History Awesome / BlazBlue

* After ''[[JustForPun nine]]'' years, all of them are finally playable on the roster.

* The end of Kokonoe's Arcade Story, ''Mad Scientist,'' proves well beyond a doubt that the wait for her inclusion as a playable character was worth it, and that the daughter of 2 of the Six Heroes is really a force to be reckoned with, inside the lab ''and'' out, going in line with [[TierInducedScrappy how broken she may be]]. After getting through a concerned Tager, Kokonoe finds [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] waiting for her in the underground ruins. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall He remarks how odd it is to see her on the battlefield after all this time, and asks her what she's doing there.]] She replies that she's come to see him. Hazama then remarks how the last time "he" saw her was [[IShallTauntYou right after he had killed Nine,]] at which point [[YouKilledMyFather Terumi]] [[SharingABody decides to tag out Hazama,]] [[BaitAndSwitchBoss wanting to take on Kokonoe himself rather than let Hazzie have all the fun.]] [[ShutUpHannibal She just tells him to shut up and bring it on.]] What happens next is undoubtedly one of the most epic moments in ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' history. Kokonoe, all alone with NO help, no Azure Grimore or any super powerful artifact to rely on and only her skills and gadgets at her disposal, proceeds to '''''[[ShockingMoments utterly wreck Terumi]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu bring him to his knees,]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu all while mocking him on how weak he is.]]''''' [[VillainousBreakdown Terumi, confused and flabbergasted at his defeat, completely loses his shit and eggs Kokonoe on to finish him off while mocking her about her mother and telling her how he'll make her lick the ground,]] [[NoSell to which Kokonoe just ignores him.]] She then proceeds to explain that she figured out how he [[ThePowerOfHate draws his power from people hating him.]] Her solution to the problem? ''Rewire her own mind so she felt no emotions towards him'', only attacking on instinct rather then emotion and denying him any power he could gain from her hatred. She then leaves him lying on the ground, telling him that this time was just a test of her theory, but that she will kill him the next time they meet. Never before in this story has Terumi been given such a crushing and humiliating defeat, not by [[TheHero Ragna,]] not by [[CosmicChessGame Rachel,]] not even by '''Hakumen'''. While Ragna would be the one to finally end Terumi in the storyline proper and deny Kokonoe her chance at personal revenge, this shows that our favorite pink-haired catgirl isn't someone you want to piss off. Between her, Rachel and Kagura, Izanami will certainly have her hands full trying to defeat the good guys by the time the next game comes around.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i40oAqDpXAs Blut Voltmund]]: Harkening back to his vigilante days, Valkenhayn [[StreetFighter flash kicks]] the opponent airborne. After a brief pause, he fully transforms into the bipedal werewolf that our lore has accustomed us with, leaps after the prone victim, strikes from multiple directions only to, like Hakumen, saturate the screen in blood. All under the silhouette of a full moon. How his outfit stays clean through all that will always remain a mystery...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAdPX_pGbk Patriot Apocalypse]]: If all the talk about slaughtering hundreds during the Ikaruga Civil War didn't convince you that Azrael was already a born badass, his Astral will probably do the trick, showing you what happens when a PersonOfMassDestruction decides to show his true power. Azrael removes his Enchant Dragunov limiters and punches the opponent downwards to the ground, then pulls out the ground from underneath them and tosses them into the air. Summoning his strength and drawing it into his fist as the opponent descends, he then punches upwards at the opponent with all his power, so much that it causes a '''nuclear-scale''' explosion that annihilates the opponent completely. What's left of the scene is him laughing at the destruction with his back to the camera, all done in a way that would make [[StreetFighter Akuma]] weep with pride.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W--fLs5pruM Roar of the Mad King]]: If you thought Terumi's Astral wasn't awesome enough, then get ready for a new experience of unbound evil power with Susanoo's Astral Heat. He knocks the opponent away before summoning his sword to perform a vicious version of Hakumen's Astral Heat above. The whole thing is so extreme it leaves the surrounding ground in black and green flames, ''destroying the landscape'' and '''''erasing the opponent from existence!!''''' And if that wasn't enough, CF 2.0 takes it [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]] by having his Astral Heat not only do 99 hits thanks to the maelstrom of power coming from the slash, it does '''''[[https://youtu.be/jhMhdIPF2JU?t=6s 99999 points of damage!!!]]''''' Talk about God of Destruction!

[[AC: Azrael - "The Mad Dog"]]
* Speaking of Azrael, he pretty much deserves a spot on here just for the sheer fact of how much of an ImplacableMan he is. His introduction has him ''sleeping'' in a chamber of a temperature at damn near absolute zero, and then he easily breaks his bonds before being given his assignment of tracking down Ragna and taking his Azure Grimoire. He pretty much spends half of the plot shrugging off most of the protagonist's best attacks. His Arcade Mode has him tracking down Ragna, and going through most of the cast to do so including Valkenhayn, Tager, and Jin before finally finding Ragna himself. He gains the upper-hand on Ragna pretty quickly, forcing him to use the Azure. Azrael welcomes this because it means he can release his own power as well, which had been restrained up to that point via Enchant Dragunov. Azrael reveals that he's been holding back the entire time and he's glad that he finally has a WorthyOpponent he can use hi on. Ragna & Azrael are about to engage in Round 2 of their fight, with the latter going full LargeHam with excitement...[[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome and this where the Arcade ends.]]
-->'''Ragna:''' You damn hunk of muscle, don't you ''dare'' look down on me. You're gonna be dead meat. Idea Engine Linked! [=BlazBlue=], ACTIVATE!\\
'''Azrael:''' Excellent! So that is the [=BlazBlue=], huh? ''I shall sink my teeth into it'' '''UNTIL I CAN FEAST NO MORE!!'''
* In the story proper, he pretty much steamrolls over many of the cast, from Tager, to Bullet, to Ragna (though he's [[HandicappedBadass crippled]] with Celica nullifying his Azure Grimoire), forcing each of them to flee or go all out. In one gag reel, not even burning, freezing or electrocution could harm him.
* In ''CF'' Act 1 arcade, it's shown that he somehow escapes from his interdimensional prison. The end of his route shows how: He simply tore through dimensions '''with his bare hands'''. This is revealed after he '''tears through''' '''''space''''' to get to Nine's place, again with his bare hands.
** In his Act 3, he becomes another one on the list of those that can ''beat Terumi'' (okay, he was weakened, but still). What's more awesome is how he tells Terumi his ambitions: to fight the "gods on the other side" and the Black Beast itself. While he's being covered in his Growler Field and showing off GlowingEyesOfDoom and a SlasherSmile.
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[[folder:Neutral/Other - Unsung Heroes]]
[[AC:Bang Shishigami - "The Pride of Ikaruga"]]\\
Bang Shishigami is ''the'' least augged person in ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' history, bar none. He makes up for it by being WeakButSkilled, utilizing the fullest of his ninjitsu training to engage, trap, and overcome his opponents. His endurance is nigh-unrivaled, surviving the worst the rest of the cast can throw at him, and even ''Hakumen'' - the HeroAntagonist who ''exemplifies'' GoodIsNotNice - '''speaks very highly of his undying spirit'''.
* In ''Calamity Trigger'', Bang triggered a calamity in the upper levels of Kagutsuchi and ''survived'' despite being at the '''epicenter''' of that incident. Pardon the pun, but to come out from that means that Bang is clearly hard as nails.
* Bang only gets two fights in his CS story, the last one against Hazama. In what can only be described as "Did you just [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu cockslap Terumi]]?", after colliding head-on with Hazama's plot armor, Bang decided it was in his best interest to bail - ''and take Carl and Tao with him''! Two kids Hazama had just torn the hell out of (one to soften up for Relius, the other because [[TooDumbToFool mindrape isn't an option]]), and while Bang was ready to ''break'' ThouShaltNotKill, he was wise enough to temper himself and live another day. So far, Hazama hasn't been bested in combat completely, but considering Rettenjou is inactive and therefore Bang's power comes entirely from [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower his training and skill]], it's damn impressive he was able to survive the encounter at all - even '''Hazama''' concurs.
** Taking things even further, Platinum's story ends with a battle against Relius Clover, of all people, and while there's a hell of a stand, Luna and Sena lack the power needed to subdue the Mad Puppeteer. But before Relius can act upon the opening, ''Bang Shishigami'' drops in and engages Relius himself. The awesomeness doesn't come from the fact that Bang fights Relius, but the fact that it happens after the above moment, and that he manages to stall Relius long enough for Hakumen to show up - at which point he believes it's in his best interest to conclude his experiment. To wit, Bang got his ass handed to him by Hazama, escaped with Carl and Tao, occupied Relius long enough for Hakumen to arrive, and got Platinum out of harm's way as well. Coupled with the DareToBeBadass Trinity gives him, it's clear that Bang's relevance to coming events is on the up-and-up and the example below shows he made it work. Godspeed, Bang Shishigami...
* Hell, even in his bad ending (despite it meaning he crosses a personal MoralEventHorizon by fighting someone who's well below their peak), he beats the crap out of Jin (who, might I remind you, [[OneManArmy decimated entire armies at Ikaruga]]), though Jin was still [[WorfHadTheFlu injured]] from his confrontation with Ragna at ''Calamity Trigger'' (gameplay-wise he's unable to use C or D-attacks and specials).
* In a cutscene for Chronophantasma, Bang goes into Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan mode to fulfill Tenjou's wish. By jumping into the sky and throwing the Rettenjou into the Lynchpin from a great height! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diz9FmUr45c Here it is in all its glory]]. But beforehand, he had to suffer a ''massive'' EtTuBrute moment when he was being beaten down by two people he appreciated the most aside of Tenjou; Litchi and Carl, both of them siding with Relius for their own purposes. Despite facing a massive JadeColoredGlasses moment with them ''not'' as his fantasies decreed, Bang managed to stand his ground, work with Tsubaki and Makoto to fend them off, ''without'' seemingly losing respect on those two (he still uses the pronoun '-dono' for them), and then ''succeeds'' at the mission above, leaving Valkenhayn to beat the crap out of Relius. And know what? It was because of these actions that fortune turns around for both Carl and Litchi that they're able to put Relius under their mercy in the end, and more importantly, helps our heroes defeat Take-Mikazuchi and thwart the baddies' plans. Talk about being an AscendedExtra.
** Let us not forget the amazing moment that proceeded this one: When Ragna, Noel and Celica arrive at the Linchpin, they meet up with Bang, who challenges Ragna to a fight to test his resolve and see what exactly it is that he's fighting for. For a few moments during the fight, Bang manages to '''completely hand Ragna his ass!''' Ultimately, the fight ends in a draw. Bang acknowledges that Ragna is not the murderous criminal that he thought he was, but rather a very good person, and declares him worthy of using the Linchpin. In turn, Ragna comes to respect Bang, and trusts him with protecting the Linchpin while calling him by his full name, as a sign of respect. Bang has come a ''long'' ways from the days of Calamity Trigger, and it shows.
* Bang manages to pull off two rather impressive moments in his ''Chronophantasma'' Arcade Story, ''KUSHINADA.'' The first is that he's set up to fight against ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Azrael,]]'' who has been shown capable of trashing Valkenhayn, Tager, Jin, and Ragna while not even close to his full power, as well as giving Hakumen and Rachel trouble. Bang not only manages to fight him to a standstill, but also ''impresses'' him to boot, to the point where he asks Bang for a rematch if they cross paths again! The second is when he gets to the end of his Arcade path, with his Final Boss being none other than ''[[InvincibleVillain Relius Clover.]]'' Bang doesn't win, but he does get Relius to think of him as "interesting" rather than another "thing". Considering that the only other two people that Relius acknowledges as such are Valkenhayn and Makoto, that says ''a lot.''
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[[AC: Rachel Alucard - "The Scarlet Onlooker"]]
* Her handling of a noncombat Hazama encounter in her ''Continuum Shift'' bad ending. The guy chooses to drop her partway into the ground so she can listen to his usual rant about how the world is lies, how it needs to be purged, how Rachel can do squat to stop it. Since she's in no position to argue on a physical level, she just snarks back at him, countering every point she can or at least making his blood boil, especially by invoking his inner GreenEyedMonster. [[KickTheDog Sure, he kicks her teeth in in the end]], but points for putting on a brave front anyway.
* Even earlier in ''Calamity Trigger'', as a testament to her sheer power, she deploys the Tsukuyomi unit to deflect a city-destroying blast from [[KillSat Take-Mikazuchi]]. She does it again in ''Chronophantasma'' when Izanami brings Take-Mikazuchi down from orbit and opens fire with it against Amaterasu, blocking every shot in turn no worse for wear. Talk about commitment.
* She gets another moment in her CP Arcade. One of her matches pits her against [[TheDreaded Azrael]], the Mad Dog himself. The two battle, but neither can defeat the other. So what's Rachel's response? Does she cower in terror? Run off screaming? Nope! She delivers some TrashTalk and... casually teleports him away. Not bad, LittleMissBadass.

[[AC: Litchi Faye Ling - "The Good Doctor"]]
* The ending of ''Relatives'' is one for, of all people, Litchi - and it doubles as a [[Heartwarming/BlazBlue heartwarmer]]. After Litchi manages to calm Carl down, Relius comes along and the Clovers proceed to throw down. Even though she was ''supposed'' to be working with the now-corrupt NOL, she insists on calling [[ArchnemesisDad Relius]] out for his [[AbusiveParents poor parenting]] - this ''after'' Carl and Ada are left broken. Granted, [[DisproportionateRetribution things would have ended poorly if Ada didn't evacuate them both]], but it is proof enough that political allegience hasn't dulled her morality - and if she has the nerves for this, there may be hope for her own recovery yet.
** Extra bonus points: If you consider that Relius is usually nonchalant and [[PragmaticVillainy doesn't kill or fuck with people unnecessarily unless they're of interest to him]] (unlike Hazama), the fact that Litchi made Relius [[BerserkButton drop everything]] ([[TranquilFury as much as you can say that]]) and try to kill her even if she's not 'a person of interest' or even worse, used to praise in the past as seen in the EX Story of Sector Seven, does speak a lot of how much her kind heart is capable of doing something that awesome (Relius is probably only stopped once he is told off-screen that she was supposed to be his ally, from Hazama). What's more, the early reports of ''Chronophantasma'' also showed that she still retains her sanity and kindness, when the corruption, by all means, should've stolen that from her. Yes, we probably could see recovery in both terms for her.
* Early in the ''Chronophantasma'' story, Litchi gets one when Hazama approaches her... and starts flattering and ''molesting'' her. She just stands coldly and tells him to ''let go'' until he does, and coldly snarks back at Hazama. Yep, even with Hazama's mental penis or threats with Mind Eater, Litchi remains standoffish and unfazed, convinced that he's scum undeserving of her 'special attention'. In fact, in the Arcade and Versus modes, during their match intro, Litchi also gave us this gem to show her defiance:
-->''I have no intention of co-operating!''
* In the ''Sector Seven'' story, when she manages to meet up with Tager, she finds herself set upon by [[TheDreaded Azrael]] and [[HeroKiller Nu]] ''at the same time'', and both are out for blood. Kagura and Kokonoe realize the two of them are utterly screwed as is, so Kagura asks Kokonoe to trans him over... and then asks Litchi to hold Nu while he stalls Azrael (this way, Tager can charge in peace and teleport all three of them back to base). Litchi obliges, and (offscreen) stalls out Nu long enough to pull this off, leaving them alive and Azrael hungry. Do we need to remind you that Nu is the kind of girl who gives the likes of '''Ragna''' trouble? That should say enough.
%%* ''CF'' Arcade win quote-wise, when the characters defeat Susano'o, most of them are left reeling at his sheer power. Litchi on the other hand, shows major steel by straight up telling him that she doesn't care if he's a god, he will NOT get in her way of saving Roy. '''Bad. Ass.'''
-->'''Litchi:''' It doesn't matter who you are... there's a mission which I need to complete. I will never give up... ever.
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[[AC: Amane Nishiki - "The Uzume"]]
* A small one, but in CF Arcade Mode Act 2, he becomes another one on the list of those Azrael considers a WorthyOpponent. Azrael finally got a taste of how strong an Onlooker is because by the time he appeared in-game, Rachel's already stripped of that position.
--> '''Azrael:''' Yes... YES! This is the power of an Observer! I can't remember the last time I've felt this way!
** Then, in Act 2 he's evenly matched against ''Izanami herself'', judging by her words. In inverse to Terumi, he's also the one to reboot the Takamagahara System.
* In ''Central Fiction'' Story mode, Amane is approached by Valkenhayn in an attempt to save Rachel by [[MyMasterRightOrWrong killing the current Onlooker]] so that she may be chosen again. He even mentioned that he'll keep killing the next chosen Onlooker until Rachel gets chosen again. Amane, however, is completely unphased by this and just played along with Valkenhayn's actions. He NoSell-ed Valkenhayn's attacks as an Onlooker and then calmly explained the truth of the world and Rachel's situation.
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[[AC: Naoto Kurogane - "Eye of the Hunter"]]
* In ''Central Fiction'' Story Mode, when he arrived at the Cauldron, he saved Rachel from being tossed into the Boundary by Hazama, then he fought against a Ragna that was losing control to his Azure Grimoire to calm him down, using their Identical Stranger traits to make Ragna felt as though he was punching a mirror. Keep in mind that ''Ragna just beat Hazama with [=BlazBlue=] activated to near death'', yet Naoto managed to fight until Ragna regained his senses.
** This moment also had a side effect of completing his goal, he managed to save all possibilities as Raquel had requested.

* Even his backstory is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Granted, we can't really glorify him slaughtering {{Punch Clock Villain}}s, but c'mon, it's heavily implied that [[OneManArmy he's cleared out whole bases full of well-armed and well-trained NOL personnel, all by himself]]. An organization that has practically taken over the world is ''utterly terrified'' of him. There is a reason he's called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Gr]][[TheRedBaron im Reaper"]].

* In ''Central Fiction'', he defended Noel (who has [[spoiler:become Saya from the FusionDance]]) from [[spoiler:Ragna attempting to erase himself from her memories]]. You heard it right, the Hero of Ikaruga who has been nothing but a {{Jerkass}} towards her for the entirety of the series has come to her defense.

* The end of Kokonoe's Arcade Story, ''Mad Scientist,'' proves well beyond a doubt that the wait for her inclusion as a playable character was worth it, and that the daughter of 2 of the Six Heroes is really a force to be reckoned with, inside the lab ''and'' out, going in line with [[TierInducedScrappy how broken she may be]]. After getting through a concerned Tager, Kokonoe finds [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] waiting for her in the underground ruins. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall He remarks how odd it is to see her on the battlefield after all this time, and asks her what she's doing there.]] She replies that she's come to see him. Hazama then remarks how the last time "he" saw her was [[IShallTauntYou right after he had killed Nine,]] at which point [[YouKilledMyFather Terumi]] [[SharingABody decides to tag out Hazama,]] [[BaitAndSwitchBoss wanting to take on Kokonoe himself rather than let Hazzie have all the fun.]] [[ShutUpHannibal She just tells him to shut up and bring it on.]] What happens next is undoubtedly one of the most epic moments in ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' history. Kokonoe, all alone with NO help, no Azure Grimore or any super powerful artifact to rely on and only her skills and gadgets at her disposal, proceeds to '''''[[ShockingMoments utterly wreck Terumi]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu bring him to his knees,]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu all while mocking him on how weak he is.]]''''' [[VillainousBreakdown Terumi, confused and flabbergasted at his defeat, completely loses his shit and eggs Kokonoe on to finish him off while mocking her about her mother and telling her how he'll make her lick the ground,]] [[NoSell to which Kokonoe just ignores him.]] She then proceeds to explain that she figured out how he [[ThePowerOfHate draws his power from people hating him.]] Her solution to the problem? ''[[{{Crazy Awesome}} Rewire her own mind so she felt no emotions towards him]]'', only attacking on instinct rather then emotion and denying him any power he could gain from her hatred. She then leaves him lying on the ground, telling him that this time was just a test of her theory, but that she will kill him the next time they meet. Never before in this story has Terumi been given such a crushing and humiliating defeat, not by [[TheHero Ragna,]] not by [[CosmicChessGame Rachel,]] not even by '''Hakumen'''. While Ragna would be the one to finally end Terumi in the storyline proper and deny Kokonoe her chance at personal revenge, this shows that our favorite pink-haired catgirl isn't someone you want to piss off. Between her, Rachel and Kagura, Izanami will certainly have her hands full trying to defeat the good guys by the time the next game comes around.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m3O01CUbrE Colorless Void]]: [[InTheBlood Like daughter, like mother.]] Much like how Naoto's astral is a homage to Ragna's, Nine's Astral is a homage to Kokonoe's. Nine commands her demonic servant, Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, to devour the opponent and ensnare them in a cage of fire. As her enemy bricks themselves over their imminent demise, Nine takes to the air and summons a giant portal with a pentagram. But rather than hit the opponent with one ''colossal'' meteor, Nine summons a '''''[[ColonyDrop meteor shower]]''''' to bombard the opponent, utterly destroying them and leaving behind nothing but an ocean of fire. There's a '''reason''' she's one of the Six Heroes.

** Near the end, Ragna raises his Azure Grimoire's level further, by [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique removing Idea Engine's limiter]] and manages to match '''''Susano'o, the God of Destruction!''''' This is the same guy who has Hakumen's original ''100% power'' and has [[{{CurbstompBattle}} utterly]] [[{{OneManArmy}} thrashed]] '''EVERYONE!''' including base Ragna himself. The fight itself ends with Ragna ''ripping Terumi out of the Susano'o unit'', with the son of a bitch now at his mercy. That's not even getting into the below...
** So... if you were disappointed with the rather lackluster manner of how his nemesis Terumi was disposed in ''Chronophantasma'', don't worry. In ''Central Fiction''... after forcing him out of the Susano'o Unit, Ragna delivers a ''much more'' well-deserved finishing blow, where he doesn't even flinch after all of Terumi's trolling, shows a scary Grim Reaper dark silhouette carrying his giant scythe (Black Onslaught, pretty much), and ''impales'' Terumi, just sticking his scythe as Terumi dissipates and slowly dies while laughing, because that's what he always do even as he's out of options to deter Ragna any further. Good job, Grim Reaper, now this is a killing scene worth clapping our hands for. He even tops it off with a cool PreMortemOneLiner.
--> "Be devoured by the infinite darkness...Yuuki Terumi."

* In ''Chronophantasma'''s climax, he defeats Take-Mikazuchi, [[OneManArmy by himself]], after Jin and Noel lose to it. The weapon that repelled the ''Black Beast'' in the Dark War, capable of nuking entire cities, and he beat it single-handedly. Also keep in mind that Take-Mikazuchi is the ''size of a satellite.''

[[folder:Ragna the Bloodedge - The Man of the Azure]]
[[AC:Ragna the Bloodedge - "The Grim Reaper" AKA "[[TitleDrop The Central Fiction]]"]]

[[AC:Ragna the Bloodedge - "The Grim Reaper" AKA "[[TitleDrop The Central Fiction]]"]]

For all the [[ButtMonkey treatment]] Ragna gets throughout the story, he shows just how capable he is at kicking ass and taking names throughout the True Ending. [[Heartwarming/BlazBlue Heartwarming]] also ensues.
* In the climax of ''CT'', he activates his Azure Grimoire for the first time in the story, and proceeds to ''beat Hakumen of the Six Heroes''.
* Picking up from where his ending in ''CS'' left off, Ragna has just found out that Terumi created the [=BlazBlue=] and not only wields a stronger one, but has the ability to keep Ragna's on lockdown (in this case, denying his Drive attacks (the D button)), and kicks Ragna's ass. Ragna's down for the count, and Terumi is about to finish him off when Lambda comes out of nowhere and takes the hit instead. After an exchange between Ragna and a dying Nu/Lambda (in which players get to hear, for the first time, Nu speak to Ragna in a way that wasn't crazy or Yandere), Ragna gets uber-pissed, absorbs Lambda's Idea Engine, uses it to restore his own [=BlazBlue=] and render it immune to Terumi's control, then goes Unlimited. What follows is one of the most satisfying fights in the game, finally getting to beat down a guy that deserved more than a simple beatdown, set to a slightly-revamped version of Iconoclast. The only way that a three-minute period like that (maybe longer, depending on loading times) could be more awesome would be if it actually was the last fight of the True Ending. Or if you actually got to kill him. Or if it wasn't integral to his plan in any way.
** And then he shines ''yet again'' in the build-up in the True ending to his fight with Mu/Tempered!Noel Vermillion, which actually is the TrueFinalBoss of the story. Noel is as BrainwashedAndCrazy as physically possible and talking in RoboSpeak to boot, not to mention being controlled by his worst enemy to kill everything in her path. Both Hakumen and Jin are beaten half to death, and Rachel's told him she can't be saved. So what does Ragna do against the god-killing sword? Delivers the most blunt, effective, heartwarming and badass speech possible.
--> '''Ragna:''' Noel! You idiot!\\
''SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkt1WJ5YbY starts playing]]''\\
'''Mu:''' ...!\\
'''Ragna:''' What the hell were you thinking, going down to that level?! Kusanagi? The god-killing sword? Screw '''all''' of that! You're Noel Vermillion, aren't you?!\\
'''Mu:''' Unable to identify target's emotional wavelengths. Pattern unknown... unknown.\\
'''Ragna:''' You said you wanted to talk to me, remember?\\
'''Flashback!Noel:''' No, it's nothing. I just... thought we could talk for a while.\\
'''Mu:''' ...\\
'''Ragna:''' I'm sorry about before, OK? So now, let's talk.\\
'''Mu:''' Indefinable energy source detected within target.\\
'''Ragna:''' But before we do... I'm gonna have to do something about that armor! Bring it on, you idiot!
* Even his backstory is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Granted, we can't really glorify him slaughtering {{Punch Clock Villain}}s, but c'mon, it's heavily implied that [[OneManArmy he's cleared out whole bases full of well-armed and well-trained NOL personnel, all by himself]]. An organization that has practically taken over the world is ''utterly terrified'' of him. There is a reason he's called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Gr]][[TheRedBaron im Reaper"]].
* Also in ''Chronophantasma'', after [[{{CurbStompBattle}} curb-stomping]] Tsubaki, he immediately ends up fighting Hakumen after he prevents Ragna from destroying Izayoi. Said fight ends with a draw and Hakumen praises Ragna's improvement. Since at this point Hakumen is slowly gaining more of his original power (He's at least between 30-40% at this point), Ragna being able to match him without activating the Grimoire's full power like he did in ''Calamity Trigger'', combined with Hakumen's praise, speaks volumes of how strong he became at that point.
* Another ''Chronophantasma'' moment. Azrael has just tried to murder Celica in order to provoke Ragna into using the Azure Grimoire against him. It works...right up until he realizes he wants the strength to protect people on his own and not rely on the power that simply steals. Not only does he force it to stop from activating, but then he tells Azrael, someone who has been consistently shown forcing the strongest fighters [=BlazBlue=] has to offer to retreat at 1/8th of his full power, that [[StaringDownCthulhu he's not worth activating the Azure for.]]
--> '''Ragna:''' ''*Screams as he manages to force the Azure Grimoire to halt it's activation*'' Could you really be that stupid? If you think I'd unleash the power of the Azure on a chump like you...''*Smirks*'' '''You're out of luck!!!'''\\
'''Kagura:''' Looks like he managed to keep it down.\\
'''Rachel:''' So it does. Maybe there's hope for him.\\
'''Ragna:''' ''*Readies his sword*'' Alright! What are you waiting for, huh, [[TheDreaded Azrael]]!? This fight ain't over yet!
* Phase 0: Ragna is transported back in time and has to deal with... the Black Beast. Still doesn't stop him from stopping it for a year. Yep, ya heard me right. The Six Heroes have barely defeated it, preventing it from causing havoc and giving Nine time to invent the Ars Magus. Even if in the end his fate is being consumed, or perhaps he's consumed but took about a year to digest, it gave him a worthy moment to be referred as the Grim Reaper.
** Hell, just getting back there counts - he pulls off the same trick as Makoto and Jin below. Granted, he loses his memory and his Azure Grimoire in the trip, but neither of them had to worry about a {{BFS}} gouging out their chest.
** In Chronophantasma, it's revealed that ''this'' version of Ragna is actually Bloodedge, not from Calamity Trigger as initially thought, sent using the Tsukuyomi unit. What actually happened there was Ragna being swallowed by Black Beast and killing the heart (Nu) inside. And the disappearing act he pulls at the end of Phase 0? It's him ''returning to the present'' (again, with Rachel's aid).
* In ''Chronophantasma'''s climax, he defeats Take-Mikazuchi, [[OneManArmy by himself]], after Jin and Noel lose to it. The weapon that repelled the ''Black Beast'' in the Dark War, capable of nuking entire cities, and he beat it single-handedly. Also keep in mind that Take-Mikazuchi is the ''size of a satellite.''
** Then he delivers a CurbStompBattle to ''[[ImplacableMan Nu]]'' of all characters. He does this without even using his Azure Grimoire (he had decided not to rely on its power anymore due to CharacterDevelopment), and while she is trying to kill him (and not in her [[{{Yandere}} usual]] way, but as in legitimately angered at him) even she can't believe how strong he's gotten, and then he tells her that she's [[BadassBoast just weak.]]
*** Speaking of Number Thirteen, Ragna manages to hold his ground without getting hit with hug.exe in ''Chronophantasma'' Chapter 7 [[labelnote:*]]One could say Ragna's CP Arcade ''"nemesishorizon"'', since they're both the same chain of events barring a match with Amane[[/labelnote]], which prior to then was how matches with her always ended. Might have been more awesome if Ragna put Nu in her place early, but then Izanami intervened and turned it all to shit.
* In ''CF'', once he gets his memories back, he learns how the world and humanity have forced their desires upon a young girl (the girl in the Master Unit), so he goes with a new resolve and a solution: use Soul Eater to devour everyone else's dreams, including the god's own, living up to his name as "the Grim Reaper". He then proceeds to beat many characters in the cast, helped by the fact that he, not being an Entitled, doesn't have his soul being sucked into the Boundary. After being denied every ounce of full awesomeness thanks to his actions being machinated in advance by the villains, and seeing as this is his last dance ever, all of the withheld badassery is unleashed for all to see from here on out.
** A minor one compared to the others, but Doomsday effect aside (explained below), Ragna has shown his [[TookALevelInBadass newfound badassery]] after gaining BoxingLessonsForSuperman, continuing from his ''CP'' True Ending moment. In the Calamity Trigger period, one of the changes in the revisit of that time period is that he defeated Nu (once again), and later he can now fight with both sealed Azrael and Kagura and stalemate them both, without using the Azure, the former ''finally'' acknowledging Ragna as his WorthyOpponent, and the latter remarks about Ragna's improvement and realizes Ragna's "true strength".
** One noteworthy moment of awesome was his final fight against Nine. This is the same chick whose treated pretty much the entire cast, Ragna included, like an afterthought. In Ragna's last fight with her, he not only manages to equal and hold out against her, but land the ''decisive'' '''''killing blow'''''. Sure, Nine got distracted by a bit of her old self resurfacing when she saw her sister, but that still doesn't change the fact that Ragna managed to equal her and did ''way better'' than anyone else whose tried to fight her (and also himself in their previous fight). Keep in mind, thanks to her natural magic, Nine's one of the few cast members not becoming progressively weaker due to the Boundary draining their soul, just like Ragna.
** Another minor one (and maybe a NegatedMomentOfAwesome at that), while most of the heroes were struggling against Nu that has fused with Take-Mikazuchi's core, including both Jubei and Hakumen, when Ragna came in a BigDamnHeroes moment, Ragna surprises everyone by ''defeating'' that one version of Nu. Accusing Ragna of even closer to becoming a Black Beast because of defeating Nu who, in his words, possessing abnormal power, Hakumen challenges Ragna into a fight, and he fared no better than Take-Mikazuchi Nu; actually suffering a CurbStompBattle in his hands! Ragna however explains that it's not that he becomes stronger, but that the Entitled(s) become progressively weaker due to the Boundary sucking their soul, while Ragna, not being an Entitled, is exempt from this.
** While Ragna's beatdown of Hazama in ''CS'' was both awesome and satisfying, keep in mind that it was only after he had his Azure Grimoire shut down, and his ''own'' ass kicked. That, and the whole situation ended up being a win for Hazama, anyway. In ''CF'', Ragna finds Hazama, who has caught Rachel with an armagus trap, which is continuously binding her. Hazzie then does what he does best: [[{{Troll}} piss Ragna off,]] leading to a battle between the two of them, with both of them activating [=BlazBlue=]. But instead of history repeating itself, Ragna utterly wrecks Hazama with ''no'' initial defeat of his own, beats him into the ground '''just like Hazama did to him,''' and after Naoto helps calm him down from his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, ''denies'' Hazama the rage he wanted. [[CurbStompBattle And]] [[HijackingCthulhu unlike]] [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome last]] [[TheBadGuyWins time,]] Hazama gets no glory whatsoever-no shutdown of Ragna's Grimoire, no godslaying pawn, and no control over Takamagahara- meaning the greatness of the moment is intact for Ragna. Hazzie may have chose to smile and toss himself into a cauldron, but it's clear who not only won Round 2, but also got ''true'' payback. And then there's the final showdown with Terumi...
** Near the end, Ragna raises his Azure Grimoire's level further, by [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique removing Idea Engine's limiter]] and manages to match '''''Susano'o, the God of Destruction!''''' This is the same guy who has Hakumen's original ''100% power'' and has [[{{CurbstompBattle}} utterly]] [[{{OneManArmy}} thrashed]] '''EVERYONE!''' including base Ragna himself. The fight itself ends with Ragna ''ripping Terumi out of the Susano'o unit'', with the son of a bitch now at his mercy. That's not even getting into the below...
** So... if you were disappointed with the rather lackluster manner of how his nemesis Terumi was disposed in ''Chronophantasma'', don't worry. In ''Central Fiction''... after forcing him out of the Susano'o Unit, Ragna delivers a ''much more'' well-deserved finishing blow, where he doesn't even flinch after all of Terumi's trolling, shows a scary Grim Reaper dark silhouette carrying his giant scythe (Black Onslaught, pretty much), and ''impales'' Terumi, just sticking his scythe as Terumi dissipates and slowly dies while laughing, because that's what he always do even as he's out of options to deter Ragna any further. Good job, Grim Reaper, now this is a killing scene worth clapping our hands for. He even tops it off with a cool PreMortemOneLiner.
--> "Be devoured by the infinite darkness...Yuuki Terumi."
** For a split second, when Ragna used Black Onslaught, Terumi ''froze in fear''. That's right, this same guy that Terumi's nonchalantly trolled and tortured over the course of all these games was able to '''''MAKE HIM FEEL FEAR!'''''
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W--fLs5pruM Roar of the Mad King]]: If you thought Terumi's Astral wasn't awesome enough, then get ready for a new experience of unbound evil power with Susanoo's Astral Heat. He knocks the opponent away before summoning his sword to perform a vicious version of Hakumen's Astral Heat above. The whole thing is so extreme it leaves the surrounding ground in black and green flames, ''destroying the landscape'' and '''''erasing the opponent from existence!!''''' And if that wasn't enough, CF 2.0 takes it up to Eleven by having his Astral Heat not only do 99 hits thanks to the maelstrom of power coming from the slash, it does '''''[[https://youtu.be/jhMhdIPF2JU?t=6s 99999 points of damage!!!]]''''' Talk about God of Destruction!

* In the climax of ''CF'' she finally gets hers: She and Ragna has figured a way to defeat Izanami - By virtue of her and Izanami being halves of the same being, she (as Mu) decides to [[FusionDance absorb Izanami into herself.]] After an intense fight, she finally beats her and manages to do just that (with a little help from Ragna). She slays gods, indeed.

* In the True Ending of ''Continuum Shift'', after getting the shit torn out of him, Terumi is left to bleed by Ragna the Bloodedge out of CruelMercy. However, he managed to pull his plan off anyway, and the manner is revealed in Relius' Arcade mode ending - Relius, per his coherence with Terumi, sics Ignis on him, tearing his body to shreds to free Terumi's ghost. Shows that these two are a different breed of villain when they ''cooperate so willingly and efficiently!''

* When everyone is battling an AxCrazy, Mind Eater-afflicted Nu near the end of ''Central Fiction'' Nu finds an opening to throw everything she's got... at Tsubaki. Unable to dodge she can only brace herself, shut her eyes, and prepare for the worst...only for the blow to never come. She opens her eyes and finds Hakumen has thrown himself in front of the attack and taken it himself. Hakumen finally got the redemption that he wanted. He then proceeds to '''beat the living hell''' out of Nu for retribution.

--> '''Ragna:''' Noel! You idiot!
--> ''SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkt1WJ5YbY starts playing]]''
--> '''Mu:''' ...!
--> '''Ragna:''' What the hell were you thinking, going down to that level?! Kusanagi? The god-killing sword? Screw '''all''' of that! You're Noel Vermillion, aren't you?!
--> '''Mu:''' Unable to identify target's emotional wavelengths. Pattern unknown... unknown.
--> '''Ragna:''' You said you wanted to talk to me, remember?
--> '''Flashback!Noel:''' No, it's nothing. I just... thought we could talk for a while.
--> '''Mu:''' ...
--> '''Ragna:''' I'm sorry about before, OK? So now, let's talk.
--> '''Mu:''' Indefinable energy source detected within target.
--> '''Ragna:''' But before we do... I'm gonna have to do something about that armor! Bring it on, you idiot!

--> '''Ragna:''' ''*Screams as he manages to force the Azure Grimoire to halt it's activation*'' Could you really be that stupid? If you think I'd unleash the power of the Azure on a chump like you...''*Smirks*'' '''You're out of luck!!!'''
--> '''Kagura:''' Looks like he managed to keep it down.
--> '''Rachel:''' So it does. Maybe there's hope for him.
--> '''Ragna:''' ''*Readies his sword*'' Alright! What are you waiting for, huh, [[TheDreaded Azrael]]!? This fight ain't over yet!

* In ''CF'', once he gets his memories back, he learns how the world and humanity have forced their desires upon a young girl (the girl in the Master Unit), so he goes with a new resolve and a solution: use Soul Eater to devour everyone else's dreams, including the god's own, living up to his name as "the Grim Reaper". He then proceeds to beat many characters in the cast, helped by the fact that he, not being an Entitled, doesn't have his soul being sucked into the Boundary.

** One noteworthy moment of awesome was his final fight against Nine. This is the same chick whose treated pretty much the entire cast, Ragna included, like an afterthought. In Ragna's last fight with her, he not only manages to equal and hold out against her, but land the ''decisive'' '''''killing blow'''''. Sure, Nine got distracted by a bit of her old self resurfacing when she saw her sister, but that still doesn't change the fact that Ragna managed to equal her and did ''way better'' than anyone else whose tried to fight her (and also himself in their previous fight). Keep in mind, thanks to her natural magic, Nine's one of the few cast members not becoming progressively weaker due to the Boundary draining their soul, just like Ragna. %%To add to this, Ragna didn't use the Azure Grimoire during the fight until after the killing blow so that he could devour her dream. Really, Ragna's entire Third act in ''CF'' can probably be summed up as '''''Badass'''''.

* The end of Kokonoe's Arcade Story, ''Mad Scientist,'' proves well beyond a doubt that the wait for her inclusion as a playable character was worth it, and that the daughter of 2 of the Six Heroes is really a force to be reckoned with, inside the lab ''and'' out, going in line with [[TierInducedScrappy how broken she may be]]. After getting through a concerned Tager, Kokonoe finds [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] waiting for her in the underground ruins. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall He remarks how odd it is to see her on the battlefield after all this time, and asks her what she's doing there.]] She replies that she's come to see him. Hazama then remarks how the last time "he" saw her was [[IShallTauntYou right after he had killed Nine,]] at which point [[YouKilledMyFather Terumi]] [[SharingABody decides to tag out Hazama,]] [[BaitAndSwitchBoss wanting to take on Kokonoe himself rather than let Hazzie have all the fun.]] [[ShutUpHannibal She just tells him to shut up and bring it on.]] What happens next is undoubtedly one of the most epic moments in ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' history. Kokonoe, all alone with NO help, no Azure Grimore or any super powerful artifact to rely on and only her skills and gadgets at her disposal, proceeds to '''''[[HolyShitQuotient utterly wreck Terumi]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu bring him to his knees,]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu all while mocking him on how weak he is.]]''''' [[VillainousBreakdown Terumi, confused and flabbergasted at his defeat, completely loses his shit and eggs Kokonoe on to finish him off while mocking her about her mother and telling her how he'll make her lick the ground,]] [[NoSell to which Kokonoe just ignores him.]] She then proceeds to explain that she figured out how he [[ThePowerOfHate draws his power from people hating him.]] Her solution to the problem? ''[[{{Crazy Awesome}} Rewire her own mind so she felt no emotions towards him]]'', only attacking on instinct rather then emotion and denying him any power he could gain from her hatred. She then leaves him lying on the ground, telling him that this time was just a test of her theory, but that she will kill him the next time they meet. Never before in this story has Terumi been given such a crushing and humiliating defeat, not by [[TheHero Ragna,]] not by [[CosmicChessGame Rachel,]] not even by '''Hakumen'''. While Ragna would be the one to finally end Terumi in the storyline proper and deny Kokonoe her chance at personal revenge, this shows that our favorite pink-haired catgirl isn't someone you want to piss off. Between her, Rachel and Kagura, Izanami will certainly have her hands full trying to defeat the good guys by the time the next game comes around.

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[[caption-width-right:350: What are you waiting for, huh, [[TheDreaded Azrael]]!? [[BringIt This fight ain't over yet!]]]]

** While Ragna's beatdown of Hazama in ''CS'' was both awesome and satisfying, keep in mind that it was only after he had his Azure Grimoire shut down, and his ''own'' ass kicked. That, and the whole situation ended up being a win for Hazama, anyway. In ''CF'', Ragna finds Hazama, who has caught Rachel with an armagus trap, which is continuously binding her. Hazzie then does what he does best: [[{{Troll}} piss Ragna off,]] leading to a battle between the two of them, with both of them activating [=BlazBlue=]. But instead of history repeating itself, Ragna utterly wrecks Hazama with ''no'' initial defeat of his own, beats him into the ground '''just like Hazama did to him,''' and after Naoto helps calm him down from his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, ''denies'' Hazama the rage he wanted. [[CurbStompBattle And]] [[HijackingCthulhu unlike]] [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome last]] [[TheBadGuyWins time,]] Hazama gets no glory whatsoever-no shutdown of Ragna's Grimoire, no godslaying pawn, and no control over Takamagahara- meaning the greatness of the moment is intact for Ragna. Hazzie may have chose to GoOutWithASmile and toss himself into a cauldron, but it's clear who not only won Round 2, but also got ''true'' payback. And then there's the final showdown with Terumi...

* [[https://youtu.be/2S-P39spWfU?t=22 Rengoku Hyouya/Arctic Dungeon]]: Jin stabs his sword on the ground with Yukianesa's full power and freezes his opponent. The ice then spreads bigger, to the point of freezing the air around him; once it gets big enough, Jin does a badass UnorthodoxSheathing as the ice shatters, killing the foe.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-P39spWfU#t=288 N-Infinity]]: Arakune had his Astral updated for Chronophantasma, and it has become the epitome of CreepyAwesome. The startup is similar to his original Astral Heat when he turns into a giant eye trying to tag you, but instead of causing instant death, being hit by the eye starts a sequence of the victim being trapped in a web with various giant eyes appearing across the screen, then four large centipedes with giant eyes on their back begin swarming the screen and devour the victim whole. Afterward, nothing remains but a void and the raining blood of the victim. NightmareFuel doesn't even begin to describe it.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9al7YwArQ Kokujin Ogi: Akumetsu]]: As befitting his reprisal-heavy combat style, Hakumen raises Okami before him with a seal between him and his opponent. Should ''anything'' strike the seal, time freezes as Hakumen unleashes the fullest of his available power, rendering slash upon slash on the foe's prone body with blood spraying ''everywhere'' until the screen is doused with it. Overwhelmed by pain and excessive bleeding, the opponent promptly collapses as Hakumen turns away from the audience and sheaths his sword.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7414S7NtWXc Requiem Aeternam]]: Unleashing Izayoi's power, Tsubaki turns into an angel and charges the foe, immobilizing them in a magic circle. The scene shifts to the goddess statue in Library headquarters, which moves to form a magic spearhead in tandem with Tsubaki's BadassCreed. As if on cue, both move in sync, the spear jabbing into the victim's prone body and felling them instantly. [[EvilWeapon This almost makes Izayoi worthwhile...]]

While Makoto is more augged than Bang, being a [[LittleBitBeastly squirrel beastkin]], there is still much that is unknown about her. And yet, as her relevance to events increases, so too does her popularity ([[BaseBreakingCharacter unfortunately, there is always an antimatter]]). The following list of deeds show that zanami, Terumi and Relius' [[CosmicChessGame game of destiny]] was never the same once she hit the board.

* Picking up from where his ending in ''CS'' left off, Ragna has just found out that Terumi created the [=BlazBlue=] and not only wields a stronger one, but has the ability to keep Ragna's on lockdown (in this case, denying his Drive attacks (the D button)), and kicks Ragna's ass. Ragna's down for the count, and Terumi is about to finish him off when Lambda comes out of nowhere and takes the hit instead. After an exchange between Ragna and a dying Nu/Lambda (in which players get to hear, for the first time, Nu speak to Ragna in a way that wasn't crazy or Yandere), Ragna gets uber-pissed, absorbs Lambda's Idea Engine, uses it to restore his own Blazblue and render it immune to Terumi's control, then goes Unlimited. What follows is one of the most satisfying fights in the game, finally getting to beat down a guy that deserved more than a simple beatdown, set to a slightly-revamped version of Iconoclast. The only way that a three-minute period like that (maybe longer, depending on loading times) could be more awesome would be if it actually was the last fight of the True Ending. Or if you actually got to kill him. Or if it wasn't integral to his plan in any way.

*** Bonus points for Trinity evoking a copy of Terumi ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame to troll [[{{Troll}} him]] with]]!''

* Picking up from where his ending in ''CS'' left off, Ragna has just found out that Terumi created the Blazblue, and not only wields a stronger one, but has the ability to keep Ragna's on lockdown (in this case, denying his Drive attacks (the D button)), and kicks Ragna's ass. Ragna's down for the count, and Terumi is about to finish him off when Lambda comes out of nowhere and takes the hit instead. After an exchange between Ragna and a dying Nu/Lambda (in which players get to hear, for the first time, Nu speak to Ragna in a way that wasn't crazy or Yandere), Ragna gets uber-pissed, absorbs Lambda's Idea Engine, uses it to restore his own Blazblue and render it immune to Terumi's control, then goes Unlimited. What follows is one of the most satisfying fights in the game, finally getting to beat down a guy that deserved more than a simple beatdown, set to a slightly-revamped version of Iconoclast. The only way that a three-minute period like that (maybe longer, depending on loading times) could be more awesome would be if it actually was the last fight of the True Ending. Or if you actually got to kill him. Or if it wasn't integral to his plan in any way.

** Before said Astral above, we had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgm63Vi9DQ Gigant Takemikazuchi's Astral Heat]] in CP. Izanami summons Nu-13's swords, launching the player upwards until they reach the clouds, restraining them in the sky while Gigant goes in for an [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] that would make [[GundamSeed ZAFT's Genesis proud]] by firing his [[WaveMotionGun large beam from his mouth]], annihilating the player!

** A minor one compared to the others, but Doomsday effect aside (explained below), Ragna has shown his [[TookALevelInBadass newfound badassery]] after gaining BoxingLessonsFromSuperman, continuing from his ''CP'' True Ending moment. In the Calamity Trigger period, one of the changes in the revisit of that time period is that he defeated Nu (once again), and later he can now fight with both sealed Azrael and Kagura and stalemate them both, without using the Azure, the former ''finally'' acknowledging Ragna as his WorthyOpponent, and the latter remarks about Ragna's improvement and realizes Ragna's "true strength".

* In ''Chronophantasma'' he defeats Take-Mikazuchi, [[OneManArmy by himself]], after Jin and Noel lose to it. The weapon that repelled the ''Black Beast'' in the Dark War, capable of nuking entire cities, and he beat it single-handedly. Also keep in mind that Take-Mikazuchi is the ''size of a satellite.''

* Also in ''Chronophantasma'', after [[{{CurbStompBattle}} curb-stomping]] Tsubaki, he immediately ends up fighting Hakumen after he prevents Ragna from destroying Izayoi. Said fight ends with a draw and Hakumen praises Ragna's improvement. Since at this point Hakumen is slowly gaining more of his original power (He's at least between 30-40% at this point), Ragna being able to match him without activating the Grimoire's full power like he did in ''Calamity Trigger'', combined with Hakumen's praise, speaks volumes of how strong he became at that point.
* Another ''Chronophantasma'' moment. Azrael has just tried to murder Celica in order to provoke Ragna into using the Azure Grimoire against him. It works...right up until he realizes he wants the strength to protect people on his own and not rely on the power that simply steals. Not only does he force it to stop from activating, but then he tells Azrael, someone who has been consistently shown forcing the strongest fighters [=BlazBlue=] has to offer to retreat at 1/8th of his full power, that [[StaringDownCthulhu he's not worth activating the Azure for.]]
--> '''Ragna:''' ''*Screams as he manages to force the Azure Grimoire to halt it's activation*'' Could you really be that stupid? If you think I'd unleash the power of the Azure on a chump like you...''*Smirks*'' '''You're out of luck!!!'''
--> '''Kagura:''' Looks like he managed to keep it down.
--> '''Rachel:''' So it does. Maybe there's hope for him.
--> '''Ragna:''' ''*Readies his sword*'' Alright! What are you waiting for, huh, [[TheDreaded Azrael]]!? This fight ain't over yet!

** One noteworthy moment of awesome was his final fight against Nine. This is the same chick whose treated pretty much the entire cast, Ragna included, like an afterthought. In Ragna's last fight with her, he not only manages to equal and hold out against her, but land the ''decisive'' '''''killing blow'''''. Sure, Nine got distracted by a bit of her old self resurfacing when she saw her sister, but that still doesn't change the fact that Ragna managed to equal her and did ''way better'' than anyone else whose tried to fight her. Keep in mind, thanks to her natural magic, Nine's one of the few cast members not becoming progressively weaker due to the Boundary draining their soul, just like Ragna. %%To add to this, Ragna didn't use the Azure Grimoire during the fight until after the killing blow so that he could devour her dream. Really, Ragna's entire Third act in ''CF'' can probably be summed up as '''''Badass'''''.

* ''CF'' Arcade win quote-wise, when the characters defeat Susano'o, most of them are left reeling at his sheer power. Litchi on the other hand, shows major steel by straight up telling him that she doesn't care if he's a god, he will NOT get in her way of saving Roy. '''Bad. Ass.'''

* After ''nine'' years, all of them are finally playable on the roster.

* Though not a moment to glorify, ''Central Fiction'' shows how dangerous someone refered as "Godslayer" can be left unchecked. When Mu was split from Noel's soul, she's also got absorbed into the Embryo, but was sent to a different world from the others. In that reality Mu (temporarily) returns to her default evil persona. She went full PersonOfMassDestruction mode by murdering many people including her friends, Ragna and Jin included (if the [[https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/File:BlazBlue_Central_Fiction_Mu-12_Arcade_01.png Arcade artwork]] is any indication, she used '''her Astral Heat!'''). She also then mowed down every opposition in her way (which consists of her former friends there), from Makoto, to Izayoi, to Kagura. She was finally sent back to the real world by Es, but she was able to make Es felt her power.

* In ''Chrono Phantasma'', Hakumen has to destroy a monolith, but doesn't have enough strength to do so after his fight with Terumi. Then Jin arrives and together, while Blood Pain is playing, the two use Yukikaze to destroy the monolith. That's right. ''Both Jins perform a double Yukikaze''!

* After she's BackFromTheDead in ''Chrono Phantasma'', she almost completed the villains' objective. First, she battled against Noel as Mu-12 to Observe and synchronize with Noel's status as the Eye of the Azure, but was only partially successful. Then she went to Wadatsumi to further synchronize with Noel, completing her objective that time. She returned to Terumi above Ibukido to open the gates on Nemesis Horizon (a Cauldron that floats in the sky) using her newfound Successor of the Azure status gained from Noel, and the rest is history. She became the one to ''summon Amaterasu Unit into the world''.

* His final moments before he was sealed away (until released by Takamagahara) was filled with awesome. When Nine afflicted Terumi with the Mind Eater curse, Terumi mentally separated himself from Kazuma so that while Terumi was affected by the curse, Kazuma would remain unaffected. After Black Beast was defeated, Kazuma, whose personality was twisted similarly to Terumi's, tricked Trinity into lifting the spell from Terumi. Terumi immediately ''killed'' both Nine and Trinity shortly after, both being fellow members of the Six Heroes, tossing their bodies to the Boundary. Then Terumi fought both 100% Hakumen AND prime Jubei ''at the same time and'' '''winning'''. To stop him it would take the fall of ''yet'' another Six Heroes. Jubei used Tomonori's Sekigan to force materialization of Terumi's body, and while Terumi is surprised, Hakumen grabbed him and jumped to the Boundary. With his cunning and the help of massive power boost when he's near Boundary, Terumi managed to single-handedly ''ruin'' the Six Heroes, and was the reason why Hakumen was left at 20% of his power.

* Remember when Hakumen thought he can't defeat [[WorldsStrongestMan Jubei]] even when going all out with his full power? Feeling that the only way to end the war was by sacrificing Celica to the Lynchpin, Jubei (as Mitsuyoshi) fought against Nine. She was able to fought him to a ''complete standstill'', neither could land a blow on each other until the fight was stopped by Ragna and Celica.

* A minor one; Azrael usually goes WillfullyWeak against his opponents. His fight against Nine in Act 1 however, had the scenario flipped around. ''She's'' the one went WillfullyWeak against him and still appeared unscathed aftermath.

* Her final moments in the story mode is also an awesome one as a CallBack to the Dark War (where Bloodedge 'sacrified' himself to buy everyone 1 year against the Black Beast, giving Nine enough time to complete Ars Magus). After she's mortally wounded by Ragna and makes peace with her husband and sister, Izanami sneaks into her place along with Nu. Seeing that the whole group is in danger, she activates her secret Nox Nyctores, Requiem, for one last time, to halt Izanami and the Doomsday for a week so Ragna and the group can find a better way to stop Izanami.
** Another minor one, but she was able to give a CurbStompBattle to Ragna in their previous fight, especially worth mentioning that Ragna had undergone a CharacterDevelopment and BoxingLessonsForSuperman in ''Chrono Phantasma''. Since then Ragna can both defeat Nu and stalemate with base Azrael, without using the Azure (read: the Bloodedge). While some others also gave Ragna TheWorfEffect to show off their power, Nine did it best, at least until Susano'o's first appearence in the story, because the Ragna Nine beat has reached the peak of his fighting capabilities, having most if not all of his weaknesses (such as UnskilledButStrong and his Azure Grimoire being shut down) removed.

** One noteworthy moment of awesome was his final fight against Nine. This is the same chick whose treated pretty much the entire cast, Ragna included, like an afterthought. In Ragna's last fight with her, he not only manages to equal and hold out against her, but land the ''decisive'' '''''killing blow'''''. Sure, Nine got distracted by a bit of her old self resurfacing when she saw her sister, but that still doesn't change the fact that Ragna managed to equal her and did ''way better'' than anyone else whose tried to fight her. Keep in mind, thanks to her natural magic, Nine's one of the few person who isn't becoming progressively weaker due to the Boundary draining their soul, just like Ragna. %%To add to this, Ragna didn't use the Azure Grimoire during the fight until after the killing blow so that he could devour her dream. Really, Ragna's entire Third act in ''CF'' can probably be summed up as '''''Badass'''''.

* She gets another moment in her CP Arcade. One of her matches pits her against [[TheDreaded Azrael]], the Mad Dog himself. The two battle, but neither can defeat the other. So what's Rachel's repsonse? Does she cower in terror? Run off screaming? Nope! She delivers some TrashTalk and... casually teleports him away. Not bad, LittleMissBadass.

* A small one, but in CF Arcade Mode Act 2, he becomes another one on the list of those Azrael considers a worthy opponent. Azrael finally got a taste of how strong an Onlooker is because the time he appeared on game, Rachel's already stripped of that position.

* In ''Central Fiction'' Story mode, Amane is approached by Valkenhayn in attempt to save Rachel by [[MyMasterRightOrWrong killing the current Onlooker]] so that she may be chosen again. He even mentioned that he'll keep killing the next chosen Onlooker until Rachel gets chosen again. Amane, however, is completely unphased by this and just played along with Valkenhayn's actions. He NoSell-ed Valkenhayn's attacks as an Onlooker and then calmly explained the truth of the world and Rachel's situation.

* In ''Central Fiction'' Story Mode, when he arrived at the Cauldron, he saved Rachel from being tossed into the Boundary by Hazama, then he fought against Ragna that is losing control to his Azure Grimoire to calm him down, using their Identical Stranger traits to make Ragna felt as he was punching a mirror. Keep in mind that ''Ragna just beat Hazama with [=BlazBlue=] activated to near death'', yet Naoto managed to fight until Ragna regained his senses.