8chanmania XCIV

8chanmania XCIV was the 28th mania of 8chanmania: Season 3, and the 94th mania in total. It was the Square Enix Mania, meaning all nominated fighters must be from games either developed or published by Square Enix.
==Roster==
*Pino with Josette manager - Project Wonder J
*Robotrek Hero - Robotrek
*Ark - Terranigma
*Eve - Parasite Eve
*Remeer - Brainlord
*Morrie Mozzarella - Dragon Quest VII: Journey of the Cursed King
*Kain - Legacy of Kain
*Garrett - Thief: The Dark Project
*Rico Rodriguez - Just Cause
*Agrias Oaks - Final Fantasy Tactics
*Nier with Grimoire Weiss M - Nier
*Sho Minamoto - The World Ends With You
*Agent 47 - Hitman
*Raziel - Legacy of Kain: Soulreaver
*Godbert Manderville - Final Fantasy XIV
*Whisper - Final Fantasy VII (Remake) (replaced by a Spooky Ghost due to missing Edit)
*Neoshadow - Kingdom Hearts
*JC Denton - OH MY GOD JC, A MANIA!
*Caim - Drakengard
*Airy - Bravely Default
*Tidus - Final Fantasy X
*Harle - Chrono Cross
*DiZ with Ansem the Wise manager - Kingdom Hearts
*Demyx - Kingdom Hearts II
*Tifa Lockhart - Final Fantasy VII
*Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII
*Fat Chocobo - Final Fantasy III
*Sora - Kingdom Hearts
*Fighter with Black Mage manager - Final Fantasy I / 8-Bit Theater
*Squall Leonhart - Final Fantasy VIII
*Gex - Gex: Enter the Gecko
*Gato with Lucca Ashtear manager - Chrono Trigger
== Bracket ==
==Plot? What Plot?==
Following the destruction of Earth by Exterminatus in 8chanmania XCIII, Default-Chan was forced to call upon an old friend to make things right again. Said old friend turned out to be no-one other than Tetsuya Nomura, who used his magical bullshit-tier plot writing to transport the Mania into the Kingdom Hearts Universe (or something like that, anyway).
Unfortunately, this drew the attention of new best-friends-forever Ansem and Exdeath, who promptly banished Nomura into the twilight realm (" something like that, anyway™ ") and took over the mania in search for the legendary Wrestle Gear. With their mooks standing ready to slaughter the collective audience upon the first sign of resistance from the regular host and Gilgamesh keeping a close eye on the latter in the commentary booth, Default-Chan was forced to accept their demands - which conveniently were to continue the mania like usual.
A first glimmer of hope arrived together with Zell Dincht and Aya Brea. The unlikely coupled managed to drag both Ansem and Exdeath into the ring and best them through a submission victory, but Ansem - horrifically furious over being denied his pin - sacrificed Exdeath to the very darkness itself; producing X-Death in the process. The latter wasted no time to face Zell and Aya in the ring, where he landed a power-crit on Aya.
Ansem would later find himself facing Kunio, now thoroughly un-NORTED. The bancho gave him a good piece of his mind, a thorough beating, and a defeat via pinfall. In doing so, he not only took out Ansem, but also managed to get his hands on the latest copy of Kingdom Hearts 3.5. There was much rejoicing, yet as Kunio called up some chick, it became clear the mania was not saved yet.
This chance would only present itself after Kain, having won his belt mere moments ago, Teamed up with Sora and Squall Leonhart to make X-Death very much dead. Although the latter unleashed his hordes upon the audience, they still managed to do him in - specifically through a well-timed pinfall by Kain. This restored order to the mania (to the extend this shitshow is capable of achieving any order in the first place), but as a concerned Teagan Almace radio'd back and forth with Colonel Campbell as made her way into the mania's extensive basement system, it became clear the show was far from over.
Would Nomura have been there to see this story, a single tear may have rolled down his cheek.
==Trivia==
*The match between Ark and the Ghost had to be re-done because Ark decided to jump after Ghost at the last possible moment before a ringout; leading to a disqualification of both fighters.
==Gallery==
File:Kunio_Keyblade.png|The un-norted Kunio with a keyblade.
Category:Manias