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The Record of Ragnarök is an anime that deals with the antiquities and struggles of humans throughout history, this is most explored with the fight between the mighty hero Hercules from Greek Myths and the most notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.  The explanation given to us of Jack's background is that he is the offspring of a prostitute and a very rich man who promised to marry his mother and take her away, with Jack, from the hell which was the brothel.  The interaction between two people and a situation he barely understands come to define Jack and his history, which seems to define us all, in some form or fashion, the sustained trauma that each of us experiences throughout his or her life.  He never knew his father but knew of him from the stories told to him by his mother, even though he lived life without his father, he at least had love from his mother or that was what he thought.  The actual situation was a lot more tragic; we tend to think a mother's lov