Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless is a Turn-Based Strategy video game that takes the usual Disgaea humor to a focus on Hinomoto, a Fantasy Counterpart Culture based on historic Japan.

Hinomoto is a cluster of Netherworlds who believed in Bushido, the samurai code. Their inhabitants venerated the concept of honor, unlike demons elsewhere. But at the time the story is set, such high concept is lost. Because, their pride, their honor, their code, was taken from them by an Invader. Disgaea 7 follows a girl who adores bushido, Pirilika, and a man who despises it, Fuji. Now, they must fight together for their beliefs.

It released in 2023 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. It was made by Nippon Ichi Software. It was directed by Shunsuke Minowa.

• Anti-Frustration Features: Several, including:
  • Demonic Intelligence allows auto battles to commence with AI.
  • The data shop has an event viewer to replay old cutscenes.
• An Axe to Grind: Axes are one of many weapon types.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: It is possible to make a character a giant version of themselves through the Jumbification game mechanics.
• Blade on a Stick: Spears are one of the weapon types. Many weapons are categorized as spears by the game, including halberds, pikes, and poleaxe.
• Body Surf: Joe Doe is capable of this through soul disputation according to his in game character screen.
• Cool Sword: Swords are one of the weapon types. The Demonic Sword specifically is a cool sword.
• Cyborg: The in-game profile for Suisen calls him a cyborg.
• Disc One Final Boss: The Demmodore is built up as the final boss, but he's just a pawn of the real boss. That said, he does loom over most of the plot with appropriate buildup to justify the trope for a huge portion of it.
• The Dragon: Cannon is apparently this for most of the plot, due to being forced into it by the hate plague of the real villain.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: Cannon however, is shown to have their own plans despite their apparent loyalty, She fakes compliance to attempt to take the real villain with her eventually. It doesn't work, but she does earn a form of Redemption Earns Life. {Specifically, she's revived by Celestia by God's grace, where she's able to help the heroes without irony, but is effectively dead to her original self and now an angel.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Hinamoto is one for historic Japan and Wahei is one for Eagle Land, possibly Hawaii.
  • The name Hinamoto is even an archaic name for Japan itself, referencing its geological foundations on islands formed by volcanic eruption.
• Gameplay Automation: Notably reduced in focus from Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, an automated battle system does make a return with some more limitations in this game.
• Hate Plague: A specialty of the true villain, who uses this to force others to violate their conscience and must do evil things to live. The main character has a lesser variant of it initially, which forces him to avoid acting selfless lest it cause him physical agony. He eventually overcomes it for the most part, but still retains some of the side effects for comedic purposes.
• Horned Humanoid: Many of the demons have horns.
• Magic Staff: The staves category of weapons.
• Parody: A sizable amount of parody involving the Sengoku Jidai era and the subsequent opening up of the Japanese to the West frames the plot. Specifically, while the villain is loose expy of the historical Commodore Perry, althougth he turned out to be good, just mind controlled by the real villain, and while it also features loose expies of the Tokugawa Shogunate, specifically Ieyasu Tokogawa, that's basically where the parallels end. In fact this is used to cleverly hide the real villain for most of the game.
• Rags to Riches: The backstory for Yayaka, the Gambling Magistrate.
• Sweet Tooth: Higan likes sweets.
• Villain with Good Publicity: The real villain Mugai has a very good PR machine in place even after his faked death. So much so that discovering his true plans and discrediting him becomes the real focus of the plot.
• A Worldwide Punomenon: Both Cannon and the Demmodore have a running pun with their names, which only becomes obvious when you discover the Demmodore's actual name, Gatling, referencing Gatling guns, another weapon alongside more advanced cannons used to force the Tokugawa Shogunate to acknowledge the power of the Western nations and reopen their culture.
• Your Size May Vary: The Jumbofication mechanic revolves around this, allowing any character to assume gigantic proportions who has to stand outside the map for three turns, but gains massive strength and HP buffs. This also makes them a much bigger target during the duration and enemies can also use this mechanic.