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* WorldBuilding: this series has ''lots'' of them, often shown through {{Exposition}} in story modes or Teach Me, Miss Litchi episodes.

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* FightingYourFriend: Inevitable for a fighting game, many allies and friends fight each other during their the arcade/story mode plays.



* FlawlessVictory: "Perfect!"

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* FlawlessVictory: "Perfect!""Perfect!" Note that Ragna, Hazama and Celica are still possibly able to get hit and score a "perfect" if they manage to heal their own health back to full before they win.
* FoodEnd: a couple of Tao's endings and Ragna's joke ending have them eating (Ragna's joke ending naturally involves Tao). Parodied in Noel's Gag Reel in ''CS'', in which her cooking renders everyone in the cast (except Terumi) [[LethalChef unconscious.]]


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* FriendlyLocalChinatown: The Orient Town of Kagutsuchi is full of Chinese attribute and people delivering meatbuns or doing Chinese martial arts katas. It's also the residence of Litchi Faye-Ling.


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* GoodWingsEvilWings: The Murakumo Units have wings made of blades. For Nu and Lambda, their blades deal a lot of hits when they swing them; Nu is accordingly a psychotic {{Yandere}} beneath her monotony, but Lambda is full-on emotionless. Meanwhile, for the more powerful Mu, the blades merge into a single big blade of light when she swings them. In case you haven't been clued in yet: she's world destroyingly evil, has the power to pull it off, and fully intends to go through with it. But after she's tamed and becomes [[spoiler:Noel's good side]] in ''CP'', the good, angelic theme of the wings (and the Kusanagi in particular) is played straight.


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* RealMenCook: Quite a few reasonably manly men in the verse are excellent cook such as Ragna, Jubei, Valkenhayn and Hibiki.
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** In episode 10 of the [[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma Chrono Phantasma]] story, Rachel talks about a book with a beginning and end but with nothing in between and about how a girl is writing and rewriting it over and over again from her memories in a futile attempt to try and reach a better ending. [[spoiler:This ends up foreshadowing a lot of the plot twists from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction'', especially surrounding the Amaterasu Unit.]]
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** The Six Heroes also hold this dynamic with Hakumen and Valkenhayn being the fighters, Nine and Trinity being the mages, and finally with Jubei and Terumi being the thieves.
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* EvilWeapon: Ars Armagus is a lesser form of this. As it mainly uses seithr, using it recklessly would cause seithr poisoning, which may lead to mental deterioration, if not death. Sealed Weapon Izayoi, in particular, "steals the user's light", which may cause blindness, if not death, to the user, although it's more of a "KnightTemplar Weapon". Nox Nyctores are even worse: aside from Ars Armagus' effects, they're made by using the parts of the core of the original Nox, Take-Mikazuchi, plus thousands of people's souls, and they actively controls people's emotions holding them.
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* CrypticConversation: Used constantly in BlazBlue by Jubei and Rachel. Lampshaded just as much by Ragna:

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* CrypticConversation: Used constantly in BlazBlue by Jubei and Rachel.a lot of characters to conceal important infos. Lampshaded just as much by Ragna:
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* EmpathicWeapon: The Nox Nyctores choose their owners and will protect the owner if the need arises. As seen in Jin's story in ''Continuum Shift'', a Nox Nyctores can cease to activate if it doesn't approve the owner anymore and will even attempt to take over the owner's mind to fulfill its mission. There are only 10 of such weapons in existence, all in different forms and shapes.


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* EveryoneHasASpecialMove: Par of the course for fighting games, but the game's unique Drive mechanic brings this trope further.
* EveryoneIsRelated: To an extent; Ragna and Jin/[[spoiler:]]Hakumen are brothers, and their little sister Saya is [[spoiler:the Imperator of NOL]]. In their childhood, they were all raised in an orphanage by Celica A. Mercury, the sister of Nine (aka Konoe A. Mercury) of the Six Heroes. Jubei (also of the Six Heroes) is Nine's husband, and together, they gave birth to Kokonoe, which means that, technically speaking, Ragna, Jin, and Saya are Kokonoe's foster cousins. Additionally, Jubei's genetic template was used to create the Kaka clan, from which Taokaka hails. On Jin's side, he was adopted into the Kisaragi family (one of the Duodecim, the twelve noble houses descended from the first twelve humans to master Ars Magus during the Dark War) and shares a brother-sister relationship with his love interest, Tsubaki (of the Yayoi family, another one of the Duodecim). All of the Murakumo Units (including Nu, Lambda, and Noel/Mu) are clones of Saya.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The "three NOL Stooges" Noel, Tsubaki and Makoto came from the same school, the NOL Military Academy, as well as their friends Mai and Kajun. Kagura and Jin are also alumni of the school, while Carl dropped out of it.
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* DynamicEntry: During special vs. intros, many characters would jump into the scene while launching an attack at the opposition, such as Ragna vs Jin or Makoto vs Noel.


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* {{Dystopia}}: The current world is this, thanks to the NOL and the CataclysmBackstory. What the Black Beast didn't destroy, it corrupted with thick seithr, forcing the remains of society to build cities high up the mountains. The NOL, founded in the Dark War as a means to regulate Grimoires, now has its jurisdiction stretched to the entire world and practically becomes TheGovernment that controls almost everything on the world with an iron fist. There are the issues of feudalism and people practically (though not actually) being put in "castes" based on where they live, as well as racism to Beastkins.
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* SigilSpam:
** The crest shown as ''CT'''s logo appears in a lot of things in the story, such as the Black Beast, cauldrons or the Amaterasu Unit.
** Ragna's mysterious tattoo on his chest has also appeared in some character's articles such as on Platinum's hood, Minerva's body, Mai's gloves (after she graduated from the academy), and as of ''CF'', Naoto's body and the Imperator's inner dress.
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* DarkAgeOfSupernames: Many characters are named like this, such as Ragna the Bloodedge, Iron Tager or Azrael.
* DeaderThanDead: Many of the [[FinishingMove Astral Heats]] leave the opponent in this state, such as Ragna tearing out the opponent's very soul or Terumi erasing the opponent from existence. Of course, this never sticks.


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* PettingZooPeople: Aside from [[CatFolk the Kaka Clan]], there's also other kinds of beastkins such as Jubei, Makoto and Valkenhayn. Though Jubei is closer to being a FunnyAnimal.

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** ''[=XBlaze=] Code: Embryo '': released in July 25th, 2013 on Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita. The story takes place 150 years before ''Calamity Trigger''. It stars Touya Kagari, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who lives peacefully until a mysterious girl named Es comes to his life. From there, the story explores the hidden mysteries of the world.

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** ''[=XBlaze=] [[/index]]''[=XBlaze=] Code: Embryo '': released in July 25th, 2013 on Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita. The story takes place 150 years before ''Calamity Trigger''. It stars Touya Kagari, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who lives peacefully until a mysterious girl named Es comes to his life. From there, the story explores the hidden mysteries of the world.



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* An official monthly webcomic entitled ''[=BlazBlue=]: Chimelical Complex'' by Haruyoshi Kob began on August 6 on ''Famitsu''[='s=] Comic Clear website. It can be viewed [[http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_blazblue/ here.]] It's written in Japanese, however.



* An official monthly webcomic entitled ''[=BlazBlue=]: Chimelical Complex'' by Haruyoshi Kob began on August 6 on ''Famitsu''[='s=] Comic Clear website. It can be viewed [[http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_blazblue/ here.]] It's written in Japanese, however.



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* DamageIncreasingDebuff: The "Negative Penalty" will lower your defense, making attacks damage you more. You get this debuff if you're being passive for too long. There's also a debuff that you'll get if your [[BreakMeter Barrier Gauge]] is depleted, either through usage or Barrier Burst, that also increases damage taken. Both debuffs can potentially occur at the same time.
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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: between the protagonist brothers, Jin is the noble one - being adopted to a noble family, taught in refined culture and became a TeenGenius of the Military Academy, and has a refined fighting style with his katana, while Ragna is the roguish one - he never receives proper education, is only thought ways of fighting by Jubei, grew up to become a criminal and fights brutishly with a big sword. Although both share a certain trait: they care little for the world and they're both assholes (although Ragna shows his heart of gold more than Jin does an eventually grows out this to become more heroic).

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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: between the protagonist brothers, Jin is the noble one - being adopted to a noble family, taught in refined culture and became a TeenGenius of the Military Academy, and has a refined fighting style with his katana, while Ragna is the roguish one - he never receives proper education, is only thought ways of fighting by Jubei, grew up to become a criminal and fights brutishly with a big sword. Although both share a certain trait: they care little for the world and they're both assholes (although Ragna shows his heart of gold more than Jin does an and eventually grows out this to become more heroic).
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** The three main villains: Hazama as the Id, Relius as Superego and [[spoiler:Izanami]] as the Ego.

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** The three main villains: Hazama Terumi as the Id, Relius as Superego and [[spoiler:Izanami]] as the Ego.



* NobleMaleRoguishMale: between the protagonist brothers, Jin is the noble one - being adopted to a noble family, taught in refined culture and became a TeenGenius of the Military Academy, and has a refined fighting style with his katana, while Ragna is the roguish one - he never receives proper education, is only thought ways of fighting by Jubei, grew up to become a criminal and fights brutishly with a big sword. Although both share a certain trait: they care little for the world and they're both assholes (although Ragna shows his heart of gold more than Jin does).

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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: between the protagonist brothers, Jin is the noble one - being adopted to a noble family, taught in refined culture and became a TeenGenius of the Military Academy, and has a refined fighting style with his katana, while Ragna is the roguish one - he never receives proper education, is only thought ways of fighting by Jubei, grew up to become a criminal and fights brutishly with a big sword. Although both share a certain trait: they care little for the world and they're both assholes (although Ragna shows his heart of gold more than Jin does).does an eventually grows out this to become more heroic).
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* TheGimmick: Drive, in a nutshell.
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** Type A: Jin, Noel, Tsubaki, Valkenhayn, Azrael, Celica, Relius (NOL members, mostly)
** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe (Impulsive People)
** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum (Intellectuals, for the most part)
** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto, Jubei (Beastmen). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]

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** Type A: Jin, Noel, Tsubaki, Noel/Mu, Tsubaki/Izayoi, Valkenhayn, Relius, Azrael, Celica, Relius Hibiki (NOL members, mostly)
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** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe Kokonoe, Naoto (Impulsive People)
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** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum Platinum, Nine (Intellectuals, for the most part)
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** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto, Jubei (Beastmen). Makoto (Beastkin). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
Kagura.
** Unknown/Other: Unknown: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], Tager]][[note]]His blood type is listed as "natural oil"[[/note]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]
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* CriticalStatusBuff: If you're low on health, you'll start RegeneratingMana.
* CrypticConversation: Used constantly in BlazBlue by Jubei and Rachel. Lampshaded just as much by Ragna:
--> "I have no freaking clue what you're saying. Can you speak in human for me?"
* CueTheFlyingPigs: In ''Calamity Trigger'', [[DeadpanSnarker Rachel]] made the claim that [[ButtMonkey Bang]] beating [[{{Badass}} Ragna]] is about as likely as Bang [[spoiler:erasing all the seithr in the world]]. Two games later in ''Chronophantasma'', [[TookALevelInBadass Bang not only defeats Ragna]] but also [[spoiler:ends up erasing all the seithr from the world, through Kushinada's Lynchpin.]] Bet Rachel DidntSeeThatComing.
* CutsceneDrop: Especially for "event" matches in Arcade Mode, a conversation between the characters usually occurs in game before the battle starts. Characters are usually positioned where they will be once the round starts to avoid the need of a transition. After the battle ends, however, characters will teleport back to their starting positions for the closing dialogue, regardless of where any of the characters were on screen when you dealt the finishing blow. The use of certain characters' astral finishes make this even more odd, since opponents that were punched into space or transported into a different room will suddenly teleport back to the fight stage for more exposition.
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->''"The Wheel of Fate is Turning... REBEL 1..."''

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->''"The Wheel of Fate is Turning... REBEL 1..."''
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* CosmicChessGame: Rachel and Terumi have been waging this game for hundreds of time loops. Rachel is in control with the good guys, with Jubei and (to a lesser extent) Kokonoe as her proxy, while Terumi's controlling the bad guys, with the help of Relius. [[spoiler:Until it's revealed that Izanami is behind Terumi and has been controlling ''him''.]]
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** Overdrive is signified with the activator's crest glowing blue and the background becoming grayscale, as well as a momentary blue BattleAura.
** Distortion Drive is signified with the user's crest glowing white and the background turning into a blue StockFootage. If done in Overdrive (as well as doing Exceed Accel), the background turns red.
** Astral Heat is signified with the user's crest glowing white and the background turning black.

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* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]



* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.



** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]]

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** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]]Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].



* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]
* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].

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* CharacterRosterGlobalWarning: The first game only has Tager and Hakumen as the resident {{Mighty Glacier}}s, the second game has none, and the third adds Azrael and Kagura. As of the fourth game, that's four against 28 speedier fighters.



* CherryTapping: Aside from the game having an animation of being defeated by a weak attack, some of the characters have taunts that do a silver of damage and can be used as this, such as Taokaka and Izayoi. Unlimited Makoto gets a new "taunt" where she throws an acorn in a similar way to [[StreetFighter Dudley's rose taunt]].



* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]
* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.



** Type A: Jin, Noel/Mu, Tsubaki/Izayoi, Valkenhayn, Relius, Azrael, Celica, Hibiki (NOL members, mostly)
** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe, Naoto (Impulsive People)
** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum, Nine (Intellectuals, for the most part)
** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto (Beastkin). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
** Unknown: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].

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** Type A: Jin, Noel/Mu, Tsubaki/Izayoi, Noel, Tsubaki, Valkenhayn, Relius, Azrael, Celica, Hibiki Relius (NOL members, mostly)
** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe, Naoto Kokonoe (Impulsive People)
** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum, Nine Platinum (Intellectuals, for the most part)
** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto (Beastkin).Makoto, Jubei (Beastmen). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
** Unknown: Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].
Terumi]]



* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]
* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].



* PoorCommunicationKills: With a generous helping of WhatAnIdiot; basically, a lot of the bad things that happened could have been easily avoided if the more knowledgeable people didn't decide at inopportune moments to grab the IdiotBall (Kokonoe and Rachel are probably the two biggest offenders), or you know, take head and stick out of their own asses and actually tell people who need to know important information. For instance, Kokonoe, though Lambda, telling Noel she's the eye, but follows up with "I don't have time to explain". It could've prevented the whole Mu-12 thing, but no, she resorts to type. Again. How thoroughly this continues into ''Chronophantasma'' remains to be seen.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: With a generous helping of WhatAnIdiot; basically, a lot of the bad things that happened could have been easily avoided if the more knowledgeable people didn't decide at inopportune moments to grab the IdiotBall (Kokonoe and & Rachel are probably the two biggest offenders), or you know, take head and stick out of their own asses and actually tell people who need to know important information. For instance, Kokonoe, though Lambda, telling Noel she's the eye, but follows up with "I don't have time to explain". It could've prevented the whole Mu-12 thing, but no, she resorts to type. Again. How thoroughly this continues into ''Chronophantasma'' remains to be seen.

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* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]
* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.



** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]

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** Unknown/Other: Unknown: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]Izanami]]
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].



* {{Orochi}}: The Black Beast bears a heavy resemblance to Orochi when seen in Hakumen's Arcade mode ending. Its core is The Murakumo Unit ([[spoiler:Nu-13]]), and there was considered a sacrifice for stopping the beast in the name of Kushinada ([[spoiler:Celica with the Kushinada Lynchpin]]) before it was defeated by the wielder of The Susanooh Unit (Hakumen). [[spoiler:It was a failed attempt to create The Kusanagi Unit, and destroy The Master Unit Amaterasu.]]
** [[spoiler:And the guy who made it has an entire snake motif. Ironically, he used to be in the Susanooh Unit.]]
* OutOfFocus: A number of fans say that certain characters in the first game, mainly Carl and Bang, "aren't important" to the overall plot, and neither show up in either game's true ending. Averted in ''Continuum Shift'', as [[spoiler:Bang's Phoenix Nox is now known to him, and Carl's ArchnemesisDad Relius is half of the game's BigBadDuumvirate.]] On the other hand, none of the cast's newly introduced characters (sans Izayoi, Celica and Kagura) show up in the ending of ''Chronophantasma''.
* ParryingBullets: Hakumen can stop most projectile attacks with a well-timed slash from his {{BFS}}. It gets even better in the sequel; any time he hits a projectile, a void is created, which will stop all projectiles that hit it. Most of this has to do with Ookami's anti-magic abilities though.
* PervertRevengeMode: Putting [[HandsomeLech Kagura]] anywhere near [[ActionGirl Makoto]] for any length of time invariably results in this. And [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].



* PoorCommunicationKills: With a generous helping of WhatAnIdiot; basically, a lot of the bad things that happened could have been easily avoided if the more knowledgeable people didn't decide at inopportune moments to grab the IdiotBall (Kokonoe & Rachel are probably the two biggest offenders), or you know, take head and stick out of their own asses and actually tell people who need to know important information. For instance, Kokonoe, though Lambda, telling Noel she's the eye, but follows up with "I don't have time to explain". It could've prevented the whole Mu-12 thing, but no, she resorts to type. Again. How thoroughly this continues into ''Chronophantasma'' remains to be seen.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: With a generous helping of WhatAnIdiot; basically, a lot of the bad things that happened could have been easily avoided if the more knowledgeable people didn't decide at inopportune moments to grab the IdiotBall (Kokonoe & and Rachel are probably the two biggest offenders), or you know, take head and stick out of their own asses and actually tell people who need to know important information. For instance, Kokonoe, though Lambda, telling Noel she's the eye, but follows up with "I don't have time to explain". It could've prevented the whole Mu-12 thing, but no, she resorts to type. Again. How thoroughly this continues into ''Chronophantasma'' remains to be seen.
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** Type A: Jin, Noel, Tsubaki, Valkenhayn, Azrael, Celica, Relius (NOL members, mostly)
** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe (Impulsive People)
** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum (Intellectuals, for the most part)
** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto, Jubei (Beastmen). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]]

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** Type A: Jin, Noel, Tsubaki, Noel/Mu, Tsubaki/Izayoi, Valkenhayn, Relius, Azrael, Celica, Relius Hibiki (NOL members, mostly)
** Type B: Ragna, Bang, Kokonoe Kokonoe, Naoto (Impulsive People)
** Type AB: Carl, Litchi, Hazama, Platinum Platinum, Nine (Intellectuals, for the most part)
** Type O: Taokaka, Makoto, Jubei (Beastmen).Makoto (Beastkin). And Bullet, Amane and Kagura.
** Unknown/Other: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Rachel]], [[{{Cyborg}} Tager]], [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]], [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]], [[RobotGirl Nu, Lambda]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Terumi]]Terumi]], [[PhysicalGod Izanami]]

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* BringMyBrownPants:
** In ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger Reconstructed]]'', we have a moment when Rachel teleports right in front of Ragna.
--> "A thousand pardons, for you and your excrement both.
** Shows up twice in in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift Extend]]'':
*** Hazama cops to nearly peeing himself [[spoiler:when Makoto sends his local plans down in flames during ''Slight Hope'']].
*** In Valkenhayn's Joke Ending, after Valkenhayn tells a legend of a creature that makes even [[{{Badass}} Hakumen]] pee himself (ignoring the FridgeLogic of him being AnimatedArmor). Ragna comments "You're gonna make ''me'' pee." Taokaka then admits that she just ''did''.



* BuxomIsBetter: Many comments flying around the game are about aggrandizing big boobs and girls who have them, and either having the flat-chested ones belittling themselves or other people belittling them.

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* BuxomIsBetter: Many comments flying around the game are about aggrandizing big boobs and girls who have them, and either having the flat-chested ones [[ACupAngst belittling themselves themselves]] or other people belittling them.



** In ''Chronophantasma'', Celica is wondering if Ragna believes in this trope, both by getting angry when he calls her "normal"[[note]](he meant that she isn't disturbing him unlike many other people, she thinks that he refers to her mostly average chest)[[/note]], becoming enamored by Makoto's BoobsOfSteel, and, if she beats Litchi in a normal Vs fight, she requested Kokonoe to have her breasts enhanced like Litchi so she can impress Ragna.



* CallingYourAttacks: Expected for a fighting game, but notable cases include:
** Bang even calls his KnockbackEvasion. "This is an ukemi!"
** Some characters call their Barrier Blocks, and some others call their Break Bursts.
** During special pair matches (i.e Ragna vs Jin, Makoto vs Noel, etc) some of their attack shouts becomes things appropriate for the attacked, attacker or both.
* CanisLatinicus: Mostly in the English translation. While some of the Latin used are [[AltumVidetur good Latin]] (the "Novis Orbus Librarium", i.e "New World Library" being one such example), some others are this. E.g "Nox Nyctores" literally means "night night thing" (with "nycto" actually being Greek, for crying out loud).



* CatGirl: People from the Kaka Clan are generally composed of these, with males being a rarity. Kokonoe, on the other hand, is a [[spoiler:half-]]''nekomata''.

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* CatGirl: CatFolk: Of different flavors. Hakumen and Terumi (being "old guys") tend to call them "grimalkin".
** Jubei and his ilk are more like FunnyAnimal cats - that is, their bodies are really like cats, only bigger, and can walk on their hindlegs (but still shorter than normal humans).
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People from the Kaka Clan are generally composed of these, with males being a rarity. {{Cat Girl}}s. Kokonoe, on the other hand, is a [[spoiler:half-]]''nekomata''.half-''nekomata''.


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** This is also what constantly endangers Ragna's life due to his Azure Grimoire. Should he overuse it, he potentially can become another Black Beast.


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* ThePowersThatBe: Master Unit: Amaterasu is frequently said to be this for the entire world.
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** Both Jubei and Rachel tell Ragna not to fight Hazama but don't tell him ''why'', with Rachel claiming that it's "difficult to explain." [[spoiler: "He has a blaz blue, and it cancels out yours" doesn't seem like a particularly tricky explanation.]]

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** Both Jubei and Rachel tell Ragna not to fight Hazama but don't tell him ''why'', with Rachel claiming that it's "difficult to explain." [[spoiler: "He has a blaz blue, Blazblue, and it cancels out yours" doesn't seem like a particularly tricky explanation.]]
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* StateSec: The Zero Squadron is an unofficial branch of the NOL Army who acts as the executor for their "dirtier" jobs, such as hunting their own rogue members. Their existence is known only to the NOL Army and is often called "the squad nobody likes". Tsubaki Yayoi is part of such a squad.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Appears when Ragna, Nu, and Hazama activates their Azure Grimoire, they start the {{Invocation}} with "Restriction 666 released". In Abyss Mode, where you go down in depths and fight increasingly stronger opponents, you can also encounter Unlimited Ragna at Depth 666.
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* BlackMagic: The Ars Magus can be considered one as it's powered by seithr, i.e toxic EldritchAbomination fumes. Especially, weapons powered with seithr are all potentially dangerous to the user.
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* BattleIntro: A given for a fighting game. Some match-ups have special intros that show them interacting with each other; for some of them, they already matched blows before the fight starts.

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