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It was also when they tried appealing to boys rather than their usual audience. La Pucelle and Marl Kingdom were for girls. Laharl was never marketed as a shota hero, but as a bratty demon with an enormous ego. The story's focus on fighting made Laharl look like more of a badass. And they never pushed the relationship between Laharl and Etna and Flonne as more than just friends so the series could focus on comedy rather than romance.

So for people who started with Disgaea, Disgaea 2 felt like a swerve when in reality it was just NIS trying to make games that appeal to girls again. It made logical sense if you were aware of their previous games but not for people whose first NIS game was Disgaea.

Disgaea 2 is a compromise for NIS's audiences. Adell represents all of the guys who got into it for the fighting and cute girls whereas Rozalin represents early NIS fans who want relationships and emotions in their RPGs.

NIS struck gold with Disgaea 1, but didn't even know what they had or why it was popular. They've just been playing catch up ever since even though the formula is simple:

Setting: Netherworld
Protagonist: Demon
Story: Literally anything interesting related to demons and the netherworld.

Every time they stray from this formula the game bombs. That's why Disgaea 1 has more rereleases than any other title in the series.