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Tenjo's addition to BBDW marked her first playable appearance AND the most lines she'd ever gotten in the franchise. A 5⭐ unit, Tenjo was released during the Otherworldly Tales of the Hollownight Train event alongside Izayoi.
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Her first art would be her main, while her final art could be obtained via "limit breaking" her; achieved either through rolling multiple copies of her, or using a special item. The costume in the middle with the white robe was never made playable. Heck- unlike most characters, her middle costume doesn't even have TRANSPARENT SPRITES in the files! Even though we see it RIGHT THERE on her Card Art, suggesting they HAD the transparent somewhere!
We've never gotten a direct look at Tenjo in the main game series, but her primary costume with the mask is the same design we see in Central Fiction's official Materials Collection, as well as how she appears in Spiral Shift.
Given the mask, it makes sense that this costume has no talk sprites. Hakumen, another masked character, also lacks them.
But what about the second costume??? This is a BBDW original outfit, removing her mask but keeping the rest of her outfit intact- though swapping the collars of her outermost robe and the apron-esque front piece.
It sucks that there are absolutely no assets for this one! I'm not a huge fan of it- I don't really like when a character costume is just a color swap, so I MUCH prefer the alternate costume they DID finish for her- but still!
Her final costume, also maskless, depicts her dressed down a layer. I wish we would have gotten more concept art for her, as her design seems HEAVILY inspired by the junihitoe of Japan's Heian period, what with all the layers and the divinity/nobility they're meant to express. Under the outermost layer of her ensemble, we see that the majority of Tenjo's outfit is sleeveless, with the sleeves she does wear being a separate costume piece connected by some sort of straps. Her Card Art here also makes it look like these sleeves are a shorter variant of the one she's wearing in the previous sprite, but with everything else being the same, I can't be sure if that's intentional or just artistic.
Though this is the first time we've gotten to see so much of Tenjo's face, it's not actually the first time we've seen it! While we only saw her when she was younger, she appeared maskless in chapter 14 of Variable Heart!
You can see her hair is shorter here, especially the hair making up her bangs.
Lastly, the background of her main character art has her standing inside a building in Ikaruga, while her final art depicts her maskless, performing the same sort of ying-yang magic, or Omyodou, that the Amanohokosaka Clan is known to specialize in.
Choosing to pose her against a cloudy sky, with the sun coming out right behind her head like a halo, could be interpreted as some Amaterasu imagery. (That being JP mythology Amaterasu, not necessarily Sankishin Amaterasu.) The real-world Japanese royal family is mythologically tied to the sun and Amaterasu as a sun god, so it's very common for royal lines in anime to share that theme.
#tenjo amanohokosaka#blazblue#by yamakawa#novus orbis librarium#blazblue alternative dark war#bbdw#by やまかわ
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We have some knowledge of this, but not much! We know Celica's power of 'opposing Seithr' is somehow linked to the Power of Order. I always interpreted Celica as being born to be a counter to Nine's incredibly power to draw Seithr- the two of them balance one another out in the environment. While I won't get into it right now for lack of time, I feel like applying a similar "force of nature" lens to Celica really enhances her character.
Jin's connection to the Power of Order that seems to overtake him as Hakumen, then, is also directly linked to the disaster his elder sibling poses. He was born to address the issues that Ragna's existence created; if Ragna is doomed to be the Black Beast, that which destroys this world, then his brother was born to become the one who slays the Black Beast, he who saves this world. We can see the way this 'destiny' or 'soul programming' (or whatever you want to call it) threatens to override his actual personality/personhood- it's the heart of his psychosis, it's what Yukianesa capitalizes on and draws out so powerfully. It's why he can't have a normal relationship with his brother.
I'd have to do an actual, sourced refresher on BB to scrounge up all the information we have on the Power of Order as a force (and that might be fun) but for now, the last note I can think of is when BBDW made some very loaded implications when applying it's "Order" trait to certain characters.
The main series explains Celica, Jin, Hakumen, and Izayoi-Tsubaki's connections to Order- but what the HELL is going on with Drei, Hibiki, Homura, Tenjo, and Kiiro!???!
Did Homura inherit whatever role Tenjo had, similarly to how Tsubaki was able to inherit part of Jin's role??? Should we assume that family plays a huge role in how a person may be born with the Power of Order, as it does in the two main series examples I touched on- or is that just Mori enjoying writing complicated families???
For now, no way to tell.
Hey, so I was wondering if it’s just me, but I always kinda read hakumen as a ‘force of nature’ type figure within the blazblue story, for how much focus there is on him being literally unbendable in his beliefs, and one of his epithets, “the World’s Choice”. I find that interpretation really fascinating, so, curious if it resonates with you at all :3
Well he does have power of order which is basically a force of nature in the blazblue world so it does make sense yah
#bb meta#sankishin#hakumen#jin kisaragi#celica a mercury#ragna the bloodedge#konoe a mercury#ao no imakagami#bbdw#ao no kokagami#kiiro hikagami#ten sages drei#tenjo amanohokosaka#homura amanohokosaka#izayoi#tsubaki yayoi#tokiwa camellia#power of order#ps sorry for ranting on your post hope it's okay
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ROUND 2: Kazuma Kval vs. Tenjo Amanohokosaka
Tenjo had defeated her junior in battle, but how will she fare against a student from the Mage's Guild? A story of vessels and souls, who will reign supreme?
#blazblue#blazblue spiral shift#blazblue variable heart#tenjo amanohokosaka#kazuma kval#poll#bracket
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Found this while looking through my phone. I don't think I ever posted it???
Tenjo animation showcase from BBDW. Skills, R/D/S, DD, and AH. Slow speed, no music.
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Character Art - Tenjo Amanohokosaka
5⭐️ Grimoire - Cascading Incandescence
The homeland this body of mine existed for was named Ikaruga. It was beloved by many citizens, it was upheld on the shoulders of many subjects. However, the sun sets upon it, and with that setting sun mine body too burns away. I can only pray that, somehow, our flames will be carried on.
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Okay this is confusing me, Lord Tenjo was the former Emperor of the NOL, as her child Homura is the current Emperor. YET, Jin killed her in the Ikaruga Civil War, which was so the Ikaruga Fed. could declare independence from the NOL. But she was also Bang's master, and he was part of the war against NOL. THIS IS ALL REALLY CONFUSING WHICH SIDE WAS THE EMPEROR ON!? (forgive me, I'm new to the clusterfuck that is the BB lore).
Tenjou Amanohokosaka was the Imperator of the NOL. Both Bang Shishigami and Kagura Mutuski were her students, and Homura is her child.
To the public, the war started because five different hierarchical cities formed under one as the Ikaruga Federation, and tried to claim independence from the NOL, which the latter didn’t like, and declared war.
During this time, Sector Seven decided to create a Kusanagi Unit, and the strings were being pulled by Relius Clover, Yuuki Terumi, and Hazama, with Hazama being planned to merge with Mu-12 to create the Unit. It didn’t work as Take-Mikazuchi fired on the laboratory, and the area became known as the “Burning Fields of Ikaruga”.
The war had another reason that Relius and Terumi were working towards, and that was making sure there was plenty of deaths. Lots of deaths were required to summon Hades: Izanami into the world so she could possess Saya’s body, but enough deaths didn’t occur until the events of Continuum Shift a few years later.The war was being dragged on to meet this criteria. Everyone knew that the NOL could easily destroy the Ikaruga Federation with its superior army and access to high-level Ars Magus. Relius went so far as to even create proxy troops for the NOL to fight despite the Federation having no idea about their existence.
Despite Tenjou being the Imperator of the NOL, there was a coup d’etat taking place inside it, presumably masterminded by Relius, Terumi, Hazama, and Meifang Lapislazuli. Tenjou’s identity as the head of the NOL was never disclosed to the public, and she was made out as the villain who was the leader of the Ikaruga Federation. Thanks to Hazama, Jin Kisaragi was to be the one who murdered Tenjou, and she didn’t put up a fight even though she had intended to survive beyond the war. Terumi ate Jin’s memories and disposed of Tenjou’s body, replacing it with someone else. At the time, Tenjou was infamous for wearing a mask, and no one knew she was a woman, but a rumour had circulated that she wore a mask to hide a hideous scar - the replacement body had a large scar on their face.
Thanks to Kagura, Hibiki Kohaku, Iron Tager, and Kokonoe Mercury, Homura was smuggled out of the Federation and into hiding. Valkenhayn R. Hellsing somehow got word that Homura was somewhere in the federation, and told Bang during CS. Some, including Bang, believed that Homura was killed by the NOL.
With the NOL now under new management, they became a lot stricter and enforced a harsher rule on the world, which made the public resent them even more (Linhua is a good example of a normal person who intensely dislikes them).
I guess that’s the Ikaruga Civil War in a nutshell.
#Ikaruga Civil War#Ikaruga Federation#Novus Orbis Librarium#Sector Seven#Kagura Mutsuki#Tenjou Amanohokosaka#Hibiki Kohaku#Iron Tager#Kokonoe Mercury#Homura Amanohokosaka#Valkenhayn R. Hellsing#Bang Shishigami#Yuuki Terumi#Relius Clover#Hazama#Meifang Lapislazuli#Linhua#Mu-12#BlazBlue#Jin Kisaragi
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Sometimes I fall down this rabbit hole of trying to understand the Tenjo Gender Paradox, like; Why do Bang, Kagura, even Homura call her a man throughout the games when surely they would have know otherwise? People say she was passed off as a man after her death in Ikaruga to help hide the fact that it was the Imperator Herself leading the 'rebel' faction, but how would her closest companions, her own family, not know the truth? If Bang was really her direct disciple, if she trained him, there's no way he wouldn't know, right??? They'd have to have met??? This makes no sense...
I need to remember that this whole paradox only exists because of localization error. In the original text, no gendered language is used for Tenjo in the main series. The male pronouns, and the confusion they cause in the fandom, were only introduced in localization as the singular 'they' had not been adopted in mainstream media at the time. So the whole 'paradox' just doesn't exist in the world of the games themselves; it's an issue unique to our world.
If I'm not mistaken, 'Tenjo of Ikaruga' being described as a 'big scary man with a scar' was still a rumor passed around during and after the war as an NOL misinformation campaign, but that doesn't cause the same narrative issues. It makes sense that characters like Bang and Kagura wouldn't bother to directly refute the rumors. They were valuable to keeping the truth of the war a secret for both parties.
Besides, speaking of Tenjo directly as a woman, even as her subordinates, may have been seen as disrespectful. The Imperator is meant to be a divine figure, and in several cultures this divinity can be reflected by avoiding gendering a person, classifying the position they hold as something 'above' gender. But now I'm just musing about a fictional society's cultural practices.
Homura would probably be an exception to this, able to refer to Tenjo as their 'mother' (contradicting the use of "father" they use in CP) but considering Homura is also never gendered, they may also avoid such terms, possibly as a sign of respect for the station they've inherited. Thinking about that, I went to find the scene in Japanese to figure out what Homura says... and heard them use "chichi," which I believe generally means 'father'???
I have heard some people talking in such a way as to suggest that masculine language can be interpreted as gender neutral within certain contexts in Japanese; for example, "兄弟" can be used to mean brother or any sibling, and would be the word used when asking someone if they have any siblings.
Assuming that's true, this use of "chichi" may be the same; used to refer to either gender of parent. I actually have seen it used in this way on some websites! But I can't be sure if this is entirely correct, as I don't actually speak Japanese. Hmmm...
#ao no kokagami#tenjo amanohokosaka#ikaruga civil war#novus orbis librarium#homura amanohokosaka#bb meta#bang shishigami#kagura mutsuki#bb trivia
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The final moments of Meifang Lapislazuli Variable Heart, Volume 3, Chapter 18
#meifang lapislazuli#tenjo amanohokosaka#mai natsume#blazblue variable heart#blazblue#bb official#bb canon#novus orbis librarium#by sumeragi
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Happy birthday Meifang!
I // II // III IV // V // VI VII // VIII // IX
#blazblue#meifang lapislazuli#blazblue variable heart#variable heart#bb edits#novus orbis librarium#nol squadron 0#ao no imakagami#tenjo amanohokosaka
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can I get a receipt?
Edited from the wonderful work at @asoftersea
#blazblue#kagura mutsuki#tenjo amanohokosaka#another dark kagura#blazblue alternative dark war#bb edits#ao no imakagami#a softer sea#a softer possibility#novus orbis librarium#duodecim
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Annon-Guy: If XBLAZE got a Remaster, who would you like to do an English Dub for each character?
I think Eden Riegel should reprise her role as Es.
Good question!
I'd like to see Eden Riegal appear as Es again, as I really appreciate consistency in casting and, as I dislike the characterization used in Cross Tag, I don't feel I've seen her best work yet- I'd like to see more! I find her delivery in Cross Tag slow and stunted, and not in a way that enhances her roboticism; rather, I feel other VAs performances were also stunted at times in that game. Laura Bailey comes to mind, though she is typically a GREAT Rachel, as does Cristina Valenzuela's Nu, which again I usually love.
Though on the other hand, Ray Chase did a MARVELOUS Susano'o in that game for his debut, and I also really liked Amanda Celine Miller as Nine; so not all of Cross Tag's voice direction fell flat for me.
That said, I'm not sure I can answer this well. I don't have a good ear for tones, and nine times out of ten, I can't recognize a voice actor (I had to look up all the folks I mention above.)
It's a boring answer, but I do like how BlazBlue does voice actor sharing; say, all the Saya-modeled PFDs sharing a voice actress, Homura and Tenjo sharing, etc. In that same vein, I might like to see, say, Makoto's Cindy Robinson try Yuki Himezuru, seeing as the two are supposed to be somewhat similar.
The only other thing that comes to mind is that perhaps Kaiji Tang, from Bungo Stray Dogs fame, could carry that energy into Unomaru?
#ao no kokagami#xblaze#es#yuki himezuru#souichiro unomaru#rachel alucard#nu 13#nine the phantom#takehaya susanoo#tenjo amanohokosaka#homura amanohokosaka
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BBDW 4⭐ Grimoire = Imperator's Visage
Homura is still young, still small, But undeniably carries blood linked to nobility, Sharing the visage of the former Imperator, Tenjo.
#homura amanohokosaka#tenjo amanohokosaka#blazblue alternative dark war#blazblue#bbdw#bb official#by usui rina#novus orbis librarium#Happy nb day Homura
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Excerpt from BlazBlue: Spiral Shift - Hero of the Frozen Blade
Chapter IV, Part I
There was a small bed on the floor. It was made of soft-colored wood and wrapped with a fluffy comforter and clean white sheets.
On top of it, a baby who probably couldn’t even stand up on its own was sleeping peacefully.
Tenjo’s footsteps crept up to the baby’s side, and she peered into the bed. The baby seemed completely at ease and didn’t seem to have been woken up by her approach.
Tenjo wondered if they were having a good dream.
The baby’s soft lips moved in small gulps as if it was trying to eat something.
It was a lovely child. The eyes and nose were enough to prove they would grow up to be beautiful. Their hair was soft and lush, still sparse, but dark.
‘I believe the face looks like mine, but it seems the hair is more like that of my partner. It is better that way.’ Tenjo thought as she gently stroked the baby’s head.
“For you, a life of hardship has been decided. If my wishes could be granted, I would have preferred for you to live in tranquility, but…”
Evidently, it is beyond my power.
As she whispered, Tenjo seemed to regret leaving, but still gently backed away and sat up.
For a while, she stared at the baby’s sleeping face, and then left the room.
#tenjo amanohokosaka#blazblue#homura amanohokosaka#blazblue spiral shift#blazblue spiral shift hero of the frozen blade#bb official#bb canon#my edits#been working on this all day#novus orbis librarium#bb translations#if I had a little more time there are things I would want to add or mess with#but like not bad for my first real editted thingy right???#like my first banner???#bb edits#ao no imakagami
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Reminder that an unofficial translation of Spiral Shift was completed some time around the beginning of this year!
You can hear more about it here, or read the novel here via Google Drive.
#blazblue#blazblue spiral shift#jin kisaragi#grimwood huster#karenjina parsett#novus orbis librarium#bb canon#meifang lapislazuli#tenjo amanohokosaka#daily reminder that I desperately miss bbdw and wish we had gotten karenjina and grimwood#imo the novel really adds to jin's character#and expands on how yukianesa and the power of order influence him#ao no kokagami#ikaruga civil war#nol squadron 9#bb translations
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BBDW 4⭐ Grimoire = Hero of the Frozen Blade
If Tenjo is killed, the Ikaruga Civil War will end.
One soldier, young in years, bearing the thoughts of his comrades on his back;
and her, who understands everything and accepts her fate.
As well as the new beginning stemming from this place.
#blazblue#blazblue alternative dark war#tenjo amanohokosaka#jin kisaragi#bb official#novus orbis librarium#duodecim#nox nyctores#ikaruga civil war#bbdw#by yoshioka sakaki#nol squadron 9
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ROUND 1: Tenjo Amanohokosaka vs. Akane Teruhiko
Two members of the NOL stand off! Will the former Imperator conquer against a member of the NOL Air Corps?
#hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby#blazblue#blazblue remix heart#blazblue variable heart#tenjo amanohokosaka#akane teruhiko#poll#bracket
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