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Shakugan no Shana
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(Shakugan no Shana)
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Novel, School Life
TV anime
Directed by Watanabe Takashi
Studio J.C.STAFF
Network Animax, MBS, TVA, TV Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa
Original run 5 October 2005 � 22 March 2006
No. of episodes 24
Shakugan no Shana (??????, Shakugan no Shana?) is a Japanese fictional work originally available as a series of light novels written by Yashichirou Takahashi, which now has both manga and anime adaptations. It stars Yuuji Sakai and Shana, who is called the "Slayer with Flame Hair and Blazing Eyes". The title of the anime roughly translates to "Shana of the burning eyes".
Contents [hide]
1 Story
2 Characters
2.1 Humans and Mistes
2.2 Flame Hazes and Lords of Guze
2.3 Tomogara and Rinne
2.4 Ball Masque
3 Terminology
4 Theme music
5 Episode titles
6 Other Media
7 External links
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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Story
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Yuuji Sakai, a high school student who expected his very normal life to last forever, is dead. While on his way home one day he witnesses a shocking view: the world suddenly freezes, people are engulfed by blue flames and a monster resembling a large doll seems to swallow them. Just as the monster prepares to consume Yuuji, a sword-wielding girl in black attire with flaming red eyes and hair that burns like embers saves him. The girl calls herself a "Flame Haze" who hunts the Tomogara (formally "Guze no Tomogara", or Crimson Denizens in English), creatures from another world. When Yuuji notices a blue flame in his chest, the Flame Haze tells him that the "real" Yuuji died some time ago, and that he is a "Torch", a temporary replacement for erased humans. Torches take on the forms of those erased persons, but before long, they will vanish from the memories of the living. Unfazed by his apparent death, Yuuji befriends the strange girl and names her "Shana". Expecting Yuuji to slowly fade away like all other Torches do, Shana is surprised to find that Yuuji is not a normal Torch, but instead a special kind called a "Mistes": he has a "hougu" inside him, and an extremely powerful and valuable one at that. Shana resolves to protect Yuuji from the Tomogara, who would use the hougu to disrupt the balance of the world, and Yuuji decides to join Shana in her fight.
Shana's fight is the long-standing struggle between Flame Hazes and Tomogara. The Tomogara are beings from the Crimson Realm and steal Power of Existence, the energy that forms the basis of the world, from the living people and utilize it for their own selfish ambitions. Flame Hazes are the mortal enemies of Tomogara, and attempt to retain balance. Thus, the Flame Hazes create Torches in the image of the dead in order to relieve the strain on reality resulting from the actions of the Tomogara.
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Characters
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Humans and Mistes
Yuuji SakaiYuuji Sakai (????, Yuuji Sakai? ) (Mistes)
The main character of the story. He is just an average high school student, but his world is turned upside down when he discovers he is already dead and hasn't long before he disappears. However, he is a mistes, and unlike normal torches the hougu inside him restores his Power of Existence at midnight. His hougu is called Reiji Maigo (????, Reiji Maigo?). With Reiji Maigo, Yuuji has the possibility to live on like an average human as long as he makes sure his Power of Existence does not run out before midnight. He also starts to learn more and more to use the yet untapped potential of the treasure kept within him.
Yuuji is kind and the type of person to put others before himself. This often causes Shana great annoyance, but sows the seeds of attraction.
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese)
Kazumi Yoshida (????, Kazumi Yoshida?)
Yuuji's classmate. She has a crush on him, but is a bit shy to directly tell him. She has now vowed to tell him her feelings and let Yuuji decide between her and Shana, when Shana becomes her love-rival. Named after Shigeru Yoshida.
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese)
Hayato Ike (???, Hayato Ike?)
Yuuji's friend since Junior High School. Carries the title "Megane-man" or "Glasses Man". There are hints and speculation showing that he is fond of Kazumi, secretly. However, he is the one who helps her to show her feeling towards Yuuji. Named after Hayato Ikeda.
Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese)
Chigusa Sakai (????, Chigusa Sakai?)
Yuuji's mother. She can seem gentle but she's strong and very intelligent. Her husband, Kantarou, works outside the country.
Voiced by: Tomo Sakurai (Japanese)
Eita Tanaka (????, Eita Tanaka?)
A well-built classmate of Yuuji. He, as well as Keisaku, shows respect, admiration and affection towards Margery as an "anego" (respectable elder sister), but his act is more apparent than Keisaku. Named after Kakuei Tanaka.
Voiced by: Takayuki Kondou (Japanese)
Keisaku Satou (????, Keisaku Satou?)
Eita's friend and lesson-skipping companion. Being a member of a wealthy family with only him living in his house, it becomes a place for Eita and Margery to stay. He and Eita like Margery, but he hides his feeling. Named after Eisaku Sato.
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese)
Matake Ogata (????, Matake Ogata?)
Yuuji's classmate. She is physically active and is somewhat tomboyish. She also has feelings for Eita Tanaka. Named after Ogata Taketora.
Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese)
Kantarou Sakai
Yuuji's father.
Yukari Hirai (?????, Yukari Hirai?)
Yuuji's classmate. She likes Ike (Yuuji's friend), but she dies when a Rinne appears on her way home. Shana makes a Torch of Yukari Hirai on the day she meets Yuuji, but by the next day her flame has burned out and she has disappeared. Shana uses an illusion so that she appears to be Yukari to everyone except Yuuji.
Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese)
Tenmoku Ikko (????, Tenmoku Ikko? "The One Celestial Eye") (Mistes)
A Mistes known as "the worst Mistes in history" or "monster torch". A huge man wearing samurai armour and one-eyed Oni (demon or ghost) mask. He's a person who became Mistes on his own will, so he can find the strongest person who he could entrust the treasure Nietono no Shana to - a sword made to destroy Crimson Denizens.
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (Japanese)
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Flame Hazes and Lords of Guze
"Shana"Shana / Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite (?????????????, Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite? "Slayer with Flame Hair and Blaze Eyes") (Flame Haze)
The female lead of the show and a Flame Haze. Initially she's concentrated solely on her duty as a Flame Haze, not having even a name, and sees Yuuji only as a Torch, that is a thing, marginally interesting because of him also being a Mistes. However, she slowly opens up to Yuuji, discovering him as a person despite being a Torch, and eventually comes to love him. Shana originally didn't have a name, and was referred to only with her Flame Haze title Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite, however, Yuuji chose to name her "Shana" after her sword, Nietono no Shana ("Vairocana of the Offering Room").
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese)
Alastor / Tenjou no Gouka (?????????????, Tenjou no Gouka? "Conflagaration upon Heaven") (Lord of Guze)
He is the Crimson Lord to whom Shana is bound. He expresses his will through a divine vessel called the Cocytus, which (in Shana's case) takes the form of a pendant. His name is actually the name of a demon in mythology.
Alastor is considered the strongest of the Lords of Guze or Tomogara, even comparable to a god in the Crimson world. But even so, he tried keeping the Denizens from consuming Power of Existence. And, unlike other lords that has a Flame Haze, he can perform a method called Tenpa Josai, which will summon his Manifestation to the world to consume all Denizens around him. This method is the Enpatsu Shakugan's last resort, as prior to Shana, no Flame Haze had survived after using it.
Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (Japanese)
Margery Daw / Choushi no Yomite (?????????????????, Choushi no Yomite? "Chanter of Elegies") (Flame Haze)
A tall, "well-endowed" and mature blonde Flame Haze who is bound to Marchosias. She uses the Grimoire, which is the divine vessel through which Marchosias expresses his will. Her main powers focus around chanting spells and turning into a werewolf. She casts spells by humming an "Tosatsu no Sokkyoushi" that means "Improvisation (Poem) of Slaughter". Her name comes from a certain Mother Goose rhyme, as well as what she hums. She also has a drinking habit, and both Satou and Tanaka look up to her because she saved their lives once. Her reason for becoming a Flame Haze is to get revenge from a Tomogara with silver-colored flame (who is connected somehow with Yuuji).
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese)
Marchosias / Jyuurin no Souga (?????????????, Jyuurin no Souga? "Claws and Fangs of Violation") (Lord of Guze)
The Crimson Lord to whom Margery Daw is bound. He expresses his will through the divine vessel Grimoire, which takes the form of a book. His name is actually the name of a demon. He talks wildly, makes remorseless comments and often teases Margery before getting punched by her, but does care about her, perhaps not in form of friendship but battle companions.
Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata (Japanese)
Wilhelmina Carmel / Banjou no Shite (???????????????????, Banjou no Shite? "Controller of Ten Thousands of Stripes") (Flame Haze)
A young lady that wears maid uniform all the time. She's bound to Tiamat, who's will resides in the divine vessel Persona, the mask Wilhelmina use in battle mode; or usually, as her headdress. During the great war, Persona's shape is a tiara. Her title's meaning is like the term for player (in chess) who can predict moves far ahead.
She's one of the great Flame Haze from the age of the great war, fighting alongside with her friend, "Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite" Mathilde Saint-Omer. Both, they're like counterpart of the "Pair of Wings" combination between the Crimson Lords Merihim and Illuyankas. Her ability is to control infinite number of ribbons coming from around her. Wilhelmina, who is always speaking in an overly polite manner, has nearly no expression. She's very skillful in many things, like singing and house chores, so she's the person who take care of Shana during the girl's training at Tendoukyuu. But cooking is not one she's good at.
Also, she hates Yuuji like a protective mother against her daughter's boyfriend.
Voiced by: Shizuka Ito (Japanese)
Tiamat / Mugen no Kantai (?????????????, Mugen no Kantai? "Crown Strip of Fantasies") (Lord of Guze)
The female lord whom Wilhelmina is bound to and does not talk much. In the novel, her lines are always written in kanji letters with no hiragana or katakana.
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese)
Khamsin Nbh`w / Gisou no Karite (??????????????????, Gisou no Karite? "Mobilizer of Ceremonial Equipment") (Flame Haze)
Flame Haze under Behemoth. One of the oldest flame hazes in history, perhaps even thousands of years old, he looks like a ten-year-old boy. Khamsin has the ability to create and move stone golem-like creatures and control stones. He is very powerful, but no other Flame Haze wants to be in front of him because of he has an extremely powerful yet notorious lack of accuracy in his attacks.
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese)
Behemoth / Fubatsu no Senrei (????????????, Fubatsu no Senrei? "Steadfast Sharp Peak") (Lord of Guze)
The lord whose will resides in the bracelet Khamsin wears and speaks like an old man. With his Flame Haze, his mission seems not to protect the balance of worlds by hunting the Denizens, but instead by re-tuning places where the distortion is too large, such as Misago city where Friagne had created so many Torches in his preparation.
Voiced by: Katsuhisa Houki (Japanese)
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Tomogara and Rinne
Friagne / Kariuto (?????????, Kariuto? "The Hunter") (Tomogara)
Friagne, also known as "Flame Haze Murderer", takes his name's meaning as his hobby, "treasure hunter". He is a powerful Tomogara arrayed in robes of untarnishable white. Unlike other Tomogara, he doesn't associate with the organization Ball Masque. He has very intimate relationship with his favorite doll, Marianne. He wants Marianne to have her own existence, not just that of a Rinne who need to depend on the power from the master to exist.
He has a vast collection of hougu (powerful tools or implements contained within Mistes), pictured as mountain of treasure in an extra story in Guren (Itou Noizi artbook), of which all are useless. This is also the reason for his having the largest collection of hougu: most are not the highly sought battle-use hougu. His name is actually the name of an angel of Tuesday.
Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe (Japanese)
Marianne (Rinne) (?????, Marianne (Rinne)?)
One of Friagne's Rinne (servants). Friagne seems to treasure her a bit more than is healthy for him. She usually takes the form of a doll.
Voiced by: Kimiko Koyama (Japanese)
Lamies / Shikabane Hiroi (????????????????, Shikabane Hiroi? "Corpse Retriever" / "The Spiral Organ") (Tomogara)
He is a Crimson Denizen with the shape of an old man and collects the Power of Existence from the torches on the verge of flickering out. He is even able to create new Unrestricted Methods (Jizai Hou) with those collection of Power, and is seemed to have a great goal to achieve. Yet, he is neutral and unsided, while he knows Alastor.
His true name is "Rasen no Fuukin" or The Spiral Organ and in the past, he used the name Leanan-sidhe.
Voiced by: Motomu Kiyokawa (Japanese)
Sorath / Aizenji (????????, Aizenji? "Self-Fondling One") (Crimson Denizen)
He's an extravagant occidental looking boy with a beautiful hair but always being perplexed despite being Tyrael's elder brother. With the "Butsuyoku" (an arms type hoogu) he uses "the olfactory sense of desire" to seek powers of existence.
He's searching for the "Nietono no Shana" (Shana's Sword) but is armed firstly with another sword called "Blood Sucker". His name is the name of the Solar Demon.
Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese)
Tyrael / Aizenta (??????????, Aizenta? "Him-Fondling One") (Crimson Denizen)
Sorath's younger sister. Though being the younger one, she thinks very maturely and teaches everything to his will-less brother with too much love, but will follow him closely no matter where he goes and protect him without regrets even if it about her own Power of Existence. She can use an Unrestricted Method called "Cradle Garden" that makes the inside into their turf.
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese)
Merihim a.k.a Shiro / Niji no Tsubasa (?????????, Niji no Tsubasa? "Rainbow Wings") (Crimson Denizen)
One of the lords that gathers in Tomurai no Kane (or Totem Brocken) under the "Meiou no Kan" Azis. With the dragon shaped Illuyankas, they're both famous as the "Pair of Wings". He also has the title Niji no Kenshi (????, Niji no Kenshi? "Rainbow Swordsman").
Wilhelmina loves him, but Merihim is crazily in love with Mathilde, who in turn, loved Alastor.
To fulfill his promise to the woman he loved, he changed shape into the skeleton Shana knows as Shiro, and trained the next successor of "Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite" title.
His name is from the demon Merihem.
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese)
Fileth / Saihyou (????????, Saihyou? "Colorful Flutter") (Crimson Denizen)
A lord who once and still loved a human, Johan. To be eternally with him, she created the most precious treasure in Guze, a Treasure that can grants eternity to the Mistes bearing it, and that's the Reiji Maigo. Because of Reiji Maigo, she don't have to consume other human's existence, because she can get enough to survive from Johan. Because of an incident, she sealed Johan into Reiji Maigo, then the treasure is lost, so she's searching for him everywhere.
A friend with Wilhelmina who once saved her.
Her name probably came from the demon Bileth.
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Ball Masque
An organization of Denizens who moved into human world. It's currently led under three powerful figures called the Trinity. Their goal is yet unknown, but they seem to be interested in the Reiji Maigo, which resides in Yuuji. Using the Reiji Maigo, they plan on overflowing the land with Power of Existence - storing huge amounts of power such that so that it becomes a 'spring of existence', sustaining all Tomogaras for a long time.
Sydonai / Senben (?????????, Senben? "Thousand Change") (Crimson Lord)
One of the Trinity of the Ball Masque, entitled as the "General". For some time, he stayed outside of the Organization, because he wanted the freedom to do as he wants. However, after finding Reiji Maigo, he has returned to his previous position. He has great shape-shifting abilities, being able to change into various chimeras. Sydonai is the alias for the demon Asmodai.
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese)
Hecate / Itadaki no Kurai (?????????, Itadaki no Kurai? "Supreme Throne") (Crimson Denizen)
One of the Trinity of the Ball Masque, entitled as "the Priestess". She also controls the movements of Seireiden, Ball Masque's base. A small pale girl with white cape and hat, she doesn't speak much. Sydonai seems to care for her a lot. Bel Peol always mentions her having 'eternal existence'. Her position is very important with respect to what the Ball Masque plans to do with Reiji Maigo, since she is the one who will be taking the power of Reiji Maigo and sending it out to everything in Seireiden.
Her name is taken from Hecate, a Greek goddess usually related to witchcraft and crossroads, also called "Queen of Ghosts".
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese)
Bel Peol / Gyakuri no Saisha (????????????, Gyakuri no Saisha? "Judge of Paradoxes") (Crimson Denizen)
One of the Trinity of the Ball Masque, entitled as the "Strategist". Takes the form of a woman with three eyes, but has an eyepatch covering her right eye.
A scheming character who would have no qualms in manipulating her unsuspecting subordinates and sending them to die
Her name could be from the demon Belphegor, or Baal Pheor.
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese)
Vine / Ryuugan (???????, Ryuugan? "Glazed Eyes") (Crimson Denizen)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese)
Orgon / Senseirei (?????????, Senseirei? "Commander of Thousand Conquests") (Crimson Denizen)
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (Japanese)
Dantalion / Tantankyuukyuu (????????????, Tantankyuukyuu? "The Discovery-Addicted Utmost-Researcher") (Crimson Denizen)
The stereotypical mad scientist, Dantalion is not liked by most Denizens, even in the Ball Masque, because he would do research on their own people. Among the Trinity, Bel Peol doesn't like him and Sydonay hates him, but somehow Hecate seems close to him, even calling him "ojiisama" (the greeting towards grandfathers or respectable seniors) and protected him most of the time from getting into trouble with the higher-ups.
He created a lot of treasure tools, from creatures like the "Rinne" Cantate Domino 28 (parody of Tetsujin 28) to huge trains. He's also notorious for conducting meaningless experiments, for the sake of conducting experiments, which in the end serves no actual useful purpose.
Dantalion's name is the 72nd demon listed in Ars Goetia.
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese)
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Terminology
Crimson World (??, Guze?)
An alternate world that resides in a place that is both unreachable and next door to our own world.
Crimson Denizen (????, Guze no Tomogara?)
A term that refers to all the inhabitants of the Crimson Realm / Crimson World. Also simply called Denizen (?, Tomogara?). They are said to come from the Crimson World, devouring humans (by absorbing their Power of Existence) and laying waste to the world.
As shown in Friagne's death, the people of Guze seem to be made from Flame of Existence. The names that they are called are usually names of demons, which interestingly, in Islamic beliefs, are created by God from flame, as opposed to man being created from earth.
Crimson Lord (????, Guze no Ou?)
An existence, amongst the Denizens, possessing great power. Also simply called Lords (?, Ou?). Because of their large existence, they require a lot of Power of Existence to manifest themselves in our world. They also have the power to move between worlds freely.
But in the war to protect the balance of worlds, Lords are entitled to those who are Flame Hazes and protect both worlds, while Denizens are entitled to those who consume existence to live.
Power of Existence (????, Sonzai no Chikara?)
A fundamental energy necessary to exist in this world. Denizens steal this power from humans in order to use it for their own agendas.
It is implied that the Denizens don't need this Power of Existence to survive in their world, but their potential of using it to do anything (even possible to bring back the dead ?) lure them to human world.
Unrestricted method (???, Jizai Hou?)
Technique used by both Crimson Denizens and Flame Hazes, using Power of Existence, that cause various events when they are "working".
The spreading of such technique in Guze is frighteningly fast. In the beginning, a Denizen created a method to move from Guze to human world. Soon, the technique spread--the whole world knew about it and the invasion began.
Unrestricted system (???, Jizai Shiki?)
The system that is developed in order to use the Unrestricted Method. The procedure of performing.
Unrestricted master (???, Jizai shi?)
Users of the Unrestricted Method.
Manifestation (??, Kengen?)
Something that appears in this world. Literally meaning "to show up". Also it's the shape that the creatures from Guze have when materializing in human world.
A RinneRinne (??, Rinne?)
Servants of the Denizens born from the Power of Existence, their form takes on the whim of their creator. While they are able to gather the Power of Existence for their master, they cannot use it directly and must receive it from their master or they will cease to exist. The literal translation of Rinne is "Phosphorus Child". The word in Japanese is also homonymous with the Buddhist term used to describe the endless cycle of rebirth.
Flame Haze (???????, Fureimuheizu?)
Name given to those who carry extraordinary powers and strive for the balance of worlds by fighting against Crimson Denizens or Lords. They make contracts with Crimson Lords to gain their power. In this process, the flame of their existence is replaced by the Lord they made contract with; therefore they have forsaken their past, present, and future for this duty. Some of them are victims of the Crimson Denizens or Lords and are determined to retire them all.
Strangely though, Flame Hazes, as certain kind of hunters, and Crimson Lords, do not usually get along with others of the same kind well because both of them come from different backgrounds and bear different ambitions.
Torch (???, Toochi?)
Certain kind of existence left in form of blue flames for those who have lost their Power of Existence. In this manner, they're the opposite of Flame Hazes, who are people who existed but have lost their existence. In addition, some colour of the Denizen who eat the existence also tarnished colour of the Torch. The flame fades as time goes while the recognition from others around also fades. The existence of "torches" is to compansate the influence of changes made to the real world. When torches vanish, all evidence of their existence disappears.
Mistess (????, Misutesu?)
Torches carrying "treasurable tools" inside. The tools inside would transfer themselves to another torch once the former torch is exhausted, so they are as known as "travelling treasures". For example, "Sakai Yuuji" is one of them.
Great War (??, Ooikusa?)
The War which took place in 16th century Europe where the Crimson Lord Azis gathered nine Lords with him to attack the human world. On the human's side, Alastor and other Lords gathered and created their Flame Hazes to protect the balance of worlds.
Treasure tool(s) (??, Hougu?)
Objects carrying special functions, like "Reiji Maigo". Mostly they are related to the control, compensation or utilization of Power of Existence.
Time stop seal (??, Fuuzetsu?)
A dome-like dimension separated from the "Flow of Cause-And-Effect". The inside (Crimson World / Realm?) is static and hidden from the outside (real) world. The Seals are surrounded by a circular ring with letters written in Sanskrit on it, but the size is variable.
World's Distortion (?????, Sekai no Yugami?)
Worst possible consequence as a result of the consumption of existence by the Denizens. When the sudden lost of existence goes beyond what the world can cope with, it will crumble. And because this world and Guze are like two sides of a coin, both worlds will fall down together.
God's vessel (??, Jinki?)
True Name (??, Mana?)
Name of the people from Guze when translated into human language. They have real meanings and can be used to predict their specialities by interpreting them literally, for example, Raimi's True Name is "Rasen no Huukin" (?????, "Rasen no Huukin"? "Spiral Organ(ist)").
Destruction Attack (??, Toumetsu?)
Traitor Attack - Tool for a Destruction Attack (??????????, Douhougurushi - Toumetsu no Dougu?)
Nickname given to Flame Haze by the Crimson Denizens, as they consider that the Flame Haze are tools used by the Crimson Lords to kill their own kind.
Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite (????????, Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite?)
Title given to the Flame Haze that are bounded to the Crimson Lord "Tenjou no Gouka". They have power to control flame and with Tenpa Josai, evoke Alastor out of their body with the cost of their lives.
All along the two most famous Enpatsu Shakugan, they're always the eccentric among all Flame Hazes. Mathilde, the previous Enpatsu Shakugan is the only Flame Haze who's happy to be one, while others suffered before and forever being Flame Haze. While Shana, the current Enpatsu Shakugan is the only Flame Haze who became Flame Haze by her own will to protect the world, not because of deep hatred against the Crimson Denizens like others.
"Enpatsu Shakugan" can be translated as "flame hair and blaze eyes" while "Uchite" does not have an accurate corresponding word, in principle it means "someone who triggers an attack", can be shortened as agent, hitman, fighter, etc.
Yogasa (??, Yogasa?, "Cape of Nights")
Magical cape worn by Shana that means the parasol in the night. It can store things like her sword and disappear.
Nietono no Shana (????, Nietono no Shana?)
Shana's sword. The name literaly means "Vairocana of the Offering Room."
The original owner is a Mistes known as Tenmoku Ikko (literally: One Eye of Heaven), a monster so strong, he's known even to Guze as "the worst Mistes ever in history".
Midnight Stray (????, Reiji Maigo?)
The most treasured of all treasures from Guze. It's made by the Billeth, a Lord level Denizen, to give eternity to the person she loved, Johan, who then became a Mistes who's strong enough to fight against Denizens (much like Tenmoku Ikko). Johan is sealed within the treasure later, and somehow, the treasure now stays in Yuuji.
The full potential of this treasure is still unknown, but it gave the Mistes abilities close to that of a Flame Haze's, like the ability to move freely in Fuuzetsu and sense Unrestricted Methods close by.
Haridan (???, Haridan?, "Glass Altar")
One of Friagne's collection. It's a tool that functions as a map covering the whole city and has the ability to map all torches and their movement. Margerie often use it after Friagne is defeated to look for unusual activities.
Tendoukyuu (???, Tendoukyuu? "Palace of Heaven's Road")
Treasure shaped as a flying island, used as fortress of the Flame Haze and Lords who sided with the humans during the great war. It was built by one of the Lords, Gavida. Tendoukyuu's is chosen as a base because it's completely hidden, undetectable by any Unrestricted Method.
It was destroyed around the time Shana became a Flame Haze, by the treasure Gordian Knot activated as Vine died.
Seireiden (???, Seireiden? "Palace of Asterisms")
Can be considered as a sister of Tendoukyuu. Seireiden is also a treasure shaped as an undetectable island, used by the organization Ball Masque.
Azure
Friagne's battle-use treasure later changed ownership to Yuuji. Its other name is the flame-cancelling ring. Its ability is to create barrier against flame, because most Power of Existence that shaped Unrestricted Method and Denizens are flame-like.
Bubble root (??????, Bubble root?)
Friagne's chain-shaped treasure. It can't be cut off even by Nietono no Shana.
Dance Party
Bell-shaped weapon with the ability to control Power of Existence.
Regular Sharp
Trigger Happy
Gun-shaped weapon. It's a weapon to kill Flame Haze, with its ability to force the King residing inside a Flame Haze to awaken. The Flame Haze would die as a consequence, and the King will manifest into the world until they run out of Power of Existence and forced to return to Guze or disappear.
Of course, this could be very dangerous, and in Alastor's case, he consumed Denizens to get power.
Reshuffle
One of Friagne's toys in the extra story. It's a treasure-shaped as kaleidoscope, in which someone who peek through one side can switch body with the person he/she sees through the treasure. The catch is, both parties should not have any boundary between their hearts. Yuuji switched body with Shana and troubles ensued for that day.
One of the useless treasures.
Miyako Gurai (????, Miyako Gurai? "City Devourer")
An Unrestricted Method that's very powerful, but at a cost of many lives. It requires large amounts of torches, and could consume a whole city. The amount of torches is also an indication, especially if it seems an unnatural number for a Lord to have eaten that much. Even if the risk of distortion is too high, the Denizens that perform it usually don't care anymore, because this technique could even wake up the dead.
There are two important Miyako Gurai told in Shakugan no Shana. The first one occurred in the 18th century, when "Meiou no Kan" Azis wanted to wake his Flame Haze, who was killed by humans. The second one occurred in Misago city, because "Kariudo" Friagne wanted to give true existence to his Rinne, Marianne.
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Theme music
Opening
"Hishoku no Sora" by Mami Kawada (Episodes 01-16)
"being" by KOTOKO (Episodes 17-24)
Ending
"Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo" by Yoko Takahashi (Episodes 01-14)
"Aka no Seijaku" by Youko Ishida (Episodes 15-23)
"Hishoku no Sora" by Mami Kawada (Episode 24)
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Episode titles
Episode # Japanese title Unofficial translation
1 ????????????? The End of Everything, the One Beginning
<!-- Image:Shakugan02.jpg --> 2 ??? The Lit Flame
3 ??????????? The Torch and the Flame Haze
4 ?????????? The Confused Flame Haze
5 ??????? Respective Feelings
6 ???????? Complication - Invocation - Confrontation
7 ?????????? The Two Flame Hazes
8 ???????? The Beautiful Goblet
9 ??????????? The Poolside of Love and Desire
10 ????? Entwined Feelings
11 ????????? Yuuji, Shana, and Kisses
12 ?????????? Flowers Bloom in the Cradle
13 ???????? The Declaration of War Behind the School Building
14 ????? A Remarkable Person
15 ??????? The Day when the Flame was Born
16 ???????? The Flame-Haired Scorching-Eyed Slayer
17 ?????? A New Beginning
18 ????? A Shattering Wish
19 ????? Inside the Battle
20 ?????????? Heartless Wilhelmina
21 ?????? Diverging Feelings
22 ???? The Flickering Flame
23 ?????? Battle at the Dawn Star Temple
24 ????? Crimson Thoughts
A movie is announced to be in production after the ending of Episode 24.
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Other Media
Novels
There are currently 13 novels out for Shakugan no Shana. They are numbered from I through XII, along with volume 0 which consists of short side stories. These novels are called light novels, which feature a light amount of text and occasional black and white illustrations. Yashichirou Takahashi wrote the novels and Noizi Ito (of the game company UNiSONSHIFT) illustrated them. The series is serialized under the seinen label Dengeki Bunko. The first novel was released on November 10, 2002.
Manga
The manga, by mangaka Sasakura Ayato, is currently serialized in the monthly Dengeki Daioh. The first bound volume hit shelves October 27, 2005.
Video Game
A video game named Shakugan no Shana (??????, ?) for PlayStation 2 developed by MediaWorks was released on 3/23/2006.
Movie
According to the last episode of Shakugan no Shana and the official website, there is also going to be an animation movie planned for this series.
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External links
Official Shakugan no Shana Anime Website
Geneon Entertainment USA
Geneon Entertainment JP
Rondo Robe
Episode by Episode Synopsis and Review by Omni
Shakugan no Shana Term Glossary (Japanese)
Official Shakugan no Shana Video Game Website
Shakugan no Shana (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakugan_no_Shana"
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