Ragnarok

**Ragnarok** (神ＶＳ人類最終闘争**ラグナロク**, *Ragunaroku*) is Mankind's final struggle against the Gods. Explained in the Valhalla Constitution, article No. 62, paragraph 15 of the "super special clause," it is a series of one-on-one showdowns between the Gods and Mankind.

The rules are quite simple. Each side picks thirteen fighters, who will fight one-on-one fights to the death and the winning side is the one that gets seven victories first.

If the Gods win the Ragnarok, Humanity's fate is sealed and it will be extinguished. However, if the Humans win, they will gain the right to live for another 1000 years.

As Ragnarok is a battle between souls, those who die in the fights have their souls destroyed and turned to ashes, being impossible to save or retrieve the soul, this impedes the reincarnation cycle, therefore, resulting in complete extinction.

The fights take place in the Valhalla Arena.

## History

As the Gods were deciding on mankind's destruction, Brunhilde took the Humans' side and suggested the start of Ragnarok. All of the Gods rejected the idea until Brunhilde insulted their pride as they agreed. The mere suggestion that they feared direct conflict with mortals caused such anger among the Gods that they decided to accept Brunhilde's proposition, if only to put her in her place. Thus began Ragnarok, the final confrontation between Man and God.

## Rounds

*To see the chapter length of the rounds: List of Rounds*

**Victor**: Thor
**Match Length**: 16 Minutes and 28 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Awakened Thunder Hammer
**Humans** 0 - 1 **Gods**

**Victor**: Zeus
**Match Length**: 7 Minutes and 13 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Fist Strike
**Humans** 0 - 2 **Gods**

**Victor**: Kojiro Sasaki
**Match Length**: 13 Minutes and 7 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Sōen Zanko Banjin Ryōran
**Humans** 1 - 2 **Gods**

**Victor**: Jack the Ripper
**Match Length**: 26 Minutes and 57 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Dear God
**Humans** 2 - 2 **Gods**

**Victor**: Shiva
**Match Length**: 11 Minutes and 16 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Deva Loka
**Humans** 2 - 3 **Gods**

*Interrupted by Hajun*

**Victor**: Buddha
**Match Length**: 21 Minutes and 37 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Mahapari Nirvana
**Humans** 3 - 3 **Gods**

**Victor**: Qin Shi Huang
**Match Length**: 12 Minutes and 57 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Shi Huang Guard and Yan Cut
**Humans** 4 - 3 **Gods**

**Victor**: Beelzebub
**Match Length**: 18 Minutes and 6 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Sorath Resh
**Humans** 4 - 4 **Gods**

**Victor**: Apollo
**Match Length**: 9 Minutes and 30 Seconds
**Deciding Move**: Argyrotoxos
**Humans** 4 - 5 **Gods**

**Victor**: *In progress*
**Match Length**: *In progress*
**Deciding Move**: *In progress*
**Humans** ? - ? **Gods**

## Remaining Fighters

List of fighters who have yet to participate in Ragnarok:

### Gods

* Loki
* Anubis
* Odin

### Humanity

* Grigori Rasputin
* Michel Nostradamus
* Simo Häyhä
* Sakata Kintoki

## Loopholes

As the super special clause was originally added as a joke in the Valhalla Constitution and never meant to be taken seriously, it created loopholes that both teams took advantage or might take advantage of:

* While it's stated that only the fighters and the commentartor can enter the arena, if a new entity appears but it's considered part of the original fighter's body, a long time animal companion for example, it can be allowed to stay and even assist the fighter.
* The teams can switch out their representatives for another, even at the last minute before a round begins.
* It's possible for a team to know which fighter the other team picked before announcing their own.
* There is no restriction on which species should the participants be. Meaning Gods can fight for Humanity, or Demigods and Demons for the Gods.
* A fighter can switch teams should he wants to.
* A fighter can fight more than once.
* Should anything happen to a fighter prior to their fight, their team is allowed to have a replacement.

## Trivia

* In Norse mythology, ***Ragnarök*** is a series of events, including a great battle, foretold to lead to the death of a number of great figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), natural disasters and the submersion of the world in water. After these events, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors. *Ragnarök* is an important event in Norse mythology and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory in the history of Germanic studies.

## References

1. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 6 (Page 4).
2. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 45 (Page 7).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 49 (Page 25).
4. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 8 (Page 4).
5. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 14 (Page 13).
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 20 (Page 23).
7. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 55 (Page 19).
8. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 78 (Page 25).
9. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 84 (Page 25).
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 43 (Page 36).
11. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 44 (Page 18).
12. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 54 (Page 21).