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[[caption-width:300:Nemu, Junichi & [[CherryBlossoms cherry blossoms]]]]
Asakura Junichi is a 15 year old boy who lives on the (fictional) island of Hatsunejima, where the sakura trees blossom all year through. He seems pretty ordinary, but he has magical powers, which he himself views as fairly limited. He can see the dreams of other people and produce Japanese sweets out of the blue. He has a sister, Nemu, with whom he attends the same class in middle school. Although people think they are twins, they are actually [[NotBloodSiblings not blood relatives]]. Their bond is very strong, inciting people to think that they are lovers.

One day a new transfer student is welcomed to the school: Yoshino Sakura, Junichi's cousin, who returns home after having been in the USA for six years. Sakura immediately stirs things up since she is hellbent on letting Junichi keep his childhood promise to her. This is especially troublesome, since things between Junichi and Nemu [[BrotherSisterIncest have started to become much more serious]] in the time since Sakura left--and Junichi appears to have promised something to Nemu as well.

The story gets even more complicated when it is uncovered that the old, big sakura tree in the middle of Hatsunejima holds a magical grip on the island and its inhabitants. As the significance of its influence becomes clear, a dramatic story slowly unfolds, so what at first started as a lighthearted [[HaremAnime harem comedy]] becomes much more serious and intense as the series progresses.

The anime, which is called in full ''DC Da Capo'', is based on a DatingSim that was released by Circus in 2002. The anime itself was aired in 2003. A sequel, called ''DCSS: Da Capo Second Season'', has been released in 2005 and yet another one, called ''D.C.II ~Da Capo II~'', set two generations later, was aired in 2007. The sequel's success incited ''yet'' another sequel, called ''D.C.II S.S. ~Da Capo II Second Season~''. The name "Da Capo" is a musical term, meaning "from the top" and refers to the often looping story lines in the original game.

The series' success hinges largely on the well-balanced characters and interesting plot lines combined with nice, classically-tinted music, since the animation quality doesn't generally rise far above average. For viewers who like a good mix of silliness and well-written melodrama, the series is definitely worth a watch.

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Tropes:

* BeachEpisode
* TheBeard: Mako asks Junichi's help to get rid of her female admirer.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor
* BigEater: Miharu. She especially likes anything with bananas in it.
* {{Bishoujo}}
* {{Bishonen}}: Suginami.
* BittersweetEnding: Miharu's route. It'd practically be a downer ending if it wasn't for the fact that Junichi now appreciates Miharu a lot more than he did before.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: There is one in he post episode trailer.
* {{Bokukko}}: Sakura refers to herself as "boku", although she is not exactly a tomboy.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Well, they are [[NotBloodSiblings not related by blood]] though.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Yoriko. Subverted in the visual novel, though]].
* CatGirl: Yoriko.
* ChaosArchitecture: In the DC anime, the Mizukoshis have a huge western-style mansion. However, in DCSS it suddenly has become a Japanese-style house.
* CherryBlossoms: All year long!
* ClingyJealousGirl: Nemu.
* CloudCuckooLander: Moe, who walks to school sleepwalking while playing a xylophone.
* CrossPoppingVeins
* DatingSim
* DieForOurShip: There are quite a few vocal people who wish Nemu would just die so Kotori can move in.
**Most likely due to Nemu being ClingyJealousGirl, up to about Level 9,000+ or so... (ThisTroper ships for Kotori, but mostly because a genuinely nice girl is getting harder to find in HaremAnime these days.)
** And then there's the alternate-universe OVA in which Kotori wins... [[spoiler:in which it is heavily implied that Nemu ''did'' die, before the events of the OVA. So I guess these people got their wish?]]
* DiscretionShot: During [[spoiler:Junichi and Nemu's]] kiss.
** And subverted ''one'' episode later ¬¬.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything
* {{Dojikko}}: Yuriko.
* DreamSequence: Oh so many...
* DropInCharacter: Sakura, who climbs through Junichi's bedroom window. Also Suginami, who can appear anywhere anytime.
* FanService
* GagBoobs: Moe.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Moe is especially suspectible to this.
* GenericCuteness
* HotSpringsEpisode: Obligatory, no?
* IThoughtItMeant: No, TheMafia is not involved.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The drama from the second season arises because of one character's failure to understand this concept.
* IllGirl
*JapanesePronouns: Sakura, the token loli, is a {{bokukko}} while the tomboyish Mako uses atashi.
* LampshadeHanging: Liberally in the original VisualNovel. Junichi has an odd tendency to consider his life with thoughts like 'Sakura, people only call people they're in a relationship with oniichan in games' or comparing Mako's dislike of horror movies to one of the main heroines in a dating sim.
* LateForSchool: Junichi's daily habit.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Applied in one dream sequence.
* LethalChef: Yoriko, and Nemu (at least for the original game and first season)
* {{Lolicon}}: Sakura hasn't grown for a couple of years.
* LoveTriangle
* MeaningfulName: One of the characters is called Sakura. Coincidence?
* MeasuringDay
* {{Meido}}: Yoriko.
* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler:The bell Junichi gave to Nemu as a kid]].
* {{Moe}}: You have to ask?
* MoodWhiplash: Halfway through the first season the viewer gets a warning that things will become much more serious. And boy, do they ever...
* MundaneFantastic
* NewTransferStudent: Sakura.
* NonHumanSidekick: Utamaru, which is some sort of ... cat.
* NoseBleed
* NotBloodSiblings: Nemu and Junichi.
* OcularGushers
* TheOjou: Mako, Moe.
* PantyShot
* ParentalAbandonment: The parents are mentioned, but are never seen.
* {{Pettanko}}: Sakura, who is quite bothered by it.
* ThePromise: Junichi made one to both Sakura and Nemu.
* PinocchioSyndrome: Miharu searches for her memories to become more human.
* RecapEpisode: At regular intervals.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Miharu]], sort of.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Did they ''really'' need to make Miharu capable of the sensation of losing her virginity? [[FridgeLogic Wait, didn't the professor who made her]] [[{{Squick}} base her on his daughter, the real Miharu?]]
* RobotGirl: Miharu.
* SchoolFestival
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Implied with Mako's female stalker.
* SkinshipGrope
* StalkerWithACrush: Sakura, at least in the beginning. Nemu and Mako have their own pesky admirers.
* TearJerker: Comes with the {{utsuge}} territory.
* {{Tsundere}}: Nemu, Mako
* UnwantedHarem
* UpdatedRerelease:
** Da Capo: [[SuperTitle64Advance Plus Situation]], for the Playstation2, which included new characters and storylines, but [[BleachedUnderpants no adult content]].
** Then, Plus Situation was rereleased for the PC as Da Capo: Plus Communication, except now with adult content.
* {{Utsuge}}
* YamatoNadeshiko: Moe.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Worn by most girls as part of their school uniform.
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