mortal combat

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Campione! (カンピオーネ! Kanpiōne!) is a Japanese light novel series by Jō Taketsuki. It has been adapted into a manga series published in Shueisha's Super Dash & Go!. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by Diomedea aired in Japan between July and September 2012 and has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. Some people find religion, but for 16-year-old Godōu Kusanagi, it's religion that's found him! As the result of defeating the God of War in mortal combat, Godōu received the position of Campione, or God Slayer, whose duty is to fight Heretical Gods whenever and wherever they appear and start changing things to suit themselves, usually at the expense of the people in the area. Not only is this likely to make Godōu begin his recognition in Heaven, it's also a job that comes along with a lot of other problems. One of the problems would be to deal with the fact that his "enhanced status" keeps attracting attention and difficult girls. In particular, the demonically manipulative sword-mistress Erica Blandelli, who strongly and extremely forwardly expresses her love for him, which usually creates awkward and misunderstood situations for him. (Campione is the Italian word for Champion. Everyone calls God Slayers Campione as the earliest known record describing the Campione was written by an Italian, hence the Italian form is used by everybody regardless of nationality.) A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by Diomedea and directed by Keizo Kusakawa aired in Japan between July and September 2012 and has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. The opening theme song is "BRAVE BLADE!" by Megu Sakuragawa and the closing theme song is "Raise" by Yui Ogura. A manga adaptation illustrated by Jirō Sakamoto began serialization in the inaugural October 2011 issue of Shueisha's Super Dash & Go!. Campiones Due to a 'curse', if a mortal kills a god, that mortal shall become immortal and obtain the abilities of the killed god. These are the people known as Campione. Campiones will not age (or age extremely slowly,) have enhanced bodies that can heal from even mortal wounds much faster, bones stronger than steel, and their magic ability exceeds that of the most powerful mages, even if they had no talent or experience as a human. However, they still have to study and learn how to use magic to deliberately cast specific spells. They also have very high magic immunity which protects them from mortal enemy magic, but also prevents them from receiving beneficial magic such as teaching or healing. Thus, a caster has to deliver the spells internally through methods such as kissing or ingestion. Examples are the knowledge spells the girls use to increase Godou's knowledge of gods, or the potion Liliana tricked him into drinking to knock him out for a while. Campiones are often referred by magic users as "kings" or "demon kings" and are often feared as unstoppable monsters, although gaining alliances or friendly relationships with Campiones are a top priority task by most magical corporations. To these corporations Campiones have the right of rule, meaning Campiones have the final decision in all matters and are to be obeyed without judgement. In return a Campione's only responsibility is to deal with whatever Heretic Gods appear to protect humanity as a whole. This rule is partially because that's the way the system is set up, but mainly because only another Campione can stand up to or critizie another Campione as nobody else, even working as a team, is strong enough to hurt or enforce rules upon a Campione. Note that the Campiones' number order are according to their age. All Campiones are referred by magic users as having the same authority and strength, regardless of their age and ability. When temporarily dead (were 'killed' but have an authority that'll bring them back to life after some time passes) their spirits meet Pandora. Pandora is the goddess who turns a person who just killed a god into a Campione. She als...