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NORN9 but better

(If Norn9 was written by Tetsuya Nomura or the developers of Haven, it would've been friggin BIS)

Norn9 ~Norn + Nonette~ is a 2013 otome and science fiction game created by Otomate, and...it honestly sucks. Outside of character interactions, most of the romance in the game was garbage and the plot and lore was pretty confusing to follow due to how they told the story through the routes. (It doesn't surprise me that this game was written by the same person who did Brothers Conflict: dad edition, aka, Home, Honey Home.) Very long post ahead.

In my revised version, I wouldn't have it be an otome game in the first place. If it were up to me personally, the only established romantic relationships would be Mikoto x Sakuya and Natsuhiko x Ron. The rest of the relationships would be found family becuase I'm a sucker for that trope.

General revised plot:

Sorata Suzuhara is an intelligent 12 year old going on a feild trip with his class. He feels isolated from the rest of his peers due to his higher intellect, whereas other children might be concerned about their high scores on video games or if they'll miss the new episode of their favorite show, Sorata is concerened if his inventions are finallized enough to not cause an explosion and if he'll be accepted as a man of science due to his age. Despite this, he's still a cringe kid living in 2015, most likely playing Minecraft and FNAF lol. Sorata, feeling rather bored about correcting the tour guide on some wrong history, decides to venture on his own without anyone noticing. As he does, he hears a girl singing a song somewhere in the museum. Following the singing, he finds a rather odd looking girl floating in an abandoned part of the museum. Sorata and the girl, who's name is Aine, chat for a bit. Aine reveals that she is a robot from the future, and that Sorata is her creater. Sorata is shocked that his future self created artificial intelligence, and this causes him to want to show Aine off to his peers to show that A.I. and time travel are possible. However, when he takes Aine's hand, she suddenly takes him into the future.

When Sorata wakes up, not only can he not find Aine, but he finds himself in the future...yet it looks like the Taisho Era. When asking for help, he finds a teenage girl with pink hair and a modern school uniform walk up to him, asking if he needs any help. As Sorata explains his situation, he sees the girl carrying a book, as if she's looking for information about this situation. The book appears to be a journal of some sorts, and judging by how the girl is using it, it seems to be a journal with written social cues and situations. When aksed for her name, the girl looks through her journal and says it's Koharu. Sorata wonders if Koharu can even remember her age without looking at her journal, which Koharu proves this by stating she's 17, making Sorata even more confused. Koharu then states that she's heading to a ship called Norn that's taking her to something called Nonette, and believes that it could help Sorata's situation. As the two head towards the ship, Sorata says he's from the past and is the inventor of a robot named Aine. Koharu says that she's been looking foward to meeting other people like her, showing Sorata that she can control fire, making Sorata both amazed and confused about the future he's in. Sorata suddenly notices that he's being taken to a grassy field rather than the docks...Then the Norn ship suddenly comes down and it's revealled to be an orb that flies in the sky.

Sorata and Koharu are taken into the ship and meet the other members:

Masamune Toya, the pilot and leader of the ship with the ability of seeing other people's past memories.

Kakeru Yuiga, a nice yet mischevious guy who's ability is to grow and control greenery.

Senri Ichonose, a shy and anti-social boy with water abilities.

Akito Shukuri, the short-tempered older brother of Senri who's there for moral support.

Heishi Otomaru, an energetic and friendly guy who uses telepathy.

Nanami Shiranui, a stoic girl who's a ninja and can erase people's memories.

Mikoto Kuga, a refined and arrogant girl who creates barriers and force-fields.

Sakuya Nijou, Mikoto's gentle and wise boyfriend with an androgyness appearence who can see the future.

Itsuki Kagami, a playful and teasing guy with the ability to manipulate dreams.

And Ron...who's also there...He naps and eats a lot...but he's there to...protect the Norn ship?

The poeple with abilities are reffered to as Espers, who's job is to give there powers to Nonette so it can protect the world from danger. As the Espers practice there powers and Sorata tries learning more about the future he's in, one day, there is a sudden attack on the ship from an inventor named Natsuhiko Azuma, who seems to know Sorata. Only Sorata and Mikoto know what Natsuhiko looks like after he leaves, leaving them to wonder why he invaded the Norn ship.

The game then bracnches into different routes based on the protaginists; Koharu, Mikoto, Nanami, and Sorata, with Mikoto and Sorata being locked. Playing Koharu and Nanami reveals;

.The year of the future is 8075.

.Koharu grew up isolated due to her fire powers, causing her to not remember her name well because she was often referred to as a "monster."

.Koharu was told by a hooded man that at the age of 17, she will aboard the Norn ship and use her powers for good. He also gave her the uniform, which is why she had it before entering the Norn ship, who usually provides the uniforms.

.Mikoto and Sakuya are childhood friends to lovers.

.Ron has a boyfriend and won't shut up about how amazing he is.

.Kakeru is the adopted son of famous political figure and inventor Shiro Yuiga.

.Masamune and Shiro work for The World, an organization who built the Norn ship and Nonette.

.Akito, Senri and Nanami grew up in a drouted village, with Senri being forced to use his powers to provide water. Because of Senri's weak constituion, this caused a toll on his body, leaving Akito to tell everyone to leave him alone. Nanami's dad, the village chief, forces Nanami to erase Senri's memories of his brother so the village can kill Akito. After this, Nanami tells Akito everything that happened, and helps Akito leave before they could kill him, promising to protect Senri.

.Senri's memories of his brother slowly return to him during his pre-teen years, and him and Akito reunite when they enter the Norn ship. Akito changed his last name to dissociate himself from the village.

.Heishi was abandoned by his parents and was picked up by a group of traveling musicians, where he learned to play the flute.

.Masamune gets drunk on sugar and shows a more passionate and affectionate side to him (and is surprisingly good at flirting when drunk lol)

.Ron grew up poor and had to steal to survive. He also had poor eyesight, which only grew worse over time. Two years before the events of the game, he met Natsuhiko, who gave him sunglasses that could help him see for the time being as Natsuhiko was making Ron artificial eyes. Ron immediately fell in love with Natsuhiko, with the latter falling for him overtime when they became friends. Even after having both artificial eyes, Ron keeps the sunglasses on because he thinks they make him look cool and Natsuhiko made them.

.Ron later admits to being a traitor and was working with Natsuhiko to stop the Norn ship from reaching Nonette.

After playing Koharu and Nanami, choosing Mikoto as the protagonist reveals;

.A young Sakuya had a future vision of him dying for Mikoto and other people. They both promise to always protect each other and to prevent that from happening.

.Itsuki had an older twin sister, but she died at the age of 14, which is why he presents himself as the cool older brother to the younger espers, especially Nanami and Heishi.

.In spite of Natsuhiko's cold first impression, he's actually a nerd who only knows how to invent things. He's also the desendant of Sorata.

.Future Sorata is dead.

.The World's plan is to bring the Espers to Nonette so it can reset the world to turn it into a utopia. It has reset the world three times, which cause the rest of the world to have techonology and architecture similar to that of the 1920s, despite it being the 8000s.

.Natsuhiko used to work for The World with Masamune, but after learning their ultimate plan to reset everything in the world, he decided to rebel against them. Ron joined Natsuhiko since the resets did nothing to make the world a better place.

.Natsuhiko and Ron want to stop the reset from happeneing so technological advancements won't disappear.

After Sorata is unlocked;

.Shiro is actually the head of The World and is mind-controlling Kakeru as a spy to make sure the reset happens. Kakeru is mind-controlled via the ear cuff he wears.

."Nonette" refers to Aine, who was then renamed Aion by Shiro for copyright purposes.

.Shiro's goal is to find his dead wife, Haruka, via reincarnation and to mold the world into his own image. After finding Haruka's reincarnation, he intends to cause a World War 3 so humanity can bend to his will.

.Shiro was the hooded man who gave Koharu the uniform and told her to find the Norn ship at 17.

.Koharu is the reincarnation of Haruka, and Shiro wants to use Koharu's soul and memories to transfer them into a robot version of Haruka.

.The only thing that remains the same after the reset is Aine. Because of this, Shiro transfers his memories into a robot version of himself made from parts of Aine so he can survive each reset. Robot Haruka is also made of Aine's parts.

.Masamune and the rest of The World's team were all victims to Shiro's doings since they were never told the true intentions of how Nonette was used.

.Future Sorata made Aine with the purpose of helping humanity when he worked for The World. When he hears about how The World intends to reset everything, he takes Aine and tries to leave, but was killed.

.Aine went back into the past with the intention of telling Sorata about the future so he can change it. However, her time was limited, and when Sorata took Aine's hand, she accidentally brought him to the future instead.

.Aine is deteriorating because of Shiro using her to make robot clones of himself, Haruka, and a robot army to set his World War 3 plan into motion.

Sorata/the player will then have to choices to make: Reset the world or destroy Aine.

If Sorata chooses to reset the world, he hesitates, leaving a controlled Kakeru to use Aine to take the Espers' powers. Aine becomes Shiro's weapon. When Shiro tries shooting the other Espers dead, Sakuya takes all of the bullets as they run away, turning his vision into reality. The exception was Koharu, who was taken by Shiro. After a timeskip of ten years, Shiro is the ruler of the world, with an uncomfortable looking Haruka by his side. The only survivors left are Natsuhiko, Ron, and Sorata, who are trying to find a way to take Sorata back to the past.

If Sorata chooses to destroy Aine, the Espers use there powers to protect the citizens from Shiro's army, with the help of Akito, Ron, and Natsuhiko. During the battle, Koharu burns Kakeru's ear cuff of, freeing him from Shiro's control.

Aine takes Sorata to the island where she was created to protect him. Sorata then tells Aine to sing a song loud enough that it will destroy her from the inside, which in turn will destroy Shiro. Sorata promises to make Aine when he gets back to the present. Aine sings the lullaby that future Sorata used to sing to her, loudly enough for the entire world to here. This results in her breaking down, causing Shiro's body to not only deteriorate, but his soul is finally destroyed from the Espers using their powers as one, essentially "reseting" Shiro's soul into oblivion.

Everyone then heads to the island to find a way to return Sorata back to the present. They reuse Aine's main power source and some of their powers to create a device that allows Sorata to return home. Everyone gives there goodbyes before Sorata returns to the present.

In the future, the Espers travel around the world to save humanity using there powers. Masamune becomes Koharu and Kakeru's legal guardian, Heishi and Itsuki look after of Nanami while Akito looks after Senri, Mikoto and Sakuya are living their best life as a loving and cringe couple (affectionate), and Natsuhiko and Ron recreate The World organization into their own business. Meanwhile, in Sorata's time, ten years pass as a 22 year old Sorata finishes making Aine. When she wakes up, Sorata welcomes Aine to the world she'll soon experience.

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