TNS Part 1

Story Summary - Spoilers Alert
The first chapter of the Nekoines' story, it begins with the Nekoine siblings Rairi and Anna are preparing to visit the mansion north of Siriach to receive their parents' will and inherit the building, however Starr got to the building first and they end up fighting from the encounter.

Afterward, the duo set out for Balicio, stopping by an abandoned school where they first hear about Lana Hakishi and her deeds there, as they proceed through to Balicio and meet Randy and Mandy, two supposed Nekoines who came to find them.

After testing their skills to determine if they are worthy, Randy and Mandy invite the duo onto their time-travelling ship to let them visit their home of Fureninia, where the duo meet with a samurai disciple named Shiko Tsurara.

After gaining Shiko as a teammate, the party heads to Fureninia Palace, where they discover the Emperor is being controlled by an evil being, they slay the emperor only to witness the evil being take control of Rairi instead, it leaves Anna and their friends stranded in the era as their ship is stolen, thus ending Episode 1...

Characters
Party - Rairi, Anna, Blake, Shiko, Sky, Pow, Starr

Story Bosses - Starr, Ghouldent-B, Mandy and Randy, Kio Tsurara

Rairi's Rating
A mere 3/5, the story is short and mostly lackluster, but the secrets and sidequest content is rather high, it's worth playing more to explore and discover things about the backstories of various characters and places rather than the main story of this episode.