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In this series, heartwarming spoilers and dramatic reveals go hand-in-hand. Unmarked spoilers abound.

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"I trust you, Delta."

  • At the start of the game, Casty and Delta are preparing to open Cook De Delta for business. They discuss recipes, business tactics, and go grocery shopping, and all the while bickering like a married couple. It's no wonder Everyone Can See It.
    • Part of this is also Story And Gameplay Integration as it's possible for Delta to confess his love to Cass in her very first Genometrics (albeit for a lot of DP at the time) and she will reciprocate.
  • After Delta decides that he would install Interdimend for the second time, Cass talks to the terminal, as in the player beyond the screen, begging us to return Delta safely. Normal, right? But the crowning moment comes when the game gives you the option to comfort her instead of saying nothing. If you do, Cass sincerely thanks you through the screen, and that feeling of connecting with her, a fictional character, is a prime example of the strengths of Ar Nosurge's storytelling. And all of it set to the song she uses to reconnect Delta's Interdimend: Class::AR_NOSURGE#RE:Incarnation;
  • As silly as they are, it is also sweet to see Kanon participating in the Synthesis Dances. She's had a rough time of things since the start of Ciel No Surge and is usually serious and focused on some hardship but now she can have fun with her friends.
    • The Sharl love her shop, finding all the things she makes both cute and useful. A pair of them hangout there, admiring her Chunpi merchandise.
  • Cass's Genometrics
    • The first level, "nation of beginnings" has a lot of tender moments. The main theme of the level is how, despite Delta's actions six months ago and the fact that she can't trust him, she still wants to believe in him. There are also a number of expensive options Delta can take. In the first scene, he can invoke Declaration of Protection which leads to a sweet picture of the couple, and (for 10,000 points) he can make a Love Confession in the Vault of Great Importance, which leads to Tsun Casty getting blushy, flustered and reciprocating.
    • The entirety of Cass's final genometrics.
      • Her friends give Delta the seeds of her virtues and talk about how these virtues saved them and how much Cass means to them. Nelo is the one who gets the ball rolling on this.
      • Delta grows a garden in Cass's barren mind, all alone. He has to water it, weed it, get rid of bugs, and it seriously taxes him. The garden becomes a full-on forest by the time he's finish, which is a reflection of his devotion to Cass.
      • Delta has a montage of all the Delta x Cass moments in the game, and pours his heart out to Cass with a moving Love Confession. Cass then recovers from her Heroic BSoD, and they have a sweet lover's reunion.
      • Delta and Cass's friends arrange a "wedding" for the two of them (i.e. a ceremony meant to link their minds at a deep level). It comes complete with a kiss and the others wishing them a life of happiness together. It's really hard to keep a stiff upper lip and not grin like an idiot, harder still to keep those tears from leaking.
      • At the very end, Casty and Delta talk about starting a family, and Prime is resurrected later in this same scene. She was reborn from the love between them, and the thoughts they now freely shared. The three of them then cross the door together.
  • Sarly's Genometrics involve her conflict with feelings of love for Shiroktaka and also her friendship with Casty. In the first one, she and Casty are Nyruoki-based Henshin Heroes. In the second, she admits her desire to marry Shirotaka. It was actually a clone she created, and the level is easing her fears regarding relationships, leading to both Sarlies marrying Shirotaka.
  • Combined with Tear Jerker after Tattoria succeeds in creating medicine to effectively treat Felie's illness. She asks Vio to Harmonize with her, meaning Vio would be leaving Tattoria's shop to live with her. Tattoria pretends to revel in his new freedom, but quickly breaks down crying in Ion's arms from loneliness. The player is treated to an adorable picture of it, and can join Ion in comforting him. But, in the end, it's hilariously subverted because Vio and Felie return to the shop the next day to continue hanging out all day and Tattoria is mortified over how much he cried.
  • When Delta and Casty first arrive on Sol Ciel and see that they arrived in one piece, they celebrate with a huge hug that neither of them get flustered or embarrassed about despite doing so in front of Shurelia.
  • All four of the major synthesis stories climax or end with one of these with each one of the four main characters doing something significant for the synthesis partners: Delta giving Nay the deed to his restaurant because of how much it's come to mean to her, Cass giving Sarly a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech when the latter gets cold feet on confessing to Shirotaka, Earthes going behind Ion's back to loan some of his parts to Tattoria so he can build the machine to create Felie's medicine, and Ion giving Kanon a Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! speech when the latter falls into a deep depression over being eliminated from the Best Shop contest in the preliminaries. All four synthesis partners then create recipes that are explicitly gifts for the four main characters as thanks.
  • The relationship between you, the player, and Delta & Cass. When Delta and Cass learned that Delta was under the effects of Interdimend, the condition of being taken over by another being from a different dimension, they were pretty furious and demanded you disconnect from Delta, especially due to the side effects of Interdimend. However, as the game progresses, the two of them start to change their mind about you. They put their faith in you by allowing Delta to be reconnected and even started to grow fond of your company. So much so that when it is time to part ways in the duo's ending, the two acknowledge everything you've done and develop a strong bond with you. It does warm the heart seeing people who distrust you at first actually grow to like you throughout the game.

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