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Foreclosure Task Force (対策委員会編) is the first volume of Blue Archive's main story. It is set on Abydos High School and follows the students of the Foreclosure Task Force. There are currently three chapters released, totaling at 83 individual episodes.
In 2024, two out of the three chapters of this volume has been covered by the official anime adaptation of Blue Archive, which premiered on April 7th, airing its series finale by June 23rd.
Note: Due to Volume 1 having the same name as Abydos' club, other pages in the wikia will refer to Volume 1 as either simply "Volume 1" or "Abydos Arc" while the club will be referred to as either "The Foreclosure Task Force/FTC" or the "Countermeasures Committee".
Synopsis
Sensei is requested by Okusora Ayane of the Foreclosure Task Force to assist their school in repelling the local gangs that have been harassing them. As Sensei assists the girls of Abydos, more and more parties come into the mix, and secrets of school—and its students'—past are slowly brought to light. Will Sensei be able to save the school and its students?
Chapter 1: Strange Days for the Task Force
Strange Days for the Task Force (対策委員会の奇妙な一日) is the first chapter of Volume 1.
Description
Sensei receives a letter from Abydos' Foreclosure Task Force, requesting for supplies to fend off a persistent group of delinquents. As Sensei assists the girls, they learn about the purpose of the Task Force, and the absurd debt that they must pay off.
Story
The entire chapter 1 was released alongside the beginning of service on February 4th, 2021.
| Chapter 1: Strange Days for the Task Force | |||
| Episode | Name | Combat Characters | Remarks |
| 1 | Welcome to the Foreclosure Task Force! | No combat | - |
| 2 | First Day at Abydos | No combat | Shiroko CG available |
| 3 | Being an Adult is Amazing! | All Foreclosure Task Force members (Hoshino, Nonomi, Shiroko, Serika, Ayane) | - |
| 4 | The Task Force's Predicament | No combat | - |
| 5 | A Day in the Life of Serika | No combat | CG with the Task Force available |
| 6 | Rescue Mission! | All Foreclosure Task Force member | - |
| 7 | A New Threat? | No combat | CG with Handyman 68 available |
| 8 | The Might of Problem Solver 68 | No combat | - |
| 9 | Unrelenting Blood Feud | All Foreclosure Task Force members | - |
| 10 | In Search of a Clue | No combat | - |
| 11 | To the Black Market! Part 1 | All Task Force members (except Serika) + Hifumi | - |
| 12 | To the Black Market! Part 2 | No combat | - |
| 13 | Here Comes the Masked Mizugi Gang! Part 1 | No combat | - |
| 14 | Here Comes the Masked Mizugi Gang! Part 2 | All Task Force members (except Nonomi) + Hifumi | - |
| 15 | Ridding Off into the Sunset! | No combat | - |
| 16 | The Truth Revealed | No combat | - |
| 17 | The Gathering Storm | No combat | Prefect Team CG available |
| 18 | We're Not Their Friends! | No combat | - |
| 19 | I'll Never Forgive You, EVER! | All Task Force members except Hoshino | - |
| 20 | The Prefect Team Goes to War! | All Task Force members except Hoshino | - |
Chapter 2: Things Lost and Others Held On To
Things Lost and Others Held On To (失ったもの、手放さなかったもの) is the second chapter of Volume 1. It is unlocked directly when Chapter 1 of the volume have been cleared.
Description
The girls of the Foreclosure Task Force continue to fight for Abydos' survival, and an unexpected tip brings them to an unexpected location. As the stories of the school's past and the conspiracies that continue to grasp them are revealed, the situation grows increasingly dire. Just how will the Task Force overcome this challenge and hold onto what they hold dear?
Story
| Chapter 2: Things Lost and Others Held On To | |||
| Episode | Name | Combat Characters | Remarks |
| 1 | An Unexpected Alliance | Shiroko, Ayane, Haruka, Aru and Mutsuki | Part 1 |
| 2 | The Gehenna Head Prefect | No combat | Part 1 |
| 3 | Farewell, Problem Solver 68 | No combat | Part 1 |
| 4 | Everyone Has a Story 1 | No combat | Part 1 |
| 5 | Everyone Has a Story 2 | No combat | Part 1 |
| 6 | Into the Abydos Desert Part 1 | All Task Force members | Part 1 |
| 7 | Into the Abydos Desert Part 2 | All Task Force members | Part 1 |
| 8 | Into the Abydos Desert Part 3 | All Task Force members | Part 1 |
| 9 | Kaiser PMC 1 | All Task Force members | Part 1 |
| 10 | Kaiser PMC 2 | No combat | Part 1 |
| 11 | A Losing Battle | No combat | Part 2 |
| 12 | Secrets | No combat | Part 2 |
| 13 | What Slipped Through the Cracks | All Task Force members except Hoshino | Part 2 |
| 14 | The Abydos Siege Part 1 | All Handyman 68 members | Part 2 CG with Hoshino available |
| 15 | The Abydos Siege Part 2 | Haruka, Shiroko, Aru, Serika, Ayane | Part 2 |
| 16 | Battle Between Adults | No combat | Part 2 CG with Black Suit available |
| 17 | That Which One Must Protect | All Task Force members except Hoshino | Part 2 |
| 18 | Never Letting Go Part 1 | All Task Force members except Hoshino | Part 2 |
| 19 | Never Letting Go Part 2 | All Task Force members except Hoshino | Part 2 L2D with Hoshino available Clear Morning will be played (JP/CN) Target For Love will be played (Global) |
| 20 | Epilogue | No combat | Part 2 Recollection Memory 1 furniture will be received at episode end |
Chapter 3: Footprints Left by Dreams
Footprints Left by Dreams (夢が残した足跡) is the third chapter of Volume 1. The chapter will be available if the Volume F stories have been all cleared.
Description
TBA
Story
| Chapter 3: Footprints Left by Dreams | |||
| Episode | Name | Combat Characters | Remarks |
| 1 | Prologue | No combat | CG with Hoshino available |
| 2 | An Uninvited Guest | No combat | Part 1 CG with Nonomi and Hoshino available |
| 3 | Highlander Railroad Academy | All Task Force members | Part 1 |
| 4 | Things Lost In The Flow | No combat | Part 1 |
| 5 | Trans-Desert Railway | No combat | Part 1 |
| 6 | Contract | No combat | Part 1 |
| 7 | Physical Limit | No Combat | Part 1 |
| 8 | Abydos Student Council | N/A | Part 2 - TBA |
Characters
Below are the list of all characters appearing in the volume:
Note: Status refers to the character states in the game when they first debuted in the story. A new playable character related to this volume might change some contents in the story, hence the "Later" remarks for some characters.
| Volume 1 Characters | ||||
| Name | Affiliation | Debut Chapter | Status | |
| Sensei | SCHALE | Chapter 1, Episode 1 | NPC | |
| Arona | Chapter 1, Episode 1 | NPC | ||
| Plana | Chapter 3, Episode 7 | NPC | ||
| Shiroko | Foreclosure Task Force- Abydos | Chapter 1, Episode 2 | Playable | |
| Ayane | Chapter 1, Episode 1 | Playable | ||
| Serika | Chapter 1, Episode 2 | Playable | ||
| Nonomi | Chapter 1, Episode 2 | Playable | ||
| Hoshino | Chapter 1, Episode 2 | Playable | ||
| Yume | Abydos Student Council - Abydos | Chapter 2, Episode 19 (dialogue only) Chapter 3, Episode 1 |
NPC | |
| Shiroko Terror | Chapter 3, Episode 34 | NPC (Later Playable)[1] | ||
| Aru | Problem Solver 68 - Gehenna | Chapter 1, Episode 7 | Playable | |
| Kayoko | Chapter 1, Episode 8 | Playable | ||
| Haruka | Chapter 1, Episode 8 | Playable | ||
| Mutsuki | Chapter 1, Episode 8 | Playable | ||
| Hifumi | Make Up Work Club - Trinity | Chapter 1, Episode 11 | Playable | |
| Nagisa | Tea Party - Trinity | Chapter 2, Episode 17 | NPC (later Playable)[2] | |
| Iori | Prefect Team - Gehenna | Chapter 1, Episode 20 | Playable | |
| Chinatsu | Chapter 1, Episode 20 | Playable | ||
| Ako | Chapter 2, Episode 1 | NPC (later Playable)[3] | ||
| Hina | Chapter 2, Episode 1 | Playable | ||
| Master Shiba | Shiba Seki Ramen | Chapter 1, Episode 4 | NPC | |
| Black Suit | Gematria | Chapter 1, Episode 12 | NPC | |
| Francis | Chapter 3, Episode 1 | NPC | ||
| Kaiser PMC Director | Kaiser PMC- Kaiser Corporation | Chapter 1, Episode 12 | NPC | |
| Nozomi | Highlander Railroad Academy | Chapter 3 | NPC (later Playable)[4] | |
| Hikari | Chapter 3 | NPC (later Playable)[5] | ||
| Suou | Chapter 3 | NPC | ||
Trivia
- A number of references to other media can be found in Blue Archive's main story, a few examples, without spoiling much of the story, being:
- In Chapter 1 Episode 8, Sunaookami Shiroko talks about robbing a "First Central Bank". This could be a reference to the First World Bank in PAYDAY, a series of games all about robbery and pulling off grandiose heists.
- In Chapter 1, Episode 17, Black Suit says the line "I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.", a famous quote from the movie "The Godfather".
- He even prefaces this by saying "How shall I put this? Ah, let me use this quote from a favorite movie of mine."
- In Chapter 2, Episode 17, Kaiser PMC is revealed to own a territory called "District 51", where they do research and experiments according to Black Suit. This is an obvious reference to Area 51, the common name for a United States Air Force facility that is supposedly used for testing experimental aircraft and weapons systems. Both are located in sandy regions, District 51 is in the Abydos Desert and Area 51 is in Nevada.
- The song played in a scene in Episode 19 Chapter 2 differs in each version of the game.
- JP version plays Clear Morning by Yui Ogura - who's also the voice actor of Shiroko.
- Global version plays Target For Love sung by Lee Jin Ah - although there's also 2 different version of it, where KR release plays the Korean version of the song and the rest of Global release uses the English version of it.
- CN version uses only instrumental version of Clear Morning in the scene.
- Unlike other main story chapters, Chapter 3 was teased by releasing a single-episode prologue on February 7th, 2024, only for the chapter's first part to actually be released 2 months after on April 11th, 2024.
- Additionally, Chapter 3 is the first chapter in any volume that is split into 5 parts (6 if the Prologue is included), and the chapter in a main story that contains the most episodes.
- Chapter 3 turns controversial as it was the last being written by the former main scenario writer, Isakusan who after the last part release in JP, left Studio MX and formed a splinter company with some former BA creative staffs. As the launch of their Project KV work caused uproar with its BA-copy allegations, fans started to point out flaws from the chapter that may have damaged the entire game's lore structure such as shutting off Kuzunoha role and other plot holes of the chapter. This, among other issues led to another allegation that this was done intentionally to damage the game as speculations of their split reasons surfaces.
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