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* ShoutOut: Various golems in the Xbox version of the game are drawn from previous From Software titles, including ''Otogi'' and ''MetalWolfChaos''.

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* ShoutOut: Various golems in the Xbox version of the game are drawn from previous From Software titles, including ''Otogi'' and ''MetalWolfChaos''.''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''.
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* DieLaughing: Professor Kou laughs after telling Atsuma about his actions before dying.


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* HeroicBSOD: Atsuma goes through a brief one when he realizes that Kou used him for his experiments and that Atsuma killed several people with his arm.


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* ScarsAreForever: Kou has purple scars on his face.


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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kou wanted to revive the technology from the Golem War and used Atsuma to study the information.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Queen of Ice does this to Kou after Atsuma defeats him.

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* CampGay: Makoto is an openly gay person.



* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Queen of Ice may have been defeated by Atsuma. But all there is left is Infinity]].



* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Infinity becomes this by the game's end]].



* PaperThinDisguise CampGay Makoto disguises himself as the manly MysteriousProtector "Mystery Man", IdiotHero Atsuma is fooled completely. Even after he switches back to his old voice. Players? Not so much.

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* PaperThinDisguise PaperThinDisguise: CampGay Makoto disguises himself as the manly MysteriousProtector "Mystery Man", IdiotHero Atsuma is fooled completely. Even after he switches back to his old voice. Players? Not so much.



--> "Atsuma: I'm telling you to shut the hell up. Look at what happened to Yokohama, and you're still going on about hunting?! That's just so lame even if you are joking!"

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--> "Atsuma: I'm '''Atsuma:''' "I'm telling you to shut the hell up. Look at what happened to Yokohama, and you're still going on about hunting?! That's just so lame even if you are joking!"
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This game references the following tropes:

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An RPG developed by FromSoftware and released in 2006 for the {{Xbox 360}} and ported to the PlayStation3 in 2007. It tells the story of Atsuma, a student at Yokohama's Enchanter's University, where students learn the art of enchanting, and the history of the Golems and the Golem War.

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An RPG developed by FromSoftware and released in 2006 for the {{Xbox UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and ported to the PlayStation3 UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 in 2007. It tells the story of Atsuma, a student at Yokohama's Enchanter's University, where students learn the art of enchanting, and the history of the Golems and the Golem War.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Fists, Feet, Sword, Gun, Spear..... Saxophone?
** Later, [[KillerYoyo a bladed yo-yo]].
* KickChick: Karin
* LaResistance

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Fists, Feet, Sword, Gun, Spear..... Saxophone?
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Makoto's Saxophone. Later, he trades it in for... [[KillerYoyo a bladed yo-yo]].
* KickChick: Karin
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Karin's fighting style primarily relies on kicks. Her "weapons" are really just boots.
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* {{Magitek}}{{Magitek}}: Golems in general are this. They're vaguely robotic but clearly magical.



* RedOniBlueOni: Atsuma and Toya fit this trope almost perfectly, even down to elemental type.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Atsuma and Toya fit this trope almost perfectly, even down to elemental type. Toya is calm and composed, while Atsuma is passionate and direct.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: If it counts. The American Manual lists Makoto as a Transexual.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: "My name is Queen of Ice." Enough said.

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* %%* BlindIdiotTranslation: "My name is Queen of Ice." Enough said."
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: "My name is Queen of Ice." Enough said.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Unfortunately, most of the Golems fall into this due to either taking up too much space on the battlefield or having a low VP count. [[BonusBoss Bonus Boss]] Omega certainly qualify.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: Unfortunately, most of the Golems fall into this due to either taking up too much space on the battlefield or having a low VP count. [[BonusBoss Bonus Boss]] Omega certainly does qualify.



* DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment: Tying in with FailureIsTheOnlyOption and BreadEggsBreadedEggs, the answers to the apple juice quiz in the first part of the game are "Apple Juice", "Juice made from Apples", and "Apples as Juice".

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* DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment: DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Tying in with FailureIsTheOnlyOption and BreadEggsBreadedEggs, the answers to the apple juice quiz in the first part of the game are "Apple Juice", "Juice made from Apples", and "Apples as Juice".



* WhatTheHellHero: Atsuma delivers an extremely satisfying one to Yuki after meeting up in the frozen wasteland of what was once Yokohama
** Atsuma: I'm telling you to shut the hell up. Look at what happened to Yokohama, and you're still going on about hunting?! That's just so lame even if you are joking!

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* WhatTheHellHero: Atsuma delivers an extremely satisfying one to Yuki after meeting up in the frozen wasteland of what was once Yokohama
** Atsuma:
Yokohama.
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I'm telling you to shut the hell up. Look at what happened to Yokohama, and you're still going on about hunting?! That's just so lame even if you are joking!joking!"
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Unfortunately, most of the Golems fall into this due to either taking up too much space on the battlefield or having a low VP count. [[BonusBoss Bonus Boss]] Omega certainly qualify.
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* {{Expy}}: The Queen of Ice is basically FinalFantasyVIII Edea if she were a SummonMagic Guardian Force instead of mind-controlled human being.

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* {{Expy}}: The Queen of Ice is basically FinalFantasyVIII Edea [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Edea]] if she were a SummonMagic Guardian Force instead of mind-controlled human being.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Raiga and Sayaka: He invaded her village, which could put a serious strain on ''any'' relationship.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Raiga Raigar and Sayaka: He invaded her village, which could put a serious strain on ''any'' relationship.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: The Queen of Ice.

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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincessesEverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Karin is actually the princess of London City.



* GlassCannon: The joke weapons for the characters have their primary attack stats nearly as good as the ultimate weapons, stronger in Raigar's case, but also come with an enormous hp and ep nerf.



*** It's the only thing Raigar is actually scared of. That says something.

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*** ** It's the only thing Raigar is actually scared of. That says something.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Atsuma

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* DudeWheresMyRespect?: 'Everyone to Atsuma. Especially his own party. It's quite perplexing why he just didn't tell them to bug off and go on his own a short time into the game.
** It may have something to do with him being a moron, actually... it's hard to respect someone who displays the amount of idiocy Atsuma does. Karin was clearly exasperated at having to teach him about SWIMMING of all things... especially since Atsuma can swim perfectly fine, he just apparently forgot he could.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect?: 'Everyone to Atsuma. Especially his own party. It's quite perplexing why he just didn't tell them to bug off and go on his own a short time into the game.
** It may have something to do with him being a moron, actually... it's hard to
DudeWheresMyRespect: Atsuma gets very little respect someone who displays from the amount other members of idiocy Atsuma does. Karin was clearly exasperated at having to teach him about SWIMMING of all things... especially since Atsuma can swim perfectly fine, he just apparently forgot he could. the party (mainly Karin).



** Soooo, she's Shiva?



* HeyItsThatVoice: Retroactively, Toya is [[DissidiaFinalFantasy Laguna!]]



* OneSceneWonder: King Caliban, despite being an important figure in the entire London City Chapter, [[spoiler: dies the first and last time we see him.]]
* PaperThinDisguise CampGay Makoto disguises himself as the manly MysteriousProtector "Mystery Man", IdiotHero Atsuma is fooled completely. Players? not so much.

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* OneSceneWonder: King Caliban, despite being an important figure in the entire London City Chapter, [[spoiler: dies the first and last time we see him.]]
* PaperThinDisguise CampGay Makoto disguises himself as the manly MysteriousProtector "Mystery Man", IdiotHero Atsuma is fooled completely. Even after he switches back to his old voice. Players? not Not so much.
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* CostumePorn: You can tell if someone is important if they have a painfully elaborate (and often times symmetrical) outfit.


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* HeyItsThatVoice: Retroactively, Toya is [[DissidiaFinalFantasy Laguna!]]


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** It really says something when the man has a ''demon face'' stitched into the shoulder of his sleeve.
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* MismatchedEyes: It's hard to see, because most close-ups of Atsuma's face only happen when he's displaying his [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], but he's heterochromatic. The right pupil is purple, and the left is green.
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** A lot of the Golems have mythological shout-outs. Cerebus, Poisedon, Orpheaus...
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** "All of this is meaningless, like a Midsummer Night's Dream."
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*OneSceneWonder: King Caliban, despite being an important figure in the entire London City Chapter, [[spoiler: dies the first and last time we see him.]]
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* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: Toya, the best Enchanter and most intelligent person in Yokohama, is taken and used as a Magicore for a Devil Golem. It takes Atsuma and ThePowerOfFriendship to get him out of it, effectively breaking his "I can do anything by myself" IneffectualLoner status.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Toya after [[spoiler: being hijacked and used as a Magicore by the Queen of Ice.]]
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*WhatTheHellHero: Atsuma delivers an extremely satisfying one to Yuki after meeting up in the frozen wasteland of what was once Yokohama
** Atsuma: I'm telling you to shut the hell up. Look at what happened to Yokohama, and you're still going on about hunting?! That's just so lame even if you are joking!
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*DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment: Tying in with FailureIsTheOnlyOption and BreadEggsBreadedEggs, the answers to the apple juice quiz in the first part of the game are "Apple Juice", "Juice made from Apples", and "Apples as Juice".
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* MarathonBoss: The Emperor of Earth.

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* MarathonBoss: The Emperor of Earth.Earth, as well as Bonus Boss Omega and [[spoiler: Infinity.]]
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* CatchPhrase: Toya has a habit of saying "If I recall correctly" when explaining something or just showing off how intelligent he is.
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An RPG developed by FromSoftware and released in 2006 for the {{Xbox 360}} and ported to the PlayStation3 in 2007. It tells the story of Atsuma, a student at Yokohama's Enchanter's University, where students learn the art of enchanting, and the history of the Golems and the Golem War.

One day, Atsuma and his friends Toya and Makoto skip their afternoon classes to attend the annual Yokohama City Festival, which celebrates the peace that was gained after the Golem War. During the festival, several of the Golems go berserk and cause a riot. Atsuma and his friends return to the university and enter the Sealed Ward, which has been unsealed, and find the Queen of Ice, a Devil Golem from the Golem War with regeneration powers.

During the battle, Atsuma's arm, which has the power to negate enchantments, transforms him into something that can negate the Queen's regeneration power. During the battle, Makoto is presumably killed, Toya is kidnapped, the Queen destroys Yokohama City, and Atsuma wakes up in a prison in London City.

Since it was one of the first next-gen [=RPGs=], it received reviews that ranged between the 60 and 80% grades, making it a slightly above-average title. It features a pretty unique grid-based battle system, which allows for four party members, area attacks, elemental based attacks, and you can also create your own Golems to fight with you.

List of major characters:
* IdiotHero Atsuma
* SmartGuy Toya
* CampGay Makoto
* RebelliousPrincess Karin
* TheStoic Raigar
* BountyHunter Yuki

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This game references the following tropes:
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Atsuma fulfills this trope by having the right arm of the Devil.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Sayaka and Raigar.]]
* BadassAdorable: One of the most powerful golems in the game looks like a small group of gumdrops.
* BonusBoss: Omega, who has all stats maxed, including [[HitPoints HP]], and ThatOneAttack that drops ''your'' HitPoints down to 1. Thankfully it rarely follows up with a fatal attack, so you usually have a chance to recover.
* BookEnds: The game begins and ends at the annual Yokohama Festival
* {{Bowdlerize}}: If it counts. The American Manual lists Makoto as a Transexual.
* CainAndAbel: Raigar and Ooka
* DistantFinale: The epilogue takes place during a Yokohama Festival far enough in the future that Yokohama has been rebuilt.
* DudeWheresMyRespect?: 'Everyone to Atsuma. Especially his own party. It's quite perplexing why he just didn't tell them to bug off and go on his own a short time into the game.
** It may have something to do with him being a moron, actually... it's hard to respect someone who displays the amount of idiocy Atsuma does. Karin was clearly exasperated at having to teach him about SWIMMING of all things... especially since Atsuma can swim perfectly fine, he just apparently forgot he could.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: The six elements in the game are Fire and Water, Wind and Earth, and Light and Dark. No surprise there.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* {{Expy}}: The Queen of Ice is basically FinalFantasyVIII Edea if she were a SummonMagic Guardian Force instead of mind-controlled human being.
** Soooo, she's Shiva?
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: A number of quests in the early game force Atsuma to fail to collect the Macguffin, so Toya can show how great he is.
* FlunkyBoss: The Queen of Ice
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Atsuma
* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Atsuma takes the trope to new levels by having to be ''taught how to use ladders.''
* HotBlooded: Atsuma, to the extreme, especially if Golems are involved.
* HundredPercentCompletion
* IdiotHero: Atsuma. Chances are you've met ''bricks'' that could outwit him.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Fists, Feet, Sword, Gun, Spear..... Saxophone?
** Later, [[KillerYoyo a bladed yo-yo]].
* KickChick: Karin
* LaResistance
* LethalChef: Karin, almost literally.
** It's even so horrible to look at that it's covered with a mosaic censor!
*** It's the only thing Raigar is actually scared of. That says something.
* LittleMissBadass: Yuki is hardcore in lifestyle and probably never hits puberty.
* MadScientist: Professor Kou
* {{Magitek}}
* MarathonBoss: The Emperor of Earth.
* MismatchedEyes: It's hard to see, because most close-ups of Atsuma's face only happen when he's displaying his [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], but he's heterochromatic. The right pupil is purple, and the left is green.
* {{Mons}}: Golems. Unfortunately, it's usually better to fill your party with all four humans, which makes the golems pretty but mostly useless.
* ObviouslyEvil: It's supposed to be a surprise that Professor Kou is an evil MadScientist who doesn't care about the lives of the students at Enchant University. Unfortunately, he couldn't look any more stereotypically evil if he tried.
* PaperThinDisguise CampGay Makoto disguises himself as the manly MysteriousProtector "Mystery Man", IdiotHero Atsuma is fooled completely. Players? not so much.
* RandomEncounters: Oh so very many random encounters.
* RedOniBlueOni: Atsuma and Toya fit this trope almost perfectly, even down to elemental type.
* RedRightHand: Taken literally with Atsuma's enchanted arm, CursedWithAwesome which has the power to drain magic and freaks everyone out.
* SequentialBoss: Infinity.
* ShoutOut: Various golems in the Xbox version of the game are drawn from previous From Software titles, including ''Otogi'' and ''MetalWolfChaos''.
** You even get to fight Michael Wilson, though his suit is now "Executor" instead of "Metal Wolf". You do get to hear him yell out "RICHARRRRRRDDDDDD!!!!!"
* StarCrossedLovers: Raiga and Sayaka: He invaded her village, which could put a serious strain on ''any'' relationship.
* TrueCompanions: A fairly standard group, used as a point of contrast with IneffectualLoner Toya trying to do everything by himself.
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