Event TA3 Reset

Igawa Asagi and Edwin Black in the center of the reset

* Yomihara

The Reset was an important event which marked the destruction of a universe and the birth of many others, including the ZERO Universe. It is a result of Edwin Black's action and the defeat of Igawa Asagi, in one of the two canon routes.

A key event in the true Asagi-Route of the canon/old Universe Timeline. It did not occur in the true Asuka-Route, in which the event could be avoided.

## Event Timeline

### Pre Event

Edwin Black used manipulation and his fake identity as prime minister, to blame Gosha Village for an assassination of Chief Cabinet Secretary Nonomura Hiroo. The Taimanin now a target, were attacked by the Kanda Brigade of the state, while Asagi was still far away from the village. With this raid and later occupation, many Taimanin lost their lives, including Igawa Sakura and Yatsu Murasaki, which were resurrected by Edwin Black as demonized loyal followers. Asagi was able to destroy all servers and backups, which contained the locations and identity of Taimanin, currently outside the village, but after killing a hit squad of Kanda Brigade soldiers with her demon form she became exhausted and was captured by Edwin Black. Brought to Yomihara, she was put under the care of Oboro, which placed a slave seal on her and forced her to fight in the Demon Arena, if only for Sawaki Kosuke, which had been transformed into a small meatball but was still alive.

Asagi won against, both Power Lady and a large arena filling tentacle beast. However, Oboro hoped for her death and to find the worst opponent she could face.

In the Asuka-Route, which is unlocked after the Asagi-Route, Koukawa Asuka is chosen as her adopted daughter to be Asagi's last opponent. Asuka can at this point save Murasaki and Sakura before transformation, rescue Kosuke, free herself, kill Oboro and save Asagi from the slave seal and together both are able to overcome Edwin Black, which tries at one point to reset the Universe but fails. The Taimanin reform, and Japan is saved, which is one of the two canon solutions.

In the true Asagi-Route, things don't end as happy.

### Event

In the Asagi-Route, both Sakura and Murasaki, as Asagi's sister and best friend, are chosen as her opponents. Both have now become full demons and do not recognize her anymore, Kousuke as well seemed lost to Asagi and the only option she saw left was to end their misery. While, Oboro tried to stop Asagi's movements with the slave seal, Asagi is able to use her demon form overpowering the seal even with damage to her soul. Afterward, she kills both Sakura and Murasaki, which as she noticed have become much weaker than they were as humans. Asagi now challenges Edwin Black, still in her demon form, while she performs some impressive slashes nothing seems to effect Edwin Black, which just starts to turn into dark mist.

Nonetheless, he seems impressed by Asagi, which in his eyes now has cut herself from her old human ties fully. Black's dark mist, now, starts to merge with the demonic Asagi. A black hole forms, between the two, Black explaining the process, his power is gravity. Gravity, is able to pull both the Human World and Dark World together, just as it can pull Asagi and him together, the realms will become one and be destroyed falling into Mother Ocean, as a result many new worlds will form, in which him and Asagi will be reborn as something new. Asagi rejects Black's plan, but it is too late and the last bit of humanity in Asagi is destroyed as everything is consumed by the dark void of the black hole between them.

The universe of the Asagi-Route is now fully destroyed.

### Post Event

In the Taimanin Asagi 3 epilogue, we see one of the many alternative worlds created. In which an old Sakura and Murasaki still human, are looking for something down below in the city. High up in the sky, both Vampire Asagi and Edwin Black are seen to observe the new world, which has been created. They still contain the memories from the world they destroyed, but Asagi now seems fully corrupted.

In Taimanin Asagi ZERO, we follow the three much younger, Asagi (ZERO), Murasaki (ZERO) and Sakura (ZERO) of the ZERO Universe. At the end of this game Vampire Asagi and Edwin Black are seen in the same position and scene, sharing even some dialogues from TA3, hinting this is yet another world birthed from the TA3 reset. Black, turns into mist and becomes part of Vampire Asagi, as it is revealed that both only share a single body at the moment and their goal is to make Asagi (ZERO) into a host for Vampire Asagi's soul.

It is also stated in ZERO by Edwin Black, that he had performed this reset many times.

## Trivia

* The reset, seems not to be something Edwin Black can control beyond trying to absorb somebody before he does it. Even if he keeps his memories, the worlds created have their own history, which spans backwards millions of years.
* Assuming that Canon, TABA and RPGX roughly start at the same time. TA3 would have played out in 2083, over the span of a few weeks and months. Meaning, the reset occurred in the year 2083. However, this is speculation and specially the mention of the year of the dog could hint at another date past the second half of the 21st century. Recent comments also suggest that canon and TABA do play in the same time, RPGX and ZERO would have different dates.
* It is unclear how it fully works in regard to versions of "Black" which have existed within that world before his reset version arrives. Do they not exist? Do they fuse as he arrives? Some of this might be answered in the current RPGX story line, regarding Teutates.
* The TABA Universe, might also be the result of this reset, as it also includes a Vampire Asagi, ⁣⁣but could also just be seen as a "route" which followed the canon timeline until TA3. However, Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena occurred instead. It is not really changing much either way.
* In the TABA Reset, Vampire Asagi is able to return to normal after seeing Kotaro's willpower to remain human. As this is a more messy situation, in which both Kotaro and Black tried to absorb each other. This can also give some insight of the dangers of Black's technique for himself, Asagi in the TABA universe had not been fully corrupted and was not using her Demon Asagi powers at all. Though, speculation a true Vampire Asagi creation might have failed because Asagi had not fully broken down and given up on her humanity as Black tried to do in the visual novels.

## Notes and references

1. ↑  https://twitter.com/sasalilith/status/1684907101666349056?s=20