Part 47: Episode 47: Ultimate-er Showdown: CFW Arfoire!

Episode 47: Ultimate-er Showdown: CFW Arfoire!

Goodness, am I going to be all alone for this today?
Heya Nep Jr., wassup?
Oh, Neptune, thank goodness. I was sure I was going to have to do this all by myself today.
Aw, crud. Did I stumble into having to do some work? That’s no fun. Let’s just ditch!
W-We can’t do that, can we?
Sure, we’ll just swing by at the end to spoil the next episode and everything’ll be fine.
O-Okay.

Video- “Arfoire”

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CFW Arfoire: Grrrrrrr… The annihilation of all…
There she is. Arfoire, the Deity of Sin.
Heavens, what an ugly deity.
If everyone knew she looked like this, I wonder who’d be dumb enough to follow her in the first place.
CFW Arfoire: Graaaaaah!
Gust senses no signs of intelligence.
I’m not sure about that. Hearing her voice strikes a very sour note with me.
A manifestation of negative energy. That’s all she-all Arfoire-is.
Maybe we shouldn’t sit here and philosophize her existence. She’s recognized us as a threat.
CFW Arfoire: Graaaaaah! Grrrr!
Uh-oh, what d-d-do we do?
We don’t gotta think about it. I’m in battle mode-target, Arfoire.
Whoa, she looks so tough! Awesome, this is so sweet!
This hyper-motivation is hard to keep up with, even now at the end.
Great, once we defeat this baddie, it’s back to playing army men!
We’ve gone through a lot of drama, both good and bad.
We’ll beat her.
Yes, let’s erase her from our world!

Video- “Battle with Arfoire”

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Final Boss Battle? CFW Arfoire
Arfoire is a very simple fight, but this simplicity sort of belies how tough it can be. Once you’ve done basically any damage at all Arfoire will start using her special, Destroy Guide. This hits a moderate area around the target for massive damage and causes several status effects and debuffs. Just toss out items and skills to keep people going while you build up for some big stuff on Arfoire. It obviously works better if you come in with 100 SP instead of dry like I do.

LWE Feinne on Neptunia Mechanics:
So, if we don’t qualify for the True Ending CFW Arfoire is the final boss right here. So, how do we qualify to move on? There are three requirements. First, we need to have each nation above 15% World Share. This is pretty easy, as long as you’ve been doing quests it’s almost a guarantee. Next, we need to have recruited all of the CPUs. This means we need to get their home city’s shares up, and if you’re trying to just get the Normal Ending one good way is to just not do that. Finally, we need to have everyone but Cave and Falcom at Lily Rank 4 or 5. So, the easiest way to do this is to just have seen all the Chirper scenes. This should probably be enough to get everyone to Rank 4. If for some reason someone isn’t, what you need to do put that person in the party and fight a bunch of shit. I’m not sure how many actual fights it takes to raise Lily Rank in Mark Two, and this isn’t really the ideal way to raise it. It shouldn’t be a real problem, though. As I noted earlier, Cave and Falcom don’t count (which is good because their Chirper events are broken and don’t give affection). Anyway, let’s move on to the start of the True Ending’s path.

Video- “No Good”

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Did that do it?
We won! We really did it!
Good. The world is…
It’s not over yet!
CFW Arfoire: I cannot perish in this vessel… I will migrate to another!
What’s that? A beam?
That must be the Deity of Sin’s completed vessel.
We only defeated her placeholder. Unless we can stop her core, this will never end!
Okay, If that’s the case…
We’re gonna drop the gavel of justice on her head. Prepare for your sentence!
Whoa, it went right through! Our attacks aren’t hitting her!
No fair! She’s gotta be using a GameFish or something. No cheating! Hiyah!
Calm down, Nep. It’s no use.
Wh-What do we do? We can’t defeat her like this!



The light went into the ground.
What? What!? What’s going on!?
Gah!
A sudden earthquake!? I can barely stay standing!
No way. Is she merging with the Gamindustri Graveyard itself?
That is going to be a problem. Let’s retreat and think up a new plan of attack.
What? Are you for reals? It’s totally lame to run away from the final boss battle!
Then stay here by yourself. We’ll avenge your death.
Ugh, fine, let’s go…





You’re always a bit too idealistic.
You are not one to judge others…
Pointing fingers solves nothing. Let’s focus our energy on coming up with our next move.
If she intends to meld with the entire graveyard, it will take a considerable amount of time. We must act fast.
I think I’ve read something about this situation in my records.
Pardon me. That’s my cell.
Mine’s going off, too. Huh. It’s from the Guild.
Even mine? Who could it be? I’m sort of busy at the moment.
Hello. How unusual to hear from you in this manner.
What?
Is that the truth? If you’re joking, I’ll be furious.
I understand. Th-Thank you for letting me know.
All right. Got it. I’ll take care of the rest.
What? What’s going on!? You all look like the world’s ending.
We have multiple witnesses who insist they’ve seen someone claiming to be one of the Four Felons in Lastation,
Another appeared in Lowee. We haven’t received any reports of structural damage, though.
Same story in Leanbox. So we’ve all gotten the same news in every nation. That’s that.
Planeptune, as well. So there’s one in each nation?
I thought we beat the Four Felons…
This is terrible news. Do we have to fight them again?
Do they have any demands?
Well…



With her powers, it’d be a simple task to destroy this country, but where’s the fun in that?
You will be given ten days. If everyone worships her within that time, good. If even one soul refuses, however…
Graaahahahaha! I’ll kill you where you stand!
What an insane ultimatum. They must be drunk with power.
Ugh, do we really have to beat up that icky perv again?
I don’t wanna.
Brave…
I can’t sit still… I must go and vanquish evil!
Yeah, for sure. No way we’ll lose Planeptune again!
Calm down. If we believe what they said, we have ten days to handle this.
Can we really think of something?



Whoa, Mina, don’t get so excited all of a sudden. It’s weird.
I apologize, but I remember something that I can’t believe I forgot about.
Go on.
Yes, well, there exists an old record of a war between a CPU and the Deity of Sin.
That CPU was named Caelus.
Caelus. The name does sound familiar. Was that not Planeptune’s CPU from long ago?
Yes, that’s what I recall.
If we ask that CPU for help, will we learn how to beat Arfoire?
If she’s still around to be talked to. I doubt a CPU from before Histoire’s time is still alive.
It’s possible for her soul to remain. You know, sort of like Arfoire.
Let’s take a gander, Iffy. It’s better than just sitting around.
Maybe she’s still somewhere in Planeptune. Let’s get searching.

And we’re back. See, totally fine.
I-I guess. Next Time on Hyperdimension Neputnia, Mark Two: Dress Up Time: Downloadable Content! Oh no, this is going to be so embarrassing!