 | Name | Ere the End, a Glance Back |
| Type | Story Quests | |
| Series | A Strange and Friendless Road: Acer Palmatum Chapter: Act I | |
| Description | As it turns out, the one behind the missing person case is a cursed blade that has possessed Amenoma Yuuya's body. To save the latter and to prove the absurdity of the blade's fixation, Kazuha eventually takes up the cursed blade himself. | |
| Previous | Through the Mist, a Name Unveiled | |
| Involved NPC | Kagotsurube Isshin, Amenoma Tougo, Amenoma Yuuya, Kaedehara Kazuha, Kujou Kamaji, Amenoma Yuuya |
| Table of Content |
| Rewards |
| Objectives |
| Dialogues |
Rewards
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Family | Amount |
 | Adventure EXP | 3 | Currency | x 575 |
 | Primogem | 5 | Currency | x 60 |
 | Mora | 3 | Currency | x 38100 |
 | Guide to Diligence | 3 | Talent Item, Talent Book, Crafted Item, Ingredient, Alchemy Ingredient | x 5 |
 | Kagotsurube Isshin | 4 | Weapon, Sword | x 1 |
 | Hero's Wit | 4 | Character Ascension Item, Character EXP Item | x 4 |
 | Mystic Enhancement Ore | 3 | Crafted Item, Weapon Ascension Item, Weapon EXP Item | x 8 |
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Objectives
| Num | Objectives | Summary Update |
| #1 | Go to the blade-testing venue | You reveal the strip of clothing and begin to read. The words seem to have been penned by Nagato, and according to him, Amenoma Yuuya was the one who took his blade. But Nagato himself seems to have disappeared as well... |
| #2 | Enter the occupied hold and defeat the opponents | You tell Amenoma Tougo about the various things that happened. |
| #3 | Talk to Kazuha | After leaving the Amenoma Smithy, you learn of the blade's final words from Kazuha. |
| #4 | Keep going and defeat the opponents | |
| #5 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #6 | Keep going and defeat the opponents | |
| #7 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #8 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #9 | Keep going and defeat the opponents | |
| #10 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #11 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #12 | Listen to what the cursed blade has to say | |
| #13 | Fulfill the cursed blade's wish | |
| #14 | Fulfill the cursed blade's wish | |
| #15 | Have a duel with Amenoma Yuuya | |
| #16 | Have a duel with Amenoma Yuuya | |
| #17 | Return to Amenoma Smithy | The illusion disperses, revealing the true form of this sword at last... |
| #18 | Return to Amenoma Smithy | |
| #19 | Talk to Kazuha | |
| #20 | Talk to Kazuha | Putting forth the last remnants of its power, the prized Isshin blade exhorts Kaedehara Kazuha to go to the anvil in the smithy. Its final wish is to be reforged at the cost of everything that comprises its present consciousness. At its instruction, Kazuha hammers and forges, and the red blade slowly regains its luster. In this manner is the Isshin Art at last revived and continued... |
| #21 | Accompany Kazuha while he gives Kujou Kamaji his response | Amenoma Yuuya finally regains consciousness. The party explains the situation to him. |
Dialogues
Go to the blade-testing venue |
Kagotsurube IsshinAudio Language: Amenoma Tougo, Amenoma Yuuya, Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kujou Kamaji, Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kagotsurube Isshin, Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kagotsurube Isshin, Kaedehara Kazuha, Amenoma YuuyaAudio Language: Kaedehara Kazuha, Amenoma YuuyaAudio Language: Amenoma Yuuya, Kaedehara Kazuha, Kagotsurube IsshinAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: Kujou KamajiAudio Language: Kaedehara KazuhaAudio Language: |
Enter the occupied hold and defeat the opponents |
Talk to Kazuha |
Keep going and defeat the opponents |
Talk to Kazuha |
Keep going and defeat the opponents |
Talk to Kazuha |
Keep going and defeat the opponents |
Talk to Kazuha |
Listen to what the cursed blade has to say |
Fulfill the cursed blade's wish |
Have a duel with Amenoma Yuuya |
Return to Amenoma Smithy |
Talk to Kazuha |
Accompany Kazuha while he gives Kujou Kamaji his response |
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