| “ | The name's Ayafumi Kirino. You can call me Kirino or Raven, whichever floats your boat. | ” |
— Kirino, 7th Dragon 2020
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Ayafumi Kirino (桐野礼文), also known as Kirino or Blaster Raven, is a character in 7th Dragon 2020, 7th Dragon 2020-II, and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD.
History[]
| “ | A man who joined the Murakumo Organzation 10 years ago as a researcher. Due to his brilliance, he became the chairman's aide in 2020 and substitute chairman in 2021 before the second dragon invasion. Having failed to stop his superior Natsume from rampaging in the past, he sometimes doubts his ability as both a scentist and a person. For a time, he completely lost confidence after his arm was amputated, but later recovered and took over from Emel as a full-fledged chairman of Murakumo. Is somewhat of a prankster in his private life. | ” |
— Character Description, 7th Dragon 2020 & 2020-II Visual Collection.
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7th Dragon 2020[]
Kirino is Natsume's aide and comes off as a eccentric scientist to other people. While his inventions are useful, he has a rather unreliable personality which makes him more sensitive and timid in times of danger. He helps research information about the Dragons and primarily explains Unit 13's mission details, acting as their mission provider.
When Natsume disappears, Kirino starts to falter and starts to feel uneasy, but continues to be Unit 13's mission provider.
When Natsume, now as the transformed Dragon human hybrid Mizuchi, reappears at the base of Tokyo Tower and kills all the evacuated citizens there as well as Aoi and other soldiers. Kirino, who was being protected by Aoi, has a mental breakdown from the confusion of his former superior's betrayal and the horrible deaths he witnessed. Mizuchi then seemingly leaves a shivering Kirino alive on a whim and flies away while the recovery team arrives to save him.
After Chapter 5, Kirino later takes up a stronger role in the game after regaining composure from shock of Natsume's betrayal and assists Unit 13 in their missions as well as continuing to act as their mission provider.
In the final chapter, after Unit 13 faints from exhaustion from defeating Mizuchi and the True Dragon Nyala at the top of Tokyo Tower, Unit 13 is brought back to base by SKY and remain unconscious in the infirmary. During this time, Kirino is one of the many people who come by the infirmary to visit Unit 13.
After Unit 13 finally wakes up from their Navigator's urging they visit everyone around the building and then meet Kirino in the meeting room floor, where even above all his research, he is truly glad to see them alive and back. He tells Unit 13 that after Mizuchi and Nyala were defeated, the Dragons around the world instantly vanished, and deduces that there was a direct link between these existences that kept the inferior Dragons existing.
He then proceeds to tell them about Murakumo's future on which they will continue to help the world rebuild, and starts to tell them their next mission details before covertly asking them out of curiosity as a researcher on how exactly Unit 13 made the Dragons disappear. He is instead teased by them, being told that it's a secret, making him chase after Unit 13, still wanting to know how they did it.
7th Dragon 2020-II[]
In the game's starting chapters, he loses his right arm and experiences physical disabilities to the point of using a crutch for balance due to having been exposed to the new black Dragonsbane in attempt to save someone.
Kirino's new disabilities depress him significantly and he loses the motivation to support his allies, and remains in the Infirmary until an incident of acidic rain occurs, where he finally recovers to create acidic rain-resistant suits for Unit 13.
7th Dragon III Code: VFD[]
In Tokyo UE77 era, year 2100, 80 years after two dragon invasions, he is one of the last former Murakumo members to be alive at the age of 108. However, he no longer calls himself Kirino, but rather uses the code name "Blaster Raven", whom is publicly a vintage hero and which Kirino himself promotes, calling his fans Blaster Kids, and giving out Blaster Goods.
While his past comrades are long gone by now, he instead has extended his life with a prosthetic bodysuit which also doubles as his Blaster Raven costume. With the aid of that bodysuit, he is able fight the dragons on the front lines, as he felt like he never did much in helping his allies fight the Dragons back in 2020 and 2021. He helps the player fight against the third wave of dragons in Tokyo UE.
Blaster Raven appears as a boss twice, once when obtaining the EX Skill for a God-Hand and at the Shadow Realm, where he serves as the final boss.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In Code: VFD, the DLC called To My Beloved Unit 13, Blaster Raven's character model can be unlocked. He also gives the player the most powerful weapons in the game for each class.
- In Code: VFD, it says Kirino lost his arm in a battle against a dragon, however this is incorrect. He really loses it because of Dragonsbane poisoning.
| Characters | ||
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| Recurring | ||
| 7th Dragon | ||
| 7th Dragon 2020 | 《Ayafumi Kirino》《Natsume Hikasa》《NAV 3.6》《NAV 3.7》《Gatou》《Nagare》《Aoi Unose》《Cheron》《Rin Dojima》《Miya》《Keima》《Reimi》《Waji》《Daigo》《Neko》《Jack Muller》《David Griffith》《Miku Hatsune》
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| 7th Dragon 2020-II | ||
| 7th Dragon III Code: VFD | 《Mio Nagumo》《Nagamimi》《Allie Nodens》《Julietta》《Chika》《Rika》《Yuma Kisaragi》《Tougo Yoritomo》《Akutsu》《Mikio Nagumo》《Ulania》《Eigur》《Tallieri》《Utrello》《Brijilt Breykani》《Na Sailasrikt Shivlatika》《Nagiri》《Blaster Raven》《Iod》
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