Asura (Asura's Wrath)

**Asura**, also known as **Asura the Destructor**, **The Fallen One**, **God of Wrath**, **Traitor**, **Evil Demigod Who Fell from the Heavens**, **Redeemer Asura** and **General Asura**, is the main protagonist from the *Asura's Wrath* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Once one of the Eight Guardian Generals of Shinkoku Trastrium, Asura was betrayed and killed by his seven comrades. They framed him for the murder of Emperor Strada, killed his wife, and took his daughter away from him. Full of rage and a desire for revenge, he comes back to life with his wrath as his only weapon.

But the object of his wrath is not only revenge, but also the suffering of their world, Gaea. When his anger escalates, his Mantra activates and transforms him into a godly six-armed warrior.

## **Appearance**

### **Video Games**

* Asura's Wrath
* Minna to Capcom All-Stars
* Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
* Street Fighter X All Capcom

## **Trivia**

* Asura was the third youngest out of the original Eight Guardian Generals.
* Asura was the newest of the recent roster of the Eight Guardian Generals.
* Asura bears a striking resemblance to the *Street Fighter* character Evil Ryu, due to them both having red irises, tanned skin, spiky hair and their consistent aggressive face, unlike Evil Ryu, Asura is very compassionate towards his family and humanity and is a Demigod, while Evil Ryu is a cold-blooded Half-Demon.
* Asura has used a move very similar to the Shoryuken when fighting a Gohma Squasher.
* In Hinduism, Buddhism and Indian religions, Asura or Asuras (Sanskrit) is the lowest ranking deity, often associated with various negative emotions such as violence, rage, anger, ego and jealousy. The Asuras are a class of powerful demons, demigods or deities who often seek power and are prominently described as battling the more benevolent, heavenly "devas" or "suras" (gods), being considered the "enemies of the gods/devas" in Vedic and post-Vedic literature. They are also sometimes described as "evil spirits" in some ancient texts. The name "Asura" means "anti-god", "demon", "demigod", "powerful/mighty", "divine" or "titan". The Asuras are portrayed as demonic with various faces and arms, also being constantly angry and wantonly violent, seeking fights wherever they can. They are most notably portrayed as having three faces and six arms. The Asuras are featured in many Buddhist and Hindu cosmological theories; specifically in Buddhism, Asuras constitute the third of the six Saṃsāric realms of rebirth and existence that reincarnation into occurs based on karma gathered in current or past lives. Into the realm of asuras, people are reborn due to actions based on jealousy, struggle, combat, or rationalization in a previous life.
	+ In the interlude of Episode 2: Betrayal and Vengeance, Asura is depicted as a mythological Asura as a fabrication/propaganda made by the Seven Deities.
* Before being changed, Asura's original design greatly resembled Augus. This currently relates to their similar appearance in the story.
* Asura's Mantra manifests in the form of his golden arms. After mastering his Mantra, his arms were covered up to his shoulders in gold. Also, whenever he grows angrier or is empowered by Mantra his arms react, such as during the final confrontation against the Vlitra when Mithra grants him all of the Mantra in the Karma Fortress, transforming him into '**Mantra Asura**'. The only exceptions are when he resurrects after 12,000 years and during the final battle against Chakravartin, as only his hands and partially forearm were covered in gold due to him being in a damaged state.
* While it is stated that the Eight Generals were of the select few demigods able to power up to their level, Asura has the most transformations of all the demigods on Gaea. Not counting his state prior to his revival after 12,000 years, Asura undergoes six different transformations/manifestations of his Mantra of Wrath throughout the course of the story. Also to point out is that he also bears two halos (seen in Episode 1 and 18) one for **Vajra Asura** and the other for **Mantra Asura**. To stop confusion between Asura's Mantra and **Destructor** forms, Destructor is actually an upgraded Mantra form as shown bearing the same arms as Mantra Asura only six this time and the fact that they both share the same halo.
* Vajra is an iconic weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism that possesses the properties of diamond and thunderbolt; indestructibility and irresistible force respectively. Vajra is the heavenly weapon wielded by Indra, the thunder deity and king of the devas, and it is one of the most powerful weapons in Indian religions.
* A running gag in the game is "Press \_ to shut \_\_\_\_ up". You have this option when fighting Wyzen, Augus, and Kalrow. Each time you press the button to shut them up, you will unlock an achievement or trophy that says "Shut Up, Wyzen!", "Shut Up, Augus!", or "Shut Up, Kalrow!".
* The fact that Asura's power increases in tandem with his rage makes his power mechanics the same as the Incredible Hulk from *Marvel Comics*.
* When Asura transforms into his **Berserk form**, he bears a great similarity to Naruto Uzumaki's **Four Tails form** in both physical appearence and personality, in which both were transformed due to them being consumed by their own rage. This is due to CyberConnect2's development with the *Ultimate Ninja Storm* series.
* Asura's Berserker form also bears a strong resemblance to **Gohma Vlitra's Core**, something that Yasha notes.
* It is also notable that he bears a noticeable resemblance to Haseo's B-st form from the.Hack// G.U Trilogy movie, another project by CyberConnect2. It is believed that the character concept was incorporated into Asura's character design.
* Asura, upon the game's release, has been named the new " God of Multiple Arm Attacks, Fighting The Heavens Above, and Rage That Can't Ever Be Stopped." on tvtropes, usurping Sweeny Todd in the category of rage and vengeance. The page humorously states "To this day, no one dares to speak about it, as it was not pretty. Even most of the other violent deities in the house hid in terror after it happened."
* Asura will appear alongside other Capcom characters in the upcoming social game, *Minna to Capcom All Stars*.
* Asura appeared, along with Yasha, as a card in *Street Fighter × All Capcom*.
* Asura's Berserker and Wrath forms are his only transformations where he can't activate his Unlimited Mode.
* Asura appears in *Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition*.
* Necalli from the *Street Fighter* series is similar to Asura.
	+ Both of them have a savage way of fighting.
	+ Necalli's V-Trigger in Street Fighter 5 has him glowing similar to how Asura glows when he's in Unlimited Mode.
	+ Both of them have also grabbed their opponents' faces and has also dragged them while they're on the ground.
	+ Both of them are somewhat gods; in Asura's case, he's the God Of Wrath while Necalli is the Emissary of the Gods.
	+ Both of them are also known for getting stronger when angered.
* Both Chakravartin's and Asura's transformation name have a sense of irony to them. As Asura's transformation name is **The Destructor** but instead protected Gaea and killed Chakravartin **The Creator**.