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| “ | Crush and annihilate them. | „ |
| ~ Odin encourages Thor as the First Round begins. |
| “ | I have waited a long, long time... in preparation for this battle. I will permit no one to disrupt it. | „ |
| ~ Odin threatens Beelzebub after discovering that he is the one who resurrected Hajun. |
Odin, also known as Nameless God, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Zeus) of the manga/anime series Record of Ragnarok and a minor antagonist in its manga spin-off Record of Ragnarok Forbidden Legend - Apocalypse of The Gods.
Odin is a prominent Deity, a Chief God, Thor's father and the King of the Norse Gods. In truth however, Odin is actually a Nameless God who was possessed by Primordial Odin via the sword Gram whose purpose is to sacrifice Siegfried and Humanity to bring the Primordial Gods back to life. He is also a future Gods' representative of the Gods Fighters.
He is voiced by Show Hayami, who has also voiced Sōsuke Aizen in Bleach, Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z, Gibeon in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, Ghetsis in Pokémon Generations, Yomi in Riki-Oh and Enrico Maxwell in Hellsing, in the Japanese dubbed version of the anime adaptation. He is voiced by Bill Butts in the English dub.
Appearance[]
Odin has the appearance of an elderly man wearing formal clothes. He has long hair, a long beard and a patch over his left eye. The color of his hair and clothes are different according to the reference media: in the anime they are black and the clothes have yellow patterns, in the manga the hair are white and the clothes are purple and red with the grey cloak. He almost always carries two ravens on his shoulders, Huginn & Muninn. However, his true appearance does not include a beard.
As the Nameless God, Odin had the appearance of a young boy with short dark hair, both eyes, and wearing a robe consisting of a hooded cloak, trousers, and shoes, as well as laces around his ankles. He had bandages around his hands.
Personality[]
Odin is a man of few words like his son Thor. He rarely speaks, and instead he speaks for his two ravens Huginn & Muninn, who often express what Odin is thinking at the time, even if they have their own personalities. He does not like tricks and pranks, especially those Loki plays on him. It seems that Odin is a battle maniac who is very interested in fighting.
Odin is very sensitive and gets easily angry when someone disturbs him for too long or asks him uncomfortable questions, however he is also ready to smile evilly when everything goes according to his plans, and even when these plans risk being revealed. He is a manipulative and strategic Deity, ready to exploit every possibility, such as Siegfried's imprisonment and the Ragnarok Tournament, to achieve his final goal: resurrecting the Primordial Gods sacrificing Siegfried and Humanity.
Biography[]
Odin is the leader of the Norse Pantheon and the father of Thor. Born as a Nameless God, intrigued by the legend of the Primordial Gods, he began searching for the sword Gram, which once belonged to Primordial Odin. After finding the sword, however, the Nameless God was possessed by the Primordial Odin, and thus became the Odin King of the Norse Pantheon. From that moment, Odin sets out in search of the relics of the Yggdrasil, the four pillars of the Primordial Gods consisting of Odin, Satan, Chaos and Ymir, managing to find them all with the ultimate aim of sacrificing the Water of Life, which can be obtained exterminating Humanity, and the Primordial Vessel, someone strong enough to be able to hold all four relics within himself without dying, in order to bring the Primordial Gods back to life.
After meeting Siegfried, Odin realizes that he is the Primordial Vessel, as they are rare to find, and has him imprisoned in Tartarus on charges of "theft of the Magic Sword Gram and the murder of Odin's beloved Fire Dragon, Fafnir", then ordering Michel Nostradamus to keep him constantly alive. At the same time, Odin tries to convince each meeting of the Gods' Council that takes place every thousand years to exterminate Humanity, in order to thus generate the Water of Life that he needs.
In the 2000 B.C. Odin attended the Gods' Council which decreed the survival of Humanity and, subsequently, that of the XXI Century in which it was decided, to the delight of Odin, that Humanity must be exterminated, although Brunhilde, aware of Odin's plans and wanting to save the Humans, the Gods and Siegfried, convinces the Gods to organize the Ragnarok Tournament. Following this, Odin is chosen by Zeus as one of the Gods Fighters to represent the Gods during the competition, however Odin seems to plan to kill Brunhilde once the Ragnarok Tournament is over, having realized that she is aware of his plan.
Odin observes all the Rounds in his post, with Huginn & Muninn commenting on the various encounters for him. During the Fifth Round Odin and Zeus interrupt a battle raging in the arena garden where Buddha, Kojiro Sasaki, Soji Okita and Isami Kondo were facing Loki and the Seven Lucky Gods. Once everyone is gone, Odin smiles wickedly after Zeus tells him that the Ragnarok Tournament isn't going as they planned, destroying all life around to him.
When Buddha betrays the Gods during the Sixth Round, Odin threatens him telling him the consequences of siding against the Gods, but Buddha is not intimidated and wins the Sixth Round, defeating a revenant Hajun who risked interrupting Ragnarok. Discovering that it was Beelzebub who brought Hajun back to life, Odin joins him and warns him that the Ragnarok Tournament has been waiting for a long time and that he will not allow anyone to stand in his way, even if Beelzebub is not frightened by his words, but intrigued.
At the end of the Ninth Round Odin participates in a meeting between all the remaining Gods Fighters in which it is decided to quickly obtain the last two victories that the Gods need to win the Ragnarok Tournament. Anubis offers to fight in the Tenth Round, but is overtaken by Susano'o no Mikoto who decides to fight in the Tenth Round. However, shortly before the start of the Tenth Round Buddha reaches Odin and, having explained to him that he has discovered that Siegfried is a prisoner in Tartarus, asks him what the connection is between his imprisonment and the Ragnarok Tournament. An irritated Odin attacks him, but Buddha is saved by Beelzebub, who parries the blow of the Norse God and reveals that Odin's wish is to resurrect the Primordial Gods by sacrificing his body. Odin is not scared and prepares to attack Buddha and Beelzebub, but Thor intervenes and explains to the three not to dishonor the fighters who died in the Ragnarok Tournament with external fighting and to let the field determine who wins and who loses. The subsequent intervention of Sakata Kintoki and Adamas convinces Odin to desist, and so he retreats together with Thor and Huginn & Muninn.
At the end of the Tenth Round, which ended with the victory of Soji Okita and the score leveled at 5-5, Odin is already anticipating the end of the Ragnarok Tournament after the last two victories of the Gods.
Powers and Abilities[]
Overall Abilities: Being a Norse God and the King of the Norse Pantheon, it can be deduced that Odin is quite experienced and strong. Furthermore, possessing some of the power of Primordial Odin, he is likely to be one of the most powerful Gods around. He's also smart enough to figure out tricks, like when Loki transformed into Thor and Odin recognized him right away. As a God, Odin has an unlimited lifespan, will not die of old age, possesses physical abilities far superior to those of any ordinary Human being and his body cannot be harmed by deadly weapons. However, he can be injured and killed by physical attacks with superhuman strength or by Divine Weapons.
Master Spearman: Odin's main weapon is the Gungnir, a huge spear, and he is able to summon it to his hand in an instant and wield it perfectly, to the point of being able to destroy everything around him with a single attack.
Menacing Aura, Matter Manipulation and Life Decay: Odin has a menacing aura and presence that strikes fear into all who look upon him. He can frighten the most powerful Humans and Gods with his mere presence. Odin seems able to generate a strange wave capable of causing nearby plants and flowers to wither, die and disappear. Odin is also able to manipulate the matter around him, managing to hide his true appearance under a specially created facade, being able to create the sword Gram from nothing and managing to hide the relics of the Yggdrasil in his body without problems.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This Odin is essentially another version of the Odin from Norse Mythology, just like the Primordial Odin from the manga/anime series Record of Ragnarok.
- Odin is the only character in the series Record of Ragnarok who has two distinct colors for both hair and clothes between manga and anime.
External Links[]
- Odin on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
