Shinhwa

Ok so these are the remaining episode names: The Power of Order (秩序の力 Chitsujo no Chikara) Cocoon of the Godslayer (神殺しの繭 Kamigoroshi no Mayu) Murakumo Awakens (叢雲覚醒 Murakumo Kakusei) Expense for the Future (未来への代償 Mirai e no Daishō) The episode 9 definitely focuses on Jin and Tsubaki but the question is if it will cover the heart warming scene with Hakumen and Tsubaki. The fact is how it happened before Jin and Tsubaki fought, so that's one thing that needs to be considered. I am not too sure if there will also be Ragna vs Jin where Jin still cannot pull out Yukianesa. The other factor to take in is the conversation between Ragna and Rachel before he even fights Jin in the NOL HQ, where I have no idea if that can even happen right now. Episode 10 will surely be Hazama vs Noel where she fights against him but then he tells her the truth behind her existence and identity. Not too sure if it will cover other fights that happen after Noel is turned into a puppet that takes orders. Episode 11 is definitely the True Ending episode where Ragna fights against Terumi. It may also have Hakumen vs Mu-12 and Jin vs Mu-12. Along with Rachel getting captured by Phantom and Mikado. Either this episode or next episode will have Lambda with Nu's memories fully awakened sacrificing herself to protect Ragna Episode 12, looking by the title, I would say this is the Mu-12 vs Ragna episode where he sacrifices his arm to save her, but this episode may be the one that has Lambda's sacrifice looking by the title of the episode. It will have Mikado appearing in front of Ragna, Jin and Noel, after Terumi spreads Phantom's virus on Takahamagara. Now, out of these 4 episodes, there needs to be the following that needs to be covered: 1. Litchi joining the Mikado team to save Arakune 2. Rachel route as it leads to her meeting the Mikado 3. Hakumen route, especially the Hakumen x Tsubaki scene (they need to do this next episode or else it won't make sense) 4. Noel route that actually leads to her facing against Terumi (will probably be covered in episode 10) 5. Lambda's route where she meets Noel and then has to fight with the fake Nu-13 after getting teleported into the dark space by Hazama and Phantom 6. Carl vs Relius

I seriously feel not all the characters are getting the love they deserve as they are getting outshadowed by the protagonists XD;; Like I don't really know if there will be an episode that shows why Litchi joins the Mikado team and if there will be an episode that shows Hazama fighting against other people other than Ragna and Noel. I don't know if Carl, Bang and Platinum will have any more episodes to show up especially =w=;; Arakune included too actually lol.

When I watched that, I was like... "DAMN IT!!! SOMEONE! SOMEONE HELP HER DX NOOOOOOO!!! QAQ" The fact is how it will be Jin vs Tsubaki next episode, but yes I do want to see the Hakumen x Tsubaki scene animated as it was really one of the best scenes of the game. Torture through mad science... D:

=___=?! Ok well if you mean it in that kind of way then it is understandable... but... couldn't you come up with a different word than just saying "best"? @_@ And you liked to hear her scream?!! U SADIST!!! D:<

Oh~ another material collection? Looking forward to that

=_= Lambda torture scene was not the "best" scenes of her story DAMN IT! Those were the most cruel and sad scenes of her story D:< YOU CRUEL PERSON >:T But yes the scene was one of the things that made me and many people sympathize Lambda. Anyhow Hakumen really needs to appear again... =___= He should have been freed by Rachel like a long time ago, yet it still hasn't happened for a long time... wth... And yeah, they really need to do the Hakumen/Tsubaki scene, but.... looking by the previews... I would say it is highly unlikely unless the episode goes like, Hakumen gets freed, wonders around Kagutsuchi, meets Tsubaki, then after Tsubaki meets Jin inside the NOL HQ. I don't know if they can cram it all that in episode 9, but we will have to see.

As Rachel told Ragna, Noel and Celica, the reason why Amaterasu kept on making time loops was because how things went in the main story did not go to her liking. But I don't know which that pertains to though. The story said that the Girl was the monster itself, but Amaterasu is not a monster. Practically saying, Amaterasu is the writer of the book and the protagonists are pretty much the cast in the book. I know there is more meaning behind this story but the question is "who is what" in the story. I wonder if there actually is someone inside that huge mecha XD

I ain't surprised. Don't worry. I have seen many anime/novel/manga series where a character that is loved by a lot of people gets screwed over because of the author/creator's decisions (Ex. Oreimo)

Now you see how I totally feel about this episode <3 Lambda is too disgustingly adorable and she melted my heart for sure. XD Noel was annoying for me due to well... she isn't really the commonly known "heroine" character ^^; She is a battle-female heroine in a way I guess. Not a romantic type heroine (well this is a fighting anime/game), but there are other reasons why I am kind of annoyed of her... Kokonoe although I somewhat hate her attitude towards artificially made beings and her selfishness, she can be a funny character I guess :p It was verified that the animator studio was indeed TeamKG, and they have no history of any animation works whatsoever. So practically saying, Chronophantasma and Alter Memory was their only work. It is possible they are just a team that was made as a Blazblue exclusive animating studio for a temporary time, but... maybe it is because they are practically a new studio that their artwork and style is somewhat bad as it goes around and around from one style to another for some episodes. Also there were some inconsistency in the line works for the art (noticeable even in this episode if you look at Lambda's eyes in some scenes) along with body proportions (episode 7 mostly). I am sure the sacrifice scene of Lambda will be more dramatic and heart crushing to see compared to how it went in the original games (CS, CSII, CSEX), where of course, I will probably cry. Sugita was always one of my most favorite and admired seiyuu since the day he played Kyon from Haruhi XD DVD I have no idea XD;;

I am just hoping he doesn't screw up to piss off a lot of people in the next game by killing characters that people actually like a lot. If he does eliminate Terumi from the game, a lot of people are surely going to get pissed. I am not sure if that will be the case if Terumi = dead and Hazama = alive in the next game, but we will have to see. Also, deaths may be inevitable due to the circumstances that happened in the story mode. A lot of the characters lost their strength to use any of their techniques as they no longer have any seithr to manipulate. But the day of destruction is also another factor to take in. But as Rachel said, the only hope the world has left is in "saving" Amaterasu.

Even I don't know what Mori and ArcSys are thinking, but we will have to wait till the next game to find out what is going to happen. Although the game itself is very story dependent, arcade mode still exists, which is a thing to consider when you think about whether a character will be removed from the game. Well that's pretty much what made Terumi and Hazama separate but still linked. Although I am sure it goes more into detail in the Six Heroes route (which I haven't gotten myself to see yet)

If only it was legit (but Ragna remaining male and such, and looking similar to Ichika from Infinite Stratos when wearing his Byakushiki)

The hell... I just checked the information about the studio TeamKG, that was responsible for animating this anime, but this studio is totally new... O_o It doesn't have any other previous animation works

Those dance moves on the 2nd and 3rd GIF... o3o;;

Play Yuuki Terumi's Arcade mode if you wanna know what happened

Oh... right....

You have to consider that he is a villain that made tons of characters suffer... And Terumi did die as he got killed by Hakumen's Time Killer technique. That's a fact. Hazama himself though... is currently unknown. He is considered MIA for now.

Well, the truth is how Terumi did influence Kazuma where both of them were pretty much evil incarnate, and together they did experience like tons of timeloops, so I wouldn't be too sure about that.

I... I am sorry.... *grabs all my Lambda goods and goes into a corner*

I think I re-watched the episode like 20 times already lol

Oops forgot about that part...

Original Japanese > English dub no matter what =3= Sugita did a wonderful job this episode voicing a calm Ragna o_o

This makes more sense, but let us not speculate here... (seriously it is bothersome that speculation + story discussion are in separate threads... @_@)

I have no answer for that sadly. I can only speculate for that. But the comical answer would be: PLOT ARMOR

Terumi was human but during an experiment with Shuichiro regarding the cauldron, it went berserk where a Black Beast appeared and had devoured Terumi, making him lose his real body, which turned him into spirit form. His true goal is not revealed but it is highly speculated that it has to do with the numerous timeloops that occured by Amaterasu.