Murakumo Awakens

Murakumo Awakens is the eleventh episode of BlazBlue: Alter Memory.

Short Summary
Ragna becomes unable to activate his Azure Grimoire due to Terumi's interference. While waiting for the smelting of Noel Vermillion as the God Slayer Kusanagi, he tells Ragna the story behind the Azure Grimoire and the Black Beast. The smelting of Noel becomes complete and becomes reborn as Mu-12. She goes down to the cauldron under Terumi's orders to destroy the Master Unit. Mu-12 is then met by Hakumen, where battle between them ensues. Ragna becomes overwhelmed by Terumi, and when Terumi tries to finish off Ragna, Lambda intervenes to save him from death. Lambda tries to fight Terumi but to no avail. Ragna catches Lambda's dying body, where he asks her why she had saved him. Nu's memories within Lambda awaken where she is taken over by Nu's personality, who tells Ragna about her lonely past and dream about Ragna. She disappears as she smiles then gives Ragna her Idea Engine. Ragna becomes able to activate his Azure Grimoire along with the Idea Engine then uses his Distortion Drive: Devoured by Darkness to finish off Terumi. Meanwhile, Jin arrives in the Gate and starts a battle with Mu-12. Meanwhile, Gii comes flying to ask Ragna to save Rachel who became trapped, where he goes down to the Cathedral to save her from Phantom's trap, then proceeds to the Gate to find Mu-12. Jin becomes overwhelmed by Mu-12 then is caught by Ragna, who then proceeds to fight Mu-12 together with Jin.

Long Summary
Ragna the Bloodedge becomes unable to activate his Azure Grimoire due to Terumi's interference. Lambda-11 is teleported to Kagutsuchi by Iron Tager. After feeling some influences from the Cauldron with Noel Vermillion inside, Ragna asks Terumi if he is planning on reviving the Black Beast. Terumi tells Ragna that the Black Beast is a failure product and is a cauldron that has gone berserk, then tells him the history behind the Black Beast, Amaterasu, Boundary Interface Prime Field Device, the Azure, the Takamagahara System, and the Boundary. The smelting of Noel becomes complete and she becomes reborn as Mu-12, the God Slayer Kusanagi. where she is then ordered by Terumi to go down to the Cauldron to destroy the Master Unit. Ragna and Terumi's battle continues, where Ragna continuously becomes overwhelmed by Terumi. Lambda watches the battle from the sky as she is on standby on Kokonoe's orders. Mu-12 arrives at The Gate, where Hakumen was waiting for her, and the battle ensues between them. Ragna is continuously overwhelmed by Terumi, then when he is about use his Distortion Drive: Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent to finish Ragna off, Lambda intervenes and protects Ragna from death. Kokonoe tries to stop Lambda, but she tries to fight against Terumi, only to get overwhelmed and stabbed in multiple places. Lambda falls onto Ragna's hands, where Ragna asks her why she saved him. Ragna calls out to Kokonoe for her to teleport Lambda back to save her, but Kokonoe tells Ragna that Lambda is beyond saving due to her severe injuries. The memories of Nu awakens within Lambda, where she tells Ragna about her past when she was all alone in the Boundary. Ragna cries as he sees her dying. Lambda then disappears as she smiles at Ragna. Ragna then receives Lambda's Idea Engine, where he activates his Azure Grimoire again along with the Idea Engine to overwhelm Terumi, finishing him off with his Distortion Drive: Devoured by Darkness. Meanwhile, Hakumen has trouble fighting against Mu-12, then Jin Kisaragi appears to fight Mu-12, declaring that she is an evil that must be destroyed, then the battle between two of them ensues. Terumi tells Ragna to kill him, but Ragna does not say anything. Gii then comes flying to beg Ragna to save Rachel Alucard. They both leave while Terumi suffers in pain from his wounds. Ragna saves Rachel from Phantom's trap, then heads down to the Gate. Jin is unable to defeat Mu-12, and becomes overwhelmed, where Ragna catches Jin who was knocked out by Mu-12's attacks. Then they both run towards her to fight.

Locations

 * 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi
 * Altar
 * The Gate
 * Hanging Gardens (flashback)
 * Cathedral

Weapons

 * Geminus Anguium: Ouroboros
 * Blood-Scythe
 * Interfectum Malus: Ōkami
 * Mucro Somnio: Musashi (flashback)
 * Mucro Algesco: Yukianesa

Fights

 * Ragna the Bloodedge versus Hazama
 * Hakumen versus Mu-12 (Offscreen)
 * Jin Kisaragi versus Mu-12 (Offscreen)

Trivia

 * Differences from BlazBlue: Continuum Shift:
 * Lambda was in the Cathedral beforehand in the game, but in the episode, she was teleported to Kagutsuchi then went on standby in the sky to attack Hazama when the chance comes.
 * Hazama had used his normal form of Ouroboros to try to kill Ragna in the game, but in the episode, he uses his Distortion Drive: Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent to try to kill Ragna, and which he uses to overwhelm and kill Lambda.
 * Lambda did not fight against Hazama in the game when she saved Ragna from getting killed.
 * Lambda's visor was destroyed after getting attacked by Hazama in the game. However in the episode, it does not break and only falls off in the end when she dies.
 * More details about Nu's dream about Ragna is added compared to the game.
 * Hazama had originally said that he has a Life Link with Mu-12 in the game, but none of this was mentioned in the episode.
 * Hazama had never revealed that his own Azure Grimoire is an imitation in the game.
 * Ragna originally said some things about why he wasn't finishing off Hazama when he was dying in the game, however in the episode, he stays quiet while just watching Terumi die in pain.
 * Jin Kisaragi had never met Hakumen in the anime, but knows who he is.
 * Ragna originally puts Jin in Hakumen's care as Jin is injured from his battle against Mu-12 in the game. However in the episode, both Ragna and Jin tries to fight against Mu-12 together.
 * When Noel become reborn as Mu-12,  she appears in her battle form instead of her pre-battle outfit.