Like most other projects made by Key, the soundtrack to accommodate the visual Novel was as always, heartwarming and emotional evoking at just the right times, whilst also being lighthearted and cheerful when required. An in-studio competition was held among all the employees to submit ideas for the plot of Summer Pockets, however Jun Maeda said that none of the ideas submitted were good enough, and he himself was surprised that an later idea that he put forward was immediately accepted as the basis of what would become the plot of Summer Pockets. In fact, in the production of Summer Pockets itself, the legendary co-founder of Key, Jun Maeda (麻枝 准) said that if this new project could not make the reader cry, it would mean the end of Key.
For those that aren’t familiar with Key, Key is a Japanese visual novel studio under the brand of Visual Arts, and is renown in the world of anime for its production of some of the all time most tear jerking shows in industry. When the English translation was released and recommended to me by a friend, I thought: ‘why not give it a go back and experience some of Key’s emotional punching nostalgia?’.
Summer Pockets (サマーポケッツ), however, was a visual novel rated for all ages released by Key back in 2018. I actually never knew anything about visual novels and what they were, having only watched anime back then, so you could have imagined my surprise when I realized that some of the visual novels that Key produced, including Kanon from the year 1999 were adult rated! Talk about having your childhood TV show characters ruined when you grow up. And I remember from a very young age watching Kanon, Clannad and Angel Beats in my free time after school.
In a twist from the usual serious posts that usually appear on this website, this recipe is going to be a fun nerdy one to appeal to Japanese anime and visual novel fans- the fried rice recipe from Key’s latest visual novel, Summer Pockets! The anime that were inspired by visual novels produced by Key were basically my first exposure to Japan during my childhood. If you are not a fan of Japanese anime or visual novels, this post is not for you. *This recipe deviates from the usual content of this blog.
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