Ace Combat Lore | Why did Nagase appear in Ace Combat 7? Who is she? 

It explains a great deal of Harling's decision to fly at the space elevator. He was trying to protect it, to ensure that the woman that saved his life twice would have a chance to come home.

Name a more iconic duo Kei Nagase cameos *Large scale conflicts in Strangereal*

Why? Because what would be an ace combat game without nagase making some kind of cameo, she's the stan lee of strangereal

I still think Nagase was a real person and probably an intern at Bandai Namco who always brought their coffee on time

Has someone explained how Princess Rosette SURVIVED a Missle blast while parachuting down the elevator?

2:23 - "She was so anti-war" Yes, she was so anti-war, and barely kills the enemy behind my tail. Still better than others though,

So wait... Kei Nagase and co did the movie Armageddon off screen?

I can't help but wish that Blaze should've appeared as a guest star teaming up with Trigger. Piloting the Razgriz colored FALKEN against Hugin and Mugin. The former is 01, the latter two are 11 in the ADF series. Old Vs New in a while 'nother level. Protecting Nagase's only way home. When he talks, we (the players and the characters) can only hear static, but our AWACS understood him. And of course she could hear his voice.

He was a model fighter pilot to the end .... Join me in saluting Captain Davenport

The last scene of them all flying in formation with Trigger at the front always gives me chills.

Just tell us if she married Blaze.

Just in case you guys missed it, Belka did nothing wrong.

She’s Kei Nagase from AC5, it makes sense she became an Astronaut considering her love for the Arkbird and possibly space in general. When I heard her voice I was so happy, it’s like I’d run into an old friend.

Wow that explains why Oseans were rushing so hard to the space elevator!

An extra mission with Nagase destroying Ulysses 2.0 would be interesting.

Let's see, to sum them all up: AH: Nagase is a side character Infinity: The Rival to Reaper IITS: Tests that MMM! quality Shinden 2 And for Canon in order: 2: First appearance 4: Came back from 2 5: The epic pilot that fans want to see as Blaze's waifu 6: I'm sure she's somewhere 7: Came back from 5 3: In a terrorist organization trying to digitize the population... Wait... *SHE BETRAYED US?!?!?!*

ultimate fan service, there's the answer

I'm kinda sad that we didn't get more AC5 cameos. The funny thing is that Swordman's voice actor, Beau Billingslea, voiced colonel Johnson. Missed chance to get the whole Razgriz gang back.

She accomplished her dream!!

I lost it when Nagase came over the radio and identified herself 😲

From Shattered Skies to Unknown skies. Truly "Amidst the blue skies. Connects from the past to future. Under the wings of the protector"

Also... Nagase is Ace Combat bae. It had to be said.

You know, when I first heard her mention the Asteroid Belt, I wondered if the mission had something to do with Ulysses and investigating potential future impacts. I wasn’t terribly far off the mark.

For the first time playing the final mission, i was flying the F-14D. When I heard Nagase talking at the end, it felt like everything came full circle.

I was screaming at the end when i hear nagase voice

"Edge, engaging"

“And now it’s time” (pixy would appear on screen) (Internet shuts off) “That is what V-2 is for”

played ace combat 5 came with ac7 and now I know her🤣

After watching this video, I believe Harling was trying to save the space elevator for Pilgrim One

Emmancipation is just an AWESOME ost

I teared up when I heard her voice, and she announced herself. Because ever since I first heard about the space elevator, I wondered what it was connected to on the other side. I figured it would be a space station, or space ship but they never really said anything before the game came out. So good.

Because AC 8 is going to be at least partially in space, they've been hinting at is pretty heavily, especially since the sequel has been announced.

1:37 But Belka DID nothing wrong. Those nukes were just a prank bruh ;^)

The only other ace combat game I’ve played other than 7 was 5. 5 was one of my favorite games and Nagase was a character I loved. To think all these years later, that she’d appear in this game and that I remembered who she was is a testament to how memorable these games are.

For anyone wondering why labarthe was killed in mission 16, there's a radio line from the tag "osean awacs" that orders to kill labarthe and that anyone that escorts him aren't friendlies or something like that

But what happened to Chopper after AC5? ... oh wait ;_;

I'm REALLY glad Bandai-Namco still continues this whole Strangereal world lore for over 18 years despite Ace Combat games being their own separate stories in and of themselves. I kinda hope that they base all of their future Ace Combat games in this setting and continue the stories of all the other characters in past games while we have future characters added as well. As a player of Ace Combat games for around the same time, it's greatly appreciated.

0:23 Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies Mission 15 Soundtrack.

It would be nice if they added in a lore codex to the menus for new players like me, getting more details like this adds more to the game after the first playthrough

The ending of this game makes me cry every time I watch it. Seeing that formation... just amazing

My favourite character from 5 so I was pleased to see her at the end of Skies Unknown.

Wonder if Blaze, Hans Grim, and Marcus Snow were with her, also be cool if Bartlett was tagging along to.

I have to say the final scene with the planes just shows how much music can make a simple shot feel really cool and to give goosebumps.

Wonder why Bandai didn't include some of the steelbook stories in as assault records? Could have explained a lot of the story to us through those like in AC Zero.

Great video. Subscribed. It was so good to have Kei show up in the last mission. My silly head canon after seeing this video: Nagase was the captain of the Pilgrim One, and Blaze from AC5 was either the lead pilot or her copilot on the mission. I also imagine that the two got married afterward.

I was hoping we'd get a Kei in a Swimsuit livery, aircraft skin, or themed aircraft in Ace Combat Infinity

, thanks for that ACF, I read Lighthouse's article but you did it in better detail

Thank you for all the beautiful information!!

I actually love the character of Kei Nagase and I'm glad that she's back in Ace Combat 7. Interestingly, I also had a close friend in high school who I thought looked and sounded a lot like her. This was also when I was a cadet in my high school US Navel Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program, were unfortunately I was unable to get certain high achieves like reaching officers rank or at least reaching the highest enlisted rank. Despite this, I'm still prude of my accomplishments in high school and did win some good awards through my school as well in addition to earning some ribbons along with the rank of seamen. Anyway, what I meant is that seeing the character of Kei Nagase now for me doesn't just give me a sense of nostalgia since I had also played Ace Combat 5 a lot during my junior high school and high school years, but also due to me positive experiences with having a great friend from high school who's last name was Wu. I think she also had a similar empathic personality to the one that Nagase's character has as well and think she actually might have been genuinely romantically interested in me, since I'm also a pretty empathic person as well. If that was the case, then what she told me about what she felt about me was true. However, she wasn't able to act on it due to the program's rules governing fraternization between members that were of officer rank and lower ranking members. I understood this as well and had no intention of getting her in trouble with either of our instructors or any other authority figures at the school. Either way, I'm glad to have these memories and that seeing Kei Nagase show up in Ace Combat 7, helps me keep them alive as well. I also have the Ace Combat 5: Squadron leader version of that game for PS4 as well though, which I love! :)

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Nice work!! I got goosebumps when I heard it!!

My first game was Ace Combat 7. I never knew who Nagase was. After playing 5, I’ve gained a new respect for this reference.

Great video! It has given me much needed context. Could you please do a video on all of Nagase's appearances throughout the series?

Wait. A. MINUTE! Kei and Reiko are SISTERS!?!? 😲

Finally someone who loves ace combat as much as I do, glad I found your channel.

Thanks for the explanation video, as a dude who's first AC game was AC7 the video helped out quite a bit.

This was absolutely beautiful. Really wish I'd gotten a copy of Aces at War to experience this read myself.

I still have some other ac7 question: 1) why did harling turn around and go back to the space elevator? 2) what ever happened to those osean traitors? There's that F16 that shoots down that general we save in that night mission, but we never follow up on that.

Thanks for letting that last cutscene run through. Goosebumps every time

Am I the only one who had chills on the cutscenes leading up to the final mission? And ALSO when Nagase was speaking? Man, I miss Nagases silence that made you think she'd be the final boss in AC5.

That was without a doubt the best ending an ace combat game has ever had!!! I cried so much!!!

I just love Ace Combat 5. And i had the same feeling playing AC7. So the writer is the same. That's why. I went crazy when i saw Nagase on AC7. And i knew it was the same!

Thank you for this awesome lore. Now it all makes sense to me.

That was some good lore. Ace Combat really has some good storyline. Thank you ACF.

That's quite a revelation! I played Ace 5 as well, and this is quite a revelation what happens to Nagase after Circum-Pacifc War. What revelation she goes from multiple-wars hero to planet-saver from another Ulysses. Keep up good work.

And then we had the war in AC3.

I would love more dramatic readings from you, very nice.

Good video dude.

I literally just finished the game 10 minutes ago, absolutely loved it and I cannot wait to unlock the x-02s

My expectation in future Ace Combat that will set in Leasath Civil War

I just got into Ace Combat with Ace Combat 7... and I regret not finding it sooner. I already finished ace combat 7 4 times and am doing a 5th run just to get the last medals.

I got chills so hard it almost burned, reaching the end of the final mission. And not because of Nagase.

I'm glad they made a more direct connection between the games this time, but if Mihaly really took down every single exceptional pilot throughout all those years, as he claims, can we speculate previous aces from the games were shot down by him? I know how it works, I know... but it just bothers me so much that every decade or so there is a legendary pilot and no one remembers them.

This is great and all, but I hate it when publishers pull off this kind of stuff; intentionally making a plot hole and forcing you to preorder a collector's edition because the source material that covers up said plot hole is only available there and nowhere else. That inaudible line from Harling when he was flying towards the space elevator was just lazy, pure static noise. They should have given us just a few audible words mixed in with the static, just enough bread crumbs to imply that the space elevator served a secret, second purpose. But no, instead we got the pure static that left us hanging after wondering what the fk just happened.

So Strangreal was saved two times in 2019. Trigger, Osea and Erusea destroyed the Ravens, and Kei managed to destroy an asteroid headed towards Strangereal. Neat.

This series never cease to amazed me

This was the BEST cameo and ending to AC7

Man i almost cried when i hear her voice

When you spoke about the space mission at 8:45 - Ace Combat 3's mission Zero Gravity flashes in mind.

You got a Kei Nagase line in mission 1 too. I was so happy 😁

I want cipher to comeback Miss him so much

I need to ask a question. I just got done playing AC5 the Unsung War. At the end of the game it clearly states that, "The Sand Island Squadron better known as the Demons of Razgriz has since disappeared without a trace." Kei's awfully public for someone who disappeared without a trace isn't she? By the way Ace Combat Fan does that book say what happened to Blaze, Snow and Grimm?

I love this !! back to mission 5 on my ps4 now ! lol

thanks acf!!

you know what bugs me out the most? that we'll have to wait another 7ish years for the next AC :(((

This all make me wish to know what happen to the rest of Razgriz after the end of the last war. Hope they show or write about it someday.

This video give AC fans so much FEEL now. Love it!! T_T

Would love to learn more about the Pilgrim 1 mission if possible

How PA can kick the series off again: Create another holy trinity(including AC7) based on something to do with that asteroid, giving Nagase a key role in the other 2 games, and ending it by succeeding with an inch away from Strangereal being destroyed.

When I first heard Nagase's voice I was positive I skipped a previous cut scene or missed some critical radio chatter. It's great to know the real story, but it's marginally irritating that the only way to learn it was from the collector's edition. (until this informative video came out of course).

man i love the end scene where everyone squads up

after this explanation and the ending scene playing , i feel like i can see what the next ace combat game would be like after this timeline

The myth The legend The meme KEI NAGASE!

My biggest disappointment with AC7 is the lack of different missions types. In AC6 you had a great balance between Anti Air and Anti Ground, also the ambiance of the entire war made it feel like their was an actual conflict happening, In AC7 only a small number of missions included ground engagements and air engagements, I missed the combined arms missions. Also being honest, I missed the whole wingman feature as well, choosing their aircraft and giving them orders. Felt really odd to fly in AC7 'Fleet Destruction' with a squadron of F-15C Fighter Aircraft where it was primarily a Anti-Ground/Ship mission... Maybe im bitching for no reason and maybe some of y'all agree with me. Let me know

after watch your video, my confusion has ended about nagase appear at finale scene. Thanks Buddy~

Nossa! Belo vídeo Ace combat fan!

When you gonna play multiplayer again??? huhuhu...love to see you in action

I do wonder how did she get through the debris field formed by the ablation cascade after Osea and Erusea's destroyed each other's satellites. But since she's an ace pilot, I bet it was just another normal day at work for her.

Finally somebody brings up reiko nagase

really deep, i love ace combat gives me goosebumbs