Thread:Night Vision/@comment-27496972-20160908103931/@comment-8695373-20160908113722

Phase novels actually have two Ragnas: one of them is human, the other one is the Black Beast.

As you know, time between January 1, 2100 and December 31, 2199 is in a loop. That is because on December 31, 2199 Ragna and Nu merge into a Black Beast, which then goes to January 1, 2100 via a Cauldron. So, Black Beast!Ragna's timeline is Calamity Trigger - Phase novels, where he is killed by Hakumen at the end of the Dark War.

But, in the True End of Calamity Trigger Noel saved Ragna from merging with Nu, and broke the timeloop. This Ragna was later sent by Rachel, with the use of Cauldron and Noel's and Celica's help, to the past, December of 2106. There he was consumed by the Black Beast, but he survived and managed to kill Nu inside of it (which allowed Hakumen to kill BB!Ragna), and then Rachel returned Ragna back to his time. So, human!Ragna's timeline is Calamity Trigger - Continuum Shift - Chronophantasma - Phase novels - Chronophantasma (continued) - Centralfiction.

And, yes, that means that Ragna's right hand is his own corpse.