Continuum Shift STORYLINE INFORMATION

[Vulcan422]

Yeah, Jack Bauer is just one of his aliases that he used while working on Geneon-related stuff. A lot of VAs did that. Jamieson Price (Tager) still does it occasionally with his Taylor Henry alias (as he did with Super SF4).

[Tokkan]

Yeah, Jack Bauer is just one of his aliases that he used while working on Geneon-related stuff. A lot of VAs did that. Jamieson Price (Tager) still does it occasionally with his Taylor Henry alias (as he did with Super SF4).

Wrong. Jack Bauer and Doug Erholtz are both credited for separate roles in The Prince of Tennis English dub.

Doug Erholtz as Takeshi Momoshiro

Jack Bauer as Sadaharu Inui

[Vulcan422]

Oh, wow, you're right. I just went and checked the credits for Gankutsuou on Wikipedia and it says Beauchamp is credited as Erik Davies. On ANN, however, it's Jack Bauer.

This means we've gotten Hazama's English VA wrong the whole time.

[Tokkan]

This means we've gotten Hazama's English VA wrong the whole time.

It's not hard to believe. We were wrong with Makoto for a long time, people kept thinking she was voiced by Janice Kawaye or Lara Jill Miller when she's actually voiced by Cindy Robinson.

[Vulcan422]

In any case, before this turns into Voice Actor General, I'll end this with one final thought: It's surprising to see how many unfamiliar voices we're getting nowadays (VAs who have done a couple of roles, dropped off the face of the earth, came back, that sort of thing). Some of the older VAs are starting to make small comebacks at a time.

Back on topic: Can't wait for Phase Shift 2 when we get some more info behind the glorious, manly mask of Hakumen.

[Ikii]

I am not sure if this is the right place but I did found video of Makoto's gag and Relius', so I thought I'd share it. Its Continuum Shift related information but Extend. I hope this is the right place to post it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwHY7iX3mJo&feature=related (Relius)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5DiYnmK__8&feature=related (Makoto)

[Ehecatl]

so, my copy of phase shift 2 arrived. Quick summary: Phase shift 2 is significantly shorter than it's predecessors; it has 190 pages. In comparison, phase 0 has 260 pages, and phase shift 1 clocks in at 275. It's broken down into 5 chapters and a prologue, no epilogue this time.

For those who bought it for Jin, prepare to be disappointed. For those who bought it for more Caelica and the 6 heroes, then this book is really interesting.

Off the top of my head, some important facts:

Terumi's mind control is limited to his obedience to nine. He has no problems calling her a shitty bitch.

Terumi's knowledge is what enabled nine to create armagus.

Nine is tsundere for jubei.

Probably update this post as I continue reading, maybe.

..... You mean this doesn't have much of Jin/Hakumen?? Damn it all. The other stuff is interesting for sure, like Terumi and such. But damn... was looking forward to watching Jin go from pathetic chump to radiating epic levels of awesome and yelling "taste my sword" in the name of great justice.

[Wander]

Well, hes still reading. lets hope they do have some jin/hakumen

[zephyr07]

Proper summary time! As mentioned before, this book has 190 pages, much shorter than it's predecessors.

Prologue

1-Flowering White Blade

2-Theory of the Violet Ones

3-Doll of Scarlet Protection

4-Recollection of Madness (There's a bit of wordplay here. 藍心想起(ranshinsouki) loosely translates to "recollection of a blue heart", but 藍心 itself is not an actual word. 乱心(ranshin) means madness. It makes sense in context though)

5-Second Coming of the Black Beast

Prologue is Jin's true end from CT. Book starts off with Nine in Ishana, reminiscing about Ragna and his warning to her about the black beast and Terumi (from Phase 0.) The 6 heroes have gathered in Ishana for a conference, and Hakumen is late. Nine explains to Trinity about Armagus and grimoires. The process couldn't have been done with Terumi's help, his knowledge was invaluable. Terumi's under mind eater, but it seems limited to obedience to nine's commands. He still insults and passes snarky comments at Tine. Caelica is outside, remembering Ragna. She bumps into Hakumen, and when she mentions Ragna's name, it triggers his memory and he wonders how can Ragna be stuck in this period. Then haku has a flashback to when he was first brought to the Alucard castle. Apparently his trip through the boundary has stripped him of his memories. Clavis remarks that his will is very strong, anyone who passes through the boundary usually ends up with their mind broken. He then tells him to rest and that his destiny is not yet over.

End of flashback, haku comes around to Caelica calling him. They both head inside to meet up with nine. Nine's very happy to see Caelica, but she's pissed that haku's late, and Caelica steps in to defend him. Trinity brings out some tea so that everyone can settle down. Terumi makes some snide remark that makes Nine want to kill him, and Caelica has to step in again to stop her. Seven and Eight then show up. They want to speak to Nine in private, so Nine tells Trinity to grab the rest and go first, but Seven and Eight want Caelica to stay behind too. Nine initially refuses, but grudgingly relents after Caelica herself insists she does. Seven and Eight want Nine to stop development on the casualty weapons, and use Kushinada's Lynchpin to stop the Black Beast. Nine blows them off, and drags Caelica away with her. The 2 sisters then meet up with the other 5 at a coffee shop for some tea. Nine goes tsundere for Jubei here. Trinity actually almost calls terumi "kazuma", but catches herself in time. All of them have a good time (yes, somehow terumi doesn't manage to piss nine off here.) Scene switches to Seven and Eight, who discuss how "that" won't work unless they have Caelica. Scene switches back to the 6 heroes, and Nine and Valk have a discussion on Terumi, Mind Eater, and how they cannot kill him yet.

Nine brings Caelica to meet Nirvana, who she says will protect Caelica since Ragna isn't around anymore. Seven and Eight meet Caelica, and Seven asks that Caelica co-operate with their research to defeat the Black Beast. Caelica doubts their research, but Seven assures her that their research won't kill her, and that it'll save lives. Caelica ultimately refuses, and leaves them. Seven and Eight go deliver their report to the Librarium (This is the organisation before they become the NOL). Full flashback into how Jin becomes Hakumen, he can remember Ragna and Tsubaki now, but his body is basically failing him, so Clavis brings him down into the basement where he tells Jin about the Master Units. There are 3 of them, but only the Susanoo unit is around now. Jin decides to wear the armour. At the end of the flashback, the 6 heroes are gathered near the cauldron, because the 1 year is nearly up, and the Black Bleast will appear soon. Nine tells Caelica to stay bacl, then Rachel teleports in, surprising Valk, and tells Caelica that "his" (Ragna) soul is sleeping within the Black Beast. Naturally Caelica suddenly wants to be on the frontline, just to meet Ragna again. She says she'll be the bait to draw the Black Beast out. Eventually Nine relents, and they all go prepare for the fight. Caelica draws out the Black Beast, but then suddenly a magic circle appears under her. Trinity shouts to Nine, but they can only watch the circle teleports Caelica away as Nine sees the silhouette of Seven and Eight. Caelica is in some weird place which drains her magic. She eventually black out. In desperation Nine summons take-mikazuchi to blast the Black Beast, and runs to rescue Caelica, who has re-appeared. Trinity wonders if the Black Beast is gone, but Nine says that it only retreated. Hakumen asks what did she use to drive away the black beast, and she tells him "Nox Nyctores: Highlander Take-Mikazuchi". The book then notes that this was the turning point in the war against the Black Beast. Then Terumi ends the book by thanking Nine for being a genius, now he can obtain what he wants a lot faster. He then laughs.

The end.

[zeth07]

About Seven and Eight, which one is the guy and which is the girl?

[zephyr07]

Seven's the guy, Eight's the girl. They don't like each other.

[serf]

Proper summary time! As mentioned before, this book has 190 pages, much shorter than it's predecessors.

Prologue

1-Flowering White Blade

2-Theory of the Violet Ones

3-Doll of Scarlet Protection

4-Recollection of Madness (There's a bit of wordplay here. 藍心想起(ranshinsouki) loosely translates to "recollection of a blue heart", but 藍心 itself is not an actual word. 乱心(ranshin) means madness. It makes sense in context though)

5-Second Coming of the Black Beast

Prologue is Jin's true end from CT. Book starts off with Nine in Ishana, reminiscing about Ragna and his warning to her about the black beast and Terumi (from Phase 0.) The 6 heroes have gathered in Ishana for a conference, and Hakumen is late. Nine explains to Trinity about Armagus and grimoires. The process couldn't have been done with Terumi's help, his knowledge was invaluable. Terumi's under mind eater, but it seems limited to obedience to nine's commands. He still insults and passes snarky comments at Tine. Caelica is outside, remembering Ragna. She bumps into Hakumen, and when she mentions Ragna's name, it triggers his memory and he wonders how can Ragna be stuck in this period. Then haku has a flashback to when he was first brought to the Alucard castle. Apparently his trip through the boundary has stripped him of his memories. Clavis remarks that his will is very strong, anyone who passes through the boundary usually ends up with their mind broken. He then tells him to rest and that his destiny is not yet over.

End of flashback, haku comes around to Caelica calling him. They both head inside to meet up with nine. Nine's very happy to see Caelica, but she's pissed that haku's late, and Caelica steps in to defend him. Trinity brings out some tea so that everyone can settle down. Terumi makes some snide remark that makes Nine want to kill him, and Caelica has to step in again to stop her. Seven and Eight then show up. They want to speak to Nine in private, so Nine tells Trinity to grab the rest and go first, but Seven and Eight want Caelica to stay behind too. Nine initially refuses, but grudgingly relents after Caelica herself insists she does. Seven and Eight want Nine to stop development on the casualty weapons, and use Kushinada's Lynchpin to stop the Black Beast. Nine blows them off, and drags Caelica away with her. The 2 sisters then meet up with the other 5 at a coffee shop for some tea. Nine goes tsundere for Jubei here. Trinity actually almost calls terumi "kazuma", but catches herself in time. All of them have a good time (yes, somehow terumi doesn't manage to piss nine off here.) Scene switches to Seven and Eight, who discuss how "that" won't work unless they have Caelica. Scene switches back to the 6 heroes, and Nine and Valk have a discussion on Terumi, Mind Eater, and how they cannot kill him yet.

Nine brings Caelica to meet Nirvana, who she says will protect Caelica since Ragna isn't around anymore. Seven and Eight meet Caelica, and Seven asks that Caelica co-operate with their research to defeat the Black Beast. Caelica doubts their research, but Seven assures her that their research won't kill her, and that it'll save lives. Caelica ultimately refuses, and leaves them. Seven and Eight go deliver their report to the Librarium (This is the organisation before they become the NOL). Full flashback into how Jin becomes Hakumen, he can remember Ragna and Tsubaki now, but his body is basically failing him, so Clavis brings him down into the basement where he tells Jin about the Master Units. There are 3 of them, but only the Susanoo unit is around now. Jin decides to wear the armour. At the end of the flashback, the 6 heroes are gathered near the cauldron, because the 1 year is nearly up, and the Black Bleast will appear soon. Nine tells Caelica to stay bacl, then Rachel teleports in, surprising Valk, and tells Caelica that "his" (Ragna) soul is sleeping within the Black Beast. Naturally Caelica suddenly wants to be on the frontline, just to meet Ragna again. She says she'll be the bait to draw the Black Beast out. Eventually Nine relents, and they all go prepare for the fight. Caelica draws out the Black Beast, but then suddenly a magic circle appears under her. Trinity shouts to Nine, but they can only watch the circle teleports Caelica away as Nine sees the silhouette of Seven and Eight. Caelica is in some weird place which drains her magic. She eventually black out. In desperation Nine summons take-mikazuchi to blast the Black Beast, and runs to rescue Caelica, who has re-appeared. Trinity wonders if the Black Beast is gone, but Nine says that it only retreated. Hakumen asks what did she use to drive away the black beast, and she tells him "Nox Nyctores: Highlander Take-Mikazuchi". The book then notes that this was the turning point in the war against the Black Beast. Then Terumi ends the book by thanking Nine for being a genius, now he can obtain what he wants a lot faster. He then laughs.

The end.

Thank you very much for the summary zephyr07, I would love to read this and the other two novels in english, anyway would it be possible to ask for some picture of the novel even if they don't have good quality?, I definately would like to see some of the book illustrations

[Wander]

so do we assume hakumen is not just a soul in an empty armor? Thanks for the summary

[Anonymous]

so... anyone knows what "to observe" means? hazama and relius always talk about it

[Suzaku]

To observe phenomena makes them real. Until phenomena are observed, they are merely possibilities. If they weren't observed, the never actually happened.

That seems to be the gist of it.

See also: the Copenhagen Interpretation.

Edit: Also, thanks for the summary, Zephyr.

Edited February 6, 2012 by Suzaku

[Vulcan422]

An addendum/reminder: the Power of Order is the opposite of an Observer. Anybody with it (Jin), if they want it enough, can essentially delete something an Observer (Rachel / Hakumen) makes real. Once this happens, the event will no longer occur in any future time-loops / alternate realities / what have you.

[DeXTeR]

Thank you very much for the summary zephyr07, I would love to read this and the other two novels in english, anyway would it be possible to ask for some picture of the novel even if they don't have good quality?, I definately would like to see some of the book illustrations

Phase shift 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?248sryd7qay4dad

Phase shift 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?ebo2yjsy6cu19ov

My/Emma's photos/scans of Phase 0 seem to be lost.

[Tokkan]

An addendum/reminder: the Power of Order is the opposite of an Observer. Anybody with it (Jin), if they want it enough, can essentially delete something an Observer (Rachel / Hakumen) makes real. Once this happens, the event will no longer occur in any future time-loops / alternate realities / what have you.

As stated in Valkenhayn's Arcade mode, Hakumen also has the Power of Order. Which he obviously should anyway, because he's Jin.

[serf]

Phase shift 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?248sryd7qay4dad

Phase shift 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?ebo2yjsy6cu19ov

My/Emma's photos/scans of Phase 0 seem to be lost.

Thank you very much for the pictures DeXTeR, they really great, I hope zephyr07 can finish translating phase 0, and I would like to read the other novels as well, the univers of Blazblue is very interesting, and sort of complex, now if only they'll make an anime or OVAs of it would be really cool.

[mMarikom]

Ok I'm a little bit confused...

So I'm playing through Makoto's story and get to the end where Rachel is. Makoto asks Rachel her name and Rachel says: Just an Observer...

First I'm like: wtf she isn't an Observer anymore, Takamagahara took away her job as an Observer. Then I remember that she's Observing Hakumen.

So I rewatch the beginning of the Continuum Shift storyline to see the exact area where they took her job away. And after watching the scene...it literally seems like she chose to not be an Observer anymore. They asked why she used the Tsukuyomi Unit and offer her the position of Observing the Boundary, to which she refuses. After losing her Observer status and the timeline diverging, it seems as if in CS there is a Rachel in every divergent timeline, as opposed to CT Rachel who lived through and gained knowledge and experience from each time loop on her own as one Observing being.

But isn't Rachel one of the beings that NEED to be Observed in the first place? Like Hakumen and Hazama. It's not that big of a deal to me because if anyone would be observing her it would be Valkenhayn but...why does an Observer need to be Observed?

Also...does she still have the Tsukuyomi unit? A number of (ridiculous and non credible) sources say that after she lost her Observer job she lost a substantial amount of her fighting power. Personally in the story I see no difference because Terumi still expresses that they're about even in CS and uses Nine (the only present sorcery user stronger than her and Kokonoe as far as we know) to capture her instead of killing her himself (and she still trolls him all the way to the end in her Alternate Ending path). I understand that being an Observer of Time Loops gives her a certain status but did it increase her actual fighting ability in any way, and did losing that status make her lose her status as one of the (story wise) higher tier characters in Blazblue?

[zephyr07]

Yes, she still has the tsukuyomi unit. The master units all belonged to the Alucard family originally. When she says observer, it might be referring to how she can only watch proceedings and not interfere with them directly.

[mMarikom]

But I mean because she lost the Takamagahara status doesn't she now have the choice to do so? Like she did in her alternate ending path? And is she weaker?

I know I'm asking a lot so thanks >_>

[Kyosuke Kagami]

I don't see how she'd become weaker.

IMO her powers seem to come from her "nature", not her status.

[mMarikom]

It was something someone said to me that I didn't believe and they used the garbage BB wiki to support it. I don't believe anything on that site that I haven't seen myself but it made me wonder. Thanks though.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if im just dumb or this game has a huge plot hole... Relius is from 100 years in the past (2099). He had a son and when he,hazama and kokonoe's grandfather were creating the black beast, relius fell into the cauldron, sending him 100 years in the future (2199). So... Isnt carl supposed to be at least 100 years old?

Fail logic? Im not very smart