Canticle is graphic, gory and disturbing as hell. What else would you expect from a series revolving around demonic killers? Despite being inspired by typical shonen publications and stories, these light novels have more than their share of violence and horror.
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here...
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Genesis Arc
- The first chapter gets the ball rolling when a little girl who's been mind broken tries to feed the corpse of her dead brother. When strangers arrive, you'd think she'd be helped. But no, she's taken away to be brainwashed into a religious cult.
- Not only this, but in the future the entire world has descended into an apocalyptic hellscape where demons freely roam the earth and a "god" reigns over all humanity.
- Mara's appearance in general and how he's described is just unsettling. He's freakishly tall with jaundice, sickly skin and bony fingers with long black nails. The fact that he hides his face behind a widow's veil all the time just ups the creep factor.
- The main factor that when demons die, their souls are incapable of moving on to the afterlife. Neither heaven or hell awaits them, only nothingness.
- Sierro's execution, which is described in detail as Nergal decapitates him on live television. We get the squicky details of his head slowly peeling off from neck with a sickening wet slurp
Zoroaster Tournament Arc
- Orobas. Just Orobas. He's a massive demonic beast that has the appearance of a feral horse mixed with a bull. He has bulging eyes, a long tongue and talks in stunted growls. The fact he was once normal before being transformed just makes this more disturbing.
- Behemoth and Suzu in general. Both are murderers and openly admit to their crimes. Not only that, but Suzu threatens to kill Lilith just for laughing in a private conversation with Mura. Then there's Behemoth, who just lives for slaughtering others.
- Behemoth's fight against Haagenti where he proceeds to rip the poor bastard in half. Haagenti even tries to surrender, but Behemoth goes for the overkill just to intimidate Mura.
- The Eye Scream when Lilith proceeds to stab a knife into Behemoth's eye. Since he's in his demon form, Behemoth is so massive the blade gets embedded in his eye socket. With no weapons left to kill or attack, Lilith proceeds to gouge his remaining eyes out with her bare hands.
- Mura's defeat at the end of the tournament. He gets hit so hard that one of his broken ribs punctures through his chest in gory detail. Then before he passes out, we get the bit about Mura releasing a wave of pure malevolence so potent that it causes everyone present to either pass out or vomit uncontrollably.
Birth of the Bloodstrider Arc
That Long Summer Night Arc
Wishes an of Art Arc
Justice For All Arc
Ruin in Extravagance Arc
