History Analysis / BlazBlue

Terumi, as Hazama, disguises himself as a mild-mannered informant of NOL who has a tendency to bring out the worst of the people around him, even with sweet words and [[MetaphoricallyTrue half truths]], without most of those he provokes even noticing. He wouldn't outright state that he was Terumi, {{Troll}} extraordinaire, unless it was the right time--or towards those who knew his identity (such as Rachel). He's incredibly fond of manipulating the more defenseless and unwary sides of humanity and preying on them at their weakest moments (as he did by offering Noel's family prestige in exchange for her joining the Praetorian Guard, or offering to help Litchi save Arakune), spreading temptations and [[DealWithTheDevil Deals with the Devil]]. Well, such practices are also pretty common for Satan/Lucifer, such as taking the guise of normal humans (hello, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Louis Cypher]]!) and hiding his true intentions, all while manipulating people with {{Half Truth}}s, {{Stealth Insult}}s, temptations, and empty promises.

Terumi, as Hazama, disguises himself as a mild-mannered informant of NOL who has a tendency to bring out the worst of the people around him, even with sweet words and {{Half Truth}}s, without most of those he provokes even noticing. He wouldn't outright state that he was Terumi, {{Troll}} extraordinaire, unless it was the right time--or towards those who knew his identity (such as Rachel). He's incredibly fond of manipulating the more defenseless and unwary sides of humanity and preying on them at their weakest moments (as he did by offering Noel's family prestige in exchange for her joining the Praetorian Guard, or offering to help Litchi save Arakune), spreading temptations and [[DealWithTheDevil Deals with the Devil]]. Well, such practices are also pretty common for Satan/Lucifer, such as taking the guise of normal humans (hello, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Louis Cypher]]!) and hiding his true intentions, all while manipulating people with {{Half Truth}}s, {{Stealth Insult}}s, temptations, and empty promises.

* '''{{Envy}}:''' Envy is commonly described as a "desire for other people's things" - it was never said that these "things" had to be physical. Terumi himself doesn't seem to desire a lot of what the other characters have. However, that's just one half of it; the other half is hatred of others' successes and the desire to ruin it. Ruining others' good fortune is a demonstration of envy, and Terumi is steeped in these acts. His first act is being the "odd man out" of the Six Heroes, who got along with each other rather well, not as much as ultimate TrueCompanions, but still managing to iron out their differences - rather than try to correct himself and fit in, he sought to divide them amongst themselves by exploiting their fault lines and manipulated Trinity Glassfield to that end, exploiting her love for Kazuma Kvar, whose body he inhabits. There would be usually an excuse to 'not better himself', that being Nine geasing him into utter obedience (they were only interested in his knowledge of the Black Beast so they can beat it), but considering why he's the 'odd man out' in the first place, the reason why he was thrown into the Boundary by ''Nine'' no less, was because he was already a rampaging monster and gleefully killed Jubei's brother Tomonori for no reason, his steeping of 'ruining others' fortunes' has been rooted in him since the beginning. In more recent days, he gratuitously tormented two young men who came to be known as Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi, using the latter as a literal vessel to destroy his psyche, abduct their younger sister, murder their aunt, immolate the church they grew up in, and sever the former's arm, and later still, he exploited Jin again, using the seat of his ministerial secretary to drive a bloody wedge into the friendship of Noel Vermillion and Tsubaki Yayoi, both to torment them and to exploit them for his own malicious deeds.

Back in ''Calamity Trigger'', we were introduced to Makoto - on the surface, she gave the appearance of a cheery and whimsical beastkin girl, basically FunPersonified. Throughout ''Continuum Shift'', however, we started to see that not everything was as it appeared: beneath all of that, she was compassionate, determined, wise... and troubled by FantasticRacism. Like with Litchi (though not in the same way), a number of fans only saw what was on the surface and were quick to cry foul, some of them branding her a CanonSue, even though the signs point to something else entirely.

And yet, with all of that, one of the things that should keep her from being a CanonSue is the fact that no matter how she may develop (and there are many ways, let us tell you), there is always a possibility (or several) that do not allow her to obviate anyone else in the cast (a CanonSue would render at least one person completely useless). Despite every trait working for and against her, she has no way to destroy Terumi himself, no Azure, Order, or Boundary-severing Nox - and with what she does have, this is something she will never need.

! Terumi Yuuki, TheAntichrist of the VideoGame/BlazBlue universe.

'''Negative Result''': As stated above, this is a developmental deterrent. Makoto is still quick to verbally retaliate when people mock her race or her humanity (this is her secondary BerserkButton), and her potential was tainted due to regular exposure. This is the "mask" of her JerkassFacade, and part of the origin of her "OneOfTheKids" mentality. As a side note, in ''Remix Heart'', it was stated that she disliked studying, but in ''Slight Hope'' she was capable of learning and adapting quickly. She was ''never'' an idiot, but all the abuse discouraged her from cultivating intellect.\\

'''Negative Result''': This is half the "frame" of her JerkassFacade - it's hard to make friends when a number of them have all turned on you, especially with racism as a root. She acted like a jerk because she didn't want to make friends for this reason, but she got Noel and Tsubaki anyway, and even then, as Relius notes, she still has some issues with them.\\
'''Positive Result''': On the other hand, due to being betrayed in multitude, Makoto learned - and quickly - how to judge a person as being trustworthy. Said JerkassFacade had enough holes in it that a capable observer (like Tsubaki) could tell what she was like underneath, and anyone who could come to understand her despite the facade could work to destroy it from the inside out. Even afterwards, she is a strong judge of character, able to make out who's worth befriending and who isn't in short order - she and Jin got along real well despite his cold front, it took only a few encounters for her to trust Bang [[spoiler:with rescuing Jin in ''Slight Hope'']], and a good philosophical discussion caused her to find Tager trustworthy (he may not trust her, but that may be Kokonoe's programming - that's neither here nor there). On the other hand, she's one of two people (the other being Litchi) who don't trust Hazama ''at all'' with little prior contact with him (just about everyone else learned that he was rotten through firsthand experience) - the big reason she defected from NOL Main Branch is due to learning just ''how'' corrupt of character he truly was.

'''Negative Result''': This is the other half of the "frame" of her JerkassFacade - even without traitors in the midst, she may be afraid of making friends only for them to up and die months later, especially if said traitors are involved. A paradox, that - too strong to die alongside her friends, yet too weak to save any of them. Because of this, she may be overprotective of the friends she has (Noel and Tsubaki), and that is slowing down her own recovery.\\

* '''{{Envy}}:''' Envy is described as a "desire for other people's things" - it was never said that these "things" had to be physical. Terumi himself doesn't seem to desire a lot of what the other characters have. Poisoning others' good fortune is a demonstration of envy, and Terumi is steeped in these acts. His first act is being the "odd man out" of the Six Heroes, who got along with each other rather well, not as much as ultimate TrueCompanions, but still managing to iron out their differences - rather than try to correct himself and fit in, he sought to divide them amongst themselves and manipulated Trinity Glassfield to that end, exploiting her love for Kazuma Kvar, whose body he inhabits. There would be usually an excuse to 'not better himself', that being Nine geasing him into utter obedience (they were only interested in his knowledge of the Black Beast so they can beat it), but considering why he's the 'odd man out' in the first place, the reason why he was thrown into the Boundary by ''Nine'' no less, was because he was already a rampaging monster and gleefully killed Jubei's brother Tomonori for no reason, his steeping of 'poisoning others' fortunes' has been rooted in him since the beginning. In more recent days, he gratuitously tormented two young men who came to be known as Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi, using the latter as a literal vessel to destroy his psyche, abduct their younger sister, murder their aunt, immolate the church they grew up in, and sever the former's arm, and later still, he exploited Jin again, using the seat of his ministerial secretary to drive a bloody wedge into the friendship of Noel Vermillion and Tsubaki Yayoi, both to torment them and to exploit them for his own malicious deeds.

** There is another thing to exemplify his gluttony. Nox Nyctores are made of the souls of people smelted within the Cauldron, all of which were wracked with fear and anguish over their imminent deaths to the Black Beast. These things would make Terumi happy, even if that was used to destroy his misbegotten creation. However, by the end of the Dark War, Nine felt bad for the souls she used to create the Nox Nyctores, so she decided that enough is enough, they served their purpose in the destruction of the Black Beast, and as an apology, she's going release them instead of leaving them trapped with the weapons, by destroying the Nox Nyctores one by one. Terumi would not have that - dismissing those souls would sever them from the agony he craves so dearly. So when he learned that Nine was doing that and his Ouroboros was next in line to be destroyed, Terumi devised the plan using Trinity's love of Kazuma as described in the Envy entry, and then got Nine killed so he can use Ouroboros to continue sowing misery through the world, drinking long and deep of it to his insatiable heart's content. That the other Nox Nyctores would remain operational is but a side effect.

TheAntichrist is often mentioned to take over Europe as part of his EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld. He also is described as the one to kick start the Apocalypse. Now Terumi under the guise of Hazama is the leader of the [=NOL's=] intelligence division. However he and Relius have been implied to be controlling the Imperator's string, making them both [[TheManBehindTheMan the men behind the man]] and the rulers of the NOL, established to be a NewWorldOrder. This is a looser take on because we don't know where the Library started, are they rotten to the core since the beginning or they really used to be a proper and supportive one before shit goes down, however since the goverment involved Europe, Terumi has achived one of his goals (as long as he keeps [[spoiler:Imperator Saya]] under his control.)

** Further expounding the problem, particularly psychotic addicts can be driven to violence when deprived of their "fix" or forced to go through withdrawal. Terumi has been known to lash out against those who seek to resist his torture of them or treat his torture victims, which integrates Lust with Wrath even further. Examples include Rachel, who simultaneously tainted his pride by comparing him disfavorably to Ragna ("I could list his flaws for an eternity, and yet... he is still a very interesting man"), and Ragna himself, who mocked him after he was thrashed upon to Terumi's delight. Most notorious is Makoto, who not only resists most of the trolling and psychological warfare he inflicts upon her, but also because she tends to the emotional wounds he inflicts upon her friends, all of whom are his personal favorite stress toys. Many times he is driven to psychosis and homicidal rage due to the overlap between his plans and his euphoria, unto both of which she is a threat.

! Yuuki Terumi, [[Satanic Archetype The Lucifer/Satan figure]] of the VideoGame/BlazBlue universe

! Yuuki Terumi, The Lucifer/Satan figure of VideoGame/BlazBlue universe
Terumi has shown himself as an utterly self-serving, puppy-beating prick, added to the fact that he, by the WordOfGod, has no redeeming qualities. His acts, however, leave him very open to be referred to as the Lucifer/Satan figure of the VideoGame/BlazBlue universe, even if Christianity and Catholicism and Bibles weren't a recurring theme of the game (a lot of stories puts up such [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] for RuleOfCool, after all). So, let's take a look at how well Terumi functions as Satan's equal, even if his acts weren't chronologically similar.

''Yuuki Terumi'' is a fairly safe name, [[note]]''Yuuki'' means courage (although there is another kanji of Yuuki that means [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "ghost"]]), and ''Terumi'' means ''Beautiful Shine''[[/note]] but his other aliases, such as ''Hazama''[[note]]''Boundary'' or ''Otherworldly''[[/note]], ''Kazuma Kvar''[[note]]''Kvar'' is phonetically very similar to the Germanic word ''Kval'' which means ''Torment'' or ''Torture''[[/note]], ''Dark Susano'o'', and ''The True Evil'', are all more in-line with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. However, keep in mind that Satan's original name was supposedly ''Lucifer'', which translates to "Lightbringer," and suddenly the safe name, ''Terumi Yuuki'', turns into a play on how Lucifer's name meant something grand and good, but instead ended up representing something wicked. Another point to bring to mind that the true name of the Devil in Islam is "Iblis," which is derived from the Arabic verbal root "balasa," meaning "he despaired." Therefore, "Iblis" means "''he/it that causes despair''." [[HopeCrusher Now, what exactly is Terumi's goal in life, again?]]

** On a more minor note, Terumi's primary color is green, and the sin of Envy is associated with that color. Furthermore, the sin of Envy is usually associated with serpents, and Terumi himself is snake-themed, and is patron demon Leviathan, is usually depicted as a large sea serpent.

* '''{{Pride}}:''' The worst sin of man is one of Terumi's biggest traits, just as it led Lucifer into thinking that he was better than God and deciding to shape the world in his image, culminating in his rebellion. Terumi's pride shows how highly he thinks of himself, automatically condemning everyone else and deciding that his image of the world (that everything the world has to offer--any hope or semblance of happiness--is a lie; the only truth is despair, and everyone should wither and die) ought to be the universally-accepted truth; he's going to shove it down everyone's throats, whether they like it or not. Obviously, no one else agrees with him; only he like thinks like that, but he thinks it's the best thing ever because he thinks so, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment because he thinks he's the most awesome being ever]]. Also notice that in Japan, he'll shamelessly use the boastful pronoun [[JapanesePronouns ore-sama]] when he's in Terumi form to refer to himself. This pronoun is usually reserved for someone who thinks too highly of oneself; while it's not inherently bad, when used in context of Terumi, it shows how highly he values himself. Compounding this, whenever he's in Terumi form, he refers to everyone else with [[JapanesePronouns temee]], the lowest, most insulting 'you' pronoun, to indicate just how lowly he thinks of everyone else (and, in English, you can be sure he's going to insert a PrecisionFStrike to whomever he talks to). And notice that when he's in his Unlimited form, he uses quotes to indicate that he HatesBeingTouched--he has such a high self-esteem that he deems mere physical contact disgusting. Pride is also the one thing that led him to eventually murder Nine; he couldn't stand being geased into obedience by Nine, a human, even if it's a witch, so he retaliated by manipulating Trinity's love for his form, Kazuma Kvar, to free himself and backstabbing Nine to exact vengeance and satiate his wounded pride. [[spoiler:After Central Fiction, this is embellished even more within Terumi. See the [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Rebellion Against the Heavens]] section for more details]]

[[spoiler:As of ''Central Fiction'', in spite of bearing the name Susanoo, who's just a Storm God in the JapaneseMythology, Terumi/Susanoo's reasoning hits closer to what was described before. Terumi is a will that is born out of the formerly soulless Susanoo Unit, which was created as one of the things to serve the Master Unit Amaterasu. Unfortunately, he decided that he got sick of serving Amaterasu and decided to rebel against her, surpass her and eventually create a world in his design: A world where he's the most feared being. Yep, that really is mirroring Lucifer's reasoning for rebelling against God (dislikes being made to serve and instead rebels where he'd stand on the top).]]

* While the details aren't a 100% match, the above is pretty much on the money; he's actually Susanō'o. His vendetta against Master Unit Amaterasu now makes much more sense given their mythological counterparts. [[spoiler:Or, given how loose they used JapaneseMythology terms and the only thing Susanoo and Amaterasu share here are they're fellow siblings... He's actually closer to Lucifer and Satan. See above.]]

With all these, we can probably assume that the world of VideoGame/BlazBlue is really in deep trouble. Terumi really matches his credentials with Lucifer and Satan, and instead of being trapped in Hell/Boundary forever, he's set loose, creating an utterly despicable, but extremely powerful enemy. Sure enough, he's got style and flair to appease his fandom, but there is no doubt that if there's a Satan figure of the BB-verse, Terumi is the one. And even if somehow they introduced a greater power above him that is [[BiggerBad Hades Izanami]], it doesn't seem like Terumi is going to be slowed down by even her.

Back in ''Calamity Trigger'', we were introduced to Makoto - on the surface, she gave the appearance of a cheery and whimsical beastkin girl, basically FunPersonified. Throughout ''Continuum Shift'', however, we started to see that not everything was as it appeared: beneath all of that, she was compassionate, determined, wise... and troubled by FantasticRacism. Like with Litchi (though not in the same way), a number of fans only saw what was on the surface and were quick to cry foul, some of them branding her a CanonSue, even though the signs point to something else entirely (there are good reasons her birthdate is April 2, after all).

* '''{{Pride}}:''' The worst sin of man is one of Terumi's biggest traits, just as it led Lucifer into thinking that he was better than God and deciding to shape the world in his image, culminating in his rebellion. Terumi's pride shows how highly he thinks of himself, automatically condemning everyone else and deciding that his image of the world (that everything the world has to offer--any hope or semblance of happiness--is a lie; the only truth is despair, and everyone should wither and die) ought to be the universally-accepted truth; he's going to shove it down everyone's throats, whether they like it or not. Obviously, no one else agrees with him; only he like thinks like that, but he thinks it's the best thing ever because he thinks so, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment because he thinks he's the most awesome being ever]]. Also notice that in Japan, he'll shamelessly use the boastful pronoun [[JapanesePronouns ore-sama]] when he's in Terumi form to refer to himself. This pronoun is usually reserved for someone who thinks too highly of oneself; while it's not inherently bad, when used in context of Terumi, it shows how highly he values himself. Compounding this, whenever he's in Terumi form, he refers to everyone else with [[JapanesePronouns temee]], the lowest, most insulting 'you' pronoun, to indicate just how lowly he thinks of everyone else (and, in English, you can be sure he's going to insert a PrecisionFStrike to whomever he talks to). And notice that when he's in his Unlimited form, he uses quotes to indicate that he HatesBeingTouched--he has such a high self-esteem that he deems mere physical contact disgusting. Pride is also the one thing that led him to eventually murder Nine; he couldn't stand being geased into obedience by Nine, a human, even if it's a witch, so he retaliated by manipulating Trinity's love for his form, Kazuma Kvar, to free himself and backstabbing Nine to exact vengeance and satiate his wounded pride.

* While the details aren't a 100% match, the above is pretty much on the money; he's actually Susanō'o. His vendetta against Master Unit Amaterasu now makes much more sense given their mythological counterparts.

Long story short, Ragna and company better find a way to off the little troll. Because even if he's not Old Nick, he is still in a position where if he succeeds, the entire earth will go down in flames and despair. And nothing would please him more than that.

* '''{{Envy}}:''' Envy is described as a "desire for other people's things" - it was never said that these "things" had to be physical. Terumi himself doesn't seem to desire a lot of what the other characters have. Poisoning others' good fortune is a demonstration of envy, and Terumi is steeped in these acts. His first act is being the "odd man out" of the Six Heroes, who got along with each other rather well - rather than try to correct himself and fit in, he sought to divide them amongst themselves and manipulated Trinity Glassfield to that end, exploiting her love for Kazuma Kvar, whose body he inhabits. There would be usually an excuse to 'not better himself', that being Nine geasing him into utter obedience (they were only interested in his knowledge of the Black Beast so they can beat it), but considering why he's the 'odd man out' in the first place, the reason why he was thrown into the Boundary by ''Nine'' no less, was because he was already a rampaging monster and gleefully killed Jubei's brother Tomonori for no reason, his steeping of 'poisoning others' fortunes' has been rooted in him since the beginning. In more recent days, he gratuitously tormented two young men who came to be known as Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi, using the latter as a literal vessel to destroy his psyche, abduct their younger sister, murder their aunt, immolate the church they grew up in, and sever the former's arm, and later still, he exploited Jin again, using the seat of his ministerial secretary to drive a bloody wedge into the friendship of Noel Vermillion and Tsubaki Yayoi, both to torment them and to exploit them for his own malicious deeds.

With all these, we can probably assume that the world of VideoGame/BlazBlue is really in deep trouble. Terumi really matches his credentials with Lucifer and Satan, and instead of being trapped in Hell/Boundary forever, he's set loose, creating an utterly despicable, but extremely powerful enemy. Sure enough, he's got style and flair to appease his fandom, but there is no doubt that if there's a Satan figure of the BB-verse, Terumi is the one.

''Yuuki Terumi'' is a fairly safe name, [[note]]''Yuuki'' means courage (although there is another kanji of Yuuki that means [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "ghost"]]), and ''Terumi'' means ''Beautiful Shine''[[/note]] but his other aliases, such as ''Hazama''[[note]]''Boundary'' or ''Otherworldly''[[/note]], ''Kazuma Kvar''[[note]]''Kvar'' is phonetically very similar to the Germanic word ''Kval'' which means ''Torment'' or ''Torture''[[/note]], ''Dark Susano'o'', and ''The True Evil'', are all more in-line with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. However, keep in mind that Satan's original name was supposedly ''Lucifer'', which translates to "Lightbringer," and suddenly the safe name, ''Terumi Yuuki'', turns into a play on how Lucifer's name meant something grand and good, but instead ended up representing something wicked. Another point to bring to mind that the true name of the Devil in Islam is "Iblis," which is derived from the Arabic verbal root "balasa," meaning "he despaired." Therefore, "Iblis" means "''he/it that causes despair''." [[DespairEventHorizon Now, what exactly is Terumi's goal in life, again?]]

To add some irony, Lucifer is the prince of darkness while his name translates as "Lightbringer." In the same vein, Yuuki Terumi, whose "Yuuki" meant "courage," promotes despair, an antithesis of courage. On top of that, for someone whose surname means "Beautiful Shine," he is quite emphatic about the darkness whence he came.

!![[RageAgainstTheHeavens Rebellion Against The Heavens]]

* '''{{Pride}}:''' The worst sin of man is one of Terumi's biggest trait, just as how it led Lucifer into thinking that he's better than God and decided to shape the world in his image, leading to his rebellion against God. Terumi's pride shows in that he thinks he is much much better than everyone else and decided that his image of the world, truth and lies (Everything are lies, the only truth is despair) has got to be the accepted truth of the world, and he's going to shove it in, whether the world likes it or not. Obviously, nobody thinks like that, only he alone thinks like that, but he thinks it's the best thing ever because he thinks so, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment because he thinks he's the most awesome being ever]]. Also notice that in Japan, he'll shamelessly use the [[JapanesePronouns pronoun "Ore-sama"]] when he's in Terumi form to refer to refer to himself, this pronoun is usually used for someone who thinks too highly of themselves, while it's not inherently bad, when used in context of Terumi, it shows how much he loves to boast about how he thinks he's better than everyone else. Compounding this, whenever he's in Terumi form, he refers to everyone else with [[JapanesePronouns "Temee"]], the lowest, most insulting 'you' pronoun to indicate just how low he thinks of everyone else (and in English, you can be assured that he's gonna insert a PrecisionFStrike to those he talks to). And notice that when he's in Unlimited form, he uses quotes to indicate that he HatesBeingTouched... he has such a high pride that he thinks human touches are just disgusting for him. Pride is also the one thing that led him to eventually murder Nine, he couldn't stand about being geased into obedience by Nine, a human, even if it's a witch, so he retaliated by manipulating Trinity's love for his form, Kazuma Kvar, to release him and then backstab Nine to satiate his vengeance over his hurt pride.
* '''Wrath:''' [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal mania]] aside, Terumi's wrath serves to emphasize his hubris rather than detract from it - many a time he has gone into fits of murderous rage when his "truth" is called into question, people act like he isn't the most important being in the universe or, more recently, when his plans go utterly awry. And even beyond physical harm, he is willing to engage in mental and emotional torment for any reason, up to and including pure impulse. Satan is also probably angered by how God casted him down to Hell, thus lashed out at the sinners that was drawn to him, torturing them to quench his frustration on how his rebellion failed.
* '''Sloth:''' Terumi's one truth is despair - to forfeit attempts at improving upon oneself. It isn't enough that Terumi embraces it, but actively attempts to sow it through manipulating world affairs. His ideal "playground" is a bloodsoaked pit where others murder for his amusement, where he doesn't have to lift a finger for the world to fall apart around him and all he does is just watch and gets himself amused at others' suffering. He even espouses sloth on a professional basis - in Carl's bad ending, he tells the lad with a straight face that he is letting his pocket of the Intelligence division rot, and he is rarely, if ever, seen doing Intelligence work. Further expounding the problem, when one of his subordinates proves competent at her work in this division, Terumi orchestrates at least one suicide mission for her to keep her out of his machinations, and when that fails to do its job, rather than understand how she works, he goes straight for murder - "it is easier to stab a man in the back than it is to stare them in the eyes". Ironically, Terumi is snake-themed, while the punishment for Sloth is getting thrown into a pit of snakes...

Long Story Short, Ragna and company better find a way to off the little troll. Because even if he's not Old Nick, he is still in a position where if he succeeds, the entire earth will go down in flames and despair. And nothing would please him more than that.

Terumi, as Hazama, disguises himself as a mild-mannered informant of NOL who has a tendency to bring out the worst of the people around him, even with sweet words and {{Half Truth}}s, without most of those he provokes even noticing. He wouldn't outright state that he was Terumi, {{Troll}} extraordinaire, unless it was the right time--or towards those who knew his identity (such as Rachel). He's incredibly fond of manipulating the more defenseless and unwary sides of humanity and preying on them at their weakest moment (as he did by offering Noel's family prestige in exchange for her joining the Praetorian Guard, or offering to help Litchi save Arakune), spreading temptations and [[DealWithTheDevil Deals with the Devil]]. Well, such practices are also pretty common for Satan/Lucifer, such as taking the guise of normal humans (hello, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Louis Cypher]]!) and hiding his true intentions, all while manipulating people with {{Half Truth}}s, {{Stealth Insult}}s, temptations, and empty promises.

! Terumi Yuuki, The Lucifer/Satan figure of VideoGame/BlazBlue universe
Terumi has shown himself as an utterly irredeemable prick, add to the fact that he, by the WordOfGod, is claimed to have no redeeming qualities. His acts, however, leave him very open to be referred as the Lucifer/Satan figure of the VideoGame/BlazBlue universe, regardless if Christianity and Catholicism and Bibles weren't a recurring theme of the game (a lot of stories puts up such [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] for RuleOfCool after all). So, let's take a look on how much Terumi is the equal of Satan, even if his acts weren't chronologically similar.

''Terumi Yuuki'' is a fairly safe name, [[note]]''Terumi'' means ''Beautiful Shine'' and ''Yuuki'' means ''Courage''[[/note]] but his other aliases such as ''Hazama''[[note]]''Boundary'' or ''Otherworldly''[[/note]], ''Kazuma Kvar''[[note]]''Kvar'' is phonetically very similar to the Germanic word ''Kval'' which means ''Torment'' or ''Torture''[[/note]], ''Dark Susanoo'' and ''The True Evil'' are more in-line with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. However, remember that Satan's true name was ''Lucifer'' which translates to "Lightbringer" and suddenly the safe name, ''Terumi Yuuki'', turns into a play on how Lucifer's name meant something grand and good, but instead ended up representing something so wicked. Another point to bring to mind that the true name of The Devil in Islam is "Ibliis" (plural: ''Abaalisa'') which is derived from the Arabic verbal root "balasa", meaning "he despaired", therefore, "Ibliis" means "''he/it that causes despair''". [[DespairEventHorizon Now just what is Terumi's truth, goal and great joy in life again?]]

To add more irony, Lucifer is the prince of Darkness while his name refers to 'Lightbringer'. In the same vein, Terumi Yuuki, whose 'Yuuki' meant 'courage', promotes despair, one antithesis of courage.

Lucifer eventually led a rebellion to take God's throne, but ultimately failed. Unlike Lucifer, however, while Terumi did the same, rebelling against his 'God'-like figure the Takamagahara and Amaterasu, his rebellion has been largely ''successfull'', plunging the world of VideoGame/BlazBlue into a state of chaos. And as shown in Chrono Phantasma, he wants the world to turn into his paradise of "Place where everyone kills each other for his own amusement". That... just screams off "Reshape the world as he sees fit", like Lucifer did.

Just like Lucifer was cast down to Hell after being struck down by Archangel Michael, so did Terumi. Once he betrayed the heroes after the Black Beast is beaten, Hakumen took the matters at hand and sealed him to the Boundary, at the cost of going there himself.

Terumi, as Hazama, disguises himself as a mild-mannered informant of NOL who has a tendency to bring the worst of the people around him, even with sweet words and {{Half Truth}}s, without most of the people noticing. He wouldn't outright state he is Terumi, Troll extraordinaire, unless it's the right time, or against those who knew his cover (such as Rachel). Manipulating the weak sides of humanity and picking them on the weakest moment, spreading temptations and [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]]. Well, such practice is pretty common for Satan/Lucifer as well, taking guises of normal humans (hello, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Louis Cypher]]!) and hiding his true self and intentions, while manipulating things with just small words and temptations.

Terumi, believe it or not, fits ALL the SevenDeadlySins, whether he's trying or not. Sure enough, his worst case is Pride but his second biggest one is Wrath. Pride is typically represented by Lucifer, while Satan occasionally represent Wrath. Let's explain how much he fits the different deadly sins.
* '''{{Pride}}''': The worst sin of man is one of Terumi's biggest trait, just as how it led Lucifer into thinking that he's better than God and decided to shape the world in his image, leading to his rebellion against God. Terumi's pride shows in that he thinks he is much much better than everyone else and decided that his image of the world, truth and lies (Everything are lies, the only truth is despair) has got to be the accepted truth of the world, and he's going to shove it in, whether the world likes it or not. Obviously, nobody thinks like that, only he alone thinks like that, but he thinks it's the best thing ever because he thinks so, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment because he thinks he's the most awesome being ever]]. Also notice that in Japan, he'll shamelessly use the [[JapanesePronouns pronoun "Ore-sama"]] when he's in Terumi form to refer to refer to himself, this pronoun is usually used for someone who thinks too highly of themselves, while it's not inherently bad, when used in context of Terumi, it shows how much he loves to boast about how he thinks he's better than everyone else. Compounding this, whenever he's in Terumi form, he refers to everyone else with [[JapanesePronouns "Temee"]], the lowest, most insulting 'you' pronoun to indicate just how low he thinks of everyone else (and in English, you can be assured that he's gonna insert a PrecisionFStrike to those he talks to). And notice that when he's in Unlimited form, he uses quotes to indicate that he HatesBeingTouched... he has such a high pride that he thinks human touches are just disgusting for him. Pride is also the one thing that led him to eventually murder Nine, he couldn't stand about being geased into obedience by Nine, a human, even if it's a witch, so he retaliated by manipulating Trinity's love for his form, Kazuma Kvar, to release him and then backstab Nine to satiate his vengeance over his hurt pride.
* '''Wrath''': [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal mania]] aside, Terumi's wrath serves to emphasize his hubris rather than detract from it - many a time he has gone into fits of murderous rage when his "truth" is called into question, people act like he isn't the most important being in the universe or, more recently, when his plans go utterly awry. And even beyond physical harm, he is willing to engage in mental and emotional torment for any reason, up to and including pure impulse. Satan is also probably angered by how God casted him down to Hell, thus lashed out at the sinners that was drawn to him, torturing them to quench his frustration on how his rebellion failed.
* '''Sloth''': Terumi's one truth is despair - to forfeit attempts at improving upon oneself. It isn't enough that Terumi embraces it, but actively attempts to sow it through manipulating world affairs. His ideal "playground" is a bloodsoaked pit where others murder for his amusement, where he doesn't have to lift a finger for the world to fall apart around him and all he does is just watch and gets himself amused at others' suffering. He even espouses sloth on a professional basis - in Carl's bad ending, he tells the lad with a straight face that he is letting his pocket of the Intelligence division rot, and he is rarely, if ever, seen doing Intelligence work. Further expounding the problem, when one of his subordinates proves competent at her work in this division, Terumi orchestrates at least one suicide mission for her to keep her out of his machinations, and when that fails to do its job, rather than understand how she works, he goes straight for murder - "it is easier to stab a man in the back than it is to stare them in the eyes". Ironically, Terumi is snake-themed, while the punishment for Sloth is getting thrown into a pit of snakes...
* '''{{Envy}}''': Envy is described as a "desire for other people's things" - it was never said that these "things" had to be physical. Terumi himself doesn't seem to desire a lot of what the other characters have. Poisoning others' good fortune is a demonstration of envy, and Terumi is steeped in these acts. His first act is being the "odd man out" of the Six Heroes, who got along with each other rather well - rather than try to correct himself and fit in, he sought to divide them amongst themselves and manipulated Trinity Glassfield to that end, exploiting her love for Kazuma Kvar, whose body he inhabits. There would be usually an excuse to 'not better himself', that being Nine geasing him into utter obedience (they were only interested in his knowledge of the Black Beast so they can beat it), but considering why he's the 'odd man out' in the first place, the reason why he was thrown into the Boundary by ''Nine'' no less, was because he was already a rampaging monster and gleefully killed Jubei's brother Tomonori for no reason, his steeping of 'poisoning others' fortunes' has been rooted in him since the beginning. In more recent days, he gratuitously tormented two young men who came to be known as Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi, using the latter as a literal vessel to destroy his psyche, abduct their younger sister, murder their aunt, immolate the church they grew up in, and sever the former's arm, and later still, he exploited Jin again, using the seat of his ministerial secretary to drive a bloody wedge into the friendship of Noel Vermillion and Tsubaki Yayoi, both to torment them and to exploit them for his own malicious deeds.

* '''{{Lust}}''': People think of lust and interpret it as gratuitous amounts of sex. In reality, lust also covers for any form of physical pleasure - addictions are one such form. In Terumi's case, everything that falls under Wrath and Envy qualifies as Lust, on the premise that he enjoys making others suffer. In one encounter with Hakumen, he said that, even though he needs people to hate him in order to remain manifest, he tortures people the way he does because he enjoys watching them suffer. Likewise, so sundry is his pleasure that at the end of her Arcade run, Makoto explicitly asks Terumi if he gets off to "screwing with other people's lives" and in her Story mode, when Rachel saves her from Hazama's fury, he accuses the vampire of "cock blocking" him. Given how often he resorts to it, "addiction" is a suitable description for these tendencies.
** Further expounding the problem, particularly psychotic addicts can be driven to violence when deprived of their "fix" or forced to go through withdrawal. Terumi has been known to lash out against those who seek to resist his torture of them or treat his torture victims, which integrates Lust with Wrath even further. Examples include Rachel, who simultaneously tainted his pride by comparing him disfavorably to Ragna ("I could list his flaws for an eternity and yet... he is still a very interesting man"), and Ragna himself, who mocked him after he was thrashed upon to Terumi's delight. Most notorious is Makoto, who not only resists most of the trolling and psychological warfare he inflicts upon her, but also because she tends to the emotional wounds he inflicts upon her friends, all of whom are his personal favorite stress toys. Many times he is driven to psychosis and homicidal rage due to the overlap between his plans and his euphoria, unto both of which she is a threat.
* '''Gluttony''': Gluttony is the desire for excess - to take more than one's fair share, nourishment or otherwise. As stated elsewhere, Terumi needs others to hate him in order to remain manifest - while Ragna's and/or Kokonoe's hatred alone would be more than enough, he doesn't stop there, instead tormenting and drinking the ire of everyone he could possibly reach. If the theme song 'Gluttony Fang' isn't a tip-off enough...

* '''{{Greed}}''': Greed is more than the desire for money - it is the unjust acquisition, hoarding, and pointless expenditure of political resources, money being one of them. Any money Terumi does not spend on personal care or Intelligence mission budget (or possibly donates to Relius for his own expenditures) remains trapped within his pocket of the Intelligence division, and he clearly has plenty to go around with how he mismanages his own division - pointless missions waste resources and hoard them at the same time (agents sent on these missions are not conducting more productive work), whereas suicide missions like Makoto's trip to Ibukido are much bigger wastes (in destroying the budget money and the agents sent on these missions). It also contributes to inflation, which makes the hoarded money diminish in value over time and works to cripple the economy. In conjunction with Gluttony, he complains about how Intelligence is understaffed despite his mismanagement - more agents means more resources he gets to control, which can invoke a spiral reaction.

Terumi, as Hazama, disguises himself as a mild-mannered informant of NOL who has a tendency to bring the worst of the people around him, even with sweet words and {{Half Truth}}s, without most of the people noticing. He wouldn't outright state he is Terumi, Troll extraordinaire, unless it's the right time, or against those who knew his cover (such as Rachel). Manipulating the weak sides of humanity and picking them on the weakest moment, spreading temptations and [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]]. Well, such practice is pretty common for Satan/Lucifer as well, taking guises of normal humans (hello, [[ShinMegamiTensei Louis Cypher]]!) and hiding his true self and intentions, while manipulating things with just small words and temptations.

Arcording to theologian Bernard [=McGinn=], as Jesus is [[TheParagon the ideal model of humanity]] his opponent at the end of days would be a being of concentrated evil, and there is no better concentration of [[TheSociopath pure]] [[ObviouslyEvil evil]] than [[CompleteMonster Terumi.]] On top of his {{Omnicidal Mania|c}}, he also [[BreakTheCutie breaks cuties]], {{Mind Rape}}s on a regular basis, and more often than not [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]], and does despicable acts ForTheEvulz. And then [[{{Troll}} revels in taunting their miseries while flaunting his superiority]] as well as fully adhering to the lifestyle of ItsAllAboutMe.

!Tragically desperate or just plain selfishness? An analysis of Litchi Faye-Ling.

Before reading, I would recommend you in finishing the True Story. This will contain a lot of spoilers.

What Litchi did in Continuum Shift was exceptionally shocking. The only genuinely good character who in ''Calamity Trigger'' can be described as 'The least person that Ragna needs to worry about' (since she had no interest on his head)... suddenly joined the ObviouslyEvil NOL in order to pursue her original goal to save Arakune. She may not be very evil, but it is a known fact that her FatalFlaw is her selfishness. People thought she stood for pure kindness and goodness, but by joining NOL, it may seem that she has abandoned all those. Let's find out why.

!!Point 1: Myth about Relius capturing Arakune for bargaining chip

There were at first rumors when the BBCS spoilers came that her joining NOL was because Relius Clover captured Arakune, making them think that he did it so Litchi will have no choice but to join, putting her in similar situations as other characters that had their beloved life directly in danger after being captured by a bad guy. Such as [[SoulSeries Sophitia Alexandra]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Leon Magnus]] and perhaps [[{{Tekken}} Eddy Gordo]]. Common scenario, yes. However, as the actual game came out, it turns out that Relius wasn't even thinking of Litchi at all. He just caught Arakune for no apparent reason, or at least a reason he didn't disclose to the audience. In short, Litchi joined NOL on her own will, without any push, or any MindScrew courtesy of Hazama (who did that to Tsubaki). This created quite the uproar that Litchi willingly betrayed the trust that the people of Orient Town, Kaka Clan (Taokaka included), Carl and Bang; all who cared for her greatly, then she abandoned them all for her selfish reasons, there were also speculations that all her kindness was just a lie to make her get through the common people more easily. This was enough to create a BrokenBase on her.
* Its not exactly true that she joins the NOL just because she could. Relius Clover downright tells Litchi that he can save Arakune, and since it was Terumi who orchestrated Lotte Carmine's deterioration, this is believed as plausible. The price for that is working for the NOL, and staining her hands with evil. Plus adding that Relius captures Arakune provides that he does plan on experimenting on him. Now its unlikely he'll actually do anything, but their current positions allow Litchi to use the NOL's technology to find a way to cure him.
* Except it was ''Hazama'' who said that, Relius' only meeting with Litchi was during his attack on Carl and all he mentioned was the connection between her and Kokonoe. Therefore, whatever Relius planned on Arakune, it wasn't on the purpose of coaxing Litchi, and people were pissed that they were blaming the wrong person, even if Relius is over-the-top sinister. Besides, Litchi had no idea that Terumi was behind the deterioration and there's no telling what she will do if she finds out, she could either end their contract and steal some technology, or just be submissive and work accordingly. Nor did she know about Arakune has been captured. Therefore, the villains did not push her and ''made it look like''[[note]]the keyword being 'made it look like'[[/note]] she joined because she could, and it was advantageous.
!!Point 2: How desperate is she

It turns out that Arakune alone wasn't her reason of her desperation. The only people she knew could help; Kokonoe and Tager; refused to help, mostly because Kokonoe was too set on killing Terumi. Worse, Kokonoe even pitted her against Tager just to prove a point. She's probably left alone, and as the alternate ending stated, killing Arakune or not, she pretty much only had 2 to 6 months to live, not a very long time. In between that she only had a short time to live, and Arakune's lifespan is pretty much shorter than hers, nobody she knew wanted to help her, Litchi became extremely desperate that on the sanest line of thinking, her only option is to join NOL and get treated there, prolonging her time to find a cure for Arakune, which may be in NOL as well. So, in that case, regardless if she wanted to save Arakune or not, her body has reached the point that it might not be able to sustain herself. If she decided to be too overly high in morality and didn't wish to dirty her hand by NOL, her only choice was to just lie down doing nothing significant for 2 to 6 months, as her memories start to fade, and she withers and dies. Or the worst case; she becomes the next Arakune and the first victims would be the people of Orient Town. Perhaps Litchi didn't realize it, but at any rate, she would choose to stain her hands for awhile rather than killing the people of Orient Town mindlessly.
* Of course she is desperate, but I highly doubt she'd jump off a bridge if she were told it would help Arakune. The alternate ending takes place months after Litchi would have killed Arakune. Even so, her time to work is limited, and even if her body holds out, she too will begin losing memories.
* [[{{Yandere}} The things obsessed people would do to be with their lover does have an article, though.]] Most people accepted that she is obsessed, for obsessed people, even that 'jump off bridge' or even 'burn a city or two' would become a viable option. So perhaps, the only way to be sure she won't jump off a bridge even if it would help Arakune is to show that she is not obsessed... while facts do say she is obsessed.

!!Point 3: Abandonment?

So why didn't she tell the townspeople about joining NOL? There were a lot of theories, but haters would chalk it up as 'They were insignificant to her, so she doesn't care or bother to tell.' It might not be true, but another way to look at it is that Litchi isn't as mentally strong as you all thought. She knew her decision would hurt the people of Orient Town, and especially Carl and Bang, who had their grudges against NOL (Carl since his hated father is in there, and Bang because of what they did to Ikaruga), yet she didn't have the strength to tell them, fearing disappointment and their attempt to stop her at all cost, which would mean she will have to fight them, and she's not going to like it. There will be a big burden placed on the people if she told them, so she chose to spare them from that.
* Who cares about minor characters anyway, and the people of Orient, the normals if you will, think that the NOL, despite its rough way of work, is actually keeping the world in order. They don't know what the organizations true motives are.
* From the player point of view, the people of Orient Town ARE insignificant, yes. However, Litchi has considered them dear to her life and they were pretty important people. How important they are IS in question, and should Litchi consider them okay to be killed if it means saving Arakune, the reason why she's in Orient Town in the first place, that would be her crowning moment of obsession, or if you're feeling cynical... MoralEventHorizon.

!!Point 4: Warnings

Another debate that the haters used against her was that Arakune himself has warned her GREATLY, while he's being himself that Litchi should just forget about him and end his existence. However, it will result her being bedridden, and her sickness is not cured, although Kokonoe is there to help her... but if she didn't kill him, she probably wouldn't be bedridden, therefore not averting Kokonoe's attention from Terumi. On a positive look, however, it could be interpreted that she knows a way and tries telling Arakune to stop being pessimistic and giving up.
* Arakune only warns Litchi in their alternate CS endings, where he finally recalls Litchi.

!!Point 5: Hostility

The one chink that could draw questions on whether Litchi's true face is someone who cared only for herself or not was shown during Rachel's story, when they fight each other. Rachel did insult Litchi's efforts to save Arakune, causing her to show no kindness at all, only hostility, her eyes are really open wide in anger, while she ranted on how desperate she was. Also take note that the one who struck the first blow was Litchi and this was before Rachel started insulting. If you remember her Arcade Mode in ''Calamity Trigger'', Litchi mistook Rachel as a 'lost child who couldn't find her mommy' and is treating her kindly until she showed some suspicious actions, but that trait seemed gone in Continuum Shift. This could be attributed that what happens in the Arcade Mode didn't get carried over in Calamity Trigger's True End. Other factors may include that Hazama told her to hold off his worst enemy if she wants any progress in getting the cure. She certainly was in a bad mood since she knew what she's doing is wrong and she had to endure, then Rachel nonchalantly pressed her BerserkButton. Who was on the wrong side on this case? Was it Litchi who attacked our protagonist Rachel, who is actually right? Or was it Rachel who didn't take account to Litchi's lower status and acted high and mighty like usual, making it look like the rich trampling on the poor? You'll never know.

!!Point 6: Would she?

There are easy conclusions that with her suddenly joining NOL on a whim like that, or the encounter with Rachel above, makes her think that everything other than Arakune is insignificant, thus should NOL orders her to burn Orient Town, or kill those she cared about if she wanted information to the cure, she will accept gleefully. Most of her defenders think this is not true, and I will agree... Her kindness as shown to Carl was one of the more genuine things she could show, and what cements her that joining an evil organization doesn't make her heart evil. Thus, if she ever was ordered to do such thing, she will have a lot of hesitations. However, if ordered to attack Kokonoe and Tager, Litchi might have less hesitation. They may be friends, but they, especially Kokonoe, has hurt her feelings and pushed her to join NOL, so there will be a chance that she is angry at them for ignoring her like that. Kokonoe, on the other hand, may probably try to kill her for siding with Terumi. She's become desperate to kill Terumi, and learning that her student hanging around with Terumi may make her lose it, feeling a great betrayal, and responds with disowning her and attempts to kill her. Who knows? It might happen...
* Its implied that the erosion that Arakune went through is similar to Litchi's. Her emotions are erratic at this point and rationality can easily be thrown out the window. Her objective is to save Arakune, anything that gets in her way is met with some hostility, but being someone with patience, it will take a while to press Litchi's patience before she attacks,unless of course you press the BerserkButton.

!!Point 7: Beyond the Story

However, it is also known that all of Litchi's fighting abilities come by drawing the spirits of the dead from the Boundary. It means that her control over Mantenbou and perhaps her chi manipulation were all thanks to the very same source that is corrupting her inside out. Many would believe that if Bang used the Houyoku Rettenjou on her, it will deprive her of her fighting skills. On the story standpoint, it seems like a good choice that Litchi finally stopped fighting... but on gameplay standpoint, it means we will lose Litchi as a playable character. Perhaps NOL would give her another mean to fight with telekinesis utilizing Mantenbou and chi manipulation without further corrupting her, and so once she was cut off from the Boundary and would leave NOL, she will still be able to be a playable character without heavy changes on her play style. So in short, her joining NOL would be some sort of FridgeBrilliance, it may look shocking, but when you look more into it, you will realize that it would be beneficial if we want to keep Litchi forever in the VideoGame/BlazBlue playable roster.

!!Point 8: Alignment

Now that we've broken down most of her aspects, there were two alignments that would fit her best:
* NeutralGood: She is overall unaligned to everyone and only joins NOL because something interests her, unlike Tsubaki who was indoctrinated to serve from the start. Her goal is always about the health of Arakune and by default, it shows selflessness, which is Good. Two of the characters mentioned in Point 1 (Sophitia and Eddy) were pegged as Good despite working with evil, so if it can work for them, it can work with Litchi as well. Besides, WordOfGod also consider her Good.
* TrueNeutral: While it is unknown to judge by now, with how Litchi acted, it may not come of no surprise that her alignment is 'wherever Arakune is' and thus Litchi is lacking a sense of justice to prevent herself to join evil. And if she really was obsessed, or as it's shown right now... then if told to, she may burn a town or two if that's what it takes. People will praise that as 'romantic and devoted for her lover', however it will drive her away from the status of 'Good'.

!!Point 9: What will she do?

Now that she has joined NOL, what do you think she will do? If all Hazama wanted was just the Seithr research data, she can easily put them in computer and she's available for many things to prove her will to save Arakune. She can be a cannon fodder for the heroes to handle, and they might not show mercy, and perhaps Litchi would return the favor as well:
* Ragna might have known her during his CT story and understand his plight. However, he's easily riled up and would consider Litchi joining NOL to be a hypocritical act. Taokaka might be disappointed that Boobie Lady chose Black Squiggly, her ArchEnemy, and feel betrayed. Litchi would feel bad on Tao, but on Ragna, in account that he's a dangerous criminal who killed many innocent PunchClockVillain of NOL, she may not show any mercy.
* Jin was one of the people blocked by her and Tsubaki. Knowing Jin, he will be mightily pissed off. However, there is Jubei who was fond of her by Jin's side, and Jubei was far wiser to think that she's gone insane. However, Litchi has ignored Jubei's warnings so many times that Jubei may think she's a lost cause. While Litchi would view Jin as a traitor of NOL who is perfectly okay to be destroyed, and if she gets near Tsubaki, she will want to bring Jin back to Tsubaki.
* Contrary to what people think, Noel might not know Litchi at all, the CT Gag Reel is probably counted as non-canon. And when Noel gave Carl to her, it was probably because she's 'looking for the nearest doctor'. Like Jin, Litchi would see Noel being a traitor, as well as if she spoke to Tsubaki, side with Tsubaki to eliminate Noel for her sake.
* Rachel has insulted Litchi's goal and pressed her BerserkButton, thus it was easy enough to see why Litchi wouldn't believe Rachel one bit or not doubt in beating her. On the other side, Rachel would've seen Litchi as a lost cause as she ignored her warning. Therefore, Rachel would keep up the hostility rather than stopping people to kill her.
* Hakumen is in the same boat as Jin, with the bonus that Hakumen is much more extreme in his way, and would go out of his way to kill the one who dared block him. If Litchi remembered events of the past, she would recognize him as one who killed Arakune (as in his CT bad ending) and would be completely hostile to Hakumen. The feelings this time is mutual.
* Kokonoe refused to help her in the most crucial timing, and Litchi dared side with Kokonoe's worst enemy Terumi. If they get pissy at each other, the feeling this time is mutual.

There are points that could make her have a HeelRealization, such as Carl or Bang reminding her that she has other people to live with, and especially Bang who has the Phoenix Rettenjou, THE alternative for NOL's cure for Boundary problems. However, while Litchi would view them positively and feel bad on attacking them rather than those mentioned above, they might not return the favor. Carl could be pissed that she dared side with his father and Bang would have to choose between justice or her, the two things he liked. And judging on how he learnt about who the true enemy is and how he was able to choose duty over love (CT Ending), perhaps him attacking Litchi wouldn't be too out-of-place.

Overall, the chances of her HeelRealization wasn't as high as everyone thought she'd be, AntiVillain as she is currently. It all depends on how high her obsession rate is.

Aside of that, she could stay in the backgrounds and just bother with her research. However, this being a fighting game, this will be less than likely as it will put her on the bus.

!!Conclusion

In conclusion, perhaps her act was quite selfish, but there were some tragic backgrounds behind her actions, also her act would be beneficial for her future as a VideoGame/BlazBlue playable character, so if you're feeling positive, then 'tragically desperate' would fit her best. Do we still have to bash Litchi as a filthy traitor who sold her good heart for her own desire? Personally, I don't think it's necessary, but if you still dislike her, well, I cannot stop you. She may look petty on the outside, but deep down, I think that she does deserve some pity. While she never asked for help, most of her supporters consider her like a mentally DistressedDamsel, as her only choices were either stay, wither and die; or stain her hands for a better future. Perhaps you may still hate her for siding with the antagonist after being a thoroughly good guy beforehand, but Litchi has deeper motives than just a traitor with big boobs.


I'm just human, so I may make errors. If you do find an error, rebute this analysis!