| abstract
| - A Cameraman, having just been fired from his job at Weekly Ocus for chasing a bad story about a magic user, decides to jump off a bridge and end his life. Only, when he is halfway between where he jumped from and a broken neck, a rip in space appears. When Shinoyama comes through on the other side, he finds himself in what appears to be the rim of a Sugar Bowl. As he wanders his way to the top of the mountain that he's found himself on, he's greeted by someone that looks like an angel, who gives him a mace that shoots out copyright-infringing blasts of light. As Shinoyama fights his way through hordes of enemies, he realizes that all is not well in this sugar bowl, and that this land is but one of many that has been infected by He Who Hatches From Planets, Dr'achicar.
* Possible Endings:
* Basic Ending - All bosses defeated - Shinoyama beats Dr'achicar into submission, and then leaves Odysseus in search of a new home. One hundred years later, Dr'achicar hatches, destroying Odysseus. All the people present at the hatching, with one exception, perish due to a mysterious disease shortly thereafter.
* Better Ending - All bosses defeated, all Illusion Cores destroyed - Shinoyama beats Soul Dr'achicar into submission, and then leaves the soulless Odysseus in search of a new home. With the help of Serenity I, all the souls are able to escape the devastation of Odysseus when Dr'achicar hatches 100 years later.
* Even Better Ending - All bosses defeated, all Illusion Cores destroyed, all Lamps of Hope lit - Shinoyama forces Dr'achicar to hatch just as Serenity I sends the last of the souls to be reincarnated. Darting between the asteroids created by the destruction of Odysseus, Shinoyama manages to beat Dr'achicar into submission. With a swing of the Mace, Shinoyama hurls Dr'achicar into the Great Shield, where Metallia forces it into the Beyond. The Royal Line of Astra continues uninterrupted, the Council of the Zodiac never rebels, and Shinoyama falls into another hole in time, where he lands in a place that he will soon call home.
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