History Heartwarming / GuiltyGear

* Despite Jack-o' having inherited Aria's memories, the parts of her consciousness specific to Aria's identity haven't come back and even by the story's end, they never do. However, that doesn't stop a brought-down-to-mortal Sol from putting everything on the line to save her when she attempts to trade her existence to stop I-no. Even as Jack-o' reminds him that she isn't Aria, Sol simply replies with - "when have I ever called you Aria?", re-confirming his feelings for Jack-o' and his decision to be with her regardless, even if it means risking the world. She may not be the same person he once knew, but Sol loves her all the same.

* Millia, Venom, and Zato have gone from bitter enemies from the previous games, to TrueCompanions. Millia and Venom are a lot more amicable with each other, especially since they both loved the same man. Zato after his revival starts off empty, but start becoming more determined to live on thanks to his feelings for Millia, which Millia herself truly appreciates, letting her truly love Zato without all the painful baggage that came with it in the past.

* Axl is at long last reunited with Megumi (who is revealed to be none other than I-No herself, just an alternate version of her). You can see the joy on his face upon seeing her.

** Just before I-No is erased from existence, she finally realizes that the one memory she treasured the most, spending time with Axl as Megumi, was real all along even after countless timelines resulted in her memories becoming hazy and leaving her jaded to the point that nothing mattered anymore. Through all of her suffering, she never forgot him.

* Despite Jack-o' having inherited Aria's memories, the parts of her consciousness specific to Aria's identity haven't come back and even by the story's end, they never do. However, that doesn't stop a brought-down-to-mortal Sol from putting everything on the line to save her when she attempts to trade her existence to stop I-no. Even as Jack-o' reminds him that she isn't Aria, Sol simply replies with - "when have I ever called you Aria?", re-confirming his feelings for Jack-o' and his decision to be with her regardless, even if it means risking the world. She may not be the same person he once knew, but Sol loves her all the same.]]

* The game notably goes out of its way to compliment you whether you win or lose a match. You can see how many matches you've won and lost, and above it says "Victories and defeats. But the results are not all.", as the game's way to encourage you to keep on playing and having fun, whether you win or lose.

* Despite Jack-o' having inherited Aria's memories, the parts of her consciousness specific to Aria's identity haven't come back. [[spoiler: And even by the story's end, they never do. However, that doesn't stop a brought-down-to-mortal Sol from putting everything on the line to save her when she attempts to trade her existence to stop I-no. Even as Jack-o' reminds him that she isn't Aria, Sol simply replies with - "when have I ever called you Aria?", re-confirming his feelings for Jack-o' and his decision to be with her regardless, even if it means risking the world. She may not be the same person he once knew, but Sol loves her all the same.]]
* The beginning of the game has Jack-O' note that Sol dropping everything to return to the castle is unusual behavior for him, since he normally hates the place. Sol reveals that Ky bribed him with an opportunity to visit an abandoned military zone for "vacation", which catches Jack-O' off guard and initially seems to be just Sol being [[LaboriousLaziness his usual lazy self]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that this was the ideal kind of quiet and beautiful location where Sol had always wanted to settle down and retire, likely with Aria; in other words, while Jack-O' had been angsting about whether she had the right to love Sol and whether he considered her to be good enough, Sol was getting excited and worked up because he wanted to go on a date with her for a few days ''that badly''.]]
* [[spoiler: After decades of battles and loneliness, Sol who lost his Gear powers is now living quietly with Jack-O' in a place where he hoped to retire. His last scene was together with Jack-O', with his arm on her shoulder while looking out over the lake.]]
* Axl [[spoiler: is at long last reunited with Megumi (who is revealed to be none other than I-No herself, just an alternate version of her). You can see the joy on his face upon seeing her.]]
** [[spoiler: And on top of that, I-No was the one who did it. After the countless timelines of suffering she's endured, she was finally able to fulfill her true dream, to give at least one person a bright future - her fellow time-traveler.]]
** [[spoiler: Just before I-No is erased from existence, she finally realizes that the one memory she treasured the most, spending time with Axl as Megumi, was real all along even after countless timelines resulted in her memories becoming hazy and leaving her jaded to the point that nothing mattered anymore. Through all of her suffering, she never forgot him.]]
* [[spoiler: After nearly two whole centuries spent fighting against forces who would wish to harm the world, Asuka R. Kreutz is finally able to accomplish his two main goals. The first is to kickstart the path to peaceful coexistence between humans and Gears. The second? To see his best friends Frederick and Aria live happily together. Retiring from science, he becomes a radio host to bring forth world peace in his own way and to at last find his own path.]]

* [[spoiler: After decades of battles and loneliness, Sol who lost his Gear powers is now living quietly with Aria in a place where he hoped to retire. His last scene was together with Aria while his arm on her shoulder while looking at the lakeside.]]

* Axl [[spoiler: after long last, was reunited with Megumi (who was implied to be I-No's alternate timeline version). You can see the joy on his face upon seeing her.]]

** [[spoiler: Just before I-No is erased from existence, she finally recalls the one important memory she had: spending time with Axl as Megumi. After all the countless timelines she experienced, she never forgot him.]]

* Despite Jack-O having reinherited the whole of Aria's identity, the parts of her consciousness specific to Aria's identity haven't come back. [[spoiler: And even by the story's end, they never do. However, that doesn't stop a brought-down-to-mortal Sol from putting everything on the line to save her when she attempts to trade her existence to stop I-no. As he puts it, the Aria that was chose for Jack-O to keep going in her place, and that's who he's chosen to be with. Even if she's not who he once knew, he's determined to love her all the same.]]

** Venom's 2nd ending shows an alternate scenario where Venom disbands the Guild and lives on as a billiard player. He meets a boy named Eddie who has lost his home. Venom decides to take care of the boy as he is reminds him of his memories with Zato.

* In the Battle of Rome, Ky fought an army of Gears alone with no means of escape to save a person while Sol does the same to rescue him. In the original timeline, Ky dies and Sol cries at his demise. In in the current timeline, where things are better, the young captain (who is in fact dead serious all the time) smiles in relief when Sol arrives.

* ''Arc System Works'' hiring a modding team to implement rollback netcode (explaination [[https://ki.infil.net/w02-netcode.html here]]) in ''Accent Core +R''. The team (assembled primarily through [[https://discord.gg/EwyGbew western GGXXACPR discord server]]) were still working on GGPO when ASW took note of this and decided to pay them for real under the name ''Team French [=CaliBurst=]'' (though some members have to be dropped, likely because budget quota) And player count shot through the roof when [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/348550/announcements/detail/2961640281611459955 open beta]] launched in 29th October 2020. It's reassuring that the company listened to fighting game players' needs, and old guards of the series will not be left behind no matter what ''Strive'' ended up being.

* ''Arc System Works'' hiring a modding team to implement rollback netcode in ''Accent Core +R''. The team (assembled primarily through [[https://discord.gg/EwyGbew western GGXXACPR discord server]]) were still working on GGPO when ASW took note of this and decided to pay them for real under the name ''Team French [=CaliBurst=]'' (though some members have to be dropped, likely because budget quota) And player count shot through the roof when [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/348550/announcements/detail/2961640281611459955 open beta]] launched in 29th October 2020. It's reassuring that the company listened to fighting game players' needs, and old guards of the series will not be left behind no matter what ''Strive'' ended up being.

* Sol and Ky's fight. Specifically, how Ky reacts to Sol goading him by calling Dizzy a monster. Note that at this point, Ky knows Sol well enough to know he doesn't mean what he said, but he still responds by ''flipping out'' and kicking his ass ''so hard'' that Sol's left flat on his back in the middle of a smoking crater. It just goes to show that it doesn't matter who you are or what your intentions were, ''you don't speak badly of Dizzy in Ky's presence''.

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