Kanon

created and published by Key in 1999-06-04, running on Windows

type: adventure
genre: Erotic, Manga
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player

languages: jpn

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Game description from Haeleth:

Kanon is a romantic visual novel from Key. The reader takes the role of Yuuichi Aizawa, a Japanese high-school student, as he moves north to live with the aunt he used to spend the winter holidays with. From this low-key beginning, the plot branches into a number of alternative paths, each of which uses the school romance framework to explore the work's themes — memories, miracles, and the everyday supernatural — from the perspective of a different character.

The game's popularity is derived entirely from its story and characters. As the term 'novel' in the genre's name might suggest, gameplay is limited to clicking through reams of text and occasionally making a decision as to what to do or say. The script is huge (about six times the length of the average Shakespeare play), so this is not a game for those who dislike reading.

Unofficial English translation in progress:
radicalr.pestermom.com/VN.html