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Well... You're free to post spoilers out of Es and Jubei's Arcade Mode.

I'd like an ending where Azrael simply stops the whole Black Beast threat by fighting with it for all eternity without either one managing to break the stalemate. No need for answers, the dude gets out the way he got in, punching through logic. Not to mention that this is his plan already, so it's a happy ending for him anyway. As, Ogiga said, speculation will basically cease to exist once the JP Console release drops, since everyone will hide under a rock until they can play the Story Mode in a language they can understand. I just wish the gap isn't too large this time.

Dude, take a nap. Do you refer to someone's eyes as someone or something? He also said right after "That is, your eyes..." He just wanted to get Muzzle Flittered.

Drop him near the Black Beast in Es' Stage. Two birds. one stone.

I think he was trying to score some points. He quoted her poem right after, and he got Squirrel-Powered by Makoto. (Maybe that's the trace of Power of Seigi Relius was talking about...) Seriously, this is not a random foreshadowing like Tager's comment on Izayoi back in CS. Also, since everyone seems to be talking about who's going to die for real... Half of the cast has a pile of death flags. And no one actually managed to stay dead. So my guess? Not even one. If I had to bet on someone, either Terumi or Relius, and even so, I'd give a 50% chance at best.

Not any three meteorites. Three Kunzites of Faceblock. That's a murder attempt right there. Roy didn't intentionally eat Litchi's memories in Act 3. He said something like, "if you remember this, kill this vessel." Also, what I meant by what Noel saw when she was devoured by Ragna is that she somehow saw that she could open the gate and split from Mu so that Terumi couldn't use her as a key. We don't know what exactly she saw, but that's pretty much what she said, so that's what I was referring to. Since I couldn't remember the details of the summary, I gave myself a margin of error by being a little less specific about what exactly she saw, only that she said she split because of that situation.

And CP was supposed to be the conclusion of the Six Heroes' story... You make a good point though, Nine is still pretty mad at her for helping Terumi out of Mind Eater. Too bad that without Trinity playable, we don't have a direct interaction between her and Nine during an Arcade mode. Did she speak with her in Jin's Arcade at any point? Speaking of Arcade modes... Am I the only one who finds it weird that we haven't even heard of a Es announcement trailer yet? I mean, at this point we don't even know what's her Drive, let alone how many Acts her Arcade Mode will have.

Not just at that moment, even during the Dark War, Trinity was the least combat oriented member of the Six Heroes by far, However, she specializes not only in barriers, but all kinds of defensive magic, so she could be somewhat useful.

Disproved, Noel herself stated in Act 3 that she split from Mu due to what she saw when she was devoured by Berserk Ragna. What exactly do you mean by Time Reset? Phenomena Interventions? Apparently not, but there was no focus on the Phenomena Interventions, just as Act 1 didn't. Not exactly. Ragna did apologize to Rachel after he interrupted her story. And everyone said "Oh wow Ragna look how grown you are" because he wasn't popping a "Blazblue! Activate!" everytime someone punched him. And as much as I did agree with Noel's development flying through the window, Act 3 made me question that. Her development flying through the window is Mu's point of view. Noel did split because there was something bigger at stake, so I'm going to wait for more information before deciding on whether or not her development got nuked. I didn't say Ragna saved Noel because it was the right thing to do. I said Ragna fought to save Noel from Terumi. Considering who Ragna was at CT and how CS started, it was a development. But we only started to understand that development at the end of CS.

Celica wasn't the sole reason of Ragna's Character Development, he did try to save Noel in CS. Of course, when he figured out Terumi was the only getting her in trouble he had an extra motivation, but at the start, he was searching for Noel. I liked Celica's role in Ragna's CD. Ragna subconciously wanted to fight for something beyond shoving Blood-Scythe up Terumi's nose, and especially after Rachel's story about the girl with the book, which was the catalyst of his development, Celica presented herself as someone Ragna could protect, throwing a call (back and forward, F time-travel.) to Phase 0.

I'm cool with Ragna stepping up to be a new Jubei or something. Playable and with some influence within the plot, but not enough as the protagonist. That'd be cool. Not to mention that if you think about it, it wouldn't be that weird. Without getting on the CT/CS examples where there were some routes in which he didn't even appear, CP had him step down for a while when Jin, Noel and Makoto went to save Tsubaki. He appeared and talked to Jin a bit, but he pretty much got as much screentime during that scene as Kagura. And it worked well. Depending on where the plot goes after Central Fiction, Ragna may not even need the focus. Speaking of CP though, I've read some comments about how Tsubaki is messed up because everyone in Kagura's side could see that Ragna is pretty chill after working with him and stuff, but there's the catch. Tsubaki has exactly one scene with him during the whole Chrono Phantasma Route. When she goes to save Noel and Celica from Relius. And she displayed enough killing intent that Ragna actually had to tell her they were on the same side, resulting on her pulling an "enemy mine" situation. Next thing she knows, Rags bodied Noel and Jin. Turns out our Blind Power of Seigi user actually didn't saw Ragna's character development, so of course she's pissed. Also, Power of Seigi wants him dead.

The weird thing is that Tager wasn't arrested or at least no one mentioned it during the Arcade Acts. Also, lol star-shaped plunger. Blazblue's got some weird weapons but this is just ridiculous. So, Es' home stage got a Black Beast running wild and the remnants of what it looks to be a Hierarchical City. Not the gate or anything that resembles an access to it. What could this mean?

We'll probably only know when the Famitsu Article is released.

Oh damn. The Azure has a will. This is big. That completely flew over my head, but the Azure actually trying to influence the plot could make things very complicated, since we haven't seen a force with more influence in the plot than Amaterasu and Izanami. The Azure itself jumping into the fray could escalate things even further. I think Mori's feeding us more lies, unless Blazblue manages to go on without Ragna.

Could also mean that only Ragna can open it.

Woah, Amaterasu isn't exactly vacant, don't forget that. We're in a Tenjo situation here, the OPFD is inside the Master Unit, but her soul is (inside or the whole) Noel.

Not really. Izanami is a drive, yes, but her vessel? Definitely Saya. Or as her brother says (activating OD) SAYAAAAAA. Edit: Dang, ninjas everywhere.

I just hope Azrael doesn't get a 10:0 matchup like he has against Take-Mikazuchi. Anyway, we shouldn't discuss possible boss characters.

That just speeds up the process.

"That" could be his brother's sword since it can cut Terumi, even though Musashi should too. Heck at this point it could be anything, what if it's just some platform shoes so he can be playable?

That actually confirms what I said. Due to the loopy nature of CT, Amaterasu knew the beginning of the loop and that everything somehow converged into Nu wrecking Ragna and falling into the cauldron. If Amaterasu prevented Mu from dying and hijacked her, she had to wait a bunch of years to see if Noel could help breaking the loop. She did and awakened as Successor to the Azure. What misconception are you talking about?

Well at least she wasn't Time Killed like Terumi.

Noel rejected Mu and since they were in the embryo, they split. We really don't know how. Arakune is speaking half-blob since CP. And Lambda... I dunno. Looks like she kinda willed herself back and got Observed by Noel. Something similar to Nu.

You guys are forgetting that Takamagahara was the one doing the loops. Amaterasu was only observing and trying to find a way to break them. When Mu-12 survived and Noel came into existence, she managed to interrupt the loop via saving Ragna from falling into the Cauldron. Then she Awakened as Successor to the Azure/Eye of the Azure. In CS, after being utterly corrupted and broken by Hazama/Terumi, she tried to go and kill Amaterasu. However, we didn't knew and neither did she, that it was a suicide mission. Also, since she was completely insane, I don't think we can really blame her . In CP, when she screamed for Amaterasu to not get any closer, she was literally yelling at the Master Unit, as in a separate body, to not fall into a trap. Also she didn't knew about her relation to the Master Unit. As far as anyone knew, she was only the Eye. And regarding the tug of war between Amaterasu and Takamagahara, instead of observing, Amaterasu was actively disrupting Izanami's Phenomena Interventions and throwing out some of her own. Celica doesn't interfere with Ragna's Azure Grimoire because Kokonoe synchronized Ragna and Celica's IDEA Engines. Also, everything Kokonoe gets to mod winds up with an IDEA Engine. Lambda and Tager to a lesser extent are not exceptions. Minera only amps up Celica's Seithr Absorption powers. I still think Ragna will find a way to fix everything before his Azure Grimoire corrupts him fully. I know the trend was broken in CP, but I'm going out on a limb and say that Ragna's gonna lose his arm. Again. It's not like Kokonoe can't get him another one. With all of that said... Did Amaterasu slip a Phenomena Intervention to save Mu from getting nuked and we only found out now?

He doesn't really know about Naoto yet. With that said, your theory is somewhat on the right track. Ragna knows he doesn't have much time left, yet he doesn't want to be Observed by Amane even if it gets him a little more time. Let me add another Death Flag to Ragna's account. He doesn't care about his time left. I think that he either genuinely plans to sacrifice himself to protect Noel and the world or he plans to ditch the Azure Grimoire. Since the first option is self-explanatory, let me focus on the second. Ragna plans to protect Noel and the Master Unit by stopping all the entitled from killing Noel to get their wishes. That way, he hopes to save everyone else as well. (See Nu's Act III Ending.) If he succeeds, he could ditch the Azure Grimoire and stop fighting, effectively concluding his story.