Guilty Gear 2: Overture story mode (another one of those posts that winds up longer than you planned

Thanks to Nicovideo, I'm gradually working my way through the story mode from Overture via gameplay vids. Most of the scenes I've seen so far are ones I'd already seen thanks to all those screenshots, but it's still completely worth it to see the full animated version with all the gaps filled in. I've been posting this sort of stuff straight to the guilty_gear comm lately, but this is mostly rambling, commentary and general impressions, so I'll leave it as a personal journal thing.

( Characters, old and new )

( Story Mode, the first five chapters thereof )

( A few last bits of speculation RE: Sin, etc )