Bang Shishigami

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Bang Shishigami
Alias(es)	Scruffy Guy Scruffy-man Scruffy Old Man Hero of Justice
Origin	Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
Occupation	A ninja from Ikaruga
Powers / Skills	Martial Artist Ninjutsu Phoenix Rettenjo Shishigami-style Forbidden Technique Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan
Hobby	Training Thinking of names for his special moves.
Goals	Destroy the Novus Orbis Librarium Win Litchi's heart
Family	Unknown
Friends / Allies	Litchi Faye-Ling Carl Clover Taokaka Ragna the Bloodedge Jin Kisaragi Noel Vermillion
Enemies	Yuuki Terumi Arakune
Type of Hero	Optimistic Ninja

“	I come when I hear the summons for a hero... for I am none other than Bang Shishigami!	„
	~ Bang Shishigami

Bang Shishigami is a hero from BlazBlue who is a ninja from Ikaruga.

He is voiced by Tsuyoshi Koyama in the Japanese version, and by Tony Oliver and Steve Kramer in English version.

Overview

Bang Shishigami is the self-parodying ninja of Ikaruga who claims to "fight for love and justice" almost everywhere he goes. Apparently, he was trying to defend his master, Lord Tenjo, during the Ikaruga Civil War and ordered his comrades to retreat from battle so the spirit of Ikaruga would live on even if the Library burned down the country (which it did). As Bang tried to reach Tenjo, he found that Jin Kisaragi had already sliced his head off and turned the flaming building into ice, but somehow Bang ended up surviving the battle in that frozen castle. Eventually, he drifted into the city of Kagutsuchi along with the other survivors of Ikaruga, forming a new version of Ikaruga in one corner of the city though others refer to it as "Ronin-gai." He harbors a deep grudge against Jin and swears to one day defeat him along with anyone else who he feels threatens the security of his people, his city, or even his new crush, " Miss Litchi." Despite his overtures to win Litchi's heart, she doesn't seem to return them, but that doesn't stop him from trying.

Basically, Bang appears to see himself as an all-encomposing superhero. For example, while others are hunting down Ragna for the money or his Azure Grimoire, Bang attacks him because he sees Ragna as an evil character, then abruptly leaves after he thinks he won even though Ragna gets up seconds later and mutters something about pretending to lose so that Bang would just leave already. Litchi also mentions somewhere that Bang appears to have an abnormally-high tolerance for pain (like a cartoon character) to the point where he didn't even notice he was suffering from food poisoning until it made him so sick he briefly fell unconscious. In the game and the story, Bang is known for calling out the names of virtually all of his attacks like a generic action anime character. Even during his recovery he shouts "THIS IS AN UKEMI!" In one story arc, when Yukianesa strangely freezes Jin's entire body, Bang tries to impress Noel by using his fire magic to free him and chants a long spell, but sneezes on the last word of his spell and ends up spreading the fire everywhere except for Jin. Rather than fix it, he runs away and leaves Noel with the frozen Jin.

Appearance

Bang is a young adult man with spiky swift back, slightly long brown hair, and hazel eyes. He has a long, X-shaped scar across his face. He wears a dark green modified ninja outfit with a big red scarf, silver gauntlets, black fingerless gloves, dark green harama pants that expose his tights. He carries a giant nail on his back.

When he was child, he used wore his hair into messy ponytail, and no scar. He wore skintight sleeveless exposed top, dark green harama, and he was barefoot.

Personality

Bang can be quite over-exuberant, and he is prone to speeches and tangents as well as making dramatic entrances. He has a romantic fascination with Litchi, always willing to go charging in headlong if he sees someone making her upset. He is a man with great pride in his home and tolerates no ill words towards it or his master. Though many members of the cast ridicule him and think of him as annoying, he protects those he cares about (such as Carl and Tao) with his life, and has a heart of gold. He thinks of himself as the "Hero of Justice", and the one to punish all evil doers.

Bang, however, possesses a lot of standards that display quite a bit of wisdom. He is capable of eventually forgiving Jin despite his murder of Tenjō, admitting himself to be an idiot. Likewise, he is not that overly blinded with his infatuation with Litchi that even if she asked nicely, he would not hand over his nail, recognizing her allegiance with NOL. Even so, he also didn't blame Litchi for her allegiance and quickly deduced that Relius is behind it.

Powers & Abilities

Being a ninja, Bang seems to share many similar traits in his powers and fighting style. First of all, Bang is a speedy and agile character, and demonstrates an uncanny ability to maneuver through the air as if utilizing invisible platforms. He also bears a decent command of hand-to-hand combat (Taijutsu), and can seriously harm foes with punishing grab-combos and a fiery defensive "guardpoint or autoguard" drive (Bang automatically blocks attacks while performing his Drive attacks, similar to a counter, although unlike a counter they are not dependent on being hit).

His Drive ability, Burning Heart, allows him to use special counter-attacks that open up four seals situated on the top of his super meter. If all four seals are opened, he can activate a special super called "Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan" that raises his Power Levels to OVER 9000, giving him increased speed and power, as well as allowing him to teleport in any direction. When performed in the console version and in Continuum Shift onward, it overrides the current BGM with a new song performed by none other than Hironobu Kageyama himself, called "Omae no Tettsui ni Kugi wo Ute!" (translates as "Beat a Nail With Your Hammer!").

In the fourth game, his Exceed Accel Shishigami-style Extreme Technique: Yorozuka Ryoran Zehhana/Bang's Dancing Petal Storm has him stunning the opponent, then spams shurikens and kunai onto them, and finishing with throwing a large explosive at them.

Gallery

Calamity Trigger

Continuum Shift

Chronophantasma

Centralfiction

Alter Memory

Trivia

• If Bang fights against Taokaka in Arcade or Versus modes in Continuum Shift II (and vice-versa as Taokaka vs Bang), the two will exchange a short series of blows (before the match begins) which are either blocked or dodged skillfully. This implies that every match is just another fun training session for the two, and that Taokaka really does acknowledge Bang as her scruffy mentor.
• In Bang's electrocution sprite, one of his hands has five fingers and one thumb. Also, his underwear can be seen.
• Bang's theme song, Gale, is listed as Reppuu in the Character Select screen, Reppuu being Japanese for Gale.
• Bang considers that his Fuu-Rin-Kan-Zan transforms him into his "Super Mode", only stated in Tager's Alternate ending. He also reveals the Fuu-Rin-Kan-Zan ability against Hazama in his Continuum Shift story, in which he uses it to run away while carrying the wounded Taokaka and Carl.
• His birthday falls onto New Year's Day.
• Bang's Unlimited form allows him to throw three of his shurikens, except his D version, which remains unchanged. He also does a quick running charge for his command grab, increasing its effectiveness. He also has his "teleport" as an actual ability, allowing him to move around the stage much quicker, and doesn't need to use his drive on guard point to use it.
• After winning a fight against Hakumen, Bang states he hates lies, evil and bell peppers, The last of which Rachel Alucard also dislikes.
• Bang's moves in actual translation (not official US translaton) are revealed to be very, very long, which is another note to his overzealousness and his hobby of naming his moves. He even shouts out his attacks in a random fashion, such as "GIGANTIC SUPER CRASH!" or "RISING DRAGON!"
• During Japanese in-battle dialogue, Bang often ends his sentences with 'de gozaru'. This is an archaic version of the verb "desu," or "to be," stereotypically associated with samurai; in modern context, it is often used to show a level of almost pretentious old-fashioned mannerism, especially with samurai and ninja-like characters.
• In the console versions, when he uses his Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan move, its own theme song, "Omae no Tettsui ni Kugi wo Ute", sung by Hironobu Kageyama, will start playing.
  • However, in Chronophantasma, Bang!Bang!BigBang! is changed with new theme song.
• Bang is the only character to have 4 Distortion Drives. However, Unlimited Taokaka has 5.
• Bang's last name, Shishigami, means "Lion God" in Japanese. His first name however, based on the meaning of the Kanji, means "To perish thousands of evil", which perfectly match his personality.
• Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan's original meaning is: Swift as Wind, Calm like Forest, Offensive as Fire, and Still as Mountain. These definitions are all applied to Bang's technique of the same name. However, Bang says "Quicker than the Winds and as Still as the Forest! Hotter than Flames and more Magnificent than a Mountain!"
• He is voiced by Steve Kramer while Bang is pit up against Platinum and in Continuum Shift Extend's story mode.

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