Stage 47 – On the Verge of Death! Dr. Hell’s Final Assault!

Intermission

So Esther’s back after a long stint as a DM! She gets C.A and Bullet Save.

Shinobu and Aoi get E-Save since the Dancougars are pretty EN thirsty.

The Shinkirou gets a FUB and now has +100EN and +300 damage to all attacks. I choose the 0 EN cost for barrier, effectively rendering it an almost indestructible machine.

Japan, Kurogane House

Kouji’s mother is preparing for Dr. Hell’s soon to be coming attack. She than notices that she’s being watched and asks Detective Ankokuji to come out. He does and he isn’t surprised that she knew that he was here. They than discuss why Dr. Hell is doing this and that they wont let him have his way. Sorry folks, after quite a bit of research I still couldn’t find out what they were talking about :S

At Bardos Island…

Dr. Hell Today we strike down the Photon Labs! Come forth generals! Dr. Hell Count Brocken! Count Brocken I’m here! Dr. Hell Pygman! Pygman We will succeed! Dr. Hell Baron Ashura! Baron Ashura I’ll fight for you for all eternity Dr.Hell! We well settle things with Kabuto Kouji once and for all! Dr. Hell Now go forth and gather your forces! …. * Generals leave… * Dr. Hell …You can come out now. Gestalt Your obsession with Photon Power is…amusing. Dr. Hell This King of Hell isn’t enough to fight the Ba’al with…only with Photon Power can we survive! Sayuri Do you think those three clowns will even succeed? Dr. Hell They will live up to my expectations! I have high hopes for Baron Ashura. Gestalt And why the elaborate call for a showdown? If you wanted the Photon Power so badly, you could’ve taken the Photon Labs while ZEXIS were dealing with Insalaum! Dr. Hell You fools could never hope to understand my plans! Sayuri Perhaps. In any case good luck (not!) for the battle. Gestalt You might need it more than you think! Mwahaha!

At the Dragon’s Hive…

Kouji We’re ready for you Dr. Hell! Bring it on! Benkei It’s strange how he gave us time to prepare. Hayato It’s most likely some kind of trap. Boss M-maybe he’s so strong he’s just giving us a fighting chance?!! Takeru I don’t think it’s like that Boss… Shiro Are you going to fight, Bro? Kouji Of course! Today we’re going to put a stop to Dr. Hell, once and for all! Sayaka Do your best Kouji! Kouji Thanks Sayaka! Esther Ehhhhhh… Sayaka What’s wrong Esther? Esther It’s just…you guys are so lovey dovey! Sayaka Eh? Really….. Kouji H-hey! What’s that supposed to mean? Esther I mean, next to Renton and Eureka, you’re ZEXIS’ top couple! Alto Eh? Maybe she’s after Kouji too? Michel Nope…her heart only belongs to one man. Kallen And what about you, Esther? Esther M-me? Aoyama I’ve seen the way you look at Crowe! Ibuki Yeah, just admit it already! Akagi That’s right! The lonely warrior, haunted by debt and the curse of the Sphere! Aoyama A hero like him also needs a woman! Crowe Hey, what’s up?! Esther Crowe! Aoyama He’s here! Say pal…Esther wants to tell you something! Crowe …On second thoughts, the Librasta needs some work. Later! … * Crowe hurries off * Aoyama Ehhh, what’s so good about that guy anyway? Esther I, don’t think anything of him! Aoyama I was talking to Lady Marguerette over there! Marguerette There’s nothing between me and Crowe! Akagi You’re kidding right? Aoyama Maybe you’re just waiting for your moment to strike? Klan Ehh?! So Arksabers have really bad taste in men! Marguerette I’m a knight!! Man or woman, I have no such intterest in things! Kei Ohhh, so you’re not a man OR a woman now are you? Pierre Hmm…I’m not sure I can tell by just looking…. Klan Where’d you guys come from? Roybea We can’t let this chance to confirm this go to waste! Michel He’s right about that. Marguerette S-stop! Don’t come any closer! Gain Don’t worry, we won’t do anything…. Masato If there’s no difference between men and women, surely you don’t mind right?! Marguerette N-no! Stop, please! Athrun What’s going on here? Athrun Lady Marguerette is CLEARLY a woman! You guys outta be ashamed of yourselves! Kei We were just messing around! Gain We’re just trying to break the ice a little…I guess maybe we took it a bit too far? Athrun As long as you guys know that, it’s fine Shinn Good going Athrun! Athrun Well I’ve got a reputation to protect!

Marguerette T-That was close! Crowe Are you okay Marguerette? You don’t look so good. Crowe We’re all counting on you in battle you know! Esther Can’t you see she’s just been through a lot?! Can’t you be a bit more sensitive?! You don’t understand a woman’s feelings at all! Marguerette Esther… Esther He should treat you like a Lady! Marguerette It’s okay Esther, I don’t think he meant anything. Crowe Geez Esther, why so snarky? Esther You’ve been avoiding me, haven’t you?! Crowe It’s not like that! We’ve been pretty busy you know! Esther No excuses! Crowe (I don’t get it, what did I do wrong?!) Marguerette …Anyway, we should be preparing for the upcoming battle. Marguerette We’ll probably have to fight Prince Uther at some point. Are you okay with that Esther? Esther R-right! Marguerette Heh, that’s cute. … * Marguerette walks off * Crowe You guys make a pretty tough pair! Esther Eh? Crowe Well we got some time now. Esther So, how’s the Chief doing? Crowe Worried sick. She was working around the clock to find a way to restore you, you know? Esther Really? I didn’t think the Chief cared so much. Crowe Of course she does! Esther How about Carlos? Crowe … Esther What is it? Crowe He sacrificed himself to take out a ZONE. Esther Oh…. Esther …what a selfish jerk! Why would he do something so stupid? Crowe (Okay, maybe it’s better she doesn’t know about all the times I tried doing that…) Crowe Anyway Esther! We’re counting on you! It’s your job to punish that Anbrone witch for all the horrible things she’s done! Esther O-okay!

第47話： 死線！ 総攻撃Ｄｒ．ヘル！ Stage 47: Line of Death! Dr. Hell’s Final Assault!

Ankokuji About time you guys arrived! We were starting to get worried! Here’s my squad, an all Super team lead by Zero. Not pictured is of course, Mazinger Z, which is a forced deployment.

Tsubasa Just in time too by the looks of it! Gamia Q They’re coming. Baron Ashura Kabuto Kouji! Baron Ashura Dr. Hell brought me back from the underworld when I couldn’t awaken from thousands of years of sleep. Baron Ashura To repay him, I have resolved to fight and sacrifice everything! Baron Ashura But there’s another reason why I made it this far. Baron Ashura And that is reason is you, Kabuto Kouji! Kouji Me?! Baron Ashura I hate you! Baron Ashura I must defeat you! Baron Ashura I’ll defeat you! I’ll defeat you! I’ll defeat you!!!!! I want to beat you! That’s all I want!!!!! Kouji Ashura…. Boss Let’s get em, Kouji! Kouji Boss? Boss It’s a matter of pride! Ashura needs to beat you. Otherwise world domination would be dull for him! Ryouma That’s probably right…all he can think about is defeating you and Mazinger Z right now! Boss That’s gotta be it! Unless he beats you, he’s not a man. I feel the same way! Kouji Ooooooowa! Kouji Ashura, I’ll show you who’s the man! Ashura Excellent Kouji! We’ll settle this once and for all! Kouji Let’s go, Brocken, Pygman! And Ashura! Kouji I’ll kick all your asses on the same turn!

SR Point – Within 4 turns, defeat all all enemies, then Brocken, Ashura, Pygman on the same turn

Turn 1

Here we are, facing a rather large army of missiles, Energer Z’s, and Glowzer X-10’s. The annoying thing is that the bosses are spread over the top half of the map, so we gotta split up to deal with them in order to get the SR Point.

An early Morale Up on Aquarion boots up the Element System and lets me do some CA/Double Attack shenanigans.

Unfortunately Apollo misses the kill by 500HP and the missile blows up (doesn’t count as a kill). Dang it.

Confuse up!

It’s pretty damn annoying since my guys always miss out on killing these guys by a few hundred HP. If you attack them, make sure you stay out of their range (at least 4 squares), or kill them in 1 hit,

End of turn 1. It’s a pretty damn poor start, as I couldn’t even manage to get anyone’s Continuous Action off due to the stupid missiles.

The counterattack goes way better. Aquarion manages to Mugen Punch a few of those Glowzers into the moon.

Turn 2

All the mooks moved up. The bosses do not.

It goes much better as my guys start to reach 120 morale and CA starts activating.

The 3-3-7 combination, kinda lazy since it’s just a whole bunch of stills, but still awesome nonetheless.

The left side is cleaned up by Banjou, Watta and Kappei.

And after defeating that Energer Z, Simon finally reaches Baron Ashura.

Touga and Apollo manage to reach Brocken as well. The latter does a fucking huge ass chunk of life off him, with a 2x Hot Blooded Solar Sword.

End of turn 2. That’s much cleaner! The majority of the mooks got wiped out, and Brocken is nearly dead.

Turn 3

The bosses finally moved up to fight my guys. I’m possibly looking to finish up this turn. The problem is Pygman, who’s kinda off the beaten path.

You’ll need to use the Lock On seishin to hit the guy, due to his ridiculous SS size.

Also his attacks cause 1/2 stats, which is a real pain in the ass, but at least he’s nearly dead so the next attack will kill him.

The last 3 grunts go down…

And Baron Ashura gets burned down, ending with a Big Ass Punch from Kouji

Who gets aced too. He gets 1.2x damage bonus at 130 morale and up.

Defeating Ashura causes a small event.. Baron Ashura Dr. Hell…I have failed you! Ankokuji Whoah whoah whoah, where do you think you’re going? Stay still, and I’ll make this quick. Baron Ashura N-noo! ????? I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Baron Ashura It’s…. Ankokuji Eeeeep! Gaiou Get out of my face! Or I’ll eat you! Ankokuji Aaaaaaaaah! Baron Ashura Dimension General! Gaiou It’s been a long time, old friend. Perhaps it’s time you regained your memories. Turns out Ashura has some friends in pretty high places.

Pygman gets nuked by Ryouma

Pygman It’s not over yet! Boss Shit! He made it to the Photon Labs! Upon his defeat he rushes off to the Photon Labs… Pygman Professor Yumi! I’ll be the end to send you to the netherworld! Prof. Yumi !!! Pygman Well then! ???? Not if we can help it! ….. “*gunshot* *Pygman’s body starts to dissolve*” Pygman Uwaaagh! Prof. Yumi Y-you’re! Ankokuji Sorry for being late. Prof. Yumi !! Ankokuji As you know, I’m an agent of the nation, Inspector Ankokuji! Ankokuji And this is my honey, Q-Q-Q-Q-Q-chan! Gamia Q3 No. My name is Gamia Q3 Pygman Gamia?! You bitch! Pygman Arrrrrrrgh! What did you shoot me with?!!! Ankokuji Just something a little, *special* Pygman Curse you! I’ll remember this! Ankokuji Have another one! …. *gunshot* Ankokuji Wow, am I fucking awesome or what? Prof. Yumi Why are you here? Ankokuji This was my real mission. I have bullets to take out the enemy’s three jackass generals! Prof. Yumi From who?? Ankokuji Nishikiori of course! Ankokuji (Well, that’s my job done. The rest is up to you, ZEXIS!) Sayaka Father! Prof. Yumi We’re okay! Just stay focused on the battle! In the conversation, he mentions “Blade”, which is alluded to be Great Mazinger in the actual anime itself, though I can’t make out what he’s saying.

Upon encountering a female pilot, Brocken has a rather interesting conversation… Count Brocken Heh heh heh…so this one’s piloted by a girl eh? Count Brocken Punishing you is going to be so much FUN! First I’ll peel off the cockpit amour, then…. Lunamaria Enemy of women! Marguerette Lewd men like you deserve no mercy! Count Brocken W-wha??? Aoi You’re the one who will be punished! Silvia Prepare youself, Count Pervert! Kallen I’m gonna kick that head of yours like a football! Sara No no! I’m going to use it as a flower pot! Yoko Target practice! Noin I’ll feed it to my dog! Esther I’ll crush it! Sumeragi I authorize you to carry out those actions! Count Brocken W-What?! I haven’t even done anything yet! -5parrowhawk

Count Brocken I-im-impossible!!!! And finally Touga downs Brocken in style

SR Point GET!

Edge We did it! Touga I don’t think it’s over just yet Edge… ??? How naïve! Apollo What?! ??? Just as I thought ZEXIS…your powers are quite formidable… ??? Therefore I must reveal my ultimate power! ??? Rise, King of Hell! Kouji Dr. Hell! Duo Oh shit, what the hell is that? Aoyama A big man with 4 arms? Crowe Don’t forget the 3 faces. Duo Real funny, chumps. Dr. Hell Watch closey, Kabuto Kouji…and ZEXIS! My full power! Ryouma Oh crap, he’s headed straight for the Photon Lab! Dr. Hell Burn to ashes! Kouji The Photon Lab! Sayaka Father! Dr. Hell Hahaha….the Photon Labs is just a vessel…the Japanium ore inside is what matters! Marin Japanium?! Is that what he’s really after? Dr. Hell With this I can continue my mission…first Japan, then the world! Crowe Mission? Ryouma Like we’d let you have your way! Dr. Hell Fools! This is the only way we can survive against the Ba’al! Simon Ba’al…enemies of all life… Zero (Wiseman wanted power for that reason as well…just what the hell is going on?!) Hayato Then, it was the Ba’al who crushed the Mykene empire thousands of years ago?! Dr. Hell Do you understand now! I must do this or we will all perish! ??? I won’t allow that! Dr. Hell What?!

Dr. Hell It transformed! Prof. Yumi This is the Scientific Fortress Laboratory of Photon Energy! Sayaka Father! You’re alive! Sawashi By Photon Power! Nossori For Photon Power! Morimori We built it in secret to protect the Japanium ore! Dr. Hell !!! Prof. Yumi But I didn’t want it to come down to this! Photon Energy is for peace….it’s suppose to illuminate the way to the future! Kouji Dr. Hell! Whatever your mission is, I can’t let you win here! Your methods are wrong! Ryouma That’s right old man. We can’t let Mad Scientists like yourself get a hold of Photonic Energy! Dr. Hell Tch! Dr. Hell Very well Kabuto Kouji! And ZEXIS! Let’s have one last battle to decide the fate of the world!

Boss It’s the Mechanical Beast all stars! Aoyama Hmm…you could even call them the Monstars? Duo … Duo Soooo lame. Dr. Hell My mechanical beasts and the King of Hell won’t lose to you! Kouji Dr. Hell! I’ll put an end to your ambitions with Mazinger Z! Let’s go! Well Dr Hell means serious business, because he brought out every single mecha beast ever made, averaging at 25,000HP each.

Most of my guys already had their turn, so I activate Iron Wall on the Quarter and send it in to tank for the Ikaruga, who’s already used it’s move.

Predictably, most of the guys go for the Ikaruga, but with the Quarter nearby with Iron Wall on, the Pinpoint Barrier absorbs everything.

Turn 4

And an all out Super Robot War erupts!

Quite a number of the beasts have the nasty status effects. These include Armor down (rust hurricane) and stat reducing attacks, which can be annoying for a team full of Supers to deal with.

First kill! Stronger T4 gets done in by the Quarter.

End of turn 4. I’ve destroyed about 4-5 guys, but there’s still plenty to go.

The Doc goes for his MAPW, but misses everyone, hah!

Turn 5

These beasts are actually a pretty good opportunity to level up some of the motherships.

At last, all the mecha beasts dealt with!

And the end of turn 5. I’ve surrounded Dr Hell in preparation for the beatdown next turn.

Turn 6

It’s time to go all out on Dr. Hell!

I almost forgot, Exhaust the guy down to 100 morale and Analyze!

From here on int, it’s just as simple as unloading everything you’ve got left into the guys, with all the Hot Blood!

Arranged Battle Scene

I let Roger take the kill, since he’s the only Super left without Hot Blood. Dr Hell drops a Super Alloy Z.

And Roger learns Soul at 60!

Kouji It’s over Dr. Hell! Dr. Hell Not yet! This King of Hell has a secret! Marguerette He revived?! Crowe What the hell! Dr. Hell This Gordon can tap into dimensional energy! Dr. Hell While it’s active, I can’t be defeated! ???? That won’t be a problem! Dr. Hell It’s you…!

Inside the King of Hell, Gordon…

Dr. Hell Shit! The dimensional power converter was destroyed! Baron Ashura It’s me! Baron Ashura, the lapdog of Dr. Hell! Dr. Hell Damn you! You found out?! Baron Ashura I remember everything now! You were the one who rot our bodies away while we were sleeping! Baron Ashura You made me your slave and lied to me! Baron Ashura Dr.Hell! With this I…no…Mykene will finally be avenged! Ashura having recovered his memories thanks to Gaiou, isn’t so happy he’s been lied to. He breaks into the King of Hell and starts sabotaging things. Kouji Ashura, what are you doing? Baron Ashura Kabuto Kouji. Baron Ashura Thousands of years ago when the Mykene were near defeat… Baron Ashura I was put to sleep as two people, Tristan and Isolde. Baron Ashura When I awoke I was one person! Half Tristan and half Isolde! Baron Ashura Dr. Hell told me the bodies were rotted away and that it was the only way to save me. So I pledged a lifetime of servitude to him! Baron Ashura But now I remember the truth! It was Dr. Hell himself who destroyed half of our bodies! Baron Ashura He lied to me and used me! For that I will have my revenge! For Mykene!

On the ropes, Dr Hell makes a run for it. Juzo It’s time Kouji! Use the true power of the Mazinger army! Kouji Gramps! Baron Ashura The King of Hell’s power converter has been destroyed! We can finish him now! Kouji Alright! Let’s do this Ashura! Baron Ashura For Mykene!!!!!!!

Ashura and Kouji proceed to team up against Hell… …ending in the 100 Rocket Punch attack!

Dr. Hell Fools! You don’t understand what you’ve done! Uwaaaaaaaaaagh! Kouji Gramps! Everyone! We did it! ???? Hey, that was pretty cool, huh? ???? Cool eh? Benkei Sting! Cohen! Hayato You survived the Metal Dragon exploding?! Cohen Of course! Sting It’s all thanks to the power of evolution! Ryouma I’ll end you guys! Cohen I don’t think so… Sting We’re off to obtain the next level of evolution! Cohen Photon energy will be nothing compared to us! Sting Later! …. * Sting and Cohen dissappear * Ryouma Dammit! Kouji The Invaders have something stronger than Photon Energy? Ryouma I wouldn’t worry about it. Kouji Ryouma… Ryouma Like Dr.Hell and Old Man Saotome, they’ll have their day coming for them. Sayaka Hey has anyone seen Ashura? Boss Oh shit! I guess he must ‘ve slipped away! Kouji …. Sayaka … Crowe Well I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve had enough Photon Energy and Getter rays for a day. it’s time for a beer! Kouji I’ll take you up on that. Ryouma Yeah me too. Crowe How ’bout it, Captain? Jeffrey Beer o’clock.

Inside Shin Dragon…

Gou …. Gou (Come…) Kei Eh? Gai H-hey, did you just hear that? Kei I don’t know, but it sounded like Gou…. Gai What does it mean?! Kei I don’t know, but I hope this means he’s coming back soon…

Elsewhere…

Gaiou Tristan, Isolde… Ashura Those names no longer mean anything… Ashura From now onwards, I am Ashura! Ashura I remember the time you fought alongside the Mykene. Ashura I know time of the Ba’al will be coming soon… Ashura And when that time arrives I look forward to fighting with you again, Dimension General! Gaiou When that time comes again huh…I wonder. Whatever the case, it sounds like there’s some doubt in Gaiou’s voice. Is it because he doesn’t believe in Ashura? Or is it because he feels that he may not be around when the Ba’al come? Who knows?

Strategy Corner

Okay there are a few points to consider on this stage, and let’s go through them in order. First all, them missiles! They blow up after one attack, which means you don’t get a kill and morale. If you’re initiating the attack, outrange them with attacks 4 or greater so they can’t counterattack (and blow up).

In terms of the bosses, Pygman is the furthest, but he also has the least HP. He also requires some seishin investment to kill, because his SS size means everything will miss him normally. About 3 Hot Blood attacks should be able to defeat him. You have to be careful though, because one of his attacks causes the dreaded 1/2 stats status ailment, which can really put a dent in your plans. I recommend sending units with Flash to deal with him or Tetsujin (he isn’t affected by statuses).

Ashura and Brocken also have status down attacks, but they aren’t nearly as deadly (Moblity down and Morale down respectively). With 4 turns to burn down all the enemies and bosses, you’ll most likely have to expend some Hot Bloods to deal the necessary damage. Remember to defeat all three on the same turn for the SR Point!

Once the trio are dead, the initial enemies will retreat, regardless whether or not you killed them. Dr Hell and the mecha beasts will appear at the southwest. They have various status attacks as well, such as Armour Down.

At this point you can take it easy, but since the beasts will most likely move in a pack, I would suggest only attacking once you are 100% ready and can send all your guys in at once. This is to prevent one guy getting targeted over and over in the enemy phase and getting blown up, since these are pseudo-bosses and can dish out a decent amount of damage, especially if you get hit by Armour Down.

Once the beasts are dead, just unload everything that’s left into Hell for the victory. Just watch out for his MAPW attack.

Comments

This is the first stage which is almost completely done using skits. The dialogue is based off Dick’s entries in the Akurasu wiki (Thanks Dick) and while they are not exact translations should give you a pretty good idea of what’s going on.

However this took much, much, MUCH longer than I thought. The main challenge was trying to figure out appropriate dialogue while trying to get the point across. I may have to scale back in the future, but we’ll see how it goes.

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