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* TheChosenMany: Zodiac archdemons can choose their sync partners, [[spoiler:which Zazz wants to happen for the sake of fulfilling his deal with Asterisk to revive the humans]]. They tend to choose partners that exhibit certain traits or have specific elemental alignments.
** Libra is synced with Akira Sakimoto.
** Gemini is synced with Runi Jarami.
** Aries is synced with [[spoiler:Barbados Osirus]].
** Capricorn is synced with Akari.
** Scorpio is synced with Genesis Montanaro.
** Leo is synced with Morgalia Evers, [[spoiler:but can switch to either Chase Evers or Edgar Jarami after Morgalia dies]].
** Taurus is synced with Sho Sharker.
** Virgo originally wanted to sync with Akira, but [[spoiler:Zetacorp forces her to sync with Rosie Jarami after Clyde lobotomizes the latter]].
** Cancer is synced with [[spoiler:Kael Osirus]].
** Pisces is synced with Detritus-12.
** Aquarius is synced with Zazz.
** Sagittarius is a special case who requires living sacrifices instead of a sync.
** Ophiuchus is another special case [[spoiler:who never syncs with anyone other than the other twelve Zodiacs]].
** Libra is synced with Akira Sakimoto.
** Gemini is synced with Runi Jarami.
** Aries is synced with [[spoiler:Barbados Osirus]].
** Capricorn is synced with Akari.
** Scorpio is synced with Genesis Montanaro.
** Leo is synced with Morgalia Evers, [[spoiler:but can switch to either Chase Evers or Edgar Jarami after Morgalia dies]].
** Taurus is synced with Sho Sharker.
** Virgo originally wanted to sync with Akira, but [[spoiler:Zetacorp forces her to sync with Rosie Jarami after Clyde lobotomizes the latter]].
** Cancer is synced with [[spoiler:Kael Osirus]].
** Pisces is synced with Detritus-12.
** Aquarius is synced with Zazz.
** Sagittarius is a special case who requires living sacrifices instead of a sync.
** Ophiuchus is another special case [[spoiler:who never syncs with anyone other than the other twelve Zodiacs]].
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* RageWithinTheMachine: Zeta is a corporate dystopia that conquered Vulcanite and spread its tyranny there. Several party members are Hunters (corporate mercenaries), Eliza is the press secretary of Zeta, Detritus-11 is the robot progeny of President Zazz, Crow was once a Zetacorp employee, and Lunez was once a clerk in Vulcanite's mine. They all end up turning on Zeta in order to overthrow President Zazz and rebuild Zeta into a more egalitarian society.
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* DividedWeFall: The Evil Runi route is obtained by having Akira reject Runi's friendship while also not using Activity Points to bond with other party members. This will allow for a choice where Akira [[spoiler:can refrain from saving Runi from Gemini's manipulation, resulting in Runi mind-wiping herself and Gemini taking over. As the story continues, Gemini will kill Kael and provoke Virgo into battle, preventing any possibility of recruiting them into the resistance group. When the party defeats Zazz's first phase, Gemini will attack the party in order to steal their Zodiac stones, and then kills everyone except Akira before going down. As a result, Akira is defenseless when Zazz ambushes them, leading to a swift death and Zazz's victory. After the credits, the archangels will call the player out on their blunder and Quot makes it clear that being nicer to Runi will prevent this outcome]].
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* ImmoralJournalist: Deconstructed with Eliza Belguard, since her example shows that in a [[StrawmanNewsMedia sufficiently corrupt environment]], it's nigh-impossible to stay relevant without being one. She was originally against Zeta's occupation of Vulcanite and hoped to use her journalism to make Zeta a better place, but in order to make advancements in her career, she had to keep writing propaganda to excuse President Zazz's terrible leadership and war crimes. Although she knew she was in the wrong, Zazz and Akari Touma preyed on her friendless background to make her dependent on her career for validation. As a result, she was successful enough to become Zeta's press secretary, but was unhappy with herself for betraying her conscience. However, seeing Akira Sakimoto use their Hunter job to directly help Zeta's citizens causes Eliza to follow her conscience and eventually join Akira's rebellion against Zazz.
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* StrawmanNewsMedia:
** The ZNN only exists to parrot pro-Zeta propaganda. In her final bonding event, Eliza mentioned that although she was personally against the occupation of Vulcanite, Zazz and Akari forced her to write fluff pieces on both Zetacorp and the Church of Cycles (which they control) in order to excuse their terrible leadership.
** To a lesser extent, Sho Sharker is a show host whose focus isn't only news, since he also has game shows and celebrity/politician interviews. However, he is in on Zeta's plan and like the ZNN, mainly exists as a mouthpiece for Zeta in order to make the people of Vulcanite more compliant. He doesn't seem to be very good at it, since his ratings are propped up by bots and most of the Vulcanite citizens see through his lies.
** The ZNN only exists to parrot pro-Zeta propaganda. In her final bonding event, Eliza mentioned that although she was personally against the occupation of Vulcanite, Zazz and Akari forced her to write fluff pieces on both Zetacorp and the Church of Cycles (which they control) in order to excuse their terrible leadership.
** To a lesser extent, Sho Sharker is a show host whose focus isn't only news, since he also has game shows and celebrity/politician interviews. However, he is in on Zeta's plan and like the ZNN, mainly exists as a mouthpiece for Zeta in order to make the people of Vulcanite more compliant. He doesn't seem to be very good at it, since his ratings are propped up by bots and most of the Vulcanite citizens see through his lies.
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* PropagandaHero: Although the Hunters are presented as a benevolent organization to Zeta's public, they are actually just muscle for President Zazz's imperialistic agenda in reality and are often ordered to commit atrocities against any settlements that defy Zetacorp. Whenever a Hunter dies in the line of duty, Zazz will publicize their deaths and present them as martyrs to induce PatrioticFervor among the citizens, but privately can't even be bothered to remember their names because he sees them as nothing but disposable pawns.
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* PropagandaHero: PropagandaHero:
** Although the Hunters are presented as a benevolent organization to Zeta's public, they are actually just muscle for President Zazz's imperialistic agenda in reality and are often ordered to commit atrocities against any settlements that defy Zetacorp. Whenever a Hunter dies in the line of duty, Zazz will publicize their deaths and present them as martyrs to induce PatrioticFervor among the citizens, but privately can't even be bothered to remember their names because he sees them as nothing but disposablepawns.pawns.
** Detritus-11 was deliberately programmed to resemble Zazz's past self as the hero of humanity and was created to make Zetacorp more popular despite the company's oppression of Zeta and Vulcanite's citizens. However, Zazz is quick to order Eleven's execution when the latter tries to do the heroic thing by opposing Zetacorp's atrocities.
** Although the Hunters are presented as a benevolent organization to Zeta's public, they are actually just muscle for President Zazz's imperialistic agenda in reality and are often ordered to commit atrocities against any settlements that defy Zetacorp. Whenever a Hunter dies in the line of duty, Zazz will publicize their deaths and present them as martyrs to induce PatrioticFervor among the citizens, but privately can't even be bothered to remember their names because he sees them as nothing but disposable
** Detritus-11 was deliberately programmed to resemble Zazz's past self as the hero of humanity and was created to make Zetacorp more popular despite the company's oppression of Zeta and Vulcanite's citizens. However, Zazz is quick to order Eleven's execution when the latter tries to do the heroic thing by opposing Zetacorp's atrocities.
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* PropagandaHero: Although the Hunters are presented as a benevolent organization to Zeta's public, they are actually just muscle for President Zazz's imperialistic agenda in reality and are often ordered to commit atrocities against any settlements that defy Zetacorp. Whenever a Hunter dies in the line of duty, Zazz will publicize their deaths and present them as martyrs, martyrs to induce PatrioticFervor among the citizens, but privately can't even be bothered to remember their names because he sees them as nothing but disposable pawns.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: President Zazz fears Akira's popularity will allow them to undermine his political power, [[spoiler:so he sends Barbados to kill Akira along with Pon Pon Village]]. Akira survives and decides to actually become a political threat by organizing a revolution against Zazz.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: CreateYourOwnHero:
** President Zazz fears Akira's popularity will allow them to undermine his political power, [[spoiler:so he sends Barbados to kill Akira along with Pon Pon Village]]. Akira survives and decides to actually become a political threat by organizing a revolution againstZazz.Zazz.
** By necessity, Zazz had to program the robot Detritus-11 to have a heroic personality with a strong sense of justice, since he needs the latter for PR and for being a moral compass for his chosen humans. He also notes that this inevitably caused Eleven to turn on him for discriminating against non-humans.
** President Zazz fears Akira's popularity will allow them to undermine his political power, [[spoiler:so he sends Barbados to kill Akira along with Pon Pon Village]]. Akira survives and decides to actually become a political threat by organizing a revolution against
** By necessity, Zazz had to program the robot Detritus-11 to have a heroic personality with a strong sense of justice, since he needs the latter for PR and for being a moral compass for his chosen humans. He also notes that this inevitably caused Eleven to turn on him for discriminating against non-humans.
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* PropagandaHero: Although the Hunters are presented as a benevolent organization to Zeta's public, they are actually just muscle for President Zazz's imperialistic agenda in reality and are often ordered to commit atrocities against any settlements that defy Zetacorp. Whenever a Hunter dies in the line of duty, Zazz will publicize their deaths and present them as martyrs, but privately can't even be bothered to remember their names because he sees them as nothing but disposable pawns.
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** Prime Minister Morgalia is the ruler of Vulcanite and the sync partner of Archdemon Leo, giving her many powerful Fire skills.
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* ActionPolitician:
** [[PresidentEvil President Zazz]] is an unusual example, since he's both president of the state of Zeta and president of Zetacorp. He's also the hero of humanity who made a last stand against the demons and put up an [[OneManArmy excellent fight]] despite losing. And this is before he gets Archdemon Aquarius as a sync partner.
** Runi is the mayor of Pon Pon Village and a powerful Esper. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Barbados burns Pon Pon to the ground, though Runi works with her friends to rebuild it in the ending]].
** Eliza is a sharpshooter who specializes in skills that don't use ATK or INT. In the ending, [[spoiler:she becomes the President of Zeta and renames it Utopya while enacting various reforms]].
** Chase is a pugilist who specializes in powerful single-target Fire and Slam attacks. If [[spoiler:she doesn't sacrifice herself in Vulcanite, she will become its Prime Minister. Otherwise, Artica, an enemy Hunter-turned-ally, will become PM]].
** [[PresidentEvil President Zazz]] is an unusual example, since he's both president of the state of Zeta and president of Zetacorp. He's also the hero of humanity who made a last stand against the demons and put up an [[OneManArmy excellent fight]] despite losing. And this is before he gets Archdemon Aquarius as a sync partner.
** Runi is the mayor of Pon Pon Village and a powerful Esper. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Barbados burns Pon Pon to the ground, though Runi works with her friends to rebuild it in the ending]].
** Eliza is a sharpshooter who specializes in skills that don't use ATK or INT. In the ending, [[spoiler:she becomes the President of Zeta and renames it Utopya while enacting various reforms]].
** Chase is a pugilist who specializes in powerful single-target Fire and Slam attacks. If [[spoiler:she doesn't sacrifice herself in Vulcanite, she will become its Prime Minister. Otherwise, Artica, an enemy Hunter-turned-ally, will become PM]].
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* PuppetState: After being invaded by Zeta, Vulcanite nominally still has its own democratic system and Prime Minister. In reality, Zeta controls the outcome of the elections and ensures that the pro-Zeta Morgalia Evers always gets elected as PM. Zeta also [[spoiler:rigged the mine and power plant to explode on command, which is intended to both punish Vulcanite if they ever overthrow the government and to force Vulcanite to become dependent on Zeta for electrical power]].
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** Before the start of the story, Virgo approached Akira with the intent to befriend and sync with the latter, but Akira handed her over to Zetacorp. If the player recruits [[spoiler:Virgo and does her bonding event, she admits she was bitter about Akira doing so, since this left her at the mercy of Zazz]].
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* EleventhHourRanger: During the final chapter, a new party member will join depending on the player's choices, but they are all [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers mutually exclusive]].
** If Barbados has a higher link level than Rosie or is tied, [[spoiler:Kael joins the party on the train to Zeta instead of fighting them]].
** If Rosie has a higher link level than Barbados, [[spoiler:the archangel Virgo joins the party while possessing Rosie's body, otherwise she attacks the party]].
** Played with on the Evil Runi Route, since [[spoiler:[[TokenEvilTeammate Gemini]] has Runi mind-wipe herself and takes over her body. This causes Gemini to essentially replace Runi as a party member for the rest of the game, at least until she backstabs the party at the last second. Gameplay-wise, this means "Runi" is in sync mode at the start of battle to show that she's nothing more than a meat puppet for Gemini, but her moveset is otherwise unchanged]].
** If Barbados has a higher link level than Rosie or is tied, [[spoiler:Kael joins the party on the train to Zeta instead of fighting them]].
** If Rosie has a higher link level than Barbados, [[spoiler:the archangel Virgo joins the party while possessing Rosie's body, otherwise she attacks the party]].
** Played with on the Evil Runi Route, since [[spoiler:[[TokenEvilTeammate Gemini]] has Runi mind-wipe herself and takes over her body. This causes Gemini to essentially replace Runi as a party member for the rest of the game, at least until she backstabs the party at the last second. Gameplay-wise, this means "Runi" is in sync mode at the start of battle to show that she's nothing more than a meat puppet for Gemini, but her moveset is otherwise unchanged]].
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** Robun is vaguely implied to be a fanatic, but if the player gets the route where Edgar escapes from Morgalia early, they'll learn that Robun [[spoiler:genuinely believes non-humans are evil and that the world would be a better place if humanity took over and enslaved them. This is in contrast to Akari, who is a CardCarryVillain with no illusions about how dystopian and self-destructive a human supremacist state will be]].
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** Robun is vaguely implied to be a fanatic, but if the player gets the route where Edgar escapes from Morgalia early, they'll learn that Robun [[spoiler:genuinely believes non-humans are evil and that the world would be a better place if humanity took over and enslaved them. This is in contrast to Akari, who is a CardCarryVillain CardCarryingVillain with no illusions about how dystopian and self-destructive a human supremacist state will be]].
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** Y-phen [[spoiler:and Slash]] want to kill Akira because they fear that if the latter confronts Zazz, [[spoiler:they'll unwittingly accelerate the Human Restoration Project and Asterisk's cycle by bringing all the Zodiac stones to the human cryosleep chamber]]. If the player [[spoiler:recruits Kael, Virgo will also come to this conclusion and try to kill the party, making her unrecruitable]].
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** Y-phen [[spoiler:and Slash]] want The archangel leader, Slash, wants to kill [[spoiler:kill Akira because they fear that if the latter confronts Zazz, [[spoiler:they'll they'll unwittingly accelerate the Human Restoration Project and Asterisk's cycle by bringing all the Zodiac stones to the human cryosleep chamber]]. If the player [[spoiler:recruits Kael, Virgo will also come to this conclusion and try to kill the party, making her unrecruitable]].
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** In the February 2024 update, the party can meet a robot, [[spoiler:Detritus Seven, who acts polite to his younger brother Eleven, but likes to remind the latter that the former is Zazz's favorite. He's also surprisingly accommodating with helping the party, since he assumes they're just obedient miners. Once he reconnects to Zazz's network and learns the truth that the party is rebelling against his father, he drops all pleasantries and tries to kill them. He also declares his intent to kill Twelve for little to no reason at all, despite how she's still on the same side as him, making it clear that he holds all his siblings in contempt. After the battle, the party learns that he committed numerous war crimes and atrocities in Vulcanite with sadistic glee, showing that his earlier behavior was merely a MaskOfSanity]].
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* MyGreatestFailure: The leader of the archangels, Slash, regrets [[spoiler:listening to Quot's request to spare Asterisk, since this just led to Asterisk continuing with his cycle of wiping out humanity and reviving them. Slash now believes the only way to atone for his failure is to stop the party from unwittingly delivering the Zodiac stones to Zazz's office, thus preventing the cycle from continuing]].
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* MyGreatestFailure: The leader of the archangels, Slash, regrets [[spoiler:listening to Quot's request to spare Asterisk, since this just led to Asterisk continuing with his cycle of wiping out humanity and reviving them. Slash now believes the only way to atone for his failure is to stop the party from unwittingly delivering the Zodiac stones to Zazz's office, thus preventing the cycle from continuing]].continuing. Quot herself regrets convincing Slash to spare Asterisk, since she is not only ostracized by the other angels, Asterisk dumps her anyways]].
