History VideoGame / SakunaOfRiceAndRuin

* EverythingIsBetterWithCows: After [[spoiler: you rebuild the chicken coop following the farm's destruction by the demons]], Kaimaru finds a cow, which you can get [[spoiler: Kokorowa]] to design a plow for. The resulting contraption looks more like some sort of war cow, but it is useful for quickly and thoroughly tilling the rice field.

* ShownTheirWork: Praise has been given as to the accuracy of the farming, even down to the little details, like the water level being best at ankle-height or the remedies when the rice plants become sick.

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:Sakuna may be part of the ''VideoGame/FairyBloom'' series, as Lady Kamuhitsuki is secretly revealed (by a mere little item description) to be Freesia from ''VideoGame/FairyBloomFreesia'' all grown up and ascended to godhood. Adding to this implication is the fact that the minigame that gives the item, "Sakuna the Efflorescent," involves protecting a giant plant from waves of invaders (and the premise of the first ''Fairy Bloom'' involved a fairy protecting a flower from invaders). In addition to this, Myrthe explicitly mentions meeting King Listine "and a beautiful fairy" during her travels.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:Sakuna may be part of the ''VideoGame/FairyBloom'' series, as Lady Kamuhitsuki is secretly revealed (by a mere little item description) to be Freesia from ''VideoGame/FairyBloomFreesia'' all grown up and ascended to godhood. Adding to this implication is the fact that the minigame that gives the item, "Sakuna the Efflorescent," involves protecting a giant plant from waves of invaders (and the premise of the first ''Fairy Bloom'' involved a fairy protecting a flower from invaders)]].

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Tama remarks that real demons are always evil, they simply cannot comprehend nor feel gratitude or any form of goodwill, as they are pure manifestations of evil born from all the chaos in the Lowly Realm; [[spoiler:this comes to play when Sakuna’s protégés save a wounded rabbit demon, Sakuna and Tama are flabbergasted they would even try to aid such a being, but the group manages to convince Sakuna to spare it, this comes to bite them back hard, [[TheFarmerAndTheViper as the demon rabbit simply pays them back by revealing the location of their home to the other demons who completely raze down their land]]. However, it seems demons can be reborn into a purified being, as the same rabbit demon who then got thrown out on death’s door by its peers despite its contributions is again spared by Sakuna, once it eats her rice the demon is reborn as an innocent little bunny free of evil]].

* BearsAreBadNews: Bear demons start appearing late in the game. They're huge, hit like trucks, and can parry your attacks. Dealing with them usually requires debuffing them with your rainment, using smaller enemies for crash combos against them or using the your rainment to out maneuver them to their vastly more vulnerable back.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: None of the characters age significantly, despite living on the island for years. Justified due to it being in the Lofty Realm, [[spoiler:although the ending mentions that Yui grows into a goddess of the loom, so it could be that they age a lot more slowly in the Lofty Realm]].

** [[spoiler:Yui eventually grows into becoming a Goddess of the Loom]].

** [[spoiler:The mysterious Twin Gods, strange beings that look like [=UFOs=]. They are directly related to two big plot threads: they created the Divine Raiment that belonged to Toyohana and now Sakuna, and were the ones who answered Yui's wish to become a human from her original crane form. The Twin Gods are not developed further despite Sakuna wanting to know more about them.]]

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:Sakuna may be part of the ''VideoGame/FairyBloom'' series, as Lady Kamuhitsuki is secretly revealed (by a mere little item description) to be Freesia from ''VideoGame/FairyBloomFreesia'' all grown up and ascended to godhood. Adding to this implication is the fact that the minigame that gives the item, Sakuna the Efforvescent, involves protecting a giant plant from waves of invaders (and the premise of the first ''Fairy Bloom'' involving a fairy protecting a flower from invaders)]].

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler:Sakuna may be part of the ''VideoGame/FairyBloom'' series, as Lady Kamuhitsuki is secretly revealed (by a mere little item description) to be Freesia from ''VideoGame/FairyBloomFreesia'' all grown up and ascended to godhood]].

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Tama remarks that real demons are always evil, they simply cannot comprehend nor feel gratitude or any form of goodwill, as they are pure manifestations of evil born from all the chaos in the Lowly Realm; [[spoiler:this comes to play when Sakuna’s protégés save a wounded rabbit demon, Sakuna and Tama are flabbergasted they would even try to aid such a being, but the group manages to convince Sakuna to spare it, this comes to bite them back hard, as the demon rabbit simply pays them back by revealing the location of their home to the other demons who completely raze down their land. However, it seems demons can be reborn into a purified being, as the same rabbit demon who then got thrown out on death’s door by its peers despite its contributions is again spared by Sakuna, once it eats her rice the demon is reborn as an innocent little bunny free of evil]].

* BearsAreBadNews: Bear demons start appearing late in the game. They're huge, hit like trucks, and can parry your attacks. Dealing with them usually requires debuffing them with your rainment or using smaller enemies for crash combos against them.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: None of the characters age, despite living on the island for years. Justified due to it being in the Lofty Realm.

* ShownTheirWork: Praise has been given as to the accuracy of the farming, even down to the little details (like the water level being best at ankle-height).

* WorldTree: Called the Tree of Creation, whom Kamuhitsuki is apparently a manifestation[=/=]representation of.

* LethalJokeItem: Normally the Bamboo Broom is a pathetic Two handed weapon that though deals 50% more damage to enemies sent flying, it has a base damage of ''one''. Give it the Broomstick Awakening Spirit Broth though and it now gains damage scaled to your Magic stat, quickly turning it into one of the more powerful Magic damage weapons.

* SequelHook: A few plot threads brought in main game are never explored further, such as:
** [[spoiler:The mysterious Twin Gods, strange beings who look like [=UFOs=], they are directly related to two big plot threads: they created the divine raiment that belonged to Toyohana and now Sakuna, and were the ones who answered the crane’s wishes to become a human - Yui. The Twin Gods are not developed further despite Sakuna wanting to know more about them]].
** [[spoiler:Later on Sakuna and Kokorowa begin suspecting that some malevolent schemer might exist in the Lofty Realm, as both goddesses notice the dispute between them over the rice production had someone else’s hand, not the demons as once thought; Sakuna and Kokorowa also notice how the demons and Ishimaru were well equipped with armory and weapons far beyond their understanding, they note not even Ishimaru’s interference could have advanced the demons that much, Omizuchi was the result of their actions not the planner, the sleeping demon only powered Ishimaru up]].

* ScarfOfAsskicking: More like Veil of Asskicking, but Sakuna has her Divine Raiment. More so than other examples, because it's used as a GrapplingHookPistol that can help close the gap to enemies.

* LeftHanging: A few plot threads brought in main game are never explored further, such as:
** [[spoiler:The mysterious Twin Gods, strange beings who look like [=UFOs=], they are directly related to two big plot threads: they created the divine raiment that belonged to Toyohana and now Sakuna, and were the ones who answered the crane’s wishes to become a human - Yui. The Twin Gods are not developed further despite Sakuna wanting to know more about them]].
** [[spoiler:Later on Sakuna and Kokorowa begin suspecting that some malevolent schemer might exist in the Lofty Realm, as both goddesses notice the dispute between them over the rice production had someone else’s hand, not the demons as once thought; Sakuna and Kokorowa also notice how the demons and Ishimaru were well equipped with armory and weapons far beyond their understanding, they note not even Ishimaru’s interference could have advanced the demons that much, Omizuchi was the result of their actions not the planner, the sleeping demon only powered Ishimaru up]].

** [[spoiler:Later on Sakuna and Kokorowa begin suspecting that some malevolent schemer might exist in the Lofty Realm, as both goddesses notice the dispute between them over the rice production had someone else’s hand, not the demons as once thought; Sakuna and Kokorowa also notice how the demons and Ishimaru were well equipped with armory and weapons far beyond their understanding, they note not even Ishimaru’s interfere could have advanced the demons that much, Omizuchi was the result of their actions not the planner, the sleeping demon only powered Ishimaru up]].

* LeftHanging: A few plot threads brought in main game are never explored further, such as: ** [[spoiler:The mysterious Twin Gods, strange beings who look like [=UFOs=], they are directly related to two big plot threads: they created the divine raiment that belonged to Toyohana and now Sakuna, and were the ones who answered the crane’s wishes to become a human - Yui. The Twin Gods are not developed further despite Sakuna wanting to know more about them]].

* FeatheredFiend: The sparrow demons are aggressive and love to gang up on Sakuna when they see her, while the pheasant demons are difficult with their dive-bombing and forward-spin attacks with their tails.

Spoiled harvest goddess Sakuna finds herself banished from her opulent celestial home to an island overrun with demons. In the untamed wilderness, she must rediscover her birthright as the daughter of a warrior god and harvest goddess by weathering the elements, fighting monsters, and cultivating rice, the source of her power. By her side in this forbidding place is her guardian Tama and a group of outcast humans. Together, these unlikely companions must join hands to tame both the soil and the demons of Hinoe Island.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: For accidentally blowing up the divine garner containing rice that was meant to be a tribue to Kamuhitsuki, Sakuna is tasked with colonizing Hinoe Island, where her parents met and fought against demons. As for the humans that she was trying to repel, since the celestial bridge has already vanished and they can't be sent home, they're sentenced to serve as Sakuna's workers on replacing the rice that was destroyed.

* StuffBlowingUp: The game begins with Sakuna attempting to chase off the humans that has broken into the Lofty Realm, only for her attack to knock a torch into barrels of ceremonial oils, blowing up the entire tribute.

ArtificialStupidity: Enemies make absolutely no effort to avoid dangerous terrain- they just march blindly toward Sakuna regardless of what's in the way. This is easy to use to her advantage.

** On the combat side, the game has a parry system akin to VideoGame/StreetFighterIII where players parry by tapping the stick in the direction of an incoming attack at just the right moment. It's as tricky (quite) and as effective (very) as can be expected.
* EvilDetectingDog: The dog that gets found has keen enough senses that it can detect demons before they're close enough to be a threat, which allows the humans that were banished to Hinoe Island with Sakuna to leave the protection of the farm and go foraging in the wild as long as it accompanies them.
* FeatheredFiend: The sparrow demons are aggressive and love to gang up on Sakuna when they see her.

* GreviousHarmWithABody: Striking an enemy hard enough will send it flying, causing damage to any other enemies in its path.

* PigMan: The bipedal boar demons. They're much larger than Sakuna and wield either huge stone hammers or massive wooden shields And they're resistant to being staggered or juggled by Sakuna's attacks.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: For accidentally blowing up a tribute to the gods, Sakuna is tasked with colonizing Hinoe Island, where her parents met and fought against demons. As for the humans that she was trying to repel, since the celestial bridge has already vanished and they can't be sent home, they're sentenced to serve as Sakuna's workers.