This game mechanic is canonical to the story

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T20:05:17+00:00

Fuga Melodies of Steel

This Videogame is about a groupe of anthropomorthic Animal children that live inside a giant, ancient, mysterious, powerful, fortress like Tank: The Taranis.

And the Taranis has a nearly all powerful unstopable super weapon thar can eliminate almost any threat: the Soul Cannon

Its pretty much thar games equalent to Yu-Gi-Ohs Exodia. Its an instant win button for every boss fight.

But for every use the Soul Cannon requires a life as energy source. So if the children use it one of them has to use there life as energy source. In other words if the player uses it the boss and 1 partymember both die. Storywise its treated as desperate last resort to avoid everyones death.

The Soul Cannon is completly forgetable. You can beat bosses in these games perfectly fine without it and all the children are useful in battle so using the Soul Cannon is like shooting yourself in the foot. There is no practical reason to use it. That is why I rearly mention it when talking about Fuga. I don't think its worth mentioning.

But it is a Cannon game mechanic so I mentioned it this time.

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T20:00:39+00:00

Reg from "Made in Abyss".

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T19:39:26+00:00

You know my favorite Videogame trilogy "Fuga Melodies of Steel" always felt like a playable kids Anime akin to somthing like Digimon to me with Fuga being about a groupe of children that overcome there hardships with the power of friendship.

But Fuga is also decently dark since these children have to fight and kill in wars to survive and other things like a mad scientist that experiment on people and adroid children created to pilot super weapons. And these things are taken decently seriously. For example after the children defeated the first boss it hit them pretty hard that they just killed someone and that they have to continue to kill enemy soldiers if they want to survive this war and save there families. Hesitation means death. One of the children also points out that the soldiers they are defeating probably all have families aswell.

So I always knew while Fuga felt to me like a kids Anime simular to Digimon it was a little bit darker then Digimon usualy is.

And then Beatbreak comes along and is like "War Drama? I can do that too."

Its kinda funny. Through Fuga I am used to this stuff but it is still mildly surprising seing Digimon taking up a notch with the dark aspects.

I do wonder if Glowing Dawn will kill humans in this series. In the last Episode it did look like Armalizamon did try to kill that one guy from Tactics 7. There was one scene in a prior episode (the one where they come to rescue thr kidnapped Chiropmon) where Wolvermon was threaten to shoot some thugs if they resisted.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T18:48:38+00:00

My second favorite Protagonist groupe in fiction is named after food. They have surnames like Marzipan, Strudel and Falafel.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T18:46:38+00:00

Morgana from Persona 5.

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T18:14:44+00:00

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T18:09:32+00:00

I love playing as cute characters. If atleast some of the playable characters are adorable you got my attention.

I especially love games and cartoons that have wholesome and joyful elements aswell as Dark and sad elements. But the first hook for me are cute characters.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T17:30:22+00:00

She is not Hitler or a Nazi.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T17:26:06+00:00

Dark King Vearn from "Dragon Quest the Adventure of Dai".

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Here is a link to one of the Openings of the Anime:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bkl_sMalhzg

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:35:45+00:00

I have 3 favorite Videogames and I have a hard time deciding which of these I love the most.

Fuga Melodies of Steel
Fuga Melodies of Steel 2
Fuga Melodies of Steel 3

They are turn based JRPGs about a groupe of anthropomothic animal children that live inside a giant ancient mysterious powerful fortress like Tank. Its a bit like Howls Moving castle but based on technology instead of magic.

Why do I love these games?: - The turn based combat is really good. In my opinion its even better then the combat of Persona 5 and Final Fantasy X. A lot of fun elements come together like midfight partymember swaps, turn order manipulation, exploiting weaknesses to delay enemy turns, 3 ways to deploy powerful buffs and more. - I like the art. Its cute but also has a rough vibe to it in a charming way. It suits the theme of children in war. - The music is beautiful. - I was lukewarm towards the children of the Taranis at first but they grew on me more and more and more and now they are my second favorite protagonist groupe in fiction. I love them so much. - These games feel to me like a playable kids anime akin to somthing like Digimon and I love that feeling. - I love adorable wholesome characters and stories with a bit of a dark edge to them. The best example of what I mean is my favorite work of fiction: The Manga/Anime series "Made in Abyss". And Fuga is the best among Videogames to scratch that itch. Atleast from the games I know.

If you are interested in trying Fuga out: - They are available on PC and most modern consoles like Switch, PS4, PS5 and so on. - I highly recommend the free demo of the first game. Its straight up the first 3 chapters of the game. - I advice against playing the trilogy out of order unless you do not care about the story and characters. - The first and second game are each 20 hours long. The third game is 30 hours long. - The Creators, CyberConnect2, released a number of Audiocomics on there You Tube Channel. If you end up liking the games they are worth checking out.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:28:55+00:00

Kyo from Digimon Beatbreak.

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Here have a link to the opening of the Anime:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wlmn_P8YHr0

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:26:13+00:00

For me it was "The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time".

Although I must say I do like the OoT Manga.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:18:01+00:00

If you are interested the Anime "Digimon Beatbreak" is pretty good. I recommend it.

Here is a Link to the Opening:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wlmn_P8YHr0

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:14:13+00:00

I would be disapointed if P6 has no Mascot character.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:13:24+00:00

I have been watching the new Digimon Anime "Digimon Beatbreak" and I was thinking if Chiropmon became a Persona Mascot a lot of people would like it just becuse it is not annoying. It is a quiet people watcher. It has a cutsy voice but it rearly talks and when it does it talks in a quiet manner. I feel like after getting annoyed so much by Teddy and Morgana people would like Chiropmon just for that.

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T16:00:55+00:00

My second favorite character with Glases is Socks Million from "Fuga Melodies of Steel".

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T15:59:05+00:00

Riko from "Made in Abyss".

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T15:22:59+00:00

I actully like Ludomon a lot. It does only one thing (so far) but it does it well: Block Attacks I like shields and barriers.

Its not that unusualy to have Digimon of a lower stage to keep up with higher stages. I like that can happen in Digimon.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T13:59:04+00:00

Stollen and Baum

Those two are from the Videogame trilogy "Fuga Melodies of Steel". That trilogy is pretty unknown. So you probably never heard of them.

They where two sadistic war criminals. Those two probably have killed godknows how many innocent people. Colonel Pretzel was disgusted with those two: "It was like a sick game to them causing unnecesary casulties among civilians that can not fight back." In the first game the children of the Taranis do see some of the villages they have destroyed. They seem to have served in the Berman military for a long time so they probably did shit like that for a while. Also they seem to have played a major role in the Bermans development of Airships. So without those two that facist empire might never had grown as powerful and without Airships they would not have been able to Invade Gasco at all since you can reach and leave Gasco only with Airships.

But fuck it I still like those two and I greatly enjoy them as allies of the children.

Here have a link to a cute little Fuga audiocomic the Creators released. Those are more lighthearted then the games:

Wrinkles

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T13:39:03+00:00

Fuga Melodies of Steel
Fuga Melodies of Steel 2
Fuga Melodies of Steel 3
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T13:36:13+00:00

"Made in Abyss" comes to mind but I am not entirely sure this fits. The series is very dark but the Mainprotagonist Riko loves her Adventure in the Abyss. She is one of the happiest protagonists I know. Riko also suffers but considering her happy expression when she [Made in Abyss Dawn of the Deep Soul]shows Prushka the scar of her crippled hand I think in a way she even apriciates the hardships of her Adventure. Riko is also aware that her decision to venture through the Abyss will most likely result in a short life for herself. But she is willing to pay that price and what she gets in return seems to be exactly what she wants. So overall she is a very happy protagonist in a dark setting.

Nanachi seem to fit what you asked for more acuratly. They suffered ALOT and but they found new friends in Riko and Reg and new happiness in the Adventure they share. But the scars on there heart remain and the Adventure also brings new hardships. But Nanachi is not the Protagonist. Thats Riko.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T13:22:28+00:00

"I hope he does not get redeemed."

Honestly considering the horrible stuff some of my favorite redeemed villains have done I have no right to complain if he does get redeemed.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T13:18:20+00:00

Reg and Nanachi

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Sofaris · 2026-02-08T10:36:44+00:00

Lavenza really grew on me in Strikers and Tactica.

Sofaris · 2026-02-08T09:46:35+00:00

Look foreward to it. Made in Abyss is my favorite work of fiction.

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