Axl Low, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival

Axl Low is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, though his story and character change and develop more dramatically in the later games. He employs a strangely modified Kusarigama, which, instead of a weight at the end, has another Sickle, and a thus-far unexplained control over fire. His personality can be described as laid-back or lighthearted, and despite his consistent failure to solve his problem, he always keeps a fairly upbeat additude. Guilty Gear is a series of sprite-based fighting games designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari and Arc System Works and was in turns produced by Atlus USA, Inc. ... Screenshot Kung-Fu, the first real fighting game Fighting games are video games in which players fight each other or computer enemies with martial arts. ... Kusarigama is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of kama (Japanese for sickle) on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. ... Kama can refer to several things Kama, a Hindu god The term Kama also refers to one of the 4 goals of life according to Hindu traditions (Purusharthas) - these include Dharma, artha, kama, and moksha The Kama River, a tributary of the Volga river, in Russia Kama, sickle-like weapons... For other uses See fire (disambiguation). ...

Gameplay

Axl boasts a large variety of moves, including ranged attacks, aerial attacks, confusion-based tactics, counter-attack stances, a long-ranged command throw, and dragon punches. This makes him the ideal character for switching strategies on a dime. Use of Roman Cancels can produce devastating aerial loops and, of course, more confusion. Creative use of his main overdrive "Byakuerenshou," having several invincibility frames, can break most combos without wasting a Psych Burst if used correctly.

Story

Background

Axl is a bit of an involuntary Time Traveller, and actually comes from the 20th century, over one hundred and fifty years before most of the Guilty Gear story takes place. His main goal seems to be to return to his own time period, mainly because of his desire to return to his girlfriend, Megumi. For this reason, he seeks out various ways to do so, and is continually attempting to solve the mystery of why it is that he "slips" through time in the first place. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The term girlfriend is usually used in one of two senses, each implying a kind of intimate friendship: When describing a girl or woman as girlfriend of a heterosexual woman, it is usually used in terms of very close friends. ... Axl Low, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival Axl Low is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, though his story and character change and develop more dramatically in the later games. ...

Guilty Gear: The Missing Link

Axl enters the Sacred Knights Tournament in hopes of finding a way to get back to his own era. He was apparently led to believe that the winner of the tournament could have a wish granted them. In his ending, he defeats Justice and is hailed as a hero. This is unlikely to be canon, and Sol Badguy's ending is more likely. He also declares that he will stop actively looking for a way to get home. Justice, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival Justice is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ... Sir Galahad, a hero of Arthurian legend In many myths and folk tales, a hero is a man or woman (the latter often called a heroine), traditionally the protagonist of a story, legend or saga, commonly possessed of abilities or character far greater than that of a typical person, which...

Guilty Gear X: By Your Side

In the second game, Axl is wandering about, looking for Faust, in hopes of being cured by a doctor of such skill. He encounters various people on the way, and fights them, chalking it all up to bad luck. Then he meets up with Sol Badguy. After this, the path splits. In one ending, Axl fights Kliff Undersn and Justice, and then realizes that he's been once again thrown back in time. In the other (more likely) ending, he battles Faust, and then is diagnosed with involuntary timeslipping. Faust blames this on there being an alternate version of Axl in existence. Justice, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival Justice is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series. ...

Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival

Through story mode, Axl meets up with I-No, among other people, while wandering about. As is the case with many other characters, I-No is the catalyst that causes the events that follow. In one of his three endings, he ends up fighting a future version of himself. In another, Axl fights with Zappa, and afterwards begins to think of Megumi. In the third (most likely) ending, he meets up with "That Man" and finds out from him that Raven is the cause of his timeslipping, and it is implied that Raven is the alternate version of Axl that was diagnosed by Faust. This allegedly has something to do with actions performed by Axl later on. Perhaps more light will be shed on this in later games. I-No, as shown in Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival I-No is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance as a boss of the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival; unlike bosses in previous games, she is freely playable from...

Connections

Axl seems to have some sort of story connection with I-No, as he consistently claims to recognize her. He also seems to know Sol quite well, and vice versa. He apparently has a photograph of Sol as a child, and talks to him like an old friend. Given Sol's age and Axl's time travelling, this is more plausible than one would think. A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ...

Megumi

Megumi is Axl's girlfriend from his own era. She is never seen and so little is known about her, except that he is obviously devoted enough to actively seek a route back in time to rejoin her. Fans speculate that Megumi later became S-Ko. Proponents of this theory claim that it is supported by the ending in which Axl fights Zappa. This theory is not entirely unreasonable, S-Ko is allegedly the spirit of a woman whose boyfriend left her, and the ending in question leaves Axl fighting Zappa, and then wondering how Megumi is doing, possibly reminded of her by S-Ko's appearance. This implication may be intentional, but nothing can be said until more information is released. Television shows and stage plays sometimes include continuing characters who are never seen or heard by the audience, but only described by other characters. ...

Music References

Axl is clearly modeled (and named) after Axl Rose, frontman for Guns 'n' Roses. Other than that, there are no music references yet discovered. Axl Rose during a concert in 2002 W. Axl Rose (born February 6, 1962) is an American hard rock singer and songwriter, born as William Bruce Rose in Lafayette, Indiana. ... Categories: Pages on votes for deletion | Moved to Wiktionary ... The original line-up of Guns N Roses. ...

Trivia

While Axl's shirt resembles the Union Jack, it is not, in fact, an image of the British Flag. Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag or Union Jack is the flag most commonly associated with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and was also used throughout the former British Empire. ...