Line #16 VisualNovel/CorpsePartyD2DepthsOfDespair


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: The wounds of the past still haven't healed.]]
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4	A 2013 FanSequel to the original ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty'', designed by Jackkel Dragon and illustrated by Katagayri. Like its fellow fan game ''VisualNovel/CorpsePartyIf'', ''Corpse Party D2: Depths of Despair'' expands upon one of the MultipleEndings to ''VideoGame/CorpsePartyPC98''. Specifically, Ending D-2, where Yoshiki and Yuka were killed in Heavenly Host. Unable to accept this, Ayumi convinced Satoshi that they should try to change their friends' fate...
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6	Six years later, Ayumi is invited to join several of her old classmates at a reunion held in their old classroom. But the past comes roaring back to haunt them, as Ayumi once more finds herself stranded in the cursed halls of Heavenly Host.
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8	Notably, while based off of the original version of the game, ''D2'' brings in several of the additional classmates introduced in ''Blood Covered''. It also more closely follows the graphical style of those games, with similar sprite work, larger {{Character Portrait}}s, and event [=CG=]s.
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10	Currently in its ninth version, which is three chapters long and can be found [[http://jackkel-dragon.tumblr.com/CPD2 here]]. Followed by a sequel to one of its endings, ''VisualNovel/CorpsePartyD2FatalOperation'', and an indirect sequel, ''VisualNovel/CorpsePartyD2ZeroHope''. A modified remake of the game is in production, which is currently in its first demo version.
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13	!!This Fan Game contains instances of:
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15	* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness:
16	** Ayumi's plan to resurrect their fallen friends is conceived immediately after their return, and carried out that very same night, with a spell book that isn't even fully translated. This goes about as well as you'd expect.
17	** Later, when Ayumi manages to [[HesBack find her resolve again]], she refuses to heed any signs that her plan might not go as planned.
18	* ActionPrologue: ''D2'' opens with Ayumi and Satoshi attempting to bring their lost friends back from the dead.
19	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The Extra Chapters are small scenes starring an array of different characters.
20	* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Ayumi's become an illustrator, and was recently commissioned to work on the cover for Naho and Kibiki's next book.
21	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A {{Flashback}} in Chapter 2 shows how [[spoiler:Ayumi and Yoshiki first met: she distracted a {{Jerkass}} teacher and gave Yoshiki a pep talk, encouraging him to stay in school despite his struggles]].
22	* BigBrotherInstinct: Ayumi played upon this to get Satoshi to agree to attempting the ritual.
23	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:When Sachiko]] shows up in Chapter 3 just in time to prevent [[spoiler:the ghostly trio from dragging Ayumi to her grave]].
24	* BittersweetEnding: What both true endings of the game ultimately amount to. Ayumi can either finally find closure after helping Yoshiki, Yuka, and Satoshi's souls find peace and truly begin to move on in the ''Mended Souls'' ending, or she can sacrifice her very existence to resurrect Yoshiki, Yuka, Satoshi, and even Sachiko. For the former, she has recovered enough to be willing to hang around with her friends even when telling ghost stories and makes a promise with Naomi that they'll move on from their experiences together. For the latter, while Ayumi is forgotten by Yoshiki, Yuka, and Satoshi, Sachiko still remembers her and she's seemingly happy with her second chance in life, even getting together with Yoshiki.
25	* BlackComedy: Many of the notices pinned up around Heavenly Host have this flavor.
26	* BlackMagic: Ayumi hoped to use this to bring back their dead friends...
27	* BloodFromTheMouth: Appears in Extra Chapter 4, as part of the reveal that [[spoiler:Sachiko's body was starting to break down]].
28	* BloodyHandprint: Seen on the Wrong End screen.
29	* BookEnds: Seen in both endings:
30	** In Treasured Memory, [[spoiler:Ayumi successfully casts the spell she attempted at the start of the game]].
31	** In Mended Soul, [[spoiler:she's recovered enough from her ordeal that she's willing to join the others in telling ghost stories]].
32	* BloodyMurder: The burning blood found in [[spoiler:the shower]].
33	* BroadStrokes: While based off of ''VideoGame/CorpsePartyPC98'', the other classmates introduced in ''Blood Covered'' appear. [[spoiler:Satoshi's fate]] also won't surprise players familiar with ''Book of Shadows''...
34	* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:The corrupted spirits]] love delivering these.
35	* BrokenBird: Poor Ayumi...
36	* ButThouMust: In Chapter 2, you have to follow through with [[spoiler:Ayumi's plan to exorcise Yuka and Yoshiki]], despite every warning sign that this is NOT A GOOD IDEA.
37	* TheCanKickedHim: The tradition continues; one of the first Wrong Ends involves [[spoiler:taking a deadly shower]].
38	* ColorCodedCharacters:
39	** Blue spirits are helpful, while red spirits... aren't.
40	** Ms. Yui and the Kisaragi students who weren't involved in the first trip all wear brighter, more cheerful outfits. Ayumi, by contrast, wears a dark black top and brown jacket, with only a scruchie for color. Naomi, who seems to have coped better with what happened while still being affected, has a beige sweater on, that paired with her brown hair and eyes gives her a comparatively muted look.
41	* CoolKey: Very few of the doors in Heavenly Host actually use traditional keys; instead, Ayumi must find other items based off of hints left by helpful notices.
42	* CompositeCharacter: WordOfGod confirms that while [[spoiler:Sachiko]] was never explictedly named as such in ''PC-98'', they merged the characters together.
43	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The first time she examines a corpse, Ayumi comments on this:
44	-->'''Ayumi:''' I hardly feel anything when I see corpses now... I used to be so afraid of them... What has this place done to me?
45	* CannotSpitItOut:
46	** Yoshiki couldn't tell Ayumi how he felt, with tragic consequences.
47	** [[spoiler:Sachiko]] can't seem to just tell Ayumi what she needs to hear; however, they state that this is because [[spoiler:Ayumi isn't ready/willing to listen]].
48	* TheCorruption: Being trapped in Heavenly Host isn't especially kind to your sanity. Spirits are especially vulnerable to this effect, growing so jealous and spiteful towards the living that they'll eagerly try to condemn them to the same hellish fate.
49	* CreepyShadowedUnderEyes: Those six years haven't treated Ayumi too well...
50	* DeathByIrony: Several of the Wrong Ends in Chapter 3 use this; if Ayumi [[spoiler:fails to appease one or any of the spirits, they hijack her body and kill Sachiko in a way that either mimics the way ''she'' killed them before, or in a replay of her original demise]].
51	* DespairEventHorizon: Ayumi treads very close to this even ''before'' finding herself in Heavenly Host again; much of the plot revolves around her struggling not to cross this.
52	* {{Determinator}}: Ayumi can get this way, as seen in the Prologue: unfortunately, [[{{Deconstruction}} we also see the consequences of this]].
53	* TheEmpath: Her sensitivity to spirits means that Ayumi can sense the negative emotions filling the cursed school all too well, to the point where she can sense what type of pain or agony is emenating from an area.
54	* EverythingTryingToKillYou
55	* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:Ayumi and Satoshi found this out the hard way.]]
56	* FailedASpotCheck: PlayedForDrama when [[spoiler:a spirit starts shadowing Ayumi's footsteps and she completely fails to notice]].
57	* GrandTheftMe: If Ayumi isn't careful while [[spoiler:appeasing the spirits in Chapter 3]], this can be her fate. [[spoiler:In several different ways, even.]]
58	* HeroicSacrifice: As in the original game, these are made and [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]:
59	** [[spoiler:Yoshiki saving Ayumi at the cost of his own life turned him into an angry, resentful spirit.]]
60	** Same thing happened to [[spoiler:Satoshi, who upon seeing her again asks if she makes a habit of manipulating and discarding boys]].
61	** The BigDamnHeroes moment in Chapter 3 entails [[spoiler:Sachiko binding her soul to the hellish dimension]], which Ayumi points out [[spoiler:effectively undoes almost everything they did the first time around]].
62	** Near the end of Chapter 3, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the resurrection spell requires the life of the caster]].
63	* [[HisOwnWorstEnemy Her Own Worst Enemy]]: Ayumi seriously struggles with this throughout the game. Eventually, she learns that [[spoiler:her own self-loathing fuels the spirits' hatred of her, and that the only way to calm them is by forgiving herself first]].
64	* IconicOutfit: [[spoiler:Sachiko]] invokes this by deliberately appearing to Ayumi in [[spoiler:her tattered red dress]] so that she'll recognize her.
65	* IronicEcho: In Chapter 2, Ayumi comments to [[spoiler:Yoshiki in a memory]] that they never seem to think before they talk. Later, [[spoiler:Corrupted!Yoshiki turns that back around on her]].
66	* {{Irony}}: Extra Chapter 4 reveals that despite how [[spoiler:Sachiko didn't want Ayumi to attempt her summoning ritual]], that actually helped her [[spoiler:survive getting attacked by Yuka, by pulling Yuka away in the nick of time]].
67	* ItsAllMyFault: Ayumi believes this, blaming herself for causing their first trip into Heavenly Host in the first place. [[spoiler:The ghostly trio agree.]]
68	* LastSecondEndingChoice: When Ayumi decides between [[spoiler:burying the black book or using it for one last spell]].
69	* [[TheManyDeathsOfYou The Many Deaths of Ayumi]]: The Wrong Ends return. Take a wild guess what they are.
70	* MonochromePast: Whenever Ayumi flashes back to past events, the screen takes on a reddish-sepia hue.
71	* MoreThanMindControl: Implied in Wrong End [[spoiler:7]], where [[spoiler:Ayumi reenacts Sachiko's original death as part of a MurderSuicide]].
72	* MultipleEndings: The current build has two:
73	** Treasured Memory Ending: [[spoiler:Using the black book, Ayumi sacrifices her life to ressurrect Yoshiki, Yuka, Satoshi, and Sachiko, sending them back six years. Sachiko takes her place as class rep Shinozaki. While the spell was meant to erase everyone's memories of her, Sachiko manages to retain her memories, and sketches a picture of Ayumi while swearing to remember for everyone's sakes.]]
74	** Mended Soul Ending: [[spoiler:Ayumi bids farewell to the others, and they pass on to the afterlife. Naomi finds her passed out outside their classroom, and after reassuring her, they rejoin the others. They've already started telling ghost stories, and Ayumi decides to join them.]]
75	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ayumi doesn't take [[spoiler:Yoshiki's big reveal in Chapter 2]] well at ALL.
76	* MythologyGag:
77	** Several of the posted notices contain references to ways you can die in the canon games. A particularly cruel one in Chapter 2 cautions readers to [[spoiler:avoid using the stairwell, as they haven't finished cleaning up the piano wire and decapitated heads]].
78	** In the preview for ''Fatal Operation'', Yuuya Kizami is mentioned as [[spoiler:a patient, admitted for losing nearly half of his skin in an accident]].
79	* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The climax deals with this dilemma: [[spoiler:Ayumi plans to perform a HeroicSacrifice to revive her friends, but none of them want her to go through with it. It's your choice as to what Ayumi decides to do]].
80	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
81	** Ayumi's attempt to save Yoshiki and Yuka only left her even more broken and [[spoiler:Satoshi with a bad case of dead]].
82	** Chapter 2 reveals that [[spoiler:it's far worse than that. Her ritual DID bring them back; unfortunately, since Satoshi died during it and wasn't the caster, they were trapped in her head and spent the next six years giving her nightmares. Coming back to someplace like Heavenly Host set them free again...]].
83	** On top of that, Ayumi's decision to [[spoiler:exorcise them from Heavenly Host]] only leads to her [[spoiler:summoning them right to her, leading to Yoshiki's BreakingSpeech]].
84	* ObliviousToLove: In Chapter 2, [[spoiler:Ayumi gets to watch Yoshiki's heart breaking in slow motion by reliving his memories of trying -- and failing -- to get her attention]].
85	* PoorCommunicationKills:
86	** [[spoiler:The purified Sachiko]] appears to honestly want to ''help'' Ayumi; unfortunately, Ayumi tends to be rather bull-headed whenever they pop up, and they even note that she 'isn't ready to listen yet'. When they finally DO talk, they note how they CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot.
87	** In Chapter 2, [[spoiler:witnessing Yoshiki's memories gives Ayumi the resolve to try and free both him and Yuka from the school]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:he mistakes this for trying to 'get rid of him for good']].
88	* PressXToDie: Yes, Ayumi, CLEARLY the best way to [[spoiler:gather the burning blood]] is to [[spoiler:cup your hands under the faucet]].
89	* PungeonMaster: [[spoiler:Evil!Satoshi is fond of this]].
90	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
91	** [[spoiler:Evil!Yuka]] gives Ayumi a blistering one after revealing their identity, calling her out for [[spoiler:letting her brother die]].
92	** Seen in {{Flashback}} in Chapter 2, when [[spoiler:a teacher catches Yoshiki smoking and takes the chance to insult not only him, but the way his parents raised him]].
93	** And ''again'' in Chapter 3 once [[spoiler:Satoshi shows up]].
94	* RedemptionDemotion: This is justified with [[spoiler:Sachiko: not only is she no longer bound to the cursed school, but the form she takes was meant to be a temporary body]]. As a result, they're ''MUCH'' more vulnerable, and barely able to defend themselves should the need arise.
95	* ReplacementGoldfish: In one ending, [[spoiler:Yoshiki ends up with the ''other'' Shinozaki. He doesn't realize that she's not the same girl, though, courtesy of RetGone]].
96	* RetGone: [[spoiler:Ayumi inflicts this upon ''herself'' in one ending.]]
97	* SacrificialLamb: Referenced; one door requires you to "Honor the memory of the sacrifical lamb" by [[spoiler:finding Kishimura's student ID]].
98	* SequelHook: One of the unlockable Extras is a teaser for ''Fatal Operation''.
99	* ScrewDestiny: Ayumi declared this six years ago, and enlisted Satoshi's help to try and save their friends. [[YouCantFightFate It went poorly]].
100	* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:The story Seiko's telling in the Mended Soul ending has the character Miyu- from the manga Corpse Party Musume]].
101	* SoundtrackDissonance: In Chapter 2, a cheerful, upbeat melody plays while Ayumi [[spoiler:watches several of Yoshiki's memories get reenacted by shadowy figures]].
102	* StepfordSmiler: While Naomi appears to have dealt with the losses better than Ayumi, she states that her primary coping method is to just avoid thinking about it and throw herself into her work as a nurse.
103	* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler:Poor Satoshi]]'s fate.
104	* SurvivorGuilt: Ayumi struggles with this, not simply because she managed to escape while the others didn't, but due to how [[spoiler:both Yoshiki and Satoshi sacrificed themselves to save her]].
105	** Naomi also has this to a lesser degree.
106	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:When the ritual went awry, Satoshi shoved Ayumi out of the summoning circle and wound up dying in her place.]]
107	* TermsOfEndangerment: [[spoiler:Evil!Yuka]] playfully calls Ayumi 'Ayumy'. In one Bad Ending, they add another nickname: [[spoiler:'Sachi']].
108	* ThemeMusicPowerUp:
109	** The main theme of ''Corpse Party'' plays during Ayumi's [[spoiler:[[HesBack She's Back]] moment, when she resolves to free her friends' spirits from the school]].
110	** This happens again in Chapter 3 when [[spoiler:Sachiko joins Ayumi to find and apologize to the others]], and again before the LastSecondEndingChoice when [[spoiler:Ayumi declares she can still save them]].
111	* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:Evil!Yuka believes Naomi pulled this on Satoshi, screaming and acting distressed at exactly the wrong time, distracting him from saving his sister.]]
112	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Yuka]] always DID love her [[spoiler:brother]]... and [[spoiler:Yoshiki]] isn't much better.

Context VisualNovel / CorpsePartyD2DepthsOfDespair