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Allegedly Kokonoe's character swap palette is Jubei. 0_o

Que Hakumen saying "THE END HAS COME!"

Pictures would indicate that the animation is the same as her new costume version

Has anyone noticed that in each character's lifebar you can faintly see a part of their individual emblems?

I shudder at the prospect of Tako-me-cat-sue-cheese' being able to use Overdrive. I wonder if he'll be able to use barrier too.

Does she? I woulda thought they'd just have a toggle costume option like (Technical-Stylish) or (normal-unlimited)...

Also considering how he gets most of his damage in grabs and most of his combos by magnetizing people...

Allegedly there's 6+ gals that he chucks into orbit, although I've only seen the 3...

Green nametag indicates stylish is being used. I guess burst Icons, or lack thereof, no longer cut it as an indicator.

Best case scenario, IMO, is that they just make it "The Black Beast" instead of "Black Beast Ragna." It'd be as if it weren't an alternate form at all... It'd also give the 6 heroes ark a climactic final battle for sure, although i'm sure Terumi will fill that role. I'm sure whatever they do or don't do will be fine, we've already got a really good looking game here.

If you think about it, Relius can accomplish pretty much everything mode changed Izayoi can with Ignis. (3C->6D->IAD->j.b->j.c) can extend pressure and mix-up in much the way mode dash can, 214B can hit unsuspecting foes or zoners when they are caught of guard all the while being slightly slower and safer than Izayoi's D teleport, 214A and 2D give blockstun on par with mode changed sonic sabre, all the while Relius gets a recharging gauge, unblockables, resets, and more damage. Izayoi does get DPs though, she doesn't have to consider passive decay of resources like Valk or Relius, also she doesn't get forcibly reverted when hit (Valk turns human on hit Relius loses Ignis.) Relius and Valk have the advantages of getting resources passively or whilst attacking, whereas Tsubaki must get them passively (exept for her new command grab) and Izayoi must get them aggressively (unless she's in OD)

My friend made me watch the first episode with him. When it ended he said "Now it may surprise you, but there were zombies in that anime." I said "Really!? I must have missed them!" In relevant news, if the anime gets better at the rate it has been getting, the next episode may actually be watchable... fingers crossed for tomorrow.

So is it pretty much confirmed that the "console only final boss character" that Mori discussed was Terumi? If not we've got yet another character or two depending on Mori's willingness to deliver on that Ragna alternate form goodness and the symmetry of the character select screen. SPEAKING OF WHICH! ^censored for potential plot spoilers. If I manage to guess Kokonoe and this, I will be confirmed for having psychic powers.

Does anyone know how long Play Asia tends to take when shipping imports? I'm trying to calculate when my copy of Chronophantasma will get here... any info is much appreciated!

I'm finding Ragna and Rachels random flight abilities hilarious. I mean we all knew that Nu could do levitation and therefore probably fly, but Ragna's apparently having no trouble keeping up with her for those clashes in the cauldron room. I keep expecting Ragna to say "THE **** IS YOU!?" every time he encounters someone like Hakumen, but I guess he's just gotten used to all this by now. It's odd because he used to call all of the weird stuff out in the games, but this Ragna seems to just go with the flow. I gotta say though, I did like the new details; like Ragna's creepy murder grin as seen in that tiny flashback of him killing a Nu clone, and his "I hate this stupid world" moment. He seems a little less of a generic main character now, though I really ought to play CT before passing judgement on him.

Id give Relius and Ignis Gemini spark colors. Also a Ansem color from KH 1 with ignis being the heartless that is fighting from behind his back. I'd give tao a Vivi alt color from FF9. Terumi and Tao need an orginization 13 coat alt I'd also give Hazama a Firo alt, (the main character of BACCANO) Izayoi gets a zero alt ("megaman zero" sieries preferably) and Mu gets a Megaman X alt And finally Rachel and Ragna need the colors from that one Halloween Picture that was in CSII's gallery (The one where he's carrying her, I think her hair is orange) that's all I got.

Personally I love unblockables in general, They add a whole new necessary layer to mixups and mindgames. Without them, defending would be a mindless thing. As a Relius, air unblockabes are vital to getting damage becuse one can reset into combos from certain situations. Plus there's the whole thing that if you're barrier guarding, it's marginally harder to react to an air grab. I still think air defending is easier though. ground defense is: High vs low vs grab and left vs right (and now, with crush trigger, unblockables too) Air defense is more a game of: air unblockable vs grab (although in situations like grounded tao vs areal tager, left and right is a factor too.)

Thank you SO much!

I thought so too! explains everything, exept for Tao somehow using chopsticks and grabbing paper with her sleeve... things.

Yeah like in Blazblue, so far it's been just as if all the dialogue (up to the Hakumen fight) in CSE's CT reconstruction were animated. All be it animated marginally better than the already animated cut-scenes, while retaining some of their oddities...

If you are looking for much needed clarification on the plot or plausibe scene transitions, don't hold yer breath. If you enjoy screams that will make meme history (a~la Ragna having a nightmare,) Hazama's everchanging face structure, and closeups on Nu's butt, you've come to the right place. TBH the biggest turn off for me was the fact that besides character themes, there was no music whatsoever. The placement of character themes was awkward too, they'd just come on when people were talking calmly, instead of when they were fighting, as as one might expect.

^_^ thanks anyway, it's defiantly worth waiting for!

I know it's a lot to ask, but can I get a looping gif of ragna waking up and screaming at 15:38-15:40 here?: http://www.funimation.com/shows/blazblue/videos/official/the-red-rebel/anime

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Here's a new one, people who know the exact specs of their grabs. My friend plays both Lambda and Haku, and he knows their grabs down to the last pixel their hitbox has. as a result occasionally when I poke at his Lambda with Relius' 5B (even from max range) he'll be like "Supriiiiise! force grip muthachuckaaaa!" and for whatever reason Relius just warps into his grab, for a grab counter. Then when he's playing Hakumen it gets really ridiculous. He's managed to land airgrabs on me while I was behind him! While it's a nuisance i can still contend with him, so it's not that bad. (I just wish I knew what kinda black majiks he uses to be able to do it so frequently...)