Line #16 Literature/CerberusHighII


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Characters from right to left: [[TokenHuman Nagisa]], [[NerdGlasses Kasumi Akai-Amsel]], and [[AnIcePerson Ascelin Isolde]]]]
3	->''I was just one of millions of fireflies traversing in the vast sea of darkness before she came to me and decided to give me a new fate. That red star…''
4	-->-- [[spoiler: '''Miu''']]'s opening narration
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6	''Cerberus High II'' is the second book in the ''Literature/CerberusHigh'' series, published on March 15, 2021.
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8	[[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 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.
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11	!!Tropes exclusive to this book or at least especially prominent in it:
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13	* AbstractApotheosis: [[spoiler: Miu is the physical embodiment of the love between the two Overworld gods Shun Demdagos and Inugami.]]
14	* AttackReflector: Anyone who tries to break down the Pandora's Box encasing the school would have their attack reflected back on them. Laelaps learns this the hard way when he tries to cut the barrier down with his katana; luckily, Nagisa was there to patch him up.
15	* AwfulTruth: The fact that everything about [[spoiler: Nagisa]]'s character was fabricated since day one, including [[spoiler: his love for Kasumi and that his death was used as a means for Red Star's resurrection.]]
16	* BabiesEverAfter: In the epilogue which takes place 5 months after the ending shows [[spoiler: Xiomara]] finally giving birth to a baby girl named [[spoiler:Lumaia]].
17	* BadMoonRising: The night of the crimson moon heralds the end of the world.
18	* BlackSwordsAreBetter: [[NamedWeapons The Sword of Supernatural Calamity]] and the version of it made from [[spoiler: Edna and Edgar]] are black.
19	* CassandraTruth:
20	** No one believed Xiomara's doom's day premonition until the night of the red moon finally comes.
21	** Those who believe the existence of cryptids are seen as tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists.
22	* CellPhonesAreUseless: Because of the Pandora's Box encasing the school, making and receiving phone calls is impossible.
23	* ChekhovsGun: The white feather Kasumi relies on to bless her with good dreams at night. [[spoiler: Miu is revealed to have given her this years ago which she now uses to protect Kasumi and her friends from being victims of the darkness.]]
24	* ChunkyUpdraft: [[spoiler: The reverberation of Red Star colliding with Seraph Miu's sword with her super star form caused the school below them to levitate and break away.]]
25	* ConvenientSlowDance: Invoked after the final battle when Miu summons a flute and performs a song that the joined hearts of the two gods would sing. Nagisa and Kasumi slow dance to this as their [[spoiler: final goodbye]] and the other couples do so as well.
26	* CostumeEvolution: All the returning characters from the first book are given maturer outfits to reflect their age.
27	* DistantFinale: The epilogue takes place 4 months after the ending.
28	* DistantSequel: Set twenty years after the conclusion of the first book.
29	* DreamWeaver: By putting [[spoiler: Miu]]'s feather under her pillow every night, Kasumi will be blessed with pleasant dreams. [[spoiler: Kasumi absolutely freaked out the moment she thought she lost it.]]
30	* TheFashionista: Ascelin and Laika are shown to have a passion for fashion.
31	* TheGhost: Conrad and Oralee are mentioned but never make an appearance in this sequel.
32	* HappilyMarried:
33	** Kazuki and Axel.
34	** Xiomara and Blanc.
35	** Ember and Sherbet.
36	* HarassingPhoneCall: [[spoiler: Elliot]] disrupts the peace of Kazuki's and Axel's quiet Tuesday morning with a phone call that reveals he's still and is currently planning the end of the world.
37	* TheInternet: Due to the story being set in 2015, there are some references to the internet here and there.
38	* LightDarknessJuxtaposition:
39	** DarkIsEvil
40	** LightIsGood
41	* NamedWeapon: Sword of Supernatural Calamity.
42	* NeverSplitTheParty: When students start being sent to the Sea of Darkness en masse and the main characters are trapped within the school, Ember advises that they stick together at all costs. [[spoiler: Kasumi breaks this rule. ''Twice''.]]
43	* TheNewTens: The story is set in late 2014 while the DistantFinale takes place in early 2015
44	* NumberedSequels
45	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Since Miu embodies the strongest element, her wielding the Sword of Supernatural Calamity is bound to have more devastating effects on the world than if it was someone else.
46	* PowerOfLove: What empowers Miu as she embodies the short-lived love between [[spoiler: Shun Demdagos and Inugami]].
47	* PurgatoryAndLimbo: The Sea of Darkness is where those who have their existence erased and early versions of Forever-Still Spaces reside.
48	* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: Ember and Sherbet are far from being authoritarians as headmaster and deputy headmistress of Cerberus High.
49	* RooftopConfrontation: Kasumi confronts Miu wielding the Sword of Supernatural Calamity on the school's rooftop after telepathically hearing her cries for the second time in the night.
50	* SavingTheWorld: The main goal for our characters.
51	* ShowWithinAShow: Resolute Blood is an anime that [[{{Otaku}} Laelaps and Teumessia are both fans of]]. No one knows what kind of anime it is.
52	* SpinOffspring: Kazuki's daughter is the main character of this book with Blanc and Xiomara's son Ascelin being a close ally of hers.
53	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Corrupted [[spoiler: Miu]] and Shadow [[spoiler: Kasumi]].

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