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@Waiting For Godot: Maybe you could have them start rebuilding their lives, and make that take a lot of time. Something like this:

Lives are hard to rebuild. But when you do it with the one you truly love, it's not so hard, and not so long. Each step of the way revealed her past, and every step made him love her even more. He learned -blankity blank blank blank-. The more he knew her, the more he told her about him. She learned - blankity blank blank blank -. Without realizing it, days flew by, turning into weeks, and eventually months. They reveled in each other's company, and grew closer with every secret and tale that became unraveled. Not only did he learn about her, and she about him, but they learned more about his brother, the one at the heart of all their misery. They learned -blankity blank blank blank-.

See what I'm getting at, kinda maybe? I'm not the best explainer in the world, but maybe this will inspire you to something that works.

Has there been an idea, that deals with something along the line of "mana contamination?" I've been trying to come up with something like that for a while, the only thing I can come up with so far is that the universal energy force, mana, has been "poisoned" and the MC, Souma and his companions have to either a.) find the fragments of the Purifying Flame Crystal or b.) travel to the 8 towers that properly keep the mana in check and keeps them pure, and get them back online. I'm not sure which one of these choices will make a better idea.

This idea just came to me pretty much yesterday. If you guys want to add you two cents to this, let me know.

Rick Zarponi is a sadistic bully of a fourteen year old. recently he has just escaped from a orphanage, determined to make it out on his own. When he runs into a pink haired girl name Lenore Crane, Zarponi is attacked from behind. He wakes up realizing that he is not the same person. When he finds the girl again, he asks what attacked him. She answers that a monster did, and Zarponi, due to his bullying nature, made fun of the girl until her heart broke. She runs away leaving Zarponi to dwell on what he has done. Realizing as he grows crueler, he needs to find Lenore again. When he finds the girl again, he sees what has transformed him into a monster: a werewolf.

I was thinking of something along the line of that the human characters "use" and "live off" of pure mana, while a demon/vampire like race called the "feiras" (sort of a pun on the words fear us) can only "use" and "live off" of tainted mana. A war is broken between the races, humans fighting in order to purify the mana, and the feiras who want to further taint it. The pure and contamination ratio is at like 50-50.

Spell checker is your friend.

I think there was a movie that was similar to this. They had weird powers, like one can shoot bowling balls.

If you can't come up with an original idea, the best you can do is take an old idea and like you said, put your own spin on it.

I have another idea that I came up about a month a completely forgotten about it.

Storyline
560 years ago, there existed a war that nearly put the world to its end. A war that lasted for a hundred years known as the “Century War.” Things were looking dire for the Vasgar Empire as they were close to losing the war against their enemies, the Mevola Empire. That is until, he appeared. Out of nowhere, a powerful warrior by name of Souma appeared to aid the Vasgar Empire to victory and he did so. A warrior so powerful and skilled, that he was given the nicknamed “The Messiah Knight” because they believed he was brought down from the heavens. Victory was celebrated and people of Voldryant were slowly getting their lives back together. The only person not to celebrate the victory was Souma, as he simply disappeared, no one never learned of his name. Sometime after the war, Souma was secretly struggling against the inner darkness that hid deep inside his soul. During a thunderstorm, Souma is struck by lightning and when he awakens, he discovers that he has been split into two entities and meets his dark-half, Veiga. The two began their battle, but where eventually sealed and put into a deep sleep. 460 years later, Souma finally awakens to the now heavily changed world of Voldryant. As Souma begins to adjust, he discovers that he is the most wanted criminal in the world and is wanted dead, thanks to Veiga. Now Souma must find Veiga and clear his name.



The storyline is about 98% complete. The characters Souma and Veiga both have shackles with broken chains on both their wrists, the significance of them are unknown.