Carmine (Under Night In-Birth)

“	Heh heh heh... Yeah, I love that look. It's beautiful, how it gets all twisted!	„
	~ Carmine

Carmine (カーマイン) is a supporting character of visual novel 2-D fighting game Under Night In-Birth series. He is an unallied In-Birth who fights just for fun. On the streets, his ability to manipulate blood, as well as his violent and almost sociopathic tendencies.

He is voiced by Takashi Kondo in Japanese, and Greg Chun in English in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.

Biography[]

His past is widely unknown. It is unknown as to whether a certain trigger has made him such a violent person or he has simply been like it throughout his whole life. Carmine himself doesn't see any particular meaning in his past.

Personality[]

His most prominent trait is his thirst for violence. He is often cruel, sadistic, foul-mouthed, short-tempered, and prone to maniacal laughter. He is very proud of his ability and doesn't hesitate to use it to inflict as much pain as possible to anyone who pisses him off. He will, however, not administer the killing blow if his anger is sated shown with both Hyde and Hilda in his story, showing that Carmine tends to be quite moody at times.

Appearance[]

He is a lean young man with long white hair and black eyes. His most recognizable attire consists of a black, sleeveless jacket that goes down to just above his waist, giving him somewhat of a midriff. The jacket is zipped up halfway, revealing some of his chest. His legwear consists of a pair of baggy, blood red pants, which are held up by a black and silver belt, and similarly colored shoes.

He also turn the skin of his arms, his hair and the whites of his eyes red with his own blood before entering the battle.

Powers and Abilities[]

He possesses a rare and powerful ability known as the "EXS of Lifeblood" (命血のEXS): Blood Spike (ブラッドスパイク) which makes it possible for him to manipulate a strange, blood-like liquid that manifests from his very body.