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Originally Posted by Captain Bluebeard
what purpose does Black Battler serve?
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To satirize what an evil culprit Battler would be like, which turns out to be a generic evil villain with no emotional drive. It's very similar to how he portrayed Kyrie and Rudolf in Episode 7's tea party.
That doesn't mean ryukishi couldn't have planned for him to be in the fighting game at the time he wrote it also, but there's not really much evidence for that. And why couldn't B.Battler be created for both reasons?