Me: Trails of Cold Steel 4 illustrates two things: the indictment of the concept of familial legacy and the importance of found family through the majority of both old and new Class VII, as well as previous series protagonists through the context of a potentially world-ending war involving opponents symbolizing that theme, including one of the series' main antagonists and unifying the series' themes by the end.

Also me: I want Alisa Reinford to headpat me and tell me everything's gonna be okay.