History VisualNovel / SummerPockets

* ButterflyOfTransformation: Butterflies are present in the game's title screen, and are closely tied to the island's mythos.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the original version of the game, the final timeline has Shiroha never awakening to her latent powers of precognition, and grows up to be more well-adjusted to the deaths of her parents and more friendly with the other islander children. The problems of the other heroines also appear to have been mysteriously fixed. However, Umi has all but ceased to exist, and Hairi, who is now working on tidying the shed, never gets to know the islanders. The ending has Hairi trying to connect with Shiroha but it still ambiguous on if anything comes out of it.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: If a romance is based off shared trauma, don't expect it to occur again if that trauma has been somehow healed.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ao and her sister have blue, Nomiki has green, Kamome has a darker blue, and Umi has magenta.

* WordSaladTitle: It's unclear as to what exactly "Summer Pockets" is supposed to refer to. However, one can get some hints from the kanji 懐 which has a dual meaning. Pocket, but also fond memories, nostalgia, even love. These end up being prominent themes throughout the story. [[spoiler: You can also interpret this more broadly, in that each of Umi's time loops are isolated from each other, as if by the walls of a pocket. However, much like the contents of adjacent pockets, the time loops can influence each other.]]

* WordSaladTitle: It's unclear as to what exactly "Summer Pockets" is supposed to refer to. However, one can get some hints from the kanji 懐 which has a dual meaning. Pocket, but also fond memories, nostalgia. These end up being prominent themes throughout the story. [[spoiler: You can also interpret this more broadly, in that each of Umi's time loops are isolated from each other, as if by the walls of a pocket. However, much like the contents of adjacent pockets, the time loops can influence each other.]]

* WordSaladTitle: It's unclear as to what exactly "Summer Pockets" is supposed to refer to. However, one can get some hints from the kanji 懐 which has a dual meaning. Pocket, but also fond memories, nostalgia. These end up being prominent themes throughout the story. [[spoiler: You can also interpret this more broadly, in that each of Umi's time loops are isolated from each other, as if by the walls of a pocket. However, much like the walls of a pocket, the time loops can influence each other.]]

* WordSaladTitle: It's unclear as to what exactly "Summer Pockets" is supposed to refer to.

* GainaxEnding: If you count the final route, ''Pockets'', to be the ending of the game as a whole. [[spoiler: The mechanics of how Umi travelled to the past and ended up as Nanami are never fully explained, nor are how the problems of the other heroines mysteriously resolved. One possible explanation is that Shiroha being more involved in the lives of the other islanders changes history for the better. Helping Shiroha learn to be a better friend has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForWantOfANail Butterfly Effect]] on the rest of the island. (See what we did there?)]]

* GainaxEnding: If you count the final route, ''Pockets'', to be the ending of the game as a whole. [[spoiler: The mechanics of how Umi travelled to the past and ended up as Nanami is never fully explained, nor are how the problems of the other heroines mysteriously resolved.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Since the game released in 2018, it's not easy to avoid that [[spoiler: Umi and Shiroha]] are related in someways with good amouts of promotion material or leaked images floating around.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Umi's fried rice, Shiroha's watermelon ice pops, and Tsumugi's cotton candy.

** A third NonstandardGameOver (which is not, technically, a bad ending) is obtained if one manages to defeat the final boss in the Islamon minigame.

An [[{{UpdatedRerelease}} updated version]], '''''Summer Pockets Reflection Blue''''', was released in June 2020, which will feature a new heroine, Shiki Kamiyama, along with new routes featuring Miki Nomura, Shizuku Mizuori, and Umi Katou.

* TheUnreveal: Despite a few set-ups, Hairi's alternate ending to the butterfly fairy-tale is never read aloud. Subverted in Reflection where the whole story is shown during the credits during the true ending.

** Reflection Blue [[spoiler: confirmed that they did get together thus EarnYourHappyEnding.]]

* CerebusRetcon: Comes with the [[Creator/KeyVisualArts territory]]. Notable example is [[spoiler: Umi's speech]], which changes as more routes are completed, and [[spoiler: Ao's constantly sleepiness]], which is explained in her route.

** The opening sequence shows things like [[spoiler: Ao standing in the forest with a lantern and Tsumugi's reflection having different clothes.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: If a romance is based of shared trauma, don't expect it to occur again if that trauma has been somehow healed...]]

* TrueFinalBoss: Shows up once you reach the top rank of the Islamon battle rankings. [[spoiler: It's actually Ai, Ao's comatose sister.]]
** Table-Tennis tournament in Reflection Blue has Tenzen who solo against you and your partner as Final Boss but he is tougher than before.

* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Umi preventing Shiroha from gaining her powers also stops Shiroha from meeting Hairi at the pool, erasing Umi from existence. Hairi's brief vision of her in the shed suggests she isn't completely gone, but it's not clear if she'll ever come back. Subverted in Reflection Blue where thanks to Shiki, Umi is able to return back to reality.]]

* MementoMacGuffin: Tsumugi's ribbon, given by Hairi. Umi's letter and photograph [[spoiler: of Hairi, Shiroha, and the other islanders.]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each character has a distinct color associated with them: Shiroha is white, Ao is blue, Kamome is black, and Tsumugi is yellow. As of ''Reflection Blue'', Shiki seems to be red. See also {{Leitmotif}}.

** [[ChildhoodFriends Ryouichi, Tenzen, Ao, and Nomiki]], having grown up together, all see each other as basically siblings and find the idea of dating each other really weird.

''Summer Pockets'' was released on June 29, 2018 as an all-ages visual novel, with an English translation released on February 6, 2020. An [[{{UpdatedRerelease}} updated version]],
'''''Summer Pockets Reflection Blue''''', was released in June 2020, which will feature a new heroine, Shiki Kamiyama, along with new routes featuring Miki Nomura, Shizuku Mizuori, and Umi Katou.

''Summer Pockets'' was released on June 29, 2018 as an all-ages visual novel, with an English translation released on February 6, 2020. An [[{{UpdatedRerelease}} updated version]], ''Summer Pockets Reflection Blue'', is planned to be released in June 2020, which will feature a new heroine, Shiki Kamiyama, along with new routes featuring Miki Nomura, Shizuku Mizuori, and Umi Katou.

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: It's not confirmed as to if Hairi and Shiroha will get together after the events of the final route.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the original version of the game, the final timeline has Shiroha never awakening to her latent powers of precognition, and grows up to be more well-adjusted to the deaths of her parents and more friendly with the other islander children. The problems of the other heroines also appear to have been mysteriously fixed. However, Umi has all but ceased to exist, and Hairi, who is now working on tidying the shed, never gets to know the islanders. The ending has Hairi trying to connect with Shiroha but it still ambigous on what happens next.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the original version of the game, the final timeline has Shiroha never awakening to her latent powers of precognition, and grows up to be more well-adjusted to the deaths of her parents and more friendly with the other islander children. The problems of the other heroines also appear to have been mysteriously fixed. However, Umi has all but ceased to exist, and Hairi, who is now working on tidying the shed, never gets to know the islanders.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the final timeline, Shiroha never awakens the latent powers of precognition, and grows up to be more well-adjusted to the deaths of her parents and more friendly with the other islander children. The problems of the other heroines also appear to have been mysteriously fixed. However, Umi has all but ceased to exist, and Hairi, who is now working on tidying the shed, never gets to know the islanders. See also AmbiguousEnding. ]]