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** Multiple times, depending on the playthrough. [[spoiler:Kokoro's quest for revenge against Anamnesis pits her against Sen, who wants to protect her mother. The Cogs of Reneweal cause Revenants to lose their memories, so Nanana goes berserk and turns on the party.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Alcea, [[spoiler:the knowledge of the events that happened in the other timelines]], is what allows the heroines to make the right choices and reach the GoldenEnding.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Rei's impatience to revive Mirai causes her to distance herself from her friends, resulting in her losing her EmotionalPowers and the ability summon Heraclitus in the process. In the same chapter, Thelema dies, and Rei remembers having a twin sister, Kuon, who died at birth.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: Kokoro has a boyfriend, but constantly teases Rei and Sen, calling them to be "her type".

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: After beating the game and starting again for a new unlocked story, the game only forces you to play a shortened version of the prologue, before skipping to Chapter 6.
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Arashi, Kyosuke and the dragon from Chapter 4 returns as bosses in the last storyline.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Downplayed. In Chapter 4, Rei, Kokoro and Sen are transformed into Nanana clones. They can still fight, but they all use Nanana's moveset, and it becomes hard to distinguish each other. [[spoiler:The halos are a dead giveaway to the player.]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: In the first two endings, [[spoiler:Kokoro and Sen are last seen fighting, and the outcome is left ambiguous.]]

* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: The lost souls wandering Purgaroty are represented by blue butterflies.
* CastFullOfLesbian: While not explicitly stated, most of the girls seem to have a crush on Rei. Ironically, Kokoro, who makes most of the ShipTease comments, was in a relationship with a guy (with a baby on the way).

* DeadlyGame: The Revenant Princess once dragged a BusFullOfInnocents to the Purgatory and forced the passengers into killing each other, promising to return the survivor to the real world. In the third story, [[spoiler:she traps the party members in a prison and forces then into fighting each other to the death.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Rei make a pact with Mephis and Pheles to revive her younger sister.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Rei can befriend Nanana after beating her for the second time in Chapter 4.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Alcea, [[spoiler:the knowledge of the events that happened in the other timelines]], is what allow the heroines to make the right choices and reach the GoldenEnding.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The witch that sell items to you is simply called "Peddler".
* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler:Anamnesis, the Revenant Princess (Mirai) and the Demon Twins are in conflict with each other.]]
* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Yuri was Rei's only friend in school until she died in the bus accident. However, when Rei reunites with her in Purgatory, Yuri reveals that she never liked Rei and was only being nice to her because of the teachers insistence.]]

** Multiple times, depending of the playthrough. [[spoiler:Kokoro's quest for revenge against Anamnesis pits her against Sen, who wants to protect her mother. The Cogs of Reneweal cause Revenants to lose their memories, so Nanana can go berserk and turns on the party.]]
** In the third story, [[spoiler:the Demon Twins successfully manipulated the party members into killing each other for their own amusement.]]
* FinalBoss: A different one for each playthrough. The first final boss is [[spoiler:Plato (Anamnesis Revenant form)]], second is [[spoiler:Aristotle (Mirai Revenant form)]], third is [[spoiler:Sen]], and the last (and TrueFinalBoss) is [[spoiler:Mephistopheles (the Demon Twins true form)]].

* FreudianTrio: The three Executors. Kokoro represents the Id (for her personal vendetta against Anamnesis), Sen is the Superego (follows rules and has a strong sense of justice), and Rei is the Ego (acts as a mediator between them, and wants to revive Mirai for her ego).
* FusionDance: Between Unknown A, Unknown B and [[spoiler:Thelema's soul]] during Chapter 5's climax. Also, [[spoiler:Mephis and Pheles during the (true) final battle.]]

* GoodWingsEvilWings: Rei have white wings; the Demon Twins have black wings, and Anamnesis have bat-like wings.
* GottaCatchThemAll: Rei is tasked with finding Seven Ideas for the Demon Twins to bring Mirai back to life.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Losing soul fragments causes one to forget specific memories.
* LetsSplitUpGang: The party split up when going to the two Towers of Grief.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The Guardians and some Revenants are named after real-life philosophers, such Heraclitus of Ephesus, Diogenes, Socrates and Epicurus.
* NewGamePlus: Subverted. After beating the game, you will restart at the prologue, but them the game will jump straight to Chapter 6 and the story will change each time, leading to different endings.

* PowerDyesYourHair: In her Executor form, half of Rei's hair becomes blue. Sen downplays this trope, as only a small fraction of her hair changes from black to red, and Kokoro averts this, as her hair color don't change.
* PowerGivesYouWings: When transformed, Rei gain angel-wings around her wrists.
* PowerIncontinence: The events surrounding the WhamEpisode and Rei's deteriorating mental state eventually cause her to be unable to cry, rendering abilties requiring her tears inaccessible.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: The game's main setting. Rei has to traverse it while dealing with lost souls, Specters and Revenants.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Mephis and Pheles are named after the demon Mephistopheles, from the German folklore.

* {{Revenge}}: Kokoro wants to kill Anamnesis to avenge her baby and boyfriend. [[spoiler:Anamnesis wants to kill Rei as revenge against the Revenant Princess for separating her for Sen.]]
* ShadowArchetype: The Guardians are mirrors that reflects their master's wills.
* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:In the true ending path, Rei has to overcome her trauma of killing Mirai by refusing to attack her, so she can free herself from the Demon Twins Crest. Same happens with Kokoro, Sen and Nanana off-screen.]]
* SignificantBirthDate: Thelema's. Rei parents choose a dog with the same birthday as their daughter (March 8th) [[spoiler:as a ReplacementGoldfish to Kuon]], so Rei won't spend her birthdays alone.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Nanana always refers to herself in the third person.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Mirai and Rei, in ending B.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rei only like eating potatoes, and Mirai often scolds her for it. Sen's favorite food is ramen.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: The followers of the Revenant Princess, collectively knowns as Bourkabi, speaks with a deep reverbal voice and screams ''[[MadnessMantra "SOULS"]]'' while attacking.
* WeSellEverything: The Peddler that appears in every floor of Purgatory and sell uncommon items. One may wonder where she stores them.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Rei's impatience to revive Mirai causes her to distance herself from her friends, losing her EmotionalPowers and the ability summon Heraclitus in the process. In the same chapter, Thelema dies, and Rei remembers having a twin sister, Kuon, who died at birth.]]

* ButThouMust: You have to sign the contract.

* EmotionalPowers: Tears can create Idea and purify equipment for use.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nanana throws herself at the Cogs of Renewal to save Mirai.]]

* ProductPlacement: Rei owns a Sony smartphone.

* VillainTeleportation: Anamnesis and the Demon Twins does this a lot.

* HairDecorations: Every female character wears one. Rei wears a horned tiara, Mirai and Kokoro wears ribbons, etc.

* AccidentalMurder: Rei accidently kills Mirai during the FinalBossPreview against Anamnesis.

* BalefulPolymorph: Downplayed. In Chapter 4, Rei, Kokoro and Sen are transformed into Nanana clones. They can still fight, but not with their weapons, and it becomes hard to distinguish each other.

* CastFullOfLesbian: While not explicitly stated, most of the girls seems to have a crush on Rei. Ironically, Kokoro, who makes most of the ShipTease comments, was married to a guy.

** [[FunPersonified Nanana]] often says that things will be ''"fun and exiting!"''.

* CreepyTwins: The Demon Twins, Mephis and Pheles, managers of Purgatory who constantly stalkers Rei for their own amusement.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Nanana's has AmbiguouslyBrown skin and long blonde hair.

** The second ending. [[spoiler:Rei has to fight Mirai, the Revenant Princess, and they both dies after a length battle. Kokoro and Sen are last seen confronting Nanana, who went berserk due to the side-effects of the Cogs of Renewal on Revenants.]]

** Rei, Mirai and Kuon means zero, future and everlasting in Japanese.

* ResetButton: Subverted. [[spoiler:Each time you beat the game, Koun gather another Idea and restart the game, but things will be different each time. Only the Demon Twins are aware of the changes.]]

* WeSellEverything: The Peddler that appears in every floor of the Purgatory and sell uncommon items. One may wonder where she stores them.

* BonusDungeon: Some optional trials become available as you advance thought the game.

* {{Catchphrase}}: [[FunPersonified Nanana]] often says that things will be ''"fun and exiting!"''.

* SignificantBirthDate: Thelema's. Rei parents choose a dog with the same birthday as their daughter [[spoiler:as a ReplacementGoldfish to Kuon]], so Rei won't spend her birthdays alone.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Nanana refers to herself in the third person.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: The followers of the Revenant Princess, collectively knowns as Bourkabi, speaks with a deep reverbal voice and screams [[MadnessMantra ''"SOULS"'']] while attacking.

* {{Catchphrase}}: [[FunPersonified Nanana]] often says that things will be ''"fun and exiting"''.

* DemotedToExtra: Yuri Minamo loses screentime and relevance with each new storyline. Just like Carneades and Hobbes, she is a level boss with a grudge against one of the heroines, and they interact a little before the battle. In the second story, [[spoiler:Yuri is attacked by Mirai and is already insane by the time Rei reaches her]]. In the third story, only Parmenides appears and she doesn't have any (non-battle) lines. She is also absent from the true ending path.

** The second ending. [[spoiler:Rei has to fight Mirai, the Revenant Princess, and they both dies after a length battle. Kokoro and Sen are last seen confronting Nanana, who gone berserk due to the side-effects of the Cogs of Renewal on Revenants.]]
** TheBadGuyWins in the third story. [[spoiler:The heroines are manipulated by the Demon Twins and turn on each other. Anamnesis and Mirai are also uncerimonially killed by Kokoro and Sen.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Alcea, [[spoiler:the knowledge of the events that happended in the other timelines]], is what allow the heroines to make the right choices and reach the GoldenEnding.

** Multiple times, depending of the playtrough. [[spoiler:Kokoro's quest for revenge against Anamnesis pits her against Sen, who wants to protect her mother. The Cogs of Reneweal cause Revenants to lose their memories, so Nanana can go berserk and turns on the party.]]

* FinalBoss: A different one for each playtrough. The first final boss is [[spoiler:Plato (Anamnesis Revenant form)]], second is [[spoiler:Aristotle (Mirai Revenant form)]], third is [[spoiler:Sen]], and the last (and TrueFinalBoss) is [[spoiler:Mephistopheles (the Demon Twins true form)]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nanana throwing herself at the Cogs of Renewal to save Mirai.]]

* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:After defeating Mephistopheles, the building begins to colapse and the heroines have to warp away to escape.]]

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Guardians and some Revenant transformationd are named after real-life philosophers, such Heraclitus of Ephesus, Diogenes, Socrates and Epicurus.

* NotSoDifferent: Anamnesis taunts Rei about this, claiming that she trying to obtain Revival for her ego, just like herself is, and not for her sister's sake.

* VillainTeleportation: The Demon Twins and Anamnesis does this a lot.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Mirai loves her "Big Sister Rei" and won't share her with anyone else, going as far as to mess with Rei's memory and is willing to kill anyone who get's in her way. In the second story, after being defeated, Mirai uses a sneak attack that [[TakingYouWithMe kills herself and Rei]], [[IfICantHaveYou so no one else can have her sister]].]]

* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:In the true ending path, Rei has to overcome her trauma of killing Mirai by refusing to attack her, so she can free herself from the Demon Twins Crest. Same happens with Kokoro, Sen and Nanana off-screen.]]

* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Arashi, Kokoro's boyfriend, is a dirty coward who tried to convince her to sacrifice herself to Anamnesis to save himself, despite her being pregnant.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Yuri. In the third story, only her Revenant form appears and she doesn't have any (non-battle) lines. She is also absent from the true ending path.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Guardians and some Revenant transformationd are named after real-life philosophers, such Heraclitus of Ephesus, Diogenes, Socrates and Epicarus.

* DemotedToExtra: Yuri in the third playtrough. Her Revenant form is still a boss, but she doesn't appear as a human to interact with the other characters.
* DownerEnding: The second ending. [[spoiler:Rei has to fight Mirai, the Revenant Princess, and they both dies after a length battle. Kokoro and Sen are last seen confronting Nanana, who gone berserk due to the side-effects of the Cogs of Renewal on Revenants.]]

* LoserProtagonist: Rei is a antisocial {{Hikikomori}} who relies on her younger sister to take care of her.

* SignificantBirthDate: Thelema's. Rei parents choose a dog with the same birthday as their daughter as a ReplacementGoldfish, so she won't spend her birthday alone [[spoiler:because of Kuon's death.]]
* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:In the true ending path, Rei has to avoid attacking Mirai to overcome her trauma and free herself from the Demon Twins Crest. Same happens with Kokoro, Sen and Nanana off-screen.]]

* MultipleEndings: Four of them, for each time you beat the game.

** Rei, Mirai and kuon means zero, future and everlasting in Japanese.

* SignificantBirthDate: Thelema's. Rei's parents choose a dog with the same birthday as their daughter, so she won't spend her birthday alone [[spoiler:because of Kuon's death.]]

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The Guardians are named after real-life philosophers, such Heraclitus of Ephesus, Diogenes and Socrates.
* NewGamePlus: Subverted. After the prologue, the game restarts at Chapter 6 and it becomes different each time, leading to alternative endings.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted with Sen Megumiba, who despite wearing black and red clothes, strongly believes in justice and is one of the heroines.

* VillainousGlutton: The villain from Chapter 3 is a death-row criminal obsessed with eating souls.

Crystar is an ActionRPG developed by Gemdrops and published by [=FuRyu=] in 2018. The overseas version was published by Creator/SpikeChunsoft for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2019.

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-->''"See you in Purgatory."''

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Nanana's skin is has an AmbiguouslyBrown skin and a long blonde hair.
* DealWithTheDevil: Rei make a pact with Mephis and Phele to revive her younger sister.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:In Chapter 8, Anamnesis is revealed to be Sen's mother.]]
* MeaningfulName: Rei means zero; Mirai means future.
* MulticoloredHair: Half of Rei's becomes blue when she enters Purgatory; Sen's hair is red and black.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5. [[spoiler:Rei's impatience to revive Mirai causes her to distance herself from her friends, losing her EmotionalPowers and the ability summon Heraclitus in the process. In the same chapter, Thelema dies, and Rei is revealed to have a twin sister, Kuon, who died at birth.]]

* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Arashi, Kokoro's boyfriend, is a dirty coward who tried to convince her to sacrifice herself to Anamnesis, despite knowing that she was pregnant, to save himself.]]

* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: The lost souls wandering Purgaroty are represented as blue butterflies.

* CreepyTwins: The Demon Twins, Mephis and Pheles, who menages for Purgatory and constantly stalkers Rei.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Nanana has an AmbiguouslyBrown skin and a long blonde hair.

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* BoobsOfSteel: Kokoro, the brawler of the team, has largest breasts.

* CreepyTwins: The Demon Twins, Mephis and Pheles, the menagers for Purgatory who constantly stalkers Rei.

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Yuri was Rei's only friend in school until she died in the bus accident, turning Rei into a shut-in. However, when Rei reunites with her in Purgatory, Yuri reveals that she never liked Rei and was only being nice to her because of the teachers insistence.]]

* WorldOfActionGirls: Nearly every character is a ActionGirl, including the four playable characters and most of the antagonists.

* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Kokoro's boyfriend is a dirty coward who tried to convince her to sacrifice herself, despite knowing that she was pregnant, to save himself from Anamnesis.]]

* MulticoloredHair: Half of Rei's becomes blue when she enters Purgatory.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The Guardians are named after real-life philosophers, such Heraclitus of Ephesus and Socrates.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted with Sen Megumiba, who dresses in black and red, strongly believes in justice and is one of the heroines.

* AnimalMotifs: The crest each executer receives represents one, and it's displayed in their dialogue boxes: Unicorn (Rei), Dog (Kokoro), Lion (Sen), Bird (Nanana), Bat (Anamnesis) etc.

* YourSoulIsMine: The Revenants ihnabitating Purgatory devour wandering souls to gain enongh power to return to the world of the living.

The game tells the story of a young girl named Rei Hatada, who ended up in Purgatory alongside her younger sister, for some reason. While trying to escape from the abominations that resides there, Mirai is accidentally killed by Rei, who makes a DealWithTheDevil to revive her in exchange for hunting down the lost souls wandering Purgatory.

* CreepyTwins: Mephis and Pheles.

* HairDecorations: Presents in every female character. Rei wears a horned tiara, Mirai and Kokoro wears ribbons, etc.

Crystar is an ActionRPG developed by Gemdrops for UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2019.

The game tells the story of a young girl named Rei Hatada, who ended up in Purgatory alongside her younger sister, for some reason. while trying to escape from the abominations that resides there, Mirai is accidentally killed by Rei, who makes a DealWithTheDevil to revive her in exchange for hunting down the lost souls wandering Purgatory.