History VideoGame / Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars

* GRatedSex: Classmating is treated this way in virtually every respect. Classmanting naturally just adds new dimensions to it.
* GagBoobs: Narika. With the only person with bigger breasts being Ruby.
** While not shown on-screen, Serina's sister, Nazuna, is hinted as quite well-endowed too.

* GrandTheftMe: Averted. Fuuko willingly allows Ms. Ghost to possess her and she never does anything more than flirt with Wake a little.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Feene, who is one of the nicest characters in the game. Enzea as well, who is polite and friendly to everyone. [[spoiler: At first.]]

** Averted also with [[spoiler: Chlotz and Wake. How wanted to reach the A rank and succeeds.]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Played with. In Serina's case "normal" means tall and busty.

* InfantImmortality: Zig-zagged. On the gameplay side, you cannot die permanently -- if Wake's health hits zero, you are returned to the surface and lose a portion of your money, and if your Star Children's health or that of the heroines reaches zero, they revert to matryoshkas and fall unconscious respectively, only to spring back up at very low health once the battle's over. On the story side, however, there are discussions of Disciples who went into the Dusk Circles and never came out, some students are turned into monsters and must be killed and even the Star Children are not immune to this: the second time Classmanting is tested results in the creation of Star Children, but they are unstable and disperse, and at the end of the game... [[spoiler:[[TheMagicGoesAway all the Star Energy in the world returns to the Star God and the Star Children go with it]].]]
* InfinityPlusOneElement: Light. Aside from non-elemental, it's strong against ''every element in the game''. Plus, non-elemental attacks are both few and far in between and weak to the four basic elements, which are the most common by far.

** Fuuko is constantly described as average and a wallflower despite being neither. She's also one of very few S-Rank Disciples, causing this to make even less sense. The swim team picks up on this during the school festival, however.
** Chlotz claims that Torri needs to "Come out of her shell," but she isn't very shy at all. Her main problem with making friends is not that she doesn't want to socialize, but that she really doesn't know how and ends up saying/doing things that others consider weird.

** Chlotz may not be as big an idiot he claims (compared to his sister) as he learns how to use the Lab equipment and become part of MissionControl without actually needing to be taught how to use it.

* IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Sasami's and Narika's words when Narika points out the flaws in Sasami's plan in the third debate are the exact same as when Sasami pointed out the flaws in Narika's plan in the second debate.]]
* {{Irony}}: While the innuendo in the game is turned UpToEleven the actual Classmating process simply involves the hero and heroine joining hands and focusing their thoughts on each other (although later cutscenes suggest other slightly more intimate contact such as head-patting). It's actually quite sweet.

* ISeeDeadPeople: People that have close connections with the ghost before their deaths can see them, which makes confirming the existence of ghosts to be quite difficult. However, other people can see ghosts that have no connection with them by keeping physical contact with the ones that can see them. [[spoiler:The reason why Fuuko is able to see Ms. Ghost is that she used to be friends with her in middle school.]]

** Sasami, the first-year student who belittles Narika and questions her capabilities as an S Rank disciple because she isn't good at public speaking. [[spoiler: Subverted as she was behaving like that because of the pressure from the debates and, in actuality, worships Narika.]]
** The Hospital Director from Chloe's character arc who, despite being a former Disciple himself, seriously considers current Disciples as just pawns and cannon fodder to be used in the fight against the Dusk.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Mr. Watts ''is'' correct that Chloe's fans need to behave themselves in school instead of forming a mob in the faculty room or whenever they see her so they can get her autograph or shake her hand.

* {{Keigo}}: Feene speaks to Wake very formally mostly because she doesn't really know how to act around him. He gets his first glimpse of her natural personality when meeting her childhood friend Raul.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Stillbloods can use forbidden spells to erase memories to keep the existence of their organization and the Heretics a secret.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Hospital Director in Chloe's character arc who [[spoiler:gets seriously ill after Chloe's hospital concert after the power of her songs speed up the healing process of the patients therein while the Director did everything he could to prevent the concert from taking place]].

* LikeASonToMe: The Star Children are not biological children, but are considered Wake and the Heroines' children in all other respect. They refer to their creators with parental pronouns, and the heroines interact with their own Star Children as such. The Classmating process is referred to by Serina as giving birth, strengthening the GRatedSex subtext around Classmating.

* [[LostInTranslation Lost in Localization]]: The final line of the Harem ending is actually a near TitleDrop of the game's Japanese secondary title but not so with the US version.
* LoveMakesYouStupid: [[spoiler:This happens to Ruby, whose reluctance to believe Enzea is completely evil ends up getting Mark killed.]]
* LoveTriangle: Chlotz has a thing for Luce but she only has eyes for Alec. Chlotz suspects Mark has a thing for Ruby, but she obviously has a crush on Enzea. Even one between Wake, Feene and Aya can be considered.
* LuminescentBlush: Expect this from the heroines a lot when making the right choices to compliment them. Narika and Fuuko especially.

* MagicAIsMagicA: All human magic, even Dusk-element magic, in created by using Star Power to manipulate Ether particles in the atmosphere. If there's no Ether in the air, nobody can use magic, and everyone will find themselves grossly outmatched by all but the very weakest monsters. Wake's ability to flood the area around him with enough Ether particles for his allies to make use of is what makes him so critical.

* MagicMusic: Curaoke is an example for the Disciples to recharge their Star Energy. Chloe's singing is also able to heal the sick and wounded at a much faster rate.

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Wake kills Alec, who was slowly becoming into a monster, by the latter's request.]]
* MercyMode: In the very unlikely chance Wake dies, you're given the option to go back to the city without suffering any penalties (apart from a loss of 20% of your money, which can be an issue.)

* [[ModestyShorts Modesty Frills]]: Serina's battle dress doesn't allow for upskirt shots, especially as seen in her official art.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When introducing [[spoiler:the Dusk Blasters]], Chlotz responds to each girl's comment about their [[spoiler:blaster]] saying either how it was adjusted or how it fits them...except with Chloe, whom he just says that she doesn't need explaining.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Fuuko's ending features Wake and her having a daughter.]]
* BadassAdorable: The Star Children. Also, some of the heroines.
* BadassBiker: The Stillbloods use a specialized motorbikes called X-Machinas to track down and break through the Heretic's barriers.

* BattleCouple: Wake with any of the heroines. In [[spoiler: Ellie's]] epilogue, she and Wake remain this.

* BittersweetEnding: Interestingly, [[spoiler:the harem ending, due to everyone being sucked into Ellie's job of hunting Heretics. While Ellie (and to a lesser extent, Wake) can hunt Heretics, the other girls are a liability at best due to the effects a barrier has on a normal human. While they say they don't mind, they either need to travel the world regularly or see Ellie and possibly Wake leave every so often for a potentially fair amount of time to have them kill people.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Monokuma]]]]

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Luce, when she learns that you killed Alec. Also Ruby, when she finds out that Enzea killed Mark.]]

** When Chlotz asks if Wake wants a sip of his drink, the choices are "No thanks", "I'm not sharing your spit" and "We're not girls, you know."
* CerebusSyndrome: [[spoiler:Rhiod is stabbed and killed by Clau, Alec turns into a monster that Wake is forced to kill him, and Enzea reveals his true intentions and proceeds to screw everything up.]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Unlucky Luce. She's known Alec since they were kids and wants to start a relationship with him, but Alec only sees her as a friend. [[spoiler:Chlotz eventually persuades Alec to take Luce to the Star Conception Festival, which he does, but he is killed before he can. Feene's childhood friend Raul also counts.]]

** Star Children can learn team skills when coupled with specific classes and all of them has learned the required skills to unlock it.

** Monsters as well: Ones significantly weaker than the party are dark blue, ones on par with the party are purple, ones much stronger than the party are red and ones that are related to a current quest (either by defeating that monster or obtaining a certain item drop from it) are gold.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: Alec responds to Mark's naming of the Supernova Superchip is to say that it's certainly... unique.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Luce goes into complete denial when she learns Alec is dead and is still getting over it by the end of the game.]]

* DifficultySpike: The game is pretty easy until about 3/4 the way in, especially for those who take the time to develop their city and Star Children. The final chapter gets particularly brutal as its associated dungeons are almost exclusively Light and Dark monsters which have an elemental advantage on you regardless of your chosen heroine.

* DiscOneNuke: Serina and Torri learn skills that hit all enemies fairly early on and those skills can be used to wipe out most enemy parties up through Chapter 6 in one shot.

* DualWielding: Wake wields a katana during his introduction scene but switches to twin swords immediately after. [[spoiler:Alec does the same as Wake, using a katana outside the labyrinth and twin swords in the labyrinth.]]

* EmbarrassingNickname: Alec doesn't really enjoy being known to the masses as [[spoiler: God's Gift Number Two.]]

** Fuuko, Ellie and Narika are [[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Miku, Rin and Luka]], respectively. Fuuko wears a pair of headphones and Ellie has a very distinctly shaped hair bow.

* FogOfWar: Played with. One of the dungeon traps doesn't hide the enemy locations but rather their power levels, preventing you from knowing how strong you are compared to them.

** The question that Alec asks Wake on [[spoiler:if he'd be able to kill a friend who turned into a monster]].
** Neo Ether doesn't affect the girls, with the reason given being that they're so used to Wake's Ether that their bodies reject it. [[spoiler:Neo Ether is made using Dusk Energy, which is what Wake's Ether stops.]]

* FusionDance: Star Children have the Mecunite ability, in which all three Star Children in a group combine into a powerful robot with a bevy of special abilities. It's implied this works through ThePowerOfLove as it costs a heavy tax in Bond Points (which are also used during Classmating) to perform.
* {{Gainaxing}}: There's so much jiggling in this game that it's taken up to the levels of complete parody. Even smaller-busted girls like Chloe and Ellie bounce simply by ''breathing''!
* GameBreakingBug: Rarely, when you enter a portal to go to the next floor, or attempt to leave the labyrinth, the game may crash to the home screen. This isn't too much of an issue in the first 3-4 dungeons as they have less than 10 floors. The real issue comes from the invisible traps that ''forces you to the next floor'' can also trigger the crash. Hope you're saving often and using trap visions!

You play as a newcomer to a private academy (default name Wake Archus) who turns out to be [[TheChosenOne the God's Gift]]: A being with a large supply of ether energy who has the power to perfectly conceive Star Children and enter the Dusk Circles - nests of monsters who terrorize the whole world of Aterra. And it's up to you, along with seven girls you can "Classmate" with, to stop those Dusk Circles.

The gameplay is a dungeon crawler similar to the likes of ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'' and ''{{VideoGame/Persona 4}}'' as in you explore several random-generated labyrinths along with the heroine of your choice and nine of your chosen star children. During the dungeon explorations, you will find items, weapons and armor to help you combat the enemies.

* TheAce: Played straight with Alec and subverted with the hero. Wake is initially admitted to the Academy as a Rank A Elite, rather than Rank S. It's his insanely high ether level that earns him the title of God's Gift. He still proves to be pretty dang good with a sword right away though.
** On the heroine side: Chloe Genus for her intellect and Feene for her combat recognition.

* AdultFear: in Chapter 3, a mother is forced to watch as a monster almost kills her own daughter.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Despite being regarded as the top S-Rank and shown to be better in a scrap, Alec feels inferior to Wake because he is God's Gift, especially so when the latter shows he has become just as a good a swordsman as Alec in a very short amount of time.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Done with the cut-ins. This is especially noticeable with Torri as the white half of her hair is always facing the camera.

** If an enemy mob is significantly weaker than you, you can plough through it without needing to go through the tedium of the random battle and still gain the appropriate rewards.
** Most notable is the way the save system works: Using 2-3 save slots it's possible to get all nine endings with defeating the final boss only once and at least 1.5 runs of the game to get the Platinum trophy.

** The AI during Auto-Play is often pretty smart with its tactics, too: A strong team will usually aim for a OneHitKill against an enemy while the weaker teams will gang up against another opponent and move away from any remaining enemies to force the straggler to waste its turn moving into position.

''Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars'' was a RPG/Dating Sim hybrid created by Creator/SpikeChunsoft (of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' fame) released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}} in 2013 and in America in 2014. It is the second entry of the ''Conception'' series.

** Feene in her battle outfit bears quite the striking resemblance to [[VisalNovel/FateStayNight Saber]].
** Aside from not having ice powers and Yukianesa, Alec is [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]]. They even share the same [[Main/DavidVincent voice actor]]!

''Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars'' was a RPG/Dating Sim hybrid created by Creator/SpikeChunsoft (of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''Franchise/ZeroEscape'' fame) released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}} in 2013 and in America in 2014. It is the second entry of the ''Conception'' series.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Several: Ability to save anywhere inside of dungeons. A OneHitKill against weaker enemy mobs that grant full Exp/Money gains and don't slow you down at all. A "Full Heal" option in the Items menu. Colour-coding all enemies from active quests in gold so you know exactly which to go for and even marking which floor of which labyrinth is applicable to a specific quest. And that's not even all of it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The bonus weapons given as DLC for the first four heroines. They have increased power, but decrease the Speed stat of whomever is using it. Considering speed is almost the OneStatToRuleThemAll, this is a big issue.

** Monsters as well: Ones significantly weaker than the party are light purple, ones on par with the party are dark purple, ones much stronger than the party are red and ones that are related to a current quest (either by defeating that monster or obtaining a certain item drop from it) are gold.

* MetalSlime: The Sagitta series of enemies are rather easy to defeat and give out a lot of experience, making them great for leveling up. They also have quests associated with them so they can be singled out from within a group of enemies.

''Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars'' was a RPG/Dating Sim hybrid created by Creator/SpikeChunsoft (of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''Franchise/ZeroEscape'' fame) released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}} in 2013 and in America in 2014. It is the second entry of the Conception Franchise.

''Conception II: Children Of The Seven Stars'' was a RPG/Dating Sim hybrid created by Spike Chunsoft (of ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' and ''Franchise/ZeroEscape'' fame) released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}} in 2013 and in America in 2014. It is the second entry of the Conception Franchise.

** Feene, despite being the most popular heroine, also suffers from this due to being Shadow element. This is a huge issue, since Shadow is weak to Light and Non-Elemental... which is a large amount of what fills the final labyrinths.

* DifficultySpike: The game is pretty easy until about 3/4 the way in, especially for those who take the time to develop their city and Star Children.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Fire -> Wind -> Earth -> Water -> Fire forms the base cycle. Outside of these, Elements -> NonElemental -> Light/Dusk -> Elements. When pitted against each other, Light beats Dusk.

* LadyOfWar: Feene. Whose battle outfit is similar to another [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight blonde lady of war]].
* TheLancer: Alec to Wake. Chlotz to Wake, as well.

* ObliviousToLove: Wake is ''extremely'' dense.

* UselessUsefulSpell: Buffs and any status moves that don't cause Seal. Seal gets zigzagged, as it's useful against tough enemies, but falls back into this trope against bosses.

** The only time this gets averted is with the "Remove All" equipment option as it will unequip everyone's Accessories and all of those have to be manually re-equipped later.

* GameBreakingBug: Rarely, when you enter a portal to go to the next floor the game may crash to the home screen. This isn't too much of an issue in the first 3-4 dungeons as they have less than 10 floors. The real issue comes from the invisible traps that ''forces you to the next floor'' can also trigger the crash. Hope you're saving often and using trap visions!

* {{Expy}}: Feene in her battle outfit bears quite the striking resemblance to [[VisalNovel/FateStayNight Saber]].

* FireForgedFriends: Wake and Alec begin to get along much better after dueling each other to a draw.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The question that Alec asks Wake on [[spoiler:if he'd be able to kill a friend who turned into a monster]].

* InformedAttribute: Fuuko is constantly described as average and a wallflower despite being neither. She's also one of very few S-Rank Disciples, causing this to make even less sense. The swim team picks up on this during the school festival, however.

* InstantExpert: Chlotz may not be as big an idiot he claims (compared to his sister) as he learns how to use the Lab equipment and become part of MissionControl without actually needing to be taught how to use it.

* {{Jerkass}}: Sasami, the first-year student who belittles Narika and questions her capabilities as an S Rank disciple because she isn't good at public speaking. [[spoiler: Subverted as she was behaving like that because of the pressure from the debates and, in actuality, worships Narika.]]

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Chloe says a variant of this when she accidentally presses her knee against Wake's crotch when he falls on her.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Alec, after realising he'd killed a Disciple that had turned into a monster.]]

* PunnyName: Chloe Genus, who happens to be a genius. Chlotz Genus, on the other hand, is portrayed as an idiot but is shown to be rather intelligent when he correctly operates lab equipment without being shown how to.

* RescueRomance: Fuuko at the beginning of the game.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: Played with. Serina discovers a magic spell that allows her to "transform" into a version of herself that is taller, bustier and has a slightly deeper voice. It comes with the drawback of not allowing her to use her Star Energy and only lasts up to an hour.
** However, Wake states multiple times that he prefers Serina more when she's untransformed, despite everyone else liking her more when she is taller.

* ShipperOnDeck: Chief Ruby. She wants Wake and Chlotz to end up together, really bad. Also, most of the female students at the Academy--they want Alec and Wake to hook up.

* TakeAThirdOption: During one of Serina's scenes, she asks Wake what he thinks her bra size is. In addition to two answers, there's an option to say that it doesn't matter -- Serina is an S-rank, and that's all that matters to him.

* {{Tsundere}}: Serina. Type A. Though it borders on deconstruction, as her tsundere attitude is usually because she's self-conscious about her body and being compared to her older sister. She also acknowledges this and apologizes whenever she says something unjustified.

* UselessUsefulSpell: Buffs and any status moves that don't cause Seal. Seal is a subversion, as it's only useful against tough enemies, but not bosses.

* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Considering Wake's ether is the only thing that allows his team to even enter and survive inside of the labyrinths, it makes sense.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Every heroine except Feene and the lowest it gets is skirting the line between A and B.

* RandomlyGeneratedDungeon: The layout of each floor is randomly generated within every labyrinth.

* OneHitKill: The effectively named, "God's Poke," ability allows Wake's team to instantly win battles against significantly weaker enemies while still earning full experience and money.

** Fuuko's guns as well.

* EyeColorChange: Fuuko's eyes changes from blue to pink when she is possessed by Ms. Ghost.

* ISeeDeadPeople: Fuuko is one of the few people who can see ghosts when they appear under the moon. Physical contact with her allows people to see and even interact with them.

* CombinationAttack:

** Star Children can learn team skills when coupled with a specific classes and all of them has learned
the required skills to unlock it.
* CoDragons: [[spoiler:Rus and Clau are this to Enzea]].
* CombinationAttack: Wake has one with each of the heroines. The Star Children have them with each other.

* CrashIntoHello: How Wake meets Serina.

* SuperMode: Star Children have the Mecunite ability, in which all three Star Children in a group combine into a powerful robot with a bevy of special abilities. It's implied this works through ThePowerOfLove as it costs a heavy tax in Bond Points (which are also used during Classmating) to perform.

''Conception II: Children Of The Seven Stars'' was a RPG/Dating Sim hybrid created by Spike Chunsoft (Of ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' and ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' fame) released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 3DS}} in 2013 and in America in 2014. It is the second entry of the Conception Franchise.

* YouWereTryingTooHard: A running theme while interacting with the Heroines. Scenes where they comment on how important it is to improve their relationship tend to only have a small impact on affect and no or negative influence on mood. Conversation or events when they forget about that nad just be friend with Wake lead to more affection and improved moods.

** Fuuko, Ellie and Narika are Miku, Rin and Luka, respectively. Fuuko wears a pair of headphones and Ellie has a very distinctly shaped hair bow.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{the chosen one}} God's Gift to women.]] Yes, that is what they call him.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:God's Gift to women. Yes, that is what they call him.]]