Asura Cryin '

The plot tells the story of Tomoharu Natsume, a young man who entered high school and decided to enjoy life without parental control. And luck smiled at him - instead of a cramped room in a living hostel, he lives in a huge mansion of his brother.

Tomoharu’s biggest difference from other people is that he sees the spirit of Misao, the girl who died three years before.

Key Characters

Tomoharu Natsume ( Japanese. 夏 目 智 春 Natsume Tomoharu ) is the protagonist of the series. His Asura Mechanism is Kurogane, and Belial's Doll is Misao Minakami. First grade high school student.

In the anime: After Tomoharu was transferred to the first world, he, with the support of his brother Natsume Naotaki, improved Kurogane and helped him save the First World from extinction. At the same time, Tomoharu signed a contract with Takatsuki Kanade and received a familiar Persephone, possessing the appearance of an owl and the magic of fire. Returning to the second world, he confessed his love to Canada, defeated Tokyo Kagayaki and prevented the destruction of the worlds.

In the short story: After falling into the second world, Tomoharu decided to settle for a while in the school, where he met Canada and confessed his love to him, but was refused. After a while, Kitsutaka Aki sheltered both of them in her home. Then, meeting with Ania and Naotaka, he learns that many worlds are destroyed due to the deity created by people - Deus. Only the destruction of Deus can save the endangered worlds, so after returning and defeating Kagayaki Tokyo, Tomoharu and Misao go to another space in order to destroy God from the Machine. Before this, Tomoharu confessed his feelings to Canada for the second time, and this time she accepts them, signs a contract with him and calls on the familiar Persephone (unlike the anime, in the novel it is a salamander, not an owl). Judging from the epilogue, the destruction of the worlds has stopped, but there is no direct answer to the question whether Tomoharu and Misao will ever return.

Seiyu : Miyu Irino

Misao Minakami ( 水 無神 操 緒 Minakami Misao ) is one of the main characters in the series. Natsume’s childhood friend, after a plane crash, Tomoharu from the first world turned her into a Belial doll and placed her in Kurogane in exchange for the life of Tomoharu from the second world. Despite the fact that Misao is on the verge of death, she is cheerful and often teaches Natsume.

In the anime: In the end, with the help of a divider created by the sisters of Fortune, Misao manages to separate the soul from Kurogane and she again becomes alive. In the anime, Misao from the First World underwent dematerization and sacrificed herself to the new Kurogana to save her world and the second Tomoharu.

In the short story: Misao in the short story remained a ghost and went with Tomoharu to another world to destroy Deus. Despite this, Tomoharu says that the world means even less to him than her liberation, and he will not stop until he brings it back to life. Unlike the anime, Misao from the First World in the short story became a demon who came to the Second World five years earlier than the main events, and pretended to be the older sister of Misao. With her from the First World, she brought a flash card with unique knowledge, for the sake of which Tokiya launched an attack that transferred Tomoharu, Canada and Aniya to the First World. In the end, Misao of the First World, with her power of Denying God, stopped the launch of Deus in the Second World, but it cost her her life.

Seiyu : Haruka Tomatsu

Kanade Takatsuki ( 嵩 月 奏 Takatsuki Kanade ) is a demon who can control fire. Kanade is the daughter of the head of the Yakuza gang, but she does not approve of her father’s activities, so she lives with her grandfather. Good and very shy. She studies well and cooks, she is in a health club. When, due to the risk of becoming a contract demon for a cameraman, Canada was sentenced to death by the First Student Council, Tomoharu saved her from this fate. Together with him and Misao, she joined the Science Club under the supervision of the Third Student Council, owned by the demon defenders.

In the anime: In the Second World, meeting with Tomoharu, she lied to him about the fact that she had lost her magic, however, during the operation to save the First World, she still used it and was on the verge of extinction. She admitted that she wants to always be with Tomoharu and entered into a contract with him, and then was placed in a preservation capsule.

In the short story: Once in the First World, the soul of Canada was placed in the body of its copy from the First World and was unable to use the power of the demon, while its real body was in the lost Belial Sirogane Doll. Since the demons cannot become Belial Dolls, to support the work of Sirogane, Misao gave part of her soul to him. Thus, Canada of the Second World was temporarily saved from dematerization. During the attack of Darua on Uzushio, Canada returned her real body to help Tomoharu, but spent all her strength and died just before the end of dematerization, having concluded a contract with Tomoharu. The familiar familiar Persephone also went with Tomoharu and Misao to another world to fight with Deus. Even a year later, Canada believes that one day they will return.

Seiyu : Ai Nonaka

First Student Council

Reishiro Saeki ( 佐伯 玲 士 郎 Saeki Reishiro:) is the president of the first student council, brother Reiko, a second year student. The mechanism of Asura is Hisui. Belial Doll - Aine. A very straightforward and serious person from a wealthy family.

Seiyu : Sotaro Morikubo

Reiko Saeki ( 佐伯 玲子 Saeki Reiko ) is Reishiro's sister. It has no Asura mechanism and cannot see Belial Puppets.

Seiyu : Kimiko Koyama

Aine Shizuma ( 志 津 間 哀 音 Shizuma Aine ) is Reishi's cousin, Belial Doll for Hisui. It seems silent and detached due to the fact that she spent most of her soul. In fact, Aine is a very cheerful girl and is similar in character to Misao. Died, helping Reishiro land the plane after the Kagakagari attack.

In the anime: She was on the verge of death and fell victim to the Asura Mechanism during the attack of the Asura Crying on the ship.

In the short story: Unlike the anime, Reiko was not present during the attack and did not see Aine become the Beliale Doll, but Racyro told her that this was the only way to save people who were at that time threatened with death. For their salvation, Aine became the Belial Doll.

Seiyu : Satomi Sato

Second Student Council

Rikka Kurasawa ( Jap. 倉 澤 六 夏 Kurasawa Rikka ) - President of the Second Student Student Council, operator Suisyou. The only operator among those who is not looking for a way to free his Belial Doll is Himezasa. In order to provide Himezasa with treatment, she worked very hard, which is why she developed a strong love of money. After leaving school, she bought a chapel and opened a cafe in it. In the anime, she was blinded in one eye after an attack by Torah.

Seiyu : Eri Kitamura

Xu Mahiva ( Jap. 真 日 和 秀 Mahiva Xu:) - Treasurer of the Second Student Council. A little scattered, twice stayed in the second year. The contractor, his familiar, is Vivian, who looks like a dog and is able to control the wind.

In the anime: He abandoned his familiar, who because of this turned into the Abandoned Child, but then again accepted him.

In the short story: The contractor of the daughter of one of the four strongest families - Kazatoki Miriya. For the sake of her salvation, he betrayed Tomoharu and the Second Student Council, going to the side of Tokyo Kagayaki. Despite the fact that most of the time Mahiva seems awkward and carefree, he is very worried about Miriya and becomes really serious when it comes to her. In the First World, Miriya even had a daughter from him, for the sake of which he dropped out of school and went to work. In the short story, he never abandoned his familiar.

Seiyu : Junichi Majima

Third Student Council

Shuri Kurosaki ( 黒 崎 朱 浬 Kurosaki Shuri ) is one of Kurosaki’s twin sisters. As it turned out, she was just pretending to be Shuri. Deputy President of the Science Club. High school student. One of the most beautiful girls of the school .: Has a huge arsenal of guns (pistols, rifles, rockets), also has various modules (powerful laser gun, Jet Pack).

Seiyu : Rie Tanaka

Ania Fortuna ( ア ニ ア · フ ォ ル チ ュ ナ Ania Forumujuna ) is a demon-devourer of fortune. Wunderkind, younger sister of Christina Fortune. Her bite can take away a person’s luck, and a kiss can give it away. Ania is a foreigner who came to Japan to study Asura Mechanisms. In fact, Natsume Tomoharu of the First World sent her to Japan.

Seiyu : Sayuri Yahagi

Toru Kitsutaka ( я 高 冬 琉 Kitsutaka To: ru ) is the president of the Third Student Student Council. Aki’s younger sister and Tokyo’s childhood friend. Once owned by Kurogane, but after the death of her Doll, Beliala became a former operator, immune to any magic. Very physically strong, expertly wields a sword. Toru is considered the strongest person in Rakuroa, however, according to her own statement, she is actually a very weak person who finds it difficult to make serious decisions on her own. In order to bring her sister back to life, she sided with Tokiya and sacrificed herself to Hagana, but thanks to Tomoharu she was saved from extinction.

In the anime: Admitted that because of her love for Tokyo, she specifically used Kurgane to destroy Aki’s soul. She believed that by doing so he would finally draw attention to her. However, in the end, because of this, everything only got worse and Tokiya became isolated in himself even more.

In the short story: The motives of the Torah in the short story are somewhat different from those in the anime. It doesn’t say directly whether she loves Tokyo, but Tomoharu repeatedly notes that she seems to him to be a very lonely and insecure person who, in fact, does not want anyone to harm. It was she who asked Tomoharu to stop Tokyo if Aki did not.

Seiyu : Yuko Kaida

Tokiya Kagayaki ( Japanese 炫 塔 貴 也 Kagayaki Tokiya ) is the head of the Science Club, the operator of Hagane and the contractor of Torishima Hivako. The main antagonist of the novel and the second season of the anime. Hikkikomori, most of the time is at home and communicates through a plush koala, which is actually his invention, capable of transmitting all five senses directly to the owner’s brain. For the sake of returning to life his beloved, Kitsutaki Aki, was ready to sacrifice the lives of many people.

In the anime: To meet Aki again, Tokiya decides to destroy the First and Second Worlds, and then create the Third. He lures and kills Tomoharu of the First World, and then gets Hagane. before entering the First World, Aniya takes his luck and igniter. Tokiya subjugates Hisui, Bismas, Lord Knight and creates a gap in the gravitational reactor, but Tomoharu defeats him. In the epilogue, he can be seen in a wheelchair next to Toru.

In the short story: For the sake of obtaining unique knowledge of the First World and Hagane, Tokyo planned an assassination attempt on Tamao Minakami (in fact, Misao Minakami from the First World). As a result of this, Tomoharu and Canada of the First World, as well as the Doll of Belilal Sirogane - Shuri Kurosaki, die. When Hagane got out of control, Ania managed to take the igniter from him. In order to find and blame the igniter, Tokia sends the Torah to the First World, and it temporarily takes the body of its copy. During the absence of Tomoharu in the Second World, Tokyo managed to persuade the people of the First Student Council and GD, and also built obelisks in several parts of the city, which, after activation, were supposed to take the lives of millions of people in order to destroy Deus and create a new world. But Tomoharu still manages to destroy his plans, and then destroy Deus.

Seiyu : Shinji Kawada

Takuma Higuchi ( 樋 口 琢磨 Higuchi Takuma ) is a member of the Science Club, a classmate and best friend of Tomoharu. Unrequitedly in love with Reiko Saeki. Very smart and popular with girls, but because of his occult mania people try to stay away from him. His craving for everything supernatural is so strong that when he learned about Deus and the approaching end of the world in the short story, he was only glad that he could witness such a grand event.

Seiyu : Hiro Simono

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