Fang of God: JINGA

God of Fang - Jinga

Kami no Kiba: JINGA (translation: "Fang of God: JINGA") is the 2018 series in the Ryūga-verse, featuring Jinga as a reborn Makai Knight facing his past darkness. The series was released on October 4th, 2018 for 13 episodes.

Though struggle between light and darkness has become recurring theme in GARO series, in Kami no Kiba: JINGA, this background element is expanded into a plotline: Being reincarnated self of an immensely powerful fallen Makai Knight called Jinga who ever challenged Golden Knight Garo, Jinga Mikage found himself struggled in a mortal combat between his current self and that of his past Horror self. The battle itself began from the very day he lost his parents and later, finding himself awakened a strange power in a fateful Horror hunt. As he slowly learned about his dark nature, he became the focal point between both forces as the old and new personas battle for supremacy over their body and future. Will Jinga's new self eventually prevail? Or history would repeat itself? The answer can be found in the story...

Plot

After Jinga was defeated by Garo, he returned to the Makai Realm and challenged Messiah. He lost that battle and his soul drifted through the darkness for a time; he somehow found himself reborn into the light again. Unaware of his dark past life, he's reborn into the Mikage family and became a Makai Knight once again. His new life hasn't been easy as his father, Mizuto Mikage, turned to the dark side and became a horror 6 months prior. Mizuto killed his wife and fought Jinga. Tōma (Jinga's little brother) only partially saw the battle and thought Jinga was the true Horror that killed their mother. Jinga killed his father and Tōma's memories of the incident was magically erased to protect him. Haunted by the demise of his family, Jinga's past has been affecting his ability as a knight and questions the future of things. Armed with his Roze Armor and Alva, he lives this life as Shining Shadow Knight Rose. Partnered with Makai Priestess Fūsa, the duo protects the lands against the darkness, but darkness itself looms within Jinga and everything around him.

One fateful Horror hunt, Jinga's right hand was bitten by the Horror Cadena. Unknown to him, the bite activated something within Jinga and changing him without realizing. As the wound healed (unclear why Fūsa didn't just use Madō Flames to cure him), the injury awakened something inside Jinga, endowing him ability of returning the human hosts of Horror possession to their human forms after slaying the Horror in question through cutting them with Makai Blade wielded with his scarred arm, at the cost of being unable to seal the slain Horror in his blade, making him the first member of the Makai community in history to be capable of exorcising Horrors instead of just slaying them. This later comes in handy for Jinga to save Tōma from Horror possession when the boy regained the memories of the death of his and Jinga's father where afterwards he decided to tell the truth of what happened to help him matured a bit. Jinga's unique ability soon caught the attention Watchdogs who send Makai Knights Rozan and his disciple Shijo to investigate whether Jinga's ability proved beneficial for the Order. Little did they know that the battle between light and darkness within Jinga is about to begin.

Cast & Characters

• Masahiro Inoue as Jinga Mikage
• Yūka Kōri as Fūsa
• Sōshi Hagiwara as Tōma Mikage
• Miyavi Matsunoi as Alva
• Satomi Andō as Koyuri Mikage
• Koh Takasugi as Rozan
• Shigemitsu Ogi as Yōyū
• Tōru Kazama as Mizuto Mikage

Articles & References

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Notes & Trivia

• This is the third entry to focus on a Makai Knight who is not a bearer of the title of Garo.

Links

• Official Japanese Site - Jinga Fang of God