Horror (Garo) - "Makai Senki"

"Makai Senki"

These are the Horrors that appear in Garo: Makai Senki.

• Cigarein (シガレイン, Shigarein?, 1): A tricky Cigarette Horror (煙草ホラー, Tabako Horā?) that inhabits an antique cigarette lighter owned by a murderous military officer, his method of feeding being to invoke internal combustion in his victims and swallow the airborne ashes. Cigarien's lighter eventually ends up in the possession of Eiichi Anan (阿南 英一, Anan Eiichi?), a petty crook who makes an enemy out of a mob boss named Katagiri by stealing his money. Making Anan an offer to save him in return for his soul, Cigarein possesses the man before slaughtering Katagiri and his entourage. Cigarein then proceeds to devour those who are considered to be scum of society before being found by Kouga. Though he repeatedly tries to weasel out of his fight with Kouga, Cigarein is forced to assume his true war-themed armored form before Garo cuts him down. Anan's soul endures a bit before Garo stabs the soul into oblivion. Anan is portrayed by Naoto Takenaka (竹中 直人, Takenaka Naoto?).
• Luzagin (ルーザギン, Rūzagin?, 2): A Streetlight Horror (街灯ホラー, Gaitō Horā?) that inhabits a streetlight in an area once used for unsavory executions, able to use heat and light in her attacks. Luzagin possesses the body of Shino Ichikai (一貝 志乃, Ichikai Shino?), a vain yet dirty homeless woman who desires handsome men to the point of murdering them so she can have them. Acting on Ichikai's desires, Luzagin goes to captures ideal men, mutilating their bodies before freeze-drying them to add to her collection. However, she has strict physical requirements on who makes it to her collection, and devours through their shadows those who do not "pass". She eventually fights Kouga, forced to assume her true form before being cut down and left to die from the fatal wound. Ichikai is portrayed by Reona Hirota (広田 レオナ, Hirota Reona?).
• Melgis (メルギス, Merugisu?, 3): A Horror that is terrorizing the road by murdering those who travel through a tunnel. He is destroyed by Reo with the Gōryū Colt.
• Evil Wheel Gōryū (邪輪号竜, Jarin Gōryū?, 3): Reo's Gōryū Colt which he uses to destroy the Horror Melgis. However, wounded during the fight, some of Reo's blood ends up on Colt and awakens its Horror-based instinct as it possesses a motorcycle and enhances it with multiple weapons. Eventually, Garo manages to destroy the Horror core and forces Colt out of the motorcycle.
• Genojika (ゲノジカ?, 4): A bird-based Horror that possesses the body of a gambler named Kid (キッド, Kiddo?), using his host to invite various gamblers to an underground casino on an island maintained by his Horror familiars. There, he has the gamblers play a life-and-death poker game where he uses his Joker card to sent his victims into a limbo, where he can eat at his leisure along with those dear to the victim if they borrow chips from the house. However, posing as one of the guests, Kouga destroys the Joker card to release those among the victims still living and then the Horror himself. Kid is portrayed by Kohei Murakami (村上 幸平, Murakami Kōhei?).
• Death Hole (デスホール, Desu Hōru?, 5) : A venus flytrap-headed Gate Horror (ゲートホラー, Gēto Horā?) that emerges from a gate that manifests from a manhole cover which was manufactured by Kōji Kijima (黄島 宏二, Kijima Kōji?), an artistic metal caster who left his wife Mayumi (真弓?) to die under a manhole prior to the cover's creation. Possessing the body of a woman, and converting her host into the shaded woman in black (黒服の女, kurofuku no onna?), Death Hole uses Kijima to mass produce more of the manhole covers to bring more of her kin into the world. However, while Death Hole meets her end against Garo, Kijima faces his own horrific end at the hands of his wife's specter. Kijima is portrayed by Takeshi Nadagi (なだぎ 武, Nadagi Takeshi?) while the woman in black is portrayed by Hiromi Eguchi (江口 ヒロミ, Eguchi Hiromi?).
• Erinnerung (エリンネルグ, Erinnerugu?, 6) : A Horror that inhabits a tree which Osamu Shōnai (庄内 治, Shōnai Osamu?) and his wife Naoe (直恵?) grew from a seed that they found among the belongings of their son Masato (眞人?), a wartime photographer who was killed in action. The two proceed to invite people who pass by into their house for a meal. They then poison their guests and bury them under the tree which casts an illusion of "Masato" under the moonlight which acts on the couple's stronger memory of him. Rei is invited for dinner and later poisoned as well. However, immune to poison, Rei confronts Erinnerung as it personally attacks him and kills the Horror with the couple heartbroken. Erinnerung is voiced by Yukari Okuda (奥田 ゆかり, Okuda Yukari?).
• Rebecca (レベッカ, Rebekka?, 8): A Horror that possesses the body of a security guard before being slain by Zero.
• Kagemitsu (カゲミツ?, 8): A Horror that inhabits a katana, originally owned by a man named Ukyō (右京?) who was turned into a Horror familiar. But one day, a skilled swordsman named Jūzō Igari (猪狩 重蔵, Igari Jūzō?) finds Ukyō and cuts him down. Having seen a Makai Knight in his youth, yet unaware of his identity, Jūzō had made it his life's goal to search for an opponent like that figure. But suffering from an illness and have little time left to live, Jūzō accepts Kagemitsu's offer of a second chance in life in return to give him the blood of living people. It takes the Horror several centuries to heal Jūzō, placing the samurai in suspended animation before reviving him in the modern era. However, as he follows bushidō, Jūzō is disappointed that he cannot find someone strong to fight with until he finds Rei by chance and challenges him. But as Kagemistu refuses to allow him to use the sword until he gets blood, Jūzō is forced to fight Rei with a makeshift bokken made from broomsticks. The duel cannot be truly concluded as Jūzō's symptoms resurface and Rei admits defeat, with Jūzō learning fully of the Makai Knights from Kagemitsu as the Horror demands blood if the human wants his help to maintain his health. Still refusing to cut anyone down to honor his pact, Jūzō commits seppuku instead to quench the blade's thirst, along with absorbing the horrified Kagemitsu, becoming his host. Surprisingly, as noted by Silva, Jūzō remains in control of his body as he forces Rei to resume their duel as Horror and Makai Knight, though Rei sees that the samurai had potential to become a Makai Knight. Jūzō is eventually slain, dying with satisfaction that he was defeated under the blade of one stronger than him. But learning of Kouga as an even stronger fighter, Jūzō hands Rei his wakizashi before turning into ash. Igari is portrayed by Kohei Otomo (大友 康平, Ōtomo Kōhei?) and Kagemitsu is voiced by Rintarō Nishi (西 凛太朗, Nishi Rintarō?).
• Agturus (アグトゥルス, Aguturusu?, 9): A Horror that inhabits a makeup box, altering appearances to whatever suits him. Agturus possesses the body of Ryūnosuke Takamine (高峯 龍之介, Takamine Ryūnosuke?), an aged frail janitor at a theater who was once a star stage actor in the play The Sword of Arcite. His frustration over a flamboyant actor ruining the play as the lead attracts the Horror. After being possessed with his youth restored, Ryūnosuke devours the other actor and takes the stage for his own. Kouga eventually buys all the tickets to one of his plays one night to have a showdown with him, eventually cutting him down. Takamine is portrayed by Mayo Kawasaki (川崎 麻世, Kawasaki Mayo?).
• Zuformer (ズフォーマー, Zufōmā?, 10): A serpentine Spacetime Horror (時空ホラー, Jikū Horā?) that flies at fast speeds. Sent to kill it, Kouga is forced to wait the Horror out before slaying it.
• Yashaul (ヤシャウル, Yashauru?, 12): A Horror that appears at the site of a traffic accident where she possesses the nearby dead body of Toshiko Hoshikawa (星川 敏子, Hoshikawa Toshiko?), a pâtissière who was forcing her daughter Misao (ミサオ?) to follow in her footsteps. When Misao attempts to commit suicide to escape the pressure, Toshiko sacrifices herself to stop her daughter prior to being possessed. Using Toshiko's body, Yashual assumes her host's identity and uses Misao's guilt to manipulate her. The Horror is eventually found and slain by Rei, though the deed pained him a bit as he is forced to leave Misao heartbroken. Toshiko Hoshikawa is portrayed by Yōko Ishino (いしの ようこ, Ishino Yōko?), while Misao is portrayed by Nako Mizusawa (水沢 奈子, Mizusawa Nako?).
• Raizon (ライゾン?, 15): A Horror from Kouga's childhood, who devoured the friends he made during his training under Wataru Shijima. In the present day, Kouga crosses paths with Raizon and avenges his friends' deaths.
• Sedinbale (セディンベイル, Sedinbeiru?, 17): An ancient Horror who can use word characters in her abilities and attacks, using printed words as gates. Due to her vast Makai-related knowledge, Sedinbale is sealed with a Madō Book instead of being destroyed so Makai Priests can gain access to her knowledge. However, breaking Sedinbale's seal, the red-masked man has the Horror help him translate the old Makai script in his possession before allowing the Horror to act on her whim. Being pursued by Rekka and Kouga, Sedinbale takes the body of a young woman who surrounds herself in depraved words before targeting Kaoru. Revealing Kouga's condition with Kaoru present, Sedinbale battles Garo and Rekka before they manage to rip the main character from the Horror's body and seal it into a Madō Book. The possessed woman is portrayed by Asami (亜紗美?).