Brynhildr in the Darkness Official Trailer
Brynhildr in the Darkness (極黒のブリュンヒルデ Gokukoku no Buryunhirude, lit. "Extreme-Black Brynhildr") is a science fiction Japanese manga series by Lynn Okamoto that began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump in January 2012. A television anime adaptation by Arms started airing on April 6, 2014.
Plot :
The original manga revolves around high school boy Ryōta Murakami, who cannot forget his female childhood friend whom he let die in an accident. Feeling that he must fulfill their promise of proving the existence of aliens, he has continuously looked up at the sky as a member of the astronomy club. One day, a girl named Neko Kuroha who looks exactly like his childhood friend appears as a transfer student. It turns out that she is a magic-user that has run away from a research lab.
Characters:
Ryōta Murakami (村上 良太 Murakami Ryōta)Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka
The main character with high intellect and a photographic memory. He wants to be an astronomer who works at NASA due to a promise he made with his childhood friend Kuroneko. After meeting the magic users, he decides to provide shelter to them at an abandoned observatory despite knowing that their pursuers have orders to kill whoever comes in contact with them, usually coming with plans to have their location concealed while looking for ways to provide the medicine they need to keep living while helping them to live their lives as normal as possible.
Neko Kuroha (黒羽 寧子 Kuroha Neko)
Voiced by: Risa Taneda
Neko is the main female protagonist in the series and a B rank magic user with the power to destroy inorganic matter. She has a striking resemblance to Ryota's supposedly deceased childhood friend Kuroneko (クロネコ?) and later proven that both are one and the same. Once she uses her powers, part of her memories are lost, thus Ryota refrains from having her use them as much as possible. She loves to sing but does not do it in front of others without getting flustered.
Kana Tachibana (橘 佳奈 Tachibana Kana)
Voiced by: Aya Suzaki
Another B ranked magic user who had an accident while being harnessed. She cannot move her body besides her right hand and uses a key board to communicate with the outside world, although Kazumi states that she could move if she wanted to but refrains from doing so for some reason. With a rather rude personality, she eventually warms up to Ryota and the others. She has to have her food in a liquid form to eat. Her magic is the ability to see the near future of someone who is about to die and Ryota makes use of this to prepare in advance against those who pose a threat to Neko and the others.
Kazumi Schlieren-Sauer (カズミ=シュリーレンツァウアー Kazumi Shurīrentsauā)
Voiced by: M.A.O
One of the main protagonists of the manga is Kazumi Schlieren-Sauer, an A B ranked magic user specialized in hacking and gathering intel. Her research nr. is 2670. Like Kuroha Kazumi is a high school student who joins the same class as Ryouta and Kuroha. Moreover, she was the one who helped Kuroha join the school in the first place.
Kotori Takatori (鷹鳥 小鳥 Takatori Kotori)
Voiced by: Asuza Tadokoro
A B ranked magic user specialized in having things instantly switch places through teleportation.
Ichijiku (九 Ichijiku)
Saori (沙織 Saori?)
