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ISLAND

"ISLAND" is set on the southern island of Urashima, far from the mainland. After waking up on the coast, the amnesiac youth Senkai Chena meets three girls from the Great Three: Rinne, Karen, and Sara. Coal pattern disease, abandoned offshore bases, and the attack on the Big Three five years ago together form the island's mystery; The Steam version offers a storyline branching tree for players to view clues.

Basic information
DevelopmentFrontwing
Published by SteamFrontwing USA
TextChinese Simplified, English, Japanese
VoiceJapanese
SystemStory flow branching tree

Story summary

The amnesiac young man Senkai Chena wakes up on the coast of Urashima and meets three girls: Rinne, Karen, and Sara. The island's sooty spot, the abandoned offshore base, and past events involving the Big Three constitute the main mysteries of the story.

Process system

The game features different routes and endings. The built-in flowlog is used to view plot branches and organize clues, allowing readers to review the story paths they have taken.

Those who have lost their memory awaken on Pu Island

Senkai Setina wakes up on the Urashima coast, but doesn't remember the past. He claims to have come to the island with the intention of saving someone, hoping to change the future by helping girls bound by local customs. After meeting Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Chena begins to learn about the island's history and the long-standing rules followed by the residents.

The island's history and its disease

Urashima is located in the south, far from the mainland. It was originally rich in natural resources but has gradually become isolated from the outside world due to its complicated past. The endemic sootybis disease on the island has deepened the gap between the island and the mainland; The abandoned maritime base has become a ruin, and the three attacks on the three Great Families five years ago have dealt a heavy blow to the island's three major families.

Three girls and multiple clues

Rinne, Karen, and Sara belong to the 'Big Three' family closely tied to the island's history. The work also describes the legends of the mysterious hidden among children and the island's ancient traditions. As Chena interacts with the trio, he gradually approaches the secrets where past and future intertwine.

Branch trees and distributions

The Steam version lists the work as a visual novel with multiple side storylines and different endings, and includes a story flow branching tree to facilitate revisiting previously read paths and sorting out clues. The Steam version, developed by Frontwing and published by Frontwing USA, was released on August 23, 2018. The text includes Chinese Simplified, English, and Japanese, with Japanese voice acting.

The Three Great Families and the island's residents

Rinne belongs to the Mihara family, and her mother Kune lives away from sunlight; Sara is the heir of the Garan Tang family, investigating the fire from five years ago; Karen is the daughter of Moritsugu, the mayor of the Shudo family, and hopes to go to her homeland to find her mother. On the island, there are police officer Taro Banmori, doctor Kenji Morisu, and Momoka Yamabuki, who is conducting oceanographic research.

Producing and Porting Music

The Switch version released on April 8, 2021, supports Japanese and English characters, with all voices except the main characters. The script is by Go, with original artwork and character design by Souku Yusai, and music by Sei Ase. The theme song 'Traveler's tale' is performed by riya, with lyrics by Goo and arranged by Junpei Fujita.

The route choices for Sara and Xia Lian

[Game Summer Route Spoilers] Sara endures the hostility caused by the Garando family's past actions and is bound by her mother Maria's hope of "saving the island"; After a failed suicide attempt and rescue, she begins to look toward her own future. The epilogue reveals that Maria and she are mother and daughter. Xia Lian grew tired of the island's old rules. Chena helped her move to the mainland, and at the end of the storyline, she chose to stay with her in the present to create the future together.

Rinne's disappearance and future journey

[Game Rinne Route Spoilers] Rinon overlaps the protagonist with another Kirina, whom she fell in love with five years ago. The five years she disappeared were actually spent in a cryogenic sleep device. The hypothesis about the protagonist returning to the past to kill his lover, causing a crisis in their relationship; After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Rinon still jumped into the sea on her way back to Urashima. Chener then travels to the future using a cryogenic sleep device, hoping to find technology that can return to the past to save her.

The Winter Chapter's brand and church

[Game Winter Chapter Spoilers] About twenty thousand years later, during the Ice Age, survivors live in the artificial shelter ISLAND. The church manages food and work qualifications by branding, and after stopping licensing to newborns, children are excluded from rations. Linne asks Chena to take over the identity of her missing brother; Nun Sarah secretly rescues the child, and Karen leads the unlicensed people in rebellion. During the riot, Sarah was accused by witches and executed; Karen later died of coal pattern disease, while Kirina and Linne continued to complete the device.

The Nine Sounds and Loop from the Manatsu arc

[Game True Ending Spoilers] The winter arc's "time machine" is still a cryogenic sleep device. The summer that Chena arrived in is set in the future, and the world's climate and civilization have already gone through cycles once again. Linne from the Winter Chapter follows him but awakens more than twenty years early, works as a maid in the Mihara family, and gives birth to Rinne; After Yuan Jiuyin passed away, she took over Jiuyin's identity. Rinne is therefore their daughter. At the end of the true ending, Kirina falls back into sleep and continues searching for future technologies that can save everyone. Upon waking, he meets a girl who calls herself Rinne Ohara in the snow.

Game vocals and original soundtracks

"Traveler's tale" is performed by riya, written by Goo, composed and arranged by Junpei Fujita, and serves as the game's opening theme. "Present" is performed by Chata, with lyrics by Go, composed and arranged by Jin Fujima, and is the game's ending theme. "Kimiga Ita" was performed under the name eufonius, with lyrics by Yugo and composed and arranged by Kikuchi. The standard original soundtrack includes three piano and instrumental arrangements, with 34 tracks of standard BGM composed by Sei Anse.

Two specifications of digital soundtrack

The standard 43-track soundtrack was released on OTOTOY on May 11, 2016, and on Steam on January 31, 2019. On October 12, 2016, a 24bit/96kHz six-track version was released, featuring three vocal tracks and individual instrumentals.

Two adaptations of Piano Bullets

The March 30, 2018 release of "Piano Bullets -Frontwing Acoustic Selection-" commemorates Frontwing LIVE 2017 First Flight, featuring twelve piano and violin instrumental arrangements. Track 8, "Present," arranged by Ramsini, and track 9, "Traveler's tale," arranged by Momo Hakuto.

Rinne's Perspective Short Before the Wedding (PS4)

Included in the 2018 PS4 version: 'Ashita, I—' Sibafu's gameplay record for this version shows that after clearing the Manatsu chapter once, this additional story unlocks, telling the experience before the wedding from Rinne's perspective.

Jumping and Backtracking Read-Ready Positions (Switch)

On the Switch version, you can jump directly to the read option or the beginning of a chapter, or retrace the selected message from the backtrack. After loading the save, you can still revert backward, making it easier to retry branches that have already arrived.

Reading Control and Progress Saving (Switch)

The Switch version's flowchart shows your reading progress and allows you to start from scenes you've already read. The game offers fast saves, fast saves, and up to 200 save locations; You can turn off the console's auto-sleep mode during automatic reading or video playback, and voice volume can be set individually by character.

Additional Brief Explanation Day, I Am──(Switch)

The Switch version includes 'Ashita, Watashi wa──': It adapts the voice drama from the original PC pre-order bonus CD into a visual novel, which becomes available after meeting certain conditions, and covers endings not covered in the main story. The characters appearing include Rinne, Sara, Karen, Kuon, and Momoka.

Judgment of the time in the summer chapter and subsequent chapters

The PS4 Natsuha-hen uses the judgment of Chena's origins as the entry point for his personal route: he belongs to the present, from the future, and from the past, entering the routes of Sharen, Sara, and Rinne respectively. The three stages of the PS Vita version open the Summer Chapter, Winter Chapter, and Midsummer Chapter respectively; The Winter Chapter does not have a divergence in individual routes for choosing other girls.

Invited by the author of the game OP

Director Kur said in his 2016 acceptance message that the opening theme must be closely connected to the work, so he invited the best storyteller to write the lyrics. During the script production, after hearing the opening of "Himawari," he hoped Riya would sing it; Junpei Fujita's music presents the world through the emotions of the characters, without simply pursuing brightness.

Preparing and re-recording the TV anime dubbing

During the 2018 TV anime dubbing, the staff would first organize the characters' situations each time. Kana Asumi mentioned in her event review the complexity of the original text's volume and route; Tatsuhisa Suzuki focused on showing subtle differences in Kirina's unconscious recollections of past memories, and after all dubbing was completed, he proposed another way of expression, with some content later re-recorded.

Materials for the production of railway footage in episode 4

The 2018 exhibition organized by DNP divided the 4th Episode Railway Shot into 11 stages—planning, meeting, storyboarding, drawing, and completion—along with dubbing scripts and line-based animation. Materials include shots of the Yamanote Line 205 series, "Asahi" 200 series, "Hakutaka" 681 series, and the NT100 series of the Hakutaka.

Vocal composition for the TV anime soundtrack

The 2018 anime soundtrack "USSW-0124" includes 41 tracks by Akihiro Tateyama along with vocal music: the theme songs "Eien no Hitsu" and "Eternal Star" are in TV size, and the four insert songs are full-length. Among them, 'Quiet sea' was dueted by Rinne and Kina voice actors Yukari Tamura and Tatsuhisa Suzuki under their respective character names.

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Data compiled on: 2026-10-07.

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