Nippon Ichi (Disgaea, Makai Kingdom, etc.)

Doesn't Jennifer know martial arts?

No techniques means no martial arts though. Sapphire, because she probably bites and stuff. She's crazy. I think we're supposed to assume Artina and Rozalin don't really have any muscle, right, despite being supernatural?

Rozalin would win, if she becomes Zenon.

Otherwise, it's hard to tell who is strongest, so I'll go with my favorite. Jennifer it is, then.

Sapphire's craziness always came off as an informed attribute though, so she'd probably not fair any better than Artina (who has similar expertise and build)

I'd probably say Jennifer. Rozalin has that one trump card, but the chance of it activating is pretty slim, and I can't see her being physically stronger than Jennifer without it (since Jennifer can fight on par with demons despite being humans and is shown to be fit and punchy and all).

edited 4th Jan '15 5:14:23 PM by Otherarrow

Sapphire was "crazy" in a way that made her fit into the Netherworld better than her own kingdom, I think. We only ever really saw her in her element, except for brief flashbacks.

In her element just happened to be...less crazy and more princess-y than the demons around her, and these are Disgaea demons who tend to be kinda chill unless purposely playing up their role.

Seriously, the most evidence we get to the "Sapphire is crazy and blood thirsty" is every once in a while she says something overtly violent out of nowhere, but everyone's reaction is less "she's nuts" and more "uh, OK? Moving on..."

Sorry, I never really got it and people insisting on it just confuses me.

Doesn't she have a plan to kill everyone she meets?

That qualifies as "crazy" even in Disgaea I would think.

Oh, and she chases Mao around with a chainsaw when she hears that he needs to open his heart, but, I mean, who WOULDN'T want to take a chainsaw to Mao?

I think she only threatens to chase Mao with a chainsaw, but no one really notices, not even Mao. Then again, it's been a while.

And no, she doesn't have a plan to kill everyone she meets. I don't remember her mentioning that at all (then again, it does seem like most of her threats were just randomly inserted into her dialouge and at most the first line of the next speaker has a token reaction).

I dunno, it doesn't even factor into her character arc at all and it barely comes up. Why is her being supposedly ax crazy even there?

Same reason Val loves sardines or whatever. It's a joke. Most Disgaea characters are like that.

Valzy loving sardines is actually explained and has a role in the plot, abit a very minor one. Sapphire's joke is just kinda there, and after a while the writers flat out forget about it.

Also, jokes tend to be funny.

Sapphire's joke is explained too if you want to take that angle. She's tired of people dying for her, so she decided to keep herself safe it would be best for her to be proactive and take out her enemies first.

Also, just because Disgaea 3 has bad writing and characters doesn't mean we aren't supposed to consider her crazy.

Edit: Speaking of which, having finished Disgaea 4 a few days ago I was surprised to find that I liked basically everyone. I don't think I liked everyone even in the first game. Well, Nemo kind of sucked and I blame him for chapter 9 being a colossal waste of time, but he wasn't really part of the main cast anyway.

edited 4th Jan '15 11:20:06 PM by Arha

And she does seriously chase Mao off with a chainsaw. It's just... not as striking as it would be, given that it's delivered in still portraits and dialog.

Then she chases after him offering to use a scalpel instead.

edited 5th Jan '15 4:59:02 AM by Durazno

Shrug. It just seems like such a minor part of her character, even with the explanation. Like, no, her not wanting people to die for her is why she learned to fight and is down in the Netherworld hunting demons and trying to kill the Overlord at all, her supposed craziness has nothing to do with that and is often used to just insert random humor into unrelated conversations.

And like I said, it seems like even the writers forgot after a while, in favor of her being "Almaz's tough, proactive but ditzy love interest".

I am overthinking poorly written plot threads, sorry. I'll shut up.

If I'm honest, I'm really not fond of "crazy" as a character trait, especially for comedy.

Type-Moon characters drawn by Disgaea artist Harada Takehito.◊

Disgaea 5's Chara World is a board game!

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I see Totoro's littlest lackey has grown up.

Disgaea 5's OP is out!

Those battleships weren't even pretending to be not 3D.

That aside, pretty neat overall. And nice to see that Asagi's found a home with the bunny mafia.

@Lord: Is it just me, or does that pic of Type-Moon characters look...Carnival Phantasm-inspired? There's catgirl Arcueid with an octopus tentacle, deredere Caster, a bunch of Neko-Arcs...

It feels a little bit like they inverted the Guided Fate Paradox opening.

Meh. Disgaea 4's Opening is still my favorite.

Does Asagi have a canonical height?

Using◊ all of this◊ it looks like she's around 160 cm.