History VideoGame / DevilSurvivor2

* NewGamePlus: The player earns titles for their accomplishments in the game, with each title having its share of points. Those points can be used to carry over things like demons; skills; money; the demon compendium and remove the Fusion or EXP limit. This is also the only way to unlock the super tough BonusBoss, [[spoiler:the two Ticos]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For all of the characters, if the player develops their Fate Link far enough. [[spoiler:Io openly expresses her thoughts; Daichi throws away his hesistance to fight demons; Joe swears to never be late again; Keita saves his teammates and Fumi decides to put Jungo's (or Daichi's) life over the sake of experimental data.]]

* PressXToDie: You can choose to not be rescued from the trainwreck at the beginning of the game, resulting in a GameOver before ''your very first battle.'' In the ''Record Breaker'' UpdatedRerelease, the new Triangulum Arc begins with a helicopter wreck and gives you the same option.

* SkippableBoss: Several levels will feature a boss that's an order of magnitude stronger than you are, but can completed without defeating it. You do get to unlock them for fusion if you best them.

* BonusBoss: New Game+ unlocks battles against Belial; Nebiros; Lilith; Beelzebub; the Sage of Time and Alice, with the last being the ultimate boss of the game. Available in a regular New Game, there's Ghost Q and Billiken, although neither of them is mandatory in any sense of the word. Beating each of them makes them fuseable, although Alice is required to fuse Belial and Nebiros.

* BonusBoss: Unlocked through the Rewards menu, the two Ticos serve as one on New Game+ of this arc.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: InUniverse, Joe mentions that he likes to read a manga called ''Offside Goalie Masahi'', about the titular character who doesn't know how to play the game and has a crippling fear of heights, which keeps him from flying to the World Cup by plan. Apparently, every goalie in Japan also ''dies'' in a 'graphic, page-spanning tragedy'. What?

* MatryoshkaObject: The [[spoiler:materialized Dragon Stream]] is made up of a chain of heads liked by NestedMouths.

* LuckBasedMission: Any battle against [[spoiler:Yamato Hotsuin]]. Like most bosses, he gets and Extra Turn, even when attacking from a range. He moves insanely fast, though not very far, and he will likely use [[InfinityPlusOneElement Megido]] twice, if the player manages to get close. And his turn pops up even more once the surrounding teams are defeated. He also has Revive as his auto-skill, meaning he'll revive any of his fallen demons at the start of a skirmish ''and'' one of his demons has Samerecarm.

** [[DownerEnding Sarificial Ending]]: [[spoiler:Everyone agrees to go through with Miyako's plan to sacrifice themselves and their Administrative Authority to turn Al Saiduq into a proper Adminstrator, allow the world to regress once more, but none of the protagonists will be reborn into that world. The ending quickly shows its flaws, with the world ([[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse at least Japan]]) not having the ability to progress and leading to a standstill. And Al Saiduq is forced to make room for the next Adminstrator in line, who proceeds to allow the Void to take the world.]] It counts as a glorified Game Over and not a real ending, though.

* LighterAndSofter: In contrast to the overall arc, the Fate events are much lighter and more comedic than in the Septentrione arc. [[spoiler:Helped by the fact that none of your party members are in danger of prematurely dying.]] There's also no rogue demon tamers misusing Nicaea to deal with, although it's implied that plenty are still dying from trying to use the app and failing, and JP's better preparations ensure the widespread famine and rioting from the Septentrione Arc is avoided. Ronaldo's Fate events even show that many of the former rioters have pulled a HeelFaceTurn in the new timeline and are now helping protect the civilians. While the Triangulum pose a greater threat than their predecessors, and there's no predetermined path to victory as there was with Polaris, humanity is much more capable of handling the danger than it was before.

* SequelEscalation: ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Overclocked]]'' added three new, playable days and the most voice acting that an Atlus title produced at the time. ''Record Breaker'' trumps this by adding an entirely new, ''seven day'' arc.
* StandardStatusEffects: All the Shin Megami Tensei mainstays are here. Poison, Paralyze, Stone/Petrify, Charm, Forget and Curse. [[spoiler:Alcor adds the unique Ill-Starred effect, which adds damage to any attack against the target.]]

** Even the cover and color-theme of the games show this. [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/devilsurvivor_6.png Devil Survivor]] has a very dark theme on its cover, with most of the characters looking serious or even threatening, and the in-game colors are [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and dark]]. In complete contrast, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DevilSurvivor2_236.jpg Devil Survivor 2]] has a calming blue cover and the characters look serious, but also smiling like they are enjoying themselves and the protagonist is reaching out his hand, like he's asking for help from the player, but also offering help. The in-game colors use a lot of blue and white.

->''The darkly prospering days of man have reached an end.''
->''You who have strayed from the cycle of the stars will leave not a trace of your existence.''
->''But fear not. You will no longer feel anything...''

* AnyoneCanDie: Similar to the previous game, but on a ''worldwide'' scale this time around. [[spoiler:A mandatory death occurs to one Fate Link character in each route. And over half of your partymembers can die during the course of the game, if the player does not manage to save them in time.]]

* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Yamato wants to convince Polaris to change human nature to be purely meritocratic. When Ronaldo listens in on said plan, he decides to do the same, except he wants to use egalitarian.

** Otome is a practicing physical, despite being only 24 years old. Not impossible to happen in Japan, but still rather unlikely. In a similar vein, Fumi is a scientist at 21, an age when most people haven't even finished their undergrad degrees yet.

* AxCrazy: Bifron loves killing humans, always asking the Anguished One if he can kill any human in the area. [[spoiler:His master is the only one keeping him in check.]]

* DiscOneNuke: The player can obtain Zio'''dyne''' on the 3rd Day, if they manage to defeat [[NintendoHard Botis]] when going after Fumi.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: During the battle against [[BonusBoss Lilith]], the player must avoid defeating any of the men under her control. If they are defeated, they count as dead and the mission fails. In contrast to other battles against civilians, where their phone is destroyed.
* GetBackHereBoss: Megrez on the 4th Day. It's split into three main bodies, one in each major location, and the party is split into three teams to fight each part. Once Megrez has taken a certain amount of damage, it will move around the battlefield, forcing the player to chase it down three times before it's really defeated.

** [[BonusBoss Belial]] and [[BonusBoss Nebiros]] pick the party members as potential friends for Alice because they are so strong that they are worth of the girl's friendship.
** This is how [[spoiler:the Anguished One]] tests people's worth. Letting them battle his [[TheDragon Dragons]].

* TemptingFate: While the protagonist and Daichi want to walk Io home, they have to go through Roppongi and Shiba Park. As Daichi notes, what's the worst that could happen there? '''Dubhe''', that's what. It appears and explodes it top, reducing three civilians to scorch marks, and planned to do the same to the party before they ran.

** It's entirely possible for the player to just let certain party members die. [[spoiler:At least they won't be fought as enemies later on...]]

** Polaris also uses on in her [[OneWingedAngel final]] fight. Fortunately, there is plenty of warning before it happens and leaves the player chance to avoid it, before resuming to attack.

* BrickJoke[=/=]CallBack: The arc is filled to the brim to references back to the Septentrione arc.

** The protagonist's lack of said [[EverybodysDeadDave nightmares]] and why he's never even shown in those is a mystery. [[spoiler:He pulled a HeroicSacrifice during the initial regression, saving Al Saiduq from being consumed by the Void. The protagonist ''didn't exist'' in that world.]]

Compare and contrast ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.[[labelnote:Seriously!]]Teenagers fight off {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, on behalf of a secret government organization that's led by a cruel genius with a hidden agenda.[[/labelnote]]

* LighterAndSofter: In contrast to the overall arc, the Fate events are much lighter and more comedic than in the Septentrione arc. [[spoiler:Helped by the fact that none of your party members are in danger of prematurely dying.]]

''Devil Survivor 2'' is the sequel to the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' {{spinoff}} game ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', developed by {{Atlus}}. It released in Japan on July 2011 and in North America on February 28, 2012.

* FantasyKitchenSink: As a staple to the franchise, the player can summon [[PhysicalGod gods]] from every mythological pantheon. Including ancient heroes; [[ArsGoetia Goetic demons]]; UrbanLegends and [[EldritchAbomination horrors from beyond the stars]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Most of the women are well-endowed and even the most conservative uniform is pretty tight-fitting across their chests.

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: If the player has defeated Bifront and Botis during the earlier days, [[spoiler:Black Frost]], who was an optional party member in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', will take their place.

** The Chaos ending shows Yamato and his faction reigning over the new, meritocratic world. Some of the {{badass}}ery is gone when one notices that the protagonist has his [[InTheHood bunny ears]] up.

* TheBlank: Generic [=JP's=] members are drawn without a fcae to portray FacelessGoons.

** Dubhe, after his initial, frightening appearance. Drops onto the floor when Daichi suddenly moves the truck its standing on, its design makes it look like exploding alien ice-cream and gets recycled as an easy-to-defeat [[DegradedBoss flunky]] by a later Septentrione.

* NoSenseofPersonalSpace: After having had the [[EverybodysDeadDave nightmare]], Jungo and Ronaldo are overjoyed and get incredibly close to Airi when seeing her safe and sound. She responds by giving both of them a [[MegatonPunch good punch]].

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Airi and Hinako are still prone to bicker with each other, but they admit that their being honest with each other leads to the best results for them.
* HereWeGoAgain: Time to fight some EldritchAbominations and Adminstrator again! [[spoiler:The Endless Battle ending takes this to ForeverWar levels.]]

* WistfulAmnesia: In the Guardian ending, Daichi feels like he's missing something[[spoiler: when he and Io are graduating, with the protagonist - who has become a human Adminstrator to the world to keep humanity safe from other Adminstrators - watching happily]].

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* HappyEndingOverride: It turns out that regressing the world after defeating a group of EldritchAbominations has merely resulted in giving the ''next'' group of EldritchAbominations room to try to do the same to the world.

[[folder:Triangulum Arc]]

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final boss battle [[spoiler:has multiple ones, but special mention goes to the final one where you are practically floating above a universe made out of blue glowing shards of light]].
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Normally, [[spoiler:every scene in the game has two character portraits talking to each other...except one of Fumi's Fate events where you can see three at once]], all in the name of RuleOfFunny.
* BagOfSpilling: At the start of the arc, the party members are about level 20, which is at least 30 to 40 levels lower than they used to be at the end of the Sept. Arc. Daichi specifically notes feeling weaker compared to when they fought Polaris. Possibly averted with your demons, skill library and unlocked auction levels, as these can be carried over when you start the Triangulum Arc as part of NewGamePlus.
* BigBad: The Triangulum, whose leader is Arcturus. [[spoiler:Then you find out there's an even greater force behind them that will continue to make the same thing happen again and again]].
* BizarreAlienBiology: [[spoiler:Cor Caroli's main body. It's two faceless female ''naked'' bodies on top of each other, and one of them has Miyako's hair]].
* BonusBoss: Through the rewards' menu, [[spoiler:both Ticos]] serve as one in a NewGamePlus of Triangulum. They are both fought several times during the battle.
* BrickJoke ''and'' CallBack: This arc is positively ''brimming'' with these in regards to the original Septentrione Arc, particularly in [[LevelUpAtIntimacyFive Fate Events]]. There's [[HilarityEnsues plenty of fun]] to be had in this UpdatedRerelease[[note]]Like {{Troll}}ing [[CoolBigSis Makoto]] by [[AccidentalPervert calling her a pervert]] when she visits in the morning, or Io executing [[CrowningMommentOfFunny/DevilSurvivor2 Operation:]] ''[[EpicFail Return of the]] [[ShoutOut Cardboard]] [[VideoGame/MetalGear Box!]]''[[/note]], but there's also some more serious elements recalled[[note]]Like [[{{Expy}} noting the similarities between]] [[WolfPackBoss Spica and Megrez]], or [[{{Deconstruction}} expanding on the actual outcomes of what the original endings really entailed]].[[/note]]
* CassandraTruth: The Protagonist is initially the only one who remembers everything about the previous world and knows what happened. His prior knowledge clashes hard against the rest of the party who don't recall anything and don't believe him until he makes them remember.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:This happens to the Protagonist]] to deal with Spica before it manages to reach the Sky Tower through the sea. The party summons Aramisaki to create a barrier to block its way. However, the possession is completely intentional and even [[spoiler:allows you to ''flirt'' with the demon possessing the MC!]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Sorry, bucko. Defeating Arcturus is not the end yet]].
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Everyone but the Protagonist start having a strange dream where they are all killed by Arcturus on the third day. Once said day comes, [[spoiler:it's revealed that it had already happened in a second world]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Technically, most of the main characters' dreams in the previous world are met here: Io is outspoken, Airi becomes a pianist and is able to make an idol group with Hinako, {{Tsundere}} Keita is close friends with Jungo, and Makoto was able to continue her dream as a synchronized swimmer [[spoiler:though she willingly turned it down to join JP's]].
* EldritchAbomination: The Triangulum. Then there's [[spoiler:Miyako in her Cor Caroli guise who looks like two faceless female bodies on top of each other and surrounded by black-and-yellow striped panels with large lady hands]], not to mention [[spoiler:Canopus and its various parts]].
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:The Prime Factors massively improve the party's abilities just in time for the final showdown with Canopus. Heat boosts elemental damage, Gravity boosts Physical damage, Time boosts Almighty and Curse damage, and Space adds ''4'' to everyone's movement range.]]
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:The nightmare sequence at the start of Wednesday concerning the aftermath of the battle against Arcturus. Only Yamato barely manages to survive thanks to Al Saiduq's intervention.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:Al Saiduq tinkers with the Skill Crack ability to get skills from others to be able to take a hold of Canopus' four factors]].
* TheGhost: Er Rai is frequently talked about as the next Administrator after the Triangulum, but you never get to see him. [[spoiler:It is hinted that he causes the world's destruction after the sacrificial method is chosen]].
* HappyEndingOverride: After saving the world from being deleted at the hands of a group of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s... the world is once again being threatened with deletion at the hands of ''another'' group of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Airi and Hinako are still prone to doing this even after becoming an idol group, [[{{Irony}} though they both admit they are deathly honest with each other because that will always yield them good results]].
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:And one ending takes this to ForeverWar levels]].
* IdolSinger: Ironically enough, Airi and Hinako end up forming a successful idol group known as [=AiHina=]☆☆ ([[LuckyCharmsTitle pronounced "stars"]]) in this world. Daichi, before regaining his memories, is a total {{Fanboy}} of them.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite all of the changes to the timeline, the third day of the crisis still ends with Ronaldo storming the Nagoya JP's branch. [[spoiler:This time, however, you're on his side.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:Despite Miyako's repeated statements that Alcor and Yamato don't exist, the Fate menu shows two empty spots that aren't filled out after you gather everyone else]].
* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: An early conversation with Daichi makes the Protagonist say the website Nicaea as "Nikaya", which is surely a reference to how players used to pronounce the website's name without a clear audible example.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The characters lose their memories of the previous world after being reborn in the new one. They vaguely recall events or have deja vu until something important enough happens that makes them remember.
* LighterAndSofter: Many of the Fate routes are funner and sillier than they were in the previous world, [[MoodWhiplash though some of them have the occasional dip in mood]].
* LovecraftLite: [[spoiler:As it turns out, defeating Polaris caused the ''mind of the universe itself'' to decide humanity was an unacceptable error and start spawning new Administrators to invade, [[KillAllHumans eliminate the problem]], and take over...and in all endings, humanity fights off his legions and resets ''twice'', with all but two endings actually resulting in he himself having to withdraw, and in the Record Breaker ending that's because humanity effectively ''[[KillTheGod ate him]]''.]]
* MergingTheBranches: Takes place after an amalgam of the Kingmaker and Triumphant Restorer endings where EverybodyLives (which you couldn't accomplish in any of the original endings).

** [[DownerEnding Sarificial Ending]]: [[spoiler:Everyone agrees to go through with Miyako's plan to sacrifice themselves and their Administrative Authority to turn Al Saiduq into a proper Adminstrator, allow the world to regress once more, but none of the protagonists will be reborn into that world. The ending quickly shows its flaws with the world ([[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse at least Japan]]) not having the ability to progress and leading to a standstill. And Al Saiduq is forced to make room for the next Adminstrator in line, who proceeds to allow the Void to take the world.]] It counts as a glorified Game Over and not a real ending, though.
** [[HeroicSacrifice Guardian Ending]]: [[spoiler:The protagonists decides to become a Human Adminstrator to the world, knowing that he isn't bound by the Adminstrator rules and will not have to make room for any coming Adminstrator, managing to keep humanity safe. For eternity. The world is regressed and safe, but Daichi mentions during graduation that he feels like there's something missing...]]
** [[ForeverWar Endless Battle Ending]]: [[spoiler:Following Ronaldo's idea, the protagaonists choose to fight Canopus and regress the world, intent on fighting the next Adminstrator to appear and try to destroy earth. It's mentioned that this could take thousands of attempts because of the number of Adminstrators and they begin to appear sooner and sooner. The protagonist and Daichi barely have time to leave school before the next invasion begins.]]
** [[GoldenEnding Record]] [[TitleDrop Breaker]] Ending: [[spoiler:Canopus and the power behind the Akashic Record is destroyed for good and the world is regressed once again, but is finally outside of the system's jurisdiction. No invaders will appear anymore and even Miyako and Al Saiduq have been reborn as regular humans.]]
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Miyako's main method of saving people whenever they have the chance: sacrifice the few to save the many. [[spoiler:This ideology is what makes the main party oppose her outlandish idea of using them all as sacrifice and her capture of Al Saiduq, who opposed her as well]].
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: After experiencing the DyingDream, both Jungo and Ronaldo (especially the latter) get really close to Airi to voice out how relieved they are to see her alive and well before they regain their memories. Unfortunately, both forget about invading her personal bubble that they both get smacked with a MegatonPunch by her.
** GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Ronaldo's case, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything he laughs and says he's never felt better before]], which freaks out the others before he explains why.

** At the start of Wednesday, Miyako visits the protagonist in his room, supposedly to tell him about how the search for his friends goes. She ends the conversation by staring at his face at a quite close distance [[spoiler:to make sure there are no "irregularities"]] and he has the option of staring back ([[TheGadfly or blowing in her face]]). Daichi and Io promptly walk in on them. The protagonist can either tell the truth, that she was simply reporting something to him, [[{{Troll}} or confirm Daichi and Io's fears that Miyako spent the night in his room]].
** During one of Fumi's fate events, she tries to experiment on the protagonist and he has the option of letting her take his clothes off. Fumi being Fumi, she sees no objections and she sits on his lap, trying to figure out how to take his jacket off. Again, that's when Daichi and Io enter the scene.
* OffModel: Although Miyako was designed by the same artist, her in-game artwork displays thicker outlines than the rest of the characters who have thinner outlines.
* OrderVersusChaos: Order being represented by the Admins, Swords, and the Divine Order of the Universe, with humanity and Alcor as Chaos.
* PlotArmor: Unlike the previous arc, it is quite impossible for any of the characters to permanently die as there are no events that require you to be there immediately to prevent deaths. This is pure FridgeBrilliance because [[spoiler:Miyako wants to force the party to avoid confrontations that may kill them and jeopardize her plan to use them all as sacrifices to fix the problem with the Heavenly Throne]].
* {{Retcon}}
** The arc starts with a combination of two endings that are physically impossible to obtain in the previous arc.
** The world regression results in this on a mass scale that shows that the characters have truly developed to the point that their own history has changed. Koharu's parents live, Makoto avoids the accident that destroyed her career in swimming, Io has been friends with Daichi and the protagonist for a long time, etc. Things have changed so much for the better that it shows that the current threat is not the result of humanity being stagnant.
* RetGone: Yamato has completely disappeared from existence in this arc's world, though the main party still remembers him and try to find out if he's still alive somewhere. [[spoiler:He is, except he's not in their world]].
* RunningGag: The Protagonist's choice to insist Miyako is Yamato wearing a drag.
* TheReveal: Those [[DyingDream dying dreams]] everyone but the Protagonist have had? [[spoiler:It's not quite prophetic, but it's actually a dream of a ''second'' world previous to the one the arc starts at. It reveals the world had been regressed twice, not once]]. For that matter, the reason why the Protagonist isn't in them is because [[spoiler:he performed a HeroicSacrifice between the first and second worlds when Arcturus tried to consume Al Saiduq into the Void. His absence in the second world was what allowed Arcturus to exterminate everyone]].
** Why does Miyako but not Yamato exist? [[spoiler:The truth is that Miyako is an alien replacement for Yamato in the third world while he himself is hiding and working at a higher plane of existence to keep the Protagonist alive by fixing his data]].
* RuleSixtyThree: With Yamato gone from existence, the Protagonist can ask Miyako multiple times if she's Yamato wearing a drag.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Much of the earlygame concerns the cast recovering their memories and rejoining the fight against the latest invaders, the Triangulum.
* ShoutOut: Daichi playing a game called "Evil Beater" on a device that looks like a [=3DS=]. The logo of the game, when looked from afar, resembles ''Devil Survivor Overclocked'''s title logo.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:If the player chooses to go along with Miyako's plan of sacrificing everyone, the ending shows that it is pointless. While the world is saved and Alcor becomes the new Administrator, he ''has'' to step down for the next Administrator, who decides to have the Void consume earth again because of humanity having no potential to progress. Sure, the party's sacrifice saved their world... but only for a while.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: Upon Miyako's introduction, Daichi can hardly stop thinking about her over another female party member. He doesn't even mind if she berates him and admits he likes this side of him.
* ThreeAmigos: The main character, Daichi, and Io are this in the Triangulum world, having been friends with each other for a very long time.
* TotalPartyKill: [[spoiler:In the second world, Arcturus utterly annihilates the entire party sans the Protagonist (who saved Al Saiduq from being consumed by the Void between worlds), and Al Saiduq who saved Yamato in time to regress everything a second time]].
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Canopus in case you agree with Miyako to sacrifice the whole party]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody acts strangely around the violet policeman with pointed ears, but this is a world where government agents can summon demons.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** In case you ever start this arc with the NewGamePlus benefit of importing a full deck of demons, the initial demons will complain to you about it. Dionysus especially feels emotionally hurt ([[KickTheDog which is made even more insulting to him if he happens to be the only one not allowed in]]).
-->'''Dionysus''': Aw... This really hurts. I mean, this cuts deep. *sigh* I suppose I'll just go then. I know when I'm not needed.
** If you agree to Miyako's proposition that [[spoiler:you all sacrifice yourselves to turn Alcor into an Administrator, Yamato]] will give you a rather brief one before going along with it.
** The protagonist can call Miyako on [[spoiler:eradicating Aramisaki in one blow]]. Exactly why she did that at all is not explained and comes across as jerkish.
* WistfulAmnesia: [[spoiler:In the Guardian ending the Protagonist, as the new Administrator, restores the world but erases his friends' memories of him, leading to Daichi, true to this trope's form, thinking he's forgotten something important when he and Io graduate from high school.]]
* ZergRush: Not the phones gone berserk that call demons endlessly, but special mention goes to the one mission where [[spoiler:an endless stream of JP's agents at the planetarium]] will continue to hunt you down until you make a gateway for the whole team.

* HumansAreCthulhu: Trumpeter feels this way, after he was mercilessly [[spoiler:bludgeoned by Fumi's laptops]].
--> '''Trumpeter:''' How do I put this... Humans have become such dreadful beings.

* [[DefrostingTheIceQueen DefrostingTheIceKing]]: Spending enough time with Yamato and Keita allows them to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold mellow out]].

* ImTakingItHomeWithMe: Taken to ludicrous extremes by a Badb Catha when it grabs [[spoiler:one of Lugh's essences]]. It squees like a little girl and directly mentions this trope.

* MakAWish: Polaris will grant a wish to anyone who manages to defeat her, as long as said wish is also in-tune with the rest of mankind's desire. [[spoiler:Unless you decide that MurderIsTheBestSolution]].

** The Liberator ending has a melancholic piano melody going on, before suddenly shifting to the battle theme in the credits.

** [[{{Utopia}} Egalitarian]]: Ronaldo's route. [[spoiler:Polaris changes mankind's mindset into everyone being equal to the other and helping each other out. [=JP's=], the SDF and civilians are working together to help any injures survivors and work on rebuilding society. It's stated that this utopia may be the one that man has dreamed about for ages, it questions if mankind can maintain its prosperity without a competitive spirit or drive to excel.]]

* OneExtraMembers: Those [[EldritchAbomination Septentriones]] actually have an eighth member to them. The extra one is Alcor, [[GeniusBonus a twin-star to Merak]], and is the only one not presented as a mindless abomination. [[spoiler:It's the true for of the Anguished One, who created Nicaea and the summoning app to give humans a chance to fight against their fate of being erased.]]

** This is the purpose of the Septentriones themselves. [[spoiler:They come to destroy the old world, so the new one can be created.]]

* SignatureStyle: Do the Septentriones look familiar? They were designed by Creator/MohiroKitoh

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Joe mentions that he likes to read a manga called ''Offside Goalie Masahi'', about the titular character who doesn't know how to play the game and has a crippling fear of heights, which keeps him from flying to the World Cup by plan. Apparently, every goalie in Japan also ''dies'' in a 'graphic, page-spanning tragedy'. What?

** The theme that plays during the initial start-up of Nicaea is the Anguished One's {{leitmotif}}. [[spoiler:He is the creator of Nicaea.]]

* NewGamePlus: The player earns titles for their accomplishments in the game, with each title having its share of points. Those points can be used to carry over things like demons; skills; money; the demon compendium and remove the Fusion or EXP limit. This is also the onle way to unlock the super tough BonusBoss, [[spoiler:the two Ticos]].

[[folder:Septentrione Arc]]
* ActionBomb: Dubhe, Alioth and Merak's spawn.
* AntiFrustrationFeature: Did one of your characters knock out [[spoiler: Io Nitta]] before they channeled Lugh, preventing you from unlocking the demon as a fusion? No need to worry, the character will simply get back up and channel Lugh, anyway, giving you an unavoidable chance to unlock him.
* AppleOfDiscord: [[spoiler:The possibility of having Polaris "rewrite" the world and influence the general mindset of humanity.]] As soon as Yamato announced his plans [[spoiler:for a world based on meritocracy]], [[AHouseDivided the party fractures]].
* AxCrazy: Bifrons ''likes'' to kill humans. He'll always ask the Anguished One if he can kill any humans in sight. [[spoiler:The only thing that keeps him in check is his master.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Nebiros brings back defeated demons using his Necromancy skill.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Turns out Kama just loves belly buttons.
* BarrierChangeBoss: [[spoiler:Beelzebub]] changes his elemental resistances every turn.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sure, the whole "creating a new world from scratch" ending resulting in what appears to be a world of GhibliHills is very heartwarming, but you're really going to miss Al Saiduq.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Belial, Nebiros, Lilith, Beelzebub, Sage of Time, and Alice are all NG+ bosses, with Alice being the ultimate boss of the game. Ghost Q and Billiken aren't mandatory in sense that if you spend your time elsewhere, you can skip fighting them, but the former expects you to fight him solo with the MC and the latter has several cutscenes dedicated to him. Beating all of them makes them fuseable, although you need to beat Alice to make Belial and Nebiros fusable]].
* BookEnds: The first battle and the last battle in the game take place at 12:30 Sunday and in two of the six endings [[spoiler:the game ends at the same time and place the story began: in the subway just before the train crash.]]
* BodySurf: Done by [[spoiler:BonusBoss Nebiros if there are any enemies left on the field, and if there's less than 3 demon teams on the field, he uses his turn to summon more]].
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In a conversation on the third day, Daichi says he feels like he's in an action movie. You can call it a horror movie instead, leading Daichi to wonder what is next: Vampires? Zombies? Vampire-zombies?
* CallBack: A very funny one at that. If you manage to defeat both Botis and Bifrons when you first fight them, [[spoiler:you get Black Frost to fight you in the 8th Day in all routes except Alcor's. What happens when he moves cements a full CallBack to VideoGame/DevilSurvivor...]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Black Frost''': The messenger of love and justice is here! Time for some magical punishment! ★]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Hiro''': (Choosing first answer) Frosty!]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Black Frost''': …Ho? What’re you saying, ho? You got me confused with somebody else!]]
** [[spoiler:The message you get from Nicaea after the credits upon clearing the Anguished One's route give another one to the first Devil Survivor]].
--->[[spoiler:You now have a new world. Let's Survive]].
* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: According to [[AllThereInTheManual the game's artbook]], Ronaldo is half Brazillian, but if you go through his route he'll occasionally greet you in Spanish.
** He doesn't do any such thing in the Japanese version, though, so it's a Woolseyism.
* CellPhonesAreUseless: Twice, both of which involve death videos for the person they're trying to reach. The first time makes sense, since [[spoiler:Keita is too big of a jerkass to give his cell phone number to the other characters.]] The second, however, is [[spoiler:Joe forgetting to charge his phone, knowing full well that a dead phone will almost certainly result in him dying]].
* ChekhovsGun: A event with Joe has him and a NPC mention Billiken on day 2 as a doll and a God of Luck. Come day 6 and said doll is a boss.
* AChildShallLeadThem: In the Meritocracy route epilogue, [[spoiler:the group of people earlier seen defending a little boy in one of Makoto's Fate events is being led by him, who the game still addresses as "Timid Boy"]].
* ChirpingCrickets: Happens twice in one scene, during an event to revive Kama.
** Some of Joe's punny jokes give this reaction.
* CoDragons: Botis and Bifrons both serve [[spoiler:Alcor]]. Defeating both results in [[spoiler:Black Frost]] taking their place in every route but [[spoiler:Alcor's.]]
* CopyProtection: If the copy protection flags get set off, then during the first boss fight (which starts off as an escape mission then turns into a battle), after the exit is closed off, the event that is supposed to weaken the currently unkillable boss doesn't happen, rendering the game unwinnable.

* [[DefrostingTheIceQueen Defrosting The Ice Kings]]: Spend enough time with Yamato and Keita and they eventually come out as [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts of Gold]].
* DevelopersForesight: If there's a character that ends up dying and was relevant to another character's event, the game will simply have someone else in their place and yield different conversations.
* DiskOneNuke: You can learn Ziodyne much earlier than the other -Dyne spells if you crack it from Botis should you choose to go after Fumi. You can also learn Agidyne earlier than the Ice and Force -Dyne spells if you can crack it from Bifrons should you choose to fight him.
* DissonantSerenity: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2P0CYZIqAY&feature=related Septentriones' theme]] certainly gives off this vibe.
* DubNameChange: The races of the Septentriones were changed to Star for the english release. In the Japanese version their race names corresponded with their ancient Chinese name.
* EarlyBirdBoss: Botis, should you choose to fight him. Ziodyne and Shield All on Day 3? ThisIsGonnaSuck. Fortunately, his speed is so low your entire party will get several shots at him before he moves more than once, and with some planning you can easily remove all his Extra Turns to trick it into spending all of his MP while you whittle away its HP. Also becomes a DiscOneNuke if you manage to crack those two skills with a Joint Crack.
* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:Implied in the hidden route's Restorer ending.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: [[spoiler:Lilith's Temptation auto skill inflicts charm without fail on males and has a medium chance of working on females/demons.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Ghost Q and [[spoiler:Botis on the last day if you didn't kill him earlier in the game]] when you beat them.
* {{Fanservice}}: Unlike the vanilla version of the game, the [=3DS=] version [[spoiler:adds completely new suggestive portraits of the girls (sans Otome) in the 4th Day's Secret Garden event. The boys' event also get new portraits, except in theirs, they are all wearing simple T-shirts]].
* FailureToSaveMurder: When you receive Keita's death clip, Joe notes that you ''could'' choose not to save him, but wonders if that might not be just as bad as killing him directly.
* FauxYay: You can suggest that Daichi pretends he's gay to lie about his attempted peeping.
--> '''Daichi''': Huh... I might get away with it if I said I was in love with Yamato. ...No. That's too risky. *sigh* I don't think I could keep that ruse up when I'm with the girls.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During Wednesday, Fumi calls the Protagonist and makes an off-hand comment about Joe asking her to use the Terminals to get to Timor and how the call was cut after he said that. This doubles as GameplayAndStoryIntegration when you do [[spoiler:a quick check in your party menu and see that Joe is absent from your team. Later in the day, you find out he's the next one to die due to his phone running out of batteries and being unable to fight a horde of demons chasing people down]].
* FourIsDeath: There are [[spoiler:five admins mentioned in the story. Polaris is the fourth.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In the Turn Back the Clock ending, it is continuously stated that the protagonists will need a "strong willpower" to "keep their memories" after [[spoiler:Polaris rewrites the world back at how it was before]]. Guess how the NewGamePlus mechanic works?
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: During the fight with bonus boss [[spoiler:Lilith]] you have to avoid [[spoiler:defeating any of the men under her control or you'll kill them and fail the mission]]. No reason is ever given for why this differs from all of the fights with civilians or JP's members.
** Most likely has to do with them [[spoiler:being ''completely under her control''. They are probably trying to fight you to the death.]] While everyone else fought in the game [[spoiler:are in control besides Fumi.]]
* GetBackHereBoss: The fourth day's boss, in more ways than one. It's actually manifesting at several different areas around Japan, so your team has to split up to kill all parts of it simultaneously, plus once you fight it yourself, it keeps moving around the battlefield to evade your attacks. If it takes too long to kill it, game over!
* GracefulLoser: Botis [[spoiler:in the last day battle against him commends you on having great strength as he dies.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: The e-mail message you get after the credits is in English even in the Japanese version.
* {{Greed}}: Billiken's entire motivation during his battle where he hunts down anything that has macca and kills them to get it. If you don't have any he ''kills you anyway''. Even other demons are terrified of him!
* {{Hammerspace}}: Exactly where does Fumi keep all those laptops?!? She whacks [[spoiler:Trumpeter]] with at least 7 to 10 of em! Her dress is way too small to hold em all...
* HandWave: Explicitly done on more than one occasion by Yamato about how absurdly prepared JP's is.
--> Daichi: An exclusive platform...!? Wait a sec, how is this place still running? I mean, after what happened to the subway...!
--> Yamato: You're wasting time with these useless questions. Let's go.
* AHouseDivided: [[spoiler:By the final day, the party members that are still alive split into three distinct factions concerning what to do about Polaris, and allying yourself with one will cause the party members in the other two to turn against you. However, with the exceptions of Ronaldo and Yamato, you can convince them to rejoin you after the fights if their Fate is high enough.]] On a certain route [[spoiler:you can even get those two to back you up]].
* HumansAreCthulhu: One demon, [[spoiler:Trumpeter]], certainly feels this way after being mercilessly bludgeoned by Fumi.
--> [[spoiler:Trumpeter]]: ''"How do I put this... Humans have become such dreadful beings."''
** Taken literally in that our endless possibilities are able to defy even the fate determined by [[spoiler:the AkashicRecords]], and ultimately {{Deconstructed}} when our relentless defiance of the Divine Order causes [[spoiler: [[GreaterScopeVillain Canopus]]]] to register humanity as a virus in the Records.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:Alice. Though all her friends are dead, so she respectfully requests that any candidates "[[{{Catchphrase}} Die for me]]!"]]
* IllGirl: Joe's girlfriend. [[spoiler:Her condition is much worse than she lets on and she eventually dies. However, it seems as though she's brought back to life in the 'true' ending.]]
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking It Home With Me]]: Taken to some ludicrous extremes by a Badb Catha when [[spoiler:you have to retrieve the pieces of Lugh's essence. If it gets to a piece first, it will squee like a little girl and directly mention this trope.]]
* IndirectKiss: On the first day, just before Dubhe's first appearance, Io gives Daichi her water bottle and he (somewhat terrified) notes she already drank from it. All three dialogue options from the main character allude to this trope.
-->> No! Way!\\
> Good for you, dude.\\
> Lucky bastard.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Even if you don't know the [[GeniusBonus meaning behind the name "Septentriones"]], an in game event points out said invaders are all named after the stars in the Big Dipper, leading one to believe there will be seven major bosses across seven days. You might then notice the title logo and the file select screen both feature the Big Dipper as well as an ''eighth'' star, hinting that the game will not end after a week like the original ''Devil Survivor''.
** Another example would be the Fate System, it only applies to party members, but 3 members specifically are added to it and can even get a some ranks long before they join, [[spoiler:those 3 being Yamato Hotsuin, Ronaldo Kuriki, and The Anguished One, Yamato and The Anguished One are both particularly bad for this since they don't join until the 7th Day at the earliest.]]
* InvisibleToNormals: Dera-deka says that you have to have at least some spiritual power already to access Nicaea.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Io is constantly afraid of offending anyone, so she always keeps her opinions to herself. However, this turns into an extreme where if you pick the wrong dialog choices, you could end killing her off several times within the storyline. Her main point of character development is when she finds a kid about to commit suicide because he's despairing over his lost family. Io, whose parents were also killed by demons, finally voices her opinion and convinces the kid to live on.]]
* {{Irony}}: Abraxas is classified as a fallen demon yet Abraxas talks about repelling evil.
* JustInTime / YouAreTooLate: Whenever it comes to prevent a predicted death, you will either arrive just as things are getting grim, or immediately after the irreparable has happened. Even the first failed rescue mission is titled "Too Late".
* KillItWithFire: What Bifrons does to several JP's members and possibly [[spoiler:Otome]].
* LamePunReaction: If you pick ''Boo-njour!'' before the battle against Ghost Q, he'll say you make worse puns than he does.
* LuckBasedMission: The fight against [[spoiler:Yamato]]. As usual for bosses, he gets an extra turn even while attacking from a range, moves insanely fast (though only two spaces at a time), and even if you ''can'' get close, there's a high chance that he'll use Megido twice in a row, which will kill pretty much anything. And of course no weaknesses and Reflect Phys. He also gets even ''faster'' as you defeat the demons around him, to the point where even ganging up on him can still end up with him having the faster turn. Even without the double Megido hanging above your head, he has Revive (Recarm on fallen allies at start of skirmish) and one of his demons has Samarecarm.
* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Upon being defeated, Polaris will basically grant a wish to whoever defeated her. Each route involves the characters making a different wish. Unless you decide MurderIsTheBestSolution.]]
* MatryoshkaObject: [[spoiler:The materialized Dragon Stream,]] which is made up of a chain of heads linked by NestedMouths. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* MindScrew: Once the AkashicRecords start being mentioned, the game then pulls an absurd number of {{Hand Wave}}s. Said records are [[spoiler:actually files for events given for any point in time, and said files have mostly nothing in them and the files with data in them are progressively being erased]], which justifies why The Void exists. The records are ancient, and they have been known to record every point in history with incredible accuracy [[spoiler:but the Septentriones are the guardians of these records and these records are acting like [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Laplace Mail]] in which they are both missing the files for future]]. However, [[spoiler:anyone can give new data for these files, since these files can be edited by Polaris and anyone who controls it]], which later becomes the goal for the heroes.
* MoodWhiplash: In the Liberator ending, you get a nice somewhat melancholic piano melody that suddenly shifts to the battle theme when the credits roll.
** And in the Chaos ending, the picture showing Yamato reigning over the world is a little less dramatic when you notice the protagonist and his [[InTheHood bunny ears]] in the background.
* MultipleEndings: Like the first game in the series, there are multiple routes. This time the routes include [[spoiler:Ronaldo (Cardinal Ending), Yamato (Mutable Ending), Daichi (Fixed Ending, with three variations including the "True" Ending), and the Anguished One (a very strange ending that could be considered Rebirth). They also have different names each: the person you ally with, a type of star sign, and one of the names listed below. And since Daichi gets multiple endings, the "star sign" names are extended for him]].
** Liberator. [[spoiler:The Kill Polaris Fixed ending is a DownerEnding. The good news is that NOTHING supernatural (good or bad) can ever screw with humanity ever again, and our fate is ours alone to decide. The bad news is that, besides the Void being replaced by ocean, none of the damage done by Polaris has been undone. That means central Tokyo is the only land that exists in the whole world, as over 99% of the Earth's topography is now gone forever.]]
** Restorer. [[spoiler:The Turn Back The Clock Fixed Ending has Polaris rewind time to slightly before the erasure of the world, effectively making the NewGamePlus an in story JustifiedTrope.]]
** Triumphant. Either of the above endings with all the characters recruited [[spoiler:except the Anguished One]]. The "True" ending is the Restorer + Triumphant ending and gives you a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. [[spoiler:The heroes vow not to forget one another when the ResetButton is hit. Bits of their CharacterDevelopment show. Daichi promises to become more mature. Io is bold enough to walk up to you and ask to hang out. Hinako and Airi are getting along well enough to put on a concert together. Keita--who's now a boxer of some renown--is helping Jungo sell chawanmushi. The fear that all the events may happen again is proven invalid when the Nicaea app says that its services are no longer needed and wishes you good luck.]]
** Egalitarian. [[spoiler:Ronaldo's Cardinal route involves the creation of a {{utopia}} where all men are equal. Polaris' powers accomplish this and the civilians, SDF, and JP's work together to rescue survivors and rebuild society. While the game says that the kind of utopia man dreamed about is created, it questions whether or not mankind can maintain its prosperity without a competitive spirit and the drive to excel. The only certainty is that the future is in the hands of the heroes.]]
** Meritorious. [[spoiler:Yamato's Mutable route culminates in the creation of a true meritocracy. Survival of the fittest rules supreme as the weak are oppressed by the strong, and Polaris points out that even Yamato and the Main Character's supremacy could be challenged at any time. On the other hand, creed, color, age and family ties are no longer a bar to individual progress. Those with natural talent or a willingness to improve themselves are rewarded without fail. Demons are also still around this new world. Meaning that humanity must also be careful of demons.]]
** Kingmaker. [[spoiler:The Anguished One's route has you defeating Polaris and having Alcor replace her as the world's administrator. The world is reborn with man deciding its fate. Alcor becomes God, but loses his physical form and though the heroes lose the ability to interact with him, they still feel his presence.]]
** And the sequel goes with [[spoiler:MergingTheBranches: specifically Triumphant and Kingmaker, the two Silver Endings, into a single GoldenEnding. Or so it seems at first, but things soon get more complicated...]]
* NoEndorHolocaust:
** Subverted. Nobody dies when Alioth crashes into Sapporo. [[spoiler:But that's because everyone is already dead.]]
** [[spoiler:Averted later when it's implied that there may have actually been survivors who were crushed by Alioth (and if any survived, the deadly toxins that flooded the entire city would ensure it wasn't for long). Yamato just lied so that everyone won't feel bad about leveling the city]].

* NobleShoplifter: Done at one point by Daichi and again by Joe towards the beginning of the game. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, given just how quickly civilization breaks down, this act quickly become good intentioned but fairly meaningless.]]
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:The Anguished One. He feels that humans are too controlled and wishes to bring freedom back to the world. However, being that he is a Septentrione, he comes off as a villain, and in four of the five routes, you and your party kill him. However, on his route, he becomes the essence of the new world, and becomes a god that loves and respects humans.]]
* OneExtraMember: The [[EldritchAbomination Septentriones]] (septem = seven). There are eight of them. The eight one, Alcor, is the only one not presented as a mindless abomination. [[spoiler:He is the true identity of the Anguished One. He is the one that created Nicaea so that humanity can fight their fate of being erased from existence. In one of the routes, he even become a party member]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The protagonist and the others were going to be killed by a crashing train; in pops an Obariyon, who holds up the train and cheerily says, "No dying that way! I need to kill you!"
* OrderVersusChaos:
** Interesting not in the fact the themes are present, as they are a [=MegaTen=] mainstay, but in the portrayal which follows astrological star sign qualities (Cardinal v. Fixed v. Mutable) than the traditional split. Both the "Law" and "Chaos" factions [[spoiler:rely on Polaris to brainwash humanity to follow their plans of perfect egalitarianism or a hierarchy based on social darwinism (a Chaos mainstay for the series), and Polaris seems to favor the "Chaos" faction more than the "Law" one.]] All three factions are presented as valid points of view but both "Law" and "Chaos" arguably have terrible spokespersons.
** Oddly, though [[spoiler:a possible Neutral/True Freedom/Chaos variant provided by the Anguished One is a weird mix of the freedom of Chaos and a entity who watches over us and will ''never'' interfere with us unlike past Law figures (and Polaris herself).]]
* ParkingGarage: A recurring random battle map, the site of a very violent confrontation with Jikokuten [[spoiler:and the site of Dera-Deka's death.]]
* ThePeepingTom: In the "Secret Garden" cutscene, Daichi and Joe decide to spy on the female cast members' physical exam. The main character can join them too, leading to an eavesdropped conversation of the girls comparing their "assets," and several minor WhatTheHellHero moments later on.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: If you defeat Bifrons and Botis early then on [[spoiler:every route except Alcor's he'll be replaced by the messenger of Love and Justice [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Black Frost]].]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:What Alcor's route boils down to: You overthrow the administrator of the world and create a new world without it.]]
* ResetButton: [[spoiler:In one of Daichi's endings, you make Polaris [[TimeTravel turn back time]] to before the invasion.]]
** [[spoiler:Not only that, but the whole purpose of the Septentriones are to destroy and recreate the world. They have apparently destroyed and recreated the world numerous times.]]
** [[spoiler:Oh. Bit like [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Kagutsuchi]], then?]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** If you defeat all the demons before defeating Ghost Q he'll decide to run away and must be beaten before he escapes to unlock him.
** This is also Kama's reaction to learning what the cast wants him to do.
* SignatureStyle: Do the Septentrionnes design and nature seem familiar to you? None other that MohiroKitoh developed them!
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness:
** [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Beelzebub]]]]'s entire reason for being a boss fight. [[spoiler:He's heard great things about the Protagonist and has come to test that strength.]]
** [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Belial and Nebiros]] pick the player characters to be Alice's friends because they are so strong that they are worthy of her friendship.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Alcor tends to test people's worth. Such as the last day battles against one of his three Dragons.]]
** And of course, this trope is related to why Yamato takes a shine to the MC after the party beats Dubhe as well as [[spoiler:why he fights the MC (to "wake him up") in routes other than his as well as why DefeatMeansFriendship for him in Daichi's route. He did sincerely believe MightMakesRight, after all.]]
** Finally, [[spoiler:this is why Polaris serves as the FinalBoss on routes where your goal isn't to kill her: to test your resolve to change the world.]]
* TakeAThirdOption:
** When pitted against the choice between Yamato's meritocracy and Ronaldo's egalitarianism, Daichi chooses to instead seek for an alternative solution that wouldn't harm anyone. And even though ''he doesn't have a clue'' on how to do it, he still convinces Hinako, Io, and Jungo [[spoiler:if he's still alive]] to follow him.
** Then, the Hero can further take a ''fourth'' option by not joining any group and [[spoiler:convincing the Anguished One to overthrow Polaris.]]
* TemptingFate: On the first day, the main trio decides to walk Io home, having to go through Roppongi and Shiba Park. But hey, as Daichi notes, what's the worst that could happen? Well, Roppongi just so happens to be the place where Dubhe makes its entrance and starts killing people.
* ThreeAmigos: Notable in that the Protagonist and Daichi didn't meet Io until the beginning of the game. [[spoiler:In the "true" ending, it's hinted that this is their future as well.]]
* UngratefulBastard: As soon as you beat Billiken, the demons he was attacking decide that he was on to something and proceed to attack you for your Macca.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** It is entirely possible to allow certain members to die, and you may be tempted to do so just to [[spoiler:avoid having to fight them later on]].
** Try telling Jungo when you meet him that you're a foe and not a friend. It's like kicking a puppy.
* WaveMotionGun:
** Merak's, the second boss', special attack, Circumpolarity. [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill It's not just for show in the introduction for the fight; it hurts like crazy]].
** The final boss also uses one that covers the only path to reach his core in the [[OneWingedAngel third phase]] of his fight. It also hurts like crazy, but you get plenty of fair warning it's about to happen.
* WhamShot: It's a very subtle moment, but there's a foreshadowing event that tells what's starting to happen to the world days after the disaster first took place. After beating Phecda on Tuesday, a look at the map of Japan shows that the island of Shikoku is almost ''gone'' from the map.
* [[invoked]] WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Joe likes to read a manga called ''Offside Goalie Masashi''. But not only does Masachi not even know how to play the game and has a crippling fear of heights that keeps him from going to the World Cup by plane, but apparently, every goalie in Japan ''dies'' in a "graphic, page-spanning tragedy." The manga would easily border on WhoWritesThisCrap due to its really strange story.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Every day starting on Sunday one Septentrione attacks Japan. Because the alien invaders are named after the stars in the Big Dipper constellation, Hinako speculates that there will be a total of seven Septentriones, with the attacks lasting a week. And according to Yamato the Septentriones have the ability to destroy the entire world.

* NintendoHard: Ziodyne and Anti-Phys are on a miniboss on Day '''3''?!

** Several times, a poor human will get frozen by an ice blast, topple over and shatter. Best shown with a [=JP's=] member getting hit by Merak's SignatureMove.

* MediumAwareness: Justified, as the Demon Summoning App shows that it looks exactly like the top screen of the (3)[=DS=].

* TwoGuysAndAGilr: The protagonist, Daichi and Io are the initial team and trope for this. Joe joins the party very fast, but he's not really a peer in their age group [[spoiler:and is not shown with them in the true ending]].