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Kouki Amanogawa (
He is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the summoning incident, and ended up in Tortus along with his other classmates. He is somewhat like the leader of the whole class, as most of the students look up to him. This is further enforced by him being bestowed with the rare job as the Hero.
Appearance
Kouki is a typical ikemen (good-looking man), with good looks, athletics, smarts, and a good personality. He has silky brown hair and gentle eyes. His body is toned and slender at about 180 centimeters.
He wears the divine armor along with a white cape that is blue on the inside, white long-sleeved tunic, pants, and gloves all of which are adorned with gold accents.
In the after story, Kouki wears a standard adventurer's getup along with a hooded cloak.
Personality
Kouki is kind, fair, and has an overflowing sense of justice. All these factors mixed with his handsome appearance, makes the vast majority of people consider him a perfect man. In reality, Kouki is a severely flawed man, and although he is not an intentionally bad person, he also cannot in any way be considered a decent person, because what lies beyond says otherwise about him. Kouki is actually extremely arrogant, ignorant, delirious, deluded, hypocritical, childish, spoiled, incompetent, irresponsible, reckless, and with a weak determination whilst being delusional. Kouki believes he is never wrong, and therefore interprets any situation to suit his own personal convenience, ignoring reality as he only wants to see and hear what he wants.
This stems from his childhood. During his childhood he greatly admired his grandfather that would teach him his ideals of righteousness and justice. After his grandfather's death, Kouki held to his grandfather's teachings of ideal righteousness. Even so, the righteousness that his grandfather taught didn’t necessarily recognize good and evil at all. Because of this, Kouki came to think that "if the majority says it's right, then it's right", giving him a rather simplistic and childish view of life and the world as a whole, and unable to understand that reality is much harsher and darker. As he grew, he was capable of overcoming many problems while still holding to his ideals. As a result, without realizing it, Kouki came to not doubt his own righteousness. Despite being cautioned by several people close to him, especially by his parents and Shizuku, he ignores them and simply believes in his righteousness, making him quite arrogant and dimwitted, also turning him delusional about himself, since he came to believe that things would always go leave conveniently as he wanted. After being summoned to Tortus, where the Holy Church and the Kingdom of Heiligh labeled Kouki (and his classmates) as their Hero who was sent by their God to save them from the demons, which he took with high pride, has only worsened this. Summoning as a "Hero" to Tortus only fueled his hollow ego and his delusional sense of justice.
Because of his self-righteousness and egotism, as well as their ignorance and delusional pride , Kouki can't accept it when things don't go the way he wants, making him act like a spoiled child. This was seen when Kaori decide to follow Hajime of her own free will. He couldn't accept it as he always believed that they should be together forever and would rather believe that Hajime is the one who took her away. He further mistakes that all the girls who were following Hajime were being forced by him and tried to get them to come with him instead by saying he will treat them better than Hajime, which only greatly disturbed them because of how far off the mark he was, since he was clearly just giving an excuse for his jealousy regarding Hajime's new strength and newly acquired popularity. This only upsets him further, causing Kouki to challenge Hajime to a duel for them, which was no different from him trying to take them by force. Kouki's ignorance and delusions were the exact reasons why Hajime didn't bother letting his classmates know the truth about Ehit being in fact an evil, mad God who only summoned them as mere pawns for his own personal, twisted amusement, because Hajime knows that Kouki's delusional arrogance and empty pride would only make him disbelieve in him, in addition to criticizing him harshly.
Due to always being successful in everything he did back on Earth, with everything always having turned out exactly as he wanted, without ever having experienced any real hardship, and being summoned to Tortus as a Hero, Kouki has developed an immense narcissistic pride in himself and his abilities as he believes that due to him being the Hero, others should follow his lead and that he is the person who will save everyone. This is displayed when Hajime killed the demon Cattleya over Kouki's protests despite her previous attempt to kill the Hero Party and the Kingdom knights, as to him, killing a person was wrong and thus condemned Hajime for not following his commands. Hajime, however, noticed that Kouki was just taking out his anger and frustration on Hajime, because Kouki was a delusional idiot unable to recognize his own mistakes and failures, he pushed them onto Hajime under the pretext of having "killed a defenseless enemy and who had already had surrendered". His arrogance even deluded him into believing that he is stronger than Hajime due to being blessed as Ehit's chosen Hero (although Kouki and his companions were easily overpowered and nearly killed by Cattleya and her army of demons, while Hajime himself defeated them easily and with the minimum effort), even self-righteously challenged Hajime to claim his harem for himself (which only ended in an easy and completely humiliating defeat). However, when Kouki nearly died in Eri's death trap during Freid's invasion and also witnessed Hajime's real power as he not only destroyed a zombified Meld and the other Heligh Kingdom Knights and even effortlessly killed Hiyama, one of the strongest of his fellow Heroes with his bare hands, Kouki's pride in himself was badly damaged, which worsened when Aiko exposed Ehit's true nature as an Evil God and his schemes in using him and his classmates as pawns in a mad game of death in which all the hero worship Kouki had received from the Holy Church was nothing more than a fabricated lie.
Unable to accept his own failures and the truth about Ehit, Kouki even attempted to vent his frustration on Hajime, by blaming him for Ehit's schemes in helping Eri and Hiyama's betrayal that led to the Heligh Kingdom's invasion by Freid. Even when Hajime pointed out it was Kouki's own personality flaws and naivety that lead him and their other classmates and the entire kingdom being put in danger due to Eri and Hiyama's betrayal, Kouki still refused to acknowledge it, preferring to blame Hajime for the problems that he himself had caused it due to his pride and arrogance in himself. As shown, Kouki was the only one who condemned Hajime for murdering Hiyama despite the latter being a despicable traitor who killed Meld and the Heligh Kingdom Knights and also temporarily murdered Kaori Shirasaki and attempted to make her his undead sex slave. Kouki seeks to enforce his morals and ideals onto others as he believes that he knows what is best for everyone, causing him to often clash with Hajime over what actions to take as Hajime outright refused to follow Kouki's ideals due to his pragmatic and realistic mindset. He gets irritated and annoyed when he learns that Hajime saved more people despite Hajime ignoring the plight of Tortus and Kouki's desire to save everyone, clearly stating his confusion as to how someone like Hajime could accomplish so much in comparison to him who truly desires to help the people of Tortus. Despite Kouki insisting that Hajime take them along with him, Kouki doesn't wish to accept what he believes as charity from Hajime as he strives to prove that he is right and stronger then Hajime. This is shown in the fact that Kouki is reluctant to use the upgrades to the Holy Sword that Hajime added. This desire to prove himself stronger to Hajime got worse after Kouki failed to clear the Haltina Labyrinth, as that failure made him more irritated and increased his animosity towards Hajime.
Although Kouki is highly intelligent academically speaking, he is a stupid, short-sighted idiot and tends to be reckless and irresponsible and is unable to think about the possible consequences of his actions, which only gets himself and his colleagues into even more trouble. Even through this has been pointed out by Shizuku several times and has even almost got him killed, he rarely reflects on this issue. This has proven to be his greatest weakness, as he will hesitate when he learns new information about his enemy and always ending up giving them an opening to defeat him. This is seen during his second battle against Cattleya, where he stopped his blade right after he succeeded in getting in close enough to finish her off due to seeing her giving her final prayer to her loved one as she prepared to die due to realizing that he was about to kill another sentient person and not a mindless "monster" as he initially thought the demon Race was. Eri also made uses of this weakness by making the undead Meld appear as if he could be saved, causing Kouki to stop his blade once again before he could finish his opponent, getting defeated as a result.
Although he has a great deal of charisma and be considered the leader of the class, Kouki is an extremely incompetent leader and with extremely weak leadership skills, he believes that all his colleagues are obliged to help and protect each other just because they are classmates, which proved to be a serious error, because of the blind faith they had in each other, leaving them to be completely blind to the possibility of a possible betrayal. This mindset, which he had unknowingly shared with his classmates and companions, is what allowed Eri, Hiyama and Shimizu to betray them without any problem for their own selfish reasons without anyone noticing until it was too late. He also has a naive, childish outlook on the topic of love and the topic of killing. Kouki is often too optimistic for his own good, usually failing to consider the possible dangers surrounding him at times. Even when the situation in the palace was becoming suspicious, he still failed to consider the possibility that he and his classmates were being surrounded by the enemy. This ends up also affecting most of his classmates as they all look up to him; so when he says there's nothing wrong, they believe it without considering whether it's true or not.
Another noticeable trait about Kouki is his denseness. Despite being very popular with many different girls on both Earth and Tortus, he failed to notice this. Similar, he completely failed to notice that his childhood friend Kaori already had feelings for Hajime back on Earth, and instead believed she only talked to Hajime out of sympathy. Even when she confessed to Hajime right in front of him, he still couldn't believe it, believing that Hajime was the one taking her away, which is quite hypocritical, because he then tried to take Hajime's harem by force in a useless duel which resulted only in his own defeat and humiliation. It's because of his denseness that neither Shizuku or Kaori ever found themselves attracted to him, despite knowing him for so long.
Another striking aspect of Kouki, is his simpleminded innocence and naivety that borders on ignorance and complete stupidity. After he and his class were summoned to Tortus and the situation of the Human-Demon War was explained to them and their role as "Heroes" summoned from another world to help humanity defeat the Demons, Kouki was completely oblivious to the true implications of their situation and instead got swallowed up by the glamour presented by the Kingdom and the Church of being the Chosen Heroes. This is seen where unlike Shizuku and Hajime, Kouki failed to recognize the fact that they were now going to tangled up in an actual war against two races and thus were now doomed to face the inevitable prospect of having to kill sentient life in mass. A clear example of his innocence is seen during his second fight against Cattleya, where Kouki stopped his blade when he was about to kill the demon due to the realization that he was about to kill another sentient being, something Cattleya berated him for as they were two enemy combatants in opposing sides, as she also later revealed that Kouki most likely only ever considered and saw those of the demon race as "animals" or "monsters" and viewed the war against the demon race as simply "hunting". This proved that Kouki, although claiming to want to save the world and do what he must to accomplish this goal, only chose to fight to feed his own empty pride and delusional ego, being oblivious and did not understand the truth of war, that it is something that consists precisely of people killing each other until one side is victorious.
As revealed by Hajime and acknowledged by his close friend Shizuku, despite these numerous negative traits, Kouki himself is completely and utterly oblivious to them and due to things having always work out for him in the end back on Earth in whatever he did. Kouki himself developed the unconscious habit of automatically misdirecting and misidentifying his feelings in order to validate and mask his negative feelings and insecurities through his empty ideals of justice in order to cope with them in order to "be in the right". As shown, this subconscious coping mechanism effectively prevented him from properly acknowledging his mistakes or even detecting them and prevented him from addressing them, this is proven when instead of admitting and recognizing their mistakes, as well as learning from them, Kouki just pushed them towards Hajime, despite having saved him on two different occasions, occasions that could very well have been avoided if it weren't for Kouki's ignorance and incompetence.
While traveling through the Frost Cravens of Schnee, Kouki showed signs of growing increasingly unstable. Despite repeatedly saying he would save and protect everybody, he continually failed at every turn, including failing to clear the Haltina Labyrinth. Worse for him, Kouki's own teammates were doing a better job than him and were getting praised from Hajime and his party for it. While facing his copy during the final part of the trial, Kouki continued to deny everything his copy said, which only made it stronger as he wasn't accepting his own flaws. Once he saw Shizuku sleeping peacefully on Hajime's back, he completely snapped, choosing to believe Hajime was brainwashing everyone and everything would be return to being "right" if he killed him, further proof of how hypocritical he really is, because he always declared that killing other people was "wrong". His logic likewise grew increasingly erratic/crazed and delusional to the point that almost every assumption made by Kouki bared little to no relation or connection to the very situation, leading his closest friends to wonder how he had even come up with these conclusions. Despite this however, he still believed in whatever he made up due to refusing to accept his errors. However, Kouki finally shut up when he almost destroyed his friendship with Kaori and Shizuku, when he proclaimed that he would be the one to have the affection of Hajime's lovers as well as Kaori and Shizuku if it had been him who had fallen into the Abyss instead of Hajime. This only resulted in Kaori slapping him with all her might because he didn't consider how traumatizing, or how much emotional and psychological pain that event caused her.
However, despite this and seeing how much Hajime suffered to get where he is, he still desperately wanted to believe he was right all along. This made it easy for Eri to brainwash him and make him her puppet, all while ironically thinking his friends were the ones being brainwashed. Interestingly, this was exactly what the Haltina Labyrinth and Frost Caverns of Schnee tried to prepare those who planned on challenging the gods for; the gods would turn them against their friends and manipulate their inner weaknesses, therefore, it was necessary recognize your own mistakes and weaknesses so that it would be possible to overcome them, something Kouki was unable to do thanks to his delusional pride and hypocritical and empty sense of justice that always made him blame others, refusing to acknowledge them and take any responsibility for them. This proved once again why Kouki failed to clear both Labyrinths.
While brainwashed under Eri's Spirit Binding, Kouki became completely delusional to the point of being completely faithful in Ehit and overconfident in the limitless mana Ehit gave him, despite having already learnt of Ehit's true evil nature and his previous attempt to save Tortus from Ehit's tyranny, he ended up betrayed Tortus and all his friends by siding with Ehit and Eri to suit his delusional justice, which sorely disappointed his closest friends Shizuku, Ryuutaro and Suzu. He even attempted to kill his friends under the pretext of saving them, claiming Ehit will revived them after he killed them and removed Hajime's brainwashing.
When Shizuku severed Eri's Soul Binding, free him from brainwashing, Kouki having realized what he had done, betraying all of Tortus, his friends and even attacking his best friends, started to doubt reality as he is always meant to be right. Claiming he wasn't supposed to become a villain, as he wanted to be a hero like his grandfather, he had a panic attack, his guilty conscience was so overwhelming he stubbornly cling to his delusional self-righteousness, blaming Hajime for his own wrongdoings and mistakes, and believing that his best friends betrayed him. He resorted to burning his life away to create one last Divine Wrath to deny reality for not conforming to everything he desired. He even attempt to kill Ryuutaro who tried to stop him from his suicidal act, being cringed by his determination which made him realize of his own pathetic behavior.
Ultimately when Ryutaro told Kouki as his best friend, it is his job to beat Kouki to his senses if he went astray. Shizuku then gave Kouki a merciless and harsh beating for herself and Ryuutaro's behalf, slapping the latter non-stop for all the trouble he caused them, scolding Kouki for always behaving like a spoiled brat forcing her, their friends and Hajime to put up with his delusional self-righteousness again and again. Criticized Kouki that for all his grand and noble desire for justice, he only choose to cling to his delusions and avert his eyes from reality, not bothering to try fighting for what he wanted, telling he is just a spoiled brat who pretend the reality that contradicts his desire to be fake, making excuses for his carelessness and naivety, pinning the blame on Hajime for his own failures and mistakes. Shizuku also tell Kouki they would not allow him to commit suicide to escape responsibility for all the trouble and problems he caused, threatening to thrashed him again if he remained stubborn and delusional. The harsh beating and fierce scolding finally brought Kouki to his senses, as he realized how completely pathetic he had been behaving as despite all the times he declared he would saved the world as a hero, he never resolve to put in any will and effort to do so, and all his self-righteous actions, irresponsibility and behavior up till now have been extremely despicable. Kouki finally realized at last it is not Hajime but his own emotional weakness and personality flaws that led him to such a state as Hajime previously stated in Schnee Labyrinth, Kouki finally choose to change and move forward by acknowledge reality for what it is without clinging to his delusions and being irresponsible.
In the After Story, Kouki becomes filled with immense guilt over his past behavior and actions which prompts him to drop out of high school and wander around Tortus, immediately taking on bounty jobs to kill monsters as an act of atonement to the point of recklessness. He also becomes tense if someone addresses him as a hero. After being summoned to the Desert World and listening to the plight of Moana and the people of Synclea Kingdom about the "Dark Beings", it is shown that Kouki becomes deeply conflicted with himself to the point where he tries desperately to envision a solution where both sides can be happy. His solo journey in the Desert World also forces him to confront the prospect of dying after almost receiving a fatal wound to his neck, but also makes him resolute to genuinely take a life for the first time in his life. Kouki undergoes another change after a child desperately begs for his help, prompting him to take on an army of "Dark Beings" while also defending the city of Arquette by himself. While being subject to a situation that almost mirrors Hajime's survival in the abyss, Kouki deeply reflects upon the events in his life, from idolizing his grandfather, Shizuku's scolding that brought him to his senses, and Eri's last word to him which finally guides Kouki to his own path. After almost dying and learning from Moana that his choice protected numerous innocent lives, Kouki's character develops for the better and returns to his old kind self. Kouki's growth and his desire to save Moana impressed Hajime enough that Hajime lends his aid to save the Synclea Kingdom so that Kouki could save the woman he fell for.
Powers & Abilities
- Enhanced Physical Abilities - Being both one of Ehit's summoned warriors, and the Hero on top of it, Kouki gained all around superhuman physical abilities. His stats are among the highest in the Hero party only being surpassed in speed by Shizuku is speed and Ryutarou in strength after he powers up with magic. Despite being the strongest fighter of the Hero party, his abilities has inferiority to Hajime and his companions even with "Limit Break" and fused with his doppelgänger which are still not strong enough to match for Hajime as Kouki's abilities are 12 times weaker than Hajime as he was unable to touch or hit Hajime during his second fight even Ehit now viewed Kouki to be useless for being far too weak. With his failures to acquire "Age of Gods" magic, Kouki is currently stronger than all the classmates but significantly weaker than Hajime and his wives. After becoming an apostle hybrid, Kouki's physical abilities significantly improved.
- Enhanced Strength - Kouki possesses enhanced strength which is further enhanced by the power of his Holy Sword. Kouki's strength stats are the highest in the Hero Party, only being surpassed by Ryutarou when he enhances himself with body strengthening magic. When he enhances himself with "Overload", he was able overpower and bisect Cattleya's monster army and penetrate her earth shield with ease. However, in his second fight with Hajime even when merged with his doppelganger and used "Limit Break", his strength and power up were still far too weak to match for Hajime's immense strength
- Enhanced Speed - Kouki possesses enhanced speed, being the second fastest member of the Hero Party, only being surpassed by Shizuku, who is a speed based fighter. However, his speed is very sluggish as he was unable to catch up to Hajime's immense speed (that is even greater than Shizuku herself)
- Enhanced Durability - Kouki has enhanced durability giving him the ability to withstand attacks such as Cattleya and her monsters' attacks with moderate injuries. He was able to withstand Ryutaro's gauntlet enhanced attacks and his metamorphosis magic transformation, as well Shizuku's Black Blade strikes. While he is very durable, his durability cannot withstand Hajime's strength as the latter broke through Kouki's defensive abilities and severely damaged him by sending him flying to an ice wall even when using "Limit Break" and fused with his doppelgänger. Both of his kneecaps and shoulders weren't durable after both of them gotten shot by Hajime's guns.
- Enhanced Endurance - Kouki has an enhanced degree of endurance which he honed by fighting in the Great Orcus Labyrinth and other Labyrinths. While his second fight with Hajime, Kouki coughed out blood when taking severe damage from him. After he obtained the skill "War Demon," his endurance was further increased as he was capable of fighting several thousand "Dark Beings" for several days without succumbing to his accumulated injuries.
- Enhanced Senses - Due to his "Sense Presence" and "Sense Magic," Kouki has good situational awareness as the Hero Party relied on him to detect oncoming threats. However his sense skills are inferior to Hajime's who has the same skills and several derivative skills with them which he continuously honed and Shea, who's enhanced hearing allows her to detect threats a moment before Hajime.
- Expert Combatant - Kouki has trained in various forms of combat and the Yaegashi dojo since a young age. After being summoned to Tortus and receiving further training, Kouki's combat skills have been further honed.
- Master Swordsman - Kouki has trained in Kendo and the Yaegashi dojo since a young age. After being summoned to Tortus and receiving further training by the likes of Meld Loggins, who was the best swordsman in the Heiligh Kingdom, Kouki's swordsmanship skills have been further honed. By combining his swordsman capabilities with the skills "Serene Mind" and "War Demon", Kouki was able to kill several thousand "Dark Beings". Albeit his limit is 10,000 regardless of which types of enemies come his way and even then he could die way before reaching that number if one of his enemies hit one of his vitals.
- Immense Mana - Being the Hero, Kouki has a higher quantity of mana than most humans. Among the Hero party, Kouki has the highest mana capacity with the exception of Kaori, who trained relentlessly and increased her mana capacity. After undergoing the apostle transformation process, Kouki's mana pool grew significantly, which allows him to perform his spells on larger scales and at higher levels than before.
- Magic Master - Thanks to his job as a Hero, Kouki is very skilled in magic, capable of using all elemental magics, specializing in offensive light magic that is enhanced by the power of his Holy Sword. While he lacks the same level of mastery as those's who specialize in magic, Kouki has enough skills to uses advanced spells in rapid success.
- Yaegashi Style (八重樫流, Yaegashi-ryū?) - A style of samurai martial arts has been developed by the Yaegashi Dojo that had been around for generations. Though it's primarily focused on Kenjutsu, more suitable for weapons like a katana, it also has Iaijutsu techniques, which utilizes the scabbard, and also Taijutsu techniques, which employed hand to hand combat. Kouki is very skilled in using this form, but lacks the talent and mastery that his friend Shizuku displays with it.
- Pale Moon (
水 月 , Suigetsu?) - The subject swings their sword in a arc with one hand, then switches with the other hand to finish the arc and form a circle. - Mirror Bolt (
鏡 雷 , Kyō Rai?) - The subject throws the opponent using Aikido, then attacks them while they are trapped mid-air. - Blade Reversal (
音刃流 し, Oto ha Nagashi?) - A counter-attack that uses a reverse blade grip and angles the blade to deflect the incoming attack. They then finish by slashing upward using the backhanded grip.- Flowing Blade Reversal (
音刃流 し・逆波 , Oto ha Nagashi Sakanami?) - A technique that Kouki developed by himself, in which the subject uses their sword to redirect projectiles at the enemy.
- Flowing Blade Reversal (
- Mist Piercer (
霞 穿 ち, Kasumi Ugachi?) - The subject approaches the enemy, while also leaning back to disrupt their sense of perspective, and would attack them in the head with their sword.- True Pierce (
真穿 ち, Shin Ugachi?) - Similar to "Mist Piercer," but the subject would thrust their sword at the enemy's heart.
- True Pierce (
- Pale Moon (
- Heiligh Kingdom Knight Sword Art (王国騎士剣術, Ōkokukishi Kenjutsu?) - Kouki was given special training about how to utilize the sword techniques of the Heiligh Kingdom Knights by Meld Loggins, who was the best swordsman in the Heiligh Kingdom. These techniques are best suited in conjunction with a western sword or a broadsword and involve heavy sweeping attacks and protective stances to shield multiple people.
- Rotation Blade (
旋刃 , Senjin?) - A technique where the sword is swung horizontally with one hand would be handed over to the other hand behind the back and then it would slash horizontally again from exactly the same direction. The slash would reach to all directions like a whirlwind. - Fortress Ring (
砦輪 , Sairin?) - A protection technique which involves the subject rotating their sword. The rotation instantly produces a roaring gale that looks like a giant round shield if it was seen from the side, which is very effective at defending allies from ranged attacks.
- Rotation Blade (
| Level | Strength | Vitality | Defense | Agility | Magic | Magic Defense | "as per" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | LN - Volume 01 |
| 10 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | |
| 46 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 560 | WN - ch019 |
| 50 | 620 | 620 | 620 | 620 | 620 | 620 | Anime - Episode 03 |
| 72 | 880 | 880 | 880 | 880 | 880 | 880 | LN - Volume 04 |
| 83 | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 | WN - ch122 |
Note :-
- The base stats given above aren't Kouki's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for him in the Web Novel was before the Haltina's Labyrinth trial.
- Kouki's base stats gets increased based on his usage of skills "Limit Break" which triples his base stats, and "Overload" which quintuples his base stats.
- All Elemental Affinity (全属性適正, Zen Zokusei Tekisei?) - A skill to use all kinds of magic.
- All Elemental Resistance (全属性耐性, Zen Zokusei Taisei?) - A skill that increases the resistance to all elemental attacks.
- Increased Light Resistance (光属性効果上昇, Hikari Zokusei Kōka Jōshō?) - It increases resistance to light magic.
- Physical Resistance (物理耐性, Butsuri Taisei?) - A skill that increases the physical resistance and recovery rate of the user. The degree of impact is reduced as well.
- Spell Melding (複合魔法, Fukugō Mahō?) - A skill to fuses any type of magic which allows the user to use combined/joint magic.
- Sword Mastery (剣術, Kenjutsu?) - A skill that increases the user's proficiency in the art of sword-wielding.
- Serene Mind (無念無想, Munenmusō?) - A skill in which the user swings their sword in the state of a complete trance. Because the sword is swung in a state of nothingness, the process of the sword being swung is remarkably difficult to perceive.
- Herculean Strength (剛力, Gōriki?) - A skill that increases the physical strength of the user.
- Supersonic Step (縮地, Shukuji?) - A skill that makes the distance shorter, similar to teleportation.
- Explosive Supersonic Step (爆縮地, Bakushuku-chi?)
- Foresight (先読, Saki Doku?) - A skill to predict anyone or anything's movement.
- High Speed Mana Recovery (高速魔力回復, Kōsoku Maryoku Kaifuku?) - A skill that increases the mana recovery rate of the user.
- Sense Presence (気配感知, Kehai Kanchi?) - A skill that allows the user to gain a better understanding of the surrounding and sense life signs along with being able to sense beings who can utilize basic camouflage abilities. Has a range about 10 meters radius.
- Sense Magic (魔力感知, Maryokukanchi?) - A skill that allows the user to detect and perceive the flow of mana and activation of hidden or ranged spells and magic.
- Body Strengthening (身体強化, Shintai Kyōka?) - A skill to use magic to strengthen the body.
- Increased Concentration (集中強化, Shūchū Kyōka?) - A skill to concentrate "Body Strengthening" to a fixed point in the body.
- Limit Break (限界突破, Genkai Toppa?) - A skill to go over one's limits; amplifying their power by three times one's basic stats, but this power comes with a rebound - once used the user will be heavily fatigued. Using it for long periods of time will damage the user's body.
- Overload (覇潰, Hatsui?) - A skill greater than "Limit Break" - it multiplies the abilities of the user by fives times with more damage recoil to the user than the normal "Limit Break".
- War Demon (戦鬼, Senki?) - A derivative skill of "Limit Break" which reinforces the user's body using their mana, regardless of how injured they are. As a result, the user can continue fighting for a extended period with numerous injuries, without rest.
- Restoration Magic (再生魔法, Saisei Mahō?) - One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows the user to restore the state of anything to either its previous or original condition. The true power of this magic is the ability to interfere with the time, meaning it has the ability to manipulate the time of anything, anyplace or anyone to a point the user desires to. It could also be used to look into the past, or potential futures based on set decision variables.
- Language Comprehension (言語理解, Gengo Rikai?) - A base skill granted to all those who got summoned. It gives the user the ability to understand any language and be proficient in it.
Light Magic
- Light Sphere (光球, Kōkyū?) - A beginner-rank spell that creates a ball of light.
- Heavenrend (天翔裂破, Tenshō Reppa?) - A spell that accelerates the caster's attack speed and unleashes countless blades of light. "Light that tears through all creation, Wind that erodes time itself, rage like a thousand flower petals and coalesce into a blinding storm— Heavenrend!"
- Holy Blade (光刃, Kōjin?) - It coats the Holy Sword with light around two meters in length transforming the Holy Sword into a greatsword to increase the cutting power of the blade. "My will is a blade! Light, heed my call and sunder my foes!— Holy Blade!"
- Divine Deluge (天落流雨, Tenochi Ryūu?) - It targets multiple enemies and attacks them from above.
- Heavensturm (天爪流雨, Tentsume Ryūu?) - A relatively weak spell that covers a large area. It unleashes a single stream of light over a large area. It is also able to blind the targets.
- Heavensturm - Shatter (天爪流雨・震, Tentsume Ryūu Shin?)- A upgraded version of Heavenstrum that Kouki can use due to Hajime upgrading his Holy Sword. It has increased power and unleashes shockwaves along with the stream of light.
- Divine Armor (光鎧, Kōgai?) - It covers the caster in a protective veil of light. "Provide a bulwark— Divine Armor!"
- Astral Unleash (天翔剣四翼, Tenshōken Shiyoku?) - It draws a curve in the air, and four slashes of light appear from the space.
- Dazzling Eruption (光爆, Kōbaku?) - It gathers a vast amount of mana at the tip of the Holy Sword and unleashes an explosion when the enemy is cut.
- Celestial Flash (天翔閃, Ten Shōsen?) - An advance-rank light spell that unleashes a blade of light to destroy the enemy. It is so powerful that it can shatter through barriers of similar rank. "Soar unto heaven, O divine wings— Celestial Flash!"
- Celestial Flash - Shatter (天翔閃・震, Ten Shōsen Shin?) - An upgraded version of Kouki's Celestial Flash that Kouki can use due to Hajime upgrading the power of his Holy Sword. It is twice as large and powerful than his standard Celestial Flash and unleashes a blade of light that is accompanied by a tornado of shockwaves.
- Celestial Flash - Eightfold Wings (天翔閃・八翼, Ten Shōsen Yaeyoku?) - It unleashes a barrage of light slashes from the Holy Sword.
- Celestial Flash - Storm (天翔閃・嵐, Ten Shōsen Arashi?) - A new version of Celestial Flash that Kouki can use due to Hajime upgrading his Holy Sword. It releases a Celestial Flash along with a storm of invisible wind blades. Thanks to Kouki's high mana pool, he can unleash wind blades in the double digits.
- Celestial Flash - Burst (天翔閃破, Ten Shōsen-Ha?) - It unleashes a series of crescent-moon-shaped slashes.
- Divine Wrath (
神 威 , Kamui?) - The most powerful offensive light magic in existence that exemplified God's wrath and most powerful offensive spell in the world. It unleashes a bombardment of annihilating light to destroy the user's enemies. However, despite its immense power, it has a long chant which makes it difficult to use in battle. This spell is Kouki's trump card. "O Holy spirit! Bring ruin to all that is evil with thine divine light! By the breath of God, may these clouds of darkness be swept clear, and the world bathed in sanctity! By the mercy of God, may this strike redeem the sins of man! — Divine Wrath!"- Divine Wrath - Tenfold (神威・十連, Kamui - Jūren?) - It unleashed multiple "Divine Wrath" spells simultaneously.
- Divine Wrath of a Thousand Forms - Dragon Form (神威・千變萬化・光龍形竜, Kamui - Seben Banka - Kyokudaikō Ryū?) - A spell that Kouki could use only after being subjected to Ehit's apostleification, while also being supplemented with an unlimited supply of mana. It transforms the normal Divine Wrath into a large white dragon that can remain permanently active. It can shoot out beams of light from its mouth like a dragon's breath. Furthermore, each of its claws is actually a "Celestial Flash" unto itself.
- Divine Wrath of a Thousand Forms - Advent of the Dragon Horde (神威・千變萬化─創生・光竜軍, Kamui - Seben Banka - Sōsei Kōryū-Gun?) - Another spell Kouki gained upon being empowered by Ehit. It summons a horde of 50 dragons that are at least 1 meter-long.
Recovery Magic
- Divine Veil (周天, Shūten?) ― An intermediate-rank healing spell. The amount of healing it provide was minimal, but so long as the spell is active, it continues to passively restore the target's health while enveloping them in the caster’s mana. "Celestial ladder illuminating the land unceasingly. That is the light of protection and healing."
- Renewal (万天, Manten?) - An intermediate-rank healing spell that dispels status debuffs from the target. "Heaven’s providence, grant succor to the doomed— Renewal!"
- Aetherflow (聖典, Seiten?) - The highest-ranked recovery magic spell. A super wide-ranged spell with effect of healing everyone inside its area. The range itself depends on the amount of the caster's mana and proficiency, but at its worst, its effective range is 500 meters in radius. Moreover, if the caster gives the "sign" beforehand, it will be able to heal a specific target. Normally this magic is used with tens of magicians, and takes a lot of time to chant along with its gigantic magic array. To be able to activate it in only one, two minutes alone is impossible unless one is a cheat-like character. "Divine Mother, smiling down from heaven, encompass all in thy heavenly embrace— Aetherflow!"
Barrier Magic
- Holy Shield (光絶, Hankō Kabe?) - A beginner-rank defense magic spell that summons a barrier of light. "Guardian of light, lend us thy aid— Holy Shield!"
- Sacred Shields (天絶, Tenzetsu?) - An intermediate-rank spell that allows the caster to deploy multiple "Holy Shields" at once that can defend, or to push back and restrain enemies. The shields can also be moved according to the caster's will. "Undying holy light, be my shield forevermore— Sacred Shields!"
- Hallowed Ground (聖絶, Seizetsu?) - The strongest barrier magic spell. It creates an impenetrable barrier that can't be broken by normal means, but does have some limitations. It separates a particular area from other areas and not people from people, so enemies within the AOE would not be pushed away. It also consumes a lot of mana and can only be used for a minute. "Reject all malice and let this be a holy ground that denies thine enemies passage— Hallowed Ground!"
Wind Magic
- Wind Wall (風壁, Fūheki?) - It creates a wall of wind that can be used to blow objects away.
- Force Lasher (砲皇, Hōkō?) - An intermediate-rank spell that unleashes spiraling whirlwinds created from the force of a vacuum that can shoot out horizontally.
- Blitz Hammer (風槌, Fūtsuchi?) - It blows away the target with a gale of wind.
- Wind Blast (風爆, Fūbaku?) - An advance-rank spell that can create a sphere with the size of 1 to 2 meters in diameter which contains numerous vacuum wind blades that will attack the target. "Heed my call, O wind— Wind Blast!"
Lightning Magic
- Lightning Spear (雷槍, Raisō?) - It unleashes a spear of lightning.
- Lightning Spear - Sevenfold (雷槍・七連, Raisō Nana-Ren?) - It unleashes seven spears of lightning.
Ancient Magic Spells
- Tetragrammaton (絶象, Zeshō?) - Restoration magic variant, a magic which restores everything regardless of whether it is organic or inorganic matter. It can even restore someone on the brink of death.
Original Composite Spells
- Divine Wrath - Ten Celestial Flashes (神威・十天翔閃, Kamui - Juten Shousen?) - A composite spell that combines "Celestial Flash" with "Divine Wrath." It creates ten Celestial Flashes with the power of the strongest light spell in existence, "Divine Wrath". Additionally, the Celestial Flashes are accompanied with a great number of light blades, like the improvised version of Celestial Flash, "Celestial Flash - Storm".
- Divine Wrath - Force Lasher (神威・砲皇, Kamui - Hōkō?) - A composite spell that combines "Divine Wrath" and the wind spell "Force Lasher." It summons a tornado made of light and shoots it out horizontally.
- Divine Wrath - Holy Blade (神威・光刃, Kamui - Kōjin?) - A composite spell that combines "Holy Blade" with "Divine Wrath" It creates an extended blade from the Holy Sword that contains the power of Divine Wrath.
Holy Sword
- Holy Sword Uralt (
聖 剣 ウーア・アルト, Seiken Ūa Aruto?) - As a hero, Kouki has the Holy Sword Uralt, a divine artifact which is a legendary weapon used by various heroes in the past. It is a unique artifact that possesses various abilities. The sword is blessed by the element of light and has the ability to weaken the enemies struck by its light while increasing the physical strength of the wielder. The sword can be summoned to the user's hand and for some unknown reason, it also possess the ability to automatically return to its owner without their consent, when they move away from it for a certain distance or try to abandon it. It can change its shape into whatever type of sword its user wishes, for instance, changing from its western design into a katana. The sword is made of minerals near the root of the Great Tree. It contains the soul of the first avatar of the Great Tree. Due to the unique construction of the sword, the sword cannot be modified to a great extent as making adjustments to the core can potentially weaken the sword instead of strengthening it. Despite the cutting power of the sword, the sword cannot cut through objects made of Azantium. It is the only piece of gear that Kouki retained as he returned all other kits that Heiligh Kingdom issued to him...or to be more accurate, the sword refused to be parted with Kouki. In post-Ehit era Tortus, it'll be Kouki's signature item despite him draped in common adventurer's garb.
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- Divine Armor (聖なる鎧, Seinaru Yoroi?) - The strongest armor artifact in the Heiligh Kingdom. It is a set of nigh-impregnable western-style holy armor that increases the defensive capabilities of its wearer. It is later enhanced by Hajime after acquiring evolution magic so that it can absorb mana from its surroundings and lessen Kouki's mana consumption, as well as increasing the duration of his "Limit Break". It is also enhanced with the ability to form a veil of light to be used as a barrier.
- Aerodynamic-Enchanted Boots (空力ブーツ, Kūryoku Būtsu?) - A pair of boots that are imbued with "Aerodynamic" to allow the user to walk mid-air. They are also imbued with Gravity Rock that enable them to walk on walls.
- Airzone (エアゾーン, Eazōn?) - A necklace artifact that modulates the climate to be at optimal temperature for its wearer.
- Heavenly Eye (
天 眼 , Tengan?) - A pair of sunglasses that have been enchanted with "Riftwalk," "Foresight," "Night Vision," "Sense Heat" and "Farsight." - Soul Shell (
魂 殻 , Tamashī Kara?) - A white marble that was enchanted with the spirit magic spell "Soul Resonance" that possesses the effect to convey one's will directly to the state of the soul, or possibly to the soul itself. It was originally designed to protect the wearer from the influence of Ehit's "Divine Edict." - Bangle (腕輪, Udewa?) - It grants its wearer the skill "Diamond Skin."
- Treasure Trove (
宝 物 庫 , Hōmotsuko?) - A ring-shaped artifact that had a small, one centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby was actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored. - Fairy Key (フェアリーキー, Fearīkī?) - A key that can transport anyone to alternate worlds. It can’t be used to freely move anywhere like the Crystal Key, but its more or less an artifact for moving between worlds.
- Black Dragon (ブラックドラゴン, Burakku Doragon?) - A massive airship that Hajime made for Kouki to aid him in his journey to restore the World Tree Branches. It's based off the airship in Granblue Fantasy, and appears as a wooden ship from the Middle Ages that is being carried by a large metallic black dragon. The ship's structure has three levels, with the deck having a width of 20 meters and two layers structure from the bow to the stern. There are many cannons protruding all around the ship's hull. Furthermore, the bow’s cannon is decorated to look like a dragon’s head with its jaw wide open. The core of the ship is the steering room. It contains a wooden steering wheel, leather sofa, and other furniture there that looks aged, despite being brand new. There is also a storage space and communication device, workbench and equipment to create various tools. Even though the inside of the galleon part below is made of metal, there are wooden boards laid out inside to give it an historical vibe. Furthermore, the boards ae deliberately stained to give the ship the appearance of being very old. Even so, the ship contains many modernized tools and facilities. It even contains a golem for maintaining and cleaning the ship's interior. The limbs of the metallic dragon that carry the ship act as stars towards the inside of it. Its head serves as an observation deck that contains magic mirrors that make the outside clearly visible. It is also possible to move the long neck to some degree in order to shift the view, or bring it closer to the ship. This ship is able to create a gate for instant travel. Kouki originally wanted to name the ship "Endeavour," after the ship commanded by James Cook, but settled for Black Dragon after Myu had previously named it that.
- Tree Compass (樹導盤, Jūdō-Ban?) - A scaled-down version of the "Compass of Eternal Paths" that can locate all of the World Tree Branches.
Quotes
- (To Kaori): "This doesn’t make any sense. You’ve always been with me, Kaori... Why would you want to leave now? You’re my childhood friend... so... you have to stay with me. Isn’t that right?"[2]
- (Trying to convince Kaori to stay with him and the others): "Kaori. You can’t go with Nagumo. I’m saying this for your own good. Look at him. He has girls all around him, and he’s even got a daughter now... Worst of all, he’s put a slave collar on that rabbit girl. And that black-haired girl called Nagumo her master earlier. He’s probably forcing them to come with him. Nagumo probably thinks girls are nothing more than objects to add to his collection. He’s scum. Look at how easily he kills people. And even though he’s so strong, he’s refusing to help us, his comrades. Going with him will only bring you misfortune. It’s better if you stay with us. No, I’ll make sure you stay with us. Even if you hate me for it, it’s for your own good. I won’t let you go, no matter what!"[2]
- (Kouki trying to get Yue and the others to leave Hajime): "You girls as well. You shouldn’t stay with him. Come with me! Our party would love to have people as strong as you. We can save the human race together. You said your name was Shea, right? Don’t worry. If you come with me, I’ll free you right away. We don’t keep slaves here. You too, Tio. You won’t have to call Nagumo your master any longer."[2]
- (To Hajime): "Hajime Nagumo! Duel me! No weapons! If I win, you have to promise to never get near Kaori again! And to release those girls you’re holding captive!"[2]
- (Kouki lamenting his frustrations about Hajime): "Back when we were in Japan, he was a nobody. Just a lazy, unmotivated otaku who wasn’t even good at studying or sports. Always smiling like an idiot. He just did whatever it took to escape the situation he found himself in... He wasn’t even that nice to Kaori... Plus, he was an otaku... I’d never treat Kaori like that. I was always nice to her. I did everything I could for her... so how come Nagumo’s the one with the harem? He doesn’t even respect those girls! Besides, he’s a murderer! He killed that demon, even though she was helpless to resist. There’s something wrong with him! I knew it, it’s just too weird that Kaori likes him."[2]
- (Kouki to Hajime when learning Ehit's true nature) "What do you mean?! Are you saying we've been pawns in the god's game this whole time?! Why didn't you tell us sooner?"[3]
- (Kouki demanding that Hajime take his party to the Labyrinths): "There’s no way we can leave Liliana in the care of a guy who says he doesn’t care about this world. We’ll be her guards. Also, if you won’t do anything to save this world Nagumo, I will! But first, I need strength! I need the same ancient magic you have! If I travel with you, I’ll be able to obtain it too, right!?"[3]
- (Corrupted Kouki to Hajime): "Nagumo, even if you’re a former classmate, don’t think you can get away with hurting my friends. I’m gonna kill you and free Kaori and the other girls from your brainwashing! Then I’ll save the world together with them!"[4]
- (Corrupted Kouki to Hajime): "You—Guys like you always talk like they know everything! But I’m the one who truly understands Kaori and Shizuku! I’m the one who cares about them the most! I’m the one they should be together with! Not you! Not a shitty scumbag like you!"[4]
- (Corrupted Kouki to Hajime): "It’s all because of you! If you weren’t here, everything would be perfect! Kaori and Shizuku would have always been mine! As the Hero, I would have saved the world! But you ruined everything! Even though you’re a murderer, even though you abandon people without a second thought, such a worst type of person like you, there is no way people would ever like YOU!"[4]
- (To Hajime): "Please, Nagumo. Give it all back to me. I’m begging you, please just die."[4]
Etymology
- The name "Kouki" means "light, happiness, good luck" (光, kou?), and "hope, brightness" (輝, ki?).
- Kouki's surname "Amanogawa" means "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天, ama?), "this" (之, no?) and "river, stream" (河, kawa/gawa?).
Trivia
- Ryo Shirakome based Kouki off of Saber from "Fate/Prototype".[5]
- Ehit specifically summoned Kouki and gave him the job of "Hero" due to how easy it was to manipulate Kouki as a pawn and his potential as an alternate vessel for the god to inhabit. The other members of his class that were summoned with him were simply extras.
- Kouki is Tortus' first hero to have been summoned from another world.[6]
- Kouki is the only known character to have failed at conquering a Great Labyrinth more than once to acquire "Age of Gods" magic (the Sea of Trees of Haltina and the Frost Caverns of Schnee).
- While Kouki has never acquired a God's Age magic naturally by conquering a Labyrinth, he does have a weapon that previously belonged to the Liberators.
- In the Web Novel, Kouki was not transformed into an apostle-hybrid after falling under Eri's mind-control.
- Although Kouki is not into manga and anime, he is familiar with several popular anime (such as Dragon Ball).[7] However, he is a huge fan of Star Wars.[8]
References
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Light Novel Volume 04
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Light Novel Volume 06
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Light Novel Volume 10
- ↑ Arifureta Afterword of Afterword
- ↑ 2nd Season Blu-ray Short Story
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 367
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 463
| Returnees |
|---|
| Aiko Hatayama • Hajime Nagumo • Kaori Shirasaki • Shizuku Yaegashi • Kouki Amanogawa • Ryutarou Sakagami • Suzu Taniguchi • Kousuke Endou • Yuka Sonobe • Mao Yoshino • Nana Miyazaki • Taeko Sugawara • Ayako Tsuji • Atsushi Tamai • Akito Nimura • Noboru Aikawa • Jugo Nagayama • Kentarou Nomura • Shinji Nakano • Yoshiki Saitou • Yuya Suzuki • Nao Arakawa • Shouta Mori • Mei Fujimoto • Sakura Aizawa • Rika Miura • Kana Yokoyama • Shiori Mizushima • Kotone Hoshino |
| Others |
| Yue • Shea Haulia • Tio Klarus • Remia • Myu • Liliana S. B. Heiligh |