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Tales of the Abyss Episode 13: Outbreak of War


Hey, could we get Mewtwo from the Pokemon movie in on this discussion? You know, something about "The circumstances of one's birth" not mattering? Because the King of Kimlasca desperately needs to hear it.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 14: Sealed Past


Wow. Look at that character growth. It's amazing.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 15


Let's talk about these emotional bombshells they drop.

First, we have the promise. The same promise that Natalia was hoping Luke would remember. The very thing that motivated Natalia to be the kind of person she is today. She knows now that Asch is the one who made that promise. And luke know he'll never have the pleasure of remembering it.

Second, we have the scene in the throneroom. It's Luke who gets it moving. "You claim she's not your daughter, but how do you reconcile that with seventeen years of memories? You will always share those memories." and ends with Natalia crying on her father's shoulder. I'm pretty sure that similar scenes happen every day when a child who learns they're adopted realizes that you didn't need to be born to someone in order for them to be called your parents.

And lastly, we have the scene at the treaty signing. The full truth comes out about Gai's past and the role Van played in it. I see Luke breaking down here because he can't reconcile it. If Van had been a hyper-resonance experiment, why did he do the same to Luke? So many deep secrets about his friends have come out in recent weeks that this last secret breaks him wide open.

And it's all done magnificently.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 16: Core Entry Operation


My eyes are starting to glaze over from the fononbabble. But I can still follow along.

 

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Tales of the Abyss 17: Overture to Collapse


It's got me. This series has got me wanting more. I'd probably be right in assuming, however, that none of the other Tales series have nearly this level of excellence.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 18: Absorption Gate


The real fight is coming, This is a prelude.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 19: The Final Score



Fire off a 21 Fontech Cannon salute for Ion! The Fon Master went out like a hero.

 

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Tales of the Abyss 20: Forest Gravestone


Ouch. I have been informed by a much bigger Tales fan that there's a gaiden manga that shows just how different the Ions were between Arietta and Anise.

Arietta watched over the original Ion, who was a self-centered prick. She stood there and took all his verbal and physical abuse because she loved him.

Anise has the replica Ion, who by comparison is much kinder, much more softspoken, and yet a bit of an airhead.

Arietta, according to Largo, would have killed herself if she knew that the Ion she guarded was dead. This is probably true.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 21 and 22: The Tall Tower and the One Who Vanishes.



So your answer for saving the whole world is an act of genocide? I'm sure the replicas died without pain, but that doesn't change the fact that you took ten thousand lives in an instant.

 

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Tales of the Abyss Episode 23: A Sorrowful Parting


Ouch. Tear had to kill someone she once respected. Natalia had to kill her birth father, after just finding this out. Ouch.