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IGDB / 11410

Kanon

1999 70 / 100 Visual Novel

Kanon is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key that follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years prior, and he has little recollection of the events from back then. He meets several girls and slowly regains his lost memories.

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Story & context

Yuichi Aizawa is a second-year high school student who visited the city where the story takes place seven years before Kanon's beginning. The story opens on Wednesday January 6, 1999 when Yuichi arrives in the city and is very detached from it and its inhabitants. Before his return, it is decided that he is to stay with his first cousin, Nayuki Minase, and her mother, Akiko. After his long absence, Yuichi has forgotten almost everything except minor details of what happened seven years before and needs to be reminded of what he left behind. Nayuki initially tries repeatedly to jog his memory but is unsuccessful. Throughout the story, as he learns about the supernatural undertones of the city, Yuichi is reminded of the events of seven years ago.

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ThemeScience fiction Trait1990s Traitbad endings with story Traitbranching plot Traitearly branching plot Traitflashback Traitmale protagonist Traitmany choices Traitmodern day japan Traitmultiple endings Traitnameable protagonist Traitseason winter Traitslice of life Traitunlockable side stories

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Kanon: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Key
Publisher
Visual Arts
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Text
Themes
Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jun 04, 1999

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