History Characters / LiveALiveTheSevenHeroes

* MasterOfNone: What makes Akira useful but not outstanding is his versatility in battle: he's not as physically strong as Pogo, Hong, or Masaru, but he has a few non-magic attacks and a competent physical attacking stat to support them; he's not as great of a ranged fighter as the Sundown Kid, but he can hit most of the field and do it decently; his magic isn't as good as Oboro's or Yun's, but he has a lot of elemental options to work with; he's not as fast as Lei, but he's still speedy; and he can't heal as well as Cube, but he has options to heal himself and other members of the party. While this versatility makes him able to compliment any niche the player needs him to, someone else will always do it better.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Other than the cross-shaped scar on his forehead, he has a simple slash-shaped one across the chest according to official art, and he's sort of a TroubledButCute guy.

%%[[folder:In General]]
%%[[/folder]]

* SkilledButNaive: Obormaru is a very skilled ninja with a lot of potential but the Enma Ninja Clan believes that he is not ready for the mission as he is an untested ninja who has not completed his training.

* TheQuietOne: Fitting for for his status as a lone wanderer, Sundown is the quietest of the protagonists, even more so than Oboromaru. He only speaks when spoken to, and is the only protagonist who doesn't have voiced special attacks in the remake, nor when he levels up. The longest he ever speaks is when before he leaves Success with a renewed lease on life.

* TheAntiNihilist: Weirdly enough. Despite having no dialogue, and going through what is arguably the most horrifying chapter of the game where they are exposed to some of the worst aspects of humanity... they keep pressing on, simply because they want to help and protect those they care about. [[spoiler:Following the final battle, Oersted outright muses that Cube being an AI construct is what allows them to see the best in humans that humans themselves cannot see.]]

--> [''to'' ''[[spoiler:Oersted]]''] "I've been on my own for a while now. Left it all behind. My life. My people. But as the nights've added up... All that time out there in the cold and the dark... I've come to miss the warmth of good company. And a home to hang your hat..."

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Out of the two playable women, she's the rowdy head-strong martial-arts using tomboy to Beru's passive healing girly girl.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Only ever seen with his eyes open in Yoshihide Fujiwara's original illustrations of him.

* MistakenForQuake: In the remake, Oboromaru expresses concern that an earthquake has begun [[spoiler:as Odio is powering up to summon [[TrueFinalBoss Sin of Odio]]. He is quickly proven wrong.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He was very gonkish in the original game, many of his attacking sprites making him into a savage and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/live-a-live/images/3/3c/Pogo.jpg his official art not doing much to up his looks]]. By the remake, his art makes him look much cuter and the gonk in his sprites is toned down somewhat, although he still isn't much of a looker when using such moves as Big Shout or Yum Bite.
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This could have gone even further.]] Some concepts for how Pogo would appear in key art for the remake depict him with proportions similar to Akira's, befitting of the teenager/young adult he's supposed to be.

* TookALevelInBadass: A case of GameplayAndStoryIntegration as his chapter is all about this, explaining his starting at level 1 as an untested youth finally old enough to go on his first hunt. It doesn't take too long for Pogo to not only catch up, he'll eventually surpass Gori in just about every way by having many available attacks, can wear great equipment to boost his stats, and carries the most HP of his group. It should also be said that Pogo goes from having to work hard early in the chapter in fights to ''probably handling Odo, the tyrannosaur god and [[spoiler:Odio's incarnation in this time period]] all by himself''.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Due to his old age and having reached the peak of his potential, his level is hard-capped at 10 while his students will eventually outlevel him. He's also more of a GlassCannon and can't take many hits, but his years of experience has him with an Evasion stat of 26, which is one of the highest out of all of the playable characters, and he often dodges what's coming to him.

* InconsistentDub: The reveal trailer gives his title as the Heart of the Mountain Shifu, but the Imperial China trailer changes it to the Earthen Heart Shifu.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kugo, but her surname was undecided between Li and Lei until the remake went with Lei.

* StoryBranchFavoritism: Of the three disciples, Yun tends to get the most focus in the cutscenes [[spoiler:prior to two of the disciples being killed]]. The Shifu specifically notes he has the greatest potential of the three disciples, the game makes a point of showing how hard he's training to keep up with the others, and [[spoiler:he's the only one of the Disciples to have a prior beef with the Indomitable Fist school, as the bandits that forced him into thievery enrolled there.]] This isn't even going into his MagikarpPower in regards to the other two Disciples. The denouement, however, leaves this up in the air, as Lei has [[spoiler:the longest, most detailed cooldown speech with Oersted, which reflects their similarities and drives how the two had to make a similar choice in their pasts.]] The remake's larger marketing focus on Lei and her buffs to gameplay letting her start strong and end stronger, without needing to suffer through Yun's early issues with growth, further muddies the waters, as does Lei's stronger affection for the Shifu.