Talk:Big Bang Age/@comment-2001:D08:1A03:779:E9FB:6D4D:C830:C8EE-20190225191932/@comment-27031093-20190225221106

Every character that you cleared up to three stars of in an earlier run gets an increase to their starting stats when starting a new game. Characters that you cleared all five stars of get an even bigger increase. You also gain the option to start playing on hard mode during the School chapter, which adds a few new mechanics, cgs and characters to the Nation chapter.

All of this is automatically added to the game after you complete it, so just start a new game as you normally would and it'll all be there.