Susanoo

Susanoo (スサノオ), better known as Black Susanoo (黒いスサノヲ) is the true form of Yūki Terumi, and the true antagonist of BlazBlue: Centralfiction.

Appearance
His body being the Susanoo Unit itself, he shares many similar features with its previous wielder, Hakumen, but bigger, bulkier, has a different color scheme, and overall fox design motif. His armor and hair are black with glowing green highlights, and eyes on his armor are green as well. The horns now give the impression of fox ears. His hair is untied, but the sideburns are held by metallic hair clips. The biggest contrast with Hakumen, is that he has a face with blazing green eyes and a mouth full of sharp fangs. The pauldrons also have teeth and horns like those on his head, and he has green glowing crystals on his hips. A tail completes his beastly features.

Personality
Susanoo is more collected than Terumi, but beneath the seemingly stoic demeanor is a boiling, explosive rage. He hates being bound to the Susanoo Unit, and use that hatred to fuel his destructive tendency. He still looks down on everyone else, but instead of displaying a mocking attitude, he simply treats them as inferior life forms, and keeps reminding those who dare to defy him the fact that he is a true god.

Before he rebelled, Susanoo was unquestionably loyal to Amaterasu and wanted nothing more than to protect his older "sister". However, after obtaining free will, he ultimately despised and hated Amaterasu for binding him to her will. He claims that destroying everything that Amaterasu creates gives his existence meaning, and that her pain heals him. He also mockingly calls her his "big sister".

History
One of the Original Units, the main cause of letting humanity know about the Master Unit's existence. In a time as long as eternity he protected Amaterasu together with Tsukuyomi, but through some cause he began to have a "will". After that he began to hate being bound by the Master Unit and rebelled.

BlazBlue: Centralfiction
Susanoo was reborn into the world after Terumi ripped Hakumen's soul out of the Susanoo Unit with Ouroboros, crushing it, and once more merged with the now vacant Susanoo Unit. Ragna, Jūbei, Tsubaki, Jin, and Noel tried to stop him, which had almost resulted in their demise if it had not been for the fact that Terumi still could not sync with the Susanoo Unit well. Telling himself that it was enough for the moment, Susanoo took Noel with him and fled, challenging Ragna to follow him to the 'other side' if the latter wanted to die.

Terumi later approached the Blue Gate and battled Es, who was shocked to see that Terumi had reclaimed his old body. Es resorted to unleashing her weapon, the Murakumo, but was unable to. Susanoo explained that it was because Amaterasu recognized his superiority, and proceeded to defeat her without much efforts; however, Es disappeared before he could land a killing blow. Although unsatisfied, the result of the battle confirmed Susanoo's doubt: The Protector of the Blue was actually Ragna the Bloodedge.

When Ragna and Susanoo clashed following the latter's fight with Jin, Ragna utilized Soul Eater and managed to grab and rip Terumi out of the Unit once more, therefore allowing Jin to take control of it before opening the gate and sending Terumi and Ragna to the Boundary. After one final battle, Ragna fatally impales Terumi with his blood scythe. Wishing eternal suffering upon Ragna, Terumi laughed manically as Ragna kills him once and for all.

Powers and abilities
A literal god, Susanoo is considered to be one of the most powerful characters in the BlazBlue universe, so much that he even claimed it was difficult to hold back. Possessing the Susanoo Unit, he can use its power effortlessly and with great skill. Susanoo's fighting style is a mixture of savage and animalistic strikes and grabs with noble martial arts or samurai-esque techniques. He also uses his power to form energy-based blades for him to attack with and in his Distortion Drives he fires powerful laser beams from his mouth.

Susanoo's Drive, Takegami (武神), allows him to release the locks on his special attacks and level them up. That game mechanic leaves him weak at the start of the round, but the more hits he lands, the more powerful he gets.

His Overdrive, Cruelty of Suppressing Burial (絶葬ノ刻), allows him to use all of his special attacks for a short period of time without having to release their locks manually, however, he cannot use the distortion drives that require said special attacks to be unlocked first, as he will still need to release those locks in order to use them.

Trivia

 * Susanoo has his own version of Hakumen's speech: "I am strength, I am power, I am everything! My very being is the sword of the god that will destroy all! I am Takehaya Susanoo! …the end has come." (我は剛、我は力、我は全！我は身は全てを裁ち斬る神の剣！我は建速須佐之男！！……推して参る.)
 * Along with Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, Hazama and Tsubaki Yayoi, Susanoo also has a playable alternate form, which is Yūki Terumi, his human body.
 * When Susanoo is electrocuted, Terumi's ghost form is seen inside the Unit.
 * There is a victory pose where Susanoo will show off his sword, similar to his astral victory pose. However, if the player hasn't unlocked the eighth move slot, the blade will not appear.
 * When he is hit by Amane Nishiki's Astral Heat, the result is "Terumen", a Black Susanoo version of Pakumen.