History Manga / FinalFantasyLostStranger

** One of the chapter title pages features Sara and Gershwin wearing outfits [[videoGame/FinalFantasyXIV identical to Nashu Mhakaracca and Hildibrand Manderville]] respectively.

* KangarooCourt: Shogo and his friends are accused of Princess Sara's attempted murder after Shogo pushes her off the clock tower to get her out of the Magus Sisters' grasp, knowing full well that Lukahn's Gaelicat Levitate magic would slow their fall in time. But after Sara tries to clear their names, Gershwin storms in with a direct order from the king for their capture, and the court ends up completely skipping the trial altogether and sentencing them to hanging. Due to the Mysidian nobility's disdain for outsiders, they don't even think of hearing them out until Sara once against intervenes on the heroes' behalf and [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out her father]] for his complicity in this.

* SelfDeprecation: The story opens with Shogo, an overworked JadedWashout of a Square Enix employee, [[DrunkOnMilk drunk on tea]] and [[SkywardScream screaming]] for Naoki Yoshida and Hajime Tabata to let him work on a game already, taking potshots at Square Enix as a company and Japanese work culture in general. Yoshi-P's foreword at the end of the first volume even says that he'll have to remain diligent in his work, lest Shogo comes home shouting about how he's taking over the company.

** Cid Bright's alias is "Ulaka Bunansa" while working at the Gold Saucer, a clear sendup to Mustadio Bunansa, one of the Zodiac Braves in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' and a skilled machinist in his own right.

* KnowledgeBroker: Grede Treid deals in only the latest and best information on any given topic, becoming fabulously wealthy for it. His services are so valued that he and his clerks can easily charge 600 million Gil as an upfront payment without blinking, an impossible price for most to pay. And yet, his word is so valued that the fact that he's willing to put a price on information about Raise only bolsters Shogo's hopes that it exists and that he'll be able to use it to revive Yuko.

** Cid Bright's alias is "Ulaka Bunansa" while working at the Gold Saucer, a clear sendup to Mustadio Bunansa, one of the Zodiac Braves and a skilled machinist in his own right.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Shogo asks the clerk of Gread Treid, for information on Raise, a lost white magic for bringing the dead back to life. He and his friends are floored when she asks for an upfront payment of 600 million Gil, an impossible amount for all but the wealthiest people to pay.
* SillyMeGesture: This is Shogo's reaction when Rei grouses about nearly being eaten by rats and bugs while shrunken down by Shogo's Shrivle Tonic in their escape from the Magus Sisters.

* MagicPants: As per the usual effects of [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Mini]] in the games, everyones' cloves shrink with them when inflicted with the status effect and return to normal after Mini wears off.

* EyeScream: Cindy plucks out the eyes of Count Borghen as part of her gathering materials to access Holy from his family's secret texts. Given how he enslaved and abused her and her sisters, [[KickTheSonOfABitch it's hard to feel bad for him]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cindy plucks out Count Borghen's eyes and drains a significant amount of his blood both to access his family's tome containing Holy and as revenge for years of abuse and slavery at his hands.

** Shogo is excited to see [[CatGirl M'qote]] and [[{{Hobbits}} Lalafell]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' walking around Nylpo, though he's shocked to learn that they have different names in this world: Catters and Mahlwohns.

** In the first chapter alone, Shogo runs into chocobos, moogles, [[CatGirl M'qotes (called Catters in this world)]], and [[{{Hobbits}} Lalafell (called Mahlwons in this world)]].

** While visiting [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the Gold Saucer]] that is situated on [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV the Big Bridge]], Shogo marvels at all of the ''Final Fantasy'' memorabilia he sees on display, including [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Excalipoor]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII an ornamental materia replica]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Triple Triad cards]]. There are also ads for a play called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI "the Jidoor Opera House"]] and a bar called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV the Waking Sands]].
** The Gold Saucer is run by "Don Leone", a Ronso-esque version of Don Corneo, the mafia don of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* SelfDeprecation: The story opens with Shogo, an overworked JadedWashout of a Square-Enix employee, [[DrunkOnMilk drunk on tea]] and [[SkywardScream screaming]] for Naoki Yoshida and Hajime Tabata to let him work on a game already, taking potshots at Square-Enix as a company and Japanese work culture in general. Yoshi-P's foreword at the end of the first volume even says that he'll have to remain diligent in his work, lest Shogo comes home shouting about how he's taking over the company.

-->'''Sharu:''' Shogo, listen. A spell like Raise only exists in fairy tales.

Shogo Sasaki is a struggling employee at Creator/SquareEnix. A lifelong fan of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, he and his sister Yuko dream of heading the production of an installment in that legendary franchise. But after years of trying and failing to climb up the ranks, Shogo is getting ready to throw in the towel and resign himself to the adult world.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Randolph's biting and cruel criticisms of Shogo treating adventuring like a game strike home. Shogo can't even bring himself to respond, while Rei and Duston admit that Randolph has a point when Yuko dies to a monster that they knew they should have fled from.