NovaFortuna

Right, I forgot about Amaterasu. Must be so complex in plans because it's so hard to get rid of it, but when it's done he can ensure that whatever mess he makes will actually stick instead of being resetted or something.

I really don't get what's Terumi after. I mean if he just wanted to destroy everything why not just let the Black Beast roam free in the Dark War or something? I mean, he must be after something harder to achieve than just destruction. Otherwise why have such awfully complicated plans.

Given Mori's love for asspulls I wouldn't be surprised he made all that obvious forwshadowing just to screw with the player.

From what I heard it was because Kondou's Saya sounded too similar to Noel.

The Hell with Bloodedge I want the Black Beast

Trinity will be very happy to se Caelica again

Ragna pretty much has a bone to pick with almost everybody or viceversa. Wouldn't be surprised.

Well, Haku did cut time in his CS story to see an alternate dimension or something. He saw a different outcome of his fight with Arakune in which he lost and mocked himself for it.

I also meant that while they are technically the same person, they have shaped into completely different individuals. They had the same origins but followed completely different paths after one point, they have different personalities (for the most part at least), experiences, visions of the world, etc. Also they coexist as different people in the same time and place. Dealing with Hakumen, be it fighting or talking, is not dealing with Jin, unlike Noel, Tsubaki or Hazama where the only difference with their alts is their fighting style. Dunno if I am managing to explain myself. I think it's because he lost Yukianesa, or if he can use Ice by himself perhaps he just wanted to put behind everything that related to his time as Jin Kisaragi. Or just found the Zanshin to be better overall than Frost Bite.

I don't think that Jin-Hakumen counts. Unlike the girls and Hazama, they are completely different persons, it would be the same if Jin morphed into Hakumen like the rest.

To be honest, if we get Black Beast-esque Ragna, I wouldn't mind him having that alt.

Maybe they can come with a way around for Bang's situation, I mean Tsubaki was also in the bottom tier of canon power levels but they did made her whole Valkyrie mode that's Izayoi...based on a single line in CS that doesn't even hint that's a Henshin Mode. I dunno, perhaps forbidden Ninjustsu as part of Tenjo's legacy or something. The guy is having a much more serious story this time around, just look at his encounters in his Arcade.

Jin isn't completely clean in the end. The NOL poses his actions in Ikaruga as heroism, but Bang does claim he is a murderer, so at the very least things weren't pretty. After all, Bang did lose his home and a lot of friends and family on that, many people must be on the same situation. But you can argue thought, that it was war, and when you go to war there will be casualties.

It doesn't turn Ragna into a villiain, but he doesn't go clean on the deal either. He may not be a bad guy, but he isn't a complete innocent either.

I'll have to see how the pages look before saying much. CC had pretty good artwork