Talk:Sonya/@comment-13651087-20161105201946/@comment-13651087-20161119221558

At first I thought it was simply sequence breaking because it prevented you from recruiting monsters, but now I'm starting to think differently, because of the dialog between illias and Luka that involved Sonya's lack of presence despite being target practice for Luka all the way from Illiasville. We definitely should keep an eye on this. I'll try it with Alice and see what happens.

And Nuruko does appear but only in the pocket castle after the first Tartarus Rift. Even Alice will comment on her sudden appearence. Hell even the fact that you get an achievement for leaving before talking to the village chief means this was done intentionally by the developers.