Secret of Mana - Part 76: Tree of Mana
Written on Friday, April 27th, 2018
Posted on Thursday, September 13th, 2018
3 min read
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The intro music begins to play again, and the whole party is now at the summit!
Even now, the music's giving me the chills...
Everyone looks around.
The music swells as we see the Mana Tree...
Oh my god!
Yes, let's!
Pidge: "It's like a dream. Can we really be here?...Hero...We've done it! I'm so glad I met you...and you too, Max!"
Max: "I'm so lucky I found such good help!"
Hero: "We never gave up hope...and we have just one more job to do."
A white light shines, and I hear the whale sound...
But someone enters the picture...Thanatos!
What!?
Oh my god!!!
Thanatos just vaporized the Mana Tree!
A voice now calls out...
Hero and the party wake up!
The intro music's now slower, and sadder... 
Max: "What the...after all we've been through! It's Thanatos's doing!"
Pidge: "What's going to happen now?"
The screen glows green and everyone huddles...
The Mana Tree now speaks through everyone...
Mana Tree: "The Mana Fortress is using up most of the World's Mana. Soon all of the beasts [...] will be transformed into one giant creature. Only the great Mana Beast can bring back Mana. But the Beast has little control over its rage. If it were to attack the Fortress, the world would be finished."
Mana Tree: "The sword can only be used by people of the Tribe of Mana."
Whoa, what!?
Hero's the son of Jema's friend, Serin!?
Mana Tree: "He was badly wounded 15 years ago by the Emperor, but vowed to stop him. On his way to a final showdown, he fell and never got up. That was in Potos." So that's why the sword was lodged before the waterfall there...
Oh my god...what a revelation!
But an even bigger revelation comes forth...
So Hero was born as the son of a knight in Tasnica and a citizen of the Mana Tribe. That's the reason why he was able to pull that sword...
I'm looking at Hero's face as he hears that...he's probably trying to stop himself from crying...
Mana Tree: "We are of the Mana Tribe."
Mana Tree: "The women of our kind became the Mana Tree, and the protectors of the world. The men wield the sword and protect against evil!"
She tells us the Mana Fortress's barriers are now lowered...
No...
Mana Tree: "Sword power at maximum!"
No...
Hero: "...mother? Why won't you talk to me?"
Hero: "Mother!!"
Max snaps Hero out of his sadness, and tells him they have a job to do!
Max: "Pidge doesn't have a mother, and neither do I!"
Hero apologizes...
...and he's back!
If this game was in its complete glory, I'm guessing the dialogue would've been more emotional...
Max: "Now you're talking, number one!"
Pidge feels like she also encountered her mother when the Mana Tree spoke to us...
Everyone cheers! Now it's off to the final showdown!
But how do we get out of here?
Wait a minute...I call Flammie!
My god, what an episode that was!
We make it back to the Wind Shrine, and save before heading out again.
The Mana Seeds' powers have been restored!!!
We check inside the Tree Palace.
Mara pities the Emperor a bit for getting betrayed by his own minions...
We now talk to Phanna, who has something to say to Pidge...
Pidge tells her to forget about it, as Phanna was under Thanatos's influence.
Phanna: "I guess I was jealous of you two..."
She turns away...
Phanna: "Thanatos noticed and used it to his advantage."
Pidge: "Phanna, look at me! Friends, okay?"
Phanna turns around and Pidge nods.
The seed at the stage glows green...
Up to the Lofty Mountains, where we make upgrades on the level 7 weapons:
Elf's Harpoon to Dragon Dart
Frizbar to Shuriken
Wing Bow to Doom Bow
Gigas Sword to Dragon Buster
