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666 Satan
666～サタン～ (666 Satan)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Shōnen, Fantasy, Supernatural
Manga
Authored by	Seishi Kishimoto
Publisher	Gangan Comics VIZ Media
Other publishers: Kurokawa
Serialized in	Monthly Shonen Gangan
Original run	2002 – Ongoing
No. of volumes	16 with 67 chapters (current)

666 Satan, renamed O-Parts Hunter in the English language editions, is a manga published by Enix (later Square Enix) under its Monthly Shonen Gangan imprint, and created by Seishi Kishimoto, the younger twin brother of Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the highly popular manga series Naruto. The series draws heavily on Kabbalistic traditions, Judeo-Christian demonology, and Japanese folklore for its plot. Despite Viz Media changing the title, contents remain unedited as the first volume was released. An anime is soon to be expected by the end of the year, as announced and comfirmed by Seishi Kishimoto in an an article of the anime magazine, Animeland.^[1]

Ruby Crescent is an ordinary girl, who likes to go out with boys and shop. Her life is changed dramatically when her father dies and she becomes a treasure hunter as he was. Her objective is to find O-Parts: magical items hidden under the ground which grant people superhuman powers and can only be used by an O.P.T. (O-Part Tactician) or an Angel or Devil. She soon meets a mysterious boy named Jio who, due to having a dark, lonely past, seeks to conquer the world. Jio is hostile to her at first, but ends up travelling with Ruby as her bodyguard. When Ruby is attacked by an O.P.T. claiming to be Satan, Jio rushes to her rescue and a battle occurs. Initially they are on the losing side, but Jio releases his true power and is revealed to be not only an O.P.T., but the real Satan. Thus, the two continue to travel together in hopes of unlocking their pasts.

Post-time skip, the characters can be divided into a few major factions:

Main article: Characters in 666 Satan

The main protagonists of the series. They are stuck in the middle of the fight between the Stea Republic and the Zenom Organization because of how several members of the group are sephiroths and each group is searching for the legendary O-Parts.

Crew of the Ophan (From left to right: Cross, Amidaba, Zero, Ruby, Jio, Ball, Jojomaru (on Ball's shoulder), Mei, Jajamaru (behind Mei), Kirin)

Consists of:

• Jio Freed
• Ruby Crescent
• Ball
• Cross
• Kirin
• Amidaba
• Zero
• Mei

Stea Republic Logo

One of the two main antagonists of the series, they are the typical "corrupt government" who is lead by Miko

Consists of:

• Miko
• Dofuwa Longess
• Mishima Kagesuge
• Ponzu
• Tsubame

An 'underground' organization with the goal of getting rid of the Stea Republic, they are led by Jack Crescent

Consists of:

• Jack Crescent
• Kujaku
• Rock
• Spika
• Baku
• Wise Yuri
• Museshi

Throughout the entire 666 Satan universe, there are angels and demons (some of which are sealed within humans) with amazing powers, all of which are being searched for by the Stea Republic (angels) and the Zenom Organization (demons) in order to awaken what is assumed to be a weapon within a Kabbalah and a reverse Kabbalah that are found on the North and South Pole respectively.

In the case of the Stea Government, almost all of the angels have been found and inserted into the kabbalah, with two uncaptured angels being protagonists in the main storyline.

the Kabbalah as it appears in the manga

Angel	Named After	Number	Virtue	Symbol	Character	Status
Metatron	Metatron	1	Crown		Cross
Raziel	Raziel	2	Wisdom			Sealed
Jophiel	Jophiel	3	Intellect			Sealed
Zadkiel	Zadkiel	4	Mercy
Camael	Camael	5	Justice		Rock
Michael	Michael	6	Beauty		Mysterious Youth (clone)	Destroyed
Haniel	Haniel	7	Eternity			Sealed
Raphael	Raphael	8	Glory			Sealed
Gabriel	Gabriel	9	Foundation			Sealed
Sandalphon	Sandalphon	10	Kingdom		Ruby Lilly(clone)	Clone: destroyed

the reverse Kabbalah as it appears in the manga(minus Satan's name and symbol)

Demon	Named After	Number	Virtue	Symbol	Character	Status
Satan	Lucifer (Satan)	1i	Atheism		Jio
Beelzebub	Beelzebub	2i	Ignorance		Ikaros	Sealed
Lucifuge	Lucifuge	3i	Disinclination		Yuria
Astaroth	Astaroth	4i	Oblivion			Sealed(released to fight)
Asmodeus	Asmodeus	5i	Cruelty
Belphegor	Belphegor	6i	Ugliness
Baal	Baal	7i	Lust			Sealed
Adramelech	Adramelech	8i	Avarice		Kujaku
Lilith	Lilith	9i	Chaos		Ponzu
Naamah	Naamah	10i	Materialism		Whale-like creature

Main article: List of O-Parts in 666 Satan

O-Parts are 'artifacts' found throughout the world of 666 Satan. They are mainly used as weapons and also as transportation for some people. the only people who are able to use O-Parts are people called O.P.T.(O-Part Tacticians), these people are able to release their 'spirit energy' and focus it into the O-Part, where in the O-Part then absorbs the spirit, then use's it as fuel to activate it's effect which can range from fire to teleportation.

01-53 - Pre Time-Skip

• 02-03 - Thorn Ruins
• 05-06 - Zero Flashback
• 07-24 - Entotsu City
• 25-27 - Dust Storm Ruins
• 28-29 - Umbrella Cactuses
• 30-53 - Rock Bird

54-66 Post Time-Skip

• 54-55 - Reintroduction
• 56-62 - Ruby Retrieval
• 63-current - Assault on Zenom Headquarters

Volume 1 01. The Friends 02. Dream 1 03. Dream 2

Volume 2 04. The 5 O-parts 05. The Solitary Wolf 06. Fangs 07. The City in the Mist 08. Resistance

Volume 3 09. The Wizard Crimson 10. Evasion!! 11. The Strength of a Former Civilization 12. The Three Tests 13. Kirin Enters in Scene!?

Volume 4 14. Two against a 15. The Game of the Drummer!! 16. Mekisis Awakened!! 17. The Power of God

Volume 5 18. Of Plain-Pied in the Way Sinueuse of Life! 19. Soul States 20. The Final Strategy 21. Act as an Alone Man 22. Pact with the Demon

Volume 6 23. Mortal enemy 24. A magnificent blue sky Special Chapter: Justice Gaiden Chapter Bonus: Trigger

Volume 7 25. The Legend of the Spirit 26. The Cabale 27. Dad, Mom 28. The Caravan of the Darkness

Volume 8 29. The Way that the Gods Chose 30. The Angels of the Cabale 31. The Olympia éliminatoires 32. Two Persons by Hens éliminatoires

Volume 9 33 Rockbird, the Mythical Bird 34 Beginnings of Olympia Tournament 35 The Promise 36 Maximum Volumes

Volume 10 37. The Real Monster 38. The Real Monster 2 39. The Bird in a Cage 40. Heart and Shape

Volume 11 41. 42. 43. Theory of the World 44. The Big Bang

Volume 12 45. 46. Evil King Icaros 47. Heart 48. Kaballah's Devil

Volume 13 49. 50. 1 Hit 51. Light and Dark 52. The Key of Solomon

Volume 14 53. Bonds 54. Ancient People 55. 56. New Member

Volume 15 57. Break In! 58. Everyone's Fight 59. Magic Trick 60. Miko's Truth

Volume 16 61. 62. 63. Full Moon 64. Zenom's Headquarters

This manga and it's characters have similar traits to the manga series Naruto, for which the creator is Seishi's twin brother, Masashi. When 666 Satan was released in Japan it was accused of being a copycat to Naruto. This can be explained by the fact that they are brothers, so have similar influences and therefore styles. Both mangakas where deeply influenced by Dragon Ball and incorporated many elements from it into their own stories.

Examples of similarities include:

• Hard childhood is important for the storyline, both Naruto's and 666 Satan's protagonists start out without friends because of the demons inside of them.
• Both protagonists in each manga have a very powerful demon inside of them, such as Naruto's Nine-Tailed Fox and Jio's Satan.
• They have certain physical appearaces of the demon (Naruto's whiskers, eyes and canines and Jio's half white hair and different colored eyes), are able to 'talk' with their demon, and are able to use some of their demon's power (Naruto can use Kyuubi's chakra and Jio can use Devil's Mark).
• Both Naruto and Jio cannot control their demon.
• Both stories also have organizations trying to capture these demons.
• Also, both series consist of several parts separated by time-skips. (This is, however featured in more manga series).

• Anime News Network entry for 666 Satan
• French Fansite
• Italian Fansite
• Official French publisher of 666 Satan