The Aramasa (アラマサ taiken) known also as the Blood Scythe, is a sword that was wielded by Ragna the Bloodedge.
Information
In its default form, this weapon takes the form of a sword with a large blade – Ragna uses this form most of the time. The weapon can take a form of a scythe with a crimson blade.
Ragna inherit the sword and his red jacket from Jūbei, who took them from the rubble of the burnt church. According to Jūbei, these items belonged to Bloodedge, a hero of the Great Dark War who sacrificed himself to stop the Black Beast for a year.
During the events of BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, Rachel Alucard sent Ragna back in time to the First Great Magic War, where it turned out that he is Bloodedge. Before his first fight with the Black Beast, Ragna gave his jacket to Celica Ayatsuki Mercury, and after the fight, Mitsuyoshi brought her the sword. She kept those items until her death, waiting for Ragna to come back as he promised.
It is unknown where the sword and jacket originated from, and it is also unknown where he got another sword and jacket after he left them in the past.
Before Ragna went through the Gate, he left his sword at the entrance. Later, for some reason, it was back at the grave of the sister. The next time the grave was shown, the sword wasn’t there.
Gallery
![[Character Select] Ragna with the sword, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger artwork](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Calamity_Trigger,_Character_Select_Artwork).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Calamity Trigger, Character Select Artwork).png (2.45 MB)")
![[Character Select] Ragna with the sword, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift artwork](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Continuum_Shift,_Character_Select_Artwork).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Continuum Shift, Character Select Artwork).png (280 KB)")
![[Character Select] Ragna with the sword, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma artwork](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Chronophantasma,_Character_Select_Artwork).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Chronophantasma, Character Select Artwork).png (1.19 MB)")
![[Character Select] Ragna with the sword, BlazBlue: Centralfiction artwork](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Centralfiction,_Character_Select_Artwork).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Centralfiction, Character Select Artwork).png (1.26 MB)")
![[Character Select] Ragna with the sword, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle artwork](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(BlazBlue_Cross_Tag_Battle,_Character_Select_Artwork).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Character Select Artwork).png (583 KB)")
![[Story Mode]](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Story_Mode_Artwork,_Normal).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Story Mode Artwork, Normal).png (313 KB)")
![[Sprite] Sword form](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Continuum_Shift,_Sprite,_j.214C).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Continuum Shift, Sprite, j.214C).png (8 KB)"){kind=icon}
![[Sprite] Scythe form](/blazblue/wiki/File:Ragna_the_Bloodedge_(Sprite,_214D).png "Ragna the Bloodedge (Sprite, 214D).png (44 KB)"){kind=icon}
![[Unlimited Vs]](/blazblue/wiki/File:Unlimited_Vs_(Blood_Scythe).png "Unlimited Vs (Blood Scythe).png (82 KB)")
Trivia
- In early concept designs, the sword was much more similar in design to the swords that float around the Murakumo Units.
- The name of this weapon is called “Aramasa” (アラマサ). In Japanese mythology, Orochi no Aramasa is a sword that Takehaya Susanoo no Mikoto used to kill the eight headed snake Yamata no Orochi. Susanoo found the Kusanagi no Tsurugi sword inside one of Yamata’s tails. It is, however, given the name "Blood-Scythe" in Ragna's movelist.
- Alpha -No. 01- is shown with the scythe form of this weapon on one of her artworks.