Den Ei Rai Bu

Kishin Douji Zenki 2 - Den Ei Rai Bu

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Kishin Douji Zenki 2 - Den Ei Rai Bu
(Kishin Douji Zenki - Den Ei Rai Bu © 1995 HUDSON SOFT © Kikuhide Tani and Yoshihiro Kuroiwa / Shueisha, Key Factory and TV Tokyo)
Alternatetitle	Demon God Child Zenki 2 - Electric Shadow Dance
Console	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Released in	1995
Producer	Hudson Soft
Based on	Kishin Douji Zenki Anime

Kishin Douji Zenki 2 - Den Ei Rai Bu is the second of 3 Super Nintendo games based on the Kishin Douji Zenki series.

It was the third Kishin Douji Zenki game to be released for the home consoles in Japan and hit the stores on November 24, 1995.

Den Ei Rai Bu is based on the time travelling episodes of the Kishin Douji Zenki anime's Karuma ark and thus features a slightly modified version of its plot.

The game also features a password menu that lets you continue the game where you left off and also a hidden menu with a two player VS mode and a VS COM mode which are accesible by inputting a special code. You get the special code by beating the game, where it will be then shown after the ending credits.

There is also a sound test, which can be accessed from the game's main menu. Unlike the sound test from Battle Raiden, which allowed you to listen to the game's music and sound effects, Den Ei Rei Bu's sound test is limited to music only.

The password menu with the hidden code.

Den Ei Rai Bu's sound test.

Did you ever wonder why they called the game "Den Ei Rai Bu"?
Here's Zenki's answer:

The Diamond Dragon as he appears in anime Episode 26

Den Ei Rai Bu tells the story of the dangers of Rudra, which, if used recklessly can take your life. Zenki meets the Diamond Dragon, who descends from heaven as a dancing thunder and becomes an electric shadow, which then turns into the Diamond Axe.

As the Diamond Axe replaces Rudra, Zenki dance battles while wielding the Diamond Axe. The Diamond Axe possesses the power of Rudra, but lacks the risks of it.

In this story, Den Ei or Den Ei Rai (Electric Shadow / Electric Shadow Thunder) represents the Diamond Dragon. Zenki is represented by the Ei Rai (Shadow Thunder) and Rudra by the Rai or Raibu (Thunder / Life). The Bu (Dance) is included, when Zenki finally has grown and reached the inner strength to wield the Diamond Axe and overcomes the dangers of Rudra.

How To Play

Den Ei Rai Bu is a sidescrolling jump and run game where you play as Chiaki as you traverse through mazelike stages while collecting 100 of Karuma's Hyouinomi and 4 Vajura incantation scrolls left behind by Ozunu Enno.
When you get to a boss battle, Chiaki summons Zenki (in his Chibi form) to fight the boss.
You will then take control of Zenki while Chiaki watches you fight.

The game also features anime sequence battles, where you play as Zenki (in his Demon God form) and fight various bosses by using button inputs at the right timing.
Zenki's health will also be determined by the anmount of Hyouinomi you have collected with Chiaki, so be sure to collect them all to start the anime sequence battle with full health.

In the anime sequence battles, you can use your basic attack (for example, Zenki punching the foe), a special attack (that varies in power) and a healing move.
You can also avoid, block or even return your foe's attacks back to them.
It is also possible to control the direction of your attack by keeping up or down pressed.

Similarities to the Anime plot

The events from the game are very close to the plot from Karuma ark, although some villains like Gagara, Hiruda and Hyouinomi never appear in the anime. For example the "After defeating Hiruda" cutscene is very similar to the anime episodes where Zenki and his friends travel to the past, because they have to prove themselves to the Diamond Dragon to get the Diamond Axe. As Goura and Guren end up traveling to the past, too, it's obvious that they would appear as well.

Differences to the Anime plot

For some odd reason, even after getting the Diamond Axe, Zenki never seems to use it ingame. Zenki from the anime uses the the Diamond Axe a lot after getting it from the Diamond Dragon.

This is especially weird at the end of the game, where Zenki uses Rudra instead of using the Diamond Axe to defeat Karuma. Rudra almost kills Zenki every time he uses it in the anime or manga, while the Diamond Axe has the same power as Rudra, but without the drawbacks. In the anime he beats Karuma with Chiaki's help and the Diamond Axe.

Trivia

Voiced grunts and lines

• Den Ei Rai Bu is notable for being one of the rare SNES games, to feature voiced lines and grunts for its characters. It improved on Battle Raiden's standards by not only featuring high quality anime sequence battles, but also the characters appearing in them having fully voiced lines. Just like in Battle Raiden, the Vajura-on-Ark cutscene and a few other single instances are voiced as well.
• Enemies in the game still feature grunts, but they have been toned down for minor foes, mainly applying for enemies from the mini-bosses and above.
• The cutscenes also aren't voiced, but this is to be neglected, as the game is already outstanding for featuring voiced lines and grunts at all, as these didn't become common in games until the Nintendo 64 era and even then, voiced lines were a rarity

Japanese title and translations

• In Japan, Kishin Douji Zenki - Den Ei Rai Bu is known via the Kanji and Furigana writings of
  鬼神童子 ゼンキ - 電影雷舞 and きしんどうじ ゼンキ - でんえいライブ respectively
• While the Kanji writing translates as "Demon God Child Zenki - Electric Shadow Thunder Dance", the Furigana writing translates as "Demon God Child Zenki - Electric Shadow Life"
  • Also, the former reads as "Kishin Douji Zenki - Den Ei Rai Bu", while the latter reads as "Kishin Douji Zenki - Den Ei Raibu".
• Both variants of the title are a clever trick of the series' creators, as they are direct references to the story behind this game. ^{(see the corresponding section at the beginning of this article for reference)}
• Our translation calls the game "Demon God Child Zenki - Electric Shadow Dance" as a compromise to keep the double meaning of the original title as intact as possible.

Misspellings

• The game's title is commonly being misspelled as Kishin Douji Zenki 2 - Dan Ei Rei Bu.
  • While the Hiragana for de and da are completely different, it is likely that the misspelling is related to the game's internal filename, which has the game's title misspelled as Dan Ei Rei Bu instead the proper Den Ei Rai Bu as seen both on the game's title screen and the boxart.
    • Note: Hiragana are a kind of characters used in the Japanese writing system.
• There's also another, less common misspelling that calls the game Kishin Douji Zenki 2 - Den Ei Rei Bu or Den Ei Rei Bu, which comes from the reader accidentally overlooking the Rai Bu-part of Den Ei Rai Bu being spelled in Katakana instead of Hiragana like the rest of the Furigana.

The Good Guys

• Zenki
  • He is one of the main characters, you play as him in the boss battles and anime sequences.
• Chiaki Enno
  • She is one of the main characters, which you will control through the jump and run sections.
• Ozunu Enno
  • In this game Ozunu is a minor character that explains the game mechanics of the jump-and-run sections of the game.

The Bad Guys

• Hiruda
  • She is a humanoid Hyouijuu with red horns, purple fur, rose hair and hoves. Hiruda uses many fire based attacks where she either spits fireballs or shoots them from her palms.
• Goura
  • He is one of Karuma's servants and Guren's mentor.
• Guren
  • Another of Karuma's servants. He is very loyal.
• Gagara
  • He is a green Hyouijuu with an eye on his belly. He has pincerlike hands and uses them to swipe at foes. Gagara sometimes also spits his wormlike children from his mouth, who are then launced at his foes and try to eat them alive.
• Hyouinomi
  • In this game there is a special, huge, floating Hyouinomi, which appears as a the pre-final anime sequence battle boss.
  • There's also a collectible version which raises Zenki's health. It looks like this:
• Karuma
  • She is the game's final boss the major villain of the Karuma ark.
  • In the game she has two forms.
  • The first form is her normal coloration, while the second one has an ice-like palette. Therefore Zenki has to fight her twice ingame.
  • If you lose against her second form, you'll have to start the anime sequence battle over from the Hyouinomi fight.

Trivia

• Ingame, there's a boss is called Hyouinomi, which is the original, Japanese name of the "Fruits of Possession".
  • They are alternatively also known as the "Seeds of Possession" and there is also an anime exclusive variant called the Karumanomi (aka "Fruit of Karuma" or "Karuma Seed"), but this one doesn't appear ingame.

Basic Controls

• Y or A - Basic Attack
  • Can be blocked or even avoided all together.
  • You can control its direction. If you press nothing, it will go straight forward, if you keep up or down pressed, it will hit the foe in the head or stomach.
  • It deals very little damage.
• B - Healing Move
  • If you have Hyouinomi left over, you can use them to heal yourself.
• X - Special Attack
  • Can be blocked or even avoided all together.
  • The controls are the same as for the Basic Attack.
  • You have to keep in mind that it drains a bit of your health to use the Special Attack, so you can't use it, if your health is too low.
  • It deals a variing anmount of damage.

• Block
  • If you keep left pressed, you will block an attack, causing it to deal less damage.
  • Keep in mind, that if you health is too low, you might still lose all your remaining health despite blocking.

• Avoid foe's attack
  • If you keep up or down pressed, you will avoid the foe's attack, unless the foes sent it in that direction.

Gameplay Mechanics

Health Bar

The health bar is stationed at the top of the screen.
It's pretty much self explaining: If you run out of health, you lose a life.

• Health bar colors
  • Blue - high anmount of health
  • Yellow - medium anmount of health
  • Red - low anmount of health
    • If Zenki or any other character has low health, their animation will change to a closeup of them being tired.

Zenki in his tired state

When a character runs out of health, they will fall and end up in a knocked out state.

Power bar

The power bar is represented by flashing little spear heads at the bottom of the screen and will move cycle from low to high and then back. Press an attack or the heal button at the right time to increase its effect.

• Power bar colors
  • Red - low power

    

    Zenki's power bar and the green tear

  • Yellow - medium power

    

  • Orange/flashing - high power
  • Green tear flashing - very high power
    • The latter is only aviable, if you dealt the last hit, so it gives you or your foe an advantage.

Multiplayer mode notes

In the hidden mode, you can play as any character who appeared in the main game's anime sequence battles and chose any stage.
In this mode, you can either play against the computer or a second player.
Just keep in mind, that controls for blocking and returning attacks will be reversed for the second player.

You can play as Zenki, Gagara, Hiruda, Goura, Guren, Hyouinomi (the huge, floating one) or even Karuma herself!

Yet, Karuma's second form from the final boss battle can sadly only be accessed via cheats.

Eyes in the corner

In the middle right corner, Gagara's eyes can be seen. If any character's eyes show up in an anime sequence battle, it means that the foe will attempt a move after your action. (or the other way round)

It is thus possible to use a move after a foe and you will need to act this way to win the anime sequence battles.

Takedown

Zenki recovering from a takedown

If a strong enough special attack hits you and you failed to block, avoid or return it, it knocks you down. While your character tries to get up, you can't attack your opponent or recover and your opponent gets a free turn.

When an opponent decides to attack you while you are getting up, you can still try to block, avoid or return the attack.

Intro

Feel free to visit the Cutscenes subpage for this article to view this entry and check out the English and German translations available, as well as various screenshots depicting the ingame action!

Goura's introduction

Chiaki screams at Goura.

Goura teases Chiaki and Chibi Zenki.

Miki Souma, Kuribayashi, Saki and Jukai watching as Chiaki goes ahead and transforms Chibi Zenki with the Bracelet of Protection.

Zenki's transformation

Chiaki: "And now I awaken the Demon God."

Chiaki: "Unlock the holy spell with the secret sword."

Chibi Zenki: "Aaaarrrrgh!!!"

Chiaki: "Break free, Vajura on Ark!"

Chiaki: "Rise up, Zenki!"

Demon God Zenki: "The God Zenki has risen!"

After defeating Goura for the first time

Demon God Zenki screams at Goura.

Goura laughs at Zenki and sends out...

...Gagara, who leaps into the scene and runs straight at Zenki!

After defeating Gagara

Miki Souma, Kuribayashi, Saki and Jukai watch as Chibi Zenki and Chiaki have an arguement.

Chibi Zenki talks to Chiaki.

An angry Chiaki screams back at him, because she is worried that Zenki might die, if he uses Rudra again.

After defeating Hiruda

It is nighttime at the Enno Shrine.

Zenki and his friends have traveled to the past to prove themselves to the Diamond Dragon.

Chiaki talks to a bearded monk.

The bearded monk answers her, but...

...he says something which upsets Zenki, who in turn screams at him.

This causes Miki Souma, Kuribayashi, grandmother Saki and Jukai to stand in place, shocked.

The Diamond Dragon comes down from the skies and...

...becomes the Diamond Axe, which Zenki can from now on use to beat up the bad guys.

After defeating Guren for the first time

The pentagram seal that stops Karuma from unleashing her full power...

...slowly fades away.
Karuma's tree form can be seen in the foreground.

Saki tells the others that only Zenki can defeat Karuma.

After defeating Goura for the second time

We see the same image as in Guren's cutscene, only now the pentagram seal is far weaker then before.

Guren and Goura have bought Karuma's army of Hyouijuu enough time to almost break the seal.

This makes Chiaki really worried, but...

...her grandmother Saki reassures everyone, that Zenki will defeat Karuma.

As Miki Souma, Kuribayashi, Saki and Jukai leave to recover the seal, it's now up to Zenki and Chiaki to save Japan!

After defeating Karuma for the first time

Karuma talking to Demon God Zenki

Demon God Zenki screaming at Karuma

Saki talking to Miki Souma, Kuribayashi, Chiaki, Jukai and Zenki

Chiaki and her friends facing Karuma (Zenki is offscreen)

After defeating Karuma for the second time

Karuma teasing Zenki and Chiaki

Chiaki talking to Karuma

Demon God Zenki screaming at Karuma

Demon God Zenki preparing himself to use Rudra

Demon God Zenki using Rudra

Demon God Zenki using Rudra
Zenki: "Rudora!!!"

Karuma let's out a horrible scream and dies from Zenki's Rudra

Ending Cutscene and Credits

Shikigami-chou at night

The Bracelet of Protection

Chibi Zenki talking to Chiaki

Chiaki talking to Chibi Zenki

Chiaki and Chibi Zenki are happily running off...

...after defeating Karuma and saving Japan! (credits rolling)

Main Menu and Box Art

The main menu as it flickers into view after watching the intro or a "DEMOMODE"-sample.

While the flickering happens, a rolling thunder can be heard.
This is a nod to Zenki's Rudra attack, as the same rolling thunder can be heard, when he summons thunderclouds in the game's Anime Sequence Battles.

Den Ei Rai Bu's main menu
It features the following options: START (starts the game), PASSWORD (enter a valid password to continue the game or enter multiplayer mode),
SOUND (a soundtest, allowing you to listen to the sound effects and music from the game)

Den Ei Rai Bu's box art
Demon God Zenki and Chiaki can be seen in the box art. Zenki is standing there proudly with his Diamond Horn extended from his fist, while Chiaki is in the middle of leaping and showing off her Bracelet of Protection.

Gameplay

Stage Title Cards

第ー章 - 死闘! 平安京!!
(Dai shō - Shi Tou! Heiankyō!!)

Chapter 1 -
Death Battle in the
Heian Capital!!!

第ニ章 - 教王護国寺へ・・・
(Dai ni shō - Kyōōgokokuji e...)

Chapter 2 -
To the Kiyomizu Temple...

1st Stage (after defeating Gagara)

Collecting the Hyouinomi in the jump-and-run stages will cause Zenki to start out with higher health in the Anime Sequence Battles. Every stage has 100 Hyouinomi, but some of them are well hidden. Collecting all 100 will give Zenki a maxed out health bar for the upcoming Anime Sequence Battle.

Chiaki can also collect 4 Vajura incantation scrolls that allow Zenki to use his special moves.

The Hyouinomi and the scrolls can be collected in any order.

Chiaki can shot fireballs at the jump-and-run stages' monsters to defend herself. She can also charge it or run by holding down the attack button. Some seeds can only be reached by using a running jump.

Chiaki can also collect hearts. See the five hearts up there? If Chiaki or Chibi Zenki gets hit five times, she/he will lose a life. Unlike in Battle Raiden, the player just respawns where they died instead of restarting the section.

If the player goes to the right and explores enough of the floatng islands holding small shrines, they might come across various power ups...

...or they might even find a 1up, hidden very close to the end of the stage.

The POW-orb will increase the strength, size and range of the flames shot by Chiaki and Zenki, as seen in the screenshot on the left. This only applies to jump-and-run stages and the item only lasts temporarily.

The 1up-orb acts just as any other 1up seen in other games. Once collected, it gives the player an extra life. These are rather well hidden and look like an orb with Chiaki's face enchased in it.

Once Chiaki passes a landmark (like the one seen on the left), she can't go back into the stage. Make sure to collect all 100 seeds and 4 symbols before facing the mini boss.

The mini boss from the first jump-and-run stage descends from the sky and turns the area all red. The large monster scares Chiaki.

From this point, Chiaki will call Chibi Zenki and the player will take control of him to fight and defeat the giant monster head.

2nd Stage (after defeating Hiruda)

The second jump-and-run stage has Chiaki proceeding through the Heian Capital. Soon she arrives at an Old Well.

Just like back in Shikigami-Chou, everything turns red. Suddenly, large Hyouinomi start raining from the sky and falling into the well.

This looks fishy to Chiaki, so she decides to call Chibi Zenki to assure her own safety.

Zenki goes ahead and enters the well to have a look at the Hyouinomi and to get an overview of what they are doing.

Zenki is descending via a bucket on a rope when a large, worm-like beast made up of giant Hyouinomi appears and ascends the walls of the well.

After defeating the creature, Zenki is surprised by a person's laughter. In the next scene, this person turns out to be Guren, who happened to be around the place by sheer chance to witness Chibi Zenki defeating Karuma's children. An Anime Sequence Battle between Demon God Zenki and Guren ensues!

Other Stages

The jump-and-run boss battle against Guren. He attacks by flying offscreen and throwing fireballs, causing Zenki to do a funny dance on the fire and getting hurt. This can be avoided by jumping out of the way.

The boss battles always start with Chiaki calling Chibi Zenki who then fights the boss in her stead. In this jump-and-run boss battle Zenki has to fight against a giant, mutated Hyouinomi.

More Hyouinomi can be seen in the background. The mutated one will use them as projectiles. The final Anime Sequence Battles against Hyouinomi and Karuma's second form will start after defeating this boss.

Anime Sequence Battles

Anime Sequence Battle VS Goura

Goura's first defeat

Chiaki and Zenki VS Goura

Goura's second defeat

Anime Sequence Battle VS Gagara

Gagara talking to Zenki

Zenki talking to Gagara

Zenki uses his Cho Kain Ojin (Great Breath of the Flame King) against Gagara

Chiaki assists Zenki with her Khan fire spell, which causes Zenki's horns to charge up a flame blast.

Zenki strikes with the flame blast, which shoots at his foe...

...and completely dominates Gagara.

Anime Sequence Battle VS Guren

Chiaki and Zenki VS Guren

The beginning of the battle between Zenki and Guren

Anime Sequence Battle VS Karuma

Chiaki and Zenki VS Karuma (1st form)

Zenki VS Karuma (1st form)

Karuma's first defeat leaves her speechless.

Chiaki and Zenki VS Karuma (2nd form)

Karuma: "Good grief!!! Zenki!!!"

Karuma (2nd form) is defeated

Anime Sequence Battle VS Hyouinomi

Chiaki faces Hyouinomi, but Zenki soon takes over.

Hyouinomi is defeated, but a rematch against Karuma immediately follows!

other Anime Sequences

Chiaki and Zenki VS Hiruda

Goura fighting Guren in the two player versus mode

Zenki fighting Karuma in the two player versus mode

Anime Sequence Hud Grapics

The characters' eyes when they have decided their move while it's the enemy's turn:

Zenki

Gagara

Hiruda

Goura

Guren

Hyouinomi

Karuma (first form)

Karuma (second form)

The characters' individual power bar stages:

Zenki's power bar

Gagara's power bar

Hiruda's power bar

Goura's power bar

Guren's power bar

Hyouinomi's power bar

Karuma's power bar. It is the same for both of her forms.

Other hud icons:

This Kanji lights up, when a character is ready to use a special attack or perform a health recovery move. It is called "waza" (技) and translates to "technique".

The green tear before lighting up. In this state, the character can't use their most powerful special attack.

The green tear when the corresponding character landed the last direct hit on their opponent. This gives the former the previously mentioned advantage.

The four boxes at the bottom right of the screen, that indicate which Vajura incantation scrolls have been collected.

Trivia

• While all other characters have a white border covering all sides of their eyes' image, the left border is missing in Guren's and Karuma's ones. This causes their eyes' images just continue for one vertical line of pixels instead of being cut off.

Menus

The soundtest menu. Here you can change the sound mode from STEREO to MONO and back. You can also listen to any song from the game.

The hidden VS mode menu. Here you chose, if you want to play against the AI or another player.

You can chose, if you want to play as Zenki, Gagara, Hiruda, Goura, Guren, Hyouinomi or Karuma. If two players chose the same character the second player will have an alternate color palette.

Here you can chose a stage where you want to battle. These will differ in music and backgrounds but won't have any effect on the characters' performance.

Character Icons

These are the characters' icons in the hidden VS mode menu.

Zenki's icon

Gagara's icon

Hiruda's icon

Goura's icon

Guren's icon

Hyouinomi's icon

Karuma's icon

Other

Chiaki and Demon God Zenki in the Game Over screen

Subpages

• Miscellaneous Content

  

  • Visit this subpage to learn about How to play as Karuma's second form in multiplayer mode and AI oddities!

• Stages and Dialogues

  

  • Visit this subpage to learn about the jump-and-run stages and the dialogues present in them!
  • Also visit the Gallery-tabber's Gameplay-section for more information!

• Enemies
  • Visit this subpage to learn more about Den Ei Rai Bu's various Hyouijuu from the jump-and-run stages!