Black★Rock Shooter is a playable character in Punishing: Gray Raven.
Obtention[]
As a playable unit, Black★Rock Shooter is an A-Rank Attacker obtainable from the game via gacha mechanics in the following servers and their respective time periods:
| Server | Time Period |
|---|---|
| China | August 24-September 22, 2023[2] |
| Taiwan | January 4-February 2, 2024[3] |
| Japan | May 11-June 18, 2024[4] |
| South Korea | September 9-October 9, 2024[5] |
| Global | September 27-October 26, 2024[6] |
Files[]
- "A mysterious girl with a blue flame on her left eye and a giant cannon, who has traveled countless worlds."
- ― In-game bio
Data[]
- The rock cannon in her hand fires 20 shots every second.
- The flame in her left eye seems to change with her mood.
- She looks like a human but has the power beyond a human.
- Nobody knows where she came from.
- BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER is not only good at firing from a distance but also melee combats.
- No matter how her identity and appearance change, she is always the one and only BLACK★ ROCK SHOOTER.
Secret[]
- Tends to conceal her feelings.
- She has fought various enemies.
- She has been to many places.
- She and DEAD MASTER are deeply bound.
- She has made new "enemies" and "friends" this time.
History[]
Black★Rock Shooter pointing at a castle
Alpha is chased and attacked by a girl donned in black coat in an unnamed city, and has to fight back when the motorcycle breaks down. Their duel is eventually interrupted by the appearance of Hetero-Creatures, After joining force and eliminating the Hetero-Creatures, the girl in black coat introduces herself as Black★Rock Shooter. Alpha determines that Black★Rock Shooter is neither a Construct nor an Ascendant, but the former assailant does not understand the terms that she brings up. Black★Rock Shooter then explains to Alpha that they are now in a world called "Corridor", where its environment is shaped by thoughts and consciousness. She also points at a castle in a distance, stating that the structure appears in this world not long before Alpha's arrival, which may be tied to elements of Alpha's original world. Alpha then reluctantly follows Black★Rock Shooter to meet the Craftsman in search for more answers and to repair her motorcycle, but she is later left on her own to investigate other places; Corridor's denizens, known as Mental Images, feared Black★Rock Shooter's existence.[7][8]
Black★Rock Shooter facing multiple Simulacra in the past
Black★Rock Shooter delivers Alpha's repaired motorcycle back to its owner.[9] Her presence causes a Mental Image named Fida, whom Alpha saved, to tremble, because Fida once witnessed Black★Rock Shooter killing numerous fellow Mental Images, which earned the latter nicknames such as "The Demon of Darkness" or "The Wandering Calamity". Black★Rock Shooter remembers Fida from a previous encounter, and while she is not hostile towards her, she reminds the Mental Image that they are still enemies, but she welcomes Fida's challenges for the sake of vengeance. When asked why she joins Alpha, the Craftsman, and Fida on their march to the castle, Black★Rock Shooter simply replies that she does not want to stop fighting. The four then encounters Gray Raven Commandant and Lucia, and after initial clashes between Alpha and Lucia, the six decide to join force against the same cause. Black★Rock Shooter confirms from the Gray Raven Team that Dead Master is also in Corridor.[10]
Upon arriving at the castle, the castle's "King", who resembles Alpha's sister Luna, initiates a board game, with the arriving party representing the black side's chess pieces racing and fighting against the King's white counterparts on a chess board. The exception are the Gray Raven Commandant, who has to compete directly with the King as a player, and Alpha, who represents the rook but is removed from play from the start. Black★Rock Shooter becomes the black side's queen.[11] She then meets Dead Master, who is representing the white side's queen piece.[12] The two duel when they landed on the same square, with Black★Rock Shooter emerging as the victor as she manages to snatch a die from Dead Master, but the latter is not out of the game yet.[13]
Black★Rock Shooter and Dead Master teaming up against multiple Mental Images
When the goal is in sight, Black★Rock Shooter lands on an event square that leads her to relive her past battles against Mental Images over and over again, slowly wearing her down over time. Eventually Dead Master catches up to her on the same square, but not wanting to see her "archenemy" to lose to other enemies before they could duel again, the two team up to overcome the odds - an act that makes Black★Rock Shooter to consider Dead Master as a "friend" as well as an "enemy". After battle, Dead Master duels Black★Rock Shooter again and emerges as the victor as she snatched the latter's last playable die. This caused Black★Rock Shooter to be ejected from the game, but she says to Dead Master that it is not over yet before fading away.[14]
Knowing the game rules as well as the King's intention, Alpha deduces that the whole game is a setup to remove Black★Rock Shooter from the game, as her existence is a hindrance from the King's plan to transform Corridor to her own utopia without further conflicts by using Ascension-Network, a concept foreign to Corridor, to impede this world's cycle of conflict. On his final move, the Gray Raven Commandant uses a golden die that Black★Rock Shooter earned from the event square to "revive" the rook, thereby allowing Alpha to fight her way across the game board.[15] She rescues Fida, who represents the pawn, and takes her straight to the goal for a promotion. This allows Black★Rock Shooter to return to the game in place of Fida and to confront Dead Master in the throne room, now transformed to resemble her realm, one more time for the game's conclusion.[16]
Black★Rock Shooter dueling Alpha, with Dead Master and Lucia in the background
After a prolonged fight, Dead Master admits defeat, and the throne room returns to its original appearance. However, despite the game's conclusion as well as Alpha taking out the King, the castle remains intact without its source. The winning party as well as Dead Master determined that they had to rid of themselves in order to return to their original worlds, and so with the exception of Fida, a native to Corridor, and the Craftsman, who disappear without saying a word, the outsiders of Corridor decided to fight each other to their own satisfaction.[16]
Back in Alpha's and Gray Raven Team's world, staff members from Babylonia's various departments are reviewing a subsequent model of a Golden Age machine called Hamlet for possible future commercialization. One of them mentions seeing a girl with black twin tails and a blue flame in the interface, but as the test machine should only be loaded with scenery assets, such appearance is speculated to be a possible bug. They then suggest to have the Gray Raven Commandant to test the machine. Meanwhile during a patrol with Lucia, the Commandant suspects seeing a flash of dark blue flame while looking up at a ruined building, but chooses not to investigate the matter. Both comment experiencing a dream that felt very long, yet occurred in an instant.[17]
Black★Rock Shooter looking over a ruined city
As Lucia and the Commandant resumes patrol, Black★Rock Shooter stands at the edge of a steel frame on a building's roof, looking over a ruined city and observing the two walking away from her. She comments that her fight continues regardless of opponents or locations, and that she enjoyed fighting with those in Corridor back then, before jumping off the building and disappearing.[17]
Some time later, Gray Raven Commandant is invited to playtest a second-generation model of Hamlet. A conspicuous avatar named "BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER" catches his attention, and Leonie, a chief technician from the World Government Association of Art, concedes that the data appears on the interface like an anomaly without prior records or any explanations. Instead of deleting the mysterious avatar, however, Leonie adds more animations and effects for her, and recommends the Commandant to pick her for testing.[18] On the last day of testing, the "BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER" avatar vanishes from the database, devastating Leonie as she has dedicated much time and effort working on her.[19]
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References[]
- ↑ "新增机体情报|BLACK★ROCK SHOOTER 档案公开". 库街区. Published on August 18, 2023. Retrieved on September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "《Blazing Simulacrum》版本更新公告". 库街区. Published on August 22, 2023. Retrieved on September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "[公告] 「鏡焰迷城」版本更新公告". Punishing: Gray Raven Official Traditional Chinese website. Published on January 2, 2024. Retrieved on September 28, 2024.
- ↑ "「黒炎廻る迷城」アップデート". Punishing: Gray Raven Official Japanese website. Published on May 4, 2024. Retrieved on September 28, 2024.
- ↑ "[거울 미로 속의 불꽃] 업데이트 안내". Punishing: Gray Raven Official Korean website. Published on September 2, 2024. Retrieved on September 28, 2024.
- ↑ "VERSION "BLAZING SIMULACRUM" UPDATE NOTE". Punishing: Gray Raven Official English website. Published on September 24, 2024. Retrieved on September 28, 2024.
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 01: "The Twin Fires", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 02: "The Incitement", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 04: "The Helix", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 05: "The Play", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 06: "The Game", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 07: "The Duel", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 09: "The Reflection", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 10: "The Two Maidens", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Blazing Simulacrum 11: "The Conclusion", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Blazing Simulacrum 12: "The Conflict", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Blazing Simulacrum 13: "The Dream", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Chessboard Realms 01: "WGAA Again...", Punishing: Gray Raven
- ↑ Chessboard Realms 07: "Underneath the Infinite Universe II", Punishing: Gray Raven