History VideoGame / ArNosurgeOdeToAnUnbornStar

''Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star'' is a 2014 role-playing game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, and the sequel to Gust Corporation's 2012 game, ''VideoGame/CielNosurge''. These two games form the ''Surge Concerto'' series, a distant prequel to Gust's ''Ar tonelico'' games. Together, the two series make up the VideoGame/ExaPico universe.

''Ar nosurge'''s initial Japan release was followed by a September 2014 release in North America and Europe. An UpdatedRerelease for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita was released for Japan October of that year and on July 2, 2015 for the US.

** Additionally, the story of [[spoiler: how Ion came to that universe was covered in a two-part light novel set in her Earth before she was summoned to Ra Ciela. It also curiously features the name of Nero's world and the name of the person who hacked the Interdimend to almost kill her, which could be Player 2: they are respectively "Flayjha" and "Arytha Tyrijha".]]
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final battle, of course. Justified for once : [[spoiler: it takes place on the Singing Hill, which is in outer space, as ''[[MagicMusic Ra Ciel Reincarnation]]'' rebuilds the world of Ra Ciela. The swirling mass of energy in the background slowly turns into a full blown planet as the fight goes on.]]

* AncientAstronauts: [[spoiler: The Teru Tribe from ''Ar tonelico'' were originally a scouting party sent to Ar Ciel. Their appearance is due to having to fuse with a Genom just to survive (namely Terefunken, Ion's old partner who left with said scouting party back in ''VideoGame/CielNosurge'').]]

* AnotherDimension: Ion comes from [[spoiler: none other than our own planet, Earth.]] Nero also counts, having come from a completely different universe that isn't ours or Exa Pico's. Though if the player gets the normal ending on the Earthes side, Ion will [[spoiler:ultimately decide to stay in the reborn Ra Ciela, and she and Nero will craft and have Cass sing ''Ar-ciel ar-manaf'' to naturalize her and Nero's souls to the universe, giving up their connection to their original universes, as well as any possibility of returning to them, and their Oversight ability in the process. Needless to say, this also becomes FridgeHorror upon learning exactly how Ion and Nero [[TrappedInAnotherWorld ended up in Ra Ciela]] and their early experiences there. Doubly in Ion's case as revealed in one of the light novels, as she was assaulted and left at the brink of death, so she had pretty much to let her soul be taken to Ra Ciela as a very improbable gamble for her to remain alive.]]
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Ion and Nero actually ''descended'' from there and really want to go back, Nero especially. [[spoiler: In a more straight example, Cosal ends up giving up on his current existence to become the Will of the Planet of the reborn Ra Ciela.]]
* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler: Zill's ultimate plan, combining all the human and Sharl souls into a single being called the Maternal Overseer.]] After it gets stopped, [[spoiler:the other player picks it right back up]].
* AssistCharacter: Every character that's not Delta, Cass, Earthes or Ion doesn't get to be playable. Instead they give you Friend Skills which are basically this. Each party gets four, with Delta/Cass getting help from Sarly, Shirotaka, Kanon and [[spoiler: Ayatane]] while Ion gets Tattoria, Nelico, Nay and Renall.

** [[spoiler: Becomes a FridgeBrilliance as Nay actually adopted her name from the current Ion's real name, who has a little sister back at Earth.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Renall. Turns out that her memory got scrambled in the same way Ion's was, causing her to act like a puppet whose only purpose was serving Nero and Zill.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: A literal example at the end of Phase 2. Earthes gets destroyed and Delta uninstalls Interdimend, causing the program to crash, resulting in FATAL ERROR messages covering the screen and culminating with a Red Screen of Death that's unique to this game and Ciel nosurge. The game then skips directly to after Earthes is rebuilt as you have no other link to Exa Pico's universe than the two of them.]]

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Ion can no longer use her Oversight ability because it has been "dulled" by additional connections, such as Earthes' port. In fact, after waking up and before reuniting with Earthes, she can't even cast song magic.]]

* CantStayNormal: At the end of Phase 2, [[spoiler: Delta successfully uninstalls Interdimend. While he is happy to be able to enjoy his own body again, he quickly finds out he doesn't have enough power to protect everyone he cares about anymore. He ends up accepting to reinstall it.]]

* ChekhovsBoomerang: The Avatar Core/Earthes's head comes in handy quite a few times. It has a port that allows the characters to connect to multiple systems they couldn't access otherwise, [[spoiler: after it gets stolen by Nero and Prim Zapping to it allows you to spy on their plan, and it is ultimately given to Tattoria so he can use the rare parts in it for his medicine research which eventually becomes successful.]]

* CookingDuel: Between Delta and Nay, over who gets to keep Delta's restaurant that she hijacked early on. Do note that neither can actually cook. [[spoiler: Delta ultimately throws the towel in, as even he acknowledges the place has never been livelier than under Nay's management. Plus she's actually got more than one dish on her menu.]]

* CrapSackWorld: The humans live a miserable existence fighting hostile lifeforms called Sharls and a human faction that supports the Sharl aboard a ColonyShip with no set destination in mind after the destruction of their previous planet. By the time the game starts, Felion is the only remaining human territory and they still haven't found a planet to settle in. [[spoiler: Outer areas that the Sharl inhabit on the other hand, have created a faux-planet that is a far more inhabitable place than the Inner Areas that the humans live, but at the expense of the kidnapped humans being used as fertilizer to create such an environment in the first place.]]

* CursedWithAwesome: Delta. [[spoiler: When the player controls him through Interdimend, he gains combat prowess at the cost of gradually deteriorating his own senses.]]

* DeadlyEuphemism: 'Purification' appears to be this in the first section of the game. Cosal and the Sharl insist that it's just forced improvement of human souls Ion's story clarifies it. [[spoiler: Yup, it is.]]

* DemonicPossession: Happens to [[spoiler: Prim]], and it takes the heroes a long while to realize it.

* FindTheCure: Most of Tattoria's storyline is dedicated to curing Felie. [[spoiler: He fails in curing her in for good but manages to create a medicine that pretty much negates any symptoms if taken periodically, combining his gained experience as a pharmacist and his mastery of Song Magic.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Ion's side reveals that Sharl tend to find things such as nutritional supplements tasty.]]

*** [[spoiler: Following the above are a series of dialog choices where you can reassure her that you care for her despite her assertions being technically true, and that it's not just a game to you. Some savvy players might consider the implications of going down this road, however: In the end, it really ''is'' just a game, and while you might care for your characters, it's hard to see them as real people.]]

*** [[spoiler: Delta eventually willingly reconnects himself to Interdimend, acknowledging that the third-person perspective is immensely useful in the challenges to come, intending to disconnect again once they accomplish their goal. He then proceeds to make gratuitous use of the fact that the player has access to both his and Earthes' channels. Characters also come to appreciate the player for having their best interests at heart.]]
*** [[spoiler: You eventually get to thwart the "other player's" plan, preventing them from "beating the game". Instead, you are the one who both gets to beat the game AND save the world. Whether this is because you actually care for the characters, because this is the only route available to you, or just because it's [[GoodFeelsGood much more fun to be the good guy]], is up to you.]]

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: The FinalBoss is the entire Soreil turned into a HumongousMecha, an ability that's never actually been seen before (Renall and Sarly's respective accesses to the ship's security system only unlocked beams and missiles respectively).]] This is justified [[spoiler: because the other player used a REON-4213 command to link up the Soreil with Prim, and through it, it fused the remains of the Maternal Overseer with the ship to get an easier time forcing Ion to fuse with it, as well as ridding of anyone who could disrupt their plans. Too bad (for them) they forgot about Earthes, Delta and Cass.]]

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: A gradual side-effect of Interdimend, causing the user's control of their body to be slowly overriden by the player behind him/her and ending with said user [[AndIMustScream trapped in their own body]]. Also, Ion is still "wearing" Nay's original body, though the latter has mostly come to enjoy her new one.]]

* GuideDangIt: Good luck finishing Ion's Genometrics the first time you get it. [[spoiler: It's impossible until you finish two other characters' genometrics, and then you have to dive in ''Cass's'' genometrics to complete the fourth test.]] This is on top of the first stage, which throws no less than three red herrings your way. Nelico even lampshades that you won't be able to complete it until you've visited other Genometrics if you see the optional event in the Junkyard area, and Heart of Light gives you a hint about what the fourth test is about if you try to defeat him at the very end of the Genometrics startup sequence.

* HunterOfTheirOwnKind: The humans and Sharl are at war and [[spoiler: ''both sides'' are led by a member of the opposite side. Kanon is human but believes humanity is too far gone and needs to absolve of its crimes, while Nay is stuck in a Sharl body but still fights for the sake of humanity. Though Nay was originally human and identifies more with the humans than the Sharl.]]

* KarmaHoudini: YMMV on whether Nelo is this, but the [[spoiler: other 7th Dimension player]] ''definitely'' counts.
** Specifically, Nelo [[spoiler: killed many innocent people and was willing to destroy the entire universe just so she could go home. In the end, not only did she get to home but nobody in the game puts much blame on her at all, treating her more like a victim than villain. Guess screwing and killing innocent people to get what you want really does pay off?]]
*** [[spoiler: Ironically, Neptool also did a similar thing as Nelo, but arguably for a nobler cause (to save his daughter's life), but not only did he die, the very daughter he sacrificed everything to save saw him more as a villain for what he did. She hardly saw him as father, opting more for Dr. Clacket, a scientist she barely knew but shared her interests and showed more intimate fatherly concern for her.]]

* MoodDissonance: [[spoiler: Renall]] reunites with Ion, discusses a possible way out of the impending disaster, and tells us of the destruction of Ra Ciela...in a room plastered with Pretty Berry posters.

** ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' songs (namely ''Green Lands'', ''Ancient Memories'' and ''AT Inside ~Anomaly~'') make their return when [[spoiler: the road to Ar Ciel, the planet said game takes place on, is opened. In the same context they were first used for, at that (world map, outside and inside of the First Tower respectively)]]. In addition, the opening song (''To The Songless Hill ~Harmonics Pre-Ciel~'') actually takes parts from ''VideoGame/CielNosurge'''s first and last songs (''To The Songless Hill'' and ''Ra Ciel Fuser''), as well as having the same exact opening chorus lines used in the ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' opening theme (''Singing Hill ~Harmonics EOLIA~''), in another language.

* OfficialCouple: Probably the biggest difference between this game and the ''Ar Tonelico'' games. No girlfriend-picking here, it's Delta/Casty and Ion/Earthes ([[BetaCouple and Sarly/Shirotaka]]) all the way. [[spoiler: There is a special ending where you can use Interdimend to ''enforce'' Delta/Shurelia instead but it's pure WhatTheHellPlayer material.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Just about everyone. That white-haired girl in the page picture? She's over 20 years old. Justified due to the effects of being turned into an Incarnate: a human-shaped Genom, so they can use Song Magic and it stops their aging, and is the reason why Sarly and Cass look so young. Nay's early teens look is because [[spoiler: she was the very first Sharl ever created, and they don't age either]]. Most other characters look their age (though Delta is surprisingly clean-shaven... unlike Shirotaka), cryostasis for thousands of years nonwithstanding.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sarly ends up asking Shirotaka what kind of dumb alias is [[spoiler: Leolm]]. Turns out it's actually his real name, which stumps pretty much everyone.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: As expected, this is how they solve the core problem: by [[spoiler: creating a planet]] with Song Magic borne out of the Seven's wishes.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Ion's goal to find and gather the Seven, who were most of her old friends from the time of ''VideoGame/CielNosurge''. The problem being, while Delta, Cass, Nay and Sarly are still together, Kanon is [[spoiler: ''at war with them'']] and Shirotaka and Renall are MIA. [[spoiler: Both of them were eventually found in the Hymnesphere, away from the Soreil.]]

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Genomirai Archbishop and [[spoiler: the Divine Empress]] will absolutely whoop your ass in combat if you're unprepared.

* SpottingTheThread: Cass does this to [[spoiler: Delta, by pointing at Honokano from a point where they can't actually see it, forcing him to admit he's lost most of his sight to Interdimend's effects, and he lets her on the secret. However, that was only the last straw, as how she points out, they've always been together and she noticed there was something wrong with him a long time ago.]]

* TheFundamentalist: The Sharl have tinges of this. [[spoiler: They are willing to do extremely drastic things base purely on their church teachings, believing they are doing what's best for everyone. The teachings are unquestionable, with Cosal even attacking and abandoning Kanon for questioning what they were doing to the humans, despite how devoted Kanon is to him and his teachings in general.]]

* WrenchWench: Ion loves tinkering, building stuff and thinks vacuum tubes are the cutest thing ever. [[spoiler: However, when she was on Earth her parents did not approve of her going into engineering.]]

* ShoutOut: During a Dive in Kanon's Genometrics, the Nay of that world was hiding a copy of [[VideoGame/ExaPico Tone Arlico]] from [[StopHavingFunGuys Kanon]].
** The [[MixAndMatchCritter Toy Installer]] is made of a copy of VideoGame/{{Atelier}} Sarly.

* AnotherDimension: Ion comes from [[spoiler: none other than our own planet, Earth.]] Nero also counts, having come from a completely different universe that isn't ours or Exa Pico's. Though if the player managed to get the [[GoldenEnding true ending]] on Earthes side, Ion will [[spoiler:ultimately decide to stay in the reborn Ra Ciela and crafted the ''Ar-ciel ar-manaf'' to naturalize her and Nero's souls to the universe, giving up their connection to their original universes and their Oversight ability in the process. Needless to say, this also becomes FridgeHorror upon learning exactly how Ion and Nero [[TrappedInAnotherWorld ended up in Ra Ciela]] and their early experiences there. Doubly in Ion's case as revealed in one of the light novels, as she was assaulted and left at the brink of death, so she had pretty much to let her soul be taken to Ra Ciela as a very improbable gamble for her to remain alive.]]

* AnotherDimension: Ion comes from [[spoiler: none other than our own planet, Earth.]] Nero also counts, having come from a completely different universe that isn't ours or Exa Pico's.
** Though if the player managed to get the [[GoldenEnding true ending]] on Earthes side, Ion will [[spoiler:ultimately decide to stay in the reborn Ra Ciela and crafted the ''Ar-ciel ar-manaf'' to naturalize her and Nero's souls to the universe, giving up their connection to their original universes and their Oversight ability in the process. Needless to say, this also becomes FridgeHorror upon learning exactly how Ion and Nero [[TrappedInAnotherWorld ended up in Ra Ciela]] and their early experiences there. Doubly in Ion's case as revealed in one of the light novels, as she was assaulted and left at the brink of death, so she had pretty much to let her soul be taken to Ra Ciela as a very improbable gamble for her to remain alive.]]

* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler: Zill's ultimate plan, combining all the human and Sharl souls into a single being called the Maternal Overseer.]]
** After it gets stopped, [[spoiler:the other player picks it right back up]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Genomirai Archbishop and [[spoiler: the Divine Empress]] will absolutely whoop your ass in combat if you're unprepared.

* LethalJokeItem: Every item you make in synthesis. When Nay finally makes something that ''does'' look normal, Cass and Delta remark that something's off about it.

* MusicalNod: ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' songs (namely ''Green Lands'', ''Ancient Memories'' and ''AT Inside ~Anomaly~'') make their return when [[spoiler: the road to Ar Ciel, the planet said game takes place on, is opened. In the same context they were first used for, at that (world map, outside and inside of the First Tower respectively)]]. In addition, the opening song (''To The Songless Hill ~Harmonics Pre-Ciel~'') actually takes parts from ''VideoGame/CielNosurge'''s first and last songs (''To The Songless Hill'' and ''Ra Ciel Fuser''), as well as having the same exact opening chorus lines used in the ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' opening theme (''Singing Hill ~Harmonics EOLIA~''), in another language.

* NoticeThis: The items in the field are balls of light

* OlderThanTheyLook: Just about everyone. That white-haired girl in the page picture? She's over 20 years old.
** Justified due to the effects of being turned into an Incarnate: a human-shaped Genom, so they can use Song Magic and it stops their aging, and is the reason why Sarly and Cass look so young. Nay's early teens look is because [[spoiler: she was the very first Sharl ever created, and they don't age either]]. Most other characters look their age (though Delta is surprisingly clean-shaven... unlike Shirotaka), cryostasis for thousands of years nonwithstanding.

* BareYourMidriff: Applies to a majority of significant female characters as well as the monsters

* BuxomIsBetter: Zill has quite a lot of fans. Delta himself accidentally admits that Kanon has "brutally great tits."

* IllGirl: Felie. Most of Tattoria's storyline is dedicated to curing her. [[spoiler: He fails in curing her in for good but manages to create a medicine that pretty much negates any symptoms if taken periodically, combining his gained experience as a pharmacist and his mastery of Song Magic.]]

* NiceHat: Delta has this as part of his first costume, giving him a dapper top hat to fit his "Evil Baron" look.

* PantyShot: Not of the characters, but rather their song magics. You can easily see this with Tsunderain.

* DummiedOut: Only in the localized version, as several glossary entries can't be seen on them due to their linkage with the game's dialogues being broken, which makes it impossible to add them to menu's Encyclopedia or see them in any way. The same goes for the bonus boss and the costume change system it unlocks upon defeat, as the flags for the scenes that trigger the fight with it were all removed. The Vita version restores the bonus boss and costumes, in accordance with the Japanese version removing the Ciel-based online requirement to determine its HP.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: 7th Apocalypse. As if this is not awesome enough, he comes equipped with enough cannons to outfit a tank squad and his attack fires a multicolored laser. Ion has quite the imagination.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Passion Pulp item is described as a favorite among young boys with healthy libidos. It is a roll of tissue.

* DifficultySpike: One for each phase.

*** [[spoiler: Following the above are a series of dialog choices where you can reassure her that you care for her despite her assertions being technically true, and that it's not just a game to you. Some savvy players might consider the implications of going down this road, however: In the end, it really ''is'' just a game, and while you might care for your characters, it's hard to see them as real people. YMMV on this though.]]

* DeusExMachina: The pathway to Ion's true ending comes as sudden and without build up or context, as Ion herself had already resigned her life to stay in Ra Ciela because the only known way back requires the sacrifices of many people. Said DeusExMachina lies in [[spoiler:Ayatane's "Reincarnation" recipe that allows the party to bring Prim's soul back to the living world, with next to no indication about such a function. And the real reason for Prim's prequisite for said ending was because the other Interdimend player had a way to return Ion and Nero (Ulyliyha) back to their original dimension that he doesn't bother to disclose, let alone attempted, as he assumed that the Soreil won't make it to the center of EXA_PICO. This method involves singing ''with'' EXA-PICO, which the Player wouldn't understand unless they read a seemingly flavor-only item in the glossary, which calls EXA-PICO the soul of the universe. Even then, such a solution comes out of nowhere to resolve a conflict at the tail end of the story.]]

* DeusExMachina: The pathway to Ion's true ending can come off as this, as Ion herself had already resigned her life to stay in Ra Ciela as the only known way back requires the sacrifices of many people. Said DeusExMachina lies in [[spoiler:Ayatane's "Reincarnation" recipe that allows the party to bring Prim's soul back to the living world, with next to no indication about such a function. And the real reason for Prim's prequisite for said ending was because the other Interdimend player had a way to return Ion and Nero (Ulyliyha) back to their original dimension that he doesn't bother to disclose, let alone attempted, as he assumed that the Soreil won't make it to the center of EXA_PICO. That said, players would be [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential heartless monsters]] if they take any of the other endings and decide to ignore the true one: Ion's original body dies in her world of origin, and there's the implications that her family would take it very hard, especially her little sister Aya, who personally witnessed the deadly attack that forced Ion to use the machine that took her soul to Ra Ciela. And the one who caused the attack in the first place was none than the player controlling Prim.]]

* FightingYourFriend: Differences of ideals and opinion regarding the current conflict (Delta wants to destroy the Sharls while Ion prefers a diplomatic approach) and on what course of action to take [[spoiler:Delta wants to bring Prim back to Felion while Ion asks them to accompanany her in an attempt to persuade Kanon.]] forces a boss fight between the two of them, with Cass reluctantly siding with Delta. Regardless of which channel the player chooses, it ends with Cass unintentionally blowing Ion and Earthes away from the platform.

* TheGadfly: Some of Earthes's responses lets you be one for Ion.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: The FinalBoss is the entire Soreil turned into a HumongousMecha, an ability that's never actually been seen before (Renall and Sarly's respective accesses to the ship's security system only unlocked beams and missiles respectively).]]
** Justified [[spoiler: because the other player used a REON-4213 command to link up the Soreil with Prim, and through it, it fused the remains of the Maternal Overseer with the ship to get an easier time forcing Ion to fuse with it, as well as ridding of anyone who could disrupt their plans. Too bad (for them) they forgot about Earthes, Delta and Cass.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: One of Cass's song magics does this.

* JustAddWater: A large part of the items you can get from crafting are born of pure insanity and definitely not what you put in the recipe. Especially plugins, most of which appear to be "I stuck a CPU and [random thing ranging from a figure of a hot woman to an overgrown amoeba to cream soda] together and for some reason it works better now".
** The characters are aware of this, and it is played for laughs.

** Specifically, Nelo [[spoiler: killed many innocent people and was willing to destroy the entire universe just so she could go home. In the end, not only did she get to home but nobody in the game puts much blame on her at all, treating her more like victim than villain. Guess screwing and killing innocent people to get what you want really does pay off?]]

* MultipleEndings: Depends on the team chosen to beat the final boss and synthesizing a certain item, also there's a joke ending if [[spoiler:you choose to stay with Shurelia on Ar ciel.]]

* SeriousBusiness: Just don't question Nyuroki's appeal in front of Sarly or Cass.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Quite a number. All the Sharl monsters are costumed as such, as is Sarly, and Cass's alternate costumes are this too. One starts to wonder if this is [[AuthorAppeal ntny's fetish.]]

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Happens to [[spoiler: Prim]], and it takes the heroes a long while to realize it.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Lots of the responses the player can make is this, ranging form sexual harassment, to creepy as hell sexual harassment, to screwing Delta's life, to actions that leads to the death of Ion and the others just for laughs. Not the mention the utter betrayal of Ion's trust and love.

* YouBastard: [[spoiler:The game doesn't pull any punches on you essentially body jacking Delta regardless of your reasons, Ion's penultimate Genometrics blames you for treating this as a game and only wanting to advance.]]
** In a minor degree, [[spoiler:Nelico's Genometrics also calls out the Ciel nosurge players who never bothered playing the game to the end: the player ends up being abandoned by Ion halfway during the roleplay sessions in which they exchanged roles, and when they tell the Sharl Ar Cielno that Ion would never abandon them, she replies back that there were many parallel worlds in which Ion herself said these same words but the player she was connected to never came back and left her alone, trapped in her Genometrics forever. Unfortunately, due to poor wording, it ends making it look like Ion has been going around with all other players, which is actually impossible because each player connects to a different possibility of Ion, and no two players will connect to the same version of her (the Sharls are the only ones that have awareness about the parallel worlds due to their connections with each other and the Micro Quasar.)]]

* BiTheWay: Ion regularly flirts with the player, who can of course be either gender (although it should be noted that the game repeatedly refers to and treats Earthes as male). Within the game itself, she also has a lot of sexually suggestive scenes with both male and female characters, especially inside the Soulscape.

* HairDecorations: Most of the girls have it. And those leaf-ears on Ion are actually detachable.

* CrapSackWorld: The humans live a miserable existence fighting hostile lifeforms called Sharls and a human faction that supports the Sharl aboard a ColonyShip with no set destination in mind after the destruction of their previous planet. By the time the game starts, Fellion is the only remaining human territory, their supplies are dwindling and they still haven't found a planet to settle in. [[spoiler: Outer areas that the Sharl inhabit on the other hand, have created a faux-planet that is a far more inhabitable place than the Inner Areas that the humans live, but at the expense of the kidnapped humans being used as fertilizer to create such an environment in the first place.]]

* CrapSackWorld: The humans live a miserable existence fighting hostile lifeforms called Sharls and a human faction that suppports them aboard a ColonyShip with no set destination in mind after the destruction of their previous planet. By the time the game starts, Fellion is the only remaining human territory,their supplies are dwindling and they still haven't found a planet to settle in. [[spoiler: Outer areas that the Sharl inhabit on the other hand, have created a faux-planet thata far more inhabitable place than the Inner Areas that the humans live, but at the expense of the kidnapped humans being used as fertiliser to create such an environment in the first place.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Nei Yuuki: "Don't lie to me! What do you know? I know things... You're just looking through a screen, right? Pressing buttons..."]]

* CrapSackWorld: The humans live a miserable existence fighting hostile lifeforms called Sharls. By the time the game starts, Fellion is the only remaining human territory and their supplies are dwindling.

* TheCameo: Pretty much every character from ''[[VideoGame/CielNosurge]]'' comes back, plus, [[spoiler:Shurelia and her legendary sense of direction return from the first Ar tonelico game.]]

* FightingYourFriend: Differences of ideals and opinion regarding the current conflict (Delta wants to destroy the Sharls while Ion prefers a diplomatic approach) and on what course of action to take [[spoiler:Delta eants to bring Prim back to Felion while Ion asks them to accompanany her in an attempt to persuade Kanon.]] forces a boss fight between the two of them, with Cass reluctantly siding with Delta. Regardless of which channel the player chooses, it ends with Cass unintentionally blowing away Ion and Earthes away.

* TheCameo: Pretty much every character from ''CielNosurge'' comes back, plus, [[spoiler:Shurelia and her legendary sense of direction return from the first Ar tonelico game.]]