Soma Bringer is a Japanese graphic novel.
Summary[]
The principle magical energy of Barnea, Soma, is being disrupted by the arrival of monsters called Visitors, prompting a military group called Pharzuph Division 7 to defeat the Visitors and restore the balance of Soma.
Characters[]
| Japanese Voice | English Voice | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | Welt Neugia | A new member of Pharzuph Division 7. |
| ? | ? | Granada | A member of the 7th Division who was tasked with watching over Cadenza. |
| ? | ? | Jadis | The second-in-command of the 7th Division, following Captain Einsatz. |
| ? | ? | Cadenza | A member of the 7th Division. |
| ? | ? | Einsatz Ostinato | The captain of the 7th Division, and a friend of Jadis. |
| ? | ? | Millers Minas | A member of the 7th Division. |
| ? | ? | Idea | An amnesiac girl with latent and highly attuned Soma-related abilities. |
| ? | ? | Forte | A member of the 7th Division who is friends with Millers, but they frequently argue. |
| ? | ? | Goode | One of the Umbras, a group of people who guard Adonis. |
| ? | ? | Fedelton | One of the Umbras who guard Adonis. |
| ? | ? | Ambicon | One of three Umbras, the guards of Adonis. |
| ? | ? | Adonis | The leader of the Umbras. |
Plot Elements[]
- Barnea, which is part of a world where the energy of everyday life is drawn from Soma, a mystical power that fills the atmosphere, forming the so-called "Soma Ring" around the planet: through a special conversion process, it is used for everything from ordinary appliances to advanced weaponry.
- At some point prior, mysterious monsters called Visitors began appearing, taking the form of corrupted animal and plant life, they began attacking human settlements.
- To combat the Visitors, the controlling organization in charge of regulating Soma usage - Secundady - created a dedicated military force called the Pharzuph.
- Pharzuph Division 7 sets out to investigate and combat a recent spate of Visitor attacks.
- During the mission, the group come across Idea, an amnesiac girl with latent and highly attuned Soma-related abilities. She is assigned to Pharzuph Division 7 by their leader Master Laban.
- During their continued missions against Visitors, Pharzuph Division 7 are confronted by the Unbras, a group with similar powers to Idea and whose leader Adonis seeks Master Cages, Soma-condensing devices connected to the origins of Soma technology.
- As the group travels, they discover that Adonis and the Master Cages are linked to the origin of Soma.
- Flashack: "Soma" is the energy of life, the harnessing of which was granted to humans by the extraterrestrial Arethia: existing in legend as a false god banished through the use of Soma, the Arethia was actually a non-physical collective consciousness that traded use of human bodies for technical knowledge that allowed humans to thrive. The Arethia were eventually betrayed by humanity: robbed of the ability to use physical hosts after a vicious war, the Arethia consciousness was imprisoned beyond the atmosphere in the Soma Ring, in truth an orbital ring controlled from the Ring Tower in the ancient human citadel of Cremona. Imprisoning the Arethia allowed humanity free use and control of Soma energy. A weakness eventually appeared in the Ring's containment field and some of the Arethia consciousness escaped. Corrupted by the journey to the surface, the formerly benign energy mutated and infected other lifeforms with a mindless wish for self-preservation, becoming the Visitors.
- Both Idea and Adonis were created using Master Cages as weapons during the conflict, though they were only awakened in the present. Only Adonis fully awoke while Idea suffered an incomplete awakening when found by Pharzuph Division 7 and regressed to a childlike amnesiac state. In addition, Master Laban has been using Pharzuph Division 7 to gain access to the Master Cages so he could stop Adonis and continue the use of Soma energy by destroying the Arethia consciousness.
- Welt, a new member of Pharzuph Division 7, is contacted by Orpheus, the avatar of the Arethia's true will.
- Orpheus asks Pharzuph Division 7 through Welt to stop both Laban and Adonis, the latter wishing to bring destruction upon mankind for its treatment of the Arethia.
- Upon confronting Adonis after traveling to the Soma Ring via the Ring Tower, Pharzuph Division 7 defeat the incarnation of the deranged Arethia energies: with Welt's help, Adonis, Idea, and Orpheus stabilize the Soma flow and pacify the Visitors.
- Welt is returned to his comrades, but Orpheus, Adonis, and Idea must leave to merge with the Arethia along with the Visitor energies.
Notes[]
- Set within the Nintendo Cinematic Universe.
- Part of the Galeem Saga.
- Based on Soma Bringer.