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[Theo Pontbriand]

Tales of Zestiria is the fifteenth mainline entry in the Tales Series. The game was released on January 22nd, 2015 in Japan, marking the series' 20th anniversary. It received an international release on October 20th, 2015 in North America and October 16th, 2015 in Europe. The word "zest" in the title means "passion" or "zeal."

Legends tell of a race of divine beings known as Seraphim, whose unseen influence is felt throughout the world. Those humans with the ability to commune with the Seraphim became known as "Shepherds", the most pure-hearted of which could even be granted a Seraph's power. While some would praise these empowered Shepherds as living paragons, others would fear their strength and call them demons.

Sorey is a young human who has spent his entire life in the village of Elysia, a holy place where he lives in harmony with many Seraphim. Enraptured by the legends within an ancient tome, he makes daily excursions into a nearby ruin with his childhood friend Mikleo, a seraph himself, in the hope of learning more about the Seraphim and their history.

One day, the two boys encounter a human knight named Alisha, who is investigating a series of natural disasters which have been plaguing the world. Upon hearing her tales of the outside world, and her belief in the legend of a Shepherd who will save it, Sorey becomes interested in leaving Elysia to see for himself. However shortly after Alisha begins her journey home, an Ax-Crazy Hellion attacks Elysia and reveals his intentions to devour Alisha before heading after her. Sorey and Mikleo decide to leave Elysia so they can warn Alisha, while also experiencing the world for themselves and pursuing their dream of a future where Seraphim and humans can walk hand-in-hand once again.

The game was released in Japan for the PS3 in January 2015, and later in the NA and PAL regions for the PS3, PS4, and PC in October 2015. An anime special covering the beginning of the story was made to promote the game, with a full (but very loose) anime adaptation (Tales of Zestiria the X [cross]) later greenlit. It is followed by Tales of Berseria, a Prequel which takes place in the distant past of Zestiria's world. open/close all folders Tropes associated with both the game and other adaptations

• Adaptation Expansion: The anime expands greatly upon Alisha and Rose's backstories and character plots, explaining how Alisha fell into the Mabinogio ruins, her facing off with Rose under the assassination order, and generally showing her role in Hyland politics outside of Sorey's involvement. Rose's backstory of growing up orphaned, then adopted by the Windriders before they were murdered due to Prince Konan is shown in more detail than the game, and him being Spared by the Adaptation puts her in conflict with the rest of the party when she tries to kill him. It also ties into Tales of Berseria, with Michael passing on knowledge of Velvet and Artorius' stories.
• Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole: Two, both concerning Camlann. Muse is not shown sealing the area off like she does in the game, leaving it ambiguous as to what happened to her after Michael killed himself and Mikleo. Similarly, while Sorey does mention in an earlier episode that Zenrus saved him after a fire in his human village, it never confirmed that said village is Camlann, and there is no mention that his mother Selene was one of the casualties, ultimately leaving his backstory open-ended to anyone who hadn't already played the game.
• Adaptational Heroism: Maltran never turns into a hellion, and genuinely supports Alisha through the story.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: While Lunarre remains a villain in the anime series, by the second half of the story, he has an otherwise peaceful interaction with Alisha, and dies fighting off other hellions."I want my life to mean something!"
• Adaptational Skill:
• Sorey is given the ability to purify dragons, something that is explicitly impossible to do in the game.
• When she doesn't have her lance at hand, Alisha uses a dagger to fight off the Scattered Bones assassins.
• And Now for Someone Completely Different: For two episodes in the first season, the anime suddenly breaks from Tales of Zestiria to give viewers the plot and characters of the game's prequel, Tales of Berseria. After these, Berseria is dropped, though the game's main protagonist, Velvet Crowe, is still seen briefly in the intro sequence for the anime's second season.
• Argument of Contradictions: In the On the Next segment at the end of "Each One's Principles", Dezel tells Rose that he's been with her forever, so she has him prove it, by asking about stuff like where she cut her finger when she was 10. He gets her questions right, but her last question was the first thing she ever cooked. He says it was dog food and she demands he take it back, that it was curry. He insists it was dog food, and they argue back and forth - "Dog food," "Curry," Dog food," "Curry, curry, curry!"
• Compressed Adaptation: Despite also expanding upon certain plot points, the anime cuts out a large amount of the game story: Sorey armatizes with Lailah right off the bat when he pulls out the Sacred Blade. The Lords of the Land, the four trials of the Shepherd, as well as the search for the Earthen Historia are completely absent. Even details that do make it into the anime get skimmed over with little fanfare, most notably Mikleo never learning that he is the Shepherd Michael's nephew, and was sacrificed to curse Heldalf, and was reborn as a seraph, as only Sorey and Lailah see the flashback in the heat of battle.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation:
• Prince Konan is only mentioned very briefly in the game as a royal who died five years ago after becoming a hellion due to Dezel's domain. In the anime, he survives to the present day, before being fatally stabbed by Rose and drowned in a lake.
• Dezel dies purifying a horde of dragons blocking their way to Heldalf.
• Last Episode Theme Reprise: The final episode features "Innosense" and "Kaze no Uta" (the second ending theme and the first opening theme respectively) playing back-to-back during the final battle against Heldalf.
• Psychometry: Sorey has this as a nasty side-effect when purifying sentient hellions. The first time he tries to purify a human, he's blindsided by the emotions and memories of what caused that person's corruption and collapses. It's implied that Rose and Alisha experience the same pains when they help him purify a dragon.
• Related Differently in the Adaptation: While Alisha in the game does belong to a branch of the royal family, she's notably low-ranking. In the anime, her father is the current ruling monarch of Hyland, and upon his death she becomes queen, meaning she's first in line instead of one of the last.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: The second season of the anime focuses more on Rose and Alisha compared to...literally everyone else. Yes, this includes Sorey, the main character.
• Trauma Conga Line: The very first episode is one for Alisha, as one by one, her bodyguards/friends/fellow Valkyries, her horse and the astronomer she trusted are killed by disasters caused by malevolence and a dragon, right before her eyes.

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