I think what he means by the Blazblue franchise not ending even after 4th game means either he will make a spin-off, or continue releasing manga/novel series and such.
Or maybe a sequel except in a different title like XBLAZE.
Well, if he was joking, I am really glad (Because I seriously thought he was being serious...). I can't imagine a game without our Ragna-kun/Nii-san as the protagonist
There was something I was wondering after reading the Volume 2 of the new manga, and I can't believe I forgot about this.
Why does Hakumen tell Ragna (Or well, Black Beast in general as it is seen that Hakumen talks to the Black Beast itself than Ragna sometimes) that Izanami is waiting for him?
I totally forgot that Hakumen said this in CT. (DON'T TELL ME IT HAS TO DO WITH IZANAMI TRYING TO SEDUCE RAGNA SOMETIMES O_O Jk)
The manga portraits how awesome BlazBlue really is, but Alter Memory truly failed to do that...
EDIT:
LOL I just noticed on Page 155, there is a WANTED poster on Mori XD for 2,500,000pd XD
ROFL
It's not really a matter of "must" kill Rachel. It's just an option we know so far.
Current two options about the berserk Ragna:
1. Kill him before he dies naturally
2. Kill Rachel if Jin or Tsubaki fails to kill Ragna before he dies a natural death
As Zedar said several times before, there are other options possible where no one has to die. It's just that they haven't been mentioned in the game. The theories and concept exists though.
BlazBlue Alter Memory may truly have been more successful if it was epic as the new manga =w=;
So many Drives and Astral Heats used lol.
The new volume even inserted the part from Nu's Story Mode in CT where she meets Rachel in a "dream".
One disappointing is that... Ragna vs Nu wasn't really drawn much at all... At least Nu's Drives and Astral Heat was shown.
Seems like ArcSys really wants to link the manga with the other existing works considering they even put in Taro and Mai in Noel's flashback.