Key's Summer Pockets Sunnyside Stories Sets December 18 Release
Key is turning eight-year-old website bonus content into a fully voiced commercial release, a cheaper route to a new title than an original game.
Key Facts
- Visual Arts will release Summer Pockets Sunnyside Stories for PC on December 18, 2026.
- The deluxe edition costs 10,780 yen, the standard edition 3,960 yen, and the download edition 2,970 yen, all tax included.
- Summer Pockets Sunnyside Stories contains 16 episodes and most can be read in any order.
- The release adapts the "Summer Pockets" Short Stories project published on the official website in 2018, with new elements added.
- Konomi Suzuki sings the new opening theme "Luster piece," written by Yuu Niijima with composition and arrangement by Shuhei Ohashi.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark, Inside.
Visual Arts announced on September 28, 2026 that its Key brand will release Summer Pockets Sunnyside Stories on December 18. The visual novel adapts "Summer Pockets Short Stories: In the Summer's Dazzling Light," a project published on the Summer Pockets official website in 2018, and adds new material. It is an omnibus of 16 episodes set on Torishirojima, the island from Summer Pockets, and most episodes can be read in any order. The deluxe edition costs 10,780 yen, the standard edition 3,960 yen, and the download edition 2,970 yen, all tax included. Character design is credited to Na-Ga, Fumuyun, Izumi Tsubasu, and Yuunon Nagayama. Yuu Niijima, Kai, and Hasama, who worked on Summer Pockets, wrote the scenarios. Konomi Suzuki sings the new opening theme, "Luster piece," with lyrics by Niijima and composition and arrangement by Shuhei Ohashi.
The reworked shorts were originally posted on the Summer Pockets website and later collected in print before this version gives them full voice acting. Alongside the voiced text, the release adds newly drawn CG from each character's own illustrator, a new ending theme, and episodes written only for this edition. The confirmed cast includes Konomi Kohara as Shiroha Naruse, Natsumi Takamori as Ao Sorakado, Nene Hieda as Kamome Kushima, Emiri Iwai as Tsumugi Wenders, Saku Ichimiya as Miki Nomura, Sahomi Koyama as Shizuku Mizuori, Aimi Tanaka as Umi Kato, Ai Fairouz as Shiki Kamiyama, Kentaro Kumagai as Ryoichi Mitani, Minoru Shiraishi as Kobato Naruse, Megumi Takamoto as Kyoko Misaki, Konomi Suzuki as Inari, and Shoya Chiba as Hairi Takahara.
The episode list covers Ao Sorakado, Shizuku Mizuori, Tenzen Kano, Tsumugi Wenders (twice), Inari, Shiroha Naruse (twice), Miki Nomura, Kobato Naruse, Ryoichi Mitani, Kamome Kushima, Kyoko Misaki, Umi Kato, and Shiki Kamiyama, plus a final slot for Hairi Takahara whose title is still shown as "???." The count and the prices are the same across all three outlets.
- Ao Sorakado Arc "As Dreams Lead"
- Shizuku Mizuori Arc "The Gentle Thing Held in My Heart"
- Tenzen Kano Arc "The Way of Table Tennis, Its Beginning"
- Tsumugi Wenders Arc "Precious People, People Who Treasure You"
- Inari Arc "A Small Body's, Great Memory"
- Shiroha Naruse Arc "Words to Give"
- Miki Nomura Arc "Balance Is Never Constant"
- Kobato Naruse Arc "Us, As Always"
- Ryoichi Mitani Arc "We'll Continue from That Day..."
- Kamome Kushima Arc "The Path Once Traveled"
- Kyoko Misaki Arc "Pupil"
- Umi Kato Arc "Summer's Footprints"
- Tsumugi Wenders Arc 2 "Kotori's Wedding"
- Shiki Kamiyama Arc "The Guidance of the Rice Ball"
- Shiroha Naruse Arc 2 "Again"
- Hairi Takahara Arc "???": Title shown as "???"
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.