Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24585682-20171212210412/@comment-10312571-20171214004700

But the thing is Bayonetta had her pact with Madama Butterfly way in the past. It's an important event in any Witch's life, and I'm sure it's a rite of passage to contract a demon. Otherwise, Bayonetta and Jeanne would be as weak as the Trainees, and they wouldn't have survived the war OR the witch hunts.

That, and, obviously... She has her Bayo 1 look and advanced handguns, technology that wasn't as advanced as 500 years ago... it's obvious that it's not during the witch hunts.