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My favorites are Shiroha, Shiki and Shizuko
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Will this anime be similar to Clannad? Talking about the first season where there’s arcs of different characters. Is it sad?
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Will this anime be similar to Clannad? Talking about the first season where there’s arcs of different characters. Is it sad?
@sebastianban I would say that it is an improved and better developed Air, but it has many similarities with the three Key classics which are Kanon, Air and Clannad, the supernatural remains a little but it seems lighter and more pleasant compared to Clannad, but There are moments that make you cry, just like all Key games
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For me it’s 100% Ao. She’s basically relevant in all of the routes and has by far the best synergy with Hairi. I do however like Kamome quite a bit as well
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Ao. No doubt. her route hit the hardest too i cried like shit
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Eotakiej said:
@sebastianban I would say that it is an improved and better developed Air, but it has many similarities with the three Key classics which are Kanon, Air and Clannad, the supernatural remains a little but it seems lighter and more pleasant compared to Clannad, but There are moments that make you cry, just like all Key games

Is there some romance?
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Eotakiej said:
@sebastianban I would say that it is an improved and better developed Air, but it has many similarities with the three Key classics which are Kanon, Air and Clannad, the supernatural remains a little but it seems lighter and more pleasant compared to Clannad, but There are moments that make you cry, just like all Key games

Is there some romance?
@Joche1 It's a key visual novel centralized around a boy meeting a bunch of different girls so yes... There is romance
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@sebastianban I would say that it is an improved and better developed Air, but it has many similarities with the three Key classics which are Kanon, Air and Clannad, the supernatural remains a little but it seems lighter and more pleasant compared to Clannad, but There are moments that make you cry, just like all Key games
@Eotakiej Yeah I think the comparison with Air is a really good one. I remember reading somewhere that Maeda actually only took on a supervisor role because he had already made air and the setting was too similar or something? In general, the strongest aspect of summers pocket was definitely the atmosphere it gave off. The music, setting, charcters all bring forth a sense of nostalgia and a summer many days past almost. Tbh you'd have to play the VN to understand what I'm saying. With the exceptions of Ao and Kamomes route
in general I didn't find summers pocket as heartbreaking as other key works. In fact, Shiroha's route was almost downright cheerful to me. I really hope they do adapt this one well lol this is one of my favorite VNS of all time
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I just finished playing the steam version of the game a few days ago (idk anything about the blue reflection routes/characters).
Kamome's route is the one that left the strongest impression on me and I love her bubbly/cheery personality, so that makes her my favorite character :)
That said, Shiroha's story and personality are also pretty great imo.
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Kamome. I love this route, it is amazing story, that I like more than canonical final. Also that was the first route I've received, when I read VN. The second one is Sorakado Ao, it is also amazing route. And the third one is... Mitani Ryoichi lol
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I'm surprised I'm the first to go to Shiki, I thought it was more popular just like SP Reflection blue seems more popular than SP Normal.
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Poor Nomiki is being isolated
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I’ve always been a fan of Miki ever since her first appearance. There’s better routes, yes, but idk she’s just very funny and charming. Kamome is probably 2nd
I’m surprised so many people like Shiroha tho, I’ve always found her to be very bland and generic
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by character: Ao > Kamome > Shiki > Nomiki > Umi > Shiroha > Shizuku > Tsumugi

by route: Shiki > Kamome > Ao > Shiroha > Umi > Nomiki > Shizuku > Tsumugi

I'm sorry for Tsumugi fans out there, I love her but not as much as the others
Feb 21, 7:33 AM

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Ao by a mile...and her route left me in absolute shambles 🫠
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Ao. No doubt. her route hit the hardest too i cried like shit

i didn't expect the ending at the beginning she was doing some jokes at the end she made me cry
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Komome ftw best girl. Shiroha is pretty decent too.
I'm not a fan of Ao, but I don't feel getting into debates with other peoples waifus.

No clue about Shiki. I only read the first title, not reflection blue yet. I figured I would wait for the official release since its supposedly supposed to come out soon.



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I like white hair Kuudere's and the blue eyes is a bonus so that was easy but Tsumugi is a pretty close 2nd she's just really funny - in Nomiki's route in Reflection Blue she asks if Ryouchi is naked horizontally or vertically, wtf is that even supposed to mean, also her route was my favourite heroine route maybe even one of my favourite Key routes shit had me crying like I was playing a Clannad route again. Nomiki 3rd I don't really know why I just like her and her route was quite great as well, I liked the dream stuff. Ao 4th, she's a likeable borderline tsundere that avoids falling into that trope thankfully mostly due to being a pervert, only issue I have with her is the spoiler character in her route I was a bit mixed on and I did cry but compared everything except Shiroha I didn't like it as much but it was still great especially lore wise, I like her a bit more during interactions in other routes. Shizuku is just nice and I like her relationship with Tsumugi also boobs. Kamome is just a bit too hyper active for me but her route tonally felt like Little Busters! so the route was really great if anything it felt a bit short. I'm about to do Shiki's route, won't beat out top 2 but has a chance at 3rd or 4th. None of these characters are bad at all really everyone is super likeable, also having Umi here would be like having a Clannad poll with Ushio, yeah she has route but everyone else here is a romance option

Edit: Just finished Shiki easily is 3rd best and holy fuck that route felt like AIR's true end all over again (that is still better obviously cause of the context of that whole game) just beats out Tsumugi's route and is my second favourite heroine route in any key game now before Tsumugi and behind Kotomi
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I think they all won me over in some way
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@Joche1 It's a key visual novel centralized around a boy meeting a bunch of different girls so yes... There is romance
@Yui_Yuigahama_ Is this a harem?
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@Yui_Yuigahama_ Is this a harem?
@NiJaS No, it is not a harem. Each VN route focuses on a specific girl and no one else falls in love with the protagonist during them. Also,
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Kamome, absolutely.
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Shiroha is THE girl, vn readers know why
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I must be a lolicon as I choose Umi...

By character I will go for Umi as the infinite loop makes her character interesting. In TE her strong desire for spending time with Shiroha's, as well as her cuteness make me fell in love with her.



However, if rank by route, Ao is undoubtedly the best if TE is not counted since I appreciate romance more.

Undoubted: True End (alka, pockets)
That's what key best of. The back-story and the phenomenon are well-explained. The love between umi and shiroha is great.
first tier: Ao
The moment when MC touched the butterfly of hers and immediately feel her strong affection is so touching.
second tier: shiki, Miki
The romance is great. New routes so enjoy yourself.
third tier: kamome, tsumugi, shiroha
Growth tier: umi (normal route)

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Only cleared one route which was Ao's route and currently in Shiroha's route right now (Probably roughly 2-3 hours into the route only), and I have to say Ao's route is the best unironically. Whatever I was interested in, Ao's route explained it all to me, and I also cried for the first time in like forever for Ao. As for Shiroha, I am not as devoted as I was to Ao's' route for the first half to be completely honest...

Of course this is very biased as I have only cleared one route, but I plan to clear the rest too since I felt inspired to complete the game due to the illustrious PV of the anime.

I will definitely come back to this post once I have finished with them to see if I myself agree with whatever I have said again.
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They're all amazing, Shiroha has the best voice actress and hair color, Ao has the best story, Kamome has the best personality, Tsumugi and Umi are the cutest, Shiki has the best clothing design, Mizuori has the best mommy fanservice, Nomiki has the best charm of simplicity, I can't wait for Shiki to be added to myanimelist to put her in my favorites too, everything in this game/anime seems perfect.
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That's for @ChouunShiryuu to decide here. He loves these games.
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That's for @ChouunShiryuu to decide here. He loves these games.
@RainyEvenings Tough choice here, Ameitantei-otoko, i have neither seen the show yet or played the title :P I vote for whichever's the loli.
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I must be a lolicon as I choose Umi...

By character I will go for Umi as the infinite loop makes her character interesting. In TE her strong desire for spending time with Shiroha's, as well as her cuteness make me fell in love with her.



However, if rank by route, Ao is undoubtedly the best if TE is not counted since I appreciate romance more.

Undoubted: True End (alka, pockets)
That's what key best of. The back-story and the phenomenon are well-explained. The love between umi and shiroha is great.
first tier: Ao
The moment when MC touched the butterfly of hers and immediately feel her strong affection is so touching.
second tier: shiki, Miki
The romance is great. New routes so enjoy yourself.
third tier: kamome, tsumugi, shiroha
Growth tier: umi (normal route)

@TMC- Not everyone here has read the VN, please tag the massive spoilers in your post.
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Up until this point it's definitely Shiroha, she's much more hilarious than I thought she would be, maybe by the end of the anime she'll become my favorite female protagonist Key, surpassing Misuzu.
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Tôi nghΔ© Kushima, Kamome là cô gái tα»‘t nhα»©c cô αΊ₯y nâng Δ‘α»™ng hΖ‘n nhΖ°ng nhân vαΊ­t khác
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@Zarutaku I chose Kamome. What about you?
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku I chose Kamome. What about you?
@aurora_yuuki Ao, the sleeping girl under the tree, the only one that made me laugh.
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@aurora_yuuki Ao, the sleeping girl under the tree, the only one that made me laugh.
@Zarutaku Damn, so you can laugh too?
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku Damn, so you can laugh too?
@aurora_yuuki Sure, frequently.
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@aurora_yuuki Sure, frequently.
@Zarutaku Frequently at that, damn. Enviable. Mine is a rarity.


What else can you do?
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku Frequently at that, damn. Enviable. Mine is a rarity.


What else can you do?
@aurora_yuuki Cry, but rarely.
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@aurora_yuuki Cry, but rarely.
@Zarutaku That one is a commonality for me.

Only to myself though.

What else?
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku That one is a commonality for me.

Only to myself though.

What else?
@aurora_yuuki Rage, occasionally when something annoys me too much.
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@aurora_yuuki Rage, occasionally when something annoys me too much.
@Zarutaku Yet another rarity. I seldom fume. Like, ultra-rare. But when I do, I tend to be very frightening.


That being said, I do wanna see how you'd be like in your angered state. An intriguing thought.
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku Yet another rarity. I seldom fume. Like, ultra-rare. But when I do, I tend to be very frightening.


That being said, I do wanna see how you'd be like in your angered state. An intriguing thought.
@aurora_yuuki You wouldn't see it, because I only rage internally when someone else is present.
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@aurora_yuuki You wouldn't see it, because I only rage internally when someone else is present.
@Zarutaku Why not fume externally?
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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@Zarutaku Why not fume externally?
@aurora_yuuki Because I'm introverted.
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@aurora_yuuki Because I'm introverted.
@Zarutaku You can still fume while being introverted... I mean, I can. But I usually don't.
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½ π–Όπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—π—ˆ 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 π—π—‚π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ— π–Ώπ—…π–Ίπ—π—ˆπ—‹.” – π–€π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—‡π—ˆπ—‹ π–±π—ˆπ—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ—π–Ύπ—…π—
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Best girl for me is Ao, the blue hair girl. She is awesome and she sheer effort she puts in... and the details of certain habits of hers when the truth is revealed its just... You can't help but want to cheer for her.

Second best girl is Shiroha, but depending on how they adapt the anime it may take time to get to that point due to complex reasons.

Honestly, Shiroha was my initial favorite but Ao's constant synergy and interactions with the MC across all routes, her willingness to constantly help support her friends and put in the extra effort in each route (thus making her one of the most prominent characters if not the most featured across all routes, in general), plus her own story as it progressed really won me over. Still Shiroha's route definitely left an impact. She is such a good girl.


The biggest surprises for me were definitely Umi & Shiki's characters. They're way up on the list for me, but not as best waifu choices.

I actually didn't care as much about Shiki's romance and originally almost skipped her route... as she was just really young compared to the others and seemed very childlike initially. I ended up caring more about the character and story, itself, than her romance and there really is only one way to properly describe Shiki's route. Shiki is a brilliant soul and a hero in the truest sense. Knowing the full details of Shiki across her route and the others with various implications Shiki is one of the most deserving of respect/inspiration among characters I've seen in any novel, game, movie, anime, etc.

Umi's character also really impressed me. She is such a great character over the course of the entire story's combined routes and the way they handled her in the VN makes me really hope they do her justice in the anime, because it was so good as a supporting character. I don't want to say too much about hers but she is one of the story's highlights.

While the others aren't my best girl picks, I really enjoyed and was stunned by Shizuko's (aka Ms Boobs) and Tsumugi's routes. Honestly, there were characters I did not think I would like. I thought Tsumugi was kind of a weird trope and Shizuko was just plain weird and not at all my type. However, their routes end up getting SOOOOO good what the freak.

Still, while Ao followed by Shiroha's were my favorite girl's, it is definitely without question Shiki and Umi who deserve the most praise and respect. I can't wait to see some of the surprise reactions and talk.
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I mean: majority true VN players would prob pick Ao or Shiki.
for... reasons that may go into spoiler territory.

as far as the anime goes: only Shiroha and Kamome have gotten much chance, so...
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I mean: majority true VN players would prob pick Ao or Shiki.
for... reasons that may go into spoiler territory.

as far as the anime goes: only Shiroha and Kamome have gotten much chance, so...
@Revvie-chan Well yes. Once the anime ends, that will be the time the poll will get massive changes. Top contenders are surely Shiroha, Ao, and Shiki. Not that I am underestimating other heroines such as Kamome, Tsumugi, etc but there are reasons why those 3 are top contenders.


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@Revvie-chan Well yes. Once the anime ends, that will be the time the poll will get massive changes. Top contenders are surely Shiroha, Ao, and Shiki. Not that I am underestimating other heroines such as Kamome, Tsumugi, etc but there are reasons why those 3 are top contenders.
@Tennouji ye

well, I personally also love Kamome. The railroad scene was prob the one scene written by Maeda lol, even if I'm sure it went uncredited.
and a friend of mine love mugyu, so...
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