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One Last Love

Hazuki and Satoru’s tragic story has spanned multiple quests. It now continues with their new Trance forms.

Warning for SPOILERS and long post

Beo starts us off with a fitting recap. After losing the Death Game in an attempt to save Satoru, Hazuki turned into a human weapon and erased all her memories.

Satoru is determined to get the old Hazuki back. He works tirelessly with machine Hazuki as his assistant. However, unable to cope with seeing a machine in Hazuki’s body, Satoru forcibly shuts her down (this is the story told in Satoru’s Trance quest).

But Beo comes to pay her a visit, offering her a powerful tarot card. He says Satoru will try to change fate in order to bring his Hazuki back, and will in all likelihood die in the process.

“I've got the perfect ability for you to protect Satoru!”

As a machine the only thing Hazuki remembers is her mission to protect Satoru. She will do everything in her power to achieve that, even if it means going against Satoru's wishes.

"I couldn't become the Hazuki he wanted"

We then see a memory of Satoru and Hazuki talking about the meaning of the forget-me-not flower. This is a reprint from the previous quests, 私を忘れないで (don't forget me) and 君を忘れない (I won't forget you).

Hazuki teases Satoru and tells him not to forget her

"As if I'd ever forget somebody like you"

The forget-me-not image was a poignant and touching motif in the previous quests, representing the sweet memories Satoru has with Hazuki (while solidly investing us players in their relationship).

However, the current Hazuki twists this image.

Hazuki and Satoru dearly love each other. Yet this is the exact motivation that will drive Satoru to kill himself.

Therefore, "this is a curse"

Hazuki unleashes the power of Beo's tarot card, the Hanged Man. She attempts to erase all the Hazuki in the past, the present and every parallel world so Satoru no longer has a reason to keep fighting.

(God she's so pretty but this is so sad)

Just as Satoru has his goal in his grasp it is torn away from him. Takuya and Yuki defeat Hazuki just in time but she suffers grave injuries (and will likely never wake up again). Additionally, because she didn't succeed, it's likely Satoru will just start his research all over again.

Beo comments on the irony. Two people who love each other sacrifice themselves for each other. But in the end neither were able to save the person most important to them.

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