History Characters / LiveALive

[[folder:Sun Tzu Wang ''(Tiger King)'']]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Hayato Horiuchi (Japanese), Mark Lee (English)
A minor character in the scenario. He's a bandit that bullies the weak and forces Yun to steal, only to be driven away by the Earthen Heart Shifu. The next time he's encountered, he has learned the Indomitable Fist Kung Fu, but still fails to defeat the Shifu. However, it is this second defeat that triggers the chapter's biggest tragedy caused by the BigBad.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only shown in the beginning of the Near Future chapter but his death by the hands of Lawless is what triggered his son's psychic powers, lead Lawless to leave the Crusaders and to be a BigBrotherMentor to Akira, and eventually end the Near Future incarnation of Odio from destroying Japan.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Same situation as Kaori, they are shown to be children when Akira and Kaori join the orphanage. Akira grows up and is a teenager after some time has passed but the rest of the children are still the same age and size. It could have been that the other kids were adopted in the time-skip and new kids joined but Watanabe was identified as a child too in the flashback and still appears as one in the present day of the chapter.

* Final Chapter: Watanabe and his father are statues in Pogo's dungeon. Akira can read their minds, revealing that Death Prophet petrified them for running away too many times. This serves as a hint on how you can encounter it yourself.

* HopeSpot: They somehow managed to avoid Odio's genocide... only to incur the ire of the Death Prophet with their constant running away, and end up being turned into statues.

* OcularGushers: Watanabe nearly always bursts into cartoony stream of tears whenever his father dies.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Kozo Watanabe, the Near Future incarnation of Watanabe's dad, was [[spoiler:liquefied by Doctor Livingstill and placed into a LH Combat Unit W1, and while he retained his identity, he lost his free will and had to be killed by Akira and his friends.]]

[[folder:Watanabe & His Dad]]

All throughout history, recurring again and again, a father and son (the son's name being some variant on Watanabe) appear. Most basically, the father is killed in some way or another, leaving Watanabe to burst into tears and run off.

* Twliight of Edo Japan Chapter: Watanabe and his father are ninjas trying to steal Ode Iou's treasure. Either they succeed (because Oboro killed the man in the room below) or, after dodging multiple stabs, the father is impaled. In the remake if Oboromaru contributed to their survival and aborts the mission, [[https://youtu.be/GSp_4j2S3dc?t=195 they're seen alive and well]] while Oboromaru is on the run.

* Present Day Chapter: Watanabe's father throws a soda can at Great Aja, as well as insulting him in the remake. Great Aja turns around, jumps out of the ring, gives him an [[BigBallOfViolence offscreen beatdown]], and returns to the ring.

* Near Future Chapter: The only ones where the pair are more than a recurring joke. Watanabe is one of the orphan kids staying in the same orphanage as Akira. His father reportedly ended up captured and turned into a liquefied human to revive Odeo. [[spoiler:He's actually used to power the boss robot fought in the facility.]]

* Distant Future Chapter: A pair of main and sub antennas, controlled by Watanabe communication system. An explosion takes out the main antenna, causing the sub antenna to go offline. [[spoiler:[[PlayedForHorror Used in a creepy way]], and not played for laughs. If you're familiar with the Watanabe gag, the moment Kato starts spelling out "Watanabe" phonetically, you know one of the two astronauts currently in space is not long for this world. It starts the horror for real.]]

Akira's father, a riot police officer under the employment of the government. He knew his government was up to no good, but he had no choice but to obey. He ended up killed by Lawless when trying to arrest him despite Lawless stating the evilness of the government.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only shown in the beginning of The Distance Future but his death by the hands of Lawless is what triggered his son's psychic powers, lead Lawless to leave the Crusaders and to be a BigBrotherMentor to Akira, and eventually end the Near Future incarnation of Odio from destroying Japan.

* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:His confidential accessment report reveals he was actually planning on replacing the crew on the ''Cogito Ergo Sum'' due to being too dysfunctional in dynamics to salvage once they returned to Earth, with his assessment even noting that said dysfunction would have an increased risk of an incident. Nearly everyone, including him, gets killed before that happens as a direct result of said poor team dynamics being the breaking point for OD-10.]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:He has no recorded voice amongst OD-10's voice databanks that it used to justify that humans are incapable of maintaining harmony, meaning that he'd probably ''not'' bicker and ruin harmony given the chance, and by his assessment recognized just how dysfunctional the crew was to change the crew upon arrival to Earth. It still doesn't prevent him from becoming a target of OD-10's manipulation that costs him his life.]]

%%** He's Indian, like Dhalsim.

** He's Indian, like Dhalsim.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Non-alcoholic version. After the entire ordeal in regards to [[spoiler:the Behemoth and OD-10]], he asks Cube to give him a cup of coffee, both signalling that he's let go of his hatred towards coffee and that he ''really'' needs something to help him unwind.

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Beru is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. She ''does'' have the potential to be a great party member, but has the problem of only being in the party for a short amount of time before being kidnapped for most of the chapter. If the player only does a b-line through the plot, it's very likely she will be ''extremely'' underleveled for the chapters boss fight, and very likely to be one hit killed by the bosses attacks as a result.

An old woman found sleeping in one of the rooms. If woken up, she will persistently chase Oboromaru throughout the temple. Drops the Flowing Silk Sash accessory in the remake.

* {{Gonk}}: Her battle sprite is quite horrendous to look at.

* DeadAllAlong: By her second fight, she reveals herself to be a spirit. As such, Oboromaru removes her from his kill tally and the bonus for killing no human woman still applies if she was killed earlier.

* BurnTheOrphanage: After their plan is found out, Yamazaki orders them to burn the Bright Sparks Orphanage for retaliation against Akira and Lawless. Thankfully, nobody dies and it comes undone quickly after the Steel Titan defeats Odeo.

* HeelFaceTurn: It's implied they were JustFollowingOrders in the manga adaptation, and Yamazaki [[YouHaveFailedMe attempts to have them liquified for leading Lawless into Tsukuba]], but after being freed, they escape with the heroes and don't burn the orphanage.

* MoralityChain: There's a lot of implications that Lawless was the only thing that kept Akira from going down a more dangerous path while growing up. [[spoiler:He's the one who manages to calm Akira down and keep him from going on a on a pontentially murderous RoaringRampageOfRevenge when he finds out what Livingstill and his labrats are up to, and it's very possible he could have ended up like Oersted himself had Lawless not been "the single person" in Akira's life.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Of the '[[AntiFrustrationFeatures to the players benefit]]' type. During normal gameplay, the Behemoth will only stalk the hallways of the ship, and will never enter side areas or cabins, as the doors are far too small for it too fit through. [[spoiler:But when Darthe finally puts it down, it's able to enter through the human sized doors into the room where Darthe is.]]

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of BossInMookClothing. The Behemoth is a frequent enemy in ''Creator/SquareEnix'''s works, either being a full on boss or a BossInMookClothing. While usually difficult to bring down, it isn't invincible by any means and serves as a fun challenge to the player. Live A Live, however, shows just how horrifying it would actually be for a bunch of average joes to encounter it; they would more than likely die in seconds. [[spoiler:That said, it's also ''still'' not invincible, either. But it would take a person highly trained in military's skills and sufficient weaponry to get the deed down; and which point it would likely be a very quick and bloody encounter than a long drawn out slugfest like most Behemoth fights are.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Of the '[[AntiFrustrationFeatures to the players benefit]]' type. During normal gameplay, the Behemoth will only stalk the hallways of the ship, and will never enter side areas or cabins, as the doors are far to small to fit through. [[spoiler:But when Darthe finally puts it down, it's able to enter through the human sized doors into the room where Darthe is.]]

* TheHeavy: While not the BigBag, he's the main antagonist for most of Pogo's chapter, as he's the one in charge of Beru's recapture.

* StoryBreakerPower: There's a ''reason'' Akira seemingly can't reactive it at well after defeating his incarnation of Odio. The Steel Titan takes on what is arguably Odio's most powerful incarnation [[spoiler:sans the FinalBoss]] and is able to beat it down without breaking a sweat. (Even if the player messes about in the battle, the Steel Titan is likely to still be above half HP by the time it takes the boss down.) It's only ever used one more time outside of it's chapter, [[spoiler:and that's during the end game BossRush against the various Odio incarnations.]]

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Subverted. Despite being "half robot" as Akira describes him, for all his eccentricities, Tobei is a fairly decent man who seems content with his life. [[spoiler:He only ever liquafacts a single character during the course of the game's plot, despite putting out the idea of using a liquafacted human to power the Steel Titan. And he only does it upon the request of others to save the character's life, and lets said character have full control over the robot body they inhabit.]]

* MadScientist: Subverted. Tobei is an eccentric man and the resident genius on Steel Titan, but he's on the side of the heroes [[spoiler:though he was previously affiliated with Livingstill and can utilize Livingstill's liquefaction technology that he uses to create Taroimo]].

* CompositeCharacter: He keeps his hair in a bun and mainly uses kick attacks, much like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] (who has two buns). However, his official fighting style (Muay Thai) along with his sense of arrogance bring to mind the original penultimate fighter of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI the first game, Adon]].