History NightmareFuel / BlazBlue

** To make matters worse, '''He is the Black Beast'''! He's ultimately the monster that wreaked havoc on the world 100 years ago, and he has the potential to become that same monster again on his own. Is it any wonder Hakumen wants him dead?

* Nu-13 is usually a stoic RobotGirl, always speaking in a robotic monotone, finishing her tasks with surgical precision... unless Ragna is around. She then regresses to the personality of a young girl, and turns her {{Yandere}} index up to ''[[SerialEscalation 13.]]'' It's absolutely mortifying.

** As of Carl's Act 2 Arcade ending, thankfully it's just a glimpse, but ''boy is it a terrifying one.'' The only thing we see is ''[[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/60/Carl_Clover_%28Centralfiction%2C_arcade_mode_illustration%2C_4%29.png Ada's top half of her body]].'' And the fact that she already looks mechanical, making it much more unsettling. Poor, ''poor Carl...'' Making it worse: Picture Nirvana. Now realize that, in the linked image, it looks like Ada's head and [[BodyHorror most of her torso]] are ''still organic''. Pretty sure ''anyone'' would be scarred for life after seeing THAT.

* [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]]. Just... Arakune. [[WasOnceAMan Everything]] [[LaughingMad about]] [[AndIMustScream him]].

** [[FridgeHorror It's implied by his last comment that he intends to turn her into something like Ignis. She's still fully concious as the ending goes black]]. [[AndIMustScream Yikes]].

* For all his talk about how he's nothing like his father and never will be, Act 3 shows that the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree with Carl's story, sending his characterization into a full 180 in the creepiest way imaginable. It's shown that when he actually does decide to piece together the truth, his methodology and line of deductive reasoning is ''exactly the same as Relius''. This means that he eventually just starts seeing people as merely things to be used and discarded when no longer necessary. For starters, he only fights Relius just to ''see how Ignis is made'', after which he simply comments that she's ''well made.'' Uh kid, ''that's your MOTHER you're talking about.'' By the time he reaches Noel in the end, he just tells her to shut up and just let him experiment on her, and that she doesn't have a choice in the matter. Not "kill", despite that being what would allow him to save Nirvana. "''Experiment''". Like Hibiki, he intends to '''torture her while she's still conscious''' until he gets results. It gets to the point where Nirvana has to step in and stop him. First, Carl assumes it's a joke, but when she refuses to move, he gets PISSED and demands that his sister move aside in a cold, commanding tone, as if he no longer sees Nirvana as his sister, but a malfunctioning machine that refuses to obey orders. Although Noel gets away, Carl muses to himself that things are getting interesting while sporting a PsychoticSmirk and [[LaughingMad laughing maniacally]]. He's officially [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone insane from trying to find out the truth]].

'''Carl:''' '''''...Get out of my way, NIRVANA.'''''

* '''''SUSANO'O.'''''

* From ''Calamity Trigger'', Ragna and Nu fusing together and forming the Black Beast. Her childish giggling does not help at all.

** Bang's Astral, because of his Nox, [[FridgeHorror he's tearing apart whatever ties that person has to death,]] [[CessationOfExistence and he's impailing the foe, ripping both life]] ''[[CessationOfExistence AND]]'' [[CessationOfExistence death from the foe.]]

** Just the fact that his sole motivation for being as evil as he is and committing all the atrocities he did as Terumi, is because [[IJustWantToBeFree he wants freedom]]. Most characters who long for freedom have spent their lives in servitude and want freedom so they can live comfortable, self-sufficient lives of their own. Susano'o takes this baisc human want, but because he's a god he takes it to the maximum and darkest possible extreme. He is fueled by petty rage against his sister Amaterasu, so his idea of freedom is "being able to do [[Series/TheBoys2019 whatever the FUCK he wants]]" without any''one'' or any''thing'' holding him back or telling him what to do. Not "mere" mortals, not gods, not even fate itself.

* The [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110118094961/blazblue/images/thumb/3/3b/BlackBeast4.png/786px-BlackBeast4.png Black Beast.]] The similarities it shares with [[VideoGame/EarthBound Giygas]] '''DO NOT HELP'''.

*** [[FridgeHorror Those aren't spiders]]...[[FromBadToWorse Those are centipedes]].

->''"Wait...did this [[TitleDrop nightmare fuel]] used to be...HUMAN...?!"''

** And then there's his role in the story proper. You already have an idea of just how brutal and sadistic his fighting style is, but his actions are so, '''so''' much worse. Put simply, Terumi is more than just an utter bastard. He's the bastard to end all bastards. He's committed so many atrocities and caused so much suffering that he's lost count, especially due to all the time loops, but one thing is certain - '''he enjoyed every single second of it'''. He enjoys viciously mocking and belittling anything that isn't him, even going so far as to be both racist and sexist. He enjoys lying to and manipulating others, be it for his own personal gain or simply because he ''can''. Even his own claim that he hates lies is itself a lie, one that he knows full well, takes advantage of, and finds funny all the same. He enjoys beating the crap out of and even killing people physically just as much as he enjoys doing it emotionally and spiritually. He '''thrives''' on every sort of negative thought and emotion imaginable. And no, that's NotHyperbole. Yuuki Terumi is the separated will of a godlike entity who is literally MadeOfEvil. You name it, if it's negative, it sustains his existence and makes him stronger. As revealed after he regains his true form as Dark Susano'o, his ultimate goal is to rule the world with an iron fist as a GodEmperor, transforming an already CrapsackWorld into a literal HellOnEarth where people fight, suffer, and die for his amusement while fearing him as the [[AGodAmI one and only god]]. There are absolutely '''[[HateSink ZERO]]''' [[HateSink redeeming qualities]] about this man. He's a bloodthirsty, egotistical, psychotic ''demon'' who wants to tear the world a new asshole purely ForTheEvulz, and there are no lows he will not stoop to in order to accomplish that goal.

** And then there's his role in the story proper. You already have an idea of just how brutal and sadistic his fighting style is, but his actions are so, '''so''' much worse. Put simply, Terumi is more than just an utter bastard. He's the bastard to end all bastards. He's committed so many atrocities and caused so much suffering that he's lost count, especially due to all the time loops, but one thing is certain - '''he enjoyed every single second of it'''. He enjoys viciously mocking and belittling anything that isn't him, even going so far as to be both racist and sexist. He enjoys lying to and manipulating others, be it for his own personal gain or simply because he ''can''. Even his own claim that he hates lies is itself a lie, one that he knows full well, takes advantage of, and finds funny all the same. He enjoys beating the crap out of and even killing people physically just as much as he enjoys doing it emotionally and spiritually. He '''thrives''' on every sort of negative thought and emotion imaginable. And no, that's NotHyperbole. Yuuki Terumi is the separated will of a godlike entity who is literally MadeOfEvil. You name it, if it's negative, it sustains his existence and makes him stronger. As revealed after he regains his true form as Dark Susano'o, his ultimate goal is to rule the world with an iron fist as a GodEmperor, transforming it into a CrapsackWorld where people fight, suffer, and die for his amusement while fearing him as the [[AGodAmI one and only god]]. There are absolutely '''ZERO''' redeeming qualities about this man. He's a bloodthirsty, egotistical, psychotic ''demon'' who wants to tear the world a new asshole purely ForTheEvulz, and there are no lows he will not stoop to in order to accomplish that goal.

* The Doomsday itself. With Relius having stripped the limiters from every cauldron in the world, the seithr is overflowing and overdosing everyone from the top of the hierarchical cities downward, with all the terminally corrupted disintegrating where they stand. Imagine seeing black smoke spew forth from a volcano, but everyone it washes over just disappears before your very eyes, and you have a good idea how horrifying it would be. And then there's the sea of seithr in the lower elevations, so given long enough there would be nowhere left to hide. This is such a nighmarish scenario that the plan to activate the Lynchpin [[GodzillaThreshold is preferable to allowing this to continue]]!

** And then there's his role in the story proper. You already have an idea of just how brutal and sadistic his fighting style is, but his actions are so, '''so''' much worse. Put simply, Terumi is more than just an utter bastard. He's the bastard to end all bastards. He's committed so many atrocities and caused so much suffering that he's lost count, especially due to all the time loops, but one thing is certain - '''he enjoyed every single second of it'''. He enjoys viciously mocking and belittling anything that isn't him, even going so far as to be both racist and sexist. He enjoys lying to and manipulating others, be it for his own personal gain or simply because he ''can''. Even his own claim that he hates lies is itself a lie, one that he knows full well, takes advantage of, and finds funny all the same. He enjoys beating the crap out of and even killing people physically just as much as he enjoys doing it emotionally and spiritually. He '''thrives''' on every sort of negative thought and emotion imaginable. And no, that's NotHyperbole. Yuuki Terumi is the separated will of a godlike entity who is literally MadeOfEvil. You name it, if it's negative, he gets stronger from it. As revealed after he regains his true form as Dark Susano'o, his ultimate goal is to rule the world with an iron fist as a GodEmperor, transforming it into a CrapsackWorld where people fight, suffer, and die for his amusement while fearing him. There are absolutely '''ZERO''' redeeming qualities about this man. He's a bloodthirsty, egotistical, monstrous psychopath who wants to tear the world a new asshole purely ForTheEvulz, and there are no lows he will not stoop to in order to accomplish that goal.

** And then there's his role in the story proper. You already have an idea of just how brutal and sadistic his fighting style is, but his actions are so, '''so''' much worse. Put simply, Terumi is more than just an utter bastard. He's the bastard to end all bastards. He's committed so many atrocities and caused so much suffering that he's lost count, especially due to all the time loops, but one thing is certain - '''he enjoyed every single second of it'''. He enjoys viciously mocking and belittling anything that isn't him, even going so far as to be both racist and sexist. He enjoys lying to and manipulating others, be it for his own personal gain or simply because he ''can''. Even his own claim that he hates lies is itself a lie, one that he knows full well, takes advantage of, and finds funny all the same. He enjoys beating the crap out of and even killing people physically just as much as he enjoys doing it emotionally and spiritually. He '''thrives''' on every sort of negative thought and emotion imaginable. And no, that's NotHyperbole. Yuuki Terumi is the separated will of a godlike entity who is literally MadeOfEvil. You name it, if it's negative, he gets stronger from it. As revealed after he regains his true form as Dark Susano'o, his ultimate goal is to rule the world with an iron fist as a GodEmperor, transforming it into a CrapsackWorld where people fight, suffer, and die for his amusement while fearing him. There are absolutely '''ZERO''' redeeming qualities about this man. He's a bloodthirsty, egotistical, monstrous psychopath who wants to tear the world a new asshole purely ForTheEvulz.

** And then there's his role in the story proper. You already have an idea of just how brutal and sadistic his fighting style is, but his actions are so, '''so''' much worse. Put simply, Terumi is more than just an utter bastard. He's the bastard to end all bastards. He's committed so many atrocities and caused so much suffering that he's lost count, especially due to all the time loops, but one thing is certain - '''he enjoyed every single second of it'''. He enjoys viciously mocking and belittling anything that isn't him, even going so far as to be both racist and sexist. He enjoys lying to and manipulating others, be it for his own personal gain or simply because he ''can''. Even his own claim that he hates lies is itself a lie, one that he knows full well, takes advantage of, and finds funny all the same. He enjoys beating the crap out of and even killing people physically just as much as he enjoys doing it emotionally and spiritually. He '''thrives'''' on every sort of negative thought and emotion imaginable. And no, that's NotHyperbole. Yuuki Terumi is the separated, negative will of a godlike entity who is literally MadeOfEvil. You name it, if it's negative, he gets stronger from it. As revealed after he regains his true form as Dark Susano'o, his ultimate goal is to rule the world with an iron fist as a GodEmperor, transforming it into a CrapsackWorld where people fight, suffer, and die for his amusement while fearing him.

* Nu-13 is usually a stoic RobotGirl, always speaking in a robotic monotone, finishing her tasks with surgical precision... unless Ragna is around. She then regresses to the personality of a young girl, and turns her {{Yandere}} index [[UpToEleven up to]] ''[[SerialEscalation 13.]]'' It's absolutely mortifying.

* In ''Continuum Shift's'' True Ending, Ragna and Terumi fight, with Terumi shutting down Ragna's Azure to make the fight into a CurbstompBattle. After [[RobotGirl Mu-12]] is completed and sent to destory Amaterasu, Ragna insists on fighting to the end, and invites Terumi to play. At this point, Terumi ''goes apeshit'' and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Ragna to within an inch of his life]], [[WhyWontYouDie screaming at him to just die,]] with Ragna struggling to stand and from the sound of things ''choking on his own blood''. Terumi has done [[MindRape plenty]] [[BreakThemByTalking of]] [[ManipulativeBastard horrible]] [[OmnicidalManiac things]] by this point, but even when doing some of his worst actions he retained an air of BlackComedy and [[ForTheEvulz evil glee.]] Here, he [[LetsGetDangerous drops the jokes]] and just [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown goes all out]]. He isn't enjoying this like his other evil actions, he just wants Ragna to die, ''painfully'', and seeing his sadism in full force is really disturbing.

** To summarize, Jin was found by this noble family while [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wandering around with amnesia after the church incident]] and the poor kid must have thought he can start a whole new life after his first family was [[BigBad completely ruined by Terumi]]. But, oh no! It turns out this family is composed of shitheads [[AbusiveParents who constantly abused him]] for God knows how long. They pretty much [[BreakTheCutie broke the kid]] mentally and emotionally for many years despite Jin [[UsedToBeASweetKid being a good kid]] and bringing them a lot of achievements he genuinely accomplished by himself. [[FromBadToWorse Oh, and they did not stop there]]; they then decided to dispose of him by secretly sending countless assassins [[KlingonPromotion in order for them to take the position of the next head]] of the family from him. The result of all of this is that [[BrokenBird understandably Jin is permanently scarred]]. Is it any wonder [[{{Jerkass}} he is the way he is]] throughout the series?

* The Yayoi family counts, as well. While they don't have the terrifying SocialDarwinist tradition of the Kisaragi family, they do have a very, VERY disturbing way of keeping their lineage strong. How? Why, through [[BrotherSisterIncest INCEST]] (read: in-breeding), of course! It's been specifically stated that Tsubaki's father, the current head of the family, is in a mad delusion to keep this tradition alive, and he still wholly believes the family WILL get stronger despite multiple protests from the other Duodecim and the NOL itself. Then, when you realize that Tsubaki's obsessive love and SingleTargetSexuality towards Jin and the fact that he calls him "Nii-sama"/"Big Brother", it has some [[IncestIsRelative seriously disturbing implications]] - one of those is the fact that the moment she fell in-love with Jin, it was a LoveAtFirstSight, and from that moment on, she labeled him as her "Nii-sama" to claim her [[IncestantAdmirer incestuous possession of him]] that [[ClingyJealousGirl he is hers, and hers alone]]. Thankfully though, [[NotBloodSiblings they're not actually related]] so that might alleviate some of the horrific imageries.

*** Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, [[FromBadToWorse it did]]. If you were too distracted by Arakune's CreepyAwesome factor, or his Woobie points above and possibilities that he's learned his lessons once Litchi probably cures him, ''Chrono Phantasma'' finally turns him into the terrifying monster he's supposed to be with his new Astral animation. Remember how nothing happened when he hit the opponent? Now something does happen, and that something is very, ''very'' grotesque even for ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' standards: the opponent gets sucked into (read: devoured by) Arakune and is trapped in a giant spider web. Then all of a sudden a bunch of HUGE eyeballs pop in from the background as a swarm of spiders, ''with the exact same eyes on their backs'', begin to ''crawl out of the huge eyeballs'' and close in on the opponent, covering the screen in the process. Once the screen is completely covered by spiders, you hear a very loud and unnerving "'''[[SickeningCrunch CRUNCH!]]'''" as the Astral Finish display pops up. Once the screen clears, ''nothing is left''. Yes, you know what just happened. ''That poor soul just got eaten alive by spiders''. '''And now their blood is raining down on the screen.''' '''''Holy. Shit.''''' Prime phobia trigger for [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Noel]].

*** Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, [[FromBadToWorse it did]]. If you were too distracted by Arakune's CreepyAwesome factor, or his Woobie points above and possibilities that he's learned his lessons once Litchi probably cures him, ''Chrono Phantasma'' finally turns him into the terrifying monster he's supposed to be with his new Astral animation. Remember how nothing happened when he hit the opponent? Now something does happen, and that something is very, ''very'' grotesque even for ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' standards: the opponent gets sucked into (read: devoured by) Arakune and is trapped in a giant spider web. Then all of a sudden a bunch of HUGE eyeballs pop in from the background as a swarm of spiders, ''with the exact same eyes on their backs'', begin to ''crawl out of the huge eyeballs'' and close in on the opponent, covering the screen in the process. Once the screen is completely covered by spiders, you hear a very loud and unnerving "'''CRUNCH!'''" as the Astral Finish display pops up. Once the screen clears, ''nothing is left''. Yes, you know what just happened. ''That poor soul just got eaten alive by spiders''. '''And now their blood is raining down on the screen.''' '''''Holy. Shit.''''' Prime phobia trigger for [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Noel]].

* [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Hades Izanami]]. Every single aspect of her character is designed with the sole purpose of invoking the primal fear of death, and her obsession with it. If an event in the plot involves the loss of lives, you can bet that Izanami is involved somehow. The Ikaruga Civil War? Nothing more than a setup to provide Izanami with thousands upon thousands of souls to sustain and power herself up. She serves as TheCaligula during her reign as Imperator. After all, what sort of value does human life have to a "Goddess of Death"? Her very existence is even fundamentally wrong by the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' universe's standards, being the negative aspects of the Origin's (the girl within the Amaterasu Unit's) personality given corporeal form and inhabiting the body of an ArtificialHuman. To reiterate: the de facto queen of the entire world is a HumanoidAbomination who fancies herself a god, and wants to turn said world into a desolate wasteland where absolutely nothing can survive. Even Izanami's fighting style is enough to make one's skin crawl. She utilizes darkness, the ghosts of the dead, and even time itself in her attacks, all of which are excessively brutal and look like they might actually kill the opponent. Her facial expressions only ever consist of ThousandYardStare, PsychoticSmirk, SlasherSmile, or flat-out NightmareFace as seen in the page picture.

** Bang's Astral, because of his Nox, [[FridgeHorror he's tearing apart whatever ties that person has to death,]] [[CessationOfExistence and he's impailing the foe, ripping both life ''AND'' death from the foe.]]

-->''"Wait...did this [[TitleDrop nightmare fuel]] used to be...HUMAN...?!"''

** As of Carl's Act 2 Arcade ending, thankfully it's just a glimpse, but ''boy is it a terrifying one.'' The only thing we see is ''Ada's top half of her body.'' And the fact that she already looks mechanical, making it much more unsettling. Poor, ''poor Carl...'' [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/60/Carl_Clover_%28Centralfiction%2C_arcade_mode_illustration%2C_4%29.png Pictured here for your viewing displeasure.]] Making it worse: Picture Nirvana. Now realize that, in the linked image, it looks like Ada's head and [[BodyHorror most of her torso]] are ''still organic''. Pretty sure ''anyone'' would be scarred for life after seeing THAT.

* '''''[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Izanami]]''''', pictured above. Every single aspect of her character is designed with the sole purpose of invoking the primal fear of death, and her obsession with it. If an event in the plot involves the loss of lives, you can bet that Izanami is involved somehow. The Ikaruga Civil War? Nothing more than a setup to provide Izanami with thousands upon thousands of souls to sustain and power herself up. She serves as TheCaligula during her reign as Imperator. After all, what sort of value does human life have to a "Goddess of Death"? Her very existence is even fundamentally wrong by the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' universe's standards, being the negative aspects of the Origin's (the girl within the Amaterasu Unit's) personality given corporeal form and inhabiting the body of an ArtificialHuman. To reiterate: the de facto queen of the entire world is a HumanoidAbomination who fancies herself a god, and wants to turn said world into a desolate wasteland where absolutely nothing can survive. Even Izanami's fighting style is enough to make one's skin crawl. She utilizes darkness, the ghosts of the dead, and even time itself in her attacks, all of which are excessively brutal and look like they might actually kill the opponent. Her facial expressions only ever consist of ThousandYardStare, PsychoticSmirk, SlasherSmile, or flat-out NightmareFace as seen in the page picture.

* Hibiki Kohaku is now officially this as of ''Central Fiction''. Beneath the calm, collected, utterly loyal demeanor lies a batshit-insane killer who actually wants to kill him. When it's pointed out that his true desire is to kill Kagura, he angrily and childishly denies it, despite it being made painfully obvious that he's been engineered since birth to be a natural born killer whose only purpose in life is to be a tool for the Mutsuki family to use. His sanity really starts taking a turn for the worse in Act 3, where his murderous intent completely overrides his sense of rationality. He arrogantly states to Kokonoe that he'll become an Observer just to kill Noel, even when such a feat has been stated numerous times to be impossible. The real kicker is when he finally confronts Noel and attacks her in order to fulfill his wish. Even though he knows that nothing can harm her, ''[[DeathOfAThousandCuts he reasons that if he keeps cutting her, she'll have to die eventually]]''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"What I crave is the death of all...Fair and equal."'']]

* The Yayoi family counts, as well. While they don't have the terrifying SocialDarwinist tradition of the Kisaragi family, they do have a very, VERY disturbing way of keeping their lineage strong. How? Why, through [[BrotherSisterIncest INCEST]] (read: in-breeding), of course! It's been specifically stated that Tsubaki's father, the current head of the family, is in a mad delusion to keep this tradition alive, and he still wholly believes the family WILL get stronger despite multiple protests from the other Duodecim and the NOL itself. Then, when you realize that Tsubaki's obsessive love and SingleTargetSexuality towards Jin and the fact that he calls him "Nii-sama"/"Big Brother", it has some [[IncestIsRelative seriously disturbing implications]] - one of those is the fact that the moment she fell in-love with Jin, it was a LoveAtFirstSight, and from that moment on, she labeled him as her "Nii-sama" to claim her [[IncestantAdmirer incestuous possession of him]] that [[ClingyJealousGirl he is hers, and hers alone]]. Thankfully though, [[NotBloodSiblings they're not actually related]] so that might alleviate some of the horrific factors.

* The Yayoi family counts, as well. While they don't have the terrifying SocialDarwinist tradition of the Kisaragi family, they do have a very, VERY disturbing way of keeping their lineage strong. How? Why, through [[BrotherSisterIncest INCEST]] (read: in-breeding), of course! It's been specifically stated that Tsubaki's father, the current head of the family, is in a mad delusion to keep this tradition alive, and he still wholly believes the family WILL get stronger despite multiple protests from the other Duodecim and the NOL itself. Then, when you realize that Tsubaki's obsessive love and SingleTargetSexuality towards Jin and the fact that he calls him "Nii-sama"/"Big Brother", it has some [[IncestIsRelative ''seriously'' disturbing implications]] - one of those is the fact that the moment she fell in-love with Jin, it was a LoveAtFirstSight, and from that moment on, she labeled him as her "Nii-sama" to claim her [[IncestantAdmirer incestuous possession of him]] that he is hers, and hers alone. Thankfully though, [[NotBloodSiblings they're not actually related]] so that might alleviate some of the horrific factors.

** We even get to see small glimpses of his assault on an NOL base. Long story short, the entire floor was ''covered'' with corpses. This was also shown in the short story, ''Memory of Blue''. The narrative describes the entire fight as a one-sided slaughter. Nothing the NOL could do even phased him, with the encounter ending with hundreds dead and the complex destroyed.