Asura

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## Profile

He's the most powerful Celestial god of war.
Violent and blood-thirsty, wild and untamed, brave and frank, ferocious and bossy, he used to be the hero, the miracle, and the hope of the Celestial Realm.
He transforms into a diabolical god if he's been fighting a battle for too long.
He was marked as a prince of darkness from birth. And yet he was drawn to the warmth of the holy white light.
But wherever the Mara goes, destruction follows.
People no longer fear Monster-Gods, demons, monsters, darkness, or hypocrisy. Instead, they fear his name - Asura.

## Related Stories

* Abyss Shadows
* Lotus Crown
* "The Return of Mara" Assemble
* "Hell's Dirge" Memory Scrolls
* The Return of the Mara
* Firework Fiesta
* Snow Blessings
* Board Brawl
* Ninja Tricks
* Final Advent

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* Dialogue
* Misc

## Skills

* Normal
* Special 1
* Special 2

Annihilation Flames (紅蓮誅灰)

**Type:** Normal **Onibi:**0 **Cooldown:** 0

*Obey or die.*
Asura weilds Bonelash to attack a single target dealing damage equal to 100% of his ATK.

When Asura KO's an enemy, he inflicts Annihilation on them, then the skill Mighty Crush changes to Endless Slaughter.

Annihilation (誅灰)
**General, Mark**: ATK is permanently decreased by 50%.
*(This effect is represented by a small swirling vortex of ashes underneath KO'd enemies.)*

Mighty Crush (天魔威圧)

**Type:** Special **Onibi:**0 **Cooldown:** 0

*Please me with cries.*
At the start of battle and the start of Asura's turn, he gains 9 points of Sanity. He becomes immune to control effects and similar effects such as Banish if he doesn't have 9 points of Sanity. At the start of each attack, consumes an amount of Sanity equal to the number of enemies he is attacking.

Evolution Effect
If Asura's initial SPD is faster than his target's initial SPD, he deals and additional 10% of damage to them.
Sanity (理性)

**General, Mark**: Max of 9 points. Each point of Sanity that Asura restores, recovers his HP by 8% of his max HP. Asura is suppressed by Sanity, each point decreases his damage dealt by 9%.
Control Effect
Freeze, Sleep, Confuse, Taunt, Silence, Bind, Morph, Daze, Provocation, Deep Freeze, Frostbound, Shadowbound, Fettered, and Ruined are considered to be control effects. The final 8 cannot be dispelled. Frostbound cannot be dispelled or removed.

Endless Slaughter (無間殺戮)

**Type:** Special **Onibi:**0 **Cooldown:** 0

Asura becomes immune to controlling effects and similar effects such as Banish. At the start of his turn, he will automatically use this skill. At the end of another non-summoned allies' turn, restores 1 point of Sanity. If Taishakuten is an ally, then at the end of his turn Asura will restore an additional 3 points of Sanity.

Upon Usage
If Asura doesn't have 9 points of Sanity at the start of his turn, a giant sword will be summoned to attack a random target other than himself dealing damage equal to 263% of his ATK. Then summons a rain of swords to all remaining targets dealing damage equal to 113% of his ATK.
If Asura does have 9 points of Sanity, this skill will change back to Mighty Crush.

Inferno Slaughter (煉獄虐殺)

**Type:** Special **Onibi:**3 **Cooldown:** 0

*Wherever I go, destruction follows.*
Asura plunges into the enemy lineup and summons forth a giant hand to attack all enemies dealing damage equal to 290% of his ATK. Then inflicts a follow-up attack on a selected target until all of his Sanity points are fully consumed, dealing damage equal to 54% of his ATK on each attack.

## Art

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## Bios

ここは天界の最果てにある深淵の地。天人にとっては牢獄のようなところだが、戦いに明け暮れる魔神にとっては楽園だった。
だが今の深淵は、天人も魔神も皆が慄く地獄と化していた。
爆発の轟音とともに、視界を遮るほど強い光が深淵を照らした。
俺を閉じ込めていた結界も、俺の精神体の爆発とともに四散した。
自由を取り戻した俺は、民の崇拝を一身に浴びる新たな王のごとく、血の海に飲まれた数百の魔神を見下ろした。
やがて、爆発に巻き込まれた魔神たちが立ち上がり、罵声を上げる
「阿修羅、精神体を自壊させるとは！自由になったのはいいが、ここがどこだか忘れてないだろうな？」
「ははは、さすがは帝釈天の旧友だ。 勝るとも劣らぬ狂いっぷりよ！」
「数多の悪鬼、魔神がいるこの深淵で、自由のために力を捨てるとは。筋金の入った大馬鹿者め！力と自由の両方を手放しやがって。ククク、てめえはここで死ぬんだ！」
数百の魔神と悪鬼が一気に跳躍し、俺に襲いかかる。血霧の中、俺は微動だにせず、ただただ笑みを浮かべた。
刹那、一匹の魔神が不意に腹を抱えた。そして次の瞬間、その魔神の口から一本の触手が飛び出した。
共食いという外道ですら平然とやってのける魔神たちの、血の気が引くのがわかった。肝が冷えたんだろう。
触手で空を薙ぐ。空中の魔神どもは抵抗する間もなく、体を真っ二つに引き裂かれた。
魔神の残骸が視界一面に広がり、血と肉片が豪雨のごとく大地に降り注ぐ。
血の雨を浴びながら、高いところから飛び降りる。 屍山血河を通り、ゆっくりと別の魔神に近づく。
奴は必死に逃げようとしたが、指一本動かすことさえできぬまま、俺の手によって心臓をえぐり出された。
俺の手には、真っ赤な精神体のかけらがひとつ乗っていた。そう、こいつは俺の力を得ようと貪り食ったのだ。
「そんなバカ…な…」
限界まで目を見開いた魔神は、うめき声をあげたかったようだが、 あごが砕けていてそれは叶わなかった。
かけらは俺の手に吸収され、再び俺の一部となった。
「強ければ生き、弱ければ死ぬ。力がなければ、自由など絵空事にすぎない。感情を持つことなどなおのこと」
「俺も、愛や憎しみ、そして人とのつながりを大切にして、普通に生きたかった」
「だが、それは高望みだったんだ」
暗闇の中、魔神どもが畏怖の視線を俺に投げる。
俺の精神体を喰らった奴らの腹には、うっすらと真っ赤な刻印が浮かんでいた。その刻印は奴らが犯した罪の証だ。
「ならば、俺は魔神の王になろう。この阿修羅が、百の魔神から力を取り戻した暁には、天に返り咲き、人々を虐げたお前を、 今度こそ踏みにじってやる」
「よく見ておけ！燃え盛る深淵の焔が、偽りの天国を、塵も残さず屠る様を！」

The Abyss at the bottom of the Celestial Realm is a prison for the Celestials and an arena of battle for the Celestials and an arena of battle for the Monster-Gods. But I turned it into a hell feared by both the Celestials and the Monster-Gods.
With a loud crackling sound, a bright flare lit up the Abyss. The field that had imprisoned me exploded as my Spiritual Entity was detonated.
I stood at the peak after regaining my freedom and looked down on the hundreds of Monster-Gods drenched in a sea of blood.
The Monster-Gods blown down by the explosion spoke.
"Asura, you destroyed your Spiritual Entity just to regain freedom. But do you still remember where you are?"
"Hahaha, they all say that Taishakuten is mad. You're indeed his old friend. You're even madder."
"The Abyss is filled with demons and Monster-Gods. You give up power for freedom. But you will get neither freedom nor power. For we will tear you apart!"
Hundreds of Monster-Gods and demons plunged at me. And yet they failed to bring me down. In a mist of blood, I laughed.
"Don't you ever mention that name before me. You understand?"
With a finger snap, a Monster-God started to vomit as an arm pierced his chest from the inside. It started to churn inside his stomach. And in an instant, his stomach was cut open. Blood poured out. The Monster-God looked terrified even though he was used to bloody scenes.
As his limbs were swept by, hundreds of Monster-Gods in the air were cut in half through their stomach before they even realized what was happening.
Chunks of flesh and dark blood rained down as their limbs were sent flying.
The blood bath left me feeling satisfied. I jumped down from the peak and walked step by step towards that Monster-God through the sea of blood. He scrambled to escape me. But before he could take a step, my claw pierced his heart.
That crimson Spiritual Entity shard in my hand was the power those Monster-Gods wanted and devoured.
"But... how..." the Monster-God's eyeballs twitched. He tried to wail before he collapsed and died. But since his jaws were broken, he made no sound.
I absorbed the crimson Spiritual Entity shard and made it a part of me.
"The strong live and the weak fall into hell. If you don't have power, freedom is fleeting, let alone love and hate."
"I, Asura, am the prince of darkness. But I don't want to be a monster. I want to love, to hate, to have friends. I used to want to be an ordinary person."
"But now, everything seems to have been in vain."
In the darkness, the crimson eyes of the Monster-Gods looked at me silently in awe. Some of them had a crimson mark on their stomach from having devoured my Spiritual Entity, marking their greed.
"If this is the case, then I will be a god among the monsters! I, Asura, swore to kill a hundred Monster-Gods and take back my power. I will return to the light and trample upon everything that the light owed to the people."
"Watch closely. The fire of the Abyss Prison will burn your hypocrite heaven into dust."
 **Bio 2**
深淵には、想像を絶する秘密が眠っている。
十善業道。それは帝釈天が作り出した、精神体の優劣によって格付けされる制度。
劣等の烙印を押された天人は、罪人として深淵の牢獄に落とされる。
落とされた罪人は、深淵に注がれた霊力によって死ぬことは叶わず、共食いによって飢えを満たすほかはない。やがてやつらは、醜悪な魔神に成り果て、生死のない地獄に永遠に苛まれ続ける。
だが、魔に堕ちやつもいれば、それを拒み続けるやつもいる。魔神に食われる運命を忌避し、俺に死を乞うやつも後を絶たなかった。
その中に、かつての部下たちがいた。
「帝釈天のために尽くした翼の団ですら、劣等だとほざいて深淵に落としたか」
「阿修羅さま、我々は天人のはず。命を賭して戦ったのに、このような地に閉じ込められて、自由を奪われるなどあんまりです」
「深淵には狂ったやつしかいない。弱肉強食だけが、ここの掟だ。外に出たければ、お前たちも魔に堕ちろ」
しかし、彼らは良しとしなかった。
「我々は同族のために、とうに命を捨てた身。ですが、すべての責は卑劣な帝釈天にあります。このような辱めを甘んじて受け入れろとおっしゃるのですか！」
「甘えたことを言うな！ここは広大な地だ。自由と力さえあれば、たとえ魔に堕ちようとも生きのびることはできる！」
部下たちの感情は次第に昂り、泣きわめくやつも出てきた。
「我々は天人です！なぜ魔に堕ちなければならないのですか！魔に堕ちてまで生きる意味などありません！他に生きる道がないのならば、この力を魔王に捧げます！」
俺は驚きのあまり言葉を失った……そして笑みを返した。
「いいだろう。その望み、叶えてやる！」
「俺はお前らの墓となり、お前らとともに生きよう。いずれここを脱し、帝釈天の血でお前らを弔ってやる」
闇の中で高笑いし、仲間だった者たちの血肉を口に運ぶ。
その後も天界から罪人は落とされ続けた。深淵牢獄の囚人の数は増加の一途をたどる。どれだけ罪人の血を飲み、魔神を食らっても、やつらが減ることはなかった。
そうして月日は流れ、ある日のこと。九十九体目の魔神の心臓からかけらをえぐり出した瞬間、すべてのかけらが光を放った。やがて光は一つになり、六本の触手へと変化した。
再生した精神体の力は強大で、遥か彼方の深淵の果てに到達できそうだった！
俺に下った魔神たちは頭を垂れた。そして深淵全土にときの声を轟かせた。
「宿願の成就に祝福を！」
再生した精神体には、中心に心の形をした穴があった。それは俺の胸元にある穴と同じ形をしていた。
最後のかけら、そう、俺の心魂だけは、深淵のどこを探しても見つけられなかった。

An appalling secret lay at the heart of the Abyss.

The Ten Precepts rule was created by Taishakuten. It evaluated the Celestials by their power.

Any Celestial considered low was condemned and exiled into the Abyss. The Abyss Prison filled with spiritual power. The sinners couldn't live or die. All they could do was devour each other until they became Monster-Gods, struggling perpetually in a purgatory of neither life nor death.

Some had already become demons. Others implored me to grant them their death as they didn't want to be a degenerate, and feared that the Monster-Gods would devour them. So I drank the blood of the sinners and fed on the Monster-Gods. But there was a constant stream of sinners coming down from heaven. The prisoners of the Abyss Prison never ceased to increase.

When I pulled out the shard from the ninety-ninth Monster-God, all of the shards turned into spots of light and merged togeher. They eventually formed into six arms. The newly born Spiritual Entity was powerful enough to reach the bottom of the Abyss, which had seemed impossible to reach.

In the Abyss Prison, those Monster-Gods I conquered and enslaved clapped their hands and knelt before me. "Congratulations, Lord Mara, on achieving your desire!"

I reached my hand out to the newly born Spiritual Entity. There was a heart-shaped hole in it that looked quite like the one on my chest. The last Spiritual Entity shard: my Soul. I looked for it in every dark corner of the Abyss, to no avail.
 **Bio 3**
心魂がなければ天人には戻れない。だが、それがどうした！
再生した精神体を地面に叩きつける。突如、激しい揺れが深淵全土を襲った。
地割れが起こる。殺し合いの最中だった魔神たちはよろめき、くずおれた。
天上へとつながる鎖を指差しながら、俺は声高に宣言した。
「欲にまみれた虫けらども！顔を上げろ！」
「お前らの敵は眼前にいる者ではない。真なる敵は天上にある！」
「お前らもかつては同士だったはず。しかし、弱者の烙印を押され、ここで同士討ちををするよう仕向けられた」
「お前らの愚行を、真の敵は頭上から嘲笑って見ているんだ」
「帝釈天は力の名のもとに、力なき者に犠牲を強いた。俺はかつて打倒十天衆を掲げて兵を挙げた。そして、今ここで、帝釈天を倒すことを宣言する」
「賛同しないやつは、この深淵で、いつまでも同士討ちを続けていろ！」
「それ以外のやつらは、跪き、俺の名を叫べ！」
「ともに天界に戻り、真の仇敵を殺し尽くせ！」

俺は魔神たちの反応など意に介さず身を翻す。するとやつらは慌てて動き出し、叫んだ！
「魔王・阿修羅！」
それをきっかけに、深淵の魔神たちは続々と声をあげた。
うごめく無数の魔神たちは地獄の亡霊のようだった。深淵を揺るがすほどの慟哭を轟かせ、黒い波のように押し寄せる。そして俺という希望の光にすがった。
「魔王・阿修羅！」
灼熱の炎、沸き立つ溶岩。力を増した触手。
再生した精神体は覇気に満ちている。深淵を焼き尽くしてもなお、大きな火柱をあげることだろう。
深淵の境界に触手をぶつけ、牢獄を粉々に砕いた。
炎とともに、幾千万の魔神が深淵から飛び出す。魔神たちは光をむさぼり食い、己の怒りを天界にぶつけた。
「生まれた時から、俺は闇の申し子だった」
「俺は最も残虐な罪人。すべてを焼き尽くす業火こそふさわしい」
「まだ見ぬ闇も、俺の焔がいずれ飲み込む」
「光でさえも俺の業火を恐れ、あらゆるものが灰燼と化す。」
「やがて人々は、魔神や悪鬼、闇や偽善を恐れなくなり、深淵の代わりに、俺の名——人々の心に刻まれる。阿修羅と」

Without my Soul, I wouldn't be able to resume my identity as a Celestial. But I didn't care.

I evoked my newly born Spiritual Entity and slammed it to the ground. The whole Abyss started to shake. The ground cracked open. All of the Monster-Gods who were devouring each other stopped fighting and sat on the ground because of the quake.

I pointed to the chains on the wall leading to the exit. "You greedy trapped beasts who know nothing of right and wrong. Raise your heads!"

"Your true opponents are not in front of you. They live above you!"

"They were your brothers when you were in the light. You were condemned because you were weak. And now you are trapped here, killing each other endlessly!"

"I, Asura, once raised an army against the Deca. Now I will raise an army to fight Taishakuten! Those who're not willing to follow me can stay in the Abyss and continue to kill each other. Those who're willing to follow me must obey me and shout my name!"

"Then follow me and fight against your real enemies in heaven to your heart's content!"

The Monster-Gods raised their heads and looked into the light in the distance skeptically. I turned around and the Monster-Gods followed. They cried, "Asura, the Mara!" Hearing the cry, the demons and monsters in the Abyss started to bellow. Countless Monster-Gods emitted a loud and agonized cry like ghosts from hell. Wave after wave, they knelt before me in waves, requesting light from me.

"Asura! Asura!"

Flames burst out from my chest along with molten lava as six stronger arms stretched out. The reborn Spiritual Entity was ever more powerful. The arms destroyed the Abyss and emitted flames that burned even more fiercely.

The arms rushed towards the bottom of the Abyss and tore the whole Abyss Prison into pieces. Following my flame, thousands of Monster-Gods swarmed out of the Abyss and destroyed the light. They fed on the light as the Celestial Realm was devoured.

"Perhaps this is all I ever was. I was the prince of darkness from the minute I was born. I'm the most violent sin. The fire that will consume everything."

"As long as there's darkness untouched by flames, I will keep burning until I reach it, until the light fears to confront me, until destruction follows wherever I go, until no one in this world fears Monster-Gods, demons, darkness, and hypocrisy, and until no one is afraid to speak the name of the Abyss."

"Instead, they will fear my name -- Asura."

## Trivia

* Asura only casts Endless Slaughter if he manages to KO an enemy unit and does not regain 9 Sanity by his next turn. If his Sanity is spent from casting skill 3 but a KO did not occur, then his Sanity points will be automatically restored to 9 at the start of his next turn.
* Asura can play the piccolo.

## Interview with the Design Team

Celestial arc development interview from the official blog, translated and summarised here (credit to 500scnds).

* Asura's contradiction is the choice he must make about who he is (hero of Celestials vs Mara of Abyss). At the end of the story, Asura crushed his Celestial Locus, became complete after stating "because I am only Asura".
* Asura was partly inspired by a historical king.
* Originally Asura had black armor in the story, so the Taishakuten would refer to him as a warrior in black. But later, while designing the art, got rid of armor to make him look more exotic, and settled for clothes that complemented darker skin tones instead.
* Asura's appearance is savage externally, but on the inside he is forthcoming and brave, values friendship, yearns for warmth, is open to his friends, and wants to protect his family. However, his brutal powers will kill all his loved ones. He was born as the Mara in the darkness, but still desired the light, and so filled dual roles of hero and villain.
* Efforts were made to show his strength in battle, how he had an aura of fierceness and valiance. Elements selected were inspired by the "six-armed" asuras in mythology, which was represented by the six tentacles of his Spiritual Entity. Also borrowed from how asuras were considered gods of war and destruction.
* Asura possesses unparalleled power, but what he values most are ordinary and simple emotions. He was always looking for someone who can fill his heart, so this contrast informed his core self.
* Asura's tentacles can shift into various forms, so he often changes them into various weapons to accommodate different situations.
* Asura's third eye can see through all illusions and falsehoods, an invincible buff but with limits. This will play an important role in later plot.
* Taishakuten and Asura's relationship is described as "intimate friendship"; the missing parts of the two are precisely the strengths of each other, they reflect and complement one another.

## Theme Song

* Shares the song Broken Hero with Taishakuten.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Onmyojigame/posts/1251332595324208