Susano'o

"I am strength. I am valor. I am whole! With divine blade in hand shall I sever the threads of evil from this world! I am the Susano'o of Mikoto! THE END HAS COME!!"

Takehaya Susano'o is the complete existence of Yuuki Terumi and the Susano'o Unit. He is one of the Sankishin, a God of destruction, and brother to the Amaterasu Unit and Tsukuyomi Unit.

He became playable in BlazBlue: Central Fiction.

Appearance
Despite being the Susano'o Unit itself, Susano'o has a different look while his soul resides within it. The gray sheen of the unit's outer armour is tinted charcoal while the inner plates are much darker. Unlike in its base form, the unit now has a face, with glowing green eyes and a large grin lined with sharp teeth. His hands now have large claws on the end of his nails, and on each shoulder is a pauldron shaped the same as his mask. Susano'o is distinct in that while his soul possesses his body, it grows a large tail, and its hair becomes untamed, longer, and is as deep black as the rest of his body. Throughout his body, large vibrant lines of green are present, extending from his ankles to his the tips of his hair. He stands over 200cm tall.

Personality
Even though Susano'o and Terumi are one and the same, while in the Susano'o Unit, he behaves radically differently. Susano'o looks down on humanity, but has no wish to conquer it - instead, all the God wishes for is the destruction of everything. There is no laughter, taunting, or witty comment from Susano'o, only a calm rage and undying hatred for everything his sister, Amaterasu, has created. To this end, he is very confident in his abilities and status. He shows no mercy or tolerance for anything or anyone.

The only things Susano'o seems to value are freedom and destruction.

Biography
As one of the Sankishin, the Susano'o Unit has existed for as long as the Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi Units have. Eventually, the Unit began to grow a soul and recognised its own identity - this was the birth of Susano'o. He longed for freedom, to be free from the endless cycle of him destroying everything that Amaterasu would create so he could be his own individual.

To accomplish his goal, Susano'o allowed his body to be discovered by humanity as they salvaged him from the Boundary where he and his siblings had been resting. Through this, Amaterasu was discovered and the Prime Field War would soon ensue, but not before Susano'o's soul discarded the unit and became its own individual, Yuuki Terumi. Terumi inhabited the bodies of many vessels afterwards.

Life as Yuuki Terumi
For the events of Susano'o's life as Terumi, please read his respective biography.

Central Fiction
Terumi finally retrieved his body as Susano’o by using the Hihiirokane to shatter Hakumen’s soul. Susano’o effortlessly defeated Ragna the Bloodedge, Izayoi, Jubei, and Noel Vermillion, taking the latter outside of the Embryo and to the Gate alongside the Amaterasu Unit. He battled Es, calling her blasphemous for claiming the Gate to be the Azure’s holy grounds, as it was originally made for the Gods instead. He very nearly killed her, but she managed to escape at the last second.

Susano’o absorbed Noel, becoming immune to Phenomenon Intervention. He fought against both Ragna and Jin Kisaragi, but the former managed to rip Terumi out of the Unit. Terumi was dragged into the Gate and was killed by Ragna, thus ending the life of the God.

Powers & Techniques
A true God, Susano'o is one of, if not the, most powerful entity in the BlazBlue universe. The only character capable of keeping up with him is Ragna, but only by removing the Idea Engine's limiter on his Azure Grimoire, a technique that nearly destroyed his body in the process. He can create amasses of green energy with the movements of his body, even being able to create a giant sword of it, one which can deal significant damage - however, he prefers to fight with his fists over using any weapons, and is much more flexible and coordinated than his size would suggest. His Drive is Divine Warrior, which lets him unlock or power up one of eight special moves when his attacks connect.

One of his greater assets is his incredible knowledge. Susano'o's intellect befits his status as a God. Despite being one, however, he does not demonstrate complete omniscience or omnipotence, but that does not mean that he is not overwhelmingly intelligent nor powerful. His only real weakness is his soul's discomfort of being inside the Unit, which makes the fusion imperfect and leaves him susceptible to Soul Eater and Hihiirokane, although both are very specific weaknesses.

Trivia

 * Susano'o is the only playable character who does not have an entry in the Library Mode.
 * Susano'o is unlocked through completing BlazBlue: Central Fiction's Story Mode, but can be purchased early for a small price. He is the third character in the series that is unlocked through this method after Mu-12 in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift and Kagura Mutsuki in BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma