Baiken

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Baiken
Official Guilty Gear XX Accent Core artwork for Baiken.
Game series	Guilty Gear series
First game	Guilty Gear
Creator(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari
Voice actor(s)	Satomi Koorogi (Guilty Gear); Miho Sudou (Guilty Gear X onward)
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Japan
Blood type	B
Theme song	"Momentary Life" "Ricochet" (Korean XX #Reload)

Baiken (梅喧, Baiken^?) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link 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.

1 Story
2 Trivia

[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: The Missing Link

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: By Your Side

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: The Midnight Carnival

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.

[edit] Trivia

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's appearance is largely based on Himura Kenshin from the manga/anime series Rurouni Kenshin.