#Mei Amanohokosaka

[goofballproximitysurveyor]

Happy birthday Hinata! 🎂 I wanted to draw smth cute between her and Mei for a while because their interactions in Mei's extra story were very sweet! You can't be mean to Hinata not even if you're the mean girl of the game.

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

From Arc Mix

A few edits by me, to clean up the edges. Hopefully you don't notice them!

[deadlysign]

My Birthday...? Wow, I didn't think that anyone actually remembered... H-Hmph! You have my thanks then.

[triedpklove]

this is the first thing ive drawn in nearly 6 months

[smellpelt]

Estober 17

[littlemisslemonbits]

More Xblaze Padoru

Mei Amanohokosaka 

Kuon Glamred Stroheim 

Elise von Klagen

[annon-guy2]

XBLAZEWeek - Day 5

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My Favorite Scene; Es and Touya's Reconciliation 💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤

To be honest, this is another tough one as I like a TON of scenes in the XBLAZE series. While all of the action scenes are epic, the drama scenes are tragic and all the comedy scenes are funny, the romance scenes between Es and Touya are really sweet. Understandabley, their falling out makes sense as Es DID endanger Hinata's life and Touya was rightfully angry with her. While Code Embryo implied the two reconciled after the fight with the Union Infected Akira, Lost Memories gave us a clear and well deserved resolution to this fall out.

After speaking with Hinata and Yuki, thus realizing what she did was wrong and wanting to make things right with Touya, she went to help him after finding out she's no longer conditioned to follow orders and that he went to confront Akira himself, even trying to give up her life to protect him. While Touya ultimately saved both Es and Akira from killing each other, Es was ultimately able to apologize for her cold actions with Touya, touched by her apology, was able to forgive her. I was ultimately glad they were able to make it right as it taught Es a valuable lesson and thus strengthend her bond with both Touya and Hinata, with it paying off when she saved them both from Ripper and Unomaru later on.

P.S. There is a LITTLE humor partway, but nothing that it ruins the moment 😂. Asking someone if they "like you now" after a heartfelt apology is a little awkward Es.

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Honorable Mention:

Mei's Brave Heart 💜💜💜💜💜💜

Mei... has had it rough. Losing her mom to the Wadatsumi Incident while her father's soul is dead while his body is on life support due to Unomaru's sick machinations. Using her spiritually dead father as leverage to control Mei is just as sick as conditioning Es to be a mindless drone. Anyway, after Mei makes her choice to help Touya and Es fight Unomaru, the Shrine Maiden visits her father in the hospital one last time, admitting she now has friends, despite not being able to be fully honest with her feelings yet, and that she can now stand on her own two feet before allowing the Hospital to turn off his life support, finally letting him rest in peace. It's always difficult to let go of a loved one, especially if they're your father, but Mei truly has a Brave Heart as the chapter of her Lost Memories story says and the fact she let him pass on showed how much courage the Shrine Maiden has gained.

While Mei can be harsh with people (especially with Touya and Kuon), the fact they were able to free the heart of a sad and lonely girl payed off. Mei and her family were ultimately freed from Unomaru's clutches and the Shrine Maiden can now live with her friends as her mother and father watch over her.

[blazbluebrackets]

ROUND 2: Chachakaka vs. Mei Amanohokosaka

Chachakaka has eliminated her target successfully, leaving us with a conquest for cuteness! Will the gyaru Kaka continue to slay against the bass-playing Shrine Maiden?

[proxyedgy]

I love this kiddo she is so teeny and angy and full of violence

[gachagachaart]

[j-fashion-wearer-otd]

Today's J-fashion wearer is Amanohokosaka Mei from XBlaze! She wears wa lolita!

[goofballproximitysurveyor]

some xblaze text post for your viewing pleasure. one more under the cut because this joke sucks actually

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

Sketch by Konomi Higuchi, from Es Works

I cleaned up the sketch to isolate the Mei for her birthday. If you're interested in the full sketch page, check it out below!

[gear-project]

Annon-Guy: I was wondering that if you played them, what are your thoughts on the XBLAZE Games?

Secondly, what do you think of it's five main protagonists? Touya Kagari, Es (Her XBLAZE self), Hinata Himezuru, Mei Amanohokosaka and Kuon Glared Stroheim?

I actually *own* both Code Embryo and Last Memories on my PS3 Digital Library, though I haven't played them in years.

Vaguely speaking, the Xblaze "games" were the first time I seriously dipped my toes in to the Visual Novel Genre (aside Guilty Gear's Story Modes which are a derivative of the concept, early on).

From a somewhat casual perspective, I understand what Xblaze was trying to achieve, though I'd argue that other VNs have had much better execution and story-telling on the whole.

Still, being "part" of the BlazBlue universe did strike me as interesting, though I never did revisit the games for that purpose.

If I had the opportunity to play a full version of Dark War, I might have taken Xblaze in to deeper consideration on the story-telling front.

For Touya (when I learned about Dark War, his character arc's importance increased immensely... for reasons I won't spoil here.)

At the same time Touya reminds me of Naoto and his "Bloodedge Experience", though in Touya's case, he's a bit more passive compared to either Ragna or Naoto, which makes him less appealing in my humble opinion.

Es has two incarnations... the Es we "see" from Touya's perspective, and the Es we "see" in Lost Memories after a certain event occurs... I think her character development is something to witness if you haven't already. I actually really enjoyed that aspect of her, including how she later interacts with the Central Fiction cast.

Hinata, while her role in the story is no less important, is something of an odd-fit for the pacing of the story. We learn her secret along the way, but the way she behaves for much of the story implies she's very passive, much like Touya.

While it's true that Peace is always better than Conflict, when it comes to telling a story with drama, you at least need a character with some form of drive... Hinata would easily be mistaken for a background character if not for one key detail I won't mention.

I'm not really sure what they were trying to do with Mei, but I get that her "role" in some parts of the story fits in a grander history, so I guess that's something... But it's very easy to compare her to Rachel Alucard in that regard, and you either like her or you hate her for that reason.

Lastly, Kuon... I feel like Kuon could've used more screen-time for her parts of the story. She was a cool character, and a cool voice actress all things considered... but she just didn't get to be part of the story as much as the other characters did (though I assume they didn't want Kuon to upstage Es, but I think Kuon would've made a great rival for Es if written differently).

All things considered, I actually spent more time in Lost Memories than I did the original Code Embryo, so I'm not all that familiar with all the hidden routes in the story... I might revisit it one day if I get the urge, we'll see.

[triedpklove]

i haven’t drawn in months so here’s some blazed x’s

[smellpelt]

Boy that goes uwaah and girl that goes tch