Read the latest manga Death Is the Only Ending for the Villainess Chapter 105 at Asura Scans. But a mere thing like death cannot keep a demigod like Asura down for long, and quite understandably, he is pissed. Soul Power: How the Seven Deities power up their wave motion gun, the Brahmastra, either through human prayer, or killing the humans and harvesting their souls. Later on, he once again adopts his pre-Kishin appearance. Title Drop: In episode 12, "Gods of Death":Asura: Is this what Gods do!?.. According to Lord Death, Asura was a suspicious individual, as he wrapped himself with a scarf and wore multiple layers of clothes, as well as never trusting anyone, and this paranoia grew into an obsession for power, leading to him even eating his own partner Vajra. Ultimately, however, subverted. See Serial Escalation for a few more details. Flash Step: Displayed by many of the demigods. Orochi: Gohma Vlitra's True form is this, and is probably the biggest depiction of an Orochi to date. The only real odd man out is Yasha, whose Mantra is Melancholy. Mantra Asura is referred to as Prajna (Wisdom in Buddhism) Asura, and Mantra Reactor Asura is just plain old Mantra Asura. Levitating Lotus Position: Chakravartin does this in space, sitting on a nebula, surrounded by galaxies while casually throwing planets and stars as Asura approches him.
The Game is very much one of these to many Super Robot and Fighting Series anime as well, in story and scope. Yin-Yang Clash: Asura the Destructor VS Chakravartin the Creator. Evil Ryu is referred to as Hatred Incarnate, making him strong enough to tangle with Six armed Vajra Asura.
A vast brown abyss with no visible bottom, punctuated with ludicrously tall towers. Death also established Meister and Weapon teams to prevent more Kishin from appearing. As the game goes on, the effects of Burst grow even greater. Finally, at the very end, we get Mantra Asura, who combines the power of a thousand arms into one burly set of punching-tools. Martyrdom Culture: The Seven Deities have cruelly managed to transform their followers into this with villagers begging for the chance to die at their leaders' hands and become Mantra. The episode where he formally introduces himself has this trope as the title, almost word for word (The One Behind the Curtain), though the trope isn't actually used, since he is in no way feeble. They seem to have thrusters on the back for extra oomph. Then at the end upon the assumption of Mantra Asura form. Determinator: - Even without his own arms, Asura still fights on and actually headbutts Yasha, a being who calls himself God, in the face. Most of the deeper lines of Asura's body look like paint and the rings on his back are made into circular protrusions, he bleeds and spits out Black Blood, Wailing Dark starts off intact instead of being broken near the handle and isn't seen to extend before that, etc. Award-Bait Song: "In Your Belief " by Tomoyo Mitani, the same singer of Aura's theme. It should be noted that he's merely an Omnipotent Creator, not a destructor. Genre-Busting: - Along with traditional Beat 'em Up gameplay, there are Rail Shooter elements as well. Faster-Than-Light Travel: Asura in his Destructor form can fly at a rate in which he passes by entire solar systems worth of planets in mere seconds just to fight the final boss in the last episode.
They are activated by the AI, implying his stature as a true God. Beam-O-War: Berserker Asura vs. the Brahmastra. In the anime however, Asura stays with his initial outfit until the end, only briefly adopting the pre-Kishin appearance when he is with Arachne, but even then without his shirts. Sliding Scale of Realistic vs. Rasho-class mooks will frequently come equipped with these. Censor Steam: During the hotsprings scene. Superhero Gods: All the Guardian Generals / Deities in the game. According to Yasha, in 12, 500 years they've harvested seven trillion human souls. Other elements of this include that there are no Action RPG elements like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta have, (like getting new weapons or collecting stuff like a Heart Container), nor is there a upgrade of stats.