Jinga Mikage (御影 神牙) is the reborn version of Fallen Knight Jinga and the main protagonist of Fang of God: JINGA. After the events of Fang of God, Jinga was defeated by Messiah and was reborn as a man of light conflicted with his past darkness in the events of Jinga within the Ryūga-verse. The corrupted Jinga would return and struggle with Jinga Mikage for supremacy for the same body; his dark counterpart destroyed him and returned to the living.
Personality[]
Jinga Mikage is the reincarnation of the fallen knight Jinga (who was defeated by Ryūga Dōgai-Golden Knight Garo). After Garo sealed Jinga away, he fought Messiah in the Makai Realm and was defeated. His spirit floated in the darkness before reincarnated into the Mikage family (a clan of Makai practitioners) and became a Makai Knight. Physically, he is identical to his past life, possessing the same gray-white hair despite being a man in his 30s. He has no memories of his past life and it is suggested that his personality resembles that of his past life as a Makai Knight before his fall from grace.
In this life, Jinga becomes a talented knight under the title Roze and helps train his little brother, Tōma, to become a knight as well. Jinga's new life is soon marred by tragedy. His father was turned into a Horror and killed his mother, forcing Jinga to slay his dad in front of Tōma. Suffering from a form of PTSD, he is often plagued by nightmares of the event and visions of his slain parents. This had a corrosive effect on him as a person and his duty as a knight. As noted by his Makai Priestess partner, Fūsa, Jinga is a capable Makai Knight, yet he is often held back by his emotional trauma, especially when it comes to the subjects of family and parents. Unknown to Jinga, his dark past-self remains within.
When the Horror Padeena bit Jinga, it caused physical changes within him. It brought back the dark persona of Jinga and gave him the ability to free people from horror possession. However, it was a dark plan hatched by Amily. As Jinga explored his new ability, this controversial power brought criticism by the Makai Order and Jinga began to associate his power as a miracle. Jinga began to believe that his life tragedies granted him the power to save others, making him a savior to humanity. Unfortunately, that power was still under the order's scrutiny and it angered Jinga that people didn't believe in his miraculous power.
The new power brought pressure to Jinga to save as many people as he could. However, Jinga didn't realize his dark persona started to take over. In moments of privacy, the corrupted Jinga would take control and kill those that would get in his way or offended him. Although Jinga Mikage suffered memory gaps, dark visions, and behavioral issues, both him and Fūsa ignored the signs, believing it was stress. As the order began to impose upon him and his family, Jinga began to desperately believe he was a savior and not a threat; he opposed the order for judging him. Eventually, the original Jinga revealed himself and exposed the "miraculous power" as something he gave to Jinga Mikage to help him extend the life of horrors so that he could devour them with a better taste. When Jinga revealed the freed victims are still possessed and caused even greater harm to humanity (coupled with Tōma's hatred of him for killing Fūsa, Jinga's mind was shattered and couldn't resist anymore. The original Jinga destroyed Jinga Mikage and now fully controls his new body, ready to cause havoc and mayhem along with Amily in the human realm.
History[]
Origins[]
Reborn from a family of esteemed Makai Practitioners, Jinga Mikage had established himself as a promising Makai Knight at a fairly young age, so much so that his father, Mizuto Mikage, was still very much active in service by the time Jinga inherited his title. Jinga is also the older brother to the young Touma, who is also training to become a Makai Knight himself, tutored by both his father and big brother, respectively.
However, tragedy struck the Mikage household, as Mizuto mysteriously became possessed by a Horror and killed his wife in front of Jinga. As Jinga is forced to cut down his father, the tragedy became even more complicated when Touma saw the happenings and accused his brother of being the one tainted in darkness. The combination of his mother dying, being forced to kill his father, and Touma blaming him for both their parent's deaths deeply traumatized Jinga.
Fang of God: JINGA[]
Months after the traumatizing event, Jinga focused on his duties as a Makai Knight, destroying gates during the day, while dealing with Horrors in the night. However, his past traumas often come back to haunt him, especially since most of his missions also dealt with the friends and relatives of the possessed human hosts. During one of Jinga's missions, he was inexplicably bitten by the Horror Cadena in his right hand. Despite being heavily wounded, Jinga manages to cut down the Horror, but after doing so, clouds of black smoke appeared and the host's body reformed from it without any wounds or signs of being possessed. Jinga's Makai Blade also showed no signs of Inga being sealed, meaning that any traces of the Horror had simply vanished.
While Jinga and his allies initially thought of the incident as an isolated case, Jinga was forced to test this new ability when Touma himself was possessed by a Horror. After successfully cutting down the Horror and returning Touma back to his human self, he became determined to use this ability with the best intentions and finally reveals to his brother the truth behind their family's horrific past. Sometime after that event, Jinga's confidence grew as he used his newfound abilities to exorcise Horrors. In turn, he also saw some of the past hosts reform and live their new lives.
Jinga's Past Self Resurfacing[]
After the many encounters and Horror exorcisms, Jinga's feats eventually reached the Senate, with the Watchdog Kerus sending the veteran Knight Rozan to investigate this new ability. Jinga finally encounters Rozan and his disciple Shijou, and after their initial battle, the elder Makai Knight saw Jinga's ability as the potential hope that the Makai Community needed. However, shortly after Rozan leaves Shijou under Jinga's care and reports to the Watchdogs, Jinga brings Shijou to a different location and murders the young Knight in cold blood, though he would not recall this event in the following days. There would also be several episodes where Jinga's personality would change, such as the time when he "destroyed" a Horror without a trace, instead of exorcising it as Fuusa requested.
Finally, Jinga would learn about and confront his former self as Amily appears before him. The Horror Jinga would then resurface and challenge the Makai Knight as he presumed that the Knight is also slowly falling into darkness as he did and that the two personalities are simply alike. After a lengthy duel, Jinga would defeat his evil counterpart, though the latter stated that he would still continue to observe how he uses his newfound ability, while also joking that possessed young boys make good meals.
Fighting for Control & Eventual Fall[]
Upon the realization of his dual personalities, Jinga initially wanted to leave Touma under the Makai Priest Youyuu's care until he sorted his situation. But when he saw his brother's determination when fighting another Makai Knight apprentice, he ultimately decided to continue training Touma personally under his wing, only for his split personality manifesting and killing Touma's rival and his father later on. Even so, Jinga still continued on with his duties as a Makai Knight and tried to utilize his scar's powers fully. It is then that he met the fanatical Makai Priest Ugai, who promises to locate more Horrors for them to purify. Upon the Priest's urging, Jinga eventually grew obsessed with the scar's powers and resorted to violating some of the Makai Community's rules just so he could exorcise more Horrors. During one of their unauthorized missions, Ugai was swiftly devoured by their Horror target, before Jinga could turn it back into a human. Surprisingly, Jinga did not mourn the loss, instead urges Fuusa to continue what Ugai was doing.
With many violations and Makai Knights' disappearances, the Watchdogs once again dispatched Rozan to finally apprehend Jinga, also so that they could finally test his ability once and for all. Resisting arrest, Jinga flees with Touma to the woods, where they would be pursued by Rozan's party. Jinga tries to battle the group of Makai Knights, though he would be outnumbered and outmatched by Rozan. Fuusa would also catch up to Touma, with the young boy finally deciding to stop running and go to the Watchdogs. As Rozan finally subdues Jinga, Fuusa pleads to him, urging him to come back with them. Feeling betrayed, he finally lets out his frustrations, killing Rozan's mates before murdering Fuusa in front of Touma.
Jinga's Revival[]
When Amily appeared before Rozan, Jinga's Horror personality once again manifests, trapping Jinga in a separate dimension and mocking the Makai Knight's "sense of justice", accurately predicting his alter-ego's fall, as he holds on to Fuusa's lifeless body. The two personalities would clash once again, but the Horror easily bests Jinga, despite donning the Rose Armor, and remarks how weak he has become due to the over-reliance on the scar's abilities.
When Jinga firmly insists that he is the chosen one and the strongest Makai Knight, the Horror simply revealed the secret of his "abilities"– Jinga was only temporarily turning the Horrors back into humans, sealing their Inga deep within their souls. And with a snap, all the people that Jinga had saved turned to Horrors once again and started devouring humans.
Refusing to accept reality, Jinga tried to find solace with Touma, but once he broke through the dimension and approached his brother, Touma attacks him for killing Fuusa. History repeated itself as Touma once again accuses Jinga of being the one tainted with darkness, vowing to cut him down before transforming into a Horror right in front of him. With the horrific reality setting in, Jinga emotionally and spiritually breaks down. Disappointed, the Horror Jinga picks him up and destroys his soul, finally reviving within his body.
Abilities[]
- Makai Knight Training: As the reincarnation of the immensely powerful fallen knight/horror Jinga, Jinga Mikage was an incredibly skilled makai knight, however despite his skill he still sadly paled in comparison to his original self.
- Horror Suppression: Upon receiving a bite from the Horror Padeena, Jinga underwent a form of mutation that seemingly gives him the ability to release Horror possession after slaying them in combat. In reality, it brought forth the original Jinga and this new power is actually a ruse. Its true power is to temporarily suppress Horrors from the victims. This would allow darkness to quietly prevail as Jinga Mikage and the Makai Order thought these people were saved, but would eventually return to their corrupted state and feed on more victims. This would increase the powers of the Horrors and give the dark Jinga a chance to feed upon more powerful horrors and possibly get a worthy challenge in combat.
Equipment[]
- Makai Blade: Jinga's Makai blade which interestingly looks more like the tainted version of his past life's sword as opposed to its original form, hinting that they might be one and the same.
- Roze Armor: A gray and red Makai Armor in possession of Jinga in events of Fang of God: JINGA. Because of its resemblance to his past self's Demon Beast Exoskeleton, it also implied to once in his past self's possession prior to his fall to the darkness as well. He summons this by twisting his Makai Blade around him, drawing two parallel circles (one above his head and another at the ground) connected by two spirals. These two circles combine as the Makai Armor appears and equips on him, completing the transformation.
- Alva: Jinga's ring-type Madōgu.
- Madō Lighter: ?.
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Trivia[]
- Jinga Mikage is the first protagonist from the Garo franchise to fully turn into darkness. He is also the first main protagonist to die in his own series.
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