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Ryutarou Sakagami (
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 the childhood friend of Kouki Amanogawa, Shizuku Yaegashi and Kaori Shirasaki; and was part of Kouki's party during the training in Great Orcus Labyrinth. He is also the boyfriend of Suzu Taniguchi.
After both Eri's betrayal and Hiyama's death, Ryutarou (along with Kouki, Shizuku and Suzu) traveled with Hajime Nagumo and his companions to clear the last remaining Great Labyrinths to kill Ehit for selfishly summoning them as his pawns.
Appearance
Ryutarou has a large muscular physique and he stands tall at about 190 cm. He has short trimmed black hair and a gaze that appears both cheerful and stern.
Personality
Ryutarou is your typical energetic muscle-brained person. He values hard work and tends to be rash in his actions. While he's not as dense as Kouki, Ryutarou is still pretty slow when it comes to understanding women feelings.
He is extremely loyal to his friends, especially Kouki. He is always the first to stand by his best friend whenever he decides to do something, no matter how crazy it was. This makes him the opposite of Shizuku, who always tries to get Kouki to think before he decides to do something reckless, but will still support him. He will also be the first to defend his friends, both verbally and physically. After the demon invasion of the Heiligh Kingdom, in which Kaori is mortally wounded by Daisuke, Ryutarou resolves to get stronger so he wouldn't have to see another friend get killed before his eyes. He is even willing to beg Hajime to help them conquer a labyrinth, something Hajime had never seen him do, showing he values his friends over his pride.
Ryutarou admires military soldiers and views Gunnery Sgt. Hartman from "Full Metal Jacket" as his idol. When seeing Hajime training the Haulia Tribe, he considers Hajime as a pupil of Sergeant Hartman. He loves military training and even begged Hajime to train him.
As revealed in the Frost Cavern of Schnee, Ryutarou has felt bothered that he was always been something of a side character compared to Kouki and Hajime. While he never showed it, he's always been jealous that all the girls once liked Kouki, and later Hajime, even though he also helped them as well. Ryutarou has no jealousy toward Hajime for earning the love of beautiful girls including his childhood friends (Kaori and Shizuku) whom Ryutarou readily gave them as his blessings due to his already relationship with Suzu unlike Kouki. Ryuutarou is extremely selfless, as he refused to allow his own desires to control him and hurt others for self-satisfaction, despite his jealousy towards Kouki, he did not bear any resentment and ill will towards the latter and had even originally intended to remain behind in Tortus to support Kouki to help him defeat Ehit, despite Hajime offering him and his other classmates to return back home. Even the Schnee Labyrinth doppelgänger trial could not detect enough negative qualities in Ryuutarou to used against him. Despite his muscle-brained personality, Ryutarou is sensible enough to resist the temptation of his doppelgänger's trial, allowing him to defeat it and obtain "Age of Gods" magic.
Powers & Abilities
- Enhanced Physical Abilities - After being summoned to Tortus as one of Ehit's so-called "heroes", Ryutarou was blessed with superhuman physical abilities, excelling in terms of physical strength and durability. His abilities has inferiority to Hajime and his companions.
- Immense Strength - Ryutarou's strongest blessing lies in his raw strength. He is physically one of the strongest among the heroes, only losing to Kouki, and later Hajime in an easy defeat if he challenges him. Through the use of magic, Ryutarou can increase his strength even further.
- Immense Durability - Ryutarou gained superhuman durability and stamina after being summoned to Tortus. He can take a lot of punishment from his enemies and could still keep fighting. After completing the final trail of the Frost Cavern of Schnee, even through Ryutarou suffered a great deal of damaged fighting his copy, he still had the strength to walk around and carry Suzu before needing some first aid.
- Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant - Ryutarou is a highly capable brawler, knowing how to make use of his great size and strength to overpower his opponents. He has spent years practicing karate and had becomes adept at various fighting techniques. After being granted several close-combat oriented skills and superhuman abilities as one of Ehit's heroes, Ryutarou honed his fighting skills further through extensive training, became one of the strongest members of the Hero's party, being able to defeat all the powerful monsters in the first 89 floors of the Great Orcus Labyrinth. In the Haltina Labyrinth, while transformed into an Ogre and deprived of his gauntlets, Ryutaro was able to fight on pair with another Ogre using a Karate based Martial Arts for a certain period of time, a considerable feat as the monsters of the Haltina Labyrinth are far more powerful and dangerous than the ones he had fought before despite suffering serious injuries in the process. In the Frost Caverns of Schnee, Ryutarou could make full use of his gauntlets upgraded abilities to fight a giant Frost Turtle alongside Shizuku, distracting it long enough for Kouki to use Divine Wrath, fight and defeat his designated Frost Golem that is four times his size while enduring random laser attacks with his Diamond Skin. More impressively, Ryutarou was able to defeat his own copy in hand to hand combat. Upon gaining the metamorphosis magic, Ryutarou was shown to be creative enough to create his own unique brand of spells that greatly enhanced his hand-to-hand close combat techniques.
- Immense Mana - Being one of Ehit's summoned heroes, Ryutarou has more mana when compared to other people of Tortus.
| Level | Strength | Vitality | Defense | Agility | Magic | Magic Defense | "as per" |
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| 72 | 820 | 820 | 680 | 550 | 280 | 280 | LN - Volume 04 |
| 83 | 980 | 980 | 790 | 650 | 350 | 350 | WN - ch122 |
Note :-
- The base stats given above aren't Ryutarou's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for him in the Web Novel was before the Haltina's Labyrinth trial.
- Close Quarters Combat Proficiency (格闘術, Kakutō-jutsu?) - It allows the user to be proficient at close-quarters combat.
- Body Strengthening (身体強化, Shintai Kyōka?) - A skill to use magic to strengthen the body.
- Partial Strengthening (部分強化, Bubunkyōka?) - A skill to precisely focus Body Strengthening to a certain part of the body.
- Focused Strengthening (集中強化, Shūchū Kyōka?) - A skill to concentrate Body Strengthening to a fixed point of the body.
- Penetrating Strikes (浸透破壊, Shintōhakai?) - A skill to breach an enemy's physical defences.
- Supersonic Step (縮地, Shukuji?) - It allows for quick high-speed movement.
- Explosive Supersonic Step (爆縮地, Bakushuku-chi?)
- Physical Resistance (物理耐性, Butsuri Taisei?) - It increases physical resistance and recovery rate. It also reduces impact.
- Diamond Skin (金剛, Kongō?) - It coats the users body in a hardened shell of mana, which increases the users defenses and protects them from all attacks to a certain degree. The hardened shell of mana has of a diamond patterned structure, hence the name.
- All Elemental Resistance (全属性耐性, Zen Zokusei Taisei?) - An increased resistance to all elements.
- Metamorphosis Magic (変成魔法, Hensei Mahō?) - One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate any organic material. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.
- 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.
- Herculean Strength (剛力, Gōriki?) - A spell that envelops the user in body strengthening magic, thus strengthening their physical attributes, attack power and defensive capabilities. "Grant unto your servant the strength to shake the earth— Herculean Might!"
Ancient Magic Spells
- Transformation (天魔転変, Tenma Tenpen?) - Metamorphosis magic in which the user would ingest a mana crystal taken from a monster, which would then temporarily imbue their body with the properties of that monster.
- Ogre (モデルオーガ, Moderuōga?) - It enhances the caster's physical strength. It also grants them the ogre's special magic "Impact Manipulator." "Come, my steel demon—Transformation - Ogre."
- Werewolf (モデルワーウルフ, Moderuwāurufu?) - It greatly increases the caster's speed, but falls short in raw power compared to the Ogre. Furthermore, using a mana crystal from a werewolf king grants the caster "Foresight", "Perception Enhancement", "Supersonic Step", "No Tempo" and "Acceleration." "Come, my hunter of the abyss! Werewolf Prime."
- Treant (モデルトレント, Moderutorento?) - It grants the caster the special magic "Photoabsorption," which allows them to absorb any and all light magic and convert it into mana. "Come forth, my light-devouring tree of the abyss—Transformation - Treant."
- Fusion Transformation (天魔轉變混合變成, Tenma Tenpen Kongō Henari?) - A spell that combines the best traits of the caster's two strongest transformations without either of their drawbacks. However, the caster can not maintain that form for more than 40 seconds; otherwise they would lose their humanity and transform into an actual monster.
- Wereogre (ワーウオーガ, Wāuōga?) - It combines the speed of a werewolf with the strength of an ogre.
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Twin Gauntlets
- Twin Gauntlets (籠手, Kote?) - Ryutarou's primary weapons. Originally from the Heiligh Kingdom, they had the power to produce shockwaves when used for combat. They were later enhanced by Hajime after clearing the Great Haltina Labyrinth in the Sea of Trees. They could oscillate at a very high frequency, thus multiplying their destructive power. They were also enchanted with Ancient Magic to perform a variety of attacks. They would later be destroyed by Ehit. The following are the abilities enchanted in the gauntlets by Hajime.
- Greaves - Leg armor from the Heiligh Kingdom. They were extremely durable and could produce shockwaves.
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Demonic Gauntlets
- Demonic Gauntlets (魔拳鐵甲, Maken Tetsukō?) - A pair of gauntlets that were made by Hajime after Ryutarou's first pair had been destroyed by Ehit. They are enchanted with multiple skills that includes "Diamond Skin," "Lightning Field" and "Shock Conversion." They can also morph into different forms.
- Giant Slayer (巨人打擊, Kyojin Uchigeki?) - A relatively simple move where Ryutarou concentrates all of his mana into his gauntlets and use that to exponentially boost the power of his punches.
- Thunderclap Blows (雷透打擊, Raitō Ryūuchigeki?) - An attack that combines Lightning Field with Ryutarou's innate ability to make his blows penetrate armor.
- Metamorph Fist - Armor Penetrator (鐵甲變化─鎧貫, Tetsukō Henka - Yoroinuki?) - The gauntlet transforms into a lance and becomes extremely hot, capable of melting anything it will come into contact with.
- Thousand Blows (亂打, Ranuchi?) - Ryutarou unleashes a flurry of punches as his gauntlets are coated with his mana.
- 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.
- 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. - Airzone (エアゾーン, Eazōn?) - A necklace artifact that modulates the climate to be at optimal temperature for its wearer.
- Skyboard (スカイボード, Sukaibōdo?) - A surfboard that lets the user surf through the sky. They wrapped the user in a spatial magic barrier to cut down air resistance and used gravity magic to emulate flight. Their average cruising speed was around 200km/h, though those with larger mana pools could accelerate them to 300km/h. However, they took a lot of mana to operate.
- CheatMate (チートメイト, Chītomeito?) - A food-type artifact comprised of nutritional minerals, such as calcium and iron, that are enchanted with metamorphosis and evolution magic. They are then turned into powder and transmuted to became a solid food block. Once consumed, it raises a person's base stats and increases their body's sturdiness.
- CheatMate Drink Version (チートメイトDr, Chītomeito Dr?) - A drink version of CheatMate. It has the same abilities as CheatMate and it can also heal and cure debuffs, and even specifically counter regeneration negation.
- Armor - It was made by Hajime for the final battle against Ehit's forces. It is incredibly sturdy as well as being enchanted with "Diamond Skin" to increase its defensive power even more.
Quotes
- (To Hajime): "Please, Nagumo. I want to at least be able to protect myself and my friends."[2]
- (To Suzu) "I’ve always thought I could never beat those two. And I’ve always been scared of losing to them. I never wanted to challenge them cause I was afraid losing would prove it. Prove that I’m just a worthless sidekick. That’s the kind of shit my fake told me."[3]
- (To Eri after she ignored Suzu): "Eri, you bitch! You can't just-"[4]
- (To Freid): "You fucking bastard! You call this an invitation?! You took our friends hostage! Let them go right now!"[4]
- (To Kouki) "You idiot... There’s no way an attack without any feeling behind it...could scratch me... Hey, Kouki. You can’t kill me, no matter how hard you try. Wanna...know why?"[5]
- (To Hajime): "Goddammit. What’s taking you so long, you idiot?!"[6]
- (To Kousuke): "Don’t scare me like that, Endou!"[6]
Etymology
- The name "Ryutarou" means "dragon" (龍, ryu?), "big, thick" (太, ta?) and "son" (郎, rou?).
- Ryutarou's surname "Sakagami" means "slope" (坂, saka?) and "high place, top" (上, kami/gami?).
Trivia
- Ryo Shirakome based Ryutarou off of Colonel William Stuart from Die Hard 2.[7]
- Before being summoned to Tortus, Ryutarou's dream was to become a police officer.[8]
- In the Anime, Ryutarou has a scar on the left side of his chin.
- Ryutarou enjoys playing Monster Hunter.
References
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 07
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 06
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Light Novel Volume 11
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 12
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Light Novel Volume 13
- ↑ Short Stories
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 184
| Returnees |
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| 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 |