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SKD wrote a thing that you should give a read: http://www.teamstickbug.com/2016/11/20/skds-bbcf-tier-list-whoah/

A new combo video all about 2B as a starter: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm29895618

If nothing else, VNDB cites him as the "Original creator": https://vndb.org/v9774 And I should've totally checked her voice actress, yeah.

Filling in some blanks: Jin - Uguisumaru (Touken Ranbu, same VA) Tsubaki - Oda Nobunaga (Fate/Grand Order) Hazama - Matsuno Karamatsu (Osomatsu-san, same VA) Azrael - Jake Martinez (Tiger & Bunny) Terumi - male psychic (7th Dragon 2020) Celica - Tokonome Mamori and Shikishima Mirei (Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid) Mai - Mizuki Eiri (Getsuei Gakuen -kou-) Hazama and Mai are the most amusing to me, since Karamatsu and Hazama are both antisocial egotists, while Eiri is the protagonist of a visual novel written by Sugita (Ragna's VA).

Here's the default announcer saying it:

Aand we got a subforum now! http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/forum/369-susanooh/

The Elphelt figure is now up for preorders: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-023220

Been there, (haven't?) done that.

The original tweet could clear things up if you still have it.

And here are the translations by Sourenga: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B05szmR2yYh4MWtoVVU0cmp2cXM/view

I would like to note that Mika's theme is amazing, and I wish we could buy the expanded OST some day.

The scans are here: From what I can see, they don't really explain the Drive in any more detail.

Don't, we already feel miserable without that.

I basically see two ways how it works: - Her Drive are simple two-part normals, like Tsubaki's. - Her Drive leaves those sword traces that you can activate to attack again, like Bedman does. Since the latter sounds more fun (and since we already have Tsubaki), it seems more likely to be how it works to me.

Oh, hey, some actual Es gameplay info! - Wield the two-hit sword techniques and self-buffs Es is a character with many standard moves that's easy to use. She's quite agile, so using her really gives you the feeling of speed. Her unique "Drive" ability make "Crests" appear after her sword attacks, which you can then turn into another attack by using "Crest Arts". Make full use of her great sword and Drive double hits to grasp victory! Drive: Crest Arts Es unleashes a broad sword swing at Nine. Crest Arts is possible after a Crest appears from this attack... A Crest with a hitbox appears, hitting the opponent again! A tricky two-hit combo that combines a sword swing and a Crest attack.

Oh boy, they happened to pick the character I wanted to see playable the most. It's too bad that I already play two characters and don't intend to drop either. Maybe it's time to pick up a third one?..

Pretty sure that was fixed in the early loketests.

For the record, that Johnny design is for a mobile phone pouch.

Not only did Mai steal Jubei's chance at becoming playable, but she stole Lancer's Gae Bolg, too! As if people needed more reasons to consider her the main villain of the series.

Official non-promotional art, you mean - Pixiv is still ripe with it.

You just wait until Nine gets nerfed and everyone gets all smug with "Well, I knew that she was broken all along!".

Even original Kokonoe was "Strong but not broken" in Dustloop's eyes, what else would you expect to hear about Nine?

A-at least Dizzy's ribbons are animated this time...

Man, they really go out of their way to keep Es's playstyle ambiguous. "Look at these sword effects, is that her drive!?" "Her reach seems long, maybe she deals lots of damage, too!?". Not sure why I expected to get anything more than that.

Man, that Ariels hat sure is silly as hell.