April 10th, 2014
Chaika -The Coffin Princess-
2014
12 Episodes
7.0
TV

Synopsis

Toru Acura is a 20-year-old retired soldier meandering through life now that the war has ended. He encounters Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin, and follows her in hopes of finding meaning to his life again. The two travel with Toru's adopted sister, Akari, the employed member of the group and thus Toru's source of income.

Episodes

12 Episodes
The Lazy Man`s Choice
Ep 25.3

The Lazy Man`s Choice

Abarth is shocked to see Chaika as he believed she died. After escaping him, Chaika explains Abarth's mansion is his Gundo which allows him manipulate the mansion and the only way to stop it is to destroy it's magic source. As Chaika and Akari searches for the source, Toru distract Abarth by fighting him. Eventually they finds the magical source, a severed left hand in a glass jar, the item Chaika is looking for, allowing Toru to defeat Abarth. As they leave the mansion, the trio are attacked by the Gillette Corps who demand they hand over Chaika and the magical hand. Akari drags Chaika to safety while Toru, carrying the glass jar, sends the Corps into a chase around the city before fighting one of their members, Nikolay Autotor. Toru is soon corned by Alberic, Viivi Holopainen and the Corps magic vehicle. Alberic reveals to him that Chaika is actually Chaika Gaz, the daughter of the dreaded Emperor Arthur Gaz of the Gaz Empire, who died at the end of the war after he was killed by the Eight Heroes, who later took parts of Arthur's body. Alberic and his organization fear if the world knew Chaika is still alive, the Gaz Empire would be reborn by Gaz loyalists and his remains are dangerous magic sources, which would reignite the war. Despite this, Toru is unfazed as he enjoys the prospect of war returning before escaping. Chaika reveals to Toru and Akari that she is gathering her father's remains so he can be given a proper burial. Toru and Akari decides to help Chaika in her quest which she is thankful.

The Value of Memories
Ep 96.9

The Value of Memories

Running low on magic fuel for their magic vehicle, Toru's group is unable to find any shops still selling them due to the people celebrating the Anniversary of the End of the War against the Gaz Empire. Despite Chaika offering to use her memories as a substitute magic fuel, Toru refuses after learning Chaika loses her memories after using them. Meanwhile, the Gillette Corps celebrate the Anniversary in their own way before being summoned for an emergency mission. While Toru's group searches for any shop still selling magic fuel, Toru tells Chaika about his childhood. Toru reveals he and Akari grew up in village called Acura where the people trained to become Saboteurs. Despite his eagerness to join the Gaz Empire War, his mentor Shin tells Toru he is reckless. Toru also looked up to Jasmine, a woman who was part of a convoy of traveling merchants who traded with the Acura villagers, who Toru saw as a big sister figure. However, one night, the convoy was attacked by bandits who killed the merchants. Despite his efforts, Toru was only able to find a dying Jasmine, who comforted the boy in her last moments. Even though the villagers were able to kill the bandits responsible, Jasmine's death left a deep impact on Toru, which shaped him to be the man he is now and tells Chaika to never forget her memories, both good and bad. After finally finding a shop that still sells magic fuel, Toru and Chaika learns from the shopkeeper that Duke Gavarni of Iveco has acquired one of Arthur's remains from one of the Eight Heroes and decides to go there.

Fortress in the Sky
Ep 105.8

Fortress in the Sky

Arriving at Iveco, Toru realize something strange when he and Chaika notice there are no young girls and a lack of magic fuel. They soon learn from a shopkeeper that Duke Gavarni has been using all of the town's magic fuel to power the floating fortress Soara and his soldiers are kidnapping the town's girls and bringing them to his fortress where they are never seen again. Toru's group sneaks into Soara by having Akari disguise herself as one of the many girls being taken by the Duke's men where she helps Toru, Chaika and Fredrika get in by the fortress windows, unaware that Vivi and Zuita have sneaked in as well. Meanwhile, the Council decides to take action against Duke Gavarni by launching their own floating fortress Stratus. Konrad warns Alberic to get Vivi and Zuita out before the Council forces will destroy the Soara. Toru's group tries to find the Soara's magic engine only to be ambushed by the Duke's soldiers where Toru and Chaika escapes, Fredrika speared and thrown from the floor and Akari captured. Akari is brought to Ricardo, the Duke's youngest son, who reveals the Duke and his family were killed by Ricardo himself and he, his wizard adviser Grad Lancia, and another accomplice have using the Duke's name for their own plans before Grad uses a mind control spell on Akari. Toru and Chaika encounters a girl named Layla whose asks for their help in rescuing the women captured by the Duke's men but is led into a trap when Layla is revealed to be Ricardo and Grad's accomplice who kidnaps Chaika while Toru faces off a mind controlled Akari.

The False Princess
Ep 117.7

The False Princess

Toru is rescued by Vivi and Zuita where the three of them agree to an alliance to try and escape the Soara before the Stratus and the Council's forces destroy it. Elsewhere, Chaika is brought into a room by Layla where the latter reveals she knows who Chaika identity is. Meanwhile, Toru, Vivi and Zuita learns the horrible truth on what happen to the girls captured by the Duke's men; the girls are tortured by Ricardo which Grad and Layla uses their painful memories as magic fuel for the Soara. Layla reveals herself to Chaika Trabant that she too is a Chaika (Blue Chaika) and reveals the terrible truth; neither she or the others who look like her are the real Chaika Gaz. Layla reveals the Chaikas were created by a mysterious group who gave them different skills and personalities to help them gather Arthur's remains by making them believe they were Arthur's daughter which Layla herself learned from a mysterious creature and remembering Princess Chaika was killed by the Eight Heroes. Chaika goes into denial but Layla tells her to accept the truth while she goes to take her revenge against the group that used her by restarting a war. Fredrika arrives to rescue Chaika only to be killed and dragged by one of Grad's spider monsters. Elsewhere, Alberic and Leonardo tries to convince the captain of the Council Forces to stand down so that his comrades can escape but when he refuses, Alberic resorts to threatening the man's life. Corned by a mind controlled Akari and the Duke's men, Vivi and Zuita hold them off while Toru tries to rescue Chaika.

Those Left Behind
Ep 128.3

Those Left Behind

Despite Alberic's attempts, the commander of the Stratus is unfazed and orders the Stratus to fire their magic cannons on the Soara. As the Soara and Stratus fire each other, Zuita is able to free Akari from Grad's mind control while the latter explains to Zuita and Vivi what happened since she was captured. Despite the revelations of her true origins, Chaika is detmerine to continue her quest to gather's Arthur's remains while Toru fights to reach Chaika. Akari, Vivi and Zuita discovers Fredrika is still alive, having created a second body and leads them to Chaika's last known location only to encounter more of Grad's spider monsters. The Soara fires one of their magic cannons on the council forces with Alberic caught in the blast which Leonardo only finds Alberic's sword. As the Soara heads to Cadwell to destroy capital of the Wiemac kingdom, the heavily damaged Stratus launches a suicide attack, sending the Soara sinking to a lake. An injured Toru rescues Chaika from Ricardo by stabbing the boy while Akari kills Grad, ending his control of his minions. After retrieving Arthur's left leg, Toru is shoot by Layla's crossbow bolt who attempts to kill Chaika, angered that Chaika still continues her quest despite learning the truth. However, Layla is distracted when she sees Guy, allowing to Chaika to shoot her with her Gundo sniper rifle. Chaika rescues Toru from drowning and with help of Fredrika's Dragoon form, she, Toru, Akari, Vivi and Zuita escapes the Soara before it sinks to the bottom. Layla decides to stay with a dying Ricardo so they can be together. When Vivi and Zuita returns to their group and learns of Alberic's death, Vivi screams in grief as her hair and eyes turn white and purple respectively. After Chaika reveals to Toru, Akari and Fredrika her true origins from Layla, Chaika still wants to continue her quest which they all agree to help her as they drive off to their next destination.

Characters

Chaika Trabant
main

Chaika Trabant

Toru Acura
main

Toru Acura

Akari Acura
main

Akari Acura

Guy
supporting

Guy

Konrad Steinmetz
supporting

Konrad Steinmetz

Selma Kenworth
supporting

Selma Kenworth

Lavr
supporting

Lavr

Zita Brusasco
supporting

Zita Brusasco

Karen Bombardier
supporting

Karen Bombardier

Flor
supporting

Flor

Grado Francia
supporting

Grado Francia

Ricardo Gavarni
supporting

Ricardo Gavarni

Veemac IV
supporting

Veemac IV

Fredrica
supporting

Fredrica

Dominica Skoda
supporting

Dominica Skoda

Foden
supporting

Foden

Viivi Holopainen
supporting

Viivi Holopainen

Leonardo Stora
supporting

Leonardo Stora

Bernard Chizeta
supporting

Bernard Chizeta

Simon Scania
supporting

Simon Scania

Albéric Gillette
supporting

Albéric Gillette

Shin  Acura
supporting

Shin Acura

Anton Ivanov
supporting

Anton Ivanov

Hasumin Uuro
supporting

Hasumin Uuro

Theobald Zetra
supporting

Theobald Zetra

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