Inciting Incident / Plot point one

“KOS-MOS / Gnosis. Story's primary conflict makes its initial center-stage appearance” – “Weltall / Gears (Grahf) Story's primary conflict makes its initial center-stage appearance”

“Shion begins her long relationship with the android KOS-MOS up until the end. What the rest of the story will be about is defined here” – “Fei begins his long relationship with the machine Weltall from this point up until the end. What the rest of the story will be about is defined here”

“Virgil dies from being gunned down by antagonistic force; KOS-MOS. Hero's importance is central to this action (protect Shion)” – “Timothy dies from being gunned down by antagonistic force; Gears/Grahf. Hero's importance is central to this action (awaken Fei)”

Act II – response

“Shion is now a wanderer, staggering through a forest of options and risks, not sure where to go or what to do next. Ambivalent towards KOS-MOS” – “Shion is now a wanderer, staggering through a forest of options and risks, not sure where to go or what to do next. Ambivalent towards KOS-MOS”

“Shion's reaction to the new journey that's just been launched for her, and reluctance to accept it” – “Fei's reaction to the new journey that's just been launched for him, and reluctance to accept it”

“A central antagonist, already foreshadowed in the set-up, is introduced; Margulis.

Pellegri: "They're innocents! Surely they deserve more respect."

Margulis: "Respect? For what? Save your philanthropy for someone that cares."” – “A central antagonist, already foreshadowed in the set-up, is introduced; Grahf.

Fei: "Why!? Why did the villagers have to die…?"

Grahf: "Who cares why! It does not matter how many of them died…"(курсив A.C.)

“New character is introduced: Ziggurat 8” – “New character is introduced: Bartholomew Fatima”

“Andrew is nervous around– and strongly dislikes KOS-MOS” – “Old man Bal is nervous around– and strongly dislikes Weltall”

“Rescue of MOMO” – “Rescue of Margie” (подчёркнуто A.C.)

“Shion eats lunch with the crew of the Elsa” – “Fei drinks Maison's tea in the desert pirates hideout” (выделено мной)

(т.к. я предполагаю что читателю, более-менее известны содержание Xenogears и Xenosaga, я не стану подробно разбирать содержимое таблицы)

Опираясь на подобного рода “доказательства”, A.C. делает вывод “I'm going to assume that the Episode III we got did in fact not deviate too much from the original scenario of the second half of Shion's story arc”. Слова Сорайя Сага, и подтверждающие её показания нового директора Ко Арай… игнорируется (хотя всё это выложено на его сайте) что само по себе наглядно демонстрирует компетентность “исследователя”.

Помимо этого A.C. сделал попытку отследить связи Xenosaga c иными произведениями – разумеется, в своём неподражаемом стиле.

“Soraya hinted that she was a big fan of Sailor Moon on Twitter in 2014 and MOMO's character was also influenced by the magical girl concept. It is interesting to note that Sailor Moon R features a green-haired female villain named "Esmeraude" (Esmeralda) and a red-haired male villain named "Rubeus" who may very likely have been influences on the names of Emeralda and Rubedo, both characters named by Soraya Saga”.

То, что между сейлормуновским злодеем и персонажем Такахаси нет ничего общего, кроме цвета волос, а имя Рубедо отнюдь не образованно от рубина (Рубедо, алхимический термин, переводится как “покраснение”), автора не смущает. Впрочем, вопроса этого я касаюсь не для того, чтобы пригласить читателя полюбоваться курьёзом.