BlazBlue: Continuum Shift/Characters: Difference between revisions

''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'', much like ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', has plenty of [[Rummage Sale Reject|Rummage Sale Rejects]]s to go around. This is a list of the playable characters who were introduced in ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue: Continuum Shift]]'' and ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]: 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 [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue: Calamity Trigger/Characters|here]] for characters introduced in ''Calamity Trigger'', and [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue/Characters/Non Player Characters/Characters|here]] for Non Player Characters.

[[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], [[Captain Ersatz]], [[Expy]], "[[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]", [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]]s and [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]]s regarding to specific characters should go to [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue/Shout Out|the game's own Shout Out page.]]

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[[File:CB012_LambdaCB012 Lambda.png|frame|[[Nerf|Less spammy]], [[Hotter and Sexier|more sexy]].]]

{{quote| ''"Target identified. Switching modes. Acquiring Murakumo system."''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Kanako Kondou / [[Cristina Valenzuela]]}}

{{quote| 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.}}

* [[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.

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: Not very dark but her chibi-fied self appearing in her "Help me, Professor Kokonoe"-segment has noticablenoticeable darker skin than the other characters. Her portrait and game sprites have bright skin though.

{{quote| ''"Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Fünf, Sechs, Sieben,..."''}}

* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: At least, the ones who created Lambda and the other Murakumo units certainly were.

[[File:CB013_TsubakiCB013 Tsubaki.png|frame|Cue "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]".]]

{{quote| ''"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."''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Asami Imai]] / [[Julie Ann Taylor]]}}

{{quote| 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 harbouredharbored 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 [[He Knows Too Much|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.}}

* [[Altum Videtur]] Her specials were given latinLatin names in the English localisationlocalization.

* [[Ascended Fanboy|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 [[For Great Justice|hammy battle cries.]]

* [[Badass Creed]]:

{{quote| ''"Dispatched in mankind's darkest hour, we are Knights of the Blue Flame!"''}}

{{quote| ''"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."''<br />

* [[Blessed with Suck]] / [[Deadly Upgrade]]: In her story mode, using a Distortion or Astral Drive leads to her bad ending because {{spoiler|her Armagus "Izayoi" draws energy from her life, and the Drives speed up the process.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blind Justice]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blind Mistake]]: Using the Izayoi takes away light...including the sense of light generated by her eyes.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Tsubaki hesitates to fight Jin and tries to spare her friends even after Terumi tells her about how Noel replaced her. Then Terumi's failsafe kicks in, and Tsubaki switches into a haughty, ultra-lawful persona.}}

{{quote| '''Tsubaki''': I'm the one who should be with Jin. Noel... Noel took that away from me!}}

* [[Nice Hat]]: In the radio show, it's even voiced by ([[Tomokazu Sugita]]'s brilliant impression of) [[Norio Wakamoto]]!

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: She's used as a pawn by {{spoiler|Hazama}} many, ''many'' times over. As of now, he's used her to {{spoiler|obstruct Takagamagara's surveilancesurveillance by using Izayoi, capture Noel OR die fighting, allowing Hazama to snatch her during the distraction, follow the NOL's orders blindly by feeding her half truths (and inferred [[Mind Control]] when that didn't look like it was going to work), all the while using her as a giant "screw you" to Hakumen, who was Jin Kisaragi in a previous timeline and still holds some feelings for her after witnessing his Tsubaki die.}}

[[File:CB014_HazamaCB014 Hazama.png|frame|[[Michael Jackson|You've been hit by... you've been struck by... a Smooth Criminal!]]]]

{{quote| ''"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!"''}}

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

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yuuichi Nakamura]] / Erik Davies (CT-CS), [[Doug Erholtz]] (Extend), [[Spike Spencer]] (during Extra Arcade Scene in [[CS 2]]CS2)}}

{{quote| 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. }}

{{quote| 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. [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|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.}}

* [[Audible Sharpness]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Pokes fun at this]] by [[Calling Your Attacks|actually saying "SHING!"]] when he attacks with his knives.

{{quote| ''"Dispatched...in mankind's darkest hour, we...are Knights of the Blue Flame."''}}

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: His coat is the epitome of "pimp".

{{quote| '''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!"<br />

'''Ragna''': "GAH!"<br />

{{quote| {{spoiler|(Rachel rescues Hakumen) "That shitty little vampire... she seriously pisses me off! Once I wrap this up, I'm gonna tear her into little bloody strips... nice and '''slow'''..."}}<br />

* [[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.

** In ''CT'', he says he's not that good at fighting... [[Sarcasm Mode|he doesn't even look that suspicious]]. But he's actually best at [[Troll|trolling.]] [[You Suck|He's taunting you. ]]

{{quote| '''Terumi''': "OK, all right, fine! How about this reason? Seems as good as any. [[For the Evulz|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...]] [[Faux Affably Evil|all sorts of other unpleasant nouns]]. [[Complete Monster|At least misery is interesting]]."}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|''"There's just one downer. There's this guy I'm gonna be working under, Hazama. I got a hunch I'm not gonna be too crazy about him."''}}}}

** ''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.

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: He spins at least ten times while cutting his opponent during his [[Limit Break|Distortion Drive]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|'Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent']]. He will also occasionalyoccasionally twirl his fedora hat around his finger in one of his victory animations.

* [[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,<ref>Ironically right next to "[[Troll]]"</ref>, 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).

** [[Hellish Pupils]]: As Terumi. His eyes have snake pupils that would make [[Soul Eater|Medusa]] squirm.

* {{spoiler|[[For the Evulz]]: It's revealed in CS story mode that this is his motivation behind everything he does. [[Achilles' Heel|And it's the only thing keeping him linked to this world]]. That, and his revolving door of Observers and life-links. Y'know, [[Crazy Prepared|just in case]].}}

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: He has possesedpossessed other people to do his dastardly deeds through them.

* [[HannibalHalf LectureTruth]]: He seems to be fond ofLikes giving these tooff othersone.

{{quote| ''Get '''OFF''' me!!''<br />

* [[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 [[Complete Monster|something much, MUCH worse]].

{{quote| ''"This world is nothing but LIES LIES LIES LIES!!!!!!"''}}

* [[Laughing Mad]]: Moreso than Arakune and Jin. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eZw0Bk_DLA Just listen to it.]

* {{spoiler|[[Literal Split Personality]]: ''Phase Shift 1'' reveals that after fighting the Black Beast, he loses his body and has Relius care for it. The body without Terumi inside it goes by the name Kazuma Kuvaru and studies under Relius, being everything Hazama isn't - namely shy and afraid of confrontation. He eventually merges back with Terumi and then becomes Hazama.}}

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: A favorite subject for his [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]]s, 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.

{{quote| '''Hazama:''' This is dumb, can we stop?}}

[[File:CB014_Terumi_9085CB014 Terumi 9085.png|frame|[[Troll|U mad, Tropers?]]]]

[[File:CB015_Mu_9916CB015 Mu 9916.png|frame|The wielder of the God-Slaying Sword. Still flat.<ref>[[Berserk Button|And if you call her that your death will be even more painful.]]</ref>]]

{{quote| ''"I have arrived, reborn as Kusanagi. The destroyer of all living creatures. I AM DEATH!"''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Kanako Kondou / [[Cristina Valenzuela]], [[Julie Ann Taylor]] ([[CS 2]]CS2 Arcade Mode)}}

{{quote| 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 [[Play StationPlayStation]] 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 [[The King of Fighters|engulfed in flames]]. She then slices the crystal prison in half, with the opponent still inside.}}

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: While it's part of the Greek alphabet [[Theme Naming]], check out [[wikipedia:Mu chr(28)negativechr(29negative)|what "mu" means in Japanese]]. Her idle quote while standing completely still?

{{quote| ''"[[Creepy Monotone|I don't need]]...''[[Nothing Is Scarier|anything]]''."''}}

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: When not wearing the actual Murakumo armour, she is simply wearing [[Zettai Ryouiki|thigh-high]] toeless stockings.

* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: She wants to [[Omnicidal Maniac|destroy the world]], and [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|everybody in it.]] Furthermore, during her Astral she rants about how corrupt and evil the world is and asks why her opponent resists.

{{quote| ''"[[Badass Normal|Target]]'s resistance to seithr exceeds established parameters... Executing research protocols..."''}}

{{quote| "Armor is protective gear, right? What is this protecting?"}}

[[File:CB016_Makoto_4451CB016 Makoto 4451.png|frame|"[[Boisterous Bruiser|Lemme warn you...]] [[Unskilled but Strong|I don't know how]] [[Muscles Are Meaningless|to pull my punches.]]"]]

{{quote| ''"My soul burns with the heat of a thousand suns! Behold the power of YOUTH!"''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Tomomi Isomura / [[Cindy Robinson]]}}

{{quote| 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 [[Cute Monster Girl|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 ''[[Shotacon|Carl]]'' in a flashback in Noel's story mode. [[All There in the Manual|She ends up in the Intelligence Department of the NOL]] (the same division as Hazama).}}

{{quote| She wields a pair of tonfas and [[Stripperific|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 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}hcBDEfxvfi0 Astral Finish] propels her forward with a dashing gut punch, followed by some [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]] that would make [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]] and [[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jotaro]] proud, and finally [[Megaton Punch|uppercutting]] her opponent all the way to the Moon causing it to [[Detonation Moon|break apart into several pieces]].}}

{{quote| '''Makoto:''' ''The heavens, the earth, and a million squirrels call to me! [[Crowning Moment of Funny|............ Huh? What? They don't?]]''}}

** [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Retroactively in ''Slight Hope''; she went from an apparent nobody to {{spoiler|the [[Spanner in the Works]] to Hazama}} in just one day.

{{quote| '''Makoto:''' *yawn* Now I'm hungry!}}

* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: ''Straps'' hold it in place! And if you try to sneak a peek, she'll [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|punch you out so quick you'll forget you even exist]].

** [[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. She recently ascended as [[Trope Pantheons/Mentalism|the goddess of this trope]].

{{quote| ''"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..."''}}

{{quote| '''Makoto:''' Press start to continue.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]]: Suffers from a nasty case of this in her [[Downer Ending|Bad Ending]], courtesy of everyone's favourite masked freak Relius.}}

{{quote| "OH... MY... GOD! Commander, that is so awesome! No, seriously... I'm feeling a tingly sensation in my naughty bits."}}

* [[Only Sane Man|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 [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene|few]] [[Cuteness Proximity|occa]][[Genki Girl|sions]] that show she's not so above it all.

{{quote| '''Makoto''' (Reaction to baby Ragna): What the fuuuuuuu... }}

* {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole]]: She's actually an informant/DoubleAgent for Sector Seven}}.

{{quote| ''"Makoto could never keep her hands off young boys"''}}

{{quote| ''"They would really make such a nice couple."''}}

{{quote| '''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!'"<br />

'''Tsubaki''': "I... what...? Why would I say that?"<br />

{{quote| '''Jin''': Lieutenant... Are you alright?<br />

'''Makoto''': Y-yes! Thank you so much for saving me...!<br />

{{quote| ''"You wanna fondle my tail too?"''}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror]]}}:Hazama implies in ''Friendship''<ref>Makoto's Arcade mode</ref> that {{spoiler|"you were created for the purpose of defeating the Black Beast" - "you" referring to beastkin in general in all likelihood.}} {{spoiler|Rachel talked her through the whole "crafted by human hands" business at the end of ''Slight Hope'', so this had less of a sting than what Hazama was expecting.}}

[[File:CB017_Valkenhayn_4000CB017 Valkenhayn 4000.png|frame|[[Street Fighter III|Keep it classy.]]]]

{{quote| ''"What a sad shadow of my youthful vigor..."''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Motomu Kiyokawa / Doug Stone}}

{{quote| 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, [[Bilingual Bonus|Werewolf]] (that's pronounced "vair-volf", folks), allows him to [[Captain Obvious|transform into a wolf]] for a limited time, which is determined by a gauge. His Astral Finish has him performing a [[Street Fighter|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 [[Gory Discretion Shot|blacked-out]] slash that tears open the camera and leaves a trail of [[Accidental Innuendo|white]] on the screen.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: Especially during Taokaka's [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene|joke ending]] in ''Continuum Shift''.

{{quote| '''Valkenhayn''': "It is my dreeeeeaaam! '''Naaay, my calliiingggg!''' '''''To acquire every single candy in the woooorrrlllldddd!'''''"}}

{{quote| Behold the power...of the full moon! Night has now fallen, the moon shines bright. The play is now through!}}

* [[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.

* [[Resistance Is Futile|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).

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Despite being one of the six heroes (and thus a living legend in the world of ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''), 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".

[[File:BBCSPlatinum_1998BBCSPlatinum 1998.png|frame|Platinum The Trinity, making ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' proud.]]

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

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Aoi Yuuki]] / [[Laura Bailey]]}}

{{quote| 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.}}

{{quote| 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 [[Memetic Mutation|FIREZ HER LAZOR]] at the opponent in a similar manner to [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha's]] Starlight Breaker.}}

{{quote| '''Luna:''' "Master Jubei, Ragna the Bloodedge is being a d-!"<br />

{{quote| '''Luna''': What the fuuuuu-}}

* [[Downloadable Content]]: Arrived on Xbox 360 May 10, 2011, and on [[Play Station 3]] on 2nd2 June 2011, slightly delayed due to the PSN downtime.

* [[Irony]]: Luna claims to hate [[Lolicon|loliconslolicon]]s, screams at the innocent Ragna for being one when he clearly isn't, yet runs around in [[Stripperiffic|an incredibly revealing outfit]] [[Squick|without any panties on]]. Perhaps a closet [[Tsundere]]?

{{quote| '''Luna:''' "What the hell? We got pwn3d by a total n00b!?<br />

** [[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''

* [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]]: {{spoiler|Sena/Luna, at least. Trinity herself was quite a babe back in the day.}}

[[File:CB019_Relius_9872CB019 Relius 9872.png|frame|[[Memetic Mutation|HE IS A]] [[Gundam|CHAR]]]]

{{quote| ''"You're an impressive specimen. Now, let the experiments begin!"''}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Junichi Suwabe]] / [[Travis Willingham]]}}

{{quote| 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. }}

{{quote| 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 [[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos 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" [[Take Our Word for It|on them]] [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|in ways so grotesque]] that he snaps his fingers and the doors to the lab close so it can't be seen. }}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The moment Litchi calls out his parenting skill, Relius responds by preparing to kill her along with Carl, regardless if she {{spoiler|has been on his side all along or not}}.

** He uses Ignis to hold Noel down, and planned to "examine" her when he got back to his lab.

** 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".

{{quote| "''You've been a very naughty boy.''"}}

* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|1=In the portables' EX2 story, Relius was shoved off to the Cauldron by Ada/Nirvana. But then he's suddenly back and kicking later, meaning that Relius is probably unhindered by death.}}.

** 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.

{{quote| ''"NOW THIS...IS MY GREATEST CREATION! MY ONE AND ONLY DESIRE FULFILLED! WITH THIS, I HAVE ACHIEVED...PER-FEC-TION!!!!"''}}

* [[Marionette Master]]: His fighting style. He ''is'' known as "The Puppeteer" after all.

* [[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 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqMDH8D0wA&feature=related here].[[hottip:*:<ref>Ragna is hanged on an X-shaped table, Jin and Hakumen are bound with chains, Noel, Mu and Lambda are restrained in an impressive-looking throne-ish thing (considering that they're all Murakumo units), Rachel is crucified, Taokaka is stuffed in a cage, Arakune is boiled inside a lab bottle (since he's liquid-ish), Bang is stuffed under plenty of bricks, Tager is disabled with magnets, Carl and Ada are hung like marionettes (oh the [[Irony]]), Litchi is trapped in a magic circle and bound onto her staff, Hazama is also trapped in a magic circle but is allowed to sit (they're cohorts after all), Makoto is trapped in a hamster ball(get it?), Valkenhayn is strapped on a coffin, Platinum is stuffed in a barrel with [[Ocular Gushers]], and the other Relius is spared from such horrors (although his Ignis is broken). Surprisingly, his treatment to Tsubaki is humane, since he merey traps her in a magic circle while allowing her to make a last prayer, but you see,[[Fridge Brilliance|that's because having been in NOL and dealing with the 12 families a lot, he knew how the Yayoi clan, Tsubaki included, is incredibly loyal to NOL to a fault that he doesn't need to restrain Tsubaki more than a magic circle, she'll just submit herself if he says this is within the authorization of the Imperator.]]</ref>