BlazBlue: Continuum Shift/Characters

Blaz Blue, much like Guilty Gear, has plenty of Rummage Sale Rejects to go around. This is a list of the playable characters who were introduced in Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift and Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift II. Voice actors are listed as Japanese/English.

It may also contain unmarked spoilers. You may wish to finish both game's story modes before reading. Go here for characters introduced in Calamity Trigger, and here for Non Player Characters.

Shout Outs, Captain Ersatz, Expy, "No Celebrities Were Harmed", Continuity Nods and Mythology Gags regarding to specific characters should go to the game's own Shout Out page.

Warning: Some arts that are linked here (Canon or Fanon) are maybe NSFW. Some also contain Spoilers.

Lambda-11


""Target identified. Switching modes. Acquiring Murakumo system.""

"Voiced by: Kanako Kondou / Cristina Valenzuela"

"After Nu's apparent death, Kokonoe has Tager salvage the 11th Murakumo Unit from Ikaruga, and then plucks Nu's soul from the Boundary, erases her memories, and implants her within her predecessor's body. She is now completely subservient to Kokonoe and is used as another tool in her plan to get revenge on Terumi. As she inhabits the body of her predecessor, she is not the juggernaut she was before. This is manifested gameplay-wise in the form of loads of balance changes."

""Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Fünf, Sechs, Sieben,...""
 * And I Must Scream: Poor, poor Lambda... The original one, that is. We see what her life was like before she died, and it makes her younger sisters look positively blessed by comparison.
 * It doesn't get much better after Kokonoe revives her. Lambda's worst fear- and primary source of trauma- was being treated like a doll instead of an actual being that could think and feel. This is exactly what Kokonoe does to her, effectively mercy-killing the last remnants of Lambda by erasing her memories, and Lambda aware but unable to say or do anything to prevent it.
 * Cyber Cyclops
 * Darkskinned Blonde: Not very dark but her chibi-fied self appearing in her "Help me, Professor Kokonoe"-segment has noticeable darker skin than the other characters. Her portrait and game sprites have bright skin though.
 * Downer Ending:
 * Empty Shell: Kokonoe calls her as such in her story mode.
 * Flawed Prototype: Though her decrepit, cobbled-together state probably doesn't help, either.
 * Gratuitous German: When you're comboing with her swords, she counts the hits in German for no apparent reason.
 * Empty Shell: Kokonoe calls her as such in her story mode.
 * Flawed Prototype: Though her decrepit, cobbled-together state probably doesn't help, either.
 * Gratuitous German: When you're comboing with her swords, she counts the hits in German for no apparent reason.
 * Gratuitous German: When you're comboing with her swords, she counts the hits in German for no apparent reason.


 * Hotter and Sexier: She may be weaker, but she was also given Rapunzel Hair, lacks the creepy eyepatch and has a more flattering color scheme.
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters: At least, the ones who created Lambda and the other Murakumo units certainly were.
 * Machine Monotone
 * The Ophelia
 * Pick Your Human Half: Of the "looks human, acts robotic" type.
 * Rapunzel Hair: If we were to unbraid that ponytail of hers, her hair would easily clear her knees.
 * Replacement Goldfish
 * Robo Speak
 * Villain Teleportation: Depending on the player character's viewpoint in Story Mode, it can either be this or a Subverted Trope.
 * You Are Number 11
 * Villain Teleportation: Depending on the player character's viewpoint in Story Mode, it can either be this or a Subverted Trope.
 * You Are Number 11
 * You Are Number 11
 * You Are Number 11

Tsubaki Yayoi


""In my right hand, I carry the sword of judgment, and in my left, the scales of justice. I serve the wings that govern the Heavens. I am their word and their sword made flesh.""

"Voiced by: Asami Imai / Julie Ann Taylor"

"A fellow classmate of Jin, Noel, and Makoto from the Academy. Tsubaki comes from the noble Yayoi family. She's also Jin's childhood friend and has harbored a secret crush on him since they were young. After graduation, she served under the Zero Squadron/Wings of Justice, whose duty is to punish those who rebel against NOL. After the True Ending of the first game she was given orders by Hazama to execute Jin and Noel for knowing about his plans. And so she is sent out to Kagutsuchi to accomplish her mission, armed with an Armagus called Izayoi which controls light. Her Drive, Install, fills a meter that increases the power of her attacks. Her Astral Finish turns her into an angel as a statue of a goddess (the same one seen in the background of Jin's stage) stabs you with a spear."

""Dispatched in mankind's darkest hour, we are Knights of the Blue Flame!""
 * Action Girl: A cross between this and Lady of War.
 * Adorkable: Not usually, but bring up Jin or, and in fact especially, period pieces, and hoo boy does she qualify.
 * Altum Videtur Her specials were given Latin names in the English localization.
 * An Axe to Grind / Drop the Hammer: She's got a huge ax/hammer thing reminiscent of Amy Rose.
 * Ascended Fangirl: She's apparently a big fan of historical adventure pieces, to the point of being extremely Genre Savvy in some of the gag reels. In fact, it was her love of these pieces that inspire her hammy battle cries.
 * Badass Bookworm: That huge ax/hammer thing? It's actually a book. She's also into historical dramas.
 * Cultured Badass: Along with Jin. A requirement for every member of the 12 Families of the "Duo Decim".
 * Badass Creed:
 * Shared with Jin, Hazama and Noel, and probably with the rest of their division.
 * Shared with Jin, Hazama and Noel, and probably with the rest of their division.

""In my right hand, I carry the sword of judgment, and in my left, the scales of justice. I serve the wings who govern the heavens. I am their word and their sword made flesh." (While doing her Astral Heat) "White feathers for innocence...black feathers for darkest sin. We are the messengers and hammers of God, come to deliver righteous justice! Let sinners be punished... let justice be done!""
 * These are of her own:

"Tsubaki: I'm the one who should be with Jin. Noel... Noel took that away from me!"
 * Betty and Veronica: She's the Betty to Makoto's Veronica towards Jin (the Archie).
 * Blessed with Suck / Deadly Upgrade: In her story mode, using a Distortion or Astral Drive leads to her bad ending because
 * Blue Eyes
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Tsubaki appeared as an NPC in Calamity Trigger flashbacks.
 * Childhood Brother-Sisterhood Promise: Evidently it meant a lot more to Tsubaki than to  though he does at least remember it - even if he seems to snark its existence.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl:
 * She loves Jin, alright.
 * Childhood Brother-Sisterhood Promise: Evidently it meant a lot more to Tsubaki than to  though he does at least remember it - even if he seems to snark its existence.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl:
 * She loves Jin, alright.


 * In The Wheel of Fortune, she
 * Dual-Wielding / Hammerspace: She uses a shapeshifting dagger and book that together with her outfit form the Izayoi. The book summons weapons out of thin air for some of her attacks.
 * Fan Girl: CS reveals that she's a huge fangirl of the Six Heroes, owns all the books and movies about them and that Hakumen is her hero.
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Incest Is Relative: Members of the Yayoi family breed with strong users of Ars Magus to keep their family strong. When there became a shortage of such people, they resorted to inbreeding which, over time, served to weaken the family. Tsubaki, it turns out, is not the first daughter of her parents; she's the first one to survive.
 * Invocation: During her Astral Finish: "White feathers for innocence, black feathers for darkest sin. We are the messengers and hammers of God, come to deliver righteous justice! Let sinners be punished! Let justice be done!"
 * Kissing Cousins: However, Jin and her are Not Blood Related, as Jin is adopted.
 * Lady of War
 * Light Is Not Good: Izayoi, her Armagus, is designed to "steal the light" from people and areas.
 * Like Brother and Sister: Her relationship with Jin seems to flicker between this and Ship Tease.
 * Love Makes You Evil: Mostly, the reason she stayed with the NOL is because of her jealousy. This fits her current situation quite well.
 * Meaningful Name: Tsubaki means "Camellia" in Japanese. Hakumen named his special move "Camellia" after her. Moreover, Tsubaki's surname and weapon name refer to
 * Miss Imagination: One of the drama tracks is dedicated to her rather...warped daydreams, which misinterprets the other characters to a glorious extent.
 * Morality Pet: to Jin (one of two).
 * Murder the Hypotenuse:
 * Nice Hat: In the radio show, it's even voiced by (Tomokazu Sugita's brilliant impression of) Norio Wakamoto!
 * The Ojou
 * Perpetual Molt: Her Astral Heat gives her wings, which naturally drop feathers everywhere.
 * She's Got Legs: According to Litchi at least.
 * Shipper on Deck: In Bang's gag ending, Tsubaki sees Bang peeking into Litchi's window in Orient Town, and assumes he is a peeping tom. As she's about to arrest him, Bang avoids being arrested by telling Tsubaki that Litchi is his girlfriend. Tsubaki believes him, and gets the idea that he's going to propose marriage. Upon coming to this conclusion, she gleefully insists that Bang propose to Litchi right that instant. Bang is less than pleased, given Tsubaki's...forcefulness.
 * Ship Tease: With Jin. They would be an Official Couple if it wasn't for all of the.
 * SNK Boss: All unlimited characters have some level of this, but Tsubaki's appearance deserves special mention for forcing the player to fight with only half a moveset.
 * Thinks Like a Romance Novel
 * This Is Unforgivable!: She says this to Ragna in her winquote against him because she blames him for what happened to Jin and Noel.
 * Throw the Book At Them: Izayoi.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend
 * Unwitting Pawn: She's used as a pawn by many, many times over. As of now, he's used her to
 * Whip Sword: One of her normal attacks turns her dagger into one that looks extremely similar to Ivy's.
 * White Mask of Doom: Whenever she wears her hood, she also has a one-eyed white mask.
 * Why Did It have To Be Pandas?
 * Winged Humanoid: Temporarily turns into one during her Astral Finish.
 * Woman Scorned
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Played for Laughs, many a Gag Reel where she shows up has her giving into her fetish for romantic heroic stories. She starts calling out how a character normally would or should act in such a situation, completely unaware that they don't work that way in real life.
 * Yandere: Towards Jin. and she easily lost it after being lead to the belief that he has been stolen from her.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend
 * Unwitting Pawn: She's used as a pawn by many, many times over. As of now, he's used her to
 * Whip Sword: One of her normal attacks turns her dagger into one that looks extremely similar to Ivy's.
 * White Mask of Doom: Whenever she wears her hood, she also has a one-eyed white mask.
 * Why Did It have To Be Pandas?
 * Winged Humanoid: Temporarily turns into one during her Astral Finish.
 * Woman Scorned
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Played for Laughs, many a Gag Reel where she shows up has her giving into her fetish for romantic heroic stories. She starts calling out how a character normally would or should act in such a situation, completely unaware that they don't work that way in real life.
 * Yandere: Towards Jin. and she easily lost it after being lead to the belief that he has been stolen from her.

Hazama/Yuuki Terumi


""Now...Murakumo, activate! This whole world is nothing but lies! LIES! Lemme show you what I like to call the truth! The truth called 'DESPAIR!' In the name of Susano'o, I command you! Murakumo, AWAKEN! Behold the sword of the god-slayer, KUSANAGI! Let all lies fall before your divine blade!""

""GAHAHAHAHAHA! Finally, I've got the True Successor to the Azure! Try and stop me NOW, Master Unit...AMATERASU!!!""

"Voiced by: Yuuichi Nakamura / Erik Davies (CT-CS), Doug Erholtz (Extend), Spike Spencer (during Extra Arcade Scene in CS2)"

"Hazama is a Captain within the NOL's Intelligence Department. He claims to dislike physical labor and appears to be quite personable at first, but his true motives are veiled behind his false, foxy smile. Throughout the story of Calamity Trigger he appears to assist Noel, and appears in a few other characters' stories as well, for seemingly no reason...until the True Ending where all is revealed."

"In reality, he is actually Yuuki Terumi, one of the Six Heroes who defeated the Black Beast 90 years prior to the game's story, the Final Boss of Continuum Shift, and one of the masterminds behind every single event that happens in the story thus far. In Calamity Trigger's true ending he drops his amiable personality and reveals himself to be the exact opposite: a Complete Monster who delights in the suffering and pain of others. Terumi's true form is actually that of a ghost, due to injuries sustained from fighting the Beast. While his body was being repaired by Relius, he inhabited the Susano'o unit briefly (before Hakumen), and later rejoined with his body (which gained a mind of its own and became known as Kazuma Kval), in the process killing Jubei's brother. He was sealed by the great magister Nine, but due to the beast's reappearance was unsealed and Brainwashed by Nine to do her bidding. Unbeknownst to anyone, Terumi broke free of Nine's control and killed her once the war had ended. He then went after Hakumen and Jubei, but was tricked by Jubei and incarcerated as a prisoner of the omniscient supercomputer Takamagahara. That failed. After Terumi escaped, he cut off Ragna's arm and absconded with his sister Saya to use as the template for the Murakumo Units. He now seeks to revert Noel back into her original Murakumo unit form and use her to destroy the Amaterasu unit, stating that the world is nothing but lies and vowing to plunge it into eternal despair. He uses knives as his specialty weapons. His Nox Nyctores/Drive is Geminus Anguium: Ouroboros, which allows him to summon chains that hang in the air and can be used to swing him back and forth or attack his opponents. His Astral Finish summons a bunch of chains from the ground, which form into a really big and long snake that eats you."

""Dispatched...in mankind's darkest hour, we...are Knights of the Blue Flame.""
 * Ax Crazy: Emphasis on CRAZY.
 * Animal Motifs: All of his Drives have snake names, he enjoys boiled eggs, and he despises cats. It's pretty obvious. Although he actually has the strength to back up his boasts, so he's not actually a Smug Snake.
 * Audible Sharpness: Pokes fun at this by actually saying "SHING!" when he attacks with his knives.
 * Badass: He's a despicable Troll who wants to destroy the world simply because he can. And he gets the job done with style no man could ever hope to dream of.
 * Badass Creed: Shared with Jin, Tsubaki and Noel, and probably with the rest of their division. Unlike his fellow NOL members, who recite it enthusiastically, Hazama says it with bored sarcasm.

"Terumi: "OUROBOROS! Picked a great time to grow a pair, didn't you?! So YOU'RE gonna play with ME, huh? I don't think you understand how this shit works!" Ragna: "GAH!" Terumi: "DIE DIE DIE!""
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Badass Longcoat: His coat is the epitome of "pimp".
 * Bad Samaritan:
 * The Battle Didn't Count: After the boss fight with him, he writes it off as just a warmup, even if you Perfect'd it and sealed the deal with an Astral Finish... Somehow.
 * Beating a Dead Player: In Tsubaki's bad ending,
 * Berserk Button: Lies seem to annoy him greatly. To a far greater extent, someone implying that they're "playing" with him. Ragna learned this the hard way near the end of Continuum Shift.
 * Berserk Button: Lies seem to annoy him greatly. To a far greater extent, someone implying that they're "playing" with him. Ragna learned this the hard way near the end of Continuum Shift.


 * He does not like people stealing his quarries, either.

"Terumi: "OK, all right, fine! How about this reason? Seems as good as any. I do all the wonderful things I do because I want to see the miserable look on the faces of people like YOU when you're wallowing in despair, dismay, grief, frustration, misery... all sorts of other unpleasant nouns. At least misery is interesting.""
 * The deeper you dig into his Evil Plan, the more extreme the measures he will take to see you DEAD.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: There were doubts at one point, but it's been confirmed; Terumi and Relius have been orchestrating everything since before the Dark War, though Terumi's more hands-on by comparison.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretends to be a harmless and polite NOL officer to save face in public, but by Continuum Shift you can tell he's letting some things slip on purpose.
 * Blatant Lies:
 * In CT, he says he's not that good at fighting... he doesn't even look that suspicious. But he's actually best at trolling. He's taunting you.
 * He was also forced to lie to Jin . While he doesn't explain, Jin doesn't buy it either way.
 * Break the Cutie: By far his greatest asset. No one is safe from his enormous mental penis. He will troll women and even children for his own pleasure and purposes. The only time someone survived his Mind Rape was Makoto,.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Bare with us, here. Both Justified and Double Subverted. Hatred of Hazama is what allows him to continue physically existing, so keeping a puppy just for kicking is a survival tactic for him. However, he also clearly enjoys what he does.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Bare with us, here. Both Justified and Double Subverted. Hatred of Hazama is what allows him to continue physically existing, so keeping a puppy just for kicking is a survival tactic for him. However, he also clearly enjoys what he does.


 * Chekhov's Gunman: Was an NPC in Calamity Trigger.
 * Complete Monster: Terumi specifically invokes this attitude because, he needs to be hated by as many people as possible.
 * Cool Hat
 * Crazy Prepared: Terumi has plans upon plans upon plans upon plans upon plans upon plans upon plans...
 * Dark Is Evil: Blatantly so.
 * Deadpan Snarker: He has his moments. In particular, while Jin, Noel, and Tsubaki resolutely state the NOL's Badass Creed, Hazama snarks his way through it.
 * Devil in Plain Sight: Subverted, as very few of the characters trust him, or think that he's up to any sort of good. Those who don't even know who he is get uneasy just being around him.
 * In The Wheel of Fortune,
 * In Slight Hope,

"Get OFF me!! DON'T TOUCH ME!!!"
 * Louis Cypher: The pseudonym "Hazama" roughly translates to "otherworldly". Add in his snake motif and his shady but gentlemanly style and voila.
 * Difficult but Awesome:
 * Managing his chains and short ranged knives can be difficult at first, but he becomes very powerful when one gets used to his unusual control scheme and playstyle. Not to mention several of his bread'n'butter combos are usually chock-full of Some Dexterity Required.
 * Continuum Shift 2 takes this to ridiculous levels. His old bread 'n' butter combos are gone, and the majority of his new ones require canceling his C moves from his odd, sliding dash.
 * It gets even better with Continuum Shift Extend. Even more of his combos no longer work, and the ones that still do deal much less damage in comparison. The CPU doesn't really abide by this, making him the ideal boss character.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: A lot of his poses and positioning of his snake-like projectiles. Special mention goes to
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: He spins at least ten times while cutting his opponent during his Distortion Drive, 'Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent'. He will also occasionally twirl his fedora hat around his finger in one of his victory animations.
 * Evil Genius: Yes, he's crazy, but he's also well-versed in alchemy, and most of all; a tactical genius, which is what REALLY makes him as dangerous as he is. He even managed to outsmart an omnipotent supercomputer with three minds. No one manages to outsmart him, while he manages to make fools out of the entire cast.
 * Evil Laugh: Usually the signal that he's about to troll you into oblivion, or reveal himself (punctuated by his portrait changing into the 2nd picture shown below, or his Ouroboros snakes creating an aura around him, blowing away his hat and tie and spiking his hair up Super Saiyan-style in Story Mode).
 * Evil Is Cool
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Is Stylish
 * Eyes Always Shut: As Hazama, most of the time. Whenever he opens them, he drops into his true Yuuki Terumi persona, and either trolling, general bastardry, ass-kicking or all of the above ensue.
 * Hellish Pupils: As Terumi. His eyes have snake pupils that would make Medusa squirm.
 * Fan Service: A story mode illustration shows him in a bathtub, completely naked, although water works as Censor Steam. Shiny sparkles included!
 * Fantastic Racism: Really hates that "shitty vampire" Rachel. And those goddamn cats Jubei and Taokaka. He also pokes fun at Makoto for being a Beastkin, but this is for an entirely different, more informative, reason. He doesn't hate them all per se, just those of the cat genus because he's allergic to them.
 * Freud Was Right: His Astral. That snake is really huge. And long.
 * Gambit Index: Practically all the major stuff on that list applies to Terumi in spades.
 * Gambit Roulette: It seems like he's playing this game, as his plans come together a little too perfectly and rely on the independent actions of over fifteen people.
 * Xanatos Gambit:
 * Xanatos Speed Chess:
 * Game Over Man: Carl, Valkenhayn , and Platinum . The three of them should give the Troll a wide berth.
 * Gameplay and Story Segregation: He's heavily implied to be the most powerful character by a ridiculous margin, even causing Rachel to lose her haughtiness and composure when he's around. You may have just killed him with an Astral during the match, but afterward your character is tired and trying to catch their breath while Hazama just got a nice warm-up exercise. The only exceptions are Jin, where in his story mode after fighting Jin (win or lose) he is impressed by the "power of order" and retreats, and the true ending, after Ragna receives Lambda's Idea Engine and proceeds to beat the crap out of Hazama.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Normally, he doesn't bother with the radar, but it's worth nothing that 'Code SOL', the activation code for is also a popular acronym for 'shit outta luck'. This would usually just be a vaguely amusing coincidence, but given who he is and when he uses it, it's almost certainly intentional.
 * Go-Karting with Bowser:
 * He appears in Teach Me Ms. Litchi Reloaded episode 3, alongside Jin and Noel to teach Taokaka about their organization. And no, he doesn't try to kill everyone or anyone; he teaches and trolls.
 * He, like everyone else, appears in the Gag Reels of characters. This includes his own, Noel(and being one of three survivors)'s, and Ragna's.
 * And, while more on the side of "evil", he has a bad ending and thus has a meeting with Kokonoe.
 * Gods Need Prayer Badly: Interesting take on this. The main reason Terumi so thoroughly traumatized Ragna as a child is because.
 * Grand Theft Me: He has possessed other people to do his dastardly deeds through them.
 * Phase Shift 1 reveals that
 * Grappling Hook Pistol: Ouroboros can be used this way.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Rachel's Normal Ending implies at least part of the reason of he hates Ragna may be jealousy.
 * Half Truth: Likes giving off one.
 * Hannibal Lecture: He seems to be fond of giving these to others.
 * Hates Being Touched: His grapple cancel quotes when in his Unlimited form give off this impression
 * Hannibal Lecture: He seems to be fond of giving these to others.
 * Hates Being Touched: His grapple cancel quotes when in his Unlimited form give off this impression
 * Hannibal Lecture: He seems to be fond of giving these to others.
 * Hates Being Touched: His grapple cancel quotes when in his Unlimited form give off this impression

""This world is nothing but LIES LIES LIES LIES!!!!!!""
 * Hidden Agenda Villain
 * The Hyena: When not in his "Hazama" guise.
 * Hypocrite: As much as he claims to hate lies and that the world is nothing but lies, if it keeps his plans from being compromised, he will lie his ass off.
 * It's All About Me: It's all about his enjoyment and what he sees as truth in the world: Despair, and the rest are lies. If other people dares think otherwise (which is... probably everyone), he'll damn make sure it's shoved into everyone else's asses until it's accepted.
 * Jerkass: Even more of an asshole than Jin and Luna combined, even when he's in 'mild mannered guise'. So much so that he qualifies as something much, MUCH worse.
 * Knife Nut
 * Large Ham: Oh yes. He even out-hams Bang Shishigami.

"Hazama: This is dumb, can we stop?"
 * Laughably Evil: Yes, he's a horrible, horrible human being (even though he's not actually human at this point). That said, just about every line he speaks is freaking gold. Especially since he has a much more crass, jovial, and vulgar personality than most evil masterminds. It's hard not to crack up at some of the things he says to people, particularly preceding the boss fight with him in Continuum Shift. Couple that with his sheer sense of style, and you've got a complete bastard almost forcing you to love him. This treatment has been a little unwelcomed as of late, as people just find his "Evil" part completely eclipsing the "Laughably" part.
 * Laughing Mad: Moreso than Arakune and Jin. Just listen to it.
 * Man Behind the Man: He and Relius are basically behind everything.; it's not even worth putting a spoiler on. Even
 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * Even moreso,
 * Mind Rape: According to Word of God, this is the side effect of being hit with Ouroboros. It also happens to be a hobby of his, and he admits it. Hell, he'll do it to people for no reason other than he feels like it at the time. Just ask Tager.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: Claims that the world is a lie and that he will show it the truth of "despair". He thinks that has a nice ring to it.
 * Nightmare Fetishist: In Noel's Gag Reel in Continuum Shift, while everyone else is knocked out cold by her spiced puffer fish, he manages to keep eating. Not only that, he loves it.
 * Obviously Evil: Less so in Calamity Trigger due to his limited amount of screen time. In Continuum Shift it's clear that Hazama isn't even trying to hide his evil intentions anymore.
 * He did try to hide his 'evil' with Litchi, but that doesn't work on her and she's still suspicious of him
 * Off-Model: Not only is his spiked-up hair disproportionate to the official artwork, his face is also a bit... off.
 * Oh Crap: He gets at least one moment like this near the end of his gag ending when Taokaka, Jubei, Kokonoe, and every single other Kaka and cat in Kagutsuchi start chasing after him in something similar to, like, a game of tag.
 * He didn't even know that he put on too much catnip while taking his bath, hence why the mating/courtship behavior in the feline characters around him was uncontrollable.
 * Older Than They Look: According to Phase 0, Also Hakumen's victory quote against him in Arcade mode indicates he has existed for quite a while. The quote can even be interpreted as saying Terumi has existed since the dawn of time. Unlikely, yes, but he has been around.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: Emphasis on MANIAC.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different
 * Pop-Cultured Badass: Dude's responsible for 90% of the game's shout-outs, everything from Star Wars to various Anime.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: A favorite subject for his Hannibal Lectures, these invariably go on for several text boxes. His skill at utterly annihilating people verbally is likely one of the biggest reasons Terumi’s so popular with players.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The evil version of course. He can be considered the red oni to  blue oni.
 * Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Not only has he apparently retained his memories from each and every time loop, but it's heavily implied to be the cause of his insanity; he's been living through time loops longer than anyone (even Rachel), and after the millionth or so loop, he couldn't take it anymore and set out to end the loops and let the world die for good.
 * Sarcastic Clapping: Hazama does this whenever he loses a match due to 'Time Up'.
 * Say My Name: AMATERASUUUUUUU!!!!!
 * Shirtless Scene: THIS
 * Sir Swearsalot: Forms a trifecta with Ragna and Kokonoe.
 * Slasher Smile: Terumi's default expression when his true nature is revealed.
 * Smug Snake: In almost every sense of the word. However, unlike the standard definition of this trope would imply, he's actually a successful villain.
 * SNK Boss: He makes v-13 look like a chump (no small feat). He is incredibly fast when fought as a boss, and his super meter and drive meter have auto-gain properties. Oh, and he can also drain your health if he gets close to you or attacks you. Not to mention a brutal sky-high kick Distortion Drive that knocks off a third of your life...which he uses with wild abandon. Not to mention this kick is so insanely fast the computer can and will counter anything and everything you throw at it with it.
 * Spoiler Opening: Even before the big reveal at the end of Calamity Trigger's true ending, that close up of him in that game's opening made it clear that he would end up being a major player in the game's plot.
 * Synchronization: He has a "life-link" with where, if he dies,  will to. Apparently broken when  lost the powers of the "Eye". He also has a life-link with, in order to maintain his existance after the Takamagahara, which brought him into the world from his prison in the Boundary, was destroyed.
 * Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Despite the fact that he's technically a part of the NOL (as Hazama), he doesn't seem to like working with them. Likely due to the fact that  often show up to remind him of the important work that needs to be done while he's in the middle of tormenting people.
 * Phase 0 reveals that
 * It later becomes apparent, through both Phase 0 and The Wheel of Fortune, that
 * Arcade ending confirms that This also makes  Arcade ending the only canon Arcade mode ending besides 's endings. In fact, much of the additional content in Extend reveals that the two of them are practically villainous best buddies. Even when fighting each other, their in-fight dialogue indicates that neither of them want to fight the other, and find the match pointless.
 * It later becomes apparent, through both Phase 0 and The Wheel of Fortune, that
 * Arcade ending confirms that This also makes  Arcade ending the only canon Arcade mode ending besides 's endings. In fact, much of the additional content in Extend reveals that the two of them are practically villainous best buddies. Even when fighting each other, their in-fight dialogue indicates that neither of them want to fight the other, and find the match pointless.


 * Theme Naming: Most of the names of his special moves not counting his Astral Finish usually have something to do with snakes, or venom. Some examples include: Venom Sword, Wind Serpent's Fang, Serpent's Benediction, and of course, Serpent's Infernal Rapture.
 * The Other Darrin and More: And boy is this confusing. When CS first came out, everyone wrote that it was Doug that did Hazama's voice. When the portable CS game came out, they got Spike to do his voice because apparently Doug was out shopping. But when CS:EX came out, then we were told that now Erik would be doing all the lines in the new cutscenes. But now it's put that Erik started and Doug's doing Extend.
 * Irony is that this pretty much trolls fans, or someone was really stupid.
 * Token Evil Teammate: Within the Six Heroes.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Boiled eggs.
 * Troll: By far the greatest example ever.
 * Variable-Length Chain: His Nox Nyctores: Ouroboros
 * Villain Episode: His Story Mode
 * Villain Protagonist: He's this during his story mode (seeing as though you play as him), just like Relius.
 * Villains Never Lie: In case the above quote didn't already make it obvious, lying is kind of a Berserk Button for him.
 * Will Not Tell a Lie
 * From a Certain Point of View: "Forgetting" to include parts of the truth that doesn't suit his purpuses, however, is still technically not a lie.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: His joke ending reduces him to a sneezing, suffering plaything for the Kaka cats, due to his allergies. They're not significant enough to paralyze him against Tao alone, but prolonged exposure to her, two Kaka kittens, Jubei, and Kokonoe all at once leave him a wreck. That's what he gets for bathing in catnip.
 * Obviously put in by Relius as a sick joke.
 * Why Won't You Die?: "DIE ALREADY!!"
 * Also, "DIEEEEDIEDIEDIEDIE!!"
 * You're Insane!: Oddly enough, he asks Jubei if he's completely insane in his gag ending when Jubei says he just wants to smell him until he's completely satisfied. And what makes it played for even more laughs is when he asks why they can't just fight or something and can't even finish saying that he thought he hated him because Jubei's too busy smelling him. He's not too happy about that. "Can't you wait until I'm finished TALKING?!"

Mu-12


""I have arrived, reborn as Kusanagi. The destroyer of all living creatures. I AM DEATH!""

"Voiced by: Kanako Kondou / Cristina Valenzuela, Julie Ann Taylor (CS2 Arcade Mode)"

"This is the form that Noel takes after being converted to her original Murakumo Unit form. She is being mind-controlled by Terumi and her hatred for the world has now been dialed Up to Eleven. Seeing as how she is the True Final Boss of Story Mode, she is a secret character who can be unlocked by beating the True Ending or by downloading her via the PlayStation Network Store or Xbox Live Marketplace. Her Drive, Steins Gunner, allows her to create small orbs of energy that can be used to fire lasers everywhere. Her Astral Finish traps the opponent in a crystal as she conjures up her sword, Kusanagi, which is engulfed in flames. She then slices the crystal prison in half, with the opponent still inside."

. Her idle quote while standing completely still? --> ""I don't need...anything.""
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Barrier Warrior: One of her moves makes a diamond-shaped shield around her that acts like Hakumen's counter drive. If the opponent hits her, they get blown across the screen.
 * Beam Spam
 * BFS: The sword on her back, appropriately named Kusanagi.
 * Bilingual Bonus: While it's part of the Greek alphabet Theme Naming, check out what "mu" means in Japanese. Her idle quote while standing completely still?


 * Bonus Boss: If you do not continue and get at least 3 Astral Finishes throughout Continuum Shift II, a special cutscene occurs where Terumi decides you're worth being a test subject for her battle capabilities. This starts out cool and all, but then you notice that her name is glowing pink.
 * SNK Boss: The glowing pink name means she's in her Unlimited mode, which is ten times more broken than Hazama's, and 20 times as frustrating as Calamity Trigger's Unlimited Ragna. And good luck beating her at Level 999 Abyss...
 * Brainwashed and Crazy
 * Does Not Like Shoes: When not wearing the actual Murakumo armour, she is simply wearing thigh-high toeless stockings.
 * Doomy Dooms of Doom: Her character theme is, appropriately enough, Sword of Doom.

""Target's resistance to seithr exceeds established parameters... Executing research protocols...""
 * Frickin' Laser Beams: Her Drive lets her create laser turrets.
 * Glass Cannon: Her regular, non-Unlimited version has very little health in keeping with the other Murakumo Units.
 * Invocation: Her Astral Finish. "The seven celestial gods! The world created by the hands of the gods. Everything is false! Everything is a lie! The final days have come! Now, let everything be destroyed!"
 * Light Is Currently Not Good: She wears a lot of white in either outfit (and little else), she transforms into her armor through a pillar of light, and many of her attacks either involve either swords made of light or lasers.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: She wants to destroy the world, and everybody in it. Furthermore, during her Astral she rants about how corrupt and evil the world is and asks why her opponent resists.
 * Occult Blue Eyes: Her blue eyes contrast with.
 * Ominous Latin Chanting / Image Song: In addition to the former in her theme, there are also vocals sung by her seiyu.
 * Robo Speak: Mu's post-battle quotes are conduced in this manner, noting how the enemy is incapable of posing her a further threat. One quote, however, is noteworthy.

""Armor is protective gear, right? What is this protecting?""
 * Shoulders of Doom: Appropriately enough, and thankfully so, too, else even less of what she's wearing would count as "clothes".
 * Stripperiffic: Mocked in one podcast by composer Daisuke Ishiwatari:


 * Super-Powered Evil Side
 * Super Prototype: One of the strongest Murakumo Units yet, despite not being the most complete unit.
 * The Other Darrin: Cristina Valenzuela was unavailable to do the added Arcade story for Mu, so Tsubaki and Kokonoe's VA is used instead.
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?:
 * You Are Number 12.

Makoto Nanaya


""My soul burns with the heat of a thousand suns! Behold the power of YOUTH!""

"Voiced by: Tomomi Isomura / Cindy Robinson"

"A fellow classmate of Noel, Jin and Tsubaki from the Academy. She entered the Academy for the financial benefit NOL provided to her family. She's a Squirrel Beastkin, giving her incredible physical strength and reflexes. Unfortunately, because of her squirrel-ness she was the victim of extreme Fantastic Racism from many others, including her classmates. Noel and Tsubaki protected her from them, and became fast friends. Responds with great Squee to anything cute, including Taokaka and Noel in one of the "Teach Me, Miss Litchi!" skits, and Carl in a flashback in Noel's story mode. She ends up in the Intelligence Department of the NOL (the same division as Hazama)."

"She wields a pair of tonfas and wears next-to-nothing. Her Drive, Impact, charges a meter that when released performs an attack of damage equivalent to the meter (think playing those old-school golf games which require proper timing for maximum efficiency). Her Astral Finish propels her forward with a dashing gut punch, followed by some Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs that would make Kenshiro and Jotaro proud, and finally uppercutting her opponent all the way to the Moon causing it to break apart into several pieces."

"Makoto: The heavens, the earth, and a million squirrels call to me! ............ Huh? What? They don't?"
 * Ass Kicks You: Her reverse throw knocks her opponents flat on their backs, followed by her jumping on and landing butt-first on them. Also similar looking is one of her jumping 2C attacks (though her tail covers her butt when she does this).
 * Awesome but Impractical: Her Unlimited form has an Awesome but Impractical secret Distortion Drive, as well. It actually does MORE damage than her Astral Heat (6601 damage vs OVER 9000 damage), but still takes 100 heat, rather than the 50 heat most Distortion moves use.
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal: Subverted Trope, she's a beastkin, but she has no (known) Nox Nyctores or other form of Armagus to speak of. Nor is she tapping into the power of the boundary like Arakune and Litchi. Nor is she using the power of science like Tager. Nor is she a genetic offshoot of one of the six heroes like Taokaka. Yet, she's quite strong physically and very capable in a fight. The only other character who can say this is Bang (who does have a Nox Nyctores but it's inactive and he doesn't know how to use it).
 * Badass Adorable: Awwww, look at those cute little ears and that big bushy tail. Make her angry, and they'll probably be the last thing you'll ever see.
 * Badass Creed: The same one as all the other NOL members. Subverted in that she's such a ditz that she can't remember the whole thing. And then, there's also this gem, a parody of Bang's intro:

"Makoto: *yawn* Now I'm hungry!"
 * Plucky Girl: Her only response to banging against Hazama's plot armor is to pick herself up and get ready for round two. Neither his knives nor his bullshit nor his mental penis will bar her from saving Noel. Relius', on the other hand...
 * Took a Level In Badass: Retroactively in Slight Hope; she went from an apparent nobody to in just one day.
 * Bare Your Midriff: And how!
 * Berserk Button: Makoto makes it clear that hurting her friends is a bad idea.
 * Tranquil Fury: When the button is pressed, she suddenly gets very serious and quiet in contrast to her regularly ditzy and loud self.
 * Betty and Veronica: She's the Veronica to Tsubaki's Betty towards Jin (the Archie).
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Really fun to be around, but harm any of her friends and...BANG! ZOOM! Straight to the moon.
 * Good Is Not Soft: And if you happen to be Hazama (who she already distrusts), even that provocation isn't necessary, not that it stops him.
 * Big Eater / Hyperactive Metabolism: She did that prior to her appearance in the first "Teach Me Miss Litchi" episode (and climbed a tree just to burn it all out!). Also, one of her victory speeches hints at it:

""Are you a boy? A girl? Oh man, I'm starting to get a little... NO! Bad Makoto! Now is not the time to embrace a new dirty little fetish... darn it...""
 * Boisterous Bruiser: A rare female example.
 * Squirrel Ears Lawyer
 * Cat Smile: Shows from time to time. Justified - squirrel beastkin.
 * Puppy Dog Eyes: Much rarer, but also shows. Expect extreme Squee or a Nerdgasm if she shows both at the same time.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Same deal as Tsubaki.
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Dangerously-Short Skirt: Straps hold it in place! And if you try to sneak a peek, she'll punch you out so quick you'll forget you even exist.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: A result of wall-to-wall Fantastic Racism. While we don't know enough to thwart the Sue accusations, even Arakune (check his Arcade commentary) can tell that prior to meeting Noel and Tsubaki, Makoto's childhood sucked.
 * Interspecies Friendship: The cure for many of her pains was her best buds Noel and Tsubaki - only time and possibly Valkenhayn can heal the rest.
 * Jerkass Facade: A coping method for said Fantastic Racism. Only after being called out by Tsubaki and unconditionally accepted by Noel does her mask crack, and she begins to grow past her bitterness.
 * Rant-Inducing Slight: Mocking her humanity and/or race will get you a sharp vocal retort in seconds, no matter how well she can deflect other insults or taunts.
 * Detonation Moon: Her Astral Finish smashes the moon to bits.
 * Distracted by the Sexy: She gets some nice portrait cut-ins during her Distortion Drives, enough to distract you from remembering they have the same charging properties as her drives and therefore resulting in pitiful damage.
 * Doppelganger Spin: One of her attacks (Asteroid Vision) splits her in three, where the position of the real Makoto depends on which button the player used to input the command, with a number of different ways to follow up.
 * Downloadable Content: The first DLC playable character in fighting games, released on August 5, 2010 and costs 560 Microsoft Points (360) or $7.00.
 * Dual Tonfas: Her Weapon of Choice. Subverted in that she rarely uses them as such. Her actual fighting style is more along the lines of boxing and the tonfas seem to simply add a little extra punch to her attacks.
 * Fetish: Makoto has a lot of turn-ons, ranging from the mundane to the outright bizarre. After fighting Platinum in Continuum Shift II:
 * Fetish: Makoto has a lot of turn-ons, ranging from the mundane to the outright bizarre. After fighting Platinum in Continuum Shift II:
 * Fetish: Makoto has a lot of turn-ons, ranging from the mundane to the outright bizarre. After fighting Platinum in Continuum Shift II:

"Makoto: Press start to continue."
 * Fingerless Gloves: Justified, as she is primarily a boxer. The tonfas are strapped on her wrists.
 * Flung Clothing: Like Noel, she throws off her jacket when entering a battle.
 * Fun Personified: Who wouldn't want to hang out with Makoto?
 * Gainaxing: Easily comparable to Litchi.
 * If her theme song (Alexandrite) is playing, Makoto's breasts bounce in time with the rhythm.
 * Genius Ditz: She's very competent at her job as an intelligence operative for the NOL, but there are times where you wonder how the hell someone as Book Dumb as her managed to even get into the military academy.
 * Genki Girl
 * Hazel Eyes: Same as Bang, except replace with "bestial nature". Valkenhayn is aware of this, if his Arcade commentary is anything to go by.
 * Hot-Blooded: Almost as much as Bang.
 * Idiot Hair
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Does this a lot. Example:
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Does this a lot. Example:

""OH... MY... GOD! Commander, that is so awesome! No, seriously... I'm feeling a tingly sensation in my naughty bits.""
 * Les Yay: Mild case. She's extremely protective of Noel, and this has not gone unnoticed by the fandom.  gag reel in CS show her groping Tsubaki's breasts at one point. Possibly just having fun as she often does though.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Good defense stats, mobility, and offensive power, but tempered by short range.
 * Little Bit Beastly: She's a Squirrel Beastkin - A half-human hybrid with the ears and tail of a squirrel.
 * Morality Pet: to Jin (one of two).
 * Ms. Fanservice: Her outfit and overall appearance has been well received by many fans. Shortly after her announcement as a DLC character, and a full image of her outfit, fan arts almost immediately sprouted.
 * Muscles Are Meaningless: Not Gameplay and Story Segregation.
 * During one of her appearances in Story Mode, she makes a crater upon punching the ground. That scene further points out how strong Makoto is by having her effortlessly grab an unconscious Tsubaki and run off with her like she were a rag doll.
 * In gameplay, her Impact drive knocks people in every direction based on the move and the power stored, with level 3 blows having the most blowback and demolishing Guard Primers on every blow. Nevermind her Astral Heat, which is such a vulgar display of physical power that would probably make Tager jealous.
 * Nerdgasm: She has one during   gag real in CS.
 * Nerdgasm: She has one during   gag real in CS.

"Makoto (Reaction to baby Ragna): What the fuuuuuuu..."
 * Boxing Ninja Squirrel Schoolgirl
 * Norse Mythology: Her magical crest is a tree with an eagle at the top, and she's a squirrel-girl who worked for the Intelligence division under a guy with a serpent-theme, who turns out to be her enemy. In Norse Mythology, there was a squirrel who raced up and down the World Tree, listening to words of the eagle at the top and then using that knowledge to mock and taunt the serpent that chewed on one of the great tree's roots.
 * Nutty Squirrel: OF COURSE!
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: She's quite goofy and carefree, but it's worth remembering that she attended the Academy on a scholarship, graduated into the NOL's Intelligence Division and becomes very serious whenever one of her friends is threatened..
 * Only Sane Squirrel: She's a Book Dumb Genius Ditz who tends to think with her heart rather than her head, but she falls into this surprisingly often. This is particularly apparent for her joke ending, many parts of the main story, and the first episode of Teach Me, Miss Litchi: Reloaded!. Then again, there are a few occasions that show she's not so above it all.
 * The Power of Friendship: Her primary motivation in Continuum Shift seems to be the safety of Noel and Tsubaki..
 * Precision F-Strike: Compared to the triumvirate of Hazama, Ragna, and Kokonoe, Makoto's reasonably clean of tongue, but there are times she's not so clean. Take the time when Hazama decided to take the role of Makoto's mother, or whenever she's fighting him or Relius.
 * Curse Cut Short: She narrowly drops the F-bomb in her Gag Reel.

""Makoto could never keep her hands off young boys""
 * Prehensile Tail: Her default throw lets her use her tail to slap her opponent silly, so don't be fooled by how big and fluffy it looks.
 * Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Which is used during his Astral Finish.
 * Separate but Identical: In her Unlimited mode, she loses her Doppelganger Spin attack in exchange for many new moves and two Distortion Drives, which aren't even listed in the command list.
 * Shotacon:
 * Shotacon:

""They would really make such a nice couple.""
 * Shipper on Deck: A Jin X Tsubaki Fangirl, based on one of her lines in Continuum Shift:

"Makoto: "Tsubaki, this is ME you're talking to! Drop the good little cadet schtick and just say it! 'I'm gonna spend every day with Jin, and I couldn't be happier about it! Tra, la la, la la!'" Tsubaki: "I... what...? Why would I say that?" Makoto: "Somebody's blushing! *giggle* Geez, I can read you like a book when it comes to that boy.""
 * Taken up another notch in Slight Hope - Makoto doesn't try to hide that she ships them.

"Jin: Lieutenant... Are you alright? Makoto: Y-yes! Thank you so much for saving me...! Jin: Your safety is all that... m-matters... ugh..."
 * Ship Tease: with Jin. He is rather caring towards her, almost to the point of his level of caring towards Tsubaki.

""You wanna fondle my tail too?""
 * Despite shipping him with Tsubaki, she does reciprocate these feelings - her first thought upon meeting him is to help him to a medical ward, and she thinks nothing of parrying a hit from Hazama and fighting him in Jin's stead.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Stripperific: Ah-yup.
 * Theme Naming: Her attacks names all deal with outer space.
 * The Tease: Hinted by one of her taunt lines:
 * The Tease: Hinted by one of her taunt lines:


 * :Hazama implies in Friendship that
 * Troperiffic
 * Underboobs: One of her two defining features. The other being her squirrel tail.
 * Undying Loyalty: Makoto would go to the ends of the earth for Noel and Tsubaki. She and sends a thinly veiled threat to . Her loyalty is so strong, that, in her Story Mode, it's implied that her loyalty to her friends . To help that sink in,  turned into a... whatever he is now after, and.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Another case of a trope not being Gameplay and Story Segregation
 * Gameplay-wise, she was a high Tier-Induced Scrappy due to her insane damage output and perks, thus requiring less skill than usual to handle in gameplay. Subverted after taking a hard hit from the nerf bat in Extend.
 * Story-wise, in Heart to Heart, Jin reviews her records with Tsubaki when he justifies the student council's decision to suspend her after that one round with the bullies. In his words, her Ars Magus aptitude (one of the big priorities for enrolling at the Academy) is average, but her physical tests are off the charts.
 * Yank the Dog's Chain: Prior to Extend, anyone who ran into Relius Clover in their story mode was on a one-way trip to the bad ending. There is an option for Makoto to give the old college try of smashing in his smug prick face; players who attempt this are "rewarded" with a free trip to Kokonoe's therapy room.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A

Valkenhayn R. Hellsing


""What a sad shadow of my youthful vigor...""

"Voiced by: Motomu Kiyokawa / Doug Stone"

"A former member of the Six Heroes, Valkenhayn has been a faithful ally of the Alucard family for hundreds of years, and serves Rachel's every whim as her Battle Butler. Behind his elderly, seemingly withered form lies a secret: he is actually a werewolf. Like Makoto, he is a beastkin, but of the lupine lineage, and in his youth he used to be a vigilante before becoming acquainted with Rachel's father Clavis. When Clavis died, Valkenhayn promised his friend that he would look after Rachel in his stead. Thus, when Rachel turns up missing in Kagutsuchi, he heads out to find her. His Drive, Werewolf (that's pronounced "vair-volf", folks), allows him to transform into a wolf for a limited time, which is determined by a gauge. His Astral Finish has him performing a Flash Kick that knocks the opponent high into the air. He then transforms into a full werewolf form while the opponent still floats in the air with the moon in the background and performs several cross-slashes, ending with one final blacked-out slash that tears open the camera and leaves a trail of white on the screen."

"Valkenhayn: "It is my dreeeeeaaam! Naaay, my calliiingggg! To acquire every single candy in the woooorrrlllldddd!""
 * Apologetic Attacker: When fighting Rachel, he always compliments her when she kicks his ass, and apologizes profusely when he's the one doing the kicking.
 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Badass: We could go at this all day with this guy. To wit:
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Boast: "I am the wolf's fang! All that stands in my way...will be destroyed!"
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Rachel may be absurdly snobbish, but the Alucard family has good taste.
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Cultured Badass
 * Retired Badass
 * Big Badass Wolf
 * Battle Butler: Emphasis on "Battle". It's even the name of one of his achievements.
 * Berserk Button: Never insult, threaten, or harm Rachel in front of Valkenhayn. EVER.
 * Calling Your Angriffe
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Comes with the whole "being a good werewolf" thing.
 * Dastardly Whiplash: In Taokaka's joke ending in CS, he makes a cameo appearance as this. The moment he is revealed, his theme (which is not supposed to be known about yet) starts playing.
 * Downloadable Content: He is the 2nd DLC character to be announced, and has been released for Japanese Playstation 3 owners as of September 21, 2010, and American Playstation 3 owners as of September 28. He costs the same price as Makoto on PSN. (560 Microsoft points / $7.00)
 * Real Life Writes the Plot: He was delayed on the 360 for some time due to server issues with the Dashboard update, but the roadblock has been lifted and he will be available on December 7 for 360 users. As an apology to the 360 users for the delays, he was discounted for a full month at 320 MSP, returning to his original pricing on January 10, 2011.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Butter boy.
 * Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have
 * Gratuitous German: His Drive and move names.
 * Harmful Healing: To Jin. More precisely, he doesn't heal Jin but merely removes the pain and joint stiffness temporarily. As a side effect, after a few days, the pain will come back much worse than before. Gii notes that the method is very sadistic.
 * I Was Quite a Looker: During his prime he had spiked-up brown hair and kicked ass without the jacket portion of his suit. He even retained the beard.
 * Large Ham: Especially during Taokaka's joke ending in Continuum Shift.

"Behold the power...of the full moon! Night has now fallen, the moon shines bright. The play is now through!"
 * Not to mention his Astral quote.


 * Mister Exposition: In Rachel's Gag Reel in CS he appears for the sole purpose of filling the player in on what the Hell are the "Spectacles Of Eros" and promptly teleports always afterwards.
 * Mysterious Middle Initial
 * Our Werewolves Are Different: Come on, how often do you see a cultured werewolf?
 * Partial Transformation: Some of his moves have him partially transform his limbs into wolf form when he attacks.
 * Precision F-Strike: He speaks with class most of the time. But when the subject is about Terumi, he's not above using the term "Son of a bitch" for him.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He wears a pink ribbon on his long hair. In his wolf form, the ribbon moves to the tail. Of course, it doesn't detracts from his badasstitude. Fandom believes it's courtesy of Rachel's whims.
 * Your Struggle Is Futile: What he says whenever he wins a round by a landslide (as in a near-perfect or at least above 50% life).
 * Short Run in Peru: See above. Contrary to popular belief, it was always Arc System Works' intention to release Valkenhayn a week late in North America on the PS3. The 360 version release was intended to be simultaneous, however, until the bug was found.
 * Stiff Upper Lip & The Jeeves: A Fake Brit version, but he still counts.
 * The Stoic: Normally.
 * Not So Stoic: Against certain people who would slander Rachel if provoked enough.
 * Undying Loyalty: Despite being one of the six heroes (and thus a living legend in the world of Blaz Blue), he is extremely loyal to Rachel and never sees himself as anything more than her butler. Case in point, the moment he really lost his patience and attacked Terumi (in his ghost form) in Calamity Trigger? When Terumi called Rachel a "damn vampire".
 * Unreliable, Lemony Narrator: For Taokaka's joke ending in Calamity Trigger.

Platinum the Trinity


""When Luna and Sena's spirits...unite as one! We'll crush all who dare oppose us! TAKE THIS!!!""

"Voiced by: Aoi Yuuki / Laura Bailey"

"A young girl who wields the Nox Nyctores Arma Reboare: Muchourin, which allows her to manifest matter. She has inherited the Nox from Trinity, a member of the Six Heroes, and has 3 different personalities: Luna, a bratty girl, Sena, a kind boy, and Trinity Glassfield, that of the missing sixth hero."

"Her Drive, Magical Symphony, allows her to equip her staff for longer range attacks, as well as switch her fighting style between 6 different styles. Her Astral Finish fires a small but fullscreen laser at her opponent. If it connects, she enters a charge-up sequence and FIREZ HER LAZOR at the opponent in a similar manner to Nanoha's Starlight Breaker."

"Luna: "Master Jubei, Ragna the Bloodedge is being a d-!" Jubei: "Ragna, stop actin' like a kid.""
 * A-Cup Angst: Drives her entire joke ending.
 * Big Eater:
 * Curse Cut Short: During a Teach Me, Miss Litchi segment.
 * Curse Cut Short: During a Teach Me, Miss Litchi segment.

"Luna: What the fuuuuu-"
 * Luna almost drops an F-bomb in her Help Me!! segment.

"Luna: "What the hell? We got pwn3d by a total n00b!? Sena: "Luna, get a hold of yourself. You're lapsing into l33t... oh my..."
 * Dangerously-Short Skirt: An old-school ruffled-up one, whereas Noel has a minidress and Makoto has a miniskirt. Why she even wants to fight in one is a mystery that can only be explained by Irony (as listed below) or Refuge in Audacity.
 * Downloadable Content: Arrived on Xbox 360 May 10, 2011, and on PlayStation 3 on 2 June 2011, slightly delayed due to the PSN downtime.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: One of her distortions, Cure Dot Typhoon, is this.
 * Going Commando: As seen (only) in the intro of CS2.
 * Hair Decorations
 * In the Hood: She normally wears a cloak with a hood that covers most of her face.
 * Irony: Luna claims to hate lolicons, screams at the innocent Ragna for being one when he clearly isn't, yet runs around in an incredibly revealing outfit without any panties on. Perhaps a closet Tsundere?
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Bit of a weird inversion here, as Trinity went from what was nothing short of smoking hot with an awesome bust to the flat-chested, yet well-endowed (in the rear) loli with split personalities we all know today.
 * Jerkass: Luna.
 * Leet Lingo: During  gag reel in CS.
 * Leet Lingo: During  gag reel in CS.


 * Little Miss Badass
 * Magical Girl: Her design under her cloak is this.
 * Morph Weapon: Platinum's staff is one of these due to Muchorin's ability to transfigure matter.
 * Refuge in Audacity: Her entire design.
 * Split Personality:
 * Theme Naming: Her move names are taken from various Magical Girl Anime. They are also apparently French.
 * Dub Name Change: Her move names ended up changed to reflect Japanese culture rather than American culture. Dream Sally for example was changed to Lunar Lapidation in a nod to Sailor Moon, althrough this was reverted back in the English version of Continuum Shift II
 * Third Person Person: Luna in some cases.
 * Token Mini-Moe:
 * Wingding Eyes: Platinum has these under her hood, but her eyes are hidden when she has her cloak on.

Relius Clover


""You're an impressive specimen. Now, let the experiments begin!""

"Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe / Travis Willingham"

"Carl's father. A gifted alchemist known far and wide as "The Puppeteer". He is the one who turned Ada, Carl's sister, into the Nox Nyctores Nirvana and also the mastermind behind the Murakumo units. After constructing Nirvana, Relius seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth...until the events of Continuum Shift, where it is revealed he's a Colonel in the NOL, and is actively working with Hazama to turn Noel into Mu. Relius has absolutely no regard for morality or life whatsoever, viewing people as nothing more than guinea pigs. So much so that he not only did he harvest his own daughter's body to make Nirvana, but he also turned his own wife, Ignis Clover, into a Nox Nyctores as well. Fluctus Redactum: Ignis, is a combat doll much like Nirvana, but with the ability to completely manipulate all forms of energy."

"Confirmed as a new character for Continuum Shift Plus on Play Station Vita on July 27, 2011, and will be released in both Arcades and on Consoles December 17, 2011. His Drive, Detonator, allows him to summon Ignis similar to how Stands are summoned in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Fighting Game from Capcom. His Astral Finish involves Ignis grabbing the opponent and teleporting him and the opponent to an unknown room (implied to be one of his labs). The opponent is seen restrained with Relius sitting in a chair across from them. Then he gets up and walks over to begin "experimenting" on them in ways so grotesque that he snaps his fingers and the doors to the lab close so it can't be seen."

""You've been a very naughty boy.""
 * Abusive Father
 * Archnemesis Dad: To Carl
 * Artificial Limbs: According to Material Collection sketches, and later his electrocuted skeleton, one of Relius' arms and legs is mechanical. Bigger question is if he was injured before making the change.
 * Ascended Extra: From a background character to a playable one, though looking at Carl's story in CT, it was going to happen.
 * Early-Bird Cameo: The intro of CSII had him battling against his son Carl. Note that said intro only included every other playable character of the game, including Makoto, Valkenhayn and Platinum. Kokonoe was also in the intro, but she's rather important to the story.
 * Chekhov MIA: In CT, Carl's story mentions that he's also looking for his father. Relius shows up in CS as an NPC, and crawls his way up to playable status.
 * Badass Cape: Ties in with the Opera motif.
 * Badass Stubble
 * Stubble Of Evil
 * Batman Gambit: Relius pulls a rather beautiful one in the Sector Seven side-story: . All according to Relius's plan.
 * He's apparently fond of these kinds of plans. He isn't called "The Puppeteer" for nothing.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: He and Terumi have been behind everything major that's happened in the story thus far.
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: Anything wrong with the Clover family can be traced back to this guy.
 * Black Comedy: As stated below in the footnotes, Relius is nice enough to let Tsubaki have a final prayer before experimenting. This is fine and actually nice, consdiering the Fridge Logic behind it... then you notice she's facing away from Relius...
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Bow Ties Are Cool: And apparently made of metal.
 * Brilliant but Lazy:
 * Relius never joins Hazama in his fighting, and if his own fighting is to be viewed, he doesn't experiment on people unless they fight back. In fact, if you don't do your Astral Finish, a large percentage of the win poses will have Relius nonchalantly walking away.
 * Catch Phrase: Despite being such a genius, Relius is very fond of muttering "I have much to learn." Fitting, because he's always on a pursuit of perfection and always feels lacking in the knowledge he accumulated.
 * Char Clone: Further reinforced by his puppet;.
 * Cold-Blooded Torture: He does some of this to Tager in his bad ending to power Ignis, and orders some scientists to torture Lambda with electric shocks in her story mode.
 * Mind Rape: If Hazama can't get his mental penis inside you, Relius can if given the chance. See Makoto's bad ending for more evidence than you will ever need.
 * Colonel Badass: It was confirmed in Tsubaki's story mode and Relius's own arcade move that he is a Colonel in the NOL.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: Arcade Story Mode calls him "Captain Relius", though, which means either one of two things; he's the same rank as Hazama, or everyone still thinks he's a colonel.
 * Disappeared Dad: Two years before the events of Calamity Trigger.
 * Disproportionate Retribution: The moment Litchi calls out his parenting skill, Relius responds by preparing to kill her along with Carl, regardless if she.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: By now it's pretty clear he is the biggest offender of the cast:
 * He uses Ignis to hold Noel down, and planned to "examine" her when he got back to his lab.
 * He does something similar to Makoto in her bad ending. Unfortunately for Makoto and the player, he doesn't stop at pinning her down.
 * His Astral, as the description tells. His quote when doing this to Carl makes this even creepier. This man does not know the meaning of the word "subtle".

""NOW THIS...IS MY GREATEST CREATION! MY ONE AND ONLY DESIRE FULFILLED! WITH THIS, I HAVE ACHIEVED...PER-FEC-TION!!!!""
 * Evil Genius: Along with Terumi, though he's definitely the traditional type.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Badass Baritone
 * Face Palm of Doom: How Ignis grabs the opponent for Relius astral heat.
 * For Science!:
 * Game Over Man: Unless you're playing Carl, Arakune, Valkenhayn or Platinum, pray your character gets an immediate evac. If you don't, bad shit goes down, even if you fight (sorry, Makoto).
 * Guinea Pig Family: He has used his daughter and later, his wife, for twisted experiments.
 * Herr Doctor: Played with. Like Carl, his profile lists his birthplace as Austria, and he is known by some as "Dr. Relius". However, he doesn't have a stereotypical accent of any kind, let alone if he even is a doctor.
 * Then again, BlazBlue's well known for not caring who anyone's from before; it's just an excuse for people to know where the hell everything is.
 * Hot Dad: Being a Mad Scientist Complete Monster does not slow the fangirl wagon. He even stays hot after.
 * Implacable Man:.
 * Lack of Empathy: One of his defining traits as a character.
 * Expanded upon in his story mode, where it is revealed that while he was working on Nirvana and Ignis, he saw the "true form" of every person, their soul, which is simply a ball of bluish light. This is how he came to view people as mere "things" rather than living beings. He claims that the Amaterasu unit continues to stifle his progress as a scientist.
 * Large Ham: Mostly in the English version, but then again, this is Travis Willingham...
 * Large Ham: Mostly in the English version, but then again, this is Travis Willingham...


 * Evil Is Hammy: But he's thankfully The Stoic most of the time.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Malevolent Masked Man
 * Man Behind the Man:
 * Manipulative Bastard: Sheesh...
 * Marionette Master: His fighting style. He is known as "The Puppeteer" after all.
 * Mask Power: Which causes Monochromatic Eyes.
 * Memetic Molester: His Astral lead to such an interpretation.
 * Monochromatic Eyes: Thanks to his mask, they're blank white.
 * Blue Eyes: Considering both his children have blue eyes, he probably does, too.
 * Offing the Offspring:
 * Older Than They Look: According to Phase 0, he's been working with Terumi to destroy Amaterasu since before the Dark War.
 * Ominous Opera Cape
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni to Terumi's red oni.
 * Room 101: His Astral is sending people to this trope.
 * The Sociopath: In what can only be considered the messed up logical conclusion of the inability to see a difference between "people" and "things", he unapologetically turned his daughter and wife into puppets.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Strapped to An Operating Table: His Astral intends to invoke him performing dastardly experiments on his defeated opponent, and the table, literal or figurative, vary from opponent to opponent, as seen here.
 * Suspiciously Similar Song: His theme sounds like a metal re-interpretation of Wind of Madness, the theme of another Mad Scientist Nietzsche Wannabe Complete Monster...Albert Wesker
 * Villain Protagonist: He's this during his story mode (seeing as though you play as him), just like Terumi.
 * Wicked Cultured: Apparently, he loves opera. This leads into a bit of Fridge Brilliance when you realise that