History Recap / SoulTideMonsterAcademy

* DatingSim: Though ''Soul Tide'' simulates something like it with you building affinities with your Dolls, this event is all but a love letter to Dating Sims of old; one can see it as a ShoutOut to ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' given that--romanceable girls aside--it's got MultipleEndings, it takes place in a school, there's a calendar for events you have to plan for, an attribute system you can grow through learning in classes (or boosting with tomes), and even [[SaveScumming multiple save slots]].

** The game tells you that you need to raise your affinity with girls and your attributes, but it does not tell you the exact numbers or conditions to unlocking special events; the attributes required can looked up in the achievements section, labeled "[Girl]'s Test", but everything else is a matter of trial and error.

* BrokenMasquerade: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:Though not seeing past it (yet), Pride is the only suspecting student to realize the academy has veils to it, so her stories rope the Evoker into helping her investigate the school staff, not knowing he's part of TheConspiracy.]]

* GuideDangIt: You can expect to encounter a lot of these moments if you don't have any prior guidance going into this (for instance, picking the wrong choice can lock you out of a girl's route). It's pretty much what the save system is meant for, giving you as many chances necessary to correct mistakes as long as you've disciplined yourself saving every day.

** Making wrong choices will no longer lock you into a bad ending and instead only reduce affinity with the girl. If you choose to, you can still keep playing rather than be forced to load a save, although the reduced affinity and the time needed to recoup the loss may warrant you loading a save.

** Unlike the other girls, Shinobu's special encounters require you to have given her a certain number of gifts beforehand (the first one needs three). Otherwise you'll be locked out of the option to go with her.

* GirlOfTheWeek: "Girls of the Season" to be exact. Each ''Monster Academy'' season has its own set of five girls to romance: the first season has Towa, Asmodie, Beelzebuby, Leviathany, and Lucifee; the second makes Shinobu and Yukie available, in addition to Belphie, Sataniya, and Mammony. Dallian is pretty much always there as a joke.

* CallBack: Yukie's perceptiveness has allowed her to see the discrepancies in the simulated world the academy is in, just like Pride as the Evoker and Dallian recall when they discuss the problem. That said, Yukie is willing to let sleeping dogs lie, even if she'd like to explore the wide world some day.

* InUniverseGameClock: Each week has five days (called Moons), and each day is composed of four periods--Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, and Dusk--giving your four action points to use. On weekdays (New Moon, Half Moon, and Full Moon), you use AP to attend school classes, and on weekends (Round Moon and Dark Moon), they can be spent on either commissions or dates; special events represented by a yellow exclamation bubble (disregarding the Merchant Fleet event at the Port) also need one AP to attend and can happen any time, though you can also choose to play at the Tea Club Garden to skip the day.

** This season does away with the stamina system, which was required to participate in the Wildwood Trial and play minigames to earn money.
*** Now the Wildwood Trial can be done anytime without worrying about wasting your stamina in the event you fail a trial or wondering to do minigames for coin.
*** All three minigames meanwhile have been moved to the Theater (which is only available on the weekends) as ordinary games that don't affect your AP or earn you money. This saves you time and potential frustration of having to play for the coins.
** Weekend dates have their scenes cut short, which is a helpful time-saver given how many you're likely to arrange for the entire semester.
* CallBack: On a date with Sataniya at the Forest, the Evoker recalls trying to invite Towa there in the first season and her refusing it, being one of the wrong date spots you could choose for her. Seeing as it's way too quiet and desolate, the Evoker could see it wouldn't fit a lively girl like her.
* ContinuityNod: After what happened in the first season, a random event with Asuna has her inform the Evoker that the girls have been warned from trying to fake their transfer into the academy.

* GoKartingWithBowser: While ''Golden Crepuscule'' was one other unusual event in which you and the monsters all work together to fight aliens [[spoiler:(the entire shebang actually a movie)]], here you're a lot more casual with them, especially your capture targets; the second season also introduces more monsters outside of the capture targets, which includes Overlords. It's justified by the fact that all their memories were wiped to make it work.
* InUniverseGameClock: Each week has five days (called Moons), and each day is composed of four periods--Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, and Dusk--giving your four action points to use. On weekdays (New Moon, Half Moon, and Full Moon), you use AP to attend school classes, and on weekends (Round Moon and Dark Moon), they can be spent on either commissions or dates; special events represented by a yellow exclamation bubble also need one AP to attend and can happen any time, though you can also choose to play at the Tea Club Garden to skip the day.

* ContinuityNod: A random event with Asuna has her inform the Evoker that the girls have been warned from trying to fake their transfer into the academy, as seen in the first season.

* OneHourWorkWeek: On weekends, you can spend action points at the Commission Center to earn 2000 Academy Coins per job. Just remember you only have four AP and that you aren't missing out on dates.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When doing the Shop Assistant job, one random scenario is the Evoker working to sell fruits, only for someone to wonder aloud why they're being sold when the

* InUniverseGameClock: Each day is composed of four periods--Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, and Dusk--giving your four action points to use. On weekdays, you use AP to attend school classes, and on weekends, they can be spent on either commissions or dates. Special events represented by a yellow exclamation bubble also need one AP to attend and can happen any time. You can also choose to play at the Tea Club Garden to skip the day.

*** Now the Wildwood Trial can be done anytime without worrying about wasting your stamina in the event you fail a trial or wondering to do minigames
*** All three minigames meanwhile have been moved to the Theater as ordinary games that don't affect your AP or earn you money. This saves you time and potential frustration of having to play for the coins.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: This season does away with the stamina system, which was required to participate in the Wildwood Trial and play minigames to earn money.
** Now the Wildwood Trial can be done anytime without worrying about wasting your stamina in the event you fail a trial or wondering to do minigames
** All three minigames meanwhile have been moved to the Theater as ordinary games that don't affect your AP or earn you money. This saves you time and potential frustration of having to play for the coins.

* NewTransferStudent: Played straight for the Evoker who has to get into the academy for his mission this way, but subverted for all the Dolls who miss him being away from home and are trying to invoke the trope, which includes Virgina, Juewa, Akaset, Mako, and so on. It's usually because they get caught by the Evoker, who appreciates their thoughts but has to tell them off.

* BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler:Played with. Pride is the only student to realize there's something suspicions about the academy, and her stories rope the Evoker into helping her investigate the school staff, not knowing he's part of TheConspiracy.]]

* PopUpTexting: New to this iteration of ''Monster Academy'' is messaging on your phone. You can send a topic to any person of your choice to raise affinity with them, though you can also talk in a chat group to see what the other students are up to for fun. However, you can only have five attempts for every week.

The event has two seasons split into ''Monster Academy'' and ''Monster Academy: The First and Last Academy Festival''.

The catch? The monsters for this project had their memories removed, giving them fake identities and new appearances as humans that allows them untainted perspectives of human life by attending Monster Academy, an institution set in an ordinary town, the entire thing itself actually being a simulation. That said, these students still emit power unconsciously that is bound to break the simulation they are in, which would lead to the project's failure should they realize the truth and fail to comprehend humanity.

[[folder:Tropes about Season 1]]
!! A ''Monster Academy'' romance is blooming under these tropes:
* NewTransferStudent: Played straight for the Evoker who has to get into the academy for his mission this way, but subverted for all the Dolls who miss him being away from home and are trying to invoke the trope, which includes Virgina, Juewa, Akaset, Mako, and so on. It's usually because they get caught by the Evoker, who appreciates their thoughts but has to tell them off.

[[folder:Tropes about Season 2]]

* ContinuityNod: A random event with Asuna has her inform the Evoker that the girls have been warned from trying to fake their transfer into the academy, as seen in the first season.

* PopUpTexting: New to this iteration of ''Monster Academy'' is messaging on your phone. You can send a topic to any person of your choice to raise affinity with them, including a chat group.

''The First and Last Academy Festival'' will come alongside these tropes:
* PopUpText: New to this iteration of ''Monster Academy'' is messaging on your phone. You can send a topic to any person of your choice to raise affinity with them, including a chat group.

[[folder:General Tropes about Monster Academy]]
!! A ''Monster Academy'' romance is blooming under these tropes:

* NewTransferStudent: Played straight for the Evoker, who has to get into the academy for his mission this way, but subverted for all the Dolls who miss him being away from home and are trying to invoke the trope, which includes Virgina, Juewa, Akaset, Mako, and so on. This is usually because they get caught by the Evoker, who appreciates their thoughts but has to tell them off.