Infinite Stratos Plot Bunnies Collection
Chapter 11 : Infinite Stratos x DanMachi Challenge
I have been a fan of Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka (or DanMachi for short) for a while and I am also watching the Sword Oratoria spin-off sidestory anime. I enjoyed the adventurer fantasy setting and the the story mechanics of the dynamics between adventurers and their connections to each familia of a god and goddess they are connected. I enjoyed the main DanMachi anime and for the moment of the Sword Oratoria anime I'm gonna enjoy Aiz's story and see how her story crosses with Bell's story. I was concerned for Sword Oratoria at the beginning when the seemingly minor character Lefiya Viridis was shone more prominently than Aiz whom I thought was the main focus character of the Sword Oratoria sidestory. I had thought that I had been bait-and-switched where J.C Staff used Aiz to pull me to watch the anime for some minor character with little impact on the main story. Sure while I would like to see how things are from the Loki Familia and Loki herself as Loki and Hestia are have relationship where they do not get along well with each other. I came for Aiz but was left with some weak elf support character who needs plot time and development to get stronger. I hate being bait-and-switch tactics used by authors and creators who lure people in with the promise of a great story, character, and so forth though a well scripted and amazingly edited trailer that really gets you all hyped up and excited only for it to be something disappointing and sometimes even outright deceive you in selling you a really crappy product in the end like the case of Muv Luv: Total Eclipse anime - stopped at third episode seeing how things are gonna go after watching so many harem anime, a great relatable and strong protagonist female character swapped out with a dislikeable douchebag moronic idiotic typical harem male character - and having been starved of actual real military battles after the amazing first episode), Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled anime movie series, and Halo 5: Guardians for me, or what No Man Sky game was for others; never bough No Man Sky because I never bought into the hype and I'm very selective in what kind of games I buy and play. But it looks like the Sword oratoria anime is starting to focus more on Aiz and specifically on her past. I have gotten around to accepting Lefiya as some sort of costar to Aiz for Sword Oratoria story. The moments where Sword Oratoria crosses with the main story especially with scenes involving Bell Cranel and his goddess Hestia really makes the spinoff anime more enjoyable.
I noticed that there is no IS x DanMachi crossover story and decided to pose a challenge out to anyone interested in write a crossover story between the two series. Unlike past crossover challenges, I really have no clear story outline thought up. Similar to Infinite Stratos, what I know about Dan Machi and its spinoff Sword Oratoria is from anime alone with DanMachi Wiki to help fill in gaps in my knowledge of the series. I never got around to reading the original LN or manga version so I can't claim that I am very knowledgeable in the series.
Basic premise is that Ichika - and some other IS characters of your own choice - somehow ended up the magical fantasy adventure themed world of DanMachi. It would be up to each individual author to come up with an explanation how Ichika and his chosen company ended up in the world of DanMachi. There's no limit to which IS character comes with him. If you wanted to, you could even have the whole ISA ended close to or inside the Labyrinth City Orario.
With the matter of goddesses and familias, you can decide which god/goddess's familia Ichika and company join up with. While you could have Ichika and his chosen company joined the story focused Hestia Familia or Loki Familia, you could also be original in having Ichika and IS cast join another guild such as Freya Familia or Hephaestus Familia. If IS characters end up joining Freya Familia, then the IS harem would have a major competition from someone on DanMachi side of things with the IS harem over Ichika. With Hephaestus Familia, Ichika and IS characters might be able to get access to weapons and armor, some of which maybe magical items. Joining the Hephaestus Familia would probably best suit and/or complement the IS tech, weapons, and armor as the Hephaestus Familia specialized in forging weapons and armor. I'm not sure of the Hephaestus Familia has their own group of adventurers and if they don't then Ichika and IS cast of characters can serve as adventuers for the Hephaestus Familia.
Part of the challenge is to tell us a story of Ichika and IS characters and their adventures in the dungeon and the Labyrinth City Orario and their interactions with the DanMachi cast and familias and other factions in the world of DanMachi as well as their effect and impact on DanMachi's story. If you guys wanted to, you could even evolve the Infinite Stratos units themselves for reasons such as leveling up, having their pilot's status adjusted and skills boosted by their god or goddess, or facing a great challenge or danger of sorts in the dungeons. Because God knows the Byakushiki needs some major improvements and evolved weapons and abilities set. Now get out there and have some fun in writing an IS x DanMachi crossover story with Ichika as protagonist or costar to Bell Cranel the protagonist of DanMachi.