Slayers

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Slayers  is a series of comedic sword and sorcery anime and manga that began as light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka.

The Universe

In the universe of Slayers, there is a supreme being, neither good nor evil, called Lord of Nightmares, L-sama or Sea of Chaos, who created everything. Four known pillars rise out of the Sea of Chaos, each supporting one of the four worlds. On each world, there are gods (shinzoku) and demons (mazoku), fighting without end. Should the gods win the war in a world, that world will be at peace.
Should the demons win, it will be destroyed and returned to Chaos.

In Lina's world, the supreme god is Ceiphied, and the supreme demon is Shabranigdo (Ruby-Eye). Long ago, Ceiphied won the war, and split Shabranigdo's body in seven to prevent him from coming back to life. However, Ceiphied was so exhausted that he sank into the Sea of Chaos, leaving four parts of himself and his soul in the world.

A millennium before the events in Slayers, one of Ruby-Eye's parts (which was sealed in the body of Lei Magnus, a very powerful sorcerer) revived and started the Resurrection War against one of the parts of Ceiphied, the Dragon King of Water (Aqua Lord). Ultimately, the piece of Shabranigdo won, but the Aqua Lord, using the last remnants of her power, froze and sealed him within the Kataart mountains.

Mazoku

The primary villains in the Slayers universe are the "Mazoku", which means "evil race". (This term was translated as "monster" in the English releases of the TV series.) Mazoku are powerful, intelligent creatures, often indulging in intrigue amongst themselves. Many Black Magic spells call directly on the powers of the Mazoku, but these spells will affect Mazoku as well as anything else, with the exception that a spell calling on the power of a particular Mazoku will not affect that Mazoku.