Ragna the Bloodedge

"I am the enemy to the entire world... The Grim Reaper, Ragna the Bloodedge!"

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 also 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 onto 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 Tenjou 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 Librarium labelled him an SS class criminal and issued him the largest bounty in recorded history, 90,000,000 platinum dollars, which, according to Jin, is enough to buy a small country.

Early Life

Ragna and his siblings were first found by Jubei in Relius Clover 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 Celica A. Mercury's Church along with his younger brother Jin Kisaragi and his younger sister, Saya. 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 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 it, saved him. 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.

Evergreen Eyes

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.

Remix Heart

Ragna made a brief cameo appearance in the manga BlazBlue: Remix Heart. He appeared at the end of chapter 10 and was present until the middle of chapter 11.

Ragna was sent by Jubei to look for the Adesqui Grimoire, which was located beneath the Librarium's 15th Hierarchical City of 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 Kagutsuchi 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. 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. 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.

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.

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.

The fight finally ended as Meifang Lapislazuli and the 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.

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 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" is, 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, he 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 Black Beast and insisted that he would destroy Ragna. During the time loop that occurs within the story, Hakumen severely weakened Ragna, but was suddenly transported away by Kokonoe. Ragna left to challenge Nu-13, who defeated him. She stabbed a sword through the both of them and they fell into the Cauldron, sending the two back in time, merged as the Black Beast. However, in the True Ending, 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, but regained her sense of self mid-battle, and was nearly killed. Ragna intervened just in time to save her, but cannot 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 cannot 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 asks 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 denies this, once again reminding Ragna that his grimoire was nothing but an imitation. She decided to have Lambda spar Ragna for battle data. After giving Kokonoe some "useful data", she told Ragna that he shouldn't fight Terumi, but doesn'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 end up fighting. When Ragna won she told him not to fight Terumi because there was a reason he cannot win, but does 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, and ran 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 has 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 mentions that Ragna already knows 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 Soul Eater or use of 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. Hazama 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 has 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 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 Hazama 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 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 infuriates 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 is just like Ragna in that aspect. Since Ragna didn't respond how Terumi evidently expected (presumably with despair), and he gathers 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 will 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 didn't kill him 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 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 catches 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 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 a part of his body (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 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, 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 says 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 Tenjou 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 says 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 god 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, Saya, and Nine the Phantom appeared before the duo and Rachel was subdued by a powerful Gravity Seed before she could do anything. Saya 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 Saya said that in return for him being at her side, Saya would allow Ragna to kill Terumi. Ragna still refused and attacked Saya, but she easily injured him with a single attack. Saya 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 can 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. Ragan then told Tao that he was looking for Noel so Tao says 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 says 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 troop.

Ragna soon caught sight of Tsubaki Yayoi, who then confronted the rebel. Tsubaki says 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 from the NOL. Ragna sensed the Mind Eater (Interfectum Malice) 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 tells Ragna that the only one that could break the spell was Tsubaki herself. Hakumen questioned Ragna's attempt to acquire Kushinada's Lynchpin and says 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 can, Saya used the Takamagahara system to initiate a Phenomena Intervention. However, before it can 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 magic to heal him. He asked her for her identity, but she says 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 magic, but was interrupted by Taokaka. Feeling better, Ragna left the two girls and heaeds 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 tells 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 says that they already had the key to activating it: Celica. Kokonoe confirmed this. Ragna then agreed to the mission, but asks 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 says that Jin wasn't being honest, but Ragna lamented that he's always been like that.

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...

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.

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) and voice (only male) 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.