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** Hiro has 12 AutoRevive status buffs when he received a single OneHitKill. Mana could easily [[HealingHands revive him]], and the party has plenty of healing items to get him back on his feet, but the battle still ends instantly. GameOver.

** Hiro falls in battle, and a countdown appears over his head. If he is not revived in that time, the battle ends. GameOver.

* '''Defied''': Hiro stays far away from any enemy because he knows the battle will end if he is killed.

** The game is from Hiro's point of view; if he dies, his point of view ends.

** If Hiro takes the typical NonLethalKO, the game continues. However, there's ways for player characters to suffer {[Permadeath}}. If ''this'' happens to Hiro, it's game over.

** If Hiro takes the typical NonLethalKO, the game continues. However, there's ways for player characters to suffer a FinalDeath. If ''this'' happens to Hiro, it's game over.

** Everyone is subject to FinalDeath, including Hiro, so there's no way to revive him if he dies, and no way the story can go on without him.

** Alternatively, all the party members are Hiro's bodyguards and their duty is to protect him. If Hiro dies, they failed in their duty, and they just give up.

** Hiro has 12 AutoRevive status buffs when he fell in battle [[EvilOnlyHaveToWinOnce only once]]. Mana could easily [[HealingHands revive him]], and the party has plenty of healing items to get him back on his feet, but the battle still ends instantly. GameOver.

* '''Exaggerated''': Hiro falls in battle. Mana could [[HealingHands revive him]], and the party has plenty of healing items to get him back on his feet, but the battle still ends instantly. GameOver.

* '''Parodied''': Every time Hiro [[OneHitPointWonder trips over his own feet or touches anything that might even ''hurt'' him...]] it's game over.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] falls in battle. Companions [[CuteWitch Morgana]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Kelvin]] and [[MysteriousWaif Mana]] are still standing, but the game still instantly ends.

** Everyone else was created by Hiro's using his overabundance of soul. If he dies they simply fade away.

** Hiro needs a party to stay alive. If they all die he dies. If he dies he'll get back up in a few rounds.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes, when Hiro falls, the battle goes on; sometimes the battle falls and it's all about random chance.

* '''Conversed''': "I have plenty of reasons to go on and yet the game ends whenever that stupid weak character Hiro falls!"

* '''Reconstructed''': Because his companions are so overprotective, Hiro tries very hard to escape them and kill enemies. He finally manages so, but he dies himself... '''Game over'''.

* '''Downplayed''': Hiro falls in battle, and a countdown appears over his head. If he is not revived in that time, the battle ends. GameOver.

* '''Deconstructed''': Hiro's companions go to any length, '''[[TheUnfettered any length]]''', to prevent his death, to the point where he can't do anything because he's being overprotected by his fearful teammates.
* '''Reconstructed''': Because his companions are so overprotective, Hiro tries very hard to escape them and kill enemies. He finally manages so, but he dies himself... '''Game over'''.

* '''Exploited''': Hiro skips straight to the villain fight and kills him. The villain's henchmen give up immediately.

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* '''Justified''': The game is from Hiro's point of view; if he dies, his point of view ends.

* '''Inverted''': InstantWinCondition

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] falls in battle. Companions [[CuteWitch Ichigo]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Kelvin]] and [[MysteriousWaif Mana]] are still standing, but the game still instantly ends.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' If Hiro falls in battle, Ichigo [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall berates the player by screaming at his body]] about what an idiot he was to go down like that.

** Everyone is subject to FinalDeath, including Hiro, but Hiro being the main character means that the game can't go on with him dead.

** Everyone else was created by Hiro's using his overabundance of soul. If he dies they simply fade away.

* '''Subverted''': Hiro falls, but the fight continues without him.