History VideoGame / BlueArchive

* PantyShot: Present during gameplay. Some EX Skill animations also expose their undergarments to view, like Hifumi tripping over in her own.

* MookMaker: Chesed is most notorious for this, constantly producing waves of mechanical soldiers during battles against it.

* PlayAsABoss: Some playable students are present in various missions and event stages, although their stats noticeably differ from their playable variant (and usually they have more HP if encountered as a boss).

The animated adaptation of this game, "Blue Archive: The Animation" by Yostar Pictures and CANDYBOX, begin airing on 8 April 2024, with Ani-One Asia broadcasting the episodes on Youtube.

''Blue Archive'' is a tactical RPG with [[AllegedlyFreeGame gacha elements]], developed by Korean studios Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games) & MX Studio, and published in Japan and China by Yostar Games and internationally by {{Creator/Nexon}}. It was first released in Japan on February 4th, 2021, with a full global release, covering multiple language version, on November 8th of the same year and in China on August 3rd, 2023. An anime adaptation made by Yostar Pictures, covering Volume 1 of the main story, is set to broadcast in the 7th of April 2024 as part of the spring anime season.

The animated adaptation of this game, "Blue Archive: The Animation", begin airing on 8 April 2024, with Ani-One Asia broadcasting the episodes on Youtube.

*** In Chapter 4, they are constantly beaten down and humiliated by SRT without Sensei guiding them. And on Valentine's Day, Wakamo manages to escape from them multiple times. It got so bad that even students from other schools make fun of their inability to stop her [[spoiler:and Kanna resorted to making a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Kaiser]] just to get some decent equipment for the force]]. Though to be fair to them, Valkyrie is constantly fighting against some serious heavyweights while being saddled with terrible circumstances (e.g. the disappearance of the General Student Council president, lack of budget and manpower while also being saddled with obsolete gear, the removal of SRT who could deal with said heavyweights). Events and character stories shows that they aren't that incompetent, it's shown when they aren't fighting against monstrous powerhouses like [[PersonOfMassDestruction Wakamo]], or the elite special forces like [[BadassCrew SRT]], they are actually able to do their jobs pretty decently.
*** It is later revealed that, [[spoiler: this was intentional, on the part of [[BigBad Kaya]]. She had intentionally sabotaged Valkyrie by stripping them of all funding and equipment, while also using the FOX platoon to commit crimes behind the scenes, and then drag Valkyrie's name through the mud while promoting Kaiser Security. This was done for the purpose of making the transfer of power to [[EvilMegaCorp Kaiser]] easier.]]

''Blue Archive'' is a tactical RPG with [[AllegedlyFreeGame gacha elements]], developed by Korean studios Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games) & MX Studio, and published in Japan and China by Yostar Games and internationally by {{Creator/Nexon}}. It was first released in Japan on February 4th, 2021, with a full global release, covering multiple language version, on November 8th of the same year and in China on August 3rd, 2023. An anime adaptation made by Yostar Pictures, covering Volume 1 of the main story, is set to broadcast in April 2024 as part of the spring anime season.

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: [[spoiler:[=V2C1=] centers on Millennium's Game Development Club and their quest to find the G.Bible, said to contain the secret to developing the perfect game. When they do finally get it near the end of the story, it's a single message - the secret to developing the perfect game is love.]] They are understandably pissed.

*** Cherino, Noa and Izuna (Swimsuit) can [[AlphaStrike draw allies' attention]] to one enemy by applying Focused Target. Former can do it without taxing the cost gauge and focuses assault only to one enemy with the highest ATK, and only every 40 seconds.

''Blue Archive'' is a tactical RPG with [[AllegedlyFreeGame gacha elements]], developed by Korean studios Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games) & MX Studio, and published in Japan and China by Yostar Games and internationally by {{Creator/Nexon}}. It was first released in Japan on February 4th, 2021, with a full global release, covering multiple language version, on November 8th of the same year and in China on August 3rd, 2023. An anime adaptation made by Studio Mausu, covering Volume 1 of the main story, is set to broadcast in April 2024 as part of the spring anime season.

** Ui in her swimsuit alt is this. Sure, she has skills which has effectiveness buff for piercing students, much like how swimsuit Hoshino and new year Kayoko buff them with explosive and mystic in their skills respectively. However, unlike the other two which has ways to be used more effectively (Hoshino can be used as tankand has effective buff range and duration, and Kayoko has cost of 2 to buff 2 mystic students faster), she suffers from having a cost of 4 as well as her EX skill forcing students to move onto her to get the buff. She also suffers from being left out on most teams due to mechanics of raids that need to follow and requires her slot to be replaced. Even with that, she is still a good buffer for raids that need her slot.

* Ui in her swimsuit alt is this. Sure, she has skills which has effectiveness buff for piercing students, much like how swimsuit Hoshino and new year Kayoko buff them with explosive and mystic in their skills respectively. However, unlike the other two which has ways to be used more effectively (Hoshino can be used as tankand has effective buff range and duration, and Kayoko has cost of 2 to buff 2 mystic students faster), she suffers from having a cost of 4 as well as her EX skill forcing students to move onto her to get the buff. She also suffers from being left out on most teams due to mechanics of raids that need to follow and requires her slot to be replaced. Even with that, she is still a good buffer for raids that need her slot.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Experience. Girls. Firefights. Dazzling days. Fantasy. The Academy City. You. Your students. Your story together.'']]

''Blue Archive'' is a tactical RPG with [[AllegedlyFreeGame gacha elements]], developed by Korean studios Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games) & MX Studio, and published in Japan and China by Yostar Games and internationally by {{Creator/Nexon}}. It was first released in Japan on February 4th, 2021, with a full global release, covering multiple language version, on November 8th of the same year and in China on August 3rd, 2023.

* CityOfAdventure: The game takes place in Kivotos, a city built entirely around and servicing a great number of schools and their students, and the "adventure" is handled by the armies of students and delinquent gangs packing heat.

* CentralTheme: [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility Responsibility.]] Whenever characters throughout the game's story come under the spotlight, be they students and adults, people of authority and average civilians, do-gooders and bad guys, it is often that the choices they make and the consequences that follow get examined, and it's very often that a lot of incidents our heroes resolve are a result of someone's [[NeverMyFault irresponsibility]], most notably [[PrivilegeMakesYouEvil immoral adults]] and [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood misguided kids]]. Fittingly, Sensei [[IdealHero sets an example for his students as what ideal adults should be]]: those who take responsibility--be it for all the choices made, the power they wield, and for the children who would come to live in the world made by the adults who went ahead of them.

** Volume Two focuses on the Game Development Department of Millennium, which consists of a hyperactive gamer second year, her first year, put-upon illustrator sister, their heavily [[{{Hikkikomori}} shut-in]] club president, and their brand new recruit, [[spoiler:an [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot ancient humanoid android]] whose amnesia prevents her from remembering the purpose of her creation]]. Together, they need to prove to the guiding student council of Millennium that their club still deserves to exist... by making one of the greatest video games ever.

* PaperThinDisguise: When the Foreclosure Task Force decides to rob a bank, they disguise themselves by wearing ski masks over their head (a makeshift paper bag in Hifumi's case) while still wearing their recognizable school uniforms and their student tags which has the name and the logo of their school out in the open. The Problem Solver 68 girls ([[TheDitz barring Aru]]) immediately recognize who the robbers are.

*** It is later revealed that, [[spoiler: this was intentional, on the part of [[BigBad Kaya]]. She had intentionally sabotaged Valkyrie by stripping them of all funding and equipment, while also using the FOX platoon to commit crimes behind the scenes. This was done for the purpose of making the transfer of power to [[EvilMegaCorp Kaiser]] easier.]]

* VillainsActHeroesReact: This happens in every volume of the Main Story, where students guided by Sensei live out their peaceful daily lives (as peaceful as it gets in a city with guns and bulletproof people), only to be suddenly blindsided by whatever plot the villains have cooked up in the shadows. Even so, it's not the end for our heroes should the plans go off, so long as they have the determination to react.

** In Volume F, [[spoiler:Kaiser and Kaya (who is later backstabbed by Kaiser) work together to usurp the General Student Council, and would have imprisoned Sensei were it not for Kanna's rescue, later leading to the retaking of Schale HQ. ''But then'' the Color's forces takes that moment to invade all of Kivotos, dealing damage on a scale never seen before with little warning, even defeating Gematria. Still, the Sensei and the student react as they have always done thus far, ultimately stopping the Color's plans.]]

** Volume Four centers around the RABBIT Platoon of SRT Special Academy, a squad of first-year girls trained to act as high-tech elite operatives that tackle terrorist threats on the level of Kosaka Wakamo… except the academy has closed down, leaving these girls who protested its closure with only one objective: bring it back, despite being penniless and homeless. The squad consists of a [[TheStoic no-nonsense]] self-appointed [[spoiler:and eventually mutually approved]] leader, a [[HotBlooded hothead]] who works by the books of her training, a ShrinkingViolet sniper who wishes she could turn off her social invisibility, and their MissionControl, who has a thing for [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]]. In the background, their seniors in the FOX Platoon move with their own agenda, and the GSC’s Defense Office head likewise has her mysteries…

** Volume 4 starts off some time after SRT Special Academy has closed down, causing a group of its first-year students known as the RABBIT Platoon to lead a demonstration against the closure.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Ark of Atrahasis, which is essentially a flying fortress 75,000 meters in the sky, protected by a quantum superposition barrier that renders it invulnerable and inaccessible from the outside. Simply reaching it is a heavy ordeal, and after you arrive there is an exhausting gauntlet of battles where you take over the Ark.