#rian garo

[2014federalbudget]

Rian's Main Costume

Yamitera vs Goldstorm

for @pscentral event 21: Growth

[skypiea]

two animal crossing style commissions for @2014federalbudget ! the garo gang :3c

interested in a discounted AC style commission? check out info here!

[kn96artworks]

💋

[heartvisor]

"what? want a sip of mine?"

[starbound-soul]

Tthe way he looks at it so softly and IMMEDIATELY smiles

Garo Is A Love Story And I Will Never Be Convinced Otherwise. Every Garo Wielder is an ENORMOUS Wife Guy. Im gonna EXPLODE

[tokuteasings]

Hi! I just wanted to ask: Have you seen the new Garo yet?? I watched it and oh my god this Ryuuga (Ryuga?) guy is hot. Yes it's my first Garo episode I've watched how can you tell.

dude i ADORE THE GARO YAMITERA ERA RYUGA MY BELOVEDD I havent seen it yet but man...i miss rian and aguri....

[zaruba-needslove]

[sisiofthemultifandom]

My Massive SHIP LIST

The following is a LONG list of all the ships I enjoy from a moderate to an extreme amount and have probably looked at fanfiction for at some point. Keep in mind this doesn't include every movie and/or show I've ever watched and I may make edits to this at a later time. Godspeed you unfortunate witness.

Agents of SHIELD

Coulson X May

Daisy X Lincoln

Fitz X Simmons

Bobbi X Hunter

Mack X YoYo

Arcane

Caitlyn X Vi

Arrowverse

Oliver X Laurel

Roy X Thea

Diggle X Lyla

Barry X Patty

Wally X Jesse

Caitlin X Ronnie

Kara X Mon-El

Alex X Maggie

Brainy X Nia

Attack on Titan

Eren X Mikasa

Falco X Gabi

Bertdholt X Annie

Ymir X Krista

Levi X Hange

Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra

Katara X Zuko

Aang X Toph

Sokka X Suki

Aang X Katara

Bolin X Korra

Avengers (MCU)

Steve X Natasha

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Jane

Wanda X Vision

Peter Q X Gamora

Scott X Hope

T’Challa X Nakia

Matt X Karen

Luke X Jessica

Peter P X MJ

Bucky X Sarah

Ben 10

Ben X Julie

Kevin X Gwen

Berserk

Guts X Casca

Bleach

Ichigo X Rukia

Uryu X Orihime

Tatsuki X Orihime

Gin X Rangiku

Toshiro X Momo

Boku no Hero Academia

Izuku X Occhako

Todoroki X Momo

Bakugou X Kirishima

Eraserhead X Present Mic

Castlevania

Trevor X Sypha

Alucard X Greta

Class of the Titans

Jay X Theresa

Atlanta X Archie

Critical Role

Percival X Vex’ahlia

Vax’ildan X Keyleth

Scanlan X Pike

Sylas X Delilah

Fjord X Jester

Beau X Yasha

Caleb X Essek

Imogen X Laudna

DC Comics

Clark X Lois

Bruce X Selina

Diana X Steve

Barry X Iris

Wally X Linda

Hal X Carol

Carter X Shiera

Oliver X Laurel

Arthur X Mera

Constantine X Zatanna

Dick X Barbara

Tim X Stephanie

Garfield X Rachel

Conner X Cassie

Kate X Maggie

Hank X Dawn

Garth Ranzz X Imra Arden

Nura Nal X Thom Kallor

Jo Nah X Tinya Wazzo

Val Armorr X Princess Projectra

Kara Zor-El X Querl Dox

Lar Gand X Tasmia Mallor

Demon Slayer

Tanjiro X Kanao

Zenitsu X Nezuko

Giyu X Shinobu

Digimon

Taichi X Sora

Koushiro X Mimi

Takeru X Hikari

Takato X Jeri

Rika X Ryo

Izumi X Junpei

Disney Animation

Mulan X Shang

Eric X Ariel

Simba X Nala

Tiana X Naveen

Tarzan X Jane

Rapunzel X Eugene

Hercules X Meg

Aladdin X Jasmine

Doctor Who

11 X Clara

Dota - Dragon's Blood

Davion X Mirana

Evangelion

Shinji X Kaworu

Fairy Tail

Natsu X Lucy

Erza X Jellal

Gray X Juvia

Wendy X Romeo

Final Fantasy

Zack X Aerith

Cloud X Tifa

Squall X Rinoa

Tidus X Luna

Lightning X Snow

Noel X Serah

Noctis X Luna

Fire Emblem

Byleth X Dimitri

Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed X Winry

Roy X Riza

Ling X Lan Fan

GI Joe

Snake Eyes X Scarlett

Garo

Kouga X Kaoru

Ryuga X Rian

Raiga X Mayuri

Gatchaman

Ken X Jun

Gundam

Domon X Rain

Shinn X Stella

He-Man (OG Continuity)

Adam X Teela

Adora X Sea-Hawk

Duncan X Sorceress

InuYasha

InuYasha X Kagome

Sango X Miroku

Sesshomaru X Kagura

Kohaku X Rin

Invincible

Mark X Eve

Kamen Rider

Hongo X Ruriko

Godai X Ichijo

Shoichi X Hikawa

Shinji X Miho

Takumi X Mari

Kenzaki X Hajime

Yuuto X Airi

Wataru X Mio

Tsukasa X Natsumi

Shotaro X Tokime

Ryo X Akiko

Eiji X Hina

Gentaro X Nadeshiko

Ryusei X Tomoko

Haruto X Koyomi

Kouta X Mai

Kaitou X Yoko

Shinnosuke X Kiriko

Gou X Reiko

Takeru X Akari

Alain X Kanon

Emu X Poppy

Sento X Banjo

Kazumin X Misora

Gentoku X Sawa

Sougo X Tsukuyomi

Aruto X Izu

Fuwa X Yua

Touma X Kento

Rintaro X Mei

Keiwa X Neon

Kingdom Hearts

Kairi X Sora X Riku

Aqua X Terra

Lea X Isa

Roxas X Xion

Riku X Namine

Lucifer

Lucifer X Chloe

Maze X Eve

Magic Knight Rayearth

Hikaru X Lantis

Umi X Clef

Fu X Ferio

Marvel Comics

Steve X Sharon

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Sif

Hank X Janet

Reed X Sue

Peter X MJ

Wanda X Vision

Jean X Scott

Kitty X Colossus

Rogue X Gambit

Rachel X Kurt

Black Bolt X Medusa

Clint X Bobbi

Bucky X Natasha

Matt X Elektra

Luke X Jessica

Warren X Psylocke

Miraculous Ladybug

Adrien X Marinette

Alya X Nino

Naruto

Naruto X Hinata

Sasuke X Karin

Sakura X Rock Lee

Neji X TenTen

Shikamaru X Temari

Ino X Sai

Choji X Karui

Gaara X Matsuri

Kakashi X Might Guy

Asuna X Kurenai

Tsunade X Dan

Yahiko X Konan

Ouran HighSchool Host Club

Haruhi X Tamaki

Persona

Yu X Rise

Chie X Yukiko

Kanji X Naoto

Ren X Makoto (or Kasumi if we're going with Royal canon)

Power Rangers

Tommy X Katherine

Jason X Trini

Adam X Tanya

TJ X Cassie

Andros X Ashley

Karone X Zhane

Leo X Kendrix

Carter X Dana

Wes X Jen

Cole X Alyssa

Taylor X Eric

Tori X Blake

Trent X Kira

Sky X Z

Doggie X Kat

Nick X Madison

Mack X Rose

Casey X Lily

Dillon X Summer

Ziggy X Dr. K

Kevin X Mia

Mike X Emily

Troy X Gia

Tyler X Shelby

Eddie X Vesper

Marv X Chloe

Amelia X Ollie

Ranma ½

Ranma X Akane

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Utena X Anthy

Rurouni Kenshin

Kenshin X Kaoru

RWBY

Ruby X Penny

Blake X Sun

Weiss X Marrow

Yang X Weiss

Jaune X Pyrrha

Ren X Nora

Qrow X Summer

Sailor Moon

Usagi X Mamoru

Ami X Zoisite

Rei X Jadeite

Minako X Rei

Makoto X Nephrite

Minako X Kunzite

Saint Seiya

Seiya X Shaina

Hyoga X Eri

Shiryu X Shunrei

Shun X June

Ikki X Esmeralda

Deathmask X Aphrodite

Aiolia X Lyfia

Yato X Yuzuriha

Sasha X Tenma

Koga X Yuna

Souma X Sonia

She-Ra (Netflix Version)

Adora X Glimmer

Catra X Scorpia

Star Wars

Obi-Wan X Satine

Anakin X Padme

Ahsoka X Lux

Luke X Mara Jade

Han X Leia

Finn X Rey X Poe

Din Djarin X Bo-Katan

Super Sentai

Ryu X Kaori

Sasuke X Tsuruhime

Chisato X Kouichirou

Shun X Miku

Yuri X Tatsuya

Yosuke X Ikkou

Isshu X Nanami

Mari X Ban

Sen X Umeko

Doggie X Swan

Sakura X Akashi

Masume X Natsuhi

Rio X Mele

Sosuke X Miu

Chiaki X Kotoha

Takeru X Mako

Alata X Eri

Hyde X Moune

Marvelous X Luka

Joe X Ahim

Daigo X Mikoto

Tokatti X Mio

Hikari X Kagura

Yamato X Sela

Amu X Tusk

Lucky X Hammie

Balance X Naga

Keiichiro X Tsukasa

Sakuya X Umika

Koh X Asuna

Bamba X Asuna

Shigeru X Sayo

Tarou X Sonoi

Sword Art Online

Kirito X Asuna

The Dragon Prince

Callum X Rayla

Amaya X Janai

ThunderCats

Lion-O X Cheetara

Bengali X Pumyra

Transformers

Optimus X Elita-One

Arcee X Hot Rod

Bulkhead X Wheeljack

Silverbolt X Blackarachnia

Ultraman

Ken X Mari

Voltron

Shiro X Matt

Keith X Allura

Lance X Pidge

Hunk X Shay

Winx Club

Bloom X Sky

Musa X Riven

Flora X Helia

Stella X Brandon

Tecna X Timmy

Layla X Nabu

[tokuhugs]

Garo Yami O Terasu Mono, Ep. 21 (Ryuuga and Rian)

[kabutoraiger]

Had a dream where I made out with Rian from Garo. I'm just saying this here, because you're one of the few blogs who could appreciate it.

can't blame anyone's subconscious for wanting a rian gf. if only we could all be so lucky...

[toku-explained]

Guide to Garo: Pachinko 15: P Garo GOLD IMPACT

This latest machine goes back to covering Kami no Kiba, so the so far passed over entries may still have a chance.

2D scene info pretty scarce right now, but I have titles: Ryuga training, Takeru struggling, Takeru recovering, Rian infiltrating somewhere, Rian shooting, Ryume battling, D. Ringo treasure hunting, Bambi escaping.

Another storybook incarnation, again adapting the film.

4 original battles plus the Amemiya Special, some of them are Horror forms of the movie Horrors I don't recall if they showed up in the film.

Garo fights Hederic atop a train.

Boel fights both Garo and Zen, they defeat him using a combined Rekka Enso attack.

Rinza is fought by Garo, Zen and Guy all together.

10,000 Horror Fusion, forming a giant castle. Garo appears riding flaming Goten, then flies as Garo On into the giant.

Amemiya SP

Garo faces Seiryu, and is overwhelmed, then invokes Qirin, awakening this new form to defeat it.

Story mode appears to be the now standard fair, following the movies' plot.

Other events include the climax battle, and an event of the 3 knights battling KAMINOKIBA, which in the best ending sees the 3 shares the golden light once more.

[2014federalbudget]

Tokusatsu Wrapped 2023

Day 6: Most (Re)Watched Series in 2023 Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono

[kn96artworks]

woke up seeing rbs of the new garo trailer with e/one asking where rian at

me too buddy

at this point i'm coping with the hc that he looks fine and dandy in front of others and transforms into a sad doggo when left alone (they communicate often) (like every other night often) (zaruba is done™)

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

Jinga × Ryuga (Garo; Goldstorm) with the song "Hellfire"

Song: "Hellfire," Tony Jay (Spotify, or the link in the ask is to Peter Hollens' a capella version on YouTube, which is also good)

me or your pyre

Ryuuga knows that he’s dreaming. He’s certain that it’s a dream, because it has the flavor of a memory, but this encounter never happened. This is not a real thing, this can’t be real. Jinga is dead twice over by his sword and banished to the Makai, from whence he might return someday but not any time soon. But here he is, flesh and bone and fine black cotton and hair the color of moonlight. Moreover, it’s not just that he’s here, but that his mouth is here, and it is mesmerizing in its smooth and sneering curvature, his eyes flickering black and green in mockery above it. “We meet like this so often, I almost think I should call you ‘lover.’” A pause, and the curved lips part in that lazy smile, teeth bared and so, so white. “Or maybe ‘beloved’ would be more apt.”

“Shut up,” Ryuuga says, voice faint in the way that voices are in dreams. “You’re dead.”

“Well, sure. It’d almost be a pity if I wasn’t, after all the trouble you went to just to kill me.” Jinga shrugs like a ripple on still water. “But here you are, calling me, and so I came. I’m nice like that.” He’s moving closer, strolling with his hands in his pockets, the dim moonlight gleaming on his hair. “Hey, you remember that first big fight of ours? When you caught my sword in your scabbard, and I caught yours in mine? I’m not really big on metaphor, but that was a little bit sexy, wasn’t it.”

Ryuuga tries to respond, but his throat works without noise, and eventually all he can get out is, again, “You’re dead. I didn’t call you.”

“Sure you did. Maybe you didn’t do it on purpose, but really I’m a very good king, I try to pick up on what my people need from me even when they’re not saying it. Anyway, I’m impressed that you managed to get here, dreaming into the Makai is a pretty specialized skill. Priests take decades to perfect it. My lovely wife was studying the technique once, but even she never quite got the hang of it. And then we could get here by ourselves, of course, so she didn’t need to.”

“Dreaming?” Thick-tongued, throat-stopped, Ryuuga forces the words out and feels his body slowly come alive. “Makai…dreaming.” He shakes himself, with difficulty, and this time he can feel his real body, shifting restlessly in the bed, brushing up against Rian beside him, and her presence is like an anchor to which he can return as the Makai begins to fade around him.

Jinga waves cheerfully to him as he fades. “See you next time, Dougai Ryuuga. You know where to find me.”

---

He wakes with a start, arm prickling—he’s been sleeping on it. He’s also rolled over uncomfortably onto his sheathed sword, which lies in the camp bed between himself and Rian like it might between a fairytale princess and her faithful knight.

Which, sure he’s a knight, but if he called her a princess she’d punch him.

She’s stirring too, and she sits up rubbing her eyes and frowning and grumbling, “What.”

It’s hard to make his mouth work, but this time it’s in the normal sleep-tied way, not that dreaming barrier to speech. “Is it. Rian, do you know about. Makai dreaming?”

Her frown deepens, but she has to stifle a yawn before replying. “Weird thing to ask about. Yeah, Burai could do that. Never taught me, he said I was too young.”

“Can you do it by accident?”

“N…no? Pretty sure not.” A narrow, thoughtful look. “You probably just had a normal bad dream,” and this time she doesn’t bother to stop herself from yawning. “We all have those. Go back to sleep, fuck, it’s way too early to be getting up.”

---

He doesn’t dream again for several weeks, and then after one after particular exhausting and lengthy fight with an especially unpleasant Horror he falls asleep like he’s dropping into a pit and the white smile is there to greet him.

The last time they’d been in a sort of waste, like the place where he’d killed Jinga the first time but grey and deathly. This time it’s a warehouse, nondescript but nonetheless familiar. We fought here, he thinks, numbed by dreaming. And I caught his sword in my scabbard, and he caught his in mine.

“That was a little bit sexy, wasn’t it,” echoes the mocking voice in the back of his mind, which is followed on by the mocking voice in front of him, a cheerful, “Well, you’re a sight for sore eyes.”

It’s easier to speak this time; Ryuuga’s tongue feels less thick in his mouth, his jaw less locked. “This is a dream. You’re not really here.”

Jinga stumbles back theatrically, hand over his heart. “Cold. And after I came all this way to meet you when you called me. How’s your priestess? Cute as ever? Still in love with you?”

“I’m telling you, I didn’t call you the first time, and I didn’t call you this time either.”

“You ought to be more honest with yourself, don’t you think? The heart wants what it wants. I won’t think less of you if you admit that you want my…company.” Having recovered from that false stumble, Jinga is approaching him now, and while he can speak more easily, it’s still nearly impossible to move, his arms and legs frozen as long fingers stroke the side of his face. “This was a fun spot to pick, by the way. Did you go for it because I mentioned our nice fight here the last time we talked?”

This is a dream, there shouldn’t be sensation, but nevertheless Jinga’s pale hand is pleasantly warm against Ryuuga’s cheek, and Ryuuga shuts his eyes against the mocking gaze and smiling mouth and says, “This is a dream. This is a dream. This is a dream,” fighting the binding stillness as he tries to move his body.

It works, to his desperate relief. He starts to fade.

“It is a dream,” says the teasing voice, “but you are getting better at it. Maybe next time you’ll be able to move around properly and you can dance with me. I’d like that.”

---

Rian is already awake this time, on the other side of the little room they’re sharing in this city, rubbing her eyes and saying, “Bad dreams again?” as he jolts upright.

“Yeah.” There’s a strange taste in his mouth, an acrid burn like the scent of Horror on the wind. “Yeah, I…yeah.”

“About Jinga?”

He nearly jumps. “How did you know?”

“You say his name in your sleep sometimes.” Rian is watching him, quiet and steady and sad. “I figure the nightmares must really be something.”

“Yeah, they’re…” He swallows hard, the acrid taste still coating his tongue. “They’re pretty bad.”

“Do you…want to talk about it?”

“…no. No, I’ll be. I’ll be fine.”

---

No dream the next night, or the night after that. On the third night after that he does dream, but it’s the normal kind. It starts to make him nervous; the longer he goes without dreaming of Jinga, the more on-edge he becomes.

They reach the city nearest to the city and meet up with Aguri, who unexpectedly hugs them both and treats them to a meal and introduces them to the beautiful priest to whom he’s apparently been engaged to for seven years already. She and Rian take to each other immediately and spend the next hour and a half with their heads together, talking; the only thing Ryuuga can catch of their conversation is the fiancée saying, “Darling, I worry that your knight might be haunted, he has sort of a…look?” and Rian replying, “He doesn’t sleep well, you don’t have any tips, do you? Does Aguri have that problem?”

He’d rather she not worry Rian. He’s not haunted. He’s just having bad dreams.

“You seem…a little tired, Ryuuga,” Aguri says, sounding like he doesn’t quite want to let on how concerned he is. “When was the last time you took a few days just to rest instead of traveling around like you do?”

“I’m fine, really.” Ryuuga tries his best to smile, wondering if Jinga will be there when he falls asleep. That white smile feels like it’s been burned into him, a brand unhealed in the back of his mind. “I like the travel anyway.”

---

That night, finally, he dreams, and it’s such a relief to be free of the anticipation that he almost smiles when he realizes what’s happening.

He recognizes this room too, white marble and a black throne, white hair and teeth and black clothes and a hand reaching out and grasping one of his as Jinga says, cheerful as ever, “I do miss you when you don’t come to visit me, Ryuuga. This is a great dance floor you’ve given us.”

It’s more like a superstitious chant at this point than an actual statement of fact. “This is a dream.”

“Well, sure, but isn’t it nice?” Jinga’s other hand comes to rest on his waist, and they begin to dance. “I guess now’s as good a time as any to admit that you never did call me, I called you. I mean, you’re shaping the whole place, that part is on you, but I’m the one who brought you here to shape it. With Amily’s help, of course.”

“You called—”

“And you listened! You’re just so good at listening to me. Not surprising, really. A knight’s someone who takes orders, and you’re excellent at being a knight.” A turn, another step, maybe it’s because this is a dream that Ryuuga knows how to follow Jinga’s movements, it’s probably the dream that makes Jinga’s closeness feel so warm and comfortable. “And a wolf’s only a big dog when you get down to it.”

“This is only a dream,” Ryuuga says again, although it’s starting to feel hollow.

“’Only’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, isn’t it? I don’t think this is ‘only’ anything.”

“It’s only a dream.” Jinga’s hand on his waist feels very natural, why is he letting Jinga lead?

Because it’s only a dream. And eventually he’ll wake up. And anyway, it’s nice to not be fighting for once.

Jinga is smiling at him and saying, “There you go, why not let yourself relax,” and he nods, because this is a dream, and he lets Jinga lead.

[2014federalbudget]

girl what is he going to do with that he literally cant read.............

[toku-explained]

The DOUGAI RYUGA era

GARO: Yami wo Terasu Mono (2013)

The current Golden Knight is DOUGAI RYUGA. Equipped with an armour that has lost it's Golden Light, and ZARUBA refusing to acknowledge him, RYUGA comes to VOL CITY, which is infested with HORRORS, only to learn the orders came from his old mentor, the Priest BURAI, who he resents. Nonetheless he finds himself fighting the HORRORS alongside BURAI's pupil, RIAN, and Makai Knights JAKUZURE TAKERU, the Flame Blade Knight ZEN, and KUSUGAMI AGURI, the Sky Bow Knight GUY, while contending with RYUGA being hunted by the SG-1 security forces lead by ENHOU, and the discovery that Madou HORRORs, exist, born even from people who should not have become HORRORS, and for some reason when struck by GARO these Madou HORRORS let off a golden glow that briefly restores the light to the armour.

OP: Theme of Yami wo Terasu Mono, Isshoku ~Trigger of Crisis~ by JAM Project

ED: So Long by Burai actor Otomo Kohei, PLATONIC by JAM Project feat Okui Masami, Brave Heart by Otomo Kohei

Other Music: Bright Hope by Shin

CR GARO Konjiki ni Nare (2014)

Reflecting on RYUGA's disparate journey so far, this includes two sets of battles, one focused on Shikoku GARO and one on Konjiki GARO.

Features the JAM Project original Name is GARO ~Komyo no Shisha~

GARO GOLDSTORM Sho (2015)

A movie followup followed by a full series. 2 years after the events of VOL CITY, RYUGA and RIAN come to LINE CITY, and help legendary Makai Priestess RYUME and criminal elements D RINGO and YUKIHIME deal with the Rogue Madou Tool AGOU.

Subsequently, the pair, their new allies and others, come together to prevent the resurrection of Castle RADAN at the behest of the HORRORS JINGA and AMILY

OP: Opening THEME OF ~GOLDSTORM Sho~, GOLD STORM, EMERGE ~Shikkoku no Tsubasa~ by JAM Project.

ED: GOLD STORM Sho ~The Ending Theme~, PRAYERS by Makai Kagekidan, Guren Bakuran by Makai Kagekidan

Other: Aishu no Rinbu by Makai Kagekidan.

Makai Kagekidan is a unit formed of REKKA, RYUME, YUKIHIME and ANNA, and produced team GAJARI (Amemiya Keita, Kageyama Hironobu, Okui Masami)

CR GARO GOLDSTORM Sho (2017)

As with the previous machine, content is split between Shikoku GARO and GARO Sho. This machine started the ongoing tradition of machines featuring the sacred beasts.

Features Okui Masami's Honoo ~Yami no Hishou~ HIKAGE

GARO -KAMINOKIBA MEZAME- (2017)

A stage prelude to the film JINGA's revival in Makai sees a Makai Knight seek to destroy him as revenge for his actions.

GARO -KAMINOKIBA- (2018)

RYUGA and RIAN reunite with TAKERU and AGURI, coming together to stop a HORROR conspiracy to awaken the legendary KAMINOKIBA, a scheme that receives RYUGA's greatest enemy.

OP: KAMINOKIBA ~The Fang of Apocalypse~ by JAM Project

ED: Izayoi no Ukari Uta -ENDING SIDE- by Rinza actress Sasaki Sayaka, in her first Live-action contribution. An insert version was performed by Okui Masami.

P GARO GOLD IMPACT (2023)

This machine appears to have been delayed considerably, presumably owing to the legal issues with Tsunenori Aoki, who seems to have any footage using the actor cut from the finished product. Any later and footage of Ikeda Junya would have had to be cut too.

Features new songs from JAM Project, -KAI-, and from Endo Masaki, SHINING HOPE GARO

GARO: HAGANE wo Tsugu Mono (2024)

For DOUGAI RYUGA's tenth anniversary, he is called to CREACITY by Makai Priestess MUTSUGI to assist herself, her pupil KOYORI, and local Makai Knight, SHIRAHANE SOUMA, who wears a HAGANE, in investigating activity surrounding the GATE of DESTRUCTION that sleeps beneath the city. RYUGA also takes a vested interested in helping SOUMA find his way, owing a debt to SOUMA's missing father, SHIRAHANE GODOU, the Light Slash Knight ZANGO.

OP: GARO Hagane wo Tsugu Mono With JAM Project

ED: Sora wa kegarenaki Shura no Namida, Ran, both by JAM Project

The Era of MIKAGE JINGA

Kami no Kiba -JINGA- (2018)

An unknown era following KAMINOKIBA, MIKAGE JINGA, the Shining Shadow Knight ROZE, is struggling with the weight of hia duty, having had to cut down his Horror-turned father, he works with Madou Ring ARUBA, his Priestess partner FUSA, and tries to train his brother TOUMA, when a Horror Bite awakens a mysterious power, the seeming ability to cut down Horrors but save the possessed human. As he endeavours to use this power to save every human, Watchdog KELS begins investigating his abilities, and JINGA starts making inexplicable actions he doesn't seem to recall, and witnesses a mysterious doppelganger.

OP: Dokoku no Kanata by JAM Project.

Kami no Kiba -JINGA- Tensei (2019)

A second stage production set during the events of the series. As the servants of the HORROR TOMINO investigate what has happened to JINGA, trainee Makai Priestess Tomoha has an experience where she is saved by JINGA, and later comes into contact with MIKAGE JINGA, and struggles to understand the difference between the two.

Guide to GARO: Reintroduction

Approximately 4 years ago, I initiated a series of posts introducing every aspect of the GARO Franchise (all under the GARO tag here) and have endeavoured to keep these up over the years over some 30-40 posts. However, the first major media development since then has recently finished, and while I have already covered it, I felt updating the Introductory post was prudent, and will cover the basics and breakdown the franchise.

The Basics

"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, mankind was given hope."

In the world of GARO exists HORRORS, demonic entities from the Makai Realm, which consume humans, and can possess those who do all to darkness. When possessing a human a Horror can only be identified by the reaction of it's eyes to a Madou Flame. The only thing stopping the Horrors are the Makai Order.

The greatest opposition comes in the for of the Makai Knights, warriors who fight with weapons and magical, wolf-shaped armour made of mystical Soul Metal, the armour summoned by creating circles of light with their weapons which the armour emerges from. The most revered, and commonly considered the strongest Knight is the Golden Knight GARO. While the Knights focused on in a series are normally titles Knights with a unique armour, many Knights are without title and possess a generic armour. An Armour and Title will typically be passed down from father to son, or master to student. Due either to a law or some other factor, women may not be Makai Knights

The other main opponents to the Horrors are the Makai Priests, who rely on spells either using their Madou Brushes or other magical items. Due to lacking armour, in combat Makai Priests may sometimes have to rely on magical familiars, or specialised Madou Tools created by subjugating Horrors.

Some titled Makai Knights are partnered with special Madougu, sentient jewelry acting as avatars for benign Horrors to communicate with a Makai Knight they are contracted to, offering insights on the Horrors they fight or helping detect their activities, GARO's eternal partner is the Madou Ring, Zaruba, the only character to have definitively appeared in live action and animation. The prevalence of Madougu partners varies wildly by era, being almost universal among titled Titles Knights at some points, and virtually unheard of in others.

Certain Makai Knights can, after sealing 100 Horrors, be given a challenge the completion of which allows them the use of a Madou Horse associates with their armour.

Dependent on the era, Makai Order members act in their own volition, under the guidance in senior Makai Priests, or under the auspices of Watchdogs who oversee activity within a territory.

A common but not universal feature of the franchise are Dark Makai Knights, who have fallen to darkness in some way. This has been done in so many different ways I won't go into it. Dark Makai Priests have also appeared, but are less common. Another common feature is acquiring a special transformation for the final battle that is typically seen as a one-off.

Rather than list every entry in release order, I will be breaking my introductions into eras, some of which can be further divided. In essence though, there are 2 distinct eras, plus a few extra, and the anime.