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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