Rose Cross Cultists (Bible Black)

Rose Cross or Rose Cross Society is the witchcraft club started by Academy student Hiroko Takashiro and her two classmates Saki Shindou and Rie Morita. The group, consisting of only female students, is primarily featured in the Bible Black: Origins anime series. It is named after a secret alchemist order of the Middle Ages, the Rosicrucian.[1]

The group was formed exactly one year before all but one of its members attempt to summon the Devil on Walpurgis Night.[2] The girls initially toy with simple props like tarot cards, and attempt to imitate black magic rituals they read about in books.[3] After expanding to six members, the girls start looking for foreign books and original manuscripts from outside of Japan, eventually discovering the Bible Black.[4]

Leader Takashiro takes her club's hobby quite seriously and claims witchcraft should not be taken lightly. According to her, the power of darkness can perform miracles and she and her friends study it to learn the truth of history, as witchcraft has been part of life since ancient times.[5]

Before Walpurgis Night, the members try to summon something smaller first by sacrificing a small dog. During the ritual, a demon appears and viciously rapes Takashiro using several tentacles. The other girls rush to help her after he disappears, but Kozono reacts in awe of the demon's power.

Kozono takes over control of the circle when Takashiro is incapacitated.

On the night of Walpurgis, Takashiro wakes up from her coma and tries to stop the ritual. She makes her way to the school's basement and urges the club members to stop using magic. But Kozono pushes her away using a spell and orders Rie and Saki to remove their former leader from the room and tie her up.

Unknown members of the original witchcraft club that existed twelve years prior to the events of the series are featured at the start of the first episode and in Reika Kitami's flashback in the third. Their appearance was altered in the remastered version of this episode.