Quote:Maa ... but then, where's the drama? The suspense?
I understand your 'vanilla' complaint... but Laharl does declare uber beings his vassals as a battle cry.
Besides, I think we've done the whole RPG-stats vs. novelization narrative logic thing. Or, if it's not been done here, it's been done _somewhere_ out there.
'sides, if you go purely by 'rules' - and I realize I'm about to commit folly by trying to apply logic to this game ^_^ - Lahral starts off as Lv.1 ... why the hell did they even give him a chance at being Overlord? Unless you powerlevel like mad (something I dislike ... really. What's the point. It's boring and repetitive and a waste of time better spent, say, looking for more Nao yuri) realism need not apply anywhere in there. Comperative levels equally so.
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*blink* What the hell am I doing?
This is equally pointless. I could argue about magic/demonic power/chakra working differently within the constrains of various different universal constants in parallel worlds, or any number of asspull reasons for making a Naruto/Disgaea cross work the way I want it to. 's called artistic license, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The 'when?' of the matter is utterly subjective.
Naruto:Heart of Darkness just doesn't seem to work for me, and let's leave it at that.
What I'd been thinking about was more in the direction of a buddy movie sort of story, branches pending, in which ...
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damnit, Nec, now I've got the inkling for an actual plot of the damn thing in my head.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm