That's… the reason why I still haven't bought FFXII and probably never will. I prefer games like… like Tales of games, where they have like this really light-hearted banter and the characters tease each other and have this real affection for each other that makes the heart-wrenching moments r-really unexpected and yeah it's the series that has probably made me cry the most.

Note to game makers: if you have hijinks and really FUN characters, it's a lot more dramatic when one of them makes a serious decision.

Same with SO, I think! I wouldn't like Guren half as much as I do when he won me over to the show in TWO MINUTES OF THE SHOW by mocking Masahiro and acting like a complete moron. It makes it a lot more dramatic when [spoiler spoilers up the spoilering wazoo]. :/