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Amidst all of this, chaos erupts as people across the world awaken to their "true" nature as warriors of Sensus or Ratio, threatening to reignite the ancient war. Then there's the cult of Arca, led by a mysterious [[Mask Power|masked woman]] called Mathias who seemingly wants to [[Omnicidal Maniac|destroy the world]], and the rebirth of a sinister figure known only as "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Overlord]]".
 
Other characters include Spada Belforma, a [[Hot -Blooded]] swordsman and reincarnation of Durandal; Hermana Larmo, a young girl who runs a shelter for runaway Avatars, and reincarnation of Asura's steed Vrtra; Ange Serena, a kind but quirky nun from the city of Naos, and reincarnation of Ratio tactician Orifiel; and Ricardo Soldato, a [[Cold Sniper|cold mercenary]] who is the reincarnation of Hypnos himself.
 
''[[Tales of Innocence (Video Game)|Tales of Innocence]]'' is a 2007 video game, the second game in the ''[[Tales Series]]'' to be released for the DS, developed by Bandai Namco and Alfa System. The game is short and regrettably lacking in puzzles, or indeed interesting stages at all. However, it's clear that love did go into the game, and was merely concentrated into the combat system. The so-called Dimension Stride LMBS is a fusion of ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny Remake]]'' and ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Tales of the Abyss]]'', and focuses on fast-paced action and nigh-endless comboing. The engine uses the same plane-of-motion control as ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', but with the added option of free-run, making the fighting intuitive and versatile.
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Referenced by ''[[Ax Crazy|Has]][[Omnicidal Maniac|ta]]'' in his ramblings after the first fight against him. Of course, this is Hasta that we're talking about, this doesn't happen.
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Guild Dungeons' chests give randomly generated loot. However, some of the items in the tables are very, very good. Therefore, it is possible, in a rank 2 dungeon, to obtain a "Mythril" Sword with 110 attack and a casting speed bonus at a time where the normal swords you can buy in shops and/or loot in dungeons have maybe 18 attack.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: ''[[Hot -Blooded|Spada]]'' of all people. It's painfully obvious he likes Ange, but she is oblivious to it and he [[Cannot Spit It Out|avoids actually telling her directly]].
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Invoked by Ricardo during a skit when the party crosses the Northern Battlefield. Ange proceeds to reprimand him when he makes Luca cry for doing so.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Chitose}} after the final boss fight.
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** Lampshaded by Iria. "Once was enough, you cocky tutorial rat!"
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Luca, after the events in the {{spoiler|Sky Castle}}.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: <s>Rockman</s> [[Mega Man NT Warrior|Luca, let's go! Sword, Wide Sword, Long Sword! Program Advance!]]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Asura and Inanna. And Sakuya. Asura is huge to start but dang...
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Powered by [[People Jars]].
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* [[Kid Hero]]: Boy does Ruca certainly fit this! He's 15, and looks even ''younger''.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: {{spoiler|Cerberus}}. Dear ''god'', look how cute it is!!
** It actually becomes a [[Double Subversion]] according to additional info in [[New Game Plus+|subsequent playthroughs]] <ref>Talk to Chien in Sania after the Sky Castle.</ref>. {{spoiler|It's not that Cerberus looks like a cute critter ''forever''; when he dies, he's reborn as the same being in the same place, and the flashback cutscenes showing him throughout the game happen to be around the time when he was just a puppy.}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: Surprisingly, the token healer, Ange, is quite adept with knives.
* [[Lady of War]]: Ange. And to top it off, her starting Style is the [[Fragile Speedster]].
* [[Level Grinding]]: Or rather, a lot of things ''except'' the levels, which grow quite reasonably: [[Relationship Values]], Arte proficiency, Style levels, and '''especially''' Grades. Levels come naturally through grinding other things.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Luca. Very classic example.
* [[Magikarp Power]]: As mentioned above, the Versus style provides no bonuses and all its abilities cripple your stats, effectively making it a [[Self-Imposed Challenge]] difficulty level...until you level it up to level 45 or so, at which point you get large boosts to stats and post-battle rewards. This is mostly useful for playing on a [[New Game Plus+]], however, as leveling a style to 45 generally takes a full playthrough of concentrating entirely on that style.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A lot. To start, everyone in the party qualifies.
** Luca ''Milda'': Quite [[Shrinking Violet|mild-mannered]], in contrast to his past incarnation, Asura.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]] - Luca points out to Ricardo at one point that his statements about Ange are very romantic [[Defied Trope|when they're taken out of context]].
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Everybody knows about Luca and Iria, but Spada is the one that supports them the most (altough how much of it is support and how much of it is tease is arguable).
* [[Shout -Out]]: Surprisingly western ones, mostly with minor NPCs. For example, there is an old man (who is a bit of a poet) who tells the party about Chien's backstory. His name is [[Edgar Allan Poe|Edguar Allen Pwo]].
** Iria's brothers and sister, mentioned in an easy-to-miss NPC line by Iria's father, are called [[Friends|Ross, Monica and Gunther]].
** And how about the guild mission where you gather [[Super Mario Bros|1UP shrooms]]?
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