God that sucks. I hate it when one of my irl loves an anime or manga as much as me but they're SO far behind. D:
Law is neat. His powers aren't my favorite, though I don't deny that he deserved the position as one of he Shichibukai, for sure. Franky is a trip. The Strawhats are awesome, with Luffy being my favorite. Idk why, but the knucklehead types of characters always win me over. <3 My favorite powers though, would have to be Robin's. For crying out loud she GREW out of another dude's body killing him. Like how badass is that?? Plus being able to snap 100+ necks at once with just a "Clutch!" God damn that is to be feared. Zoro is definitely the best looking, though. <3
What's funny is that the anime shows of the games actually being like that, where you can fight people in Towns and junk and climb and jump, but alas the actual games you can't. :c
However, the .hack// games are all for PS2, and not the PC. They tried one for the PC, but again, this was when it was losing popularity, and they did kind of half ass it.
Oui, that IS Balmung. He's one of the most well known characters in The World (the PC game that the series is based on) as well as his partner Orca, who is in a coma due to a virus in the game. When Balmung finally joins Kite, he is about ten levels higher than Kite is. His element is primarily water, so when he first joins he has nothing BUT water spells and water type attack skills. He is my all time favorite character. <3
And yes, it is a lot of dedication, but this is my all time favorite gaming series ever born, even more so than Pokemon. xD