Line #60 DarthWiki/BurningRhapsodyNewlight


1	Sequel to DarthWiki/BurningRhapsody. Can also be called ''Majin Goukaroku Shinmeikai''.\
2	If you read this page, it is assumed you read [[DarthWiki/BurningRhapsody the prequel]]'s own page.
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4	After DarthWiki/BurningRhapsody's events, the Jiyubudoka, now led by Nii Dakara, are asserting political control over Japan. The Majin menace having been lifted around Kyoto, the focus of attention switched to Edo.\
5	Still in his pursuit of his half-sisters, Zen'i only goes back to Edo upon hearing about a tournament even bigger than before, this time blatantly organized by the Jiyubudoka. But as with anything which involves the Jiyubudoka, mystery lurks around.\
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7	This issue brings two new entrants: Genkai, Kyoku's older sister who is going after him for running out on his clan and punish Shinku for her having helped the Jiyubudoka; and Akira, a mysterious young girl who is a member of an unknown dark brotherhood, out to avoid the Jiyubudoka seizing too much power.\
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9	The story is in two parts: ''Battle'', the Tournament Arc, and ''Upheaval'', which centers around the events occuring after it [[spoiler:and the power shift caused by Iroha]].
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11	!Burning Rhapsody Newlight contains examples of:
12	* AfterTheEnd: This aspect is clearly downplayed in contrast to the original since the Majins have declined.
13	* [[spoiler:AntagonistTitle: The "new light" refers to Iroha, the main villainess.]]
14	* BadassFamily: The Hashiro are expanded upon with one more member as a playable character. [[spoiler:Akira is also Zen'i's half-sister much like Saki. And then comes Iroha who expands upon the Kazama domain with exposing Nii and herself as Kazama too.]]
15	* CallBack: [[spoiler:In ''Ignition'', Nii used Iroha's bindings as head to the Jiyubudoka to meet his ends. In ''Battle'', Iroha uses Nii's bindings as head of the Jiyubudoka to meet her own ends.]]
16	* CityNoir: The atmosphere in Edo. Even the Star Tower isn't immune from this, as it is in early construction stages.
17	* DemonSlaying: Much less present since Majins are seemingly regressing by themselves.
18	* DownerEnding: Once again, everyone has one of their own in both stories [[spoiler:(though as far as ''Battle'' goes, it's a universal shot of Iroha taking over as Empress)]], and canon has it no better.
19	** ''Battle'' has [[spoiler:Iroha successfully accessing the Emperor in everyone's back, and ditching the Jiyubudoka.]]
20	** ''Upheaval'' gets in on it too. Even though the Jiyubudoka are effectively destroyed, [[spoiler:everyone realizes (too late) that it accomplished nothing when Iroha is revealed. Nii escapes unharmed (except [[VillainousBSOD mentally]]), and Iroha defeats every single person who made it to her at this point.]]
21	* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:Nii's entire schtick as a bloodline extermination supporter gets ironic when he's born in one.]]
22	* LighterAndSofter: Even though Yuun and Saki, the few "good" characters, are absent, this trope is present in regards to the previous one. The EvilVersusEvil trope is now less omnipresent, with Rin becoming a honest-to-goodness good character, Noriaki more or less making a HeelFaceTurn, Kyoku and Itami realizing they don't need to attack everyone on-sight to accomplish their goals and cementing their alliance, etc. The only aversion is Asuka, who makes a CerebusCallback to her story in the original and refuses a recruitment attempt into the Jiyubudoka by Nii [[spoiler:(but for once he had legit reasons to need her help)]] and has a SanitySlippage (even though instead of choosing murder as the solution, she runs off and sides with Junichi).
23	* NotJustATournament: Yet again. Because the Jiyubudoka are responsible, and because this time [[ManipulativeBastard Nii]] frontlines. Everyone suspects he got OutGambitted.
24	* RecurringBoss: Nii. This time, he actually is the default FinalBoss to everybody. [[spoiler:Meeting him means a BadEnding, again.]]
25	* SpiritedCompetitor: Kyoku comes back to being this [[spoiler:after defeating Zen'i in the tournament]].
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27	!New characters:
28	!!Introduced in ''Battle'':
29	[[folder:Aoi Kazama]]
30	[floatboxright:
31	'''Profile:'''
32	* Height: 165 cm
33	* Weight: 51 kg
34	* From: Ezochi
35	]
36	-> Zen'i's presumed dead sister. He thought he had killed her himself, but she regenerated from her injuries.
37	!!Tropes associated with Aoi:
38	* {{Foreshadowing}}: She uses water, which coincidentally is also Nii's main magical element. [[spoiler:It's a hint that the Kazama clan's wind powers, while hereditary, also have some odd elements that use water, hinting at Nii being descended from the Kazama clan himself.]]
39	* GoodCounterpart: To Zen'i.
40	* HealingFactor
41	[[/folder]]
42	[[folder:Genkai Hashiro]]
43	[floatboxright:
44	'''Profile:'''
45	* Height: 164 cm
46	* Weight: 61 kg
47	* From: Nagoya
48	]
49	-> Kyoku's older sister, that he himself had adopted into the clan after finding her completely alone. She became a master of fighting quickly after training with the clan, and is one of the clan's main figures.
50	!!Tropes associated with Genkai:
51	* {{Ambadassador}}: She's acting on behalf of the Hashiro clan.
52	* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: She was adopted in the Hashiro family after [[NoodleIncident something]] [[TraumaInducedAmnesia even she doesn't remember]] happened.
53	* AuraVision: How she knows Zen'i and Noriaki to not be as evil as they seemed.
54	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Subverted. While she's strong physically and magically, she became physically strong only after her adoption.
55	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: How she became so physically strong.
56	* CurbStompBattle: Hands one to almost anybody she crosses paths with in-story.
57	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Akira knows a few things about it, but she's not the most talkative person.
58	* {{Expy}}: Deliberately, she's based on ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''[='=]s similarly-named character.
59	* HonestAdvisor: She not only gives [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "advice"]] to Kyoku and Shinku, but also [[spoiler:Noriaki]].
60	* LockedIntoStrangeness: Her hair has greyed out, and she's only in her thirties.
61	* MartialPacifist: She prefers martial arts as a form of seeking self-enlightenment.
62	* OlderAndWiser: To Shinku's 16 and Kyoku's 19 years of age (as of [[DarthWiki/BurningRhapsody the prequel]]), she's 30+, and much more intelligent than the other two.
63	** OldMaster: She's acting like one even though she's far too young for the trope's standards. To quote Akira:
64	--> "Losing your memories only did bad to you. Now you're busy making quips and trying to mentor people..."
65	* PartsUnknown: Her actual origins are left out.
66	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Within the Hashiro Clan.
67	* TheStoic: Cool and collected in most circumstances.
68	* WarriorTherapist
69	[[/folder]]
70	[[folder:Manazuru]]
71	[floatboxright:
72	'''Profile:'''
73	* Height: 158 cm
74	* Weight: 50 kg
75	* From: ???
76	]
77	-> A mysterious maidservant. Nobody knows who she serves, much less why she shows up.
78	!!Tropes associated with Manazuru:
79	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Played with, as her human form is a form the rest of humanity is comfortable with.
80	* HumanityEnsues: {{Animorphism}} gets to her, as she acts more and more human as she keeps her form.
81	* MsFanservice
82	* NinjaMaid: Despite her master remaining unknown [[spoiler:until ''4'', where it is revealed she is an Aya clan servant]].
83	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her main outfit is a NakedApron.
84	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She transitions in and out of youkai form easily, mostly used with shifting her legs to talons.
85	* WingedHumanoid: She frequently manifests wings.
86	* YamatoNadeshiko: She acts like one, but she fights too much like a savage.
87	[[/folder]]
88	[[folder:Akira]]
89	[floatboxright:
90	'''Profile:'''
91	* Height: 163 cm
92	* Weight: 51 kg
93	* From: Unknown
94	]
95	-> An unknown girl who spies on Edo's evolution for another secret organization to contrast the Jiyubudoka's coming to the spotlight. She's seldom willing to speak to anyone, for they could hear her grim determination through her voice. What is she after?\
96	[[spoiler:Actually Saki's EvilCounterpart, born from Zen'i's father whom he killed [[OutWithABang during the act]]. Her mother was so traumatized by the event, she committed suicide in front of Akira after implanting her memories and feelings of this event. Her objective of course is to avenge her father by killing Zen'i.]]
97	!!Tropes associated with Akira:
98	* AxCrazy: Well-hidden, but it's there when she fights.
99	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Normally so sullen she barely even talks. Her battle cries are noticeably aggressive.
100	* BloodKnight: Sometimes, she picks fights just to prove that she can't be messed with.
101	* BombThrowingAnarchists: She's here to sow as much chaos in Edo as she possibly can (read: wipe out the Jiyubudoka as the bare minimum).
102	* CorruptTheCutie: From a young age, she was raised within her organization to become a SocialDarwinist, and her natural talent as a fighter only made it worse.
103	* DarkActionGirl
104	* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:An EvilCounterpart to Saki. She's much more serious, cynical and gritty than Saki.]]
105	* FusionDance: In a way, she was this with her mother ''at a young age''.
106	* TheHeartless: She's had her mother's traumatic feelings forced on her, and is so marked by it that everything else just slides off of her.
107	* LackOfEmpathy
108	* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler:A platonic version, but in a grim throwback to Saki, she wants to honor her parents' legacy, and still is mourning her father's death.]]
109	* NoSocialSkills
110	* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Her mother did it in a cruelly-twisted way.]]
111	* PureIsNotGood: In a way. She's just as normal as a girl living in a SocialDarwinist guild and who had her mother commit ritual suicide before her eyes would be.
112	* ReligionOfEvil
113	* SocialDarwinist: She even laments Juuma's defeat as it only helped the weak survive.
114	* TykeBomb: She had combat and assassination training in her youth.
115	[[/folder]]
116	'''WARNING! Spoilers ahead!'''\
117	''Spoilers inside this folder will be unmarked.''
118	[[folder:Machiko Iroha / [[spoiler:Iroha Kazama]]]]
119	[floatboxright:
120	'''Profile:'''
121	* Height: 173 cm
122	* Weight: 65 kg
123	* From: Unknown
124	]
125	-> The old leader of the Jiyubudoka who Nii thought he murdered during the events of the DarthWiki/BurningRhapsody, she subverts his authority within the organization via staying behind the scenes.\
126	She's actually one of the last Kazama alive behind her alias, and she's responsible for her family's extinction, as well as several other bloodlines. She's also the one who saved Nii from the Kazama Clan's death sentence, unknown to him.
127	!!Tropes associated with Iroha:
128	* AbusiveParents: Assuming any of Zen'i, Akira or Nii descend from her, she qualifies.
129	* ArchEnemy: By her introduction, she has made herself one to Zen'i, Nii, Yasuke, and another person.
130	* AristocratsAreEvil: She disappeared and then had the bloodlines marked for death.
131	* TheBadGuyWins: Even though she's defeated in battle when she has to fight Zen'i and Yasuke.
132	* ComplexityAddiction: Organized a societal upheaval, manipulated the people into hating the bloodlines so she could have them exterminated, all to get rid of one person.
133	* EarlyBirdCameo: She was one of the two persons who appeared to stop Juuma in his standard arcade ending in the previous game.
134	* TheEmperor
135	* EvilOverlord
136	* FauxAffablyEvil: Looks like an old polite lady and remains polite as she outs Nii YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness-style.
137	* ForTheEvulz: She casually says she had the Seiga killed just to spite a certain someone.
138	* HealingFactor: A comparatively insane example. Oppositely to Zen'i who knows the primitive magic of destruction, she mastered that of creation.
139	* ItsAllAboutMe: She wants to gather as much power as possible and become the ruler of everything.
140	* LightIsNotGood: Wears white, uses a little light magic (though her main element is wind), and is one of the most oppressive evil presences in this setting.
141	* ManipulativeBitch: She took advantage of the Majin cataclysm of all things.
142	* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: Considering that she ousted Nii, she fits.
143	* NeverMessWithGranny
144	* NotQuiteDead: Faked her death in the previous game.
145	* OldMaster
146	* PragmaticVillainy: She didn't engage in the wanton slaughter that was possible in Kyoto, because it didn't help her. She didn't rise against it, however, because it had no interest to her.
147	* TheReveal: She not only reveals herself as a Kazama, but also Nii's being born Kazama too.
148	* TheRival: Juuma is one of her rivals, as he's one of the rare persons with enough power to confront her alone. She also had a Seiga as her rival, though she couldn't verify his death.
149	* TakeOverTheWorld
150	* TrueFinalBoss: Of course.
151	* {{Ubermensch}}
152	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: At least the publicity is not as bad as she really is.
153	[[/folder]]
154	!!Introduced in ''Upheaval'':
155	[[folder:Gorosuke Hibi]]
156	[floatboxright:
157	'''Profile:'''
158	* Height: 185 cm
159	* Weight: 83 kg
160	* Age: 18
161	* From: Kyoto
162	]
163	-> Yasuke's half-brother who doesn't share Seiga lineage with him. Eternally jealous of his brother, he started his journey of revenge when Yasuke left, by entering the Jiyubudoka and staging the public execution of his mother by the Jiyubodoka, accusing her of supporting a bloodline activist HostileTakeover. He since joined Nii's closed circles.
164	!!Tropes associated with Gorosuke:
165	* BloodbathVillainOrigin: Not much blood was spilled, only his mother's, but it was far more meaningful.
166	* BloodKnight
167	* CardCarryingVillain: He realizes he's turned bad, but that's a price he's ready to pay.
168	* CreateYourOwnVillain: Both ways. Yasuke never helped the favouritism from his mother from taking a toll on Gorosuke, and Gorosuke himself is firmly opposed by his father after what he did.
169	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Yasuke definitely treats him as such, which only really attracts Yasuke to attack the Jiyubudoka.
170	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted: Gorosuke got his mother, the only loved one he ever had, killed.
171	* EvilOrphan: Self-made at that.
172	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was a nobody while a child, then Yasuke left and Gorosuke is borderlining at Noriaki's power level.
173	* {{Hypocrite}}: He blames Yasuke for the death of their mother, but Yasuke just left home as all boys do someday, and Gorosuke himself staged the murder.
174	* InHarmsWay: When Gorosuke jumps in action, it's usually because he's [[LeeroyJenkins leeroying]] on his enemies, usually ending in bloodbath in his favor.
175	* InsaneEqualsViolent: Exaggerated: Gorosuke is barely insane, but incredibly violent.
176	* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames Yasuke for his mother's death. He was the one to set it up in the first place.
177	* LargeHam
178	* LaughablyEvil: He gets his LargeHam going [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter while on his murderous rampages]].
179	* MisanthropeSupreme
180	* RevengeBeforeReason: He absolutely hated how he was treated as a child, so his first act after Yasuke left was set up his mother's murder, blaming Yasuke for it and get him killed.
181	* SelfMadeOrphan: Only on his mother's part. He's left his father behind a nervous wreck.
182	* TheUnfavourite: What motivated him to not stop at wishing Yasuke good riddance, but getting their mother killed.
183	* VillainousFriendship: With Nii, they are genuine friends due to both sharing a bloodline-related DarkAndTroubledPast which they deeply resent the bloodlines for.
184	* VillainousUnderdog: Compared to his nemesis Yasuke who has the powers of the Seiga bloodline, which he fights with fire and sheer hamminess.
185	* WeAreEverywhere: It's only because the Jiyubudoka are not everywhere anymore that Nii breaks Gorosuke out from concealment.
186	[[/folder]]
187	[[folder:Yuri / Mikawanomiya no Yurinahime]]
188	[floatboxright:
189	'''Profile:'''
190	* Height: 166 cm
191	* Weight: 55 kg
192	* From: Edo
193	]
194	-> The former princess. She takes up fighting after her father suddenly became a brainwashed PuppetKing in order to free him from his shackles.
195	!!Tropes associated with Yuri:
196	* BewareTheNiceOnes
197	* FallenPrincess
198	* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Her father has gone from undisputed emperor to PuppetKing.
199	* KatanasAreJustBetter
200	* LadyOfWar
201	* MartialPacifist: Doesn't seek to fight persons who are not responsible for her father's state.
202	* TheOjou: Naturally.
203	* PrincessInRags
204	* TookALevelInBadass: A total beginner at fighting, but she learns.
205	[[/folder]]
206	[[folder:Hakka]]
207	[floatboxright:
208	'''Profile:'''
209	* Height: 175 cm
210	* Weight: 70 kg
211	* From: Mashi Village
212	]
213	-> An assassin from a secluded village, out on a mysterious mission. His mission is actually to blow himself up and destroy the Imperial Palace, taking out as many important persons as possible.
214	!!Tropes associated with Hakka:
215	* HotBlooded: He's surprisingly lively for someone who is supposed to die soon.
216	* InHarmsWay
217	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:He doesn't die of the explosion he caused.]]
218	* SuicideMission: He's here to die blowing up as much as possible.
219	[[/folder]]
220	[[folder:Soji]]
221	[floatboxright:
222	'''Profile:'''
223	* Height: 178 cm
224	* Weight: 80 kg
225	* From: Unknown
226	]
227	-> A mysterious fighter wielding Majin powers. Unlike Akira, he has a more ruthless approach to the Gojin ideal and thus kills any who fight him.
228	!!Tropes associated with Soji:
229	* ArrogantKungFuGuy
230	* BattleAura: Emits volutes of black energy at all times.
231	* BossFight: He enters as a default boss, leading either to the final fights (read: your rival, Nii, and possibly Iroha), or a BadEnding depending on how you beat your opponents beforehand.
232	* CastingAShadow
233	* HadesShaded
234	* KillingIntent: He fights to kill.
235	* [[spoiler:MadeOfEvil: He is actually a Majin who [[CannibalismSuperpower ate enough humans]] to ascend beyond his initial form and gain self-awareness and independence.]]
236	* ObviouslyEvil
237	* SoreLoser: If he loses a fight, he tries a surprise instant-kill blow InTheBack. This is an arcade BadEnding.
238	[[/folder]]
239	[[folder:Kazune]]
240	[floatboxright:
241	'''Profile:'''
242	* Height: ??? cm
243	* Weight: ?? kg
244	* From: ???
245	]
246	-> The dead older sister of Rin, Itami, and Asuka. She returns as a ghost.
247	!!Tropes associated with Aoi:
248	* RavenHairIvorySkin
249	* VengefulGhost
250	* {{Youkai}}: She's a ''yurei'', since she died, but returns to the living world.

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