Orion (仙術超攻殻オリオン,Senjutsu Chōkōkaku Orion) is a manga by Masamune Shirow,first serialized in 1990 and 1991 in Seishinsha Comic Gaia magazine.
The magic/technology described in the story draws upon ideas from Buddhism,Taoism,ancient Japanese myth,elements of cyberpunk,Yin/Yang mysticism,and particle physics. The story is based on a minor empire within the expansive (25-world) Galactic Empire,known as Great Yamato Empire,located on a minor backwater world. Dealing with gods,end of world scenario and numbers of characters caught up in a universe shattering event.
The Galaxy Empire spans 25 worlds and is connected by magic-powered starships. Masamune Shirow has combined many aspects of magic with technology.
The main plot revolves around the Yamata Empire's plan to destroy all the galaxy's negative karma using a massive technological reactor called the Nāga Generator. Unfortunately,negative karma cannot simply be destroyed,it must be atoned for. However,the leader of the powerful mystic Buddhist Fuze Clan plans to stop the destruction of the negative karma which will end up creating the nine-headed Nāga and destroy the world if not the whole universe. To help in stopping the creation of the Nāga,the clan summons Susano,the Shinto warrior god of Destruction. The powerful,arrogant,and homicidal god faces challenges. These include the Empire and the clan leader's own daughter,the bratty sorceress Seska,who is possessed by the power of negative Karma and a powerful magic formula. At the beginning,the Clan steals a secret magical formula which contains the power to control the Nāga.
Fuze's leader,Maître Fuzen,begins the ceremony when his rival,Dr. Hebime,leads troops to Fuza's shrine to arrest him and his clan. Seska,newly arrived from a starship,is nearly arrested herself and dashes ahead of the troops. She bumbles into the summoning ceremony,and is forced to "wear" the secret diagram to save it. Dr. Hebime and his troops arrives in time to kill Maître Fuzen and his followers as they complete the summoning ceremony of warrior god Susano Orbatos. Susano warns the troops and is angry that he had no proper offerings. Seeing Seska with the diagram on her body,he swallows her whole. Dr. Hebine forces his troops to attack him and has military HQ fire powerful forbidden spells at Susano. The weapons strike him and disable him. This infuriates him further and he destroys the Fuze mountain temple as Hebine escapes. Susano resurrects Maître Fuzen and has him witness what happens when a god is angered. He then goes on a rage destroying a good chunk of the capital city. Dr. Hebime summons Hanuman (the monkey god) who also fails to stop Susano.
Susano and Maître investigate the palace and discover that Princesse Kushinata is to be sacrificed to the Nāga Generator. They go and fight off the palace's defenses. Meanwhile,Seska is revived by the power of the negative karma and dedicates herself to avenge her father's death and to save her clan by gaining an audience with Emperor. By becoming a royal adviser to Emperor she begins to activate the Nāga Generator and uses the secret scroll which can banish Susano. Ultimately,the Nāga Generator is activated and both Susano and Seska clash. The Nāga Generator creates a monstrous nine-headed Nāga which becomes so bloated with Galactic Empire's negative Karma its becomes a planet-sized Octopus type Nāga. Seska,after beating up Susano,banishes him. As Nāga grows,she becomes fascinated in ruling the Galactic Empire itself.
However,Susano returns,summoning himself,rendering Seska's ability to stop him useless. He enters the Nāga and finds the Princess at center of the generator holding the Nāga force together. He breaks her control of the Nāga and disrupts it. The giant Nāga splatters over the world like water,flooding it. The Great Yamato Empire (what is left of it),sinks under the waves with few survivors. Susano and the princess leave the mortal survivors of Empire behind wishing them luck. Seska is restored back to normal and is reunited with Commander Ronnel. What remains of Yamato Empire appears to become Japan and the world is,in fact,Earth. However,the story alludes that the Nāga will return.
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