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[[File:dacapo1.jpg|frame|Nemu, Junichi & [[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 [[Not Blood Siblings|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 [[Brother-Sister Incest|have started to become much more serious]] in the time since Sakura
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 [[Harem Anime|harem comedy]] becomes much more serious and intense as the series progresses.
The anime, which is called in full ''D.C.
The name "Da Capo" is a musical term, meaning "from the top" and refers to the often looping story lines in the original game.
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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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* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Nemu at times shows when Junichi mentions her chest.
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* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Alice.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|Yoriko. Subverted in the visual novel, though.}}
* [[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.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Kotori during Season 2. Aisia even calls her out on in episode 15, but Kotori later says that she's [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy|okay with him being with Nemu.]]
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Suginami sometimes makes statements like this.
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* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Aisia who tends to misunderstand anything that Junichi says concerning her use of magic.
* [[The Confidant]]: {{spoiler|Kanae only gets to act girly around Kotori.}}
* [[
** {{spoiler|Kudou}}
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: Nemu and Junichi do this quite often when they're irritated.
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** It's pretty evident that when Nemu reappears in the second season, Kotori is not happy to see her, since it truly [[Ship Sinking|blows her chance]] with Junichi.
** Aisia gets confused with this initially during the middle of Season 2, but after hearing the various girl's answers as to whether they like him or not in episode 16, she seems to begin to understand their feelings with this trope.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Sakura, the [[Token
* [[Kid From the Future]]: In the White Season side story of Kotori's route, a little girl named Hina (Junichi and Kotori's daughter from the future) suddenly appears in the present time, when those two are still in school.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Junichi and Sakura in the [[Visual Novel]], if you choose her route.
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* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: Applied in one dream sequence.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Yoriko, and Nemu (at least for the original game and first season)
* [[
* [[Lolicon]]: Sakura hasn't grown for a couple of years. Considering her clingy behavior, Junichi quickly gets mistaken for one.
** In the second season, the teacher seems to almost call Junichi out as one when she catches him skipping school with Aisia.
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* [[Love Triangle]]: Sakura and Nemu both get upset if Junichi goes for the other and try to get in the way. Kotori and Kanae offer a double subversion because in Kotori's route Junichi thinks Kanae may be competition for her, but in actuality both are interested in him.
* [[Magical Girl]]: Sakura, the main character of the spinoff Time Paladin Sakura.
* [[
* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: Kanae.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: Alice's doll Piros talks. It is suggested that this is ventriloquism using auto hypnosis at one point, but the timing of when Piros started to talk, the circumstances under which it does and Alice's protests imply that Piros' ability to speak may have come from the sakura tree instead.
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* [[Ocular Gushers]]: Comes with [[Generic Cuteness]].
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Suginami, who is capable of appearing just about anywhere at almost any time.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: The slasher movie which is briefly shown in episode 12 of the original
* [[The Ojou]]: Mako, Moe, Misaki and Alice.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Even in the introductory sequence.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The parents are mentioned, but are never seen.
** {{spoiler|Kotori}} was ''literally'' abandoned by her parents, who left her alone as a child on Hatsune Island and hoped for the best. Luckily she ended up [[Happily Adopted]], but she's very bitter at her birth parents.
* [[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.
* [[Porn with Plot]]: The original game is very much this. Not to mention the sex scenes are very sparse, making it seem like they were added to boost the age rating.
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* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: {{spoiler|It's not that Junichi doesn't know how Nemu or Sakura feel. He's just doing his best to not think about it or deny it outright.}}
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: After Kotori accidentally lets out that she still likes Junichi in episode 14 of Season 2, Aisia tries to hook up Kotori and Junichi. It doesn't work the way she intended since {{spoiler|Kotori doesn't want to shake up the [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]] by telling him she loves him, and ultimately accepts that she'll be happy so long as Junichi is happy with Nemu.}} This only seems to further confuse Aisia until the next episode.
* [[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.]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Yoriko, particularly in the [[Visual Novel]] where she's more of a [[Fragile Flower]].
* [[Skinship Grope]]
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* [[Tsundere]]: Nemu and Mako.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Almost every main girl is somewhat romantically related to Junichi.
* [[Utsuge]]
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Sakura tends to use "nya" a lot.
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