The remaster of the 1998 visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e/ One: To the Radiant Season just confirmed that it will be officially released for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in Japan on December 22, 2023. Pre-orders are slated to begin on May 26, 2023.
One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Tactics, a brand of Nexton, released on May 29, 1998, for Windows PCs. The erotic content was later removed when it was ported to PlayStation 1. This game version, referred to as ONE., is a refined version that has been revived with new illustrations by the same original artist as the original version, Tsuru Higami, as well as the latest graphics.
The story follows the life of Kōhei Orihara, a high school student who has fun spending time with several girls about his age, while at the same time, he is gradually being drawn into a mystical alternate space known as the Eternal World.
The game ranked several times in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. Much of the staff that created the game later became the founding members of the visual novel brand Key, such as Jun Maeda, Naoki Kuya, Itaru Hinoue, and Shinji Orito. A sequel loosely based on One titled One 2: Eien no Yakusoku was produced by BaseSon, another brand under Nexton, and was released in April 2002.
▍ One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Synopsis
What keeps us tethered to this world?
1998. Winter season.
I was an ordinary student, but suddenly another world is born.
It slowly fills my daily life like a snowfall.
It was only then that I realized something.
The things that never change in the repetition of daily life.
The familiar scenery is always there.
The warmth of the people I love, whom I didn’t even realize I loved.
Everything exists as something that holds me together in this world.
It was the moment when I first tried to seek that bond and the person I loved.
Time goes by, and the seasons soon begin to shine in the sunlight.
What world will I be standing in then, and who will be holding my hand?
▍ One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Character & Cast
■ Mizuka Nagamori – CV: Mayumi Iizuka
■ Nanase Rumi – CV: Chisa Yokoyama
■ Misaki Kawana – CV: Satsuki Yukino
■ Akane Satoumura – CV: Akiko Nakagawa
