Phonon the Chemeti | |
File:Phonon the Chemeti (BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Character Select Artwork).png | |
Name | Yoshiko ( |
Gender | Female |
EXS | Baroque Noise |
Weapon/Power | Muniel Sonokinesis |
Series | Under Night In-Birth |
First Appearance | Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] |
First Fighting Game Debut | Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] |
Japanese Voice | Saori Oonishi |
English Voice | Jamie Marchi |
Company | French Bread |
Overview | Gameplay | Image Gallery | Quotes | Story Roles |
Yoshiko, whose pen name is Phonon the Chemeti (reversely as Chemeti Phonon in Japan, Cleaving Flurry), is an neutral supporting character, who recently awakened as an In-birth, in the Under Night In-birth series, being playable in the arcade launch of Exe:Late[st].
She returns in Blazblue Cross Tag Battle, as one of the Season 2 DLC playable characters.
Bio[]
A third-year middle school student and an aspiring writer with admiration for all things supernatural, Phonon, whose real name is Yoshiko, is a pen name used in her younger days, believing that it is the true name of her soul. In grade school, Phonon was good friends with Nanase, due to them originally having very similar interests. However, there friendship started to grow distant when Phonon moved to middle school, with Nanase moving to a different school a year later.
About two months before the events of the initial game, Phonon starts to hear rumors about the Hollow Night and the "shadows" that grant people mystical powers. Her curiousity leads her to check if the rumors are real. On an abandoned back alley, she enters the Hollow Night and is bitten by a Void despite her escape attempts. Phonon is frightened by the happening and runs away as fast as she can. After Phonon has recovered and returns to school, she is approached by two people from another school named Tsurugi and Komatsu. Tsurugi thinks that Phonon has become an In-birth and explains that based on the rumors from that certain night and the fact that she had to take leave from school for a few days, which Phonon admits to wandering into the Hollow Night. Tsurugi offers her to come with him and Komatsu to their headquarters at their own school, which is the same school Hyde Kido attends, to which Phonon accepts begrudgingly.
When they arrive at the school's Student Council headquarters, Tsurugi and Komatsu explain that they are members of the EFG, a vigilante organization that consists of school students who have become In-Births after wandering into the Hollow Night. Tsurugi also explains the basics of the Hollow Night and how EXS works to Phonon, who's only really interested in her powers. Seeing how excited she is, Tsurugi offers her a weapon in exchange for her services in the EFG: a shape-shifting Void fragment called Muniel, which transforms into a whip for Phonon. Phonon gladly accepts the weapon, but has to be stopped by Tsurugi after getting too over her head with her new weapon while in the EFG headquarters.
Tsurugi then explains to Phonon that the EFG has strict guidelines when it comes to students using their powers within the organization. Students are not allowed to use their powers unless it is specifically needed, and that abusing their powers will result in them being classed as an enemy by the EFG. Despite these guidelines, Phonon begrudgingly accepts and joins the EFG, but secretly plans to leave once she has learned the ropes of her abilities and the Night. Outside of the school, Phonon parts with Tsurugi and Komatsu, promising to master her power. A month later, she leaves the EFG.
Despite her obsession with supernatural phenomena, Phonon can be wise-cracking and is quick to look down on other people through a harsh and demeaning front, and during the Hollow Night, she puts on a facade of that of a dominatrix, however, it can sometimes lead to some awkward situations. She is also very easily sensitive towards her real name or anything to do with her mundane life.
Trivia[]
- Phonon has color palettes of the following characters: Blake Belladonna (RWBY), Marie (Persona 4 series), I-No (Guilty Gear), Ann Takamaki (Persona 5), Squigly (Skullgirls), Aisha Belka (DanMachi), Koito Minase (Myriad Colors Phantom World), Ferham (Mega Man X: Command Mission), Ais Wallenstein (DanMachi), Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney series), Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased), Heart Aino (Arcana Heart series), Emerald Sustrai (RWBY), Ferry (Granblue Fantasy), Whip (The King of Fighters series), and Kochō (Senran Kagura).