Eternal Sonata , End of Eternity(Resonance of Fate), Star Ocean 4 The Last Hope International are all awesome Japanese RPGs and any Japanese RPG Fan should play them also Makai Senki Disugaia 3 & 4, Ar tonelico III, Atelier Rorona, Trinity Universe are also awesome Japanese SRPGs as well.
Don't let Reviews turn you off these awesome RPGs also there is also meany more Japanese RPG then Final Fantasy out there don't let yourself get turned off Japanese RPGs or Gaming because of one Game in one series that didn't live up to your expectations.
My first Japanese RPG was Phantasy Star back in 1988 and I went on to played meany Japanese RPGs before I ever played a Final Fantasy title.
Edit: there is also meany PS2 Japanese RPGs that I see you don't own like GRANDIA II and GRANDIA III, XENOSAGA I, II amd III, Dark cloud, Dark Chronicle, Rogue Galaxy and meany others.
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