| “ | Death to traitors... Do not forget. | „ |
| ~ Bishamonten warns Buddha that sooner or later they will take revenge on him. |
The Seven Lucky Gods (in Japanese: 七福神, Shichi Fukujin) are supporting antagonists in the manga/anime series Record of Ragnarok.
They are major antagonists in the Fifth Round and the Sixth Round of the Ragnarok Tournament.
The Seven Lucky Gods, also called the Seven Gods of Fortune, are a group of seven Gods spawned after Zerofuku split his soul into seven parts. Since then their main purpose is to take revenge on Buddha for humiliating them and betraying the Gods. Before he rejoined the other Lucky Gods to become Zerofuku again, Bishamonten was also the Gods' representative of the Gods Fighters during the Sixth Round, where he should have faced Buddha as the Humans' representative of the Einherjar.
Overview[]
The Seven Lucky Gods are a group of Gods who presides over the world's good fortune. They also act as the heavens executioners, delivering "divine punishment" to those who dare to defile the Gods. They were originally only one God who was split into seven different beings.
Appearance[]
Each of the Seven Lucky Gods has a different look than the other:
- Bishamonten takes the form of a tall, muscular man. He has long black hair that goes beyond his waist. He has a surly face and is always frowning. For clothing, Bishamonten wears a crown with two white pieces of cloth coming out. He also wears a mask that covers the lower half of his face (while leaving his mouth exposed), alongside armor that covers his chest and a pair of long puffy white Arabian pants.
- Ebisu is a middle-aged man with big eyes, short slicked back black hair and a pair of pointy moustache. He wears a Hawaiian shirt with a darker blazer, white pants and sunglasses. His hat has a fish on top.
- Benzaiten is a tall woman with messy long purple hair and thick eyebrows.
- Hoteison is a young muscular man. He has long spiky and black hair. The lower part of his head has black hair while the upper half has blond hair. He does not wear any kind of shirt or armor, leaving his chest exposed. He wears long loose pants alongside a pair of sandals.
- Fukurokuju takes the form of an old man with a skeletal and gaunt appearance. He has no nose, eyes or lips and possesses an enormous head. For clothing, Fukurokuju wears a traditional Japanese kimono with circular earrings, alongside a jewel on his forehead.
- Daikokuten has short hair covering his left eye and seems to put on lipstick, there seems to be circles in his eyes. He wears a giant robot with open mouth where his head stands out and has three eyes all with circle of flames around them.
- Jurojin has the appearance of an immense muscular man. He has long white hair (so long in fact, that it ends up covering in his eyes) and a white beard. He wears a skeleton cow head as a hat.
Personality[]
All the Seven Lucky Gods hate Buddha immensely for leading Humanity along itself unlike the Gods and later for betraying the Gods, and for this they wish to take revenge on him.
Outside of that, a few others have a personality of their own:
- Bishamonten has a stoic and serious personality, intends to punish all traitorous Gods and is not intimidated by anyone.
- Ebisu has a short temper personality and is hotheaded. Whenever someone annoys him or when he is near enemies he gets angry. He also speaks loudly in both pain and surprise.
- Benzaiten seemed to be quite relaxed.
- Daikokuten seems excited about meeting out divine punishment, as well as being a rather silent type.
Plot[]
The Seven Lucky Gods are born when Zerofuku, corrupted by misfortune, divides his soul into seven to avoid harming a mother and her child. While some immediately want to take revenge on Buddha, who according to them humiliated Zerofuku making Humans happy unlike him, Bishamonten says that the time has not yet come and the group withdraws: from that moment the legend of the Eighth Lucky Gods was born.
Millennia later, when the Ragnarok Tournament is proclaimed, Bishamonten is chosen by Zeus as one of the Gods Fighters to represent the Gods during the competition. During the Fifth Round Loki discovers that Buddha is secretly helping Humans through the Völundr and attacks him, being immediately helped by the Seven Lucky Gods who want to take advantage of it to kill Buddha. Kojiro Sasaki, Soji Okita and Isami Kondo help Buddha, but the battle is interrupted by Zeus and Odin, forcing everyone to retreat.
Ebisu, Benzaiten and Hoteison go to the infirmary as the first was wounded in the hand, and here Ebisu says that next time he will use “Zero” to kill Buddha. The three are heard by Göll, who is thus interrogated by the Seven Lucky Gods, but the Valkyrie is helped by Jack the Ripper and Bishamonten says to withdraw because he does not like unwarranted violence.
Subsequently, during the Sixth Round, Buddha decides to fight for Humanity when he should have fought for the Gods, unleashing the wrath of the latter. This way the Seven Lucky Gods intervene and decide to fight in the Sixth Round representing the Gods, reverting to being Zerofuku to face Buddha. During the match Zerofuku is corrupted and consumed by Hajun, a Demon inserted into him by Beelzebub centuries before, and the Seven Lucky Gods help Zerofuku to perform the Völundr with Buddha, thanks to which he defeats and kills Hajun. As a consequence, the Seven Lucky Gods and Zerofuku also die, but before expiring they make peace definitively with Buddha.
Powers and Abilities[]
Divine Physiology: They possess all the abilities of the Gods: they possesses physical abilities far beyond those of any ordinary Human, never age, are unable to die of old age, have an indestructible body and cannot be killed by deadly weapons. However, they can be injured and killed by physical attacks with superhuman strength or by Divine Weapons. Bishamonten is also considered strong enough to be placed in the Gods Fighters representing the Gods in the Ragnarok Tournament.
Divine Weapons: Some of them wield a Divine Weapon, in fact Bishamonten has a Khakkhara, Benzaiten has a Biwa, Ebisu has two guns with fish as ornaments, Fukurokuju has a sword and Daikokuten has a giant hammer. They are probably very experienced in using them, as Ebisu has shown to be a good sniper.
Common Destiny - Völundr: Thanks to the help of Buddha, the Seven Lucky Gods are also able to unite their destiny with that of another person, uniting with it through the Völundr and thus generating a Divine Weapon. By using it with Buddha, the Seven Lucky Gods and Zerofuku become the Great Sword of Nirvana – Zero, the ultimate Divine Weapon that only those who have achieved great Nirvana in the Pure Lands can create. This weapon takes the form of a Shichishito (seven-armed sword) with blade-like protrusions, each associated with one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
Members[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Although in the Record of Ragnarok series the Seven Lucky Gods are part of the Shinto Pantheon, in truth many of them belong to other pantheons:
- Excluding Ebisu, six of the Seven Lucky Gods originate in Buddhist, Indian and Chinese myths, and later entered Japanese tradition through Chinese influence starting in the 6th Century AD.
- Fukurokuju was not always included in early performances of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japan: initially in its place was Kichijōten, the Goddess of luck, beauty and merit. Now Fukurokuju is, however, an established member of the Seven Lucky Gods and Kichijōten is no longer included.
- In the original plans for Record of Ragnarok, Daikokuten was part of the Gods Fighters together with Bishamonten, but eventually Daikokuten was replaced by Poseidon before the start of the series.
External Links[]
- Seven Lucky Gods on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Bishamonten on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Ebisu on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Benzaiten on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Hoteison on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Fukurokuju on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Daikokuten on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
- Jurojin on the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie Wiki
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