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meanwhile, Loewe complains about the hassle of having to tame a dragon as if he's complaining about having to write a boring report on a friday afternoon

He reveals Agate's rank. It's C. That's lower than Schera, and just half rank higher than where I am right now (D+). Because the in-game rankings are just plan unrealistic, tbh. Story-wise, you probably aren't supposed to advance a whole letter by beating about 5 bosses, finding 2 missing cats and solving 3 sets of phantom thief riddles

Never mind, Agate was promoted to B. I'm still catching up soon, though.

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You don't make snarky remarks about the backstory of the party's edgelord if you don't want to face his wrath. Just don't.

They engage in sprite combat, and Loewe starts reading Agate's psyche. This is a problem for Agate, because having your opponent give therapy to you during an anime combat is a sign you are losing the fight.

While Agate risks his life fighting an enforcer AND a dragon, I take my time combing every inch of the previous area for treasure chests

Loewe does the classic anime thing where he breaks the protagonist's sword in half to asset dominance

Just one sprite fight scene in this game is better than any lightsaber fight of the latest star wars trilogy, give or take

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Tita just went up a few positions in my tentative character rankings

and the army arrives, which makes Loewe leave, because as much as he has A FRIGGIN DRAGON, videogame wisdom says even dragons have limited HP, so you don't test it against a country's military might when you can save it for a time where you have tactical advantage

the dragon is called Ragnard the Ancient. That's probably a lv 22 monster in DnD, or something like that. Not something for a normal party to face.

Agate is going to win the award for Most Time Spent Recovering in a Bed amongst the party members by the time this trilogy ends

General Mogran is a pretty good chapter once he drops the arbitraty prejudice against bracers. And once you no longer need a red herring to make the real villain (Richard) less suspicious.

we get some great character development scenes involving Agate and that's just all I have to say

The queen has sent the best airship in the country, and invited the press to join, so they can show everyone the power of crown slaying a dragon. Smart political move, though I think there's zero chance that will work as intended.

Agate and Tita did not make it in time, which means they are being saved to be the good guys' ace in the hole when things get rough

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Capture? They are awfully cocky.

this is a cool plan, Mogran, but there is 99.99% chance Orobouros wants you to use all of your resources so they can test their own tech and advance yet another step in their evil plan. Don't those good guys ever learn?

soldiers doing the military hand gesture when estelle passes by is a nice touch

I'd say the Arseille is grossly understaffed. They did not bring in the most important airman to the crew: the Singing Helmsman.

We get some Ship vs Dragon action, and I estimate about one third of the game's animation budget went into this chapter

Huh. Cassius knows the dragon himself. Ofc.

The plan seems to work. Until it doesn't, because Orobouros predicted it and set up a trap. Another chapter, another successful trap by the bad guys.

The Arseille chases, but the dragon already knows where to go to lose it.

Fission mailed.

Time for our ace in the hole to show up. Agate knows a guy who can get us to the dragon, and Tita brings a special sword with some orbal technology that can be used to break the gospel. I'm calling it the Monado.