did a real number on his daughter...

If you thought how Laplace views heroes was twisted,
Syuen takes it to a-whole-nother level... and I understand why she's so devoted to Matis.

Nikkes are "the heroes that protect the Ark and serve humanity".

• They don't accept failure.
• They are never obstructed by personal issues.
• They are never compromised by villains nor circumstances.

Anyone who can't live up to those standards are "scrap buckets".

Laplace is literally the only one who lived up to Syuen's impossible standards. That reinforced Syuen's mindset.
Maxwell, as a human, failed those standards, but Syuen looked past them because she was the one light in her life. That contradicted Syuen's mindset.

Matis isn't just the strongest squad in Missilis, they are the squad that will never, EVER, leave Syuen...

I thought the Nikke was just another goofy gacha game with a lot of asses? That sounds awfully grim.

FRien said in comment #2619691:

I thought the Nikke was just another goofy gacha game with a lot of asses? That sounds awfully grim.

When this game wants to be funny, it gets funny.
When this game wants to get dark, it will not pull punches...

FRien said in comment #2619691:

I thought the Nikke was just another goofy gacha game with a lot of asses? That sounds awfully grim.

well to be fair, the tutorial literally stats and ends with you shooting your own waifu in head. That pulls in a lot of people that also assume it was mostly a ass shaking simulator.

Syuen, you let me step on you for a full minute and we’ll call it even for everything.

Tetsamaru said:

Well to, be fair, the tutorial literally starts and ends with you shooting your own waifu in the head.

You might want to put that in spoiler tags, buddy.

Hole18 said in comment #2619695:

When this game wants to be funny, it gets funny.
When this game wants to get dark, it will not pull punches...

I wish I shared your feelings. NIKKE has great and tragic writing, but it copped out at just the wrong times for me.

Hole18 said in comment #2619695:

When this game wants to be funny, it gets funny.
When this game wants to get dark, it will not pull punches...

Goddess Fall was the first major event I experienced and that solidified my decision to stay. I started when Boom! The Ghost was live, and even every event from then to GF (sans Coins in Rush. I skipped that one as I was going through a brief burnout period cause I hadn’t yet found my groove with the game) told me that the fans were right when Nikke’s ass game was just bait on a fishing hook for something that’ll have you feeling all kinds of emotions.

OZ When I played Over Zone, I already more or less knew Dorothy and Pinne’s situation, but not HOW the latter died. When I finally saw that for myself, that’s when I knew the game truly never held back. Instead, it wasn’t afraid to hit you stronger than last time.

And then when I finally played Red Ash at the start of this month, Nikke officially became one of the few games I regret not playing back when it first came out.

Paperluigi30 said in comment #2619703:

Goddess Fall was the first major event I experienced and that solidified my decision to stay. I started when Boom! The Ghost was live, and even every event from then to GF (sans Coins in Rush. I skipped that one as I was going through a brief burnout period cause I hadn’t yet found my groove with the game) told me that the fans were right when Nikke’s ass game was just bait on a fishing hook for something that’ll have you feeling all kinds of emotions.

OZ When I played Over Zone, I already more or less knew Dorothy and Pinne’s situation, but not HOW the latter died. When I finally saw that for myself, that’s when I knew the game truly never held back. Instead, it wasn’t afraid to hit you stronger than last time.

And then when I finally played Red Ash at the start of this month, Nikke officially became one of the few games I regret not playing back when it first came out.

The connection between Chapter 32 and Old Tales is just beautiful writing.
People who skim through the game always ask, why does Cinderella love the Commander so much, it's just pandering to the MC.

Old Tales: Ever since Cinderella drank the tea, she has been through a never-ending Hell...

• Losing control her body, betraying her goddesses and her ideals, turning against humanity, losing her newfound family, etc.
• Even though Cinderella was successfully cured of corruption, the humans branded her as a heretic anyway and conducted brutal experiments just to satisfy their grudge. All the death and destruction the raptures caused, they took it out on her...
• Abe rescued Cinderella, Everything seems like it was going to get better, but it was only a farce... Humanity still hated her, and her squad were just waiting for her to go rogue again so they could kill her properly.
• Even after facing the queen and resting in the coffin for 100 years, Cinderella was still deathly afraid that the world still hated her. (and Rapi's rage in Chapter 31 justifies that fear...)

Chapter 34: While Grave was the one who awakened her, Commander is the one that truly freed her from the shackles of being a heretic and gave her a real 2nd chance.

• Telling Rapi to let go of emotions that aren't her own
• Telling Cinderella that she's her own person and will always stand by her.

Hole18 said in comment #2619710:

The connection between Chapter 32 and Old Tales is just beautiful writing.
People who skim through the game always ask, why does Cinderella love the Commander so much, it's just pandering to the MC.

Old Tales: Ever since Cinderella drank the tea, she has been through a never-ending Hell...

• Losing control her body, betraying her goddesses and her ideals, turning against humanity, losing her newfound family, etc.
• Even though Cinderella was successfully cured of corruption, the humans branded her as a heretic anyway and conducted brutal experiments just to satisfy their grudge. All the death and destruction the raptures caused, they took it out on her...
• Abe rescued Cinderella, Everything seems like it was going to get better, but it was only a farce... Humanity still hated her, and her squad were just waiting for her to go rogue again so they could kill her properly.
• Even after facing the queen and resting in the coffin for 100 years, Cinderella was still deathly afraid that the world still hated her. (and Rapi's rage in Chapter 31 justifies that fear...)

Chapter 34: While Grave was the one who awakened her, Commander is the one that truly freed her from the shackles of being a heretic and gave her a real 2nd chance.

• Telling Rapi to let go of emotions that aren't her own
• Telling Cinderella that she's her own person and will always stand by her.

To add to this on Cinderella's side quest (those you get through BlaBla), it is explained why she is so concerned with being Beautiful.
It was because she did very not beautiful things in the past when she was corrupted. So now she wants to be her most Beautiful self.

Also at the end of that side quest the Commander says and I quote:

So Cinderella's love for the Commander is indeed very much earned and not just pandering.

Hole18 said in comment #2619695:

When this game wants to be funny, it gets funny.
When this game wants to get dark, it will not pull punches...

When this game wants to be trolling, it pulls out cringe dialogues from protagonist.