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Japanese manga series

極黒のブリュンヒルデ ( Gokukoku no Buryunhirude )
Brynhildr in the Darkness
Cover of the first manga volume.
Genre	Dark fantasy^[1] Mystery^[two] Scientific discipline fiction^[2]
Manga
Written by	Lynn Okamoto
Published past	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Leap
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	January 26, 2012 – March 31, 2016
Volumes	18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kenichi Imaizumi
Produced by	Hiroaki Tsunoda Shunsuke Nara Fumihiko Kimura Norihiro Itō
Written by	Yukinori Kitajima
Music by	Nao Tokisawa
Studio	Arms
Licensed past	^AUS Hanabee ^NA Sentai Filmworks ^{United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland} Animatsu Amusement
Original network	Tokyo MX, ytv, CTV, BS11, AT-X
English network	^SEA Animax Asia^[3]
Original run	April 6, 2014 – June 29, 2014
Episodes	13 + OVA (Listing of episodes)
Light novel
Brynhildr in the Darkness: The Moment
Written by	Lynn Okamoto, Makoto Narikami
Published past	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	Apr 18, 2014 – April 23, 2014
Volumes	ane
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Brynhildr in the Darkness (Japanese: 極黒のブリュンヒルデ, Hepburn: Gokukoku no Buryunhirude , lit. "Farthermost-Black Brynhildr") is a Japanese manga serial written and illustrated past Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha'due south seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from January 2012 to March 2016. An anime tv series accommodation past Arms aired betwixt April and June 2014.^[4] ^[5]

Plot [edit]

Ten years ago, Ryōta Murakami along with his childhood friend Kuroneko gear up out to search for signs of alien life. Although Ryōta is skeptical about her theory, Kuroneko insists that aliens are real. During their search, a tragic accident occurs which gravely injures Ryōta but kills Kuroneko. Due to his strong retentiveness, Ryōta cannot forget about Kuroneko. Since then, he has been continuously staring at the night sky in social club to prove that aliens exist, and also to fulfill Kuroneko's dying wish.

Presently, Ryōta is a top student at his school and the sole member of the Astronomy Guild. Until he gets the shock of his life when a new transfer student named Neko Kuroha arrives in his course. She bears a striking resemblance to Ryōta's dead childhood friend, although she dismisses the fact equally a bluff. Ryōta subsequently notices something amiss about Neko. When a student almost drowned is saved past a mysterious force, Neko predicted that Ryōta will too die. After displaying superhuman strength in saving his life, information technology is then revealed that Neko is a witch who escaped from an conflicting research lab.

Ryōta becomes a function of Neko'due south life, learning more about her dilemma and the hidden forces that exist in the universe. Every bit he sinks deeper and deeper into a world of magic and artificially created witches, Ryōta must use necessary means of preserving and sheltering other escaped witches and let them to live commonly, despite knowing the scientists of the lab would kill any outsiders involved.

Characters [edit]

Astronomy Club [edit]

Ryouta Murakami ( 村上良太 , Murakami Ryōta ): Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka^[6] (Japanese); Blake Shepard^[vii] (English); A loftier school student with loftier intellect and photographic retentivity. Ryouta has his sights set on beingness a researcher for NASA due to a promise he made with his love childhood friend Kuroneko. He is president of the astronomy gild and was the simply remaining fellow member before inviting Neko and the others. After meeting the magic-users, he decides to provide shelter for them at an erstwhile observatory despite knowing that their pursuers have orders to kill whoever comes in contact with them, usually coming up with plans to have their location concealed and live ordinarily. All the while, he is constantly looking for ways to acquire more than "Death Suppressants" (DR623G), drugs that are necessary to proceed the magic-users alive; and foreclose the Hatching procedure. After the Valkyria incident, Ryouta struggle in hopes for Neko to think the times they spent together. According to Nanami, Ryouta was likewise a subject of Vingulf's experiments himself, and his photographic retention is linked to the 'Edda' (a global breadth organ that stores unlimited information or consciousness he and Loki are linked with) was one of its effects, just for some reason was allowed to live a normal life. However, his lifespan was profoundly shortened, and will soon dice. When the Vingulf staff kidnaps Ryouta, he learns the truth almost his origin. With the terminal of his time, Loki consumes Ryouta; in the procedure, Ryouta overtakes his consciousness and the merging of god powers and so erases his manifestation. Ryouta's bodiless soul is left roaming the Globe, then Neko joins him inside the Edda to share their affections where a young girl approaches them, who appears to be Kazumi every bit a kid.
Neko Kuroha ( 黒羽寧子 , Kuroha Neko ): Voiced by: Risa Taneda^{[half dozen]} (Japanese); Jamie Marchi^[seven] (English); Neko is a B-rank magic-user with the power of telekinesis, to destroy inorganic matter every bit far as 12 meters (39 ft). She has a hitting resemblance to Ryouta's supposedly deceased babyhood friend Kuroneko ( クロネコ ) and information technology is later proven that both are 1 and the aforementioned (a birthmark with the shape of three dots is on her upper left chest). Her inquiry no. is 7620. When Neko uses her powers, function of her memories are lost; Ryouta thus refrains from having her use them equally much every bit possible. She joins the astronomy club equally its vice-president. She loves to sing but does non exercise it in front of others without getting flustered. She aims to observe out how many constellation there are in total.; Neko is actually a prototype Valkyria. When Neko's true power is awakened, she remembers who she really is; she regains full access to her SS-rank ability. Sorcerian speculates Neko could exist the Brynhildr, an entity that is being sought by the institute for a all the same unknown purpose. This allows her to use the same type of abilities as Mako, equally well every bit her ultimate power to create a micro black hole which she used to defeat Mako's anti-matter just overexerted herself at the cost of losing all her memories, including recent ones. The new Neko is rather cold to Ryouta, due to her cluelessness. Post-obit several adventures, Neko rediscovers her feelings when reading her old self's notebook. After Makina dragged her back to Vingulf, she was set to exist offered to Loki until Ryouta re-pressed her top button harness then fully reformed. Every bit the fight between Neko and Loki has gotten nowhere, Ryouta sacrifices himself to salvage her and the world from the total revolution. Iii months later, Neko parts with the real globe to dive into Edda then she tin be with Ryouta forever.
Kana Tachibana ( 橘佳奈 , Tachibana Kana ): Voiced by: Aya Suzaki (Japanese); Christina Stroup^[7] (English); A C-rank magic-user who had an accident while being harnessed. Her magic is the ability to come across the near future when someone is about to die. Her entire torso is paralyzed aside from her left manus. Kana uses a keyboard that synthesizes her phonation to communicate with the outside world. Her research no. is 4010. Ryouta makes utilize of this to prepare in accelerate against those who pose a threat to Neko and the others. Kazumi states that Kana could movement if she wanted to, only she refrains from doing and so. Information technology is later revealed that she silently vowed to protect Neko by retaining her ability in foreseeing her expiry in the future that would be the reason for information technology. Kana poses equally a mascot for the society. She is initially rude to Ryouta and the others, but she somewhen warms up to them. She has to have her food in a liquid grade to eat. After pushing the meridian button on her harness, Kana loses her foresight ability in exchange for the power to move at super-speed, though has depression stamina. Kana is actually at present able to foresee in more detail whenever there'southward going to be a serious crisis. She grows close to Mina at the bespeak she prefers her life over Ryouta'south.
Kazumi Schlierenzauer ( カズミ・シュリーレンツァウアー , Kazumi Shurīrentsauā ): Voiced past: M.A.O (Japanese); Emily Neves^[vii] (English); A B+rank magic-user specialized in computer hacking, gathering intel, and breaking encryption keys in mere seconds. Kazumi is half-Austrian but speaks Japanese with a Kansai dialect. Her inquiry no. is 2670. Like Neko, Kazumi hacks in to get into loftier school and then joins the same class and club as Ryouta and Neko. Kazumi tends to exercise perverted things. She gets angry when someone compares her chest size or makes fun of it. Following the act of falsely confessing to Ryouta to avoid her impending decease informed past Mizuka, Kazumi proved her feelings for Ryouta afterward and desires to behave a child with him as living proof of her existence. Information technology is proven that Kazumi'due south ranking is not indicative of her true abilities, which surpasses that of a ranked AAA. Engaging Loki's genocide assault, Kazumi pushes her limits to hack and destroy Loki's genetic retention inside the Edda and spare Ryouta; unfortunately, it leaves him only act on instincts, and Kazumi melts in the process. All the same, Kazumi'due south life has somehow succeeded. She is named after an Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer.
Kotori Takatori ( 鷹鳥小鳥 , Takatori Kotori ): Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro (Japanese); Jessica Calvello^[7] (English); Some other B-rank magic-user capable of "teleportation," though in reality she tin can only bandy places with other people (even resets the kinetic energy). Her enquiry no. is 1107. Kotori is cheerful just also a klutz. She has good cooking skills and registers for the social club. She was friends with another magic-user hacker named Chie who died considering she gave up her expiry suppressants to allow Kotori to live long enough to celebrate her altogether. The institute is after Kotori as their main objective, apparently being a person that could potentially destroy the globe.; She has two subconscious abilities: one is dispelling magic with an entity called the Grane, and the second is "Ain Soph Aur" aka "The Low-cal That Rules Over Life" which can only be used when the consciousness inside her harness is released, is a light that is capable of fusing the cells of all living things together at the same time one time information technology fully covers the entire planet destroying all life. When this power is released, Kotori kills herself via ejecting to save the earth. It is revealed that Kotori is 1 of many containers for premature aliens. A clone Kotori sides with the astronomy club, and also dies protecting Ryouta and experiencing a nostalgic feeling. It is unproven that a Kotori lives in Edda based on a silhouette.; In a side story, Kotori'south classmate, Hirano, was really addicted of her and share lunches with her until her sudden transfer away. He asked Ryouta for her contact info, but fears to tell of Kotori's death.
Hatsuna Wakabayashi ( 若林初菜 , Wakabayashi Hatsuna ): Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama (Japanese); Carolyn Johnson^[7] (English); She is a young man A-rank magic-user with a straightforward mental attitude who possesses the power of regeneration with the capability of restoring her torso, or the trunk of others, from otherwise fatal injuries though merely within 5 minutes. Her regeneration is and so effortlessly stiff that she's able to regenerate from just her harness, meaning that she can simply die if she doesn't take the medicine within the standard period of fourth dimension or if her squirt push is pressed. When she tested Ryouta's loyalty, she immediately becomes infatuated with him. Hatsuna becomes an important key to the club members' survival. She later on bonds with her classmate Takaya, just presently afterward, she hatches. Afterward killing Takaya, who steps in to finish her, she is smashed by Makina, simply luckily her Drasil survived the unavoidable decease, saving Takaya's life also.

Vingulf [edit]

The institute significant "witch castle" is the Organization that unearthed aliens in Germany by aureate miners and a Japanese geologist (Ryouta's great-grandfather) in 1910, simply never fabricated information technology a public discovery, instead began the superlative-secret enquiry over information technology to sought God's destruction. In the determination during World State of war II, they moved to Japan and gained secluded authority. Sorcerian research no. A008; and Loki are kept in incubator chambers for the uprising fate of humankind.

Chisato Ichijiku ( 九千怜 , Ichijiku Chisato ): Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi (Japanese); Adam Noble^[7] (English); The primary professor in charge of the magic-user experiment. His mission is to capture the escapee magic-users, seeing the B-rank magic-users as failed specimens, and create the perfect alien no matter what the sacrifices are. In college, he was successful in engineering science the digestive enzyme 'protease' which could be the source of the genetic melting. The higher-ups have him retrieve Kotori. He somewhen learns that a loftier school male child is supporting the magic-users, but has yet to identify its Ryouta until Mako confirms Kotori's location. Chisato'due south younger sister Rena ( 九怜奈 , Ichijiku Rena ) whom he only shows empathy to earlier her death. He implanted Rena's brain into Grane inside Kotori's harness, only hoping to revive the Rena he knew, which is against the arrangement's intention. He after died from blocking the bullets for Mako.
Blackness Suit ( 黒服 , Kurofuku , Human being in Black): Voiced past: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese); Ty Mahany^[7] (English language); A staff member at the enquiry lab. He has an unknown backstory, but he used to feel really carefree for the magic-users. Chisato acknowledges him for his brilliance. Kurofuku gets fired when failed his last risk to capture the fugitive B-rank magic-users with Mizuka's foresight, and and then he is a victim of an bump-off attempt, merely survives, although his brain had been profoundly injured. He was abducted from a hospital by Mina. After months of recovery, he manages to locate the magic-users hideout, revealed to have abnormal strength to outmatch them before engaging by Takaya. When learning Nanami's forgiveness and Chisato'due south decease, Kurofuku gives up his reasons and Miki invites him to Hexenjagd.
Yuki Tsuchiya ( 土屋邑貴 , Tsuchiya Yuki ): A newly-appointed employee placed to work at the Vingulf research lab. Not suitable for the chore, nonetheless, she finds sympathy with the aliens and magic-users. She teams with Kazumi and the astronomy club during their infiltration inside the institute.
Onodera ( 小野寺 , Onodera ): A woman who is Chisato's replacement and acquainted with the higher-ups. She has a sadistic and nearly bipolar personality and is as well a magic-user with a harness just similar that of Valkyria. It is shown that she tin negate anti-matters. She has a shadowy objective when literally sending out magic-users that are nearly to hatch and ensure chaos. Onodera intends to use Valkyria to shape the world.
Makina ( マキナ ): He is Ryouta'southward supposedly deceased younger brother and the epitome of Sorcerian (the ultimate hybrid of a male person human and an alien chimera). His real proper noun is Yuuta Murakami ( 村上湧太 , Murakami Yūta ). Due to being imperfect, Makina'due south body melts if he stays too long in the outside earth. His presence is more frightening than Valkyria and has a flawed behavior. He appears to have a massive power to destroy and teleport far distant places and tries to take Neko for himself which infuriates Ryouta. Makina kills the President of the United States while holding a worldwide press conference earlier they announce the existence of aliens. He had the ambition to become Adam of the new world. Abusing the sudden revival of Sorcerian and losing interest in Neko, he gets devoured. Makina was instrumental to Vingulf's objectives, but later his death, information technology was revealed that a replacement for him was prepared in advance, and that replacement is no other than Ryouta himself.
Takachiho ( 高千穂 ): The leader of Vingulf and Makina and Ryouta'southward father. The reason for the charade of his supposed decease has not been revealed. He has harvested the Sorcerian, the source of all Drasils and the entire reason backside the organization's being. It was completely conscious and enlightened since the kickoff of Vingulf, and could easily leave at any time it wanted but it waited for a Valkyria to be brought to it first. Takachiho's determination is to revive Loki the gods feared, in order to destroy and recreate mankind. His two sons are born equally hybrid alien humans for that purpose. He teaches Ryouta the belief in religions. Takachiho relatively says he cared for Ryouta, before getting killed by Loki.

Witches [edit]

Nanami Tokou ( 斗光奈波 , Tokō Nanami ): Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Japanese); Molly Searcy^[vii] (English); A unique AA+rank magic-user. She is soft-spoken and has a gustation in sugar. Her inquiry no. is 5210. Her ability is scanning and modifying people'south memories. Ryouta's observant skill impresses her. After having go friends with Neko and the club, she, unfortunately, melts from her harness ejected but managed to implant her consciousness inside Ryouta'south memory and she'll simply appear occasionally or whenever Ryouta in a desperate situation and share personal intel. Overtime, Nanami able to manifest tangible illusions before Ryouta, such as her appearance equally Aphrodite; still, she also reveals that her consciousness is occupying a huge part of his mind that will put his life at risk once he reaches his maximum chapters, and must be deleted from his brain to prolong it, which she does later on instructing Ryouta to write downwardly all he needed to know in club to locate Vingulf and rescue Neko in a notebook for him to memorize later. Ryouta at present only remembers Nanami past proper noun, marking her true and complete decease.; Aphrodite tin can exist seen in the Edda realm.
Kikako ( キカコ , Kikako ): Voiced by: Yuu Hamagashira (Japanese); Cayla Coats (English language); An AA+rank magic-user titled as the bombardment unit of measurement. Her research no. is 5010. She'due south a mere weapon that assassinates her targets with a strong axle fired from her mouth. Kotori tries her own hands to a pole then switches positions with Kikako in defeat, who is later taken dorsum to the lab. Despite Kurofuku'southward assurances that having succeeded in her mission, she will be spared, she is warned that harsh penalization awaits her. She is subsequently violently interrogated regarding her encounter with Kotori.
Saori ( 沙織 , Saori ): Voiced past: Sayuri Yahagi (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis^[7] (English language); An AA-rank hybrid magic-user with 2 types of magic; she is able to slice anything within a iii-meter radius and can manipulate time past one minute although it volition crusade her to hang up immediately. Her research no. is 6001. As she failed to kill Neko, her harness ejected and her trunk melted as a effect.
Freya ( フレイヤー , Freya ): An AAA-rank magic-user. She possesses the ability of technopathy and computer hacking merely like Kazumi and is said to be the most powerful in that regard. Chisato gave Freya a room full of video games in exchange for her cooperation. She is now under the intendance of Yuki. Freya briefly engages in a boxing confronting Kazumi.
Mizuka ( 瑞花 , Mizuka ): The AAA-rank strongest magic-user, codename: Skadi. She has the foresight power to see in a dream just with 100% exact accuracy as of future traveling. In contrast to Kana, her trunk too suffered a massive penalization for this power and as a event, she is no longer able to move or hear very well. Mizuka bonds with Yuki. In a future dream, she gives Kazumi options as to which future she wishes to choose. Using the last of her ability, she melts the moment she informs Kurofuku of Kotori's whereabouts. It is presumed that Mizuka predicted the entire series' events.
Rie ( 理依 , Rie ), Misaki ( 美咲 , Misaki ), & Rurumi ( るるみ , Rurumi ): The iii magic-users that Onodera sends out to execute Kurofuku taking the precaution of the Valkyria incident. Rie's magic is unknown. Misaki capable of turning herself invisible, but that only affects herself, not her dress, then she has to be naked. Rurumi controls people via a voodoo doll. They encounter Kana, surprised to see her alive and moving freely, and stop Rurumi from killing her. When they infiltrate the infirmary, Rurumi's harness unexpectedly hatches, and the monster devours the body of Rurumi. Kana attempts to salve Rie just gets both of her legs crushed. Believing the monster to exist Rurumi, Rie allows information technology to devour her out of guilt. Misaki saves Kana and Kitsuka from the Drasil only before Initializer destroys the monster; Misaki'south harness is then ejected having failed in the mission.

Valkyria [edit]

Mako Fujisaki ( 藤崎真子 , Fujisaki Mako ): Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Carli Mosier (English); 1 of the strongest hybrid magic-users ever known with an S-rank. She is known to be a side by side-generation magic-user with a very circuitous harness. Mako's power capability is very big, with 8 unlike abilities. She tin can impale anyone in her sight within but seconds by dismembering them, detecting other witches' presence, and besides has the ability to teleport and regenerate quickly. Her strongest power is to create anti-matter which is capable of destroying a whole broad-range area. She has a sociopathic personality with deep feelings towards Chisato due to saving her from genetic failure. Mako is claimed to exist Neko's older sis and she is very protective towards her. After a gruesome fight with Neko, she was swallowed into Neko's micro black hole and all that was left is her harness. Ryouta then tramples on Mako's Drasil, eliminating her for skilful (finding herself with Chisato in the afterlife).
Hrist ( フリスト ): An SS-rank magic-user that was created by Vingulf following Mako's expiry, and it is said that she is the strongest Valkyria in existence. Her real proper name is Eri ( 絵里 ). When she'due south even so existence held custody by Vingulf in a crucifix style, she manages to awake her teleport power to run away, merely to exist recaptured by Onodera and brought back to the lab. Dissimilar Mako, she has a caring behavior, refusing to kill others even under coercion, but is ultimately forced to kill past Onodera when she starts ejecting witches in front end of them, giving her the option of killing them instantly or watch them have an excruciating expiry, with the intention of awakening her truthful powers and turn her into an obedient killer. After terrorizing a rally at the National Diet, Eri is taken past Takachiho to have Loki eat her to increase his proportions.

Hexenjagd [edit]

A resistance grouping meaning "witch hunt" that is congenital by scientists who defected from the Organization due to the threat that they posed to God himself. Hexenjagd is responsible for the magic-users' escapee.

Miki Neumayer ( 美樹=ノイマイアー , Miki Noimaiā ): Voiced by: Rina Satō (Japanese); Shelley Calene-Black (English language); Miki is the founder of Hexenjagd. She initially speaks to Ryouta via the device Neko gave him. She first appears with the objective of capturing Kotori in order to face Chisato and destroy the Grane inside Kotori. Miki wears a nun's hood with a short wearing apparel and stockings. She announces that all of the magic-users must die. When Ryouta protests, Miki explains the truth most witches - that their soul now resides inside the alien chosen "Drasil" within their harness and that the drugs merely feed the life form, allowing the Drasil to grow until it eventually hatches and devours their human body. She tells them that they sympathize with their plight.; In the manga, Miki offers the ingredients and protocol to create death-suppressant medicine in exchange for their help (only as Mizuka had foretold). Kazumi agrees to help find Kotori, merely Miki promises that she will give them the formula for the drug subsequently they destroy the Grane and that she will try to spare Kotori'southward life if possible. After Kotori'south expiry, she fulfills her role of the bargain and gives Ryouta access to the formula, allowing Kogorou to provide the medicine to Neko and the others.
Initializer ( イニシャライザー , Inisharaizā ): Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese); Meaghan Avocato^[vii] (English); He has the advent of a piddling boy. His real proper noun is unknown. Initializer has the ability to nullify all kinds of magic from a witch, but he has to know what magic a witch used earlier he could "initialize" them. However, he can only nullify a witch'southward magic for eight seconds, except during the three-day New moon. He likewise can destroy a hatched Drasil instantly. It is unknown how he could take such an power.
Akane ( 茜 , Akane ): Voiced past: Yui Kondou (Japanese); Brittany Deans (English); A erstwhile Vingulf researcher who got wounded during Neko's escaping attempt. She gave Neko a package and entrusted her the following mission: "Relieve the world from utter destruction and ruin." The package contains an alien's fertilized egg and a communication device. Neko later gave the conflicting sample and device to Ryouta.

Supporting characters [edit]

Kogorou Hashiratani ( 柱谷小五郎 , Hashiratani Kogorō ): Voiced by: Kentarou Itou (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English); Ryouta's maternal uncle. Working as a scientist whom Ryouta entrusts to reproduce the medicine needed for the magic-users. He dislikes traveling long distances, rejecting invitations that include going overseas, and prefers to stay in his own boondocks. He is doubtful of any supernatural phenomena unless Kana's foresight was proven or witnessing Nanami'south decease. Kogorou went to the same college with Chisato whom he admired. Then Kogorou gets captivated in examining the alien's fertilized egg that Ryouta had him expect upon, and search for ways to defend against Vingulf. The alien soon develops into an embryo. Sending a sample to America for some bait to larn the expectation of Vingulf's superiority, and then Kogorou deduces they are endemic by a mysterious Dresden national regime institute when examined the satellites' monitoring ranch through JAXA. He uses extreme methods in dealing with those who arrogantly desire to take credit for the conflicting discovery.
Kitsuka Hatta ( 八田結花 , Hatta Kikka ): Voiced by: Mariko Honda (Japanese); Christina Kelly (English); A heart-school student who lives next door to Ryouta that he tutors. Kitsuka has a vanquish on Ryouta that he is completely oblivious to. She later on becomes classmates with Kana when she starts attention middle school and befriends her later learning of her surreptitious. Kitsuka is afraid of swimming but gains courage thanks to Kana. Sometime later, Kitsuka is found to accept been taken to Vingulf in means to be Ryouta's Eve of the new earth.
Risa Kashiwagi ( 柏木リサ , Kashiwagi Risa ): Voiced past: Kana Yūki (Japanese); Nancy Novotny^[vii] (English); Ryouta'due south classmate. She regularly expresses how intelligent Ryouta is, even though he usually was distant from females. Risa befriends Neko the twenty-four hour period of her transfer originally due to saving her from drowning and invites her to karaoke. Risa subsequently gets into a automobile blow, and Hatsuna heals her burned wounds. Every bit the story proceeds, she realizes Neko's mysterious ability.
Masashi Takaya ( 高屋雅史 , Takaya Masashi ): Ryouta's classmate. Takaya was commencement introduced when visiting the Maid café that Neko, Kazumi, and Hatsuna were serving at. He dropped out of the first semester because there were rumors it was a fierce incident. He is handsome, with aggressive behavior, but actually kind-hearted. After fighting some bullies, he learns of Hatsuna's hole-and-corner. He becomes fond of Hatsuna, then confessed when heard of her foretold death. However, Hatsuna'south excitement at the time accelerates her hatching and she ends up almost killing him, just to after save his life subsequently she is restored. Despite having a kind heart, Takaya is proven to accept no touch while dealing with others, considering as soon as Hatsuna agrees to date him, he demands her to accept sex with him instead, much to her chagrin. He supports the astronomy gild afterward.
Mina Tachibana ( 橘美奈 , Tachibana Mina ): The long-lost older sister of Kana Tachibana, says was kidnapped x years prior. She is a announcer that is personally investigating Vingulf and the 'number of children that went missing in hopes that she will be reunited with her sister.; Examining the vast damage Valkyria caused, she suspects the story the media gave, that the damage caused past bombs (despite no sign of nuclear radioactivity) is a camouflage. Coming together with her beau male reporter, the man cautions almost her intention to inspect and warns her of possible danger. They learn almost Kurofuku whom they believe had connections with Vingulf is confined in a infirmary. Realizing this is the lead she was looking for, Mina conspires to move Kurofuku out, which they succeeded. Depressed that Kurofuku vanishes, she silently resumes her search with little promise from a photo (Rurumi'southward hatching and Kana's appearance) taken at the hospital. Until Mina and Kana reunite when visiting the Maid café. As Mina shares memories of their late parents with Kana and how to take been kidnapped, similar to Neko'southward case, they accept an expensive trip to Ishigaki Island along with Ryouta's class to make upwardly for the long separation. Unfortunately, Mina is killed by Makina, blocking the killing blow that was meant for Kana. She tearfully says goodbye to her sister.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

The Gokukoku no Brynhildr manga is written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from January 26, 2012 to March 31, 2016.^[8] ^[1] Shueisha collected its chapters in 18 tankōbon volumes, released from May eighteen, 2012 to May 19, 2016.^[nine] ^[10]

Anime [edit]

An anime accommodation was announced on November 11, 2013. The anime is directed by Kenichi Imazumi at studio Artillery, with Yukinori Kitajima acting every bit head author and Hiroaki Kurasu as chief animation manager and graphic symbol designer. The series premiered between April 6, 2014 and June 29, 2014 on Tokyo MX^[xi] and afterwards on ytv, CTV, BS11 and AT-X. For episodes one-9 the opening is "BRYNHILDR IN THE DARKNESS -Ver. EJECTED-" past Nao Tokisawa. From episode 10 onwards, the opening is "Virtue and Vice" by Fright, and Loathing in Las Vegas. The catastrophe vocal is "Ichiban Boshi" by Risa Taneda, Aya Suzaki, MAO, & Azusa Tadokoro.

Reception [edit]

Critical reception of the anime of the series has mostly been negative with many reviewers comparing it to the 2004 series Elfen Lied, also created by Lynn Okamoto, and the many similarities between the two works. In reviews of the anime the story has been chosen "shoddy" and "incomplete" with none of the characters being particularly memorable or having much depth. In addition they take as well noted the overuse of harem antics and cliches to the extent that the series often feels more like an ecchi harem one-act every bit opposed to a serious sci-fi/horror serial.^[12]

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External links [edit]

Manga official website (in Japanese)
Anime official website (in Japanese)
Gokukoku no Brynhildr (manga) at Anime News Network'south encyclopedia

andersonthak1967.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynhildr_in_the_Darkness