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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 [[Brother-Sister Incest|have started to become much more serious]] in the time since Sakura left--andleft—and Junichi appears to have promised something to Nemu as well.

The anime, which is called in full ''D.C. [['''Da Capo]]''''', is based on a [[Visual Novel]] that was released by Circus in 2002. The anime itself was aired in 2003. A sequel, called ''D.C.S.S.: Da Capo Second Season'', has been released in 2005 and yet another one, called ''[[Da Capo II|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]]''. And ''then'' ''[[Da Capo III]]'' came out in 2012. There is also a spinoff featuring Sakura Yoshino (''[[Time Paladin Sakura]]'') as a [[Magical Girl]].

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.

* [[The Beard]]: Mako asks Junichi's help to get rid of her female admirer.

* [[Big Eater]]: Miharu. She especially likes anything with bananas in it.

* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: There is one in the post episode trailer.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: At first, until Nemu and Junichi were revealed to be [[Not Blood Siblings|not related by blood]].

* [[The Cameo]]: Sayaka from [[Suika]] pops up randomly in the VN during a visit to the cherry blossom trees. Junichi has no idea who she is, but she seems familiar. [['''Da Capo]]''' originated as something of a spinoff from a Suika bonus scenario.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Suginami sometimes makes statements like this.

* [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]]: Suginami wears a duster during the [[Hot Springs Episode]].

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|In the [[OVA]], it seems that lifting the magic of the ever-blooming sakura tree was not enough to save Nemu's life. She is implied to have died a year before the start of the OVA.}}

* [[Drop in Character|Drop-In Character]]: Sakura, who climbs through Junichi's bedroom window. Also Suginami, who can appear anywhere anytime.

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Alice has issues directly expressing herself until the end.

* [[Gainaxing]]: Moe is especially susceptible to this.

* [[Gosh Hornet]]: In the second season, Aisia tries to force Jun'ichi to use magic by disturbing a beehive. The plan fails when he simply grabs her and runs instead.

* [[Headbutt Thermometer]]: Junichi pulls this on Nemu frequently due to her habit of pretending she isn't sick when she really is. She's extremely in love with him, so she wouldn't mind... if it weren't an ''actual headbutt''. Ouch.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Sakura, the [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]], is a [[Bokukko]] while the tomboyish Mako uses atashi.

* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: Applied in one dream sequence.

* [[LittleYounger SisterSibling HeroineFetishization]]: Nemu, the main heroine. A definite tsundere example, she tends to be extremely clingy, especially if she has to compete with Sakura and, in the Da Capo Innocent Finale, Kotori.

* [[Manga KaMangaka]]: Nanako.

* [[Meido]]: Yoriko.

* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Nemu and Junichi.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The slasher movie which is briefly shown in episode 12 of the original [['''Da Capo]]'''.

* [[Parody]] - Da Capo contains several exaggerated elements common in dating games of its time. The ever-blossoming sakura trees are an obvious poke at the constant appearance of sakura blossoms in such games. Miharu's falling out of a tree and going comatose may be a reference to [[Kanon (visual novel)|Kanon]]. Suginami is THE singular male friend. Sakura's loli body is another such exaggeration. There are many more, but most important satirical point is how the story uses the Woniichan-moe convention to hide Nemu's affection for her brother so that we never see it coming. It thus defied and criticized a convention of the time which forbade Brother-Sister incest in most games despite liberal amounts of sibling affection.

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: Miharu searches for her memories to become more human.

* [[Recap Episode]]: At regular intervals.

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Miharu}}, sort of.

* [[Shout-Out]]: During the beginning of Yoriko's route in the VN Junichi mentions random possible 'encounters' he might have, the second being [[Kanon (visual novel)|his cousin who lives in a town covered in snow for the first time in seven years.]]

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