Characterization: Al's a Persevering & Defiant Protagonist
[NC] is able: to implode 相手's finisher into 相手
Ironic Ending: 相手's offensive skills only hit 相手
[NC]: Short for Nirvana Cut (Important later)
Chekhov's Gun:: At the end, [NC] is used against 相手
Evry time Al dies, he revives but w/ more narrative agency, as he gains new transformations:
[Giga Mode]
[Max Release]
[Seraph Form]
& etc
Until finally, as the confrontation ends, Al gains the ultimate Deus ex Machina from a flashback: "Remember how you can't die?", w/ this epiphany, Al learns he's unassailable, destroying his body to reach Nirvana to cut 相手's ousia w/ [NC] & 相手's own finisher