Gods Of Mushoko Tensei: Who Are They?

In Mushoko Tensei, most of us have heard the Seven Great Powers and ‘Gods’, multiple times, like the Sword God, Water God, North God, Dragon God, Human God…or was it Hitogami? Are they the same? Also, how come there’s a Water God but no Fire God? Or Air God? What about a South God? Is there an Elf God like the Dragon God? How come Fighting God and Sword Gods both are a thing? Fighting God reigns over fighting of all kinds…Sword God only over Sword? Is that it? Also, what’s a Technique God? How are these ranked above the literal God of Death?

Also, what rank does Millis hold?

If this question sounds silly to you, great! You already understand how Godhood works in Mushoko Tensei. But hey, I guess there are many, who just came across these in Mushoko Tensei, and are like…what is the deal with these?

So, with minimal spoilers from the light novel, here is a guide to Godhood in Mushoko Tensei!!

Broadly, Gods in Mushoko Tensei are of three types:-

· Strongest warriors

· Divine beings

· Worshipped entities

Strongest warriors:

The title God is used in many senses in Mushoko Tensei. First of all, to mark the strongest amongst a group. For example, Sword God is not some deity of swords, but the strongest warrior of the Sword God School of sword style: the sword style which focuses on offence and aggressiveness. Similarly, Water God is the strongest warrior of the Water God School; which employs defence and counters as the main focus of swordplay. I accept it was dumb for me to think of Water God as some deity of water when I first came across it. Similarly, North God is the strongest of the North God style. And yeah, there’s no South God…

This just doesn’t stop here. The greatest dwarf blacksmith is called the Ore God. There is also the Ogre God: the strongest among the Ogres. Death God falls under the classification as well!

Divine beings:

Now, divine beings do exist (or rather existed in the past) in Mushoko Tensei. The world they inhabit is called Six-faced World and is like a cube. Created by the Creator God before beginnings itself.

Now Creator God himself was a ‘divine’ entity if he ever existed, but being very old by the time he started creating Mushoko Tensei's world, he created one distorted world after another, and putting six such worlds together like a cube, he balanced them.

Yet, to help its inhabitants, in his dying moments, he created six divine beings from his body for the six worlds. Each of them was akin to a God, not only having a divine lineage but being the strongest amongst their respective worlds and helping the races prosper! They were:-

· Dragon God

· Demon God

· Human God

· Beast God

· Ocean God

· Sky God

Each ruled over a different world, (not just a different continent as in the story) until an evil plan from Hitogami led to the destruction of all worlds except the human world. Thus the current world we see with all its continents and multitude of races are in fact refugees in the human world.

This also means that Dragon God, Demon God, etc. have lost their divine position (although they remain the strongest amongst their respective races). Only the Human God, which is Hitogami, has divine powers, which we do see in the main series.

Worshipped beings:

Worshipped beings simply include Saint Milis, who is worshipped in Milis Faith, or the mountain that the dwarfs worship…or Roxy Migurdia if you are Rudeus Greyart!

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The Seven Great Powers

Now, there are many ‘Gods’ and other strong warriors in Mushoko Tensei. But the strongest amongst them are the Seven Great Powers:-

1. Technique God

2. Dragon God

3. Fighting God

4. Demon God

5. Death God

6. Sword God

7. North God/ Mage King

History follows that after the death of the 1st Dragon God and Demon God, Laplace; a half demon half dragon became the Dragon-Demon God due to being the strongest amongst both races. He wanted to avenge the 1st Dragon God, but Hitogami used the Fighting God to split him into two to stop him in his tracks. Thus, two Laplaces came into being:-

Technique God: He was the dragon half. He remembered his purpose and techniques passed down by the dragon race, but he had no mana. Thus, he became the technique God rather than the Dragon God. He lost some memory, but to accomplish his goals created the seven-power system.

Demon God: As the strongest demon alive, Laplace’s demon half became the Demon God. He remembered that he needed to kill humans (rather than Human God) and he also retained the mana of his; which is the largest mana pool after Rudeus’!

These, along with the Fighting God, have remained unchanged since the system’s conception.

Fighting God: Badigadi is called the Fighting God. He is of the immortal demon race and is ranked above the Demon God! A demon stronger than the Demon God? How? Well, his title is connected to the Fighting God Armor, which when worn, makes him the Fighting God; otherwise, he is weaker than Laplace.

Dragon God: There have been many since the 1st and Laplace after him. The last was called Urupen, one of whose indirect disciples is Orsted, the current Dragon God. He is also the reincarnated son of the 1st Dragon God, destined to slay Hitogami.

Death God: It’s a title that came to be later on, and isn’t part of any sword style. The current, Randolph Marianne, defeated Laxus, his predecessor to inherit the title. As of Jobless Oblige, Rudeus’ son Sieghart Saladin Greyrat became the Death God in the future.

Sword God: There have been many Sword Gods, mostly humans. Due to their short lifespan, there are many in number. During the main story, it was Gal Farion, but near the end, Jino Britts defeats him to take his daughter’s hand in marriage and thus becomes the new Sword God.

North God: The first North God Kalman I was human, but due to his marriage to Immortal Demon Lord Afotarte, his son the second North God Kalman II lived a long life. As of the main story, he still lives but passed on the North God title to his son Kalman III

Mage King: After Kalman III’s defeat in the hands of Rudeus Greyart in the Superdia Subjugation War, Rudeus became the 7th great power in place of the North God and was called the Mage King.

Outside the rankings, other ‘God’s are Reida Reiss and Isolte Cruel (Water God) and Malta (Ogre God).

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Hitogami

Hitogami is sometimes called the Human God, but there’s a mystery to his identity. He was born in the void, the realm of the six-faced world between the surfaces (basically inside of the cube). The word Hitogami translates to ‘Man God’. While he is the only divine being left, it is believed he is assumed to have killed the original Human God to take his position and is a usurper, who orchestrated the fall of the other worlds.

While the name Human God is well known to all, ‘Hitogami’ or ‘Man God’ is a name only his apostles know of.

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I hope anyone who came across this confusion can be helped by this article.

Thanks for reading!