History YMMV / LiveALive

** Pure Odio has Cancel Ray, which instantly disrupts any attacks you have planned, but he and Illusion Odio also have Life Eraser, which will stone you for sure if you don't have the Ariel Equipment.

* TearJerker -- [[spoiler:Again, Oersted's chapter.]] Though Cube's chapter is pretty rough, too.
** the Kung Fu chapter is downright heartbreaking. [[spoiler: You take in three thieves who all show some promise of becoming Xin Shan Quan inheritors. No matter what you do, though, two will die from an attack by a rival school belonging to the chapter's BigBad.]]
*** What's even worse about that is this: the first time you play that chapter, it'll be a surprise. A nasty one, but you still don't quite expect it or know [[spoiler:how the game decides which pupil survives]]. Once you ''do'' see it, and learn that [[spoiler:the one who survives is the one you give more training battles to]], it essentially changes from an out-of-the-blue PlayerPunch to [[spoiler:''you'' having to actively choose which ones die]], because now you know how it works.
** [[spoiler:Pick Oersted as the hero for the finale and do not choose Armageddon. After gloating his victory, Oersted, still possessed, took his time to revisit the abandoned Lucretia, now truly without anyone. All those WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds moments, and in the end, Oersted doesn't feel any better and realizes that it is LonelyAtTheTop.]]

* NightmareFuel -- Akira's chapter. It's even more disturbing than [[{{Akira}} the anime it's inspired by]].

** the Kung Fu chapter is downright heartbreaking. [[spoiler: You take in three thieves who all show some promise of becoming Xin Shan Quan inheritors. No matter what you do, though, two will die from an attack by a rival school belonging to the chapter's BigBad.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel -- Akira's chapter. It's even more disturbing than [[{{Akira}} the anime it's inspired by]].

* NarmCharm - [[spoiler:Matsu, after drinking himself silly, exclaims "MASSU AYN'T DED!!" while piloting Buriki Daioh]] It actually adds onto the epic feel of the scene.

* GameBreaker: The Cola Bottle from Pogo's chapter can become this in the final chapter. Just make sure to equip it to Pogo as an accessory before his chapter ends, and it'll carry over to the final chapter when he joins your party. The Cola Bottle is an infinite-use item with an attack that can deal 999 damage to almost every minor enemy in the game (and even some bosses!). Needless to say, the final chapter becomes a breeze with this in your arsenal. Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary this all depends]] on how you felt about the GuideDangIt sidequest required to get this item in the first place.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how attached you get to the characters]], the Kung Fu chapter might be downright heartbreaking. [[spoiler: You take in three thieves who all show some promise of becoming Xin Shan Quan inheritors. No matter what you do, though, two will die from an attack by a rival school belonging to the chapter's BigBad.]]

** Ode Iou, whose entire purpose was to prolong fighting in Japan just so more lives are spent. Ends up transforming into a giant frog monster.

*** The Antagonists in the Mecha chapter, they know full well what they're doing, since they know their victim's hatred over being stripped of their bodies against their will is what will fuel the Odeo statue.

* NarmCharm - [[spoiler:Matsu, after drinking himself silly, exclaims "MASSU AYN'T DED!!" while piloting Buriki Daioh]] It actually adds onto the epic feel of the scene.
* NightmareFuel -- Akira's chapter. It's even more disturbing than [[{{Akira}} the anime it's inspired by]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Y5IzzKBVA Megalomania]], hands down.

** She can also be viewed in more of a sympathetic light, in that [[spoiler: she truly did have feelings for Oersted but was [[MoreThanMindControl emotionally manipulated into falling in love with Straybow]]. If you buy into the idea that [[spoiler: Straybow was the one behind her kidnapping in the first place]], this seems like a perfectly viable interpretation.

** She can also be viewed in more of a sympathetic light, in that [[spoiler: she truly did have feelings for Oersted but was emotionally manipulated into falling in love with Straybow via StockholmSyndrome]]. If you buy into the idea that [[spoiler: Straybow was the one behind her kidnapping in the first place]], this seems like a perfectly viable interpretation.

** Odie Oldbright, who thinks 'cruel and brutal murder' is the path to becoming the strongest. Then after he kills all the masters Masaru fought, he goes after him.

*** What's even worse about that is this: the first time you play that chapter, it'll be a surprise. A nasty one, but you still don't quite expect it or know [[spoiler:how the game decides which pupil survives]]. Once you ''do'' see it, and learn that [[spoiler:the one who survives is the one you give more training battles to]], it essentially changes from an out-of-the-blue PlayerPunch to [[spoiler:''you'' having to actively choose which ones die]], because now you know how it works.

** Ode Iou, who tried to prevent Sakamoto Ryouma from trying to unify Japan so he could rule and prolong the fighting indefinitely. And literally transforms into one, having given up his humanity for power.
** Odie Oldbright, who killed the masters Masaru fought just to show he was stronger. And then gloats about it when he finds Masaru, before trying to kill him as well.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped -- The game's theme is obvious but handled tastefully - [[spoiler: Anyone can become a villain with enough hatred.]]

* GameBreaker: The Cola Bottle from Pogo's chapter can become this in the final chapter. Just make sure to equip it to Pogo as an accessory before his chapter ends, and it'll carry over to the final chapter when he joins your party. The Cola Bottle is an infinite-use item with an attack that can deal 999 damage to almost every minor enemy in the game (and even some bosses!). Needless to say, the final chapter becomes a breeze with this in your arsenal. Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary this all depends]] on how you felt about the GuideDangIt sidequest required to get this item in the first place.