Blazblue: Short Stories and Novel Discussion

[DeathTurn]

Wow, thanks Zedar! You are awesome! That was much more than I was expecting. I cannot thank you enough for making all this information accessible to us. Glad to have you around. There were some particularly intriguing developments in the Bloodedge Experience Part 2. However, I find a few potential parallels with the main games particularly striking.

 

One of the first things that spring to mind is this new information about Saya Terumi.The fact Relius displays interest in Saya’s soul and kidnaps her is particularly eyebrow raising due to the implications him acquiring her has. Saya Terumi has the Soul Eater, a Drive so wicked that it threatens humanity's existence and the reason Clavis Alucard sought to expunge it. Based on what the novel predicates, the user of the Soul Eater Drive can become so powerful that the person can become a “monster” if their body is not destroyed and surpass even the “No Life King”, Clavis himself. Given how powerful Clavis is, the thought of something that malevolent rising to power is awfully harrowing.

 

My thing is…if Relius can somehow harness the power of Saya Terumi’s soul and place it in a suitable vessel that would not be destroyed by the Soul Eater’s power...what type of godlike “monster” would he create in the process?

 

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Interesting. Very interesting.

 

 

Another thing I noticed while reading this, regarding the possible futures of Naoto and Raquel:

 

[collapse]In Part 1, Naoto encounters a melancholic Rachel Alucard amidst the now desolate streets of the city, during what we learn (in Part 2) to be a Phenomena Intervention evoked by her to view the past. The fact this Rachel is from the future is critical revelation, but I will return to that later. What is notable in this scene is that Rachel is somberly looking at Naoto, as she knows his future fate and is lamenting it: and also the fact Naoto has a "resemblance" to "someone else." Cutting to the chase, Rachel is obviously thinking about Ragna the Bloodedge. Questionably, Naoto sees Rachel and is also strong feeling of familiarity (despite not knowing her.) In Blazblue, those sudden feelings of unknown "nostalgia" are never coincidental. And to my knowledge, this is only occurs when a person's consciousness (Naoto's, in this case) is linked by the Boundary to his/hers "other" or "future" self. It could also be because Naoto met Rachel in the past, but I doubt that. This leads me to developments in Part 2:

 

A similar event unfolds, only it is happening to Raquel instead of Naoto. After Clavis' Phenomena Intervention, Raquel gazes upon Naoto and beholds his shadow, seeing "someone else" in it that "she" should not know from a distant past or distant future and she reflects on it momentarily as if it were a dream. What is suspect here is that the novel explicitly states "Raquel" (note quotation marks) should not know the person she is thinking of (who is obviously Ragna the Bloodedge.) In Blazblue, that normally means "this" Raquel does not exactly know Ragna, but "another" does. This leads me to my next point. Naoto describes the girl he saw (Rachel) having an appearance of "a young Raquel", which is to be expected as the two are presumably sisters...but I do not think this resemblance is because they are sisters: especially due to the unique and unnatural circumstances surrounding Raquel's "birth." It is very odd Raquel never mentions her supposedly elder sister, and neither does Clavis. In fact, "Rachel" seems nonexistent in the BE outside of that one Phenomena Intervention in which we know she is from the future. I do not think it is a coincidence “Rachel” showed up at the very place “Raquel” first dashes past Naoto during that Phenomena Intervention either.

 

Going by the foreshadowing, Naoto suffers a tragic fate during his pursuit of the Azure: a fate in which Rachel is very much aware of. She more than likely knows it because she was close to Naoto and witnessed it in the past from the distant future she is from. The circumstances of Naoto’s fate somehow lead to the existence of Ragna the Bloodedge. Thanks to Ragna’s “Just shut the hell up! So what if you’re not human!? I’m just like you! God only knows whose soul this actually is!” comment in CS, I think I have a pretty good idea how Naoto and Ragna might be connected.

 

Likewise, I believe something dreadful happens to Raquel: something causing her life-force value to drop from 80,000,000 to 0. As a result, she becomes a Chronophantasma: she becomes Rachel Alucard.

 

I feel like these novels are leading up to: Naoto = Ragna/Raquel = Rachel revelation.[/collapse]

 

This is gradually getting more and more interesting for me. I am excited to see what revelations will unfold in the third and final release.

[Zedar90]

One of the first things that spring to mind is this new information about Saya Terumi.The fact Relius displays interest in Saya’s soul and kidnaps her is particularly eyebrow raising due to the implications him acquiring her has. Saya Terumi has the Soul Eater, a Drive so wicked that it threatens humanity's existence and the reason Clavis Alucard sought to expunge it. Based on what the novel predicates, the user of the Soul Eater Drive can become so powerful that the person can become a “monster” if their body is not destroyed and surpass even the “No Life King”, Clavis himself. Given how powerful Clavis is, the thought of something that malevolent rising to power is awfully harrowing.

 

My thing is…if Relius can somehow harness the power of Saya Terumi’s soul and place it in a suitable vessel that would not be destroyed by the Soul Eater’s power...what type of godlike “monster” would he create in the process?

 

Interesting. Very interesting.

 

Another thing I noticed while reading this, regarding the possible futures of Naoto and Raquel:

 

[collapse]In Part 1, Naoto encounters a melancholic Rachel Alucard amidst the now desolate streets of the city, during what we learn (in Part 2) to be a Phenomena Intervention evoked by her to view the past. The fact this Rachel is from the future is critical revelation, but I will return to that later. What is notable in this scene is that Rachel is somberly looking at Naoto, as she knows his future fate and is lamenting it: and also the fact Naoto has a "resemblance" to "someone else." Cutting to the chase, Rachel is obviously thinking about Ragna the Bloodedge. Questionably, Naoto sees Rachel and is also strong feeling of familiarity (despite not knowing her.) In Blazblue, those sudden feelings of unknown "nostalgia" are never coincidental. And to my knowledge, this is only occurs when a person's consciousness (Naoto's, in this case) is linked by the Boundary to his/hers "other" or "future" self. It could also be because Naoto met Rachel in the past, but I doubt that. This leads me to developments in Part 2:

 

A similar event unfolds, only it is happening to Raquel instead of Naoto. After Clavis' Phenomena Intervention, Raquel gazes upon Naoto and beholds his shadow, seeing "someone else" in it that "she" should not know from a distant past or distant future and she reflects on it momentarily as if it were a dream. What is suspect here is that the novel explicitly states "Raquel" (note quotation marks) should not know the person she is thinking of (who is obviously Ragna the Bloodedge.) In Blazblue, that normally means "this" Raquel does not exactly know Ragna, but "another" does. This leads me to my next point. Naoto describes the girl he saw (Rachel) having an appearance of "a young Raquel", which is to be expected as the two are presumably sisters...but I do not think this resemblance is because they are sisters: especially due to the unique and unnatural circumstances surrounding Raquel's "birth." It is very odd Raquel never mentions her supposedly elder sister, and neither does Clavis. In fact, "Rachel" seems nonexistent in the BE outside of that one Phenomena Intervention in which we know she is from the future. I do not think it is a coincidence “Rachel” showed up at the very place “Raquel” first dashes past Naoto during that Phenomena Intervention either.

 

Going by the foreshadowing, Naoto suffers a tragic fate during his pursuit of the Azure: a fate in which Rachel is very much aware of. She more than likely knows it because she was close to Naoto and witnessed it in the past from the distant future she is from. The circumstances of Naoto’s fate somehow lead to the existence of Ragna the Bloodedge. Thanks to Ragna’s “Just shut the hell up! So what if you’re not human!? I’m just like you! God only knows whose soul this actually is!” comment in CS, I think I have a pretty good idea how Naoto and Ragna might be connected.

 

Likewise, I believe something dreadful happens to Raquel: something causing her life-force value to drop from 80,000,000 to 0. As a result, she becomes a Chronophantasma: she becomes Rachel Alucard.

 

I feel like these novels are leading up to: Naoto = Ragna/Raquel = Rachel revelation.[/collapse]

 

This is gradually getting more and more interesting for me. I am excited to see what revelations will unfold in the third and final release.

 

Here is some of my speculations, which are usually wrong.

 

The monster that the Soul Eater would produce is likely the Black Beast. It's probably a hint to what situation Ragna is currently, what this "death" he is going towards.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Azure Grimoire + Murakumo Unit was made to try to get this power in a controllable form, but instead created a strong body for the monster to grow into gigantic form it had during the Dark War.

 

But yeah, both Raquel and Naoto looks to be doomed. BE takes place during October, and Rachel is born at the end of that month, so it will probably lead up to that.

If it was Naoto that saved Raquel in the past, it would make sense for Rachel to try to prevent Naoto meeting with Raquel, because if he never met her, Naoto wouldn't be able to save Raquel and she would disappear into the boundary, and this whole mess could maybe have been avoided.

 

And I would guess that something happens to Raquel that makes Clavis make Raquel into Rachel by sacrificing his youth.

[VermilionBird]

>Usually wrong
Dude, you predicted that Kiiro was the Murakumo on the cover just based on her ahoge and it was dead on right.
Personally, I believe that Kiiro is the Murakumo and that Naoto is the Azure Grimoire, or at least some part of him is. To me, that would explain why their hearts are in sync and why Kiiro is so head over heels for Naoto, so that they can fuse to form a BB.

October? I'll add that.

[Desert Fox]

Hm. Does Mori have plans to release another BE novel?

[VermilionBird]

Not yet announced. However, given the ambiguous ending and several unanswered questions (Immortal Breakers, the 8 Drive users, Raquel hospitalised), it's likely another will be announced in the future.

[Zedar90]

Not yet announced. However, given the ambiguous ending and several unanswered questions (Immortal Breakers, the 8 Drive users, Raquel hospitalised), it's likely another will be announced in the future.

Raquel wasn't hospitalized, it was Naoto. He lost quite a bit of blood after losing his right leg and left arm.

 

Mori more or less said it would continue with his drawing. But when or how isn't known currently. It could be another LNs, or game, or Manga, or Drama CD, who knows.

But I would guess for the LN, it's either going to be Bloodedge 3 or adaption of BBCP next.

[DeathTurn]

Here is some of my speculations, which are usually wrong.

 

The monster that the Soul Eater would produce is likely the Black Beast. It's probably a hint to what situation Ragna is currently, what this "death" he is going towards.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Azure Grimoire + Murakumo Unit was made to try to get this power in a controllable form, but instead created a strong body for the monster to grow into gigantic form it had during the Dark War.

 

I believe it is too soon to say if you are "wrong" just yet, considering (if we take the term "monster" literally): the Black Beast is by far the most plausible option. I interpreted it as the drive user consuming so many souls that they cease to be "human" and become something along the lines of a deity: an immortalized existence more powerful than the Black Beast, more powerful than Clavis. Though, it really could be anything at this point.

 

 

And I would guess that something happens to Raquel that makes Clavis make Raquel into Rachel by sacrificing his youth.

 

 

You might be on to something. I have been scratching my head, wondering exactly how in the hell a young Clavis with an immeasurable life-force value magically became a decrepit old man in a wheelchair by the time of Phase Shift, and dead by the time of Calamity Trigger.

[VermilionBird]

He's dead earlier than the time of CT. He's dead by the end of Phase Shift 1 ;-;

[DeathTurn]

Ah, yes I remember now. Pardon, I have yet to read anything beyond Phase Shift 0 as I have been waiting for each novel to get translated fully before reading them in succession. Yes, Clavis was definitely dead in EP1 of the Six Heroes story in BBCP, as Rachel was already master of the Alucard manor and Valkenhayn was watching over it during her slumber. Strange that detail slipped my mind. :/

[Calamitus]

http://www.famitsu.com/matome/bbcp/novel.html

 

I can't read Japanese but it seems they are giving BB CT and CS novels for free for a limited time.

[kosmos badgirl]

http://www.famitsu.com/matome/bbcp/novel.html

 

I can't read Japanese but it seems they are giving BB CT and CS novels for free for a limited time.

 

 

I missed this, anyone got everything so far. They have available right now CP 1 (Prologue, C1 and C2) and CT 2 (C3 and 4). Did I miss CT 2 (Prologue, C1 and C2)?.

 

Edit: It seems that I missed this:

 

http://eb-dl.pod.tv/sp/bbcp/novel/bb2_0-2.pdf

 

If anyone has it, do you mind to share it?. thanks.

[Calamitus]

I missed this, anyone got everything so far. They have available right now CP 1 (Prologue, C1 and C2) and CT 2 (C3 and 4). Did I miss CT 2 (Prologue, C1 and C2)?.

 

Edit: It seems that I missed this:

 

http://eb-dl.pod.tv/sp/bbcp/novel/bb2_0-2.pdf

 

If anyone has it, do you mind to share it?. thanks.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/42z28ckkk9p2328/bb2_0-2.pdf

[kosmos badgirl]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/42z28ckkk9p2328/bb2_0-2.pdf

 

thanks!

[kosmos badgirl]

Phase 0 available, sadly no colour pages.

 

http://www.famitsu.com/matome/bbcp/novel01.html

[kosmos badgirl]

CT2 last chapter available now.

[arashileung]

I missed too.

Does anyone can share CP 1 (C3 - C4 , C5 - Last chapter) and CP 2 (C3 - C4) ?

Thx a lot

[kosmos badgirl]

I missed too.

Does anyone can share CP 1 (C3 - C4 , C5 - Last chapter) and CP 2 (C3 - C4) ?

Thx a lot

 

 

here CP 2 (C3 - C4):

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!wUwjyBAZ!MKL30xjJrxUJqbnA_eT98CZWnReyV5A1Egblv4isdyA

 

 

Sadly I missed the CT1 chapters too.

[arashileung]

here CP 2 (C3 - C4):

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!wUwjyBAZ!MKL30xjJrxUJqbnA_eT98CZWnReyV5A1Egblv4isdyA

 

 

Sadly I missed the CT1 chapters too.

Thx

Hope someone can upload CP1

[kosmos badgirl]

CS novel 2 first chapters available now.

[kosmos badgirl]

Novel 3 (CS 1) chapter 3  & 4 available now.

[spesialo]

http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=BlazBlue:Phase_Shift_2_Chapter_5

Just finished Phase Shift 2 (minus afterword) if anyone still care.

[heavymetalmixer]

http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=BlazBlue:Phase_Shift_2_Chapter_5

Just finished Phase Shift 2 (minus afterword) if anyone still care.

 

Thanks dude.

[raziel12]

i do and thxs for your hard work

[Calamitus]

http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=BlazBlue:Phase_Shift_2_Chapter_5

Just finished Phase Shift 2 (minus afterword) if anyone still care.

Your work is greatly appreciated.

[VermilionBird]

You're a saint among men.