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Long is her hair of emerald, like rose crystal are her cheeks
Sleeping princess in the Forest of Thorns, never awakening from her slumber
Damned by the poisonous thoughts of the devil with scarlet hair
Within the spines of the Forest of Thorns, dream forever and ever as the world ends }}
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In the distant past, [[The Heartless|parasitic monsters known as Zerom]] ravaged the world, feeding on the hearts and emotions ("Spiria") of all living things. To defend the world, weapons called "Soma" were developed, allowing weapon-masters to physically enter the Spiria of an infected victim and eliminate the Zerom directly.
Centuries later, in the quiet country village of Shibul, enthusiastic teen [[Awesome McCoolname|Shing Meteoryte]] trains to become a Soma Master under the tutelage of his grandfather Zex. Meanwhile, two siblings- Kohak Hearts and her elder brother Hisui- are on the run from a mysterious sorceress called Incarose.
Not long after the Hearts wash up on the shore of Shibul and meet Shing, Incarose catches up to them, killing Zex and cursing Kohak into a deep sleep. With no other way to save Kohak, Shing takes up Zex's Soma and enters her Spiria. There he finds an infection of Zerom, encounters a beautiful emerald-haired girl straight from a famous nursery rhyme, and witnesses the Spirtune that forms the core of Kohak's Spiria shatter into pieces.
With Kohak reduced to an [[Emotionless Girl|emotionless doll]], Shing takes responsibility and embarks on a [[Call to Adventure|worldwide quest]] with Hisui to track down the missing pieces of Kohak's Spirtune and restore her to normal, one emotion at a time. Of course, it's never as simple as that: a new wave of Zerom infection is sweeping the world, several factions from the local Empire and Church are [[Gambit Pileup|fighting against Shing and each other]] over the pieces of Kohak's Spirtune, and just when it looks like everything might turn out for the best, the story takes a [[Wham! Episode|hard right turn]] and reveals another [[Big Bad]] whose plans extend to the origins of the Zerom themselves.
Shing, Kohak and Hisui are joined by a few others on their quest: Beryl Benito, the team's [[Token
''Highly'' recommended if you can make it through the moonspeak. Otherwise, ''Tales Of'' translator [http://www.blade2187.com/ Kajitani Eizan] is working on a full translation. Kohak is also the very first ''Hearts'' character to appear in an official localization through the Cameo Battle in ''[[
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* [[Alien Sky]]: Standing on the "white moon" Quartzia, the sky is the same, but with a blue "moon" instead.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: "Eien no Ashita" by DEEN, previously responsible for the ''[[
* [[Berserk Button]]:
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'''Chalcedny:''' The smile of the girl before him... huh... Peridot, Byrocks. Stay your hands.
'''Peridot:''' Uh oh, looks like he got a bulls-eye on the Captain's anger switch. }}
** Later, the line comes back in a [[Meaningful Echo]].
** On Shing himself, threaten the well being of his friends or just merely being 'Incarose' ([[You Killed My Father|his grandpa's killer]]) is enough to put Shing into rage. {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn|Unfortunately, that's what Incarose plans]] to bring Creed back, so she gleefully pressed it in any available moments.}}
* [[BFG]]: Byrocks' Soma; Hisui's Hi-Ougi, as well as Incarose's; the effect of the Flame Gun and Aqua Gazer spells.
* [[BFS]]: Chalcedny's Wahrheit, Innes' Folseus.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Innes, of course. Beryl once guesses that Innes' breasts actually give her
* [[Captain Ersatz]] - Compare [http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4605/3368767.jpg this Creed] to [[Black Cat (
* [[Combos]]: The title of "Combo Beginner" is awarded for a ''25'' combo.
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: At the beginning of the game. Shing's grandfather is named Zex Meteoryte. Just ''think'' about what that sounds like for a moment. And bear in mind that he's got to be like, what, sixty-odd?.
** [[Good Name for A Rock Band]], though.
* [[Do
* {{spoiler|[[Doing
* [[Dual
* [[Dub Name Change]]: The translation patch renamed Kohak and Hisui as the literal translation of their original names (Amber and Jadeite). When Kohak reappeared in ''[[
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Kohak, for about half an hour.
* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Variant. Somas don't have their own feelings, but they are the vector for the [[Power of Friendship]], Soma Link. In a skit right after the player's first experience with Soma Link, Hisui tries to take Asteria so that he can experience Shing's Soma Link [[Power of Love|with Kohak]].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Narrowly averted. Chalcedny has a BFS, multiple crowning moments of awesome/heartwarming, and can fly. Shame about the dorky pageboy haircut... if he'd had something like Hisui's windswept mane or Creed's [[Bishounen]] locks, we may have had the new Sephiroth on our hands.
* [[Expy]] (Possibly. There are two characters that share quite some similarities with ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''' Lamia Loveless. Richia shares her voice, green hair and slightly [[Stripperiffic]] outfit. Kunzite shares her [[Artificial Human]] elements (and [[Ridiculously Human Robot|ridiculously human look]]), combat capabilities (this seems to mirror Aschen (another of her Expy) from ''Mugen no Frontier'' more) and her [[Tin Man]] to [[Become a Real Boy]] development)
* [[Fighting Your Friend]] (Let's just say Kunzite ''does not'' take the prospect of [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Shing 'destroying' Kohak/Richia's Spirune]] well (it's just temporary, though))
** Anyone with a name that isn't Kornerupine who gets fused with a Zerom. Captain Silver, Rage Camellia ({{spoiler|Sergeant Morga}}), and Lonely Veronica ({{spoiler|Marin}}) come to mind. In addition, the "final battle" with the Chalcedny Squad counts, as he's already accepted his role as [[The Rival]] and does his [[Heel Face Turn]] shortly after the fight.)
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Shing
** [[The Chick]]: Kohak
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* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]] (Averted with how every plot-important boss is weak to the element of whatever party member they're significant to, such as Silver and Strigau being weak to water (Innes' element), Chlorseraph weak to darkness (Kunzite), and Love Diansus to earth (Beryl).)
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]] (Hisui; slightly averted in that he actually puts them over his eyes during battle, probably because he uses so many Wind-element artes.)
* [[Good Morning, Crono]]
* [[Gratuitous English]] (Ameth)
** [[Gratuitous French]] (Innes' moves)
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* [[Grand Theft Me]] ({{spoiler|Richia, and the [[Big Bad]] Creed Graphite}})
* [[Hand Cannon]] (Byrocks' Soma)
* [[Hot
▲* [[Hot Blooded]] (Hisui's hat, to the point where "Nekketsu Heart" is a title for him; Shing does it too, Chlorseraph takes care of it for the villains, and even Kunzite gets in on the action at times, even predating Hisui with his own title of "[[Hot Blooded]] Guardian Knight")
* [[Improbable Weapon User]] (Kohak's Elrond, Beryl's Thiers)
* [[Innocent Innuendo]] (A pair of skits entitled "Totally Huge!" with the ostensible subject being Innes' [[Gag Boobs]]. The first turns out to be about her [[BFS|Big Freaking Axe]] and visibly amuses Innes; the second is her pie-eating abilities, and by then she's getting flustered and annoyed.)
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* [[Killed Off for Real]] ( {{spoiler|Peridot and Byrocks}}, in a massive [[Tear Jerker]] doubling as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for {{spoiler|Chalcedny}})
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] (Hisui)
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* [[Mad Artist]] (Beryl)
* [[Meaningful Name]] ([[Word of God]] says Shing's name is meant to mean "heart weapon". Soma have their own names, like "Asteria" based on Greek for "star" or "Elrond" being short for "Elpis Rondo", which means "dance of joy". To say nothing of the ''evolved'' Soma names, like Asteria's being named after stars, comets, and constellations, Gale Arc's after winds and mythical birds, etc.)
** This naturally means that Shing's full name goes straight into [[Awesome McCoolname]] [[Narm Charm]] territory.
* [[The Messiah]] (Shing is competing with [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* [[Morality Pet]] (Spin and co. for Peridot, Lapis for Silver)
▲* [[Names to Know In Anime]]:
** [[Tetsuya Kakihara]] - Shing
** [[Marina Inoue]] - Kohak
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** [[Shinichiro Miki]] - Creed
* [[Not So Stoic]] (Kunzite has a few hotblooded scenes, which the other characters take note of. And when you encounter Rishia Cattleya, an ancient Zerom who wants to become Richea, the poor robot nearly explodes. "Never before have I felt such anger!")
* [[Poor Communication Kills]] (Kunzite fights the party because Hisui lied to him about Byrocks breaking Kohak's spirune instead of Shing, except ''Kohak'' wasn't telling the ''party'' that ''Richea'', not Shing, broke the spirune)
* [[Power Levels]] (Said to be Kunzite's ability to scan them. Through a hilarious skit, he discovered that an angry Kohak's power level is 18500 to be exact))
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* [[Power of Friendship]], [[Power of Love]]
* [[Poke the Poodle]] (Beryl sucks at taking hostages)
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'''Hisui:''' Okay, so she's not evil... }}
* [[Previous Player Character Cameo]]: The Combination Blaster attacks can summon a character from the [[Tales
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] (The Seraph twins; possibly Hisui and Kunzite; Shing/Chalcedny and Peridot/Byrocks both have the actual colors down)
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] (Quartz and Mechanoids by default; the three living Quartz in the game have had their bodies in suspended animation since the destruction of Quartzia 2000 years ago, and most of the robots have been in storage and/or asleep. In particular, Richia strikes up a relationship with Hisui in the latter half of the game.)
* [[Relationship Values]] (The game never misses a chance to raise them, from minor skits to important plot points; characters get "X's Soma Link with the party has gone up" to wrap up their character development scenes, and particularly awesome moments are capped with the notice: "''Everyone'''s Soma Link has gone up.")
* [[Ridiculously
▲* [[Ridiculously Human Robots]] (Kunzite, {{spoiler|Incarose}}, Corundum, Chlorseraph/Clinoseraph; Kunzite spends half the game [[Tin Man|denying this]] and [[Become a Real Boy|then gets "Like Human" as a title after coming to terms with himself]])
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]] (Marin after she stops being a spineless puppet ruler)
* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]] (Kohak, wearing a backless dress/shirt/whatever)
* [[Shout
▲* [[Shout Out]] (A huge list of cameo Link Attacks from other games in the series and even other titles produced by Namco)
** Colonel Silver uses Loni's hiougi, Final Prayer, as an attack.
* [[Space Whale]] (The Great Winged Whale is the deity of the Valeia church {{spoiler|and the Mobile Crystal Castle Cendrillion}})
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spock Speak]] (Kunzite)
** [[Robo Speak]] (Early Kunzite, and a lot of what he says in battle)
* [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] (The Quartz)
* [[That's No Moon]] (The black moon, {{spoiler|the giant Queen Zerom Gardenia}})
* [[Theme Naming]] (Rocks. Lots of rocks. Zerom are also all named after plants; {{spoiler|Gardenia Core}}'s parts take names from plant parts and organs. The locations in the game are a mashup of fairy tales and children's authors.)
* [[Verbal Tic]] (Does Innes have one of these, I wonder?)
* [[Whole
* [[Years Too Early]], gloats Peridot if you lose to her solo fight.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]] (You'd think it would keep it normal when hair color is a plot point twice (Richea and Creed), but Peridot and Byrocks have hot pink and bright teal hair for no good reason. Most of the other Celreid have normal-ish hair, the weirdest being Marin's dark blue, Innes' platinum, and Chalcedony's bleach blond.)
** Peridot and Byrocks' hair
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: Right as the final Spirune is returned to Kohak...
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