History VideoGame / NightsOfAzure

* GirlsLove: A more action-oriented take on the genre while also making Arnice and Lilysse's relationship the central part of the story.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Arnice will have no qualms beating the pulp out of anyone who tries to harm Lilysse or those that make unpleasant comments towards her. Lloyd and Professor Alucard both found out about this the hard way.]]
* YuriGenre: Though unlike many newer works, ''Nights of Azure'' goes back to the genre's classic roots, portraying the main relationship as both heartwarming, and very tragic, and as a result is considerably darker.

''Nights of Azure'' (''Yoru no Nai Kuni'' in Japanese) is a JRPG created by Gust Co. Ltd. for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in Japan and later for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in North America.

A [[{{Sequel}} sequel]], ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure2BrideOfTheNewMoon'', was released on August 31, 2017 in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. A North American release for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and Windows followed and came out on October 24, 2017.

!! Nights of Azure/Yoru No Nai Kuni contains examples of:

* BareYourMidriff: While Corrine's armor is mostly practical, it does leave her midriff exposed.

* AnAxeToGrind: Not a usable weapon but it is one of the items that Arnice can equip in order to boost her stats.

* DifficultySpike: While the main game itself is rather simple and the bosses preceding were challenging in their own right, the fight against [[spoiler:Ludegert]] is where the game jarringly shifts the difficulty level. Then in the bonus scenarios that are required to obtain the GoldenEnding, the enemies encountered are all at level 11-12 and the bosses at the end of the dungeons ([[spoiler:Mistral and Christophorus]]) are tougher than even the FinalBoss.

* AncientConspiracy: The true nature of the Night is revealed to be this: [[spoiler: the leader of the Curia turns out to be the First Saint, Ludegert. She was the one responsible for summoning the Nightlord to begin with [[WellIntentionedExtremist in a bid to unite all of humanity against a common foe]] after witnessing the conflicts that arose simply because of differences in ideologies. Unfortunately for her, the Nightlord turned out to [[DarkIsNotEvil not be the evil monster]] that she thought and thus in one final desperate move to unite humanity, she betrayed the Nightlord and took his Blue Blood for her own in order to create the threat of the Night.]]

* BerserkButton: Arnice's is anyone hurting or insulting Lilysse. [[NoSocialSkills Professor Alucard]] [[TalkToTheFist learned this the hard way]] when a few comments he made regarding Lilysse [[ThatCameOutWrong sounded like...something else]].
** Arnice hates almost every letter sent to her by her 'Guide' and almost every if not everyone of the letters she receives from him end with her crumbling it up, especially when it has something to do with how she can't save Lilysse.

* BigBad: The Nightlord, of course, since the Night is his doing. [[spoiler:Turns out to be a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] since the original Nightlord is an example of DarkIsNotEvil. The true Big Bad is the leader of the Curia and the First Saint herself, Ludegert.]]

* BookEnds: The game begins with Lilysse being kidnapped by the Blueblood Dragon and taken to the Old Count's Rose Garden, having to be saved by Arnice. The GoldenEnding (True Ending) for the game [[spoiler:has Lilysse returning to the Rose Garden where the Blueblood Dragon appears in front of her again...only for Arnice to arrive at the last moment and save her once again.]]

* TheCasanova: Lloyd fancies himself as one, telling of stories about all the girls that he has flirted with. Also comes back to bite him in the ass in a later quest when one of the girls realizes the he was actually just using her for her wealth and thus hides a priceless jewel in a tree...that's guarded by a powerful fiend. When Arnice learns the full story of the jewel that Lloyd has her retrieving for him, she [[TalkToTheFist decides gives him a piece of her mind]] as well.

* DamselInDistress: At the beginning of the game Lilysse is kidnapped, and [[spoiler:she is later kidnapped by another member of Curia to test Arnice.]]
* DanceOfRomance: Arnice and Lilysse have one at the lobby of Hotel Ende early on in the game with the two of them reminiscing about old times as well as pouring their hearts out to each other. Unfortunately, this event also leads to the two to fight because of their conflicted feelings about Lilysse's role as the new Saint.
** Arnice and Lilysse have another dance at the end of Chapter 4. This time, they make up after their previous fight with Arnice also making a DeclarationOfProtection to Lilysse.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Arnice's backstory is full of this. When the Nightlord's Blue Blood rained again, she became afflicted but instead of turning into a fiend, Arnice was able to retain her human consciousness. However, her blood has turned purple, marking her as a half demon. She was then taken in by the Curia as a science experiment but was then given a second chance by her mysterious Guide. It was then that she met Lilysse.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Arnice and her Servans fall under this. They might be using the power of the Blue Blood but they do so in order to fight against those that dare to threaten humanity.

** The FinalLoveDuet "Eve", involves Arnice and Lilysse singing about their nights. While the second half is an allusion to the events of the GoldenEnding, the first half involves IntercourseWithYou, with lines narrating about "Digging our nails in, biting softly, and playing around under the moonlight" and "Hair and hair entwining, I want to be by your side without untying them".

* DoWellButNotPerfect: After you've seen the GoldenEnding normally, you gain the ability to manipulate your relationship values with Lilysse to view different types of endings. To view the GoldenEnding again, you'd need to set your relationship values to the second highest level. Picking the choice that gives the highest relationship value, which isn't achievable through other means, unlocks a bonus [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding downer]]]] ending.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Arnice's Demon Sword Jorth which can be obtained by completing an endgame quest for the Maiden of Jorth. It boasts increased range and higher damage than her other weapons, and has the added benefit of increasing the amount of blood Arnice can acquire in order to level her and her Servans up quicker.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What is expected to happen if the Nightlord is allowed to return. [[spoiler:This world actually ends in two of the endings through different means. The world is blanketed in perpetual night in one ending, while the world is completely deprived of the night in the other ending]].

** If you talk to an Yfritte Servan when she's near the entrance of the Lobby near the end of the game, she'll mention that "With only a kiss, demons can take blood and memories". [[spoiler:Arnice does this in the Normal Ending where she has the highest relationship value with Lilysse and in the GoldenEnding, using a KissOfLife to absorb the Blue Blood that went into Lilysse and make her forget her now that she'll become the Nightlord]].

** Professor Alucard has this belief which is why he prefers to study fiends and demons while avoiding human contact. It would also explain his [[NoSocialSkills lack of social etiquette]]. Several of his dialogues with Arnice go deep into this, discussing how humans commonly enslave other humans and demons and the various massacres done by the Curia, in contrast to fiends and demons who he describes as neutral forces of nature.

** The two bonus quests in the after game also end on this note. TheReveal in the first bonus quest is how a demon [[spoiler:saved a human baby and initially raised him only to later learn that he committed suicide out of despair in his adulthood due to the greedy human family that adopted him]]. Both Alucard and Lloyd expressed their distaste when they heard the entire story in the end. The second bonus quest meanwhile, deals with Chris' backstory [[spoiler:and how she was from an island where half-demons that retained their humanity and humans lived in peace and harmony as artists, only for the Curia to later burn the entire island to the ground on account of heresy]].
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Arnice's [[spoiler:Nightmare Form]] fits this category. It can only be obtained after defeating the FinalBoss for the first time and is also the most powerful of her transformations. Fitting because this form is [[spoiler:the power that Arnice attained after she absorbed the blood of the Nightlord.]]

* LethalChef: Lilysse. Every time she tries her hand at baking, everyone else in the hotel cringes at the thought of having to taste the result of her efforts. PlayedForLaughs in one later quest when a fiend steals her recipe book. When Simon, Lloyd, Alucard, and Arnice find out, they're all relieved. However, Lilysse then asks Arnice to get it back for her. The men then silently begs Arnice to decline the request but Arnice, being [[LoveInterest Arnice]], has no choice but to accept. Simon, Lloyd, and Alucard can only grimace at this. [[spoiler: She makes ''divinely'' good chocolate tea, though.]]

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: [[spoiler:Averted. The main reoccurring male characters, Simon, Professor Alucard, and Lloyd, in the game all survive. The only characters to die in the game are female characters, barring any male demons.]]
* MercyKill: DiscussedTrope by Lilysse and Arnice after the FinalBoss fight: [[spoiler:since the Nightlord's Blue Blood has taken hold of Lilysse, she asks Arnice to not hold back from killing her should she become a fiend. Arnice [[DefiedTrope wouldn't have any of it]] and absorbs the Blue Blood, saving Lilysse from becoming a fiend but also becoming the new Nightlord herself as a result.]]
* MightyGlacier: The Golem-type fiends/Servans. They're slow but they hit hard and can take a lot of punishment.
** Arnice's Armor Form is this as well. Her speed drastically decreases but in turn, her increased defense makes it impossible to stagger her and she can still dish out a beating.
** The Blueblood Dragon Mavelus boss is a stone dragon that can take a lot of punishment but its movement options are limited.
** The Steel Hellion fiends/Servans. They have very high defenses (the highest of all the fiends that can be encountered) and even higher attack power but are rather sluggish. However, they hurt if they manage to hit their target (which is usually [[PlayerCharacter Arnice]]).
* {{Mons}}: The servans sreves as this.
* MultipleEndings: Including the GoldenEnding, there are a total of five endings to the game. Which one you get depends on your relationship level with Lilysse. In a twist, you can only get the GoldenEnding if Arnice's relationship with Lilysse ''isn't'' maxed out. Instead, you get the [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers ending if your relationship with Lilysse is maxed out as Arnice feels that she can't be with Lilysse anymore after she becomes the Nightlord.]]

* SekaikeiGenre: The game revolves around whether or not Arnice and/or Lily are willing to sacrifice their relationship for the fate of [[HumansAreBastards the rather cruel human world]] they live in. [[spoiler:Two of the endings has them staying together at the cost of the world, while the other two has the world being saved at the cost of their love for each other. It's only in the GoldenEnding where they're able to save the world and still stay together]].

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:This might or might not be how things end up between Arnice and Lilysse. Again, depends on the choices made by Arnice during the game but the True Ending shows Arnice and Lilysse reuniting.]]

** Another example is when Lloyd is accused of having slept with Arnice. Everything Lloyd says just digs him deeper...before Lilysse suddenly shouts that Lloyd sleeping with Arnice is a lie because Arnice sleeps with Lilysse every night. Cue awkward silence.

* TheReveal: Several. The two most important ones are that [[spoiler:Ludegert is the true BigBad and the current Nightlord, and that the mysterious Guide that's been constantly sending Arnice messages throughout the game is the original Nightlord himself.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Arnice and Lilysse's relationship refer to each other as best friends but their interactions with each other are often tinged with romantic undertones. [[spoiler:Turns out that their feelings for each other go beyond just mere friendship.]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Being a JRPG, the game has a few such as poison, paralysis, bleed, and charm.

* BadassLesbian: Arnice is capable of defeating many demonic entities, with some being much stronger or larger than her, and she is in love with Lilysse.

** One of the Memories you could find after seeing the [[MultipleEndings Normal Ending]] involves a Manager (i.e., Simon) mentioning that The Curia demanded that the two women get separate rooms, but he couldn't bear to do that to them seeing them together.

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: This game loves dropping hints that Arnice and Lilysse expresses their love in that way too, without showing anything exlicit. Examples include:

* IntercourseWithYou: The first half of the FinalLoveDuet "Eve" is all about how Arnice and Lilysse want to be left alone at night so they could ignore their sleep, dance, and "dig our nails in, bite softly, and play around under the moonlight". Subtle.