Line #31 Webcomic/Blazen


1	''Blazen!'' is a ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' fancomic made by Shadow Draygon, a member of the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' forum Dustloop. It uses [[SpriteComic in-game sprites]] and official artwork, and is a mostly self-contained gag series which takes the characters' most notable traits and [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerates them]] or [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation completely changes them,]] with [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] tending to be the [[SpotlightStealingSquad main]] [[ADayInTheLimelight focus]].
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3	The main page can be found [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/ here]], but as a result of having been cancelled for a while, most links on this page are now kind of dead. An archive of the original series of comics can be found [[http://www.mediafire.com/?7aa1v79mhf961n1 here]]. Beware; major ''[=BlazBlue=]'' spoilers end up as regular jokes in the comics.
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5	As of September 11, 2011, the comic was canceled.
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7	And then on March 20, 2013, it was UnCanceled, as the sequel series ''Blazen Again''. For how long, however, remains to be seen.
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9	The new comics may be found [[http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?15964-Blazen-Again here]].
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11	On October 9, 2013, ''Blazen!: Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory Abridged'' was officially confirmed to be in the works. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ShadowDraygonTV?feature=watch here]].
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13	As of 17th March 2015, Blazen was officially canceled, again.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* AffectionateParody: [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/60/ "BEEEEEEEEES!"]] is a TakeThat at the [=GameSpot=] preview of ''Continuum Shift'', which infamously got Arakune's bio completely wrong.
17	* AscendedMeme: Creator/CristinaValenzuela, Noel’s voice actor, dubbed one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn-fg48i9M comics!]]
18	* BearsAreBadNews: During Bang and Carl's ninja camping trip, Carl gets kidnapped by Bang's ArchEnemy, the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot "Killer Pirate Cyborg Bear"]]
19	* BerserkButton: Don't joke about how dead Nine is in front of Jubei.
20	* BashBrothers: Hakumen and Arakune, who form the superhero tag team known as The Boundary Bros.
21	* BitchInSheepsClothing: The comic's version of Litchi.
22	* BlackComedyRape: Hazama uses his status as a superior officer in the NOL to force Noel and Tsubaki to have a threesome with him as early as his ''first appearance.''
23	* BlahBlahBlah: Used to great effect by Terumi in this comic: [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/55776 "Filler: Extra Arcade Story"]]
24	* BrickJoke: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Venom's "Dark Angel" super]] goes through EVERYTHING, a tradition continued from ''Holy Zen!'', one of Shadow Draygon's earlier comics. So far it's come out of Mu-12's cocoon and Take-Mikazuchi.
25	** To elaborate, an earlier Holy Zen! strip had Venom launch a Dark Angel at Millia; it missed and went on an unstoppable rampage, bulldozing through Sol and Testament playing a TabletopGame (which Testament was about to RageQuit due to Sol's stupidity), and Axl and Potemkin adventuring together, amongst other things.
26	* ButtMonkey: Lots of characters but mostly Noel.
27	* BullyingADragon: Hazama always mouths off to the Imperator whenever they interact. The Imperator always responds with painful retaliation.
28	* CallBack: In "[[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/109 Sparklicious]]", Platinum the Trinity comments on how LSD is [[Series/ChappellesShow a helluva drug]]. Rachel replying gives the impression that Platinum's talking to her, but it's more likely she's talking to Gii - who was referenced as having an LSD stash in "[[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/43/ Rachel in Wonderland]]". Gii bowing and blushing in that same panel all but confirms this.
29	* TheCameo: Several from ''Holy Zen!'', but Sol stalks Makoto regularly due to his hatred of squirrels.
30	** The rogue Dark Angel as launched by Venom also makes a couple of cameo appearances.
31	-->'''Venom''': Where the hell do those Dark Angels keep going?
32	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Makoto catches Tsubaki in the middle of...[[BrotherSisterIncest some private time]]... and tells Tsubaki that if she keeps it up with the incest porn, [[spoiler:she'll go blind]]. Tsubaki dismisses her, but later when [[spoiler: Noel and Ragna]] are about to have sex...
33	* TheChewToy: [[TheWoobie Noel]], [[ButtMonkey just]]...[[BreakTheCutie Noel]]. Even Shadow Draygon makes fun of her in her character description.
34	* ComedicSociopathy: The comic in general uses this as its driving source of humor.
35	* CovertPervert: Tsubaki, given how she tries to conceal her love of incest porn from Makoto.
36	* {{Crossover}}: A couple of the newer comics have been crossing over ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' with ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. And occasionally characters from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' show up from time to time too.
37	* FauxAffablyEvil: Hazama, Jin, and Litchi, among others.
38	* GagDub: Occasionally, Shadow Draygon will upload a chapter of a dance-themed translation of the official ''[=BlazBlue=]: Chimelical Complex'' comic.
39	* GoodTimesMontage: In ''Eligible Bachelor'', Relius recounts his date with Litchi in this style. It begins with dinner and ends with both of them getting intimate at Relius' place. [[spoiler: Of course, since it's ''[[MemeticMolester Relius]]'', "getting intimate" is code-word for "getting experimented on in the sex dungeon".]]
40	** Hazama then [[SerialEscalation one-ups]] him by recounting the last date he went on. [[spoiler: It was the time he burned down Caelica's church and killed her.]]
41	* GroinAttack: Bang receives one of the most painful kind...[[spoiler:from a ''mouth'' with ''razored edges.'']]
42	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Unlike [[TearJerker his situation]] in the actual game, Carl's [[BreakTheCutie traumatic childhood experiences]] and relationship with [[AbusiveParents Relius]] in ''Blazen!'' is PlayedForLaughs more than anything.
43	** In [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/66841 "Summer Vacation,"]] the abuse is accidental. This does not stop it from being hilarious.
44	* HostileShowTakeover: The series begins with Shadow Draygon's previous comic, ''Holy Zen!'', being taken over by the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' cast. [[spoiler:Later, Hazama steals the plot and an army of Robo-Kys take over the comic for a while.]]
45	** [[spoiler: Blazen! ends the same way once ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' is announced.]]
46	* [[spoiler: ImAHumanitarian: Litchi.]]
47	* JerkAss: Who else but Jin "God of Assholes" Kisaragi?
48	* LiteralSplitPersonality: Without Terumi inhabiting the "Hazama" body, it is kind, well-mannered, helpful, and overly cheerful. [[spoiler: However, it still seems to possess a little bit of trolly goodness, though more indirect: see MushroomSamba below.]]
49	** AscendedFanon: [[spoiler: The latest side novel, ''Phase Shift 1'', introduces a character called Kazuma who turns out to be Hazama without Terumi inside of him.]]
50	* LovableSexManiac: Bang "[[InTheNameOfTheMoon By all of Ikaruga]], I must tap that!" Shishigami.
51	* MushroomSamba: Rachel gets some LSD slipped into her tea [[spoiler:by "Hazama"; that is, Hazama's body without the ghost of Terumi inside it]] and imagines herself in an RPG style universe.
52	* MythologyGag: The comic as a whole relies a lot on these for most of its jokes.
53	* OnlySaneMan: Ragna as he's protrayed as more a normal guy in a not so normal world, well most of the time anyways.
54	* PlanetOfHats: The "Awesome Hat Alliance" created by Carl, which deems that only awesome people can wear hats. Anyone who wears a hat and is not considered awesome gets their hat confiscated as a warning. It appears that Hazama, Tsubaki, [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear I-no and Johnny]] have all joined as well.
55	* PostRapeTaunt: Played for dark humor in one comic between Rachel and Jin (Rachel's the one speaking)
56	-->''Here's twenty bucks. Go clean yourself up, you crybaby.''
57	* {{Pun}}: "So your mom and sister left you due to your theatrics? That is a tragedy."
58	* ShmuckBait: One of the most popular strips has Hazama set up a booth with the sign "Stay Calm For 30 Seconds, Win $10". Needless to say, many, many people try to win the challenge. They all fail. [[spoiler: Jin comes close to succeeding by counter-trolling, but misses the mark by '''one-tenth of a second'''. He did manage to draw Terumi out, though.]]
59	** [[spoiler: At first it looks like Makoto was the first to beat the game...only to learn that it was not Hazama, but [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]] in a [[LatexPerfection Hazama mask]]. Due to his hatred of squirrels (another ''Holy Zen!'' reference), he promptly scorches the surrounding area, traps Makoto inside the burning booth, and muzzles Hype Dog.]]
60	** Hazama's [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} shadow]] has it use the same trick to Hazama ''himself''. It doesn't work, [[CardCarryingVillain due to his nature and all.]]
61	* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Relius is VERY fond of quoting Shakespeare and theater in general.
62	** AlasPoorYorick: He practices the lines in his introduction comic.
63	* TimeTravel: Thanks to a few mishaps with this, two Hazamas come into existence ''at the same time,'' and actually meet with each other. Thank goodness that one was much less of a jerk than the other.
64	** From ''Holy Zen!'' Axl and Potemkin occasionally appear from their adventures.
65	* {{Troll}}: Hazama and Jin, though it appears Hazama possessing people tends leave the person with troll tendencies.
66	* TwinThreesomeFantasy: One of Arakune's goals on the increasingly-large bucket list of his. He accomplishes it.
67	* VillainProtagonist: Quite often Hazama. Some have said that he may as well be the main character of the comic.
68	* VisualPun: Hazama's persona is [[GagPenis Mara.]] [[spoiler: He's a huge dick.]]
69	* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/110 #72: Override]], Terumi invokes this while messing with Relius' new device, which [[spoiler:controls Lambda-11]].
70	* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dark Angels?:]] Rachel's face when seeing a [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Dark Angel]] fly out of Take-Mikazuchi.
71	* {{Yandere}}: Nu, moreso than her game counterpart. She'll '''KILL''' anyone who gets in the way of '''HER''' Ragna, and then activate [[DeadlyHug hug.exe]] when near him [[spoiler:(which involves stabbing him through the chest and going deeper and deeper every second)]].

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