra defeating over 1000 Indian gods together, they come to the conclusion that only one of them needs to be on the throne of India. Shiva wins, and receives Rudra's powers.
• Third Eye: He possesses one in his forehead, as he's usually portrayed in mythology. Actually subverted, it would be actually the fifth eye, as he has another pair of eyes under the ones he normally shows. When Shiva activates his ultimate destructive ability, all five eyes are seen dramatically lighting up as his body transforms.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: After being blue-balled thrice in a row, he finally gets a chance to fight in the fifth round. He wins his match against Raiden despite losing three of his arms.
• Villain Respect: After the fight has been decided and Shiva is about to deliver the finishing blow, he genuinely thanks Raiden for allowing them both to have the greatest fight of their lives.
• Wreathed in Flames: The Tandava technique sets Shiva's body on fire from the intensity of his dancing, increasing the power and effectiveness of the Hidden Treasure of Svarga. The Samsara War Dance uses Tandava Karma to heat up his body until it turns red, surrounding his body in flames so hot that they even force a fellow god like Heimdall to flee the arena.

Buddha (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Buddha

Pantheon: Buddhist

The Honored One

"The only one who can push me around in all heaven and earth... is me."

The Buddhist Demigod of Enlightenment and founder of Buddhism. He is chosen as the participant of Round 6, but in an unexpected move, he chooses to fight for humanity's side rather than the gods.
For more information, see The Einherjar

Bishamonten (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Bishamonten

Pantheon: Shinto

Voiced by: Akihiro Tajima (Japanese)

Heavenly Executioner

"Never forget, that traitors will receive... divine punishment."

The Japanese God of fortune in war and battles, and the leader of the Seven Lucky Gods. He was set to participate in Ragnarok at first and does indeed comes for Round 6, going against Buddha. However, something unexpected happened...

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• The Assimilator: Rather than fusing with the other Lucky Gods in a more traditional way, he absorbs them from the back of his back. It is hinted by the appearance he takes after fusing with each god that he adopts their abilities, though Zerofuku resembles a younger version of Bishamonten rather than any of the other six.
• Badass Armfold: It's his default position, staying like that during the whole battle of Buddha and the Einherjar against Loki and the other Seven Lucky Gods. He only drops it twice, the first for a few panels where Zeus and Odin appear to stop the brawl, after which he resumes while leaving, and the second when he and the rest of the Seven Lucky Gods enter the ring and fuse back into Zerofuku.
• Best Served Cold: After Zerofuku divided himself into the Seven Lucky Gods, the other six wanted to take revenge on Buddha immediately. Bishamonten, however, tells them that was not the right moment yet before leaving, indicating he was waiting for the perfect moment to execute his revenge. He finally gets his chance in Ragnarök.
• Body Horror: The way he fuses with the other six Lucky Gods is by absorbing them into his body, with each god absorbed rapidly changing his body to nearly grotesque levels before they return as Zerofuku.
• Cool Mask: Sports an extremely intimidating mask that helps build him up.
• Cool Ship: He makes his entrance into the arena on board the Takarabune, the mythical flying ship piloted by the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese folklore.
• Deader than Dead: He dies for good along with Zerofuku and the other Lucky Gods after Buddha kills Hajun at the climax of the sixth fight.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Though he takes his job as the Executioner of Heaven seriously, he's against senseless killing.
• Fusion Dance: Right before his battle against Buddha, he fuses with the rest of the seven lucky gods to return as Zerofuku.
• Horned Humanoid: While easy to confuse with some head ornament at first, he sports a pair of black horns around his head that he retains as Zerofuku. The horns are in truth a fragment of Hajun implanted into Zerofuku by Beelzebub a long time ago.
• Judge, Jury, and Executioner: He along with his other six subordinates acts as the personal executioner from Heaven, judging those who dare to betray the gods. Despite this role, he is against needless violence towards those who haven't been judged and stops Ebisu from picking a fight with Jack.
• The Leader: As the god of fortune in battle and patron of warriors, he's the leader and most powerful member of the Seven Lucky Gods.
• Martial Arts Staff: The only weapon he's seen carrying is a khakkhara (a Buddhist staff topped with metal rings, sometimes used as a weapon by monks). He doesn't get to use it, however, as he fuses into Zerofuku with the other six Lucky Gods as soon as he arrives at the arena.
• Overly Long Name: Each time he fuses with one of the seven lucky gods his new form is given a name that combines each of the gods that is a part of it. After all seven merge together they have the name; Bishamonebisuhoteibenzaitenjuroujinfukurokujudaikokuten.
• Perpetual Frowner: His face remains in a perpetual scowl, which makes him more intimidating.
• The Quiet One: Barely says or does anything during the fight of Buddha, Kojiro, Kondo and Okita against Loki and the Seven Lucky Gods, staying in the background and letting Loki and Ebisu take the initiative.
• The Stoic: He rarely loses his cool, even while in the presence of Zeus and Odin, being the only individual in the brawl of Buddha, the Einherjar, Loki and the Seven Lucky Gods (along with Buddha himself) who doesn't shit his pants under their intimidating aura. In fact, in a series where Not So Stoic is constantly in use, he remains stone-faced till the end.
• The Unreveal: From dialogues from other gods and the fact he made it to the list of fighters for Ragnarok, he was considered a strong warrior. However, as he fuses with Zero as soon as Round 6 starts, his actual power as Bishamonten is never revealed.
• Walking Spoiler: Albeit not as bad as the cases of Zerofuku and especially Hajun, getting too much information about him can give away the fact that it's not him the representative of the gods for the sixth round, but his original self.

Zerofuku

Pantheon: Unknown

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (Japanese), Meli Grant (English)

God of Misfortune

^{Click here to see his pre-corruption look}

"There's no way... It can't be real, right? I went through so much... Trying to take away their misfortune. Why... Why... Why... Couldn't I make them happy...?"

A God of Misfortune and the original form of Bishamonten and the Seven Lucky Gods. A bloodthirsty combatant who wants nothing more than to humiliate and kill the one person who showed him up: Buddha.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: Despite dying with dignity and without regrets, Buddha mourns Zerofuku's death after destroying Hajun due to the senselessness of his death and the fact that Zerofuku never got the chance to fully embrace his newfound happiness. Zerofuku's former human followers also mourn his death in the stands, particularly grieved by how they took him for granted after everything he had done for them.
• Ambiguous Situation: After being swallowed by Hajun, nothing about his current status is confirmed, with not even Hajun himself knowing what happened to him after being absorbed. As the fight goes on, Buddha seems to believe he's still alive due to Hajun using the "Divine Retribution" Catchphrase that he used. However, Hajun then reveals that he consumed Zerofuku entirely, keeping his status even more questionable. At the end, however, is revealed Zerofuku is very much alive, using his soul to connect with Buddha and form a Volund with him so he can keep fighting Hajun after his original weapon gets destroyed. Sadly, with the death of Hajun, Zerofuku eventually ends up dying for good.
• Ax-Crazy: The first thing he says when he emerges in-stadium is pondering how he wants to introduce the concept of killing the Buddha. When the actual fight starts, things get even worse. Funnily enough, he uses an axe as his weapon.
• The Berserker: His fight style consists of wildly swinging his Misery Cleaver to the enemy without any kind of strategy or ruse, keeping attacking savagely until landing a hit.
• Bishōnen Line: The huge and imposing Bishamonten takes the form of a youthful yet eerie looking kid as Zerofuku after taking some grotesque forms while fusing with the other Lucky Gods.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Once he snapped, Zerofuku's eyes became this, signifying his descent to depravity.
• Body Horror: He forms his axe, Misery Cleaver, from his body by grotesquely drawing out a large chunk of flesh from his back.
• Borrowed Catch Phrase: He retains the Seven Lucky Gods' use of the term "tenchu" (divine punishment).
• Canon Foreigner: Although the manga attempts to use syncretism to argue that there plausibly could be an eighth god of fortune, Zerofuku is a character created for the manga and there are no signs of his existence in mythology.
• Dark Is Evil: Contrary to his past self of fairer hair and normal eyes, his current version has dark parts of hair, his eyes now feature black sclera, he got black marks around his eyes and hole and uses misery as his main source of power.
• Deader than Dead: Since his soul is still connected to Hajun's body, he ends up dying alongside the demon and the Seven Lucky Gods at the end of Round 6, being erased from existence forever.
• Dying as Yourself: As he dies and his existence vanishes forever, he appears in the form of his younger, innocent self, rather than in his corrupted, hateful form, showing he finally moved on over his hatred and grief and finally experienced the happiness he always desired.
• Empathic Weapon: His axe absorbs misery around it, including Zerofuku's, to make itself larger.
• Even Evil Has Standards: His crusade to kill humans stopped before it even began, as he prevents himself from killing a mother and her child by ripping himself into seven.
• Evil Is Bigger: Inverted. Unlike the towering Bishamonten, Zerofuku, being a child, is actually shorter than his opponent Buddha.
• Evil Is Petty: Weaponized. His pettiness ensures that even the smallest missteps and misses will enhance his Misery Cleaver.
• Eyes Do Not Belong There: His Misery Cleaver is revealed to have eyes on its shaft. The worst part is that they appear to be moving and looking in many different directions.
• Facial Markings: He has two thin black stripes coming under his eyes, along with the root of the kanji for fortune (福) on his cheeks.
• For Happiness: He loved all the Earth's living beings, wishing for their happiness and attempting to grant it by taking the source of their ills away. Unfortunately, he didn't understand that taking away situational misfortunes didn't make the people he helped spiritually fulfilled.
• Go Out with a Smile: Before vanishing forever to Niflhel, he gives Buddha a huge, happy smile lacking any trace of hate and misery, passing away as he was before being corrupted.
• Green-Eyed Monster: The main reason behind his feud against Buddha is the jealousy he feels after he, a former human, was able to do the job given to him in a more effective way.
• Heel–Face Door-Slam: Just when he manages to revert to his benevolent old self thanks to Buddha making him realize he needed to love himself, his horns turn into dragons and swallow him into an egg-shaped cocoon, leaving way for Hajun to take his place in the sixth match. Fortunately, his spirit persists to help Buddha win the round, solidifying his return to good just before he dies for good with Hajun's death.
• Horned Humanoid: He has two small horns shaped in a disc position. They are in truth a fragment of Hajun that was attached to his body after Beelzebub dropped it next to him when he was sleeping. As soon as he's defeated by Buddha in Ragnarök, the horns turn into a pair of eastern dragons and engulf him to make way for Hajun.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: His appearance is explicitly shown in the anime's promotional material, despite his place on the roster being a surprise in the manga proper.
• Morph Weapon: His Misery Cleaver is able to change its shape according to what Zerofuku is feeling. As such, the cleaver is able to adopt many different forms, from a much bigger version of the original axe to a huge blade with several spikes protruding from it.
• Nightmare Face: Compared to Bishamonten, when he first appears, he's sporting what can best be described as a rather creepy Slasher Smile. He later displays a wide range of disturbing expressions both during his flashback and during the fight against Buddha.
• Not Quite the Right Thing: As a young god of fortune, Zerofuku wanted nothing more than to bring human beings happiness, which he did through immense self-sacrifice, drawing all the human misfortune he could into himself so that he alone suffered. But, tragically, being a god who was never a human being, Zerofuku did not understand that simply living lives of ease and pleasure isn't what really makes humans happy, and seeing the people he'd once helped fallen into hedonistic and cruel decadence drove him to despair, before the Buddha showed up and showed him up by demonstrating the way to true happiness.
• Person of Holding: After becoming Zerofuku, he draws a massive axe, Misery Cleaver, out of his body to fight Buddha with.
• The Power of Hate: His main ability allows him to absorb all the misfortune around him to power up his axe, including his own. As an individual with such deep hatred for Buddha and who generates a lot of misery just from things as simple as not hitting his enemy with his attacks, he can power up his Misery Cleaver so much it increases its size to gigantic proportions.
• Psychopathic Manchild: After all these years, the Zerofuku that emerges for the tournament is still that frustrated child from millennia ago who can't let go of his grudge. He literally draws power from throwing himself a self-pity party. This is a deliberate contrast to his opponent, the Buddha, who is repeatedly compared to an adolescent, but who has deep and abiding inner wisdom backing it up.
• Rage Breaking Point: While he was upset that his fortune couldn't truly make people happy, what really broke him was the fact that a human could so easily bring happiness and personal fortune to his followers when he could not do the same. As a god, no greater humiliation could be met.
• The Resenter: His main motivation to participate in Ragnarök is to get back at Buddha for leading humans into happiness better than him, waiting centuries to have his chance.
• Sanity Slippage: Before being corrupted, Zerofuku was a sane and sweet deity. His current misfortune-induced self pretty much threw his sanity down the drain.
• Seven Deadly Sins: He expels seven essences of misfortune, each named after one of the Sins after he awoke to his malicious side. To represent this, he has seven beads in his hair, each with the kanji for the seven sins written on them.
• Tragic Villain: Zerofuku isn't a bad person deep down, he just didn't understand the humans he was trying to help through self-sacrifice and took the Buddha's sincere offer to help him entirely the wrong way, leading him down to despair. Tellingly, it's implied part of the reason the Buddha fought for humanity in Ragnarök was to have a second chance to get through to him and save him, which is why the Buddha is so angry and offended by Hajun intervening and why his joining forces with the Buddha through the Volund ritual rattles Hajun so badly, leading to the monster's defeat and his own posthumous salvation.
• Unknown Rival: To the Buddha. Even when he was split into the Seven Lucky Gods, his seething hatred for the Buddha was carried by them to the present.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Probably the god who best exemplifies this trope. Zerofuku possesses both a lot of raw power and a weapon that can become so big it could probably hit most of the contestants of the tournament without problem, thus he doesn't really need complex strategies to fight. This however ends up biting him in the ass while facing an opponent like Buddha, who not only can predict his wild attacks but also has the means to counter them. As a result, he never manages to land a hit on Buddha until the very end.
• Unusual Ears: His ears have a very long inferior lobe, ironically giving him a similar appearance to the one given to Buddha (his opponent) in real-life portrayals.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: When he was still a young god, he was cheerful, all-loving, and self-sacrificial. He helped any misfortunate person he came across, taking all of their misfortune energy into himself.
• Villainous Breakdown: While he's not mentally stable by any means when Buddha goes to avoid all of his attacks while hitting him constantly in Chapter 46, he really loses the little sanity he has.
  Zerofuku: Dammit! Miss! Miss! Miss! Miss! I just keep missing!
• Walking Spoiler: His inclusion on the roster at all spoils the fact that Bishamonten isn't going to be fighting in the tournament... at least, in the traditional sense.
• What Have I Become?: As mad as he was when he decided to turn his back on humanity, enough of his conscience remained to split himself up into seven pieces before he could hurt anyone. Upon the split, one of the first things the seven mentions is how he doesn't get like that often.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He was once a benevolent, sweet and caring divinity, but the result his actions brought to humans and the realization that Buddha (a human) did a better job bringing happiness to people than him turned him into a depraved figure.

Hajun

Pantheon: Buddhist

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Michael-Leon Wooley(English)

Demon Lord of the Sixth Heaven

"Pitiful. Giving divine retribution to insects like you as you squirm trying to fight back against a supreme being as I... feels so unbelievably refreshing!"

One of the demons of Buddhism and the berserker of the Netherworld. Appears mysteriously after Zerofuku gets redeemed by Buddha, devouring the God of Misfortune and replacing him for the sixth round.

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• Ambiguously Related: The recounting of how Hajun self-destructed under his own power suddenly sounds very familiar when the history of the Primordial Gods is brought up later in the story, who suffered the same thing...
• An Arm and a Leg: His left forearm is cut deeply by Buddha's Salakayas, and Hajun later tears it off below the elbow so he can transform it into a large sword.
• Ax-Crazy: Though initially calm and collected, after that facade breaks Hajun reveals himself to be a deranged and unstable being more akin to a wild animal than to a sapient being.
• The Berserker: As his growing fear of Buddha takes a toll on his sanity, Hajun abandons any attempt at strategy or finesse and becomes a crazed monster that attacks his rival nonstop, barely caring about defending himself and only centering in crushing Buddha like a bug. This proves to be a fatal mistake, as his lack of concentration on anything else is what allows Buddha to dodge his Blaze of Glory and then finish him.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Following the footsteps of his predecessor Zerofuku, his sclera is also black-colored.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: The first weapon he forms out of his arm is an arm blade that extends from his wrist, apparently imitating Buddha's Akshaya.
• Blood Knight: Apparently, he doesn't know the exact purpose of his existence. He deduces it's probably to test his powers, proceeding to fight against Buddha to prove them. He gets ecstatic when he lands a hit on him.
• Borrowed Catch Phrase: He takes the "Divine Retribution" phrase from Zerofuku and the Seven Lucky Gods, but after managing to wound Buddha for the first time, he uses it all the time like a broken record, likely to show his superiority to his opponent.
• Casting a Shadow: According to Brunhilde, Buddha is able to predict the future by noticing fluctuations of the soul, seeing the movements of the light of every creature. Hajun's soul is so immersed in darkness that it effectively renders Buddha's Eight Consciousness useless.
• Cool Sword: In the late stages of the battle, he rips off his left arm and fashions it into a great sword with the tip shaped like a hand. It is powerful enough to not only cut the blade of Buddha's Six Realms Staff's fifth form; Salakayas, it destroyed the Six Realms Staff entirely.
• Dark Is Evil: Brunhilde describes his soul to be so dark that it nullifies Buddha's clairvoyance ability due to its lack of light.
• Defiant to the End: After being cut into two, knowing he's done for, he turns his severed arm into a tendril-like appendage to take his enemy with him. Fortunately for Buddha, Hajun starts dying before the appendage lands on him, so the demon disintegrates and Buddha ends up living.
• Demonic Possession: Appears to do this to Zerofuku by inserting an enlarged pair of horns that were off of Zerofuku's original self then emerges from his body in the form of two dragons, and then encasing him in a scaled spherical cocoon before bursting out from it.
• Diabolus ex Nihilo: Hajun bursts into the story with no prior hints at his existence, and the only elaboration is provided by characters appearing after him, and even they don't know everything.
• Didn't See That Coming: In a last attempt to defeat Buddha, he uses his Blaze of Glory technique, and at first it looks as if he fatally cut Buddha in two. However, is quickly revealed Buddha predicted his attack and what Hajun cut was an afterimage, prompting Buddha to deliver a true fatal blow to Hajun with his new Zerofuku-based Volund.
• Dragons Are Demonic: His introduction involves two eastern dragons (with black and white coloration alike) merging with Zerofuku and forming a cocoon, after which he hatches to reveal himself to everyone in the arena.
• The Dreaded: Due to his sudden appearance and terrifying aura, everyone in the audience quickly starts to fear him. He even destroyed half of Helheim a long time ago before disappearing due to his Super-Power Meltdown.
• Eldritch Abomination: Implied, as Hajun's mere presence is so otherworldy that almost no one spectating knew of his existence prior to his appearance in the tournament. The only characters with knowledge of the demon are denizens of Helheim like Hades and Beelzebub, but even they seem to know very little beyond the legend that surrounds him.
• Evil Is Bigger: Unlike Zerofuku, he's way taller than Buddha, in one panel appearing as if Buddha only reaches to his legs.
• Evil Laugh: He lets out a loud, malicious laugh when Buddha affirms Zerofuku is inside him, revealing immediately that he consumed him as soon as the fight started.
• Facial Markings: Like Zerofuku, he has two black stripes going down his eyes, though his stripes also go above them too. Additionally, he has two "V"-shaped marks on his forehead.
• Flat Character: In stark contrast to Zerofuku’s personal growth through his fight with Buddha, Hajun, if anything, regresses. His stoic arrogance cracks as soon Buddha manages to catch up and fight back, eventually giving way to an extremely childish temper unable to comprehend how a “supreme being” like himself could be challenged. Even as he’s dying, he refuses to accept it, launching one last futile attack and impotently declaring himself Demon Lord of the Sixth Heaven as he crumbles to dust.
• Game Face: He initially maintains a stoic and expressionless demeanor while fighting Buddha. It isn't until he manages to injure him for the first time that his face turns into a sadistic grin, revealing a more malicious nature.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: He's finally defeated after being bifurcated by Buddha's Mahapari Nirvana move, though he manages to live long enough to attempt a last attack on his enemy.
• Horned Humanoid: True to his demonic nature, he has a pair of big horns similar to those of a buffalo protruding from his head.
• Horrifying the Horror: His mere presence and aura terrifies the spectators. Even Zeus, who previously cowed Shiva into submission before his fight with Adam, is put on edge by him.
• "It" Is Dehumanizing: The spectators initially refer to him as a "thing".
• Light Is Not Good: In addition to his inherent darkness, both Beelzebub and Hades mention he's also composed of a white light that blends with a black shadow. This is reflected both in his light hair and pale body.
• Lovecraftian Superpower: His main ability allows him to horribly modify his body into different weapons, such as a sword or a drill.
• Man of Kryptonite: Buddha's "Eight Consciousness" is unable to see Hajun's soul, which is shrouded in darkness. Meaning Buddha's unable to see his attacks coming. That is until Hajun starts to fear Buddha, allowing Buddha to see his soul and thus see his attacks again.
• Nightmare Face: Once his stoic facade is broken, he lets out a wide array of disturbing expressions that showcase both his terrifying nature and arrogance. The most noteworthy perhaps is the one he displays when he thinks he has bisected Buddha and won the fight towards the end of the 6th Round.
• Not So Stoic: His stoicism doesn't last much, as he shows a huge mocking grin after he pierces Buddha's Ahimsa.
• Our Demons Are Different: According to Hades, he's a berserker which in the context of the series is a legendary demonic creature that originated from Helheim (the Netherworld) under certain circumstances. Even Hajun himself is unsure of what he is in reality.
• Outside-Context Problem: Everyone is left bewildered by what exactly he is. Not even usually knowledgeable characters such as Hermes, Brunhilde, or Zeus can pinpoint what his true nature is except for a few details, and the only ones who seem to have some information about him are characters related to the underworld, such as Beelzebub or Hades. In fact, not even Hajun himself is exactly aware of his true identity, proceeding to fight Buddha to understand it.
• Pitiful Worms: After seeing Buddha's determination to defeat him, he says that giving divine punishment to pitiful insects that try to oppose someone as supreme as him feels refreshing.
• Psychopathic Manchild: As the fight goes on and he regains his personality, Hajun begins behaving like a rotten child on a power trip, something that Buddha points out when he declares that Hajun's inner strength is inferior to Zerofuku's.
• Shapeshifter Weapon: After taking out Buddha's left eye he transforms his right arm into an unusual axe-like weapon with the axe blade near the elbow and a sword blade further down his arm.
• Slasher Smile: After breaking his stoic persona, a mocking, wide grin becomes his default expression to show his arrogance.
• Super-Power Meltdown: Rather literally. This is how the original Hajun died as his body could not withstand his overwhelming power and began to melt, break apart, bloat up and finally explode.
• The Stoic: Appears to be more similar in personality to the quiet Bishamonten than to the deranged Zerofuku, calmly announcing to Buddha he will receive divine retribution. He quickly loses this as soon as he gets the advantage on Buddha.
• Taking You with Me: Attempts to kill Buddha after he dealt the killing blow and Hajun laid on the ground, his body cut into two. Hajun's body, however, breaks down before he can harm Buddha.
• This Is a Drill: By using his body manipulation ability, he's able to turn his arm into a gigantic drill known as "Heaven Piercing Demon Drill". It's strong enough to easily pierce Buddha's shield Ahimsa.
• Walking Spoiler: An even bigger one than Zerofuku. If learning about Zerofuku's existence before Round 6 spoils you about the true fighter of the gods for that round, knowing about this guy before the sixth battle spoils you of the twist that the fight doesn't end with Zerofuku's redemption.
• Villainous Breakdown: Once Buddha starts catching up to him and predicting his moves, he quickly loses his cool and becomes more reckless and savage in his frustration that someone else is able to match his power. This leads to his defeat as it allows Buddha to use his Combat Clairvoyance on him, thanks to his fear of Buddha opening up the darkness of Hajun's soul.
  Hajun: Damn it… Damn it… Damn it…!! Just what the hell is he?! He was at death's door!! His power was utterly spent, was it not?! How is he not afraid?! How is he not pleading for his life?! How… how can he smile? How… How… How can he still stand against me?!
• Yin-Yang Bomb: He's a being originated by the union of a white light with a black shadow through unknown means, resulting in a demonic entity of legendary status in Helheim known as a "berserker".

Hades

Hades

Pantheon: Greek

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese) J. Michael Tatum (English)

King of the Underworld

"I only did what was right as the elder brother by watching over my brothers' back. Poseidon, I swear that I will not lose to anyone. As the elder brother, I shan't be defeated."

The Greek God of the Dead and King of the Underworld, and the older brother of Zeus and Poseidon. He generally remains within his domain and rarely makes appearances in the Heavens, but he travels to the arena after the third round, arriving during the sixth round to provide commentary. Though not originally a Ragnarök participant, he decides to participate in Round 7 to fill the vacancy left by Buddha and to avenge the death of his brother Poseidon, going against Qin Shi Huang.

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• Adaptation Deviation: His realm is referred to by its Norse name of Helheim rather than the Greek underworld, an effect of all the hells and underworlds of the various mythologies coexisting in a similar manner to the Heavens.
• Adaptation Personality Change: Choosing to join the tournament to avenge Poseidon's death is something of a departure from Hades' classical personality, who was typically dismissive of his relatives at best and resentful of them at worst.
• Affably Evil: While Zeus can come off as Faux Affably Evil and Poseidon doesn’t even try to be polite, Hades is easily the most genuinely personable of Olympus’s Big Three despite his no-nonsense demeanor. He remains dignified and respectful in most of his conversations and openly admires Buddha’s strength despite his betrayal of the gods. When his turn to fight comes, he makes a point to tell Qin Shi Huang that he has Nothing Personal against him, even sincerely complimenting his opponent's moves throughout the fight.
• Avenging the Villain: After remaining a mere spectator through Round 6, he decides to fight in the 7th fight of Ragnarok after Buddha manages to turn the score in favor of mankind to avenge the death of his brother Poseidon in Round 3.
• Big Brother Instinct: His page quote says it best. Hades' character is defined by his willingness to risk everything he has to watch over and protect his brothers and, failing that, to avenge them. His benevolence and sense of duty are such that even normally apathetic or ill-tempered gods, such as Poseidon, Beelzebub and Adamas admire and respect him. His protectiveness is not limited to his biological brothers either, as Ares declares him the "Elder Brother of [the] Gods" and near the end of the round, the gods who were fearful of him at the beginning of the fight were proudly cheering his name as he gained the advantage.
• Boring, but Practical: While his fighting style is notably simple consisting mainly of strong, singular thrusts and slams, especially compared to his opponent's Qi Sight and martial arts, his strength, tactical ability and sheer skill with his bident still puts Qin Shi Huang on the defensive multiple times throughout their fight.
• Blow You Away: Along with Razor Wind, his technique Persephone Roa is shown to create a small whirlwind around him.
• The Coats Are Off: He removes his impeccable suit just before entering the arena, showing he's ready to give his everything in the fight.
• Deader than Dead: Ends up losing to Qin Shi Huang at the end of R7, disappearing into the nothingness of Niflhel.
• The Dreaded: Ares immediately cowers in his presence and offers his seat up without protest when Hades asks for it. Every other god also reveres him to the point they immediately stand up as soon as he walks into the arena, and Heimdall mentions while introducing him how even fearsome monsters such as Cerberus or Typhon become docile in his presence.
• Early-Bird Cameo: He is first mentioned and shown during Poseidon's introduction in Chapter 14, though his hand is all that is visible. He later makes his proper, full appearance in Chapter 50.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He loves his brother Poseidon dearly, as one of the reasons why he leaves Helheim and comes to Valhalla was hearing the news of his demise and later decides to participate in the seventh battle of Ragnarok after the human side manages to match up the score again in Round 6 in order to avenge his death.
• Everybody Hates Hades: Completed inverted; Hades may be feared, but he's also respected and revered for being the most reliable god around. The sociopathic Poseidon genuinely looks up to him, and in defeat, he is given respect by the opposing human and Valkyrie sides, with the gods and his brothers devastated by his death.
• Eyepatch of Power: He wears an extravagant eyepatch over his right eye. It seems to be purely cosmetic, as he crushes it in a fit of anger while declaring his intent to avenge Poseidon's death and participate in Ragnarok.
• Facial Markings: A vine-shaped tattoo can be found on the left side of his forehead. He also appears to wear another floral one on the right side, but is partially covered by his eyepatch.
• Fusion Dance: Not him per se, but before going to fight Qin he fuses his bident with what remains from Poseidon's trident (given to him by Poseidon's servant Proteus), adding the fins of the trident to his weapon. This fusion is more done for symbolism than to gain power, as Hades wants to enact his revenge with something which belonged to his deceased brother.
• Graceful Loser: Though he dies with regret after failing to avenge Poseidon, Hades still feels greatly honored to have fallen in battle against someone he considers a worthy king.
• Grin of Audacity: Before Ragnarök, Hades sports a grin as he deals the decisive blow^note if you look closely at the way he holds his bident, he's using the Persephone Titan technique to win his duel against Beelzebub, launching the Lord of the Flies out of the king's chambers.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Hades' decision to infuse his blood into his divine weapon to strengthen it is what directly leads to his defeat. Imbuing his lifeforce into the bident essentially turns it into a Living Weapon, one which possesses a "star" that Qin can target with his Tortoise Ripple attack, allowing Qin to weaken Hades' weapon enough for it to be destroyed.
• Mighty Glacier: Much slower than his brothers, Hades makes up for it with jabs so powerful that even the air it pushes away can deal major damage to Qin.
• Mr. Exposition: He shows up in time to provide an explanation of the demon Hajun's origins, which also conveniently explains how the Underworld works for the readers.
• Mystical White Hair: His white colored hair combined with his youthful appearance makes him stand out as a god against the human Qin, who has realistic black hair in comparison.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Unlike Poseidon, he starts his fight by throwing strong attacks against his opponent at the very start, trying to kill him as soon as possible.
• Nothing Personal: Tells Qin moments after their fight begins that he doesn't hold anything against him, but he has to kill him to avenge his brother.
• Older Than They Look: He looks much younger than his little brother Zeus.
• One-Hit Kill: Contrary to Poseidon, who is able to unleash a flurry of fast blows with his trident, Hades' techniques are multiple heavy jabs with his bident that are so strong it's implied Qin would die instantly if they land on him.
• One-Man Army: During the Gigantomachy Hades goes to stop the Titans escaping Tartarus alone to prevent the Titans from attacking Heaven at the same time the Giants are attacking. Hades wins.
• Perpetual Frowner: Albeit not as much as Poseidon, he nonetheless remains a serious character with a cold stare and a no-nonsense demeanor. The only times he's seen smiling is when something amuses him.
• Pet Monstrosity: As in Greek mythology, the monstrous, three-headed Cerberus is his personal guard dog that protects the Underworld. Cerberus had appeared in the series long before the proper introduction of its owner, showing up in Chapter 28 to empower Heracles as he uses his Twelfth Labor. It is shown once again as the realm of Helheim is explained in Chapter 50.
• The Power of Blood: AB Type. His blood (known as Pluto Ichor) allows any divine weapon that gets drenched with it to become stronger and develop a new, more powerful form thanks to Hades imbuing his life force onto it. The downside of this technique is that since Hades literally uses his own life to reinforce the weapon, if he abuses the ability he’ll get drained and will die. In his fight against Qin Shi Huang, he uses this ability to turn his already impressive bident into a bigger, more powerful spear known as Ichor: Desmos.
• Pretty Boy: Like his brother Poseidon, he has the appearance of a handsome young man as opposed to his younger brother Zeus' decrepit and old look.
• Razor Wind: The thrusts of his bident are so powerful that even the wind created from his attacks can slice opponents, which is how he draws first blood against Qin Shi Huang.
• The Reliable One: He is called “The god other gods rely on the most” due to his hard-working nature and strength.
• Rule of Three: The third of the officially recognized brothers of Olympus to be introduced in the story. After unveiling his Ichor: Desmos, he launches three Ichor: Eos attacks against Qin. The first breaks through his Heavenly Hand of Defense and injures his left shoulder. The second manages to sever Qin's left arm completely. The third is successfully stopped by Qin, using a combination of his Tortoise Ripple, Heavenly Hand of Defense and Goujian Sword, and its power is turned against Hades, destroying Desmos and killing him.
• Scary Stitches: If you look at his neck, you will notice his head is sewn to the rest of his body by some stitches.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears an immaculate and fitted suit that contrasts with the more traditional outfits worn by most of the other Greek gods. The suit doesn't make part of his battle outfit, as he removes it right before entering the arena to fight Qin Shi Huang.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: He looks exactly like Poseidon but with different clothes, an eyepatch and a slightly different hairstyle.
• Walking Spoiler: Due to his sudden debut, along with the reason why he arrives in Valhalla and his posterior inclusion in the roster, it's hard to talk about him without mentioning many spoilerific events, such as Poseidon's death, Buddha's defecting to the human side or Hajun's sudden appearance.
• Weapon Specialization: Apart from being the only fighter that is shown to use the bident as a preferred weapon^note For bonus points, the bident is associated with the god himself in Greek Mythology, Hades's bident has a unique design, with two spiraled and intertwined prongs. It gains finlike parts after Hades merges it with the severed head of Poseidon's trident (which has the finlike parts). Lastly, his bident can be upgraded into a more powerful great spear named Ichor: Desmos via his blood.
• Worthy Opponent: While initially dismissive of Qin due to his anger over Poseidon's death, he ends up developing respect for his conviction as a fellow king and his skills as a warrior. Towards the end of the fight, he claims to be "proud... to have been able to fight [him]".
• You Remind Me of X: Upon asking Qin what it means to be a king, his answer causes Hades to break into a fit of uncontrollable laughter that his opponent joins him in. Hades then tells Qin that he reminds him of his brother Poseidon, who was more fit for the title of 'king' than any other god.

Beelzebub

Beelzebub

Pantheon: Abrahamic

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese) Brandon McInnis (English)

Lord of the Flies

"Hurry... Quickly... Please kill me, as brutally and... as hideously as you can."

A sinister god from Helheim with a penchant for science responsible for certain experiments that unfold in Ragnarok. Among the Gods, he's the eighth one to fight in Ragnarok, going against Nikola Tesla.

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• Absurd Cutting Power: Beelzebub's innate ability, Palmyra - Beat of the Devil's Wings, creates high-frequency vibrations that he can manipulate with his body to slice through alloyed steel with his bare hands, or imbue into his staff to turn it into an effective Vibroweapon.
• Actually Pretty Funny: In his flashback, Lucifer, Samael and Azazel attempted to befriend Beelzebub but failed due to his cold and distant demeanor. At least until Azazel passed gas at an inappropriate moment which caused Beelzebub to let out a small laugh. This moment broke the tension and allowed Lucifer to successfully reach out to him, letting Beelzebub join their group of True Companions.
• Amplifier Artifact: The Staff of Apomyius is a divine weapon capable of amplifying the vibrations created by Beelzebub's Palmyra ability, gifted to him by Hades during their second meeting. When wielded in his left hand, the staff can increase his defensive abilities, and it strengthens his attacks when wielded with the right hand. When using the Chaos technique, Beelzebub focuses the vibrations of both hands into the staff's skull ornament, creating a concentration of vibrating energy that then violently bursts.
• Animal Motifs: True to his title of "Lord of the Flies" in mythos, he is associated with flies. The big image of a fly can be seen on the door leading to his room, the studs on his collar resemble the eyes of a fly and his vibrations are linked to the buzzing of a fly. After turning Adamas into a cyborg, the mask he received in the process resembles a fly, especially when its opened up.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Seeing how Adamas is still willing to kill Brunhilde (along with Qin Shi Huang) despite that meaning the end of Ragnarok, Beelzebub asks him if he wants to insult the honor and pride of the gods that Hades (whom Adamas wants to avenge) championed by taking the lives of a non-fighter and an extremely wounded man instead of accepting the loss as the other gods did. This shakes Adamas enough to stop his rampage, though not without promising that once the tournament is over, he will kill both the valkyries and the emperor.
• Beelzebub: Considering the ambiguity between the distinctions of gods and demons in the series, this Beelzebub appears to use the godly version of the mythological figure rather than the most commonly depicted demonic one, though he does have ties with the Underworld. It is later revealed that Beelzebub embodies both the divine and demonic aspects of his mythology, being originally worshipped by humans as the god of fertility Baal and feared as the demon Zebul, and is also referred to as the god who fell from the Heavens to Helheim.
• Born Unlucky: In his past, Beelzebub was considered to be Anathema - one cursed by Satan since the moment of his birth. It was said that any gods who got close to him would suffer great misfortune or death, causing him to be isolated for most of his life. Which unfortunately turned out to be true as Beelzebub was in fact Satan all along, with those who grew close to him suffering and dying as foretold.
• Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Ended up forming this type of relationship with Lilith in his flashback. Beelzebub suffered greatly from the trauma of his friends' deaths, and Lilith could gently calm him down when this happened.
• Cane Fu: Beelzebub's divine weapon is a staff adorned with an ornate skull, though he uses it more like a Classy Cane than a traditional staff. He can imbue his vibration ability through it, turning it into a highly lethal Vibroweapon that can slice through superalloy steel like butter.
• Cradling Your Kill: Beelzebub cradles Lilith's lifeless body after she was murdered by his Satan persona, crying uncontrollably after causing the death of another loved one.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The technique known as Original Sin of the Underworld - Number Zero: Chaos is apparently so dangerous that Zeus suffers an uncharacteristic Freak Out and loudly demands that Beelzebub not use it. This is due to a past incident of Hades witnessing the technique's massive potential for destruction and declaring the move taboo in Helheim. The technique itself is also incredibly dangerous to the user, with Beelzebub suffering near-fatal damage and only surviving because of Lilith's blessing.
• Dark Is Evil: His hair, clothes and eyes are predominantly black and, he's a morbid Mad Scientist willing to revive ancient malignant entities just to satisfy his own curiosity.
• Death Seeker: Beelzebub outright states that one of his goals in his experiments is to create something strong enough to kill him. In the past, he had sought out and challenged Hades to a fight hoping that the King of the Underworld would be able to kill him, though the attempt failed.
• Deflector Shield: His Sorath Samekh technique emits an invisible force field of vibration from his staff that can repel attacks.
• Destroy the Evidence: Following the sixth round, he is seen burning all of his research papers on the subject of Hajun and the fragment he implanted in Zerofuku.
• The Dreaded: The gods fear and loathe him due to his association with Satan, as anyone who tries to approach him ends dead sooner or later. It goes to a point that his participation in Ragnarök is seen as a last resort by them if humanity has to be destroyed. The humans don't fare much better, with a lot of them trembling in horror as he makes his way to the arena at the beginning of the 8th battle.
• Ear Notch: His visible ear is thoroughly notched in addition to being pointy, enough that it looks like it's been nibbled on by a rat.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed due to the nature of his curse, but it's clear he has a deep respect and admiration for Hades, despite the cold and professional demeanor he shows around him. Not only did he heal Adamas for him with no questions, but he also considered any possibility of his defeat to be non-existent. Hades' death at Qin Shi Huang's hands is enough to convince him to volunteer for Round 8 and, rather than attempt to satiate his Death Seeker tendencies as he planned, to fight with everything he has in order to get revenge.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Though he also does it for his own amusement with Ragnarök, he does respect Hades's pride and dignity enough to stop Adamas from killing Brunhilde and Goll during the wait for the 8th fight, stating that doing something like that would mean belittling everything Hades stood for.
• Exact Words: A small but critical case of this occurs mid-fight. Lilith's blessing is meant to keep Beelzebub alive in spite of his Death Seeker tendencies, and it accordingly acts up when he charges in against Tesla despite the self-damage he took from his Chaos technique. But when he internally says he's not giving up his life, but rather offering it up on the prospect of victory for a worthy cause, the blessing ceases attempting to impede him.
• Fallen Angel: Beelzebub was once a lonely and misunderstood angel who only desired the companionship of others. However, the loss of the companions he gained and the realization that he contains the world's greatest evil within him caused him to become a cold, unethical and bitter god who certainly lives up to his sinister reputation. Now the only things he desires are the extermination of the human race and his own death.
• Fantastic Nuke: Beelzebub's Chaos technique condenses the offensive and defensive vibrations of both his hands into a central point until it violently bursts in a large explosion that destroys everything in range. Hades branded the move as taboo after witnessing Beelzebub create an explosion so large that it dwarfed his castle in Helheim, and when he uses the move in Round 8, it blows up the platform he and Tesla were fighting on.
• Finger Poke of Doom: Sorath Resh: Satan's Horns, his final attack on Tesla after dodging the scientist's Plasma Pulse Punch: Cross, involves jabbing his index and middle finger into Tesla's heart and amplifying the vibrations to pierce through him completely.
• Flies Equals Evil: As expected from the Lord of the Flies, flies are associated with the more sinister aspects of his character. Beelzebub's devastating Palmyra ability creates a sound similar to a swarm of flies, and flies are present in the aftermath of his transformation into Satan.
• For Science!: His motivation behind the revival of Hajun is apparently to satiate his curiosity about if he could revive the berserker or not.
• Greater-Scope Villain: He's this for the 6th Round of Ragnarök, as his experiments trying to restore Hajun eventually leads to his resurrection in the tournament, and is implied that Hajun's fragment (that he dropped next to a sleeping young Zerofuku) also played a role in Zerofuku's descent to madness.
• Guilt-Induced Nightmare: Beelzebub suffered recurring nightmares where Satan would appear and kill his friends, forcing him to constantly relive the trauma of their deaths. The revelation that Satan was part of him all along paints his nightmares as a manifestation of his guilt.
• Hell Is That Noise: Beelzebub's Palmyra ability emits an unnerving sound like that of a swarm of flies. When using the Chaos technique, the terrible noise is amplified greatly, hurting the ears of many in the audience.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: His hair covers his right eye, though you can get a small glimpse of it if you focus enough. It helps to sell his apathetic and gloomy personality.
• I Cannot Self-Terminate: The mysterious marking that Lilith transferred to Beelzebub's chest before her death turns out to be a blessing which acts as a self-defense mechanism that forcibly prevents Beelzebub from killing himself, which explains how he is still around despite his suicidal tendencies.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: Beelzebub's desire to have friends led to the greatest tragedies of his life, as the friends he did make ended up dying by his own hand. This trauma is what turned him into the monster he is in the present.
• Jekyll & Hyde: Beelzebub has a split personality that is none other than Satan himself, who caused nothing but agony and loneliness for Beelzebub whenever he got too close to others.
• Karmic Death: After his first meeting with Hades where the Lord of Helheim told him to think about how he wanted to live, Beelzebub resolved to invoke this by becoming a cruel and uncaring individual so that he in turn may die a horrible death as penance for the deaths of his friends at the hands of Satan.
  Beelzebub: I thought long and hard... and I had a realization. I must continue to live... bitterly, wretchedly, repulsively, savagely... so that I will then die as horrifically as possible. And then... that shall be my atonement for them.
• Love Makes You Evil: A literal case, as his Satan persona only emerges once he recognizes his feelings of love for others, be it the platonic love he had for his friends Lucifer, Samael and Azazel, or the romantic love that developed between him and Lilith.
• Mad Doctor: In addition to his mad scientist persona, some medical tools can be seen in his room, implying he may be a (nightmarish) doctor too.
• Mad Scientist: Some gruesome experiments can be found in his room (including some grotesque fetuses kept in jars and what looks like a dog with some kind of parasite in the place where the snout should be), indicating he uses science for evil Furthermore, is revealed he revived the destroyed Hajun by some unknown experiment, first cultivating a fragment of the demon he found and turning it into a worm-like seed, then dropping it next to a young Zerofuku, causing the fragment of Hajun to attach to the head of the god in the shape of his horns, thing that would eventually lead to Hajun's revival. His genius is so efficient he was even able to save Adamas's life by turning him into some kind of cyborg.
• Magic Staff: Beelzebub's divine weapon is known as the Staff of Apomyius, which can amplify the strength of the vibrations created by his Palmyra ability. He can use the staff for either offensive or defensive purposes depending on which hand he wields it with.
• Make Some Noise: Beelzebub's vibration ability, Palmyra - Beat of the Devil's Wings, is accompanied by a distinct sound that is similar to the droning buzz emitted by a swarm of flies. He can also manipulate the sound waves given off by the vibrations to form non-physical attacks such as his Sorath Vav technique or create an invisible Deflector Shield with Sorath Samekh.
• My God, What Have I Done?; The realization that he was directly responsible for the deaths of the people he loved broke Beelzebub completely, creating his Death Seeker tendencies to cope with his guilt.
• Nothing Personal: Indirectly says this to Zerofuku after he's used as the vessel for the revival of Hajun. He admits anyone would have been fine for the experiment, but he picked Zerofuku because he was in the perfect state to plant the fragment of Hajun, describing him as "the perfect soil for the flower he wanted to grow".
• Razor-Sharp Hand: Beelzebub's vibration ability, Palmyra, allows him to slice or pierce through people with his bare hands like an ultrasonic cutter. This was his favored method of attack before receiving the Staff of Apomyius from Hades.
• Sinister Minister: Despite his involvement with science, his attire is some kind of black clerical robe, giving him the image of a priest. Heimdall later nicknames him the "priest of gluttony" when he arrives at the arena during his fight.
• Something about a Rose: He directly compares his work in reviving Hajun to the cultivation of flowers, holding a rose in his hand as he does so that immediately wilts.
• Tomato in the Mirror: He dedicated his life to hunting down and destroying Satan after finding the only friends he ever had butchered at the evil creature's hands... only to find out he was Satan, in the worst possible way.
• Tragic Keepsake: The Staff of Apomiyus is this for Beelzebub. It was given to him by Hades as a means of encouraging him to live and find meaning while doing so. During and after his battle with Tesla, Beelzebub talks with the skull of the staff as though it were Hades himself.
• Vibration Manipulation: Beelzebub can make his body vibrate at high speeds, allowing him to cut or pierce through anything. He can also channel these vibrations through his cane.
• Villainous Glutton: Beelzebub is regarded as the patron demon of Gluttony in many traditions, with the state of his chamber suggesting an insatiable hunger, although not for food, but for knowledge. He is later seen drinking and eating while commentating on the sixth round, though he does so in a dignified manner rather than the sloppy way typically associated with the trope.
• Villainous Rescue: He saves Brunhilde and Goll from an enraged Adamas when he was about to strike the former for not telling him the location of Qin Shi Huang, whom he wants to kill for defeating Hades. He however doesn't do this out of benevolence, but because if Brunhilde dies Ragnarök would come to an end, and he wants to have more fun with it.
• Villain Respect: Develops some respect for Tesla's ingenuity and perseverance, despite his desire to end humanity. Notably, after fatally wounding him, rather than finish him off, he simply turns to leave and allows Tesla to give a Rousing Speech to humanity when he could certainly have stopped him from doing so. In fact, his encounter with Tesla seems to have given him second thoughts on wishing for humanity's extinction, as he comments that humans and gods aren't so different with a smile on his face.

Apollo

Apollo

Pantheon: Greek

The Bright One

"Alright beauties... As the Sun god, I have no choice but to answer these beautiful cheers!! It's my time to shine!"

Often referred to by his epithet of "Phoebus", The Shining One, Apollo is the Greek God of the Sun, archery, youth, light, athletics, boxing, music, law, prophecy, medicine, aversion of evil, disease, the performing arts and several other domains. He is revered by most in the Heavens for his strength and beauty but is considered an eccentric even by the standards of his fellow Olympians. Among the Gods, he's the ninth one to fight in Ragnarök, going against King Leonidas.

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• Agent Peacock: A very beautiful Fashionista with a big ego that tries to pull Ares into the baths with him in his Establishing Character Moment, but no one doubts his abilities even after the defeat of three Greek gods so far in Ragnarök, not even Zeus. He ultimately proves his prowess by winning over Leonidas.
• An Arm and a Leg: Downplayed. Apollo has his shooting arm damaged when Leonidas manages to parry one of his arrows of light back at him. While this forces him to abandon his use of the bow, he still opts to use this arm in his final attack and, while it is mangled further, he successfully breaks Leonidas' defense.
• Beauty Is Bad: He has a major fixation on beauty. He's also one of the Gods fighting for humanity's extinction. Subverted with the reveal of his backstory. He firmly believes that true beauty lies in hard work and determination, extending praise to both the monstrous Python and his opponent Leonidas for their dedication to battling him without backing down. It's further revealed that he does not actually look down on humanity and that the phrase attributed to him, "Know thyself", is not a warning but rather an encouragement to strive for self-improvement. As his match goes on, it becomes apparent that he's not fighting to end humanity but to continuously improve himself, believing that he will become more beautiful through it.
• Boxing Battler: Being also the God of Boxing, Apollo utilizes out-boxing techniques and fast footwork in his fight against King Leonidas.
• Energy Bow: Apollo's Great Bow fires arrows of light.
• Fair-Play Villain: Despite dominating his opponent in close range by darting around him with superior boxing footwork, he hears the complaints of Leonidas' supporters calling for him to fight his enemy head-on and decides to answer their challenge, drawing lines in the ground to limit his boxing range to only fight directly in front of Leonidas.
• Femme Fatalons: His gauntlets have pointed nail guards at the ends.
• The Fighting Narcissist: Apollo is a Long-Haired Pretty Boy who considers himself to be the pinnacle of beauty, surrounds himself with a crowd of beautiful women and dresses in extremely extravagant robes. He is nonetheless said to be very strong by Zeus and had no problem evading attacks from the much larger and more physically imposing Ares and Leonidas.
• Great Bow: The final form taken on by Apollo's divine weapon is that of a massive, shining bow that stands taller than Apollo himself, created through his ultimate technique, Moonlight of Artemis.
• Hidden Disdain Reveal: After spending most of the fight complementing Leonidas to show himself as a good sport, after some prodding from the Spartan king, Apollo does admit he despises him just a bit. However, this is what enables him and Leonidas to finally understand each other and conclude the other is a worthy opponent worth all their mettle, and even upon winning, Apollo has nothing but respect for him and his Valkyrie partner in the end.
• Human Cannonball: Or rather, a godly arrow. Apollo's last gambit, Argyrotoxos, involves him forming a pointed gauntlet on his right arm and shooting himself out of a massive bowstring constructed by "Artemis" right at his target, increasing the force behind his almighty punch. It ultimately succeeds at overpowering Leonidas' Phalanx Lambda and punches a hole through the Spartan's abdomen.
• Light 'em Up: As the God of the Sun, he can produce gleaming light as seen in his entrance for Round 9. He can form light itself into fine threads that he utilizes as his divine weapon, the Threads of Artemis, which are bright enough to hurt the eyes of anyone who looks upon them. His supreme technique is to concentrate light into arrows that, when fired from his bow, behave like lasers, moving at high speeds and burning through any target.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His extremely long hair is tied back into at least a half-dozen perfect, long locks, giving him the appearance of having the world's fanciest mullet or a trail of peacock tails.
• Master Archer: Apollo is the God of Archery, after all. By using his gauntlets to create a Humongous Mecha depicting Artemis, he can have said mecha construct a golden bow taller than he is and use that bow to fire arrows of light that move at high speeds and burn through anything they strike. With his Apollo Epicurious attack, he can fire dozens of these arrows at a time and manages to inflict multiple wounds on Leonidas, who finally stops the barrage by deflecting an arrow back to damage his shooting arm.
• Master of Threads: Apollo's divine weapon, the Threads of Artemis, is a length of fine string made of light that he can use in a variety of ways. He can use his threads to defend, make a pair of gauntlets to box with, entangle his opponent, or bolster his punch. His ultimate technique with these threads is to construct the Moonlight of Artemis, a towering automaton crossed with a sewing machine that can create constructs on a larger scale than Apollo can do alone.
• Mirror Character: So far, Apollo is perhaps the god who has the most in common with the Einherjar; like those of them who pushed themselves beyond their limits, he became a master of many areas through perseverance and determination. In fact, his Moonlight of Artemis, summoning a massive statue of a goddess to make him bigger weapons, brings to mind the Einherjar fighting alongside the Valkyries who take the forms of weapons.
• Naked First Impression: His very first appearance has him enjoying an outdoor bath along with some female admirers, much to Ares' chagrin.
• The Nicknamer: Appears to be one based on the colorful names he gave to his fallen fellow Olympians Poseidon, Heracles and Hades.
  Apollo: Posei, Justice-Boy and Big Bro Haddy...
• Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: The Polite Villain. Apollo berates Leonidas for his lack of tact, more focused on beauty and self-image than any actual goal. As seen above, he's also a Fair-Play Villain, though this has as much to do with a bruised ego as it is politeness.
• The Power of the Sun: Apollo unleashes the full, unbridled power of the sun by shooting golden arrows as swift as the dawn rays. The beam-like arrows burn through anything that's not a divine weapon.
• Precision F-Strike: Apollo finally allows himself to drop an F-bomb to show Leonidas that he understands him now and is taking him seriously.
• Renaissance Man: Fitting with the mythological Apollo's extremely broad portfolio, this Apollo is the god of everything from law to disease to the performing arts to boxing. It's made all the more impressive with the revelation that, rather than being born talented, he achieved mastery in all these fields through a relentless drive towards self-improvement.
• Scars Are Forever: Following his victory in the ninth round, Apollo chooses not to get the scars he gained during the fight healed, instead keeping them as a permanent reminder of both Leonidas and Geirölul.
• Self-Made Man: Apollo used to be a relatively unknown, talentless god who was neither born nor cursed with great power. It took years of gruelling training in many different fields and a firm belief in his ability to self-improve that he became among the most revered gods in the Heavens.
• Super Mode: The Sun Shall Never Set on Me is the name of Apollo's so-called "strongest battle mode". By receiving the expectations of those around him, both his supporter's cheers and the jeers of his enemies, he grows many times stronger and starts emitting light from his own body.
• Unrelated in the Adaptation: It's revealed in his backstory that Apollo is not the son of Zeus in this version. In fact, he used to be a mediocre god who developed all of the skills he is now renowned for and eventually joined the ranks of Olympus through nothing but hard work and determination.
• Worthy Opponent: Ends up seeing Leonidas as this, despite his initial disdain for him. He eventually recognizes that, like him, Leonidas is the type to never be satisfied with how he is now and will push himself to achieve even greater heights. Upon finally dealing him a fatal wound, he praises the Spartan and Geirölul as the "peak of beauty" and holds their bodies respectfully as they fade into Niflhel.

Susano'o no Mikoto

Susano'o no Mikoto

Pantheon: Shinto

The Godslayer

"I am he who created swordsmanship and it has been cultivated by you humans over your long history. But you of this Bakumatsu era stand above all others as those who honed it to its peak to create the "art" known as "manslaying". Which is precisely why I have waited so long, so dutifully, Okita Souji, for this very chance... to fight you!"

The Japanese god of storms and the creator of kenjutsu. Known as Heaven's Strongest Godslayer, he desires nothing less than to see just how far humanity has taken his sword style, holding a particular interest in the manslayers of the Bakumatsu. Among the Gods, he's the tenth to fight in Ragnarok, going against Souji Okita.

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• Abdicate the Throne: Susano'o was once one of the three central kami of Japan alongside his siblings Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi and was placed in charge of protecting the earth by his father Izanagi. However, he eventually decided to renounce his position in order to pursue swordsmanship by learning from humans in secret, to the point of willingly accepting exile from Takamagahara. He even left behind his Cool Crown with his sister as a symbol of his abdication.
• Animorphism: One of the few gods in the series to demonstrate the ability to shapeshift into an animal, transforming into a three-legged crow to traverse the world during his study of swordsmanship.
• BFS: His Divine Weapon is the Ame-no-Murakumo, which is initially wrapped in cloth. While appearing as a normal-sized katana in his hands, given that Susano'o is a large individual, it is more akin in proportion to a nodachi when compared to Okita.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: He has thick and bushy eyebrows.
• Cool Sword: Wields the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, which he obtained after slaying Yamata-no-Orochi. Since obtaining it, Susano'o has allowed it to be reforged (by both godly and human master blacksmiths no less) from its original tsurugi (dual-edged straight sword) design into a sleek black katana, rechristening it as the Onikiri-Ame-no-Murakumo, translated as "Heavenly Demon Slaying Sword of the Gathering Clouds''. Unsurprisingly, he considers it to be the most appropriate weapon to fight against the "Demon Child".
• The Exile: After resolving to learn swordsmanship from humans, Susano'o was exiled from Takamagahara by Amaterasu as "punishment" for a god lowering himself to the level of humans. That being said, Susano'o wholeheartedly accepted it and doesn't appear to bear any grudge against his sister for doing so.
• Fanboy: He's a big fan of the Bakumatsu period, as it was the time when mankind perfected the art of swordsmanship. He decides to fight in the tenth round specifically to fight Okita Souji, the strongest manslayer, and requested that the arena be styled after Edo Japan for his match. Upon seeing the Ikedaya building, he gushes over the Ikedaya Incident and how faithful the recreation was.
• Kill the God: He calls himself the "Strongest Godslayer", due to how he killed the evil gods and spirits that once lived in Takamagahara.
• Master of All: With regards to swordsmanship, Susano'o may truly be considered its unparalleled master. Based on his observations, Kojiro, himself a master of practically every sword style of the Sengoku Era, notes that Susano'o has not only incorporated all sword styles into his Shinra Yaoyorozu but has also mastered each and every technique created beyond what any human could accomplish. In the first few minutes of their duel, this ability to instantly defend and counterattack shuts down most of Souji's offense, forcing him to resort to a risky and unconventional stance of his own in order to finally bypass it.
• Master Swordsman: The Japanese style of swordsmanship known as kenjutsu originates from Susano'o, and he chooses Okita as his opponent due to Okita's fellow mastery of the art. Befitting his title as the "Sword God" however, his mastery of the blade goes beyond kenjutsu. Okita and the rest of the human swordsmen in the audience recognize that the very first stance that Susano'o takes once the Ame-no-Murakumo is unsheathed actually embodies the principles of sword styles from across the world. This Shinra Yaoyorozu or "Godly Myriad" is what truly cements Susano'o as the originator of swordsmanship.
• Superhero Gods: In the past, Susano'o was effectively one of these, slaying many monsters throughout Japan in defense of humanity.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: While he was never an especially dour individual even when he was one of the three central gods of Japan, Susano'o used to behave rather listlessly when performing his duty. His attitude changed when he saw a human defeat a gigantic bandit with swordsmanship and learned that humans had developed it thanks to being inspired by Susano'o's own victory over the Orochi long ago. This encounter awakened Susano'o's passion and enthusiasm for what he had created, leading him to become the more relaxed and friendly individual he is in the modern day.
• Walking the Earth: As part of Susano'o's duty as the kami responsible for the earth, he travelled throughout Japan, slaying monsters and other threats so that humans could live in peace. He ended up expanding his horizons after his exile from Takamagahara, journeying around the entire world for centuries, if not millennia while learning all styles of swordsmanship.

Anubis

Anubis

Pantheon: Egyptian

The Ancient Egyptian god of the dead and funerary rites, set to participate in Ragnarok at some point.

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• Cool Helmet: Anubis wears a jackal headress rather than having an animal head like with most common depictions.
• Hellish Pupils: His eyes have slit pupils, adding to his animalistic appearance.
• Large Ham: He has a very loud and bombastic personality, and gets easily excited like a canine would.
• Little Bit Beastly: Unlike common depictions of Anubis as a jackal-headed being, he instead has a normal human body with slightly canine features, such as large fangs in his mouth or long, sharp claws on his hands and feet.
• The Nose Knows: As a canine-like god, Anubis has a keen sense of smell, specifically being able to catch the scent of death from Souji while perched atop a distant roof.
• Savage Piercings: He has facial piercings on his chin and tongue.

Odin

Odin

Pantheon: Norse

Voiced by: Sho Hayami (Japanese), Bill Butts (English), Humberto Solórzano (Latin American Spanish), Juan Antonio Arroyo (European Spanish)

The Supreme Norse God

The supreme God of the Norse Pantheon and Thor’s father. A stoic, cold and menacing deity with the appearance of an old man, Odin is a god of few words and plenty of mystery. He's set to participate in Ragnarok at some point.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Colored manga illustrations show Odin to have light grey hair and a white cloak, both of which are changed to black for the anime. The making-of of the anime revealed that the staff at first wanted to give him his canon colors, but decided to give him black hair and clothes cause they liked how he looked like that.
• Ax-Crazy: Odin refers to himself as both the Lord of Madness and Lord of Rage after Buddha and Beelzebub uncover his intentions, laughing maniacally before he immediately tries to kill both of them.
• Beard of Evil: As usual for portrayals of Odin both in mythology and fiction, this one sports a magnificent grey (black in the anime) beard that serves to portray him as an imposing, sinister being.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: Like his son Thor, his design features a single eye with black sclera and golden-colored eyes.
• Blood Knight: He seems motivated by the opportunity to experience a good battle within Ragnarok, declaring to Beelzebub that he has waited a very long time for his upcoming fight.
• Evil Old Folks: Though not shown as emaciated as Zeus, he's still portrayed as an elderly God and one that wants the extinction of humans.
• Eyepatch of Power: He is depicted as having one, possibly referencing the fact that Odin is often portrayed as having only one eye in mythology. Time will tell if he has hidden something under it or if he wears it because he is indeed one-eyed.
• Hidden Agenda Villain: From the beginning, Odin's motives for participating in Ragnarok have been a mystery, not helped by the fact that he is a man of few words willing to hide in the background, unless absolutely necessary. On the surface, he seems to desire humanity's extinction, just as the other gods do, but he also claims to Beelzebub that the battle is his life-long ambition and that he will not permit anyone to disrupt it. However, it's clear that he has other reasons. It gets even more muddled in Chapter 85, when both Buddha and Beelzebub end up confronting Odin over his involvement in Siegfried's imprisonment and the revival of a so-called "primordial god", respectively. In both cases, he is violently eager to protect his secrets.
• Large and in Charge: One of the most esteemed divine patriarchs, and one of the tallest.
• Laughing Mad: Odin goes into a truly insane fit of laughter once his plan is revealed by Beelzebub, fitting for the Norse god of madness and frenzy.
• Mask of Sanity: Odin's quiet and stoic demeanor is revealed to be nothing but a facade to conceal his seething rage and uncontrollable madness.
• Not So Stoic: After showing some instances of losing his cool through the second and third fight, he finally leaves aside his composed self and shows one hell of a deranged grin in chapter 34.
• Perpetual Frowner: His face rarely changes from a dead-serious expression.
• The Quiet One: He barely says anything, and instead lets his crows talk for him.
• Slasher Smile:
  • Flashes an impressive one in chapter 34 after the battle of Buddha, the Einherjar, Loki, and the Seven Lucky Gods is stopped and them, along with Zeus, return to watch the battle of Raiden and Shiva, for reasons yet unknown.
  • He does this again chapter 85 upon having his real goals possibly revealed by Buddha and Beelzebub.
• The Stoic: Nothing ever fazes this guy, always having the same serious expression on his face. At best, he only shows slight displeasure. Notably, the only two times he expresses true surprise are first when Adam takes Zeus's punch to pinpoint where his opponent was (since he went blind of overusing his power) and later when Kojiro cuts both of Poseidon arms along with his trident.
• Walking Wasteland: He can rot away his surroundings with a thought.

Tropes that apply to Huginn and Muninn.

Huginn Voiced By: Taisuke Nakano (Japanese), Michael Chapman (English), Miguel Angel Leal (Latin American Spanish), Javier Moreno (European Spanish)

Muninn Voiced By: Tomohiro Yamaguchi (Japanese), Ben Pronsky (English), Eduardo Martinez (Latin American Spanish), Jordi Torregrosa (European Spanish)

The talking crows of Odin, that are always by his side. They tend to speak on his behalf, as Odin is normally silent.

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• Mouth of Sauron: As Odin himself almost never speaks, he lets Huginn and Muninn communicate his thoughts.
• Parrot Pet Position: They always appear sit on the shoulders of their master, very rarely leaving them.
• Sidekick Creature Nuisance: They are very mouthy and get on the nerves of other characters often, leading to them getting comically strangled by Loki in one scene.

Loki

Loki

Pantheon: Norse

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese), Ryan Colt Levy (English), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin American Spanish), Alejandro Martínez (European Spanish)

Norse God of Deceit

The Norse God of Trickery and Deceit. Likes to tease both God and humans alike, and seems to respect none of them. He's set to participate in Ragnarok at some point.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Big time. Chapter 85 reveals that Loki has always had an unrequited crush on Brunhilde, to the point that he finally confronts her behind the scenes and offers to convince Odin to spare her once the gods are victorious. When she obviously refuses, he stalks off to his room in Valhalla which is shown to have a life-sized doll in Brunhilde's likeness that Loki fawns over.
• Chain Pain: Uses chained hooks as his weapons of choice.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Fittingly, Loki's appearance is androgynous to the extent that it's hard to tell what he is.
• Hypocrite: He treated Brunhilde and Humanity's efforts as a joke up until Sasaki Kojiro defeats Poseidon, at which point he starts pouting and claims their joke isn't funny anymore.
• Jerkass Gods: Even compared to the other gods, Loki is a truly colossal prick. He actively goes out of his way to tease and piss off his peers, and even as the other gods slowly become fonder of humanity as the matches go on, Loki's respect for them continues to remain nonexistent.
• Lean and Mean: Subverted. While he looks thin compared to the other gods participating in the tournament (who have incredibly muscular bodies), his physique is still toned.
• Murder Is the Best Solution: During the times of Alcides, during the council of the Gods where they decided if to spare humankind or not, he suggests to kill them all as they did with the Tower of Babel, to the disgust of Shiva.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He drops his mocking and playful attitude when Kojiro kills Poseidon, saying that the fact a human was able to slay a God "wasn't a joke anymore".
• Perpetual Smiler: He's almost always seeing with a mocking smile on his face. This starts to change after the deaths of Poseidon and Heracles, where he realizes that the Gods can indeed be defeated by mortals.
• Thinking Up Portals: Loki can teleport between locations by traveling through portals he creates. He also has portals in the palms of his hands to summon his weapons from.
• Transmutation: Loki is seen casually altering the state of two drinking glasses during the second round, changing their shapes to resemble the heads of Zeus and Adam.
• The Trickster: Naturally. His first appears trying to strangle Huginn and Munnin in the guise of Thor. Later, he taunts Heracles about fighting to exterminate the humans he's so endeared to, only to have become annoyed when Heracles remains unaffected.
• Villainous Breakdown: He suffers a wordless one when Buddha declares he will be fighting for humanity, glaring with pure hatred.
• Villainous Friendship: Despite being from different pantheons, he's seen hanging out with the Greek gods without any problem. He's close enough with them to casually sit on the massive shoulder of Ares for much of the fourth round.
• Villain Respect: He ends up developing begrudging respect for Jack the Ripper of all people, after he's unable to see through his trick of letting himself get wounded by the fence to use the blood of his wound as a technique from his Volund, even expressing that, despite being the God of Deceit and Trickery, he was unable to see through Jack's ruse.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like the myths, he can transform into any living being.

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