"Now when you play Ikaruga, you can either play for shooting game, chain, or you can play Dot Eater. So basically you can hold on the fire button, you can hold on the fire button in the exact order Treasure wants you to, or you can not hold on the fire button."
—xoxak, "Ikaruga PRO REVIEW"
"Alas, Ikaruga is going...
Undesired, unwanted them,
What makes them go?
It is nothing else than the
principle of the man who
has the reason for being."
Chapter 1 "Ideal"
"The stronger will you have,
the more you face various
trials. Although you can
choose to escape, 'Trial'
has the message for you to
conquer yourself."
Chapter 2 "Trial"
"There is no 'absolute',
in this mundanity.
Occasionally you get lost
facing unreasonable burdens.
In order to overcome,
you need a firm conviction,
penetration, and the ability
to take action."
Chapter 3 "Faith"
"And 'Reality' is unveiled.
What did it want...
What did it see...
What did it hear...
What did it think...
What did it do..."
Chapter 4 "Reality"
"Finally, Karma returns to
the place once belonged.
It recalls the genesis of
consciousness carved for
abyss of memories.
Hence Ikaruga is going..."
Chapter 5 "Metempsychosis"
"I make you alive so that you can walk along the right way.
But can't you understand it?
"You can't feel the visible things.
How can you feel the invisible things?
"It is impossible to cut off this metempsychosis forever.
You can also see it, can't you?"
Horai Tenro
"Thus achieve your mission without any regrets.
I will not die until I achieve something.
Even though the ideal is high, I never give in.
Therefore, I never die with regrets.
We were supposed to understand it...
Can we see the liberty and freedom?"
Kagari, just before the fight with the Stone-Like
