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'''Avenge''', real name '''Kazuto Kotetsu''', is a bounty hunter working for the [[Magic Guild]] introduced in ''[[XBlaze Code: Embryo]]''.
'''Avenge''' (アベンジ), real name '''Kazuto Kotetsu''', is a bounty hunter working for the [[Magic Guild]]. He is a solitary man who relentlessly hunts down [[Ripper]], and used to be close friends with [[Yuki Himezuru|Yuki Himezuru's]] parents.
 
Avenge was first introduced in ''[[XBlaze Code: Embryo]]''. He was revealed for ''[[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War]]'' on September 22nd, 2021.


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
[[File:XBlaze Avenge Model Sheet 01.png|thumb|left|150px|Avenge's usual outfit]]Avenge is an older man with wavy black hair, gray eyes, a fair complexion, and rough facial hair. His physique is muscular and both of his arms are covered in thick scars, while his torso had one large scar that covers most of it. Avenge has a black t-shirt, black trousers tucked into brown boots, and black gloves with its wrists wrapped with white cloth. Over his shirt and trousers is a black harness; on his left shoulder are two small throwing knives and on his sides are holsters for his two curved knives, each having a brown sheathe and dark blades. Wrapped around his right thigh is another holster.


To be added.
Most of Avenge's outfit is obscured by a black poncho with a hood that covers his long hair. The back of the poncho is ripped and frayed.


==Personality==
==Personality==
Cool, calm, and stoic. Avenge is a man of few words, but when he talks, he is blunt and threatening; this does not mean he is heartless as he has repeatedly gone out of his way to help others. Towards targets he can be sarcastic but backs up his demeanor with considerable skill. Avenge is not a fan of those with weak convictions, and even less so of those who get in the way of a target, having slapped [[Touya Kagari]] for doing so.


To be added.
He was once close friends with the parents of [[Yuki Himezuru]] and has a deep seated hatred towards [[Ripper]] for murdering them. Yuki is the only person that Avenge trusts and the one person he warned when he believed that [[Shin Yokozaki City]] was headed towards a complete destruction. He promised her that he would stay in the city to protect her and her family.


==Biography==
==Powers & Techniques==
Despite being a completely normal human being incapable of using magic, Avenge is an exceptionally skilled fighter and bounty hunter that was strong enough to be recognized by the [[Magic Guild]]. He fights with knives enchanted to inflict wounds that cannot be healed with magic. Avenge is skilled enough to fight evenly with dangerous Unions like Ripper, having battled that particular Union multiple times and even repelling him on occasion - something not even most Unions are capable of. One testament to his strength was when Avenge bested Drei, one of the Ten Sages; although the mage was weakened at the time, he had abilities far and beyond that of most humans.


===Early Life===
He only targets Unions for his bounties, meaning that Avenge has had a fair amount of experience against many unique opponents with various [[Drive|Drives]].


Thirteen years before the Embryo Incident, Kazuto Kotetsu was a police officer. He was one of the officiers in charge of guarding Ripper’s prison transport. However, Ripper suddenly developed his Drive and attacked the police officers. Miraculously, Kazuto alone somehow survived. He followed Ripper to Yuki Himezuru’s house, whose parents were his best friends, and shot Ripper, saving Yuki from him. He then disappeared, becoming the bounty hunter known as Avenge to hunt down Unions and Ripper specifically.
==Official Profiles==
===''[[XBlaze Code: Embryo]]'' Character Report===


Three years later, Avenge was hired by the Magic Guild to guard a Mage at the Wadatsumi Research Facility. When the Wadatsumi Incident occurred, he tried to run from the black wind but got trapped underneath a piece of rubble. Suddenly, Sui Amanohokosaka arrived and saved him, but said he needed to help her in return. She told him to go somewhere and receive something to hide where no one could find it. Arriving at the specified location, Avenge found a dying Ryoko Kagari, who gave Hinata to him. He then took Hinata to the same orphanage as Yuki and asked Yuki to act like an older sister to Hinata, forging documents to make Hinata and Yuki appear to be blood related.
;Avenge


===Embryo Incident===
''An enigmatic bounty hunter focused on taking down Union-infected beings. Is in [[Shin Yokozaki City]] because of the presence of his latest target, Ripper. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. Is somehow acquainted with Yuki Himezuru.'' <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Character Report''</ref>
====Code: Embryo, Lost: Memories====


He first appeared in the middle of a battle between [[Es]] and [[Ripper]], attacking Ripper. After Ripper escaped, he told Touya Kagari, Es and [[Mei Amanohokosaka]] to leave Ripper to him and he’d kill them if they got in his way. Touya approached him, saying he has no right to threated people. but Avenge knocked him out for his trouble before leaving. <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Episode 4''</ref>
===''[[XBlaze Lost: Memories]]'' TIPS Entry===


One night, he approached [[Yuki Himezuru]] and said it’s been 10 years. He told her to take her family and leave the city because something similar to “that day” would probably happen again before leaving. <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Es & Hinata Route Episode 7''</ref>
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Avenge met Yuki at Mei’s request. Yuki apologized for tricking him by telling him it was for a job. Avenge said it was fine since he owed the Amanohokosaka Clan a favor but then remembered he already repaid the debt. Yuki asked him about Hinata’s past. Avenge said she shouldn’t ask because she would be getting involved, but Yuki was adamant that she needed to if something dangerous was happening so she wouldn’t lose another family and Avenge gave in. After moving to a safer location, Avenge said that Hinata was a Wadatsumi survivor and was likely connected to the event, confirming Yuki’s suspsicions based on the dream Hinata had told her about. He then told her about how, at Sui Amanohokosaka’s request, he had received Hinata from a dying Ryoko Kagari and brought her to Yuki. Avenge apologized for not getting Hinata’s name, but Yuki thanked him for it since she was able to name her herself, explaining how Hinata saved her from her depression. Yuki then asked Avenge how long he planned to continue on as “Avenge” and Avenge replied that he hadn’t avenged anything yet. He once again told her to leave the city since an event worse than the Wadatsumi Incident could happen and Touya was at the center of it. However, he said he would help them. Yuki said that next time they met they should all go out for barbecue and that she would introduce Avenge as Touya’s father. Avenge then left. <ref>''XBlaze Lost: Memories, Green Stone Sub Memory 03''</ref>
''A mysterious bounty hunter who is always wearing a black hoodie. He is affiliated with the Magic Guild and is focused on taking down Union-infected targets. Is in Shin Yokozaki Cityy because of the presence of his latest bounty, Ripper, there. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. During the debacle with the embryo, he was successful in ending his arch enemy Ripper. After that he has left the magic guild and his whereabouts are unknown.'' <ref>''XBlaze Lost: Memories, TIPS, #51''</ref>


That night, he found Ripper, who was extremely weakened due to the attack from Touya unleashing the [[Origin of the Grimoire]], in the sewers and attacked him. Ripper claimed that he surrenders but tried to attack Avenge when he approachesd. However, Avenge saw this coming and countered his attack before killing Ripper. At the docks, he talked to himself, telling Yuki he finally took care of Ripper. Remembering Yuki’s words that she will not leave the city, he said that he would protect her family. <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Es & Hinata Route Episode 8''</ref>
===[[BlazBlue 10th Anniversary]] Official Site Profile===
''An enigma of a person who usually wears a black hood.''<ref name="BB 10th Avenge"/>


[[File:XBlaze Code Embryo Story 42.png|thumb|left|Touya demands to know the truth]]Later, he found Touya and Es in the sewers and helped them escape from the [[Mitsurugi Agency|Mitsurugi Agency’s]] agents. Touya wanted to know why Avenge was helping them and Avenge said it was because he felt like it. Touya thanked him but Avenge said he should be thanking Touya for allowing him to kill Ripper. Touya didn’t know how to feel about Ripper being dead and Avenge said he was stronger then he seemed. Avenge said that he was basically a serial killer who was no different than Ripper for hunting down and killing Unions, but he could live with it as long as he was aware of it. He then told Touya that, while he didn’t kill Ripper himself, it was his actions that led to Ripper’s death and he must accept that, with Touya saying yes. Avenge then asked Touya if he wanted to know about his mother, [[Ryouko Kagari|Ryouko Kagari’s]], role in the [[Wadatsumi Incident]], even if he’d be better off knowing. Touya grabbed Avenge and demanded to know. Avenge told Touya that the [[Takamagahara Group]] was forcing Touya’s mother to build the [[T-System]] and that the [[Embryo]] was meant to be its core. Touya was shocked that it meant [[Souichiro Unomaru]] was doing as the [[Ten Sages]] said, which surprised Avenge that Unomaru was continuing Takamahagara’s research. Es then explained about the Embryo’s power to use [[Phenomenon Intervention]] and that with it it would be possible for the T-System to control the thoughts of everyone on the planet. Es said that the T-System would be impossible since they didn’t have an energy source big enough for it but Touya realized that they intended to use the [[Boundary]] and its infinite supply of [[seithr]]. Suddenly Es detected a large number of Mitsurugi Agency soldiers and Avenge told them to go ahead while he dealt with them. <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Es & Hinata Route Episode 9''</ref> Avenge then saved Touya and Es from [[Drei|Drei’s]] attacks. He told the two of them to leave Drei to him and run and that Mei would be waiting for them. After Touya and Es ran off, Drei said he would deal with Avenge first at his leisure. Drei asked Avenge why he was attacking him even though Avenge only hunts down Unions, which Drei was not. Avenge was angry that the Magic Guild lied to him but Drei said it didn’t change anything, and he would kill anyone who got in Sechs’s way, calling Sechs the only “true” member of the Ten Sages. Avenge asked Drei why he was so obsessed with the Ten Sages and, despite finding Drei’s intentions honorable, Avenge insisted he would kill him. Drei then prepared to attack and Avenge said he was much more powerful than anyone else he’s faced.
==Trivia==
*In the [[Polls/BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll|BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll]], Avenge placed 75th out of the 84 candidates. He scored one place above [[Drei]] and one place below [[Haruka Hayami]], [[Spinner Superior]], and [[Kiiro Hikagami]]. He had 9 votes.
*Avenge shares his birthday with [[Kagura Mutsuki]].
*Avenge is the reason why Touya, [[Hinata Himezuru]] and Yuki met as he placed them all in the same orphanage after finding them.
*Avenge was the first 'S' rarity character added to ''Alternative: Dark War'' after launch.
*Avenge is illustrated in the following [[Grimoires (BBDW)|Grimoire]] for ''[[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War]]'':
**[[Gameplay:憂愁な復讐者 BBDW Grimoire|憂愁な復讐者 (''Melancholy Avenger'')]].


After the battle, an injured Avenge remained in the sewers. He complained that Drei got away but figured that he only had a few minutes left based on his wounds. As he prepared to succumb to his wounds, he was approached by [[Ringo Akagi|Zwei]]. Zwei claimed to just be a curry restaurant waitress but Avenge recognized her and asked if she was there to avenge Drei. Zwei said she wanted to thank him and used healing [[magic]] on him, but said that healing magic wasn’t her specialialty so all she could do was patch him up. Avenge wanted to know what she wanted in exchange so Zwei asked him to protect Touya and his friends. Since they were about to attack the Mitsurugi Agency, she wanted him to clear out the foot soldiers. Avenge said that Zwei should be able to do that easily, but she said she was in hiding and that it was not her fight. Avenge promised to repay his debt. Zwei offered to make him curry if he succeeds but he declined. <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Es Route Episode 10''</ref>
==References==
 
<references>
One month after the Embryo incident, Avenge cancelled his contract with the Magic Guild and was hired to support the Mei and the Mitsurugi Agency. <ref>''XBlaze Lost: Memories, Black Stone Sub Memory 01''</ref>
<ref name="BB 10th Avenge">''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/avenge/ Avenge]''</ref>
 
</references>
In the [[Restricted Ward]], Avenge approached Touya, saying Mei told him to come. Touya explained to Avenge about his desire to regain his memories and wanted to ask Avenge what kind of person his mother was. Avenge said he didn’t care whether or not Touya got his memory back and started to walk away. Touya begged him to say anything since he was the only person who knew his mother. Avenge claimed he had only talked to her a couple of times. Avenge told Touya that his mother worked as a scientist at the [[Wadatsumi Research Facility]] and that he had been hired by the Magic Guild as a bodyguard for a high-ranking mage. Avenge said he never spoke to Touya’s mother, but did once run into her when she was speaking to [[Sui Amanohokosaka]], Mei’s mother. Ryouko was talking about how she had to protect something and would do whatever it took to do so. Avenge then told Touya that even though he was found in the Restricted Ward after the incident, he had not seen Touya in the days leading up to the incident. Avenge prepared to leave again, saying that he told Touya he wouldn’t be able to help him regain his memories, but if he couldn’t let go, he needed to keep fighting. Avenge then left. <ref>''XBlaze Lost: Memories, Black Stone Sub Memory 02''</ref>
 
==Powers & Techniques==
 
Despite being a completely normal human, incapable of using magic, Avenge is an exceptionally skilled fighter. Avenge fights with knives, which have been enchanted so that they inflict wounds that cannot be healed with magic. Avenge is skilled enough to fight evenly with dangerous Unions like Ripper and even kill a weakened Drei, one of the Ten Sages.
 
==Character Report==


===Avenge===
{{Character_Navigation}}
 
''An enigmatic bounty hunter focused on taking down Union-infected targets. Is in [[Shin Yokozaki City]] becayse if the presence of his latest, bounty, Ripper, there. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. Is somehow acquainted with Yuki Himezuru.'' <ref>''XBlaze Code: Embryo, Character Report''</ref>
 
==TIPS Entry==
 
===Avenge===
 
''A mysterious bounty hunter who is always wearing a black hoodie. He is affiliated with the Magic Guild and is focused on taking down Union-infected targets. Is in Shin Yokozaki Cityy because of the presence of his latest bounty, Ripper, there. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. During the debacle with the embryo, he was successful in ending his arch enemy Ripper. After that he has left the magic guild and his whereabouts are unknown.'' <ref>''XBlaze Lost: Memories, TIPS, #51''</ref>
 
==References==


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Latest revision as of 08:08, 10 December 2023

"Listen you kids, don't fight against Ripper. It's too dangerous."[1]
アベンジ
Avenge
Name

Kazuto Kotetsu, Avenge

Birthday

January 15

Species

Human

Voice Actors

TANZAWA Teruyuki

Height

185cm

Weight

95kg

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Grey

Likes

Knives

Dislikes

Ripper

Hobbies

Weapon maintenance

Affiliation

Magic Guild
Mitsurugi Agency

Appearances
Games

XBlaze Code: Embryo
XBlaze Lost: Memories
BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War

Avenge (アベンジ), real name Kazuto Kotetsu, is a bounty hunter working for the Magic Guild. He is a solitary man who relentlessly hunts down Ripper, and used to be close friends with Yuki Himezuru's parents.

Avenge was first introduced in XBlaze Code: Embryo. He was revealed for BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War on September 22nd, 2021.

Appearance

Avenge's usual outfit

Avenge is an older man with wavy black hair, gray eyes, a fair complexion, and rough facial hair. His physique is muscular and both of his arms are covered in thick scars, while his torso had one large scar that covers most of it. Avenge has a black t-shirt, black trousers tucked into brown boots, and black gloves with its wrists wrapped with white cloth. Over his shirt and trousers is a black harness; on his left shoulder are two small throwing knives and on his sides are holsters for his two curved knives, each having a brown sheathe and dark blades. Wrapped around his right thigh is another holster.

Most of Avenge's outfit is obscured by a black poncho with a hood that covers his long hair. The back of the poncho is ripped and frayed.

Personality

Cool, calm, and stoic. Avenge is a man of few words, but when he talks, he is blunt and threatening; this does not mean he is heartless as he has repeatedly gone out of his way to help others. Towards targets he can be sarcastic but backs up his demeanor with considerable skill. Avenge is not a fan of those with weak convictions, and even less so of those who get in the way of a target, having slapped Touya Kagari for doing so.

He was once close friends with the parents of Yuki Himezuru and has a deep seated hatred towards Ripper for murdering them. Yuki is the only person that Avenge trusts and the one person he warned when he believed that Shin Yokozaki City was headed towards a complete destruction. He promised her that he would stay in the city to protect her and her family.

Powers & Techniques

Despite being a completely normal human being incapable of using magic, Avenge is an exceptionally skilled fighter and bounty hunter that was strong enough to be recognized by the Magic Guild. He fights with knives enchanted to inflict wounds that cannot be healed with magic. Avenge is skilled enough to fight evenly with dangerous Unions like Ripper, having battled that particular Union multiple times and even repelling him on occasion - something not even most Unions are capable of. One testament to his strength was when Avenge bested Drei, one of the Ten Sages; although the mage was weakened at the time, he had abilities far and beyond that of most humans.

He only targets Unions for his bounties, meaning that Avenge has had a fair amount of experience against many unique opponents with various Drives.

Official Profiles

XBlaze Code: Embryo Character Report

Avenge

An enigmatic bounty hunter focused on taking down Union-infected beings. Is in Shin Yokozaki City because of the presence of his latest target, Ripper. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. Is somehow acquainted with Yuki Himezuru. [2]

XBlaze Lost: Memories TIPS Entry

Avenge

A mysterious bounty hunter who is always wearing a black hoodie. He is affiliated with the Magic Guild and is focused on taking down Union-infected targets. Is in Shin Yokozaki Cityy because of the presence of his latest bounty, Ripper, there. Though affiliated with the Magic Guild, he cannot use magic. However, his weapons are enchanted with a spell that prevents wounds inflicted with them from being healed with magic. During the debacle with the embryo, he was successful in ending his arch enemy Ripper. After that he has left the magic guild and his whereabouts are unknown. [3]

BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile

An enigma of a person who usually wears a black hood.[1]

Trivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Site (JP), Avenge
  2. XBlaze Code: Embryo, Character Report
  3. XBlaze Lost: Memories, TIPS, #51