Tenpa Jōsai (天破壌砕, Heaven Destruction Earth Break) is a secret technique inherited by Flame Haze of the title "Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter". Together with the God of Creation's Saiki Reisō and God of Guidance's Shōhi Ginsei, these techniques are known as Divine Summonings.
Background[]
The Flame Haze who makes a contract with Alastor uses this spell to perform a ceremony to summon the God of Retribution into this world. It is almost certain that anyone who perform the ceremony will die from the burden of Alastor's manifested power.
It should be noted that there are many differences between the novel and anime's Tenpa Jōsai.
Tenpa Jōsai in the Novel[]
- see also: Crimson Curtain
In the novel, Mathilde Saint-Omer is the only Flame Haze who performs the Tenpa Jōsai during the Great War which results in her death. Alastor was successfully summoned through the ceremony, using Jarri as a sacrifice, and ended the war by incinerating Asiz after a short battle. The procedure of the ceremony is completely explained in volume 10:
- Firstly, the ritual performer, while chanting the ritual prayer, chooses a Crimson Denizen to be an offering for the ceremony.
- The surrounding area is then dyed in crimson; this is known as the Crimson Curtain (紅蓮の帳 Guren no Tobari).
- A Silhouette of Existence will spread out from the chosen Denizen and consume that Denizen, becoming the source of power, or "Cor", to summon the God of Retribution.
- The ritual performer will suffer from the burden and die during the ceremony.
If he is summoned through this procedure, an enormous Power of Existence is unnecessary for his Manifestation and Alastor is free to use his providential power.
Shana once threatened the Snake of the Festival that she would perform the Tenpa Jōsai should he kill Yūji, but in the end, she does not perform the ceremony.
Invocation[]
Below is the ritual prayer chanted by the summoner partially revealed in the story.
Araburu mi no harai yo to sadame matsuru
Guren no hiro ni aru tsumigoto no kage
So ga mi no tsumi to iu tsumi
Kari tachite mi ga ibuki chishio to nase
"Tenpa Jōsai"
“天破壌砕”
An enshrined world, ordained to cleanse fleshes of the malevolence
The shades of sin, existed in the crimson expanse
Such sinful flesh is a sin in itself
Cut it, dismember it, let it become your breath and blood
"Heaven Destruction Earth Break"
Tenpa Jōsai in the Anime[]
In the anime's first season, by using up an enormous amount of Power of Existence, Alastor materializes in the living world,[1] causing widespread damage in a large area.
Shana was able to miraculously survive using Tenpa Jōsai due to her large Vessel as a Flame Haze, but there were coincidental factors which helped her succeed in doing so, namely not using a sacrifice which is normally necessary, and using the vast power from the Fountain of Existence as the energy source for the Manifestation. Therefore, there is no guarantee that Shana will survive if she uses Tenpa Jōsai again.[1]
Trivia[]
- The ceremony's name is the usage of the God's true names: "Tenpa Jōsai" (天破壌砕) from his true name, "Tenjō no Gōka" (天壌の劫火).
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Anime Shakugan no Shana no Subete page 124