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=== This series presents the following tropes: === |
=== This series presents the following tropes: === |
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* [[100% Completion]]: This series positively ''loves'' this trope. You'll have a Completion Rate meter of 0.00% to 100% to fill, by seeing various scenes and endings, and the higher the completion percentage is, the more bonus you'll unlock. Getting 100% nets you a special "congratulations!" video, and to manage this, you'll have to explore '''every single''' route and branch of the game. Which leads to: |
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** [[Guide Dang It]]: If you want to attain the 100% Completion Rate, you'll pretty much '''need''' a strategy guide with a detailed flow chart. |
** [[Guide Dang It]]: If you want to attain the 100% Completion Rate, you'll pretty much '''need''' a strategy guide with a detailed flow chart. |
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** [[Last Lousy Point]] |
** [[Last Lousy Point]] |
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* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: The [[Nintendo Hard|very-hard-to-pull-off]] "Right, O, Left, X, Up, O, Down, X" code to input ''in less than one second'' during the animated "[[Production I.G]]" screen. Enables the Completion Rate Display, which helps ''a ton'' in tracking those [[Last Lousy Point|Last Lousy Points]]. |
* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: The [[Nintendo Hard|very-hard-to-pull-off]] "Right, O, Left, X, Up, O, Down, X" code to input ''in less than one second'' during the animated "[[Production I.G]]" screen. Enables the Completion Rate Display, which helps ''a ton'' in tracking those [[Last Lousy Point|Last Lousy Points]]. |
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* [[Content Warnings]]: Featured on the factory seal of ''Double Cast'' and ''Sampaguita'': "This game contains violent scenes and depiction of gore". |
* [[Content Warnings]]: Featured on the factory seal of ''Double Cast'' and ''Sampaguita'': "This game contains violent scenes and depiction of gore". |
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* [[Genre Shift]]: Although all games share a love story plot, the importance of it and the overall genre of the stories vary from game to game. |
* [[Genre Shift]]: Although all games share a love story plot, the importance of it and the overall genre of the stories vary from game to game. |
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** ''Double Cast'' is a [[Horror Visual Novels|suspense/horror story]] with romance elements à la ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]''; |
** ''Double Cast'' is a [[Horror Visual Novels|suspense/horror story]] with romance elements à la ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]''; |
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** ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' is a [[Slice of Life]] [[Love Triangle]] story with [[Fantasy Visual Novels|fantastic elements]]; |
** ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' is a [[Slice of Life]] [[Love Triangle]] story with [[Fantasy Visual Novels|fantastic elements]]; |
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** ''Sampaguita'' is an action/romance story; |
** ''Sampaguita'' is an action/romance story; |
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* [[Flower Motif]]: The first four games, save for ''Double Cast'', have a symbolic flower: [[Cherry Blossoms]] for ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', and the titular ''Sampaguita'' ([[wikipedia:Jasminum sambac|national flower]] of [[Philippines|the Philippines]], which has a meaning of "a promise of eternal love between two people") and ''Yukiwari no Hana'' (or [[wikipedia:Anemone hepatica|Anemone hepatica]], a flower of Northern Japan announcing Spring when it blooms). Their meanings are crucial to the storyline of their respective games. |
* [[Flower Motif]]: The first four games, save for ''Double Cast'', have a symbolic flower: [[Cherry Blossoms]] for ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', and the titular ''Sampaguita'' ([[wikipedia:Jasminum sambac|national flower]] of [[Philippines|the Philippines]], which has a meaning of "a promise of eternal love between two people") and ''Yukiwari no Hana'' (or [[wikipedia:Anemone hepatica|Anemone hepatica]], a flower of Northern Japan announcing Spring when it blooms). Their meanings are crucial to the storyline of their respective games. |
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* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Only available in ''Sampaguita'' and ''Yukiwari no Hana''. The [[Featureless Protagonist|Featureless Protagonists]] in ''Double Cast'' and ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' aren't named at all; while the protagonists of ''Scandal'' and ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' aren't player avatars and have their own names, Saki Kitazawa and Saya Otonashi respectively. |
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Only available in ''Sampaguita'' and ''Yukiwari no Hana''. The [[Featureless Protagonist|Featureless Protagonists]] in ''Double Cast'' and ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' aren't named at all; while the protagonists of ''Scandal'' and ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' aren't player avatars and have their own names, Saki Kitazawa and Saya Otonashi respectively. |
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* [[Identity Amnesia]] / [[Quest for Identity]]: The recurring theme of the first four ''Yarudora'' games. The cause and reason of the amnesia varies from game to game, and are a crucial plot point for each of them. |
* [[Identity Amnesia]] / [[Quest for Identity]]: The recurring theme of the first four ''Yarudora'' games. The cause and reason of the amnesia varies from game to game, and are a crucial plot point for each of them. |
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* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: All of the first four games let the player incarnate an [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary University Student]] whose face is hidden or barely seen. He's also a variant of [[Heroic Mime]] (in which he does talk, but doesn't have a voice actor unlike the other characters) until the 3rd game, ''Sampaguita''. |
* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: All of the first four games let the player incarnate an [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary University Student]] whose face is hidden or barely seen. He's also a variant of [[Heroic Mime]] (in which he does talk, but doesn't have a voice actor unlike the other characters) until the 3rd game, ''Sampaguita''. |
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* [[Mercy Mode]]: If you get two Bad Endings or more without having obtained a Normal or Good Ending beforehand, the Hint Marker feature will be unlocked, pointing you out the good choices in branching options so you can reach a Normal or a Good Ending. The feature disappears once you get a Normal or Good Ending. |
* [[Mercy Mode]]: If you get two Bad Endings or more without having obtained a Normal or Good Ending beforehand, the Hint Marker feature will be unlocked, pointing you out the good choices in branching options so you can reach a Normal or a Good Ending. The feature disappears once you get a Normal or Good Ending. |