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Land of Jewels Crystalia
General Tropes
- Bizarre Alien Biology:
- Their bodies and skin are made of crystals, which are just as hard as diamond and have golden accents on them acting as replacement for facial hair, while also being able to grow normal hair. Their crystalline nature also provides them Super-Strength and Nigh-Invulnerability. The latter allows them to No-Sell certain attacks and curses intended for humans, like the Music Jamen concert tickets, as shown by Mabushina.
- Happy emotions can cause them to emit a pleasant ringing sound. Best not to think too hard about that one.
- Japanese tea has the same properties as a Crystalian alcoholic drink called Merorophumophumo. Even a single sip of it is enough to cause severe Alcohol-Induced Idiocy that is very hard to control once they go on a Super-Strength-boosted rampage.
- Intense emotions can cause them to release a bright light that causes all surrounding precious stones to also gleam and shine brightly in response to it for a period of time.
- Contrasting Sequel Protagonist:
- Both the RyuSoul Tribe and the Crystalians are races embroiled in an ages-old conflict with their nemesis. Whereas the RyuSoul Tribe appear human and lived in a Hidden Elf Village located on Earth, the Crystalians are alien genies who live on a completely different planet. Also, while the RyuSoul tribe managed to survive the attack on their village by their enemies (with its members going on to fight them off), Crystalia is completely conquered by their nemesis on in the show's prologue, being forced to endow outsiders with their powers to fight in their place.
- Like Magitopia before them, Crystalia is a kingdom of light in opposition to the empire of darkness (Infershia/Yodonheim). While Magitopia was located on Earth, Crystalia is on another planet.
- Crystal Landscape: As its name suggests, it is a planet made of gemstones.
- Crystalline Creature: As mentioned earlier, they are aliens with bodies made of crystal.
- The Good Kingdom: Crystalia was home to the Crystalian royals, who are generally portrayed as benevolent, kind people (besides Galza obviously), and is generally seen as a very welcoming, beautiful kingdom...until the Yodonheim Empire invaded and decimated it. It returns to being a welcoming, prosperous, glamorous kingdom once again when Takamichi and Mabushina use the power of all four Kanaema Stones to restore it to its former splendour.
- Immortality Inducer: According to Zabyun, members of the royal family are able to escape death by transferring their souls into objects via a secret ability, as shown with Mabayuine and Oradin. Though as shown with Galza, even that ability has its limits.
- Light Is Good: Crystalia is shown as a radiant place with its inhabitants predominantly wearing white, and it is a kingdom on the side of the heroes.
Princess Mabushina
Portrayed by: Inori Minase (voice), Mizuho Nogawa (suit)
Young Mabushina Portrayed by: Mikoto Sasaki (voice), Minon Hatoma (suit)
The princess of Crystalia and sole heir to the throne. Following the invasion of her home by Yodonheim, she fled to Earth with the Kiramai Stones, in search of warriors who could wield their power.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Mabushina unfortunately gets a very bad case of this in #35 as she drinks one of Muryo's teas... not knowing the unfortunate side-effects of it. As such, she becomes a rowdy loudmouth that has zero common sense along with an abnormal amount of Super-Strength despite being "drunk".
- Body to Jewel: Her tears can solidify into Kiramai Stones for use by Juru.
- Daddy's Girl: From what we see of her interactions with Oradin, she is very devoted to him; she is visibly devastated when she witnesses his death during Crystalia's fall, and is envious of Juru for being able to meet with and communicate with his spirit.
- Disappeared Dad: She lost her father during the invasion of Crystalia.
- Fallen Princess: After the invasion of Crystalia, she went into exile on Earth.
- Formal Characters Use Keigo: Being a high-born princess, she speaks formally.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Has blond hair, and is as kind-hearted as they come.
- The High Queen: She ascends the throne of the restored Crystalia in the final episode.
- Last of Her Kind: Along with Galza, as far as we know she's one of the last remaining members of the Crystalian royal bloodline.
- Luke, You Are My Father: After Takamichi takes down the MOTW, Mabushina reveals to the other Kiramagers that he is her brother by berating him for his absence during Yodonheim's invasion of Crystalia.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from the Japanese phrase 眩しい/mabushii, which means "dazzling/radiant". The Over-Time subs add another Pun to it by spelling it as "Mabusheena".
- Missing Mom: She lost her mother to a curse inflicted by Numajo. Or so everyone thought at first.
- Ojou: Being from a royal family, she behaves in a prim and proper manner.
- Only Sane Man: She's the first to state that actors and video gamers are a lot less relevant to the impending battle than athletes. And it looks like she and Muryo will be enjoying having Raptor and Shou Ronpo's dynamic.
- Sole Survivor: She's the only known survivor of Crystalia, besides Galza and Takamichi. Episode 23 reveals that Mabayuine survived as well.
- Tears of Remorse: As signs of Numajo's curse began to take effect and seeing how her brother delivers the second Kanaema Stone while leaving the other Kiramagers caused her to shed a few crystals, blaming herself while asserting that her wish was for her brother to become everyone else's hero and not hers alone.
- Telepathy: Revealed that she can do this with Takamichi, with him sending her a few signals in #15 (though she looked like she was ignoring him; but in #35 she's able to send him her own words as well.)
- Tragic Keepsake: Keeps her mother's headdress as a memento of her.
- Tsundere: Starts to become this around Takamichi as she slowly starts to make amends with him. Once she realizes Takamichi's reason for his treasure hunting regarding her sake, Mabushina completely drops whatever animosity she previously had towards him and hugs him at the end of #18.
King Oradin
Portrayed by: Tomokazu Sugita (voice), Yohei Fujita (suit)
Young Oradin Portrayed by: Takeru Kikuchi (voice), Yuri Kotake (suit)
The ruler of Crystalia and Mabushina's father, and Takamichi's adoptive father.
- Ambiguous Situation: In Episode ZERO, after he is wounded by Galza and savagely beaten by the Bechats, we see his motionless body being dragged away. However, it is not made clear if he was killed or merely knocked unconscious. Episode 4 has Galza confirm that it was the former. And then episode 29 further reveals that before Oradin could transfer his soul, Emperor Yodon had his body taken and imprisoned, effectively entrapping his soul in limbo.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: He single-handedly fights off Carantula's Bechats when they invade the palace, before managing to overpower him in an one-on-one fight. He only dies when he is backstabbed by his own brother.
- Back from the Dead: He comes back to life as Mashin Oradin in #29. He later temporarily regains his original body in #43, courtesy of Galza.
- Big Good: Before his death, King Oradin instructed his daughter to take the Kiramai Stones to Earth, resulting in the formation of the Kiramagers.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to Galza's Cain; his being the king of Crystalia drove Galza to betray him out of jealousy, as well as the fact that Oradin is genuinely nice to his family, subjects, and even Juru.
- Commonality Connection: Has quite a bit in common with Juru; both of them have similar Kiramental abilities, have a love for art and are fond of phoenixes.
- Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Like Arch-Saint Magiel before him, Oradin is the Big Good and the ruler of the kingdom of light, and who are initially thought to be killed but later revealed to still be alive. Magiel was only known midway into her home series, while Oradin appears at his series' very beginning. Unlike Magiel, who was against humans learning magic, Oradin believes that Humans Are Special, specifically entrusting five of them with the Kiramai Stones and their powers. In addition, Oradin actively fights alongside the Kiramagers after his revival, while Magiel preferred to stay on the sidelines.
- Crazy-Prepared: As the series progresses it becomes apparent just how many contingencies Oradin prepared in case of a Yodonheim invasion and/or his death.
- The Good King: Based on what we see of him, he is a kind and benevolent ruler of his people.
- Hereditary Curse: Is afflicted by one, courtesy of Numajo; however, rather than Oradin himself, it is the women he loves — namely his wife and daughter — that the curse affects. It is eventually broken upon Zabyun's revival.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Wields a Royal Rapier. And as Episode ZERO demonstrates, he damn well knows how to use it.
- Imagination-Based Superpower: Combined with Reality Warper. According to his daughter, he was one of the few Crystalians able to conceive things purely out of his imagination. He shares this ability with Juru.
- Lord Country: While his surname is not mentioned in the series, his adoptive son Takimichi's surname is Crystalia, so it's safe to assume that's his surname as well.
- Meaningful Name: In-keeping with the series' theme of magic, his name is derived from the Arabic fairy tale Aladdin. The TV-Nihon subs transliterate his name as “Oladdin”, which makes it more obvious.
- Mythical Motifs: He has a strong affinity for phoenixes in particular. He befriends a shrine priest over the legend of a phoenix, and after coming back from the dead chooses to remain in a phoenix-like Mashin form.
- Not Too Dead to Save the Day: Occasionally appears as a Spirit Advisor to Juru and Takamichi after his death.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's not only a strong warrior, but also an accomplished explorer, treasure hunter, and artist.
- Took a Level in Badass: Back in the day, he was apparently quite the crybaby, often needing Hakobu's help to make him grow out of it. Then he became the accomplished king we know him as today.
Queen Mabayuine (unmarked spoilers)
Portrayed by: Houko Kuwashima (voice), Mizuho Nogawa (suit)
The Queen of Crystalia and Oradin's wife, as well as Mabushina's mother and Takamichi's adoptive mother.
- Action Mom: She actually takes part in the taking down of Safe Jamen in Episode 23, even joining Mabushina in Zabyun's cockpit when fighting Gold Bar Ligany.
- Amplifier Artifact: She is able to channel others' Kiramental and amplify it into a concentrated energy beam via the jewel on her headdress.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Is shown to be just as capable as her husband when it comes to kicking Yodonheim ass.
- Battle Couple: With Oradin, during their fight against Numajo.
- Casting Gag: Houko Kuwashima is well-known for voicing characters with high mortality rates; true to form, Mabayuine dies before the series' events (though she later turns out to be Not Quite Dead). Also, Mabayuine being Oradin's wife may have something to do with the king's voice actor, Tomokazu Sugita, being a fan of Kuwashima herself.
- Drama Queen: Pun aside, she's quite emotionally fragile and prone to overreacting, such as fainting when she sees Mabushina trip and fall.
- The High Queen: From what we see of her, she is just as benevolent as Oradin, not hesitating to fight if it's to protect her world and her people.
- Lady of War: She retains her regal poise even as she battles Numajo's Bechats.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She is completely unaware of Oradin's death and Crystalia's fall to Yodonheim, at least until the end of Episode 23.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from the Japanese phrase 眩い/mabayui, which — like her daughter's — means "dazzling/radiant".
- Not Quite Dead: Episode 23 reveals that just before the curse took effect, she transferred her soul into the jewel on her headdress.
- Not Too Dead to Save the Day: In Episode 23, it's revealed that her soul was transferred to her headdress. Takamichi uses her advice to shoot through said headpiece, creating a strong thin laser that helped release Kinko Jamen's captives.
- Posthumous Character: Is deceased prior to the series, appearing only in flashbacks. That is - until Episode 23, where it's revealed that she managed to transfer her soul into the jewel on her headdress before succumbing to the curse.
- Put on a Bus: She has not made any further appearances since episode 23; Justified in-universe due to her appearance in that episode taking a lot out of her. She returns in the final episode.
- Staff of Authority: Wields a scepter as her weapon.
- Strong Family Resemblance: It's pretty evident where Mabushina got her looks from. Meta-wise, her suit is a retool of Mabushina's.
- Taken for Granite: Due to Numajo's curse, her body turned to stone before disintegrating seven days later.
- Walking Spoiler: It's difficult to talk about her without bringing up the fact that she survived Numajo's curse.
Others
Muryo Hakataminami
Portrayed by: Daimaou Kosaka
Young Muryo Portrayed by: Soma Asada
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Behaves this way towards Takamichi, such as when he blabbed about the latter's relationship with Akiho.
- Big Good: In what can be called a "Big Good Duumvirate", both he and Mabushina are the benefactors to the Kiramagers, with him being the one to supply them with most of their equipment.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Plenty eccentric, but he's the team's mentor for a good reason.
- Crazy-Prepared: His talent, and what makes him such a great Mission Control.
- Eccentric Mentor: Not to the extent of say, Shou Ronpo, but he's prone to his quirky moments, such as bringing out a big banner to name Gemini (which was named by combining two words together).
- Foil: To Galza, both being younger brothers to their more "prominent" siblings (Takamichi and Oradin, respectively). While Muryou was a commoner, Galza was a Crystalian prince. Unlike Galza, who was jealous of and grew to hate Oradin for being king instead of him, which culminated in his betrayal, Muryou actually refused the chance to become a Kiramager, being perfectly content with being Mission Control and supporting Takamichi all the way.
- Genre Savvy: The first thing he does for the new team is set up his own Mentor Occupational Hazard situation. It's less rallying and more annoying.
- Honest Corporate Executive: He's the main supporter of the Kiramagers and created CARAT to combat the Yodonheim once they arrived.
- Insistent Terminology: Prefers to address Takamichi as "nii-nii" instead of the more mature "aniki", much to the latter's chagrin. It's even in the lyrics of his Character Song:“Aniki” ja nai yo, “nii–nii” da yo!note
- Luke, You Are My Father: Takamichi is his biological older brother who ages slower due to being part Kiramai Stone. Understandably the group was shocked at the reveal.
- The Mentor: He serves as this to the Kiramagers.
- Mission Control: And proud to be one to provide support for the Kiramagers.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: It's subdued compared to most examples, but he has a habit of dropping the kooky mentor persona whenever things get serious.
- Refused the Call: Episode 30 reveals that 30 years ago, Oradin sensed Muryo's Kiramental and offered him a chance to become a warrior to fight evil. However, Muryo rejected the offer, believing his talent lies more in supporting than actually fighting at the frontlines. Accepting this, Oradin instead formed a permanent pact to come to Muryo's aid should the latter need him at any time.
- Troll: The end of Episode 22 has Muryou tell a frantic Takamichi that Mabushina "is no longer here", leading Takamichi to believe that she has died... only to add that this is because she's going to visit him.
Mizuki Kakihara
Portrayed by: Mizuki Saiba
- Batman Gambit: Is the one who comes with the two-sided plan to distract Glue Jamen with Juru, while Tametomo and Takamichi gather everything he's covered in glue so they can then stick them together into a weapon that can destroy him.
- Beneath the Mask: #20 shows a teacher of hers thought of her as an honors student whose sole reason for being in the supplementary lessons was that she was up late last night trying to help out with her family, but once he left the classroom, Kakihara admitted to her fellow classmates that she lied and connotes having a "public face" and "private face". Later on, when disputing with the same classmates of her being stuck to Juru and them making fun of his drawing to her caused her to reveal her true self to their teacher just as he was walking in the classroom, completely surprised at this side of her. Once Kakihara starts warming up to Juru, at the end of the episode, said teacher becomes ecstatic with seeing her brutal side, with one of their classmates explaining to him that Kakihara's dropping her "honors student" facade.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: While hostile to Juru, after realizing the context of his drawing to her, Kakihara gradually softens up to him.
- Last-Name Basis: Is on this with Juru in her appearances; during the epilogue, she calls him by his first name, signaling their Relationship Upgrade.
- Locked Out of the Loop: While she does find out about the Kiramager in episode 20 and they welcome her a confidant she otherwise isn't involved much with them and they don't give her many details which ends up almost being a problem when she's fused with Yodonna in their spinoff and Kakihara only thought she was a random spirit and not one of her boyfriend and friend's mortal enemies and wasn't as suspicious of her as she should have been. Though it ends up not being a problem because Yodonna ends up taking a liking to her.
- Put on a Bus: After her appearance in Episode ZERO, Kakihara has not been seen in the series since. She returns in #20 and the endgame arc.
- Tsundere: Acts rather harsh to Juru, even gossiping with her friends on trying to mess with him, yet was willing to wait even after they're the only ones in class for him to finish his drawing of him (at least until she saw what it looked like). Also, once she got to know him better in #20, Kakihara not only performs an impressive feat with Juru in battle but even after the Jamenshi was destroyed, she doesn't let go of his hand while still letting him think that they were still stuck together, showing that she's inconspicuously become interested in him.
