Characters / Akatsuki Blitzkampf

The characters of the Akatsuki Blitzkampf/EN-Eins Perfektewelt!

Akatsuki

Akatsuki

Voiced by (Japanese): Shinobu Matsumoto (as "Shouji Hijikata" in the original games, and under his own name in Under Night In-Birth)

Voiced by (English): Kaiji Tang in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

A High class technical officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, Akatsuki was believed to have died during the transportation of a new allied military unit. Fifty years later, he somehow emerges unscathed, and unaged.. Now wielding superhuman abilities granted to him by the Blitz Motor, he resumes his mission, aiming to see it through to the very end.

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• Badass Boast: "I am the Indomitable God of Thunder! Nothing shall stand before me!"
• The Determinator - The Unfettered: No one should even think of having this man stray from the mission he started 50 years ago: handling the Blitz Motors. And disposing of them, if his Story Mode is to be believed.
• Electric Torture: In his Throw he first grabs the rival, then holds him/her in place with his hands and forcibly electrocutes them for some seconds. Subverted in that he doesn't do it to get info from him/her, just to knock him/her out.
• Face Framed in Shadow: Akatsuki's intro features him singlehandedly breaking through the ice of the Artic Pole. Also sorta done in his ending: his head and back are shadowed when he leaves immediately after he defeats Murakumo.
• Guest Fighter: He appears as a playable fighter in Under Night In-Birth, the assets for which are then used in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.
• Human Popsicle: For 50 years, after the botched mission in the Arctic Pole. The story gets properly kickstarted when he wakes up as a Fish out of Temporal Water, sort of.
• Leitmotif: Awakening.
• Living MacGuffin: Since Akatsuki was in charge of the game's MacGuffin, the Blitz Motor (aka the source of his powers, all but stated to be stored either inside his body or in the uniform he wears), as soon as he reappears everyone in the cast is chasing after him for one or another Blitz Motor-related reason.
• Meaningful Name: Akatsuki, huh...?
  • According to the Wiki, it might not be his real name but a code name originating from the Navy's military ship fleet, nicknamed "Dawn Unit". If this is the case, then Akatsuki's situation would double as this and as a Meaningful Rename.
• Mysterious Past: Not much is known about Akatsuki, only the fact that Fritz is his long time friend and his tenure with Gesellschaft before his betrayal.
• Older Than They Look: As told in the blurb above. Specially when compared with Murakumo (who has aged visibly even if not as much as Fritz) and the aforementioned Fritz (who does look his age and likely isn't much older than Akatsuki himself).
• Perpetual Frowner: He's got quite the scowl almost permanently plastered on his face.
• Playing with Syringes: Fritz, Murakumo and others refer to him as "Prototyp 1" - meaning that Akatsuki was experimented on in the past. Then again he was the Sole Survivor of an expedition that sunk in the freaking Arctic Pole and has powers similar to Elektrosoldat, so that's not a surprise at all.
• The Protagonist: The hero of Akatsuki Blitzkampf and its update Ausf. Achse.
• Shadowed Face, Glowing Eyes: A recurring motif in his character artwork, usually on only one half of his face.
• Shock and Awe: The basis of his powers.
• Shoto Clone: He takes more after Kyo Kusanagi's book rather than Ryu's design-wise, but move-set wise, he plays straight as a Ryu-clone as he has: Blitzshot (Fireball), Armor Piercing Kick (Hurricane Kick) and Human Cannon (Shoryuken); he's a very straightforward character for beginners.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: His reaction to Murakumo revealing that he pulled an Uriah Gambit on him with the Blitz Motor expedition and to his A God Am I mini speech:
  "That's nonsense. I will destroy the Blitz Motors instead!"
  • If he wins the fight, he'll give Murakumo another one before disappearing :
  "Humans are neither gods nor machines. It all ends here."
• The Stoic: Despite his voice making it seem otherwise, Akatsuki is very reserved outside of combat, being terse and quick to the point. Even as as Murakumo is dying in front of him after he defeats him, his response is simple, yet powerful.
• Vocal Dissonance: Akatsuki's voice is surprisingly deep for a fighting game hero. Probably to remark on how he's not a young man despite his almost teenage-like looks, and to offer a contrast with Murakumo's somewhat higher voice. It's rather hilarious because they're voiced by the same dude.
• Vocal Evolution: In Ausf. Achse, Akatsuki sounds more Hot-Blooded and passionate than in the original.
• White Shirt of Death: The white military jacket he wears is the same one he was wearing when he sunk into the Arctic Ocean and was believed to be dead.

Sai

Colonel Claude D'Aspremont (AKA his codename, Sai)

Voiced by: "Shion Hibiki" (Sky Kid)

A knowledge broker for the Xinhua computer company and MI6 spy, Sai (Real name Claude D'Aspremont) has made a name for himself as a man who has made connections with a large handful of powerful individuals. Despite his youthful appearance, he has lived for potentially hundreds of years due to a mysterious ability involving his eyes, with rumors saying that his very stare can drain the life out of you.

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• Badass in a Nice Suit - Dressed to Kill: Such a snazzy suit, man. Plus the Badass Longcoat he wears in his intro.
• Deadly Gaze: If he takes his glasses off, or merely focuses his stare on someone else without removing them, Sai can unleash quite the power that causes painful diseases and afflictions in whoever he looks at. In-game, he has special moves based on this that won't deal direct damage but will either affect their guard, slow down their movements, or give penalties when they jump. One of his EX involves giving the enemy all the curses at the same time, and his Super gives a nasty combo of all curses and Life Drain.
• Drop the Cow: The "Jump Hazard" curse causes a fish to fall onto the victim's head from the sky any time they attempt to jump.
• Fighting Clown: Averted. While he's a serious fighter, but the one of his Evil Visions where he has a "Jump Hazard" that the fish comes out of nowhere and falls down to his opponents' heads whenever they jump and his reflector where he was poses in standing and crouching animations. In EN-Eins, the one of his dash attack animations where he does another pose.
• Funny Bruce Lee Noises: He lets out some of these despite not being exactly a Bruce Lee Clone.
• Intergenerational Friendship: To Kati (Young Teen)
• Knowledge Broker: This seems to be his in-story role. Though he's actually a secret agent for the MI6.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In his standing "Reflector", he raises a hand and stares right at the screen and the player/s. Why? Because he can!
• Leitmotif: Wicked Eyes/Jettatura.
• Life Drain: Sai can inflict this with his Deadly Gaze. As it turns out, this specific power has helped him keep himself young through decades.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: While not a girlish Bishōnen, Sai looks very Tall, Dark, and Handsome and he also has the longest hair out of the male cast.
• Older Than They Look: Sai had a rivalry with Murakumo in the past war... which took place at least 50 years ago. As said above, this is easily explained by Sai's Life Drain skill.
• Our Vampires Are Different: He doesn't have any inherent weakness to sunlight (although the sunglasses can give that initial impression) and he doesn't need a bite to drain people of their life force but he ticks a few of these boxes otherwise.
• Sunglasses at Night: Which are actually a Power Limiter for his Deadly Gaze.
• With My Hands Tied: His fighting style is made almost completely of kicks, and he keeps his hands inside his pockets.

Fritz

Fritz

Voiced by: "Shion Hibiki" (Sky Kid)

Fritz is an elderly warrior and a former medic of the Japanese Imperial Army, as well as an old friend of Akatsuki. After learning of the reappearance of his once thought to be dead friend, Fritz takes it upon himself to exterminate those who wish to claim the power of the Blitz Motor for themselves.

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• Badass Normal: Unlike his friend, Akatsuki, the only thing Fritz has is his swordsmanship and his Taktischeblitzanzug, which are tactical suits used to channel the energy from the Blitz Motors. Despite this, he doesn't have a Blitz Motor, which explains his aging.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Very nice and big ones, indeed.
• Combat Medic: According to his bio, he once was this.
• First-Name Basis: Pretty much the only person who uses this trope on Murakumo.
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: Despite not being ethnically Japanese, Fritz knows very well how to use the katana he carries.
• Leitmotif: Song of Defeat/No Remains.
• Lightning Bruiser: While the old guy is slow when he moves at first sight, his special moves and some of his normal ones make him dash notoriously faster through the screen so he actually belongs more in this trope.
• Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Aside from his super, his only special moves are command dashes and mid-air dives of various ranges, with the enhanced versions affording the former more range and invincibility.
• Old Master: So old that he was a companion and probably a friend of Akatsuki from before he was frozen. And he may have also been involved in the creation of Elektrosoldat.
• This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: Seems to be his general attitude.
• Use Your Head: His throw has him grabbing the opponent and headbutting them.

Kanae

Kanae

Voiced by: "724"

An intelligence operative, attached to the second office of Ground Staff Overseeing Department, Kanae is tasked with retrieving the Blitz Motor after reports surface of a once thought to be dead Imperial Army officer reemerges.

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• Action Girl: A very action-oriented young woman from this world's Japanese Army, which is more inspired by the Jietai aka the actual Japan Self-Defense Forces than the older armies from World War II "represented" by Akatsuki and Murakumo.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's a beautiful dark-haired woman, with a height that's nothing to sneeze at and a serious, professional attitude. She only lacks the long hair to fit in perfectly.
• Badass Normal: In a game full of superpowered badasses, she gets by with simply her physical strength and her throws.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: With her feminine but practical clothes (save for the Combat Stilettos), her short hair and her serious personality, Kanae is the Light to Marilyn's Dark.
• Ms. Fanservice:
• Murderous Thighs: One of her special moves and the EX inspired by it have her leaping into the air and using her thighs and knees to grab the opponent mid-air, then dragging them back to the ground.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: She's the grappler of the game, despite not necessarily looking like an Amazonian Beauty.
• Spectacular Spinning: Several of her moves have her spinning and tossing her opponents around.
• Leitmotif: Chrysanthemum.
• World's Most Beautiful Woman: More than one comment is made about Kanae's Aloof Dark-Haired Girl beauty.

Marilyn Sue Dajie

Marilyn Sue Dajie (real name: unknown)

Voiced by: "Karumagu"

She is an assassin for the continent's largest international mafia "Black Hand" and a master of the assassination technique, with its base in, presumably, Piguaquan. By plundering the Blitz Motor from Akatsuki, she aims to rise in influence and power.

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• Cute, but Cacophonic: That little girl-like voice, eeep.
• Dark Action Girl: Not only she's very efficient in the battlefield, but she is pretty ruthless.
• Dark and Troubled Past: According to the manual and "The Alluring Princess of Murder/Enhanced Assassin Princess" novel as some notes are to be believed, Marilyn was born to a farmer family in a rural village somewhere at Hebei, China, but unfortunately she was considered a "heihaizi" (aka bastard child) conceived outside from the One-Child Policy, until an Old Farmer adopts her for 100 yuan, and revealing his past history to her and teach her master arts of Piguaquan. She begins to help his farm work, in order to work out her body, and earns enough money to buy "iron sandbag," filled with iron grains and mung beans to train. Some years later, she was being left an orphan after Old Farmer passes away, she abandons her birth name and called herself "Marilyn Sue" to find jobs in the spring in Shanghai for her survival and likely to find a way to honor her adoptive grandfather's wish, she implies for Mizu shōbai and it's very profitable. But one fateful night, she was accused of stealing customer's money, she nearly killed the customer and the hostess. As she was running soaked and wet in the rain to alleyway, one of the members of Black Hand found and captured her, yet immediately welcomed by its leader, Yin Hu for her lethal tactics, and not out of sympathy for her who wanted money in her job.
• Lady of War: Her fighting style is bare-fisted, but very graceful and elegant.
• Leitmotif: Poisonous Flower.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: With her long hair, form-fitting qipao, and Femme Fatale sex appeal, Marilyn is the Dark to Kanae's Light.
• Ms. Fanservice: Huge, bouncy boobs? Super elegant qipao? Check. Long High-Class Gloves? Check. Wide hips/butt and long legs? Check. More than one Panty Shot? Check. Combat Stilettos? Check. Femme Fatale appeal? Check. Pretty in Mink/Fur and Loathing, Vapor Wear, Zettai Ryouiki and Navel-Deep Neckline in her ending? Check.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Marilyn makes herself look like a bouncy, charming and bubbly Anime Chinese Girl. But she's actually ruthless and aggressive, holds no real allegiance to anyone but herself and will do ANYTHING in her power to rise among the Triads. Like murdering her boss and benefactor if told to do so by someone powerful enough. Though in reality, she was actually being told to kill her and Wei's boss by Mycale. And according to her & Wei's respective storylines and the novel; she was looking for the Blitz Motor from Akatsuki to become the next leader of the triad under Mycale's second order...
• Precision F-Strike: When Marilyn performs her Kasuishou move, she shouts "KONOYAROU!" ("You Bastard!")
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Her Super, in which she inflicts 100 hits on her enemy in around 5 seconds. Wow.
• The Triads and the Tongs: She was found and captured by Black Hand mobsters, and she was later welcomed by Yin Hu, a high-ranked mobster leader from Shanghai as well as Wei's boss.
• Vocal Dissonance: No one would expect this Femme Fatale to have a high-pitched, almost child-like voice. (Though she might be doing it on purpose, as a part of her Obfuscating Stupidity act.)

Dawei Ye Lue

Dawei Ye Lue (or simply Wei Ye Lue)

Voiced by: Shinobu Matsumoto (under the name "Shouji Hijikata")

A master of Cosmos of the Mind Fist, who, as a cold-arm assassin, rose up to the ranks of Black Hand's leaders. After his patron was assassinated, Wei searches for the criminal.

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• Anime Hair: Seriously, look at his half-shaved half-longhaired head
• The Big Guy: Easily the biggest male character in the game.
• Everyone Has Standards: Wei is an asshole, yea, but he despises backstabbing and holds an Undying Loyalty to his boss. So when he finds out that his fellow Triad member Marilyn Sue is the one who killed him, he's really fucking angry.
• Lag Cancel: An additional benefit to his EX Status Buff is that it acts like a Roman Cancel.
• Leitmotif: Revenge/Vengeance.
• Mr. Fanservice:
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Fans often point out his resemblance to pro wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura.
• Scary Black Man: While not ethnically black as far as one's aware, his looks strongly evoke the trope.
• Status Buff: The crux of his gameplan; he can individually give himself increased speed, damage and defense buffs, with the latter being accompanied by Super Armor against projectiles, while the EX version of the buff gives him all three at the additional cost of pausing meter gain. His super is an even stronger and more expensive combination of the buffs.
• Super Mode: His Supers are based on this concept.
• The Triads and the Tongs: A member of those, just like Marilyn.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: More exactly, he leaves his very long coat fully unbuttoned.
• Undying Loyalty: To Yin Hu, his boss. His motivation to be in the plot is to look for his murderer, until he finds out the truth about his boss was.
• You Killed My Father: More exactly, "You Killed My Boss, MARILYN"!

Anonym/Anonym-Guard

Anonym Merel Lambuth/Anonym-Guard

^Anonym-Guard

Voiced by: "Strange Heke (ATM)"

An Armed Interrogator of Heresy, within a religious society - The Sacred Club. She is sent to destroy the headquarters of an organization, upon which lies the heresy of aiding Gesellschaft, - the Perfecti Cult. Anonym is a master of Ranbas style Gun technique - a combination of Chinese self-defence and pistols.

In EN-Eins Perfektewelt, Anonym-Guard is a higher-ranked replacement for the original as the latter has been possessed by Mycale and is now Perfecti. The two characters are functionally identical otherwise.

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• Action Girl: Of the "Girls with Guns" subtype
• Auto-Revive: Her Super, complete with lights from Heaven. Which also harm her rival.
• Big "NO!": She gives one of these in her ending, whe she's about to get body-jacked...
• Church Militant: A membress of the "Sacred Club" group, rooted in the Vatican and directly opposing the heretic groups known as Gesellschaft and Perfecti Cult.
• Compressed Hair: Anonym's ending shows that she has quite the long hair under that nun headdress. Too bad this takes place◊ when she's at the receiving end of a Grand Theft Me from Mycale...
• Eyes Always Closed: As seen in her sprites and portraits.
• Gun Kata: It's no coincidence that her Super is named Tetragrammaton
• Guns Akimbo: With her REALLY cool chrom-coated Webley revolvers
• Identical Stranger: Aside from the color of her uniform and some minor facial features, Anonym Guard looks and plays exactly like the original.
• Lady of War: Her moves and shots are very graceful, and she's a very serious individual.
• Leitmotif: Precepts/Method.
• Long-Range Fighter: Being a member of the Girls with Guns group, she's at her best when she shoots her foes away.
• Perpetual Frowner: She has a soft voice and never smiles.
• Youthful Freckles: Merel Lambuth has them but Guard does not.

Elektrosoldat

Elektrosoldat

Voiced by: "Kyousuke Amasaki (Sky Kid)"

Mass produced Gesellschaft soldiers that are powered by Blitz Motors, Elektrosoldats are clones of Gesellschaft's scientist, Adler, and are completely loyal to the organization's cause. However, one particular Elektrosoldat ends up realising that robots can bleed.

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• Blood from the Mouth: Soldat's story ending features the one controlled by the player◊ going through a Villainous Breakdown after defeating Murakumo, and as this happens blood spills down his chin and on his jacket. Bowdlerised to an Avertsion in Ausf. Achse.
• Charge-Input Special: As the Guile function of the game, he has the expected Sonic Boom- and Flash Kick-type attacks using these.
• Divergent Character Evolution: Soldat and Adler began as almost exactly the same,but when Adler was made properly playable their moves started to evolve differently. i.e, Elektrosoldat's Flash Kick Flak Turret kick doesn't hit downwards like Adler's does.
• Heel–Face Turn: In EN-Eins Perfektewelt, the playable Elektrosoldat laments his "brothers" short lifespans and being simple foot soldiers, so he defects from the villains in order to save them from their inevitable fate that the playable Elektrosoldat suffered in Ausf. Achse.
• I Am Not a Gun: What the playable Elektrosoldat in Perfektewelt goes through. He wishes to save his brothers from just simply being used as weapons and live their own lives.
• Leitmotif: Sentinel.
• Stupid Jetpack Hitler: A electricity-wielding cyborg clone of a mad scientist with ties to the Third Reich.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Unlike the Elektrosoldat in Ausf. Achse, the playable clone in Perfektewelt is a more solemn and empathetic, caring for his fellow clones. This is because of his clone brothers lifespans being so short, and being treated as mere weapons and not individuals, leading to his eventual Heel–Face Turn.

Ernst von Adler

Ernst von Adler

Voiced by: Reiji Nagase

A former member of the historical heritage research organization known as Ahnenerbe, Adler participated in historical excavations across Tibet, but ended up making his breakthrough after discovering the legendary city of Agartha, as well as all of the mysterious technology that lied within. Taking the research notes of his former colleague, Adler joined Gesellschaft, and now plans to use the Blitz Motor for his own twisted schemes.

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• Evil Laugh: A quite shrill one in Ausf. Achse, in contrast to his deeper voice that he got in that version.
• Leitmotif: Reaper/Grim Reaper.
• Looks Like Cesare: Has all the physical traits save for the hair color.
• Mad Scientist: He took over Fritz's former research and abused it, creating the Elektrosoldats.
• Meaningful Name: Adler means eagle in German. It's both a normal last name and an emblematic bird (notably in heraldry, bannistics, numismatics etc.) featured on many blazons since the feudal age, including the Nazi flag and the present German Bundeswappen and at times on the flags of Austria and Germany.
• Person of Holding: It seems that he and Murakumo had Blitz Motors implanted in their bodies.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Well, not that the other baddies here are very PC, but him referring to Akatsuki as a monkey to his very face isn't exactly grounds for correctness.
• Psycho Electro: "Less" than Elektrosoldat, but still.
• Shoto Clone: He's basically a shoto Guile, but rather hybrid, with traits of Urien.
• Red Baron: A title he goes by is "Ahnenerbe's Grim Reaper", which ties into the name his Leitmotif has.
• Smug Snake: Oh dear, yes. Upon defeating Valkyria in Perfektewelt, he claims he should become "Super Adler" in response to Valkyria being akin to a god.
• The Bad Guy Wins: Subverted, he doesn't exactly get what he wants in his ending. But he decides to keep going.
• Those Wacky Nazis: Again, and HOW.
• Vocal Evolution: Adler sounded exactly like Elektrosoldat in the first versions of the game. When made playable he got somewhat more "mature"-sounding voice clips, and by the time Ausf. Achse hit the arcades his voice became even deeper save for his second victory pose's Evil Laugh.
• White Hair, Black Heart: Has super light blond hair, and is on the side of evil.

Mycale

Mycale

Possessed-Kati

^{Possessed-Anonym Merel}

Voiced by: "Karumagu"

A youthful sorceress and a member of the secret society organization known as Gesellschaft. Behind the curtain, Mycale is the spirit of a cruel witch who was executed long ago and has lived for hundreds of years by possessing unwilling victims. She has also been responsible for manipulating history itself, being responsible for potentially hundreds of major events. And now, she seeks to rise to the top of Gesellschaft, but to do that, she needs the power of the Blitz Motor.

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• Depending on the Artist: Her Ausf. Achse artwork makes her look notoriously cuter and younger than the original one's, probably to contrast between Mycale's centuries-old soul and the 14-year-old girl whose body she inhabits.
• Girlish Pigtails: Her usual hairstyle, save for her ending.
• God Save Us from the Queen!: Mycale is a member of the Nazi-inspired Nebulous Evil Organisation that wants to conquer Earth, she has her own plans in the Enemy Civil War within said group, and in her ending she does Take Over the World after killing humanity on earth, sending out the Blitztanks to subdue anyone in her way.
• Grand Theft Me: The real Mycale is the spirit of a witch who was burned at the stake in the Middle Ages, so she's been pulling this continuously. Her current "host" (and the one providing her "portraits") is Kati, the 14-year-old daughter of a rich German business family living in Shanghai; however, she later releases Kati and then takes over Anonym Merel's body.
• Leitmotif: Transmigration/Reincarnation.
• Magical Girl: Sort of. Her fighting style wouldn't be out of place in a Magical Girl show, but she's far from naive or cheerful.
• Magic Skirt: The hemline ends just below her crotch and it somehow still doesn't show anything. Pretty much the only time her panties are shown is when she gets knocked out.
• Magic Staff: Her wand and weapon. It might be where her soul truly resides, since it's seen on first row when she body-jacks Anonym...
• Manipulative Bitch: It looks like she's the one who told Marilyn to kill her and Wei's boss: Yin Hu, and it also implies that she (as a messenger) told Marilyn once again to defeat or kill Akatsuki and take his Blitz Motor to become a big boss of the triad. Not to mention she's a membress of the infamous Gesellschaft (later Perfecti Cult/Knights Templar) group, does her best to keep her ground in the Enemy Civil War within Gesellschaft itself, and she's been possessing women with magic/fighting potential for centuries to keep manipulating the world and its history from behind the shadows.
• Noblewoman's Laugh: Sometimes lets one out in her win poses.
• Summon Magic: She can even summon Fenrir, Mjolnir, Gungnir and A MASSIVE DRAGON to attack her opponents. And a Valkyrie as her Reflector
• The Bad Girl Wins: If her ending is unlocked, logically.

Perfecti

Perfecti

Voiced by: Kyouko Utsumi

Once a mere alternate version of Mycale who would fight the others late in the story, Perfecti was given different looks and made properly playable in the Ausf. Achse version of the game. With her looks, fighting power and attitude, she seems to be the living example of Gessellschaft's plans and philosophies.

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• A God Am I: She refers to herself as a "Perfect One", and in her "Perfecti Altar" stage one can see her throne on the background and in the middle of a HUGE staircase.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: She's the only one whose voice can compete with Marilyn's in regards to high pitch. It used to be averted before Ausf. Achse, when she was Mycale's Palette Swap and thus used the same voice clips.
• Dark Action Girl: Small, cute-looking, and quite the force to be reckoned with.
• Divergent Character Evolution: Perfecti once played exactly like Mycale, but when Ausf. Achse came and she became her very own character, she got a completely new playing style.
• Commissar Cap: As her picture shows.
• Final Boss: Of Murakumo's Arcade route in Ausf. Achse.
• Leitmotif: Soul/Pneuma.
• Life Drain: Not as much as Sai, but she can grab her opponents that can give a little of her health back.
• Long-Range Fighter: Her massive array of projectiles is one of her biggest pros.
• Nightmare Face: In the Ausf. Achse prologue, she's seen rodeated by several masked people who look very, very creepy...
• Palette Swap: Used to be one of Mycale until Ausf. Achse. Though if the player looks closely at her general design, they'll notice Perfecti looks similar to Mycale's appearance in her ending, sans glasses.
• Putting on the Reich: Look at her, people!
• She Is All Grown Up: She looks notoriously older in her ending, where she destroys all life and then conquers the world.

Blitztank

Blitztank

An electrical tank, assumed to have a Blitz Motor as its source of power. According to a copy of the document on a new engine research, labeled "Gesellschaft", a test piece was developed, however, it was revocated along with the plan itself before the full-scale production could take place.

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• Black Eyes of Evil and Red Eyes, Take Warning: The skull's eyes have black sclerae and red irises.
• Fighting Clown: They are basically Hornet, except it's a tank.
• Guest Fighter: In BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle along with Akatsuki.
• Heel–Face Brainwashing: In ''Perfektewelt, EN-Eins reconfigures the playable Blitztank in order to save it from the clutches of the New Order of Knights Templar. Downplayed, as the Blitztanks are not actually evil, they're simply just given commands as robotic tanks.
• Kill It with Fire - Psycho Electro: Its arsenal includes flamethrowers and electricity.
• Leitmotif: Iron Horse/Panzer.
• Mighty Glacier: Really huge, really slow, and with LOTS of projectile-based tricks.
• Sapient Tank: Throughout its arcade route, it gradually gains sentience until it meets its end by getting crushed under a building. It's revealed they're actually powered by dying soldiers.
• Skull for a Head: It has a skull on its turret that emotes and serves as its head. Considering how big it is, it's certainly not a human skull.
• Tank Goodness: In a fighting game, but it works out fine.
• The Cameo: In Mycale's ending, several Blitztanks are seen as her Elite Mooks that she's unleashing on the world to conquer it.
• Was Once a Man: According to its Arcade mode, Blitztanks look like the typical mecha robot. As time passes, and after it fights Akatsuki, the playable Blitztank starts to slowly form words and trains of thoughts. This image◊ provides evidence for this trope and can be seen at the end of its Arcade mode. Additionally, sharp-eyed players will notice that the image can be very briefly seen in the opening sequence of the game.

Murakumo

Murakumo formerly known as Akatsuki Zero

Voiced by: Shinobu Matsumoto (under the name "Shouji Hijikata")

At the time of the previous War, he was a military officer, stationed in Germany, who planned actions for an inspection group on military affairs, dispatched here. During this position, he got in touch with a religious society called Perfecti Cult, and had established the Military Technique Research facility, nicknamed "Gesellschaft". Towards the end of the War, news from Berlin are interrupted...

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• Bad Boss: Was this to Akatsuki in the past. So much that decades ago, he knowingly sent the guy to what was supposed to be his death in the Arctic Pole, all for his own benefit.
• The Bad Guy Wins: If his ending is unlocked, hell yes.
• Big Bad: Of the game, yeah.
• Cherry Blossoms: In the Ausf. Achse version of his Super. The original one is more about the blood.
• Combat Pragmatist: He can use illusions to trick his rivals and also sets bombs on the ground.
• Evil Laugh: Lets out a rather loud and smug one when he tosses the opponent across the screen in his aerial throw.
• Explosive Overclocking: When he and Akatsuki fight to the death, Murakumo meets his end because while his Blitz Motor is a recent model, it has glaring weakness due to its multifunctions. Murakumo is left coughing and gasping as Akatsuki points this out in his own ending.
• Face Framed in Shadow: As seen in his artwork, and specially in his◊ ending.
• Final Boss: He is the final opponent in all Arcade modes except his own, in which he fights Mycale/Perfecti instead.
• Godhood Seeker: Gives these vibes. Akatsuki isn't impressed.
  Murakumo:After monopolyzing the Blitz Motors, I will win the final war... and within the New World Order, I will become a human God.
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: To a lesser degree than Fritz, but still. Whenever Murakumo bothers to unseal his katana, he uses either one or very few strikes and then sheathes it back.
• Katanas Are Just Better: He knows pretty well how to use that katana he carries around, even if just in a special move and his Super. This offers a contrast with Akatsuki's bare-fisted and energy ball based fighting style.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Murakumo's ending finishes with him staring straight ahead◊, which gives the impression that he's glaring at the player just as directly. Combined with the whole picture going black and white save for his bright red eyes, the effect is INCREDIBLY creepy.
• Leitmotif: Godlike Person/Living God.
• Manipulative Bastard: As said above, whether by tricking an officer into going to his own death under the guise of a mission or by cloning himself to gain footholds in the modern Japanese Army and the Triads.
• Meaningful Name: Did someone say Murakumo...?
• Person of Holding: It seems that he and Adler had Blitz Motors implanted in their bodies.
• The Social Darwinist: Apparently, his plans to Take Over the World include population control via weeding the weak out and creating a New World Order.
• This Cannot Be!: If the player defeats him.
• Vocal Evolution: In Ausf. Achse, just like Matsumoto/"Hijikata"'s Akatsuki lines were delivered with more Hot-Blooded passion, his Murakumo voice sounds louder and higher-pitched than in the original. Evil Is Hammy, it seems...
• White Hair, Black Heart: As seen is his sprites and portrait. It isn't natural either, since it comes from using the newer Blitz Motor model.

Characters from EN-Eins Perfektewelt

From left to right: Tempelritter, Kati, and EN-Eins. Not pictured: Inazuma and Valkyria.

EN-Eins (Full name: Energaia Eins)

• A God I Am Not: Despite being cloned from an unknown deity, EN-Eins has no aspirations to be a god. Instead, he fights to protect humanity from the New Order of the Knights Templar. Unfortunately, his brother Inazuma does not share this line of thought.
• Clone Jesus: EN-Eins is the apparent clone of an unknown god, that will help lead humanity to a new dawn and leave the old humanity to die. However, EN-Eins rejects this saying that even though humanity's role in building the world has ended, that is no reason to destroy them.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: EN-Eins has a very soft feminine face, with some artwork of him showcasing him having long eyelashes. Some artwork even has him being mistaken for being a female.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Even though EN-Eins was supposed to destroy humanity, he rebels against this idea and opts to protect humanity. He may be a bit distant from them, but he sees no reason to exterminate humans just because he was designed for it.
• Leitmotif: Open Pandora's Box.
• Pretty in Mink: Wears a blue trenchcoat with white fur.
• The Protagonist: Of EN-Eins Perfektewelt and its update, Anastasis.
• Playing with Fire: Possesses pyrokinesis, and uses it in conjunction with some of his other abilities, such as his ability to teleport short distances rapidly..
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: EN-Eins has red eyes, but unlike other characters who possess red eyes in this series, the color doesn't stem from using a Blitz Motor.
• Shoto Clone: He has a projectile, a screen travelling attack, and a DP (with an additional input knocking the opponent down), though in practice he's more of a rushdown, combo-oriented character than a traditional Shoto.
• Sole Survivor: Of his batch of clones. ....until Inazuma resurfaced and was revealed to be a fellow clone of his.

Kati

• Fighting Clown: She's likely more comical fighters unlike most fighters in the series, due to having some hearts effects when hitting someone and star effects when someone knocks her down, she slides and grabs & throws her opponents in some cartoonish ways.
• Genki Girl: Kati stands out as being particularly cheerful in comparison to the rest of the more serious cast, to the point where she's always accompanied by musical notes and stars come out when she is knocked to the floor.
• Intergenerational Friendship: With Sai (mid 30's but is actually much older). He protects and watches over her.
• Leitmotif: Love is the Morning Star.
• Magical Girl: Unlike Mycale, Kati plays this straight.
• Shoto Clone: To degree; where she has a Tatsumaki and a Shoryuken However, she lacks a fireball, with the closest thing she has to one being to extend to her wand and, depending on the input, reel in her opponent and whack them like she's swinging a baseball bat.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Replaces Mycale in EN-Eins Perfektewelt. Justified as she was the original host body for Mycale before she possessed Anonym to become Perfecti; Kati was chosen in the first place due to her knowledge of magic.

Tempelritter

• Dark Action Girl: The Tempelritters are the foot soldiers of the Knights Templar, who want to wipe out humanity and replace it with their "new humanity".
• Leitmotif: Tempest Blade Maiden
• The Unfought: In the original version of EN-Eins Perfektewelt, Tempelritter was never fought in any character's arcade mode. Technically you do fight her, but as her palette swap Valkyria. Averted in Anastasis, where she is fought randomly in any character's arcade modes as a normal opponent.

Valkyria

• Big Bad: Of EN-Eins Perfektewelt.
• Dark Action Girl
• Leitmotif: Lady of Flying Flames.
• Palette Swap: See her clone, Tempelritter above.
• SNK Boss: Valkyria LOVES to break the rules of the game and spam all of her EX or supers whenever she gets the chance to, regardless of how much meter she has. She can even use her supers during and after Kanzen Sekai, which is supposed to disable a character's super meter until the next round. Her Level 3 super is especially dangerous as it can take off more than half of your health if it hits and takes away around 3/4ths of your guard gauge if blocked. However, her super spamming makes Valkyria pretty predictable, and if a player can figure out how many hits her supers are they can react to the super freeze and parry every hit of her supers, leaving her wide open for a combo^note and since parrying attacks gives you meter, you can potentially parry her Level 3 and respond with a Level 3 of your own.

Inazuma (real name: Energaia Neun or EN-Neun)

• Anti-Hero: Inazuma is against the villains, but also wishes to gain the power hidden in the Kingdom of Neuland to cement himself as a god. Borders on Nominal Hero, as his goals are very selfish and only benefit himself in the grand scheme of the story.
• Cool Helmet: The only character in the series who obscures their face completely, looking like a Toku hero.
• Final Boss: He is the temporarily last opponent in everyone's storylines in Anastasis, except his own where he fights EN-Eins instead.
• Jerkass: His manner of speech is very impolite and somewhat sarcastic, as he looks down upon or mocks everyone he encounters, such as his own brother, EN-Eins.
• Leitmotif: "Hybrid".
• Palette Swap: He originally was like this, sharing a lot of the same sprites as Akatsuki back when he was an unused character, before going through Divergent Character Evolution. He still does share a few animations with Akatsuki, but not nearly as much as before.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Inazuma's helmet has glowing lights to where his eyes are, highlighting how dangerous he is.
• Shock and Awe: Due to being modified into a "Blitzsoldier" because of his Type-1 Blitz Motor, Inazuma possesses the ability to wield and weaponize lightning.
• The Rival: To EN-Eins, his brother from the failed Energaia clone batch.
• Wild Card: He isn't a full blown hero or villain, and is on no ones side but his own. Inazuma simply just wants the godlike power that awaits in the Kingdom of Neuland to himself.
• Yellow Lightning, Blue Lightning: Inazuma's lightning appears to be mix of green and yellow, in contrast to the blue-indigo (or purple in Akatsuki title(s)) color of Akatsuki's lightning. It also changes color depending on what color his outfit is.

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