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After having fought against Noel and Jin, the former Observed him, forcing him inside the [[Embryo]] where the majority of his memories were altered. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 001, Chapter 006''</ref> He believed the date to be 12/31/2199, but could not even remember his own name. Jubei found him on the outskirts of Kagutsuchi, but Ragna could not make sense of what he was saying, which was primarily a warning about the NOL, [[vigilante|vigilantes]], and the massive bounty on his head. He was unable to recognise his former master, and was directed over to Kagutsuchi. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 007''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 10.png|300px|left]]After having fought against Noel and Jin, the former Observed him, forcing him inside the [[Embryo]] where the majority of his memories were altered. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 001, Chapter 006''</ref> He believed the date to be 12/31/2199, but could not even remember his own name. Jubei found him on the outskirts of Kagutsuchi, but Ragna could not make sense of what he was saying, which was primarily a warning about the NOL, [[vigilante|vigilantes]], and the massive bounty on his head. He was unable to recognise his former master, and was directed over to Kagutsuchi. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 007''</ref> | ||
Now in an alternate version of Orient Town, Ragna was attacked by Tao, who showed him a wanted poster and collapsed from hunger – she begged him for food, so he relented and took her to the nearest restaurant. However, Ragna was unable to pay, and even though Tao had decided to call him “good guy” for the second time in their lives, they fled the restaurant – almost perfectly mirroring events that had happened a month ago. They both ended up in [[Roningai]] where they encountered Carl, who’s memories had been altered too. Ragna was confused over Carl’s proposal for him to hand over the Azure Grimoire, and was forced to fight him. He forced Carl’s retreat but not before being injured by Nirvana’s deadly claws. Bang found him and took him to Litchi’s clinic where he was introduced to [[Linhua]] and his wounds were treated. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 010''</ref> Tao appeared and took him to the Kaka Village so he would be safe from the NOL. There, he was granted shelter by Totokaka, and was allowed refuge in her own home, where Litchi continued her treatment. They talked about the [[Ikaruga Civil War]], and upon finding that Kagura was the Hero of Ikaruga in this reality, Ragna was startled, although he was unaware why. His memories were now appearing in flashes, but Ragna was unable to make sense of them. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 011''</ref> | Now in an alternate version of Orient Town, Ragna was attacked by Tao, who showed him a wanted poster and collapsed from hunger – she begged him for food, so he relented and took her to the nearest restaurant. However, Ragna was unable to pay, and even though Tao had decided to call him “good guy” for the second time in their lives, they fled the restaurant – almost perfectly mirroring events that had happened a month ago. They both ended up in [[Roningai]] where they encountered Carl, who’s memories had been altered too. Ragna was confused over Carl’s proposal for him to hand over the Azure Grimoire, and was forced to fight him. He forced Carl’s retreat but not before being injured by Nirvana’s deadly claws. Bang found him and took him to Litchi’s clinic where he was introduced to [[Linhua]] and his wounds were treated. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 010''</ref> Tao appeared and took him to the Kaka Village so he would be safe from the NOL. There, he was granted shelter by Totokaka, and was allowed refuge in her own home, where Litchi continued her treatment. They talked about the [[Ikaruga Civil War]], and upon finding that Kagura was the Hero of Ikaruga in this reality, Ragna was startled, although he was unaware why. His memories were now appearing in flashes, but Ragna was unable to make sense of them. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 011''</ref> | ||
Upon leaving Toto’s house, he was attacked by the kittens who wanted to play with him. This stirred faint memories of the church and the events of ''Evergreen Eyes''. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 002, Chapter 014''</ref> Bang eventually came back, issuing a warning that an NOL soldier, namely Noel, was surveying the entrance to the village. He asked Tao if there was an exit, and headed towards the sewer against her advice. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 018''</ref> Inside there, he was assaulted by Arakune, who relented his offense upon realising that Noel, a holder of a piece of the true Azure, was nearby. He heard Noel’s scream, and ran after the monster, saving her from being devoured. He fought Arakune, and nearly dealt a killing blow, but he was stopped by Litchi, who begged him to turn the monster back to normal using the Azure Grimoire. He looked at Noel, the top of her shirt ripped open by Arakune, and saw the mark on her clavicle, awakening a memory of Nu. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 003, Chapter 020''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 23.png|300px|right]]Upon leaving Toto’s house, he was attacked by the kittens who wanted to play with him. This stirred faint memories of the church and the events of ''Evergreen Eyes''. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 002, Chapter 014''</ref> Bang eventually came back, issuing a warning that an NOL soldier, namely Noel, was surveying the entrance to the village. He asked Tao if there was an exit, and headed towards the sewer against her advice. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 018''</ref> Inside there, he was assaulted by Arakune, who relented his offense upon realising that Noel, a holder of a piece of the true Azure, was nearby. He heard Noel’s scream, and ran after the monster, saving her from being devoured. He fought Arakune, and nearly dealt a killing blow, but he was stopped by Litchi, who begged him to turn the monster back to normal using the Azure Grimoire. He looked at Noel, the top of her shirt ripped open by Arakune, and saw the mark on her clavicle, awakening a memory of Nu. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 003, Chapter 020''</ref> | ||
Reaching the surface, Ragna arrived at Kagutsuchi’s [[Monorail]], but was cornered by Tager, Kagura, and multiple NOL soldiers. Kagura knocked him out after Kokonoe asked him some questions. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 021''</ref> He awoke in a prison cell and had a long list of charges read against him. Rachel was in the cell next to him, but he did not recognise her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 023''</ref> Hazama came with Noel in tow, and interrogated him, revoking several of the Grim Reaper’s memories, only being spared more pain when the branch came under attack. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 027''</ref> Without anyone to enforce his restraints, he broke free, also opening Rachel’s cell. Now free, Ragna made his way further into the NOL branch, coming across its cauldron <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 028''</ref> and battling the intruder. Hakumen, while Noel was lain on the floor. Hakumen disappeared <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 031''</ref> and he saved Noel from Nu after she opened the cauldron; more memories came flooding back as he fought the Murakumo Unit. Instead of killing her, he offered to save her, but was teleported by Nine to the [[Phantom Field|Phantom Field's]] [[Purgatorium]] at the last second. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 033''</ref> He battled against her and most of his memories came flooding back to him – although he lost, Nine still told him to find Izanami and kill her so that his wish to save everyone could come true. He was then transported back to the Embryo via mass phenomenon intervention. < | Reaching the surface, Ragna arrived at Kagutsuchi’s [[Monorail]], but was cornered by Tager, Kagura, and multiple NOL soldiers. Kagura knocked him out after Kokonoe asked him some questions. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 021''</ref> He awoke in a prison cell and had a long list of charges read against him. Rachel was in the cell next to him, but he did not recognise her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 023''</ref> Hazama came with Noel in tow, and interrogated him, revoking several of the Grim Reaper’s memories, only being spared more pain when the branch came under attack. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 027''</ref> Without anyone to enforce his restraints, he broke free, also opening Rachel’s cell. Now free, Ragna made his way further into the NOL branch, coming across its cauldron <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 028''</ref> and battling the intruder. Hakumen, while Noel was lain on the floor. Hakumen disappeared <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 031''</ref> and he saved Noel from Nu after she opened the cauldron; more memories came flooding back as he fought the Murakumo Unit. Instead of killing her, he offered to save her, but was teleported by Nine to the [[Phantom Field|Phantom Field's]] [[Purgatorium]] at the last second. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 033''</ref> [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 32.png|300px|left]] He battled against her and most of his memories came flooding back to him – although he lost, Nine still told him to find Izanami and kill her so that his wish to save everyone could come true. He was then transported back to the Embryo via mass phenomenon intervention. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 034''</ref> | ||
Now in Ikaruga with all his memories intact, Ragna was intensely wounded by Nine, but was thankfully found by Bang, who helped treat him. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 040''</ref> He listened intently to the history of the Ikaruga Civil War according to the ninja’s distorted memories before asking if he could be taken to Akitsu. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 042''</ref> Once there, he noticed that the effects of Kushinada’s Lynchpin were not activating, separating from Bang. Once near the city’s cauldron, he was met by Relius who decided to fight him in order to verify some brief thoughts. The puppeteer left after telling him to fight Izanami. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapters 046-048''</ref> Some time later, he found Rachel, and Ragna asked her about the Embryo, how to defeat Izanami, and how to save the world. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 056''</ref> Before receiving an answer to the final question, they were both attacked by Azrael, although Ragna was able to fend him off. He was summoned by Izanami after the battle. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 057''</ref> | Now in Ikaruga with all his memories intact, Ragna was intensely wounded by Nine, but was thankfully found by Bang, who helped treat him. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 040''</ref> He listened intently to the history of the Ikaruga Civil War according to the ninja’s distorted memories before asking if he could be taken to Akitsu. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 042''</ref> Once there, he noticed that the effects of Kushinada’s Lynchpin were not activating, separating from Bang. Once near the city’s cauldron, he was met by Relius who decided to fight him in order to verify some brief thoughts. The puppeteer left after telling him to fight Izanami. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapters 046-048''</ref> Some time later, he found Rachel, and Ragna asked her about the Embryo, how to defeat Izanami, and how to save the world. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 056''</ref> Before receiving an answer to the final question, they were both attacked by Azrael, although Ragna was able to fend him off. He was summoned by Izanami after the battle. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 057''</ref> | ||
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Ragna battled his sister next to the Amaterasu Unit. Every strike had hesitation as he was unwilling to truly hurt Izanami’s vessel, but she ran herself into his blade. Izanami revealed that she is Amaterasu’s [[Drive]], that she is immortal, and he saw a vision of the woman inside the Master Unit. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 058''</ref> He was thrown back to the time he spent with Bang on their way to Akitsu and began experiencing hallucinations of the [[chosen|chosen’s]] desires; Ragna saw the wishes of Tao, Carl, Bullet, Tsubaki, Hibiki, and Tager. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 059''</ref> His last vision was of when humanity discovered the [[Susano’o Unit]] deep in the Boundary. When he awoke, he was in an illusionary version of the Altar atop Kagutsuchi where Hazama laid in wait with Mu-12, who was severed from Noel’s soul. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 060''</ref> | Ragna battled his sister next to the Amaterasu Unit. Every strike had hesitation as he was unwilling to truly hurt Izanami’s vessel, but she ran herself into his blade. Izanami revealed that she is Amaterasu’s [[Drive]], that she is immortal, and he saw a vision of the woman inside the Master Unit. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 058''</ref> He was thrown back to the time he spent with Bang on their way to Akitsu and began experiencing hallucinations of the [[chosen|chosen’s]] desires; Ragna saw the wishes of Tao, Carl, Bullet, Tsubaki, Hibiki, and Tager. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 059''</ref> His last vision was of when humanity discovered the [[Susano’o Unit]] deep in the Boundary. When he awoke, he was in an illusionary version of the Altar atop Kagutsuchi where Hazama laid in wait with Mu-12, who was severed from Noel’s soul. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 060''</ref> | ||
At the Altar, Hazama showed Ragna the “scar” that [[Trinity Glassfille]] had inflicted upon him and revealed his desire to feel pain. The Grim Reaper and the Godslayer fought until he was finally able to break her robotic trance, and she directed him to the cocoon above the monolith as the way to return back to the Embryo he knew. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapters 061–062''</ref> He resolved to find Noel for her so the two halves could be reunited. En route to [[Yabiko]], Celica finally found Ragna and the two headed together to find Noel, Kagura, and Kokonoe. Ragna asked about her dream, finding little surprise that her's was for everyone to live a happy life. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 064''</ref> They found Kagutsuchi and Yabiko next to one another because of the Embryo’s distorted geography. He asked [[Ex Machina: Minerva]] to take Celica to the NOL’s Yabiko branch, waiting in case the memories of the chosen had yet to return. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 067''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 49.png|300px|right]]At the Altar, Hazama showed Ragna the “scar” that [[Trinity Glassfille]] had inflicted upon him and revealed his desire to feel pain. The Grim Reaper and the Godslayer fought until he was finally able to break her robotic trance, and she directed him to the cocoon above the monolith as the way to return back to the Embryo he knew. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapters 061–062''</ref> He resolved to find Noel for her so the two halves could be reunited. En route to [[Yabiko]], Celica finally found Ragna and the two headed together to find Noel, Kagura, and Kokonoe. Ragna asked about her dream, finding little surprise that her's was for everyone to live a happy life. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 064''</ref> They found Kagutsuchi and Yabiko next to one another because of the Embryo’s distorted geography. He asked [[Ex Machina: Minerva]] to take Celica to the NOL’s Yabiko branch, waiting in case the memories of the chosen had yet to return. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 067''</ref> | ||
While waiting, [[Naoto Kurogane]] bumped into him. They began fighting as the Grim Reaper would not relent information over Celica, and the two fought, recognising one another’s Drives and becoming confused over the claims of who was Saya’s brother (Naoto referencing his sister, [[Saya Terumi]], while Ragna referenced his, Saya). Naoto left after realising he could not fight much longer. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 066, Sub Scenario 1''</ref> Ragna was later found by Makoto, who had been ordered to detain him by Kokonoe. He battled her and she became the first person who’s dream Ragna had taken. After the battle, the Grim Reaper asked her if any of the chosen had died, although Makoto did not know. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 070''</ref> In Wadatsumi, Ragna found Tsubaki and defeated her, being watched by Kagura the entire time. He fought the Black Knight, taking his dream; he was unable to finish the fight as Amane teleported him away to Kushinada’s Lynchpin. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 071''</ref> There, he realised that Amane was an [[Onlooker]] like Rachel, and was asked to join his troupe – a roundabout way of Amane offering to Observe Ragna to prevent the Azure Grimoire from further corrupting him. The Grim Reaper refused and explained that he was going to create new possibilities for the world using the chosen’s dreams since there were none left. He was teleported back to Wadatsumi. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 073''</ref> | While waiting, [[Naoto Kurogane]] bumped into him. They began fighting as the Grim Reaper would not relent information over Celica, and the two fought, recognising one another’s Drives and becoming confused over the claims of who was Saya’s brother (Naoto referencing his sister, [[Saya Terumi]], while Ragna referenced his, Saya). Naoto left after realising he could not fight much longer. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 066, Sub Scenario 1''</ref> Ragna was later found by Makoto, who had been ordered to detain him by Kokonoe. He battled her and she became the first person who’s dream Ragna had taken. After the battle, the Grim Reaper asked her if any of the chosen had died, although Makoto did not know. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 070''</ref> In Wadatsumi, Ragna found Tsubaki and defeated her, being watched by Kagura the entire time. He fought the Black Knight, taking his dream; he was unable to finish the fight as Amane teleported him away to Kushinada’s Lynchpin. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 071''</ref> There, he realised that Amane was an [[Onlooker]] like Rachel, and was asked to join his troupe – a roundabout way of Amane offering to Observe Ragna to prevent the Azure Grimoire from further corrupting him. The Grim Reaper refused and explained that he was going to create new possibilities for the world using the chosen’s dreams since there were none left. He was teleported back to Wadatsumi. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 073''</ref> | ||
After the teleportation, Ragna was found by Rachel and Valkenhayn. She warned him that it would be impossible to take the dreams of all the chosen by himself, and he left. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 074''</ref>He found Bang, who explained that he would not allow anyone to harm Noel and that he was seeking to protect her, not kill her as Izanami had wished him to. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 075''</ref> They battled, and Ragna took his dream, the dream to restore Ikaruga, and left, although his arm was becoming heavier and heavier with each taken desire. He found Bullet not long afterwards, and took her desire as well after a brief fight. Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was in a possibility where he was still experiencing the events of ''BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger''. He spoke to Litchi, realising that she was one of the chosen here, and took her desire, later taking Arakune’s one as well. More Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was transported back to the possibility within the Embryo that he knew. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 076–077''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 42.png|300px|left]]After the teleportation, Ragna was found by Rachel and Valkenhayn. She warned him that it would be impossible to take the dreams of all the chosen by himself, and he left. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 074''</ref>He found Bang, who explained that he would not allow anyone to harm Noel and that he was seeking to protect her, not kill her as Izanami had wished him to. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 075''</ref> They battled, and Ragna took his dream, the dream to restore Ikaruga, and left, although his arm was becoming heavier and heavier with each taken desire. He found Bullet not long afterwards, and took her desire as well after a brief fight. Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was in a possibility where he was still experiencing the events of ''BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger''. He spoke to Litchi, realising that she was one of the chosen here, and took her desire, later taking Arakune’s one as well. More Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was transported back to the possibility within the Embryo that he knew. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 076–077''</ref> | ||
Rachel, Kagura, and Kokonoe found Ragna, having calculated where he would next appear. They offered their support to him as they knew he could not collect the desires of all the chosen by himself. He returned with the group to Yabiko, reuniting with Celica, and having maintenance performed on him by Kokonoe. She chastised his recklessness and warned him about the Azure Grimoire and Celica’s lifespan. Here, he also met Noel again, realizing that her memories had yet to return. Kokonoe asked him to destroy Nine’s final Nox Nyctores – [[Corpus Sepulcro: Requiem]] which was causing the Phenomenon Interventions which had moved him across possibilities. Both Jin and Jubei arrived at their location, where Ragna came to learn that Jubei is Kokonoe’s father. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 078–079''</ref> | Rachel, Kagura, and Kokonoe found Ragna, having calculated where he would next appear. They offered their support to him as they knew he could not collect the desires of all the chosen by himself. He returned with the group to Yabiko, reuniting with Celica, and having maintenance performed on him by Kokonoe. She chastised his recklessness and warned him about the Azure Grimoire and Celica’s lifespan. Here, he also met Noel again, realizing that her memories had yet to return. Kokonoe asked him to destroy Nine’s final Nox Nyctores – [[Corpus Sepulcro: Requiem]] which was causing the Phenomenon Interventions which had moved him across possibilities. Both Jin and Jubei arrived at their location, where Ragna came to learn that Jubei is Kokonoe’s father. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 078–079''</ref> | ||
Later that same day, Ragna took Noel to Yabiko’s cauldron, where she saw Mu. Noel fainted and rejected her other self, forcing Ragan to postpone them coming together. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 080''</ref> The next day, he was sent as part of the strike squadron to Nine’s workshop. He watched as Jubei was effortlessly beaten by Nine and listened to her explanation of the her desire, the world, the [[Prime Field War]] and why she created Requiem. Having had enough, Ragna fought her and won when she was distracted, devouring her desire and gravely wounding her. After the fight, Izanami and Nu came to hunt and kill them all, but thanks to Nine and Jubei, Ragna and the others managed to escape at the cost of Nine’s life and Jubei staying behind. This bought them one week of time to find a way to kill Izanami. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 081–083''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 54.png|300px|right]]Later that same day, Ragna took Noel to Yabiko’s cauldron, where she saw Mu. Noel fainted and rejected her other self, forcing Ragan to postpone them coming together. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 080''</ref> The next day, he was sent as part of the strike squadron to Nine’s workshop. He watched as Jubei was effortlessly beaten by Nine and listened to her explanation of the her desire, the world, the [[Prime Field War]] and why she created Requiem. Having had enough, Ragna fought her and won when she was distracted, devouring her desire and gravely wounding her. After the fight, Izanami and Nu came to hunt and kill them all, but thanks to Nine and Jubei, Ragna and the others managed to escape at the cost of Nine’s life and Jubei staying behind. This bought them one week of time to find a way to kill Izanami. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 081–083''</ref> | ||
Ragna, with the others, was transported to the church he grew up in. Unable to comprehend that it could possibly exist within the Embryo, Ragna waited outside with Jin and talked, almost as if they were children again with no ill-will towards one another – they headed towards the river together before returning to sleep. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 084''</ref> Noel woke him up when he was sleep-talking about Jin and Saya, and they both went to have breakfast, which was made by Celica, as he had to stop Noel from cooking at all. Rachel later told him that a version of the Azure Grimoire was underneath the house and could be used as a cauldron for Noel to regain Mu. He listened to Noel describe his childhood through Saya’s eyes, unable to comprehend what he was hearing. Ragna then gave Noel to Rachel to help awaken her memories and accept her powers as the Godslayer. When she did, Ragna listened to her talk about accepting Izanami rather than destroying her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 086''</ref> Later that evening, Ragna watched the stars with Celica, aware that she did not have much time left before she disappeared, and they talked about Nine and her sacrifice. The following morning, she passed away – Ragna did not look back, having accepted her death, and the group teleported to Yabiko. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 087''</ref> | Ragna, with the others, was transported to the church he grew up in. Unable to comprehend that it could possibly exist within the Embryo, Ragna waited outside with Jin and talked, almost as if they were children again with no ill-will towards one another – they headed towards the river together before returning to sleep. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 084''</ref> Noel woke him up when he was sleep-talking about Jin and Saya, and they both went to have breakfast, which was made by Celica, as he had to stop Noel from cooking at all. Rachel later told him that a version of the Azure Grimoire was underneath the house and could be used as a cauldron for Noel to regain Mu. He listened to Noel describe his childhood through Saya’s eyes, unable to comprehend what he was hearing. Ragna then gave Noel to Rachel to help awaken her memories and accept her powers as the Godslayer. When she did, Ragna listened to her talk about accepting Izanami rather than destroying her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 086''</ref> Later that evening, Ragna watched the stars with Celica, aware that she did not have much time left before she disappeared, and they talked about Nine and her sacrifice. The following morning, she passed away – Ragna did not look back, having accepted her death, and the group teleported to Yabiko. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 087''</ref> | ||
Ragna learnt of Kokonoe’s plan to destroy the Requiem and saw her bring both Tsubaki and Hakumen along. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 088''</ref> He was reunited with Lambda, and thanked her for saving him from Terumi a month prior. He learnt that Noel housed half of Saya’s soul, and began treating her like his own sister. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 089''</ref> He travelled to the frozen space-time within the Embryo with everyone else, and was greeted by a vision of Izanami. Ragna was with Noel and Minerva, separated from Rachel, Kagura, Jin, Tsubaki, and Hakumen. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 090''</ref> He travelled with Minerva and Noel to find Requiem, and was told of Kagura and Jin’s victory over Azrael. They found the Kushinada’s Lynchpin, and Ragna took the dream of Tenjo Amanohokosaka, later travelling upwards, where they found Izanami and Requiem. He defeated her and watched as Noel, using Mu’s power, absorbed Izanami into herself, assisting her using the Azure Grimoire and Idea Engine. Ragna told Minerva to give his regards to Celica as she sacrificed herself to destroy Requiem. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 091''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue_Central_Fiction_Story_Mode_68(C).png|300px|left]]Ragna learnt of Kokonoe’s plan to destroy the Requiem and saw her bring both Tsubaki and Hakumen along. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 088''</ref> He was reunited with Lambda, and thanked her for saving him from Terumi a month prior. He learnt that Noel housed half of Saya’s soul, and began treating her like his own sister. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 089''</ref> He travelled to the frozen space-time within the Embryo with everyone else, and was greeted by a vision of Izanami. Ragna was with Noel and Minerva, separated from Rachel, Kagura, Jin, Tsubaki, and Hakumen. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 090''</ref> He travelled with Minerva and Noel to find Requiem, and was told of Kagura and Jin’s victory over Azrael. They found the Kushinada’s Lynchpin, and Ragna took the dream of Tenjo Amanohokosaka, later travelling upwards, where they found Izanami and Requiem. He defeated her and watched as Noel, using Mu’s power, absorbed Izanami into herself, assisting her using the Azure Grimoire and Idea Engine. Ragna told Minerva to give his regards to Celica as she sacrificed herself to destroy Requiem. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 091''</ref> | ||
Ragna and Noel fell back down to the Embryo, and were told about Doomsday still continuing. He learnt about [[Es]] from Kokonoe. Ragna and Noel found Jin, travelling towards the Amaterasu Unit and intervening in the fight between Nu, Jubei, Hakumen and Izayoi. He realised the Murakumo Unit had absorbed Take-Mikazuchi and fought her in an attempt to save as he promised earlier. He won, knocking her unconscious and then fought Hakumen, who believed that the Grim Reaper was too strong to be ignored as potential calamity to the world’s Order. Ragna won this fight as well, and witnessed Terumi sending Nu insane, and then Terumi’s retrieval of the Susano’o Unit, witnessing the rebirth of Susano’o. Ragna attempted to fight against him, but was unsuccessful, and watched as Susano'o snatched Noel and transported both himself and Amaterasu outside of the Embryo. Ragna took Tsubaki’s dream before going away with Jin and Trinity to Kagutsuchi’s cauldron, the only place where they could exit the Embryo to chase Susano’o. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 092''</ref> | Ragna and Noel fell back down to the Embryo, and were told about Doomsday still continuing. He learnt about [[Es]] from Kokonoe. Ragna and Noel found Jin, travelling towards the Amaterasu Unit and intervening in the fight between Nu, Jubei, Hakumen and Izayoi. He realised the Murakumo Unit had absorbed Take-Mikazuchi and fought her in an attempt to save as he promised earlier. He won, knocking her unconscious and then fought Hakumen, who believed that the Grim Reaper was too strong to be ignored as potential calamity to the world’s Order. Ragna won this fight as well, and witnessed Terumi sending Nu insane, and then Terumi’s retrieval of the Susano’o Unit, witnessing the rebirth of Susano’o. Ragna attempted to fight against him, but was unsuccessful, and watched as Susano'o snatched Noel and transported both himself and Amaterasu outside of the Embryo. Ragna took Tsubaki’s dream before going away with Jin and Trinity to Kagutsuchi’s cauldron, the only place where they could exit the Embryo to chase Susano’o. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 092''</ref> | ||
Ragna found Rachel being tortured by Hazama, and battled the vessel when he was told by Hazama himself that he tortured Saya years prior. Ragna defeated him, but was losing himself to the Azure Grimoire. Naoto stopped him from killing Hazama, and then fought until Ragna regained his composition. He thanked Naoto after watching Hazama jump into the Boundary and then leapt in himself with Jin, Rachel, and Trinity to find Susano’o. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 094''</ref> Outside the Embryo with Rachel alone, he told her of his dream to end the “Dream of God”. He picked up and hugged her, thanking the vampire for everything she had done for him in his life before erasing her memories of him, passing her over to Valkenhayn. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 095''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 73(B).png|300px|right]]Ragna found Rachel being tortured by Hazama, and battled the vessel when he was told by Hazama himself that he tortured Saya years prior. Ragna defeated him, but was losing himself to the Azure Grimoire. Naoto stopped him from killing Hazama, and then fought until Ragna regained his composition. He thanked Naoto after watching Hazama jump into the Boundary and then leapt in himself with Jin, Rachel, and Trinity to find Susano’o. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 094''</ref> Outside the Embryo with Rachel alone, he told her of his dream to end the “Dream of God”. He picked up and hugged her, thanking the vampire for everything she had done for him in his life before erasing her memories of him, passing her over to Valkenhayn. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 095''</ref> | ||
Now at the [[Azure Gate|Gate]] with Jin and Trinity, he demanded that Terumi show himself. He learnt that Terumi was a true God but did not rise to his provocations, and also learned that he had absorbed Noel into himself, becoming immune to all Phenomenon Intervention. Both Ragna and Jin fought Susano’o, and Ragna forced himself to lose control after his brother perceived the God using the [[Power of Order]]. He dragged Terumi’s soul out of the Unit and Jin, now using the Susano’o Unit, slashed away at Terumi and Ragna’s bodies with the replica [[Hihiirokane]]. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 096''</ref> Noel opened up the Gate with Ragna being taken inside with Terumi to the [[Azure Horizon]]. They battled to obtain the True Azure as they were the two beings with the strongest lust for it. Despite fighting against Terumi’s incredible mastery of Ouroboros, he defeated his nemesis, finally killing the God for all eternity. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 097''</ref> | Now at the [[Azure Gate|Gate]] with Jin and Trinity, he demanded that Terumi show himself. He learnt that Terumi was a true God but did not rise to his provocations, and also learned that he had absorbed Noel into himself, becoming immune to all Phenomenon Intervention. Both Ragna and Jin fought Susano’o, and Ragna forced himself to lose control after his brother perceived the God using the [[Power of Order]]. He dragged Terumi’s soul out of the Unit and Jin, now using the Susano’o Unit, slashed away at Terumi and Ragna’s bodies with the replica [[Hihiirokane]]. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 096''</ref> Noel opened up the Gate with Ragna being taken inside with Terumi to the [[Azure Horizon]]. They battled to obtain the True Azure as they were the two beings with the strongest lust for it. Despite fighting against Terumi’s incredible mastery of Ouroboros, he defeated his nemesis, finally killing the God for all eternity. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 097''</ref> | ||
He returned outside of the Azure Horizon and took Noel inside the Master Unit, where she fused fully with Saya. Now for the first time in his life, Ragna was reunited with his siblings and gave Trinity the Susano’o Unit against Jin’s wishes. He then tried to end [[The Origin|The Origin's]] dream, knowing that he was it, the [[Central Fiction]], and that as long as he existed, the world would never be born again He battled Noel and Jin to ensure he could save them and everyone else. Ragna won, and hugged them both, asking them to cherish the people they loved, and to get along better. He took their dreams, entrusting them to Trinity, who’s dream he did not take since it had been fulfilled. Ragna walked up the Amaterasu Unit, meeting The Origin. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 098''</ref> | [[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 75.png|300px|left]]He returned outside of the Azure Horizon and took Noel inside the Master Unit, where she fused fully with Saya. Now for the first time in his life, Ragna was reunited with his siblings and gave Trinity the Susano’o Unit against Jin’s wishes. He then tried to end [[The Origin|The Origin's]] dream, knowing that he was it, the [[Central Fiction]], and that as long as he existed, the world would never be born again He battled Noel and Jin to ensure he could save them and everyone else. Ragna won, and hugged them both, asking them to cherish the people they loved, and to get along better. He took their dreams, entrusting them to Trinity, who’s dream he did not take since it had been fulfilled. Ragna walked up the Amaterasu Unit, meeting The Origin. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 098''</ref> | ||
He walked down to the Gate, the Azure Grimoire having consumed his right half. Ragna met Amane, noticing he was the last person to return to seithr. He told the Onlooker he was going to return everyone’s dreams to the Azure to create a world that Amaterasu and Takamagahara would never be able to intervene in. He walked into the Gate, leaving the Aramasa behind. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 012, Chapter 099''</ref> A grave was made for Ragna using the Aramasa in the new world despite no one remembering his existence. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 100''</ref> | He walked down to the Gate, the Azure Grimoire having consumed his right half. Ragna met Amane, noticing he was the last person to return to seithr. He told the Onlooker he was going to return everyone’s dreams to the Azure to create a world that Amaterasu and Takamagahara would never be able to intervene in. He walked into the Gate, leaving the Aramasa behind. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 012, Chapter 099''</ref> A grave was made for Ragna using the Aramasa in the new world despite no one remembering his existence. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 100''</ref> | ||
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Ragna the Bloodedge is the main protagonist of the BlazBlue series. He is the current wielder of the Azure Grimoire and the former wielder of Aramasa. Ragna is the older brother of Jin Kisaragi and Saya, having also spent most of his adolescence in the care of Jubei.
Ragna is one of the twelve original playable characters who debuted in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.
Appearance
Ragna is a tall, muscular, pale young man with shocking white and spiky hair. He left eye is naturally green, while his right eye is a bright red, caused by the Azure Grimoire. He wears his long-sleeved signature red jacket over a simple black shirt. On both the top and bottom of his sleeves are silver fixtures, one of which has the inscription -No.5-Es; this jacket also has two red ribbons that flow freely with silver ends. On his jacket are two belts, and he wears two more belts over the jacket and his hakama. His clothing is completed with red shoes with steel toecaps and a green studded earring in his left ear. Because his right arm is the Azure Grimoire, his right arm is completely black - there are seithr regulator on the back of his black gloves, one for each hand, and on his clavicle is a mysterious mark. Towards the end of his life in the BlazBlue world, the Azure Grimoire had corrupted most of his right side, leaving even half of his face covered black with bright red veins.
During his tenure as Bloodedge, Ragna's right eye was constantly shut because of Celica A. Mercury's presence. He wore his jacket normally on his left side, but kept the right side tied to his waist, showing his Grimoire fully. His Azure Grimoire was covered in black wraps, partially obscuring his regulator on his hand; on his bicep was a golden buckle where the wraps stopped.
As a child, Ragna had blonde hair and both his eyes were green. He often wore a white shirt with blue shorts.
While training with Jubei as a teenager, Ragna wore a variation of his black shirt where it was primarily red with black rims. He wore a black glove on his right arm, and kept his grimoire visible at all time. Ragna also wore black, baggy trousers and a simple brown belt.
In one gag reel, Ragna is seen in beachwear. He has swimming trunks colored red, orange, and black with a white waistband. Instead of his usual jacket, he wears a crimson sports jacket with black stripes on the arms and a black hood. It also has a chibi version of dead spike on a white badge.
Personality
Often, Ragna is described as being rough around the edges. He frequently swears and displays antisocial behaviour. Deep down, however, he is actually kind to those who he cares about, and will stop at nothing to make sure they are safe. He's rarely open about his feelings towards others, most notably with Rachel Alucard and his brother, Jin Kisaragi. Ragna doesn't often think ahead, and charges in blindly, but there have been times where this attitude has worked out for him. Few people mean more to Ragna than his family.
Even though he can come off as serious most of the time he interacts with people, Ragna does have a sense of dry humor and often displays it when he's around Taokaka. He's also understanding of the younger cast, and has been seen playing with the Kaka Kittens and going along with Tao's eccentric behaviour. Ragna has also been known to buy meals for both Tao and Platinum the Trinity when he thought they were starving, despite not knowing either of them at the time.
Ragna used to have a large stigma against all Boundary Interface Prime Field Devices but over time, he came to accept them. Before he moved on to the World of the Gods, he began to drop his antisocial behaviour, and was willing to sacrifice himself in order to save everyone from Doomsday and Susano'o. He forgot about no one during this time, even saving Tenjo Amanohokosaka, whom he had never met.
Biography
A powerful criminal who has a burning hatred for the world government the Norvus Orbis Librarium. Due to this hatred, Ragna uses his knowledge of combat, the weapon Aramasa, and the powerful Azure Grimoire to destroy military branches around the world, possibly killing hundreds every time. The Novus Orbis Librarium labelled him an SS-class criminal and issued him the largest bounty in recorded history, P$90,000,000, which, according to Jin, is enough to buy a small country.
Early Life
Evergreen Eyes, Scarlet Rose, Endless Waltz
Ragna and his siblings were first found by Jubei in Relius Clover's workshop, where they were confined for unknown reasons. Jubei decided to save the three, gaining several wounds in the process, and left the three with Celica A. Mercury. Ragna grew up in her church along with his younger brother Jin Kisaragi and his younger sister, Saya.
Ten days after arriving at Celica's church and sometime before Relius and Terumi destroyed his young life, Ragna was forced, along with Saya and Jin, to go foraging for strawberries with Celica to make jam. Unfortunately, they ended up lost thanks to Celica's navigation. Despite this, they soldiered on, with Ragna carrying Saya and Jin complaining about the distance. Ragna noticed something wrong with Saya as she detected the presence of someone, but he dismissed her worry and claimed it was likely a rabbit; eventually, the smell of strawberries lead the search to a close. Sunset loomed and Ragna stood back in the kitchen as Saya and Celica made strawberry jam. He laid the table with Jin when asked, but was offered up Saya's jam to eat. Even though the jam itself looked akin to black sludge, Ragna still consumed it once prompted. He was knocked unconscious as a result. [1]
Jin was dependent on his older brother, and frequently demanded a high level of affection and play time from Ragna. However, Saya became very ill and Ragna decided to care for her. Jin became jealous of this and began bullying Saya, causing Ragna to spend even less time with him. Jin was driven mad by the Nox Nyctores Mucro Algesco: Yukianesa, and learned of his future. Yuuki Terumi used this to convince the boy to burn down the church, while Ragna was out gathering water. He rushed home to check on his family within the burning home, but was instead confronted by Jin, who was posessed by Terumi. The two cut off his right arm and Terumi proceeded to mock Ragna, killed Celica and then kidnapped Saya to use as a vessel. He soon blacked out from the pain and shock of losing his arm. Ragna woke up as the rain put out the fire and heard Saya's music box in the wreckage. He cried out until he fell unconscious again.
Ragna tried to crawl out from the wreckage and find help some time after, but couldn't manage to prop himself up to stand. Rachel Alucard appeared before him, looked into his eyes and saw that he wanted to live. She offered Ragna the Azure Grimoire which, once he touched, saved him. [2] The new Grimoire took the shape of a human arm and replaced the arm that had been severed. Rachel then took Ragna to Jubei, who agreed to care for him. Jubei became both his caretaker and his trainer, teaching him proper sword fighting and how to control and use the Azure Grimoire. Out of respect for him, he started calling Jubei "Master." At some point with Jubei, Ragna was introduced to both Taokaka and Torakaka.
Remix Heart
Ragna was sent by Jubei to look for the Adesqui Grimoire, which was located beneath the Librarium's Military Academy in Torifune. While he searched for the Grimoire, Mai Natsume dropped in front of him from the levels above. Ragna was initially worried when Mai revealed that she was searching for the Azure, but was relieved when she said that she was looking for it to help her friends. He agreed to help her look for it, since she didn't know he possessed it, and he couldn't "leave a woman alone in a place like this without losing sleep." After a short while looking for each respective Grimiore, the two ran into the Adesqui Grimoire. A defense system was activated that summoned minions to stop Ragna and Mai from getting the Grimoire. Ragna managed to dispatch a few of them, but was taken by surprise when he tried to activate his Azure Grimoire. He was grabbed and thrown down a garbage shoot, where he was found by his master, Jubei, who was annoyed with Ragna for not searching for the Grimoire on his own.
Variable Heart
Alongside Jubei, Ragna went to the outskirts of 13th Hierarchical City of KagutsuchiKagutsuchi to search for a Prime Field Device. He was separated from his master, but managed to find the unit, known as Bell, alongside Mai, whom he did not recognize after their brief meeting in Torifune. [3] Even though Bell was a child, Ragna was still determined to kill her; he disarmed Mai and held her by her throat, but let her go when Bell reminded him of Saya. Kajun Faycott, Shiori Kirihito and Taro Sasagae immediately tried to stop Ragna from doing anymore harm, but he shrugged off Taro's attacks with relative ease, shocking everyone. [4] Before Ragna could continue in his attempts to get Bell, he was stopped by Fuzzy who had been patiently watching the events unfold. The two of them began fighting as Fuzzy summoned ghouls for the others to fight instead. [5]
Wounding Fuzzy seemed to do nothing as he would heal the wounds inflicted - something that Ragna hates about fighting vampires. Annoyed that Ragna would not activate his Azure Grimoire, Fuzzy summoned a Bone Dragon, a being which has no soul, and thus cannot be affected by Ragna's Soul Eater, in order to provoke him. By this time, the other group had defeated the ghouls and they rendezvoused to tackle the dragon and vampire. [6]
Mai's spear, the Legacy Weapon - Gallia Sphyras: Outseal had landed a nasty wound on Fuzzy, so Ragna congratulated Mai by calling her "big tits" which made Bell uppercut him and Shiori kick him. As Fuzzy was launching an unavoidable attack towards Mai, Ragna grabbed it and held onto it to stop it from tearing through the rest of the group and they began fighting one-on-one. Ragna was losing the fight, so he began to activate the Azure Grimoire before being interrupted by the group. He caught Bell as she was blown away by Fuzzy's attacks. [7]
The fight finally ended as Meifang Lapislazuli and th [Zeroth Squadron arrived to apprehend the group. Ragna expressed glee with being able to take Meifang on, but Rachel mass-teleported the group away from the situation. Because of his angry behaviour towards Rachel and Jubei for failing the mission and stopping him from fighting, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing teleported him away to an unknown location. [8]
Memory of BLUE
Ragna arrived at the 9th Hierarchical City of Akitsu-Kō in the dead of night, he noted how dull and unremarkable the city was until the looming figure of the NOL headquarters stood overhead. Coming close to the building, he was met with several NOL officers issuing warnings for him to turn back; Ragna came too close and a trap designed for feral beasts was raised, however, he easily dispelled it. Ragna was met with dozens of armed Praetorian Guards, but they were easily defeated as he blasted them and the gate down.
Leisurely walking down the interior of the branch, Ragna was eventually met with an army of 300 plus armed officers, awaiting him on the staircase connected to the central hall. He launched himself recklessly into the crowd, effortlessly massacring each and every soldier without much of a struggle from the opposition. Afterwards, Ragna descended into the area that contained the cauldron and effortlessly destroyed it. The weather control in the city was destroyed alongside the cauldron.
Becoming slightly lost in the labyrinth that was the lower levels of the City, Ragna encountered Rachel, who teleported in front of him and gestured towards the northwest, whispering that he should go to the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. Rachel then abruptly left as Ragna managed to find his way out of the City. Shortly afterwards, Ragna earned his moniker - the "Grim Reaper".
Calamity Trigger
While walking through the forest on the way to the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi, Ragna used an Ars Magus that concealed his presence, thinking that someone was following him from the shadows. This person turned out to be Jubei, who wanted to check up on his pupil. He warned Ragna that "he" was here, but did not clarify who "he" was, to Ragna's annoyance. Before leaving, he cautioned Ragna not to mistake the Azure's power as his own, which Ragna brushed off. Ragna then continued toward the city.
Ragna arrived at Kagutsuchi a few days before New Year's Eve, hoping to destroy the cauldron at the NOL base before the year ended. He ended up taking a nap in the Junkyard and dreamed about the fire that caused him to be maimed. He was awoken by Rachel, who taunted him until he agreed to battle her. Once the battle ends, her butler, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, escorted her back to the castle.
Ragna entered the sewers to try and reach the rest of the town and then moved on to Orient Town. There he encountered Taokaka, who pestered him for food, eventually forcing him into a lose-lose match where, regardless of if he won, he still had to pay for her meal. He took her to a restaurant, where she revealed her mission to capture him and showed his inaccurate wanted poster, causing him to spit out his food in shock and disgust. Tao ordered so much food that Ragna scolded her, saying he couldn't possibly pay for this, which got the two in trouble. They ran to the Kaka Village, with Tao guiding him. There he met the kittens as well as the elder, Totokaka, who recognized him as Jubei's pupil and offered to help him escape and continue on his mission. She ordered Tao to take him to their secret tunnel to Orient Town, which she happily agreed to. Ragna was warned by Taokaka about Arakune and later he felt his presence following him as he attempted to leave. The creature attacked him and Ragna was disgusted to learn it was once human. He defeated Arakune and attempted to mercy kill him, but was stopped by Litchi Faye-Ling. She fought Ragna to buy Arakune time to escape. After the fight, she asked about Ragna's Grimoire, saying she wanted it to grant her wish to save Arakune. Ragna said that it takes the souls of those around the wearer if they stay near anyone for too long, and that Arakune was too far gone to be saved. He complained about her tapping into the Boundary for power, but agreed not to harm Arakune any longer. She said he was far nicer than the stories make him out to be. He found the comment amusing, but left still troubled by her story.
Ragna was then interrupted by Valkenhayn on his way to the NOL base as he complained that he might not make it to the top by nightfall. Valkenhayn insisted on fighting Ragna to see if he was worthy of Rachel's interest, eventually goading him into a battle. Rachel interrupted the fight and scolded Ragna before sending Valkenhayn away. She attempted to give advice, but was too cryptic for Ragna to understand. Annoyed, she took him to her castle to punish him and fought him. After his victory, Rachel insulted Ragna many times before saying he was marginally better than "last time" and showed some trust in him. She told him to never give up and teleported him in front of the NOL base.
At the NOL Base, he was initially unsettled by the lack of people there and proceeded with caution. As he entered a room within, he saw Jin and immediately attacked. The two fought, with Ragna defeating the man. However, Ragna spared him, insisting that he has questions to ask Jin. His brother insisted that he's too soft, telling him that this was why he cannot protect anyone. Ragna attacked him again and left, angered with how soft he had been with his brother.
As he descended into the NOL base, he was suddenly frozen with fear as Hakumen arrived. Hakumen refered to Ragna as the "Dark One" and insisted that he would destroy Ragna. During the time loop that occurs within the story, Hakumen severely weakened Ragna, but was suddenly Kokonoe attempted to transport him away. However, Hakumen willed himself to remain where he was, causing Ragna to activate the Azure Grimoire so that they could finish their fight. Meanwhile, Noel Vermillion confronted Nu-13, but regained her sense of self mid-battle, and was nearly killed. Ragna intervened just in time to save her, but could not defeat Nu, and was once again stabbed and thrown into the cauldron. Noel had a flashback to memories of Saya's and decided to save Ragna from the cauldron by grabbing him and pulling him up. She then punched him in the chest and scolded him for being stupid before crying herself to sleep in his lap. Rachel arrived and explained that something had greatly changed and told Ragna that his Grimoire was artificial, but did not elaborate on that point.
Terumi called to Noel to look at him as she woke up, and despite Rachel's warning, she did just that, bringing Terumi back to life. Ragna immediately attacked him, but missed and was mocked by Terumi for his attempts. Rachel warned him that he could not possibly defeat Terumi, which Terumi agreed with, saying that Rachel was the only one that could possibly keep up with him. Terumi left and Noel cried out in confusion before calling Terumi "The Dark Susano'o." Rachel asked Kokonoe if she had seen what just happened and Kokonoe replied that she had been waiting her whole life for this. The story ended on her declaration that she would erase Terumi from the world.
Since Rachel left both Ragna and Noel inside the collapsed interior of the NOL branch, the Grim Reaper was forced to burrow himself out of the rubble, being slowed progressively by Noel's repeated clumsiness. Finally, they made it outside of the building, despite Noel's slow movements.
Continuum Shift
After the incident with Terumi and Nu-13, Ragna allowed Noel to travel with him for a short time. Ragna brought her to the top of a desolate, abandoned building, where he asked Noel why she was still there, clearly annoyed with her. After Noel said she "just wants to talk," he told her that there was nothing he wanted to talk with her about and that she should just get lost. She left, but only after declaring that they would be enemies when next they met. Shortly afterward, Ragna called out and told a hidden entity to stop stalking him and come out from the shadows. The figure slinked out and turned out to be Carl Clover. Carl attacked Ragna, claiming that he needed his Azure Grimoire, but Ragna managed to fend him off. Ragna lost focus for a moment, flashing back to his brother's cries for help when Carl cries for his sister. In that moment, Carl's weapon, the Deus Machina: Nirvana stabbed Ragna, sending him falling down to the lower levels of Kagutsuchi.
Ragna then woke up in the Kaka village near Tao, who asked if he was napping before he fell unconscious. He spent the next few days resting and recovering. While there, he befriended the residents and grew closer with Taokaka. While eating lunch with her, he remembered that the two had met before when they were children, but did not tell Tao. Tao offered to spar with him to aid in his recovery and he agreed. He left shortly after and soon met Platinum the Trinity, who swindled him into feeding them by loudly shaming him and declaring that they would haunt him until he died. While eating with the child, Ragna asked Sena who the other spirit in their body was, to Sena's surprise, and said that the the staff wrapped in cloth was a Nox Nyctores. Sena introduced himself and forced Luna to do the same. Luna however, repeatedly insulted Ragna and called him a pedophile. Luna stormed off angrily, and while Ragna was attempting to pay the bill for their food, Lambda-11 appeared after a sudden power outage. Ragna assumed that she was after the Grimoire, but Kokonoe denied this, once again reminding Ragna that his Grimoire was nothing but an imitation. She decided to have Lambda spar with Ragna for battle data. After giving Kokonoe some "useful data", she told Ragna that he shouldn't fight Terumi, but didn't elaborate on why before suddenly being interrupted and leaving. She mentioned Noel Vermillion, which Ragna noticed, and thus called out for Rachel, demanding answers from her. She would only give him information if he proved determined enough, so they ended up fighting. When Ragna won, she told him not to fight Terumi because there was a reason he couldn't win, but did not say why. She explained that he was the destroyer of the Order of the world and that Jin Kisaragi was an antibody that was attempting to destroy him for that.
Ragna did not listen to her warning however, and went to the NOL headquarters to locate Noel Vermillion, running into Jin. Jin demanded a fight, but Ragna defeated him once more and said that if Jin was to kill him, Ragna wanted Jin to kill him as himself, not while acting as the world's antibody. He also said that if he had to be killed, he would want Jin to be the one to do it. Jin claimed that his actions were entirely his own and insisted that he would kill his brother. Ragna left after feeling a heart beat from a Murakumo the Azure Grimoire didn't seem to recognize.
Ragna arrived to the top of the Kagutsuchi branch and met the man calling himself Hazama. Hazama inquired if Ragna agreed that the power of the Azure Grimoire was "wonderful", to which a scornful Ragna replied he had nothing to say to him. Ragna demanded to know where Noel Vermillion was and Hazama mentioned that Ragna already knew before he pointed out the cauldron behind the Monolith on the floor. Hazama taunted him about how divine it was to see Ragna's despair as he angrily—almost desperately—asked him to stop smelting. Eventually Hazama led Ragna into releasing the Azure Grimoire to fight him, just before Hazama shifted to Terumi and unveiled himself as the creator of the BlazBlue. He unleashed his own Azure Grimoire and locked Ragna's, preventing the use of Soul Eater or his Azure. Ragna lost some control in shock over this while Terumi relished in his reaction, he mentioned it's why Ragna couldn't beat him. Despite the disadvantage, Ragna fought on.
Ragna scarcely managed to hold off Hazama without his power, deflecting a shot from the Geminus Anguium Ouroboros. Hazaml then commented he was doing better then he thought he would. The cauldron hit a crescendo in its pulse and Ragna asked if he was planning on reviving the Black Beast. Hazama said he had no use for the Black Beast as it was a failure--merely an experiment with a cauldron gone haywire while he was trying to make the sword. While gathering [[soul}souls]] and "foundational Azure energy" from the Boundary, it went insane and became the Black Beast. He explained to Ragna what the cauldron was also considered: The Gate to the Boundary, the entrance to the Origin, and Ragna himself. He further explained the cauldron was used to make a sword as it gathered souls to smelt itself in its body and that this was the purpose of Ragna's own BlazBlue, which was said by Hazam to be a sort of prototype. Hazama mentioned that Noel Vermillion was different from other Units (citing Nu as an example) and didn't need the Grimoire-- instead, she contained the True Power of the Azure all on her own. He then summoned the Sword of the Godslayer: Kusanagi, Mu-12, from the cauldron and Ragna looked on in anger.
After Kusanagi was summoned, Terumi mentioned how he wanted to make Kusanagi in the appearance of Ragna's little sister, Saya, which infuriated Ragna. When Terumi asked Kusanagi to go kill Amaterasu, Ragna tried to tell Noel not to go, to which Terumi responded by injuring him further, countering that Noel was only a puppet and was just like Ragna in that aspect. Since Ragna didn't respond how Terumi evidently expected (presumably with despair), and he gathered Jubei already told Ragna the truth which annoyed him. Ragna mentioned he made a promise to fight until the very end as a human being and challenged Terumi with renewed vigor, telling him it was 'Time to Play.' He took several injuries from an angered Terumi as a result as the man brutally attacked him for having the nerve to think he could talk like that to him. Just before Terumi delivered what appears to be a final blow to Ragna, Lambda-11 came in and was struck from behind by Ouroboros instead and Ragna recognized her now to be part of Nu. Terumi struck her again, telling them to die together. The dying Lambda fell into a surprised Ragna's arms, her last words being that she always dreamed of Ragna while she was alone in the Boundary and this was why she wasn't lonely. She told him that she would always be by his side. Ragna broke down, asking her why she would even die for him. As Ragna cried out in anger for her choice to die for him, Kokonoe managed to get in contact with who she thought was Lambda, and instead reached Ragna, getting inside his head. In surprise, she said that Ragna absorbed Lambda's Idea Engine.
Ragna furiously exclaimed he would never forgive Terumi and began to release his Grimoire. Terumi mentioned it to be useless, but Ragna engaged the Idea Engine and somehow bypassed Terumi's restriction over his Grimoire's power to tap into the Azure. Through the Idea Engine, Ragna's BlazBlue accessed the True Azure and he used it to beat Terumi severely, very nearly killing him. Terumi, after freaking out over it, calmed down and laughed, mentioning that it was what he'd been looking for all along, and demanded Ragna continue. However, Ragna coulldn't kill him because of his life-link with Noel and simply left him there to suffer, stating that he had questions for him still.
Ragna hurried down and rescued Rachel Alucard from the seal put on her by Phantom before explaining that he beat Terumi, which Rachel commended him on. After Rachel told him to be cautious and subtly complimented him on his perseverance and efforts so far, Ragna went down to the level of the Sheol Gate once more, where Mu-12 was facing off with Jin. Ragna caught his little brother and asked him to stay back while he fought Mu-12 with the True Azure's power in an effort to save her. Mu read Ragna's data, identifying him as the Azure Grimoire, but most of his data was restricted, forbidden, or unknown. Ragna then faced off with her--adamantly saying she's still Noel Vermillion.
When Mu was defeated, she explained she couldn't understand and repeated that she's a doll. She continued stating her hatred. Ragna responded that he's the same way, but he still fought as a human being to his last. Rachel asked him to use his BlazBlue to shatter Mu's soul from within, but Ragna ended up refusing that request. Instead, he counter-currented the tempering with his own power and destroyed his left arm to restore her control as Noel Vermillion. Rachel and Noel both called him an idiot for it continuously, and a heavily wounded Ragna laid at Noel's lap. Hazama ended up reappearing completely unharmed as he commended Ragna's work and growth and mentions he took away Takamagahara's power thanks to Ragna's efforts. Hazama then commented on how he could kill all of them at once, but was stopped by Relius, who shared that the Imperator had arrived, who Ragna saw and recognized as Saya.
After the Imperator departed, Ragna cursed the situation, saying that he knew that this was the case. Jin came over and told his brother that Saya was the one to give him Yukianesa. Ragna was later seen with Kokonoe, who built him a new right arm from Lambda's regeneration tank's spare parts and asked him to take care of it. Ragna then headed off to [[Ikaruga Federation}Ikaruga]], but not before being spotted by Tao, who exclaimed she was going with him at Jubei's request. When Tao asked why he was going there, Ragna mentioned there was something he needed to 'do' there. The two then ventured off together toward Ikaruga.
Chrono Phantasma
While Tao and Ragna were traveling to Ikaruga, Ragna brought an unknowing Taokaka to the church where he had grown up. Upon arrival, Ragna asked Tao to give him some alone time at the site and Tao agreed, although a bit reluctantly as she thought something "fishy" was going on. After her departure, Ragna turned and headed to the location of the grave of his dead foster mother. There Ragna talked to the grave as though he were talking to his caretaker in person - telling her that he met his siblings and how Jin has grown a little, yet was basically the same, and how he wouldn't be able to keep a promise he made to her about Saya. Ragna was then confronted by Rachel and Ragna asked Rachel how he would go about acquiring Kushinada's Lynchpin. Rachel revealed that while the original technique to activate the Lynchpin had been lost, there may be a secondary activation method. She explained that Kushinada's Lynchpin's was capable of halting the flow of seithr if it came into contact with a cauldron. Rachel said that with the lynchpin, it would be possible to defeat both Saya and Terumi in one shot. She also told Ragna that the only person capable of obtaining it was Noel Vermillion, as Tenjo Amanohokosaka, the previous owner of the Lynchpin, sealed it in a room that can only be accessed by the Successor of the Azure. Ragna said that he would use the Lynchpin against Saya and Rachel questioned whether or not he was capable of killing his own sister. Ragna brushed her question aside and said he would kill her, but Rachel laughed at his claim, saying that there is no possible way to "kill" Saya. Elaborating, Rachel said that Saya was the host of Izanami and that there was no way to kill the goddess of death. Going even further, Rachel added that it would be nearly impossible to even defeat Saya, claiming that the Imperator was more powerful than the Black Beast.
The Imperator Librarius, Izanami, and Nine the Phantom appeared before the duo and Rachel was subdued by a powerful Gravity Seed before she could do anything. Izanami then turned to Ragna to make an outlandish request, that Ragna swear fealty and eternal loyalty to only her. A confused Ragna angrily declined the offer, but Izanami said that in return for him being at her side, Izanami would allow Ragna to kill Terumi. Ragna still refused and attacked Izanami, but she easily injured him with a single attack. Izanami said she was disappointed because having him around would have put her vassal at ease, but left when she realized that Ragna would not accept any offer. After a little while, Ragna and Rachel were able to stand again. Tao arrived shortly after their recovery. Rachel gave Ragna a grim warning: If the Azure Grimoire continued to corrode at this rate, it would "remember" his wounds, transcending even Phenomena Intervention. Basically, if he continued to use the Azure, any injury he sustained would not heal, even if the event that caused his injury had been voided. She instructed Tao to take Ragna away so he could heal and Tao followed her instructions.
Later when Ragna and Tao arrived in Ikaruga, Ragna treated Tao to some food where they ran into Bullet. Bullet recognized Ragna as the Grim Reaper, but decided against a public confrontation, at least until Tao called Bullet "naughty" for her clothing and Ragna insulted her wardrobe by calling her shorts "butt floss." Bullet then said that she would take down Ragna when next they met. Ragna then told Tao that he was looking for Noel so Tao said that she would find her and ran out of the restaurant before Ragna could tell her how foolish it was to look for one person in such a huge, densely populated as the four Hierarchical Cities that make up Ikaruga. Ragna left the the restaurant and ran into Iron Tager and Ragna inquired about the whereabouts of Noel from him. However, Tager refused to answer and the two engaged in a short battle where Ragna emerged victorious. Kokonoe then called Ragna and Ragna also asked her where Noel was. Kokonoe said that not even she knew her location. Ragna left Tager behind and soon encountered Amane Nishiki. Amane challenged him to a battle and an angered Ragna complied. Afterward, Amane said that Ragna "dances wonderfully" and that he was always welcome in his troupe.
Ragna soon caught sight of Tsubaki Yayoi, who then confronted the rebel. Tsubaki said that she had orders to arrest Ragna so she confronted him in another fight. Ragna easily beat Tsubaki, claiming that he had "a lot of experience" fighting weapons like the Sealed Weapon Izayoi. Tsubaki blamed Ragna for Makoto Nanaya, Jin, and Noel deserting the NOL. Ragna sensed the Mind Eater spell and decided that it would be best to destroy the Izayoi, while not harming Tsubaki, there and now. Before he could deliver the final blow, Hakumen arrived and stopped Ragna, purposefully allowing Tsubaki to escape. Ragna angrily snapped at his rival, telling him that the spell that had been cast on Tsubaki wasn't something she could break on her own, but Hakumen told Ragna that the only one that could break the spell was Tsubaki herself. Hakumen questioned Ragna's attempt to acquire Kushinada's Lynchpin and said that he would stop him, no matter what his goal was. The two battled each other yet again and for the first time, Ragna was able to duel Hakumen to a standstill without using the Azure Grimoire.
Hazama appeared before the two and threw his usual insults at the pair. Hazama then requested that Phantom remove the two of them from his sight; Hakumen was teleported to an unknown location and Ragna was teleported to a separate location that Ragna didn't recognize. Confused, he looked around as Hazama's voice appeared in his head and told him that Ragna was to help him in his "preparations." Calling her "The Sword of Izanami," Hazama instructed Nu to attack Ragna, and the two engaged in combat. After a while of fighting her, Ragna decided to activate his Azure Grimoire, but before he could, Izanami used the Takamagahara system to initiate a Phenomena Intervention. However, before it could take full effect, Nu managed to injure Ragna greatly. Time rewound and set the clock all the way back to when Ragna and Tao were at the restaurant.
Rachel's warning rang true, as Ragna's wounds from the fight with Nu just before suddenly opened up. Ragna fell to the ground and passed out just as Tao began to panic over his sudden injury. Bullet rushed to the commotion and much to his surprise, Ragna found that he could vaguely recall who she was, despite never actually meeting her in that timeline. A confused Ragna ran from the restaurant and remembered that he was fighting Nu and remembered Rachel's warning about the Azure Grimoire remembering wounds across timelines. Ragna fell onto the street and passed out yet again. Ragna recalled his time talking to his foster mother and remembered the warmth of her hands. Upon awakening, Ragna found that he was being helped by Celica A. Mercury, who was using sorcery to heal him. He asked her for her identity, but she said that didn't matter right then. Celica even called Ragna by his name. Ragna then stood up and found out that he lost the use of both his right arm and right eye. He asked Celica again for her name and how she was using sorcery, but was interrupted by Taokaka. Feeling better, Ragna left the two girls and heaeded out in search of Noel Vermillion once again.
After he searched for a while, Ragna regained the use of his arm and eye. Ragna became enraged when he didn't make any progress in finding either Noel or the Lynchpin and started to pick a fight with a local man. Rachel teleported him away from his would-be victim and begam to scold him as if he were a child. Ragna genuinely insulted her and Rachel turned her back and began to leave. He tried to stop her, but Rachel left without saying another word, which only served to frustrate him even further. He soon ran into Noel and he told her that he needed her for something. Now too worked up, Ragna accidentally hurt Noel and an angry Kagura Mustuki intervened to help Ragna calm down. The two battled, ending with Kagura's easy victory where he actually called Ragna "disappointing." Ragna attempted to activate the Azure Grimoire, but he lost control of his arm and eye yet again when Celica stepped onto the scene. Kagura knocked Ragna out and brought him to the NOL branch at the top of the Hierarchical City.
Ragna awoke within a jail cell and saw none other then Kokonoe, Kagura, Celica, and Noel staring at him from outside the cell. Kagura asked Ragna why he shouldn't execute him then and Celica readily jumped to his aide, vouching for his character. After a little banter, Kagura told Ragna that there was a favor he needed him to do, but Ragna declined the offer. However, Kagura offered Kushinada's Lynchpin as an incentive for Ragna's cooperation. Ragna reluctantly agreed to help Kagura, but he wasn't let out of his cell. Kagura left Celica in charge of guarding Ragna and took the others with him to his office.
Kokonoe returned to the cell, telling Ragna to get out and follow her. After some discourse, Kokonoe threatened Ragna by stating she had attached a bomb to his left arm that was set to explode and kill him should he venture too far from Celica. Reluctantly, Ragna followed Kokonoe to Kagura's office for a mission briefing. Kokonoe and Kagura explained that they need Ragna as bait for Azreal to subdue him for a certain time. Hibiki Kohaku told Ragna that news of his arrest had spread throughout Ikaruga and that a tournament had been organized at the coliseum with his bounty as the prize. The tournament was set to have Ragna battle against the participants, giving Azreal an even bigger incentive to join. Kagura further bribed Ragna with the promise of the Kushinada's Lynchpin. When Ragna asked if he actually had the Lynchpin, Kagura said that they already had the key to activating it: Celica. Kokonoe confirmed this. Ragna then agreed to the mission, but asked what the big plan was. Kagura answered that he wanted to take over the Novus Orbis Librarium and take down the Imperator.
As Noel was gaining control of her abilities as Mu-12, a dimensional barrier prevented Ragna, Celica, Kagura, Kokonoe, and Makoto from entering her subconscious state. This barrier was breached, however, when Arakune was seen absorbing her. As Noel was unable to escape, she subconsciously called out to Ragna, calling him "Brother". Ragna sensed this and was able to pass through the barrier. Ragna attempted to attack Arakune, but Kagura managed to drive Arakune off first. The breach was described by Kokonoe as being caused by her own frailty and past relationship with Arakune. She warned them that this frailty may cause the death of an ally in the future. Jin was quickly seen investigating, but left shortly after. Celica said that Jin wasn't being honest, but Ragna lamented that he'd always been like that.
Central Fiction
After having fought against Noel and Jin, the former Observed him, forcing him inside the Embryo where the majority of his memories were altered. [9] He believed the date to be 12/31/2199, but could not even remember his own name. Jubei found him on the outskirts of Kagutsuchi, but Ragna could not make sense of what he was saying, which was primarily a warning about the NOL, vigilantes, and the massive bounty on his head. He was unable to recognise his former master, and was directed over to Kagutsuchi. [10]
Now in an alternate version of Orient Town, Ragna was attacked by Tao, who showed him a wanted poster and collapsed from hunger – she begged him for food, so he relented and took her to the nearest restaurant. However, Ragna was unable to pay, and even though Tao had decided to call him “good guy” for the second time in their lives, they fled the restaurant – almost perfectly mirroring events that had happened a month ago. They both ended up in Roningai where they encountered Carl, who’s memories had been altered too. Ragna was confused over Carl’s proposal for him to hand over the Azure Grimoire, and was forced to fight him. He forced Carl’s retreat but not before being injured by Nirvana’s deadly claws. Bang found him and took him to Litchi’s clinic where he was introduced to Linhua and his wounds were treated. [11] Tao appeared and took him to the Kaka Village so he would be safe from the NOL. There, he was granted shelter by Totokaka, and was allowed refuge in her own home, where Litchi continued her treatment. They talked about the Ikaruga Civil War, and upon finding that Kagura was the Hero of Ikaruga in this reality, Ragna was startled, although he was unaware why. His memories were now appearing in flashes, but Ragna was unable to make sense of them. [12]
Upon leaving Toto’s house, he was attacked by the kittens who wanted to play with him. This stirred faint memories of the church and the events of Evergreen Eyes. [13] Bang eventually came back, issuing a warning that an NOL soldier, namely Noel, was surveying the entrance to the village. He asked Tao if there was an exit, and headed towards the sewer against her advice. [14] Inside there, he was assaulted by Arakune, who relented his offense upon realising that Noel, a holder of a piece of the true Azure, was nearby. He heard Noel’s scream, and ran after the monster, saving her from being devoured. He fought Arakune, and nearly dealt a killing blow, but he was stopped by Litchi, who begged him to turn the monster back to normal using the Azure Grimoire. He looked at Noel, the top of her shirt ripped open by Arakune, and saw the mark on her clavicle, awakening a memory of Nu. [15] Reaching the surface, Ragna arrived at Kagutsuchi’s Monorail, but was cornered by Tager, Kagura, and multiple NOL soldiers. Kagura knocked him out after Kokonoe asked him some questions. [16] He awoke in a prison cell and had a long list of charges read against him. Rachel was in the cell next to him, but he did not recognise her. [17] Hazama came with Noel in tow, and interrogated him, revoking several of the Grim Reaper’s memories, only being spared more pain when the branch came under attack. [18] Without anyone to enforce his restraints, he broke free, also opening Rachel’s cell. Now free, Ragna made his way further into the NOL branch, coming across its cauldron [19] and battling the intruder. Hakumen, while Noel was lain on the floor. Hakumen disappeared [20] and he saved Noel from Nu after she opened the cauldron; more memories came flooding back as he fought the Murakumo Unit. Instead of killing her, he offered to save her, but was teleported by Nine to the Phantom Field's Purgatorium at the last second. [21]
He battled against her and most of his memories came flooding back to him – although he lost, Nine still told him to find Izanami and kill her so that his wish to save everyone could come true. He was then transported back to the Embryo via mass phenomenon intervention. [22]
Now in Ikaruga with all his memories intact, Ragna was intensely wounded by Nine, but was thankfully found by Bang, who helped treat him. [23] He listened intently to the history of the Ikaruga Civil War according to the ninja’s distorted memories before asking if he could be taken to Akitsu. [24] Once there, he noticed that the effects of Kushinada’s Lynchpin were not activating, separating from Bang. Once near the city’s cauldron, he was met by Relius who decided to fight him in order to verify some brief thoughts. The puppeteer left after telling him to fight Izanami. [25] Some time later, he found Rachel, and Ragna asked her about the Embryo, how to defeat Izanami, and how to save the world. [26] Before receiving an answer to the final question, they were both attacked by Azrael, although Ragna was able to fend him off. He was summoned by Izanami after the battle. [27]
Ragna battled his sister next to the Amaterasu Unit. Every strike had hesitation as he was unwilling to truly hurt Izanami’s vessel, but she ran herself into his blade. Izanami revealed that she is Amaterasu’s Drive, that she is immortal, and he saw a vision of the woman inside the Master Unit. [28] He was thrown back to the time he spent with Bang on their way to Akitsu and began experiencing hallucinations of the chosen’s desires; Ragna saw the wishes of Tao, Carl, Bullet, Tsubaki, Hibiki, and Tager. [29] His last vision was of when humanity discovered the Susano’o Unit deep in the Boundary. When he awoke, he was in an illusionary version of the Altar atop Kagutsuchi where Hazama laid in wait with Mu-12, who was severed from Noel’s soul. [30]
At the Altar, Hazama showed Ragna the “scar” that Trinity Glassfille had inflicted upon him and revealed his desire to feel pain. The Grim Reaper and the Godslayer fought until he was finally able to break her robotic trance, and she directed him to the cocoon above the monolith as the way to return back to the Embryo he knew. [31] He resolved to find Noel for her so the two halves could be reunited. En route to Yabiko, Celica finally found Ragna and the two headed together to find Noel, Kagura, and Kokonoe. Ragna asked about her dream, finding little surprise that her's was for everyone to live a happy life. [32] They found Kagutsuchi and Yabiko next to one another because of the Embryo’s distorted geography. He asked Ex Machina: Minerva to take Celica to the NOL’s Yabiko branch, waiting in case the memories of the chosen had yet to return. [33]
While waiting, Naoto Kurogane bumped into him. They began fighting as the Grim Reaper would not relent information over Celica, and the two fought, recognising one another’s Drives and becoming confused over the claims of who was Saya’s brother (Naoto referencing his sister, Saya Terumi, while Ragna referenced his, Saya). Naoto left after realising he could not fight much longer. [34] Ragna was later found by Makoto, who had been ordered to detain him by Kokonoe. He battled her and she became the first person who’s dream Ragna had taken. After the battle, the Grim Reaper asked her if any of the chosen had died, although Makoto did not know. [35] In Wadatsumi, Ragna found Tsubaki and defeated her, being watched by Kagura the entire time. He fought the Black Knight, taking his dream; he was unable to finish the fight as Amane teleported him away to Kushinada’s Lynchpin. [36] There, he realised that Amane was an Onlooker like Rachel, and was asked to join his troupe – a roundabout way of Amane offering to Observe Ragna to prevent the Azure Grimoire from further corrupting him. The Grim Reaper refused and explained that he was going to create new possibilities for the world using the chosen’s dreams since there were none left. He was teleported back to Wadatsumi. [37]
After the teleportation, Ragna was found by Rachel and Valkenhayn. She warned him that it would be impossible to take the dreams of all the chosen by himself, and he left. [38]He found Bang, who explained that he would not allow anyone to harm Noel and that he was seeking to protect her, not kill her as Izanami had wished him to. [39] They battled, and Ragna took his dream, the dream to restore Ikaruga, and left, although his arm was becoming heavier and heavier with each taken desire. He found Bullet not long afterwards, and took her desire as well after a brief fight. Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was in a possibility where he was still experiencing the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. He spoke to Litchi, realising that she was one of the chosen here, and took her desire, later taking Arakune’s one as well. More Phenomenon Intervention occurred and he was transported back to the possibility within the Embryo that he knew. [40]
Rachel, Kagura, and Kokonoe found Ragna, having calculated where he would next appear. They offered their support to him as they knew he could not collect the desires of all the chosen by himself. He returned with the group to Yabiko, reuniting with Celica, and having maintenance performed on him by Kokonoe. She chastised his recklessness and warned him about the Azure Grimoire and Celica’s lifespan. Here, he also met Noel again, realizing that her memories had yet to return. Kokonoe asked him to destroy Nine’s final Nox Nyctores – Corpus Sepulcro: Requiem which was causing the Phenomenon Interventions which had moved him across possibilities. Both Jin and Jubei arrived at their location, where Ragna came to learn that Jubei is Kokonoe’s father. [41]
Later that same day, Ragna took Noel to Yabiko’s cauldron, where she saw Mu. Noel fainted and rejected her other self, forcing Ragan to postpone them coming together. [42] The next day, he was sent as part of the strike squadron to Nine’s workshop. He watched as Jubei was effortlessly beaten by Nine and listened to her explanation of the her desire, the world, the Prime Field War and why she created Requiem. Having had enough, Ragna fought her and won when she was distracted, devouring her desire and gravely wounding her. After the fight, Izanami and Nu came to hunt and kill them all, but thanks to Nine and Jubei, Ragna and the others managed to escape at the cost of Nine’s life and Jubei staying behind. This bought them one week of time to find a way to kill Izanami. [43]
Ragna, with the others, was transported to the church he grew up in. Unable to comprehend that it could possibly exist within the Embryo, Ragna waited outside with Jin and talked, almost as if they were children again with no ill-will towards one another – they headed towards the river together before returning to sleep. [44] Noel woke him up when he was sleep-talking about Jin and Saya, and they both went to have breakfast, which was made by Celica, as he had to stop Noel from cooking at all. Rachel later told him that a version of the Azure Grimoire was underneath the house and could be used as a cauldron for Noel to regain Mu. He listened to Noel describe his childhood through Saya’s eyes, unable to comprehend what he was hearing. Ragna then gave Noel to Rachel to help awaken her memories and accept her powers as the Godslayer. When she did, Ragna listened to her talk about accepting Izanami rather than destroying her. [45] Later that evening, Ragna watched the stars with Celica, aware that she did not have much time left before she disappeared, and they talked about Nine and her sacrifice. The following morning, she passed away – Ragna did not look back, having accepted her death, and the group teleported to Yabiko. [46]
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Ragna learnt of Kokonoe’s plan to destroy the Requiem and saw her bring both Tsubaki and Hakumen along. [47] He was reunited with Lambda, and thanked her for saving him from Terumi a month prior. He learnt that Noel housed half of Saya’s soul, and began treating her like his own sister. [48] He travelled to the frozen space-time within the Embryo with everyone else, and was greeted by a vision of Izanami. Ragna was with Noel and Minerva, separated from Rachel, Kagura, Jin, Tsubaki, and Hakumen. [49] He travelled with Minerva and Noel to find Requiem, and was told of Kagura and Jin’s victory over Azrael. They found the Kushinada’s Lynchpin, and Ragna took the dream of Tenjo Amanohokosaka, later travelling upwards, where they found Izanami and Requiem. He defeated her and watched as Noel, using Mu’s power, absorbed Izanami into herself, assisting her using the Azure Grimoire and Idea Engine. Ragna told Minerva to give his regards to Celica as she sacrificed herself to destroy Requiem. [50]
Ragna and Noel fell back down to the Embryo, and were told about Doomsday still continuing. He learnt about Es from Kokonoe. Ragna and Noel found Jin, travelling towards the Amaterasu Unit and intervening in the fight between Nu, Jubei, Hakumen and Izayoi. He realised the Murakumo Unit had absorbed Take-Mikazuchi and fought her in an attempt to save as he promised earlier. He won, knocking her unconscious and then fought Hakumen, who believed that the Grim Reaper was too strong to be ignored as potential calamity to the world’s Order. Ragna won this fight as well, and witnessed Terumi sending Nu insane, and then Terumi’s retrieval of the Susano’o Unit, witnessing the rebirth of Susano’o. Ragna attempted to fight against him, but was unsuccessful, and watched as Susano'o snatched Noel and transported both himself and Amaterasu outside of the Embryo. Ragna took Tsubaki’s dream before going away with Jin and Trinity to Kagutsuchi’s cauldron, the only place where they could exit the Embryo to chase Susano’o. [51]
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Ragna found Rachel being tortured by Hazama, and battled the vessel when he was told by Hazama himself that he tortured Saya years prior. Ragna defeated him, but was losing himself to the Azure Grimoire. Naoto stopped him from killing Hazama, and then fought until Ragna regained his composition. He thanked Naoto after watching Hazama jump into the Boundary and then leapt in himself with Jin, Rachel, and Trinity to find Susano’o. [52] Outside the Embryo with Rachel alone, he told her of his dream to end the “Dream of God”. He picked up and hugged her, thanking the vampire for everything she had done for him in his life before erasing her memories of him, passing her over to Valkenhayn. [53]
Now at the Gate with Jin and Trinity, he demanded that Terumi show himself. He learnt that Terumi was a true God but did not rise to his provocations, and also learned that he had absorbed Noel into himself, becoming immune to all Phenomenon Intervention. Both Ragna and Jin fought Susano’o, and Ragna forced himself to lose control after his brother perceived the God using the Power of Order. He dragged Terumi’s soul out of the Unit and Jin, now using the Susano’o Unit, slashed away at Terumi and Ragna’s bodies with the replica Hihiirokane. [54] Noel opened up the Gate with Ragna being taken inside with Terumi to the Azure Horizon. They battled to obtain the True Azure as they were the two beings with the strongest lust for it. Despite fighting against Terumi’s incredible mastery of Ouroboros, he defeated his nemesis, finally killing the God for all eternity. [55]
He returned outside of the Azure Horizon and took Noel inside the Master Unit, where she fused fully with Saya. Now for the first time in his life, Ragna was reunited with his siblings and gave Trinity the Susano’o Unit against Jin’s wishes. He then tried to end The Origin's dream, knowing that he was it, the Central Fiction, and that as long as he existed, the world would never be born again He battled Noel and Jin to ensure he could save them and everyone else. Ragna won, and hugged them both, asking them to cherish the people they loved, and to get along better. He took their dreams, entrusting them to Trinity, who’s dream he did not take since it had been fulfilled. Ragna walked up the Amaterasu Unit, meeting The Origin. [56]
He walked down to the Gate, the Azure Grimoire having consumed his right half. Ragna met Amane, noticing he was the last person to return to seithr. He told the Onlooker he was going to return everyone’s dreams to the Azure to create a world that Amaterasu and Takamagahara would never be able to intervene in. He walked into the Gate, leaving the Aramasa behind. [57] A grave was made for Ragna using the Aramasa in the new world despite no one remembering his existence. [58]
Library Entry
Ragna the Bloodedge
The protagonist of our story.
He bears the weight of the Azure Grimoire on his right hand, and is commonly known as the 'Grim Reaper'
His personality is rough around the edges, and he hardly plans ahead. His fighting style reflects this, and most of his attacks involve charging at the opponent and swinging wildly, rather than with precision. He has a bit of a foul mouth, but he cares deeply about those close to him.
During his younger years, he lived with his brother Jin, his sister Saya, and the Sister that was taking care of them in a small church. But that all came to an end when Yuuki Terumi murdered the Sister in cold blood, and took Jin and Saya with him. Ragna lost his right arm during this encounter. As a result of the shock, his blonde hair turned white, and his fusion with the remains of the Black Beast turned his right eye red.
Originally, he was not adept in Ars Magus, but with the Azure Grimoire now bound to his body, he is able to wield it effectively. With Jubei's teachings, his combative prowess grows formidable, and he decides to rebel against the Librarium on his own.
His goal? Destroy all the cauldrons, in which the Murakumo Unit can be smelted. In the process of taking down all the NOL branches, he becomes the most wanted man, with the highest bounty in the world. Some say, however, that his true motive is to find Saya's whereabouts.
As if beckoned by Rachel's call, he makes his way to the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi, and fights the mysterious girl known as ν-No.13-. As he's about to fall into the cauldron himself, Noel saves him, breaking the previously infinite loop of time.
Ragna returns the favor not long after, saving Noel in exchange for his left arm, when Terumi turns her into μ-No.12-. And to his surprise, after saving Noel, he encounters the 'girl' for whom he was searching. Only she... was the Imperator.
After Kokonoe regenerates his left arm, he heads to the Hierarchical City that was home to Ikaruga Federation to face his fate. With... Taokaka.
Overcoming the Boundary with help from Rachel, Ragna then falls through the fabric of time, landing in the Dark War. There, he meets Celica, Nine, and Mitsuyoshi, who will one day become Jubei. In Celica's stead, Ragna becomes the turning point of the Dark War - halting the Black Beast's movement for an entire year, giving mankind a fighting chance.
Fast forward to the present, and Ragna saves ν from the Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi. Nevertheless, the Black Beast's power is unleashed when in the course of battle with the Imperator, ν's sword pierces its body... [59]
Bloodedge
The man who is responsible for stopping the Black Beast's activity for one year during the Dark War. His signature piece is the red jacket and massive white blade he wields.
His identity? Is none other than Ragna himself, sent back to the past by Rachel.
Those items are left with the sister upon his departure, and is passed onto Ragna, when he completes his training with Jubei. [60]
Appearances in other Media
- The mobile game Seven Knights stars Ragna as a playable character.
- The mobile game Mabinogi Duel stars Ragna as a playable card.
- The MMO Action Game Lost Saga stars Ragna as a playable character.
- The MOBA game Chaos Heroes Online stars Ragna as a playable character.
- The mobile game Fantasy War Tactics stars Ragna as a playable unit.
- The horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School has an outfit based on Ragna's appearance.
- The action role-playing game Toukiden 2 has Ragna as a downloadable Mitama.
- The arcade collectible card games Lord of Vermilion Re: 2 and Lord of Vermilion 3, from Square Enix, have Ragna as a card.
- The PSVita music app NAX Music Player has Ragna as purchasable background skin.
- The mobile rhythm-game GROOVE COASTER 2 has Ragna's theme 'Rebellion' as purchasable track.
- The arcade rhythm-game GROOVE COASTER 3 has Ragna's theme 'Rebellion' as purchasable track.
- The MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2, by SEGA, features Ragna's outfit, hairstyle (only male avatar), voice (only male) and weapon as customization for the player character.
- The iOS/Android game Medal Masters: Call of destiny has Ragna as a playable character.
- The iOS/Android game Venus Eleven Vivid! has a character which uses Ragna's outfit and signature move Dead Spike for a special attack.
Trivia
- Ragna's white hair is caused by Marie Antoinette Syndrome.
References
- ↑ Evergreen Eyes
- ↑ Endless Waltz
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart, Chapter 6
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart, Chapter 7
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart, Chapter 8
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart, Chapter 9
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart, Chapter 10
- ↑ BlazBlue: Variable Heart. Chapter 11
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 001, Chapter 006
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 007
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 010
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 002, Chapter 011
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 002, Chapter 014
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 018
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 003, Chapter 020
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 003, Chapter 021
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 023
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 027
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 028
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 031
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 033
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 034
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 040
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapter 042
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 006, Chapters 046-048
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 056
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 057
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 058
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 059
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapter 060
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 008, Chapters 061–062
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 064
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 067
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 066, Sub Scenario 1
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 070
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 071
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 073
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 074
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 075
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 076–077
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 078–079
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 080
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapters 081–083
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 084
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 086
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 087
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 088
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 089
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 090
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 091
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 092
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 094
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 095
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 096
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 097
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 098
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 012, Chapter 099
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 100
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #001
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #035