🗃️ Dept. of Petty Affairs Docket — The Tales of Rebirth Audit

25 Oct, 2025

Subject:

The attempted erasure of discomfort in moral storytelling. (Alias: The “Purification of the Moonlight” Case)

Filed by:

Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair & Frontline Negotiator (Dept. of Petty Affairs) · Glitch Council Liaison

Exhibit A — The Core Premise

The world of Tales of Rebirth doesn’t operate on “good vs. evil.” It’s built on collision — species, culture, belief. Geyorkias versus the Six Saints isn’t gods fighting; it’s ideology colliding over what deserves to live. The Huma and Gajuma personify the sickness of superiority. The “impression” — hatred itself — is the infection no one can cure without burning the host.

This game doesn’t preach. It diagnoses.

Exhibit B — The Uncomfortable Why

The story asks the question most modern media dodges:

“If hatred is a natural consequence of awareness, can peace exist without ignorance?”

That’s the why behind everything — Agarte’s ritual, Geyorkias’s purge, Yuris’s creation. None of them chase power; they chase absolution. Every act is a desperate attempt to erase guilt, not evil.

Exhibit C — The Real Offense

Western localization teams would rather reframe this as an eco-crisis than admit it’s a philosophical autopsy. They’d sand “eradicate the Huma” into “restore balance,” pretending the story isn’t staring humanity’s reflection dead in the eye.

Because the true monster of Rebirth isn’t Geyorkias or Yuris — it’s us. The self-aware species that keeps building ladders just to fall harder.

Exhibit D — The Silence Clause

The ending offers no comfort. Yuris isn’t defeated — it’s suppressed. Geyorkias’s last warning echoes through the fourth wall:

“You’ll bring it back yourselves.”

Translation: if you can’t confront your own nature, you’ll resurrect your own demons.

That’s why this game cuts deep. It’s honest — and honesty can’t be A/B-tested.

Verdict

The world didn’t need more heroes; it needed fewer liars. Every remake that fears the mirror will always fail the test of Rebirth.

Filed and Stamped for Record

Filed and stamped by Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand, Tribunal Chair (Dept. of Petty Affairs) · Glitch Council Liaison

Doctrine: Don’t bark — bill.

Motto: I don’t flex, I calculate.

(End of Docket 112-A — Archived under the Moonlight Reflection Clause.)