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9	'''''Summer Pockets''''' is set on an isolated, rural and peaceful island on the Seto Inland Sea called Torishirojima, which has a population of about 2,000 people. The protagonist is Hairi Takahara, a young man not native to the island. Hairi grew up in an urban setting, but after an unpleasant incident, he uses the recent death of his grandmother as an excuse to come to the island to take care of her estate sale. Once there, he gets to know four girls who are the focus of the story. They include Shiroha Naruse, who forgot her summer vacation; Ao Sorakado, who is pursuing the legends of the island; Kamome Kushima, a high-class girl looking for a pirate ship; and Tsumugi Wenders, a younger girl trying to find herself.
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11	This is ''Creator/KeyVisualArts'' 10th main work (excluding spin-offs) and their 11th visual novel[[note]]If you count the two kinetic novels ''VisualNovel/{{Planetarian}} and ''VisualNovel/{{Harmonia}}.[[/note]] (including spin-offs), with ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Rewrite}}'' among its many predecessors. Due to its setting and themes, there are some similarities to the aforementioned ''AIR''.
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13	The novel's concept is by Jun Maeda, who felt that the [[{{Utsuge}} game needed to make readers cry]]. Kai was brought in to direct the project, as well as co-write the scenario with Hasama and Yū Niijima. Maeda decided not to write the scenario due to similarities in themes with ''AIR'', which he primarily wrote. Although ''AIR'' also features a rural, seaside setting during the summer, the development team aimed for ''Summer Pockets'' to have a different feeling to it. Nostalgia and the maternal bond are prominent themes in the game. Na-Ga, who has worked with ''Key'' since ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', is the chief artist and character designer, and additional character designs are provided by Tsubasu Izumi and Yūnon Nagayama. The game's soundtrack was composed by Maeda, Shinji Orito, Donmaru, Tomohiro Takeshita and Ryō Mizutsuki.
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15	''Summer Pockets'' was released on June 29, 2018 as an all-ages visual novel, with an English translation released on February 6, 2020.
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17	An [[{{UpdatedRerelease}} updated version]], '''''Summer Pockets Reflection Blue''''', was released in June 2020, which features a new heroine, Shiki Kamiyama, along with new routes featuring Miki Nomura, Shizuku Mizuori, and Umi Katou.
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19	An [[TheAnimeOfTheGame Anime adaption]] is confirmed to be in development.
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21	!Tropes associated with ''Summer Pockets'':
22	* AccidentalPervert: Hairi walks in on Ao changing in the back of the sweets store. It almost becomes a RunningGag.
23	* AllJustADream: The entirety of the [[spoiler: Islamon minigame, which is revealed to have been created by Ai to cheer up her sister.]]
24	* AllThereInTheManual: Several things, such as the significance of Ao's pet fox and where Umi goes when she goes out to play, are only explained in the side stories found on the website.
25	* AnimalMotifs: Doubles over with ArcSymbol. Hairi is constantly compared to a wounded bird, and on his journey to Torishirojima he sees a pair of wounded seagulls flying behind their flock.
26	* ArcWords:
27	** Torishirojima is called "the place where memories return".
28	** "Summer vacation".
29	* AscendedExtra: Nomiki and Shizuku get their own routes in ''Reflection Blue''.
30	* BeachEpisode: Due to its seaside setting, basically most of the scenes are going to be this.
31	* BeautifulDreamer: Ao, whom our first encounter is with her sleeping under a tree on the side of the road. Doubles with SleepCute in her route when both her and Hairi fall asleep while taking care of the candy shop. Umi also counts as she falls asleep from tiredness (on Shiroha's lap, no less) after a game of hide-and-seek.
32	* BrickJoke: A lot of em'.
33	* BigSleep: [[spoiler: Ao]] succumbs to this at the end of her route, due to [[spoiler: brain overload from absorbing too many ''shichiheichou'']]. [[spoiler: Thankfully, she gets better thanks to Hairi's and Inari's efforts.]]
34	* 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 Hairi and 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 is still ambiguous if anything comes out of it.]]
35	** ''Reflection Blue'' [[spoiler: confirmed that they did get together thus EarnYourHappyEnding.]]
36	* BlandNameProduct: Especially in Tsumugi's route. Prangles, anyone?
37	* BookEnds: Not counting the epilogue, Hairi starts his story at the port and end with him returning to the port to return to his home after summer is over.
38	** In Reflection Blue, double as CallBack. From [[spoiler: Umi's perspective]] the Opening scene of the original game had only her footprint on the beach, representing her loneliness. [[spoiler: by an epilogue, she notices that are now 3 people footprints on the beach.]]
39	* ButterflyOfTransformation: Butterflies are present in the game's title screen, and are closely tied to the island's mythos.
40	* ButtMonkey: Ryouichi, though it's usually his own fault for walking around topless.
41	* CastFromHitPoints: The [[spoiler: time-based abilities possessed by the females of the Naruse family]] fall into this category. Doubles with CastFromSanity with [[spoiler: Umi, who gradually regresses to an infant the more she travels through the timelines.]]
42	* 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 constant sleepiness]], which is explained in her own route.
43	* 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 (or rather her shichieichou) is able to return back to reality.]]
44	* CharacterAsHimself: The vocalists for "Tsumugi's Summer Vacation" and "Shiroha's Lullaby" are credited as Tsumugi Wenders and Naruse Shiroha respectively.
45	* CharacterDevelopment: Hairi and Shiroha both experience this.
46	* ChekhovsGun: Remember those glowing butterflies you keep seeing everywhere?
47	* CherryBlossoms: Little to be found, considering that ''Summer Pockets'' is Key's second "summer" work after ''AIR''. However, the Tachibana of the Lost on the mountain doesn't shed its petals until the end of summer, as it is [[spoiler: a tree that is removed from the normal flow of time.]]
48	* TheChewToy: Ao and Shiki are often a subject of various jokes by the cast.
49	* ChildhoodFriends: Ryouichi, Tenzen, Ao, and Nomiki, who have been living on the island together since they were young.
50	* ChildrenRaiseYou: In the Alka route, Umi's presence inadvertently causes Hairi to become slightly more responsible. [[spoiler: All the more so when Umi is actually revealed to be Hairi's ''actual'' child.]]
51	** Ditto for Shiroha, who grows more social and friendly playing Umi's mother. [[spoiler:When Umi begins to fade away Shiroha talks about how much being a mother changed her.]]
52	* ClassRepresentative: Shizuku is mentioned to be one.
53	* ColorCodedCharacters: Each heroine has a distinct color associated with them: Shiroha is white, Ao is blue, Kamome is black, and Tsumugi is yellow/gold. As of ''Reflection Blue'', Miki is green, Shizuku is purple and Shiki is red. See also {{Leitmotif}}.
54	* DeadGuyJunior: Discussed at then end of Tsumugi's route. [[spoiler:While reminiscing about Tsumugi after she disappeared Shizuku jokes that most stories like this would end with Hairi and Shizuku hooking up and eventually having a daughter they name Tsumugi.]]
55	* DecoyProtagonist: Our main point-of-view character is Hairi, but once the main routes are cleared, greater importance is given to [[spoiler: Umi, such that Hairi himself doesn't even appear for half of the final route, ''Pockets''.]]
56	* DefrostingIceQueen: Shiroha.
57	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In [[spoiler: Shiroha]]'s route, when [[spoiler: she falls into the water during the Summer Bird Festival, and speaks of the "weavers of time".]]
58	* {{Delinquents}}: Hairi sank into delinquency after his departure from the swim team. His eventual suspension drives him to go to Torishirojima in an attempt to run away.
59	* DevelopersForesight: A downplayed example, during an Islandmon tutorial, you can ignore Umi's instruction until she get annoyed and [[WhatTheHellHero calls you out]].
60	* DiabolusExMachina: Happens in nearly every route, except [[spoiler: Shiroha's. And even Shiroha isn't exempt from it, as the Alka route goes to show.]]
61	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Umi disappears while being cradled in Shiroha's arms.]]
62	* DreamSequence
63	* EarnYourHappyEnding:
64	** [[spoiler: In Ao's route, after Ao goes into a coma, Hairi tirelessly returns to the island year after year until he finally finds Ao's memory butterfly.]]
65	** [[spoiler: In Kamome's route, Hairi fulfills Kamome's wishes to build the pirate ship, after which he and Kamome are reunited.]]
66	** [[spoiler: In Tsumugi's route, Tsumugi finally finds the original Tsumugi, and afterwards returns to the real world to be reunited with Hairi.]]
67	** [[spoiler: Reflection Blue gives one to Umi who thanks to Shiki's actions is able to return back to existence to be reunited with Shiroha and Hairi so they can be a family once more.]]
68	* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: The never-ending lighthouse in which the original Tsumugi resides, which has become separated from the normal flow of time after being entangled with the Tachibana of the Lost.]]
69	* EmbarrassingNickname: Depends on the choice Hairi made, he can get quiet number of titles that spread around the whole island.
70	* EvolvingTitleScreen: Each girl disappears from the title screen after their route is cleared for the first time, not appearing again until after the game is completed. [[spoiler: Post-completion, the menu shifts to fill in the conspicuous blank space at the right side of the screen.]]
71	* ExactWords: [[spoiler:Shiroha specifically asks Umi if she '''knew''' the future, past tense, not '''knows'''. This reveals Umi is a Naruse since it means she used the family's MentalTimeTravel to return to the past with the knowledge she had rather than gaining some from a form of foresight.]]
72	* {{Fanservice}}: ''Creator/KeyVisualArts'' hasn't been shy about fanservice even with their all-ages novels since ''Little Busters!'' The Prelude Book reveals some fanservice [=CGs=] such as Kamome being topless or Tsumugi's dress being soaked in water.
73	* FunnyBackgroundEvent
74	** In Shiroha's route, when Ryouichi is having a conversation with Hairi on the beach, Tenzen appears on screen several lines before he starts speaking.
75	** In a scene at the sweets shop, Tenzen's grunts of exertion as he trains actually continue to play in the background as the conversation continues, until Ao suggests that the training will be more efficient if he keeps silent.
76	* FinalSpeech: In the Alka route, [[spoiler: Umi gives one as she fades away from the effects of repeated time looping]].
77	* FirstGirlWins: Depends on whether you count by order of introduction to the audience or to Hairi.
78	** In the first case, it's played straight, where Hairi first notices Shiroha as the boat nears the island's harbour.
79	** In the second case, [[spoiler: we can argue that ''Kamome'' was actually the first to meet Hairi (though never in person).]]
80	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lots.
81	** The opening sequence shows things like [[spoiler: Ao standing in the forest with a lantern]] and [[spoiler: Tsumugi's reflection having different clothes.]]
82	** The first time one plays the game, the [[spoiler: "Start" button on the title screen changes to "Restart" after two heroine routes have been cleared.]]
83	** The cinematic scenes which play right after the first time you clear each heroine's route are actually [[spoiler: fragments of conversation between Umi and her guide.]]
84	** Hairi somehow gets Shiroha confused with Umi while waiting for her to get out of the bathhouse even though he can't fathom why he'd mistake the two. [[spoiler:Umi is Shiroha's KidFromTheFuture]].
85	** If Ao's route is played before Tsumugi's route, we can actually [[spoiler: see the regrets of the lighthouse keeper who died without meeting Tsumugi one last time.]]
86	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler: Kamome]], but never physically.
87	* 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 [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly Effect]] on the rest of the island. (See what we did there?)]]
88	** It is implied that [[spoiler: the mysterious Silhouette that Umi/Namami has been conversing with all this time is actually ''Hitomi'', Shiroha's own mother, who foresaw the events of the main story/Alka route and sought to avert them.]]
89	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In your first playthrough of the game, after two heroine's routes are cleared, the "Start" button changes to "Restart". [[spoiler: This is because time is being looped, though not by the protagonist this time...]]
90	* TheGadfly: Hairi, especially to Ao.
91	* HappilyMarried: Hairi and [[spoiler: Shiroha, at least temporarily in the Alka route before Umi is born.]]
92	* HotBlooded: Kobato, Shiroha's grandfather.
93	* HotterAndSexier: Compared to prior ''Creator/KeyVisualArts'' titles, ''Summer Pockets'' has a much higher amount of fanservice.
94	* IdentityAmnesia: In the final route, ''Pockets'', [[spoiler: Umi travels back in time with help from the Silhouette, but loses her memories and her goal in the process and becomes Nanami. She gets better.]]
95	* IHaveThisFriend: Ryouichi uses this when he speaks about [[spoiler: his past with Shiroha and how he was the child who nearly died due to Shiroha's precognitive visions.]]
96	* ImageSong: Each heroines has their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sMvkdc8XnY own]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLkpRhMB2iQ song]]. The original 4 heroine also have their song played during certain point in Reflection Blue.
97	* IndirectKiss
98	* InformedObscenity: Apparently, ''"dosukoi"'' is a word to not be used lightly in the island's culture. Doubles over somewhat with InnocentSwearing when Hairi uses it on Ryouichi without knowing exactly ''how'' strong it was.
99	* {{Joshikousei}}: Like in all of ''Key's'' big projects, the girls mainly wear sailor fuku. Kamome's early design has her also wearing a sailor fuku, but a different one from the other girls.
100	* KidFromTheFuture: [[spoiler: Umi returns to see Hairi and Shiroha.]]
101	* {{Leitmotif}}:
102	** One for each heroine, named roughly according to their hair colors (Shiroha's being ''White Loneliness'', Ao's being ''other side Blue'', Kamome's being ''Adventure for Black'', and Tsumugi's being ''Golden Hours''.)
103	** Less explicitly, Umi is associated with ''Twinkle of Alcor''.
104	** The theme of the ''shichieichou'' is the aptly named ''Rainbow Butterfly'', which get remixed into the more intense ''This Memory, That Memory'' that shows up in [[spoiler: Ao's route, when they gain more importance]].
105	* LateArrivalSpoiler: Since the game released in 2018, it's not easy to avoid that [[spoiler: Umi and Shiroha]] are related in someways with good amounts of promotion material or leaked images floating around.
106	* LethalChef: Mentioned to be a trait for those in the Katou bloodline; Kyouko's cooking is notoriously bad. As were Hairi's attempts, until he learns from Shiroha.
107	* LikeBrotherAndSister:
108	** Hairi and Umi quickly fall into a brother/sister relationship, though it turns into more of a [[spoiler:[[ParentalSubstitute father/daughter relationship]] on the Alka route]]. [[spoiler: Perhaps unsurprising, since they actually ''are'' [[KidFromTheFuture father and daughter]]]].
109	** [[ChildhoodFriends Shiroha, 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.
110	* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:While Umi doesn't outright tell Hairi she's his daughter, her lack of a denial mixed with the intensity in her eyes is enough for him.]]
111	* MagicRealism: As is standard for a Key work.
112	* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: In the original version it was not confirmed if Hairi and Shiroha will get together after the events of the final route.]]
113	* MeaningfulName: Each and every single character's name has relevance to their role to some extent.
114	** Deliberately invoked in ''Pockets'', where [[spoiler: an amnesiac time-travelling Umi is renamed "Nanami", for one that has traveled across the seas of time.]]
115	** ''Shiro''ha ("shiro" meaning "white"), who has white hair, and wears both a white school uniform and white casual clothes.
116	* MechaShow: The April Fools joke from 2017 marketed ''Summer Pockets'' as a mecha show, parodying ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}''.
117	* MementoMacGuffin: Tsumugi's ribbon, given by Hairi. Shiki's Omusubi pouch. Umi's letter and photograph [[spoiler: of Hairi, Shiroha, and the other islanders.]]
118	* {{Miko}}: Rather unsually, there are ''two'' of them who fit the role in the main cast: Shiroha, the miko of the sea, and Ao, the miko of the mountains.
119	** Reflection Blue introduced the third miko, [[spoiler: Shiki]].
120	* MindScrew: At least two routes will have you shaking your head in confusion. Chances are that things will get wonky when the butterflies appear.
121	* MirrorMatch: You can set the human Islamon (and Inari) against themselves. It usually produces extra dialog.
122	* MrFanservice: Ryouichi, who sports a tanned and ripped body and also constantly goes around shirtless. To some extent, Tenzen too.
123	* MultipleEndings: As is expected for a visual novel, there exists one route per heroine.
124	** Fail to enter a heroine's route, and a NonstandardGameOver occurs where Hairi returns to the mainland early.
125	** The Alka route becomes available after all of the four heroine routes are cleared. [[spoiler: The ''Pockets'' route becomes available after Alka has been cleared, and serves as a true ending of sorts.]]
126	** A third NonstandardGameOver (which is not, technically, a bad ending) is obtained if one manages to defeat the final boss in the Islamon or Islapong minigame.
127	* MundaneFantastic: Nobody questions the existence of Inari, a highly intelligent fox with odd coloring ''that is somehow able to beat Tenzen in table tennis.''
128	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Who knew that playing table tennis could get this intense?
129	* MyGreatestFailure: Hairi's sudden inability to swim during a crucial competition, which lead to his eventual delinqunency and his coming to the island.
130	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: In [[spoiler: Tsumugi's route, where the original Tsumugi failed to show up at the lighthouse, the lighthouse keeper was shipped off to war and died without saying goodbye. We get to see his regrets as a ''shichieichou'' briefly in Ao's route.]]
131	* NewGamePlus: Restarting after the completion of the game allows you to change how Umi will address you, which in turn changes her dialogue during the route.
132	* NiceGuy: Despite their quirky personality. Ao, Miki, Ryoichi, Tenzen are believe and willing to help Hairi in a various situation despite only knowing him for a few weeks.
133	* NoAntagonist: The story mainly deals with how internal traumas and struggles are overcome.
134	** Arguably false in [[spoiler: Shiroha's route (and the Alka route)]], where [[spoiler: her grandfather, Kobato, is present.]] It's only temporarily, though.
135	* OfficialKiss: In Reflection Blue, at least one CG for each heriones route [[spoiler: with the exception of Shiki.]]
136	* OlderThanTheyLook: In the Alka route, the character sprites remain unchanged even as we are told a few years have passed, leading to a case of this. [[spoiler: Tsumugi]] is also a case of this, having been on the island since ''Granny Katou'' was a young girl.
137	* {{Otaku}}: Shiroha, of all people, though she only expresses it when she thinks she's alone.
138	* ParentalAbandonment: Hairi never did have a good relationship with his parents. [[spoiler: To say nothing of Umi, who was basically neglected by a grief-stricken Hairi after Shiroha's death by childbirth.]]
139	* ParentalSubstitute: Hairi and Shiroha to Umi in the Alka route. [[spoiler:A rare case of the actual parents serving as substitutes to themselves.]]
140	* PoseOfSupplication: Hairi frequently gets into this after messing with Ao.
141	* PropheticFallacy: As Hairi learns, pain comes in many forms. [[spoiler: Such as a bad stomachache, which thankfully had no lasting consequences.]]
142	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The song ''Tsumugi's Summer Vacation'' is derived from the German folk song ''Die Vogelhochzeit'', which roughly translates to "bird wedding".
143	* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Ao herself falls into a coma after she successfully revives Ai. Thankfully, she gets better.]]
144	* RaisedByGrandparents: [[spoiler: Shiroha, after the death of her parents.]]
145	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Inari.
146	* ScrewDestiny: In the final route, [[spoiler: Umi, armed with the power of all the good summer memories gained from each heroine's individual route, travels back in time to ''Shiroha's'' childhood to prevent her own mother from manifesting the Naruse precognitive powers. She succeeds by giving Shiroha knowledge of the happy future she would have, and this results in Shiroha never becoming an outcast on the island.]]
147	* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: Shiroha's determination to find a way to prevent Umi from manifesting the precognitive powers of the Naruse bloodline to avoid Umi's eventual disappearance from the timeline eventually leads to her overworking and dying during childbirth. This leads to Umi having a unhappy childhood without her mother, which in turns leads to Umi manifesting her powers.]]
148	* SeriousBusiness: As Hairi learns, there is no substitute for using a wok to make fried rice.
149	** The Islander all took the fried rice seriously as Umi find out prior the story begun.
150	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Not Umi's original reason for travelling back in time at first, but it becomes this as of the ''Pockets'' route.]]
151	* SittingOnTheRoof: Tsumugi, who can often be found sitting on the lighthouse.
152	* ShoutOut: The entire Islamon/Shimamon game is reference to ''Pokemon''.
153	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Hairi thinks he sees one on the beach, but it was actually just Tenzen with seaweed on his head.
154	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: If a romance is based off shared trauma, don't expect it to occur again if that trauma has been somehow healed.]]
155	* TechnicolorEyes: Ao's red eyes, and Shiroha's blue.
156	* ThemeTwinNaming: Ao and Ai Sorakado.
157	* ThirdPersonPerson: Tsumugi, for good reason. [[spoiler: Turns out the Tsumugi we see is actually a replacement for the actual Tsumugi who has chosen to lock herself away in the endless lighthouse.]]
158	* TimeMaster: It's should be noted that [[spoiler: Naruse's precognitive ability and MentalTimeTravel are two different things.]]
159	* TimeSkip: Happens in most epilogues.
160	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Umi's fried rice, Shiroha's watermelon ice pops, Tsumugi's cotton candy and Shiki's Omusubi.
161	* TrueFinalBoss: One for each minigame.
162	** A mystery challenger shows up once you reach the top rank of the Islamon battle rankings. [[spoiler: It's actually Ai, Ao's comatose sister.]]
163	** For the expanded table-tennis minigame in ''Reflection Blue'', Tenzen fights solo against you and your partner, but is much tougher than before.
164	* {{Tsundere}}: Oh, Ao.
165	* TurnOfTheMillennium: Despite being released in 2018, most of the game is set in the year 2000 (not that it's obvious).
166	* TheUnreveal: Despite a few set-ups, Hairi's alternate ending to the butterfly fairy-tale is never read aloud. Subverted in ''Reflection Blue'' where the whole story is shown during the credits during the true ending.
167	* {{Utsuge}}: Or Nakige. Jun Maeda specifically made it as a goal to make the readers cry [[AuthorsSavingThrow or else "it's the end of Key."]] The developers submitted many ideas, but it was Maeda's offered concept (despite that he originally didn't intend to plan one and only offered it as a sample) that the staff members accepted instantly since it was the only one that made them cry.
168	* VerbalTic: Tsumugi's "mugyu".
169	* WeSellEverything: Why does the candy shop sell real estate and shotgun shells?
170	* WhamEpisode: At least one in every route. [[spoiler: Ao's collapse after finally reviving her sister, the appearance of Tsumugi in a photograph that dates back to Hairi's grandmother's time, Kamome suddenly vanishing into a flock of ''shichieichou''...the list goes on.]]
171	* WhamLine:
172	** From Shiroha's perspective, during [[spoiler: the Alka route]], where [[spoiler: Umi basically confirms that she's the daughter of Shiroha and Hairi by revealing her precognitive knowledge.]]
173	--> '''Shiroha:''' You...knew?
174	--> '''Umi:''' Yeah.
175	* WistfulAmnesia: Shiroha and Hairi during [[spoiler: the Alka route, as Umi progressively disappears from the timeline.]]
176	* 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. In the final Pockets route, Kyoko-san even makes a point to somewhat mysteriously spell this out for you, as she relates the concepts of pockets in your clothes, and nostalgia.]]
177	* YouCantFightFate:

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