As described in "The Sages" guide, what sage you get depends on what frame you hit start in the cutscene. This guide will discuss what I personally use as audio/visual cues to know when to hit start.

Keep in mind that this is still a frame perfect thing and it's still not guaranteed to work every time. It also bears noting that these tests were done with the JP version as opposed to the US version which could yield different results.

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Stage 1:

Here I use an audio cue. Where I hit start tends to be around the 3rd distinct note of this track.

Stage 2 & 3:

Since both cutscenes use the same track starting off, I use the same audio cue which is the 7th distinct note in this track.

Stage 4:

This one has both an audio and visual cue that can be used. For audio, it is the 5th disctinct note in this track.

The visual cue I can also use here is waiting for the "2nd" Japanese text to appear in the cutscene. In the English version, I believe it is the "4th" letter that appears that can also be used as a visual cue.

Stage 5:

Unfortunately, this one is the most inconsistent as I just do not have a setup, I know I have gotten the results I've wanted a little after the 2nd distinct note of the track as well as a little after the first visual representation of the cutscene being visible. However, results have been too wildly varied for a consistent result to go by at this time that it is basically down to going by heart and believing you hit the right frame.