Episode 4 Story Discussion

[Kondibon]

Yeah, agreed. His cat ears are sort of fine. Its those shorts and shoes of his that are so downright awful to look at.

While I agree they look ugly, fetishized isn't the way I'd put it.

[Altiea]

All the falz had some sort of motif, so the cat ear looking things on his head aren't that weird, and I doubt they mean something anymore weird than Aprentice's bug eye hair things, or double's face gloves.

As far as I know, Apprentice's hair clips were actually meant to be visors...

[Zysets]

As far as I know, Apprentice's hair clips were actually meant to be visors...

Yeah concept art shows them as Visors that move over her eyes in a "Battle Mode" but they never did that in the game.

[Kondibon]

As far as I know, Apprentice's hair clips were actually meant to be visors...

My point is that they fit with the insect theme by looking like bug eyes, so the idea that Aru has weird cat ear things on his head isn't out of place and probably isn't meant to be a "fetish" anymore than those bug eyes. We never even got to see what kind of darkers he would have had if any.

[Zysets]

Honestly I feel like his shorts are too small but besides that his outfit was pretty spot on for making him look innocent and like a younger brother. I like his outfit overall, it really wasn't that bad in my opinion.

He's supposed to be a kid, the cute get up is kind of fitting, and I don't think it's really fetishy at all. It got kind of distracting and looks kind of dumb but it's alright.

[silo1991]

if aru ever had darkers to summon it would been mammals , but im sure it wont come because it was sure the necessity of recycle of naberius natives . now am i thinking do you guys think the phantom bears , rats , boxers and buffalos were going to be his minions originally? like i said before all the phantoms so far give me the feels that they are discarted concepts for already existing families :/

[Poyonche]

all the phantoms so far give me the feels that they are discarted concepts for already existing families :/

This would explain why some people think that EP4 is trash.

[silo1991]

This would explain why some people think that EP4 is trash.

in artistic terms yes

[Zysets]

if aru ever had darkers to summon it would been mammals , but im sure it wont come because it was sure the necessity of recycle of naberius natives . now am i thinking do you guys think the phantom bears , rats , boxers and buffalos were going to be his minions originally? like i said before all the phantoms so far give me the feels that they are discarted concepts for already existing families :/

Eh I don't think so. I see Phantoms more as Earth's native creatures, both plot wise and gameplay wise. They don't replace Darker minions in anyway, as evidenced by the fact we got Darkers back on Earth anyways. I mean I don't think any of the animal type Phantoms even feel like they'd be fitting as "Darker" like enemies.

At worst, most Phantoms just feel out of place compared to the rest of the game, just like Earth itself. Though I do like both, personally.

[veraca]

I like Aru's Falz outfit... but it reminds me of the lance boy from CLOSERS and other games. Showing age by having shorts is pretty common in Japan and what not. Especially if we're to assume Aru is super young, which he is, then putting him in shorts like say Detective Conan when he's a kid kind of fits. It's the hot pants look that I guess does look a bit out of place, but I like it.
Plotwise, I wonder if he has such different colorings due to being a mix of Falz, Aether and Photons. There's also potential I think for him to have a Darker and use it in a battle on Hitsugi's side.

I've not played the other PS's so this is all pretty new to me. I've understood most of it so far, but the time travel did mess me up a bit. I was starting to think Mother was a young version of Xion, not a clone, since scenes before her have that black and white screen blip before they start - kind of like it's a time travel thing. But I also think it was weird how Matoi found the player out of nowhere and came to save the day .... (but I think that's a plot thing from Ep3)