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Kanon

First release
Jun 04, 1999
Developer
Key
Publisher
Visual Arts
Engine
AVG32
Genres
Visual Novel · Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction, Romance

Kanon is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key that follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years prior, and he has little recollection of the events from back then. He meets several girls and slowly regains his lost memories.

Also known as カノン

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Storyline
Yuichi Aizawa is a second-year high school student who visited the city where the story takes place seven years before Kanon's beginning. The story opens on Wednesday January 6, 1999 when Yuichi arrives in the city and is very detached from it and its inhabitants. Before his return, it is decided that he is to stay with his first cousin, Nayuki Minase, and her mother, Akiko. After his long absence, Yuichi has forgotten almost everything except minor details of what happened seven years before and needs to be reminded of what he left behind. Nayuki initially tries repeatedly to jog his memory but is unsuccessful. Throughout the story, as he learns about the supernatural undertones of the city, Yuichi is reminded of the events of seven years ago.Read more

Yuichi Aizawa is a second-year high school student who visited the city where the story takes place seven years before Kanon's beginning. The story opens on Wednesday January 6, 1999 when Yuichi arrives in the city and is very detached from it and its inhabitants. Before his return, it is decided that he is to stay with his first cousin, Nayuki Minase, and her mother, Akiko. After his long absence, Yuichi has forgotten almost everything except minor details of what happened seven years before and needs to be reminded of what he left behind. Nayuki initially tries repeatedly to jog his memory but is unsuccessful. Throughout the story, as he learns about the supernatural undertones of the city, Yuichi is reminded of the events of seven years ago.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 04, 1999
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
1990s, multiple endings, slice of life, season winter, flashback
… All 13, male protagonist, many choices, modern day japan, branching plot, early branching plot, bad endings with story, nameable protagonist, unlockable side stories

How it plays

Languages

  • 日本語interface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 15 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 15 Oct 2026