Plot and Setting
The world is threatened by a "Dark Lord" who conquers for Mana to rule supreme over the land. At his side is a mysterious wizard named Julius, who has secret motives. The hero (named Sumo in the original Japanese version), a gladiator whose parents were killed by the Dark Lord, is imprisoned by him and forced to fight daily for the Dark Lord's personal entertainment. One day, the hero escapes and, by chance, overhears the Dark Lord and Julius in their plans to seize the power of Mana. When the former discovers his escape, he chases and knocks him over a waterfall to what he thinks is his death.
Having survived the fall, the hero then saves a mysterious young woman (named Fuji in the original Japanese version) from monsters, and attempts to find the magical objects needed to defeat the evil massing against the Mana Tree, the world's source of Mana. After defeating the Dark Lord and Julius, the Mana Tree dies. The heroine sacrifices herself to become the Mana Tree and preserve the world. The hero then becomes her Gemma knight and guardian.
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