History NightmareFuel / BlazBlue

* The Kisaragi family is ''definitely'' this. Yes, the one that Jin, the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series, is a member of. The way they carry their tradition is a double-edged sword in that while it has a large number of influencial leaders and soldiers, this environment inevitably breeds {{Greed}} and [[DrivenByEnvy Envy]] among it's countless members, with many of them hiring assassins to kill one another. Sounds just like a typical BigScrewedUpFamily but what makes this family utterly horrifying is their treatment of Jin, their [[ChildProdigy next future heir]].
** To summarize, Jin was found by this noble family while [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wandering around with amnesia after the church incident]] and the poor kid must have thought he can start a whole new life after his first family was [[BigBad completely ruined by Terumi]]. But, oh no! It turns out this family is composed of shitheads who constantly abused him for God knows how long. They pretty much broke the kid mentally and emotionally for many years despite Jin being a good kid and bringing them a lot of achievements he genuinely accomplished by himself. [[FromBadToWorse Oh, and they did not stop there]]; they then decided to dispose of him by secretly sending countless assassins in order for them to take the position of the next head of the family from him. The result of all these traumas [[BrokenBird understandably scarred Jin permanently]]. Is it any wonder he is the way he is throughout the series?

** The Kisaragi family is ''definitely'' this. Yes, the one that Jin, the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series, is a member of. The way they carry their tradition is a double-edged sword in that while it has a large number of influencial leaders and soldiers, this environment inevitably breeds {{Greed}} and [[DrivenByEnvy Envy]] among it's countless members, with many of them hiring assassins to kill one another. Sounds just like a typical BigScrewedUpFamily but what makes this family utterly horrifying is their treatment of Jin, their [[ChildProdigy next future heir]]].
*** To summarize, Jin was found by this noble family while [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wandering around with amnesia after the church incident]] and the poor kid must have thought he can start a whole new life after his first family was [[BigBad completely ruined by Terumi]]. But, oh no! It turns out this family is composed of shitheads who constantly abused him for God knows how long. They pretty much broke the kid mentally and emotionally for many years despite Jin being a good kid and bringing them a lot of achievements he genuinely accomplished by himself. [[FromBadToWorse Oh, and they did not stop there]]; they then decided to dispose of him by secretly sending countless assassins in order for them to take the position of the next head of the family from him. The result of all these traumas [[BrokenBird understandably scarred Jin permanently]]. Is it any wonder he is the way he is throughout the series?

* Azrael's Act 3. Him alone is bad enough, but then he teams up with Arakune of all characters. With a battle-monger and the co-king of Nightmare Fuel together, things are bound to be bad. And, yes, it's ''bad''. Azrael confronts Bang and Nu in a battle. When he inevitably wins, he has Arakune ''devour them'' when they are down. For Bang, the screen turns to black as Arakune skulks foward. The sounds we hear next are Arakune's psychotic, distorted voice and presumably him ''eating'' Bang. When the screen turns back to normal, ''Bang is nowhere to be found''. For Nu, this happens immediately ''after'' the battle, leaving things to the imagination on how she got eaten. Why? To get their Nox Nyctores.]] Though this is undermined by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Azrael kicking Arakune out of the screen right before the fight]] (or, in case of his final fight - Terumi - right at the beginning of the cutscene).

** And now Act 3 reveals exactly '''how''' she intends to destroy the world. By collecting all 9 of the Nox Nyctores, she will be able to call forth [[KillSat Take]]-[[HumanoidAbomination Mikazuchi]] to completely destroy the world in an instant. However, when she calls it forth, she is going to call it forth in a [[TheBerserker completely berserk state]]. What makes it frightening is that she is '''''fully aware of this.''''' She is fully aware she will be summoning a mindless beast of destruction upon the world. Made even worse when you remember that Nine once considered Take-Mikazuchi too dangerous for '''anyone''' to use.]

* '''''DARK SUSANO'O.'''''

** And there's the part in her CF arcade mode where she meets Naoto. She initially thinks Naoto is Ragna, but once she sees that his presence is similar to Ragna, she's '''''completely fucking PISSED.''''' This is one of the few times we actually see Nu ''completely'' off her rocker, and it is horrifying.

*** Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, [[FromBadToWorse it did]]. If you were too distracted by Arakune's CreepyAwesome factor, or his Woobie points above and possibilities that he's learned his lessons once Litchi probably cures him, ''Chrono Phantasma'' finally turns him into the terrifying monster he's supposed to be with his new Astral animation. Remember how nothing happened when he hit the opponent? Now something does happen, and that something is very, ''very'' grotesque even for ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' standards: the opponent gets sucked into (read: devoured by) Arakune and is trapped in a giant spider web. Then all of a sudden a bunch of HUGE eyeballs pop in from the background as a swarm of spiders, ''with the exact same eyes on their backs'', begin to ''crawl out of the huge eyeballs'' and close in on the opponent, covering the screen in the process. Once the screen is completely covered by spiders, you hear a very loud and unnerving "'''CRUNCH!'''" as the Astral Finish display pops up. Once the screen clears, ''nothing is left''. Yes, you know what just happened. ''That poor soul just got eaten alive by spiders''. '''And now their blood is raining down on the screen.''' '''''Holy. Fucking. Shit.''''' Prime phobia trigger for [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Noel]].

** But let's go into specifics, shall we? To kick things off, Unlimited Hazama (as ''CS'' arcade boss) default theme is always Endless Despair, so you know right away he's not fucking around. Then the fighting starts. His pure sadism, incredibly painfully looking moves and distortions, and his incredibly joyous laughter as he's ruthlessly beating down his opponent is a terrifying sight to behold. Even it is meant for comedy, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HoEbtoRC9ew# this video]] shows off just how insanely sadistic the motherfucker is.

!! WARNING: In accordance with wiki policy, all NightmareFuel pages contain UNMARKED SPOILERS. Proceed at your own risk.

* '''''[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Izanami]].'''''
** She's a malevolent goddess of death who wants to turn the world into a desolate wasteland, and the true antagonist of the series. Despite seeming like a straight-laced GenericDoomsdayVillain, her actions are the reason why current world of ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is so messed up. She conspired with Terumi and Relius to destroy the Amaterasu Unit, which required a vessel with enough power to contain her. That vessel just so happened to be Saya, Ragna & Jin's younger sister, whom Terumi had kidnapped. As Terumi was the founder of the NOL and Sector Seven, he pulled some strings in order to allow Izanami to become the Imperator, supplanting the true royal lineage - the Amanohokosaka family. She orchestrated the Ikaruga Civil War not only in a bid to [[FinalSolution wipe out the royal family]] but also to satisfy her twisted whims. Under her rule, the NOL became an iron-fisted dictatorship that used subjugation, memory-alteration, and black ops to create more death and tragedy. Once she starts getting involved in ''Chronophantasma'', shit hits the fan. She coldly betrays Terumi and Relius without a second thought, leaving them for dead when their plans are foiled. Izanami is so powerful that not only does she survive Hakumen's Time Killer (his ultimate technique which literally erases your existence), but she can summon and command Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi, a gigantic {{Kaiju}} KillSat, as well as the Black Beast itself. The last part she uses with sadistic glee as she forces Ragna's powers to awaken and go berserk.
** Her role in the story is terrifying enough, but once she becomes playable, her attacks involve utilizing all sorts of arcane necromancy magic, like conjuring will-o-the-wisps and summoning skulls to trap her opponent. Her Exceed Accel, however, is a perfect example of the terror she brings: ''her face becomes a skeleton with a SlasherSmile while a bloodcurdling scream plays in the background.'' Izanami then proceeds to impale the opponent with her hand while a ''very'' sinister laugh plays. Even worse? The Active Flow version involves chains surrounding the opponent and the screen ''turning red''. Izanami is everything you fear about the concept of death made manifest, and she wants you to know it. An even more frightening prospect occurs when you realize that unlike Nine's trailer, ''Izanami's Astral Heat isn't shown''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, [[http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/images/b/ba/BBCF_Izanami_Tokoyo_no_Yami.png a picture of Izanami]] [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not looking at her opponent... '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' And to top it off, if she's not talking, she's doing a bloodlusted snarl, like a rabid dog ready to kill someone. It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much more terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!
*** [[https://youtu.be/1E2xzx0LaXk?t=532 This is a higher quality video showing Izanami's Astral]], which shows that her glaring eyes aren't just GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath... she actually has [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises very small pupils]], which actually make her look more terrifying, since it only further drives the point home that she's staring ''directly'' at the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou player]].
** Act 2 gives us some more horrifying details about her. The body she's inhabiting (Saya) isn't even human, and Izanami herself is described as "the manifestation of 'her' Drive". We have an EldritchAbomination on our hands.
** The preview of Act 3 is relatively tame, showing the current states of the characters, until near the end... a static image of Izanami, shown above, suddenly pops out, '''''[[BlackEyesOfCrazy sporting COMPLETELY EMPTY BLACK EYES]]''''' '''''and a terrifying SlasherSmile!!''''' Talk about wanting to scare us even after her act. That very same image, without static, appears in her Act 3 ending. But of course, it starts with a JumpScare, with the image suddenly appearing in negative colors until it becomes normal coloration, showing that '''''her skin and face have become a ghastly, pale white'''''.
*** The full picture is even more terrifying in full without the static. You can see the effects of the deterioration on Izanami's body. '''[[FlayingAlive There's no skin on her right arm]]'''.
** Hell, even her ''themes'' are pretty terrifying, even if they're CreepyAwesome. Her main theme has OminousLatinChanting, a frenetic pace as if you were being chased by a gigantic monster, and what sounds like ghostly screams at the beginning. Her theme when fighting Ragna has even more OminousLatinChanting and a very dark sound to it.
** In Ragna's Act II arcade ending, she [[DeliberateInjuryGambit LETS HERSELF BE STABBED]] just to show Ragna what CompleteImmortality means. The cutscene then changes to her with her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes wide]] and a SlasherSmile all while BLEEDING ALL OVER the place. The scene itself is full of static and Izanami's EvilLaugh.
** ''Act 3'' introduced even more gameplay-related terror. How? '''[[OhCrap UNLIMITED]] [[SNKBoss IZANAMI]]'''. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration She's made up to be as close as possible with the ''Goddess of Death'' she really is in story]]. If you defeat every opponent with Overdrive Finishes, you are rewarded with a JumpScare as the ending credits are interrupted with static, and then Izanami's Drive emblem flashes on the screen while she says her Astral quote. When the match starts, you'll notice that she starts out with that barrier-consuming shield automatically out, meaning ''you cannot damage her for as long as that shield is up''. She also has a much creepier looking version of Ragna's Dead Spike that propels her forward. Her projectiles now act as a boomerang that can richochet and hit you twice from the screen. She also has the teleporting counter move used by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shadow Dio]]. Also, her portrait gives new meaning to RedEyesTakeWarning.

'''WARNING: Spoilers ahead.'''

** Remember in the True Ending of ''Calamity Trigger'', when Noel saved Ragna from her and Nu fell into the Cauldron? Well, [[spoiler: [[OhCrap Nu also remembers]]. By the time she finds [[LiteralSplitPersonality Mu]] in her Act 3, she attacks her believing that she is Noel and vows to make her pay for both denying her wish to be with Ragna and for killing her in ''CT'', sadistically promising to make her suffer what she went through when her soul was in the [[EldritchLocation Boundary]] [[AndIMustScream for what felt like an eternity.]]]]

* Carl's entire story. Even if he does become a adult, even if everything is okay for Carl, [[BreakTheCutie the kid's gone through enough crap to rival Ragna]]. He dropped out of the Academy after his father [[PoweredByAForsakenChild integrated his sister into Deus Machina: Nirvana]] [[BodyHorror and left her half-done for the boy to finish]], and was effectively abandoned to grow up on his own terms making a living as a vigilante. On top of that trauma, it is implied that Nirvana amplifies the bloodlust of its wielder and stymies other emotions to that end, leaving him cold and emotionless on missions and a broken wreck that distrusts the adults around him otherwise. While Bang and Litchi did comfort him to a degree, he nearly broke all over again when he realized that Relius' improved detonator doll was built using ''[[SoulPoweredEngine his mother's soul]]''. The kid's about as stable as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]], and who can blame him? [[spoiler:[[LikeFatherLikeSon And let's not even get to what becomes of him much later on...]]]]

** Nine knew a more advanced form, called Ruby: Mind Eater, that further overwrites the subject's will, reducing them into a warped puppet of the controller. This technique was used on Tsubaki, and [[spoiler: had she not been saved by Jin, Noel, and Makoto,]] her mind would have been totally consumed until she ''[[MentalFusion became]]'' the Imperator.

** And now Act 2 shows just how warped she has become. [[spoiler: Nine's ultimate goal in destroying the Amaterasu Unit is to create a world where only she and Celica can live happily, while everyone else can suffer and die for all she cares. She's [[GoMadFromTheRevelation become so broken by learning the truth]] that she's willing to kill ''everyone'', even people she once called friends, all for the sake of her sister, whom she doesn't realize would be heavily opposed to her plan because she's an [[AllLovingHero All-Loving Heroine]]. In this light, it really makes it seem as though Nine is selfishly clinging onto Celica as an excuse to try and desperately mend her broken mind, and keep what little sanity she has left. Because she's become super-overprotective of Celica, this also means that Nine hates her own daughter Kokonoe for trying to use Celica to activate Kushinada's Lynchpin, the one thing she didn't want to happen 100 years ago.]]
** And now Act 3 reveals exactly '''how''' she intends to destroy the world. [[spoiler: By collecting all 9 of the Nox Nyctores, she will be able to call forth [[KillSat Take]]-[[HumanoidAbomination Mikazuchi]] to completely destroy the world in an instant. However, when she calls it forth, she is going to call it forth in a [[TheBerserker completely berserk state]]. What makes it frightening is that she is '''''fully aware of this.''''' She is fully aware she will be summoning a mindless beast of destruction upon the world. Made even worse when you remember that Nine once considered Take-Mikazuchi too dangerous for '''anyone''' to use.]]

** [[spoiler: She's a malevolent goddess of death who wants to turn the world into a desolate wasteland, and the true antagonist of the series. Despite seeming like a straight-laced GenericDoomsdayVillain, her actions are the reason why current world of ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is so messed up. She conspired with Terumi and Relius to destroy the Amaterasu Unit, which required a vessel with enough power to contain her. That vessel just so happened to be Saya, Ragna & Jin's younger sister, whom Terumi had kidnapped. As Terumi was the founder of the NOL and Sector Seven, he pulled some strings in order to allow Izanami to become the Imperator, supplanting the true royal lineage - the Amanohokosaka family. She orchestrated the Ikaruga Civil War not only in a bid to [[FinalSolution wipe out the royal family]] but also to satisfy her twisted whims. Under her rule, the NOL became an iron-fisted dictatorship that used subjugation, memory-alteration, and black ops to create more death and tragedy. Once she starts getting involved in ''Chronophantasma'', shit hits the fan. She coldly betrays Terumi and Relius without a second thought, leaving them for dead when their plans are foiled. Izanami is so powerful that not only does she survive Hakumen's Time Killer (his ultimate technique which literally erases your existence), but she can summon and command Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi, a gigantic {{Kaiju}} KillSat, as well as the Black Beast itself. The last part she uses with sadistic glee as she forces Ragna's powers to awaken and go berserk.]]

** Act 2 gives us some more horrifying details about her. [[spoiler: The body she's inhabiting (Saya) isn't even human, and Izanami herself is described as "the manifestation of 'her' Drive". We have an EldritchAbomination on our hands.]]

* At the end of each arcade play in Act 2, there's TheStinger consisting of [[spoiler:what seems to be the girl inside Amaterasu trapped inside ''something'' with tubes connected to her.]]
* [[spoiler: For all his talk about how he's nothing like his father and never will be, Act 3 shows that the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree with Carl's story, sending his characterization into a full 180 in the creepiest way imaginable. It's shown that when he actually does decide to piece together the truth, his methodology and line of deductive reasoning is ''exactly the same as Relius''. This means that he eventually just starts seeing people as merely things to be used and discarded when no longer necessary. For starters, he only fights Relius just to ''see how Ignis is made'', after which he simply comments that she's ''well made.'' Uh kid, ''that's your MOTHER you're talking about.'' By the time he reaches Noel in the end, he just tells her to shut up and just let him experiment on her, and that she doesn't have a choice in the matter. Not "kill", despite that being what would allow him to save Nirvana. "''Experiment''". Like Hibiki, he intends to '''torture her while she's still conscious''' until he gets results. It gets to the point where Nirvana has to step in and stop him. First, Carl assumes it's a joke, but when she refuses to move, he gets PISSED and demands that his sister move aside in a cold, commanding tone, as if he no longer sees Nirvana as his sister, but a malfunctioning machine that refuses to obey orders. Although Noel gets away, Carl muses to himself that things are getting interesting while sporting a PsychoticSmirk and [[LaughingMad laughing maniacally]]. He's officially [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone insane from trying to find out the truth]].]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Carl:''' Hmm? Step aside, sis.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ada:''' ...]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Carl:''' '''''...Get out of my way, NIRVANA.''''']]
* Hibiki Kohaku is now officially this as of ''Central Fiction''. [[spoiler:Beneath the calm, collected, utterly loyal demeanor lies a batshit-insane killer who actually wants to kill him. When it's pointed out that his true desire is to kill Kagura, he angrily and childishly denies it, despite it being made painfully obvious that he's been engineered since birth to be a natural born killer whose only purpose in life is to be a tool for the Mutsuki family to use. His sanity really starts taking a turn for the worse in Act 3, where his murderous intent completely overrides his sense of rationality. He arrogantly states to Kokonoe that he'll become an Observer just to kill Noel, even when such a feat has been stated numerous times to be impossible. The real kicker is when he finally confronts Noel and attacks her in order to fulfill his wish. Even though he knows that nothing can harm her, ''[[DeathOfAThousandCuts he reasons that if he keeps cutting her, she'll have to die eventually]]''.]]

** The stage where you fight Unlimited Ragna is most definitely this. It's called "Judgment Day", and it's a horrific amalgamation of Blockaded District and Take-Mikazuchi's stage, with the Embryo floating in the background. Since the Embryo is in the background[[note]]The game as of CF took place in an alternate world inside the Embryo... except for this stage[[/note]], it is ''heavily'' implied that both combatants are back in the real world. Then it hits you: [[spoiler: every single living being on the planet had its soul converted into seithr to form the Embryo in the previous game. It's literally HellOnEarth - a desolate wasteland where nothing can survive. '''Izanami ''[[TheBadGuyWins won the previous game]]''.''']]
* Azrael's Act 3. Him alone is bad enough, but then he teams up with Arakune of all characters. With a battle-monger and the co-king of Nightmare Fuel together, things are bound to be bad. And, yes, it's ''bad''. [[spoiler: Azrael confronts Bang and Nu in a battle. When he inevitably wins, he has Arakune ''devour them'' when they are down. For Bang, the screen turns to black as Arakune skulks foward. The sounds we hear next are Arakune's psychotic, distorted voice and presumably him ''eating'' Bang. When the screen turns back to normal, ''Bang is nowhere to be found''. For Nu, this happens immediately ''after'' the battle, leaving things to the imagination on how she got eaten. Why? To get their Nox Nyctores.]] Though this is undermined by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Azrael kicking Arakune out of the screen right before the fight]] (or, in case of his final fight - Terumi - right at the beginning of the cutscene).
** His ending is even worse. [[spoiler: The proverbial [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV Devour Hour]] just so happens to attract the attention of ''Terumi'', which is exactly what Azrael wanted. He then proceeds to ''beat the ever-loving shit out of Terumi''. You heard that right: '''Terumi''' got beaten to within an inch of his life by someone who ''isn't'' a main character, and he was forced to give up. It doesn't stop there, though. Azrael then begins interrogating Terumi about "the realm of the gods", to an image of Azrael with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and an intense SlasherSmile, and as he speaks his tone grows increasingly hammier and maniacal.]]

* [[spoiler: '''''DARK SUSANO'O.''''']]
** [[spoiler: Just when you thought Terumi couldn't be more terrifying, he outdoes himself and manages to rival Izanami and Arakune with this new OneWingedAngel form. To give you an idea of how terrifying he is, '''he killed Hakumen to get this form'''. He one-shots Hakumen straight through the back using a Hihiirokane-empowered Ouroboros strike, which allows him to cut straight through Jin's soul, yank it out, and destroy it, leaving Hakumen nothing more than a limp, empty husk. Once Terumi enters the unit and transforms, he becomes a completely different person altogether. Gone is the bloodthirsty maniac we've come to know, love, and loathe for years. In his place is a cold, efficient, divine killing machine hellbent on destroying everything in sight. The Susano'o unit itself gets corrupted by Terumi's essence as he completes himself, and we get to see exactly what the Susano'o unit ''really'' is: a terrible monster that believes its path of destruction is the will of the gods. The unit now sports a mask with GlowingEyesOfDoom and jagged teeth which are permanently locked into a SlasherSmile of epic proportions, making it look not to dissimilar to [[ComicBook/{{Spiderman}} Venom]]. Its shoulders which once had eyes now sport [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth]] as well, also locked into those same terrifying grins. He sports a SicklyGreenGlow everywhere around his body, even ''leaking through the armor itself''. His fighting style has been changed to match Terumi's love of brutality, but instead of being openly sadistic he now goes for raw power and ferocity, using wild claw and tail swipes along with highly flashy acrobatic movements to show how awesome he is.]]

** You also know how most stages come with a neat little proverb attached to them? Something motivational like "Laughter is the best medicine" for Taokaka's ''Continuum Shift'' stage? "Sacrifice", the stage for [[spoiler:Susano'o]], has [[KnowWhenToFoldEm "Abandon hope,]] [[Literature/TheDivineComedy all ye who enter here."]]

** We even get to see small glimpses of his assault on an NOL base. Long story short, the entire floor was ''covered'' with corpses.

* Azrael's Act 3. Him alone is bad enough, but then he teams up with Arakune of all characters. With a battle-monger and the co-king of Nightmare Fuel together, things are bound to be bad. And, yes, it's ''bad''. [[spoiler: Azrael confronts Bang and Nu in a battle. When he inevitably wins, he has Arakune ''devour them'' when they are down. For Bang, the screen turns to black as Arakune skulks foward. The sounds we hear next are Arakune's psychotic, distorted voice and presumably him ''eating'' Bang. When the screen turns back to normal, ''Bang is nowhere to be found''. For Nu, this happens immediately ''after'' the battle, leaving things to the imagination on how she got eaten. Why? To get their Nox Nyctores.]] Though this is undermined by [[FunnyMoments Azrael kicking Arakune out of the screen right before the fight]] (or, in case of his final fight - Terumi - right at the beginning of the cutscene).

*** [[https://youtu.be/1E2xzx0LaXk?t=532 This is a higher quality video showing Izanami's Astral]], which shows that her glaring eyes aren't just GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath... she actually has [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises very small pupils]], which actually make her look more terrifying, since it only further drives the point home that she's staring ''directly'' at the player.

** Speaking of losing his eye, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/6f/Centralfiction_%28Story_mode_illustration%2C_69%29.png you do see it happen in Story Mode.]] '''[[Understatement OUCH]].'''

** In Ragna's Act II arcade ending, she LETS HERSELF BE STABBED just to show Ragna what CompleteImmortality means. The cutscene then changes to her with her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes wide]] and a SlasherSmile all while BLEEDING ALL OVER the place. The scene itself is full of static and Izanami's EvilLaugh.

* Hibiki Kohaku is now officially this as of ''Central Fiction''. [[spoiler:Beneath the calm, collected, utterly loyal demeanor lies a batshit-insane killer who actually wants to kill him. When it's pointed out that his true desire is to kill Kagura, he angrily and childishly denies it, despite it being made painfully obvious that he's been engineered since birth to be a natural born killer whose only purpose in life is to be a tool for the Mutsuki family to use. His sanity really starts taking a turn for the worse in Act 3, where his murderous intent completely overrides his sense of rationality. He arrogantly states to Kokonoe that he'll become an Observer just to kill Noel, even when such a feat has been stated numerous times to be impossible. The real kicker is when he finally confronts Noel and attacks her in order to fulfill his wish. Even though he knows that nothing can harm her, ''he reasons that if he keeps cutting her, she'll have to die eventually''.]]

** The stage where you fight Unlimited Ragna is most definitely this. It's called "Judgment Day", and it's a horrific amalgamation of Blockaded District and Take-Mikazuchi's stage, with the Embryo floating in the background. Since the Embryo is in the background[[note]]The game as of CF took place in an alternate world inside the Embryo... except for this stage[[/note]], it is ''heavily'' implied that both combatants are back in the real world. Then it hits you: [[spoiler: every single living being on the planet had its soul converted into seithr to form the Embryo in the previous game. It's literally hell on earth - a desolate wasteland where nothing can survive. '''Izanami ''[[TheBadGuyWins won the previous game]]''.''']]

** Speaking of losing his eye, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/6f/Centralfiction_%28Story_mode_illustration%2C_69%29.png you do see it happen in Story Mode.]] '''OUCH.'''

** [[spoiler: Just when you thought Terumi couldn't be more terrifying, he outdoes himself and manages to rival Izanami and Arakune with this new OneWingedAngel form. To give you an idea of how terrifying he is, '''he killed Hakumen to get this form'''. He one-shots Hakumen straight through the back using a Hihiirokane-empowered Ouroboros strike, which allows him to cut straight through Jin's soul, yank it out, and destroy it, leaving Hakumen nothing more than a limp, empty husk. Once Terumi enters the unit and transforms, he becomes a completely different person altogether. Gone is the bloodthirsty maniac we've come to know, love, and loathe for years. In his place is a cold, efficient, divine killing machine hellbent on destroying everything in sight. The Susano'o unit itself gets corrupted by Terumi's essence as he completes himself, and we get to see exactly what the Susano'o unit really is: a terrible monster that believes its path of destruction is the will of the gods. The unit now sports a mask with GlowingEyesOfDoom and jagged teeth which are permanently locked into a SlasherSmile of epic proportions, making it look not to dissimilar to [[ComicBook/{{Spiderman}} Venom]]. Its shoulders which once had eyes now sport [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth]] as well, also locked into those same terrifying grins. He sports a SicklyGreenGlow everywhere around his body, even ''leaking through the armor itself''. His fighting style has been changed to match Terumi's love of brutality, but instead of being openly sadistic he now goes for raw power and ferocity, using wild claw and tail swipes along with highly flashy acrobatic movements to show how awesome he is.]]
** One of his win pose, he steal a soul of the defeated opponent and crush it with his own hand, making sure its [[DeaderThanDead deader than dead]]

** And if that's not enough, ''Centralficton'' gets worse. "Soulless Monument." "the Gate -Not Possible-". "Apocalypse". "Judgement Day".
** You also know how most stages come with a neat little proverb attached to them? Something motivational like "Laughter is the best medicine" for Taokaka's ''Continuum Shift'' stage? "Sacrifice", the stage for [[spoiler:Susano'o]], has [[KnowWhenToFoldEm "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."]]

** Speaking of losing his eye, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/6f/Centralfiction_%28Story_mode_illustration%2C_69%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161015084122 you do see it happen in Story Mode.]] '''OUCH.'''

** As of Carl's Act 2 Arcade ending, thankfully it's just a glimpse, but ''boy is it a terrifying one.'' The only thing we see is ''Ada's top half of her body.'' And the fact that she already looks mechanical, making it much more unsettling. Poor, ''poor Carl...'' [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/6/60/Carl_Clover_%28Centralfiction%2C_arcade_mode_illustration%2C_4%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161014222530 Pictured here for your viewing displeasure.]] Making it worse: Picture Nirvana. Now realize that, in the linked image, it looks like Ada's head and [[BodyHorror most of her torso]] are ''still organic''. Pretty sure ''anyone'' would be scarred for life after seeing THAT.

** Even more frightening is how similar she and Terumi have become. Though Nine would be loathe to admit it, she and Terumi have become much alike. Having seen the "truth" of the world, she has become extremely nihilistic and seeks to destroy the world. She has also begun to imitate some of Terumi's traits, being more prone to malicious taunts, [[EvilLaugh Evil Laughs]], and taking a disturbingly sadistic glee in her psychological torture of the heroes. Also, in contrast to the emotionless glare she gives most characters at the end of their arcade runs, Hakumen's, Hazama's, Nu's, Amane's, and Arakune's endings replaces it with an '''''[[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/8/89/Konoe_A._Mercury_%28Centralfiction%2C_arcade_mode_illustration%2C_1%2C_type_B%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161014232055 absolutely terrifying]]''''' SlasherSmile. Clearly, her time in the Boundary and as Terumi's puppet has had a detrimental effect on her sanity.

** ''Act 3'' introduced even more gameplay-related terror. How? '''[[OhCrap UNLIMITED]] [[SNKBoss IZANAMI]]'''. If you defeat every opponent with Overdrive Finishes, you are rewarded with a JumpScare as the ending credits are interrupted with static, and then Izanami's Drive emblem flashes on the screen while she says her Astral quote. When the match starts, you'll notice that she starts out with that barrier-consuming shield automatically out, meaning ''you cannot damage her for as long as that shield is up''. She also has a much creepier looking version of Ragna's Dead Spike that propels her forward. Her projectiles now act as a boomerang that can richochet and hit you twice from the screen. She also has the teleporting counter move used by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shadow Dio]]. Also, her portrait gives new meaning to RedEyesTakeWarning.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''''I am Death.''''']]

-->'''Relius''': [[BreakingSpeech You may call them your friends, but you don't trust them. Not really. Deep down, you're always waiting for the other shoe to drop. In nature, oppressed creatures often cozy up with those who are controlling them.]] You're merely doing as the animals do.]

** BLUE, as pretty-looking of a stage it is...it's associated description is just "This is a force", like it's straight up indescribable. Fitting that it's out in [[EldtrichLocation the Boundary]].

** [[spoiler: Just when you thought Terumi couldn't be more terrifying, he outdoes himself and manages to rival Izanami and Arakune with this new OneWingedAngel form. To give you an idea of how terrifying he is, '''he killed Hakumen to get this form'''. He one-shots Hakumen straight through the back using a Hihiirokane-empowered Ouroboros strike, which allows him to cut straight through Jin's soul, yank it out, and destroy it, leaving Hakumen nothing more than a limp, empty husk. Once Terumi enters the unit and transforms, he becomes a completely different person altogether. Gone is the bloodthirsty maniac we've come to know, love, and loathe for years. In his place is a cold, efficient, divine killing machine hellbent on destroying everything in sight. The Susano'o unit itself gets corrupted by Terumi's essence as he completes himself, and we get to see exactly what the Susano'o unit really is: a terrible monster that believes its path of destruction is the will of the gods. The unit now sports a mask with GlowingEyesOfDoom and jagged teeth which are permanently locked into a SlasherSmile of epic proportions. Its shoulders which once had eyes now sport [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily teeth]] as well, also locked into those same terrifying grins. He sports a SicklyGreenGlow everywhere around his body, even ''leaking through the armor itself''. His fighting style has been changed to match Terumi's love of brutality, but instead of being openly sadistic he now goes for raw power and ferocity, using wild claw and tail swipes along with highly flashy acrobatic movements to show how awesome he is.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, [[http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/images/b/ba/BBCF_Izanami_Tokoyo_no_Yami.png a picture of Izanami]] [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not looking at her opponent... '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' Top top it off, if she's not talking, she's doing a bloodlusted snarl, like a rabid dog ready to kill someone. It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much more terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, [[http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/images/b/ba/BBCF_Izanami_Tokoyo_no_Yami.png a picture of Izanami]] [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not looking at her opponent... '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' Top top it off, if she's not talking, she's doing a bloodlusted snarl, like she's ready to kill someone. It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much more terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, [[http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/images/b/ba/BBCF_Izanami_Tokoyo_no_Yami.png a picture of Izanami]] [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not looking at her opponent... '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much more terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!

*** The full picture is even more terrifying in full without the static. You can see the effects of the deterioration on Izanami's body. '''There's no skin on her right arm.'''

** [[spoiler: She's a malevolent goddess of death who wants to turn the world into a desolate wasteland, and the true antagonist of the series. Despite seeming like a straight-laced GenericDoomsdayVillain, her actions are the reason why current world of ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is so messed up. She conspired with Terumi and Relius to destroy the Amaterasu Unit, which required a vessel with enough power to contain her. That vessel just so happened to be Saya, Ragna & Jin's younger sister, whom Terumi had kidnapped. As Terumi was the founder of the NOL and Sector Seven, he pulled some strings in order to allow Izanami to become the Imperator, supplanting the true royal lineage - the Amanohokosaka family. She orchestrated the Ikaruga Civil War not only in a bid to wipe out the royal family but also to satisfy her twisted whims. Under her rule, the NOL became an iron-fisted dictatorship that used subjugation, memory-alteration, and black ops to create more death and tragedy. Once she starts getting involved in ''Chronophantasma'', shit hits the fan. She coldly betrays Terumi and Relius without a second thought, leaving them for dead when their plans are foiled. Izanami is so powerful that not only does she survive Hakumen's Time Killer (his ultimate technique which literally erases your existence), but she can summon and command Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi, a gigantic {{Kaiju}} KillSat, as well as the Black Beast itself. The last part she uses with sadistic glee as she forces Ragna's powers to awaken and go berserk.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, a picture of Izanami [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not looking at her opponent... '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much more terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAJb5zNeqM Her Astral]] was left out of the trailer for ''very'' good reasons. She grabs the opponent and opens a portal to the land of the dead, which sends dozens of spirits spiraling upward in a hurricane. As they fall, a picture of Izanami [[JumpScare suddenly appears]] with [[ScareChord an appropriate sound effect]] showing her with '''completely blank, GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath''' and a '''''nightmare-inducing SlasherSmile on her face!''''' As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she starts fading away into shadow with the background turning into skulls, then seven gigantic skulls crash down on the opponent, devouring them and sending them into the underworld as an afterimage of a skull flashes upon the screen and the same scream from her Exceed Accel blaring in the background. The way she suddenly appears is framed so that she's not focusing on her opponent. '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou SHE'S LOOKING AT YOU.]]''''' It's now the page image.... which is basically replaced by a much terrifying image mentioned below. Sweet dreams!

** ''Act 3'' introduced even more gameplay-related terror. How? '''[[OhCrap UNLIMITED]] [[SNKBoss IZANAMI]]'''. If you defeat every opponent with Overdrive Finishes, you are rewarded with a JumpScare as the ending credits are interrupted with static, and then Izanami's Drive emblem flashes on the screen while she says her Astral quote. When the match starts, you'll notice that she starts out with that barrier-consuming shield automatically out, meaning ''you cannot damage her for as long as that shield is up''. She also has a much creepier looking version of Ragna's Dead Spike that propels her forward. Her moves do many more hits and damage. She has a new projectile which fires a flying boomerang at the opponent. She also has the teleporting counter move used by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shadow Dio]]. Also, her portrait gives new meaning to RedEyesTakeWarning.