Guilty Crown
Series logo and main characters Inori and Shu.
ギルティクラウン (Giruti Kuraun)
Genre	Action, Drama, Mecha, Romance,Science fantasy
TV anime
Directed by	Tetsurō Araki
Written by	Hiroyuki Yoshino
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano
Studio	Production I.G
Production	Aniplex, Fuji TV, Production I.G,Dentsu, Movic
Licensed by	Funimation Entertainment   Madman Entertainment  Manga Entertainment
Network	Fuji TV (noitaminA)
Original run	October 14, 2011 – March 23, 2012
Episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Manga
Published by	Square Enix
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Original run	November 2011 – ongoing
Volumes	3
Novel
Guilty Crown: Princess of Deadpool
Written by	Gan Saaku
Illustrated by	Production I.G, Nitroplus, redjuice
Published by	Nitroplus
Demographic	Seinen
Published	April 25, 2012
Game
Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas
Developer	Nitroplus
Publisher	Nitroplus
Genre	Visual novel
Rating	15+
Platform	Windows
Released	July 26, 2012
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Plot

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Apocalypse Virus

A newly discovered deadly virus that crystallizes its victims. Originated from a meteorite crash in Japan, the transmission mechanisms are currently not understood but upon infection, the host's body will begin to show various stages of symptoms where a crystalline substance forms on their body and the victim shows signs of insanity. There is a vaccine to prevent infection but regular inoculations are required.

The "Lost Christmas" incident

On December 24, 2029, an outbreak of the Apocalypse Virus appeared in Roppongi, Tokyo leading to a chaotic turmoil in the country. Unable to contain it, the Japanese government asked for international help.

GHQ

A multinational military force backed by the United Nations to help Japan contain the Apocalypse Virus during the "Lost Christmas" incident. After containing the outbreak and restoring order, Japan gave its administrative duties to the GHQ where it became the official interim government of Japan with the GHQ forces policing the country under martial law. The GHQ headquarters is located in Area 24, a mega-structure constructed on Odaiba, Tokyo Bay.

Anti Bodies

Officially known as the Special Virus Countermeasure Force, the Anti Bodies are the GHQ epidemic control unit. An independent military unit, the Anti Bodies are an elite force that have access to special equipment and resources to combat the spread of the Apocalypse Virus. They have the authority to detain and quarantine suspected Apocalypse carriers and if necessary, use deadly force to contain any outbreaks.

Shōgisha (葬儀社) / Literally translated as Undertakers (Funeral Parlor)

A resistance group/terrorist organization that aims to free Japan from the GHQ. Their headquarters is located in Roppongi at a building called Roppongi Fort.

Endlave

Humanoid battle mechs. Pilots operate the Endlaves via a remote cockpit, through which they control its movement using their brains. Because they also experience any damage that is happening to their Endlaves, the pilot must disconnect themselves before their Endlave is destroyed or they will suffer a backlash. Over three generations of Endlaves have been created.

Void Genome

Known as the "Power of Kings", it is a genetic weapon that has the ability to extract "Voids" from individuals under the age of 17. A Void is the physical form of the personality of a person and is unique to the individual. Eye contact is necessary to extract a Void. However, it is possible to extract a void by making a person believe that there is eye contact. The person from whom the Void is extracted remembers nothing of the incident due to shock and the Void is returned to the original owner after use.

Sephirah Genomics

A multinational pharmaceutical company with close ties to the GHQ and Anti Bodies. Sephirah Genomics is responsible for creating the Apocalypse Virus vaccine and the Void Genome, and is currently researching a cure for the Apocalypse Virus.

Norma Gene

A drug that was accidentally created at the same time as the Apocalypse Virus vaccine. Created after the Lost Christmas incident by Sephirah Genomics.

List of Guilty Crown characters

Main Characters of Guilty Crown. From left to right: Gai Tsutsugami, Inori Yuzuriha and Shu Ouma

The article lists the characters from the anime Guilty Crown and the upcoming visual novel Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas.

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Main characters

Shu Ouma (桜満 集 Ōma Shū)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji

 / Minami Tsuda (Childhood)

The 17-year old protagonist of Guilty Crown. A socially awkward person, Shu is a second year high school student and a member of the school's modern image and video research club. His mother, Haruka, works for Sephirah Genomics, while his late father, Kurosu, an expert on the Apocalypse Virus, was killed during the "Lost Christmas" incident. Shu's involvement in the series begins when he meets Inori Yuzuriha. After Inori is arrested by the GHQ Anti Bodies, Shu decides to make amends for not helping her earlier by delivering an item called "Void Genome" she was transporting to the leader of Funeral Parlor, Gai Tsutsugami. However upon arrival, a battle between the GHQ and Funeral Parlor has begun, forcing Shu to escape while protecting the Void Genome. It is then when he rescues Inori and protects her from a GHQ Endlave that the "Void Genome" fuses onto his right arm, granting him the "power of kings", which allows him to extract items from a person's heart. After that incident, Gai offers Shu to join Funeral Parlor, but Shu turns down the offer, refusing to join the organization until his classmate, Yahiro Samukawa, betrays him to the GHQ, forcing him to turn to Funeral Parlor for help.

Despite joining them, Shu stays with Funeral Parlor due to Inori, who he has feelings for, but he resents Gai, who he at first believe was Inori's lover, due to the fact Gai used his feelings for Inori to make him join Funeral Parlor and Gai is everything that he is not; smart, popular and well respected. But upon seeing the real Gai; a man conflicted to play a ruthless tactical genius and leader, Shu gains a new respect for Gai and trust his new friends in Funeral Parlor particularly Ayase. :After getting his name clear from the GHQ, Shu returns to school with a more open, sociable attitude much to his friends' notice. At the same time, Inori begins living with him and their feelings for each other grow as he starts getting flashback of forgotten memories. While still attending school, he continues helping Funeral Parlor in their missions. But his new attitude doesn't last long after Shu fails to save Yahiro's brother Jun as he was forced to kill him to save Yahiro's life. Traumatized on what he has done, Shu refuses to join Gai in an important mission to retrieve the meteorite where the Apocalypse Virus originated before it is transported out of Japan.

When his friend Hare slaps some sense into him and learns the Anti Bodies have launched a coup d'état against the GHQ upper echelons by starting a second Apocalypse outbreak in Tokyo, stole the meteorite and decimate Funeral Parlor, Shu breaks out of his self-pity and decides to rescue Inori and his Funeral Parlor allies. With the help of his friends from school, Shu goes to rescue Inori and Gai from the GHQ and Anti Bodies and faces the leader of the Anti Bodies, Shuichiro Keido.

Encountering Yuu, a boy working with Shuichiro who also possess the "power of kings", Shu finally remembers his forgotten memories. It is revealed Gai was Shu's childhood friend, nicknamed Triton whom his older sister Mana rescued ten years ago. Gai looked up to Shu as he was a brave boy back then. Unknown to Shu or Gai, his sister was the first person to be infected by the Apocalypse Virus, which slowly drives her insane, even causing her to develop feelings for her brother. Gai, who knew the truth, tried to reveal this to Shu on the Christmas Eve of 2029. However, Mana found out about it and tricked Gai into shooting himself. Shu then stumbles upon the scene and is asked by Mana to marry her so that they 'can start a new race together.' Shu, disturbed and shocked, rejects her offer, calling her a 'monster.' Hurt at his remark Mana went berserk, causing the virus to take over her body and spread it all over Tokyo, thus beginning the "Lost Christmas" incident. Traumatized, Shu repressed these memories. With his memories regained, Shu rescues Inori from Shuichiro's clutches in his plans to transplant Mana's soul into her body so he and Mana will spread the outbreak worldwide and start a new race. However, he is forced to kill Gai so that his weapon could break the pod containing his sister's soul, freeing her and ending the outbreak.

After the outbreak, Shu, Inori and their Funeral Parlor friends Ayase and Tsugumi stays at Tennouzu High after the school is converted into a refugee center. However, the area their school is located is barricaded and lock downed by the Anti Bodies who proceed to exterminate the civilians inside. Due to uncertainty and despair, Shu replaces Arisa Kuhouin as the student council president after regaining control of a chaotic school assembly. After becoming student council president, he rules the school with dignity and respect and refuses Yahiro's suggestion to implement a Void-ranking system which determines how much vaccine and care someone receives, believing that it will lead to discrimination between the students. But when Hare is killed during an attempt by Souta to find vaccines from a nearby hospital, Shu becomes maddened with grief and implements the ranking system. After the successful take down of the Tokyo Tower and the Ghost Team, Shu was betrayed by Arisa Kuhouin and his fellow students. The resurrected Gai then appears and slices off Shu's right arm, transferring the "power of the kings" from Shu to Gai. Subsequently, Shu slipped into a bout of extreme depression, horrified at his own actions. When Inori sacrificed herself to protect Shu, he came to terms with his actions, and became determined to save her. He then took Arisa hostage in order to have her lead him to Inori. While driving, he gets news that Haruka is on the run, and possesses the third Void Genome. Arisa takes him to the building where she, the remaining members of Funeral Parlor, and Shu's friends are hiding. Shu arrives shortly after Segai begins an assault to take the Void Genome for himself. Before Ayase attempts to use the Void Genome on herself at great risk, Shu finds it and injects himself with it. With the Power of Kings returned to him, Shu pulls out his own Void, which manifests as a new right arm made entirely of Apocalypse crystal, replacing the one Gai severed. With their permission, he uses Ayase's, Souta's, and Yahiro's Voids, now memorized by his Void, to save them from Segai. The battle culminates in him using Yahiro's Void shears to sever Segai's life. Despite his new-found abilities, as a side-effect, Shu is infected with the Apocalypse virus while retrieving Souta's Void - immediately curing the terminal Souta. Shu makes the decision to use the Power of Kings to save Inori and stop Gai.

Shu acquired his powers from the "Void Genome". His power is to extract "Voids", genetic physical objects formed of the personality of anyone younger than 17. After regaining his lost memories, his powers evolved, allowing him to extract Voids from people while they still retained consciousness. He briefly lost his powers when Gai stole it, but regained them upon injecting himself with another "Void Genome". His Void can absorb other Voids into his own, allowing him to use its powers indefinetly. It manifests itself as an arm made entirely of Apocalypse Crystal, replacing the arm Gai severed off when he stole his powers. His void is a double-edged sword, however, as he also takes any adverse effects that the Void user has, such as the Apocalypse Cancer, and if by any reason Shu dies, all owners of the voids he obtained should perish as well.

Inori Yuzuriha (楪 いのり Yuzuriha Inori)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano 

, Singing voice: Chelly

The main heroine of Guilty Crown, is the stoic 17-year old vocalist of the group Egoist. She is also a member of the "Funeral Parlor" resistance group and her Void is a sword. She becomes Shu's partner and as the series progresses, begins to show different types of emotions, eventually falling in love with him. In episode 12, she was used as a sacrifice for the rebirth of Mana but was then saved by Shu. Afterwards, however, she starts expressing more erratic behavior, cumulating with her killing two other students and stabbing Arisa through the hand. She is later captured by the resurrected Gai and Da'ath as she tries to protect Shu.

Inori's Void is a heavy sword that resembles a bisento, which can be combined with other Voids for different effects. When extracted by Yuu, it takes a more wing-like shape. In Episode 18, she also demonstrates the ability to turn into a "monster" mode, where a pair of blades extend from her arms and she gains increased strength and speed. In episode 21 Inori is consumed and reborn as Mana.

Gai Tsutsugami (恙神 涯 Tsutsugami Gai)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura

 / Akeno Watanabe (Childhood)

The deuteragonist of Guilty Crown, and later on he becomes the main antagonist. 17-year old resourceful and charismatic leader of the "Funeral Parlor" resistance group. He hopes to push the revolution to success with the help of Shu's "power of kings". A charming and yet manipulative man, he leads Funeral Parlor as a fearless leaders who expects the best from his subordinates and not to disappoint him. At beginning of the series, he tasks Inori to steal the Void Genome so he can use it's power. However, a battle between the Anti Bodies and Funeral Parlor leads to Shu to gain that power instead. Nevertheless, he tries to make Shu join his organization which he succeed after using his feelings for Inori and after he was arrested by the GHQ.

Shu at first holds animosity at Gai for manipulating him into joining Funeral Parlor using Inori (not making things any better is that Inori is rumored to be Gai's lover as well.) and he is everything Shu is not; smart, popular and well respected. But upon seeing the real Gai; a man conflicted to play a ruthless tactical genius and leader, Shu gains a new respect for Gai and helps him in their missions. But after Shu refuses to join them for an important mission after Shu is traumatize over killing Yahiro's brother, Gai abandons him to continue the mission; steal the meteorite where the Apocalypse Virus originated from the GHQ. However, the mission fails when Shuichiro and the Anti Bodies starts a second Apocalypse outbreak over Tokyo and proceeds to eliminate both the upper echelons of GHQ and Funeral Parlor. While Gai and several members survive, Gai's Apocalypse infections starts to reemerge. A determined Shu arrives to help him from the Anti Bodies and joins Shu to rescue Inori from the clutches of Shuichiro.

Gai later reveals to Shu that he is in fact his childhood friend "Triton". Ten years ago, he was saved by Shu and Mana from drowning at a shore. Nicknamed "Triton" by Mana, Gai and the Ouma siblings became close friends and spent a summer together where he admired Shu for his confidence and fell in love with Mana for saving him. He eventually discovers Mana's insanity and tries to warn Shu about it, but is tricked by Mana into shooting himself in a church. After the Lost Christmas incident, he leaves Shu to make himself stronger, eventually becoming the leader of Funeral Parlor.

After helping Shu rescue Inori, Gai goes to free Mana's soul from the pod containing it. However, the crystals protecting the pod stab him. Close to death and and pinned to Mana's pod, Gai requests Shu to stab him through the heart at the same time, in order to break the pod and free Mana's soul. He seemingly dies embracing Mana, finally reunited with his lost love.

At the end of episode 16, Gai was resurrected by Ouma Haruka. He then reappears at episode 17, in which he slashed Shu's right arm with Inori's void. And thus the "power of the kings" was transferred from Shu's severed arm to Gai.

Gai has the ability to see people's Voids due to being infected with the Apocalypse Virus. To prevent the virus from crystallizing his body, he has a blood transfusion with Inori, as her blood can fight off the infection. To prevent anyone in Funeral Parlor from knowing, he has Inori visit his room during their blood transfusions, fooling everyone into believing that he and Inori are lovers. His Void is a gun that forces out other people's Voids, though it can also be used as a regular gun.

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Ayase Shinomiya (篠宮 綾瀬 Shinomiya Ayase^?)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa

A paraplegic Endlave pilot who uses a wheelchair. She has feelings for Gai and is very loyal to him but later she also started to have feelings for Shu.^[1] Previously, she piloted an older Endlave Jumeau model before it was destroyed by Daryl but later gains Daryl's Endlave Steiner model. Her Void is a special pair of leg braces that allow her to rapidly skate over ground, jump with incredible power and even fly.^[2]

Tsugumi (ツグミ Tsugumi^?)

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu

A 14-year old hacker who is in charge of information warfare. Her codename is "Black Swan" and her main site of operations is a holographic sphere where she uses her whole body as interface thanks to a special sensor suit. She also controls Funell when doing tasks Shu and Inori cannot do. Her Void is a Hand Scanner, magical girl wand that can create holographic projections of people.

Argo Tsukishima (月島 アルゴ Tsukishima Arugo^?)

Voiced by: Anri Katsu

A 17-year old member who is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and the use of knives. His void is a torchlight that temporarily blinds its target in a sphere of complete darkness. He is a second-year student at Ryusen High School.

Oogumo (大雲 Ōgumo^?)

Voiced by: Kousuke Takaguchi

A large, quiet man who specializes in firearms and explosives. He was injured while protecting Haruka, and later killed by Segai in episode 19.

Shibungi (四分儀 Shibungi^?)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

A 27-year old man who is Gai's second-in-command. He is known for saying: "As expected of Gai".

Kenji Kido (城戸 研二 Kido Kenji^?)

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto

A mass murderer and infamous terrorist responsible for the "Sky Tree Bombing". He was previously held at GHQ Isolation Facility Four before being rescued by Shu and the Funeral Parlor. His Void is a Gravity gun. He is a skilled hacker much like Tsugumi. He is shot by Shinbungi when he figures out that only Kenji is capable of hacking as well as Tsugumi during the final battle.

Funell (ふゅーねる Fyūneru^?)

Inori's pet robot who also acts as her guardian. It expresses a lot of emotions even though it is mechanical. Funell is capable of shooting out strings very much like a Tachikoma.^[3] Its name is a play on the English word "Funeral".

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Souta Tamadate (魂館 颯太 Tamadate Sōta^?)Yahiro Samukawa (寒川 谷尋 Samukawa Yahiro^?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima / Kana Hanazawa (Childhood)

Shu's classmate and member of the motion picture research club. Yahiro is one of Shu's close friends who bothers to socialize with him. Despite being seen as nice person, secretly he is a drug dealer by the name of "Sugar" and his image at school is actually a facade to hide his real anger. The reason he deals drugs is to pay for his little brother's medical bills. His Void is a pair of large shears that are said to sever life, this is because deep down he feels his ill brother burdens him.

Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi

Shu's classmate and another member of the motion picture research club. He is a big fan of Inori. His Void is a camera-like gun capable of opening anything from doors to electronic safes. His void is among the weakest in the school, which leads him to carelessly embark on a mission to retrieve vaccines with other low-ranking students drawing attention to the GHQ and resulting in Hare's death, and Shu becoming a ruthless leader. Infected with the Apocalipse Virus, Souta is forced to work on hazardous condition according to Yahiro's plan, and ends up against Shu when he was betrayed by the other students. However, he entered the terminal stage of the disease until Shu made use of his void to absorb his power as well as the virus in his body, curing Souta by infecting himself in the process.

Hare Menjou (校条 祭 Menjō Hare^?)

Voiced by: Yu Shimamura

Shu's classmate who has a crush on him. Her void is a bandage roll that can heal injuries and instantly repair damaged objects. Drawn into an attack in the fifteenth episode, she is ordered by Souta to repair a car, which explodes mortally injuring her and Shu. Waking up, Hare uses her Void to heal Shu, but her Void is shot and destroyed, essentially killing Hare. Shu wakes up and hold her into his arms, only before her body starts crystallizing and shatters before his eyes.

Kanon Kusama (草間 花音 Kusama Kanon^?)

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki

The chairman of Class 2-A and Hare's friend who knows about her feelings for Shu and usually helps her to get close to him. Her void is a visor that can see and locate things from afar.

Arisa Kuhouin (供奉院 亞里沙 Kuhōin Arisa^?)

Voiced by: Aya Endo

The student council president. Her grandfather is the head of the Kuhouin Group which is at odds with the GHQ, and Arisa is his heir. She however doesn't want the responsibilities associated with it, but is unable to face it, resulting in her Void being named "The Coward's Shield", which is a disc-shaped shield controlled by a ball-shaped device. The shield can divide itself in 6 parts, and even grow in size. Arisa developed a crush on Gai when they met while he was asking her grandfather to help fund Funeral Parlor.

After the 2nd Apocalypse Outbreak, she takes leadership of Tennouzu High after the school is turn in a refugee center for teenagers. But after the government seals off the area where Tennouzu High is also located, the students begin to lose confidence in her despite assuring them her grandfather's men will rescue them. She loses her position of student council president after the students vote Shu as their new president but still continues to help the student council.

Arisa learns to truth that people die when their voids are destroyed but is attacked by Inori to keep her silent. Traumatized from the attack, Arisa receives a phone call from Gai who encourages her to attempt a coup d'état to overthrow Shu. To achieve this she seduces Hirohide Nanba to spread rumors about the truth of voids in order to further destroy their faith in him. Once Shu successfully leads the students out of quarantine zone, she and the students turn on him.

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Shuichiro Keido (茎道 修一郎 Keido Shūichirō^?)Major General Yan (ヤン Yan^?)

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi

The former Commander-in-Chief of the GHQ. General Yan is in charge of the GHQ forces in Japan except the Anti Bodies led by Shuichiro. He is the father of Daryl Yan but does not like his son, believing Daryl may not be his biological son and has an affair with his secretary, Emily. Upon discovering Shuichiro's theft of the meteorite that caused the Apocalypse virus from a GHQ facility, the General has Shuichiro put under house arrest and plan to have the meteorite transported overseas, hoping this act will bring his political ambitions to become President of the United States come true. But in the midst of the rebellion by Shuichiro and the Antibodies, General Yan and his staff are killed by Daryl after he learns about his father's affair.

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue

Head of the GHQ Anti Bodies and a major antagonist. He is intent on eliminating the Apocalypse Virus through total purification by killing all individuals who are infected by the virus. However, Shuichiro has hidden motives much to General Yan suspicions particular the meteorite that the virus originated from. After Shuichiro is put under house arrest for stealing the meteorite, he secretly orders Major Segai and the Anti Bodies to launch a coup d'état against Major General Yan by causing an Apocalypse outbreak all over Tokyo. With the General dead, Shuichiro quickly takes command of GHQ and frames Funeral Parlor for the death of his predecessor. In truth, Shuichiro real plan is to revive Mana using the meteorite to transfer her soul into Inori's body so both of them will start a new race and spread the outbreak worldwide. However, his plans are foiled by Gai and Shu who rescue Inori and free Mana's soul. He was assumed to be killed by Yuu but was later revealed to be alive as the new president of Japan's provisional government. It is revealed later that he is Haruka's older brother as well as a former academic colleague and friend of Shu's late father, Kurosu Ohma, prior to the events of the series. Over the years, Keido's respect towards his longtime rival steadily morphed into hatred as he witnessed Kurosu's success eclipse his own and learned that Da'ath had chosen Kurosu's offspring as the progenitors of a new human race. Ultimately, Keido murdered Kurosu in a fit of rage during the events of Lost Christmas after realizing that Kurosu's brilliance had risen to a level he could never hope to reach. From that moment forward, Keido dedicates his entire being to ending the world Kurosu so desperately tried to save. Keido commits suicide by injecting the virus into himself when the GHQ headquarters starts to collapse.

Daryl Yan (ダリル・ヤン Dariru Yan^?)

Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama

A 2nd Lieutenant Juvenile officer and General Yan's son. Nicknamed "Kill 'Em All Daryl", he is a narcissistic, cruel and sadistic man who enjoys causing pain to others and due to havingmysophobia, he hates being touched by others believing they are infected. His Void is a weapon called "Kaleidoscope", which is able to create a myriad of barriers to deflect attacks. His father does not like him and even believes he may not be his biological son. Upon learning about his father's affair with his secretary, Daryl kills his father and his staff during the Anti Bodies coup d'état. After the events of the 2nd Apocalypse outbreak, he is sent by Major Segai to go undercover at Tennouzu High. He starting to get suspicious with the orders and events in the Loop. He has feelings for Tsugumi.

Makoto Waltz Segai (嘘界（せがい）＝ヴァルツ・誠 Makoto Varutsu Segai^?)

Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna

A Major in the GHQ Anti Bodies and a major antagonist. A charming, eccentric man wearing clown-like make up and a prosthetic left eye, he is a sharp and experienced man who is able to investigate and get any information from its sources. He enjoys chatting with people and playing games on his cellphone yet at the same time, he is very sadistic and manipulative and uses whatever means against anyone. He's for the most part calm, and remains like that even if he's in dangerous situations. He seems to enjoy his work like a game although he does take his job seriously. As Shuuichiro second-in-command, he and the Anti Bodies free Shuichiro from his house arrest by causing an Apocalypse outbreak. After Shuichiro gave Segai the information he wants and declared his role in the coup d'état is over, Segai helps Gai, Ayase and Haruka locate where Shuichiro is. After the events of the 2nd Apocalypse outbreak, he becomes the new leader of the Antibodies. He becomes interested in the Void Genome and decides to gain it for himself to embrace the Void's light. However, Shu regains the Genome and kills Segai with Yahiro's Void.

Haruka Ouma (桜満 春夏 Ōma Haruka^?)

Voiced by: Chika Fujimura

Shu and Mana's step mother. She works as a senior researcher at Sephirah Genomics, a pharmaceutical company in charge of developing a cure for the Apocalypse Virus. She was an assistant under Shu's father Kurosu before becoming engaged to him, and while a professional at work, at home she is very carefree and likes to dote on her son much to his embarrassment. Strangely Shu calls her by name. She was oblivious to her son's involvement with the Void Genome or Funeral Parlor until the truth was revealed during Shuichiro's coup d'état. After the 2nd Apocalyse outbreak, she works with Shuuichiro to find a way find a way to relieve Shu of the Void Genome. It is reveal that Shuuichiro is her older brother. After finding out that her brother killed Kurosu, she stole the last Void Genome and defected GHQ to help Shu and the Undertakers.

Rowan (ローワン Roowan^?)

Voiced by: Naoya Nosaka

A GHQ Anti Bodies Intel officer. Rowan usually assists his superior officers. He was also involved in Shuichiro's coup d'état. He sacrifices himself to help Daryl escape from the collapsing GHQ headquarters.

Dan Eagleman (ダン・イーグルマン Dan Iiguruman^?)

Voiced by: Tsuguo Mogami

An American GHQ Colonel. A former football coach, he is an upbeat man who gives pep talks to his subordinates and uses the word "Guts" a lot. He's also very irresponsible and tends to work with low if any efficiency, using a vast amount of resources for rather simple tasks, or use resources in the most absurd way possible, such as turning Anti-Air Missile Vehicles sideways so they can be launched straight rather than upwards. He was killed by Segai during Shuichiro's coup d'état.

Yuu (ユウ Yuu^?)

Voiced by: Yuka Nishigaki

A mysterious blond boy who is an acquaintance of Shuichiro. During Shuichiro's coup d'état and the second Apocalypse outbreak, Yuu is revealed to also possess the Power of Kings when he kidnaps Inori and uses her void to kill Shu only for Gai to save him. Gai recognizes him by the title "Grave Keeper of Da'at". It is implied that Yuu comes from the Daath Society, which is an ancient secret organization and possibly, the main antagonist group.

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Okina Kuhouin (供奉院 翁 Kuhōin Okina^?)Jun Samukawa (寒川 潤 Samukawa Jun^?)

Voiced by: Minami Tsuda

Yahiro's younger brother. He had been affected with the Apocalypse Virus, which led Yahiro to become a drug dealer so that he could get treatment for the virus from the GHQ. Jun is killed by Yahiro's Void after begging Shu to kill him, as he does not want to die hating Yahiro or to burden his elder brother any longer.

Voiced by: Katsuhisa Houki

Arisa's grandfather and head of the Kuhouin Group, the richest and most powerful conglomerate in Japan. Okina despises the GHQ for not only taking away Japan's independence but also their restrictive policies affecting his various businesses. Sharing a common enemy, Okina agrees to supply Gai and Funeral Parlor with funds and weapons. After the 2nd Apocalypse outbreak, he rescues Argo and Ogumo and tasks them to rescue his granddaughter after Loop 7 is quarantined by the GHQ. However, the mission fails and much to his dismay, Arisa joins the GHQ Anti Bodies due to her unrequited love for Gai. For dishonoring their family name, he and his men ambushed her convoy where he plans to kill her himself. However, he is hesitant to kill her which Arisa kills her grandfather in self-defense.

Kurachi (倉知 Kurachi^?)

Voiced by: Miyuki Kawasho

Okina's secretary. Kurachi is well informed on the events on what's happening between the GHQ and it's enemies. After Okina death, she leads on what's left of the Kuhouin Group. She is also an old friend of Haruka.

Kurosu Ouma (桜満 玄周 Ōma Kurosu^?)

Shu's late father. He was an expert on the Apocalypse Virus who died during Lost Christmas. It was later revealed that Shuuichiro killed him out of hatred.

Mana Ouma (桜満 真名 Ōma Mana^?)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

A pink-haired girl who has a mysterious connection with Shu, Gai, Inori and Shuichiro who is revealed to be Shu's older sister. Ten years prior to the start of the series, Shu and Mana rescued a young Gai whom Mana nicknamed Triton. The three of them became close friends, spending the year's summer together. However, unknown to anyone else, Mana was the first person to be infected with the Apocalypse Virus, which gradually caused her to become mentally unstable, even causing her to have feelings for Shu despite being his sister. Gai discovered this and tried to warn Shu, but Mana showed up him at their meeting place, a church, and tricked Gai into shooting himself. When Shu himself arrived, Mana made a marriage proposal to Shu, stating that they could 'start a new race together.' Shocked and disturbed at the scene, Shu rejects her offer, calling her 'a monster.' Heartbroken, Mana went berserk, causing the virus to mutate and spread all over Tokyo, causing the Lost Christmas. Mana's body was eventually destroyed by the virus. This event affected Shu and Gai deeply, and the two split just after the incident, with Gai vowing to 'become stronger.' It is also at that time that Shu, traumatized, repressed his memories of Gai and Mana.

During the second Apocalypse outbreak and Shuichiro's coup d'état, Shuichiro manages to capture Mana's soul, still under the influence of the virus, and tries to resurrect her using Inori's body. However, his attempts are foiled by Shu and Gai. To free Mana's soul and be with her in her last moments, a dying Gai sacrificed himself to allow Shu to stab the crystal pod containing Mana's soul through his body, finally freeing Mana's soul from the virus.

However, a psychotic Mana returns, this time trying to take control of Inori's body. In episode 21 Inori is consumed and reborn as Mana.

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Scrooge (スクルージ Sukurūji^?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

The protagonist. His body had received so many certain experiments on humans in a research facilities. "Scrooge" is his code name while his real name is unknown. Escaped from the facility, and continues to live as a fugitive. He is a "failed product" of the research facility's attempts to produce the Void Genome. Instead of being able to draw out a weapon based on a person's heart any person Scrooge touches with his right hand is instantly crystallized by the Apocalypse Cancer. The only person who is unaffected by his right hand's power is Carol, and she is the only person Scrooge is able to draw a Void out of.

Carol (キャロル Kyaroru^?)

Voiced by: Kana Asumi

A beautiful girl with strange mood. Scrooge's partner, having escaped with him from the facility. She is also deemed by the research facility as a "failure". Carol is the only one who is resistant to the crystallization effect of Scrooge's right hand; however, her Void does not have a definite form, and takes a different shape each time Scrooge draws it out.

Present (プレゼント Purezento^?)

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi

A mysterious person whose fate is intertwined with Scrooge and Carol. Present's gender is unknown. Chases Scrooge and Carol for some reason along with two other people that called "ghost". Beautiful and sleek appearance. Present's abilities include further manipulation of the effects of the Apocalypse Virus. He is able to crystallize many people over a certain radius, and can freely manipulate Apocalypse Crystal Matter.

Yet to Come (イェット・トゥー・カム Ietto tō Kamu^?)

One of three people called "ghost" that chase Scrooge and Carol.

Past (パスト Pasuto^?)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki

One of the three "Ghosts" that chase Scrooge and Carol. Past's genre is unknown. He is an Endlave pilot whose entire identity is concealed within his specially customized unit. His Endlave was not built for mass production, but has been modified heavily and given stronger destructive power, and is considered overkill for any practical military operation.

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Kurosu Ōma (桜満 黒周 Ōma Kurosu^?)

Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki

Mana Ōma (桜満 真名 Ōma Mana^?)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

Shu Ōma (桜満 集 Ōma Shu^?)

Voiced by: Minami Tsuda

Triton (トリトン Toriton^?) aka Gai Tsutsugami (恙神 涯 Tsutsugami Gai^?)

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (young), Yūichi Nakamura (adult)

Haruka Ōma (桜満 春夏 Ōma Haruka^?)

Voiced by: Chika Fujimura

Shuichirō Keido (茎道修一郎 Keido Shūichirō^?)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue

Yū (ユウ^?)

Voiced by: Yuka Nishigaki

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List of Guilty Crown episodes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guilty Crown is a sci-fi, action, fantasy anime that aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block. Set in the year 2039, Japan is the under the rule of a multinational military force called GHQ after the country went into chaos due to the "Lost Christmas" incident ten years ago when an giant outbreak of an alien virus called the Apocalypse Virus spreads during Christmas, leading the UN to send the GHQ to contain the outbreak and restore order. The series follows Shu Ouma, an intelligent yet socially awkward teenager who finds himself caught in the war between the GHQ and "Funeral Parlor (Undertakers)", a resistance/terrorist organization led by Gai Tsutsugami, which aims to liberate Japan from the GHQ, when he meets Inori Yuzuriha, the famous Internet Singer of the band Egoist and a member of the Undertakers. Due to various circumstances, Shu acquires a genetic weapon called the Void Genome, also known as "power of kings", which allows him to extract "Voids", objects with special properties that reflect the personality of their owners from underage individuals. With his new powers, Shu joins the Undertakers to protect Inori and learns secrets and mysteries he never knew.

The anime is produced by Production I.G and directed by Tetsuro Araki with script supervision by Hiroyuki Yoshino^[1], also assisted by Ichirō Ōkouchi and with Jin Hanegaya from Nitroplushelping to write the screenplay.^[2][3] The mechanical designs were provided by Atsushi Takeuchi and prop designs by Yō Moriyama. Art direction was handled by Yusuke Takeda with original character designs by Redjuice and Hiromi Katō adapting the character designs for the anime.

The anime aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block from October 14, 2011 to March 23, 2012. The first opening theme song from episode 2 to 12 is "My Dearest" by Supercell with vocals by Koeda and the first ending theme song from episode 1 to 12 is Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~ (Departures ~あなたにおくるアイの歌~^?, lit. "Departures (Send your Love Song)") by Supercell under the name Egoist with vocals by Chelly, the fictional band within the series. The second opening theme song from episode 13 to 22 is "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" by Egoist with vocals by Chelly and the second ending song from episode 13 to 21 is Kokuhaku (告白^?, lit. "Confession") by Supercell with vocals by Koeda.

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No.	Title	Original airdate
1	"Outbreak:Genesis" "Hassei:Genesis" (発生:Genesis)	October 14, 2011[4]
Shu Ouma is a 17 year old teen who has poor social skills who lives in Japan where it is under the strict rule of the government organization GHQ due to the Apocalypse Virus ten years ago. While going to his warehouse studio, he encounters Inori Yuzuriha, internet singer of the band Egoist, who is recovering from her wounds after stealing a formula called Void Genome from the GHQ. After mending her wounds and feeding her, Inori is captured by the GHQ Anti Bodies division led by Major Guin and Shu is powerless to stop them. To make amends, Shu brings the Void Genome to Inori's boss, Gai Tsutsugami, leader of the resistance group, the Undertakers at Roppongi. However, Major Guin orders the Anti Bodies to exterminate the residents ofRoppongi in order to find the Void Genome. As the Undertakers and GHQ battle, Shu goes and rescue Inori and protects her when a GHQ Endlave mech tries to attack them. The attack breaks the test tube holding the Void Genome, giving Shu the "Power of Kings" where he pulls out Inori's Void, a large sword and destroys the Endlave.
2	"The Fittest:Survival of the Fittest" "Tekisha:Survival of the Fittest" (適者:Survival of the Fittest)	October 21, 2011
After destroying several GHQ Endlaves, Shu, Inori and the Undertakers are forced to retreat when an advanced Endlave joins the battle ridden by 2nd Lieutenant Daryl "Kill 'Em All" Yan, a narcissist officer who hates being touched by others out of fear of being infected. After regrouping with the others, Gai congratulates his hacker Tsugumi and Endlave pilot Ayase Shinomiya but scolds Inori as he wanted the power of the Void Genome but instead was given to Shu. Nevertheless, Gai still wants the "Power of Kings" and asks Shu for help. When Guin holds a group of innocent civilians hostage where Daryl and several soldiers execute some of them and orders the Undertakers to surrender themselves, the Undertakers trick Daryl to drive his Endlave away from Guin's command center where the Undertakers have a stand off with Guin's men. Using the stand off as a diversion, Shu heads to the truck that holds Daryl's cockpit where Shu pulls out Daryl's Void, a weapon called Kaleidoscope. When Guin fires his laser weapons at Gai, Shu uses Kaleidoscope to shield Gai and deflects the lasers back at Guin and his men, killing them. Despite seeing the atrocities the GHQ does and what the Undertakers are fighting for, Shu declines to join them as he feels he is no hero. The next day, much to Shu's surprise, Inori transfers into his school.
3	"Phanerosis:Void-sampling" "Kenshutsu:Void-sampling" (顕出:Void-sampling)	October 28, 2011[4]
Shu is still shocked that not only has Inori transferred to his school but is living at his home as well. Gai reveals to Shu that he sent Inori to protect him because a student at his school who is secretly a drug dealer nicknamed Sugar saw him during the Undertakers battle with the GHQ at Roppongi and confirms Shu's suspicions that Gai can see other people's Voids. Because Gai only recognize Sugar's Void as pair of large shears, Shu has to confront his fellow classmates one by one and take out their Voids to confirm their identities. After several failures and escaping the wrath of class representative Kanon Kusama, Shu soon figures out Sugar is actually his friend Yahiro Samugawa, after figuring out Yahiro knows a lot of things he shouldn't know and his taste of horror films. His identity exposed, Yahiro angrily shows his true self before Shu subdues him by pulling out his Void. Inori tries to kill Yahiro but Shu stops her as Yahiro is still his friend where both he and Yahiro resolve their difference and not reveal each other secrets. But the next day, Yahiro betrays Shu by selling him out to the GHQ led by Major Makoto Waltz Segai.
4	"Solution:Flux" "Yōzai:Flux" (溶剤:Flux)	November 4, 2011
Shu is arrested by the GHQ much to his classmates shock and worry. He is sent to GHQ Isolation Facility Four where he remains silent about the Undertakers. Upon learning Gai and the Undertakers will attack the Facility to rescue their "comrade", Major Segai brings Shu to the Isolation ward, revealing Yahiro sold him out so his brother, a victim of the Apocalypse Virus, can get treatment. Furthermore, Major Segai justifies GHQ's harsher actions for the safety of Japan and uses Shu's feelings for Inori and his doubts about Gai. He reveals that the "comrade" Gai wants to rescue is mass murderer Kenji Kido, which makes Shu question Gai's trustworthiness. The Major gives Shu a transmitter disguised as a pen that he is to use if he comes in contact with Gai. Later that night, a disguised Gai visits Shu and tells him his plans to rescue Kenji, however, Shu doesn't want to be involved. Tsugumi informs the two that Inori has disobeyed Gai's orders to stand by in order to rescue Shu. Shu, worried, goes to save her, forcing Gai to change his plan. Protected by Ayase's Endlave Steiner, Shu heads to where Inori is at until he encounters Kenji himself and uses his Void, a Gravity gun to stop the GHQ Endlaves and rescue Inori. After Isolation Facility's destruction, Gai offers Shu to follow him. Shu reluctantly agrees, however, he keeps the transmitter given to him and does not inform Gai of his exchange with the Major.
5	"Training:A preparation" "Kunren:A preparation" (訓練:A preparation)	November 11, 2011
Shu arrives at the Undertakers Headquarters at Roppongi Fort where Gai introduces him to the Undertakers and plans to hold a trial for Shu before he can officially join them. Gai assigns Ayase as Shu's instructor while he leads a mission to take over "Leukocyte". Ayase dislikes Shu but is only training him because it was Gai's orders and Shu has to pass the trial as Ayase has his pen, unaware it's a transmitter but she will only give it back after passing the trial. After some hard training, Shu encounters Inori, telling her that he joined the Undertakers because of her and asks her if she will join him if he wanted to leave the Undertakers. But Inori tells him she won't because Gai gave her a life and purpose and claims Gai told her to use his feelings for her to join Undertakers before entering Gai's room. Dejected, Shu runs away and bumps into Ayase, who consoles Shu and gives him some encouragement for tomorrow's trial. Unknown to both of them, despite what it seems, Inori is actually giving Gai a blood transfusion. On the day of trial, Shu has a mock battle with Ayase's Steiner where if he gets past Steiner and into the vehicle behind it, he will pass the trial. Shu succeeds the task after using Arugo's Void to blind Steiner and get into the vehicle where Ayase and the Undertakers congratulate Shu of the becoming one of them. Just as Kenji arrives, the Undertakers receives a troubling report from Tsugumi. Gai earlier led a team to intercept the arrival of mercenaries and Endlaves at an airport but their position was shoot by Leukocyte, an orbital satellite laser.
6	"Cage:Leukocytes" "Ori:Leukocytes" (檻:Leukocytes)	November 18, 2011
Gai survives the attack but reveals that his team and the mercenaries were killed by the Leukocyte blast. At the outskirts of Tsukigase Dam, Gai briefs the Undertakers that their mission is to attack the Dam where the Leukocyte control system is located but due to the Leukocyte's security system, he will have Shu use Kenji's Void to disable it. Shu doesn't want to take part of the operation as he's afraid of the people who will die if he fails until Inori goes to talk to him. Meanwhile at Tsukigase Dam, Major Segai informs the Anti Bodies director Shuichiro Keido that his men are prepared for the Undertakers attack including Daryl, who wants revenge against the Undertakers for stealing his Steiner. As Gai gets another blood transfusion in a room alone, he confesses to what he assumes is Inori that he regrets of the lives who died for him and it was difficult to act as their fearless leader until he realizes the other person was in fact Shu due to Inori. Shu admits he never wanted to see this side of Gai and agrees to join the operation. As the Undertakers distract the GHQ forces guarding the dam, Shu, Gai, and Kenji sneak into the Leukocyte control system with Inori defending them. As Gai and Shu hacks the control system with Tsugumi's help via Funell, Segai sends Daryl to stop them which Gai battles and disables Daryl's Endlave. However, Daryl damages the control system, sending one of the Leukocyte's crashing to the dam. In order to stop it, Gai makes a deal with Segai that he will stop the crashing satellite using Shu's transmitter, revealing it is actually a targeting beacon for the Leukocytes, in exchange that he destroys all records of Shu's involvement with the Undertakers. Realizing Gai is sacrificing himself to destroy the falling satellite, Shu, with Inori's encouragement, combines Kenji's and Inori's Voids to destroy not only the falling satellite but also the one still in space. With the operation over, Shu finally accepts Gai and the Undertakers while Shuichiro speaks with a mysterious blond youngster over "Cocytus awakening".
7	"Round Dance:Temptation" "Rinbu:Temptation" (輪舞:Temptation)	November 25, 2011
Shu returns to school with Inori since his arrest by the GHQ. Thanks to a cover story that he was interviewed by the GHQ for finding one of their cellphones and the student council president Arisa Kuhouin supporting Shu and defending him against malicious rumors, his classmates welcome him back with open arms. Shu also learns from his friends Hare Menjou and Souta Tamadate that Yahiro hasn't been back to school since his arrest. Later, Shu's mother Haruka comes back home and welcomes Inori living with them with open arms. Meanwhile, the Undertakers are running out of supplies and need a new supply route which Gai knows someone who will help them. The next night, Arisa and her grandfather, Okina Kuhounin, the head of the Kuhouin Group attend a party on a cruise ship where Shu and Gai have snucked in to make a deal with Okina. However, the Anti Bodies learn about the deal from an "informant" and sends Daryl, Segai and Rowan to work with GHQ Colonel Dan Eagleman whom the latter plans to shoot down the ship with Surface to Air missiles. After Gai flirts with Arisa and makes his business proposal with her grandfather, Shu learns from Tsugumi about the attack and tells Gai about it in order to save the passengers on the ship which include his mother. With Gai's help of bringing Arisa to the upper deck, Shu is able to extract her Void and use it to shield the ship from the missile which Colonel Eagleman orders his men to fire all of their missiles which are stopped thanks to Shu. With the threat over, Okina agrees to help supply the Undertakers which unaware to everyone but Gai and Shinbugi, Gai was the GHQ informant. Before leaving, Gai comments to Arisa despite the tough image she gives out, she is very shy when being doted on by others. As Shu and Inori leaves for school the next day, Shu admits to her that this is the first he was glad to use Voids while Haruka looks at a photo with her, her son Shu and the girl from Shu's memories.
8	"Summer Day:Courtship Behavior" "Kajitsu:Courtship Behavior" (夏日:Courtship Behavior)	December 2, 2011
Shu goes with Inori, Hare, Souta and Kanon on a beach retreat at Oshima[disambiguation needed] where his mother tells him to also visit his father's grave. In truth, the retreat is actually a mission for the Undertakers to get Souta there so they can use his Void to enter a secret GHQ facility located at a shrine and steal a special item. As Shu and his friends have fun on the beach, Gai and the rest of the Undertakers monitor them. As Shu pays respects to his father, Kurosu Ouma, an expert on the Apocalypse Virus who died during the "Lost Christmas" incident ten years ago, Gai suggest to Shu to use Souta's crush on Inori to get him alone so that they can get his Void much to Shu's dislike. That night, Souta is alone with Inori and is about to confess to her but is stopped by Shu who immediately pulls out his Void and much to Shu's embarrassment, the Undertakers were watching him with Ayase and Tsugumi wondering what he was about to say about his relationship with Inori. As Gai, Inori and Shu enter the facility using Souta's Void, a camera that takes pictures of doors and opens them, they find that they were too late and discover that the item, a canister containing the origin of the Apocalypse Virus, has been taken by Shuichiro earlier and cancel the mission. The next morning, Shu and Souta makes amends on their relationship and their hardship of understanding each other. As everyone leaves Oshima, Inori explains to Shu how people's Voids change based on his relationship with them.
9	"Predation:Prey" "Hoshoku:Prey" (捕食:Prey)	December 9, 2011
Hare and Kanon notices how much Shu has changed and is more active. In order to help Hare get close with him, Kanon lies to Shu that Hare needs his help for her shopping. As Hare is about to confess to Shu on the train, Yahiro suddenly appears which Shu tell Hare to go shopping herself as he wants to talk with Yahiro. Yahiro brings Shu to his hideout where his brother, Jun is also staying and reveals that he and his brother have been on the run from the GHQ because they wanted to euthanize Jun. While Shu won't forgive Yahiro for betraying him, he will help Jun escape for Yahiro's sake and calls the Undertakers to pick them up. However, the GHQ have been following them and sends Segai and Daryl. Cornered in a warehouse, Shu forcibly takes Yahiro's Void before telling Yahiro he will never betray his friends just like him. Daryl's Endlave arrives and fight Shu using a new weapon that targets his Void while Segai watches. But when Jun stands up, the weapon target him instead. Suddenly, the crystals on Jun's body migrate to Daryl's Endlave and takes control of it and proceeds to attack the GHQ and Yahiro. Shu stabs the infected Endlave with Yahiro's Void and enters Jun memories where Jun himself shows Shu his and Yahiro's past before the "Lost Christmas" incident. Jun also reveals because of the crystals on his body, he could see people's true self including his brother, who while loves and cares about him, also hates him for burdening him as well. Wishing for his final memories of loving Yahiro and not hating him, Jun begs Shu to use Yahiro's Void to end his life before he kills Yahiro which Shu is forced to do so which Jun thanks him. With Jun's death, the infected Endlave breaks down while Segai leaves. As Yahiro regains conscious and asks where Jun is, a mortified Shu confess to Yahiro that he killed him, unaware that both of them were followed by Hare.
10	"Degeneracy:Retraction" "Shukutai:Retraction" (縮退:Retraction)	December 16, 2011
Since his failure to save Jun, Shu is suffering traumatic memories of the Apocalypse Virus and hallucinating seeing people being infected which cost the Undertakers a mission to stop a convoy. Unwilling to join them anymore, Gai kicks Shu out of the Undertakers. Returning home, Shu finds Inori leaving but not before giving him her new song but he slaps it after getting another panic attack. Depressed, at school Shu ask Hare if he can be close to her but she slaps him as she isn't his replacement for Inori and he isn't the Shu that she loves and knows. Meanwhile, Major General Yan has put Shuichiro under house arrest for stealing the Apocalypse Virus meteorite and plans to have it transported overseas which Gai and Undertakers plan to attack the plane transporting the cargo and retrieve it. However, unknown to both the GHQ and the Undertakers, Segai and the Anti Bodies have other plans and start vaccinating themselves. As Gai and his team get inside the transport plane, they find it empty and realize too late it is a trap. Segai activates a genetic resonance broadcast at Tokyo Tower which causes the meteorite to spread the virus all over Tokyo and causing chaos. With both the GHQ and the Undertakers in disarray due to the virus, the Anti Bodies attack both of them and rescue Shuichiro from his confinement which Shuichiro watches the chaos from GHQ Headquarters and declares he will finish what he started 10 years ago.
11	"Resonance:Resonance" "Kyōmei:Resonance" (共鳴:Resonance)	December 23, 2011
With the virus spreading over Tokyo, Daryl kills his father General Yan and his staff upon learning about his affair with his secretary. With the GHQ upper echelons dead, Shuichiro announces he is taking over GHQ and blames General Yan's death and the Apocalypse outbreak on the Undertakers. Shu, upon learning of the outbreak and a call from Tsugumi, finally regains himself and reveals to Hare, Souta, Yahiro, Kanon, and Arisa about his connection with the Undertakers, Voids and ask them for help to save Inori and the Undertakers which they all agree. Meanwhile at the airport, Haruka manages to escape from the Anti Bodies thanks to Eagleman's sacrifice and encounters Inori and Gai, the latter infected with the Apocalypse virus, and works with them to stop the outbreak. Elsewhere, Shuichiro and Segai heads to Roppongi Fort with the meteorite to a hidden facility inside the base to start the next stage of their plans. Haruka manages to build an resonance broadcaster and Inori sings her song through it which stops the outbreak and cures the infected. At the same time, Shu and his friends breakthrough the airport barricade and defeat the GHQ and Anti Bodies forces by using his friends Voids. As Shu finally reaches Inori, the blond youngster suddenly teleports behind Inori, kidnaps her, takes out her Void sword and tries to kill Shu but Gai protects him by taking the hit. As Shu holds onto Gai's body, the outbreak continues and a crystal tower appears.
12	"Resurrection:The Lost Christmas" "Saitan:The Lost Christmas" (再誕:The Lost Christmas)	January 13, 2012
Shuichiro teleports to the crystal tower but not before giving Segai the information he wants as thanks for his service. Meanwhile, Shu finally recognize who Gai is but he tells Shu to rescue Inori before the youngster, who Gai calls "Death", teleports away. As Shu follows them through a portal, "Death" tells Shu he still doesn't remember his past and causes him to remember. In the past, Shu and his big sister, Mana, rescued a boy who she named Triton, after finding him on the beach. Triton, who is actually Gai, began living with the Oumas and looked up to Shu who was then a brave boy. After experiencing his flashback, Shu finds himself in the crystal tower where Shuichiro has Inori bound and "Death" preceding a "wedding ceremony" to transfer Mana's soul, contained in a pod, into Inori's body so that Shuichiro and Mana will give birth to a new race and spreads the virus worldwide. Shu gets another flashback where Mana telling him she loves him and wants to marry him. But in truth, Mana was infected with the Apocalypse Virus which was making her insane. When Gai learned about it, Mana threatened him not to tell Shu. Back in the present, Shu tries to stop them but crystal-like plants controlled by Mana hold him. However, Gai and Ayase's Steiner arrives thanks to Segai. As Steiner is destroyed, Gai helps Shu remember how the Lost Christmas incident began. On that day ten years ago, Gai informed Shu to meet him at a church to tell him the truth about Mana. However, Mana came instead and tricked Gai into shooting himself. When Shu arrives at the scene, he is disturbed on what happened and rejects Mana's offer to marry her and start a new race together by calling her a monster. Hurt by what Shu said, Mana goes berserk and spreads the Apocalypse Virus over Tokyo before coming to her senses and destroys her body. Feeling responsible for not helping Mana, Gai vows to become stronger while a traumatized Shu made himself forget about Mana and Gai. Now remembering his past, Shu helps Gai extract his Void, a gun that forces out other people's Voids. As Shu rescues Inori, Gai heads to the pod to free Mana's soul, Shuichiro tries to stop him only to be killed by "Death". Gai reaches for the pod but is stabbed by the crystals protecting it. Knowing he won't live much longer and wishing to accompany Mana in her last moments, Gai begs Shu to stab Mana's pod through his body with Inori's sword which Shu tearfully does. As the tower crumbles and Gai and Mana disappears together, Shu and Inori float to safety and mourn for Gai.
13	"Academy:Isolation" "Gakuen:Isolation" (学園:Isolation)	January 20, 2012
Two weeks since the outbreak, the GHQ continues their search, rescue and aid of survivors in Tokyo. A large number of teenage refugees is sent to Tennouzu High, which has been set up as a shelter. Unable to find the rest of the Undertakers, Shu, Inori, Tsugumi and Ayase stay at Tennouzu High. However, Ayase is mourning over Gai's death and blames Shu and Tsugumi from preventing her to fight to the death in order to protect Gai. Due to tensions among the teenage refugees, the Student Council decides to hold a school festival to relieve stress. At the same time, Shu learns that his powers have evolved, enabling him to extract Voids from people without rendering them unconscious. Meanwhile, Segai has taken over the Anti Bodies and sends Daryl undercover to spy at Tennouzu High. As the students prepare the festival, a group of disgruntled refugees prepare to attack the school with a Humvee and Endlave provided by Segai. With the festival going well, Inori is finalising her preparations to sing on stage. However, the disgruntled refugees attack. Shu tries bring Ayase to safety, but Ayase scolds him for treating her with pity. Ayase is frustrated that she can only control Endlaves, and is never able to help in any other way due to her inability to walk. She asks Shu for help, and he does so by extracting her Void: a pair of leg braces that allow her to rapidly skate over ground, as well as jump with incredible power. Both Ayase and Shu stop the disgruntled refugees. With the attack over, Inori sings to the crowd. Shortly after, Souta manages to get a TV signal, and so displays it on the stage's screen. Much to everyone's shock, Shuichiro is revealed to be alive and in command of the Japanese provincial government as president. He announces that "Loop 7", the area where Tennouzu High is also located is to be sealed off, claiming there are no survivors.
14	"Disturbance:Election" "Kakuran:Election" (攪乱:Election)	January 27, 2012
With Loop 7 completely sealed off from the outside world, Arisa tries to assure the panicked Tennouzu students that her grandfather's men will rescue them. However, Hirohide Nanba and Takaomi Sudou lacks confidence in Arisa as student council president and calls for a vote of no confidence to elect a new president. While the student council thinks the students are being hard on Arisa, Tsugumi coldly dismisses the matter. Souta calls her out on her behavior. Later, she talks with Inori and realizes she may have been insensitive since the student council treats each other as family. Tsugumi reveals that she does not know what family is as she is an orphan. As the student council discovers a Genome Resonance Gauge that allows them to measure the power of a person's Void, Segai enacts Shuichiro’s plan to exterminate the civilians inside Loop 7 by Endlaves operated by a "Ghost Unit." Segai allows the news of the slaughters to spread, causing distress and panic as part of his demagogy strategy. Meanwhile, Oogumo and Arugo, are tasked by Okina to find and rescue Arisa and the Tennouzu High students. The next day, trouble arises on campus as the result of an internet rumor claiming that the GHQ will allow anyone that brings them a member of the Undertakers will be allowed to leave. This causes witch hunts by desperate students. Arisa tries to restore order, telling the students not to believe the rumor and remain calm. However, Hirohide and his friends bring Tsugumi and Ayase before the student body, accusing them to be members of the Undertakers. With the desperate students unwilling to listen to Arisa, Shu stands up to the crowd and reveals his affiliation with the Undertakers to stop them from hurting Tsugumi and Ayase. To prove that the rumor is false, he uses Tsugumi's void ability to create indistinguishable doubles of Ayase, Tsugumi, Takaomi, and himself. Tsugumi sends the doubles to the barricade where they are shot down by the GHQ while Funell sends a live feed of the scene to the students. With the rumor suppressed and Hirohide subdued, Shu tells the crowd they cannot trust the GHQ and all of them must work together to survive. Impressed with his leadership, the students vote Shu as their new Student Council President. Later, Yahiro gives Shu a list containing the power of each student’s Void as ascertained by the Genome Resonance Gauge suggests they prioritize those with powerful voids.
15	"Confession:Sacrifice" "Kokuhaku:Sacrifice" (告白：Sacrifice)	February 3, 2012
The students of Tennouzu work together to improve their environment by making use of their voids provided by Shu. However, the situation starts to deteriorate as the blockade draws closer and the supply of vaccines starts running low. Rumors about Yahiro's plan to prioritize the survival of those with stronger Voids with a Void Ranking system create turmoil among the students, despite Shu being opposed to the idea. Meanwhile Hare is encouraged by Tsugumi to confess her feeling to him, but at the sight of a troubled Shu who is questioning his leadership, she refrains herself and comforts him instead, telling he is a kind "King". Later, Shu is approached by Souta and other students with weaker voids who are afraid of being left behind and asks him to let them use their voids for training. Shu complies, but learns that they left the school to look for supplies instead and he rushes to help them with his friends. The group is attacked by Daryl and his forces and both Hare and Shu end up seriously injured. Hare uses her void to heal Shu first but it is broken by an helicopter shot before she is able to heal her own wounds and Shu wakes up just to find her lying dead beside him. Taking her into his arms, he is horrified when the Apocalypse Virus crystallizes, then destroys, her body. An enraged Shu draws Inori's void by force and destroys Daryl's forces with ease. Blaming Souta for Hare's death, Shu vents his rage by beating him and declares that he will implement the Void Ranking system and become an ruthless king, something Hare didn't want him to become.
16	"Kingdom:The Tyrant" "Ōkoku:The Tyrant" (王国：The Tyrant)	February 10, 2012
Argo is airdropped into Loop 7 as part of his mission to rescue Arisa as the head of Shanghai's Ming Hua Group, who is in love with her and in exchange for rescuing her, promises her grandfather Okina that he will have the Association of Asian Nations intervene in Japan. As he explores the area, he witnesses Tennouzu students with Void weapons attacking another group of survivors for vaccines and has one of them follow them to Tennouzu to see her Void. Recognizing Argo as a member of the Undertakers, they take him to meet Shu, where he is shock to see how much Shu has change. Since Hare's death and implementing the ranking system, Shu has ruled the school with an iron fist by making students with Void weapons as his Secret Service who enforce his rule and maintain order while searching for other potential void users in the area to join Tennouzu while the F-ranked void users remain infected with the virus and are ordered to work repairing a battleship they will use to escape Tokyo in exchange of getting vaccines. Argo denounces Shu on what he is doing which Shu has him lock up for refusing to swear loyalty to him. In his jail cell, Tsugumi explains to Argo because of the blockade and extermination led by the Anti Bodies and that Hare was supposedly killed by them using a new weapon that infects people with the Apocalypse virus, everyone accepted Shu's iron rule without challenge as they all want to survive. Alone with Inori, Shu confides to her that he doesn't like ruling the students like this but he must do it for the sake of everyone. Inori comforts him but suddenly talks like Mana much to his confusion. Argo escapes from his cell to find Arisa who is also locating him as well which Shu orders Yahiro, Inori and the Secret Service to stop them. Cornering Argo in the school's stadium with Yahiro and the girl who recently join the Secret Service, Shu and Argo fight. When a falling beam is about to hit the girl, Shu pushes her to safety but her Void is destroyed which cause her to be infected with the virus, killing her. Learning that destroying Voids also kills their users, Shu realizes that Yahiro lied to him how Hare die which he justifies or Shu wouldn't implement the ranking system. Argo hopes this will make Shu change but Shu forcefully pulls out his void and laughs on whether he should destroy Argo's Void. Arisa, who witness everything, tries to warn everyone of the truth about voids using the broadcast room but she is stop by Inori who gives a maniacal glee before attacking her. With the rescue mission a failure, the head of the Ming Hua Group cancels his help but advices Okina to leave Japan as a large Naval Fleet is coming. Meanwhile, Haruka and Shuichiro resurrect Gai.
17	"Revolution:Exodus" "Kakumei:Exodus" (革命：Exodus)	February 17, 2012
As the blockade gets closer to the school , causing fear amongst the students, Shu become more ruthless to maintain order. Yahiro warns him the students will hate him if he continues acting like this, but Shu insists it's necessary or they might end up dying like Hare. Arisa, traumatized after being attacked by Inori, is contacted by an unknown individual, who convinces her to turn the students against Shu. Arisa seduces Hirohide and convinces him to secretly spread a rumor to the students that they will die if their Voids are destroyed and Shu is keeping it a secret, creating greater resentment against him. Yahiro confronts Arisa about this and she tells him it was Inori who attacked her. Shu is tormented by his tyranny and Hare's death as Inori comforts him and confesses she was the who attacked Arisa unwillingly and fears she is losing control. Yahiro arrives and wants Inori to be punished after learning it was her who attack Arisa, but Shu accuses Yahiro of trying to betray him. Despite Yahiro insistence he wants to help him despite the lies he told him, he allows Shu to send him to jail. As the students prepare for Operation Exodus; the plan to escape the blockade, Arisa has secretly gain the support of the students to conspire against Shu. Shu leads the students in Operation Exodus where they attack Tokyo Tower which contains the computer controlling the Ghost Unit Endlaves. As the students fight against the Endlaves, Shu manage to reach Tokyo Tower and blow up the computer, deactivating the Endlaves and the tower falling into the barricade, allowing the students to escape. As all of the students escape the barricade, Arisa and the students turn on Shu, telling him has he has outlived his usefulness. Inori and Ayase tries to stop this but are stopped by Argo and Tsugumi. However, everyone is attacked by a GHQ Endlave unit led by an albino Gai. Gai greets Shu before cutting off his right arm and takes the Void Genome onto himself. As Shu screams in pain, Gai declares the Power of Kings is finally his. At the United Nations, the world leaders learn that Shuichiro has covered up what's really happening in Japan. With the GHQ unable to be trusted, the majority of the UN vote to destroy Japan to stop the virus.
18	"Wandering:Dear..." "Ryuuri:Dear..." (流離：Dear...)	February 24, 2012
Ayase, Tsugumi and Argo are shocked on what Gai has done and Daryl is bewildered upon given orders to protect Gai, their former enemy. An UN Stealth Bomber attempts to bomb them but Gai sacrifices the student ring leaders of the coup to destroy the plane. After destroying their Voids, Gai orders Ayase, Tsugumi and Argo to join him or die but are rescued by Daryl who is protective with Tsugumi and blames Gai for making him kill his father. In the confusion of Daryl's insubordination, Inori escapes with Shu while Ayase, Tsugumi and Argo escape on their own and Arisa defends Gai, revealing he was the one who told her to start the coup and joins the Anti Bodies. The UN Naval Fleet sent to destroy Japan are obliterated by a Leukocyte blast operated by Kenji where Gai tells the UN to not interfere in their operations or he will activate the 256 Leukocyte satellites orbiting Earth. Three days after Gai's announcement to the world, Inori and Shu are on the run from the Anti Bodies who were hunting her which Arisa jealously wonders why Gai wants her. Elsewhere, Okina and his secretary Kurachi believes the GHQ is now being controlled by the secret organization "Daath", whose goal was to get Shu's Void Genome and now Inori. At GHQ HQ, Haruka apologizes to her son on what she did in order to save his life. In their attempt to capture Inori, Arisa and the Anti Bodies are attacked by Okina and his men to stop them and kill Arisa for dishonoring their family name only for Arisa to kill her grandfather in self-defense. Inori is slowly losing herself to Mana who is trying to take over her body and mockingly calls Inori a copy and a monster. Inori comforts a depressed Shu that he should stop blaming himself as she will always be there for him no matter what. In order to protect him from the Anti Bodies, Inori stuns Shu and faces off Arisa's Endlaves by transforming into a monster, admitting while she is a monster, she is not a copy but her own self as Shu loves her for who she is. Despite destroying their Endlaves, Inori is captured by Gai. Shu wakes up learning of Inori's capture and is in resolved to save her.
19	"Atonement:Rebirth" "Shokuzai:Rebirth" (贖罪：Rebirth)	March 2, 2012
Haruka opens a safe guarding the third and final Void Genome, but is stopped by Shuichiro, who is revealed to be her older brother. He confesses that he was the one who killed her husband, Shu's father, before shooting her, but she manages to escape with the Void regardless. An arrest warrant is issued on Haruka, Segai offers to lead the search for her. As she heads to the Kuhouin estate for shelter, her old friend Kurachi tells her the estate is no longer safe now that Okina is dead, and they head to an Undertakers hideout. Arisa is approached by Shu who convinces her to help him rescue Inori, as she wants to learn more about Gai's true intentions. Meanwhile Shibungi is brought before Gai and expresses his anger on the ruthless individual he has become. Haruka's hideout is stormed by Segai and his men, forcing Ogumo to stay behind to ensure his companions escape, and ends up being killed by Segai. Reunited with Ayase and Tsugumi at another Undertakers hideout, Argo informs them about Ogumo's death. As they start discussing about who should be injected with the Void Genome stolen by Haruka, she warns Ayase that the Void Genome might reject or even kill them later, Segai attacks their hideout. Shu finds out his friends are in danger and leaves Arisa to help them. Ayase convinces Haruka to inject the Void Genome into her, but Segai stops her as he wants the Void Genome for himself. Both Segai and Ayase fight for the vial containing the Void Genome until it rolls over to Shu. Haruka urges him to not use the vial, but he thanks her for her concern before calling her "mother" for the first time and injecting the Void Genome into his body. Shu reveals his own void, a crystallized arm that replaces his lost one and has the power to gather the strengths and weaknesses of peoples voids. By using the power of his friends voids, Shu defeats Segai's Endlaves and kills Segai himself. However, everyone find out that Shu not only absorbed Souta's void, but also his Apocalypse infection as well.
20	"Remembrance:A Diary" "Tsuisou:A Diary" (追想：A Diary)	March 9, 2012
Mana has almost taken control of Inori's body and Gai tells his father, Shuichiro, that the Apocalypse will be coming and announces it to the world that the Leukocyte will destroy Earth on December 25th. The remnants of the Undertakers and the Kuhouin Group escape Japan on a ship along with the students of Tennouzu where Shibungi, who was released by Gai, gives Shu a journal by his father which reveals the Apocalypse virus history. In 2013, Shuichiro was a Professor researching on Genomic Resonance and befriended Shu's father Kurosu, who the latter was interested in the former's work. In 2017, Kurosu meet his future first wife, Saeko Shijou, a colleague whom he marries after she became pregnant with their first child, Mana. But in 2022, a meteorite crashes on Earth and was discovered by Mana and Saeko. Shuichiro and Kurosu discovered a virus inside the meteorite which reacts when the Genomic Resonance was used. Their research gets them the attention of the "Daath" organization in 2023, who's representative, Yuu, offers to help them as they have been waiting for coming of the virus as it will start the Apocalypse. Furthermore the virus has begun infecting Mana and Saeko, which the former is becoming insane while her mother is slowly dying by the crystallization and is pregnant with Shu. Yuu orders Kurosu to not abort the baby as Mana has chosen Shu as her mate where they will start a new race after the Apocalypse. Saeko dies giving birth to Shu which sends Kurosu into grief that he refuses to work with Daath anymore. Shuichiro, jealous that Kurosu's children will be the originators of the new human race, joins Daath by helping them find a suitable mate for Mana by experimenting on children with the Apocalypse virus. In 2028, Kurosu, who have since kept busy on finding a cure for the virus, falls in love with his new assistant, Shuichiro's sister, Haruka, who also takes care of Kurosu and his children, eventually marrying him. At the same time, Gai, a victim of child trafficking, is adopted by Shuichiro who also subjects his stepson in his experiments which eventually lead Gai to run away and get rescued by Mana and Shu. On the day of the Lost Christmas incident, Shuichiro learns that Kurosu manage to find a cure for the virus by creating the Void Genome but wants to keep the burden creating it on himself. But a bitter and jealous Shuichiro thinks Kurosu is looking down on him, kills Kurosu and steals his research before Haruka finds her husband's body. In the present, Haruka reveals that Mana was able to enter Inori's body during the 2nd outbreak and slowly taking control of her because the voids Shu have been extracting are pieces of Mana herself. Before Shu joins a joint attack GHQ Headquarters with the Undertakers, the Kuhouin Group and aPMC, he tries to give back everyone's voids since they will die if he dies as well but they refuse and Shu forgives Souta for betraying him.
21	"Eclosion:Emergence" "Uka:Emergence" (羽化：Emergence)	March 16, 2012
As the combine forces of the Undertakers and the UN forces arrive at GHQ Headquarters, realizing the 256 Leukocyte satellites was a bluff, Shu helps Ayase into her new Steiner Endlave and promises his friends and allies that they will rescue Inori and stop Gai. As the UN forces attack, Gai uses Yuu, Kenji and Arisa voids to decimate them and Shuichiro orders the GHQ/Anti Bodies/Daath forces to destroy them. Daryl is forced to join the attack in his new Gespenst Endlave due to having his void taken. Thanks to Tsugumi's void, Shu and his Undertakers/PMC allies manage to sneak inside and hack into the base system, allowing the UN the chance to counterattack. As Tsugumi group split up with Shu and the others, Gai prepares to get rid of Inori's memories before Mana can take over her body but ask her why she loves Shu. Inori answers while she is grateful that Gai rescued her from the lab she was created and gave her a purpose in life, Shu showed her the ugliness and beauty in life and how hard he to amend his mistakes that made her love him. As crystals take over her body, Inori sings a song that only Shu can hear who leads them to the center of GHQ Headquarters. Shu is separated from his allies as Yuu confronts Shu himself while Kurachi, Haruka, Ayase, Argo and the rest faces off with Daryl and his men. Yuu reveals that he is actually an embodiment of the will of the Daath organization, and impressed on how far Shu has done, offers him to become the new "Adam" and become Mana's mate which Shu refuses, leading them to fight. As Yuu uses his followers void to try and kill Shu, Yuu laments how Shu squander his chance to restart the human race all for a "doll", but Shu counters back, telling him Inori is not a tool but a human being who was there when he was down and he will rescue her. Defeated, Yuu allows Shu to meet Inori before disappearing. Shu confronts Gai who reveals Inori has finally transformed into Mana.
22	"Prayer:Convergence" "Inori:Convergence" (祈り:Convergence)	March 23, 2012
After Mana is completely resurrected, Mana greets Shu but is shunned by him after she speaks ill of Inori, much to her anger. Gai draws out Mana's Void to fight Shu while she triggers the Fourth Apocalypse, spreading the Apocalypse virus throughout the entire world. Haruka confronts Shuichiro who commits suicide by injecting the virus into himself while admitting defeat. Meanwhile the Undertakers fight a group of Endlaves led by Daryl, who believes he changed because of them and wants to go back to his old self. Tsugumi finds that her attempts to hack the GHQ system are being repelled by another hacker as skilled as her. Shibungi figures that the hacker is actually Kenji and after tracking his location, he kills him, allowing Tsugumi to operate freely and help Ayase defeat Daryl. Just when Shu is about to be killed by Gai, Shu sees a flower while hearing Inori's voice. With his last strength, he pulls out the Inori's void from the Flower and rushes to Gai. Gai then is defeated by Shu as he sees Inori's soul, allowing Shu to make the finishing blow. Before dying, Gai reveals that his actions were needed, so that Mana can start the Fourth Apocalypse so she would finally be able to rest, otherwise she would always be resurrected by Daath. Having recovered the Void Genome Gai stole from him and Inori, Shu makes use of its power to eliminate the virus from the world for good and stop the Fourth Apocalypse by sacrificing himself by summoning his own Void which he uses to draw the Voids of everyone in the surrounding city to cure them of the Apocalypse virus by taking on all the virus by himself. As Shu finally becomes consumed by the virus, Inori sacrifices herself to save Shu's life, while Haruka, Kurachi, Arisa, Daryl and the rest of the Undertakes manage to escape the GHQ building before it collapses. Some years later, Tokyo is finally rebuilt and Shu, now blind and his severed arm replaced by a mechanical prosthetic limb, celebrates Hare's birthday with Ayase, Tsugumi, Yahiro, Kanon and Souta. It ends with Shu sitting on a bench beside a lake to hear one of Inori's songs while reminiscing about his days with her. Alternative Titles Japanese: ギルティクラウン Information Type: TV Episodes: 22 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Oct 14, 2011 to Mar 23, 2012 Producers: Production I.G, Aniplex,FUNimation EntertainmentL, Movic, Fuji TV, Fuji Pacific Music Publishing Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Super Power Duration: 24 min. per episode Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity) L represents licensing company  Statistics Score: 7.781 (scored by 34241 users) Ranked: #7222 Popularity: #113 Members: 67,097 Favorites: 1,860 1 indicates a weighted score 2 based on the top anime page. SCREEN SHOTS           use this link if you want watch this anime: click here