A.B.A
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| A.B.A | |
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| Game series | Guilty Gear series |
| First game | Guilty Gear Isuka |
| Voiced by | Mika Takimoto Toshimichi Mori (Paracelsus) |
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| Birthplace | Frasco |
A.B.A (アバ Aba?) is an artificial lifeform, a character introduced within the Guilty Gear fighting game series. Introduced in Guilty Gear Isuka, A.B.A joined the main series in Guilty Gear XX Slash. Due to the fact that A.B.A's story has yet to be explained in canon, she has no known relations or affiliations with any other characters, aside from Paracelsus, her axe-type weapon and spouse.
[edit] Background
Created atop a mountain home named Frasco, A.B.A is an artificial lifeform, the creation of a scientist who lived within Frasco. However, before her 'birth', the aforementioned scientist was taken away by the military, which was planning to use his skills for unknown reasons. When her eyes opened for the first time, A.B.A found herself alone within Frasco, and lived the first 10 years of her life in total isolation.
Escape from Frasco was not impossible. Nevertheless, A.B.A quickly realized that she had no knowledge of how to exist outside of her home. To find relief from her sadness, she began to collect keys of all kinds, as they represented the opening of a bold new world and an escape from imprisonment.
While roaming outside one day, still tired of her isolated life, A.B.A stumbled upon an ancient relic known as "Flament Nagel". It was love at first sight, as the war relic was shaped like a key, A.B.A decided to keep it as her partner; she renamed it "Paracelsus". Her new goal was to acquire an artificial body for her newfound partner.
[edit] Music References and Trivia
Her name appears to be derived from that of the Swedish pop band ABBA. It could also be a reference to the ABA musical form or A/B/AB blood types, citing her constantly-bleeding appearance and many attacks involving blood. Her attack "Erasure" may be derived from the British synth pop band of the same name. In 1992, Erasure released an EP named Abba-esque, featuring covers of four ABBA songs.
Also, A.B.A's weapon, Paracelsus, is named after the mythologized alchemist of the same name. This in turn may serve to reference A.B.A's background to the parallel legend of Paracelsus creating a homunculus, which was born in a literal flask.
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