| 1 | !![[center: Playable Characters: [[Characters/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]] ([[Characters/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger1 Part 1]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger2 Part 2]]) | [[Characters/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]] | '''[=ChronoPhantasma=]''' | [[Characters/BlazBlueCentralFiction Central Fiction]]\ |
| 2 | [-Others: [[Characters/BlazBlueNonPlayerCharacters Non-Player Characters]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueRemixHeart Remix Heart]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueLightNovelCharacters Light Novel Characters]] | Characters/XBlaze ([[Characters/XBlazeCodeEmbryo Code: Embryo]] | [[Characters/XBlazeLostMemories Lost: Memories]]) | [[Characters/BlazBlueAlternativeDarkWar Alternative: Dark War]]\ |
| 3 | Spin-offs: [[Characters/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle Cross Tag Battle]] ([[Characters/BlazBlueCrossTagBattleBlazBlue BlazBlue]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueCrossTagBattlePersona4Arena Persona 4: Arena]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueCrossTagBattleUnderNightInBirth Under Night In-Birth]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueCrossTagBattleRWBY RWBY]])\ |
| 4 | Individual Characters: [[Characters/BlazBlueRagnaTheBloodedge Ragna the Bloodedge]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueJinKisaragi Jin Kisaragi]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueNoelVermillion Noel Vermillion]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueHazama Hazama]] | [[Characters/BlazBlueYuukiTerumi Yuuki Terumi]]-]]] |
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| 6 | ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', much like ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', has plenty of {{Rummage Sale Reject}}s to go around. This is a list of the playable characters who will be introduced in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma BlazBlue: Chronophantasma]]''. Voice actors are listed as Japanese/English. |
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| 8 | It may also contain '''unmarked spoilers'''. You may wish to finish the game's story modes before reading. |
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| 10 | {{Shout Out}}s, CaptainErsatz, {{Expy}}, "NoCelebritiesWereHarmed", {{Continuity Nod}}s and {{Mythology Gag}}s regarding to specific characters should go to [[ShoutOut/BlazBlue the game's own Shout Out page.]] This is also true for [[MemeticMutation memes]], which go [[Memes/BlazBlue here]]. |
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| 12 | !!Introduced in Arcade Version |
| 13 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 15 | [[folder:Izayoi]] |
| 16 | !Izayoi (イザヨイ) |
| 17 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbdw_izayoi.png]] |
| 18 | [[caption-width-right:350:What happens when Tsubaki watches too much Franchise/{{Gundam}}.]] |
| 19 | [floatboxright: |
| 20 | '''Profile''' |
| 21 | * Height: 160cm |
| 22 | * Weight: 47kg |
| 23 | * Blood type: A |
| 24 | * Date of Birth: March 14 |
| 25 | * Birthplace: Naobi |
| 26 | * Hobbies: Painting, singing |
| 27 | * Likes: Historical dramas |
| 28 | * Dislikes: War |
| 29 | ] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | -->''With the blade of retribution and scales of judgment, I come to deliver righteous justice! Atone for your sins!'' |
| 32 | |
| 33 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 34 | '''JP:''' Creator/AsamiImai\ |
| 35 | '''EN:''' Creator/JulieAnnTaylor |
| 36 | |
| 37 | -> This is the true form of Tsubaki Yayoi's Armagus, the Sealed Weapon: Izayoi. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | -> Through the Imperator's mind control spell, Tsubaki is forced into unleashing the full powers of Izayoi in order to accomplish her idol's goal of upholding the law of the NOL. Her profile, however, indicates that she will be freed from the effects of Mind Eater, and will seek the meaning of "true justice." Indeed, her arcade play takes place after she's freshly released from the Imperator's curse, and she's going around seeking answers for herself. |
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| 41 | -> Her arcade playthrough is named ''The Awakening''. |
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| 43 | -> Her Drive, '''Scarlet Justice''', lets her switch between her normal mode and '''[[JetPack Gain Art Mode]]''', used for offensive attacks, much like Aigis in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''. Her playstyle revolves around building the Zero Weave Gauge by using specials in normal mode, then using the gauge for her Gain Art Mode-specific moves. Her Overdrive is '''Freedom Justice''', which continually builds up the Zero Weave Gauge. |
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| 45 | -> In the fourth game, her Exceed Accel '''Banshee Lancer''' has her stun the foe with her sword. Then her {{Attack Drones}} start attacking the restrained foe multiple times, ending with a big cross-slash. Her Astral, '''Judge of Destiny''', is very similar to her old one, but with a new animation: she transforms into a valkyrie with a shield and lance, as well as a different outfit than her original Astral. She then combines the shield and lance into a giant energy sword with angelic wings and feathers, before sending it rocketing towards her foe, impaling and disintegrating them. |
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| 47 | * AttackDrone: Her Slaver Trans-AM DD has her summoning 2 drones to assist her in attacks. |
| 48 | * BattleBallgown: Looks pretty similar to [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber's]], which is fitting considering she has her palette as an option. |
| 49 | * BecomeYourWeapon: In the same way as the Murakumo Units; the unsealed Zero-type Izayoi takes form of a lance and shield that then forms her armor. |
| 50 | * BigDamnHeroes: She and Makoto later come to rescue Bang, Ragna and co. from Relius, Carl and Litchi and then try to hold them off. |
| 51 | * {{BFS}}: Of the LaserBlade kind, no less. |
| 52 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Red hair and eyes. |
| 53 | * ChekhovsGun: A single line in Tager's Story Mode for ''Continuum Shift'' revealed that [[spoiler:Izayoi was a prototype for the Murakumo Units.]] And look at what that line has become... |
| 54 | ** Ragna says the same thing to her in his Arcade Mode and rather bluntly states she can't beat him with it. Considering he's dealt with [[spoiler:Nu and Mu]], everyone knows that he's not lying either. |
| 55 | * CulturedBadass: Same as Tsubaki. |
| 56 | * DashAttack: Her Gain Art-only special move has her dashing towards the foe and then does a quick slash through them. |
| 57 | * DifficultButAwesome: Izayoi is ''[[SomeDexterityRequired extremely]]'' technical to use efficiently; playing her requires great understanding of both her normal and "Gain Art" modes, the latter giving her almost an entirely different moveset. Once mastered however, she becomes one of the best characters in the game with solid movement, offense, and having a reversal on defense. |
| 58 | * EvilLaugh: She does this under the control of Izanami in front of Jin. |
| 59 | * EvolvingAttack: Just like Tsubaki, she can expend the Zero Weave Gauge to enhance her Sonic Saber to either shoot out extra swords after the foe is hit (in the third game) or shoot out more swords in a SpreadShot (fourth game) by using D instead of A for the special's command. |
| 60 | * FightingFromTheInside: In the story mode she shows signs of resisting from time to time. |
| 61 | * FinalBoss: In CP Arcade Mode for certain characters. Characters known to fight Izayoi include Jin, Rachel, and Makoto. |
| 62 | * ForGreatJustice: Even moreso than when she was regular Tsubaki. Her clash with Hakumen is basically them talking about this. |
| 63 | * HeelFaceTurn: In Episode 14 of the ''Chronophantasma'' story mode after being freed of the Imperator's control. |
| 64 | * IaijutsuPractitioner: Many of her special moves involve her doing a long-ranged slash to a direction and then quickly pulling back. |
| 65 | * ImageSong: Her voice actress sings a vocal version of her theme "Justice Sword" called "Recta Ratio". |
| 66 | * ImmortalBreaker: Izayoi's primary function is to ''kill Observers''. It's the first weapon explicitly stated to be capable of doing so (it's later revealed Mai's Outseal also has this function). [[spoiler:Doesn't work so well on those, like Jin and Hakumen, who possess the Power of Order; she attempted to use Immortal Breaker on Jin, and he willingly tanked it. Rachel has asked, if things go FromBadToWorse, that Tsubaki be the one to put her out of her misery.]] |
| 67 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Much like Tsubaki's own, Izayoi's Astral ends with this. Also her Justice Phorizor DD. |
| 68 | * InvulnerableAttack: One of her normal moves can guard her for one hit. |
| 69 | * IWillFindYou: In her ''CF'' arcade, she's going after Ragna... and wants to kill him. When she meets and fights him, she almost succeeds... but then Nine interrupted, not wanting Ragna to die yet. |
| 70 | * JetPack: The two floating shield-like thing around her skirt can be used as this. They can also be used as cutting weapons with the light emitted from their booster parts. |
| 71 | * JoustingLance: The true form of the weapon Izayoi is this, along with a shield. She uses this for her Astral. |
| 72 | * KnightTemplar: When she was still BrainwashedAndCrazy. |
| 73 | * LadyOfWar: A trait she carries over from Tsubaki |
| 74 | * LagCancel: She can cancel all of her long-ranged saber attacks into a teleport, or instead feint them, making her recover quickly and can potentially extend combos. In Gain Art, they can also be cancelled into a Gain Art-only special move. |
| 75 | * LargeHam: About as much as Tsubaki herself. |
| 76 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''Justice Sword'' |
| 77 | * LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: When she first appears as the Imperator's thrall, it's the latter. After her HeelFaceTurn, it's the former. |
| 78 | * MentalFusion: [[spoiler:Due to the effects of Phantom's Ruby: Mind Eater spell, her mind and will are slowly beginning to be overwritten by that of the Imperator's. By the time she fights Jin, it's progressed so far that she even starts talking ''exactly'' like the Imperator. In the Japanese voice track, her voice is a mixture of Tsubaki's and the Imperator's in a VoiceOfTheLegion.]] |
| 79 | * MercurysWings: Much like Tsubaki, she gains wing-like accessory on her head during her Astral. |
| 80 | * MultiSlotCharacter: Despite being a SuperMode of Tsubaki, she's a separate character rather than being an Install Super. |
| 81 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:During her final fight with Jin, she, under the Imperator's influence, hits him with Immortal Breaker. The shock breaks the Mind Eater and leaves her horrified at what she's just done, certain she's killed him. And though she accepts it as her punishment for everything she's done it doesn't lessen the trauma or the emotional breakdown that follows. Thankfully, as a wielder of the Power of Order, her blade couldn't even pierce Jin.]] |
| 82 | * MyNameIsInigoMontoya: In her ''CF'' arcade play, against Ragna: |
| 83 | -->"I'm from the Fourth Squadron of the NOL, First Lieutenant Tsubaki Yayoi. In the name of justice, Grim Reaper - no, Ragna the Bloodedge, I shall condemn you. |
| 84 | * OneWingedAngel[=/=]SuperMode: For Tsubaki. |
| 85 | * ThePowerOfLove: This is how [[spoiler:she finally turns back good: by realizing the love for her idol Hakumen, her best friends Noel and Makoto, and finally her LoveInterest, Jin, inside the darkness in her heart.]] |
| 86 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Mixed with SupernaturalGoldEyes. [[spoiler:After regaining control of herself and powering down, they go back to their natural blue.]] In the sequel she still has this while normal Tsubaki still has her natural blue, so it's implied that her red eyes come from the weapon's effect. |
| 87 | * SexyBacklessOutfit: Her Zero-Type Izayoi form leaves the top of her back completely exposed. |
| 88 | * {{Shotoclone}}: Just like Jin, she has a normal projectile and a quick upwards slash for an anti-air. |
| 89 | * SignatureMove: Her "quick slash" specials, as well as her teleports and Justice Phorizor DD. |
| 90 | * SlasherSmile: She pulls an unsettling one during the opening of CPEX, due to being under control of the Imperator. But at the last second, [[BerserkerTears her eyes can be seen tearing up]], showing how she is FightingFromTheInside. |
| 91 | * SlipknotPonytail: She loses her ponytail during her Astral. |
| 92 | * StanceSystem: Her Drive is basically her changing modes. In normal mode she can gain stocks on the Zero Weave Gauge by attacking her foe with special moves. In Gain Art mode, her dash is changed into a hover-dash with her boosters, her special moves become quicker, her C normals are upgraded, and she can use Gain Art-only special moves that uses the Zero Weave Gauge. |
| 93 | * SuperPrototype: [[spoiler:Of the Murakumo series. She's Number Zero to be precise. While her capabilities aren't the same as the Murakumos, she can do one thing they can't do: killing immortal beings through its Immortal Breaker technique. The number 00 can even be seen on its portable form and her armor.]] |
| 94 | * SwordPointing: She does this for her taunt. [[CherryTapping It also does a silver of damage.]] |
| 95 | ** In ''CF'', when she defeats Ragna, she points her sword at his head. |
| 96 | * SwordShieldContrast: More like "pike and shield", but as Hakumen explains, the weapon's sealed form (as used by normal Tsubaki) acts as a "shield" that prevents attempts of observations and phenomenon interventions (with its unique function, Zanki Barrier), while the released form (as used by Izayoi) acts as a "pike" that can kill observers and other similar beings with its Immortal Breaker technique. Aside from that, the sealed form takes form of a sword and shield and its released form uses a pike and shield (as seen in her Astral Heat). |
| 97 | * TeleportSpam: She'd make [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil]] proud. |
| 98 | * ThemeNaming: All of her attacks are [[ShoutOutThemeNaming references to machines or concepts]] from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny SEED Destiny]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 00]]'', and ''Literature/FullMetalPanic''. |
| 99 | * TheyCallHimSword: She's named after the weapon she merges with. |
| 100 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Her Sonic Saber special move has her throw a sword made of light. The powered-up version of it will bombard the foe with more swords after the first one hits. |
| 101 | * TokenHuman: To [[spoiler:the Murakumo series]], which are ArtificialHumans compared to Izayoi being human. That's because Izayoi's user is human. |
| 102 | * TookALevelInBadass: Using Izayoi makes her a match for all but the strongest characters in the game, what with her ability to ''kill Observers''. In her ''CF'' arcade, she even beats Ragna(albeit while he had amnesia) with it and would've gone through with slaying him were it not for Nine's intervention. |
| 103 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer for Nu and Mu shows off a scene of Izayoi fighting Noel, and they chat casually as though they are still best friends. [[labelnote:*]]They both say to each other "Honki desu yo!", [[ThisMeansWar meaning that they're reaffirming that this next fight is serious]].[[/labelnote]] That, and her profile gives away the fact that she will eventually be freed from the Imperator's control and her Arcade story is apparently her asking people like Hakumen what she should do and eventually vowing to protect the ones she loves. |
| 104 | * TransformationSequence: She has two: Either she starts off armorless and then summons the Zero-type Izayoi to turn into her armor, or she starts as normal Tsubaki and then uses her book to transform into Izayoi. |
| 105 | * UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: [[spoiler:Her, the wielder of the Murakumo Unit Prototype, vs. Mu, the upgraded version of the Murakumo Unit named Kusanagi. In Izayoi's Arcade run, she fights Mu in the end, which leads to this.]] |
| 106 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Her initial appearance within the story mode, but only in the Japanese voice track. |
| 107 | * TheWorfBarrage: While the Immortal Breaker is supposedly an insanely powerful weapon, able to kill even immortal beings like Observers, it has not worked even once. Jin is able to simply ignore it by willing himself to override its effect via the Power of Order while Izanami [[spoiler:is death itself and thus has no real death to recognize.]] |
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| 110 | [[folder:Amane Nishiki]] |
| 111 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazblue_central_fiction_amane_nishiki_main.png]] |
| 112 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[DoubleEntendre He'll drill you.]]]] |
| 113 | [floatboxright: |
| 114 | '''Profile''' |
| 115 | * Height: 180cm |
| 116 | * Weight: 68kg |
| 117 | * Blood type: O |
| 118 | * Date of Birth: November 15 |
| 119 | * Birthplace: Unknown |
| 120 | * Hobbies: Making Japanese sweets |
| 121 | * Likes: Beautiful things (mainly handsome men) |
| 122 | * Dislikes: Social withdrawal |
| 123 | ] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | -->''Let this reach the heavens and earth! And those close by... fall victim to the ultimate embrace!'' |
| 126 | |
| 127 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 128 | '''JP:''' Creator/AkiraIshida \ |
| 129 | '''EN:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal |
| 130 | |
| 131 | -> Amane is a member of a travelling acting troupe seeking new members. Hearing about a young vigilante, he (yes, '''[[ViewerGenderConfusion HE]]''') sets out in search of Carl to try and recruit him. He also finds several other males he meets to be fascinating. He later bumps to Rachel and both seem to know and respect each other. He is noted to be incredibly vain and obsessed with youth, and fights with a strange plumage than can metamorphose into weapons. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | -> His arcade playthrough is named ''BUSHIN'' (lit. "DANCE GOD"). |
| 134 | |
| 135 | -> His Drive, '''Spiral''', involves morphing his shawl into a drill shape to attack the enemy, utilizing a leveling system to power up his attacks. His Overdrive is '''Cyclone''', which increases the level of his attacks to their maximum amount. |
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| 137 | -> In the fourth game, his Exceed Accel is called '''Hazan Gekisou “Jakua Dengekitai”''' where he pulls his foe with his shawl, then knocks them up, then grabs them in midair with his shawl and slams them back to the ground. His Astral, '''Jakutoku Meika: Gōhahōyō''', traps the opponent inside of a giant flower, which transforms them into their younger selves, which is then revealed momentarily as the flower bursts open. A green, orange and black curtain then slides out, obscuring the view completely. |
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| 139 | * AgentPeacock: Effeminate, flamboyant, and just as capable of kicking ass with the best of them. Flamboyant or no, you ''have'' to be a badass to withstand a barrage of intense heat, freezing cold, and shocking electricity with no side effects (as seen in Bang's gag reel). |
| 140 | ** [[spoiler:Being an Observer will do that; even Azrael is excited to learn the depths of his power when he fights him in Amane's ''Centralfiction'' Act II arcade mode]]. |
| 141 | * {{All Guys Want Bad Boys}}: He was instantly "fascinated" when he met Ragna during the events of the Chronophantasma portion of the story mode. |
| 142 | * AllPowerfulBystander: [[spoiler:He is Rachel's successor as an Onlooker (special kind of Observer), and such, is every bit as powerful as she was during ''Calamity Trigger''. He claims that he doesn't like to meddle with the world's affairs, and aside from him chasing after Carl, he's more content with watching in the sidelines. In ''CF'', however, he says that the same can't be said when someone tries to conduct the world by force, in that he'll step in. Nine calls him out on this]]. |
| 143 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Though he mostly flirts with and enjoys the company of men, he's also quite fond of big breasts and has even apparently got the hots for a certain furry lady... |
| 144 | -->'''Amane''' (to Valkenhayn): "Well aren't you an attractive middle-aged man? I sense a lot of class from your demeanor, too...I think I might be forming a crush on you. |
| 145 | -->'''Amane''' (to Makoto): That's a pretty sexy outfit you've got on there...I'm kinda into that. |
| 146 | * CampGay: |
| 147 | ** If his design doesn't already scream this, his profile is outright confirmation, listing his "Likes" section as "beautiful things (mainly [[{{Bishonen}} handsome men]])." You all have [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Sugita]] to thank for his existence, by the way. |
| 148 | ** Also played with in that in the Japanese script, he speaks with masculine pronouns ("ore" to refer to himself), and is quite the LargeHam in his battle dialogue. |
| 149 | * CampyCombat: A flamboyant, feminine-looking man in a pink kimono who likes handsome men. His fighting style is dance-like and revolves around ClothingCombat, using his pink shawl and sleeves to strike enemies and form drills. |
| 150 | * ClothingCombat: Fights with his shawl and sleeves that can shapeshift into different weapons, mostly in the form of CombatTentacles and drills. |
| 151 | * CombatHandFan: Gains a new move in ''Central Fiction'' called Gangan Senpu: Ginga (Rock Bracing Fan Cloth: Silver Grace), where he shapes his shawl to an uchiwa and bats with it. He can also [[TornadoMove blow a small tornado]] with it. |
| 152 | * {{Crossdresser}}: He's one, natch. He also mistakes Noel for being one. |
| 153 | * DanceBattler: He refers to battles as "dancing" and he aims to "dance on the greatest stage", i.e. a battlefield where the greatest warriors gather. His fighting style is also quite dance-like. |
| 154 | * DeathOfAThousandCuts: Many of his moves (including his Drive and one of his [=DDs=]) deal a lot of weak hits. |
| 155 | * DivingKick: He has one as a normal move (which is a straight down vertical drill dive) and as a special move as his Gosei (Basket Force). |
| 156 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Gets mistaken for a woman by many characters InUniverse. Go on, ask Bang, Hazama, Litchi...among others. |
| 157 | --> '''Kagura''' (after checking him out): "...not another dude..." |
| 158 | * EffeminateVoice: He's a WholesomeCrossdresser (and implied to be CampGay) who speaks in a gentle, high-pitched voice. He can, however, occasionally speak in a rougher tone, particularly when he's being hammy (it helps that he has a dance troupe). |
| 159 | * EvolvingAttack: His Drive has 3 levels, and it increases in level the more he uses his Drive move (or his Hariken special, or his [=DDs=]), becoming stronger and able to do more ScratchDamage in the process. Beware, however: if he overuses his Drive move until he goes past level 3, it [[{{Overheating}} overheats]] and makes him unable to use his Drive (or his Hariken special, or his [=DDs=]) until the gauge goes back to level 0. Using his [=DDs=], in particular, will quickly increase his Drive level. |
| 160 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:In CP Story Mode Rachel calls him Uzume[[note]] The Shinto goddess of dawn who danced naked to lure out Amaterasu from her hiding place[[/note]] and is hinted to be an immortal[[note]]Astraling himself already hints that he may be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, as he merely turns younger instead of becoming a child; his quote of "Well, this sure brings back memories..." implies this wouldn't be the first time it happened to him[[/note]] meaning that Amane will become important in the next game. Lo and behold, Amane becomes a much more active character in ''Central Fiction'', and the reason for his immortality is revealed: he's an Onlooker.]] |
| 161 | * {{Foil}}: As [[spoiler:her successor as an Onlooker]], he is one to Rachel. Rachel [[SugarAndIcePersonality acts cold and aloof, but she does genuinely care]] enough about the world and its inhabitants to forfeit her Onlooker title and directly interfere with the events of the plot, something that is endangering her life. Amane similarly cares about the world, but is far less direct about it compared to Rachel. |
| 162 | * FountainOfYouth: His Astral seems to work this way. [[note]]Ragna turns into his younger self from Story Mode, Jin and Tsubaki turn into their childhood selves from the latter's flashback in her ''CS'' Story Mode, Noel turns into her childhood self from her flashback in ''CS'' Story Mode, Rachel becomes her younger self from ''Phase Shift 1'', Taokaka regresses to a Kaka kitten, Bang becomes a younger version of himself, Carl becomes his younger self from Story Mode but wearing a different outfit seen in a piece of CG artwork and tossing a Nirvana doll, Hakumen becomes "Pakumen", Hazama turns into Kazuma from ''Phase Shift 1'', Makoto turns into her presumed childhood self with a (much) looser top and bike shorts, Valkenhayn becomes his younger self from ''Phase Shift 1'', Platinum is a strange inversion -- she returns to being Trinity, Relius becomes his younger self wearing a classy gentleman's outfit and covering his face, Bullet turns into her childhood self wearing boys' clothing and completely flat, Azrael also reverts to his childhood self who crosses his arm and pretty much not giving a damn, Litchi reverts to a child version with more assertive clothing and still with a boob window showing a big rack for her age, carrying a basket of meat buns, Tager becomes a... wind-up doll of himself, Arakune becomes... the wounded tartar befriended by Lambda in her Gag Reel, Nu becomes a hyperactive little girl passionately hugging a big, two-dimensional Ragna paper doll, Mu becomes similar to Noel, but with the rags she was found in during the ''Calamity Trigger'' story mode opening, Izayoi's transformation is a younger Tsubaki wearing a dress like child Noel, Kagura turns into a younger version of himself wearing an NOL Academy uniform and carrying a shinai, Terumi turns into a babified version of his ghost form carrying a stick with a snake on its tip, Kokonoe becomes her younger self as seen in an ending illustration from ''Phase Shift 4'', wearing the robes of the Kaka clan, Celica into her younger self, Little Sister from [[VisualNovel/XBlaze XBlaze: Lost Memories]], with Minerva becoming a wind-up toy, Lambda turning into her younger self in a robe, hugging a tartar plushie, Hibiki becomes his child self, wearing an orange tanktop, black pants and shoes, and wielding 2 twigs with a small cartoon crow besides him, Naoto wears his school uniform from ''Bloodedge Experience'' while Raquel Alucard sits on his back drinking tea, Nine turns into her younger self, Me from [[VisualNovel/XBlaze XBlaze: Lost Memories]], Izanami turns into Saya Terumi from ''Bloodedge Experience'', Es turns into her ''VisualNovel/XBlaze'' self while eating pudding, Mai turns into her NOL Academy self, Susano'o turns into a black-colored Pakumen and Jubei turns into a younger, kitten-like version of himself wearing a samurai helmet. When used on Amane himself, the victim!Amane becomes a younger, teenager Amane, posing and [[BishieSparkle sparkling]].[[/note]] |
| 163 | * FourthWallPsych: In his Act 1 ''CF'' arcade play, during the talk with Rachel (rendered in CG art), he glances at the camera and says "don't you think so as well?" [[spoiler:He was actually talking into Nine, who's watching behind the scenes.]] |
| 164 | * GirlyRun: His running animation. |
| 165 | * GlassCannon: [[spoiler:For an [[GameplayAndStorySegregation immortal]] as an Onlooker]], he's as fragile as Ragna and the Murakumos (in CP) or Kokonoe and Valkenhayn (in CF). He can also take off ''huge'' chunks of HP, even on block. ''Especially'' on block. |
| 166 | * GrappleMove: His Gekiren (Raging Passion) special is his cloth turning into a big arm which comes out from the ground beneath the opponent and then slams them down. |
| 167 | * {{Immortality}}: [[spoiler:He's an Observer like Rachel, so he cannot die by normal means.]] |
| 168 | * ImmuneToMindControl: Rachel attempts to force him to give her answers using her [=SlaveRed=] spell, but it doesn't affect him. [[spoiler:''Central Fiction'' reveals why: he's an Observer who can also use sorcery just like her.]] |
| 169 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: He'll whip you with [[MorphWeapon his sleeves]] and [[ThisIsADrill drill]] you with his... [[ScarfOfAsskicking shawl.]] |
| 170 | * LargeHam: In the Japanese version at least, he speaks like a Kabuki performer. |
| 171 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''BUSIN/BUSHIN'' (lit. DANCE GOD). |
| 172 | * MadeOfIron: Almost at Azrael's level. Story mode has him shrugging off any fight he gets in with minor or no injuries at all. [[spoiler:Being immortal may have something to do with that.]] |
| 173 | * MagicalFloatingShawl: Amane wears a translucent pink 'hagoromo'' that floats above his head when [[MasterOfThreads he isn't using it to smack and drill opponents]]. |
| 174 | * MysteriousPast: There is next to nothing known about Amane other than that he tried to train Bullet's squadron 10 years ago (which turns out... wrong) and that he has an interest in Carl. There's also no explanation as how his clothes are able to shapeshift. [[spoiler:This may come through the use of sorcery]]. |
| 175 | * MythicalMotifs: Rachel apparently calls him "Uzume", referring to Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto of Japanese myth, the goddess who dance naked in order for Amaterasu to come out from her hiding in a cave. |
| 176 | * {{Narcissist}}: Keeping in line with the below VainSorceress qualities, leave him {{idle|Animation}} for too long and Amane will admiringly examine himself in a hand mirror. |
| 177 | --> '''Amane''': [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy "Damn I look good."]] |
| 178 | * NeutralNoLonger: [[spoiler:As an Onlooker he is not supposed to interfere regardless of what happens to the world. However, he enters the Embryo, saying he cannot stand by if someone is trying to distort the world by force. After becoming involved he revived Takamagahara, offered to become Ragna’s Observer and delay his Black Beast transformation and is planning to save the world by reopening the Nemesis Horizon and sending the Master Unit back into the Boundary, this time with someone else filling it]]. |
| 179 | * NiceGuy: His narcissism aside, Amane is never anything less than impeccably polite and courteous. His men also greatly revere him. |
| 180 | * NoodleIncident: 10 years ago, he mistook Bullet's mercenary squadron for a dance troupe and forced them to dance for three days straight. She's never forgiven him for that. |
| 181 | * OddFriendship: Forges a strong friendship with Bang after a duel. A MANLY FRIENDSHIP! |
| 182 | * {{Overheating}}: Part of the way Amane's drill moves balance out. Use them too much and you'll overheat your meter, causing it to drop all the way back down to level one. |
| 183 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: Is seen carrying one in some of his pre-battle animations. |
| 184 | * PetalPower: Many of his moves are accompanied by flying sakura petals. |
| 185 | * PunnyName: At least in the English context. While Amane [[DudeLooksLikeALady looks like a lady]], he is "a man, eh?". |
| 186 | * PurpleIsPowerful: His purple hair should tell you that he's more powerful than he looks. [[spoiler:He's an Observer, for one]]. |
| 187 | * ScratchDamage: The purpose of his Drive is to [[AntiArmor inflict damage on block]]. With his Drive on Level 1 the attacks are only slightly more damaging than any other attack. On Level 2 you're definitely going to feel the sting of the drills, but there's no need for panic just yet... Well, unless you consider the fact that from Level 2 it's just a matter of time before Amane reaches '''[[OhCrap Level 3]]''' which drills straight through your defenses into your HP pool for a ton of damage. Seriously, you're better off ''getting hit'' by a Level 3 Spiral than actually blocking it. |
| 188 | * ShapingYourAttacks: Many of his moves turn his sleeves/shawl into various forms to hit the enemy with. |
| 189 | * SignatureHeadgear: Fitting in with his geisha-inspired looks, Amane wears golden [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanzashi hairpins.]] |
| 190 | * SignatureMove: His Drive moves, as well as his Astral. |
| 191 | * SingleStrokeBattle: His Seijuu Rensoukyaku (Holy Beast Kneading Spear Leg) DD has him striking through the opponent, then he gestures with his fan and the opponent is blasted with a burst of petals. |
| 192 | * SpinAttack: His Raibu (Thunder Dance) special, done with his shawl and a straw hat. |
| 193 | * ThemeNaming: Surprisingly, his moveset is [[ShoutOutThemeNaming named after]]...''Franchise/SuperSentai'' titles? Albeit in homophone-styled parody readings. |
| 194 | * ThisIsADrill: As if the name of Amane's Drive, "Spiral", didn't give it away. His Hariken (Blade Detached Sword) special and Goukai Rasen Renpa (Splendid Spiral Chain Victories) DD also involves drills. |
| 195 | * TooKinkyToTorture: His only [[http://youtu.be/CyAU_5LJMok?t=6m34s reaction]] to Relius' Astral Heat is to giggle and comment how it's "pretty impressive." Most of the other characters subjected to it ''scream''. |
| 196 | * TransformationSequence: In some of his BattleIntro he appears in a more graceful kimono and stylized hair. Then he somehow turns into his normal outfit by swinging his umbrella. |
| 197 | * VainSorceress: Male example. [[spoiler:The "Sorcerer" status was debatable up until ''Central Fiction'' which reveals that Amane is an Observer, and can use real sorcery just like Rachel and Nine.]] |
| 198 | * WildCard: His motives are very...unclear. He claims to not have a stake in the current conflict, and does remain neutral for the most part but [[spoiler:then he revives Takamagahara for an as of yet unknown purpose. Even Takamagahara questions what he's doing, and he just answers that he's "going to start believing in something called 'possibility'".]] |
| 199 | * YouWillNotEvadeMe: Minor example: Most of his C normals has a pulling effect on his opponent. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Bullet]] |
| 203 | [[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbdw_bullet.png]] |
| 204 | [[caption-width-right:244:[[RedBaron Singular]], [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not]] plural.]] |
| 205 | [floatboxright: |
| 206 | '''Profile''' |
| 207 | * Height: 175cm (5'8.9") |
| 208 | * Weight: 63kg (138.6 lbs) |
| 209 | * Blood type: O |
| 210 | * Date of Birth: August 2 |
| 211 | * Birthplace: Unknown |
| 212 | * Hobbies: Embroidery |
| 213 | * Likes: Spicy foods |
| 214 | * Dislikes: Skirts (especially mini-skirts) |
| 215 | ] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | -->''Stand in my way... I'll break your back.'' |
| 218 | |
| 219 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 220 | '''JP:''' Creator/ToaYukinari \ |
| 221 | '''EN:''' Creator/ErinFitzgerald |
| 222 | |
| 223 | -> Bullet is a member of a mercenary group that ended up massacred in a certain incident involving Sector Seven. Seeking answers, Bullet now has a bone to pick with Kokonoe and Relius. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | -> Her arcade playthrough is named ''Paranoia''. Her story playthrough is named ''The Rat''. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | -> Her Drive, '''Lockon''', shows a target reticule on the opponent and allows her to enter a state called "Heat-Up Mode." This state allows her to power-up many of her special moves and make her move faster. Her Overdrive is '''Heat the Beat''', which places her in a constant state of Heat-Up. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | -> In the fourth game, her Exceed Accel is called '''Execution Maneuver''' where she grabs her foe, then [[WipeTheFloorWithYou drags them along the ground]] ([[FrictionBurn burning the ground in the process]]) before smashing them to the wall behind her. Her Astral, '''Hard Kill Bringer''', involves her grabbing the opponent and repeatedly slugging them with fire-enhanced punches. She then slams the opponent to the ground and mounts them before revealing a pile bunker in her gauntlets and firing a huge blast of flames at point blank range, torching the opponent and cratering the ground, similar to Tager's Astral. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Has noticeably dark skin but her nationality is unknown. |
| 232 | * BattleAura: A blurring, red one in Heat-Up. |
| 233 | * BattleStrip: {{Inverted|Trope}}. She takes off her jacket after the match is over (as one of her victory poses). |
| 234 | * BerserkButton: If you know where Kokonoe is you have three options: Tell her what you know, run away, or get roasted. |
| 235 | ** She also has issues with Tsubaki due to Zero Squadron's involvement in the ill-fated mission. |
| 236 | ** Relius Clover is on her list as well due to his hand in setting up the mission and his association with Kokonoe. |
| 237 | ** Also, due to a NoodleIncident involving Amane (See below), his very existence is one for her. |
| 238 | ** Lastly, don't make fun of her uniform. |
| 239 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: She's one of the largest-breasted girls in the series, right behind Makoto at 2nd and Litchi at 1st and is a big part of why she's a MsFanservice. Even Litchi herself is impressed by her figure when she sizes her up. Point in case, her chest is the ''first'' thing Toshimichi Mori decides to point out in an interview with Famitsu. |
| 240 | --> '''Interviewer''': "Okay, lastly, what can you say about Bullet?" \ |
| 241 | '''Mori''': "Well, she's quite big-breasted, isn't she?" (''[[LampshadeHanging laughs]]'') |
| 242 | * BodySled: Unlimited Bullet has one as a Distortion Drive, in the vein of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Crimson Viper's Burning Dance]]. |
| 243 | * CharacterDevelopment: Undergoes a lot of it in ''Central Fiction''. [[spoiler:After realizing that Tager is in fact her former captain she confronts him about it and while he never regains his memories, the conversation proves to her that her captain truly did not betray their comrades. She then asks to fight him to prove that she is no longer the child that he needed to protect. After he confirms this for her, Bullet puts aside her quest for vengeance and answers, instead deciding to look towards the future and eventually joins Sector Seven.]] |
| 244 | * ChargedAttack: Locking on to the opponent for long enough gives them a red crosshair that signifies that her Drive moves become stronger and have better properties. Her Flint Shooter special can also be charged. |
| 245 | * ChildSoldier: As seen in her Amane-fied form, she already wore her uniform since she was little. |
| 246 | * CloseRangeCombatant: Being a grappler, most of her moves are of close-range. Her Drive helps closing in to the enemy. |
| 247 | * CrosshairAware: The visual representation of her Drive hitting the opponent. |
| 248 | * TheComicallySerious: This is even PlayedForLaughs in Story Mode. Bang in an attempt to get her to loosen up, tries his best to make her laugh, even resorting to drawing a face on his chest and doing a bellydance. She does chuckle at the display... [[RightForTheWrongReasons only to reveal that she was laughing at how hard he was trying.]] |
| 249 | ** This gets taken to its logical extremes in her Gag Reel. |
| 250 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Slightly towards Bang. |
| 251 | * DePower: During her fight with Azrael in Story Mode, [[spoiler:the presence of Celica]] causes her Ars Armagus to stop working, putting her at a disadvantage. |
| 252 | * DisproportionateRetribution: In both Story Mode and her arcade mode, she attempts to ''kill'' Amane. The reason? He mistook her mercenary group for a dance troupe and forced them to dance for three days straight. Considering that this all happened ''10 years ago'', she's apparently never forgiven him for that. |
| 253 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Her response to Ragna saving her from Azrael. |
| 254 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Tao calls her "Butt Lady." She reacts poorly. |
| 255 | ** She takes Ragna's nickname of "Butt Floss" even worse. |
| 256 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Bullet's gauntlets are a form of ars armagus, but even without them, her grappling skills allow her to keep pace with the rest of the cast. |
| 257 | * EvolvingAttack: Her Drive gets stronger the higher her "Heat-Up" level is. At the start, the Drive just creates a small circle around her, at level 2 her Drive creates a larger one that covers most of the screen. Her Heat-Up level increases whenever she successfully hits with her drive, or if she uses her Afterburner special. |
| 258 | * FantasticRacism[=/=]InsaneTrollLogic: Her Arcade mode plays with the two tropes. As her winquote against Makoto shows, she doesn't seem to harbor any real racist tendencies towards beastkin, unlike Hazama. But as her fight with Valkenhayn shows, if you happen to be a beastkin, she'll antagonize you because since she's looking for Kokonoe, who's part beastkin herself, then that means you know where she is. |
| 259 | * FishOutOfWater: When she's not fighting. Leading her to apply battle knowledge to all things... [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 just like the Soldier.]] |
| 260 | * FlungClothing: One of her win poses involves releasing her jacket and has her topless (except with a bra), in the same vein as [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear I-No]]. |
| 261 | * {{Foil}}: To Tager in many ways. Both have PowerFists with different elements, both have mercenary backgrounds [[spoiler:because he was her captain]], both are grapplers, but while Tager's Drive drags his foes towards him, Bullet's instead moves herself towards her foes. |
| 262 | * ForgottenFriendNewFoe: [[spoiler: For Tager, it seems. Specifically, she and Tager were in the same mercenary unit, and the incident that left him in his current condition is the same one she's seeking answers for. Since most of Tager's memories are [[LaserGuidedAmnesia sealed/erased]] and he's also bound to Kokonoe's will...]] |
| 263 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has one across the bridge of her nose. |
| 264 | * GrappleMove: She excels in this. Most of them are actually "blockable" grabs, though (unlike, say, Tager). |
| 265 | * TheGrappler: She is a more mobile version who uses fire Ars Magus and her equipment to snatch folks out of the air and throw them around like ragdolls. |
| 266 | * HairTriggerTemper: Partly due to having NoSocialSkills, she's almost like Ragna when it comes to being easily angered. |
| 267 | * HeelFaceTurn: While she was never a villain per se Bullet is antagonistic towards Sector Seven, who are on the protagonists' side. In ''CF'' she then sides with Tager and answers from Kokonoe, basically joining their ranks; though that was when everyone's memories got muddled and reverted back to the time around ''CT''. [[spoiler:By the end of the game she's a real member of Sector Seven.]] |
| 268 | * HellishPupils: If you look closely, she's got cat slits, plus she's rather aggressive, fitting into this trope further. |
| 269 | * HotBlooded: What else would you expect from an Overdrive called "Heat the Beat"? |
| 270 | * HypocriticalHumor: Her line after defeating Makoto in her arcade run. This coming from someone who wears hotpants. |
| 271 | -->'''Bullet''': Doesn't it bother you that people can see... ''everything?'' |
| 272 | ** And then there's this line from her Gag Reel, again coming from someone wearing hotpants. Apparently no one's ever told her the saying "Practice what you preach". It's even lampshaded by Noel and Tsubaki. |
| 273 | --->'''Bullet''': For the record, I ''hate'' skirts...and this open area around my chest. What the hell is that? I can't be caught wearing this! |
| 274 | --->'''Tsubaki''': Uhh, I think your own clothes were just as extreme... |
| 275 | --->'''Noel''': Exactly! For someone who wears those extreme low-rise pants so well day-to-day, this should be nothing! |
| 276 | * ImageSong: Her voice actress sings a vocal version of her theme "Spirit of Fire" called "REVENGER". |
| 277 | * InstantDeathRadius: Her Drive works like this. |
| 278 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's abrasive, antisoical, ill-tempered, and tends to hold grudges, but she's ''far'' from a villain. Sadly, only Bang gets to see the "Heart of Gold" part. |
| 279 | * TheLadette: She's raised in a rough environment and thus acts quite like a rough guy. |
| 280 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''Spirit of Fire'' |
| 281 | * MsFanservice: Inevitable, considering her breast size is only outstripped by the Makoto and Litchi, compounded with the fact that she walks around wearing [[MemeticMutation hotpants]]... Her Gag Reel pretty much takes this trope and milks it for all it's worth, for while Bullet claims to be modest it doesn't stop Lichi from tricking her into cosplay. |
| 282 | * MurderousThighs: Excluding her air throw. |
| 283 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Her Astral, which involves picking the enemy up and slugging them repeatedly, then slamming them into the ground and hitting them so hard [[CraterPower they crater the planet.]] |
| 284 | * NoSocialSkills: Due to being raised as a mercenary from young age, she doesn't know much outside of fighting. This is even lampshaded by Bang when her methods of getting information out of someone results in her nearly killing the person. |
| 285 | --> '''Bullet''': What? I can't do that? That's how I always get information. |
| 286 | --> (''Beat'') |
| 287 | --> '''Bang''': How are you ''not'' already in prison? |
| 288 | --> '''Bullet''': Shut up. |
| 289 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: After an encounter with Litchi goes wrong, she berates herself by saying she's no different from Azrael since despite initially wanting to talk to her, she ended up attacking her much like Azrael did during an earlier encounter with him. |
| 290 | * OneOfTheBoys: She was raised by male mercenaries. |
| 291 | * PileBunker: Has one hidden in her gauntlet, which she uses to deal the final blow in her Astral. |
| 292 | * PlayingWithFire: If the name of her Overdrive, Heat the Beat, didn't give it away. |
| 293 | * PowerFists: She fights with Ars Magus gauntlets that can [[PlayingWithFire shoot fire]], with the left one being particularly large. Unusually for this trope she doesn’t primarily use them for punching, instead grabbing the opponent and [[PowerPalms blasting them with her palms]] at [[FacePalmOfDoom point blank range]]. |
| 294 | * PrivateMilitaryContractors: She was a part of this in the past. |
| 295 | * RaisedByDudes: She was taken in by [[spoiler:Tager’s]] mercenary group at a young age and lived her life on the battlefield. |
| 296 | * TheRemnant[=/=]SoleSurvivor: Of her mercenary squad. |
| 297 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Her motivation. She lost her mercenary squad to an ill-fated mission to Naobi ([[spoiler:the same mission that caused Tager to lose his memory]]) and she holds several parties responsible. Kokonoe and Relius being her main targets. |
| 298 | * SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Due to being RaisedByDudes and growing up on the battlefield, she doesn't really know much outside of fighting. |
| 299 | * {{Shotoclone}}: her Flint Shooter is her projectile and her Cutting Shear and Snap Hands Fist are [[ShoRyuken her uppercut moves.]] |
| 300 | * SignatureMove: Her Drive moves. |
| 301 | * SkilledButNaive: Having been trained since young age as mercenary while not having enough social skills easily makes her this. |
| 302 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's almost 5'9" [[labelnote:*]]a good 175cm to be exact[[/labelnote]] and just... look at her design. She is also the tallest playable female in the franchise. |
| 303 | * TerribleArtist: Quite clear from a map of Ikaruga that she drew in an episode of ''Teach Me More, Ms. Litchi!''. |
| 304 | * ThemeNaming: Various gun operating mechanisms (i.e. snaphance, flint, miquelet). |
| 305 | * TheyCallHimSword: In a variant, they call her "Bullet". It's not known if it's her real name or a name she picked up as a mercenary. |
| 306 | * ThreeStrikeCombo: Her DD Serpentine Assault has 2 followups that you can perform if you have some Heat-Up stocks AND an extra 50 Heat. |
| 307 | %%* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: One of her hobbies is embroidery. |
| 308 | %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Spicy foods. |
| 309 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's surprisingly absent in ''Chronophantasma's'' True Ending and it's never known if she found out the truth behind the Naobi incident. |
| 310 | * WhenSheSmiles: Bang makes it his goal to make Bullet laugh. When she finally does, she admits she's laughing because of how sad his attempts were. [[DoubleSubversion She appreciated the effort though.]] |
| 311 | * WipeTheFloorWithYou: Her new move in ''CF'' named Cross Fire Wheel has her scraping the foe against the ground. |
| 312 | * WouldHurtAChild: Her Arcade mode puts an interesting take on this. If pitted against Carl or Platinum, she'll fight them without hesitation, but as her winquotes against them show, she's actually adverse to the idea of hurting children. Justified considering her backstory. |
| 313 | -->'''Bullet''': {''After defeating Carl'') I can't bear to see children on the battlefield. Go home before this gets out of hand. |
| 314 | -->'''Bullet''': {''After defeating Platinum'') A battlefield is no place for a child. Surely you have someone important to you... Go to their side. It will be for the best. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Azrael]] |
| 318 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazblue_central_fiction_azrael_main.png]] |
| 319 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[OhCrap Get ready to be devoured.]]]] |
| 320 | [floatboxright: |
| 321 | '''Profile''' |
| 322 | * Height: 203cm |
| 323 | * Weight: 160kg |
| 324 | * Blood type: A |
| 325 | * Date of Birth: October 10 |
| 326 | * Birthplace: Unknown |
| 327 | * Hobbies: Arm wrestling (he has never lost in it) |
| 328 | * Likes: Struggle |
| 329 | * Dislikes: Sporks |
| 330 | ] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | -->''You're in luck, because I'm going to show you...NONE CAN RIVAL MY STRENGTH!'' |
| 333 | |
| 334 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 335 | '''JP:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto \ |
| 336 | '''EN:''' [[Creator/DCDouglas D.C. Douglas]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | -> A feared member of Sector Seven nicknamed ''The Mad Dog'' who was locked away because of his violent personality, the cause of incidents where he attacked everything in sight - friend and foe alike. Azrael lives for fighting, and has an insatiable lust for power. Because his abilities are superhuman, he limits himself to make battles more entertaining. He has recently been released by his superiors and has a new objective: Kill Kokonoe and Tager and take Ragna's Azure Grimiore. Of course, he doesn't care about his superiors' wishes, and only agreed just so he could fight strong opponents, like Ragna or the Six Heroes. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | -> His arcade playthrough is named ''Violence''. |
| 341 | |
| 342 | -> His Drive is '''The Terror''', which lets him reveal weak points on the opponent. There are two different types of weak points - high and low, and depending on the position there will be different effects for the next Drive attack that hits the weak point. His Overdrive is '''Mental Colosseum''', which makes all of his Drives inflict weak points even when blocked and stay there until the Overdrive ends. |
| 343 | |
| 344 | -> In the fourth game, his Exceed Accel '''Full Spartan''' has him stunning his foe with a downward punch. He then does a series of moves, ending with him punching the midair foe to the wall. His Astral, '''Patriot Apocalypse''', involves punching the opponent into a slab of ground, which he promptly tosses high into the sky. He then releases his limiters and as the opponent falls to the ground, he raises his fist to the sky, the resulting collision causing a massive volcanic eruption which completely disintegrates the slab of ground with the opponent on it. Azrael then exposes his bare back to the screen and laughs maniacally as the dust settles. |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * AffablyEvil: Surprisingly. For such a blatant BloodKnight, he's pretty polite to everyone he meets, maintains an impersonal, friendly tone with people even when he threatens to kill them, and is even a good sport in battle. It's only when his BerserkButton is pressed does the monster come out. |
| 347 | * TheAlcoholic: Can be seen chugging a bottle of beer in seconds in one of his match intros. |
| 348 | %%* AmbiguouslyBrown |
| 349 | * AmbitionIsEvil: His desire as shown in ''CF'' is to [[spoiler:awaken the Black Beast and/or going to the "realm of the gods" so he can pick a big fight with them.]] Doing both are seen as majorly bad things. |
| 350 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Implied to be gay by Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Hazama's seiyuu, although Azrael's seiyuu Creator/HirokiYasumoto tried his best to deny. |
| 351 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Some of the cast claims that he isn't human and considering his... deeds, we can definitely rule out "human" for him. |
| 352 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler: The reason he teams up with Izanami in Act 2? She offered to let Azrael fight an even more godlike being than herself - the Black Beast.]] |
| 353 | * ArchEnemy: To Kokonoe and Tager for sealing him away. |
| 354 | * AttackItsWeakpoint[=/=]DamageIncreasingDebuff: His drive is pretty much this. His drive moves give weakpoints, and if those same moves hit an existing weakpoint, the Drive move will [[EvolvingAttack become stronger and have special properties.]] |
| 355 | * AxCrazy: Views the battlefield as a feeding ground and enjoys the act of fighting people to the death. |
| 356 | --> ''Ah, the mayhem... Magnificent!'' |
| 357 | ** This is lampshaded in ''CF''. |
| 358 | --> '''Nine:''' Do you really wish to fight strong ones that badly? \ |
| 359 | '''Azrael:''' A foolish question. I don't have any other reason to live. |
| 360 | * BadassBack: The end of his Astral, which is a blatant homage to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]]. One of his winposes has him take off his jacket and turn his back to the screen, as well. |
| 361 | * BadassBoast: Tends to give out a lot of these, but the quote above when performing his Astral and this quote when using his ''Black Hawk Stinger'' Disortion Drive stand out. |
| 362 | -->'''Azrael:''' Your flesh and bones will know... ''THE'' '''''TRUE''''' ''MEANING OF POWER!!!'' |
| 363 | ** He also has an alternate quote for his Astral. |
| 364 | -->'''Azrael:''' '''HAVE A TASTE, OF THE ULTIMATE DEATH!''' *Cue maniacal laughter* |
| 365 | * BadassLongcoat[=/=]CoatCape: Unlike most examples, this one is held by a strap. It's also regularly removed so he can [[ClothingCombat smack you with it]]. |
| 366 | * BarbarianLonghair: Has long, wild blue hair. |
| 367 | * BareFistedMonk: Fights only with his bare hands. |
| 368 | * BattleAura: Appears quite a lot, as seen on his Distortion Drives and one of his victory poses. He even ''weaponizes'' it in one of his attacks, where it acts as a minor Barrier Burst with damage attached, complete with Super Armor. |
| 369 | * BerserkButton: If you don't put up the fight he craves, he'll be disappointed. But if you put up a good fight and then ''stop'' fighting, he'll be pissed. This is because of his RestrainingBolt below. [[spoiler: Kagura manages to turn this against him to imprison him.]] |
| 370 | * TheBerserker: Word of advice: If you're working with this guy and he starts fighting, it's best to just hide because there's no guarantee he won't turn his fists on you. |
| 371 | * BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler: His arcade mode in ''Central Fiction'' has Nine stating that he broke out of his dimensional prison, which was ''created by Kokonoe,'' and that he did it with his '''bare hands.''' This is after he tore the very fabric of the Embryo, again by his bare hands, to reach Nine in the first place.]] |
| 372 | --> '''Nine:''' Even during the Dark War, I never met a creature that can break the common sense like you do. |
| 373 | * BigEater: When snared by Amane's Astral, his response? |
| 374 | -->'''Azrael:''' Where's my food? |
| 375 | * BloodKnight: Azrael delights in violence, but he especially loves is a fight that can prove a challenge. |
| 376 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He's very similar to someone like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]], in that he ''does'' have some morals and lines he won't cross, but ultimately all of it is secondary to his endless desire to fight and find strong opponents. Helping the villains in exchange for achieving that goal is of little consequence to him, but of course, [[AboveGoodAndEvil the villains themselves are also fair game to him]]. |
| 377 | * BoisterousBruiser: When his opponent is particularly strong, he gets REALLY excited, with loud [[LargeHam hammy laughs]] aplenty... and the sign that you ''really should run away''. |
| 378 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: When confronted by Bullet, he remarks that he has fought members of her squad before, but claims he doesn't remember those he "devoured". [[spoiler:In the CP Story Mode, where he later encounters her again, he finally blurts out about his past with her squad.]] |
| 379 | * ChallengeSeeker: Naturally, given his BloodKnight nature[[note]] The only thing listed under his Likes is "Struggle", which does mean "engage in conflict", but can also mean "to strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance"[[/note]] but notable in that the man himself openly [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] this in his CF Act 2 ending. [[spoiler: He explains to Izanami that his one and only desire is to battle stronger and stronger opponents, and saying that if there is truly no one left, his reason for living would be gone. If the likes of the Six Heroes, Kagura, Ragna, and Izanami are no match for him, he would try to challenge the gods themselves. Izanami finds this interesting, and contracts Azrael to help her with her plans. In exchange, she will give him the kind of opponent he seeks - ''the Black Beast''.]] |
| 380 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As far as the audience knows, he has no type of enhancements whatsoever, he's just ''really'' freaking strong. |
| 381 | * CleavageWindow: One of ''Blazblue: Alter Memory's'' promotional items was a [[http://s1.tsuki-board.net/image/Nepgear1389174691.jpeg cleavage mousepad of his chest]]. His chest is said to give even the bustiest women of ''[=BlazBlue=]'' a run for their money. |
| 382 | * CloseRangeCombatant: Barring his Phalanx Cannon (which is guaranteed to be only used sparingly), all of his attacks have close range, and he's more effective at pressuring and high-low mixup. |
| 383 | * ClothingCombat: Uses his coat during certain attacks. |
| 384 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: He is this for [[Characters/StreetFighterIIUpdatedVersions Akuma]]. Both are dark-skinned [[BloodKnight blood knights]] who are [[WorldsStrongestMan world's strongest men]] to the extent of being [[PersonOfMassDestruction persons of mass destruction]], are looking for the strongest characters to fight and want their opponents to give it all in the fight, and are ultimately tertiary antagonists in relation to the main villains of main story. However, whereas Akuma is StrongAndSkilled (though WeakButSkilled when compared to M. Bison), Azrael is UnskilledButStrong. Also Akuma purposefully holds back his power whilst Azrael has a PowerLimiter applied to him because he's so powerful he could very easily kill someone. Azrael acts as a deconstruction of Akuma, with his willingness to fight strong opponents making him an easy sell for the bigger villains to take advantage of and being used against him by the heroes to take advantage of. |
| 385 | * DeadlyEuphemism: Exactly how literal his "devouring" comments are are hard to tell, but even if he doesn't mean [[IAmAHumanitarian literally eating his enemy]], just him making such comments makes it apparent just how much he hungers for battle. |
| 386 | * DishingOutDirt: Though it's less controlling earth and more [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower manipulating the earth with shockwaves through punching it.]] |
| 387 | * DivingKick: He has this as a normal move. |
| 388 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: PlayedForLaughs. He breaks a soldier's arm after giving him "a gentle pat on the back", in his own words. |
| 389 | * TheDreaded: It's not much of a stretch to say that ''nearly every character in the game is afraid of him''. And the ones who aren't afraid or just don't know him find out the hard way why they should be afraid. Only a fool with an absolute death wish would even ''dream'' of fighting this guy. Some of the few characters that aren't intimidated by him include Hakumen (who still fled from him), Rachel, Terumi...you get the idea, only the most powerful characters in the entire story can talk shit to him AND back it. |
| 390 | ** Even then, these characters do not take him lightly, which speaks volumes for the usual self-assured attitude of the top-tier in Blazblue power chart. |
| 391 | ** In CPEX story ''Collision'', he managed to break the morale of Tager's team with just a look, causing them all to retreat and leave him alone to battle Azrael. |
| 392 | ** To hammer this point even further home, it took [[HeroicWillpower Jin]] and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Kagura]] teaming up to finally put him in cryogenic prison in ''Central Fiction''; two of the most powerful warriors within the NOL. Take note that by this point, Jin's power levels are already considered StoryBreakerPower and Kagura even manages to out-trade his blows with his skills, but he ''still'' manages to beat Kagura so badly that he had to be temporarily put out of commission to tend to his injuries. Finally, it took Jin using his FinishingMove to do him in and he ''still'' manages to laugh it all off before succumbing. |
| 393 | * EnergyAbsorption: Growler Field does this to projectiles, with each hit absorbed [[CatchAndReturn giving him a Phalanx Cannon charge]] (caps at three but it can absorb projectiles as long as it is held). This actually makes him incredibly viable against [[spoiler:Take-Mikazuchi and Izanami]] as it will negate pretty much three-quarters of its moveset including [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZx50TlUBU#t=118 Take-Mikazuchi's laser beam Distortion Drive]].]] |
| 394 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Azrael doesn't take a liking to people bullying others weaker than them, as shown in episode 4 of "Teach Me More, Ms. Litchi!", where he makes the accusation of Litchi hurting Platinum. Also, Azrael despises cowardice of any kind. |
| 395 | ** While he accepts the offer to [[spoiler: kill Kokonoe]], Azrael is still disgusted with Sector 7's motive for releasing him. |
| 396 | * EvilLaugh[=/=]LaughingMad: Once he's done with his Astral and anytime he's in a fight. |
| 397 | * EvilSoundsDeep: With Creator/HirokiYasumoto ''and'' [[Creator/DCDouglas D.C. Douglas]] as his respective Japanese and English voice actors? Evil as deep as the ocean. |
| 398 | * {{Expy}}: Besides the hair color, Azrael's personality, general appearance, and disregard for technique or skill is a dead ringer for Yujiro Hanma. |
| 399 | * FashionableAsymmetry: For reasons unknown he wears what can only be described as one half of a pair of assless chaps over his pants on his left leg. |
| 400 | * FatalFlaw: His bloodlust and pride. Azrael is far and away the strongest character on the roster, and yet he has no ambition to use this legendary strength for anything more than pointless violence. His simple worldview means that just offering a worthy opponent is all you need to lure him into a trap, [[spoiler: and that's how he gets put out of commission; he gets lured into a fight with Kagura and then put into a pocket dimension]]. |
| 401 | * {{Flanderization}}: A rather subtle example; while he's UnskilledButStrong, he shows hints of HiddenDepths that show he actually does have actual skill (namely, he teaches you the concept of Yomi[[labelnote:*]]The act of reading your opponent in a Fighting Game, and successfully predicting, and countering, their moves[[/labelnote]] in the tutorial, his Drive is based around revealing weak points, and his Scud Punishment shows proper stances, and proper focus of his power into a Pressure Point strike that exploits all revealed weak points). Afterwards, however, those HiddenDepths were thrown out of the window with revelations that he truly doesn't have any technique at all. |
| 402 | * FlashStep: A very liberal use of these since he doesn't run, not unlike [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Slayer]]. |
| 403 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: It's revealed in his Arcade Mode that his tattoos act as a PowerLimiter. That said, if you notice, they disappear when he uses his Astral. |
| 404 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Story-wise, he's all but outright stated to be one of the most powerful members of the cast. Sure, you can beat him in a fight like a regular character and you ''might'' get a Perfect if you're lucky, but after the battle? Your character is struggling to regain their breath (if not outright beaten within an inch of their life) and desperately looking for a way to escape while Azrael's barely breaking a sweat. |
| 405 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: PlayedWith. While Azrael does have a defined personality, he's mostly defined by the threat he poses and is treated more like an unstoppable force of nature. However, unlike Relius and Terumi, his personality and motives are entirely centered on finding strong opponents to fight. |
| 406 | * GeniusBruiser: Implied with Scud Punishment and in Tutorial Mode, as explained in the Hidden Depths entry below. |
| 407 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: His fighting style in a nutshell. With just that and his strength, he can beat many members of the cast. |
| 408 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: CPEX story ''Collision'' reveals that he has a scar on his right arm. [[spoiler: During his fight with Tager, Tager accidentally strikes the scar while attempting to dodge one of his attacks, which manages to actually cause Azrael ''genuine'' pain, leaving him vulnerable enough for Kokonoe to send him to the Dog House.]] |
| 409 | * GracefulLoser: At least as graceful as someone like Azrael can be. [[spoiler: When Kagura and Jin defeat him he's ''ecstatic'' to lose, presumably because he's finally found someone worth his time. He expresses intense anticipation for next time, though Kagura is confident there won't be one.]] |
| 410 | * HeavySleeper: It says a lot when his introduction has him sleeping in a chamber at absolute zero, and then waking up no worse for wear. In fact, some of his appearances just have him sleeping through some pretty ridiculous scenarios. |
| 411 | * HeroicBuild: Even more ripped than Bang or Kagura, which is only emphasized more by his tattoos. Despite this, he is most certainly ''not'' heroic. |
| 412 | * HiddenDepths: Kagura mentions that Azrael pretty much fights by just throwing his power around. Which if you look at his movesets, it holds true. A lot of his animations consist of wildly thrown hook punches, or simply throwing his leg in the air. Except for one: A distortion drive called Scud Punishment, in which Azrael focuses and attacks with two fingers, as if striking a pressure point and leaves the enemy with both weakpoints open. It reveals that he might be more educated at fighting than his preferred style lets on. |
| 413 | ** Azrael's technical and strategic prowess in fighting are further hinted at when he serves as the tutor in the first part of the advanced tutorial mode. He shows rather extensive knowledge on how to exploit an opponent's openings and how to properly read them in order to set up mind games on them; his surprisingly stoic and thorough tone while teaching the mechanics shows that, though absolutely a BloodKnight, he's not just a reckless berserker. Perhaps justified in that gameplay-wise, he's indeed among the best at breaking guards and mix-ups. |
| 414 | ** In ''CF'', he actually has some grasp on what actually is going on, unlike most others. Like how he notices everyone seems to have their memories reverted, or [[spoiler:that Imperator is a god.]] It's just that he cares nothing about them and concerns more about more fighting. |
| 415 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: In ''Extend's'' story Collision, Kokonoe uses Tager's Idea Engine to overload Azrael's Enchant Dragunov limiters, stunning him long enough for her to send him to the Dog House. Years later, Kagura takes advantage of the limiter that prevents Azrael from attacking those who have no will to fight, again leaving him vulnerable enough for Kokonoe to seal him away once again.]] |
| 416 | * HotBlooded: Normally calm, once the fight starts he lets himself out more, and if he's satisfied enough he'll show it, occasionally letting out a big laugh from the excitement. |
| 417 | * {{Hunk}}: He's hot, beefy and very manly. |
| 418 | * IAmAHumanitarian: Heavily, ''heavily'', '''heavily''' implied, what with his constant references to his battles as feeding on his opponents or eating their flesh. It doesn't help that one of his monikers he goes by (see below) is Cannibal. |
| 419 | * IHaveManyNames: The Mad Dog, Massacre King, The Genocider, The Deathbringer, The King of Atrocity, The Tyrant, Destroyer, Cannibal, Murderer. We can go all day with this guy. Lampshaded by Jin in Azrael's ''CP'' arcade play. |
| 420 | * ImageSong: His Japanese voice actor sings a vocal version of his theme "The Tyrant" called "GO in SOUL". |
| 421 | * InexplicablyAwesome: It's never explained how he became ''so'' inhumanly strong he's able to demolish nearly half of the cast. Azrael possesses no Nox Nyctores, is not a beastkin, and seemingly has no magical abilites aside from Enchant Dragunov, which only serves to deliberately make him weaker. |
| 422 | * InvincibleVillain: Even moreso than Terumi and Relius combined. ''Chronophantasma's'' Story mode and his arcade mode has him steamrolling over nearly every member of the cast. And unlike the former two, he's never been defeated in battle. [[spoiler:It took sealing him away in the space between dimensions to finally put him down.]] Ragna nearly uses the Azure Grimoire against him before he gets a flash of Azreal's [[spoiler: Arcade Mode ending where Azrael starts releases his "[[PowerLimiter Enchant Dragunov]]", and Ragna is convinced that the Azure Grimoire wouldn't be enough to beat him]]. A subtle but effective point to drive this home is that most battles with him in story mode end with his opponent desperately looking for an escape or beaten within an inch of their life while Azrael's theme is blasting in the background. |
| 423 | ** It is implied that he becomes the dummy for Challenge Mode because of this. |
| 424 | ** [[spoiler:He FINALLY suffers defeat in CF, stated to be his first.]] |
| 425 | * TheJuggernaut: Probably the scariest thing about Azrael isn't his strength, fearsome as it is, but his ability to shrug pretty much ''everything'' thrown at him. In their fight in Chapter 13 of the "Chronophantasma" route of the third game, Kagura notes that despite their skills being relatively on par, Azrael has a hell of a lot more endurance. Even Hakumen notes that fleeing would be a more suitable option than trying to take him down. |
| 426 | ** In-game, Azrael has higher than average health and can shrug off any amount of projectile attacks or ranged Distortions with his Growler Field without his health bar even getting scratched. This is exemplified with the intro for a fight between Azrael and Kokonoe, where he absorbs a barrage from Golden Tager X no worse for the wear. |
| 427 | * KickTheDog: To get Ragna to unleash more of his power, Azrael attempts to kill Celica. Ragna decides to not get provoked and deactivates his Azure Grimoire out of CharacterDevelopment, while Rachel uses Gii to shield Celica. |
| 428 | * KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: One of his intros has him stepping on an unconscious person before kicking them offscreen. [[NothingIsScarier Lord only knows what else he did to him]]. |
| 429 | ** One of his special moves is a GroundPound that can be used as this. |
| 430 | * KnuckleCracking: He does that in several of his intros, as well as his taunt. |
| 431 | * LargeHam: The more excited he is during battle, the hammier he gets. |
| 432 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''The Tyrant'' |
| 433 | * LightIsNotGood: In contrast to Kagura's Black Knight Azrael wears white, is named after the angel of death, and is an AxCrazy Berserker. |
| 434 | * LightningBruiser: Played with. He has a slow walking speed and his dash is a slow teleport, not a full run. But he can be surprisingly quick when he starts attacking, with him potentially be flying around as much as his opponent. He also has a heavy damage output (especially with his Drive) and is among the ones with the highest health in the roster. |
| 435 | * ManlyGay: He gives off this vibe, or so Creator/YuuichiNakamura says. Furthermore, a good portion of ''[=BlazBlue=] Radio Wide''[='s=] "Riot" special for ''Chronophantasma'' consisted of most of the other seiyuu assembled (mainly the aforementioned Nakamura, as well as Creator/AoiYuuki) teasing Yasumoto about this, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday much to his dismay and disapproval.]] (Although Yasumoto himself ''did'' indulge in some jokes with Nakamura from time to time...) |
| 436 | * ManlyMan: Is easily the manliest of all the ''Chronophantasma'' newcomers, being an overly-muscular BloodKnight with BarbarianLonghair and a deep voice that [[WalkingShirtlessScene goes around shirtless]], [[GoodOldFisticuffs overpowers his enemies with brute force alone]], and can match powerful characters like Ragna, Kagura, and the Six Heroes all while holding back his true power. As if to add a cherry on top, his likes is listed as arm wrestling. |
| 437 | * MegatonPunch: His Astral and half of his movelist. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-YcZCdlFfg The animated version is even more awesome.]] |
| 438 | * MrFanservice: He's picking some stuff from Bang, evidently, with the constant WalkingShirtlessScene action, fanart accessible within the games and even merchandise of his pecs used as a mousepad. |
| 439 | * MysteriousPast: There is not one scrap of backstory for Azrael. Nothing about his upbringing or where he came from, or how he got involved with Sector Seven in the first place. Beyond his participation in the Ikaruga Civil War, we have no information on how Azrael got to his current [[NighInvulnerability nigh-invulnerable]] status. |
| 440 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name is taken from '''[[NamesToRunAwayFrom/DemonsOrAngels The Angel of Death]]'''. |
| 441 | ** Not only that, his Drive is also called The Terror. |
| 442 | ** Other names he goes by are [[OmnicidalManiac Genocider]], [[AxCrazy The Mad Dog]], and King of Atrocity, in case you didn't get the hint that you do NOT mess with this guy. |
| 443 | ** Thirdly, the name of his Astral Heat? Patriot Apocalypse, yeah all pretty strong indicators to really run away from this guy. |
| 444 | ** Fourth, his theme song is called "The Tyrant," and is another moniker of his. They ''really'' want you to know that you should '''never''' encounter or even look at this man in your lifetime. |
| 445 | * NighInvulnerability: If it's not a trap set up by Kokonoe, then absolutely nothing that's been thrown at Azrael has been shown to hurt or impede him in the slightest. He's even slept inside a near absolute zero prison and woke up no worse for wear apart from oversleeping. |
| 446 | ** This gets PlayedForLaughs in the Gag Reels he appears in where he pretty much sleeps through everything throw at him; extreme heat, cold, meat, kittens, you name it. [[spoiler: ...Except digestion by Arakune however.]] |
| 447 | ** He's replaces Bang as the training dummy for challenge mode. But unlike Bang's case where it serves to highlight his [[ButtMonkey Butt-Monkey]] status, Azrael's time as a training dummy shows that ''nothing'' you'll throw at him will bother him too much. |
| 448 | * NobleDemon: Make no mistake, Azrael ''loves'' the carnage and mayhem he causes but unlike Terumi, he has some honor to go with it. If he considers you a WorthyOpponent, he will genuinely commend your strength. If you show potential, he will spare you so you can get stronger and fight again. Lastly, he absolutely hates cowards and people who stand back from a fight. And if ''Teach Me Again Ms. Litchi'' is to be believed, he also hates picking on the weak and people who do so. |
| 449 | * ObviouslyEvil: Just look at all the evil tropes on his entry. Hell, just look at all the things under NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast alone. The game is telling, nay, practically '''begging''' you to stay as far away from him as possible. Don't even spare a glance at him. |
| 450 | * OneManArmy: He managed to slaughter a lot of troops (whether it's from the NOL, Ikarugans or mercenaries) during the Ikaruga War. |
| 451 | * OutsideContextProblem: Much like Izanami most people believe Azrael is not even human but something else. His real origins are complete mystery. |
| 452 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Oh yes. Need proof? Look at his Astral -- it completely turns the surrounding area into a wasteland! |
| 453 | * PowerLimiter: "Enchant Dragunov" serves this purpose, and Azrael only uses the Level 1 setting to keep from killing his opponents too quickly - mostly to draw out his thirst for battle, per his BloodKnight nature. [[spoiler:He unleashes Level 2 after facing off against Ragna in Arcade Mode, daring him to follow suit with his Azure Grimoire. Ragna obliges. And in ''CF's'' Story Mode, he's about to unleash Level 4 after being overwhelmed by Kagura, only to be frozen by Jin's Arctic Dungeon.]] |
| 454 | * PowerTattoo: Inverted: the tattoos all over his body are revealed to be said limiters, and he removes them during his Astral as well as his ending, where he fights Ragna after he unleashes his Azure Grimoire. |
| 455 | * {{Pride}}: He's really proud of his strength and will go around showing it to practically everyone he comes across. And that's with him limiting himself. |
| 456 | * PsychoForHire: Psycho is the operative word. |
| 457 | ** At the present time, he's this to the Sector Seven. He only cares for fighting strong opponents, but he has no choice but to follow his employee's orders and limitations. [[spoiler:In the past, he was this to Bullet's squad, but because of his berserker tendencies, he killed them all while in battle, except one who escaped: Bullet herself.]] |
| 458 | ** In Act 2 of ''Central Fiction'' [[spoiler: he teams up with Izanami because he desires the greatest fight of his life, the Black Beast itself.]] |
| 459 | * PsychoticSmirk: His default expression. |
| 460 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: A staple of his game mechanics. A good chunk of his movelist wall-splats the opponent, with one move in particular being capable of carrying the opponent from Azrael in the corner to the opponent in the other corner. |
| 461 | ** MegatonPunch: His Black Hawk Stinger DD and his Astral are pretty much this. |
| 462 | * RapidFireFisticuffs: Unlimited Azrael gains one as a new special move. |
| 463 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Subtler than usual, but he's still pretty much someone not to be messed with. |
| 464 | * RestrainingBolt: Sector 7 made sure to take precautions in releasing him. They placed an Ars Magus that prevented him from attacking anyone who doesn't have a "will to fight" aside from Ragna, Tager and Kokonoe. [[spoiler: This is ultimately his undoing as it is exploited by Kagura in their fight at the Colosseum when he notices that Azrael didn't continue to attack him when he momentarily lost consciousness. [[SheatheYourSword Kagura proceeds to "give up"]] which prevented Azrael from fighting any further and gave Kokonoe the chance to seal him away again.]] |
| 465 | * {{Revenge}}: Against Kokonoe and Tager for imprisoning him. |
| 466 | * SarcasmMode: This line after "accidentally" breaking a soldier's arm in a friendly gesture when released. |
| 467 | -->'''Azrael:''' Oops. My apologies. That was supposed to be a gentle pat on the back. |
| 468 | * SealedEvilInACan[=/=]TailorMadePrison: Prior to the game, he was sealed by Kokonoe in "The Dog House", a special sub-zero prison so cold that atoms cannot move. It was apparently a rather shoddy can as when we first see him, he's sleeping in it. He gets out of the can thanks to Sector Seven, [[spoiler:but he gets sealed in another prison by Kagura and Kokonoe. This time in the space between dimensions.]] |
| 469 | * {{Shoryuken}}: He gains this move in ''CF'' named Panzer Strike, done with his knee. He additionally does a descending punch after that. |
| 470 | * SickeningCrunch: Azrael will do this to anyone he nails twice with his Drive. Even the ones who have no bones to break (Arakune, Hakumen). |
| 471 | * SignatureMove: Expect to see him doing [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Valiant Crush and Hornet Bunker]] a lot. His Growler Field as well, thanks for it being the counter for most things Take-Mikazuchi can throw at him. |
| 472 | * SlasherSmile: A blink-and-you'll-miss moment, but during his Astral, a brief close-up of Azrael has him sporting a ''terrifying'' SlasherSmile. |
| 473 | * SmugSuper: Azrael ''knows'' he's a badass and has all the power to prove it. |
| 474 | * TheSocialDarwinist: With his constant espousing of how only the fittest can survive, to his mindset of being a predator looking for adequate prey to consume while believing weak prey deserve only death, he's most definitely this. |
| 475 | * SoftSpokenSadist: In contrast to Terumi, most of the time his voice is barely raised above a polite impersonal tone even when he threatens someone's life. Of course he becomes a rather LargeHam when the actual battle starts, but still. |
| 476 | * SuperMode: Unlimited Azrael gains one as a Distortion Drive; it lets him parry up to 7 attacks (much like in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'') and [[NoIAmBehindYou teleport behind the opponent after each parry]]. |
| 477 | ** In other words, it's Musou Tensei from the Fist of the North Star fighting game that was also done by Arc System Works. |
| 478 | * SuperStrength: To ridiculous levels. |
| 479 | -->'''Azrael:''' Only the fittest can survive! |
| 480 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sometimes it's not enough to rely on your natural talents and you may have to hone your skills. It doesn't matter how strong you are, relying on your raw, natural talent will only take you so far. [[spoiler:He learns this the hard way during his final battle with Kagura in ''CF''.]] Also, for all his ridiculous power, his straightforward mindset and bloody motivations make him incredibly easy to string along - he's only ever a pawn for others and multiple characters are able to trick him just by dangling a new fighter in front of his nose. |
| 481 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: At 6'7". |
| 482 | * ThemeNaming: All of Azrael's specials are named for [[ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming various missile models (Gustaf, Phalanx, Hornet, Scud...) as well as other modern weapons.]] |
| 483 | * ThreeStrikeCombo: His Tiger Magnum special can be continued to Cobra Spike and then Leopard Launcher. |
| 484 | * TokenEvilTeammate: This is the reason he was sealed away in the first place. |
| 485 | * TooKinkyToTorture: When subjected to Relius' Astral, his final quote is along the lines of "That's all you have...?" Compared to everyone else... |
| 486 | ** He continues laughing off practically everything thrown at him in Bang's gag reel, all the way up to '''Arakune'''. [[spoiler:This ultimately gets him killed by digestion.]] |
| 487 | * TooPowerfulToLive: By his own admission, he's barely using an eighth of his true power; even then, he easily either decimates strong characters like Valkenhayn or forces incredibly powerful characters like Hakumen to flee. Were it not for [[spoiler:Kokonoe trapping him into the space between dimensions]], there wouldn't be much of a plot to salvage after he's had his "fill". |
| 488 | * UnblockableAttack: His Black Hawk Stinger DD is unblockable if it hits a weakpoint. |
| 489 | * UnskilledButStrong: |
| 490 | ** He appears like this on the surface, what with his entire fighting style being nothing but wildly thrown hook punches and simply throwing his leg in the air, and revolving entirely around his raw power and bloodlust (such that Hakumen, one of the legendary Six Heroes, decides that fleeing would be a wiser choice), but then see HiddenDepths above. |
| 491 | ** ''CF'', however, reveals that he really is this trope. As Kagura notes, Azrael has no technique and relies solely on throwing his power around. [[spoiler:This ends up biting him in the ass during their final battle. Because Kagura has been training every day, and unlike Azrael has an actual reason to fight, he is able to completely overwhelm the Mad Dog. By the time Azrael decides to unleash Level 4 of his Enchant Dragunov, he's exhausted so much stamina that Jin is able to easily freeze him with Artic Dungeon.]] |
| 492 | * UseYourHead: One of his normal moves. |
| 493 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Similarly to Terumi, much of the enjoyment of playing Azrael is seeing him send characters flying through the air like ragdolls. Successfully connecting two of his Drive attacks onto the same spot rewards you with an audible noise of the opponent's [[SickeningCrunch bones breaking]] to drive home the sheer strength of the blow. More fun comes from kicking his opponent into a wall and just pounding on them. |
| 494 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: [[spoiler: His ultimate undoing in ''CF''.]] |
| 495 | * VillainHasAPoint: It's really difficult to disagree with Azrael when he calls out Sector Seven's motives for releasing him. |
| 496 | -->'''Azrael:''' So, let me get this straight: First you guys get Kokonoe to capture me and put me on ice, and now you're releasing me so I can [[spoiler:kill her?]] That's the joke of the century right there. You're a bunch of selfish assholes by any standard. |
| 497 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Downplayed, he has his CoatCape covering his body most of the time. He wears nothing underneath and he lets go of it in some of his moves as well as his winpose. |
| 498 | * WildCard: Despite being released by Sector Seven to kill Kokonoe and Tager and take Ragna's Azure Grimiore, he flat out states that he's does not care about Sector Seven's whims and is doing it solely for his own reasons. |
| 499 | * WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler:It is revealed in his ending that the limiters, Enchant: Dragunov, he imposes on himself are the various tattoos across his body. It suppresses his great strength and allows him to control it better so as to not instantly kill his opponents.]] The reason most of the cast is barely able to survive against Azrael? He chooses to keep [[spoiler: his limiter]] on in order to extend the 'fun' of a fight. |
| 500 | ** [[spoiler: This ends up being his undoing in ''Central Fiction''. By the time he completely removes Enchant Dragunov and goes all out against Kagura, who's been training daily, he's already exhausted and Jin is able to use his Astral Heat to encase Azrael in ice like he was at the start of ''Chrono Phantasma''.]] |
| 501 | * WorldsStrongestMan: In terms of raw physical strength, he's easily the strongest member in the entire cast, especially since his powers aren't the result of magic or technology. To put it simply: even ''Hakumen'' found fleeing to be a preferable alternative than continuing his battle with Azrael. |
| 502 | * WorthyOpponent: Hopes to find one out all of the crazy powerful individuals gathering in Ikaruga, which range from the Six Heroes, the Grim Reaper, and the Black Knight. [[spoiler: When the latter two don't give him the fight that he sought, he wasn't happy to say the least.]] If he's selected as a voice announcer option, whenever any of the Six Heroes (barring Platinum), Ragna, or Kagura are selected, his tone ranges from amused to loud and excited. |
| 503 | ** In Bang's CP Arcade Mode, he ends up finding a worthy opponent in ''Bang'' of all people, after the ninja manages to fight him to a standstill. After the fight is over, he asks for a rematch should their paths cross again. |
| 504 | ** [[spoiler: In Story mode, he found a lot of enjoyment from his battles with Kagura. He ended up getting pissed off that in their rematch, Kagura spent more time on the defense. Ironically enough, Kagura is the one to ultimately defeat him in ''CF''.]] |
| 505 | * WouldHitAGirl[=/=]WouldHurtAChild: Put simply, there's no one he won't beat up. Gender or age, it's all fair game to him. If you can put up a fight, you've earned a beatdown. And when sufficiently enraged, this will even extend to those who can't fight. [[spoiler: When Ragna refuses to use his Azure Grimore, he tried to kill Celica in an attempt to enrage him into using it. And had Rachel not thrown Gii in his path, he would've succeeded.]] |
| 506 | * YourMindMakesItReal: The implications of his Overdrive, Mental Colosseum, is that the threat of being hit by this guy alone is enough to put a weak point on the opponent by sheer intimidation factor. |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | !!Introduced in Console Version |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder:Kagura Mutsuki]] |
| 513 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbdw_kagura.png]] |
| 514 | [[caption-width-right:350:Quite the lech, is he not?]] |
| 515 | [floatboxright: |
| 516 | '''Profile''' |
| 517 | * Height: 187cm (6'2") |
| 518 | * Weight: 83kg (183 lbs) |
| 519 | * Blood type: O |
| 520 | * Date of Birth: January 15 |
| 521 | * Birthplace: Ōkoto |
| 522 | * Hobbies: Fishing |
| 523 | * Likes: Alcohol, women |
| 524 | * Dislikes: Matters that are unclear |
| 525 | ] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | --> ''Please, just one grope!'' |
| 528 | |
| 529 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 530 | '''JP:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (''Chronophantasma''-''Central Fiction''; deceased), Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (''Alternative Dark War''; current) \ |
| 531 | '''EN:''' Creator/GrantGeorge |
| 532 | |
| 533 | -> The current head of the Mutsuki family, the highest-ranked of the Duodecim. Unlike the rest of the NOL, he cares more about the people than serving the government. [[GenderBlenderName Despite the feminine name, Kagura is a man.]] He is currently planning a coup of the NOL after his family had a falling-out with them. Aside from that, in the story, he also gives the deserting Noel and Makoto a place to shelter, captures Ragna, strikes alliance with Kokonoe and later plans to bait Azrael and Tsubaki using Ragna as bait. |
| 534 | |
| 535 | %%-> [[spoiler:He is a disciple of Lord Tenjo Amanohokosaka (Bang's master), and entrusted to care for his young son Homura. Kagura plans that once his coup succeeds, he'll be able install Homura as the new Imperator of NOL.]] |
| 536 | |
| 537 | -> His arcade playthrough is named ''Revolution''. His story playthrough is named ''Determination''. |
| 538 | |
| 539 | -> He is a combination between a "charge" character [[note]]a character whose special moves mostly consists of holding back/down, then forward/up and an attack button; Guile of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' fame is one[[/note]] and [[StanceSystem a stance character]] who can switch styles using his Drive, called '''Black Gale'''. His Overdrive, '''Vehemence Edge''', allows him to switch between stances quicker. So quick, in fact, that it becomes possible to chain together several attacks from each stance, similar to Noel's Drive. |
| 540 | |
| 541 | -> In the fourth game, his Exceed Accel is called '''Kouryuu “Genma Rettouzan”/Dark Flame of the Bellowing Dragon''' where he first smashes his foe with his sword, then does multiple rolling slashes before unleashing a purple wave from the ground that knocks the foe away. His Astral, '''Kokuryuu Tenshouraijin/Black Dragon's Sky-Rending Blade''', involves swinging his Zweihander in an upwards motion. If it connects, the opponent is engulfed by dark energy as Kagura lifts his sword up and slams it into them while imbued in the same dark energy, obliterating the opponent completely in the same manner as Ragna's Astral. |
| 542 | ---- |
| 543 | * TheAce: Much like his comrade-in-arms, Jin, he's had numerous woman fawning over him, holds a high ranking position within the NOL, and is charismatic enough to earn ''[[TheOjou Rachel's]]'' respect upon their introduction. Even Ragna starts to feel outshined by him, and he's more than a little annoyed about it. About the only flaw he has is his inability to curb his perverted and slacker tendencies, and even those don't weigh him down that much. |
| 544 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: With Noel, who doesn't notice. He surprisingly shows a hint of jealousy in CF that Noel would do anything Ragna said. |
| 545 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: In a DecompositeCharacter sort of way, he is this to [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] in a similar way Ragna is. While both are {{BFS}} wielding [[OneManArmy one-man armies]] with a DarkIsNotEvil appearance, they seem to have gotten different attributes of the Son of Sparda. Kagura got the lion's share of Dante's status as TheAce, [[ChickMagnet way with women]], and [[ChivalrousPervert shameless but respectable attitude]] toward them. Ragna, meanwhile, got both Dante's looks and the more shitty aspects of his life (to the point of being a CorruptedCharacterCopy of him). Such as his DarkAndTroubledPast, ButtMonkey status, and [[CainAndAbel messed up relationship]] with his brother (who himself is practically an AlternateCompanyEquivalent of Vergil). |
| 546 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Proves to be this toward Ragna in ''Chronophantasma''. He pretty much [[CurbStompBattle easily beats him]] and jokes about it, and gains the respect of Rachel and Kokonoe upon first introduction. To drive this home, not only does he have [[TooManyBelts one more belt]] than Ragna does, but even his own ''[[OneHandedZweihander oversized blade]] is bigger than Ragna's!'' |
| 547 | * AnimalMotifs: Dragons. Big, scary, shadowy black dragons. |
| 548 | * AnimeHair: Reminiscent of [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]]'s. |
| 549 | * AscendedExtra: The Mutsuki house was first mentioned in an episode of ''Teach Me, Miss Litchi Reloaded'', and expanded upon in Makoto's ''CS'' Story, ''Slight Hope'' where Makoto mentioned their planned coup (although their name was [[SpellMyNameWithAnS misspelled as "Mutsugi"]]). Later in various Arcade runs in ''CP'', Kagura's name is mentioned a few times. Then he becomes a console exclusive character. |
| 550 | * AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Kagura is about on the same level of power scale as his comrade, [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Jin]]. Tager even commented that Kagura would have been the "Hero of Ikaruga" if Jin didn't have it first, further cementing them as two of the most powerful soldiers in the NOL's arsenal. But his rank is "[[ColonelBadass Colonel]]", which is higher than Jin's "[[MajorlyAwesome Major]]", and is the head of the prestigious Mutsuki family that is considered to be the greatest of the 12 Duodecim families. |
| 551 | * BadassArmfold: His story mode portrait's default pose. |
| 552 | %%zce* BadassBack: One of his winning poses. |
| 553 | * BadassBiker: His Unlimited version has a move where he [[CarFu runs over his opponent with a motorcycle.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYDks8OKL4o It's as awesome as it sounds.]] |
| 554 | * BadassCape: Seems to be a recurring thing among the Duodecim. |
| 555 | * BerserkButton: He's normally pretty laid-back and easy going, but when [[spoiler:Arakune attempts to consume Noel while she was sleeping,]] he ''flips'', declaring that he's going to kill him in the angriest tone we've heard. Even Ragna was pretty overwhelmed by such a reaction. |
| 556 | -->''"You! You did this to Noel baby! I'll kill you! You stupid living puddle of tar! I'll ''murder'' you! You bastard! Don't think you can leave this place alive!'' |
| 557 | ** Ironically, despite being a total pervert and flirt, he does not like seeing women physically abused or hurt. He attacked Ragna when it looked like he was hurting Noel (In truth he was just trying to talk to her, but got a little too forceful) and he nearly leaped down to fight Azrael before he was supposed to when he saw him wailing on Bullet. |
| 558 | ** Whenever Jin calls Noel "trash", Kagura gets ''furious.'' |
| 559 | ** More minor, but in ''CF'', he heavily dislikes being lumped within the same category as [[AxCrazy Azrael]]. |
| 560 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite working for the NOL, Kagura is one of the most laid-back, altruistic, and out and out cool guys to be around. However as Ragna, [[spoiler:Azrael]], and [[spoiler:Arakune]] learn the hard way, getting on his bad side is a virtual death sentence. |
| 561 | * {{BFS}}: His weapon of choice is a big, rectangular [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black sword]] whose blade is about as long as he is tall, and he can be seen freely leaning against it after [[SwordPlant he planted it on the ground]] in his intro and win poses. |
| 562 | * BigBrotherMentor: ''Remix Heart'' shows Kagura to be this to his relative Taro Sasaga'e, even going as far as to tease Taro over an AccidentalKiss with Mai and entrust Jin's safety and well-being to him. In turn, [[TheNicknamer Taro]] refers to Kagura as "Big Bro", but is also quick to imply him as a Casanova-type, snidely insinuating that Kagura dial back in his interest in the ladies a notch or two. |
| 563 | ** He's also this to most of the cast in Chronophantasma, particularly Ragna, who he gives advice on how he should use his Azure Grimoire and what he should use it on instead of just throwing its power around. |
| 564 | * BigGood: One of the few people who knows exactly how messed up the NOL is, and is attempting to do something about it and enlists most of the cast in doing so. He was even created with this in mind as Mori felt the cast lacked any definitive "Good Guys". |
| 565 | * BlackKnight: For bonus points, his moniker is the trope name. |
| 566 | * BroughtDownToBadass: Worth noting that despite [[spoiler:his soul and strength being drained by the effects of the Embryo like the other entitled]], he's still one of the few people that can be relied on to trade blows with heavy hitters like Ragna and Azrael and have a pretty strong chance of succeeding. Ragna even outright states that he's on Azrael's level, much to Kagura's distaste. |
| 567 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his perverted tendencies, he's every bit as competent as you'd expect the head of the top family in the Duodecim to be. [[spoiler:He successfully comes up with a plan to lure out both Azrael and Tsubaki, and is able to hold his own in a fight with the former before Kokonoe intervened.]] |
| 568 | * ButtMonkey: Certainly not to the extent of Ragna, but it's there, with Kokonoe transforming his bachelor pad into an elevator without his permission. And then there's all the times [[PervertRevengeMode Makoto hits him]]... |
| 569 | * TheCasanova: In at least one official art, he's surrounded by a variety of girls, all of which are enamored with him, including one fox beastkin. Same fox girl appears on top of him in one of his win poses. He also [[TheCharmer tries his charm]] on almost all of the girls, to varying success. |
| 570 | * CastingAShadow: His attacks are imbued with a shadowy element, though this sometimes crosses over with PlayingWithFire and ShockAndAwe, as seen by his ''Supreme Dragon's Inferno'' Distortion Drive and his Astral. |
| 571 | * TheCharmer: He certainly has shades of it. You'd have to be one to get ''Rachel's'' respect on their very first meeting. |
| 572 | * ChivalrousPervert: He may [[LovableSexManiac hit on women with reckless abandon]] but he actually does care about their well-being, ''God help you'' if you try to harm a woman in his presence. [[LetsGetDangerous It's in that moment he goes from "shameless flirt" to the goddamn "Black Knight".]] |
| 573 | * ColonelBadass: He has the fourth highest rank in the NOL. |
| 574 | * ConfusionFu: His stance mechanic allows him to be played like this. |
| 575 | * CrosshairAware: When surveying the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust/waist/hip_measurements BWH measurements]] of the various ladies he encounters, Kagura's keen eyes operate as such. |
| 576 | * CurbStompBattle: Poor Ragna never stood a chance. [[WorfHadTheFlu To be fair, though]], [[spoiler:[[AntiMagic Celica]] was nearby]]. |
| 577 | ** [[BlobMonster Arakune]] didn't have a chance, either. |
| 578 | ** Kagura himself is on the receiving end of this by Izanami in his Act 2 arcade mode in CF. |
| 579 | ** He also ends up losing this way to Azrael during Act 2 as well, much to the latter's disappointment since the Black Knight was previously able to stalemate 1/8th of his power. [[spoiler:It's the result of the Boundary making the entitled progressively weaker]]. |
| 580 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Let's see, dark features, a flowing black cloak and large black & red zweihander, and dark-based attacks mixed with either fire or lightning, and being the so-called "Black Knight", being voiced by [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara FujiKei]] (AKA the Japanese [[Film/TheDarkKnight Joker]]), he's the current head of the Mutsuki family, the highest ranked of the Duodecim families, and also the only member of the N.O.L who isn't a rigid templar for the Imperator's words or a {{Jerkass}} UpperClassTwit. He's actually a cool, affable guy who actually cares about the people, and to this end is plotting a coup to remove the current Imperator and install [[spoiler:Lord Tenjo's young son Homura]] into power. The only problem is [[HandsomeLech he's a bit of a skirt-chaser]]. |
| 581 | * DeadlyLunge: His Sky Dragon's Strike special. |
| 582 | * DifficultButAwesome: Despite his playstyle being a combination between two of the hardest types of characters to play in fighting games, [[WordOfGod Mori]] expects that he will be an easy character to be pick up. |
| 583 | ** In the vein of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]], he only possesses ''two'' specials in his default stance, [[EnergyBall a projectile]] and [[{{Shoryuken}} an anti-air]][[note]]But it's now three as of Central Fiction.[[/note]]. The rest are various modified normal attacks that change depending on the stance he's in. |
| 584 | * DownloadableContent[=/=]UnlockableContent: In the original release of ''CP'' he was unlocked by completing Story Mode but was also available as paid DLC if you didn’t want to do this. |
| 585 | * DragonKnight: somewhat downplayed: He's a knight with a {{BFS}} and his moves have names related to dragons and have dragon imagery in them (and he sometimes shouts names of various dragons in different myths in his attacks), and... that's it. |
| 586 | * DramaticWind: In one of his win poses, he poses backwards while his cape flutters along with the wind. |
| 587 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His first real appearance was in a chapter of ''Remix Heart'', months before his official debut in the console version of ''Chronophantasma''. |
| 588 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The player's first encounter with Kagura in the ''Chronophantasma'' story involves a woman running out of his office, which Noel points out reeks of alcohol. Not long after, he tries to hit on Noel and Makoto, much to the latter's ire. His "commander" role only starts to show after Kokonoe arrives on the scene. |
| 589 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While he flirts with almost every woman on the roster and is ready to analyze their busts in a matter of seconds, Kagura holds back doing so on two characters: Rachel and Kokonoe (both of them handily [[OlderThanTheyLook for the same reason]]). |
| 590 | * {{Foil}}: For at least two characters. |
| 591 | ** Hilariously done so with Bang. [[spoiler:The two are both former pupils of the same master.]] Their personalities are [[RedOniBlueOni polar opposites]]: Kagura is a BrilliantButLazy DeadpanSnarker while Bang is a HotBlooded LargeHam. While Bang will declare unwilling participants that they are his disciples, Kagura will similarly call females (namely Makoto) his lovers. They're also perverts, but Bang only has eyes for one woman while Kagura... is the opposite. Also, while Bang is a massive ButtMonkey who thinks he's TheAce, Kagura is a straight up [[TheAce ace]]. |
| 592 | ** Also serves as one to Jin. The two are both famous, high ranking officals in NOL. But whereas Kagura is a NiceGuy and TheAce, Jin is a {{Jerkass}} and a BrokenAce (Though in his defense, he's at least [[CharacterDevelopment growing out of it]]). Kagura represents what Jin would be if he ever got over his deep-seated issues. |
| 593 | * {{Fratbro}}: Kagura's mentality of least resistance, especially if he's had something to drink. It usually takes [[OnlySaneEmployee Hibiki]] or [[PervertRevengeMode Makoto]] to break him out of it. |
| 594 | * GenderBlenderName: "Kagura" is a woman's name. |
| 595 | * GrappleMove: His "Dragon's Claw" special. |
| 596 | * GroinAttack: On the receiving end of many from Makoto. |
| 597 | * HandsomeLech: This basically his most prominent trait. Kagura is fully aware of his sex appeal and abuses it to no end. How bad is it? With the exception of three characters[[labelnote:*]][[OlderThanTheyLook Rachel and Kokonoe]][[/labelnote]], ''he hits on literally the entire female cast in his {{Battle Intro}}s.''[[note]]Including even [[RobotGirl Nirvana]] and [[TokenMiniMoe Platinum]], although he then holds back from the latter. Oh, and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Amane.]][[/note]] Keep in mind this is a cast of over 30 characters as of this writing and the females make up about half. |
| 598 | * HandwrapsOfAwesome: His "round winpose" has him rewrapping his wrists. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering his choice of weapon, wearing them makes perfect sense.]] |
| 599 | * HeroicBuild: Giving Bang's "manly chest" a run for its money with his ''[[CleavageWindow mancleavage]]''. |
| 600 | * HiddenDepths: Why is he trying to stage a coup? [[spoiler:Because he was sick of seeing people die in the war and hates seeing such things.]] He also seems to know some secrets behind our three protagonists' relationships. |
| 601 | * HomingProjectile: One version of his Dragon Spirit special becomes this as his Unlimited form. |
| 602 | * HumbleHero: While he can be proud of his abilities, he attributes his successes to his great subordinates. |
| 603 | * {{Hunk}}: In contrast with Jin's {{bishonen}}. |
| 604 | * TheJailBaitWait: His commentary with Platinum. |
| 605 | --> ''"Yeah, you're just a little too... young... for me. In more ways than one. Come see me in another 10 years."'' |
| 606 | * LadyKillerInLove: It's ambiguous if it's genuine or he's just being...[[ChivalrousPervert himself]], but he does have a noticeable amount of concern for Noel. In ''CF'', especially the story, he's pretty much motivated for her safety. |
| 607 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''Black Aggression'' |
| 608 | * MadeOfIron: Notably, he tanks [[SuperStrength Azrael]]'s [[MegatonPunch Black Hawk Stinger]] with ease. |
| 609 | * ManlyMan: His loves include fishing, alcohol, motorcycles, and, of course, beautiful women. |
| 610 | * MellowFellow: Being laid-back and nice is his default demeanor. |
| 611 | * MightyGlacier: Compared to Jin Kisaragi, Kagura deals higher damage and has greater attack range, but is among the slower characters in the series. |
| 612 | * NiceGuy: HandsomeLech tendencies aside, he's one of the most altruistic characters in the series. He's even noted for his idealism despite the setting the series takes place in. |
| 613 | * NothingPersonal: His win quote against Terumi. Justified in that he's never met Terumi prior to the game and is thus one of the few characters who doesn't hold a personal grudge against him. |
| 614 | -->'''Kagura:''' Nothing personal, but if I don't bring you back with me, Kokonoe's gonna lose her shit. Wouldn't want that to happen, would we? |
| 615 | * OddlyShapedSword: His sword looks like a mix of a cricket bat, a gravestone and [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear the Fireseal.]] |
| 616 | * OneHandedZweihander: His sword is even larger than Ragna's and wields it just as easily. |
| 617 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: In Jin's ''CF'' arcade, he notes that Kagura is more ruthless and likes to point out his higher position to him. Jin says that the "current" Kagura would be indignant if he sees this. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the Kagura he fought is just an illusion.]] |
| 618 | * PillarOfLight: His Dragon Lord's Striking Fang DD ends with this. |
| 619 | * ThePowerOfLove: In ''CF'', he's driven by his desire to protect Noel; it's also what gives him an edge against ''Azrael''. He lampshaded it beforehand, saying that fighting for a purpose makes you more powerful (he also taught this to Ragna). |
| 620 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Has purple eyes and many of his moves being covered by purple aura. Also being the current head of the Mutsuki family, the highest ranked of the Duodecim families. |
| 621 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Biggest badass of NOL who cares more about the people than the government. |
| 622 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In ''CF'', he hands one to Azrael as he overwhelms the Mad Dog. Having seen through his fighting style, Kagura wastes no time pointing out his biggest weakness in a fight: |
| 623 | --> '''Kagura:''' Are you stupid? You've shown me too many of your moves. No matter how fast or heavy your attacks are, they're all following just one pattern. |
| 624 | --> '''Azrael:''' Ridiculous...what's wrong with that!? |
| 625 | --> '''Kagura:''' You don't get it? You're too simple. There's no technique to it, all you're doing is throwing a tantrum. |
| 626 | --> ''(Azrael lunges, but Kagura dodges and strikes back)'' |
| 627 | --> '''Kagura:''' Martial arts are all about technique and spirit, built through daily training. They're ideals given form, through thousands upon thousands of repetitions. That's then polished further in battle...to survive, and to protect those you love. Having been born in the Duodecim, I haven't missed a day of that training, for as long as I can remember. What about you, Mad Dog? [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What are you fighting for?]] |
| 628 | --> '''Azrael:''' [[ShutUpKirk How boring. The only things in battle are victory and defeat! You can only trust your own strength! Polish technique? For what? You can never defeat me with fantasies like that!]] |
| 629 | --> '''Kagura:''' Oh really? ''(Kagura strikes Azrael again, sending him reeling back)'' Does this feel like just a fantasy to you? |
| 630 | * RebelLeader: Somewhat like Lord Tenjo before him. [[spoiler:You see, they're master and apprentice.]] |
| 631 | * RebelRelaxation: Just to show how much of laid-back badass he is, in most battle intros he does this ''on his own sword''. For added points, he actually is spear heading a rebellion. |
| 632 | * RedBaron: The "BlackKnight." Contrary to the title, he's not clad in black armor, but he does have a lot of black motif in his clothes. Also the "Black Gale". |
| 633 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Bang's Red, but Red to Hibiki's blue. |
| 634 | * ReverseGrip: The most prominent one after Ragna. |
| 635 | * TheRival: in ''Chronophantasma'', Bang is this to him. |
| 636 | * {{Robo|sexual}}-Curious: Aside from the Murakumo Units, one of the girls he can [[MaleGaze scan]] is [[RobotGirl Nirvana]]. |
| 637 | -->'''Kagura:''': Is this...legal? |
| 638 | * SecretCharacter: Like Mu in the previous game, Kagura is hidden from the start, but unlockable by finishing the True Story. You can however just ignore that and buy him for a few dollars as DLC. |
| 639 | * ShipTease: He does have a bit of this with Makoto, thanks to their story interactions and their [[NoodleIncident implied history with one another]]. |
| 640 | * {{Shoryuken}}: His ''Dragon's Ascent'' special, which he has two versions of. |
| 641 | * {{Shotoclone}}: He, much like Guile of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is the charge variant of this. |
| 642 | * SignatureMove: Because of their familiarity, his "charge" moves are this. |
| 643 | * SlideAttack: His ''Dragon's Blade'' special. |
| 644 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: While Ragna is still the main character of the series, Kagura takes up a good portion of Chronophantasma's story. A good portion of the Chronophantasma and Sector Seven storyline deal with him and his [[spoiler:coup against the Imperator.]] [[spoiler:In the end, [[ShaggyDogStory Izanami abdicates and declares Homura her successor anyway]].]] Thankfully, Centralfiction tones down his prominence a bit. |
| 645 | ** Kagura himself even lampshades this in his first encounter with Ragna, calling himself the protagonist when he "saves" Noel from Ragna when the latter was getting a little rough with her. (He was asking her for a favor, but was kind of in a bad mood). The creators themselves have even caught onto this and have added a scenario where Kagura and Ragna (along with Celica and Noel) have a volleyball match for the tile of the protagonist in the Vita port of Chronophantasma. |
| 646 | * StabTheSky: His Astral. Insert [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Blasting Zone]]/[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining Finger Sword]] (or would that be [[CastingAShadow Darkness]] Finger Sword?) jokes here. |
| 647 | * StanceSystem: Integral to his playstyle, Kagura has ''lots'' of them. |
| 648 | * TheStarscream: Ever since ''CS'', Kagura's been voicing opposition to NOL and is planning a coup. [[spoiler:It is completely benevolent, as he's trying to install the heir of the previous NOL Imperator to his rightful place.]] |
| 649 | * StrongAndSkilled: Part of what makes him such a [[TheAce respected warrior]]. Not only is he strong enough to go head-to-head the powerhouses of his world (Ragna, Azrael, Mu-12, etc.), but he's also incredibly skilled in martial combat, having trained his whole life in the Duodecim. He also seems to have some disdain for those who rely primarily on [[UnskilledButStrong brute force and forgo skill and finesse]], if his mocking of Ragna after he [[CurbStompBattle easily defeated him]] and his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech toward Azrael during their last bout is anything to go by. |
| 650 | * SupportingLeader: Leader of the good guys in ''Chronophantasma'' and ''Centralfiction'', but Ragna is still TheHero. |
| 651 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: In his ''CF'' Act 2 Arcade, Kagura learns the hard way that being a BadassNormal doesn't make you ready to take on every opponent, especially if said opponent is a goddess. His fight with Izanami ends with him quite literally lying on his back, utterly humiliated.]] |
| 652 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Very much so. He's got the look, the personality and the charm that constitutes this character type down pat. |
| 653 | * ThemeNaming: His moveset has techniques predominantly named after dragons. |
| 654 | * ThreeStrikeCombo: Normally he can chain up to 3 of his stance moves. In Overdrive, the number is increased. His unlimited-only DD also has him doing 3 Dragon's Ascent one after another. |
| 655 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Probably the only Duodecim member that's not a rigid [[KnightTemplar templar]] for the Imperator's words or a [[{{Jerkass}} jackass]]. He's shown conversing casually with Noel and Makoto after the two betrayed NOL and gave tips to Bullet about entering Ikaruga and is described to be "more empathic to the people than the government." This is coming from the biggest badass of Duodecim families. |
| 656 | %%* TooManyBelts: Three Many Belts, to be precise. |
| 657 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: On the receiving end in match intros with Amane Nishiki. |
| 658 | --> '''Kagura''': "Not another dude..." |
| 659 | * VicariouslyAmbitious: [[spoiler:Part of his plan of the coup d'etat is to install his master's son Homura as Imperator once he's done.]] |
| 660 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With both Ragna and Jin. |
| 661 | ** Him and Ragna form a strange... "friendship" in Chronophantasma. They initially got off on the wrong foot (read: Kagura imprisoned Ragna) and only worked together out of mutual gain, but over the course of the plot, grow quite a bit of respect for each other. |
| 662 | ** Kagura is one of the few people who calls Jin out his behavior, but does show to care for him. Conversely, Kagura is one of the few people Jin has that's the closest thing to a friend. It makes sense since they're both effectively war buddies having participated in the Ikaruga Civil War. |
| 663 | * WarIsHell: His reasoning for staging a coup. To him, the whole Ikaruga Civil War was pointless and just resulted in the deaths of innocent people and he wants to stop it from happening again. |
| 664 | * WhatDoesHeSeeInHer: He's on the receiving end of this regarding Noel, leaving Jin wondering what is so good about that "trash". Needless to say, Kagura is ''pissed'' when he hears this. |
| 665 | * WifeBasherBasher: As noted under BerserkButton, hurting women in front of Kagura is not a smart thing to do. Just ask Ragna and Arakune(well, Ragna wasn't, but his attitude gave the impression that he was). |
| 666 | * TheWorfEffect: In CF he gets beaten by Izanami and Azrael. |
| 667 | ** Also happens in chapter 2 of ''Variable Heart'' where he is quickly beaten by Meifang to demonstrate how dangerous she is. Though to be fair, this takes place years before the start of the games, so he’s obviously nowhere near as powerful as he was in ''Chronophantasma''. |
| 668 | * XanatosSpeedChess: Kagura can play a sharp game if he knows who he's dealing with well enough. He manages to stall Makoto long enough to retrieve her by tipping Tsubaki off to her whereabouts, uses said incident to better gauge Tsubaki's [[DemonicPossession mental degeneration]], and repurpose his Azrael trap to ensnare her with Kokonoe's assistance using Ragna as bait for both. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:Kokonoe]] |
| 672 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbdw_kokonoe.png]] |
| 673 | [[caption-width-right:350:She's thinking of new "enhancements" to use.]] |
| 674 | [floatboxright: |
| 675 | '''Profile''' |
| 676 | * Height: 155cm (5'1") |
| 677 | * Weight: 42kg |
| 678 | * Blood type: B |
| 679 | * Date of Birth: April 18 |
| 680 | * Birthplace: Wadatsumi |
| 681 | * Hobbies: Collecting candy from around the world |
| 682 | * Likes: Ferrero Rocher chocolates |
| 683 | * Dislikes: Stereotypes |
| 684 | ] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | -->''Ars Magus? Hmph. Science is TRUE power!'' |
| 687 | |
| 688 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 689 | '''JP:''' Chie Matsu'ura \ |
| 690 | '''EN:''' Creator/JulieAnnTaylor |
| 691 | |
| 692 | -> Full name "Kokonoe Mercury". Tager's and formerly Litchi's superior. She's one of the top scientists at Sector Seven who pulled out Hakumen from the Boundary (though not "fully") and, when he flees, sends Tager to retrieve him. In the second game she's the one behind Lambda's "resurrection" and then commands her to do field work. In the third game she is the one behind Celica's "resurrection". She also makes Minerva and assigns her as Celica's custodian. Aside from that, she becomes more active in the story as she now goes out of her lab. |
| 693 | |
| 694 | -> She's Jubei and Nine's daughter, but for some reason she doesn't get along very well with Jubei. Despite her seemingly constant bitchy nature, she tends to act very [[MamaBear motherly]] towards her creations, and she sometimes goes a little... over-the-top with the upgrades she does to them if she's in a good mood, which is somewhat rare. She wants revenge on Terumi for what he did to her family. |
| 695 | |
| 696 | -> In the vein of ''Teach Me, Miss Litchi!'' omakes, in the second game, she also has her own named ''Help Me, Prof. Kokonoe!'' which you will find after getting a bad ending of each character's story mode, and she will tell you how to get the true ending (while lightly and not-so-lightly mocking the characters as well). |
| 697 | |
| 698 | -> On September 11, 2013, Famitsu confirmed that Kokonoe, at long last, will finally become playable in the series proper as a DLC character. She fights using a wrench and hammer as her main weapons, but also uses an assortment of scientific tools such as freeze guns as well as her latent magic abilities. Her arcade play has her going around, having an "experiment" that she's going to perform on Terumi. |
| 699 | |
| 700 | -> Her arcade playthrough is named ''Mad Scientist''. Her story playthrough is named ''Collision''. |
| 701 | |
| 702 | -> Her Drive, '''Graviton''', lets her put a device on the arena that generates gravitational fields, that can either hold the opponent in place or repel them away, as well as controlling the direction which her fireball attacks go. Her Overdrive is '''Graviton Rage''', which reduces the amount of Graviton gauge consumed from her drive attacks. Her Drive used to utilize a special gauge above her super meter, but this was changed to a stock system in ''Extend'' for balancing purposes. She now has a set number of Gravitons she can call out at one time. |
| 703 | |
| 704 | -> In the fourth game, her Exceed Accel is called '''Armament No.11 “Full Metal Heavy Weapon v2.05”''' where she first knocks the foe forward, then reveals multiple missile launchers which [[MacrossMissileMassacre fires a lot of missiles at the foe]]. Then, after the foe is bounced against the wall and flies towards her, she shocks them with electricity. Her Astral, '''Final Apocalypse No.99: Ultimate Impact''', has her grab the opponent and perform [[RapidFireFisticuffs a flurry of martial arts moves]], sending them flying into a summoning device which allows Kokonoe to bring down [[ColonyDrop a giant, flaming meteor]] from the [[DeathFromAbove sky to crush them]]. The entire area is destroyed, having become a field of cracked earth and boiling lava similar to the result of Azrael's Astral, while Kokonoe stands [[BadassArmFold with her arms crossed]] and [[DramaticWind her coat blowing in the wind]]. |
| 705 | ---- |
| 706 | * ACupAngst: As revealed in Noel's ''Help Me! Prof. Kokonoe!'' short, Kokonoe doesn't exactly react well to being pointed out as flat-chested. |
| 707 | -->'''Noel:''' Whenever I'm around Tsubaki or Makoto, or especially Miss Litchi, I always feel like I'm... the odd one out...\ |
| 708 | '''Kokonoe:''' ... What?\ |
| 709 | ''(an arrow pops up, pointing at Kokonoe's chest)''\ |
| 710 | '''Noel:''' But when I'm with you, I feel like I belong!... It's like we're comrades-in-arms or something... It's... um... I feel like we share a special bond...\ |
| 711 | ''({{beat}})''\ |
| 712 | '''Kokonoe:''' GET OUT OF HERE! ''(headbutts Noel off-stage)'' |
| 713 | ** Makoto's ''Help Me!'' session trips this again. And yet, Litchi's doesn't... |
| 714 | * AllPowerfulBystander: Relius hints that she may even be just as powerful as Nine in terms of combat prowess, but she simply prefers to sit back and let Tager do all the fighting. ''Extend''[='s=] [=EX2=] story mode reveals she did in fact inherit her mother's powers, and was forced to use them to seal away an infant Black Beast when Relius forced her hand. |
| 715 | ** Completely averted as of ''Chronophantasma'', since she will [[AscendedExtra become a playable character.]] Naturally, Ragna and Rachel find the need to lampshade how long Kokonoe's been sitting on the sidelines, Ragna asking if she can even fight and Rachel snarking about how Kokonoe finally came outside to play. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Ouch, guys.]] |
| 716 | --> '''Rachel:''' "Oh! The little shut-in girl comes to play outside? [[TemptingFate Should I expect a meteor to fall?]]" |
| 717 | ** {{Irony}}: Then her Astral DOES make a meteor fall. |
| 718 | * ArchEnemy: Terumi is this for her, because [[YouKilledMyFather he killed her mom and aunt.]] |
| 719 | * TheAtoner: She's made a lot of mistakes, and if nothing else, she intends to do right by their many victims. She isn't exactly feeling remorseful for everything she does, but all of them are for her good overall goal. |
| 720 | * BadassArmFold: At the end of her Astral, also when she activates Overdrive. |
| 721 | * BadassBookworm: She ''is'' a scientist after all. |
| 722 | -->(''In her arcade mode, after winning against Bullet'') You can't judge a book by its yadda-yadda... You should know better if you're a mercenary, or you won't last very long. |
| 723 | * BadassLongcoat: She has a labcoat which resembles the garb of the Kaka clan (which is itself based on the garb Jubei, her father, wears), complete with oversized sleeves. (She doesn't hide her forearms, however.) |
| 724 | * BatterUp: Her Crush Trigger is a ''rocket-powered baseball bat.'' |
| 725 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In Relius' ''Help Me, Miss Kokonoe!'' she tells him to spend more time with his son. Pretty fun scene, but what Relius actually does when he sees Carl in his ending, definitely wasn't what she had in mind. |
| 726 | * BerserkButton: She's got several, but a particularly big one seems to be Jubei. Tager notes that he mentioned him once, and Kokonoe was in a bad mood for a week. |
| 727 | ** Likewise, when she found that [[spoiler:Relius had her evoke a larval ''Black Beast'' and sacrifice several of her own colleagues just so he could make a soul for Ignis]], she was irate... but it's only after she hears Tager's pained voice that she snaps and takes the matter in her own hands, despite extreme fatigue. |
| 728 | --> "Don't... underestimate me... ''human''." |
| 729 | * {{BFG}}: Pulls out a cannon for one of her air and ground normals. |
| 730 | * BigEater: Another common trait she shares with Tao... |
| 731 | ** One of her win poses sees Kokonoe pulling out a bag of chips, like in her ''Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!'' segments, and munching away. |
| 732 | * BigRedButton: Her Mecha Tager DD has a platform with such a button appear near her, wherever she is (even in midair) which she then presses for the Mecha Tager to [[WaveMotionGun shoop the whoop]]. |
| 733 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Her parents Nine/Konoe and Jubei are an example of AllWitchesHaveCats, now imagine a child that was a product of them. |
| 734 | * BrilliantButLazy: She's a gifted scientist [[spoiler:and has some skill in magic that she inherited from her mother]] but prefers to sit on the sidelines and play MissionControl, leaving the field work to her subordinates like Tager. This trope even extends into gameplay. One of her battle intros has her playing on a handheld video game and one of her win poses has her pulling out a scooter and riding away while nonchalantly whistling. |
| 735 | * CatGirl: A literal example due to being half beastkin. |
| 736 | * CatsAreMean: She's not the nicest person around, as Kokonoe can be a major bitch at times, and her treatment of Tager often borders on abuse. She also acts this way towards Hazama in one of his gag endings, especially whenever he starts repeatedly sneezing uncontrollably due to his horrible allergies to cats, which, as suggested from her, are rather severe[[note]]ItMakesSenseInContext because in the actual story, Hazama was way meaner and Kokonoe had a justified grudge on him[[/note]]. Oddly enough, she inherited the mean half of this trope from her mother as opposed to her father (basically a FunnyAnimal cat). |
| 737 | -->'''Kokonoe''': Hmmm. I have to say, I kind of like the way your voice sounds right now... Are you crying? Is this the result of a suppressed fight-or-flight response constricting your airway?\ |
| 738 | '''Hazama''': No, this is *sneeze* *sneeze* I'm just allergic to--*sneeze*\ |
| 739 | '''Kokonoe''': Allergic to cats? Oh, an antigen-antibody reaction. You're experiencing anaphylactic shock, huh?\ |
| 740 | '''Hazama''': Just stay right where you are, all right?! You're freaking me out!\ |
| 741 | '''Kokonoe''': Oh, you look so damn scared... Your face looks like a balloon, and you've got some sort of liquid oozing out of just about every hole in it... Ahaha! This is wonderful! Suffer some more! He he he... |
| 742 | * CatSmile: For obvious reasons. |
| 743 | * CharacterTic: Scratching her leg with her other foot, not unlike a cat. It's even her IdleAnimation and in several of her character artwork. |
| 744 | * ColonyDrop: Her Astral ends with her dropping a meteor on her unlucky opponent. |
| 745 | * CombatStilettos: Downplayed. They are sandals with wedged-heels as opposed to full-on stilettos. |
| 746 | * CrazyPrepared: ''Central Fiction'' reveals she keeps a backup of all her data inside the Boundary, just in case any kind of Intervention causes her data or even her memories to change. This comes in handy since the Boundary is unaffected by the memory-wipe inflicted on everyone in the Embryo. |
| 747 | * DeadpanSnarker: ''Constantly.'' She's almost on par with Rachel here. |
| 748 | * DisappearedDad: Definitely a reason why she resents Jubei. Their relationship improves a bit after [[spoiler: she sees how hard Jubei fought to protect Nine in her final moments.]] |
| 749 | * DomainHolder: In ''Help Me, Professor Kokonoe'' shorts. She pretty much rules over the strange place it takes place in, and she also lampshades it. PlayedForLaughs of course. |
| 750 | * DownloadableContent: In the initial versions of Chronophantasma. |
| 751 | * EasilyForgiven: It doesn't matter what Kokonoe does, the main cast never holds it against her in any meaningful way. |
| 752 | * EmotionSuppression: At the end of her arcade mode, [[spoiler:she claims she rewired her brain so she doesn't feel hatred towards Terumi. It's not known whether she actually has done that or she's just messing with him.]] |
| 753 | -->'''Terumi:''' Aww c'mon! That was a pretty weak reaction, Grimalkin. You forget how to FEEL things while you were away for so long? |
| 754 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She's disgusted by Relius Clover's treatment of Carl. Justified because she apparently has parental issues of her own. |
| 755 | -->''What you're doing... is no longer science.'' |
| 756 | * EvilLaugh: Played for laughs in Tager's joke ending. She also has a variety of them in-game, especially during her Astral. Sometimes overlaps with NoblewomansLaugh in the Japanese dub. |
| 757 | * FieryRedhead: Inherited her mother's volatile temper along with her pink hair. Like Nine, she does have a softer side, but good luck getting Kokonoe to show it. |
| 758 | * FigureItOutYourself: She says this for her advice for Tager in his HMPK segment. He lampshades it, saying that he's seen her giving more detailed advices before. |
| 759 | * FireIceLightning: Her specials include a gun which shoots {{Fireballs}}, a FreezeRay and a KillSat which shoots out electric lasers. |
| 760 | * FixedDamageAttack: Her Hiten Greed Climb DD does 1000 damage regardless of the damage scaling; it's viable to use it at the end of a long combo when other Distortions might do lesser damage due to the scaling. |
| 761 | * FourthWallMailSlot: She gets ''Help Me! Prof. Kokonoe!'' in the console version of ''Continuum Shift''. In there, she becomes a FourthWallObserver. |
| 762 | * GadgeteerGenius: Her fighting style incorporates several scientific devices, including a hammer, a wrench, gravity generators, and even [[FreezeRay freeze guns]]. Aside from that she's the one behind Tager and Lambda's (and later Ragna's) enhancements. |
| 763 | * GamerChick: One of her intro animations has her playing with a handheld gaming device, a couple of her quotes indicates she's really enjoying it. |
| 764 | --> "Wait wait wait! I'm at the good part! Can you make this quick?" |
| 765 | --> "Woah! Secret doors!" |
| 766 | --> "Yes... new high score..." |
| 767 | * GatlingGood: [[GunsAkimbo Double gatlings are]] even better. |
| 768 | * GeniusSweetTooth: [[OralFixation She's often seen with a lollipop or other kind of sweet candy]] (even in the middle of battle, as ''CP'' will attest). Her lab is actually ''filled'' with them. This is yet another trait she got from Nine, who had quite the sweet tooth herself. |
| 769 | ** The side material also states that one of her hobbies is collecting candy. |
| 770 | ** She also has a weakness for Ferero Roche chocolates. In ''Loyalty'', she almost lets this slip to Tager when she sends him to get some parts from their contact (Makoto). |
| 771 | * GlassCannon: Used effectively, Kokonoe deals among the highest damage in the game, but she has a measly 10500 HP. |
| 772 | * GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: She has an entire bunker full of nukes she aims to use to blow Terumi skyhigh. She repurposes them for use against Take-Mikazuchi near the end of ''Chronophantasma'', though as of yet she hasn't launched them.]] |
| 773 | * GoodIsNotNice: It's easy to forget, but she's technically one of the good guys, since her ultimate goal is to deal with Terumi. She also assists Kagura with his coup, helps Noel and Makoto evade the NOL and is a vital ally to Ragna in ''Chronophantasma.'' What separates her from the more heroic characters is that there's no line she won't cross for what she believes is the greater good. Even on her best days, she's an AntiHero with a strong belief that the ends justify the means. |
| 774 | * GrappleMove: Her Astral is this. |
| 775 | * GrapplingHookPistol: She uses one as one of her normal moves. Although she only uses it to pull her foe's legs. |
| 776 | * GravityMaster: With her Drive. Also with her DD Jamming Dark where she summons a black hole. Also in-story, she once used her mother's spell "Infinite Gravity" to defeat a proto-Black Beast. |
| 777 | * HairTriggerTemper: Just like her mom, she's quite easily agitated, especially if other people doesn't get what she's saying (which is a lot) or if you openly displease her. |
| 778 | * HalfHumanHybrid: With the "grimalkin" Jubei as her dad and the human Nine as her mom. |
| 779 | * HellishPupils: Well, she is a cat beastkin, so this is to be expected, plus she's aggressive and cranky, playing this very straight. |
| 780 | * HiddenDepths: While she's not good at showing it, she does care deeply for her pupils. For example, Litchi's ''Continuum Shift'' bad end has her [[spoiler:drop everything involving Sector Seven and Terumi simply so that she can prevent Litchi from succumbing to corruption from the Boundry]], and ''Chronophantasma'' reveals [[spoiler:she's placing herself under constant strain and at constant risk of being erased from existence just so that she can prevent Roy from suffering that very fate]]. |
| 781 | * HikiKomori: She's rude, antisocial and prefers working in her lab. Although as of ''CP'' she's forced to go out. |
| 782 | * HumanPopsicle: Her Absolute Zero special has her use a Freeze Ray to freeze the foe solid. |
| 783 | * HyperspaceArsenal: Quite literally in that she summons her weapons and gadgets (including Mecha Tager) out from a portal. |
| 784 | * HypocriticalHumor: In Rachel's ''Help Me, Professor Kokonoe'' short, Kokonoe tells her to be a bit nicer (as she said, the "mean on the outside, nice on the inside" deal). Later Rachel pointed out that Koko's not really in the position to teach something like kindness, anyway. |
| 785 | ** Then she counters it by saying that she's nice to her subordinates from time to time. (Tager comes out and says "Huh? You, nice? That's a scary thought.") Then Rachel says the same and Gii said [[GagEcho "Huh? You, nice? That's a scary thought."]] |
| 786 | * InsufferableGenius: She ''loves'' bragging about her intelligence as well as how science can beat magic. This is pretty much a mirror of Nine's trait: also a condescending genius, but in magic rather than science. |
| 787 | * {{Irony}}: Her Astral has her mock ars magus in favour of science. Then she uses magic to summon a meteor. |
| 788 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She may be a hard-ass, but she genuinely cares for her subordinates. Even if she has to be dragged kicking and screaming to show it. |
| 789 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She had been completely unrepentant for her any of actions and was rarely ever so much as called out for any of them, which makes it all the more satisfying that she can be defeated as a fighter with any of the other playable characters in [=BlazBlue=]: Chronophantasma. |
| 790 | * KidWithTheRemoteControl: She is in possession of Tager's controls, making her a KidWithTheLeash as well. |
| 791 | ** Lampshaded by Tager in one of his alternate endings, where she upgrades him to take on Bang Shishigami by turning him into '''[[Anime/GaoGaiGar SUPER GOLDEN TAGER!]]''' |
| 792 | ** If Kokonoe defeats Tager, she uses her remote to open a portal beneath him, stating that "[[WeCanRebuildHim it's time for more upgrades]]". |
| 793 | *** That same remote also teleports Azrael away if she defeats him, too. |
| 794 | ---> "Time to go back into your cage. Aaaand click." |
| 795 | * TheKindnapper: In ''CF'' Act 3, [[spoiler:She commands Makoto and Tager to take Noel to Kagura's custody so she can be safe from people who are after her life.]] |
| 796 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''Science Fiction'' |
| 797 | * MadScientist: She did build Tager as he is, plus any "enhancements" she puts on him are simply outrageous (and if she did put them on him, he never knew, which scares or embarrasses him when he finds out). She even has "designs" in mind for Hakumen, which seem to terrify him (and then there's her personality when she thinks loudly about it). Tager lampshades this, saying that she likes to put enhancements on interesting people; this leads to Noel being initially scared to enter her lab when she asks her to enter. |
| 798 | * MagicVersusScience: As her quote above states, she believes that science is the superior one. Kind of ironic, since her mother is TheArchmage to the [=BlazBlue=] universe who taught humanity magic and is the World's Strongest Witch, not to mention [[spoiler: Kokonoe has powerful magical power of her own]]. Plus, she's a {{Youkai}}. Jubei admitted that he doesn't want or expect his child to follow in her parents' footsteps. |
| 799 | * MeaningfulName: "Kokono" is one of the ways the kanji for "nine" (九) is pronounced; her name is thus a reference to her mother's alias. Likewise "ko" (子) can mean "child" or "little", making her name mean "little Konoe" or "Konoe's child." |
| 800 | * MissionControl: To Tager and Lambda. |
| 801 | -->'''Kokonoe''' (''in Teach Me, Miss Litchi!''): C'mon, Tager. We have shit to do...\ |
| 802 | '''Kokonoe''': Lambda, retreat now. |
| 803 | * MotherlyScientist: She fusses over Lambda quite a bit, and tries to take the best care of her that she can. It's mostly the result of guilt about bringing her back as a weapon in the first place. However, sometimes, it comes off making her look even worse. |
| 804 | * MultipleTailedBeast: She has 2 tails, courtesy of her father. |
| 805 | * NominalHero: She's highly unethical, extremely questionable in morality (especially the nukes she had, not to mention her disregards for the welfare of many others, ask Bullet), and pretty insufferable. The only thing that makes her qualify as a "hero" is because the opposition is someone as evil as Terumi. Even then, at best she'd be the TokenEvilTeammate. She also casually says in ''CF'' that she was the first one who got the honor of being the SS-Class Criminal (the second is Ragna) but she personally erased all of the information on it. |
| 806 | * NotSoAboveItAll: In Tager's joke ending, she manages to match up with Bang in terms of hamminess. |
| 807 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: In ''Teach Me, Ms. Litchi!'', Litchi notes that "[Kokonoe and Taokaka] are more alike than they seem. There's only a thin line between genius and... [[TheDitz Tao]]." |
| 808 | ** In ''CS'', [[spoiler:Kokonoe herself wonders if she's that different from Arakune.]] |
| 809 | * NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler: After defeating Terumi in her arcade mode, he dares her to finish him off, but Kokonoe refuses, stating she won't kill him until she's sure she can destroy him completely.]] |
| 810 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Kokonoe looks like she could be in her mid-to-late twenties. In reality she's much, ''much'' older, with her mother killed by Terumi ninety years prior to the story's present day. |
| 811 | --> '''Makoto:''' ''*Refering to Kokonoe's breasts*'' They'll grow eventually!\ |
| 812 | '''Kokonoe:''' I'm way older than you, Makoto. Like, *if I HAD 'em they'd be down to my KNEES* old! So when's "eventually"!? |
| 813 | * OnceAnEpisode: From the first through the third games, each starts with her "reviving" someone from the Boundary to be used against Terumi: Hakumen, Lambda (more like Nu's soul in Lambda's body) and Celica in chronological order. They also are effective: Hakumen [[spoiler:outright killing Terumi]], Lambda giving her Idea Engine for Ragna to override Terumi's control of his Azure Grimoire, and Celica crippling his artificial body Hazama through vicinity.[[note]]It should be noted though that Kokonoe's exact purpose for Celica was to use her for fueling the Kushinada Lynchpin; it didn't come to pass.[[/note]] |
| 814 | * OneBulletAtATime: She can only deploy one Flame Cage, one Banishing Ray and one Graviton at a time. |
| 815 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: If her Astral Heat is any indication... |
| 816 | * PetTheDog: In Litchi's bad ending, [[spoiler:she runs her old colleague's clinic when Litchi's afflicted with a terminal disease, and aids in attempting to find a cure for her affliction.]] It's ambiguous just how much time has passed, so looked at in the right way, it may also mean that [[spoiler:she put her own desires for vengeance away to help one of the few friends she has in the world.]] Although, [[spoiler:it's probably too late to make any difference...]] |
| 817 | ** Also has a few of these in her treatment of Lambda, perhaps the only character in the game who she ''never'' rants at and belittles. This seems to be a recurrent theme whenever someone gets hurt because her actions [[KickTheDog genuinely cross the line]]. |
| 818 | ** In the ''Continuum Shift'' extra story about Relius Clover, Kokonoe's interactions with Roy can give off this feeling. Though we already know how her treatment of the guy [[SanitySlippage turns out]] her insults seem to be mostly teasing, and it was really heartwarming when she thanked him for "not dying on her". |
| 819 | ** In ''CP'', in her Arcade story, she says sorry to Arakune for being unable to save him. |
| 820 | * PileBunker: Her throw sees Kokonoe ramming one of these ([[NothingUpMySleeve taken from out of her sleeve]]) into her opponent with enough force to make them rebound off of the far wall. |
| 821 | * PoorCommunicationKills: For all that she knows, she lets her ego (and in some cases, her temper) get in the way of explaining things to others, expecting others to take her word for it. Litchi's dilemma becomes progressively worse (Litchi losing her own cool doesn't help), Noel gets {{mindrape}}d, Ragna gets in trouble with Terumi, and [[spoiler:Izanami acting through]] Tsubaki almost bakes Makoto had Kagura not planned around both girls in situ - all thanks to Kokonoe not sharing her wisdom. That her usual response to being pushed to explain is to sic Tager on the offender doesn't help her case at all. |
| 822 | ** Lampshaded in Ragna's HMPK session. |
| 823 | * PowerFists: Shows off some boxing chops with her mechanical gauntlets, even being able to perform her own version of the Buster Wolf. |
| 824 | %%zce** One of her match intros has her working on one. |
| 825 | * PromotedToPlayable: And ''about frickin' time too!'' It took about two sequels and many "iterations" for her to become playable on top of being integral to the story. |
| 826 | * RetiredMonster: Kokonoe has a ''very'' shady past. [[spoiler:This lady was partially responsible for the creation of Arakune (through neglect) and even had a part (though unintentionally) in building up Relius' Ignis (that's his WIFE). But as of today, she's against Relius and Terumi, although she makes it clear that she's cranky and not very nice, nor having regrets of what she's done in the past. Tager eventually knew this, [[MyMasterRightOrWrong but placed his faith in her nonetheless]].]] |
| 827 | * TheReveal: Bit of a minor one considering everything else going on in the story, but in Chronophantasma she reveals that [[spoiler:one of the reasons Arakune is still around is because she is his Observer. She also reveals that Celica is a clone and isn't supposed to last long.]] |
| 828 | ** Centralfiction's prologue reveals that [[spoiler: she was the first ever SS class criminal before Ragna. She just deleted all of the data about it and herself from NOL servers, which is why nobody knows about it.]] |
| 829 | * RocketRide: Her air dash. |
| 830 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: If her defeated opponent is one she has to haul back to Sector Seven (Tager for more upgrades, Azrael to place him back in jail), Kokonoe pulls out a remote teleporter and sends them back while letting out a somewhat bored-sounding "Aaand click." Also, during one of her air normals, she'll yell out "pow pow pow" in an equally uninterested tone. |
| 831 | * ScienceWizard: She is a primarily a scientist but is capable of magical feats when pushed. |
| 832 | %%* SheWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:If her plan of using Lambda to fight Terumi or the protagonists fighting Take-Mikazuchi fails, she has a backup... [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill many, MANY nuclear missiles]].]] That's just one of many. |
| 833 | * SignatureMove: Her Drive, as well as her Jamming Dark and Mecha/Golden Tager DD. |
| 834 | * SirSwearsALot: She is rather foul-mouthed, to the point of being the only character who gets [[CensoredForComedy bleeped]]. Even Ragna and Terumi, who between them have said just about every swear word in the book, have yet to manage that. |
| 835 | ** The most notable time she gets bleeped is in Rachel's Gag Reel, when she talks about what she intended to do to Ragna after putting him to sleep with the sleeping pill in the candy she offered him. Interestingly, the bleeps that are put in are the names of Ragna's techniques. |
| 836 | --->'''Kokonoe''': Well, no reason not to tell you. First I intended to take his XXX ("Inferno Divider!") and put it in a XXX ("Carnage Scissors!"). Maybe a little XXX ("Gauntlet Hades!") too? My goodness, I can only imagine what his XXX ("Hell's Fang!") will XXX ("Dead Spike!")!\ |
| 837 | '''Noel''': Wh-wh-WHAT?! How could you stoop so low? That's totally unfair! |
| 838 | ** Interestingly averted with her dialogue as a playable character, she's relatively clean mouthed. May be explained in her Arcade run; [[spoiler:as she has "[[{{Lobotomy}} rewired her brain]]" so as to not feel hate for Terumi, it might've calmed her mind considerably as well.]] |
| 839 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She's a gifted scientist and she has the glasses to show it. |
| 840 | * SpinAttack: She gains a new move in ''CF'' named Solid Wheel where she does this with her hammer. |
| 841 | * SquishyWizard: Teleportation, elemental attacks, and powerful weapons at her disposal, but all that time in the lab hasn't done her endurance any wonders. Like Terumi, ironically enough, she only has 10500 HP. |
| 842 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She can be very unpleasant with dealing with people, but she does show her softer side occasionally. |
| 843 | * SupermodelStrut: For some reason, despite looking incredibly bored by the entire prospect of actually fighting (see also: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters K']]), Kokonoe's walking animation is a hip-swaying strut, complete with [[HairFlip hair flipping]]. |
| 844 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: She inherits gold eyes from her mother, Nine of the Ten Saints (though hers look more like a cat's). The supernaturalness is toned down, however, because she isn't too keen with magic (even if [[spoiler:she's able to use it and is quite powerful at it]]). |
| 845 | * SweetTooth: She loves her catnip lollipops. |
| 846 | * TeamMom: Between her, Tager, and Lambda. Sorta plays this for Kagura's LaResistance group, she effectively puts Ragna on "time out" when they manage to capture him. She's definitely not as nice as other examples however. |
| 847 | * TeleportersAndTransporters: Uses a portable teleporter similar to the device she used for Lambda to warp around the battlefield. |
| 848 | * ThemeNaming: Her move names start with "Armament No. (number)" and, at least in Japanese, followed by a Japanese name and then the equivalent English name (the former isn't used in the overseas version). |
| 849 | * ThisCannotBe: Her shocked reaction when she sees Relius again in his Gag Reel: |
| 850 | -->'''Relius''': Kokonoe, my dear, how long has it been?\ |
| 851 | '''Kokonoe''': ...?! Relius Clover?! Impossible! You're... you're supposed to be dead...! |
| 852 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: She says this to Hazama in his ''Continuum Shift'' arcade run before he fights Lambda. |
| 853 | -->'''Kokonoe''': I've just got one question to ask you. Why did you betray my mother? \ |
| 854 | '''Hazama''': "Betray?" C'mon, don't give me that. It's not like the Six Heroes were buddies... then the other day, I told the old man, "We're buddies, right?!" Hahahahaha!\ |
| 855 | '''Kokonoe''': You... you bastard! I'll never forgive you! Lambda! Kick the shit out of him! |
| 856 | * ThreeStrikeCombo: If she has 50 Heat or more, her Absolute Zero (where she freezes the opponent, then bombards them with gatling guns) will have one extra move that costs the Heat and dealing extra damage. |
| 857 | * TokenEvilTeammate: A {{Foil}} for Litchi in the NOL, Kokonoe is mostly self-serving and highly destructive, but on the good guy team, while Litchi, trying to help others and pacifistic unless necessary, is on the bad guy team. Unfortunately, Kokonoe's in a ''worse'' scale than Jin in this trope; at least Jin is making efforts to get rid of the "Token Evil" part, Kokonoe doesn't even bother to clean her questionable past and keeps adding more and more dirty laundries. [[spoiler:As of the ending of Chronophantasma she finally learns that Phantom is in fact her mother Nine. Whether this may cause her to change her ways is something only time will tell.]] |
| 858 | * ToughLove: While sometimes she can be a genuinely spoiled bitch, at times she shows some concerns over Roy, Litchi and especially Tager; the former two are rather stubborn (this, in fact, led to Arakune's condition and Litchi going out of Sector Seven to try to save him) so she acts like a stern mother would towards them. Though she doesn't do this towards Lambda and Celica (aside from telling the latter not to stray too far away if alone) because they otherwise pose no problems for her. |
| 859 | * {{Troll}}: In Chronophantasma, she claims that when fixing Ragna's arm, she planted a bomb in it that will explode if he's too far away from Celica. Near the end of the game, she reveals she was lying. Ragna's not too happy about it. |
| 860 | -->'''Ragna''': Dick move. |
| 861 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Her refusal to help out Litchi with her boundary corruption ultimately causes her to join the NOL out of desperation and subsequently contributing to Armageddon.]] |
| 862 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Relius in the extra story "that which is inherited". He opened the cauldron in the Sector Seven's lab, causing multiple personnels to have their souls sucked into it, which gives birth to a Black Beast-like being, forcing Kokonoe to use her mother's spell to subdue the monster. All so he can take the monster to power up Ignis.]] |
| 863 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: From but [[https://i.postimg.cc/z5Kmj2KL/Blaz-Blue-Phase-Shift-4-Black-and-white-illustration-6.jpg one picture of a young Kokonoe and her father]] from ''Phase Shift 4'' (and an offhand comment from Jubei about how great marriage and parenthood was before Kokonoe hit puberty) does one get the feeling that, while naturally sour, Kokonoe would've been far less rough around the edges if not for Terumi murdering her mother. |
| 864 | * TheUnfettered: She won't rest until Terumi is buried six feet under. As she puts it. |
| 865 | -->'''Kokonoe''': I'd do anything to kill you, Terumi, no matter how underhanded. |
| 866 | * UseYourHead: One of her normal moves. She has the initiative to put on a hard hat before she does it, too. |
| 867 | * WaveMotionGun: One of her DD summons a '''[[Memes/BlazBlue GIGANTIC TAGER]]''' that [[ChestBlaster shoops out of its chest.]] The Overdrive version turns it into '''[[GoldenSuperMode SUPER GOLDEN TAGER X]]'''. [[ChargedAttack If sufficiently charged]] (by rotating the stick after the command), it can be a OneHitKO, even if you barrier it. |
| 868 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Played straight and {{subverted|Trope}}. While she is extreme in her methods (nukes, anyone?), her end goal is Terumi's destruction... and yet the lion's share of her motivation is revenge for her mother's death, and she doesn't take well to the possibility of kill theft. |
| 869 | * WistfulAmnesia: Downplayed. In ''CF'' she's one of many who get amnesic (i.e having their memories reverted to the events of ''CT''), but she has always had the initiative to put "backup data" in the Boundary in case things like this happen, so she at least could sense if something's wrong with the world if she checks on her backup. |
| 870 | * WrenchWench: She designed Tager and all of his upgrades and maintained Lambda as well. |
| 871 | * WrenchWhack: Her other main weapon is a big wrench. She [[WeaponTwirling twirls it around]] in one of her win poses. |
| 872 | * {{Youkai}}: Well, half-youkai. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Yuuki Terumi]] |
| 876 | ->[[Characters/BlazBlueYuukiTerumi See Terumi's page]] |
| 877 | [[/folder]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | !!Introduced in Arcade Version Update 2.0 (''Chronophantasma Extend'') |
| 880 | |
| 881 | [[folder:Celica A. Mercury]] |
| 882 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbdw_celica.png]] |
| 883 | [[caption-width-right:350: Whatever you do, [[NoSenseOfDirection don't give her a map.]]]] |
| 884 | [floatboxright: |
| 885 | '''Profile''' |
| 886 | * Height: 160 cm |
| 887 | * Weight: 51 kg |
| 888 | * Blood type: A |
| 889 | * Date of Birth: September 8 |
| 890 | * Birthplace: Kazamotsu |
| 891 | * Hobbies: Strolls |
| 892 | * Likes: Sister, family |
| 893 | * Dislikes: Nothing |
| 894 | ] |
| 895 | |
| 896 | --> ''My turn! I can fight too, just you watch!'' |
| 897 | |
| 898 | -> '''Voiced by:'''\ |
| 899 | '''JP:''' Creator/IoriNomizu \ |
| 900 | '''EN:''' Creator/CarrieSavage |
| 901 | |
| 902 | -> Nine's younger sister and the Nun who raised Ragna, Jin and Saya at the church. She had brown hair in her youth, and was naturally gifted in the use of healing magic. She is the protagonist of the ''Phase Shift'' novels, and gets a major role later on in ''Chronophantasma''. Her initial purpose was to be used as the catalyst for [[FantasticNuke Kushinada's Lynchpin]] by her father, but was talked down from it by Ragna. Many years later, she is killed by Terumi when he attacked the Church. Kokonoe later seemingly "revived" her young self. |
| 903 | |
| 904 | %%->Specifically, Kokonoe salvages her soul from the boundary similarly to what she did to Hakumen and plans on using her to activate the Lynchpin once more. |
| 905 | |
| 906 | -> Her arcade playthrough is named ''reason for being''. |
| 907 | |
| 908 | -> On July 15, 2014 it was announced that Celica will be made a playable character on the 2.0 update to the arcade version of ''Chronophantasma''. Her Drive is '''Minerva''', a puppet in the same vein as Nirvana and Ignis created by Kokonoe for the purpose of protecting Celica that can continuously chain attacks together. Her Overdrive, '''Regelite''', regenerates her health and makes Minerva's attacks more powerful. In the fourth game, she gets an ability named '''Recover Cap''' where her attacks will make her gain a green bar that extends off her current health level. She can use the green bar to turn it into her HP or use it to power her specials. Her Overdrive in the fourth game makes her automatically gain the Recover Cap instead of auto-healing. |
| 909 | |
| 910 | -> In the fourth game, her Exceed Accel is called '''Pue Vapeur''' where Minerva stuns the foe with her plug, then does a series of kicks before doing a drilling attack. Her Astral, '''Atout Rillettes''', has her heal the opponent to full health. Quite literally, in fact, as their life bar actually regenerates to 100%. Minerva then transforms into what appears to be a jet, flies into the sky at high speeds, then rams into the opponent, shoving them off of the stage. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | -> For info about her younger self, Little Sister, see Characters/XBlazeLostMemories |
| 913 | ---- |
| 914 | * ACupAngst: |
| 915 | ** A slight example. She misunderstands one of Ragna's comments and starts talking about how she's normal-sized and that bigger isn't always better. The root of this is likely related to her much curvier sister. |
| 916 | ** In her Arcade win quote against [[HospitalHottie Litchi]], she asks Kokonoe for implants like hers to impress Ragna. She's no slouch in that department though, as her CF character art shows. |
| 917 | ** She asks [[MsFanservice Makoto]] if there is truth to the [[BuxomBeautyStandard male preference for boobs]]. Not to say she isn't [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer entranced already]]... |
| 918 | ---> ''"Whoa... they really are big... uhh... up close..."'' |
| 919 | * AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Was clearly about to confess to Ragna in CF, until she changed her mind at the last moment and told him that she [[LastSecondWordSwap "always believed in him"]]. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Most likely because she didn't want to be a burden to him to the very end]]. |
| 920 | * ActualPacifist: Since she dislikes violence and her primary form of magic is healing, Celica leaves the fighting to Minerva. In most of her attack animations, it's pretty much Minerva doing all of the moves and whatnot. |
| 921 | * AllJustADream: Her Arcade play happens entirely in her head while she's being "adjusted" by Kokonoe. |
| 922 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Admits that her feelings for Bloodedge were "kinda a one-sided thing." She also shows some care for Ragna, but even after he [[spoiler:returns from the past]] he remains oblivious. |
| 923 | * AllLovingHero: Can easily get along with most people, and bears no grudge towards everyone. Her bio even listed "nothing" as her dislike. |
| 924 | * ArtEvolution: In the original ''Chronophantasma'', Minerva was just a PaletteSwap of Nirvana, Carl Clover's RobotBuddy. ''Chronophantasma Extend'' gave her a completely redone model while retaining her original colour scheme. |
| 925 | * AscendedExtra: She originally was an exclusive character to a series of novels that [[NoExportForYou never made it outside Japan]] and then she becomes a major character in the third game, before finally becoming a playable character. |
| 926 | * BackFromTheDead: Kokonoe brought her back in the third game. [[spoiler:Well, not exactly the dead Celica from Ragna's backstory, but a clone made by copying her soul that was trapped in the Boundary and then putting it in a copy body. She's called a "Chronophantasma" for this.]] |
| 927 | * BeatingADeadPlayer: Inverted; her round win pose has her ''heal'' the downed player instead. |
| 928 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Makoto, both being BookDumb {{Genki Girl}}s probably helped them bond. |
| 929 | * TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: In Naoto's ''CF'' arcade, he asks her for the whereabouts of "a blonde girl with rabbit-like ribbon". Not long after, he finds himself in another town while Celica is nowhere to be found. She does this as an adult too as the caretaker of Ragna and his siblings. She takes them to go Raspberry hunting, but ends up getting them lost. |
| 930 | * BookDumb: During the Sector Seven story, she confesses to Makoto that her grades weren't that good. |
| 931 | * ChargedAttack: Her Marteau Flan, Hache Rotir and Lance Quiche specials, as well as her Armure Sorbet DD can be charged by holding the button. In ''CF'', instead you charge them by attacking the foe and building a special gauge, which you use for the charged moves. |
| 932 | * CoolAunt: To Kokonoe...even though she's been pulled from the past, therefore making her younger than her niece. |
| 933 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Is in this pose in her ''Central Fiction'' portrait. |
| 934 | * CuteClumsyGirl: A few of her moves have her tripping over. |
| 935 | * CuteWitch: In contrast to her [[HotWitch sister]]. |
| 936 | * DashAttack: Her Lance Quiche special and Casque Veloute DD. |
| 937 | * DevotedToYou: Refused to get married in the time after the Dark War because of her promise to Ragna that she would wait for his return. |
| 938 | * DisappearedDad: In the novels, she's trying to find her father and confirming information surrounding him. |
| 939 | * DivingKick: One of her special moves, done along with Minerva. |
| 940 | * DramaticIrony: In her arcade play in ''CF'', [[spoiler:by contact with the Boundary, she sees a "memory" where child Ragna, Jin and "a girl who looks like Noel" are sitting alongside a nun who tends to them, all smiling happily; Celica wishes to be like that. That nun is actually Celica herself, but being a soul pulled from the past, she doesn't know that.]] |
| 941 | * EnergyBall: One of her special moves, done with Minerva. |
| 942 | * EveryoneHasStandards: For someone as nice as Celica, she insists in commentary that Azrael stop fighting, and is abnormally persistent in drilling Terumi for information on Nine's whereabouts. She even outright kicks Jin to stop his fight with Ragna (and goes to scold the two afterwards). |
| 943 | * EXSpecialAttack: Recover Cap lets her fill up a green bar that can be spent to execute enhanced special attacks or heal herself. |
| 944 | * GenkiGirl: She rivals Makoto in sheer energy. |
| 945 | * GloriousMotherRussia: She's Russian by birth. |
| 946 | * GoneToTheFuture: Due to being [[spoiler:the clone of the past Celica]], she's technically this. She clearly still remembers things in the past. |
| 947 | * HealingHands: Her Astral starts with doing this to her opponent. Her "round" winpose also has her do this. In story, she does this to multiple characters, mainly Ragna. |
| 948 | * HealThyself: Her DD Armure Sorbet is simply her recovering some health. Her Overdrive also gives her passive healing over time as well. |
| 949 | * TheHeart: Her sheer kindness can tame the tension between the cast and bring people together. |
| 950 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In ''CF'' she uses up all her remaining time by giving her magical power to Rachel so that she can teleport everyone outside of Nine's time freeze]]. |
| 951 | ** [[spoiler:Minerva also performs one, self-destructing to eliminate Requiem before it destroys the world]]. |
| 952 | * HopeBringer: Kokonoe described her as such in her CPEX Arcade ending. |
| 953 | * HumanResources: [[spoiler:Shuichiro originally designed [[SoulPoweredEngine Kushinada's device]] to use her as its [[FantasticNuke Fantastic Warhead]]. Nine was not amused, and took her away before he could use it. Much later, Kokonoe intends to have Celica help her use it, even though it'll kill her soul slowly, she agrees with Kokonoe to sacrifice herself in order to use it in Chronophantasma]]. Ragna, Noel, and Kagura do not like this idea one bit once they find out. |
| 954 | * IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:After the Black Beast was slain, Celica watched over its remains and waited for the chance to see Ragna again. She ended up waiting about 80 years and when they do meet, Ragna is a child.]] |
| 955 | * TheIdealist: Always believes in the goodness in everyone and bright-minded, only being sad if she believes another is. |
| 956 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''Crystal Forest'' |
| 957 | * KilledOffForReal: Her present self is long dead by the time the series starts, and her "current" self pulled by Kokonoe [[spoiler:eventually uses up her magic and fades away, but not before bidding Ragna, Noel, and Jin a fond farewell]]. |
| 958 | * LapPillow: If Ragna defeats her in his arcade mode, he starts apologizing, and she asks for a lap pillow as a means of letting her heal. |
| 959 | * LifeEnergy: She has a kind of a special soul, with the ability to control the flow of life. Her healing magic is likely to be derived from this. |
| 960 | * LivingMacGuffin: She is one of the keys to activating Kushinada's lynchpin, due to her LifeEnergy above, which the lynchpin will feed off of to operate. Nine made the Nox Nyctores specifically so Celica doesn't have to sacrifice herself; when Kokonoe in the present attempted to persuade Celica to do it, Ragna, Noel and Kagura object to it. |
| 961 | * LoveConfession: Unfortunately never occurs in the main story, however she does manage to express her feelings, and quite frankly, in the gag scenarios. Nonchalantly confirming she likes him in Chronophamtasma, and then outright stating that she is the one who loves him the most in the Spetacles of Eros Finale. |
| 962 | * MarionetteMaster: ''Continuum Shift Extend'' reveals that she was Nirvana's previous master. The Phase Shift novels elaborate on it, and Nirvana was specifically created to protect her, since Nine would often be away due to her preparations to fight the Black Beast. |
| 963 | ** When she reappears in ''Chronophantasma'', Kokonoe gives her a duplicate, Ex Machina: Minerva, as a replacement. |
| 964 | * MoralityPet: She is among the few characters that Ragna is actually comfortable being around, and he even tones down his attitude somewhat because of her. Also serves as one to [[GoodIsNotNice Hakumen]]. [[spoiler:He even teams up with Ragna because Celica asked him to. Makes sense since she's their adoptive mother technically.]] [[LittleMissSnarker Rachel]] is also fairly kind to her. |
| 965 | * NaiveEverygirl: Really gives off this vibe considering her sister points out how she's too trusting and that someone can take advantage of her because of it. She also wants everyone to be happy and get along with each other. |
| 966 | * NavelWindow: Her uniform is slightly opened at the bottom, leaving her belly button exposed. |
| 967 | * NiceGirl: Joins Litchi, Makoto and Noel as among the kindest characters in the series. |
| 968 | * NoSenseOfDirection: She can get lost following a map on a straight road. One of her opening fight animations in Chronophantasma is her holding a map upside down. And then there's her gag reel... |
| 969 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She looks and acts like a girl in her mid teens but she's actually a young adult according to supplemental material. This is because her healing magic slows down her aging. It also explains how she looks like a middle aged woman after she becomes the caretaker for Ragna and his siblings despite being around for the Dark War about a century before that. |
| 970 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Ragna, Jin and Saya in the past. |
| 971 | * PerfectHealth: Due to her natural ability, she's unaffected by diseases and has never been sick. |
| 972 | * PillarOfLight: Her Unlimited self has Minerva firing off these in a wave (similar to [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave]]). |
| 973 | * PluckyGirl: Even against all of the tragedies and horrors in the world, she still keeps her positive outlook. |
| 974 | * PowerCordTail: Minerva has a power cord as her "ponytail". It gets "plugged" to the ground whenever she's doing her stronger attacks. |
| 975 | * PowerNullifier: [[spoiler:A natural ability she possesses. She can absorb and negate seithr unconsciously. In ''Chronophantasma'', Kokonoe put a limiter on her so that her mere presence wouldn't wreck the Ars Magus used in everyday life. However, Cauldrons and similar artifacts, like say, Azure Grimoires, are still affected, leaving Ragna's right eye and arm paralyzed when he's around her. Even Terumi is almost defenseless in her presence because his Hazama body is made out of Azure Grimoire and can only beg Phantom to get him the hell out of there. By the end of ''Chronophantasma'' Kokonoe has upgraded Ragna's Idea Engine to be immune to Celica's power, allowing him to fight at full power even with her around.]] |
| 976 | * PromotedToPlayable: Added as a new character to "Chronophantasma Extend". |
| 977 | * {{Protectorate}}: She asks Ragna, who was kind of going through an existential crisis at the moment, to protect her if he wants a purpose in life. Ragna doesn't really understand, but agrees. |
| 978 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: One of her specials turn Minerva into a jet plane and then she flies towards the opponent. Also done in two of her Distortion Drives; one as her normal self and one as her Unlimited self. Both involves Minerva ramming back and forth towards the opponent. Minerva also does it in her Astral, right in the opponent's back. |
| 979 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to her sister's red. |
| 980 | * RegeneratingHealth: Her Overdrive has her health bar regenerate over time. |
| 981 | * RobotBuddy[=/=]RobotGirl: Minerva. |
| 982 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Bloodedge. [[spoiler:As of ''Chronophantasma'', this extends to present-day Ragna.]] |
| 983 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: She wears the Ishana school of magic's uniform at all times. |
| 984 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nine believed that Celica merging with the Lynchpin in order to attack the Black Beast would lead to this, due to the Lynchpin only disabling seithr instead of destroying it. The entire reason Nine created the Rettenjou (and the other Nox Nyctores) was so that this sacrifice would never be necessary. To her credit, thanks to Lord Tenjo Amanohokosaka's sacrifice, it worked.]] |
| 985 | * ShipTease: With Ragna. [[spoiler:After his "death" after the Dark War (actually just returning to his own time) she refuses to get married and tells her sister that waiting for him is her happiness.]] |
| 986 | ** In one of the Gag Reels, she is unaffected by the Spectacles of Eros, which Ragna has been lumbered with ''again''; i.e. she truly loves him. She even flat out says it with no issues. Notable since while Ragna gets irritated by every girl saying "I love you" to him while under the spectacle's influence, he instead gets flustered when Celica did the same to him - which sparks every other girls' anger (aside from Rachel who's similarly unaffected). |
| 987 | ** She's just as comfortable with it when he's stuck with them ''yet again'' in Spectacles of Eros Finale (in CF). When the entire competition is revealed to be a way to decide who loves Ragna the most she laughs it off and questions the point of it since she's obviously wins out there, Spectacles of Eros or not. This time Rachel doesn't take this lying down and actually begins to try to say that she's the one who loves Ragna most, but is interrupted before she can even get past her initial stammering. |
| 988 | * {{Shoryuken}}: One of her special moves, done with Minerva. |
| 989 | * {{Shotoclone}}: Fitting for a character designed to be "easy to use", she comes with a fireball move, an uppercut move and a rushing move. |
| 990 | * SingleTargetSexuality; Every instance of Celica is singularly interested in Ragna. She even turns down Kagura's attempts to part her from him on multiple occasions, even in her intro with him in ''CPX''. |
| 991 | * SkillGateCharacters: Was created with this in mind and confirmed by WordOfGod. |
| 992 | * SpamAttack: Her Casque Veloute DD has Minerva rushing towards the opponent. If it hits, then she proceeds to deliver such a brutal beatdown that the view is obscured, with only the aftermath being shown. |
| 993 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Frequently rendered as Caelica. |
| 994 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Part of the reason why she's such a divisive character (at least in [[AmericansHateTingle America]] anyway) is how much of ''Chronophantasma's'' story is devoted to her. She appears in all three routes for one reason or another, and plays a far larger role than anyone in Ragna's character arc. Like Kagura (see his section), this gets lampshaded in one extra scenario in the PS Vita version. Like Kagura, her screentime is significantly toned down in Centralfiction. |
| 995 | * SupportingProtagonist: She's mostly this in the Phase 0 and Phase Shift 4. The story often involves the tribulations of other people (notably Bloodedge and Six Heroes) as seen through her. |
| 996 | * TakeMyHand: She does this in the ''CF'' story [[spoiler:to Ragna, who fell into a Cauldron, but she doesn't succeed. Though then Nine reveals that that isn't the real Ragna, but an illusion born from her thoughts.]] |
| 997 | * TelescopingRobot[=/=]TransformingMecha: Minerva can transform parts of herself into various weapons, and she can also become a fighter jet plane. She's much more flexible than Nirvana or Ignis overall. |
| 998 | * ThemeNaming: All of her special attacks are named after a combination of [[EdibleThemeNaming food]] + [[ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming various weapons]], in GratuitousFrench. |
| 999 | * TheTease: A very [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but there were a few occasions when she was teasing Ragna in a less than innocent manner (one time jokingly asking if he was planning to do something to her when they were alone in a bedroom). Makes sense since, despite her appearance, she is actually a young adult just a little under Ragna's age, so it is natural that she would have a more mature sense of humor at that point. |
| 1000 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Unlike quite a bit of the cast, Celica has no killing intent whatsoever. So instead she orders Minerva to fly the opponent off of the stage in her Astral, but not before restoring their HP to 100%. |
| 1001 | * ThreeStrikeCombo: Her Drive moves are chains of 3 attacks. |
| 1002 | * TokenWholesome: Short skirt aside, she shows little to no skin. Her clothes are also among the most mundane in the game. |
| 1003 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Celica's one of the most pure, kind-hearted people in the dark, dark world that ''[=BlazBlue=]'' takes place in, [[spoiler:and she originally was killed by Terumi when he raided the Church and dies doing a HeroicSacrifice in CF]] |
| 1004 | * WaveMotionGun: Her Sabre Anglaise DD has Minerva form a big cannon to shoot a straight laser forward. Its Overdrive version adds some more guns to the mix. |
| 1005 | * WhiteMage: Naturally gifted with healing magic. |
| 1006 | * WhiteSheep: To the Mercury family, Celica is the only one who is not a {{Jerkass}} and has no morally questionable personality traits to speak of compared to her sister, niece, and father. |
| 1007 | * WomanChild: She retains most of her quirks even as a nun, including her terrible sense of direction. This meant that Ragna was the one taking care of her, Jin, and Saya whenever they went out together. |
| 1008 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Was reminded of Ragna whenever she was around Hakumen during the Dark War. This is actually what first got them to interact with one another, since at that time Hakumen would refuse to speak to anyone unless it involved the Black Beast. Her mentioning Ragna (which confused him quite a bit) got him to open up to her. |
| 1009 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:In ''Chronophantasma'', because Celica can't turn her ability to absorb seithr power off, her ability is slowly pushing her artificial body to the limit giving her about a month to live. And even if there wasn't that much seithr around, Kokonoe estimates she only has six months at best, which is why she's okay with using her as the activation mechanism for Kushinada's Linchpin. Ragna is ''infuriated'' when he learns this. Once her body finally uses up all its time left, Celica disappears in the middle of CF]]. |
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