History YMMV / BloodyRoar

* CultClassic: Not a best-seller, and [[SoOkayItsWatchable critics didn't particulary cared about it]], but ''Bloody Roar'' has a dedicated fanbase.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Jenny. [[ReplacementScrappy Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly]], especially with the US versions of ''Bloody Roar 3'' and ''Primal Fury'' prominently displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story. ''However'', Jenny is a popular character to play with, and ''Fighters Generations''declared her one of their favorite characters.

** Shenlong, mostly in his first appearance. An EvilClone of Long who was NightmareFuel incarnate thanks to the story mode. [[LighterAndSofter His appeareances after the second game hasn't been as well received.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shenlong.

** In ''Bloody Roar 4'', Gado won't admit it to Shina, but he does express to Mana that he deeply cares for Shina, even openly ignoring the fact that she isn't blood related. His smile at the end seals it.

** It also echoes what pretty much happened in ''Primal Fury'' as well, since any new character there was ''also'' hated.
** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of ''Bloody Roar 3'' and ''Primal Fury'' prominently displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story. It didn't help that before his nixing, Fox was actually Yugo's legit [[TheRival rival]].

* TheWoobie: Stun used to be a top-notch scientist at Tylon, but was captured by his friend/rival, Busuzima when he learned about the evils of the organization. Busuzima then used Stun as a guinea pig in an attempt to create the first man-made Zoanthrope. The experiment "succeeded" and mutated Stun into a [[HalfHumanHybrid insect-man-beast]] that was unable to fully change back to human. The unstable nature of his form meant he was in constant agony. Stun vowed revenge on the company and the person who deformed him, but the pain proved too great for him to bear. He died bitter, miserable, and alone. Even when he apparently turns out to be alive in 4, he's still searching for a way to get himself back to normal.

* TheWoobie: Stun used to be a top-notch scientist at Tylon, but was captured by his friend/rival, Busuzima when he learned about the evils of the organization. Busuzima then used Stun as a guinea pig in an attempt to create the first man-made Zoanthrope. The experiment "succeeded" and mutated Stun into a [[HalfHumanHybrid insect-man-beast]] that was unable to fully change back to human. The unstable nature of his form meant he was in constant agony. Stun vowed revenge on the company and the person who deformed him, but the pain proved too great for him to bear. He died bitter, miserable, and alone.

* EpilepticTrees: The most prevalent of these are the connection between Uriko and Uranus, due to Uranus possessing the abilities of Uriko when she was the FinalBoss in ''1''. The common theories are that she's either [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Uriko from]] [[FutureMeScaresMe the future]] or [[CloningBlues a clone of Uriko]].
** Related to this is whether or not there's a connection between Uranus and Cronos. In ''3'', each character fights a person that is somehow linked to them (for example, Kenji/Bakuryu fights Yugo on the last stage to prove his worth to his big brother). Cronos faces Uranus, instead of Ganesha or Yugo, who are connected to his storyline.
*** It's speculated that Uranus may be the wife of King Orion, [[LukeIAmYourFather which would make her Cronos' mother]]. Supporters point out that Cronos' backstory says his [[MissingMom mother was killed in a war]] along with his best friend, Jane (aka Shina), [[NotQuiteDead the latter of whom was revealed to be alive]]. The similarity of Chronos and Uranus' names (both Greek deities) are also taken as a hint at a deeper connection. Detractors point out that Uranus and Chronos look nothing like each other, and more importantly the ''Official Players Guide'' by [=BradyGames=] say they only have a five year age difference, although the company has gotten details wrong before. Uranus' [[NoEnding lack of an ending sequence]] in all of her appearances doesn't help either of these arguments.

** Uranus. She has most of the traits associated with FinalBoss Uriko from the first game--the [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]], TeleportSpam, etc. From the beginning, she outclasses her foes, but upon accessing her Chimera form, [[LightningBruiser her strength increases exponentially without losing speed]]. She can also immediately switch between her human and beast forms. Her Hyper Beast mode, on the other hand, allows her to retain her human shape, but gives her the moveset of her beast form. For these reasons, it's no wonder that Uranus is usually banned from competitive and TournamentPlay.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Yugo discovering Keiji in the rubble of Tylon Corporation, and his decision to adopt him in his care. They start behaving like brothers more than father and son. Yugo even took up professional boxing just to support the both of them.
** In ''Bloody Roar 4'', Gado won't admit it to Shina, but he does express to Mana that he deeply cares for Shina, even openly ignoring the fact that she isn't blood related. The smile says at the end seals it.

** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of ''Bloody Roar 3'' and ''Primal Fury'' promptly displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story. It didn't help that before his nixing, Fox was actually Yugo's legit [[TheRival rival]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The arcade version of ''Bloody Roar 1'' (known as ''Beastorizer'') was a fairly crude mash fest with poor controls, [[ArtificialStupidity crap A.I.]] with a wannabe SNKBoss that can be defeated by blocking and punch spamming, with no balance whatsoever. Come ''Bloody Roar 2'', which was a wonderfully elegant game, refining the engine of the first, making it easier to pick up and play, but making it nearly impossible to move spam, dramatically improving the A.I., and fixing the mechanics until you had a game that was simple to pick up yet had a surprising amount of depth, and would screw you. It also helps that the Playstation port added a story mode that makes every character's individual story line connect with each other, comes with their own ending (almost all of which are canon), and even has the unlockable characters (Gado and Shenlong) with their own story modes.
** Depending on how you view it, ''Bloody Roar 3'' can be considered an EvenBetterSequel due to being faster while still maintaining 60 FPS, featuring some semblance of a parry system, giving a couple of characters who borrowed many moves from previous characters their own movesets (such as Shenlong and Jenny playing far more differently from Long and Fox), and a bigger focus on 3D fighting[[labelnote:*]]Previous games did give you the option to side step, but this one was more focused on it due to it being on by default and actively encouraging you to use it, especially since air-combos are easier to pull off[[/labelnote]]. The downside is that story mode has been simplified and integrated into arcade mode (like almost every fighting game to date and now), and the story in general is lacking compared to the previous game.

*** Furthermore, a part of the gameplay mechanic in Bloody Roar 4 allows you to sacrifice your health to charge your beast gauge. If a player would take control of Ryoho and use this, they will find that his health will ''NOT'' be subtracted, allowing Mana to spam beast drives with no apparent consequence.

** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of ''Bloody Roar 3'' and ''Primal Fury'' promptly displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story. It didn't help that before his nixing, Fox was actually Yugo's legit [[TheRival rival]]...

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The arcade version of ''Bloody Roar 1'' (known as ''Beastorizer'') was a fairly crude mash fest with poor controls, [[ArtificialStupidity crap A.I.]] with a wannabe SNKBoss that can be defeated by blocking and punch spamming, with no balance whatsoever. Come''Bloody Roar 2'', which was a wonderfully elegant game, refining the engine of the first, making it easier to pick up and play, but making it nearly impossible to move spam, dramatically improving the A.I., and fixing the mechanics until you had a game that was simple to pick up yet had a surprising amount of depth, and would screw you. It also helps that the Playstation port added a story mode that makes every character's individual story line connect with each other, comes with their own ending (almost all of which are canon), and even has the unlockable characters (Gado and Shenlong) with their own story modes.

* TearJerker: In Xion's ending of ''Bloody Roar 4'', [[spoiler:he murders Ryoho in front of Mana. Keep in mind that Ryoho is her only parental figure at that point]]. Although she was able to help Xion and Nagi to overcome and destroy the Unborn spirit that possessed them, it doesn't help that she started howling in front of her [[spoiler:dead foster father's corpse. Probably the only effective tear jerker in the whole game...]]

** Ryoho arguably qualifies as well. Sure, he's a strong badass who can handle Zoanthropes in his human form alone (sometimes with help from Mana's beast form), but that doesn't change the fact that he has a dragon form that could decimate the world at any moment if the seal is weakened, which can happen if other characters manage to weaken him enough, or if Xion wills it to happen due to being possessed by the Unborn. What this basically means is that Ryoho is in harm's way at all times, and has to stay alive until his dragon form is subdued, or otherwise risk killing everything around him. This is also not helped that of all the endings, two result in him [[spoiler: getting murdered. In front of Mana!]]

* TierInducedScrappy: Greg the Gorilla in the first game, who was hated by just about everyone who played it. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman On the other hand]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCK9gU7u_Q his throw proved to be decidedly useful against the final boss...]]

** Busuzima himself is an uncanny character. Notably in a scene in ''2'' that involves him and Uriko. ''4'' also had him chasing Mana, and his voice did not help matters...

** Related to this is wither or not there's a connection between Uranus and Cronos. In ''3'', each character fights a person that is somehow linked to them (for example, Kenji/Bakuryu fights Yugo on the last stage to prove his worth to his big brother). Cronos faces Uranus, instead of Ganesha or Yugo, who are connected to his storyline. It's speculated that Uranus may be the wife of King Orion, [[LukeIAmYourFather which would make her Cronos' mother]]. Supporters point out that Cronos' backstory says his [[MissingMom mother was killed in a war]] along with his best friend, Jane (aka Shina), [[NotQuiteDead the latter of whom was revealed to be alive]], and the similarity of their names (both named after Greek deities)). Detractors point out that Urnanis and Chronos look nothing like each other, and more importantly the ''Official Players Guide'' by [=BradyGames=] say they only have a five year age difference, although the company has gotten details wrong before. Uranus' [[NoEnding lack of an ending sequence]] in all of her appearances doesn't help either of these beliefs.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Not many people like the [[ButtonMashing move-practicing aspect]] of the games. It has gotten better from the Playstation port of ''Bloody Roar'' and onward, but falls straight back onto this in ''Bloody Roar 4''

* MemeticMutation: "WHAT DID YOU DO TO NAGI!?!?!?!
* RonTheDeathEater: Many portrayals of Cronos in fanfiction often involve bashing him to no end and making him a [[{{Wangst}} gay, whiny, emo]]/[[AlphaBitch snobbish brat]] who often is killed in various different gruesome ways. He was never really shown as wangst-ridden, spoiled, or gay either (bar the mistranslation noted in his section of the characters sheet).

** Related to this is the undisclosed connection between Uranus and Cronos. In ''3'', each character fights a person that is somehow linked to them (for example, Kenji/Bakuryu fights Yugo on the last stage to prove his worth to his big brother). Cronos faces Uranus, instead of Ganesha or Yugo, who are connected to his storyline. It's speculated that Uranus may be the wife of King Orion, [[LukeIAmYourFather which would make her Cronos' mother]]. For the record, Cronos' story states that [[MissingMom his mother was killed in a war]] along with his best friend, Jane (aka Shina), [[NotQuiteDead the latter of whom was revealed to be alive]]. Uranus' [[NoEnding lack of an ending sequence]] in all of her appearances doesn't help either of these beliefs.
*** Except [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/uranus-ex.jpg Uranus neither has white hair or dark skin.]] There's [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/cronos-ex4.jpg no resemblance whatsoever.]] Not mention, their being mother and son would make for a significant [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=YMMV.BloodyRoar plot hole.]]
*** In fact, according to the ''Official Players Guide'' by [=BradyGames=], there's only a five year age difference between them -- their ages are stated to be 28 (Uranus) and 23 (Cronos) respectively. (It should be noted that [=BradyGames=] is sometimes hit-or-miss with the quality of their guides, some of which contain erroneous information, so make of that as you will.)
*** However, they ''are'' named after [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the primeval Greek god who personified the sky and his Titan son who usurped him.]] Whether this is a coincidence or a hint at a deeper connection is unknown.

** Uranus. She has most of the traits associated with FinalBoss Uriko from the first game--the [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]], TeleportSpam, etc. From the beginning, she outclasses her foes, but upon accessing her Chimera form, [[LightningBruiser her strength increases exponentially without losing speed]]. She can also immediately switch between her human and beast forms. Her Hyper Beast ode, on the other hand, allows her to retain her human shape, but gives her the moveset of her beast form. For these reasons, it's no wonder that Uranus is usually banned from competitive and TournamentPlay.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: '''''YES.''''' It's vastly overlooked due to this series' cult-like status, but some of the music is top-notch. Take the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QJwp_U2hE opening]] to ''3'' for instance. The soundtrack from ''2'' should also be called to attention, as it sounds like the long-lost cousin of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. The arcade music to ''2'' is no slouch either.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: '''''YES.''''' It's vastly overlooked due to this series' cult-like status, but some of the music is top-notch. Take the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QJwp_U2hE opening]] to ''3'' for instance. The soundtrack from ''2'' should also be called to attention, as it sounds like the long-lost cousin of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''.

** Ryoho, being an outright SNKBoss, is no better. For one, [[DualBoss you fight him alongside Mana]] (who is in her [[{{Kitsune}} Ninetails]] form). Mana usually serves as a distraction, allowing Ryoho to follow-up with devastating blows, the worst of which is a stance which unleashes a powerful punch [[ChargedAttack the longer he holds it]]. Should he fall, Mana sacrifices her health to recharge his, taking her out of the battle, but giving Ryoho a second wind. His beast form, the Dragon, is the largest of all the fighters, with tremendous range, an [[OneHitKill OHKO]] [[PlayingWithFire fire]] {{breath|Weapon}} attack, and [[ImplacableMan resistance to flinching]]. Like Uranus, he stays as a human in Hyper Beast Mode, and gains the fireball projectiles of his beast form.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Not many people like the [[ButtonMashing move-practicing aspect]] of the games.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Bloody Roar 1'' was a fairly crude mash fest with poor controls, [[ArtificialStupidity crap A.I.]] with a wannabe SNKBoss that can be defeated by blocking and punch spamming, with no balance whatsoever. ''Bloody Roar 2'' was a wonderfully elegant game, refining the engine of the first, making it easier to pick up and play, but making it nearly impossible to move spam, dramatically improving the A.I., and fixing the mechanics until you had a game that was simple to pick up yet had a surprising amount of depth, and would screw you.

!!Bloody Roar, the video game series.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The unborn possessing Xion in his debut can either be his sister's vengeful spirit or the unborn ''posing'' as his sister's spirit, ''and'' may or may not be the same unborn who appears in ''4''. You decide!
* AnticlimaxBoss: Dragon Ryoho, once you learn that his beast drive drains his beast guage (aka the second health bar), and exploit that knowledge to turn him into a OneHitPointWonder. In some cases, he even does himself in!
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: '''''YES'''''. It's vastly overlooked due to this series' status, but some of the music is top-notch. Take the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QJwp_U2hE opening]] to ''3'' for instance. The soundtrack from ''2'' should be called to attention, as it sounds like the long-lost cousin of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''.
** It goes back to the first game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSvEO2T-JXw This]] is Uriko's boss theme.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming: Yugo discovering Keiji in the rubble of Tylon Corporation, and his decision to adopt him in his care. They start behaving like brothers more than father and son. Yugo even took up professional boxing just to support the both of them.
** In ''Bloody Roar 4'', Gado won't admit it to Shina, but he does express to Mana that he deeply cares for Shina, even openly ignoring the fact that she isn't blood related. The smile says at the end seals it.

* EpilepticTrees: The most prevalent of these are the connection between Uriko and Uranus, due to Uranus possessing the abilities of Uriko when she was the FinalBoss in ''1''. The common theories are that she's either [[FutureMeScaresMe Uriko from the future]] or [[CloningBlues a clone of Uriko]].

* EvilIsSexy: Xion and Uranus.

** Uranus. She has most of the traits associated with FinalBoss Uriko from the first game--the [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]], TeleportSpam, etc. From the beginning, she outclasses her foes, but upon accessing her Chimera form, [[LightningBruiser her strength increases exponentially without losing speed]]. She can also immediately switch between her human and beast forms. Her Hyper Beast mode, on the other hand, allows her to retain her human shape, but gives her the moveset of her beast form. For these reasons, it's no wonder that Uranus is usually banned from competitive and TournamentPlay.
** Ryoho, being an outright SNKBoss, is no better. For one, [[DualBoss you fight him alongside Mana]] (who is in her [[{{Kitsune}} Ninetails]] form). Mana usually serves as a distraction, allowing Ryoho to followup with devastating blows, the worst of which is a stance which unleashes a powerful punch [[ChargedAttack the longer he holds it]]. Should he fall, Mana sacrifices her health to recharge his, taking her out of the battle, but giving Ryoho a second wind. His Beast Form, the Dragon, is the largest of all the fighters, with tremendous range, an [[OneHitKill OHKO]] [[PlayingWithFire fire]] {{breath|Weapon}} attack, and [[ImplacableMan resistance to flinching]]. Like Uranus, he stays as a human in Hyper Beast Mode, and gains the fireball projectiles of his beast form.

* TheScrappy: Most of the fandom doesn't take lightly to the new characters introduced in ''4'' (of the four, Reiji and Mana seem to get the least flak), although this also overlaps with the fandom's hatred for ''4'' in general. To elaborate: Those characters (Nagi in particular) take center stage in front of all the other characters in all forms possible (the DVD packaging, the advertising, the introduction video, even the character select screen has Nagi immediately selected), while the veteran cast play little to no relevance to the overall plot whatsoever, with the exception of Yugo and Xion, but that is mainly due to their relationship with Nagi (Yugo was apparently an object with her at some point, and Xion is implied to be her brother).

** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of Bloody Roar 3 and Primal Fury promptly displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story. It didn't help that before his nixing, Fox was actually Yugo's legit [[TheRival rival]]...

* TearJerker: In Xion's ending of ''Bloody Roar 4'', [[spoiler: he murders Ryoho in front of Mana. Keep in mind that Ryoho is her only parental figure at that point.]] Although she was able to help Xion and Nagi to overcome and destroy the Unborn spirit that possessed them, it doesn't help that she started howling in front of her [[spoiler: dead foster father's corpse. Probably the only effective tear jerker in the whole game...]]

** Ryoho arguably qualifies as well. Sure, he's a strong badass who can handle zoanthropes in his human form alone (sometimes with help from Mana's beast form), but that doesn't change the fact that he has a dragon form that could decimate the world at any moment if the seal is weakened, which can happen if other characters manage to weaken him enough, or if Xion wills it to happen due to being possessed by the Unborn. What this basically means is that Ryoho is in harms way at all times, and has to stay alive until his dragon form is subdued, or otherwise risk killing everything around him. This is also not helped that of all the endings, two result in him [[spoiler: getting murdered. In front of Mana!]]
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: ''Bloody Roar 4'' changed how the health system worked. Everyone would agree this was a dumb move. Fans are also not fond of the new characters, crap A.I., ease of button mashing (going from it being pretty much impossible in ''2'', to being a way to get an automatic combo in ''4''), and the change to the series' image. ''Bloody Roar 4'' also negated of a good deal of the CharacterDevelopment the previous entries had...
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Say what you want about the plot ripping off of ''ComicBook/XMen'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', but it was handed pretty well. Then came ''4'', which dropped the illegal Zoanthrope experimentation and strained human-Zoanthrope relations for... [[ItsALongStory some crap pertaining to the earth]].
* TierInducedScrappy: Greg the Gorilla in the first game, who was hated by just about everyone who played it. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman On the other hand]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCK9gU7u_Q his throw proved to be decidedly useful against the final boss]]...

* UncannyValley: Primal Fury's cutscene that involved Uriko can't seem to get the eyes to align properly in certain parts.
** That is fixed in Extreme with the use of CG cutscenes, but causes a few more issues, such as Yugo's pedo smile in Alice's ending.
** Busuzima himself is an uncanny character. Notably in a scene in 2 that involves him and Uriko. 4 also had him chasing Hana, and his voice did not help matters...

!!Bloody Roar: The Fang, the manga series.

* TheScrappy: Most of the fandom doesn't take lightly to the new characters introduced in ''4'' (of the four, Reiji and Mana seem to get the least flak), although this also overlaps with the fandom's hatred for ''4'' in general. To elaborate: Those characters (Nagi in particular) take center stage in front of all the other characters in all forms possible (the DVD packaging, the advertising, the introduction video, even the character select screen has Nagi immediately selected), while the veteran cast play little to no relevance to the overall plot whatsoever, with the exception of Yugo and Xion, but that is mainly due to their relationship with Nagi (Yugo was apparently an object with her at some point, and Xion is implied to be her brother). Did we mention that Nagi fills some of the criteria to reach MarySue status?

* UncannyValley: Primal Fury's cut-scene that involved Uriko can't seem to get the eyes to align properly in certain parts.
** That is fixed in Extreme with the use of CG cut-scenes, but causes a few more issues, such as Yugo's pedo smile in Alice's ending.

* TheWoobie: Stun used to be a top-notch scientist at Tylon but was captured by his friend/rival, Busuzima, when he learned about the evils of the organization. Busuzima then used Stun as a guinea pig in an attempt to create the first man-made Zoanthrope. The experiment "succeeded" and mutated Stun into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid insect-man-beast]], that was unable to change back to human. However, The unstable nature of his form, caused every moment of his existence to be filled with pain. Stun vowed revenge on the company and the person who did this to him, but the burden of his form simply proved too great for him to bear. He died bitter, miserable, and alone.

** It also echoes what pretty much happened in ''Primal Fury'' as well since any new character there was ''also'' hated.
** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of Bloody Roar 3 and Primal Fury promptly displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story, and seems to only be there for fan service. Also it didn't help that before his nixing, Fox was actually Yugo's legit [[TheRival rival]]...

* TheScrappy: Most of the fandom doesn't take lightly to the new characters introduced in ''4'' (of the four, Reiji and Mana seem to get the least flak), although this also overlaps with the fandom's hatred for ''4'' in general. To elaborate: Those characters (Nagi in particular) take center stage in front of all the other characters in all forms possible (the DVD packaging, the advertising, the introduction video, even the character select screen has Nagi immediately selected), while the veteran cast play little to no relevance to the overall plot what so ever, with the exception of Yugo and Xion, but that is mainly due to their relationship with Nagi (Yugo was apparently an object with her at some point, and Xion is implied to be her brother). Did we mention that Nagi fills some of the criteria to reach MarySue status?

* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming: Yugo discovering Keiji in the rubble of Tylon Corporation, and his decision to adopt him in his care. They start behaving life brothers more than father and son. Yugo even took up professional boxing just to support the both of them.

** Some fans don't take Jenny replacing Fox very kindly, especially with the US versions of Bloody Roar 3 and Primal Fury promptly displaying her on the cover, despite not having much relevance to the story, and seems to only be there for fan service.

* TheScrappy: Most of the fandom doesn't take lightly to the new characters introduced in ''4'' (of the four, Reiji and Mana seem to get the least flak), although this also overlaps with the fandom's hatred for ''4'' in general.

** Ryoho arguably qualifies as well. Sure, he's a strong badass who can handle zoanthropes in his human form alone (sometimes with help from Mana's beast form), but that doesn't change the fact that he has a dragon form that could decimate the world at any moment if the seal is weakened, which can happen if other characters manage to weaken him enough, or if Xion wills it to happen due to being possessed by the Unborn. What this basically means is that Ryoho is in harms way at all times, and has to stay alive until his dragon form is subdued, or otherwise risk killing everything around him.