Summer Pockets Reflection Blue

Summer Pockets Reflection Blue is a visual novel set on Torishirojima during summer vacation. Takahara Hairi travels to the island to help sort through his recently deceased grandmother’s belongings. Surrounded by lush nature, he settles into island life, meets four girls and new friends, and finds nostalgic memories returning. The story changes according to your choices and has multiple endings.

The island and its characters

Hairi encounters a girl who gazes out at the sea and has largely isolated herself from the island, apart from her grandfather. Another, who works at the local candy shop, makes friends easily and is often seen with a wild fox. He also meets a girl who is on the island for the summer, searching with an old map while keeping the contents of her oversized suitcase secret, and a half-German, half-Japanese girl who visits the lighthouse and spends her summer looking for things to do.

Other characters include the Torishirojima Youth Association’s disciplinary executive, who carries a water rifle called Hydro Gladiator KAI and helps a local newspaper find ideas for a tourism feature; a mainland student council president who visits Tsumugi at the lighthouse and helps friends rebuild the island’s former snack bar; Hairi’s mature second cousin, who goes out to play each day; and a young traveler investigating old tales and legends about oni. Though she says she has never been to the island, she appears in places unfamiliar even to local residents.

Reflection Blue additions

Reflection Blue adds Kamiyama Shiki as a heroine, promotes Nomura Miki and Mizuori Shizuku from supporting characters to main heroines, and adds a route for Hairi’s relative, Kato Umi. It also includes new everyday scenarios in which the friends spend time together, along with a new theme song, opening video and other updates.

Story and activities

The game is fully voiced in Japanese, with the protagonist voiced only in certain scenes. As you progress, you unlock table tennis and other mini-games, though you can focus on the story without playing them. The table tennis game adds a doubles option in Reflection Blue.