I understand it all now! The true reason for my wrath! I could not stand it! There is always some fool who wants to rule the world! Always forcing others to do what they cannot do for themselves! That's why I pray to no one! Nor will I be prayed to! But above all else, I will never forgive you for making my daughter cry! This is your end!!
- —Asura to Chakravartin
Asura is the titular main protagonist of the video game Asura's Wrath. He appeared in the 192nd episode and '25 Premiere of Death Battle, Kratos VS Asura, where he fought against Kratos from the God of War series.
History
Asura was born a demigod during an ancient time when impure spiritual monsters known as the Gohma ravaged the planet. Powered by a cosmic energy known as Mantra, Asura fought as one of the Eight Guardian Generals, warring against the Gohma for what seemed like forever. At some point, Asura married and had a daughter named Mithra, who had the unique ability to control and amplify Mantra. Despite his comrades' attempts at persuasion, Asura refused to allow his daughter to get involved in the war. One day, Asura was summoned by the demigod emperor himself. However, upon his arrival, the emperor died in Asura's arms, branding him as the murderer and a traitor.
His former comrades started attacking him, and Asura fled to his home, only to find his wife, Durga, mortally wounded. His daughter was kidnapped and imprisoned by his former fellow Guardian Generals, and their commander, Deus, who revealed that he was the emperor's real killer before plunging Asura into Naraka, a land of the dead. It wasn't until 12,000 years later when Asura finally reawakened in Naraka, albeit briefly without most of his memories. What he did have was pure, nigh-uncontrollable, vengeance-fueled wrath, which grew more as he discovered what his former friends had been doing since his banishment. He escaped back to the mortal realm and made a vow, not just to save Mithra, but to kill every single one of the generals-turned-deities for betraying him and destroying his family.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Age: 12,500+ (28 physically)
- Race: Demigod
- Father of Mithra & husband of Durga
- Former member of the Eight Guardian Generals
- Likes: Family, Yasha, hot spring QTEs
- Dislikes: Seven Deities, Chakravartin, hearing his daughter cry
- Chosen inheritor of the universe
- Put him in Marvel vs. Capcom!
Mantra
- Enhances strength, speed, durability, & stamina
- Rapid-fire & homing charged projectiles
- Energy spirals, waves, explosions
- Mantra arm
- Propelled flight
- Mantra of Wrath
- 1 of 8 Mantra affinities
- Increases Asura's strength the angrier he gets
- Manifests fire from Mantra
- Resurrection
- Enables transformations
- Mantra Reactor
Transformations
- Vajra Asura
- Metalized arms
- Six-Armed Vajra Asura
- Six metalized arms
- Berserker Asura
- Four Mantra arms
- Mantra bolts & beams
- Wrath Asura
- Mantra Asura
- Super-charged metalized arms
- Asura, The Destructor
- Planet-sized
- Interstellar flight
Feats
- Annihilated planets and stars
- Rescued Mithra after 12,500+ years of suffering
- Shredded through an army of Gohma while without arms
- Made Augus draw his sword for the second time ever
- Defeated Wyzen, Augus, Deus, Gohma Viltra, Yasha, Chakravartin
- Fought Akuma/Oni to a standstill
Quotes
- "Its true then... The God of War is on Gaea. But... Not for long..."
- "RUN!!!!"
- "SHUT UP!!!"
- "YOU MADE HER CRY!!!"
- "THIS IS NOT MY END!!!"
- "I never was..."
Gallery
Appearance
3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Cloaked 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Six-Armed Vajra Asura 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Mantra Asura 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Berserker Asura 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Wrath Asura 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Asura, the Destructor 3D model used in Death Battle
(From Asura's Wrath)
(From Asura's Wrath)
Arsenal and Abilities
Unlimited Mode/Trikāya
Six-Armed Vajra Asura
Berserker Asura
Wrath Asura
Mantra Asura
Six-Armed Mantra Asura
Thousand-Armed Mantra Asura
Asura, The Destructor
Mantra
Life and Burst Gauges
Mantra Reactor
Flight
Mantra Projectiles
Barrage Mantra Blasts
Burst Techniques
Mantra Arms Creation
Mantra Burst Generation
Mantra Burst Punch
Shockwave Generation
Explosion Generation
Resurrection
Regeneration
Super Strength
Super Speed
Super Durability
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Trivia
- Asura is the 27th Capcom character to appear, after Akuma, Mike Haggar, Zangief, Felicia, Chun-Li, Doctor Wily, Blanka, M. Bison, Strider Hiryu, Ryu, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Dante, Cammy White, Ken Masters, Zero, Balrog, Vergil, Leon S. Kennedy, Frank West, Sigma, Mega Man X, MegaMan Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE, Star Force Mega Man, and Jon Talbain.
- He is the 19th Capcom character to lose, after Mike Haggar, Felicia, Chun-Li, Doctor Wily, M. Bison, Ryu, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Cammy White, Ken Masters, Balrog, Vergil, Frank West, Sigma, MegaMan Volnutt, Mega Man X, Star Force Mega Man, and Akuma.
- Asura is the 13th Anime/Manga character to fight against a Video Game character, after Vegeta, Pikachu, Strider Hiryu, Majin Buu, Guts, Hercule Satan, Astro Boy, Tai Kamiya, Agumon, Renamon, Ryūko Matoi, and Giorno Giovanna.
- He is the seventh Anime/Manga character to lose, after Pikachu, Majin Buu, Renamon, Ryūko Matoi, Guts, and Giorno Giovanna.
- Asura is the 40th combatant to fight against a returning combatant, after Zitz, Captain America, Boba Fett, Samus Aran, Son Goku, Superman, Agumon, Mewtwo, Pinkie Pie, Zero, Thor Odinson, Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Jin Kazama, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man X, MegaMan Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE, Star Force Mega Man, Shazam, Akane Yashiro, Mechagodzilla, Dracula Vlad Ţepeş, The Mask, Leonardo, Red Ranger, She-Ra, Crona, Ragnarok, Broly, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, Lex Luthor, Doctor Doom, Link, Cloud Strife, Batman, Iron Man, Akuma, Shao Kahn, Vegeta, The Predator, Excalibur, The Lotus, Obito Uchiha, Jean Grey, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Bardock, and with the next 12 being Ghost Rider, Spawn, Master Chief, Doom Slayer, Miles Morales, Izuku Midoriya, The Hulk, Godzilla, Clive Rosfield, The Traveler, Yugi Muto, and Yami Yugi.
- He is the 28th combatant to fight against a returning combatant who previously lost, after Captain America, Boba Fett, Son Goku, Agumon, Thor Odinson, Black Panther, Jin Kazama, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man X, MegaMan Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE, Star Force Mega Man, Shazam, Akane Yashiro, Mechagodzilla, Leonardo, Broly, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, Doctor Doom, Link, Iron Man, Vegeta, The Predator, Obito Uchiha, Bowser, Doctor Eggman, and with the next five being Master Chief, Miles Morales, Izuku Midoriya, Godzilla, Yugi Muto, and Yami Yugi.
- He is the 12th combatant to lose against a returning combatant who previously lost, after Captain America, Thor Odinson, Jin Kazama, Sonic the Hedgehog, Leonardo, She-Ra, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, Link, Vegeta, Doctor Eggman, and with the next three being Master Chief, Miles Morales, and Godzilla.
- He is the tenth combatant to lose, after Zitz, Captain America, Jin Kazama, She-Ra, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, The Predator, Jean Grey, and Bardock.
- He is the 28th combatant to fight against a returning combatant who previously lost, after Captain America, Boba Fett, Son Goku, Agumon, Thor Odinson, Black Panther, Jin Kazama, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man X, MegaMan Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE, Star Force Mega Man, Shazam, Akane Yashiro, Mechagodzilla, Leonardo, Broly, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, Doctor Doom, Link, Iron Man, Vegeta, The Predator, Obito Uchiha, Bowser, Doctor Eggman, and with the next five being Master Chief, Miles Morales, Izuku Midoriya, Godzilla, Yugi Muto, and Yami Yugi.
- Asura is the fifth combatant to be voiced by Christopher Guerrero, after Gaara, Bane, Carnage, and Konrad von Sabrewulf.
- Asura is the 40th combatant to appear who is younger than Death Battle itself, after Yang Xiao Long, Agent Carolina, Tracer, Shovel Knight, Widowmaker, Weiss Schnee, Mob, All Might, Miles Morales, Esdeath, Beerus, Shoto Todoroki, Spider-Gwen, Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu, Blake Belladonna, Steven Universe, Star Butterfly, Goku Black, Korra, Jinx, Tanjiro Kamado, Excalibur, The Lotus, John Wick, Izuku Midoriya, Asta, Chosen Undead, Last Dragonborn, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Bill Cipher, Discord, Satoru Gojo, Makima, Rick Sanchez, Joker, Crewmate, The Impostor, and Fall Guy, and with the next five being Tomura Shigaraki, Mahito, Ruby Rose, Clive Rosfield, and The Traveler.
- As part of Death Battle's paid YouTube membership, members were able to vote for two matchups to become episodes in Season 10, with one being animated in 2D and one animated in 3D. One of the options for the 3D poll was Kratos VS Asura, being the runner-up[1] but ultimately losing to Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer.
- A year later, the very same match would end up as one of the options for Week 5 of the Tournament of Champions, which it won and moved on to Week 10, which it also won and moved on to the Final Week, which it then ultimately lost to Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat.
- Kratos VS Asura would eventually come to life as the premiere of Death Battle '25, ironically before Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat.
- A year later, the very same match would end up as one of the options for Week 5 of the Tournament of Champions, which it won and moved on to Week 10, which it also won and moved on to the Final Week, which it then ultimately lost to Wile E. Coyote VS Tom Cat.
- Before it was decided Asura would fight Kratos, he was planned for the Season 6 Finale prior to that episode being replaced entirely by All Might VS Might Guy, as revealed by Sam Mitchell on a Reddit AMA.[2] Who Asura's opponent was planned to be in that episode remains unconfirmed.
Notes
- ↑ While Asura is more well-known as a video game character, the manga adaptation of Asura's Wrath released about six months before the game of 2012 did.
References
- ↑ Join us for Kratos vs Asura, our 3D matchup poll runner-up!
- —Kratos VS Asura | DEATH BATTLE Cast #319 Description
- ↑ He was almost in this current seasons final episode, but we decided to do something a bit more fun! Asura is going to be in a DB one day though, I'm pretty positive about that.
