I've learned not to look for coherent stories in JRPGs a long time ago. They all pretty much come off as deeply introspective anime tropes, which is fine. I found the rise of vilifying JRPG tropes a few generations ago very strange, though that coincided with the fad of everybody becoming literary game critic out of nowhere. People who grew up digesting DBZ (and still swear by it) are gonna turn around and talk about how nonsensical DMC4 is.
Whatever.
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