Beelzebub (ベルゼブブ, Beruzebubu^?) is a fictional character and main protagonist who first appears in the manga series Sand Land by Akira Toriyama. In the U.S. Monthly Shonen Jump,^[1] the character's name is romanized in the English language as Belzebub.^[2] He is frequently called Prince^[3] (short for Prince Belzebub or Demon Prince), Belzi (nickname),^[4] and often introduces himself along with the title, The Prince of the Underworld.^[5] Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji The romanization of Japanese is the use of the Latin alphabet (called rōmaji )   in Japanese) to write the Japanese language, which is normally written in logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts... Manga )   (pl. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Sand Land (Japanese: サンドランド), a manga series by Akira Toriyama, first appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump in the year 2000. ... St. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Manga )   (pl. ... Sand Land (Japanese: サンドランド), a manga series by Akira Toriyama, first appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump in the year 2000. ... Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 17 2007 (Japanese version), featuring Luffy of One Piece on the cover Weekly Shonen Jump ), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running weekly manga compilations in Japan. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji The romanization of Japanese is the use of the Latin alphabet (called rōmaji )   in Japanese) to write the Japanese language, which is normally written in logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things proper name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robbie, Robin, and Bert are possible nicknames for Robert). ...

The origin of the character's proper name is derived from "Beelzebub", the deity praised by the Philistines. "Beelzebub", however, was referenced as a demon by Matthew the Evangelist in the New Testament.^[6] Albeit the name is a corruption of "Baalzebub", the literal translation meaning "lord of the flies", the name is actually a play on the god of the Canaanite people, "Baalzebul".^[6] A proper name [is] a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that we are talking about writes John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic (1. ... Ba‘al Zebûb or Ba‘al Zəvûv (Hebrew בעל זבוב, with numerous variants[1]) appears as the name of a deity worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron. ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Map showing the location of Philistine land and cities of Gaza, Ashdod, and Ashkelon Map of the southern Levant, c. ... St. ... Matthew the Evangelist (מתי, Gift of the LORD, Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay; Septuagint Greek: Μαθθαιος, Matthaios) is an important Christian figure best known as one of Jesus Twelve Apostles. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ...

Character history

Beelzebub retrieves the clearance of his father Satan to search for the Mystic Water.

Beelzebub plays an essential large role in the world of Sand Land as the main character. Being the Prince of the Underworld, and son of the Demon King Satan,^[7] Beelzebub embarks on a journey to find the Mystic Spring with a human who claims to be a sheriff named Rao, alongside Beelzebub's elderly demon friend, Thief. As soon as the trio left to obtain the water, they came across a rampaging dragon in the desert^[8] and were eventually able to escape its clutches due to Rao untying the rope that brought the weighted carriage of food and other supplies to their vehicle.^[9] For other uses, see Dragon (disambiguation). ... This article is about arid terrain. ...

Stranded without food or money, with little fuel to spare in their vehicle, the team drives to the nearest town. Beelzebub is asked how old he is by Rao and responds that he is maybe around 2,500 years old, and Thief also replies that he himself is a bit older than that.^[10] Beelzebub also explains to Rao that although demons do evil deeds, they don't kill, but humans do.^[11] To their surprise, the vehicle's tires are punctured by spike strips set as a trap by a gang of desert thieves. They are attacked by the thieves, but the latter are easily defeated by Beelzebub. A spike strip is a device used to impede or stop the movement of automobiles by puncturing their tires. ...

A plan thought up by Beelzebub involving Thief is successful and the three soon discover a military tank pertaining to the king's soldiers. They rob the tank and head off southwards.^[12] Having avoided certain defeat from a military plane and escaping, Beelzebub and the others discover that the Mystic Water Spring to the south is overtaken by the king as his own natural water source,^[13] and that the king's men want them dead. When the three were asleep at night for the next big day, while Thief was still sleeping, Rao awakens to find Beelzebub standing on a small rocky cliff stretching his body towards the night sky. When asked by Rao what he was doing, Beelzebub states that he was absorbing the dark power for tomorrow.

As Beelzebub and the others leave in the morning for the Mystic Spring, a group of four tanks attempt to strike at them. Thanks to Beelzebub's good eyesight, the team is able to maneuver the tanks attack on them. During the battle, after Beelzebub leaps incredibly high to spy on the enemy,^[14] he contacts Rao with telepathy^[15] and gives an update on the current situation. In the end, the trio befriend the Royal Army and their leader, General Are. As a surprise hit is launched on the two teams by another gang, they are quickly pounded to the ground by Beelzebub quite easily. The gang is pursued by Beelzebub, who is caught afterwards in a sandstorm and manages to escape, only to find refuge in a cave that lead him to an oasis where he eventually found the Mystic Water Spring.^[16] Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ... A sandstorm approaching Al Asad, Iraq, just before nightfall on April 27 2005. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara For other uses, see Oasis (disambiguation). ...

Beelzebub gets his comeuppance by the Insect Man.

After Beelzebub contacts Rao with telepathy and notifies him and Sheef about his discovery of the Legendary Spring, the team follows the path down the southern end of the riverbed. From there, they finally arrive at a dam leading to the fortress.^[17] It turns out that the entire river that once ran throughout Sand Land was all damed up, explaining the cause of the drought.^[18] As the three proceeded to demolish the dam with their tank, they are attacked by the king's personal bodyguard, General Zeu. He unleashes the robotic Insect Man on them; which was originally a secret weapon to rid of all demons.^[19] The Insect Man gives Beelzebub a run for his money and is impaled in the torso by the Insect Man's claw.^[20] Rao suggests certain action must be made against the Insect Man before Beelzebub is killed, but is told by Sheef that if a demon who possesses the dark power gets into danger, something terrible will happen.^[21] Sure enough, Beelzebub's wounds heal rapidly^[22] and his brute strength and power was strong enough to create a shock wave that sends the robot to dismay. General Zeu then self-destructs the Insect Man causing a blast strong enough to injure Beelzebub. With Beelzebub's wounds still unrecovered and being unable to stand, Zeu proceeds to finish off Rao and Thief with a barrage of bombs, but his attempts are twarted by General Are and the Royal Army who save the duo by killing the malignant general.^[23] The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ... In biology, regeneration is an organisms ability to replace body parts. ... Introduction The shock wave is one of several different ways in which a gas in a supersonic flow can be compressed. ...

Beelzebub fully recovers from his injuries and Rao thanks General Are for rescuing them; the dam is successfully destroyed and General Are announces on the radio broadcast that the water shortage is taken care of thanks to the help of Beelzebub and his friends.^[24] After about nine days have passed, Rao comes to visit Beelzebub and friends and asks him if he wants to him bring up some supplies to someone. Beelzebub jokingly replies that Rao would be helpless out there without him, and Thief offers his assistance as well. The three argue about who is the better driver along the way.^[25]

Sources

• Taken directly from the Sand Land manga chapters and Shonen Jump guides.

Book information

• Sand Land series (Paperback edition)

Reading level

Ages 9-12

Paperback

224 pages

Publisher

VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (January 21, 2004)

Dialect

English

International Standard Book Number

ISBN 1591161819

ISBN 978-1591161813

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Notes and references

External links

• Beelzebub in Sand Land at http://www.rambles.net/
• Brief summary at http://www.ex.org/ — See "Selected Overviews" section below
• Minour character view at http://www.readaboutcomics.com/