History Literature / CerberusHigh

[[DistantSequel Twenty years after the first book]] [[SpinOffspring sees a new generation of Cerberus High students as the main characters.]] The most noteworthy being Kasumi Akai-Amsel, [[HappilyAdopted the adopted daughter of ]][[HasTwoDaddies Kazuki and Axel]], a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed [[LittleBitBeastly black fox-canid]] who becomes excited at the prospect of [[GenerationXerox leading life similar to both of her fathers at her age]]. This sentiment of hers becomes a horrible reality with the return of an old foe and a premonition of the world ending in where all the creatures of the shadows crawl out of the woodwork.

* FashionModel: Xiomara and Blanc had become the biggest supermodels in the entire Overworld since their graduation.

* CheerThemUpWithLaughter: When Kazuki was feeling a little down after his fight with Axel, Sherbet proceeded to joke about how popular he's gotten and how she should start protecting him from fangirls now. This succeeds in making him laugh.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Apparently how the school’s hierarchy works. Who knows.

* ''Cerberus High: Another Story'' (November 2020)

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Ascelin and Miu both have dark skin with white hair.

* ''CerberusHighHeartsForeverEngraved'' (October 2021)

* ''Literature/CerberusHighII'' (March 2021)

* ''Literature/CerberusHighHeartsForeverEngraved'' (October 2021)

* ''[[Literature/CerberusHighAnotherStory Cerberus High: Another Story]]'' (November 2020)

** Lumaia Isolde ----> Twila Isolde

** A marking you get on the left side of your neck when you first set foot in the school as a sign of officially becoming a Cerberus student. This mark fades away as quickly as you receive it; with it only returning whenever one steps foot outside the school.

** Canid breeds have a strong sense of smell which proves how Sherbet was able to instantly tell that Kazuki was human.

''Cerberus High: Another Story'' is a SpinOff novel written by Paige O'Neal-Beedles, revolving around the events of an alternate Underworld separate from the one explored in the original Literature/CerberusHigh novel where Casimir Bellerose's unorthodox ways lead to his archdemonship being stripped and his marriage being destroyed. But this is not his story. Instead, it's the story of his young daughter Rouge and her new life as [[SecretIdentity Sapphire Lilidew]].

* RestartTheWorld: After Vincent passed him the torch, Requiem made it his goal to purify the world and make a sanctuary in which his people could live happily. [[spoiler: He succeeds in this.]]

* AbandonedWarehouse:
* AttemptedRape:

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[[caption-width-right:350: Characters clockwise from top right: [[TokenHuman the human]] [[TheProtagonist Kazuki Akai]], [[{{Tanuki}} the tanuki]] [[ActionGirl Sherbet Summers]], and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent the werewolf]] [[TheLancer Axel Amsel]]]]

''Cerberus High'' is a series of novels written by Paige O'Neal-Beedles. The story follows Kazuki Akai, a fifteen-year-old [[HumansAreAverage human]] orphan, who is abruptly transferred to the titular [[ExtranormalInstitute boarding school for canid breeds]], [[LittleBitBeastly people with canine features]]. Kazuki accepts his fate with zero means of defending himself against the delinquent beasts that run wild in the school. That's until he meets Sherbet Summers, a quirky tanuki that befriends him and becomes his bodyguard, guaranteeing his safety. Kazuki soon becomes hellbent on weeding out all evil that plagues the infamous school  all while trying not to lose his humanity as more and more secrets about the infamous school are revealed.

* ''Literature/CerberusHighHeartsForeverEngraved'' (October 2021)

** Kazuki's [[spoiler: Cerberus form which was achieved by absorbing the departing souls of Sherbet and Axel]].

* AllThereInTheManual: the [[https://cerberushigh.fandom.com/wiki/Cerberus_High_Wiki Cerberus High wiki]] includes all of the characters' likes and dislikes.

* ArcVillain:
** At first, Axel Amsel seems to be this during the A Mere Human Arc of the first book, but later it turns out to be Xiomara Amsel.
** Neo D. Fowler is this for the Underworld Arc of the first book.

* BareYourMidriff: Sherbet, Xiomara, Rey.

* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: When Kazuki has a mental breakdown in Chapter 7 after finding out the AwfulTruth, Sherbet and Axel visit him to find out what's wrong only for the human to snap at them. Hurt by his words, Sherbet runs off with Axel chasing after her before they are both ensnared by Elliot's Pandora's Box. Kazuki defeats the cryptid all the three make-up just a day later.

* CityWithNoName: The author seems to avoid disclosing the location of where exactly the story takes place. The only thing that is clear is what world our characters live in.

* ColorfulThemeNaming:
** Kazuki Akai's last name is Japanese for red.
** Rouge's name is French for red.
** Blanc's name is French for white.

* FantasticRacism:
** Canid breeds are viewed as lesser than compared to their human counterparts.
** Imps are the Underworld counterpart of canid breeds with how they are treated in their respective world.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Underworld resembles Victorian England/France.

* GhostTown: Where the final battle in the Underworld Arc took place.
** In the AlternateUniverse spinoff, ''Literature/CerberusHighAnotherStory'', this town is revealed to be the one inhabited by Eden Blumenthal. It is abandoned in any other universe besides the one where the spinoff is set in, [[spoiler: making those who live in it anomalies who aren't supposed to exist]].

* {{Hellhound}}: Ember, Cerberus [[spoiler: Kazuki]], and of course, the original Cerberus.

* HumansAreAverage: Humans in this world possess no kind of supernatural ability.

* IAmWhatIAm: Throughout the story, Kazuki has trouble coming to grips that he isn't as human as he previously thought. In his final battle against Neo D. Fowler in the Underworld, Kazuki Akai discards his vow in preserving his humanity by [[spoiler: temporarily absorbing the departing souls of his fallen friends to become the Cerberus Beast]]. It is since then that Kazuki finally accepts who and what he is: not quite human but not quite a canid breed either.

* TheImp: Imps are a race of lower demons that make up the minority of the Underworld. They are characterized by their [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation unusual skin color]], [[PointedEars pointed ears]], and tail.

* InnBetweenTheWorlds[=/=]PurgatoryAndLimbo: The Forever-Still Space can be considered as this since it is used as a rest point for the Overworld characters as they traverse the Underworld.

** LightIsNotGood: The Viscera Purgers is an organization created with the objective of constructing a utopia by sacrificing all Hades's archdemons and anybody connected to them through blood. Their cloaks are white, and every ruler who ascends to power wields the [[{{BFS}} Ephemeral Platinum Saber]], a blade fashioned of real light.

* LittleBitBeastly: The story's canid breeds are a distinct species of humanoids that have physical canine characteristics.

* TheNineties: Although not explicitly stated, since [[Literature/CerberusHighII Cerberus High II]] takes place around 2015, this book is set in 1995.

* OffModel: The author can't seem to keep her artstyle consistent causing a lot of characters to look radically different.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons in this series are just like humans except they have [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. See HumansAreAverage.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Werewolf-canids don't need the full moon to transform. They are also able to undergo a semi-transformation where only part of their body becomes were-like.

* RuleOfSeven: Throughout the Underworld's history, there had been only seven archdemons.

* RuleOfThree: This series is dedicated to this rule. So much so that all the chapter titles are three-worded.

* SayItWithHearts: Dialogue is often punctuated with hearts whenever a character is lovestruck or lecherous.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Chapters 24, 25, and 26 are dedicated to showing the backstories of Rey, Rouge, and Neo 15 years ago.

* WorldOfHam: The author has a penchant for writing extremely hammy dialogue.

* ''Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved'' (October 2021)

* ''Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved'' (2022)

* Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved (2022)

** Axel: Periwinkle

** LightIsNotGood: The Viscera Purgers is an organization created with the objective of constructing a utopia by sacrificing all Hades's archdemons and anybody connected to them through blood. They wear white cloaks and wield the [[Ephemeral Platinum Saber]], a sword formed of light. Their cloaks are white, and every ruler who ascends to power wields the [[{{BFS}} Ephemeral Platinum Saber]], a blade fashioned of real light.

** DarkIsNotEvil: The archdemons who are the pillar of the Underworld have an ability called the [[NamedWeapon Eternal Onyx Blade]] [[BlackSwordsAreBetter which is a blade that]] [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation is able to be materialized by just sheer willpower alone]]. Kazuki is a weilder of this since being given Rouge's heart in his creation]].
** LightIsNotGood: The Viscera Purgers are an organization created with the objective of constructing a utopia by sacrificing all Hades's archdemons and anybody connected to them through blood. They wear white cloaks and wield the [[Ephemeral Platinum Saber]], a sword formed of light. Their cloaks are white, and every ruler who ascends to power wields the [[{{BFS}} Ephemeral Platinum Saber]], a blade fashioned of real light.

** Neo takes Rey to a love hotel in the Red Light District where [[spoiler: he kills him]].

* LightDarknessJuxtaposition
** DarkIsNotEvil
** LightIsNotGood