Asimov

For Asimov's iX counterpart, see Demerzel.
Asimov is a founding member and commanding officer of QUILL, a group dedicated to the freedom of all Adepts and the downfall of the Sumeragi Group, the leader of Team Sheeps, and the endgame antagonist and final boss of Azure Striker Gunvolt.
Although he founded QUILL under the guise of Adept and human equality, his true goal was the extermination of all humanity. He rescued Gunvolt from Sumeragi's experiments and taught him to harness his Azure Striker Septima, earning Gunvolt's eternal gratitude.
He occasionally serves as an operator for Gunvolt after the latter's resignation from QUILL. Like Gunvolt, he has an affinity for the Septima Azure Striker, which allows him to manipulate electrons and control lightning.
Asimov returns in Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 as a hidden boss in a possible world attracted by Moebius, codenamed "The New World Order."
== Website Description ==
==Appearance==
Asimov is a young adult with shoulder-length gray-blue hair and a pair of blue visor-like glasses that serve as limiters. His eyes are purple, and lack highlights.
He wears a gray armored long coat with black highlights and arm armor. He also sports white trousers with black highlights over his inner thighs and groin, and black boots with glowing blue highlights.
After removing his limiter, Asimov's hair stands on end and his eyes pulse with a pure, bright light.
When in public, he keeps his blue visor-like glasses, and wears a black leather jacket with a green sweater underneath and gray pants.
===Gallery===
Main article: Asimov/Gallery
Asimov concept art.jpg|Normal appearance
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Asimov Azure Striker.jpg|Azure Striker unleashed
EATR concept art.jpg|Asimov's Electromagnetic Anti-Tank Rifle (EATR)
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==Personality==
As the head of QUILL, Asimov generally keeps an aloof, professional demeanor about him, at least during missions. He takes his duties, and those of others, extremely seriously, and has very little patience when it comes to those who disobey him, showing no stress cutting Gunvolt from the organization, and even warning him that if he crossed them as an enemy, he wouldn't hesitate to wipe him out. When Gunvolt and Joule refuse to join him once more, he just shoots them and goes about his way.
Very passionate about achieving QUILL's goals, this can lead him to take seemingly cold-hearted decisions, such as ordering the destruction of The Muse even after the revelation that it is not code, but a girl, an Adept girl, who had been held against her will.
Eventually, Asimov's true motives are revealed; to destroy humanity once and for all, as retribution for their crimes. A part of Sumeragi's Project Gunvolt, Asimov was horrifically experimented on, resulting in a deep, burning hatred for humanity despite his status as a former non-Adept human himself. This hatred was so great that he didn't hesitate to kill his protege in cold blood so he wouldn't get in the way.
However, Asimov does have a lighter side to him. He can be surprisingly eccentric at times, showing great interest in Japanese culture and even singing karaoke. Despite his usual stoic behavior, he was extremely close to his teammates, stressing the importance of a close team, and had no qualms going out with them for a good time. 
Asimov may be a bit of an alcoholic, as both canon Admiration to Peace artwork and a Thanksgiving promotional wallpaper depict him with multiple empty glasses, and in the latter he is seemingly keeping an entire bottle of wine to himself.
He appears to be somewhat insecure about his age, as in a home conversation Gunvolt claims that Asimov would pout and say "I'm not that old" if he heard Gunvolt call him a surrogate parent. In Admiration to Peace, he mentions that he's still in his 20s when a parent/child comparison is made.
In the Japanese script, he frequently uses English words, with "Good luck" practically being a catchphrase. When confident in victory over an enemy in combat, he also tends to say "Dead end." At times, acquaintances like Joule point out that his English usage is seemingly incorrect, such as him possibly believing the plural of sheep is sheeps. Even Moniqa thinks to herself that his English usage is strange, and wonders who taught him that.
Interestingly, despite his fanatical hate for humans, he was still very close to his human subordinate Moniqa, and acknowledged her as a human who genuinely cared about Adepts, in contrast to other human collaborators who he believes are only in it for their own gain. This makes it uncertain if he would have included her in his planned genocide.
==History==
===Background===
Asimov's full origins are unknown, beyond that he was the vagrant child of two illegal immigrants in Japan. It is also unknown if Asimov is his true name. After being captured by Sumeragi’s Hunters, he was discovered to be a "match"--a normal human with latent Adept potential--and potentially compatible with the lightning Septima, the Azure Striker, at that. He was then used as a test subject in Sumeragi's Project Gunvolt energy research, and received a Septimosome transplant from the deceased original Azure Striker wielder, making him into an artificial Adept. Asimov was the first subject to prove compatible with the power, but was still considered defective due to not being able to fully control it. His identification name in Sumeragi at this time was “Takefutsu.”
Afterwards, he was shuffled from team to team and subjected to all types of experiments as a lab rat at the Sumeragi Futures Institute of Technology (S-FIT) while having his Septima suppressed with spiritual stone.Fleeting Memories Part 4 (Japanese) As a result, he developed hatred for non-Adepts.Dengeki_Nintendo_Character_Profiles#Asimov's_Past
Eventually he ended up in the custody of premier Adept researcher, Dr. Kamizono. Dr. Kamizono heavily demonized Asimov, openly talking about Adepts being fundamentally different from humans, and referring to the creation of artificial Adepts as turning humans into "monsters" within earshot of the boy. Just the sight of Asimov's hate filled glare while restrained was enough to send a shiver down Dr. Kamizono's assistant's spine upon opening the door to his room. At this time Asimov already wore colored spectacles, but it's uncertain how or if they are related to the Septima suppressing sunglasses he wears as an adult.
Shortly after Dr. Kamizono and his assistant began an experiment, an accident occurred and Asimov's power went out of control, completely destroying S-FIT and killing all personnel. While Sumeragi concluded that "Takefutsu" had been unable to restrain his own thunder and died too, Asimov survived and escaped amidst the confusion. The incident was heavily covered up, causing Dr. Kamizono's son Copen to believe that Sumeragi's top brass had his father assassinated.
Changing his name from "Takefutsu" to "Asimov", he managed to escape overseas and joined a certain group, and from then on devoted his efforts to establishing the anti-Sumeragi international armed organization dedicated to Adept freedom and liberation, QUILL, eventually doing so with several Adept comrades.
By the time he was a young adult, Asimov returned to Japan and began conducting guerilla activities against Sumeragi. He rescued another successful product and victim of Project Gunvolt: a nameless boy whom he gave the name "Gunvolt", and allowed to join QUILL at the child's own insistence. Asimov acted as a father figure for Gunvolt, teaching him not only how to wield his Azure Striker septima, but also training him in martial arts and firearm usage. However, Asimov never told Gunvolt about the meaning of the name or them having the same Septima. He also kept his hateful views a secret from GV.
===Armed Blue Gunvolt (Drama CD)===
After wiretapping Nova's office, Asimov learns about Eden's plan to take down the national defense barrier protecting Japan and begins planning to exploit the event.
When Merak gains the upper hand in a skirmish with Teseo, Asimov intervenes with an explosive in Teseo's favor, which Teseo takes the credit for. However, Merak is suspicious, and after the battle reports to Nova that he doesn't think it was Teseo's work.
After the battle, it is revealed that he arranged for Zeno and Moniqa to enter Japan when the barrier went down, and when meeting them for the first time also introduces them to Gunvolt.
===Azure Striker Gunvolt===
====Anthem (1st Sumeragi)====
Asimov, along with Moniqa and Zeno, guide Gunvolt through Sumeragi's facility in his vital mission to finally destroy The Muse. After Gunvolt's failed torture session that ends in him discovering The Muse is on a getaway train. Guided by his teammates, Gunvolt makes it to The Muse, and is shocked to find an actual girl named Joule. Gunvolt requests to save her, but Asimov denies, seeing her as a threat to Adepts everywhere, regardless if she is just a poor victim. However, Gunvolt instead goes against his orders and rescues her. As a result, Asimov removes him from QUILL, leaving Gunvolt to fend for himself.
Despite this, Gunvolt and QUILL would still work closely together over the next six month period, with Asimov serving as mission control in Conflagration (Biochem Plant) and going into the field with GV in Minaret (Media Tower). The exact order of these events is unknown.
====Admiration to Peace====
===== Ninja Arts =====
Following Gunvolt's assault on the Biochem Plant, Moniqa confronts Asimov about his mission report calling the specially equipped soldiers encountered "ninjas" and breaks his fantasies, to Asimov's disappointment. This veers into discussion about Japanese culture and terms, with Asimov bringing up that Zeno called him a "kuudere", how he didn't understand it, and Zeno gave him a video game with an oddly big package while telling him that will help him understand. Moniqa panics and tells Asimov to give that back immediately, claiming that Zeno's idea of culture is really crazy and he shouldn't be taken seriously.
When Moniqa hesitantly comments on Asimov's language use being a bit odd and Asimov questions her statement, things start to take a personal turn. She admits she thinks it's a charming point due to the contrast with his seriousness, and also admits she thinks he works too hard and that it's inevitable his studies would falter. While Asimov calls her words hard, he admits what she said is the truth; he's neglected studying and is not good at Japanese.
When Moniqa questions why Asimov puts himself on the front line and fights so hard for a country he's not familiar with, asking if there's a safer way, Asimov gets serious and calls the country Sumeragi's homeground, talking about how until he rescues all comrades from their evil hands he can't simply "stay somewhere safe and use his brain", and that as long as his body holds on he must do everything that he can. He then brings up Moniqa being a non-Adept and questions her motives for serving in QUILL, admitting that she's the one who seems unnatural to him.
After Moniqa brings up the situation of Adepts and says there are several others like her who support QUILL and that the organization couldn't exist otherwise, Asimov is somewhat dismissive. He wonders how it is with the majority of non-Adepts, asking if they fear Adepts or see them as enemies, and claims most of the supportive ones really just have ulterior motives. But at the same time, he claims to feel something different from Moniqa, remarking about how she serves directly in QUILL as part of a combat unit. When he asks if he's wrong, Moniqa also comments on everything he's done and keeps pushing himself to do, and how she feels she can't leave him alone.
Asimov says that's quite something to say, and Moniqa apologizes for speaking too much as his subordinate, but he says it's fine. Taking the subject back to the mission report, he says in English he'll "rebuild" it before correcting himself and using proper Japanese. Moniqa leaves him to the task with his English catchphrase "good luck."
===== Karaoke =====
At a later date, Asimov is invited to a karaoke party along with everybody else by Zeno and accepts since he'd just got done with a job and the timing was good. While there he mentions how events like this serve as good team building exercises and will increase their mission success rate, Moniqa tells him to relax since they're off work.
When the subject of karaoke experience comes up, after Gunvolt says he's attended after class parties to avoid standing out but didn't sing most of the time, Asimov mentions he has some experience for similar reasons. Moniqa makes a parent and child comparison, unnerving Asimov and causing him to bring up that he's still in his 20s.
As Zeno talks about anime songs being free, Asimov notes that the word free is fitting for QUILL and that he's going to freely enjoy it, exclaiming "Freedom!" in English as he randomly inserts a song, Find Out! ~ Compass of Hope ~. Moniqa is surprised by his action and shocked to see that it's a duet song, and Asimov is also surprised to see that it's a song he knows. As Zeno and GV decline to sing it and Joule is daydreaming about a duet with GV, Moniqa ends up joining Asimov in singing.
====Streak (Eridu) and Stratosphere (Babel)====
Some time after the deaths of many of Sumeragi's most prominent Adepts, Joule is suddenly captured by the resurrected Merak, who takes her to the space station Firmament to the waiting arms of Project Muse director Nova. To get her back, Team Sheeps launches an assault on the orbital elevator Babel, with Gunvolt acting as a diversion by storming the front whilst Asimov, Zeno, and Moniqa move in to seize the elevator's control room. They also encounter resistance, with Asimov saving Zeno when the latter is caught off-guard by an enemy. As they succeed on their end and Gunvolt draws close to the orbital elevator and Merak outside it, Asimov begins silently thinking, and is noticed by Zeno to be missing by the time Gunvolt kills Merak.
Worried about him, Gunvolt nevertheless proceeds into Babel and takes the orbital elevator up to Firmament. Zeno correctly deduces that Asimov has stowed away on the elevator, and jokes that he'll appear to save GV just when he needs him. Some time after communications are cut off, back on the surface Moniqa prays that wherever Asimov is, he'll watch over Gunvolt and Joule. 
====Copen's Story====
Following Copen's defeat at Gunvolt's hands, Asimov discovers the single passenger spacecraft Sabertooth which Copen had used to reach the satellite and had hidden in Firmament's materials entrance. Asimov notes the craft doesn't seem to be a Sumeragi model, but deems it suspicious, takes the safety off his gun, and prepares to disable it. Copen, who had managed to make his way back to the area, identifies Asimov as a QUILL member with an unknown Septima, and rushes in with an attack to prevent his own only means of escape from being lost.
Copen continues his attack with the Viper-derived Blazing Ballista, which is dodged, and the Elise-derived Jealousic Gorgon. Asimov, who recognized Copen's abilities from Gunvolt's report from Sinner's Row, is able to avoid the effect of Jealousic Gorgon and move in for a counterattack, grabbing the end of Copen's shield EX Gear emitting it and destroying it with a surge of lightning. Copen is surprised by Asimov's Septima type and raw power, as Gunvolt had never been able to damage EX Gear like that.
Flipping EX Gear to its still functioning end, Copen deploys the Stratos-derived Million Eater at close range. Asimov's Prevasion protects him from the attack, and he boasts about it being impossible to harm him. However, Copen uses the attack as a feint and fires Greed Snatcher bullets from his gun Border--which Asimov has no data on--managing to graze Asimov and bring him to his knees as his Septima is neutralized. As Copen prepares to finish him, Asimov is able to partially overpower the effect and deploys Voltaic Chains, ensnaring Copen, causing him to drop Border, and then painfully electrocuting him.
Asimov regains his bearings and picks up Border, expressing shock that a non-Adept could create something like it. Copen, badly injured, tells him to get his "filthy hands" off the gun, making Asimov decide to kill him with it. Nori--who unbeknownst to Copen had stowed away on the Sabertooth--suddenly attacks, forcing Asimov to dodge due to him still being under the effects of Greed Snatcher. His concentration being disrupted causes the image and form of Voltaic Chains to weaken, allowing Nori to break them with her knife and rescue Copen and throw him in the ship.
Although Asimov opens fire on the ship with a gun, Nori is able to escape Firmament in it by blowing a hole in the satellite's side, forcing Asimov to flee the area as air leaks out into space.
====Idolatry (Firmament) - True Ambitions and Betrayal====
After Gunvolt kills Nova and he and Joule make their way back to Babel, Asimov appears. He congratulates both of them, and says that with Nova's death the two are ready to usher in the new era as "king" and "queen." While Joule and Gunvolt are confused, Asimov claims that with Sumeragi in turmoil there's no better chance, and expresses how Gunvolt has surpassed all his expectations since leaving QUILL. He says that Gunvolt should rejoin them, and that there is a place there for Joule now too.
He then proposes that with Joule's songs, the equipment on Firmament, and of course Gunvolt's own immense power, they'll be able to wipe out Sumeragi and eradicate all non-Adepts. Gunvolt is shocked, but Asimov continues, claiming that he anxiously waited for this day where Adepts will rise up in freedom ever since founding QUILL.
Gunvolt and Joule refuse as the former takes a protective stance, and Asimov is mildly disappointed, but quickly gets over it and pulls out Copen's gun, Border, mentioning his battle on the way there. With the line "Hasta la vista, GV," he calmly shoots Gunvolt with a Greed Snatcher bullet and follows up with a regular one, and then shoots Joule too. Leaving them for dead, he laments how easy things would have been if they'd cooperated and how now he'll have to come up with a new plan from scratch.
What happens after this point is conditional. If Gunvolt is not wearing Joule's handmade pendant, he dies from the gunshot and Asimov lives on. For Asimov's role after this point, see Demerzel.
If Gunvolt has Joule's pendant, it partially shields him from the bullet and prevents the shot from being instantly fatal. Joule, who fully became Lumen and a soul-like existence, is able to heal the wound and bring him back from the brink of death, taking host in his body and mind in the process.
====Azure (Firmament) - Gunvolt and Joule's Vengeance====
After making it to Babel, Asimov begins to take the orbital elevator back down to Earth, only for Gunvolt catch up to him just before the elevator begins descending. Questioning what magic is going on, Asimov realizes what happened. Impressed and lamenting how with power like that they could have ruled in the world to come, Asimov removes his Septima inhibiting glasses and unleashes his own Azure Striker abilities on Gunvolt.
After a tense, climactic battle in which Asimov reveals their similar origins as Project Gunvolt subjects, Asimov kneels over on death's door. Accepting defeat, he tells Gunvolt that he will have to eventually pick a side, and leaves the future of Adepts in his hands. Asimov's final words are his catchphrase, "Good luck."
What became of his body after Gunvolt left it behind with a shocked Zeno and grieving Moniqa is unknown, but it was gone not long after when Copen returned to the elevator and retrieved Border, which was left behind and stained with Asimov's blood.
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
Using Asimov's blood and combat data from Gunvolt, Copen was able to analyze and replicate the Azure Striker Septima, creating the semi-perpetual generator A.S. Drive of Lola (who also has Asimov's eye color in her P-Doll form) and other equipment and weapons which form the backbone of his new fighting capabilities.
Just before his death, Asimov left behind data on the effects of Greed Snatcher for Gunvolt. This was put to use by Xiao when creating the New Model Protect Armor for him, which utilizes GV's abilities to emit an EM field that mitigates the effects of the magnetic anti-Septima bullet.
Asimov's soul and Septima would persist in some form after his death, appearing as the Azure Spirits that Gunvolt can encounter within Mysterious Manor and Data Facility. Contact with these blue glowing orbs causes Gunvolt's Azure Striker to "degenerate" and gain abilities he previously did not have, namely Dragonsphere and Crashbolt.Dengeki Nintendo Character Profiles#AS (Azure Striker) Spirits Gunvolt remarks that the Azure Spirits feel familiar, but is not shown to recognize that they come from Asimov.
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 3===
Gunvolt speculates in a base conversation that incorporating powers such as the Azure Spirits and The Muse into his body might be the precursor of his halted aging and his transformation into a Primal Dragon.
==== The New World Order ====
To access the hidden Asimov boss fight, enter World Moebius, equip the "Azure Striker" Asimov Passive Image Pulse, intentionally lose as Kirin to trigger Anthem, and then while playing as Berserk GV, get hit by Moebius' Damnatio Memoriae skill. If done correctly, instead of taking damage, Moebius' skill will cause the screen to fade to black before sending you to Asimov's arena, which resembles the second section of Sumeragi Secret Bunker 2 from Luminous Avenger iX.
This potential world gives everyone a bad vibe, but none moreso than Gunvolt, who can feel Septimal emanations similar to his Azure Striker. Advancing, Kirin and co. find Asimov standing alone. Gunvolt is less than happy to see his foster father again after what happened last time, but Asimov is all too happy to see him, inviting him to join him as the "King" of the new world along with Kirin, who he thinks is GV's new "Queen." When GV refuses again, Asimov decides he must force GV to comply, and crushes the glasses suppressing his Azure Striker Septima.
As the battle begins, Asimov marvels at Gunvolt's new power, remarking that his ideals could be more easily realized if such a power were on his side. When GV rejects his ambition, Asimov instead turns to Kirin. With her Radiant Fetters, he could stop his body from degenerating and live on forever. He would just need to "dispose of any unnecessary parts" for his new "Queen" to live forever beside him. Gunvolt is horrified at this notion, but is even more appalled when Asimov challenges him to kill his foster father again and "become King" in order to stop him. Deciding enough is enough, both Azure Strikers invoke their Septimas to settle things once and for all.
Asimov finally succumbs to his wounds, even after practically overclocking his Azure Striker in order to defeat Gunvolt. But rather than be vexed or angry, Asimov is...proud. Proud that his disciple, his son in all but blood, has surpassed him as an Azure Striker. Even as his vision dims, he can see a future where Gunvolt becomes the King of a new world, comrades standing beside him in "Utopia".
Kirin decides to cut into the conversation at this point, admitting that people as powerful as GV have a responsibility to bear the dreams of those who could not see them fulfilled. But be that as it may, it does not mean the world Asimov dreams of will come true. The world to come will be decided and forged by those who yet live, not the ghosts of the past. At those words, Asimov chuckles, praising Kirin's qualities as a "Queen" and asking her to take care of GV. His final words are the same two he gave to Gunvolt all those years ago in Firmament; "Good luck."
==Other Appearances==
===Mighty Gunvolt Burst===
Asimov appears as a collectible pixel sticker that can be obtained by completing the "Super Sprinter" challenge by clearing the game in under one hour.
===Card-en-Ciel===
"Good luck."
Asimov is one of the characters from the first Azure Striker Gunvolt featured in the crossover roguelite card-battling RPG Card-en-Ciel and its GV1 game world, appearing as both a card and an enemy.
Card 	Character	Effect 	Cost	Movement
Sheeps Leader	Asimov 	Apply 1 Break Point. 10 damage.(Special: Apply 1 Break Point. 35 damage.)	1 	Up
When used, a Greed Snatcher bullet is fired.
== Powers and Abilities ==
As a human artificially attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave, Asimov is an exceptionally powerful Adept who wields the Azure Striker Septima, which grants him the power to manipulate lightning and is said to be one of the most powerful of Septima. As he is the one who taught Gunvolt to control his Septima, he can perform many of the same Skills Gunvolt can, but on a much stronger scale. His Septima is always running wild, requiring him to wear specially designed sunglasses to restrain it.
In battle, he can perform Prevasion, turning his body into electrons to become intangible and allow attacks to pass through him. He can also use the Flashfield, but can do so in a more offensive manner by charging at foes. But if he collides with Gunvolt's Flashfield, it will cause both of them to overheat, leaving him vulnerable.
He can also punch the ground and channel lightning through it. His most powerful attack is the Voltaic Chains skill, where he deploys numerous electrified chains to ensnare and electrocute opponents. With this attack, he was able to nearly kill Copen and destroy his shield.
Apart from his Septima, Asimov is a skilled marksman and firearms user, capable of picking off targets with his E.A.T.R. rifle from great distances. He also shows great mastery of Copen's Border gun and can use his Septima's ability to create a electromagnetic field to guide the path of Copen's Greed Snatcher bullets so they can home in on enemies. However, this puts a strain on the gun and may cause it to stop working.
=== Equipment ===
====Sunglasses====
They are a safety device used to control his abilities.  
This equipment is the same system as GV’s contact lenses, yet, unlike GV who uses his lenses to increase his Septima, Asimov uses them to seal his own Septima.  
Only a small handful of QUILL members know about these sunglasses’ effect and his Septima because of an ethos within QUILL that says “Don’t snoop others’ Septimas.”
====E.A.T.R (Electro - magnetic Anti Tank Rifle):====
An anti-tank rail-rifle provided by QUILL. It’s a gun with command standards, and brother gun to the “Dart Leader” provided to GV.  
The bullet shot from the weapon has an effective range of 5.000 meters and a speed of 7 Km per second: it will always “predate” the target.  
When sniping from very long distances, the user is in need of high skills and precise calculations amongst others.  
Since it isn’t an anti-personnel weapon, he didn’t use it during his battle with GV. 
====Greed Snatcher====
A special bullet with the property to control others’ Septimas that was stolen from Copen. 
Asimov also makes use of the Azure Striker ability to create an EM field that allows him to pull a new stunt: freely controlling the path of the bullets. 
But that places a very strong burden on the gun itself and it’s a double-edged sword. It's an ace-in-the-hole that can only be used in a brief battle. 
The Dart Cartridges that GV uses can mechanically control this technique to some extent.
=== Boss Battle Skills ===
Note: Most skill names are conjecture.
==== Azure (ASG1 final boss) ====
Skill 	Description
Prevasion(, EM Boundary [Heat Haze]) 	Throughout the battle, it is impossible to tag or even damage Asimov due to his ability to shift his body to electrons and avoid all attacks using the Azure Striker septima and QUILL pendant. To make Asimov vulnerable to tagging, you must first make him overheat through countering his Flashfield attack. Once tagged, you'll be able to hit Asimov with the Flashfield like normal.
*If Asimov prevades a shot from the player while tagged, the tags will be removed.
Cerberus(ギドラ, Ghidorah) 	Asimov's standard attack. Asimov fires two waves of three magnetic bullets, which ignore Prevasion and inflict the Chaff debuff if they connect, freezing Gunvolt's EP at 0 for ten seconds.
* The attack is based on the Cerberus bolt, which has a maximum of three tags. Likewise, Asimov fires it in intervals of three.
*Damage Output: 40 per bullet.
Flashfield(, Thunder Scales) 	Asimov's standard attack. He hops up in mid-air and performs a fast air dash while activating his Flashfield.
*While this attack deals devastating damage, it also offers Gunvolt the opportunity to disable Asimov's prevasion. If Gunvolt activates his Flashfield within the radius of Asimov's, the collision will induce a voltage spike, overheating both Azure Strikers. For a brief moment after the spike, Asimov will be vulnerable to tagging and subsequentially vulnerable to taking damage until the tags disappear.
*Damage Output: 104.
Lightning Sweep 	Asimov performs this attack at the beginning of battle phase two and three. He punches the floor, sending a shockwave across the floor.
*At the beginning of battle phase two, the shockwave will propagate off the screen and then return as a larger shockwave.
*At battle phase three, the shockwave is initially large and will not return once it is off-screen.
*If the battle goes on for too long, the shockwaves will continuously go across the floor every few seconds.
*As all of Asimov's other attacks are based on Gunvolt's own arsenal, the attack's ground-crawling property is most likely a reference to the Technos bolt.
*Damage Output (Small Shockwave): 32
*Damage Output (Large Shockwave): 40
Mizuchiミズチ 	Asimov begins using this attack at battle phase two. He fires a non-damaging cursor that leaves behind five non-damaging cursor placeholders in its path of fire. Asimov then proceeds to fire five magnetic bullets that may turn directions to track Gunvolt when it comes into contact with any of the five placeholders; cursor placeholders used in this way will disappear.
*The homing property of the attack is based on the functionality of the Mizuchi bolt.
*Damage Output: 40 per bullet.
Orochiオロチ 	Asimov begins using this attack at battle phase two. A single magnetic bullet is fired, as well as a bot that hovers to the center of the screen. The bot then fires two waves of seven magnetic bullets in an upward and downward arc curve.
*The attack is based on the functionality of the Orochi bolt, firing in both its upward and downward arcs.
*Damage Output: 40 per bullet.
Voltaic Chains(ヴォルティックチェーン, Voltic Chain) 	Asimov's special attack. Several chains are summoned that cover the screen, leaving only a small open space. He proceeds the attack by charging the chains with electricity, dealing massive damage.
* Due to the gap in chains near the very ceiling, you can also avoid the attack using Anthem's infinite jumping technique or by using a Boost Band.
* In the Nintendo Switch and PS4 versions of the game, as featured in the Striker Pack, and the updated Steam version, this attack has been rebalanced with more safe zones than in the 3DS release and original Steam version.
* Damage Output: 350.
==== The New World Order (ASG3 hidden boss) ====
Name 	Description
Prevasion 	Asimov's Prevasion allows him to dodge all of Kirin's attacks. Using Arc Chain or a Special Skill will disable it till the beginning of his next action. Gunvolt's attacks are not affected by it.
"Throwing Weapon - Flash Drones" 	Asimov launches 3 drones towards the upper half of the arena before throwing a trio of knives in spread directions. The knives can be deflected by a sword slash. As the drones activate, Asimov will electrify the floor. If all 3 drones are not destroyed in time, the drones will detonate, turning the screen white and locking the player character in an unavoidable follow-up attack. In Hard mode, the time before the drones detonate is shortened.
"Judgement" 	Asimov's default follow-up attack from a successful Flash. The player character is trapped and held in the middle of the screen by Voltaic Chains, which Asimov will electrocute while launching a Crashbolt, doing mild damage. Cannot be escaped from.
Voltaic Buster(ヴォルティックバスター, Voltic Buster) 	Asimov's second follow-up from a successful Flash, which is used only when Kirin is on low enough health. Asimov dives from the top of the arena holding Kirin beneath him, breaking through several Voltaic Chains before making contact with the ground, crushing Kirin in the process. Will kill Kirin instantly.
"Charge Shot - Thunder" 	Asimov charges a big ball of lightning from Border and fires it in a straight horizontal line. Shortly after, lightning will strike a huge part of the arena, leaving only the area right in front of Asimov and above his head safe. 
In Hard Mode, the lightning will also strike the area in front of him, leaving the only safe spot above him.
"E.A.T.R." 	Asimov brandishes his E.A.T.R. Rifle and jumps across the arena, firing down 3 shots that electrify the floor and spawn 3 lightning orbs that fly towards the player.
On Hard Mode, Asimov will fire 5 shots, and after landing, shouts "Once more!" and repeats this attack to the other end of the arena. He may also dash to the other side right before initiating the attack.
"Astrasphere Assault" 	Asimov floats in the air as his Flashfield appears. A few seconds later, he envelops himself in an Astrasphere and flies across the arena. Tagging him with talismans seven times will seal the Astrasphere for the duration of the attack, but he will still fly across. Gunvolt can't seal the Astrasphere, however if it collides with his own Astrasphere or Berserk Gunvolt's Astrasphere Flashfield it will cause a voltage spike that leaves Asimov overheated and defenseless for a few seconds, similar to his fight in ASG1.
On Hard Mode, Asimov will leave four electric orbs on the floor during his dash, which erupt into lightning bolts shortly after he reaches the other side.
"Mizuchi" 	Asimov deploys several targeting reticles before firing Greed Snatcher rounds in a rising arc. When the rounds hit the reticules, they'll bounce towards Kirin. The Greed Snatcher rounds ignore Kirin's Prevasion and empty her talismans on contact. Furthermore, the Chaff debuff is applied, so reloading does not replenish talismans for five seconds. If Kirin gets hit by a Greed Snatcher before Asimov dashes, he'll immediately stop shooting and use another attack. Gunvolt can Prevade through the Greed Snatchers, but this will cost 50% Fetters instead of Prevasion's usual 5%.
*If the Passive Image Pulse "The Muse" Mytyl is equipped, Gunvolt will consume only 25% Fetters when Prevading a Greed Snatcher, just like with Prevading any other damage.
"Throwing Weapon - Flash Dart" 	Asimov begins using this attack in battle phase 2. Asimov throws 3 knives and 3 grenades, the latter of which leave lingering explosions on the floor which block talismans and darts from passing through them. The grenades can be destroyed by sword slashes or the Flashfield before they hit the floor. Then, after a Crashbolt strikes Asimov, he will unleash a Flash Dart shockwave. Getting hit by this shockwave will cause Asimov to launch an unavoidable barrage of electricity.
On Hard Mode, Asimov will unleash 3 shockwaves in rapid succession.
"Cerberus - Orochi Combo" 	Asimov begins using this attack in battle phase 2. Asimov fires two 3-round bursts of Greed Snatcher rounds straight forward, while deploying an Orochi drone that unleashes a clockwise spray of Greed Snatcher rounds. Asimov will then dash to the other end of the arena. Asimov will also cancel his current attack and go straight to the next if he's not dashing while the player gets hit by the Greed Snatcher rounds. The rounds have the same properties as the ones in Mizuchi.
On Hard Mode, the Orochi drone shoots bullets much more rapidly, making curved lines of bullets with no gaps.
Voltaic Chains(ヴォルティックチェーン, Voltic Chain) 	Asimov's first Special Skill, triggered on the last third of his health bar. Asimov jumps in the air and remains there while he electrifies the walls and floor with electric chains. He will summon chains in a "X" shape followed by a "+"-shaped chain, all centered on your position. The chains will all shatter almost immediately after the last chain is electrocuted. Shortly after the chains shatter and fade, Asimov unleashes a blast of lightning that covers about half the arena. Voltaic Chains also becomes a standard attack after Septimal Surge is used.
On Hard Mode, the pattern of the chains is changed to "X", "+", and "X".
Septimal Surge(アンリミテッドヴォルト, Unlimited Volt) 	Asimov's second Special Skill, triggered when his health is first depleted. Asimov fully heals himself and will strike the entire arena with lightning, only leaving the area above his head safe. He will teleport around the arena to perform actions, and he gains two new attacks. He always follows this attack with Luxcalibur Stinger Launcher.
"Astrasphere Typhoon" 	Asimov warps to the upper-center of the arena and summons an Astrasphere that cancels his tags, before splitting it into 3 more Astraspheres that rotate clockwise. After 3 full rotations, the Astraspheres will converge on the center of the arena and fly off.
In Hard Mode, the Astraspheres will instead stop after traversing the arena the last time before being launched towards the player.
"Luxcalibur Shuriken Launcher" 	Asimov teleports in an upper corner, surrounds himself in four Luxcaliburs, and flies across the arena. When he reaches the other end, he'll shout "Launcher!" and send the Luxcaliburs flying in Kirin's current direction.
On Hard Mode, the Luxcailburs rotate much faster and there is a reduced delay before Asimov dashes. When launched, the Luxcaliburs will freeze at the edge of the arena before flying towards the player again, which repeats once more before disappearing.
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==Boss Battle Voices==
===Azure Striker Gunvolt===
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Start 	 	Fun… Uoooo… Haaa! 	フン…ウォオオオ…ハァッ！
Cerberus 	 	Faiaa! 	ファイアー！
Mizuchi 	 	Taagetto… Cheisaa! 	ターゲット…チェイサー！
Orochi 	 	Vanisshu da! 	ｳﾞｧﾆｯｼｭﾀﾞ
Flashfield 	 	Haa! 	ハッ！
Drop to floor 	 	Haa! 	ハァッ！
Voltaic Chains	 	Hotobashire… Aoki raitei (Aamudo Buruu)… Borutikku cheen! Haa!	迸れ……ヴォルティックチェーン！ハァ！
1st Phase Down	 	Tada de wa koroban…! 	ただでは転ばん…！
2nd Phase Down	 	Konna mono de wa… 	こんなものでは…
Defeated 	 	Ugoo… Guuu! 	うごッ…ぐゥッ！
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 3===
====Japanese Voices====
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Start 	 	Omae no seichouburi, misasete morau ka. 	お前の成長ぶり、見させてもらうか。
Charge Shot - Thunder 	 	Chaaji! Bureiku da! 	チャージ！ ブレイクだ！
Mizuchi 	 	Taagetto! Nigasan! 	ターゲット！ 逃さん！
Flash Drones 	 	Furasshu! 	フラッシュ！
Judgment 	 	Tsukan da! Jajjimento! 	掴んだ！ ジャッジメント！
Voltaic Buster 	 	Tanguru! Vorutikku Basutaa! Deddo endo da! 	タングル！ ヴォルティックバスター！ デッドエンドだ！
Flash Dart 	 	Surooin! (locked) Deriito da！ 	スローイン! デリートだ！
Astrasphere Assault 	 	Fun! 	フン！
EATR 	 	Iitaa! Haah! (HM) Wansumoa! 	イーター! はあっ！ ワンスモア!
Orochi Combo 	 	Vanisshu da! 	バニッシュだ！
1st Phase Down 	 	Tada de wa koroban…! 	ただでは転ばん…！
2nd Phase Down 	 	Konna mono de wa… 	こんなものでは…
3rd Phase Down 	 	Yaru janai ka… 	やるじゃないか…
Septimal Surge 	 	Watashi wo taoshite misero! Anrimiteddo Voruto! 	私を倒してみせろ！ アンリミテッドヴォルト！
Voltaic Chains 	 	Uke yo! Vorutikku Cheen! Uoooo! Sandaa! 	受けよ! ヴォルティックチェーン! うおおおっ！ サンダー！
Astrasphere Typhoon 	 	Taifuu! Mada da! 	台風！まだだ！
Luxcalibur Stinger Launcher	 	Sutingaa! Ranchaa! (HM) Kirikizande! 	スティンガー！ ランチャー！ 切り刻んで！
Volt X Re:AGE 	 	Hotobashire, Aamudo Buruu! Vorutekku Sureiji! Shimeagero! Mandaraa! Shuuto! Owaran! Uoooo! Haa!	迸れ、アームドブルー！ヴォルテックスレイジ！ 締め上げろ！ マンダラ―！ シュート！ 終わらん！ うおおおっ！ はあっ！
Defeated 	 	Gureeto da! 	グレートだ！
Post-Defeat (Grand Master) 	 	Sore de koso.. fusawashii. 	それでこそ… 相応しい。
====English Voices====
Event 	Voice
Start 	I'll see for myself just how much you've grown.
Charge Shot - Thunder 	Charge! I'll break you!
Mizuchi 	Target! No escape!
Flash Drones 	Flash!
Judgment 	Gotcha! Judgment!
Voltaic Buster 	Tangle! Voltaic Buster! Dead end!
Flash Dart 	Look alive! (locked) Delete!
Astrasphere Assault 	Haah! (HM) Weak!
EATR 	EATR! Haah! (HM) Once more!
Orochi Combo 	Chaser!
1st Phase Down 	I won’t just roll over...!
2nd Phase Down 	That's not enough!
3rd Phase Down 	I knew you could...
Septimal Surge 	Try to defeat me! Septimal Surge!
Voltaic Chains 	Take this! Voltaic Chains! Haaaaah! Thunder!
Astrasphere Typhoon 	Typhoon! Not yet!
Luxcalibur Stinger Launcher	Stinger! Launcher! (HM) I'll dice you!
Volt X Re:AGE 	Oversurge, Azure Striker! Voltaic Rage! Pressure's on! Mandala! Shoot! Almost there! Uoooo! Haah!
Defeated 	Great job!
Post-Defeat (Grand Master) 	This... will do fine.
==Special Skill Chants==
Voltaic Chains:
Septimal Surge
Volt X Re:AGE
==Quotes==
==="The New World Order" Quotes===
==Designer Comments==
Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Complete Works
==Musical Themes==
Title 	Context 	Artists 	Audio
Struck by Tragedy(訪れる悪夢, The Nightmare Comes) 	"That" scene, as well as other ominous ones in GV1. Encounter theme of "The New World Order" Asimov.	Ippo Yamada 	
Lightning Crashes(雷霆衝突, Collision of Thunderstorms) 	VS Asimov. 	Ippo Yamada 	
Struck by Tragedy(訪れる悪夢, The Nightmare Comes) 	8-bit remix used as the game over theme in Mighty Gunvolt. 	Ippo Yamada 	
Lightning Crashes(雷霆衝突, Collision of Thunderstorms) 	8-bit remix used in the final battle of Mighty Gunvolt with Zonda. 	Ippo Yamada 	
Find Out! ~ Compass of Hope ~ 	Duet sung by Asimov (Masashi Yukita) and Moniqa (Moemi Otaka) in Admiration to Peace. 	HeArt MakiArt (Lyrics)Ryo Kawakami (Composer)Yamajet (Arranger)	
Track notes by sound designer Ryo Kawakami:Armed Blue Official Soundtrack
*Struck by Tragedy
Everything in front of you turns into darkness… There’s no other way to express this track, when you hit the bottom of despair and (). I’m sure everyone must feel like that when they reach the ending for the first time. It’s indeed a “dead end”.
*Lightning Crashes
The track of the real final battle. The melody of Track 3* is used entirely here but using the theme of the farewell with the foster parent, I worked in bringing out a wholly different atmosphere. The image is that, no matter how close someone might be to you, there are times in which mutual understanding cannot happen. But despite that it doesn’t change the fact that this someone is very important to you. I also wanted to bring out this feeling of “they feel different but are actually the same” so the timbre of the melody uses the same sounds.
*"Sprinting Through the Darkness", the second stage theme of Anthem (1st Sumeragi).
==Trivia==
*Asimov's namesake is the science fiction writer and biochemistry professor Isaac Asimov, making him one of the few characters in Gunvolt 1 to not be named after a supercar. (Tai suggested naming him "DeLorean," but this was rejected.Admiration to Peace Creative Notes, [Asimov] section.) This namesake is also referenced in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, where Asimov's new identity Demerzel is named after the character alias Eto Demerzel from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
*The addition of Asimov as the true final boss of GV1 was a decision made at the very end of development, which is why his boss battle movement patterns are simple. In director Yoshihisa Tsuda's prior story draft the barrier protecting the country would go down after Nova's death, a missile attack would occur, and when Gunvolt would try to stop it Asimov would betray him--the game would end with him grinning as the missiles struck. Scenario writer Toshiaki Tai strongly opposed this ending and had the story rewritten and extended to end with Asimov's defeat. Asimov's floor electrifying move continuously occurring was supposed to be the normal state of the battle, but this was deemed too overpowered.Admiration to Peace Creative Notes, [????] section.
* Asimov's code name as a test subject, Takefutsu, comes from Takefutsu no Kami, which is another name for Takemikazuchi, a Japanese thunder god.
*The notes in Asimov's concept art reveal that he is from America, but unlike other foreign characters such as the members of Eden, no profile materials elaborating on Asimov's background mention his national origins, only that he is the waif son of illegal immigrants in Japan and was captured when he was a teenager or even younger. His frequent usage of English is also noted to be incorrect at times, and the ASG2 OST booklet timeline implies that Asimov might not even be his real name, listing it with quotes and as something he switched to from his old code name Takefutsu.
*Asimov shares some mild design and story similarities with Major Nouno, one of the three playable characters of Speed Power Gunbike, the first game developed by Inti Creates. Similar to Asimov, Nouno is the commander of the protagonists, but eventually goes insane, betrays them, and sides with the evolved humans known as Michi with ambitions to purge the human race. Some of these traits are also shared with Elpizo from the Mega Man Zero series, who starts as the leader of a Resistance group similar to QUILL, bears hatred for the organization oppressing his kind and in the end wishes to exterminate humanity.
*Asimov sheds ethereal white or light pink feathers when using some of his Azure Striker abilities. He shares this feather-shedding trait with Gunvolt, ZedΩ, and Copen's copied Prevasion.
*Asimov happens to give the missions with bosses (Jota and Viper) who appear in the Azure Striker Gunvolt demo. Both these missions also have objectives that are closer to pure terrorism, unlike the missions given by Zeno and Moniqa.
*When Asimov kills Gunvolt with Copen's Greed Snatcher, he says, "Hasta la vista, GV." This is a reference to the scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day when T-800 shoots a frozen T-1000 with a pistol and says, "Hasta la vista, baby". 
**"The New World Order" Asimov's line "like giving a bodybuilder a rocket launcher!" in the English version of GV3 may be a reference to the film Commando, which also starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and featured a scene with his character wielding a quad-tubed rocket launcher.
*It has been noted by fans that Asimov resembles series sound director and composer Ippo Yamada, but when questioned about this Inti Creates' CEO Takuya Aizu claimed it is purely a coincidence, and that the directors and designers have said so themselves.Skybane's Gunvault interview with Takuya Aizu at GDC 2016
*Asimov's English voice actor, Maxwell Powers, also provides the English voiceover for the Azure Striker Gunvolt game trailers. He is also the presenter of Neo Geo mini from SNK.
*At 350 points of damage, Asimov's Voltaic Chains was the most powerful normal attack in the series prior to Luminous Avenger iX, where it was surpassed by EX form Crimm's Exquisite Artillery.
** However, Exquisite Artillery does not ignore Prevasion like Voltaic Chains does.
*There is an unused remix of the Sumeragi boss theme in the game's files that was seemingly intended for Asimov at some point. Their normal themes are listed as GV_BGM_015 and GV_BGM_019 respectively, while the unused theme is listed twice as GV_BMG_015a and GV_BMG_019a. 
*Asimov is one of three antagonists who call Gunvolt by his moniker "GV," the others being Zonda and Teseo. Coincidentally, all three are final bosses. Zonda does not refer to Gunvolt as GV in the Japanese version, however.
 
*When playing as Gunvolt, being hit by Moebius' Damnatio Memoriae will cause an image with Asimov in the battle with Zonda to appear among the montage of Gunvolt's actual past moments. Strangely, he has his sunglasses on.
*The appearance of GV3 Asimov's boss arena, combined with his threat to "remove any unnecessary parts" from Kirin, as well as his attack pattern and the fact that he is alive and in possession of the Border, suggest that he is a younger Demerzel from the Luminous Avenger iX timeline who has yet to achieve his pure electronic form. However, this is not confirmed in the game.
*The attack where he binds the player character with Voltaic Chains before electrifying them in GV3 is very similar to the way he defeated Copen near Babel during the events at the end of GV1, according to Copen's Story. However, that scene has never been depicted visually, and the attack appears to be much weaker in GV3.
*"The New World Order" Asimov is the fifth boss to have more than one special skill in the same fight, the previous four being Tenjian, Grazie, Possessed GV and "The Third Revenger" Nova. 
**He also uses three special skills in the same fight like Nova. In both cases, the first skill is the one they used in their game of origin, the second is Septimal Surge, and the third is an original attack.
*Asimov's fight in GV3 is the only fight as Kirin where she does not talk at all in the mid-battle dialogue. She does talk before and after the fight, however.
* Asimov in GV3 is the only extra boss whose Secret Mission name is not their title.
*Oddly, despite being from an alternate world, "The New World Order" Asimov seems to know about events from the main world, as he seems to talk as if GV already beat him and knows about Primal Dragonization.
*Asimov in GV1 is the only final boss with only one fight, but in later games he also has two phases.
==References==
*Japanese Wiki Regarding Asimov
*Official Japanese Tweet Regarding Asimov
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