Rage of Bahamut: Genesis

Rage of Bahamut: Genesis

Once upon a time, a dragon named Bahamut threatened the world, whose fire burned entire kingdoms. The gods, people, and demons came together to defeat and seal the dragon. Centuries pass, the action takes place around Favaro, a crook and a street robber and Kaisar constantly pursuing him, who is trying to avenge the death of his father. Once a mysterious girl named Amira is announced in the city, asking Favaro to take her to a distant country Helheim, the guy, not taking her words seriously, promised to take her in exchange for a kiss, unfortunately Favaro - Amira turns out to be a powerful demon and casts a spell on Favaro as a guarantee , after which a demonic tail grows on him. To get rid of him, Favaro will have to keep his promise. Later it turns out that Amira is one of two divine keys with which you can resurrect the dragon of Bahamut, so a group of demons led by Beelzebub who announce with the help of the dragon intend to take over the whole world announces the girl’s hunt ...

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10 years have passed since Bahamut was defeated again, the young king Charios XVII, on the bones of enslaved demons, builds a new prosperous state. Nina arrives in her capital for earnings, a young dragon girl and her fate brings Azazel, a terrorist demon trying to free slave demons and preys on slave owners and Mugaro, as well as a mysterious child with the power of an angel. At the same time, Kaisar, a noble knight, is hunting for Azazel, and over time he begins to doubt the world order established in the state. The Angels themselves consider it extremely important to find and catch Mugaro and ask Bacchus for help, in exchange for the opportunity to once again take a place among the gods.

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Favaro Leone ( Jap. フ ァ バ ロ ・ オ オ ネ ネ Fabaro Reo: ne )

Seiyu: Hiroyuki Yoshino

The protagonist of the story, he is also an “ antihero .” A bounty hunter, a crook and a thief, devoid of any signs of conscience and honor. Once upon a time he was friends with Kaysar, but betrayed him by attacking Kaysar's father with his robber father. Although Favaro himself is not very strong, he is a master of deception, which often won the position in battle and defeated the enemy in this way. When Favaro once again lied about the fact that he knew the easy way to the country of Helheim, Anira accidentally heard this and asked to be taken there. Favaro, not taking the girl’s words seriously, agreed to take the girl in exchange for a kiss, but Amira put a curse on Favaro as a pledge, and the devil’s tail grew. Favaro involuntarily began to follow the girl, first trying to kill her, when she loses her vigilance, but over time the main character gets to know Amira better and saves her several times, then he seriously agrees to follow her to Helheim. In the final battle, the head of Bahamut’s dragon pierces and then it becomes clear that it was Favaro who turned out to be the same knight from the prophecy who should overthrow the dragon, but then lose his right leg. In the second season, she is a former teacher of Nina.

Kaysar Lidfold ( Japanese カ イ ザ ル ・ リ ド フ ァ ル ド Kaizaru Ridofarudo )

Seiyu: Guo Inoue

The protagonist of the story, the bounty hunter. Originally from a noble family, he is the exact opposite of Favaro, full of a sense of honor, nobility and pursues Favaro to avenge the death of his father. Once in childhood, he was friends with him, and revealed all the secrets and family wealth, after which Favaro betrayed him and, together with his father, a robber, robbed the cavalry under the leadership of Father Kaysar. Then the father was hanged, and the Lidfold clan was stripped of the title of knight. In the first half of the series, Favaro pursues, followed by Rita, but later Kaisar forgives Favaro and decides to defend Amira. In the final battle, he loses his hand. Restores the title of a knight. After defeating Bahamut, he became general of the Orleans Knights. In the second season he became a knight and serves Charios XVII, but he doubts the correctness of his actions. Accidentally dies at the hands of Azazel and Joan of Arc, covering the king. After all the events, Rita was resurrected.

Amira ( Japanese ア ー ミ ラ A: peace )

Seiyu: Risa Shimizu

The main character, a mysterious girl who decides to follow Favaro, believing that he will take her to Helheim. She is a semi-angel and a demon. Prior to the events, by order of Lavvaleia, she stole the key of the Gods, which merged with her soul. She dreams of going to Helheim to see her mother. In human form, it is very naive and kind to others, but at the same time in a demonic form, it is incredibly strong and ruthless to enemies. Lost one wing while trying to steal the Key of the Gods from the divine pantheon. It later turned out that Amira’s memories were false, but in fact she was the result of an experiment by the demon Beelzebub on an angel girl, after which a particle of her soul, merged with the strength of Beelzebub, turned into Amira. In the end, Amira merges with the dragon Bahamut, which awakens him, and dies with him, having managed to say goodbye to Favaro.

Rita ( Japanese リ タ Rita )

Seiyu: Miyuki Savashiro

A girl who knows the magic of necromancy , once she was the only one left alive in the village, and a necromancer’s book fell into her hands, she began to indulge in her, creating a village of the living dead around herself, also creating the illusion that she was still alive. Kaysar fell under the influence of illusion and almost died. Rita tried to attack the main characters with the help of a zombie, but she was defeated and herself was bitten by a zombie, after which she herself turned into a living dead but thanks to her knowledge of necromancy magic she kept her mind and decided to follow the main characters “for fun”. Despite his attitude to others, he often saves the main characters, including during the last battle. After defeating Bahamut, she became a doctor and cures demons. Saved Azazel. At the end of season two, Kaisar is resurrected from the dead.

Lavvalei ( Japanese ラ ヴ ァ レ イ Rawarai )

Seiyu: Hiroaki Hirata

A knight in the service of King Charios. He pretends to be Amira's father and supposedly defended her when she was in exile. In fact, this is one of the many shapes of the werewolf demon who ordered Amira to steal the divine key and expertly manipulates the feelings of people and demons. He also began to manipulate Beelzebub, who intended to conquer the whole world with the help of a dragon. Invented a potion that can turn people into demons, and so transformed Joan of Arc and Favaro, but Rita returned them to the opposite state. He is ultimately defeated by Favaro through deception.

Joan of Arc ( Jap. ジ ャ ン ヌ ・ ダ ル ク Jiang'nu Daruk )

Seiyu: Megumi Khan

A female knight who received divine blessing and holy weapons from angels, capable of defeating the most powerful demons with one blow. People and Angels were sure that it was Jeanne who was to become the knight of the prophecy, but King Charios was afraid of such success among the people of D'Arc, and was afraid that she might seize power in the country. As a result, the king decides to burn a woman at the stake, but Lavvali “saves” her, turning her into a demon. The transformed Jeanne transfers all her anger to the angels, and kills many of them. In the end, she gets Rita's potion, which turns her back into a person. She had feelings for the archangel Michael. After these events, she was deprived of blessing, becoming an ordinary knight, and enduring contempt on herself, since she is a woman. When Charios the Younger stood at the head of the kingdom, she refused to help him overthrow the gods, for which she was expelled from the city, and where, during one of the prayers, she gave birth to Mugaro at the Immaculate Conception. When Sofiel arrived at her house, fleeing the soldiers of Charios, the soldiers decided that Jeanne was an angel in union and decided to get rid of Jeanne and Mugaro, deciding that they represented a threat to the state. As a result, Jeanne was captured by soldiers and imprisoned, and Mugaro escaped. Later in prison she meets Nina and, upon learning of Mugaro’s condition, she decided to escape from there.

Bacchus ( Japanese バ ッ カ ス Bakkazz )

Seiyu: Hiroshi Iwasaki

The black boss Favaro gives him money for the murdered criminals. Belongs to the race of the gods (more precisely, belongs to the lower caste of black-winged warrior angels) and always moves in his carriage. A chronic alcoholic always appears drunk during the series, with the exception of the last battle. In the second season, it turns out that he is a bounty hunter by profession and has been expelled by the Gods to the earth. Gives shelter to Nina and continues to get drunk. Later, the gods offer him to return to heaven, provided that he finds and delivers Mugaro to them. However, learning about the child, he did not report anything to the gods, for which he was imprisoned by them.

Hamsa ( Japanese ハ ン サ Hansa )

Seiyu: Sotaro Morikubo

The talking duck of Bacchus. Like Bacchus, is a deity. Favaro and Amira constantly hint that they would not mind eating it. In the second season, he is friends with Nina and makes money with her in street competitions.

Azazel ( Jap. ア ザ ル ル Azazaru )

Seiyu: Masakazu Morita

The demon whose task was to capture Amira. It was he who was responsible for the deaths of the fathers of Favaro and Kaisar. I killed the first on the spot, the second for the sake of fun I rigged the execution. As a result of the attack on the castle, he is defeated by Joan of Arc, after which Beelzebub nearly destroys him. After that, it becomes a scapegoat in the world of demons, as once it was defeated by a person. In the end, out of a sense of revenge, he decides in the last battle to help the main characters in the fight against Beelzebub and Bahamut. After the victory over Bahamut, he was hiding from everyone, later, when the demons were exploited as slaves, carried out liberation raids and became known as a bandaged demon. At the same time, he founded a funeral home, in which he cleaned the corpses of the gladiatorial arena. Seeing the power of Nina, he tried to persuade her to his side and involved her in battles. With another attempt to sabotage, he was captured and forced to fight in gladiatorial games.

Cerberus ( Jap. ケ ル ベ ロ ス Karuberosu )

Seiyu: Eri Kitamura

The servant of Azazel, who later betrayed the master after his loss to Joan of Arc. Acts as a spy and does not take part in the battle openly. Likes to talk and play with his puppets in the form of spitz . She loves torture. In the second season, like the rest of the demons, it becomes a slave and pleases customers in one of the bars in Mystarsia.

Pazuzu ( Japanese パ ズ ズ Pazuzu )

Seiyu: Tsuoshi Koyama

Servant of Azazel, a beast-like demon who was subsequently killed by Joan of Arc.

Charios XIII ( Jap. シ ャ リ オ ス 13 世 Tariosu 13-sei )

Seiyu: Tessho Ganda

King of the state where the main action takes place. At first he seems friendly and assigns the title of knights to Favaro and Kaysar, but later he begins to be manipulated by Lavval, who tells the king that Joan of Arc intends to overthrow her and Charios arranges the death penalty of Joan. Later dies in a fire.

Beelzebub ( Jap. ベ ル ゼ ブ ブ Berudzebubu )

Seiyu: Ryuuzaburo Otomo

A powerful demon who intends to awaken the dragon of Bahamut in order to conquer the whole world with his help. Lavaley helps him in this, he is actually the father of Amira, who was born from a particle of the soul of an angel, which merged with the strength of Beelzebub. He was killed in the last battle.

Nina Drango ( Jap. ニ ー ナ ・ ド ラ ン ゴ Nina Dorango )

Seiyu: Sumire Morokhoshi

The main character of the second season of the anime series, a bounty hunter by profession, although she has not yet killed anyone and studied with Favaro. Young girl with short pink hair. Belongs to the race of dragon people, the existence of which few people suspect. For example, Azazel thought she was also a demon. It has tremendous power. Cheerful and frivolous. Can inadvertently turn into a dragon if experiencing a strong libido . Therefore, she avoids close contact with young guys, but after falling in love with a mysterious stranger (dressed as Charios), her interest in unfamiliar men has gone out. She lived with Bacchus and, as a result of cooperation with Azazel, was imprisoned, where she met Joan of Arc and later escaped with her. At the end of the series, she loses her voice.

Alessand Visponti ( ア レ サ ン ド ･ ヴ ィ ス ポ ン テ ィ Aresandu Visupoti )

Seiyu: Kensho Ono

The young knight. He uses the name of his noble family to make his way to the Knights of Orleans. However, the same order, now losing its glory, is the cause of his deep disappointment. Kills Mugaro to get into the squad of onyx knights, but is horrified to learn that they are practically the walking dead in their service, and shamefully escapes. It hurts Diaz. Killed by a little demon.

Charios XVII ( Jap. シ ャ リ オ ス 17 世 Sariosu XVII-sei )

Seiyu: Yuichiro Umehara

King of Mystarsia. A prudent politician, ready to resort to any means if they help to achieve his goal. She is not afraid of either God or the Devil, and therefore uses the forbidden power stolen from the angels. Cruel and ruthless, but at the same time dreaming to give prosperity to mankind and make him strong over gods and demons. He developed a special antagonistic relationship with Joan of Arc, as she is one of the few who did not want to repair his will and periodically visits the prison in an attempt to break the will of a woman and learn more about her child. He likes to dress up as a commoner and walk around the city, so he met Nina and they even started a romantic relationship, but when he found out that she was a dragon and helped the bandaged demon, he imprisoned her. But, despite this, he still showed his feelings for Nina, although he hid it in every way for the sake of her safety. At the end of the story, they dance together in the moonlight in the king’s castle. Due to the destruction of Bahamut, he completely lost his sight.

Diaz Bardolomew ( Jap. デ ィ ア ス ・ バ ル ド ロ メ ウ Diaz Barutoromeu )

Seiyu: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Adjutant at the Orleans Order, providing various assistance to Kaisar. Kind and caring person. Constantly inquires about the well-being of his subordinate Alessand.

Mugaro (El) ( Japanese ム ガ ロ Mugaro )

The lost child accompanying Azazel. Helps in a funeral home. Half-angel and half-man, the son of Joan of Arc, who appeared as a result of the Immaculate Conception, and who lived with his mother for some time outside the city. Initially, he had wings, but Jeanne, in an attempt to hide her son from the soldiers of Charios, cut them off and sprinkled him with the blood of demons, which made Mugaro’s hair darker. At the beginning of the second season, he accompanies Azazel, but later begins to follow Nina, settling in the wagon of Bacchus. She prefers women's clothing, so Nina began to think that Mugaro was a girl. However, when Mugaro finds Sophiel, the gods take the boy to heaven. Subsequently, he escapes from there to the ground thanks to Nina. He dies from the dagger of Alessandra, even though Rita is trying to save him. Buried by his mother. At the end, we see Jeanne and Azazel standing at his grave and looking at the tombstone.

Sofiel ( ソ フ ィ エ ル Zofieru )

Seiyu: Maaya Sakamoto

Angel serving Gabriel. One of the candidates for the great angels. Disguised as a man, she arrived in Mystarsia to find a child. Once upon a time she fled from the knights of Charios and wandered into the hut of Joan of Arc, where she could hide, while the knights turned their attention to Jeanne and her Child. For this, Sofiel is grateful to Jeanne and intends to save her from prison.

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