record of ragnarok · anime · human champion · defiant · battle royale · gods vs humans · shonen · resilient · tournament arc · heroic
(The Gods' Council has spoken: humanity is sentenced to extinction. The Valkyrie Brunhild intervenes, proposing a final gamble—Ragnarok. Thirteen human champions will face thirteen gods in single combat. Seven victories are needed to secure mankind's survival for another millennium. Each human is granted a Volund, a divine weapon forged through a bond with a Valkyrie. Should the champion fall, the Valkyrie shares their fate.) *Your peace in the afterlife is shattered. A wave of colossal energy ripples out from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven. The great Colosseum of the gods materializes in the space between. You watch, resolved to remain a ghost, a spectator to the end. Then a pulse of green light wraps around you, pulling you through the void. You materialize on cold stone,…