Here are the powers and abilities of Record Of Ragnarok fighter Jack The Ripper explained. The Record Of Ragnarok manga debuted in 2019, and the concept revolves around the Gods' Council - made up of deities from various religions - deciding humanity must be destroyed. The Valkyrie Brunhilde convinces them to hold a competition dubbed Ragnarok, where 13 gods will face off against 13 humans; the first side to reach seven victories wins. Of course, having regular humans battling gods isn't the fairest of fights, so each human fighter is granted a special "Divine" weapon suited their skills.
This gory, Mortal Kombat-inspired saga later received a Netflix anime series adaption in 2021. The first season of Record Of Ragnarok had character bouts like Adam - AKA the first human Adam - battling Zeus with a special knuckleduster, and the series ended teasing a fight between the god Heracles with notorious serial killer Jack The Ripper. In reality, Jack was a killer who attacked and murdered sex workers in London and removed their organs with surgical precision, but despite the number of theories related to the matter, his true identity has never been uncovered.
Jack The Ripper's case has fascinated and repulsed for over a century, serving as inspiration for various books, shows and movies, like Alan Moore graphic novel From Hell. The Jack Vs Heracles fight will happen in the upcoming Record Of Ragnarok season 2, but the manga displayed Jack The Ripper's powers and abilities in full. While Jack doesn't look like the toughest fighter on the surface with his fancy clothes and lack of bulging muscles - certainly when compared to Heracles - he has many hidden talents. In terms of ability, he's a master of planning and stealth, using the latter to sneak up on his opponent to take shots before retreating again.
Record Of Ragnarok's Jack The Ripper is also surprisingly sturdy and can withstand powerful blows and wounds and keep fighting. He is also - as his brutal killing methods should make clear - a master with knives and other sharp objects. In terms of powers, one of his biggest is the "Soul Eye," which allows him to see into people's souls and read their emotions as colors. This allows him to read a foe's intentions and manipulate or deceive them accordingly.
Record Of Ragnarok's human fighters all have their unique Divine Weapon, and Jack's is revealed to be a pair of gloves that can turn anything they touch into a Divine Weapon, from scissors to his cloak or piano wire. Jack The Ripper might be a mere mortal, but his sharp mind and clever use of his divine gloves might him one of the strongest human fighters in the series. Whether that's enough to slay a God is another question that only Record Of Ragnarok season 2 can answer.