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10	''Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy'' is a direct {{Sequel}} to the original ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis''. It was localized and released by NIS America in late August. The new game features a completely unique cast of characters, except for three cameos. The class and alchemy systems remain more or less unchanged, but the grow book system, battle mechanics, and field monster AI are all retooled.
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12	The storytelling style is also changed. The events of the story are now told in two different playthroughs, each featuring a different main character and core cast. Completing both character's stories unlocks a [[SecretFinalCampaign third story]] which brings all the characters together and concludes the game's plot.
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14	The character sheet for this game can be found [[Characters/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy here]].
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17	!!Tropes featured in this game (Note- Please post/relocate any character-specific tropes on/to the characters page!)
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19	* AnimeThemeSong: "My Silly Days".
20	* AnotherSideAnotherStory: You have the choice of playing the story with either Raze or Ulrika as the main character. The story lines are mostly separate with a few points where they intersect. Playing through both unlocks a third story that starts at the end of the previous two and wraps up the plot.
21	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Averted; everybody participates. The total number of party members has been cut down to 5 per character story, with 3 on vanguard, 2 in support, and an empty slot for guest characters. Or 2 vanguard and 3 support. Played straight in the third route, as both parties combine and you can switch party members by talking to Flay.
22	* ClingyMacGuffin: Raze cannot remove his [[RingOfPower Ring of Light]].
23	* ColonyDrop: Al-Revis Academy used to be on a FloatingContinent, but it fell to the lower world due to the weakening power of Mana.
24	* CombinationAttack: Changed from the last game into "Intimate Attacks" and "Intimate Defenses". Two characters are required to activate one, and any two will do. Pairing up the two protagonists gets special Intimate Attacks, though, and most Intimate Defenses will improve the Vanguard's durability.
25	* ContinuityNod:
26	** The Dragon's Grave returns, albeit with differences to the original. The Millenium Tree as well, but it has grown; it's now the Millennium ''Forest''.
27	** Don't forget Mana Ruins, which is now separated into Deep Sea Ruins and Deep Ruins.
28	** Flay's [[{{BFS}} Mechsword]] and Tony's SinisterScythe can be seen in their respective offices.
29	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: PLENTY of them. Pepperoni wrestling with Goto while covered with oil comes to mind...
30	* DopeSlap: After her very little patience is run thin, Ulrika does to [[spoiler:try and calm down Uryu when he's throwing a tantrum.]] Not exactly the best idea to come up with at a time like that...
31	* EldritchAbomination: Chloe calls out a variety of demons for her special attacks.
32	* EvilPlan: All of the bad things that occur in the game are in some way related to either [[spoiler:The bet between the Light and Dark Mana, or the Light Mana's schemes to make sure he won it.]]
33	* EvolvingAttack: The characters' skills, as well as normal attacks, can be upgraded through the Grow Book. Lily is an exception, since you only need certain materials those will trigger scenes where her skills are upgraded.
34	* FinalExamBoss: The Light Mana is simply a combination of the final bosses of both routes.
35	* FloatingContinent: Subverted with Al-Revis Academy, which used to be on one, but it has fallen to the lower world in the prologue.
36	* GameBreakingBug: While not quite as egregious as the first game, the game has a few problems while using Ulrika:
37	** The Space Ship boss, one of the first job in Ulrika's route, causes the game to freeze with his normal attacks. To prevent it, you have to either kill it before it gets a turn (which is easier to do in a NewGamePlus, due to Raze's party equipment carrying over), or hoping it uses a skill instead of a normal attack. While it's an optional boss, defeating it unlocks a few weapon recipes for Enna, necessary for completing his Grow Book.
38	** Using Ulrika as the lead (whether in the party without Raze or with Raze and hers was the first route completed) in the third path (where both teams are combined) can also lead to a bug, since, apparently, she cannot read jobs at all.
39	* GenghisGambit: Pulled off by Flay, as always. When the students are divided between those for and against the School Festival, Flay devises a plan to get the two faction leaders (Ulrika and Lily) together so that they can both hear what Chairwoman Marta really thinks and turn against her instead.
40	* GoldfishPoopGang: The gang of Punis intent on attacking Puniyo throughout her character quest never quite manage to be a significant presence, either on the battlefield or in the story. One even manages to be sympathetic during one character quest, [[spoiler:giving the party the cure for Taro, Jiro, and Kichi's sickness because his parents had the same disease.]]
41	* HammyVillainSeriousHero: Raze and Reicher have this relation. Reicher is immediately friendly and outgoing with Raze who is stoic and reserved even around his companions. Reicher always claims that he has Raze's best interest at heart in making him a stronger opponent, but his overbearing personality is always getting on Raze's nerves.
42	* HopelessBossFight: The first battle with Reicher is unwinnable. There is also an optional battle against Flay in his office.
43	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The recipe for Raze's weapon: [[DeviousDaggers Dagger]] + [[RingOfPower Ring of Light]] = [[EnergyWeapon funky weird sword thing made out of energy/light]] [[MorphWeapon that can change shape at will]].
44	* InterfaceSpoiler: Both Ulrika's and Raze's Finishing Bursts spoil plot points that won't happen for several chapters by the time you unlock them. [[spoiler: Ulrika's shows off Uryu's true form that he fights her group in, and Raze's voice line for his alludes to the fact that the Ring of Light is (to his knowledge) driving him insane]]
45	* JerkassGods: The Light Mana, as well as their supporters, treat the game's cast like pawns and never expresses any particular regret about the hell their little bet with the Dark Mana puts them through.
46	%% * LampshadeHanging: As the OnlySaneMan (just like Vayne from the previous game), Raze is prone to do this.
47	* {{Leitmotif}}
48	** Lily: Noble Girl in Love
49	** Et: Sunny Girl
50	** Yun: Hired Mana
51	** Puniyo: Cutie Puni
52	** Chloe: Bad-Mouthed Girl
53	** Pepperoni: Giant Fairy
54	** Enna: Rainy Boy
55	** Goto: Mr. Goto's Theme
56	** Flay: Defender of Justice Has Come 2
57	** Marta: THE Chairwoman
58	* LightIsNotGood: Arguably the point of the game's StoryArc, as it's the Light Mana who causes much of the havoc the protagonists go through, as they're trying to win their bet with the Dark Mana.
59	* LostInTranslation: A few jokes, here and there. One was even lost because of the single letter name change from Rozeluxe to Razeluxe [[spoiler:(i.e. the mora switch joke from Puniyo's MyHeroZero ending))]].
60	* TheMagicGoesAway: It started going away in the TimeSkip between games, as Mana became increasingly rare, and the Academy began shifting over to more of a mundane school.
61	* MoodWhiplash: The background music when the party faces the Light Mana is probably the best example. For the first few seconds, the music plays in the typical way as you are about to face some kind of divine being. And then...somebody talked about how blonde hair means evil. And then, they ''make fun of him.'' To put this into perspective, the Light Mana is the closest thing to a BigBad that the game has (being [[TheManBehindTheMan the man behind]] Reicher and Tetri), and when the party meets him, the [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade was hung]], and he's become a ButtMonkey to everyone bar [[OnlySaneMan Raze and Yun.]]
62	* MultipleEndings: Raze and Ulrika can get one ending per party member, by completing their Character Quest. There is also a GoldenEnding, unlocked by beating the game's third route.
63	* NonStandardSkillLearning: Lily is the only one whose upgraded skills, instead of being learned through the Grow Book, are obtained through certain cutscenes after creating certain items.
64	* NoobCave: Lampshaded by the title of the area and its purpose: "Learning Bridge".
65	* NoodleIncident: Flay's "punishment" to students in an early chapter. Et was still shaking by the mere thought of it.
66	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Remember Flay? Not only is he now a ''teacher'' here, he's also the ''vice-principal''.
67	* PlayerKilling: In-universe during the SchoolFestival TournamentArc, Flay hires Yun, Pepperoni and Goto as "free agents" in order to get rid of weaker competition.
68	* PuppyLove: An early character quest has the characters think of something along these lines when they saw Enna and Puniyo together. Et, on the other hand, thinks that it's the ''Punis'' who are attracted to her brother...
69	* RelaxOVision: Whenever a character (usually Raze) is about to be beaten, the screen will usually fade to black or focus on other characters.
70	* TheRival: The two protagonist's workshops act this way toward each other. Also Tony and Flay, right out of the old days; it is reflected in how they teach their classes as well. [[spoiler:In Raze's story ending, Reicher considers him his rival and promises a rematch.]]
71	* RunningGag: In many of Gust's titles, characters have a habit of stating "Barrel!" when the player examines a barrel. In this game, it's also lampshaded - during some point in the game, Lily/Whim or Pepperoni/Goto stand in front of a barrel on the Campus Grounds, commenting that "yes, that is a barrel". On Ulrika's side, Raze is also there, if only to ask Lily and Whim "what are you two ''doing?''"
72	* SaveScumming: Saving the game at the workshop before taking a class (and resetting if you didn't get the best score) can help you to fill the required units faster and gain more Free Time to do the Character Quests.
73	** It's also helpful during the Marathon Event, as by memorizing the answers, you can load a previously saved file and win easily next time.
74	* TrainingFromHell:
75	** Flay loves to inflict this on his students, with the Training Sea "vacation" being just the first of his many "lessons".
76	** Pepperoni and Goto aren't much better. Unarmed bear fighting and getting boiled alive are their ''sanest'' ideas.
77	* UnderwaterRuins: Deep Sea Ruins, where the [[SuperNotDrowningSkills the cast take pills that allows them to breathe underwater]].
78	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Reicher nor Sasalina appear in the third story for some reason. Heck, the latter disappears roughly ''halfway'' through Ulrika's story!
79	* YinYangBomb: Raze and Ulrika have unique [[CombinationAttack Intimate Strikes]] between one another where they borrow the power of the other for their attack, combining the powers of the Ring of Light from the Light Mana and Uryu from the Dark Mana.
80	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The game ends with one group's story? Nope, there are ''two'' more. {{Lampshaded}} by Flay at the beginning of the third story.

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