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It's about a promise.

3-9 and 3-10 are simple enough battles, in fact I could've done 3-10 faster if I'd known in advance that a single Limiter Removal powered Demolition Blade from Nenji would slice 2/3 of the boss's health off in one go. The last fight is tougher, I did not prepare for a defensive battle so I brought all 3 Melee units with me. Oops! Maybe I could've kept on top of the enemy onslaught but I try to play it defensive as best I can, thankfully everybody had EMP gear and Keitaro's Wide Range Bombardment continues to be a godsend to the end.

The plan succeeds, UC wakes up to the Deimos threat and the simulation is cut off. We get a lengthy explanation clarifying Okino's earlier remarks (the sectors are all virtual, but we did land on a planet and the facility we're in is physical), and bless Iori for asking about the 1.2 million people still inside. After a message from the 2188 professors, our 15 survivors (I guess Tamao is sitting offscreen quietly this whole time) exit their growth pods, and make their way to the new world. Juro and Megumi embrace, and vow to live on for humanity.

That ending is fine alone, but I can't tell you how relieved I was to see the simulation continue in the credits. 5 years later, Sector 4 is back up and running and our protagonists hop back in to their previous lives to reunite with their old friends. This is a very cheesy and fanservice-y epilogue and I eat it all up. Well not quite all of it, I still don't love all of the pairings. I like Shu and Yuki but don't love them as a couple, I've spoken on Juro and Megumi before, and are Renya and Ryoko supposed to be together? It was mentioned they used to date when they were kids, but if they're a couple now that's one of the saddest cases of pairing the spares I have seen. They were both madly in love with someone else and would be together simply because they're the only two left. But the game doesn't explicitly mention they're a couple so I'll assume they aren't. The professor will help the two develop a way to give real bodies to the AI populace, so a truly happy ending is coming down the line.

The non-romantic interactions are the best here, from the girls embracing Miwako, to the return of our story's real hero BJ, to an unexpectedly emotional reunion between Ogata and Wajima. Minami and Miura remain the best romantic pairing, I still like Hijiyama and Okino but I wish they had more affectionate scenes that weren't just Okino toying with the dude. The double Tamao meetup is odd, maybe that's a remnant of when she used to be a bigger part of the story. I like that Ei didn't feel like hopping into the simulation lol, I guess there's not much in the way of positive memories for him here. Though it'd be nice to see him and BJ reunite.

I am baffled that Tetsuya Ida gets a happy ending with Inaba, after everything he pulled. He doesn't even redeem himself, he just gets what he wants because it's happy ending time! Poor Tomi, she could do better. But I'll freely admit I'm a complete hypocrite here, because I really like that the game ends on a romantic reunion between two other people who have manipulated events and caused so much destruction for so many lives. Against all odds, Chihiro Morimura and Juro Izumi finally get to embrace and look to the future, and dangit if that isn't sweet.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim- CLEARED

And... that's it! I think. There's a bunch of new data archive info, but it's mainly clarifying things in case we were still confused (much appreciated). A post-ending scene teases one possible alternate world generated by the self-replicating probes, and there's a new wave of battle maps. Is it worth doing these, do I get anything plot-related for them? Not sure if I'll bother otherwise.

I have thoroughly enjoyed playing this game and it pretty much stuck the landing in the end, props to the writers for handling so many plot threads and tying them together in a way that made sense. I'll have to sit and digest on the game for a bit, but I might do some character rankings or something before ending the topic. Thank you very much to anyone who followed along, I hope you got something out of it!