Beet the Vandel Buster

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Beet the Vandel Buster, also known as Bouken Oh Beet (冒険王ビィト Bōken Ō Biito; literally "Adventure King Beet"), is a manga and anime series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Koji Inada.

The manga is published in Shueisha's Monthly Shonen Jump in Japan, and by VIZ Media in English. The anime is produced by Toei Animation, and is aired on TV Tokyo. The anime had a 25 episode second season known as "Beet the Vandel Buster: Excellion". The anime has been licensed in North America by Illumitoon Entertainment.

The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans have been suffering from the attacks of the demon-like Vandels. ("Vandel" is a portmanteau of "vampire and "devil".) Humans can fight back by becoming a Vandel Buster, a paid monster and Vandel assassin. The protagonist of the story, Beet, is a young boy who becomes a Vandel Buster to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors.

Contents

• 1 Storyline
• 2 Characters
• 2.1 '''Busters'''
• 2.2 Vandels
• 3 Terms
• 4 Japanese Volume Cover Art
• 5 VIZ Manga Cover Art
• 6 External links

Storyline

The story is set in the "Century of Darkness" (Ankoku no Seiki), a term referring to the time since Vandels appeared and started attacking humans. Beet is a boy who dreams of joining the "Zenon Warriors", a group of "Vandel Busters" who are considered to be the strongest on the continent. Hoping to join them, Beet becomes a Vandel Buster when the group comes to protect his village from the Vandel Beltorze. His attempt to join is rejected as Zenon and the other members of his group discourage Beet from being a Buster.

When Beltorze appears the Zenon Warriors seem to have the upper hand until Beet cheers them on, causing the Vandel to notice his presence. Beltoze then attacks Beet, causing the Zenon Warriors to drop formation to help him. Beltoze uses that moment to attack again, mortally wounding all of them. Hidden in the smoke the Zenon Warriors decide to rescue Beet’s life by putting their life force into their “Saiga” and giving them to Beet. When Beet complains and asks them why they are doing this it is revealed that Zenon is Beet’s brother. The now weaponless Zenon Warriors then emerge from the smoke and continue to attack Beltoze. When Beet regains consciousness both Beltoze and the Zenon Warriors are gone. Guilt ridden and sad, he cries and vows to destroy all the Vandels and end the Century of Darkness. He then goes on a three-year training expedition.

His childhood friend Paula later joins Beet and they form the “Beet Warriors”. As the story continues more is learned about the fight between the Zenon Warriors and Beltoze and the fantasy world of Beet is expanded on.

Characters

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Busters

Beet

Beet is a young boy who has always desired to be the strongest Buster. He looks up to be like his heroes the Zenon Warriors, who are known as the strongest of all Busters. However, unknowingly the leader is his brother, Zenon. When he was a baby, he wanted Beet to stay away the path he chose, wanting him to live a life of peace which he tried to give him. One day, Beet told his heroes he had become a Buster, they quickly told him to quit telling him he was not fit for such a thing. He however believed that Busters are fighters for justice and continued the hard Buster life. However due to a fight with Beltorze, The King of Tragedy, the strongest Vandel of all, the Zenon Warriors were critically hit. To make things worse, Beet, showed up to the fight trying to cheer his heroes. Beltroze saw Beet and rapidly took him as hostage and mortally wounded him. Seeing this in horror, the Zenon Warriors got distracted and were hit by Beltroze’s most powerful attack, the Phantom Explosion. Thus, after receiving such an attack, they were left at a critical state. Worst of all, Beet was about to die. To save his life, they decided to give up their lives and give Beet part of their souls which was sealed in their Saigas, the power symbol of a Buster. Beet reluctantly tries to stop this, however, he is revealed that Zenon is his brother, and in a dramatic moment, Beet sees his heroes leave to try and defeat Beltroze. Seeing them leave, Beet promises that he will become the strongest Buster and end the suffering Vandels cause to the world.

So Beet grows over three years to be able to handle his gift, and starting the Beet warriors to end the Dark Century. Beet is not real smart but he has a good heart. He is not able to use the divine power, Tengeki which is like magic, as most of his fellow Busters which sometimes makes Beet ashamed, though his amazing use of Saigas show that Beet is at another level. An unusual behavior Beet has is his ability to stay awake for three days, after which he falls into an almost comatose sleep for one day. He is a reckless prodigy on the battlefield, defeating strong monsters and Vandels (just barely) relying on his Saigas, his will to complete his goal and his most of all his luck. Many however believe that such luck might also show that Beet has true strength within him something that he has not truly developed. Beet is angry that other Busters are mostly corrupt since he believes that these must protect others at all times. He likes to help people and never asks for money in return, except the Buster reward money which is given when you defeat a Vandel or level up. Since he does not use money, he usually camps and eats bugs which are free.

Currently, Beet has a one-star bounty on his head, although this knowledge has only been released to the seven star vandels. These Vandels drew cards to determine the order of who gets to attempt to kill Beet. This bounty was placed on his head after he managed to kill Grineed.

Poala

Poala conversing with an old man

Beet's so-called future wife that joins Beet in his adventure. Her family adopted Beet after Zenon left Beet to fight against Vandels. Poala has looked over Beet since they were very young being mostly harsh on his mistakes and wanting him to think reasonably which he does not do most of the time. When Beet leaves for his training in the outside world, Poala decides to become a Buster herself to protect her town from the menaces which arise. She is tough tomboyish girl that is ready to get her hands dirty in a fight with Vandels. She's a reasoning person, and doesn't understand how Beet can be calm and collected in very tough times such as fighting against tough Vandels. Also, she's the brains of the Beet warriors keeping everything about the group in her special diary, she is as well as the money manager, though sometimes spends the money to “help” the group by buying all sorts of weapons. She likes to use the divine power of fire, specifically fireballs. Poala doesn't like to eat bugs or rough it, and sometimes hates camping with Beet because of his weird schedule, yet this is a major part of survival while busting.

Her favored weapons are a pair of short swords and later on a gun arm. Of course, her real power comes from her Fire Tengeki, as she can eventually use the most powerful one, Burst End. Fired at point blank (Poala's ranged tengeki is weak), the attack can annihilate even the toughest targets.

Kissu

Kiss along with the rest of Beet's group

Beet's friend and partner, Beet meets Kissu two years in his training, and was amazed with Kissu's abilities. What makes Kissu different from other Busters, is that he is a master of all five Divine Powers. This ability is quite rare since most Busters only use one divine power, since the mastery of such will help them achieve a Saiga. He is not confident with himself and is wary of living up to his dreams, but he wants to be bolder like Beet. Therefore one day, Beet and Kissu decide to make goals they wish to achieve. Beet’s goal is to end the Dark Century, while Kissu decides to be the best Tengeki user of all time. Though it was time for both to take different paths, Beet went on with his training, defeating all kinds of Vandels. Kissu, meanwhile, decided to join another Buster team which took him in. As they traveled, Kissu was always treated as a weakling by his peers, until one day, a powerful Vandel appeared and challenged them. Seeing that the Vandel was beyond their powers, the team told Kissu to distract the Vandal with his Tengeki while the others prepared a devastating attack to eliminate it. Kissu accepted and attacked the Vandel with all he had, which was useless. When he turned back to give the signal of attack, his partners were escaping, Kissu was used as a sacrificial lamb. Shocked, Kissu stood there while the Vandel, shot the team with his power killing them. To his surprise the Vandel spared him since he was brave to attack him while his partners escaped. Devastated, Kissu started to ponder the nature of humans. He traveled without direction until he stopped at a Vandel ruins admiring them and thinking how noble are Vandels. That was when he met Grineed, who was amazed that a human were looking at Vandel ruins. Seeing this, he took advantage of Kissu and decided to take him as his henchman, placing on him a poisonous bracelet, the symbol of Grindeed's influence over Kissu. Kissu stayed with Grineed and obeyed every order that was given him, until one day, the one person that had changed his life came back, Beet. Then, he became weary of which side to stick with, the Vandel’s or Beet’s? After Beet, defeated Frowski, Grineed's henchman, they were attacked by Rozzgoat, another powerful Vandel under Grineed. During the battle, he stood between Rozzgoat and Beet and decided that he will never leave him and also will fulfill his dreams.

After the team defeated Rozzgoat, Kissu, rapidly joins the Beet Warriors being the long range, Tengeki attacker. He complains and pities himself sometimes as they travel since he was out of shape for about 2 years. Though, when he is confident in himself, Kissu and Beet are an unstoppable team. However, serving under a Vandel, is considered a serious crime, and is wanted by the Buster Association.

Kissu's fighting style consists of using all five forms of tengeki (Fire, Wind, Water, Thunder, Light) to nail his enemies at long-range. To make it work properly, he throws arrows of light that secretly carry another tengeki element on them, making it hard to predict for his opponents what kind of tengeki it ultimately is. In addition, he's skilled at manipulating wind tengeki around his body and he has a favored final attack, Tensei of Ice Shockwave, which pierces foes with an arrow of ice, freezing them completely.

Slade

Slade from ep #14

Slade, is Beet’s rival and is always looking for a chance to defeat Beet in a battle since he dislikes Beet's naivety to the world of Busters. Slade believes that being a Buster is not a charity work as Beet does, so he asks for money for defeating Vandels he encounters in towns. He is an Assassin by nature, Slade tends to be a loner, though within that hard shell, there lies a noble person who will fight for justice. Slade has also saved Beet from himself, mostly when Beet falls asleep accidentally in the midst of battle. He even helps Beet escape from Beltroze and confronts him to buy Beet some time. He uses the spear like Beet and uses the Divine power of Wind. He is strong enough to use a "Secret" Saiga that his enemies "almost" never see called Silent Glaive. It is a spear Saiga compressed to its limits so that it can cut through anything; even the skin of the strongest Vandel. He boasts that by the time it's noticed it has already killed. Beltorze calls him an assassin and says he must have killed many. Beet accuses him of taking money for non buster work, he calls it taking jobs on the side, perhaps monsters and Vandels aren't the only things he killed.

Though, it's not yet known if he shows up for the second season of Beet the Vandel Buster.

Milfa

Milfa, is a young Broad Buster. (A broad buster is a cop for Vandel Busters.) She may seem to be a naive and weak girl but she is incredibly strong since Broad Busters are considered to be the strongest Buster force. She is very flirtatious with Beet, after she sees his Saigas. She realizes that he has inherited the Saigas of the Zenon Warriors and considers Beet's encounter, a meeting of faith because she has/d a crush on Zenon since she was a child, and believes Beet will grow just like him. Beet likes her fighting, but doesn't understand her flirting. Milfa also, falls in love with Kissu after saving him and showing his amazing Tengeki uses. Milfa mostly fights with martial arts, (Primarily high kicks that expose her undies). She fights with the divine power of lightning, focusing it on her self like a lightning rod with devastating results (lightning armour). Milfa has a HUGE Saiga called the "Lightbolt Grasper" usable as a huge clamp to grapple larger enemies. Milfa, considers, Poala to have high potential, and both, Lightning and Fire make a wonderful team with Milfa as the mentor.

Jiiku (Anime-Only)

Jiiku, leader of the Jiiku Warriors and yet another one of Beet's rivals. However, Jiiku, unlike Slade, has the same views as Beet on what Busters should truly be like, as he was saved by the Zenon Warriors when he was a kid. Believing he should be Zenon's successor, he tends to loathe Beet for having inherited the Zenon Warrior Saigas. Naturally, he's always eager to show he's better than Beet. Besides his arrogance and pride, he also has a weakness for pretty much any girl he meets. Due to this he instantly fell in love with both Poala and Milfa when he first met them. His two teammates are Ryuku and Raku are twins who use spears while he favors swords. He fights with the divine power of fire, but usually just uses his fire Saiga Blaster Edge, which is a special sword that can both fire smaller blades attached to it and have its blade ignite. While at first he really didn't like Beet at all, he eventually did develop some respect for him when he learned how much the Beet Warriors believed in him. He is an anime original character and does not show up in the manga.

Zenon

Leader of the Zenon Warriors, a group of Vandel Busters. He is Beet's Big Brother and is considered to be one of the Strongest Busters of all times. At the beginning of the story Zenon is against Beet becoming a Vandel Buster since he left Beet in the care of Poala's parents to live a peaceful life in the age of darkness. But when Beet is mortally wounded by the Beltorze "The King of Tragedy" Zenon and the other four Zenon Warriors give Beet their Saigas to save his life and fulfill his vow to end the age of darkness.

He is a swordsman whose divine power is Light and he wields the Excellion Blade, a huge white sword with wings at an end. His signature move is the "Zenon Winzard", an attack that makes Zenon, leap in the air, once he is close enough to the Vandel, Zenon, slashes vertically being an unstoppable move for any normal Vandel. Beltorze admitted that it took his full power to block and it still cut half way through his arm.

The Excellion Blade is one of the Saigas Beet has not yet mastered. Even though he can materialize it and slash enemies, it is still not complete. This is evident in his fight with Beltroze's phantom in volume 2 and 3 of the manga when he tries to use the "Zenon Winzard" against him, but it ends up shattering after he strikes Beltorze showing the long way he still has left to be able to completely use the Saigas.

Shagi makes a cryptic statement about how if beet is Zenons brother and can wield his saiga that he must also have "that power." this has yet to be explained.

Alside

A member of the Zenon Warriors. He has a calm endeavor, and silent presence. He usually does not talk and mostly meditates to “unify” himself with his soul. He is the long distance fighter of the group. He uses a gun, his divine power is wind, and he uses the Saiga Cyclone Gunner.

The Cyclone Gunner is the third Saiga Beet starts to master. At first is hard for Beet to use because he can only fire one shot. Which in comparison with Alside, he could fire lots of bullets. At first Beet though it was the difference of Tenryoku they both had which limited Beet’s amount of shots. After his second fight with the Vandel Frausky he realizes he has to synchronize his breathing with the Cyclone Gunner (since it breathes air, this explains why Alside could shoot consecutive times without having to reload) in order to shoot an unlimited amount of bullets. Using this knowledge, Cyclone Gunner, becomes a mighty weapon in Beet’s arsenal.

Laio

A member of the Zenon Warriors. He is the lead attacker, using a spear as his weapon. His divine power is fire, and his Saiga is the Burning Lance. He teaches Beet Sojutsu (the art of spears) and as a result, the spear is Beet's preferred weapon. In the anime Laio is known as "the master of spears" which goes to show how well known the Zenon Warriors are. At first it seems like Laio is annoyed by Beet but in reality he really cares about him. He is even amazed on how Beet changed when he became a Buster admiring his dream and his will to become as strong as the group.

The Burning Lance is one the first saigas Beet begins to master at the start of the series, since his main weapon is a spear. Beet can power-up the lance using his divine power called (though if Beet tries to use the divine attack of fire without the Burning lance he ends up burning his own hand) and can make the it stretch to unbelievable heights (kind of like Son Goku's nyoi-bou from the story "Journey to the West" and it's also like Gin Ichimaru's shikai which lets it grow to a large amount.). He uses this mortal weapon many times relying on its strength to defeat many Vandals.

Cruss

A member of the Zenon Warriors. He is the defense and the healer of the group. He uses a shield (which is attached to a chain and can be used as an offensive weapon), his divine power is water, and his Saiga is the Crown Shield. Cruss can use his saiga or his normal shield to heal his teammates of poison one of his special abilities.

The Crown shield is the second saiga Beet begins to master. At first, Beet considered Crown Shield useless for attack and only served to be a defense object. After Beet's first fight with Beltorze he remembers Cruss teaching him that he should use offense and defense with a shield. He also remembers that Cruss used his shield to heal Laio of a poison he was infected with when they fought a Vandel earlier that day. Beet uses the Crown Shield to save Poala from one of Grineed's poisonous arrows.

When Beltroze finds him he thinks that Beet would be trembling in fear. But instead Beet had an idea of defeating him, he told Beltorze that in their first fight he used to many Saigas, so instead he should just rely on one and fight aggressively with it, so Beet decides to fight with the Crown Shield his most useful Saiga. For Beltroze’s surprise Beet turns the Saiga into an iron ball and begins to hammer him. When Beltorze tries to use his most powerful dark attack "Phantom Explosion" Beet turns the Crown Shield back into its shield form deflecting the attack and killing the phantom Beltorze. After the fight Beet realizes had he not interfered in the fight three years ago between Beltorze and the Zenon Warriors, Cruss would not have broken formation and they would've won.

In volume 8 Beet finds out that Cruss is still alive and has lost his memory and can't use his arms any more.

Bluezam

He is the muscle of Zenon Warriors. He uses an axe, his divine attack is thunder, and his Saiga is the Boltic Axe. Being so strong, Bluezam can even make Vandel’s fly with only one swing of his axe. Also, his Saiga, Boltic Axe, is a massive axe with incredible power which only a person like Bluezam can use. When Beet was about to die, he was the first one to give up his Saiga showing his golden heart.

The Boltic Axe is the only Saiga Beet rarely uses. One reason is because it is too powerful for him to handle for its size and the power it requires. In volume 6 of the manga Beet tells Poala that if he ever has to use it she should run away as quickly as possible because he does not know what will happen if he is to use it. The second reason is because it takes 12 seconds for him to materialize it. Because of this the Boltic Axe is only used by Beet as a last resort. In his fight with Grineed, his inexperience with the Saiga, almost made him destroys the battlefield completely, though he is able to control it and fight against Grineed. In volume 7 of the manga he used the Boltic Axe to cut off Grineed's horn when he was in his true form which was the only weapon with enough power to hurt him.

The Winged Knight

It is unkown who this buster really is. He seems to know a lot about Beet, Saiga and the Zenon Warriors. He also is able to use Laio's Saiga better than Beet can. It is possible that he may be one of the Zenon Warriors, but Beet falls asleep before learning whether this this is the case or not.

Vandels

Ventura

The Black Spider

Stars: 3

Ventura deserves mention by virtue of his shear pitifulness. It seems unlikely that he obtained any of his stars with out Grineed's help. Poala maimed and pummeled him without even using divine attacks. He boasts and bluffs then grovels like the worm he is when things go wrong. He is vain cowardly and spiteful. Grineed made him his servant so he must be good for something, bonus material says he functions as a spy. He is without a doubt the weakest Vandel seen so far.

Frausky

The Flashy Crimson Bullet

Stars: 5

Frausky is one of Grineed's lackeys, said to be his strongest. Unlike Rozzgoat who is a dark attack specialist or Grineed who crushes his opponents with his fist, Frausky relies of the unique properties of his body. His right hand and forearm turn into a pistol that fire biological bullets that are generated inside his body giving him effectively unlimited ammo. His right works as a cannon firing bombs and he can launch a bunch of needles from his hair. Most formidable of all is his ability to withstand and recover from damage. Frausky has what he calls a core, it's about the size of a golf ball has a face on it and to leaves sticking out of the top. Frausky can survive anything so long as his core is intact, although injuries may still reduce his fighting ability. The core is usually concealed and can be moved to any part of his body. If he finds himself in danger, he separates what ever part as the core then plants it in soil to grow a whole new body. This is usually done with his left arm so he won't lose his stars. The abandoned body explodes violently. The strangest thing about Frausky is his love for babies. He says that baby animals and humans have an aura of helplessness and that he can't kill them. When Shagi questions him about killing Beet, who is a child, he says that humans are cute until they reach a certain size after that they are "out of bounds" and it okay to kill them.

Beltorze

The King of Tragedy

Stars: 4, later 7

Slade called Beltorze "That legendary monster." After his fight with Zenon and his squad, Beltorze is left weakened and unable to move. Therefore he uses a phantom (puppet with his figure) to raid and kill innocent towns, people, and weaker Vandels. His phantom was beaten by Beet in an epic battle. This battle helped Beet grow in fame in the Vandel world and moreover become Beltorze's awaited enemy. Until that day, he grows in power in the mountains as time passes. Known as Beltoze in the anime. Shagie calls him the veteran who never moves. It seems as if he can't move but it is possible he just doesn't. He considers the Vandel scholar Noa his best friend as one who has the traits he lacks. Beltorze lives for challenges and loves to fight. When Noa ask him if he plans to challenge God noticing that he has strengthened his body again he answers "If God exists and is an opponent that can make my blood boil then I will" He will be the fourth seven star to try to kill Beet.

Garonewt

The Immovable Giant

Stars: 7

A huge Vandel who is apparently made of bricks, Garonewt uses his special ability gravi zone to render his opponents too heavy to move then smashes them with his fists. His skill with Dark attacks seems limited to powering up his fist. He has thousands of stolen monsters stored in his body bricks. He can release them by breaking the bricks. He can also store other Vandels but only if all their stars are removed, but any wounds they have will heal. Creatures in the bricks generate no dark energy so they pass through the shield that extends above a city wall with no problem. He has two arm shields that, like his fists, are so hard that the Excellion Blade could barely scratch them with regular attacks. The left one turns into a launcher for his bricks. He is slated to challenge beet first. (Although he rigged the contest to determine order to ensure that he would be the first.)

Hystario

The evil blade

Stars: 7

Other then the fact he plays the guitar little is known about this seven star Vandel. He is to be the third 7 star to challenge Beet.

Lady Rodina

The Little Devil

Stars: 7

Rodina is the first female Vandel to be seen in the story; she might be the only one. She looks human and is rather cute. She claims that other Vandels often accuse her of acting human but she is a 7 star Vandel and that does not happen by being nice. Her specialty is creating portals to move herself or others quickly from one place to another. She saved Beet from Garonewt but only so he would not get an unfair jump on the other 7 stars. Her constant companion is Cynthia the margtin - a type of small nearly blind monster with retraceable spine sharp teeth and bottomless appetite for human flesh. She is to be the fifth 7 star to challenge Beet.

Shagi

World busiest Vandel

Stars: unknown

The Director of the Vandel House of Sorcery, Shagi is in charge of distributing stars and creating monsters. He appears in the form of a rabbit and most of the time seems happy, but has a bit of evil margining under his surface. Who knows whom he serves - elegance, Beltorze or even what he called the "creator". Often provides Vandels with information on Busters. Has the ability to create doors leading from one place to another. He answers to the Eyes of Darkness who created the Vandels. It is unknown just how powerful he really is.

Noa

The Vandel Scholar

Stars: 7

Said to have mastered all fields of study, Noa is what Grineed could only pretend to be...an intellectual. He dislikes fighting and never sought to be a seven star Vandel. In his own words, "I simply brushed off the sparks that landed on me and this is what I received." He created the Beltorze Phantom that Beet destroyed. He has withdrawn from the contest to kill Beet as he has no interest in being the 8 star Vandel. All he cares for is his studies. He is friends with Beltorze, and drew for him in the contest to determine order.

Grineed

The Bloody Beast

Stars: 6 later 7

The self-proclaimed Dark Green Tactician, Grineed is considered to be one of the top Vandels matching in strength even the mighty king Beltoze. He detests the violent nature of Vandels, especially his own, and tries to contain himself by encasing himself in a special shell. He uses poisons and henchmen to do his dirty work, typically, rather than fight himself.

When angered, though (this can occur at provocations as small as a bad choice of words), Grineed shows the true nature of the creature beneath the shell. Provoked enough, the creature will burst free of his shell. In this form, known by the other Vandels as Bloody Beast Grineed, he is virtually indestructible and nightmarishly strong. Using his Peak Infuriation attack, he can create a powerful blast with deadly results. Unlike other Vandels who view humans as a source of amusement, Grineed seems to genuinely hate them.

Melmond (Anime-Only)

Known as Melmond of the Silver Demon Hand, Melmond draws out Busters and makes them bring out their Saigas. Once their Saiga is out he traps them in the Circle of Hell and freezes them. He then takes their Saiga and adds it to his collection. Beet first encounters him after meeting Jiiku.

Baron

The Conquer/King of the Sky

Stars: 7

Terms

Busters

Vandel Busters are often called Busters. To become a Buster one applies at the Buster "house" to get a brand that indicates their level. Levels are similar to RPG game level systems in that the more monsters or Vandels one help kills the higher one's level. It should be noted that the buster's level is more a refection of how much they done then how strong they are. The Elder working at the House will scan the eyes of a buster to see if they qualify for a new level. When one levels up they are given a Roman numeral like brand on their chest. Elders also give monetary rewards for slaying Vandels and Monsters, allow for the formal formation of groups, and give information. Each "house", in each town, is under the jurisdiction of the Busters Association. (Similar to the Dark House of Sorcery of the Vandels)

Busters can work either individually or in groups. Buster are policed by a group known as the Broad Busters, commonly referred to as BB, and must have at least a minimum level of 40. Busters fight with Tengeki (Holy energy in the forms of Air, Fire, Light, Thunder, and Water), or their own individual Saiga (A magic weapon made of Tengeki), the ultimate weapon used to fight evil. Normally a Buster is not able to produce a Saiga until they have mastered a certain level of Tengeki.

Vandels

The Vandels are creatures that have a demonic appearance and whose sole purpose seems to be terrorizing humanity. Vandels have a base called the Dark House of Sorcery located at the end of the world. The dark house of sorcery is responsible for creating Monsters for the Vandels who order them as well as giving money and marble shaped “Stars” for killing humans and destroying towns. They also provide fortress construction for Vandels, luxuries, etc. The Vandels pay for monsters that they order and other things through Sorcery Bills (Humans use MG coins).

Vandels can use dark attacks (Meigeki) to attack. Like Divine attacks they can come in several forms: fire, water, wind, lightning, and dark.

Vandels start out with one “Star” and like levels more work is required to gain one Star if the Vandel already has several. Supposedly, the first Vandel to obtain eight Stars will become the new leader of the Vandels. The stars shatter when a Vandel is killed.

Each Vandel's body is different granting them all manner of unique abilities, weapon generation, monster storage, and being able to regrow an entire body from a golf ball sized "core" just to name few. There is also much more variation in the first class dark attacks then in their divine counter part, Rozzgoat's version of Inferno looks like giant centipede of fire with one eye but another Vandel Inferno would look completely different.

"The Eyes of Darkness" is the god and creator of the Vandels. Outside of Shaggy and some of the other workers at the House of Sorcery its existence appears to be unknown.

Encyclopedia of Monsters

All the monsters a Vandel can order is listed in this encyclopedia. It is also divided into sections like trees, caves, bogs, etc. The stronger the monster the more expensive it is. Low level monsters are like animals in both intelligence and appearance, they don't take instruction they just do what comes naturally. Higher level monster are much smarter and/or stronger but don't reproduce naturally they must either develop from weaker monsters, a medium beetle grow to a giant beetle, or be purchased.

In the past Vandels could make their own monsters. Grineed, the "clever honcho of deep green" (who is wise and intelligent and hates himself for his bad temper) rediscovers the lost knowledge of creating monsters so that he no longer has to buy them from the dark house of sorcery. He dies before passing on his knowledge.

There are to basic philosophies on monsters. Some Vandel like to buy large numbers of cheap monsters while others prefer a small number of powerful monsters.

Japanese Volume Cover Art

VIZ Manga Cover Art

External links

• [Official Japanese homepage for Beet the Vandel Buster]
• [Toei Beet the Vandel Buster homepage]
• [TV Tokyo Beet the Vandel Buster homepage 2005)]
• [The first non-official fansite !]
• [Beet the Vandel Buster] for PlayStation 2

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