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The ''Ar tonelico'' series consists of a trilogy of [[Eastern RPG|JRPGs]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] (the first two games) and [[PlayStation 3]] (the third game), developed by Gust Corporation of Japan, best known for their [[Atelier Series]] of video games, and localized in English by [[Nippon Ichi]] Software. The games (which are largely independent of each other in plot and characters) take place in a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] world of Ar Ciel, in which the ground was swallowed hundreds of years ago by a mysterious ''Sea of Death''. Humanity clings to life only on [[Floating Continent
The first game, ''Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia,'' originally titled ''Ar tonelico: Sekai no Owari de Utaitsudzukeru Shoujo'' (''The Girl who Continues to Sing at the End of the World'') takes place in and around the first tower, in the region of Sol Ciel. This is where the series gets its name: '''Ar tonelico''' is the name of that tower. The story starts in the city of Platina, during an outbreak of enemy creatures called Viruses. The protagonist, a Knight of Elemia named Lyner Barsett, goes to investigate with fellow knight Ayatane, and the tower administrator, Shurelia. Unfortunately, they rapidly discover that the Viruses are able to turn intangible, rendering normal defeat impossible. Shurelia therefore sends Lyner on a quest for the only thing that can help them: the [[Mineral MacGuffin|Hymn Crystal Purger]]. Taking an airship, he travels down to the Wings of Horus, the [[Floating Continent]] that surrounds the tower. More accurately, he crashes thanks to an attack from a dragon, which complicates matters extremely.
In the process of searching for the crystal and a way to repair his airship, he meets and teams up with a number of people, including two Reyvateils. First is the shy Aurica, who healed his injuries after his crash. Second is the more outspoken Misha, actually his [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]]. But there's one problem - Misha [[Older Than They Look|looks much younger than she should be]]. Aside from those two are the wanderer Jack, the local [[Church Militant|church knight]] Radolf, and the [[Wrench Wench|airship grathmelder]] Krusche. As the story progresses, Lyner and his comrades not only try to find the Hymn Crystal and fix Lyner's airship, but discover the reason for Misha's youthful appearance, and the source of the recent Virus outbreak.
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Aside from ''Elemia''-specific tropes, examples provided by the series as a whole can be found here, as well.
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* [[Acceptable Feminine Goals]]: Many fans were surprised that Aurica suddenly gave up her dream of becoming the Holy Maiden, which she had worked so hard for despite such odds, and revealed that instead of wanting to become the local equivalent of Pope and reform the church, what she really wanted to do was settle down with Lyner and make music boxes in a small town. The fact that both starting reyvateils in [[Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica|Ar Tonelico 2]] {{spoiler|end up co-maidens and head of the Metafalican government/church}} may be Gust's apology for this: the company [[Atelier Series|normally averts this trope hard]].
** While it could be also said that Aurica was never interested in wielding authority and power in the Church, and just wanted to be able to contact the Goddesses. Anyway, in Misha's path and in Tyria's Drama CD it's revealed that she wasn't going to be the same position as a Pope (that position is given to Radolf), and instead, she was put in charge of a charity program, from which she resigned at the end of the game to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a music box crafter, with more than a few either hilarious or horrifying results.
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* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Not that this is a bad thing for going through Cosmospheres.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Ar Tonelico just loves these.
** The first age ends with a class 5, with everything retreating to artificial [[Floating Continent
** The second age ends with a class 1, that would have been a class 3 had Mir succeeded
** {{spoiler|And the third age is about to end with a class X unless you do something about it}}
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* [[Sound Stone]]: Hymn Crystals
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Spellings for names were changed between the Japanese and American releases.
* [[Serial Escalation]]: Just how ''blatantly [[Fan Service
** And in the end, the third game got an M rating in the US.
*** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Rated M for Moe?]]
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* [[The World Tree]]: The towers seem to be an analogue. There's also the fact that ''tonelico'' is ''toneriko'', the Japanese word for ash tree, which Yggdrasil was in Norse mythology.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Krusche.
* [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere
** {{spoiler|Though actually only Despedia qualifies for that role. Harmonious Fusion doesn't contain any kind of Yandere-ness in its feelings (and arguably, in the lyrics neither), and Colors is no more than an image song for her, illustrating the development of her feelings.}}
** Almost every Reyvateil attempts to kill their partner at some point in their Cosmosphere. {{spoiler|Aurica tries to kill Lyner and herself because of her self-loathing, jealousy, and fear of him abandoning her. Misha believes that Lyner's presence is complicating the struggle between her desire for freedom and her fate of becoming the [[Barrier Maiden|seal for Mir]]}}.
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