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'''''Disgaea''''' is a series of [[Turn-Based Strategy]] games created by [[Nippon Ichi]] Software ([[Atlus]] published the first game in America, since Nippon Ichi didn't have an American division at the time).

All fourThese games are highly regarded by enthusiasts of [[Turn-Based Strategy]] games for their twisted humor and myriad ways to [[Elite Tweak|customize and level up characters and equipment]]. Oh, and the Prinnies are so cute too, dood!

The first two games both have [[Updated Rerelease|PSP remakes]], with the NA localization of the first entitled ''Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness'', and a DS remake of that remake, ''Disgaea DS''. Afternoon of Darkness is known for its [[Another Side, Another Story|Etna Mode]], a "What If" story where Etna accidentally ''kills'' Laharl, and takes over as the main character. The localization of ''Disgaea 2'' PSP is entitled ''Dark Hero Days'', complete with its own Etna Mode variant (This time telling what happened before the game started) starring the Dark Hero, Axel. AndA finally, a PSPPS Vita remake of ''Disgaea 3'' has been announced, entitled ''Absence of Detention'', whichwas released in 2012. It includes all the DLC from the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, including Raspberyl Mode, two new characters, and four new scenarios which focus on the rest of the main cast. A PS Vita version of ''Disgaea 4'' (''A Promise Revisited'') was released in 2014. A [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Disgaea 5'' (''Complete'') will be released in 2017.

All fourFour main games have been adapted into manga and a series of [[Disgaea Novels|light novels]] with the original game also getting an [[Makai Senki Disgaea|anime]].

** The Succubus and [[Catgirl|Nekomata]] races in the first game, the plant-girls in the second. Notable because the Succubus and Nekomata characters (as well as Jennifer) were drawn by a different artist—Yoshiharu "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185347/http://homepage3.nifty.com/aws/ Ryoji]" Nomura—the artist who did the characters and art for the Marl Kingdom / ''[[La Pucelle]]'' games—did the "sexy type" characters with the new artist Yuichi "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131152657/http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/u1h/ Haradaya]" Harada for the rest—which is why they stand out so much. (Both links go to their respective homepages, which are [[NSFW]].)

** Disgaea has a weird relationship with this trope. Characters come [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] on a regular basis, both in the story and game mechanics, but some stay dead for unexplained reasons. ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', a game set in the universe of Disgaea, introduces the Sacred Tome a book that grants any wish provided you have enough mana power, and it is indeed used to bring a person back from the dead. In ''Disgaea 3'' a character dies, but comes right back to life when he receives a different title then the one he had when he died. In ''Prinny 2'' a particular prinny is given their old body back after doing a very good deed. The game mechanics opens even more loopholes. The thing is; this methods of resurrection is never used to bring certain other characters back from the dead, e.g. parents of the main characters are often dead from the beginning or will be by the end, and their deaths are threatened as final.

* [[Lady of Black Magic]]: The mage-class [[Player MooksMook]]s, inasmuch as their personality can be determined.

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