Great Spirit

Great Spirit
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Japanese Name	G·S (グレートスピリッツ)
Romanized Name	Gurēto Supirittsu
English Name	King of Spirits (2001 Anime) Great Spirit (2021 Anime)
Type	Kami Class
Shaman	Asakura Hao Shaman Kings
First Appearance	Chapter 107 (Manga) Episode 45 (2001 Anime) Episode 18 (2021 Anime)
English VA	Matt Hoverman (2001)

For the episode of the same name, see The Great Spirit (episode).

The Great Spirit (G · S（グレートスピリッツ）, Gurēto Supirittsu), also known as the King of Spirits (精霊の王, Seirei no Ō), is the strongest of all the spirits. The winner of the Shaman Fight will take the Great Spirit as their Guardian Ghost and be recognized as the Shaman King.

About

The Great Spirit is the oldest and most powerful spirit on the planet. It is nothing more than a shapeless mass of trillions of spirits interconnected. All lifeforms, no matter how big or small, come from and will return to it. The power of this spirit is so immense that most normal people cannot even look at it without fainting. Only the "Shaman King" can touch and control this spirit.

Since all spirits eventually return to the Great Spirit, it contains all the memories of Earth. This archive is the basis for the Cloud technique.

History

Past

The Great Spirit is guarded by the Patch Tribe for eternity. They are the ones that find a worthy shaman to wield the Great Spirit's power by hosting the Shaman Fights every five hundred years, when Ragoh and Keito pass by the Earth. The Great Spirit's past was a difficult one. Fifteen hundred years ago, the Shaman King created a big volcanic eruption that killed one third of Earth's population.

Shaman Fights

The Great Spirit is now resting and awaits its new owner. The current Shaman King and the inheritor of the Great Spirit is Asakura Hao. Hao awakens from the crowning ritual and announces his presence by activating the oracle bell. He sends a message of "how small" to everyone. Hao is ready for his dream to come true.

Over Souls and Attacks

O.S. Great Spirit

O.S. "Great Spirit"

O.S. "Great Spirit" (O.S. G · S（グレートスピリッツ） Gurēto Supirittsu)

• Shaman: Asakura Hao
• O.S. Type: Armor O.S.
• Spirit Ally: Great Spirit
• Medium: Hao's own body

Description: After Hao obtains the power and title of Shaman King, the Five Elemental Warriors confront him inside the Great Spirit, prompting Hao to materialize this Over Soul. Much like how the Five Grand Elemental Spirits have domain over their respective elements, this Over Soul possesses the ability to control any aspect that the universe retains. The majority of Over Soul's attacks are centered upon a small star that is created and contained between the two large pillars emanating from its back. Although the scale of this star is far from that of the real one, the heat it emits is unbearable, making it very difficult to remain in close proximity for extended periods.

Attacks

• Solar Flare (太陽面爆発（ソラフレア） Sora Furea): Through imitating an actual solar flare, the Great Spirit is able to generate both extremely high-temperature solar winds and super concentrated radioactivity in order to produce a highly damaging and wide-ranging attack.

• Prominence (紅炎（プロミネンス） Purominensu): This attack makes use of the huge pillars of gas extending tens of thousands of kilometers over the actual sun to directly attack an opponent, drastically increasing the temperature and radioactivity received.

• Comet (彗星（コメット） Kometto): This technique produces a large comet, composed of ice and other frozen gases, within one of the O.S. Great Spirit's hands. However, rather than throwing it towards an enemy, it makes a slashing motion with significant force, using the comet's tail in a similar manner to a sword's blade.

• Meteor (隕石（メテオ） Meteo): By opening up numerous compartments along the lengths of both its arms and legs, the O.S. Great Spirit can create huge amounts of meteors that can subsequently be launched and directed towards multiple opponents.

• Supernova (超新星（スーパーノヴァ） Sūpānova): Through creating and forcing a star to undergo its final stages of evolution, it explodes in both an incredibly powerful and wide-ranging blast, referred to as a supernova. The actual event is so powerful that it momentarily outshines the whole entire galaxy. However, even with its reduction in size, Yoh comments that if it had been real life, it would have disintegrated the entire Earth.

• Black Hole (ブラックホール Burakku Hōru): After performing the attack Supernova, the gravitational collapse of the remnants continues to occur, resulting in a gravitational field with such an incredibly high density that even light cannot escape. This phenomenon is referred to as a Black Hole. The attack itself can absorb anything or anyone who is present within the surrounding area, trapping those inside forever with no possibility of returning.

Anime/Manga Difference

In the 2001 anime series, the Great Spirit had the power to transfer any feelings it had to the surrounding area, which it did with the Patch Tribe and the remaining shaman fighters. Hao succeeded in gaining the Great Spirit by having the Spirit of Fire enter and consume it from inside. This process transformed the Spirit of Fire into a golden color and increased its size ten times. However, Hao and the Spirit of Fire were eventually bifurcated by Asakura Yoh in the final battle, dissolving the Over Soul of Patch Village. The Great Spirit was finally freed from Hao, and the Destiny Star announced the Shaman Fight's return.