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D.C. II ~Da Capo II~ Plot Summary
Yume Asakura

Disclaimers -- Please read!
This is a plot summary, and not a translation. It's not a translation because I'm not a translator, and don't know enough Japanese to pass as one. The plot summary is intended to convey a general sense of what goes on in the game for those who may never be able to play it themselves. While I did my best to fully understand everything, look up the complicated kanji, research the tricky parts, and so on, I obviously can't guarantee that every single detail is perfect (though I tried!) If you've played the game and notice something incorrect or unclear, please by all means correct me! The last thing I want is to pass as some sort of expert while conveying false information -- I'm as interested in the truth as everyone else.

The other thing I want to point out from the get go: this summary is long -- really, really long (I think it's something like 24 pages in Word). Why is it so long if it's only a summary, you may wonder? I spent a great deal of time considering this problem. I kept my Minatsu summary pretty short, because I felt that a lot of the early details weren't really all that important to the "meat" of the plot. But, with Yume's story, I found that there were too many little details in the early parts of the story that turned out to be important down the road. Summarizing them too much destroyed the flow of the story, and gave away the ending in little ways. So, instead of glossing over the early parts, I decided to summarize them as well. The net effect is that rather than being an "ending summary", it's a summary of the entire Yume story. And it's long. For the "tl;dr" crowd (for whom this disclaimer was already too long), I might include an Executive skip-all-the-good-stuff-just-tell-me-how-it-ends Summary at the end. But I recommend the long version, because it's the most like the game, and that makes it more fun (unless you hate bishoujo games, in which case, why are you here? )

And now, without further ado...


An Introduction to Yume:
Junichi's second grandaughter and younger sister to Otome. All in all, she's a well-intentioned, kind-hearted, and slightly-introverted girl. She inherited just a bit of her grandmother's trademark "black" side (but not a lot), and her grandfather's trademark "kattarui" saying. She gets along with her sister quite well, and exchanges a good amount of banter with Yoshiyuki (who teases her quite often). She has a bit of a sarcastic streak, and will sometimes mouth off only to turn around and say that she's just joking when people start chiding her for it. Above all, though, she tends to be pretty prim and proper, and to get easily flustered and embarrassed when teased (which is probably why she gets teased so much by Otome and Yoshiyuki).

Spoiler for Yume Plot Summary - Part 1 of 5:

Yoshiyuki awakens to the gentle beckoning calls of two familiar voices: Otome and Yume. As he struggles to wake himself up, he asks them what they're up to. This surprises them a bit; they were just watching him sleep, and waiting for him to get up, of course. "Of course" that wasn't the real question; why were they sleeping in his bed? Still surprised, they're quick to point out that they always sleep together. All three of them?! Despite being groggy, it doesn't take Yoshiyuki long to figure out that this is, in fact, a dream. And seeing as it is a dream, he has no reason to hold back... "Ittadakimasu!" He awakens to find himself at school, where the class rep is talking about their current lack of plans for the upcoming Christmas party. Anzu, backed by Akane, proposes a Puppet Show, while Suginami favours a haunted house, and brings Wataru and Koko to his side. After all the class votes, it comes down to Yoshiyuki to break the tie, and much to Koko's relief, he chooses the haunted house.

On the way home from school, Yoshiyuki sees Yume waiting at the gate. A "chance encounter" she calls it, because she definitely wasn't waiting for him. But "since he's there", she asks him if he'd like to go home together with her. He starts to walk off, when she reminds him that the idea was to go home together. They stare each other down a bit, until he finally gives in. She then exclaims that she's hungry; her waiting there in the cold has been a terrible bother, she's hungry, and he should take responsibility. When he points out that it wasn't his fault, she objects, saying that she wouldn't be cold and hungry if she hadn't had to wait for him for so long... Oops - "chance encounter", huh... She finally admits that, in fact, she did it on purpose, but considering the opportunity to be accompanied home by his cute little sister, a meal is a small price to pay. He continues to play hardball, and reminds her that people could be watching her being so close to him, but she dismisses it since there's no one around. He finally asks where she wants to go, and she says that the crepe shop by the park has a new menu that she's been dying to try, and in spite of further protests from Yoshiyuki, they finally head off. As she enjoys her crepe at the park, she asks if he wants some, but he reminds her that the reason he doesn't have one is because he lost at jan-ken earlier. She takes the opportunity to rub it in a bit, but still offers him a piece. He objects at first, and reminds her that this would technically be an indirect kiss... but she reminds him that they're family, so there's nothing weird to be read into it. On the way home, she's continuing to tease him about his lack of jan-ken skills, which he tries to brush off as him letting her win. But as they're continuing their banter, she stops all of a sudden, as if she just remembered something important, and pulls out a notebook. Then all of a sudden she yells at him to "watch ou--!!" but it was already too late. As he recovers from the accident, he wonders what the weird notebook was all about... but she says that it's a secret... He happens to run into her in town the next day, and as they're walking home, she once again has a similar premonition and pulls out her notes. And sure enough, she once again yells at him to watch out but... nothing happened this time. Yume, totally embarrassed, runs on home, leaving a confused Yoshiyuki to wonder what the deal is...

Most of Yume and Yoshiyuki's encounters in the common section tend to revolve around food. Their first "date" (so-called by Otome) happens when they're out shopping at Otome has to go to school for student council duties, leaving the two of them to go grab lunch together (which Yume assures him does not count as a date ). Many of the school-time encounters are in the lunchroom, and she often comes over to eat in the evenings. This theme of eating probably has something to do with one of Yume's most notable "flaws": her cooking.

On one particular day, Yume comes to meet Yoshiyuki at his class at lunchtime, and asks him to accompany her. He's not sure what it's all about, but decides to play along. She takes him to the nurse's office; when he asks why, she says it's because she'd be embarrassed if anyone saw them. She then asks him to close his eyes as she gets ready... (of course, he's starting to wonder what doing an embarrassing thing in a secluded place is supposed to imply...) ...and when she says it's okay to open his eyes even though she's embarrassed, he sees... that she made a bento for him. He has a few misgivings, but he decides to give Yume a chance. Suffice it to say that he's not overly impressed when she opens the lid to reveal a whole bunch of burnt food. She insists that it's "edible! ...probably..." She notices that he's obviously hesitating (and admits to herself that it's for good reason), so she closes the lunch box and says that it's fine and he doesn't have to eat it. But of course, he realizes how hard she tried, and how sad she is that it didn't turn out the way she had hoped. So, being the nice guy that he is, he decides he'll go for it -- he'll eat it. She says that he doesn't have to force himself, but it's obvious that his willingness to do it for her sake makes her happy. So, "ittadakimasu!" They don't show us how it turned out exactly, but suffice it to say, it didn't go well.

Yume's attitude and tone of voice by this point have already started to change a bit. She's acting a bit more apprehensive around Yoshiyuki, but at the same time more aggressive in her own shy way. After school, she's once again waiting for him by the gate -- "coincidentally", of course. But she comments that there's been something on her mind. As they begin walking, she begins talking about the Christmas Party, and asking whether or not Yoshiyuki has any plans. Seems everyone in her class is talking about their big Christmas plans with their boyfriends and girlfriends, but she's realizing she doesn't have anyone like that. Of course, she's not saying what she means, and he's not taking the hint, so she ends up frustrated and runs off.

Later that night, she comes over to use his bath, as theirs is broken. Afterwords, she decides to stick around for a bit to watch a show on TV with him. As she's getting ready to leave, he realizes that she seems a bit stiff so he offers to give her a massage. Of course, it's her first time having a massage, and she's really getting into it. And, of course, that's just when Otome happens to walk in. As, in her massive shock, she asks what was going on, Yume makes the one mistake you should never make when a girl walks in on a guy and a moaning girl: she didn't make it clear exactly what was going on. As she keeps going on about how good it was, Yoshiyuki realizes that Otome is really getting the wrong idea here, but by the time he manages to get in a few words, Otome's already come to her hasty conclusions...

Yume's once again waiting for Yoshiyuki outside his class at lunch the next day, and she once again wants them to eat toghther. The idea makes Yoshiyuki a bit afraid, so he delicately tries to get assurance that she didn't cook for him again. She's offended, of course, but it turns out that they're going to go eat with Otome and Sakura instead. Since it was cold outside, Sakura decide to cook some nabe for everyone (heh). As they arrive, Yume decides that she'd like to add a few things to the pot, which sounds good to the other girls. Yoshiyuki is crazily apprehensive though and, despite assurances from Otome that it should be fine, it didn't take long for his fears to prove true. As she proceeds to mess up the hotpot with one spice after another, even Harimao (Sakura's dog) is whining fearfully. Yoshiyuki sees where this is going, and decides to get up to leave, but is stopped by Yume, who wants him to eat the "probably" okay food. Both Otome and Sakura quickly weasel their way out of the situation by awkwardly explaining that they had "already eaten plenty" before Yume and Yoshiyuki got there. Yume eventually caves again and says that it's "fine" if he doesn't want any; she'll just eat it herself. But Yoshiyuki, once again being the nice guy that he is, decides that this isn't a good idea either, and decides to go for it again. As he goes to take a bite, the dog lets out one final, somber whimper. A very painful sound was heard coming from that room that day.

That night, Yume came over again to talk about something really important. Unfortunately for her, though, she just happened to catch him at a really bad time. The meal's cooking, the phone's ringing... everything's happening at once, and there couldn't be a worse time to talk! She manages to get out that it's about the Christmas Party, but he hastily asks her if she can wait. Frustrated (and clearly nervous anyway), she says to forget it and storms out angrily.


It's the day before the Christmas Party, and despite having gotten up early, Otome mentions that Yume had already left for school -- quite unusual for her. Her Big Sister instinct fully intact, she realizes that Yume's been acting weird since last night, and is probably trying to avoid him. She asks if he did something wrong, and before he can offer an excuse, she tells him that he needs to be more sensitive to a girl's feelings, and to go apologize to Yume.

Yoshiyuki finds Yume alone at lunch, and she's clearly still a bit pissed off. He finally starts breaking down the wall by buying her some food, and they start talking again. As they're talking, Koko shows up and asks if she can join them. Unwisely, he asks Yume what he should do, and she reverts back to "black" mode and says it's fine. Without wasting much time, Koko says that she, Anzu, and Akane were thinking it'd be fun if all four of them (and maybe Nanaka too) could hang out together during the Christmas Party... that is, if he didn't have any plans with a girl. As she explains this, Yume perks up, realizing that she may have lost her chance. Still in black mode, she comments that it's nice for him, and decides to leave early, giving the rest of her food to Koko. Koko realizes that she might have just done something wrong, but Yoshiyuki assures her that it wasn't her fault.

Later that day, Yoshiyuki runs into Yume, busy and somewhat-distraught. It seem the guys have been pestering all the girls to try to get them to go out with them for the Christmas Party. As she hears trouble abrew in the distance, Yume heads off, but Yoshiyuki's curious about what all the fuss is about. Turns out some guys are faking an injury to try to get girls attention. As they start becoming annoying and Yume asks them to stop, Yoshiyuki shows up to protect her. Yoshiyuki isn't much of a fighting type, but he manages to taunt the guys and ends up punching one of them. As things are starting to heat up, Suginami shows up to back him up. Just as the punks decide to back down, Mayuki shows up, prompting a prompt Suginami exit. Rather than be questioned, Yoshiyuki grabs Yume's hand and they run off to the rooftop. She chides him about what might have happened if the kids had fought back; of course he's feeling a bit cocky, but he also says that he'd take the blows if it were to help her out. Of course, this has Yume blushing profusely, which she quickly dismisses. He manages to egg a "thanks" out of her, but before he can get her to say it again, she reminds him that the student council is still looking for him. Though she makes him repeat the request (with a "Yume-sama" tagged on), she agrees to not get him in trouble with Mayuki. But as he points out that she's finally in a good mood again, she remembers that she's still upset at him and still hasn't forgiven him, so she runs off. If only things were that simple.

The next morning, the day of the Christmas Party, Yoshiyuki looks out his window and sees Yume waiting outside with something clearly on her mind. He gets ready and heads outside to ask her what's up, and she brushes it off again (though even less convincingly than ever ). As they walk to school together, she's constantly glancing back nervously, as if she has a question she wants to ask but is really really hesitant about. As they arrive at school, he finally asks her whether she has someone to accompany her for the Christmas Party. What follows is a probably one of the most roundabout ways of agreeing to go on a date you can possibly imagine. In the end Yume's "excuse" (to herself more than anything) was that Yoshiyuki's cute little sister was accompanying him so he wouldn't be lonely. When he goes to pick her up from class later in the day, and explains about their date to Minatsu, Yume vehemently denies that this is in any way a date. Minatsu points out that they get along really well, which Yume explains is because they're siblings. Robot or not, Mintasu wasn't born yesterday and wishes them a nice date. Yume has Yoshiyuki agree to remember that this is not a date as they head out; he thinks this is just like her. Yoshiyuki and Yume's Christmas Party date is pretty typical as far as dates go (at least for these two). They exchange food, and Yoshiyuki nearly chokes when eating a piece of what Yume was eating. They check out some of the various booths. They go check out a movie, which Yoshiyuki didn't pay that much attention to. After the movie, they run into Akane, Anzu, and Koko. When Yume insists that they're together only because they're siblings, both Anzu and Akane are instantly suspicious, and stare right at Koko, who isn't sure how to react. The girls invite Yoshiyuki and Yume to go grab some food with them. Yume's acting uncomfortable, but Yoshiyuki's all set to go out with his friends. Before they can go, though, Yume "remembers" that she and Yoshiyuki "had to go somewhere", and she rushes him off. Yume mumbles that Yoshiyuki's too nice to them, and decides that it's time to go home.

Christmas Eve comes, and it seems that Otome, Sakura, and Junichi are all out, so rather than spend it alone, Yume invites Yoshiyuki over for dinner. As they watch TV together, she laments that her poor brother doesn't have a girlfriend, so is stuck spending Christmas alone with his little sister. At the same time, Yume looks out the window and notices that it's snowing, so she drags Yoshiyuki outside with her to take a look. Seeing as Santa delivered a White Christmas, she wonders if she might have a wish as a present, and wishes that Yoshiyuki might get a lovely girlfriend. Yoshiyuki responds in kind, but Yume assures him that that won't happen, though. Yoshiyuki mentions that, if he does ever get a girlfriend (or she gets a boyfriend), he and Yume won't be able to stay as close as they have been. His girlfriend would get pretty jealous of his non-blood-related sister coming over to visit all the time, and likewise with her boyfriend, so they'll have to be apart more. After giving it some thought, Yume admits they'll have to worry about that when the time comes, but she's glad that time hasn't come yet. For now, it's back to their Christmas Eve party! (To be continued in Part 2: Winter Holidays)

I'll aim to post the second part within the next day or two, and so on until we reach the end! It's all already written, I just have to go through and take screencaps.

Onward to Part 2