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"An order from Prince ZedΩ is the same as a decree from Heaven!"
—Sistina, Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Sistina "The Fatal Gunwoman" is the chief officer of the ATEMS Knights in ATEMS appearing as a major antagonist in Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, the boss of the mission Trick Shot, and one of the protagonists of its Epilogue ATEMS scenario, and the drama CD Spectrum Theater.
She is an Adept possessing the Septima Trick Bullet[3]/Trick Shot[4], which allows her to summon bullets with various properties such as suddenly turning mid-flight, homing in on targets based on their heartbeat, unleashing tornadoes upon impact, and disappearing mid-flight and suddenly reappearing next to the target.
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Sistina possesses the Septima, "Trick Bullet," capable of summoning bullets with various special properties.
As the chief officer of ZedΩ's elite guard/harem, Sistina often acts as strategic commander for ATEMS's Knights operations.
She is also ZedΩ's personal secretary. Sistina partially seized the position by force in order to curry favor with ZedΩ.
様々な性質を持った弾丸を生み出す
Appearance[]
Sistina is an adult woman with long pink hair, orange eyes and a mole just below her mouth. She also wears circle-shaped earrings with hollow out insides, and what appears to be a choker with a single feather around her neck. Her outfit consists of a white undershirt with gaps cut out at the shoulder, overlaid by a long A-line dress stopping just below her bust consisting of different colored shades of maroon, and a grey zipper at the bottom pulled up to thigh-level. She also dons a yellow bangle on her right wrist and a metal cuff on her left, with another cuff being present near the bottom of her right leg. Sistina completes her look with heels matching the colors of her dress with black soles.
When transformed into her Armed Phenomenon form, Sistina gains black sclera with pink irises, and a matching beehive hairdo with two pink strips that reach down to her thighs. Donning grey, black and white armor with her headpiece armor resembling an insect's antennae (much like Vespa and Autochrome) she also gains a grey bodysuit with pink highlights around her cleavage and most of her legs, with her feet turning into pointed heels with white crosses at the midsections and pink tips at the end. She also gains a pair of pink wings which can also double as additional barrels for her bullets, as seen in her Bullet Swarm skill.
Gallery[]
Main article: Sistina "The Fatal Gunwoman"/Gallery
Personality[]
Sistina is at best distant and at worst disdainful to anyone who isn't ZedΩ. Even her fellow Knights aren't exempt, given how she forcibly suppressed the other Knights to become Zed's secretary. The soldiers of ATEMS tend to complain about unreasonable assignments and being overworked under her command, though they will begrudgingly admit her attractiveness somewhat compensates for it. She holds a particular disdain for Sumeragi for their monopoly on Glaive technology.
Described by Serpentine as a "sex-obsessed sycophant", Sistina is infatuated with ZedΩ to an extreme degree. She can and will extoll his charm after she's gotten worked up, loudly proclaiming her desire to bear his children. Despite this, she can show competence when needed, but tends to overestimate herself.
History[]
Spectrum Theater - Love Ignition[]
Before meeting ZedΩ and joining ATEMS, Sistina was a part of the entertainment business, garnering the mindset of neither to rely or trust anyone to keep her sanity. Her father held a reputation of violence and fear, while her mother was only obliged to follow him. Eventually, the two made the decision to sell Sistina to the slave business under the care of a broker. The first chance she could however, she fled to the slums nearby and stayed there. While in hiding, she eventually came to the conclusion that no human could be trusted, under the guise that they couldn't be asked to offer a hand.
After encountering more brokers in a back alley in the slums, she attempts to flees from them once again, only for the group to begin chase, cornering her at a dead end. Desperate, Sistina taps into her Septima to try and finally shake them off. She readies her Trick Shot, and takes aim near the source of footsteps approaching. Upon seeing them, she fires a magic bullet at her target, only for it to vanish by the individual. Refusing to give in, Sistina fires more bullets at the foe, yet for each and every one to fail much like the first. The person in question, ZedΩ, stands unharmed as he evaluates her Septima and deems Layla's information on her correct.
Sistina speculates he is not one of the brokers, which ZedΩ confirms. He then offers her a place as one of his Knights, much to Sistina's confusion. Adding that she has nowhere else to go, she deduces he's present to help her. She then asks what ZedΩ's goal is, as she thinks he's only inviting her for a reward. ZedΩ refutes the claim however, stating he only wishes to help her, and she's free to do as she wishes if she joins. Sistina still refuses, stating her earlier claim and adding that no one would want to help her. ZedΩ incites that she wishes for help, stirring up something within her. Sistina tries to deny it, but stops short before breaking down crying, begging for ZedΩ to save her. He complies, and from then on Sistina began to show a high level of affection for ZedΩ.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3[]
Once she became a member, she had partially seized her role as secretary by force, wanting the position to be closer to ZedΩ. Serpentine distains her, labeling her a "sex-obsessed sycophant."
Sistina's first actual appearance is when she informed ZedΩ about the results of Djinn's influence over the Primal Dragons and about Sumeragi. She later leads ATEMS troops to steal a Binding Brand hidden within an old refinery. She mocks Kirin for, as she puts it, "bringing a sword to a gun fight", and Gunvolt for being a literal dog following Kirin around. While the two eventually beat her, she still manages to get away with the Binding Brand.
Sistina next appears deep in Sunrise Palace, as the last line of defense before ZedΩ. She manages to corner and take down BB of the Dragon Saviors, but Kirin and GV confront her soon after. As they clash once more, Sistina proclaims that her "prince" ZedΩ will become the leader of a new era, and even as he grows old and fades, she will become his queen and bear his child, who will inherit their reign. Eventually, Sistina is beaten again, and she retreats, leaving the way to ZedΩ open.
Sistina is next seen in the True Ending with the rest of ATEMS' leadership. Following negotiations with Sumeragi, they leave without further conflict to handle Primal Dragon outbreaks in their home country.
During Epilogue ATEMS, she collects one of the Azure Spirits left behind by Gunvolt's power, and communicates with ZedΩ during his infiltration of Cyber-Kowloon. When the Azure Spirits begin gathering towards the lower levels of S-FIT, she warns Zed of the impending danger. After the situation is dealt with, she, along with Zed and the other Knights, begin preparations to leave the country. When Layla speaks for the first time, she and the others are caught off guard.
Powers and Abilities[]
As an human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave, Sistina is an Adept who wields the Septima Trick Bullet/Trick Shot, which allows her to condense energy and fire it in the form of magical bullets from her fingertips as a basic means of attack. Using her transformed state, she can also add various other qualities to these bullets to either fill them with compressed air that generate mini twisters, make them appear out of thin air and then converge to the opponent, change their trajectory upon sensing a target, give them strong homing capabilities or create massive pillars of fire on impact with the ground.
Sistina is also very agile in her Armed Phenomenon form, which when used in conjunction with her Septima make her a very oppressive foe.
Boss Battle Skills[]
| Skill | Description |
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フェアリーダンス |
Sistina moves to either the left, the middle or the right of the screen, either going there straight or with an upwards or downwards arch. Always used after having used a different move. |
スライドバレット |
Sistina shoots three bullets that travel diagonally until they reach the ground, at which point they move horizontally towards the player before going straight up if the player's above them.
In Hard Mode, Sistina shoots six bullets instead. |
イリュージョンバレット |
Sistina, from a bottom corner of the room, shoots five bullets horizontally. Any that hit the wall disappear and reappear one more time above Sistina, travelling diagonally downward.
In Hard Mode, Sistina shoots seven bullets instead, and the bullets that reappear instead travel towards the player's position. |
ウインドバレット |
Sistina shoots three bullets in a fixed order (one at the top near her, one at the top farther away, and one at the bottom center), which will hover in their positions before flying towards the player in the same order they were fired. Upon colliding with a wall or the floor, a tornado will rise up from where the bullet struck, restricting the player's movement. In Hard Mode, Sistina fires a fourth bullet at the middle of the wall opposite her, and the order in which the bullets are fired is random. |
ラブバレット |
Sistina starts using this attack at battle phase two. While at one of the upper corners of the room, Sistina fires three blue bullets that have homing properties and will follow the player relentlessly. The bullets can be sliced, upon which two pink bullets will come out and hover in position for a second before firing towards the player's current position. In Hard Mode, Sistina fires five blue bullets at a higher rate, and three pink bullets pop out of the blue bullets instead when they're sliced. |
バレットスウォーム |
Sistina starts using this attack at battle phase two. Sistina moves towards the middle of the screen and fires a barrage of bullets to both sides of her. She'll then do a full rotation once in mid-air, moving the streams of bullets along with her. In Hard Mode, Sistina does two full rotations instead. |
セクシャリカルバレット Sexualical Bullet |
Sistina's special skill. Sistina moves to the top middle of the screen and spawns huge wings along the top, which will damage the player if touched. She'll then charge up a bit before firing a gigantic bullet into the middle of the floor. The bullet can be tagged and destroyed. After a little while, Sistina will fire two other bullets to the sides of the original bullet, which will explode into huge fire pillars and cover the ground with flames while Sistina flies off-screen. If the original bullet isn't destroyed in time, it'll explode along with the other two, covering the entire screen. In Hard Mode, the interval between the original and the follow-up bullets being fired is shortened, and the amount of time the pillars of fire stay on screen is lengthened. |
Boss Battle Voices[]
Japanese[]
| Event | Translated | Romaji | Japanese |
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| Transform | It’s all for the sake of the mighty ZedΩ! | Subeta ga jiedo sama no tame ni! | 全てがZEDΩ.様のために！ |
| Start | I’ll turn you into a honeycomb! | Hachinosu ni shita ageru wa! | 蜂の巣にしてあげるわ！ |
| Start (Rematch) | Even if I must risk my life! | Inochi ni kaete mo! | 命に代えても！ |
| Slide Bullets | Dance! | Odorinasai! | 踊りなさい！ |
| There! | Hora, hora! | ほらほら！ | |
| Illusion Bullets | I'll shoot right through you! | Uchi nuite ageru! | 撃ち抜いてあげる！ |
| Can you keep track? | Mikireru kashira? | 見切れるかしら？ | |
| Wind Bullets | How about this one? | Kore wa dou? | これはどう？ |
| You're not escaping! | Nigashi wa shinai! | 逃がしはしない！ | |
| Love Bullet | Love Bullet! It'll chase you anywhere! | Rabu baretto! Doko made mo tsuiseki suru! | ラブバレット！
どこまでも追跡する！ |
| Bullet Swarm | Scatter! Ahahahaha! | Midermai! Aahahahahaha! | 乱れ舞い！
あーっはっはっは！ |
| Fall into pieces! Ahahahaha! | Kudake chirugaii! Aahahahahaha! | 砕け散るがいい！あーっはっはっは！ | |
| Relentless Libido | The coup de grace! Relentless Libido!
I'll crush you! Improvements! Blow away! Ahahahahaha!! |
Todome yo! Sekusharikaru Baretto!Tsuburenasai! Kufuu! Keshitobe! (?) Aahahahaha!! | 止めよ！セクシャリカルバレット!
潰れなさい！工夫！消し飛べ！(?) |
| 1st Phase Down | This won't be enough! | Kono teido de…! | この程度で…！ |
| 2nd Phase Down | Don't get cocky! | Choushi ni notte! | 調子に乗って…！ |
| 2nd Phase Down (Rematch) | Lord ZEDΩ! Lord ZEDΩ! | Jiedo sama! Jiedo sama! | ZEDΩ.様！ZEDΩ.様ぁ！ |
| Defeated | Lord ZEDΩ! Please forgive me! | Jiedo sama! Oyurushi kudasai! | ZEDΩ.様…お許し下さい…！ |
| Defeated (Rematch) | Lord ZEDΩ! I love you! | Jiedo sama! Zukiii! | ZEDΩ.様…！しゅき～！！ |
| Post-Battle | I'll have my revenge! | Obetenasai! | 覚えてなさい！ |
English[]
| Event | Voice |
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| Transform | Everything is for the glory of ZedΩ! |
| Start | I'll turn you into Swiss cheese! |
| Start (Rematch) | I'll gladly give my life! |
| Faerie Dance | Hyaah! |
| Haah! | |
| Slide Bullets | Dance for me! |
| Come on now! | |
| Illusion Bullets | I'll shoot you through! |
| Can you see through this? | |
| Wind Bullets | How about this? You can't escape! |
| Love Bullet | Love Bullet! Follow them to the ends of the earth! |
| Bullet Swarm | Fall to pieces! Mmhuhuhaha! |
| There will be nothing left! Mmhuhuhaha! | |
| Relentless Libido | I'll finish you! Relentless Libido!
Hrrrh! I'll pulverize you! This'll blow you away! Huhuhahaha! |
| Relentless Libido (Rematch) | I'll finish you! Relentless Libido!
Hrrrh! It's coming... into me! Ecstasy! |
| 1st Phase Down | Is that all you have? |
| 2nd Phase Down | Know your place! |
| 1st Phase Down (Rematch) | I... can't lose! |
| 2nd Phase Down (Rematch) | Prince ZedΩ! Prince ZedΩ! |
| Defeated | Prince ZedΩ! Please forgive me! |
| Defeated (Rematch) | Prince ZedΩ! I love you...! |
| Post-Battle | This isn't over yet! |
Special Skill Chants[]
Relentless Libido
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Through rolling hills and wooded valley
Royal bullet meets its mark, bursting
Thrust into the fertile lands of creation
RELENTLESS LIBIDO
双丘の先、叉路へと進む
預かりの宮は舞い降りた
今、王の弾丸が貫き爆ぜる
Proceed into the fork beyond the twin hills
The entrusted shrine has descended
The King’s bullet pierces and explodes
SEXUALICAL BULLET
Designer Comments[]
Source: Dengeki Online interview about Gunvolt 3 character design and illustration
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(Disclaimer: Edited machine translation)
My initial concept was to portray her as a mature secretary, but this was changed to "sexy young lady". So, I made her a straightforward sexy character of a type that has never been seen in the Gunvolt series before, but since she also plays the role of a secretary, I kept her overall portrayal modest.
The initial idea was for her to be a bit more crisp and cool, but the director requested a more feminine and bewitching image. (The cool woman's face was almost completely transformed into Prado.)
The distinctive insect-like wings after the transformation were inspired by the image of Sylphide the Wind Fairy. Since she is a magic bullet wielder, she has a revolver on her wings as if she herself were a gun, instead of using a gun. Revolver = Russian Roulette = Luck test = Wheel of Fortune.
--Munehiro Araki
初期コンセプトは大人っぽい秘書で描いてましたが、“お色気のお姉さん”に変更になりました。なので今までのガンヴォルトシリーズにはいなかったタイプの直球お色気キャラにしつつも、一応秘書的な役割も担っているので全体的な露出を控えめにしています。
初期案ではもうちょっとサッパリしたカッコいい女性だったんですが、ディレクターの要望で女性的な妖艶なイメージに変わっています。（そのカッコいい女性の顔はほぼそのまま“プラド”になりました。）
変身後の虫のような特徴的な翅は風の妖精シルフィードのイメージから来ています。また魔弾の能力者、という設定だったので銃を使うのではなく自分自身が銃になるイメージでリボルバーが付いています。リボルバー＝ロシアンルーレット＝運試し＝運命の輪です。
--荒木宗弘
Musical Themes[]
(C) = Composer
(A) = Arranger
| Title | Context | Musicians | Audio |
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| Elegant Combustion (艶美なる熱機関, Seductive Thermomotor) |
Abandoned Factory stage theme | Ryo Yoshinaga (C) | |
| Elegant Combustion -Roar- (艶美なる熱機関 ー |
Abandoned Factory stage theme | Ryo Yoshinaga (C) Hiroaki Sano (A) |
Trivia[]
- Sistina's design motifs are the Major Arcana X, Wheel of Fortune, and the wind elemental spirits known as Sylphs.[5] This matches the Arcana theme of most Gunvolt 3 characters, and the elemental spirits theme of the ATEMS Knights. Sistina's design is also based on insects, which plays into her bullet ability. In Japanese, "beehive/honeycomb" (hachinosu) is slang for getting riddled with bullets.
- Like most Gunvolt 3 characters, Sistina's name seems to have been based on something related to cars, although what exactly the reference is to remains unclear.[6]
- "Sistina" is also a feminine Italian given name. It is derived from the Latin personal name "Sextus," meaning "sixth born."
- Sistina came in near last place among eligible characters on the Gunvolt 3 character popularity poll, only above Gunvolt's dog form (counted as a separate character).
References[]
- ↑ Gunvolt 3 Limited Edition artbook
- ↑ Japanese Image Pulses
- ↑ GV3 English website: ATEMS
- ↑ GV3 Image Pulse name: "Adept of Trick Shot, Sistina"
- ↑ Concept art refers to her as "Wheel of Fortune" in both English and Japanese, and also "Sylphid" (シルフィード).
- ↑ Former localization director Matt Papa confirms Serpentine, Prado, and likely Sistina have car-based names in his Azure Striker Gunvolt 10th anniversary stream
- Gunvolt News Channel Episode 47 stream, Sistina's debut featuring a pre-recorded video by her Japanese VA Saori Onishi.
- 4gamer.net press release about Sistina and her stage.