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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:Even in the most unlikely places can joy, and even a sense of life, thrive.]]
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4	''The Arama Archives'' is a series of ''VideoGame/ProjectArrhythmia'' custom level collections by Aratonati. Branching off of the game's main story mode as an AlternateContinuity, it follows A-Tan and Hal as they continue to work in curing the [[TheVirus Tokyo Flu]]. With humanity's time running out, the two stumble across a map to an antigen that could rapidly speed up their efforts. However, it's not located in the supercomputer they've operated out of this entire time, but an external database: the [[ThePlace titular]] Arama Archives.
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6	The series is made up of three collections of levels:
7	* ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1818632647 Melodical Escapism]]'': A prologue series that takes place during ''Project Arrhythima'''s main story, with relatively little deviation from it - A-Tan and Hal are training nanobots to fight the Tokyo Flu.
8	* ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1818642070 Ad-OwO-ble]]'': After finding a map to the antigen from Nowo, the FinalBoss of the previous collection, A-Tan and Hal venture into the Archives. They find a seemingly alive virtual world resembling Earth which is currently at war with an army of [=OwO=]s led by the cat Kitcat.
9	* ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2582017392 Spectral]]'': No longer sidetracked by the [=OwO=] invasion, A-Tan and Hal follow the map to the Spiral Mainframe - but after A-Tan mysteriously goes offline, Hal ventures as a nanobot into the Spectral Rift and runs into several bosses that block their path.
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11	!! Along with tropes from ''VideoGame/ProjectArrhythmia'', The Arama Archives contains examples of:
12	* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Running My Head in ''Melodical Escapism'' makes use of one that forces you to follow the scrolling screen to avoid taking damage.
13	* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The final level of ''[=Ad-OwO-ble=]'', Aeolia, has attacks and enemies from every single level before it in the collection return as you fight your way through the [=OwO=] army to reach Kitcat.
14	* BigBoosHaunt: Moonlight Sonata in ''[=Ad-OwO-ble=]'' is filled with damage-dealing "[=GhOwOsts=]" that fade in and out of view as they drift across the screen. According to the [[https://youtu.be/I9RjdbsRiso?feature=shared&t=471 official showcase video]], the level takes place in an abandoned mansion.
15	* BossOnlyLevel: Opia in Melodical Escapism, which features a fight against Nowo. On the other hand, Kitcat has a few different levels in [=Ad-OwO-ble=] including Right Meow, Meowchine, and I Said Meow.
16	** Every single level in ''Spectral'' is one, making the collection a BossGame.
17	* ChekhovsGun: Midway through ''Ad-[=OwO=]-ble'', [[spoiler:the player passes by a shelf full of "space milk" while on the way to destroy the [=OwO=] Spray in the Space Mart. Near the end of the collection, in the level Meowter Space, Kitcat pulls out some space milk and drinks it to power up - revealing that the spray was a distraction from its real superweapon.]]
18	* CuteButDeadly: The main premise of ''[=Ad-OwO-ble=]'', with it even being mentioned in its {{Tagline}}. Kitcat and company are all based on a "cute" emoticon, but are still very much dangerous.
19	* FinalExamBoss: Nowo, the FinalBoss of ''Melodical Escapism'', almost exclusively uses attack patterns from earlier levels in the collection during their fight.
20	* FreezeFrameBonus: In the level I Said Meow, there's one about halfway through that shows Kitcat holding a plush of Nowo with a knife.
21	* ShoutOut: ''Melodical Escapism'' is one to the rhythm game ''VideoGame/MelodysEscape''. All of its levels use songs that were included in it, excluding the final level Opia.

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