History VisualNovel / Island

* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler: Early in the game Setsuna has memory flashes of someone saying he's going to kill "Setsuna". In other words, himself. Later during the Winter chapter, we learn that in fact it was Setsuna who said this after traveling to the future and plans to use Rinné's time machine to fix everything by killing his past self, so that both of them never meet each other and [[CrapsackWorld the future doesn't turn out bad.]] he didn't take into account that Rinné built a cryo-tube instead of a time machine, propelling him further into the future with no chance of murdering any past self.

* FanService: Aside from a few cleavage and posterior shots, the Visual novel is pretty lacking in the service department. [[AdaptationExpansion the Anime adaptation on the other hand...]]

* TemporalMutability: [[spoiler: Averted. Setsuna doesn't actually travel to the past. He simply freezes himself in a cryogenic tube and wakes up thousands of years later, so he doesn't exactly change the past. Although if he's changing anything by inserting himself into the future is a matter of debate.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In order to get the RE: ending (which is the true ending of the game), you need to see the all the good endings in order, replay a story segment and then clear a set of choices to trigger it.]]

** [[spoiler: Except she's not. Kuon pretends to be sick to hide her face, as she's assuming the identity of the deceased Ohara Matriarch. Who looks nothing like her. ]]

* ButIHaveToGo: [[spoiler: Setsuna resolves to help Rinné finish her time machine during the RE: Ending. And after doing all he can he then decides to cryo-sleep into the future once more so he can test the machine once it's completed. It's unclear how far into the future he goes but one secret CGI at the Gallery implies that he eventually stays with Rinné for good.]]

* CanonImmigrant: Emiri, An and Mei are characters exclusive to the Anime adaptation. They don't appear at all in the Visual Novel.

* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: Sara is bent on killing Setsuna at first, her reasoning behind it is rather fuzzy too.
Despite almost always being played for laughs, She actually kills him in 2 bad endings. The first one is right when Setsuna meets her. She stabs Setsuna in cold blood and all she does is laugh creepily. The second one is even worse, as an arbitrary set of choices triggers a psychotic episode and she repeatedly stabs Setsuna to death during her route.]]

* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: Sara is bent on killing Setsuna at first, her reasoning behind it is rather fuzzy too.

* 12EpisodeAnime:

* FeudingFamilies: The three families. Moritsugu is particularly hostile towards the Oharas.

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: On a large scale. In the story's world, humanity is doomed to repeat an endless time cycle spanning 20,000 years, where civilization thrives for a time, becomes advanced enough to create time travel and then ultimately perishes when an ice age hits the planet. This happens again every 20 thousand years ad nauseam. (It is implied that this loop could have happened due to misuse of time travel, but there's no way to confirm it.)]]

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* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler: The entire game is this. A rather complicated example but here we go. '''Rinne''' is the daughter of '''Rinné''' and '''S.Setsuna''' who came from the post apocalyptic past/future in a cryo-tube to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong . '''Rinné''' lost her memories due to the cryo-sleep (although she remembers eventually) and later on assumed the identity of the late Ohara Kuon and gave her daughter '''Rinne''' the same surname. This '''Rinne''' met '''O.Setsuna''' (the original Setsuna and neglected Ohara's family son) and became friends with him. They later became stranded on a desert island. They find a boat but it only has room for one person. '''O.Setsuna''' finds the cryogenic tube, infers it can be used as a boat and puts '''Rinne''' in it. She makes it to Urashima and is found and woken up 4 years later, not having aged a day. '''O.Setsuna''' however, tries to use the boat to get back but dies from a head wound before he can. (the game tells you later that he is not related at all with the Setsuna you play with.) Instead, '''S.Setsuna''' who comes from the same period as '''Rinné''' washes up at Urashima with no memories and meets his daughter '''Rinne''' and Kuon. ('''Rinné''' in disguise) The game starts here and the events that unfold afterwards will be the catalyst to '''S.Setsuna's''' trip to the post apocalyptic past/future where he meets '''Rinné'''. As for '''S.Setsuna's''' origin, a good guess is that he is an alternate timeline Setsuna who didn't die of his wounds. Yes. Take a few minutes to let all that sink in.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Setsuna. He [[TooDumbToLive lacks common sense, confidence and proactivity.]] Most of the time he just watches the world go by and his intervention is ill-timed or pointless. Worse is, that he is always well aware of his shortcomings, yet he never works to correct them.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sara and corn. So much that Karen gives her bags of corn as presents, and she still wants more at Ryuuguu.

* Fanservice: Aside from a few cleavage and posterior shots, the Visual novel is pretty lacking in the service department. [[AdaptationExpansion the Anime adaptation on the other hand...]]

* FirstKiss: Sestuna claims to have had his first kiss with Karen in a dark room. (Which, while misleading out of context, is true.)

* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler: The entire game is this. A rather complicated example but here we go. '''Rinne''' is the daughter of '''Rinné''' and '''S.Setsuna''' who came from the post apocalyptic past/future in a cryo-tube to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong . '''Rinné''' lost her memories due to the cryo-sleep (although she remembers eventually) and later on assumed the identity of the late Ohara Kuon and gave her daughter '''Rinne''' the same surname. This '''Rinne''' met '''O.Setsuna''' (the original Setsuna and neglected Ohara's family son) and became friends with him. They later became stranded on a desert island. They find a boat but it only has room for one person. '''O.Setsuna''' finds the cryogenic tube, infers it can be used as a boat and puts '''Rinne''' in it. She makes it to Urashima and is found and woken up 4 years later, not having aged a day. '''O.Setsuna''' however, tries to use the boat to get back but dies from a head wound before he can. (the game tells you later that he is not related at all with the Setsuna you play with.) Instead, '''S.Setsuna''' who comes from the same period as '''Rinné''' washes up at Urashima with no memories and meets his daughter '''Rinne''' and Kuon. ('''Rinné''' in disguise) The game starts here and the events that unfold afterwards will be the catalyst to '''S.Setsuna's''' trip to the post apocalyptic past/future where he meets '''Rinné'''. As for S.Setsuna's origin, a good guess is that he is an alternate timeline Setsuna who didn't die of his wounds. Yes. Take a few minutes to let all that sink in.]]

** [[spoiler: Setsuna and Rinné become the paradox by brute force as the cryogenic tubes they both use allow them to meet again after several thousand years. The paradox is fittingly illustrated at the RE: Ending, where Setsuna realises ther has been many Setsunas and Rinnés who have traveled through time to meet again.]]

* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler: The entire game is this. A rather complicated example but here we go. '''Rinne''' is the daughter of '''Rinné''' and '''S.Setsuna''' who came from the post apocalyptic past/future in a cryo-tube to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong . '''Rinné''' lost her memories due to the cryo-sleep (although she remembers eventually) and later on assumed the identity of the late Ohara Kuon and gave her daughter '''Rinne''' the same surname. This '''Rinne''' met '''O.Setsuna''' (the original Setsuna and neglected Ohara's family son) and became friends with him. They later became stranded on a desert island. They find a boat but it only has room for one person. '''O.Setsuna''' finds the cryogenic tube, infers it can be used as a boat and puts '''Rinne''' in it. She makes it to Urashima and is found and woken up 4 years later, not having aged a day. '''O.Setsuna''' however, tries to use the boat to get back but dies from a head wound before he can. (the game tells you later that he is not related at all with the Setsuna you play with.) Instead, '''S.Setsuna''' who comes from the same period as '''Rinné''' washes up at Urashima with no memories and meets his daughter '''Rinne''' and Kuon. ('''Rinné''' in disguise) The game starts here and the events that unfold afterwards will be the catalyst to '''S.Setsuna's''' trip to the post apocalyptic past/future where he meets '''Rinné'''. As for S.Setsuna's origin, he is a RedHerring. A good guess is that he is an alternate timeline Setsuna who didn't die of his wounds. Yes. Take a few minutes to let all that sink in.]]

* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler: The entire game is this. A rather complicated example but here we go. '''Rinne''' is the daughter of '''Rinné''' and '''S.Setsuna''' who came from the post apocalyptic past/future in a cryo-tube to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong . '''Rinné''' lost her memories due to the cryo-sleep (although she remembers eventually) and later on assumed the identity of the late Ohara Kuon and gave her daughter '''Rinne''' the same surname. This '''Rinne''' met '''O.Setsuna''' (the original Setsuna and neglected Ohara's family son) and became friends with him. They later became stranded on a desert island. They find a boat but it only has room for one person. '''O.Setsuna''' finds the cryogenic tube, infers it can be used as a boat and puts Rinne in it. She makes it to Urashima and is found and woken up 4 years later, not having aged a day. '''O.Setsuna'''however tries to use the boat to get back but dies from a head wound before he can. (the game tells you later that he is not related at all with the Setsuna you play with.) Instead, '''S.Setsuna''' who comes from the same period as '''Rinné''' washes up at Urashima with no memories and meets his daughter '''Rinne''' and Kuon. ('''Rinné''' in disguise) The game starts here and the events that unfold afterwards will be the catalyst to '''S.Setsuna's''' trip to the post apocalyptic past/future where he meets '''Rinné'''. As for S.Setsuna's origin, he is a RedHerring. A good guess is that he is an alternate timeline Setsuna who didn't die of his wounds. Yes. Take a few minutes to let all that sink in.]]

* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler: The entire game is this. A rather complicated example but here we go. '''Rinne''' is the daughter of '''Rinné''' and '''S.Setsuna''' who came from the post apocalyptic past/future in a cryo-tube to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong . '''Rinné''' lost her memories due to the cryo-sleep and later on assumed the identity of the late Ohara Kuon and gave her daughter '''Rinne''' the same surname. This '''Rinne''' met '''O.Setsuna''' (the original Setsuna and neglected Ohara's family son) and became friends with him. They later became stranded on a desert island. They find a boat but it only has room for one person. '''O.Setsuna''' finds the cryogenic tube and assumes it can be used as a boat, and puts Rinne in it. She makes it to Urashima and is found and woken up 4 years later, not having aged a day. '''O.Setsuna''' tries to use the boat to get back but dies from a head wound before he can. (the game tells you later that he is not related at all with the Setsuna you play with.) Instead, '''S.Setsuna''' who comes from the same period as '''Rinné''' washes up at Urashima with no memories and meets his daughter '''Rinne''' and Kuon. ('''Rinné''' in disguise) The game starts here and the events that unfold afterwards will be the catalyst to '''S.Setsuna's''' trip to the post apocalyptic past/future where he meets '''Rinné'''. Yes. Take a few minutes to let all that sink in.]]