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| “ | Yes. The power to rule over the very principles of this world! I will have it for myself! Yet its power can only be held by someone absolutely right. Therefore, I have no right to possess it until I defeat you, the one who once defeated my justice! Even if God would allow it, I will not! This is not revenge against you! It is my challenge against you! I will be a mage if justice, and exact justice upon all the evil in this world! | „ |
| ~ Jatice Lowfan, stating his desires. |
Jatice Lowfan is the secondary antagonist of Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, who appeared as the main antagonist of Volume 5 and one of the main antagonists of Volume 9 in Light Novel and in the last three episodes in Season 1 of its anime adaptation. He is a former execution officer codenamed #11 "The Justice". However, he was stripped from the position and become a dealer of a drug called Angel Dust.
He was voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki in the Japanese version, who is best known on voicing the likes of Shiva from Record of Ragnarok, Anos Voldigoad from The Misfits of Demon King Academy, Ban from Seven Deadly Sins and Ryuuguji Ken/Draken from Tokyo Revengers. In addition, he is also voiced by Daman Mills in the English version, who also provided the English voices of Diablo from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Frieza from Dragon Ball Super, and Moonfish from My Hero Academia.
Appearance[]
Jatice has messy grey hair and wore black clothing. He wore a top hat on his head and rounded glasses. He also wore a long black suit and a tie and gloves that barely covers his hands. In the past, he wore the same uniform that the Imperial Court Magic Corps wore when he was still a member.
Personality[]
Jatice is obsessed with the idea of justice to the point his codename is "The Justice" itself. He is willing to do anything to get what he wants for his twisted view of justice, and he is also a highly delusional and psychotic man since he uses his view of justice as self-validation or an excuse to do some horrible crimes such as spreading the drugs that he found and then used it to kill some innocent people.
Jatice is also an arrogant and pompous man, and this was proven with the fact that he called the terrorist organization "Researchers of Divine Wisdom" a low-life trash and it is somewhat better than him, even though his actions proves that he is just as bad as them. Jatice is also somewhat sadistic and cruel, as he openly threatens to hurt Sistine Fibel and blackmail her with the information that he had when he was working with the military, and not only that, he is also more than happy to target her in order to remind Glenn of how Sara died and goes as far as to use Angel Dust addicts to recreate the previous incident. This actions cemented him as Glenn's own personal enemy.
However, Jatice does prove himself that he could act a bit polite towards others when it comes to making a deal as shown when he was making a deal towards Leos for his own drugs, even though he is willing to discard him. And he also tried to talk to Glenn as if he were friendly co-workers but even then, he could be truly angered and doesn't try to hide his own vicious personality when he got interrupted in a fight.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Three years prior to the main story, Jatice was originally a member of the Imperial Court Military department and was originally an Execution Officer for that organization. However, he rarely took orders and acted on his own unauthorized missions which left many bodies. During his time, he meets Glenn Radars and sees him as someone whose justice equals his own. One day he received a mysterious red key from Ferrod Berif, the leader of the Researcher of Divine Wisdom and led him to discover the Alzano Empire's secret.
This caused him to get was stripped from his position and found a thing called Angel's Dust, which is essentially a powerful drug that has horrible side effects in which the user becomes a mindless zombie that will be controlled by it's master, and that the drug could also kill someone by making their body rot away or by bleeding if the usage was overloaded. Jatice used this drug so that he could control most of the innocent people, and then proceeds to kill all of the members in the Imperial Military and some noble figures. When the Assassin, Glenn Radars was trying to prevent the spreading effect of Angel's Dust, Jatice then uses his puppets to kill Glenn's closest and only friend at that time, Sara Silvers. This caused so much trauma in Glenn that he ended up quitting from the Assassin career and then sheltered himself from the world. Not only that, but this incident also changes Glenn's perspective about the magic that was used by mage.
Present[]
Three years later, he disguised himself as Leos Kleito’s coachman. He made a deal with Leos so that Leos could marry Sistine to obtain a higher status. However, Jatice then betrays and murders him with his own drug and leaves him as nothing but a rotten corpse in the carriage. After this, Jatice then took his identity by disguising as him so that he could fool and kill his old "friend", Glenn Waters.
Later that night, Jatice—disguised as Leos Kleitos—met with his own pal Glenn and then proceeds to taunt him by leaking his secret about what he had done in the past and then Glenn's own secret identity when he was an assassin in the Imperial Court Mage Corps three years ago. This angers Glenn and then the two proceed to fight with each other. However, Jatice wins the fight thanks to his own creation, the Tulpas, giving a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown to Glenn himself and also due to the fact that Glenn's trump card that could get rid of a magic spell, "Fools World" wasn’t working with the angels themselves. After Jatice defeats Glenn, he then forces Sistine to marry him and if she doesn't, Jatice threatens her by going to do something bad towards her friends Rumia and Re=L Rayford. When Sistine asked if he was affiliated with "Researcher of Divine Wisdom" or not, Jatice then flew into rage and call them a low-life piece of trash.
After his defeat from the battle, Glenn then disappeared again from the world for one week so that he could go hand-to-hand combat with Jatice, disguised as Leos, himself, even though he made a promise to Rumia so that nothing could go wrong. However, one week after Glenn's disappearance, it was the time that Sistine got engaged, despite her being uncomfortable and faking her own happiness to her own friends. Fortunately, Glenn interrupts the marriage and then takes Sistine with him. When Glenn asked Sistine about Leos motivation to marry her, Sistine responds by saying that he was cold and he was like a different person that it ended up scaring her. Unfortunately for them, they were being pursued by the mindless Angel Dust addicts, who are also attacking the students at the Church. When Glenn and Sistine are battling the Angel Dust addicts, the fake Leos then reveals himself and shed his disguise.
After revealing himself, Jatice then dispose Sistine once he had no further use for her and then threatens her that if she intervenes with his battle between Glenn, he will kill her. After Sistine runs away, Jatice then taunts Glenn that Sistine reminds him of Sarah and Glenn asked what is his motivation behind all of this. Jatice then responded by saying he's doing these things to slake his own view of justice in which Glenn refuted his claims that Jatice used this excuse to murder some people and not only that, he wanted to get an object called "Akashic Records" so that he could achieve his own twisted goals. After the heated battle, Sistine helps Glenn defeat Jatice in which they succeeded. After they overpowered him, Jatice then tries to summon his ultimate weapon. However, this fails as Glenn punches him in the face, leaving him hanging against a wooden framework before falling down (reminiscing Jesus Christ's crucifixion). Soon after defeat, Jatice then retreats with his angel and said that the Alzano Empire must be destroyed since he found it to be built by evil intentions.
Powers & Abilities[]
Jatice grants him the benefit of being both a skilled magician and a member of the Imperial Court Mage Corps, making him a formidable opponent.
- Skilled in magic: Jatice is highly proficient in magic, including military magic due to his background as a former member of the Imperial Court Mage Corps. His two abilities included The Tulpas which conjures angel-like creatures to fight against his opponents. Not even Glenn Radar's "The Fool" card could dispel them. Jatice can use his Justia's Scales to emit magical scales, allowing him to read the minds and behavior of his target. In addition of this, Jatice can conjure his ultimate weapon, the God of Justice which is a magical being clad in shining armor and a balance scale.
- Master of disguise: Jatice used a disguise magic similar to Glenn's in order to deceive Sistine Fibel into marrying him, although he purposedly have done this in order to lure Glenn Radars into fighting him.
- Angel Dust: Jatice uses the Angel Dust's brainwashing ability to control the population and bend to his will. Those becoming addicted to the drug will transform into mindless zombie-like creatures. Despite appearing sluggish and clumsy, the Angel Dust can enhance their physical attributes.
- Skilled hand-to-hand combatant: As a former member of the Imperial Court Mage Corps, Jatice is skilled in martial arts. He initially bested Glenn in hand-to-hand combat, while disguised as Leos.
- Enhanced speed & reflexes: Jatice effortlessly dodged Glenn's attacks before easily knocking him out. He also catched Glenn's weapons with his bare hand.
- Enhanced durability: He is far more durable than an average human. He sustained a powerful punch from Glenn or a powerful magic from Sistine which throws him against several concrete, destroying them as he was thrown against it.
Trivia[]
- Jatice Lowfan's name is a pun to "Justice Law Fan" which makes sense in context and ironic at the same time since he is a man devoted himself to his twisted view of justice. However, it's also ironic due to the fact that he is a hypocrite who will do anything to slake his view of justice, even with things like mass murdering innocent people, selling drugs so that he could control the user, etc.
- Jatice is also one of the three villains from the series that is considered a Karma Houdini as for now. Other than Eleanor Chalet and the Leader of "Researcher of Divine Wisdom". Somewhat justified as the arc for both of them have not finished yet.
- During the release of BD/DVD Volume 6. His name was mistranslated as "Jtice Lowfan" rather than his own real name.