Baiken
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| Baiken | |
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| Game series | Guilty Gear series |
| First game | Guilty Gear |
| Created by | Daisuke Ishiwatari |
| Voiced by | Satomi Koorogi (Guilty Gear); Miho Sudou (Guilty Gear X onward) |
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| Birthplace |  Japan |
Baiken (梅喧 Baiken?) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear as a secret boss. She wields a katana as well as several hidden weapons, ranging from blades on chains to a cannon, all of which are concealed within her right sleeve, since her right arm is missing. Her personality can be described as vengeful and cold.
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[edit] Character design
Baiken is likely named, using different kanji, after Baiken Shishido (宍戸梅軒?), an Edo period samurai.
Baiken's special move "Tatami Gaeshi" is a reference to trap-doors in straw panel flooring (tatami) which are a cliché in Japanese period dramas.
Baiken was heavily inspired by Himura Kenshin, to the point where her initial physical appearance in the first game was a pallette swap of Kenshin. It is said that Daisuke Ishiwatari (the character designer) got the idea when he saw a picture of Kenshin and mistook him for a woman.[citation needed]
[edit] Story
[edit] Background
When Baiken was young, the gears attacked the Japanese Institute she was living in at the time. During that attack she lost her mother, her father, and her right arm and left eye. Amidst the flames she could see a man, the creator of the gears, and swore revenge on him (and presumably the gears as well) for what he had done.
[edit] Guilty Gear
Baiken was a hidden boss and secret character in this game, and thus was not a major part of the story. Presumably, she entered the tournament seeking revenge on the gears, specifically Justice.
[edit] Guilty Gear X
Baiken is still seeking her revenge, hunting down "Monsters," including gears such as Sol Badguy and others she considers to be demons, including Potemkin and Faust. Her first ending has her nearly killing Testament and Dizzy, but then letting them go, her stated reason being that she can't find That Man. Her other ending has her accompanying Johnny for a drink.
[edit] Guilty Gear XX
Baiken continues her search for That Man. She eventually runs into Anji Mito, who is also seeking That Man, but Anji does not wish to kill him; instead he wants to ask him questions concerning Gears. Therefore, in order to save the keeper of such knowledge, Anji attempts to halt Baiken. In one of her endings, she meets That Man, but is unable to harm him. In another, the Post-War Administration Bureau sends a brainwashed May and a Robo-Ky after her, and she has a fairly easy time dispatching them. In her third ending, Anji stalls her, but she spares his life on the condition that he shares the information he managed to gather from That Man.
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