History Headscratchers / TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel

** With what happened to Cedric even after he was rescued (it was implied that Cedric was still not at full strength by the time Class VII graduated and end up not being able to attend Thors the upcoming new school yaer), activating Testa-Rosa was risky so he probably doesn't want to risk himself directly if something goes wrong.

** Also what happened to Cedric even after he was rescued (he was implied to still be not at full strength enough that he can't attend the new year of Thors by the time Class VII graduates), activating Testa-Rosa was risky so he probably doesn't want to risk himself directly if something goes wrong.

* So in Cold Steel IV why is the SSS taking KeA to dangerous areas like the fake Salt Pale and Orchis Tower? She doesn't have the means to defend herself and it can take one wrong misstep for KeA to get injured or even killed. Is her Brave Order that important to them to risk her life?

* How does Rean’s zemurian ore Tachi get repaired after Juno naval fortress and the battle with holy beast of Earth particularly the latter since during the battle it was snapped in half, but by the time of an endgame side quest in iv it’s back to normal

* I'm no expert, but is it really feasible that Rean could win the swimming competitions? He's going up against members of the Swimming Club, including the team's ace, Laura, all of whom have been training regularly to get better at swimming. Granted, obviously somebody taught him to swim and swim well, but is really feasible that he could trump them, having not been practicing as they have?

* When Ash leads the new class VII to assist Rean and company at Hamel, his Drakkhen is carrying his scythe-halberd. Then Kurt takes over as pilot after Ash is knocked out, in the same machine...so where the hell did it suddenly get Kurt's dual swords from?

* Rean went to a school founded by Emperor Dreichels. He's had the story of said emperor drilled into him literally from day one. It comes up all the time in Cold Steel 1. It's basically the foundational myth of his country. ''It was part of his midterms''. So why the hell is he so slow to realize that he's having visions of Dreichels every time he kills one of the shrine bosses in CS2?

** With Orchis Tower, they needed her powers if they were going to crack the terminal encryption in minutes instead of years.

* At the epilogue of the game, just how the hell is Ouroboros' plan considered a success when [[spoiler: the Great Twilight is cancelled, the Curse of Erebonia is effectively destroyed, and so many of their lieutenants defected or resigned or just immediately gone AWOL?]] Is it just them trying to be a SmugSnake about it to protect their injured pride? What is up with that level of PlotArmor?

*** Actually, there is some justification for some of them. For cases like Crow, just watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0-mInQP_Q this scene]] detailing his backstory and try to put yourself in his shoes. If one can't 100% say that they wouldn't have gone as far as he did afterwards, especially considering that he was up against a government official with both strong charisma and military on his side, then it shouldn't be too hard to see where Crow was coming from and why he did what he did. For cases like Claire and Lector, although it's admittedly easy to forget considering how much they've helped Class VII out, they were ALWAYS on Osborne's side from the beginning. It's hard to really call it a betrayal if you already know which side the other person is going to pick in the end. As for cases like Sharon...okay, yeah, that ones hard to truly explain logically.