Horror (Garo)

Horrors (ホラー Horā?) are fictional monsters in the Tokusatsu series Garo. Originally from a Demon World (魔界 Makai?), the Horrors appear in the human world, attracted by the darkness inside human beings that they feed on. The Horrors come in many forms; they usually come in a black-winged skeleton humanoid form that can fly and feed on humans. Beyond the basic skeletal humanoid form, most Horrors inhabit an object to wait for a human that they can possess, before coming out to feed out in the open. Others are animal themed such as a fish or a spider. Some rare ones feed without possessing a human host. Based on the object or animal form taken, they might take an "evolved" form, which is a mechanical or mythical monstrosity. They also speak in a language which could be understood by either a Makai Knight or a potential host, but will adopt the language a host speaks should one possesses a human.

Each Horror has unique tastes, feeding on specific emotions or traits, and feeding in manners that differ from one to another. The Horror can cooperate with its host's blackest desire or completely take over the human being to feed upon its emotions. A Horror may be possessing a human with the potential host's consent, or just force its way into the said host. Either way, a human is considered dead upon possession. Horrors can manifest spiritual energy into physical objects such as chains or become objects like a watch to ingest a human. A Horror that possesses a human tends to prepare or play with its food first before eating. Though they tend to look alike in their basic forms, their forms appear differently when bursting out of the possessed human depending on the matter it appeared in the human world and its matter of consumption. The Horrors also gain new abilities in their new forms. However, once they use up the energies of their host they return to their basic form most of the time. Occasionally when a human-possessing Horror is defeated the host is returned to his/her original human state, but dies shortly thereafter.

However, Horrors can never truly die so long as darkness exists in the hearts of men, so upon a physical death, the Horror's essence is sealed within a Makai Sword until its essence is bound into a dagger that is trusted to the Knight's Watchdog to be sent into the Demon World to be permanently dealt with. Trace essence also manifest on a Makai Knight and accumulate, forcing him to undergo a ritualistic purification. In some cases, the removed Horror essence would then manifest into a Zaji.

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Messiah "The Ultimate Horror"

Messiah (メシア Meshia?) is the originator of all Horrors and existed since the beginning of the conflict between Makai Knights and Horrors. Messiah is the most unusual Horror because she's the only Horror that appears almost perfectly human in form, resembling a giant white-skinned half-naked woman with long-clawed fingers and unique jewelry and tattoos around her head and shoulders. Her back contains a Taoist round disc.

Though Messiah longed to enter the human realm, but despite all her powers she couldn't cross through without a large source of energy. After sensing Barago's desperation for power Messiah revealed himself in a Madou Book that contained forbidden techniques. Though only a shade, Messiah offers to give Barago knowledge and power of the forbidden Makai methods in return to bring enact the legend Kiba. Barago wholeheartedly agreed to give up his soul for power and Messiah proceeds to start him on his path of destroying lives to set up the conditions to summon her in her full glory through Kaoru, who was a suitable vessel due to the conditions of her age and birth. But once he fulfilled his part in her summoning, removing any trace of humanity in him, Messiah absorbed Barago using Kaoru's body as a gate medium upon being awakened to use his power to complete the process. Her plans to reach the human world were foiled by Kouga, who entered the demonic world and defeated her with spiritual help from Kaoru while Messiah was overconfident with her powers, running his sword into her head and releasing Kiba in the process as Messiah is forced back into her dormant state.

Her powers include ultra-human strength, high combat capabilities (while possessing Kaoru), magical shielding, magical energy attacks, able to summon Horrors by merely touching the ground she walks upon, and flight. The full range of her powers were never revealed, suggesting she has a larger range of combat capabilities.

Messiah is portrayed by Sho Nishino (西野 翔 Nishino Shō?). In Kiba Gaiden, she is voiced by Asami (亜紗美?) in a flashback and Mika Hijii (肘井 美佳 Hijii Mika?) while possessing her body.

"Chapter of The Black Wolf"

These are the Horrors that appeared during "Chapter of The Black Wolf" in Garo.

"Beast of the Midnight Sun"

Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun features new types of Horrors and dark forces:

Legules

Legules (レギュレイス Regyureisu?) is a Horror that has existed over 1,000 years. They have no recorded history and his movements have no records among the Makai community. 1,000 years ago in the time of the Midnight Sun, Legules successfully crossed through the barrier and revived his followers, the Legules Family. Many Makai Knights and Makai Priests died that day in order to suppress the Horrors that Legules unleashed on humanity. To make sure that the catastrophe will never happen again in the future, the Makai created the Phosphorus Arrow to destroy the barrier and seal away Legules. In the past 1,000 years, he managed to find a gateway to return to the human realm by assimilating a dead body to make it his. Legules is not the usual variety of Horror, he is seemingly demi-human and possessing elementals similar to Oni or Yokai.

He quickly began building forces of his own by converting Horrors and a human into "his family". He then attacked Kantai in the middle of night to find the Phosphorus Arrow so that he can complete his task of reviving his family. He tried to convert everyone including the Madougu of each Makai Knight to join his forces. Goruba somehow got possessed and controlled his bracelet body. When the night raid failed, he transferred himself onto Goruba during the day and came when people least suspected anything wrong. Legules took the arrow and Rin with him. The arrow needs to draw blood in order to succeed his plans for darkness and he therefore kidnaps Rin for that purpose.

Legules capabilities include and not limited to bodily assimilation, dark magic, immune to regular physical attacks, human energy absorption, body transference, martial arts, ultra human strength, ultra healing, body parts that can move without attachment, and biological transfiguration. Once the eclipse began, Legules transformed himself into his true form, a giant metallic-skeleton Horror. In this form he was able to transform into a bladed metal wasp. Legules was defeated when Garo threw the Phosphorus Arrow into him and destroying the barrier at the same time. With Legules destroyed, the demon family vanished.

Legules is portrayed by Mizuho Yoshida (吉田 瑞穂 Yoshida Mizuho?) and is voiced by Hirose Masashi (広瀬 正志 Hirose Masashi?).

Aomushi

When Legules possessed a dead body to walk among the human realm, Aomushi (アオムシ?) was the man who tried to bury the dead body and he was offered a chance to live by becoming a servant to him. Legules fired demonic energies from his eyes to the man's eyes and was transformed into a member of the Legules Family. Though not possessed, Aomushi counts as a Horror because he serves as an extension of Legules like those he converts. His capabilities are cloaking and being acrobatic. He eventually suffered a severe injury in combat from Tsubasa and Legules finished him off as he has no use for him, reverting Aomushi to his original form.

Aomushi is portrayed by Namihei Koshige (こしげ なみへい Koshige Namihei?) and is voiced by Keiichiro Satomi (里見 圭一郎 Satomi Keiichirō?).

Karakuri

Karakuri (カラクリ?) are Horrors that has been changed by Legules. Legules carries with him demonic masks and transforms live Horrors into his Legules family foot soldiers. Just like regular horrors, they are able to enter humans and take control of them. However they seem to be unable to blend in naturally as the regular horrors can behave like a normal person. Their movements are very mechanical and move almost like karakuri puppets. They have high regenerative capabilities, have bladed weapons as arms and seem to have a ninja-like combat method. Their combat potential and strength is not above a regular Horror, but Horrors act independently as these horrors serve a master. They don't speak, they merely make sounds and shift their eye sockets up and down as they react to their environment. Their body parts are known to function on their own even though if decapitated. They were all destroyed as the result of Legules' death.

Eruzu

Eruzu (エルズ?) is an arachnid Horror that possessed a young girl, using her host to target aggressive men. Her abilities, other than spider-related powers, include each surviving piece of her body being able to regenerate into a new Horror. This power meant that Garo could not simply cut her down and had to burn her, using his Blazing Armament technique.

"Red Requiem"

Garo: Red Requiem features the Apostle Horrors (使徒ホラー Shito Horā?), the generic name for seven powerful Horrors who are near equal to Messiah, and their followers.

Karma

Makyoh Horror Karma (魔鏡ホラー カルマ Makyō Horā Karuma?) is one of the Apostle Horrors who lives in a mirror rather than human hosts, though she can turn a human into a Horror familiar if their darkness is great enough. She consumes human souls by showing illusions of their greatest desires, drawing them into her mirror realm and turning their bodies into piles of broken mirror shards to ingest with their souls trapped in the mirror world. Among her victims are thousands of Makai Knights. Karma is able to jump from mirror to mirror if the one she is currently housed in is destroyed. Eventually, forced to fight Garo, Karma assumes a giant mirror-shard themed harpy form while trying to convince Garo to swear loyalty to her in return for immortality. However, empowered by the Makai Knights' souls, Garo destroys Karma.

Karma is portrayed by Saori Hara (原 紗央莉 Hara Saori?) and is voiced by Mika Hijii (肘井 美佳 Hijii Mika?).

Bebil

Demon Tower Horror Bebil (魔塔ホラー ベビル Matō Horā Bebiru?) is one of the Apostle Horrors, a gigantic bull-like beast with a large headpiece resembling a guillotine with a blindfolded, naked human female form mounted on its front. The blade of the headpiece, tethered by the chains running through the Horror's body, can be launched. Unlike other Horrors, Bebil is a cannibal and feeds on its own kind, posing as an infant in a carriage before being found out and destroyed by Garo.

Kurusu

Kurusu (クルス?) is a Horror under Karma. Originally an elderly painter named Kenichi Kurusu (来栖 謙一 Kurusu Ken'ichi?), Kurusu was driven mad by the death of his lover, Shion. He eventually snaps and kills a girl he was using as a model for a painting, trying to emulate Shion onto her. Karma, hearing his anguish, transforms him into a Horror, restoring his youth, and uses revives girl's corpse in Shion's image. In his human form, Kurusu fights with a large sword, holding it in a reverse grip. His Horror form is a large, skeletal creature composed half of bone and half of a fleshy substance. Finding Shion dead, Kurusu goes after the Kouga and Rekka while refusing to accept his love for the girl is a lie before being destroyed by Garo.

Kurusu is portrayed by Shinji Kasahara (笠原 紳司 Kasahara Shinji?), his original form portrayed by Akira Nakao (中尾 彬 Nakao Akira?).

Shion

Shion (シオン?) is a Horror under Karma. In reality, she is a Horror created from the corpse of a girl Kurusu murdered prior to his transformation and altered to resemble the real Shion who died long ago. Her Horror form is not monstrous like most, only possessing a single white wing and an angelic outfit. She is killed by Rekka, her body lasting long enough for Kurusu to find before it dissolves into feathers.

Shion is portrayed by Hiromi Eguchi (江口 ヒロミ Eguchi Hiromi?).

Baul

Baul (バウル Bauru?) is a Horror that posed as a woman who is killed by Rekka.

"Kiba"

These are the Horrors that appeared in Kiba Gaiden.

Garius and Blade

Garius (ガリウス Gariusu?) and Blade (ブレイド Bureido?) are two Horrors that were among the many that were absorbed by Kiba. While Garius is a serpentine flyer, Blade is a giant mantis-like monster.

Ganon

Though not making a physical appearance, Ganon (ギャノン Gyanon?) is one of strongest Horrors in existence and is labeled as Messiah's Fang. Mysteriously killed, the Makai sent a group of three Makai Knights and one Makai Guide to retrieve the monster's corpse. However, as Barago also sought the Horror, Ganon's corpse was no where to be found by either party. In Makai Senki, it is revealed that the red-masked man had stolen Ganon's corpse.

Kokuryu

Kokuryu (哭竜 Kokuryū?) is a dragon-like Horror that exists within the mind of Barago.

"Makai Senki"

These are the Horrors that appear in Garo: Makai Senki.

Notes

  1. ^ In the ending credits, it is credited as Terubo (テルボ?).
  2. ^ In the ending credits, it has a subtitle of Makai Tree.

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