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I want to try watching the BD version... TwT

Well as he had said in the prologue, apparently Ragna's "usefulness" had ended at the end of CS, so in particular, he had no more uses for him, where Ragna would just become nuisance towards him afterwards for his future plans (Well he did take advantage of him for readjusting Nu in Episode 7, but that was about it). He had taken advantage of Ragna's rage over him and such in order to make things go his way during CS. In the end though, Hazama and Relius had taken advantage of the protagonists' movements a lot, where they had taken advantage of not just Ragna but also Noel (Synchronization = If Noel did not synchronize with Nu, then Amaterasu would not have been summoned). Considering Hazama said "You could have annihilated Ragna the Bloodedge at that time easily", I am guessing Izanami has the power to negate Life Links or something? (She does govern death after all) Despite Ragna having a Life Link and all, so many characters are saying they can kill Ragna for good despite him having a Life Link. Are they just forgetting it about it, do they have the method to kill him while bypassing Life Link (This excludes Hakumen and Tsubaki as they actually can bypass/negate Life Link). I am not even sure if Jin knows about it (Can power of order even negate Life Link?). For one thing, the only time Ragna's Life Link was mentioned in the open was like in CS by Terumi, and by Nu herself in CP Episode 18, and the truth is that Ragna never mentioned about it himself regarding his Life Link with Nu. Zedar already answered me regarding this long time ago, but... I seriously wonder how and when Ragna and Nu even got a Life Link together... O_o; It's not mentioned anywhere in official sources apparently so I am guessing only Mori knows...

Not really as he never felt pain like this in the past even though he had met Hakumen time to time.

I can't say for sure. Although the possibility of the individual that Sechs talked to in the crystal was Izanami considering Sechs was trying to do what the Izanami team tried to do in CP, there is no legitimate source to confirm it. Izanami is pretty much the center antagonist as it is true that she had pulled the strings behind the scenes but it is unknown just how far and how long she has been doing this. Just like us uh... if they saw what happened in the ending, they would probably go "WTF is this....", because after all that accomplishment Ragna had achieved and such, they all went into a downfall thanks to Izanami ruining it all =A=

I advise you to not take everything in the anime too literally. Although it depicts what happened in the past kind of as an animation, fact is that other sources such as the Light Novel and the new manga had Saya being kidnapped instead of walking together. So don't take such minor thing too literally as it will barely or not have any impact towards the real game installment. As much as I loved the anime especially Episode 8, fact is that Continuum Shift game already had happened so Episode 8 was a bit of an anime special thing. Not saying it is non-canon. It is canon in its own right. Just saying even if new stuff were added in other adaptions, we can't base stuff off from them because unless Mori decides to add those factors into the story in the game later on, they don't have any factors to it. I am more wondering how Continuum Shift novel part 2 will be as it shows Lambda in her original cape design that was shown in the anime. It is possible that material that was used in the anime can be used for the novel, but not sure if they can give much impact towards story mode in future games. More like the fact is, the light novel and manga are all adapted from the original game in the first place except telling the story in a bit of a different way instead of 100% following what happened in there. I can't make any theories off what happened in the anime as they don't really link towards future games.

I can do that I guess. It's easy to do.

That's not what I mean... What do you mean by "You really should add the light novels already...."

What are you talking about...?

Saya was not her usual self during the peaceful days of the Celica and Ragna. It was way before Terumi had attacked the church. Sector Seven and NOL were both formed by Terumi in secret. Calamity Trigger Light Novel. Oh and great job fixing all my grammar/spelling mistakes on the wiki XD

If you are talking about when Celica took the trio to get some strawberries only to get lost, no that's not when Saya got captured by Hazama nor is it when Izanami possessed Saya. Relius had called Saya a "God's vessel" (神器) since the beginning. The way it went was how Before Terumi's attack, Saya and Jin were inside the church. Celica and Ragna were in two different locations but were both outside the church. Celica saw the church burning and when she went inside, Saya was gone and Jin was all alone there, possessed by Yukianesa. Celica approaches Jin but then she gets ambushed by Terumi. Because during Phase 0 she had heard from Ragna that he could not protect Jin and Saya, she approaches Terumi with last of her strength, where Terumi couldn't do shit and kept screaming in agony telling Celica not to approach him, but then Jin attacks Celica where Terumi strikes back by using his Uroboros to pierce through Celica's neck. After that... is the part where Ragna discovers the church burning where he runs to it only to get his arm sliced off while seeing Terumi take Saya away. One thing to note is that there was a barrier around the church's area where Terumi could not approach it, but apparently the possessed Jin destroyed it from the inside using Yukianesa. Can't say Izanami had complete control over Saya at that time as if it did, then the memories that Saya had remembered about the aftermath of Terumi's assault wouldn't make sense.

Ragna is definitely artificial as seen by tons of hints and he himself stated that his body was artificial and he doesn't even know whose soul he has inside him. Jin though, I can't say whether he is artificial because other than the fact that Ragna, Jin, and Saya were all found in a lab that Jubei had assaulted, other backgrounds behind Jin is unknown. Fact is how Relius had commanded Hazama to go to Celica's church to capture Saya.

That's not what he asked for... I already answered him.

Well the fact is how his Sister who was kidnapped became embodiment of evil and death who is causing chaos and havoc towards the world, and also as seen by the True Ending of CS along with how Ragna suspected that Saya was not acting like her usual self in the past, he pretty much came to the conclusion that the Saya he sees in front of him is evil. However as seen by Episode 18, Ragna is unable to even hurt Saya, which kind of cost him... If Saya's Soul = Noel and Saya's Body Only = Izanami theory is real, then it would give Ragna the reason not to hold back anymore since the only thing that he would see in front of him would be someone else who is just using the shell of a body that was his sister's previously. But from what I saw in Episode 18 of how Izanami had stated something about Ragna being unable to save her forever, and also with the fact of what Ragna said in Episode 13 (Obtaining power to defeat the Imperator and Terumi is just an excuse), it doesn't seem that just defeating Izanami would end the twisted system that exists in the world right now. In the end, Izanami may just be another victim who fell to Amaterasu's selfish wish. It is possible Terumi was also a victim, possibly when he was the main host of the Susano'o Unit. I mean people aren't evil right from the start and there are reasons why people become evil and try to get revenge against others through any means possible. As seen by Amaterasu's Story told by Rachel, it really seems that the key to saving the world from the current twisted system is to actually "save" others instead of "defeating". "Defeating" always led Amaterasu to erase whatever happened throughout the story and start back from scratch (Aka Time loop through Dimensional Influences). What Amaterasu had been longing for years is "Saving", where tragedy doesn't occur (Although it is still a question who the "Girl who is a Monster that devours the world" is, because she is the innocent victim of the story). The fact is that even if Takamahagara had become erased, the world's current system as a whole is still a cruel place and is corrupt. That fact still hasn't changed. This is why the Destroyer of the World exists, which can be seen in two ways: Just Destroy the World, or destroy the Order that goes around in the current world, which means that the Destroyer of the World can destroy both a pure Order or a corrupt Order. The Order in the current world is certainly corrupt right now. But even with that, Power of Order exists to protect that Order from being destroyed. So considering the world's order is currently corrupt, it is a factor that the current world's system must be taken down and a better one or a purer one must be built.

Rival towards the Azure Grimoire! OR... IN THE END IT WAS THAT CRIMSON TUNA FROM RAGNA'S GAG REEL! 8D Jk... Yeah, wonder what that Crimson Grimoire is lol.

Toxin, I think it's a good idea if you just drop the whole XBLAZE -> BlazBlue linking theories... Other than a few concepts and ancestors existing in XBLAZE, we have no idea how much it links to what is happening in the current timeline in BlazBlue... =_=

Arakune like... disappeared after Episode 12... Relius tells Arakune to go to Hazama and that was the last of him =w=;

Only if I feel like it.

Rachel already knew Izanami for a long time although their relationship is not explained. Rachel had asked Ragna if he could "kill his sister", which Ragna said he will do it without a doubt. Although Rachel does call Izanami "Meiou Izanami", she had also called her "Ragna's sister" on Episode 1. Nu being a Yandere is more speculated to be the fault of the programming and adjustments that Relius and Hazama gave her. For one thing, Nu was not Izanagi no Tsurugi during Calamity Trigger also the fact she had a more kinder personality during the events of Continuum Shift. Izanami possessing Saya has nothing to do with Nu. I would only edit Terumi and Hazama if I feel like it considering he is on my hate list. As for Ragna's personality, his personality has always been nice, just that he kind of hid it due to the path of revenge he had walked. I had already put in his improvement in personality.

Mai doesn't use magic...

Some people don't find it obvious. That's why I am saying this. The fact that Ragna, Jin and even Rachel still designates Izanami as Saya is the confusing factor for some people. Which is why I saying that the reason might because of the vessel's influence instead of the soul itself. It's already on the wiki on Nu's page now in her summary for Chronophantasma. Need to edit Noel's part along with it though.

Full Story Mode summary on Nu complete on the wiki. =w= It was more simpler to write compared to Ragna since she didn't have much happening in the game lol.

Probably just ominousness.

Something I just realized while looking through the Story Mode while I was writing articles for the Wiki: Izanami to Hazama: My vessel was once broken by you. It can't be helped that it is showing rejection towards you. Nu (Synchronized with Noel) to Ragna: The reason the fusion between Noel Vermillion and Yuuki Terumi failed may have been because he was the man who took away everything, my (Noel/Saya's) family, and had destroyed my mind to pieces. I (Noel) wouldn't want to become his heart even if I (Noel) died. Izanami, who has Saya's body knows about the fact Terumi had broke Saya before. Noel, who is speculated to have Saya's soul, had remembered about the past that happened after the events of Ragna and Celica's tragedy during the events of her smelting to become a material for the creation of a Black Beast and about the events of when Terumi had "broke" her. This really supports the theory about Body and Soul theory.

I can't theorize their origin with the current information. XBLAZE isn't the best place to theorize their origin as just because their abilities were similar, that doesn't mean it actually originates from them. Also you are taking the characters' hair color/eye color and such too much as just because they have the same hair color in the two different series, that doesn't mean they originate from each other. Just because Sechs and Ragna had the same seiyuu, that doesn't mean Ragna originates from Sechs either. Until we have legit information, we can't really say anything about it as it is totally unconfirmed. Unless you like spewing crack theories everywhere, although I would like crack theories to be avoided as much as possible. We told you before that similarities are similarities and until Mori says otherwise, we can't make any connections between them, so I would like to kindly ask that you stop with the whole thing.

No........................ and speak proper English please... And stop with the whole "soul might be from XBLAZE characters" because we have no idea how close related XBLAZE and BlazBlue are right now. Concepts might be the same but other than the connections between characters who have the same last name (Amanohokosaka, Mercury), we have no idea if there are even connections between the other characters from XBLAZE to the main characters of BlazBlue... Until Mori says otherwise, other than power and ability concepts, we can't make any connections in terms of soul/reincarnation concept between characters from XBLAZE and BlazBlue. I thought that was meant for comparing with Saya. =w=;