Randomly feeling sad about Ar Tonelico because the light novels and such made it clear they could take the setting and write an amazing story with it without need for any fanservice, even picking up the epilogue from the worst offender.
LB reiterating on this because I'm reminded of how much my half-teru half-lala from FFXIV Telkiha managed to fit Adagio to a T before I ever learned about him
Shoutouts to Cobalt, they know what I'm screaming