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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelAmong video games, The Xenosaga Trilogy is widely recognized due to
its complex storyline. The psychological struggle of the main character, Shion
Uzuki, is one of the aspects that drives the story from the beginning up to its
conclusion. Despite her seemingly bright personality, Shion has an absence of
love and hopes, as she lives her life monotonously without any set goal. It later
leads her to develop a strong attachment to KOS-MOS, an android. As such, in
this study, I want to analyze the reasons Shion has the absence of love and hopes
in the first place and the ways she struggles to recover from that absence. In order
to answer these questions, I use 3 psychological theories, namely Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), Transference, and Countertransference. I find out that
Shion’s absence of love and hopes is apparently caused by her traumatic past and
her PTSD. As an unconscious response to this, Shion tries to recover by using
transference. This attempt fails, but Shion is finally healed thanks to KOS-MOS’
countertransference. In conclusion, Shion fully recovers from her traumatic past
and PTSD because of KOS-MOS’ countertransference instead of her own
transference.