Ragna the Bloodedge

Ragna the Bloodedge, also known as the Grim Reaper, is the main protagonist of the BlazBlue series. He appeared in the 41st episode of Death Battle, Ragna VS Sol Badguy, where he fought against Sol Badguy from the Guilty Gear series.
He also appeared in the 64th episode of DBX, Ruby Rose VS Ragna the Bloodedge, where he fought against Ruby Rose from the RWBY series.
==History==
Betrayed and left to die by his own brother due to jealousy and manipulation, young Ragna was both blessed and cursed when a mysterious vampire named Rachel Alucard saved his life, resurrecting him as a Dhampir, causing one of his green eyes to turn red and his once-blonde hair to white. Unbeknownst to him, Rachel also grafted an Azure Grimoire, a piece of the infamous destroyer known as the "Black Beast", onto the stump of Ragna's severed arm. He was then trained in the ways of combat by the warrior cat, Jūbei, which helped Ragna obtain a level of control over this new appendage, further amplified when he was given his blade, the Blood Scythe.
He would then run rampant on the oppressive government that ruled the world, Novus Orbis Librarium. His actions, which included destroying a countless number of their branches, have labeled him the most wanted criminal and caused him to receive the largest bounty ever in the history of the NOL. His ultimate goal is to destroy the NOL, for he blames them for destroying his family. But he always takes into account what Jūbei last said to him; that he must never think of the Azure Grimoire as his own. For if he loses control of himself, it will turn him into the Black Beast itself.
==Death Battle Info==
===Background===
*6'0.8"/185 cm
*172 lbs/78 kg
*Blood type: B
*Alias: the Grim Reaper
*Frequent dine-and-dasher
*Bounty: 90,000,000,000
*His foul mouth gives the Angry Video Game Nerd a run for his money
*Has a crippling fear of ghosts
===Azure Grimoire===
*Gives Ragna virtually unmatched control over seithr
*Absorbs the soul of its target
*Augmented by the Idea Engine
**Acquired from the dying Λ-No.11
**Adds the ability to create a force field
**Can activate Blood Kain without losing life force
*Turned Ragna's right eye red when it bonded with him
*Doubles Ragna's attack power
===Move Set===
*Hell's Fang
**Dashes in with a seithr-enhanced punch
*Inferno Divider
**A rising leap slash using his sword
*Gauntlet Hades
**Downward strike powered by seithr
*Dead Spike
**Summons the jaws of the Black Beast
*Blood Kain
**Boosts speed, power and soul-draining ability
===Feats===
*Accelerated healing ability
*Extremely high pain tolerance
**Taken many impale wounds through vital organs
**Sacrificed his left arm showing zero pain
*Punched a crater into a wall with his non-Azure Grimoire hand
*Defeated the giant anti-Black Beast bio-weapon, Take-Mikazuchi
*Can defeat Murakumo Units without using his Azure Grimoire
==Cameo Appearances==
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|-|Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro=
Ragna's fight with Sol was briefly seen in Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro when the two martial artists clashed.
|-|DBX: Batman VS Iron Man=
Ragna made a cameo appearance in Batman VS Iron Man, where he can be seen in the crowd during the auction.
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==Gallery==
===Appearance===
Rag.gif|Sprite used in Death Battle and DBX(From BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
Ragna hand drawn.png|Cropped footage used in Death Battle(From BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
Black Ragna.png|Hand-drawn Black Beast design used in Death Battle
Sol ragna cameo.png|Cameo in Chuck Norris VS Segata Sanshiro(Sprite from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
Ragna Cameo.png|Cameo in Batman VS Iron Man (DBX)(Sprite from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
===Arsenal and Abilities===
BlackBeast.png|Black Beast
BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode.png|True BlazBlue
Ragna the Bloodedge 2C Story Mode Illustration.webp|Aramasa
Azure grimoire.png|Azure Grimoire
Ragna Crush Trigger.gif|Crush Trigger
Ragna Hell's Fang.gif|Hell's Fang
Ragna Inferno Divider.gif|Inferno Divider
Ragna Gauntlet Hades.gif|Gauntlet Hades
Ragna Dead Spike.gif|Dead Spike
Ragna Blood Scythe.gif|Blood Scythe
Ragna Nightmare Edge.gif|Nightmare Edge
Ragna Carnage Scissors.gif|Carnage Scissors
Ragna Devoured by Darkness.gif|Devoured by Darkness
Ragna Black Onslaught.gif|Black Onslaught
==Trivia==
*Ragna and his opponent are the second and third Arc System Works characters to appear, after Taokaka.
**He is the second BlazBlue character to appear, after Taokaka.
***He is the first BlazBlue character to lose.
**He is the first Arc System Works character to lose.
*Ragna is the first combatant whose preview before his episode featured only one of the two hosts, with the next three being Wolverine, Deadpool, and Naruto Uzumaki.
*Ragna is the third BlazBlue character to appear in DBX, after Noel Vermillion and Hakumen.
**He is the first BlazBlue character to lose.
*As part of Death Battle's paid YouTube membership, members were able to vote in the Tournament of Champions for one matchup to become a guaranteed episode in Season 11. One of the options for Week 3 was Ragna the Bloodedge VS Velvet Crowe from the Tales series, but it lost to Sailor Moon VS Madoka.
==External Links==
*Ragna on Wikipedia
*Ragna on the BlazBlue Wiki
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