Live A Live - Plot

Plot

The first seven chapters can be played in any order, and the final two chapters open up after they are completed.

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In prehistoric times, a tribe of cavemen prepares to sacrifice a woman named Bel (べる Beru) to their deity, a dinosaur named O-D-O (おーでぃーおー Ō Dī Ō). She escapes to the south and hides in a cave belonging to another tribe, stealing their food to survive. She is discovered by a young caveman named Pogo, who falls in love with her and decides to help her hide from the rest of the tribe. The northern tribe attacks to retrieve her, but Pogo repels them. However, Bel is discovered in the process, and the elder exiles them. Eventually, Pogo is forced to fight O-D-O, and is assisted by a warrior of the northern tribe named Zaki (ざき). After the beast is defeated, peace is established between the two tribes.

Secret Orders

In feudal Japan, a mysterious figure named Ode Iou (尾手 院王 Ode Iō) is trying to throw Japan into chaos. The ninja clan Enma sends one of their ninja named Oboro-maru to rescue a prisoner who can stabilize Japan, then kill Ode Iou. After rescuing the prisoner, he joins the ninja in the battle with Ode Iou, who turns out to be a monster. After Ode Iou is slain, the prisoner reveals that he Is Sakamoto Ryōma. Oboro is then given the choice of returning to the Enma or joining Ryōma in his plans to rebuild Japan.

Inheritance

In ancient China, and centers on an old kung-fu master of the Xin Shan Quan tradition and his three students. While the master is away one day, the dojo is attacked by a rival dojo seeking revenge for an insult. Two of the students are killed, prompting the master and his remaining student to avenge their deaths. The rival school, led by Odi Wang Lee (オディワン・リー Odiwan Rī), is defeated, but the master dies afterward, having used the last of his strength in the fight. The student then is charged with training the next generation.

Wandering

This chapter takes place in the American Old West. An outlaw called the Sundown Kid and his rival, a bounty hunter named Mad Dog (マッド・ドッグ Maddo Doggu), arrive in Success Town, a place terrorized by a group of bandits called the Crazy Bunch (クレイジー・バンチ Kureijī Banchi), led by O. Dio, the last remaining survivor of the 7th Cavalry. The two decide to team up temporarily and help the town stand up to the bandits. The townsfolk agree to help, and they make a plan to prepare the town's defenses against an attack. After defeating most of the assailants, O. Dio (O・ディオ O Dio) attacks them with a Gatling gun. After emerging victorious, Mad Dog challenges Sundown to one final duel. The player has the option of killing Mad Dog or running away.

The Strongest

The Strongest is set in the present day. Masaru Takahara strives to become the strongest fighter in the world by fighting the masters of different fighting disciplines to learn their techniques. However, another fighter, Odie Oldbright (オディ・オブライト Odi Oburaito), fights the same six masters and murders them all. He then challenges Masaru, who defeats him.

Flow

In the near future in Japan, a biker gang called the Crusaders has been kidnapping people with unknown intentions. A young boy with psychic powers named Akira Tadokoro is orphaned when his father, a police officer, dies in a fight with the Crusaders. Akira and his sister grow up in an orphanage called Chibikko House. One day, an unusual series of events lead Akira and his friend Matsu (無法松 Muhoumatsu) to discover a plot by the Japanese government to liquify people and use them to power a giant idol named Odeo (御出居). Matsu sacrifices himself to save Akira, who then destroys Odeo (also known as Master Inko (隠呼大仏 Inko-daibutsu)) using an ancient mech called Buriki Daioh.

Mechanical Heart

In the distant future, a space ship called Cogito Ergosum is returning to earth carrying a dangerous alien called the Behemoth (ベヒーモス Behīmosu). The mechanic, Kato, creates a spherical robot and ironically names it Cube. The player takes the role of Cube as it explores the ship and meets the crew. However, things begin to go wrong as the ship malfunctions and a crew member named Kirk (カーク Kāku) dies in a freak accident. As the story progresses, the Behemoth is released and it kills more crew members. The remaining crew members continue to blame and mistrust one another, but it is finally revealed that the culprit is the ship's computer, OD-10. Cube hacks into the computer via a video game console and defeats it.

King of Demons

After completing the first seven chapters, the medieval chapter is unlocked. A brave knight named Oersted, a hero beloved by the people, sets off to rescue Princess Alicia (アリシア Arishia) of Lucretia, his fiancee, from the Demon King (魔王). He joins his best friend, the wizard Straybow (ストレイボウ Sutoreibou), and the heroes who defeated the Demon King thirty years prior, the knight Hash (ハッシュ Hasshu) and the priest Uranus (ウラヌス Uranusu), and heads to the mountain of the Demon King. However, they cannot find the Demon King or Alicia there. Hash dies after a battle with a powerful monster, and Straybow is seemingly killed by falling rocks shortly thereafter. Oersted and Uranus return to Lucretia that night to regroup, but Oersted is tricked into slaying the King by an image of the Demon King. He is accused of being the Demon King himself, and imprisoned. Uranus helps him escape then dies, and Oersted flees the country, reviled by the people who idolized him the day before. He returns to the mountain of the Demon King and finds that Straybow had faked his own death, after discovering a hidden passageway to where Alicia was being held. Straybow reveals he was behind everything, and his motive was jealousy of Oersted. Oersted slays him. Alicia enters, confesses her love for Straybow, and stabs herself. Oersted realizes that there is nothing left in his life, becomes paranoid and desires revenge against humanity for taking everything away from him. He sacrifices his soul to become the next Demon King, and names himself Odio.

Final Chapter

In the final chapter, Odio summons the protagonists of the first seven chapters to his realm, a colorless Lucretia with its people mysteriously absent, for a final battle. The player's chosen protagonist meets and recruits the other six characters. Once ready, the group fights and defeats Odio, who reverts back to Oersted. The protagonist is then given the choice of killing him; if he refuses, Oersted attacks the group again, forcing all seven of them to fight the incarnation of Odio from their chapter. After all forms of Odio are destroyed, the protagonist explains what he fights for, and Oersted agrees to return them all to where they came from and dies. Lucretia is freed from Odio's control.

If the player chooses Oersted as the final chapter's lead character, he defeats the seven protagonists with all of his incarnations, and is left to wander in an empty Lucretia or, if defeated, causes armageddon.