Line #5 VisualNovel/OneKagayakuKisetsuE


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2	[[caption-width-right:230:I was so happy then...]]
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4	''ONE ~To the Radiant Season~'' (or ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'') is a 1998 {{visual novel}}, by Tactics, a branch of the Visual Arts company Nexton. The makers of ONE ~To the Radiant Season~ would later form Creator/KeyVisualArts and make ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''; they would, however, take a lot of inspiration from ONE, especially character design. Take a look at the picture and then look at Ayu from Kanon.
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6	''ONE'' tells the story of Kohei Orihara, a Japanese high school student who suddenly finds his ordinary, everyday life pushed to the brink of collapse by the seemingly inexplorable expansion of an inner reality which threatens to replace his own. In the long and cold winter before the [[TheNamesake Radiant Season]], he will encounter new friends, rediscover old promises, witness ties forged and broken, and learn of the things which everyone must leave behind.
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8	Kohei suspects that at some point his current life will change while living a peaceful daily routine. His parents died when he was very young, and after his younger sister dies, he begins to seclude himself in the Eternal World, a world within his mind. The game's recurring theme is a focus on the Eternal World, an alternate space that Kohei created out of his want for a place in which nothing ever changes. He starts receding into this world about a week before disappearing, during which every one (including the girl he loves) forgets about him, and he falls into the Eternal World completely, making it seem as if he never existed in the real world. His only hope of returning is to form a strong bond with someone prior to leaving, and to follow his guide back to the real world.
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10	The characters from ONE also appear as playable characters in the fighting game ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' by Twilight Frontier. ''EFZ'' is notorious for featuring Unknown as a powerful SubBoss, who was toned down for her playable version, as well as creating Doppel Nanase (A Nanase clone) as an OriginalGeneration.
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12	A remake of the visual novel was released on December 2023 for the Platform/NintendoSwitch and PC, with an English release by Shiravune.
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15	!!'''The game One Kagayaku Kisetsu E provides examples of:'''
16	* AnimeOfTheGame: ''ONE ~True stories~'' and the all-ages OVA.
17	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The English translation of the remake is overall very passable, but still has some amusing gaffes such as one of Kohei's teachers (which are translated as "professor") being referred to as a "she" when clearly having a male voice and Kohei's classmate Minami[[note]]"South" in Japanese[[/note]] being named properly when Kohei is speaking to him but named as "South" when he's the one speaking.
18	* DownerEnding: If you don't end up getting one of the girls.
19	* EarnYourHappyEnding
20	* EasyAmnesia: As you near the end of the game, [[spoiler:everyone who once knew Kohei slowly starts forgetting him until only the girl you chose remembers him (or alternatively, no one, if you didn't manage to get on a route) at which point he disappears]].
21	* ExplicitContent: Well, it ''is'' an eroge.
22	* IWillWaitForYou:
23	** [[spoiler:After Kohei disappears, but the game is told from the chosen girl's point of view until he comes back a year later.]]
24	** [[spoiler:Akane is also waiting for her childhood friend to return.]]
25	* TheGhost:
26	** Kohei's aunt and guardian, Yukiko, never makes any direct appearances, but she does help out during Akane's route and interacts with Kohei in Misaki and Mio's routes.
27	** The childhood friend that Akane waits for in the rain at the vacant lot. [[spoiler:He suffered the same fate as Kohei in the bad ending, but Akane forced herself to never forget him]].
28	* GuideDangIt: To get on [[spoiler:Nagamori's route]] you have to be a complete {{Jerk Ass}} to her.
29	* MythologyGag: If you look in the shopping district in ''ONE'', you can see a sign that says rorikon (as in lolicon). Key would go on to make Kanon, which also has a "lolicon" shop in the shopping district.
30	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Toward the end, [[spoiler: everyone forgets only Kohei; no other memories are lost, the ones involving Kohei are appended to exclude him]].
31	** This also happened [[spoiler: to the friend Akane was waiting for and Hikami (where only Kohei remembers him)]].
32	* LateForSchool: Kohei and Nagamori have to sprint to class regularly to avoid being late because of Kohei's antics when getting up. Nagamori and Kohei running to school is also the first CG the player sees in-game.
33	** In Nanase's route, she takes over Nagamori's role as his personal alarm clock and the goal is to be on time within three days.
34	* OptionalSexualEncounter: Mio's H-scene can be skipped for those who actively dislike {{lolicon\|AndShotacon}}. Some other routes allow you to skip the H-scenes as well.
35	* ParentalSubstitute:
36	** Kohei's aunt takes care of him even though she is rarely home.
37	** Kohei also says he feels like a parent during Shiina's route.
38	* PinkySwear:
39	** [[spoiler:Mio and Kohei]] have one of these as kids.
40	** [[spoiler:Nagamori and Kohei also have one near the end of her route.]]
41	* PlayedForLaughs: Nanase's H-scene, while being very important to the plot is PlayedForLaughs as opposed to [[PlayedForDrama drama]].
42	* SittingOnTheRoof: The roof is a plot-important location for a few characters, the most prominent being Misaki.
43	* TokenMiniMoe: [[OlderThanTheyLook Mio]] and Shiina.
44	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Akane's waffles, Kohei's spicy ramen, Misaki's curry and Shiina's hamburgers.
45	* {{Utsuge}}
46	* VerbalTic: a couple actually.
47	** Shiina: Myuu~ and Unyu~
48	** Mio: [[VisibleSilence ...]]~
49	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: If you take Nagamori's or [[spoiler: Mio's]] routes.

Context VisualNovel / OneKagayakuKisetsuE